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"The Winter Maid" is a song sung in the North.

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A Dance with Dragons

The bard Abel sings "Iron Lances" and "The Winter Maid" during a meal at Winterfell. When Lady Barbrey Dustin requests something more cheerful, Abel sings "The Queen Took Off Her Sandal, the King Took Off His Crown" and "The Bear and the Maiden Fair".




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"The Wolf and the Lion" is the fifth episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series *Game of Thrones*, first aired on May 15, 2011. Runtime is 55 minutes. It was written by the show creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Brian Kirk.

The plot centers in King's Landing and Lord Eddard Stark's investigations regarding the death of the previous Hand. In the city, the Tourney of the Hand comes to an end while the various factions that plot for power come to light. This delicate balance is undone when news arrives that Tyrion Lannister has been arrested by Catelyn Tully. The title of the episode refers to the fact that the Starks, whose sigil is a wolf, may soon be at war with the Lannisters, whose sigil is the lion.

With this episode the season hits its halfway mark and the action picks up considerably. Despite being a topic of discussion at King's Landing, Daenerys Targaryen and Ser Jorah do not themselves appear in this episode. Jon Snow and all characters on the Wall are also absent, and Robb Stark does not appear in Winterfell scenes. As such, Emilia Clarke, Iain Glen, Harry Lloyd, Richard Madden and Kit Harington all have their names omitted from the opening credits but the Eyrie appears on the opening credit map.

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Plot

In the Vale

Lady Catelyn Stark (Michelle Fairley) leads her entourage east through the Mountains of the Moon to get to the Vale, with Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) as her prisoner. However, they are soon attacked by barbarian tribesmen. During the fight, Tyrion saves Catelyn's life, attacking and killing a barbarian with a shield. Catelyn and her entourage arrive at the Eyrie, ruled by Lord Jon Arryn's widow, Lysa (Kate Dickie), Catelyn's sister, but when she finally meets her sister after five years, Lysa is mentally unstable and frightened of the Lannisters' power. Catelyn also meets her nephew, Robin Arryn (Lino Facioli), the heir to the Eyrie - an eight-year-old boy whom Lysa still nurses. Tyrion is consigned to the Eyrie's dungeon, the "sky cells" which opens to a sheer drop down a mountainside, whilst Lysa prepares to render judgment on him as an accomplice for her husband's murder.

In the North

At Winterfell, Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) grows more jealous of Tyrion when his favorite prostitute Ros (Esmé Bianco), taunts him that she prefers Tyrion as he is a better lover and his family is richer compared to Theon due his position in the Stark household. Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) is depressed over his paralysis and the fact that his mother left him while he was in a coma. To cheer him up, Maester Luwin (Donald Sumpter) decides to teach Bran the Dothraki art of horseback archery.

At King's Landing

After Eddard Stark (Sean Bean) convinces King Robert (Mark Addy) not to join the Tourney, the crowd watches a jousting match between Ser Gregor Clegane and Ser Loras Tyrell, "The Knight of Flowers", which the latter wins with a trick (he knew Clegane's horse was a stallion and thus chose a mare that was in heat to ride himself, making Gregor's horse unable to run straight). Gregor doesn't take his loss well and beheads his horse and attempts to kill Loras. Sandor "The Hound" Clegane comes to Loras's rescue and defends him against his brother until Robert orders them to stop. Grateful for rescuing him, Loras calls Sandor a hero where he is cheered by the crowd.

Later, Ned converses with Varys (Conleth Hill), who reveals Jon Arryn was killed for asking questions and died by a poison called the "Tears of Lys" and suggests that Lord Arryn's former squire, the recently-slain Ser Hugh of the Vale, was the poisoner. Meanwhile, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) continues her training by chasing a cat through the Red Keep, and stumbles upon a secret conversation between Varys and Magister Illyrio (Roger Allam) who are plotting to throw the Seven Kingdoms into chaos to allow the Dothraki to invade. However the sudden news that Daenerys Targaryen is pregnant might force them to speed up their plans. Illyrio suggests killing the new Hand might give them some time. Arya tries to warn her father, but is unable to identify the two plotters and fumbles her words. They are interrupted by the arrival of Yoren (Francis Magee), who informs Ned of his wife's abduction of Tyrion.

The news of Daenerys' pregnancy reaches the Small Council, delivered by Varys's spy, Ser Jorah Mormont. Fearing a possible invasion by the Targaryen/Dothraki alliance, Robert orders that she and her unborn child be killed. Ned refuses to obey such an dishonorable order and resigns the office of Hand of the King, but is deterred from leaving the capitol by Littlefinger's offer to take him to the last person Jon Arryn spoke to before his death. It turns out to be a prostitute named Mhaegan, the mother a baby daughter who is another of Robert's illegitimate children. Littlefinger reveals Jon Arryn had been searching for Robert's bastards for an unknown reason. When Ned and his guards try to leave, they are ambushed by Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his men, who want answers for Tyrion's arrest. Ned claims responsibility from his wife's actions and states he ordered for Tyrion's arrest which leads to a brutal fight between his and Jaime's men. In the end, all of Ned's guards are killed including his captain Jory Cassel (Jamie Sives), and Ned is stabbed through the leg by a spear. Jaime decides to let Ned live but warns that he wants his brother back, then storms away, leaving Ned bleeding in the dirt.

Production

Writing

"The Wolf and the Lion" was written by the show creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, based on the book by George R. R. Martin. The episode includes chapters 30 to 35 of the book (Eddard VII, Tyrion IV, Arya III, Eddard VIII, Catelyn VI, and Eddard IX).

The adaptation to the screen has continued with the trend of including new scenes to flesh out characters that in the book are only superficially seen through the point of view characters. These include the dialectical confrontation between Littlefinger and Varys, and the conversation between King Robert and Queen Cersei Lannister, and the young lovers Renly and Loras. The show's writers used this opportunity to make explicit Loras and Renly's ongoing assignations, which were only hinted at in the books.

Casting

Finn Jones makes his first appearance as Ser Loras Tyrell, the young jouster known as "The Knight of Flowers". The casting was one of the first to be announced, being confirmed by author George R. R. Martin on June 2010 after it had been leaked before the contract was to be signed.

The new location of the Vale and its court is also introduced: Scottish actress Kate Dickie was cast as the Lady of the Eyrie, Lysa Arryn, also making its first appearance in the episode. Although Dickie does not resemble the physical description of Lysa given in the books, Martin stated that her acting in the auditions was excellent. The role of her son (renamed Robin in the series to avoid confusion with King Robert) went to Lino Facioli, and the knight of the Vale Ser Vardis Egen was played by Brendan McCormack.

Lingerie model Emily Diamond has a role as a whore who teases Jory Cassel during the visit to the brothel. Diamond was initially hired as a body double to one of the main stars, but the producers liked her so much that decided to give her a role. Also appearing in this episode is the casting team's member Robert Sterne, who reprises his cameo role as one of the members of the City Watch.

Guests Cast

Filming locations

Images of Meteora were used for the composite views of the Vale.

The interiors for the episode were filmed at The Paint Hall studio. The conclusion of the Tourney of the Hand that had began in the previous episode continued to be filmed in Shane's Castle.

To film many King's Landing exteriors the production moved to Malta: the dungeons of the Red Keep where Aryas is lost while chasing cats were the dungeons of Fort St Angelo, in the Maltese town of Vittoriosa, and the fight outside Littlefinger's brothel was staged at the Mesquita Square in Mdina.

For the CGI compositions of the Vale of Arryn, as seen in the establishing shot of the Eyrie and from the sky cells, the visual effects team used images and textures from the Greek rock formations of Meteora. Initially they had been considering the Zhangjiajie Mountains in China, but due to the fact that the landscape base plates were being shot in Ireland, using Meteora resulted a better option.

Choreography

As the action takes off, the episode shows more fight scenes, and "The Wolf and the Lion" has a large number that had to be choreographed. Fight co-ordinator Buster Reeves designed all the moves and then taught the cast how to make them and give a sense of real aggression. Reeves commented on the ambush of the Hill men as one of the most difficult as he had to show many people fighting on screen at the same time making every one look original and exciting, and also noting how intimidating it could be for the actors to have 20 stuntmen running through them with axes and swords.

Reception

Ratings

The episode's ratings in its premiere airing raised to 2.580 million viewers,

Critical response

"The Wolf and the Lion" was met with highly positive reception by the critics of the show, and many regarded it as the best one yet. Maureen Ryan of AOL TV gave it a 90 out of 100, noting the exceptional work by the cast and an excellent writing.

Reviewers agreed that after four episodes presenting the setting and introducing the main characters, the story started to move forward faster and raise the stakes. David Sims considered it "the point at which all of the scheming and conversing and table-setting began to lumber forward and gain some real momentum".

Maureen Ryan believed that one of the reasons the episode worked so well because it left out the storylines with the Night's Watch and the Dothraki and focused in a single location.

Other aspects of the show that were highlighted by the critics were the effectiveness of the action scenes and the visuals (especially the views of the Eyrie and its sky cells, and the look of the dragon skulls).

Dedication

The episode is dedicated "to the memory of Caroline Lois Benoist". Benoist was an animal trainer that had been working for the production for six months, mainly training the dogs that doubled as the series direwolves. 26-year-old Benoist fell ill on 18th December 2010, a few days after returning home after filming of the production had finished, and died on 29th December from swine flu.




Annotations from item #46270176:

For the in-universe work of Maester Yandel, see The World of Ice and Fire (Yandel).

Not to be confused with A World of Ice and Fire, a mobile companion guide.

The World of Ice & Fire is a companion volume to the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, provisionally known as a 'world book'. The full title is The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones.

The book was written by George R. R. Martin in collaboration with Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson. In the United States the book was published by Bantam, in the United Kingdom by Harper Voyager.

The World of Ice & Fire was released on October 28th, 2014.

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History

George R. R. Martin announced on his website that he had signed a contract with Bantam Books for The World of Ice & Fire on September 2, 2006.

In September 2012, Martin mentioned on his blog that he had been writing about Rhaenyra and Aegon II Targaryen and revealed that he had a hundred and three manuscript pages finished.

Martin wrote a lot more text for The World of Ice & Fire than at first intended, delivering 350.000 words for the sidebars in the book while the volume itself was to have only 50.000 words of text. Using abridged versions of the texts for The World of Ice & Fire, the longer, unabridged version is set to be released in a history book called *Fire and Blood*.

Contents

The World of Ice & Fire is divided in several parts:

Further, the book contains artwork by twenty-seven different artists.

Samples

A few sample chapters were released in the months prior to the release of the book:

Further, Harper Voyager released a Fact of Ice and Fire in the days leading up to the release of the book, through their Twitter account.

Cover

The English language versions of The World of Ice & Fire are available in two versions: the red cover, displayed on the top of this page, and a black cover. The former version of the book is published by Bantam, the latter by Harper Voyager.

Behind the Scenes

There were a few typos and mistakes in the first editions of the book. Among these is that Alysanne Blackwood was the aunt of Benjicot Blackwood, not his sister,

The conceit of the book is that it is an in-universe history text written by Maester Yandel,

As a result, Garcia explained, for fear of angering the Lannisters, Yandel cut out from his original draft all but the bare minimum of material on Eddard Stark, Stannis Baratheon, and several other figures:

*"In particular, Yandel starts to get quite careful when he writes about events in which various important, influential, powerful, and (most of all) still living people had a role. He has an interest in keeping his head on his neck. Ned and Stannis practically disappear from the account of the rebellion because Yandel has cut out his original account of the rebellion after Robert's death, Eddard's execution for treason, and Stannis and Renly proclaiming for the throne, and hastily did a revised and more politically acceptable one."*

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Annotations from item #46270177:

The hammer and the anvil is a song about the strategy used by Prince Baelor Targaryen and Prince Maekar Targaryen during the Battle of the Redgrass Field.

History

The Battle of the Redgrass Field was a battle fought during the First Blackfyre Rebellion in 196 AC. Prince Baelor Targaryen (the hammer) led Dornish spearmen against the rear of Daemon Blackfyre's rebel army and crushed it against the shield wall of Prince Maekar Targaryen (the anvil). However, Ser Eustace Osgrey felt the singers left out much from what actually happened.




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The Prince That Was Promised - by Marco Caradonna © FFG

The prince that was promised is a prophesied leader or savior. The prince may be part of an ancient prophecy which foretells the coming of a hero to deliver the world from darkness. A "bleeding star" is supposed to herald the coming of the prince.

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History

In his youth, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen thought he might be the prince that was promised - by Silvenger ©

Main article: the prince that was promised/Theories

It is not known from where the prophecy originates, as information on the prince that was promised is scant. According to Melisandre, a red priestess of R'hllor, the prince was prophesied five thousand years ago.

Maester Aemon mentions a bleeding star, along with smoke and salt, as being part of the heralding of the prince that was promised coming,

Young Rhaegar agreed with Aemon that he might be the prince that was promised. According to Arstan Whitebeard, one day Rhaegar found something in his scrolls that changed him and he decided to become a knight, telling Ser Willem Darry, "I will require a sword and armor. It seems I must be a warrior."

Rhaegar later believed that his infant son, Aegon, was the promised prince, since a comet was seen above King's Landing when the boy was born.

When he was a boy, the future King Aegon V Targaryen recalled that King Aerys I once read about the return of dragons in a prophecy. although it is unknown if that is connected with the prince that was promised.

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A Clash of Kings

Daenerys Targaryen's eldest brother, the late Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, appears in one of her visions in the House of the Undying in Qarth. She sees him talking to his wife, Elia Martell, discussing what he shall name his son (Aegon and his destiny. He states, "He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire."

When at the port of Qarth with Ser Jorah Mormont, Daenerys mentions her brother said that the babe was the prince that was promised. Jorah observes that if Aegon was this prince that was promised, the promise was broken along with his skull when the Lannisters dashed his head against a wall during the Sack of King's Landing. Daenerys seems to accept this notion and asks about the song of ice and fire, but Jorah has never heard it.

A Storm of Swords

On Dragonstone Melisandre explains that Stannis Baratheon is the prince that was promised,

At the Wall Melisandre commands the Night's Watch to light nightfires to protect against the dark and she speaks of the war for the dawn. When Maester Aemon asks about the prince that was promised, Melisandre states that Stannis is Azor Ahai.

A Feast for Crows

Daenerys the Unburnt by Michael Komarck ©

In Braavos, Samwell Tarly tells Aemon of the rumors about Daenerys and her dragons. The maester becomes convinced that Daenerys is the prophesied leader. Remembering Septon Barth's conclusion that dragons are of no mixed gender, Aemon determines there was an error in the prophecy's translation. He tells Sam that the hero is not a prince but a princess, Daenerys.

Aemon intends to find Daenerys, but he dies en route to Oldtown, however.

A Dance with Dragons

In Meereen Ser Barristan Selmy talks to Daenerys about her mother, Rhaella, and father, King Aerys II. He mentions that her grandsire, King Jaehaerys II, commanded that they be wed after a woods witch had foretold that the prince who was promised would be born of their line. When Daenerys asks about the woods witch, Barristan mentions Summerhall and is then asked to leave by his weary queen.

On the Wall a doubting Jon Snow reminds Melisandre that she has spoken of "a promised prince, born of smoke and salt", and that it seems to him that she makes nothing but mistakes.

When Benerro preaches in Volantis that the dark eye has fallen upon Daenerys, Tyrion Lannister recalls an ancient prophecy of a hero who will save the world from darkness.

Quotes

Davos: A hill in a forest ... shapes in the snow ... I don't ...
Melisandre: It means that the battle is begun. The sand is running through the glass more quickly now, and man's hour on earth is almost done. We must act boldly, or all hope is lost. Westeros must unite beneath her one true king, the prince that was promised, Lord of Dragonstone and chosen of R'hllor.

- Davos Seaworth and Melisandre

She talks of prophecies ... a hero reborn in the sea, living dragons hatched from dead stone ... she speaks of signs and swears they point to me. I never asked for this, no more than I asked to be king. Yet dare I disregard her?

- Stannis Baratheon, to Davos Seaworth

You are he who must stand against the Other. The one whose coming was prophesied five thousand years ago. The red comet was your herald. You are the prince that was promised, and if you fail the world fails with you.

- Melisandre, to Stannis Baratheon

Melisandre: Swords alone cannot hold this darkness back. Only the light of the Lord can do that. Make no mistake, good sers and valiant brothers, the war we've come to fight is no petty squabble over lands and honors. Ours is a war for life itself, and should we fail the world dies with us.

Aemon: It is the war for the dawn you speak of, my lady. But where is the prince that was promised?

Melisandre: He stands before you, though you do not have the eyes to see. Stannis Baratheon is Azor Ahai come again, the warrior of fire. In him the prophecies are fulfilled. The red comet blazed across the sky to herald his coming, and he bears Lightbringer, the red sword of heroes.

- Melisandre and Aemon

What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! The error crept in from the translation. Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. The language misled us all for a thousand years. Daenerys is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. The dragons prove it.

- Aemon, to Samwell Tarly

Maester Aemon believed that Daenerys Targaryen was the fulfillment of a prophecy … her, not Stannis, nor Prince Rhaegar, nor the princeling whose head was dashed against the wall.

- Samwell Tarly, to Marwyn

Born amidst salt and smoke, beneath a bleeding star. I know the prophecy. Not that I would trust it.

Marwyn, to Samwell Tarly

Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.

- Tyrion Lannister, to Jorah Mormont




Annotations from item #46270179:

According to prophecy the prince that was promised is a prophesized leader or perhaps savior. There have been some hints in the series as to whom it the prince may be. Some readers consider that the prince that was promised and Azor Ahai are one and the same, others believe they are similar but unrelated people.

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Daenerys Targaryen

Thus far the most information provided on whom the prince might be comes from Maester Aemon.

After Sam tells Maester Aemon about the rumors of Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons, Aemon becomes very certain that Daenerys is the prophesied leader, even though the prince has turned out to be a princess – and not a prince. Aemon is not troubled by this discrepancy as he quickly realised that there is an error in the prophecy’s translation - as dragons are neither male nor female. He explains to Sam:

No one ever looked for a girl ... It was a prince that was promised, not a princess. Rhaegar I thought … the smoke was from the fire that devoured Summerhall on the day of his birth, the salt from the tears shed for those who died. He shared my belief when he was young, but later he became persuaded that it was his own son who fulfilled the prophecy, for a comet had been seen above King’s Landing on the night Aegon was conceived, and Rhaegar was certain the bleeding star had to be a comet.

He explains to Sam that dragons are neither male nor female, allowing the prophesy to trick most interpreters, except Septon Barth,

What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! The error crept in from the translation. Dragons are neither male nor female, Barth saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. The language misled us all for a thousand years.

Maester Aemon states,

Daenerys is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. The dragons prove it.

Rhaegar Targaryen

Aegon VI Targaryen

Stannis Baratheon

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*"Silver" redirects here. For the coins, see Currency.*

The silver is a magnificent mare gifted as a filly to Daenerys Targaryen by Khal Drogo at their wedding. Since it is not Dothraki custom to name horses, Dany thinks of it as the silver or her silver.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of the silver

The silver is young and spirited. She is grey, with a silver mane.

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A Game of Thrones

Drogo brings forth the silver, his bride gift to Daenerys Targaryen

The silver - by Smirtouille © FFG

Khal Drogo presents Daenerys Targaryen with the horse at their wedding outside of Pentos. Dany is not an experienced rider, but the silver responds well to her non-verbal commands and they leap through a fire.

While traveling through the Dothraki sea toward Vaes Dothrak, Dany suffers from saddle sores and blisters. Irri provides instruction to the girl, but Dany feels she learns more from the silver, which matches her instincts.

After Ser Jorah Mormont and Jhogo defend Daenerys against a poisoner in the Western Market, Drogo gives them free choice on claiming any horse from his herds, excluding his red stallion and the silver.

After Drogo becomes incapacitated from wounds inflicted fighting the khalasar of Ogo, Drogo's khalasar dissolves into a dozen splinter groups. Daenerys claims those left behind after Drogo's death as her own khalasar.

A Clash of Kings

Daenerys leads her khalasar into the red waste, mounting the silver. Like the rest of the khalasar's horses, the silver survives on a diet of devilgrass.

Daenerys crosses the gates of Qarth, but the mare shies when Xaro Xhoan Daxos and his camel approach, as horses do not abide the close presence of camels.

In the House of the Undying, Dany has a vision depicting her silver trotting through the grass to a darkling stream beneath a sea of stars. There is no mention of a rider.

Following the death of the Undying Ones, Daenerys decides to dress and act as a Dothraki again. She rides her silver along Qarth's quays, docks, and storehouses to the harbor reserved for foreign vessels. There she discovers that Illyrio sent her three ships: *Joso's Prank, *Saduleon, and *Summer Sun*.

A Storm of Swords

Queen Daenerys Targaryen leading her army astride her silver - by © Rene Aigner

Dany's horses are nervous and restless when she and her followers sail to Astapor.

After the battle near Yunkai, Daenerys greets slaves freed from the city atop her silver. The new freedmen call her terms for "Mother" in various languages, including *Mhysa*. The freedmen part ranks before the mare, allowing Dany to gallop through the crowd.

During the siege of Meereen, Daenerys calls for Missandei to have the silver and the girl's own horse saddled, in preparation for a visit to the camps with Arstan Whitebeard, actually Ser Barristan Selmy, as her guard. A number of adults kneel in their path and are allowed to touch the stirrups of the silver. Daenerys stops the horse to converse with a pregnant woman, and is then assaulted by Mero. He yanks the young rider from the saddle and the whinnying silver backs away from the assailant. Arstan defeats Mero, who is then killed by freedmen.

Daenerys rides into Meereen when the city is already secure, following the crush of its last resistance and the completion of the sacking. Her freedmen remove many corpses from the broken city gate, clearing a path for the silver. Rider and horse pass through the brick street, witnessing the remains of the battle.

A Dance with Dragons

Daenerys rides the silver while visiting the sick Astapori refugees camped outside Meereen.

Daenerys intends to ride the silver to the Temple of the Graces for her wedding ceremony with Hizdahr zo Loraq. However, Missandei reminds her that she cannot ride in a tokar. Daenerys sees the sense in this and arranges to be taken to the temple in a sedan chair.

Dany disappears from Daznak's Pit's atop Drogon,

Astride Drogon in the Dothraki sea, Daenerys feels as if she is learning to ride all over again, comparing and contrasting the reactions of the silver and the black dragon. While the silver's first instinct is to flee from danger, Drogon's instinct is to attack.

Quotes

She was a young filly, spirited and splendid. Dany knew just enough about horses to know that this was no ordinary animal. There was something about her that took the breath away. She was grey as the winter sea, with a mane like silver smoke.

- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

Illyrio: Silver for the silver of your hair, the khal says.

Daenerys: She's beautiful.

Illyrio: She is the pride of the khalasar. Custom decrees that the khaleesi must ride a mount worthy of her place by the side of the khal.

Illyrio Mopatis and Daenerys Targaryen

Tell Khal Drogo that he has given me the wind.

- Daenerys Targaryen to Illyrio Mopatis




Annotations from item #46270181:

The song of ice and fire is a subject of a prophecy, and is eponymous for the *A Song of Ice and Fire* series. The song of ice and fire is said to belong to the prince that was promised, but its content remains unknown.

In her visions at the House of the Undying, Daenerys Targaryen sees a man (Rhaegar Targaryen), and overhears him talking to a woman (Elia Martell) who is nursing a baby. "Aegon. What better name for a king... He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire"; When Rhaegar's eyes meet Daenerys's, he says (either to her or Elia), "There must be one more. The dragon has three heads," and he picks up a silver harp and begins to play.

However, neither Daenerys nor Ser Jorah Mormont know what "the song of ice and fire" means.

The phrase "ice and fire" is also mentioned in the Reeds' oath of loyalty to Bran Stark.

The phrase may also refer to a union of House Targaryen and House Stark. The Pact of Ice and Fire was an agreement made between Prince Jacaerys Velaryon and Lord Cregan Stark during the Dance of the Dragons civil war, that a royal princess should marry into House Stark in exchange for their support of the blacks, but it was never fulfilled.

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Quotes

It's no song I've ever heard.

—Ser Jorah Mormont, to Daenerys Targaryen

They laid them north to south, from ice to fire...

Jojen and Meera Reed: To Winterfell we pledge the faith of Greywater. Hearth and heart and harvest we yield up to you, my lord. Our swords and spears and arrows are yours to command. Grant mercy to our weak, help to our helpless, and justice to all, and we shall never fail you.
Jojen Reed: I swear it by earth and water.
Meera Reed: I swear it by bronze and iron.
Jojen and Meera Reed: We swear it by ice and fire.

There is ice and there is fire. Hate and love. Bitter and sweet... Winter and summer. Evil and good. Death and life. Everywhere, opposites. Everywhere, the war.

Melisandre

Behind the Scenes

George R. R. Martin has said that he was influenced by Robert Frost's poem *Fire and Ice*:

I mean... Fire is love, fire is passion, fire is sexual ardor and all of these things. Ice is betrayal, ice is revenge, ice is… you know, that kind of cold inhumanity and all that stuff is being played out in the books.




Annotations from item #46270182:

Although involving dragons and sorcery, the Ice and Fire series de-emphasizes magic compared to many other epic fantasy works (emblem of J. Allen St. John's 1905 fantasy work The Face in the Pool).

*A Song of Ice and Fire* is an ongoing series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. The first installment of the originally planned trilogy was published in 1996. The series now consists of five published volumes; a further two are planned. The series is told in the third-person through the eyes of a number of point of view characters. A television adaptation entitled *Game of Thrones* began airing in 2011.

The story of A Song of Ice and Fire takes place in a w:fictional world, primarily on a continent called Westeros but also on a large landmass to the east, known as Essos. The three main story lines become increasingly interwoven: the chronicling of a dynastic civil war for control of Westeros among several competing families; the rising threat of the Others, who dwell beyond an immense wall of ice that forms Westeros' northern border; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled daughter of a king who was murdered 15 years earlier in another civil war, to return to Westeros and claim her rightful throne.

The series and its TV adaptation receive the most critical response to its themes of magic and realism, politics and society, moral ambiguity of the characters, violence and death, sexuality, feminism, religion, and food.

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Magic and realism

Wrestling over the amount of magic to include in A Song of Ice and Fire, Martin initially considered writing an alternative historical novel without any magic before opting for one of the most magical alternatives.

Since all fiction is essentially untrue, Martin believes it needs to reflect reality at least in its core. He agrees with William Faulkner's statement in his Nobel Prize speech that "the human heart in conflict with itself" is the only thing worth writing about, regardless of the genre.

The unresolved larger narrative arc of Ice and Fire encourages speculation about future story events.

World

Martin realized fantasy in Ice and Fire in the shown imaginary places in avoidance of overt fantasy elements.

The Wall in the Ice and Fire series was inspired by Hadrian's Wall in the North of England.

The history of the world stretches back some twelve thousand years. The Ice and Fire story can be considered to be set in a post-magic world where people do not believe in dragons and the Others anymore.

One of the most conspicuous aspects of the world of Westeros is the long and random nature of the seasons.

The world of A Song of Ice and Fire is primarily populated by humans, although giants, the so-called "Others" and the children of the forest appear as other sentient species in the extreme North of Westeros, beyond the Wall. In addition to ordinary animals such as dogs, cats, and horses, some species of animals inhabiting Martin's world are similar to real-world Pleistocene megafauna such as aurochs, direwolves, and mammoths. Of these megafauna, only aurochs are commonly encountered throughout Westeros, as a domesticated herd animal. Direwolves and mammoths are only found in the Lands Beyond the Wall in the extreme north. The direwolves adopted by the Stark children exhibit signs of being far more intelligent than common dogs or wolves. Each wolf pup grows to reflect the temperament of the child they bond with, a trait reputed in folklore to be common among direwolves raised from puppies by humans. Dragons and kraken appear as legendary animals.

Dragons

Main article: Dragons

The dragons in the story are scaled, fire-spewing, reptilian creatures with animal-level intelligence. Though some accompanying artwork for A Song of Ice and Fire portrays them with four legs and a detached set of wings, George R.R. Martin insists that this is incorrect.

Politics and society

The Ice and Fire series was partly inspired by the Wars of the Roses (pictured), a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England.

The *Daily News* found the story focus "more on Machiavellian political intrigue than Tolkien-esque sword and sorcery".

The Atlantic regarded A Song of Ice and Fire as "more a story of politics than one of heroism, a story about humanity wrestling with its baser obsessions than fulfilling its glorious potential" where the emergent power struggle stems from the feudal system's repression and not from the fight between good and evil (see section #Moral ambiguity).

The novels are to reflect the frictions of the medieval class structures, where people were brought up to know the duties and privileges of their class.

Moral ambiguity

A common theme in the fantasy genre is the battle between good and evil,

"What [marks Martin] as a major force for evolution in fantasy, is his refusal to embrace a vision of the world as a Manichaean struggle between Good and Evil. [...] Martin's wars are multifaceted and ambiguous, as are the men and women who wage them and the gods who watch them and chortle, and somehow that makes them mean more."

—Lev Grossman of *Time* in 2005

Attracted to gray characters instead of orcs and angels, Martin regards the hero as the villain on the other side.

Violence and death

The New York Times praised Martin as "unapologetically coldblooded", saying the book series was no children's literature with "a boy being thrown off a balcony, a woman having her face bitten off, a man having his nose cut off, a girl having her ear sliced off, multiple rapes, multiple massacres, multiple snarfings of people by animals [and] multiple beheadings".

Although fantasy comes from an imaginative realm, Martin sees an honest necessity to reflect the real world where people die sometimes ugly deaths, even beloved people.

"There is an inherent dishonesty to the sort of fantasy that too many people have done, where there's a giant war that rips the world apart, but no one that we know is ever really seriously inconvenienced by this. [...] The heroes just breeze through [devastated villages], killing people at every hand, surviving those dire situations. There's a falsehood to that that troubles me."

—George R. R. Martin in an interview with *Science Fiction Weekly* in 2000

When picking characters to die in battle scenes, Martin chooses secondary or tertiary characters from the character lists without giving much thought, as he sees these characters as hardly developed and in some cases just as names.

War is central to a lot of fantasy, going back to Tolkien and beyond, but in most modern fantasy, it is very much the good guys fighting the bad guys. The wars in the novels are much more morally complex than a fight between good and evil.

Among the plot twists are the death of apparently crucial characters and the reappearances of believed-to-be dead characters.

Sexuality

The fantasy genre rarely focuses on sex and sexuality as much as the Ice and Fire books do,

The inexistent concept of adolescence in the Middle Ages served as a model for Daenerys's sexual activity at the age of 13 in the books. Many high-born women were married at or below that age because the onset of sexual maturity turned children into full adults.

Martin aims to let the readers experience the novels' sex scenes, "whether it's a great transcendent, exciting, mind blowing sex, or whether it's disturbing, twisted, dark sex, or disappointing perfunctory sex".

Because of child pornography laws, the television adaptation was forced to either extenuate the sex scenes for the younger characters or age up all characters. HBO valued the sex scenes so much to opt for the latter,.

Feminism

Martin provides a variety of female characters to explore some of the ramifications of the novels being set in a patriarchal society.

The Atlantic noted that Daenerys and Queen Cersei share the parallels of being forced into marriage, having strong strengths of will, and being utterly ruthless toward their enemies.

Critics addressed the series' portrayal of women after the Game of Thrones began airing in 2011. Ginia Bellafante wrote in a The New York Times piece that the series was "boy fiction patronizingly turned out to reach the population's other half" and considered it a "true perversion" that "all of this illicitness [in the TV series] has been tossed in as a little something for the ladies, out of a justifiable fear, perhaps, that no woman alive would watch otherwise". Although there may be women who read books like the Ice and Fire series, Bellafante said to never have "met a single woman who has stood up in indignation at her book club and refused to read the latest from Lorrie Moore unless everyone agreed to *The Hobbit* first".

Ilana Teitelbaum of *The Huffington Post* responded in an article called "Dear New York Times: A Game of Thrones Is Not Just for Boys",

Romanticism

Martin has said that he is a romantic, in the classical sense.

Religion

Main article: Religion

The series' Faith of the Seven was inspired by the Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Father, pictured).

Unlike Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the novels address religion in some detail,

No religion is presented as the true faith, although there are eerie displays of power on many sides, nor do any have a monopoly on virtue.

The Old Gods

Main article: Old Gods

The old gods are nameless deities worshipped by the Northern population of Westeros. Martin loosely based this belief system on "animism and traditional Pagan beliefs of Wicca and various other Celtic systems and Norse systems", which he blended with fantasy elements (Weirwood trees) of his own imagining.

The Faith of the Seven

Main article: Faith of the Seven

The Faith of the Seven, often called simply "The Faith", is based on the medieval Catholic church and the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.

The Faith's hierarchy is also drawn from Catholicism, and among the Faith's most important holy texts.

The Faith of the Seven is the basis for the social concepts of "knights" in the Seven Kingdoms culture, although actual religious warriors, the Faith Militant, are not the same as knights and had been disbanded for several centuries before the War of the Five Kings. Thus, few warriors in the North may attain the title of knight and the style "Ser" as most Northerners worship the old gods. The Faith of the Seven is the predominant religion for most of Westeros' population, though it has some followers in the Iron Islands and the North.

The Drowned God

Main article: Drowned God

The worship of the Drowned God is a local religion of the Ironborn and reflects that the Iron Islands are a rough place to live. The Ironborn are a seafaring island civilization, and their worship of the Drowned God reflects this. Water and drowning play prominent roles in the religion. Priests annointed in a ritual that Martin compared to baptism, people are drowned in sea water (their holy water) and then brought back to life. The belief system of the Drowned God actually encourages martial prowess, and essentially preaches that the Ironborn's traditional activities - piracy, sea raiding for treasure and female captives, causing wanton death and destruction - are all positive and praiseworthy. Capital punishment often takes the form of drowning in seawater as a sacrifice to the Drowned God.

R'hllor - The Lord of Light

Main article: R'hllor

R'hllor, also known as the Red God and the Lord of Light, is a religion practiced primarily in Essos, and his priests have only had a small presence in the Seven Kingdoms. This religion has a strong focus on prophecy and on ecstatic visions that one receives through communion with the flames. The antithesis of R'hllor is the "Great Other", a god of ice and death. According to Martin, this faith is roughly based upon the fire worship of Zoroastrianism. This religion's dualistic aspects of a good and an evil god are also inspired by Zoroastrianism, along with the Catharites of Medieval Europe who were annihilated during the Albigensian Crusade. returns to the world, wielding Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes, and raise dragons of stone.

Other religions

*A Dance with Dragons* explores the different religions of Westeros and Essos more than any other novel in the series.

The god of death is an element of several religions in Westeros and Essos, even being the center of the Cult of The Faceless Men in Essos.

Food

Food is such a central element in the Ice and Fire series that some critics have accused Martin of "gratuitous feasting".

Fans seeking to immerse themselves deeper in their favorite fictional worlds have started cooking dishes from the books. The culinary fan blog "Inn at the Crossroads" received over a million hits. Martin, who is "very good at eating [but] not too much of a cook",




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Thenn is located in the northernmost area beyond the Wall - Click to zoom

Thenn is a mountain valley located in the northernmost area beyond the Wall, hidden

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A Dance with Dragons

Soon after Mance Rayder is defeated at the Wall and his free folk host broken, a dour warrior in fur and amber urges the survivors to come with him and take refuge to the valley of the Thenns. Though the Thenns had fled their valley for safety in the south, hundreds of other free folk still follow the warrior.




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A member of the Thenns
Art by Paolo Puggioni

The Thenns are free folk inhabitants of Thenn, a mountain valley in the peaks of the Frostfangs, beyond the Wall.

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Culture

The Thenns consider themselves the last of the First Men. They speak the Old Tongue and most have only a few words of the Common Tongue.

The Thenns are savage fighters, but because of their belief in the Magnar as their god they are more obedient and disciplined than other free folk.

History

The Thenns are unable to withstand the Others.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Jon Snow accompanies one hundred Thenns led by Styr who climb the Wall and descend at Greyguard, although Jon escapes from them at Queenscrown in the Gift.

A Dance with Dragons

Soon after Mance is defeated at the Wall and his host broken, a dour warrior in fur and amber urges the survivors to come with him and take refuge in the valley of the Thenns. Though the Thenns had fled their valley to find safety south of the Wall, hundreds of free folk still follow the unnamed warrior northward.

The defeated Thenns at Castle Black are now led by Styr's son, Sigorn, the new Magnar of Thenn.

Jon arranges a marriage between Sigorn and Alys Karstark, forming House Thenn.

Quotes

The closer they got, the more the Thenns held back. They have never seen the Wall before, not even the Magnar, Jon realized. It frightens them. In the Seven Kingdoms it was said that the Wall marked the end of the world. That is true for them as well. It was all in where you stood.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

The Thenns have lords and laws ... They mine tin and copper for bronze, forge their own arms and armor instead of stealing it. A proud folk, and brave.

- Jon Snow to Alys Karstark




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Ser Theo Bolling was a knight of House Bolling during the reign of Maegor I Targaryen.

History

Ser Theo was married to Elinor Costayne, and they had three children. Ser Theo was arrested by knights of the Kingsguard, accused of conspiring with Queen Alyssa Velaryon to place her son, Prince Jaehaerys, on the throne, and was then executed—all on the same day.




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Theo Charlton was Lord and head of House Charlton, who joined Harwyn Hoare in the battle at Fairmarket against King Arrec Durrandon.




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Ser Theo Frey is a knight of House Frey. His relationship with Lord Walder Frey is undetermined.

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A Game of Thrones

Ser Theo attended the the Hand's tourney with five other members of House Frey.




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Theo Teague was the fourth monarch of House Teague to rule the Riverlands. He was known as Theo the Saddle-sore because he spent his entire reign on horse, crushing rebellions and hanging hostages.




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Theo Tyrell was a Lord of Highgarden and head of House Tyrell. He was the son of Lord Harlen Tyrell, the first Lord Paramount of the Mander.

History

Theo inherited his lordship in 5 AC after his father perished in the First Dornish War. Theo was reluctant to take any further part in the war against Dorne, but was embroiled when the conflict spilled out beyond the Red Mountains.

After the Targaryens made peace with the Dornishmen, Theo spent his time consolidating Tyrell power. He called a council of septons and maesters to examine and dismiss the claims put forth by other Houses of the Reach trying to claim Highgarden.




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Theo Wull, also known as Buckets because of his clan's sigil, was a member of the Wulls.

History

Theo was one of Lord Eddard Stark's faithful companions during Robert's Rebellion, though, presumably, he died in a fight with three of the Kingsguard at the Tower of Joy.




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Archmaester Theobald is an archmaester of the Citadel. He is considered a gruff but good man.

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A Feast for Crows

Theobald was named Seneschal of the Citadel after Archmaester Walgrave's name was chosen. However Walgrave is not of sound mind, so Theobald offered to take his place.




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Ser Theodan Wells, called Theodan the True, is a pious knight.

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Recent Events

A Feast of Crows

When the Faith Militant is revived, Ser Theodan is one of the first knights to pledge himself to the Warrior's Sons, and he is named their commander by the new High Septon, the High Sparrow. Theodan escorts Cersei Lannister when she visits the Great Sept of Baelor to see his High Holiness after the arrest of Margaery Tyrell.

A Dance with Dragons

Theodan is charged by the High Septon to lead the escort comprised of Warrior's Sons and Poor Fellows to see Cersei safely to the Red Keep as she does her walk of atonement through the streets of King's Landing. During the walk Theodan drags Cersei as he fears the crowd is becoming restless.




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Ser Theodore Tyrell is the eldest son of Ser Luthor Tyrell and Elyn Norridge. He is married to Lia Serry. They have two children; Elinor and Luthor.

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Lord Theomar Smallwood is Lord of Acorn Hall and head of House Smallwood. He is married to Lady Ravella Swann and the father of Carellen Smallwood.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Lord Theomar was off fighting with his liege lord, Lord Vance, when the Brotherhood Without Banners stayed at Acorn Hall.

A Feast for Crows

Lord Smallwood seemingly bent the knee after the Red Wedding, as Smallwood banners are spotted by Ser Jaime Lannister during the siege of Riverrun.




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Lord Theomore Harlaw, Lord of the Ten Towers, Lord Harlaw of Harlaw, Harlaw of Harlaw, was a former head of House Harlaw. He is the great-great grandfather of Lord Rodrik Harlaw. He raised the Ten Towers. He had six wives.

History

After losing three sons in the cradle, Lord Theomore decided that the dampness and constant flooding of the ancient seat of House Harlaw, Harlaw Hall, was to blame. He ordered the construction of the Ten Towers, a better sited castle as his seat.

Family




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Theomore is a maester of the Citadel, in service to House Manderly of White Harbor.

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Appearance and Character

Theomore is a fat, rose-cheeked man, with thick lips, and a head of golden curls.

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A Dance with Dragons

Theomore is present in the Merman's Court when Ser Davos Seaworth comes to treat with Lord Wyman Manderly. Theomore dismisses Davos's claim that King Tommen I Baratheon is a bastard born of incest, stating it is a lie created by Stannis Baratheon to lay claim to the Iron Throne.




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*"Theon" redirects here. For the High King of the Iron Islands, see Theon III Greyjoy. For the King in the North, see Theon Stark.*

Theon Greyjoy is a member of House Greyjoy and is the sole surviving son and heir apparent of Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands. At the end of Greyjoy's Rebellion, Theon was taken to Winterfell as a hostage and ward to Lord Eddard Stark. He becomes a POV character in *A Clash of Kings. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones, he is played by Alfie Allen.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Theon Greyjoy

Theon is a lean, dark, handsome youth who seems to find everything amusing.

Theon wears a fur-lined cloak, black silk gloves, black leather boots, silvery-grey lambswool breeches, a white leather belt, and a black velvet doublet embroidered with the kraken of House Greyjoy. He has purchased a golden chain with gold.

An experienced hunter

History

Theon refers to Theon Stark, a King in the North, as his namesake.

Theon was a boy of ten when Greyjoy's Rebellion was crushed and his brothers were killed, making him the heir to House Greyjoy and the Iron Islands. Theon was taken from his father, Lord Balon Greyjoy, as a hostage and ward by Lord Eddard Stark and has been raised at Winterfell for nine years since.

Considered to be in fosterage,

Theon and Robb trained with wooden swords on the steps of Winterfell,

Theon has slept with numerous women,

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Theon Greyjoy in the wolfswood - by artist Jason Engle. © Fantasy Flight Games.

When the Stark boys witness the execution of Gared, Theon ceremonially presents Lord Eddard Stark with the Valyrian steel sword Ice. Theon kicks away Gared's afterwards.

Catelyn Stark travels to the capital to inform Lord Stark of the catspaw's Valyrian steel dagger, and Ned advises his wife to watch Theon in case they need the Iron Fleet of Theon's father, Lord Balon Greyjoy.

Theon and Hallis Mollen advise Robb Stark, the acting lord in Winterfell,

At the outbreak of war, Theon becomes Robb's trusted advisor.

A Clash of Kings

Theon is blessed with seawater by the Damphair - by artist Tommy Arnold © Fantasy Flight Games.

Robb Stark, now King in the North and King of the Trident, sends Theon from Riverrun to the Iron Islands to forge an alliance with his father, Lord Balon Greyjoy, asking him to attack the westerlands with his longships. Robb's mother, Catelyn Stark, unsuccessfully advises Robb against the decision.

Theon travels with Lord Jason Mallister and Patrek Mallister to Seagard, where he boards the *Myraham*. During his journey home, Theon sleeps with the captain's daughter, who wants to be his salt wife. He considers the red comet to be a good omen of his mission.

Theon brings Robb's offer of alliance to his father, hoping to lead the Iron Fleet against Lannisport

Theon is sent by his father to harry the Stone Shore under the supervision of Aeron and Dagmer Cleftjaw. Theon commands eight longships, and captains the *Sea Bitch* himself. He raids several villages but although he holds the command, his men fear his uncle Aeron or consider Theon to be a soft boy from the green lands. Benfred Tallhart and his Wild Hares are sent to go deal with Theon and his ironborn by Leobald Tallhart,

Theon is dissatisfied with his duties and feels the insignificant raids he has been ordered to do are beneath him, so he devises a new plan. He gives Aeron six longships to continue the raiding and gives Dagmer most of the remaining men to besiege Torrhen's Square. Theon knows that this attack will draw the levies from Winterfell so that he himself can capture the defenseless castle with only a handful of men.

Theon returns to Pyke – by Mark Evans ©

Theon captures Winterfell with a small party, successfully overwhelming its few remaining guards.

Theon has difficulty controlling Winterfell's population, many of whom are known to him. He frees "Reek" from the castle's dungeon and takes him into his service. Maester Luwin also serves Theon, and pleads for him to show mercy and tolerance. Bran and Rickon escape with the help of Osha, Hodor, and Meera and Jojen Reed, but Theon fails to track the boys down in the wolfswood. Following the advice of "Reek", he kills two boys around the same age from the Acorn Water mill and presents their preserved corpses as the Starks'.

When mysterious deaths start happening to three of Theon's ironborn who had been part of the search party, Farlen is blamed by Theon without evidence. Farlen reminds Theon that Lord Eddard Stark did his own killings, forcing Theon to do the deed himself. However, it was actually "Reek" who, with Theon's approval, killed Aggar, Gelmarr, and Gynir to keep the secret of the "Stark bodies" more secure.

Theon in Winterfell – by Diener ©

Meanwhile, Ser Rodrik Cassel repulses Dagmer in a fight at Torrhen's Square

Theon frees "Reek" to seek help at the Dreadfort before Winterfell's men returns under the command of Rodrik.

A Storm of Swords

Lord Tywin Lannister briefly considers having his widowed daughter, Queen Cersei Lannister, marry Theon.

Ramsay sends to his father, Lord Roose Bolton, a piece of flayed skin which Roose delivers to King Robb Stark and his mother, Catelyn Stark. With Theon's father, Balon, having fallen to his death at Pyke, Roose convinces Robb to spare Theon's life until the succession to the Iron Islands is resolved.

A Feast for Crows

Euron Greyjoy, Theon's uncle who has claimed the Seastone Chair after Balon's death, drowns Lord Sawane Botley for insisting that Theon should succeed Balon. Aeron Damphair calls for a kingsmoot to decide the succession.

A Dance with Dragons

Reek – by Marc Fishman ©

Theon has been tortured repeatedly by Ramsay Snow, who has since been legitimized by King Tommen as Ramsay Bolton. Ramsay and the Bastard's Boys remove the skin on several of Theon's toes and fingers, leaving him in agony for days before removing the joints but only after Theon begs him to remove them. He breaks and removes several of Theon's teeth because Ramsay hates his smiles.

Due to the torture endured at Ramsay's hands, Theon looks like he has aged forty years. Besides missing teeth, many more are loose so he cannot eat without suffering agony. He has lost three stone in weight, his skin has turned pasty, and his hair is white and brittle. He can no longer use a bow due to the loss of three fingers,

Before he endured the worst of Ramsay's tortures, Theon was allowed to escape with the help of Kyra, his former bedwarmer at Winterfell. His captor let them get a day's head start before chasing them with his hunting hounds. Theon was taken back to the Dreadfort's dungeon while Kyra was killed by Ramsay and his hounds. Theon is mentally and physically broken by Ramsay and lives in great fear of him.

With Ramsay's father, Lord Roose Bolton, returning to the north, Ramsay has Theon washed and properly clothed. Pretending to still be a prince, Theon is sent to deliver peace terms to the ironborn occupying Moat Cailin. Theon gives the gift of mercy to the dying Ralf Kenning and relays Ramsay's promise of food and safe passage to the survivors. When they do surrender, Ramsay has them all flayed alive and displays their skinless bodies along the causeway to the ruined castle. As a reward, a rag-clad Theon is allowed to sleep among Ramsay's dogs. He is present when Ramsay is introduced to his bride, "Arya Stark", whom he instantly recognizes as Jeyne Poole.

Roose angers Ramsay by taking Theon from him in Barrowton and introducing him to Lady Barbrey Dustin at Barrow Hall.

Because Theon was a ward of Winterfell for ten years and is the closest thing to kin "Arya" has, he gives the bride away at the wedding in the godswood of Winterfell. Jeyne pleads with Theon several times before the wedding to help rescue her, but Theon refuses. During the wedding banquet held in the Great Hall, Theon sits with Barbrey and is reviled by those in attendance.

"We flew" - Jeyne and Theon escape Winterfell by leaping from the battlements.
Art by Juliana Pinho

Lady Dustin has Theon show her the crypt of Winterfell, where he admits he wanted to be a Stark.

When several northmen men are suspiciously found dead, Theon is thought a suspect, although he wonders if a hooded man he meets is instead to blame. The idea of Theon being the murderer is quickly dismissed by Roose, who claims that Theon is too broken and weak to have carried out murders.

Responsible for some of the deaths, the free folk enlist the help of a reluctant Theon to free Jeyne Poole, whom they believe to be "Arya Stark", during the confusion.

Theon and Jeyne land in snow and are caught by Mors Umber, who sends them to rendezvous with Stannis's army at a crofters' village in the wolfswood a few days ride away.

The Winds of Winter

Theon reunited with Asha – by mustamirri ©

Theon is held prisoner by Stannis Baratheon, who plans to execute Theon to placate northern mountain clansmen who want vengeance for the supposed murders of Bran and Rickon Stark. Stannis intends to keep Theon alive for the time being as he might have useful information about Roose and Ramsay Bolton. Theon is present during the agreement between Stannis and Tycho Nestoris of the Iron Bank of Braavos, as well as the exposure of Arnolf Karstark's planned treachery and the subsequent arrest of Arnolf's family and men.

After Asha's attempts to ransom Theon fail, she urges Stannis to execute Theon as Eddard Stark would have - by beheading him in front of a heart tree. This is likely done in an attempt to spare Theon the agony of being burned alive as a sacrifice to R'hllor.

Quotes

Catelyn: If even part of what I suspect is true, Ned and my girls have ridden into deadly danger, and a word in the wrong ears could mean their lives.
Theon: Lord Eddard is a second father to me. I do so swear.

- Catelyn Stark and Theon

A dead enemy is a thing of beauty.

- Theon toRobb Stark

He'd led men in war, hunted with a king, won honor in tourney melees, ridden with Brynden Blackfish and Greatjon Umber, fought in the Whispering Wood, bedded more girls than he could name, and yet this uncle was treating him as though he were still a child of ten.

- Theon's thoughts

Balon: My daughter has taken an axe for a lover. I will not have my son bedeck himself like a whore. It is as I feared. The green lands have made you soft, and the Starks have made you theirs.
Theon: You're wrong. Ned Stark was my gaoler, but my blood is still salt and iron.

- Balon Greyjoy and Theon

Theon:I will lead the attack myself, if it please you. As my reward I would ask that you grant me Casterly Rock for my own seat, once we have taken it from the Lannisters.
Balon: You reward yourself handsomely for a notion and a few lines of scribbling.

- Theon and Balon Greyjoy

Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him.

- Theon to "Esgred"

Asha: Ten years a wolf, and you land here and think to prince about the islands, but you know nothing and no one. Why should men fight and die for you?

Theon: I am their lawful prince.

Asha: By the laws of the green lands, you might be. But we make our own laws here, or have you forgotten?

Asha Greyjoy and Theon

Theon: I am a Greyjoy of Pyke. The cloak my father swaddled me in bore a kraken, not a direwolf.

Rodrik: For ten years you have been a ward of Stark.
Theon: Hostage and prisoner, I call it.

Rodrik: Then perhaps Lord Eddard should have kept you chained to a dungeon wall. Instead he raised you among his own sons, the sweet boys you have butchered, and to my undying shame I trained you in the arts of war. Would that I had thrust a sword through your belly instead of placing one in your hand.

– Theon and Rodrik Cassel

The boar can keep his tusks, and the bear his claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather.

- Theon after a hunt

I'm not him, I'm not the turncloak, he died at Winterfell. My name is Reek. It rhymes with freak.

– Theon to Barbrey Dustin

Theon found himself wondering if he should say a prayer. Will the old gods hear me if I do? They were not his gods, had never been his gods. He was ironborn, a son of Pyke, his god was the Drowned God of the islands ... but Winterfell was long leagues from the sea. It had been a lifetime since any god had heard him. He did not know who he was, or what he was, why he was still alive, why he had ever been born.

- Theon's thoughts

Please. A sword, that's all I ask. Let me die as Theon, not as Reek.

-Theon to Winterfell's heart tree

Theon: Winter is coming ..." Rowan: You have no right to mouth Lord Eddard's words. Not you. Not ever.

- Theon and Rowan

Robb, who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of Balon Greyjoy’s loins. Murdered at the Red Wedding, butchered by the Freys. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him.

– Theon's thoughts

Asha: Theon?
Theon: Theon. My name is Theon. You have to know your name.

- Asha Greyjoy and Theon

Quotes about Theon

He smiled a lot, as if the world were a secret joke that only he was clever enough to understand.

- Bran Stark's thoughts

She studied Theon Greyjoy's sly smile, wondering what it meant. That young man had a way of looking as though he knew some secret jest that only he was privy to; Catelyn had never liked it.

Catelyn Stark's thoughts

Your lord father did what he could to gentle Theon, but I fear it was too little and too late.

Luwin to Bran Stark

He had only the vaguest memory of Theon Greyjoy from his time with the Starks. A callow youth, always smiling, skilled with a bow; it was hard to imagine him as Lord of Winterfell.

Tyrion Lannister's thoughts

If Theon had died in place of Lord Karstark’s sons, how much ill would have been undone?

Catelyn Stark's thoughts

The skin from the little finger of Theon Greyjoy's left hand. My son is cruel, I confess it. And yet ... what is a little skin, against the lives of two young princes? You were their mother, my lady. May I offer you this ... small token of revenge?

- Roose Bolton to Catelyn Stark

Arnolf: Him? Can it be? Stark's ward. Smiling, always smiling.

Ramsay: He smiles less often now. I may have broken some of his pretty white teeth.

Hother: You would have done better to slit his throat. A dog who turns against his master is fit for naught but skinning.

- Arnolf Karstark, Ramsay Bolton, and Hother Umber

You're Reek. You'll always be Reek, no matter how sweet you smell. Your nose may lie to you. Remember your name. Remember who you are.

- Ramsay Bolton to Theon

Family

Notes

  1. Though this is only referenced covertly in *A Dance with Dragons, Chaper 37, the fact that Theon loses his penis in "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", an episode of *Game of Thrones written by George R. R. Martin, has tended to be looked at in fandom as a confirmation of these hints.



Annotations from item #46270198:

Theon III Greyjoy, formally styled Theon Greyjoy, Third of His Name Since the Grey King, was a High King of the Iron Islands of House Greyjoy.

History

Theon III Greyjoy was chosen at a kingsmoot. His reign was among those which saw the decline of ironborn power over the western coast of Westeros, including House Gardener and House Hightower ceasing paying tribute. Theon III sailed against them, only to be defeated by Lord Lymond Hightower, who revived the practice of thralldom in Oldtown long enough to set the ironmen captured in battle to hard labor strengthening the city's walls.




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Synopsis

Though reportedly isolated and secluded at the crofters' village, Stannis is actively preparing for the looming battle against the Boltons. Stannis received the Braavosi banker Tycho Nestoris and the two signed a contract, Stannis is planning on sending the banker back to the Wall so he does not get caught up in the fighting.

Stannis is made aware of Arnolf Karstark's planned treachery due to the message Jon Snow gave the banker. Stannis has Arnolf, his son Arthor and three grandsons arrested and plans to execute them, though whether their death will be quick beheadings or by fire depends on their willingness to confess. Stannis is preparing his position to battle the coming vanguard of Roose Bolton's army led by Hosteen Frey. Stannis is sending Ser Justin Massey to escort "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole, though this is unknown to Stannis) back to the Wall to reunite the girl with her brother Jon Snow in gratitude for Snow warning him to amass the northern mountain clans rather than march straight into Arnolf's trap.

Stannis also orders Massey to go with Tycho Nestoris to Braavos, where Massey will use the money given to him by the Iron Bank of Braavos to hire sellsword companies until he has a force no less than twenty thousand strong, and then sail back to Westeros. Stannis also gives orders that if he is slain in the coming battle, Massey is still to do as instructed, with the intention of using the army to place Shireen on the Iron Throne.

Stannis also plans to have Theon Greyjoy executed, hoping to gain favor with his northern allies by exacting justice for the murders of Bran and Rickon Stark. Asha Greyjoy tries to convince Stannis to execute Theon before a weirwood heart tree.

Character List

Places and Terms Mentioned




Annotations from item #46270200:

Theon Stark, known as the Hungry Wolf, was a King in the North and head of House Stark.

Appearance and Character

The crypt of Winterfell contains a stone-crowned statue of Theon which depicts him as thin, with long hair and a skinny beard. He earned his nickname, the Hungry Wolf, from the constant state of war the north was in during his reign and his own gaunt appearance.

History

King Theon defended the north during the Andal invasion. Aided by House Bolton, Theon defeated the Andal warlord Argos Sevenstar in the Battle of the Weeping Water. The King of Winter then sailed across the narrow sea to the coast of Andalos with Argos's body displayed on the prow of his ship like a figurehead. Theon burned a score of Andal villages, killing hundreds and capturing three tower houses and a fortified sept. The king displayed the spiked heads of his victims along his coastline to deter future invaders.

Theon later conquered the Three Sisters in the Bite and landed an army on the Fingers, possibly part of the War Across the Water. He also defeated rebels from the Rills and aided the Night's Watch in imposing a generational defeat on wildlings beyond the Wall.

Harrag Hoare, King of the Iron Islands, led a fleet of ironborn longships against the western coast of the north, conquering the Stony Shore and burning the wolfswood. Harrag's son, Ravos the Raper, used Bear Island as a base. Theon eventually slew Ravos, however, and expelled the ironmen from his shores, including Bear Island and Cape Kraken.




Annotations from item #46270201:

There are many still unanswered questions in A Song of Ice and Fire. Here we try to piece together answers from what we already know.

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Parentage

Aegon Targaryen

Is Young Griff really Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar, heir apparent to the Iron Throne?

Ben Plumm

Does Ben Plumm have Targaryen blood?

Hodor

Is Hodor descended from giants, Ser Duncan the Tall, or the Freys? Why does he keep saying 'Hodor'?

Jon Snow

It remains unclear who Jon Snow's mother is, and possibly even if Eddard Stark is in fact his father.

True Identities

Alleras the Sphinx

It seems very likely that the novice Alleras is actually Sarella Sand, one of Oberyn Martell's illegitimate daughters.

Azor Ahai

Melisandre claims Stannis Baratheon with his magic sword is Azor Ahai come again, the prince who was promised. Maester Aemon remarks that his magic sword bears no heat though Lightbringer is supposed to be warm to behold and so believes someone else to be the prince who was promised.

Coldhands

While it seems clear Coldhands was, in life, a member of the Night's Watch, it's unclear who exactly he was.

Gravedigger

It is very possible that the novice gravedigger that Brienne encounters at the Monastery on the Quiet Isle is in fact Sandor Clegane.

Knight of the Laughing Tree

A mystery knight named The Knight of the Laughing Tree fought at the Tourney at Harrenhal and defended the honor of Howland Reed. His true identity remains unknown, but he could have been played by Lyanna Stark, Howland Reed, or one of the younger Stark brothers.

Septa Lemore

Septa Lemore's belly shows stretch marks suggesting she has given birth before, which is in stark contrast to the celibacy of septas. This gives to rise to theories about her former identity as well as that of her possible offspring.

Patchface

Patchface has a remarkable if largely unnoticed prophetic capability. His past and Lord Steffon Baratheon's reasons for bringing him to Westeros are known only in very broad strokes. Could there be more to him than meets the eye? What is the origin and nature of his predictions?

Perfumed seneschal

Quaithe warns Daenerys Targaryen about the "perfumed seneschal", but who or what is it?

The prince that was promised

Who is the prince?

Robert Strong

Little is known of Robert Strong, but evidence suggests he is either Ser Gregor Clegane, or a kind of Frankenstein's Monster created from Clegane's corpse.

Roose Bolton

Is Roose Bolton an immortal?

The Sailor's Wife

It's possible the Sailor's Wife is actually Tysha, Tyrion Lannister's first wife.

Valonqar

Who is the 'valonqar' destined to kill Cersei?

Unexplained Imaginings

Sansa Stark

Why does Sansa think the Hound kissed her in her bedroom during the Battle of the Blackwater?

Unexplained Murders

Balon Greyjoy

The people of Westeros are willing to believe Balon Greyjoy was simply swept off a bridge into the sea, but this may not be what truly happened.

Rhaegar, Symond and Jared Frey

It seems likely that Lord Manderly murdered three Freys and had them baked into the pies he presented at Ramsay Bolton's wedding feast.

Whereabouts

Benjen Stark

Benjen Stark has been missing for some time. In A Clash of Kings the Old Bear and Jon Snow discuss the empty wildling villages, realising that if Benjen found the villages empty, he would search for the reason.

Horn of Winter

Where is the true Horn of Winter?

Howland Reed

Howland Reed has also been missing for some time. In A Clash of Kings, he sent his teenaged children, Jojen and Meera, to pledge the Reeds to Robb Stark and defended the Neck against invaders from House Lannister to Ironmen. Despite being the Stark family's most loyal friend and the sole remaining survivor of the Tower of Joy, he has been notably absent. Given the Crannogmen's small stature, could Jojen actually be Howland? Is Howland a warg operating through animals/people to aid the Starks behind the scenes?

Jaqen H'ghar

Tracking a man who can change his identity at will is a bit difficult, but not impossible.

Jeyne Westerling

Conflicting descriptions by Catelyn Stark and Jaime Lannister suggest perhaps Jeyne Westerling has an imposter.

Loras Tyrell

Loras Tyrell may not have been grievously injured at Dragonstone, and may either be there for different reasons or elsewhere entirely.

Stonesnake

Stonesnake has been missing since Qhorin Halfhand's group was sent to scout the Skirling Pass prior to the Battle of the Fist of the First Men and may or may not be alive.

The bones of Eddard Stark

After Eddard Stark's execution in King's Landing, Ser Cleos Frey brings his bones to Riverrun. Catelyn Tully asks Hallis Mollen to carry them north to be buried at the Stark crypt at Winterfell, not knowing that Moat Cailin has fallen to the ironborn, blocking the only viable road. Since that time, Mollen's whereabouts, and Ned's bones, are unknown. When Barbrey Dustin and Theon Greyjoy investigate the crypt in A Dance with Dragons, no evidence of them is found, implying that Mollen has not yet made it to Winterfell.

The fingerbones of Davos Seaworth

Davos Seaworth lost his bag of fingerbones after the Battle of the Blackwater, making frequent reference to this afterwards, as his lost luck. In ADWD, when explaining the glamour used on Mance Rayder, Melisandre makes specific mention of a bag of fingerbones as the sort of trinket that might strengthen an illusion. Could she have somehow acquired them after Davos lost them, and be planning to create a false Davos?

Future events

The Brotherhood without banners

The "Red Wedding 2.0" theory states that the Brotherhood without banners will carry out a massacre of Freys and Lannisters during the wedding of Daven Lannister to his Frey bride.

Friends in the Reach

Randyll Tarly and Mathis Rowan will go over to Aegon VI Targaryen.

Other

Bastard Letter

Are its contents true, or was the letter even written by Ramsay?

Lightbringer

Where is Lightbringer? Does it still exist? Is the account of its creation precise or metaphorical?

See Also

While not actually theories, the following pages provide additional information concerning the following topics:




Annotations from item #46270202:

Maester Theron, born Theron Pyke, was a maester of the Citadel born a bastard of the Iron Islands who lived a century ago. In his manuscript *Strange Stone* he postulated the existence of Deep Ones a "queer, misshapen race of half men sired by creatures of the salt seas upon human women". Theron suggested they inspired the legend of merlings and that the sea creatures who fathered them inspired the religion of the Drowned God. He also noted a certain likeness between the black stone of the ancient fortress on Battle Isle that serves as foundation to the Hightower and that of the Seastone Chair, both of unknown origin, and postulated they had been constructed by the Deep Ones.




Annotations from item #46270203:

Therry is a young turnkey in the Wolf's Den. He is the son of one of the two washerwomen at the Wolf's Den. His mother is bedding two of the guardsmen. He wants to go off to war and become a knight.




Annotations from item #46270204:

The thing that came in the night is a monstrous creature from tales of the Nightfort.

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History

Long ago, multiple apprentice boys at the Nightfort claimed to have seen something which came in the night, but their descriptions of it differed when they informed their Lord Commander. Three boys died within a year and a fourth went mad.

Old Nan told the children of Lord Eddard Stark about the thing that came in the night, among other scary stories.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

While at the Nightfort, Bran Stark tries to avoid thinking of the thing that came in the night and Mad Axe.

Quotes

There was no thing that comes in the night, Maester Luwin had said so. If there had ever been such a thing, it was gone from the world now, like giants and dragons.

- thoughts of Bran Stark




Annotations from item #46270205:

The Third Battle of the Boneway was a battle fought between House Yronwood and House Martell and their respective supporters during Nymeria's War.

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Prelude

Rhoynish warrior Queen Nymeria made common cause with Mors Martell, Lord of the Sandship, whose lands were dwarfed by those of powerful kings such as House Yronwood.

Such supremacy was easier to declare than to achieve, however, and years of war followed. The Martells and their Rhoynar partners met and subdued one petty king after another. In total, six conquered kings were sent to the Wall in golden fetters by Nymeria and Mors. The sixth and last of these kings was the greatest of their foes: Yorick Yronwood, the Bloodroyal, Fifth of His Name, Lord of Yronwood, Warden of the Stone Way, Knight of the Wells, King of Redmarch, King of the Greenbelt, and King of the Dornish.

Battle

Mors Martell fought, with his allies, against the Yronwoods and their bannermen for nine years, in numerous battles. Mors and Yorick met in battle during the Third Battle of the Boneway, where Yorick personally slew Mors.

Aftermath

After Mors's death, the fighting continued for two more years, until Yorick Yronwood bent the knee to Nymeria. Yorick was send to the Wall, to serve in the Night's Watch, and Nymeria ruled Dorne from Sunspear thereafter.




Annotations from item #46270206:

The Third Blackfyre Rebellion was a conflict late in the reign of King Aerys I Targaryen.

The Rebellion

In 219 AC, Ser Aegor Rivers, known as Bittersteel, launched a new invasion after crowning Haegon I Blackfyre, the fourthborn son of Daemon I Blackfyre. This new invasion took place late in the reign of King Aerys I Targaryen, who was not interested in the details of ruling. The king's younger brother, Prince Maekar Targaryen, on the other hand, showed his leadership during the conflict. His son, Prince Aerion, fought in the war as well, as did young Prince Aegon, showing his courage.

The Third Blackfyre Rebellion featured the second duel between Bittersteel and his half-brother Brynden Rivers, who was called Bloodraven. At the end of the final battle, the Pretender, Haegon I, was dishonorably killed after he had surrendered and had given up his sword.

Aftermath

Bittersteel was taken captive and brought in chains to the Red Keep in King's Landing, where Aerion and Bloodraven urged Aerys I to have Aegor executed. While Bittersteel was found guilty of high treason, the king spared his life and ordered that Bittersteel be sent to the Wall instead of facing execution.

The rebels learned of Bittersteel's fate, as there were still many Blackfyre friends at court who were willing to inform Aegor's supporters. The ship carrying Aegor to the Night's Watch was taken in the narrow sea, while on the way to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, and Bittersteel was freed and returned to the sellsword company he had founded, the Golden Company. Bittersteel returned to Tyrosh, and before the year had ended, he crowned Haegon's eldest son, Daemon. Thus the Blackfyre plotting continued.




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The Third Sword is an official from Braavos.[*citation needed*]

Recent Events

The Winds of Winter

Prior to the performance of *The Bloody Hand* at the Gate Mercy takes a quick peek out into the house and sees the Third Sword in the second balcony hosting six friends.




Annotations from item #46270208:

The Third Turtle War is one of the Rhoynish Wars, fought between the Valyrians and the Rhoynar.




Annotations from item #46270209:

The third sack of Maidenpool occurs during the War of the Five Kings.

Battle

The town of Maidenpool is sacked first by "lions" and again by "wolves". William Mooton, Lord of Maidenpool, remains in his castle and does not defend the town when it suffers a third sack, this time by outlaws.

Aftermath

The sack of Maidenpool by outlaws may have been perpetrated by the Brave Companions.

Following the Red Wedding, Lord Randyll Tarly takes Maidenpool




Annotations from item #46270210:

Xaro Xhoan Daxos is a member of the Thirteen - by Jacqui Davis ©

The Thirteen are a prominent group of traders within Qarth. They fight for dominion over Qarth with the Tourmaline Brotherhood, the Ancient Guild of Spicers and the Pureborn. There are thirteen members.

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

After Daenerys enters Qarth Xaro tells Pyat Pree that the Thirteen shall set a crown of black jade and fire opals upon her head. When she settles into Xaro's home he tells her that Thirteen will come and do her homage, and all the great of Qarth.

Daenerys Targaryen asks for ten ships from each of the Thirteen which would total one hundred and thirty ships. She is refused.

A Dance with Dragons

Xaro Xhoan Daxos sails to Meereen with a fleet of thirteen galleys, and men to pull the oars, to gift to Daenerys so that she can sail home to Westeros. Dany thinks to herself that Xaro is one of the Thirteen and no doubt had convinced each of his fellow members to give up one ship. She knows the merchant prince to well to think that he would sacrifice thirteen of his own ships.




Annotations from item #46270211:

Thistle is a wildling spearwife.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

After Mance Rayder's defeat in the battle beneath the Wall at the hands of Stannis Baratheon, the massed wildling army shatters and scatters, breaking up into little groups. One of these groups contains Thistle and Varamyr Sixskins, who uses the alias Haggon. As riders and others stumble upon their group, news spreads of different wildling leaders gathering survivors from the attack and leads to members of the party leaving until only Thistle and Varamyr are left. Varamyr was injured during the defeat at the Wall and Thistle has taken care of his wound as best as she could. Thistle returns after searching for food, telling Varamyr that wights are close by and that they must go. Varamyr attempts to enter her mind and seize her. Thistle fights it, screaming and tearing at her eyes. This brings the wights down upon them and they kill Thistle, Varamyr having fled her body into his second life in One Eye. Thistle is then resurrected as a wight.




Annotations from item #46270212:

Ser Thomas the Threadbare was a knight during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.

History

Thomas participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC.




Annotations from item #46270213:

Maester Thomax was a maester the author of the book *Dragonkin, Being a History of House Targaryen from Exile to Apotheosis, with a Consideration of the Life and Death of Dragons*.




Annotations from item #46270214:

Thoren Smallwood is a ranger of the Night's Watch originally from House Smallwood.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Thoren Smallwood

Thoren is sinewy with a weak chin and mouth hidden beneath a thin beard.

Thoren's demeanor is lordly

History

Long ago Thoren told Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, that Craster gives his sons to the wood.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

According to Jon Snow, Thoren was a henchman of Ser Alliser Thorne, the former master-at-arms of Castle Black, and Thoren dislikes Jon and Samwell Tarly.

Thoren is one of the senior officers during the expedition beyond the Wall, commanding the rangers. In the column, he commands the vanguard.

Thoren recognizes the advantageous position of the Fist of the First Men, and Jeor restricts Thoren's rangers to patrolling the eastern bank of the Milkwater.

A Storm of Swords

Thoren leads one of the search parties looking for the wildling host, finding them along the Milkwater in the Frostfangs. His scouts include Kedge Whiteye and Bannen.

Before the Night's Watch departs the Fist, however, they are attacked by wights. During the fight at the Fist, Thoren coordinate the firing of fire arrows against the undead. As the Night's Watch is being defeated, Thoren advocates sending the reserve to hold the west wall of the Fist, but Lord Commander Mormont has him call them back to cut their way out. When a dead bear comes upon the commanders of the Night's Watch, Thoren charges the animal. He nearly takes the bear's head off with his longsword, but the beast then takes Thoren's own head from his shoulders.

As the Night's Watch retreats to Craster's Keep, Ronnel Harclay replaces Thoren as commander of the remaining rangers.

Quotes by Thoren

Thoren: Send two hundred wolves against ten thousand sheep, ser, and see what happens.

Jarman: There are goats among these sheep, Thoren. Aye, and maybe a few lions. Rattleshirt, Harma the Dogshead, Alfyn Crowkiller ...

Thoren: I know them as well as you do, Buckwell. And I mean to have their heads, every one. These are wildlings. No soldiers. A few hundred heroes, drunk most like, amidst a great horde of women, children, and thralls. We will sweep over them and send them howling back to their hovels.

- Thoren and Jarman Buckwell

This King-beyond-the-Wall will never look for us so far north. And this great host of his is a shambling horde, full of useless mouths who won't know what end of a sword to hold. One blow will take all the fight out of them and send them howling back to their hovels for another fifty years.

- Thoren to Mallador Locke

Ottyn: We are the shield that guards the realms of men. You do not throw away your shield for no good purpose.
Thoren: In a swordfight, a man's surest defense is the swift stroke that slays his foe, not cringing behind a shield.

- Ottyn Wythers and Thoren

Quotes about Thoren

Only fools like Thoren Smallwood despise the wildlings. They are as brave as we are, Jon.

- Qhorin Halfhand to Jon Snow




Annotations from item #46270215:

Thormor Ironmaker is an ironborn raider from House Ironmaker

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Thormor champions Erik at the kingsmoot, bearing the old man's hammer for him.




Annotations from item #46270216:

Thoros of Myr is a red priest of R'hllor from the Free City of Myr, and a member of King Robert I Baratheon's court at King's Landing. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* he is portrayed by Paul Kaye.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Thoros of Myr

Thoros is a tall, fat man in flapping red robes.

The genial Thoros enjoys wine,

Thoros has a reputation as a brave madman with an absurd but dangerous firesword.

History

Thoros was born in the Free City of Myr, the youngest of eight children, and he was given to a red temple of R'hllor at a young age. He earned his priesthood but was never overly pious due to his tastes for fighting, drinking, and women. Thoros was sent to King's Landing in hopes he could convert the fire-obsessed King Aerys II Targaryen, but he was unsuccessful and started to question his own faith.

During Robert's Rebellion, Thoros was present

Thoros became a frequent drinking companion of the new king, Robert I.

Thoros is a frequent tourney mêlée champion, using cheap swords set aflame with wildfire to spook the other combatants' horses.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Thoros of Myr before joining the brotherhood, by The Mico ©.

Sansa Stark and Jeyne Poole giggle at Thoros in the Hand's tourney, where he unhorses Lord Beric Dondarrion.

Lord Eddard Stark, Hand of the King, tasks Thoros with recruiting twenty men to join the party of Beric, which is to seek out Ser Gregor Clegane and bring him to the king's justice.

When war breaks out, Beric and Thoros raid the foraging parties of Lord Tywin Lannister.

A Clash of Kings

While Beric's band forages in the riverlands, Thoros pays smallfolk with paper notes.

A Storm of Swords

Thoros of Myr after joining the brotherhood, by The Mico ©.

Harwin tells Arya Stark of the battle at the Mummer's Ford, when Gregor ambushed Beric's party. Thoros rallied Beric's horsemen and allowed Beric to escape. Thoros removed Gregor's lance from Beric and tried to treat the wound,.

The spiritually-reawakened Thoros continues to resurrect Beric through means beyond his understanding,

After some time spent in the brotherhood, Thoros becomes loose-skinned and grey-haired, wearing faded robes and piecemeal armor.

Thoros revives Beric after the lightning lord is slain by Sandor Clegane in trial by combat within the hollow hill.

A Feast for Crows

After fighting Rorge and Biter at the crossroads inn, Brienne of Tarth is captured by the brotherhood. Thoros explains that when the brotherhood found the body of Lady Catelyn Stark after the Red Wedding, he refused to give her the last kiss and revive her. Beric passed the flame of life to Catelyn's corpse instead, and the so-called Lady Stoneheart now leads the brotherhood after Beric's passing. Her motives and methods lower Thoros's spirits.

Quotes by Thoros

Sandor: Thoros of Myr. You used to shave your head.
Thoros: To betoken a humble heart, but in truth my heart was vain. Besides, I lost my razor in the woods. I am less than I was, but more. A year in the wild will melt the flesh off a man. Would that I could find a tailor to take in my skin. I might look young again, and pretty maids would shower me with kisses.

Sandor Clegane and Thoros

Yet I am not the false priest you knew. The Lord of Light has woken in my heart. Many powers long asleep are waking, and there are forces moving in the land. I have seen them in my flames.

– Thoros to Sandor Clegane

Beric: Thoros, how many times have you brought me back now?
Thoros: It is R'hllor who brings you back, my lord. The Lord of Light. I am only his instrument.

Beric Dondarrion and Thoros

Gendry: My master said you were a sot and a fraud, as bad a priest as there ever was.
Thoros: That was unkind. True, but unkind.

Gendry and Thoros

Brienne: You are the Myrish priest. The red wizard.
Thoros: The pink pretender, rather. I am Thoros, late of Myr, aye ... a bad priest and a worse wizard.

Brienne of Tarth and Thoros

Justice. I remember justice. It had a pleasant taste. Justice was what we were about when Beric led us, or so we told ourselves. We were king's men, knights, and heroes ... but some knights are dark and full of terror, my lady. War makes monsters of us all.

– Thoros to Brienne of Tarth

Quotes about Thoros

The red wizard. I've heard tell he has strange powers.

Sharna to Jaime Lannister

Anguy: Thoros herding sheep?
Ravella: I grant you it was an odd sight, but Thoros claimed that as a priest he knew how to tend a flock.

Anguy and Ravella Smallwood

Arya: He isn't very priestly, is he?
Gendry: No. Master Mott said Thoros could outdrink even King Robert. They were pease in a pod, he told me, both gluttons and sots.

Arya Stark and Gendry

A grievous wound, aye, but Thoros healed it. There's never been no better healer.

Lem to Arya Stark




Annotations from item #46270217:

The Thousand is an assembly of Ibbenese wealthy guildsmen, ancient nobles, priest, and priestesses similar to the magisters' councils in the Free Cities. Their task is to choose the members of the Shadow Council, which has been the ruling body of Ibben ever since the last God-King was overthrown in the aftermath of the Doom of Valyria.




Annotations from item #46270218:

The Thousand Islands are an extensive archipelago in the eastern Shivering Sea off the northern coast of Essos. To the southwest are the Plains of the Jogos Nhai, to the south is Nefer and N'Ghai, and to the southeast is Mossovy. According to Ibbenese chartmakers, the islands are actually fewer than three hundred. The fish in the waters of the Thousand Islands are described as oddly misshapen, with a bitter and unpleasant taste.

These isles are sea-girt scatter of bleak and windswept rocks. Some believe they are the remnants of a drowned kingdom whose buildings were submerged by the rising sea thousands of years ago. Few mariners land on the islands, due to their inhabitants.

Inhabitants

A woman of the Thousand Islands - © René Aigner

The folk that dwell on the Thousand Islands are reportedly xenophobes, inimical to strangers. They are hairless and have green-tinged skin. Females file their teeth into sharp points and males slice the foreskins of their members. They speak an unknown tongue and are said to sacrifice sailors to squamous, fish-headed gods. Likenesses of these gods are visible along the shores when the tide is low, lending credence to the the theory of a civilization submerged by the rising of the sea level. Despite being islanders, the inhabitants of the Thousand Islands fear the sea so much they refuse to set foot in the water, even when threatened by death.

History

Sarnori ships sailed the Thousand Islands in the height of their power.

Corlys Velaryon was the first Westerosi to navigate the Thousand Islands. After reaching them, he turned back.




Annotations from item #46270219:

The Thousand Years War is what singers call the ancient fighting in the north between the Kings of Winter from House Stark of Winterfell and the Barrow Kings of the barrowlands. Runes indicate there were probably two hundred years of conflict in separate wars, rather than a single war lasting a thousand years. The wars ended when the last Barrow King submitted to Winterfell and gave his daughter to the Stark king to marry.




Annotations from item #46270220:

A thrall. © FFG

A thrall is an indentured servant of Westeros, now found only in the Iron Islands.

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About

Thralls of the ironborn may only be obtained by paying the "iron price" (capturing them by raiding) under the Old Way. They are not slaves since they may not be sold and they may not be obtained by paying the "gold price." Their children may be free if they are drowned to the Drowned God.

History

Thralls were commonly used by the First Men who ruled Westeros prior to the Andal invasion.

As time passed, however, thralldom was only practiced by ironborn of the Iron Islands. After Lord Lymond Hightower of Oldtown defended against the ironborn king Theon III Greyjoy, Lymond temporarily used thralldom to punish the captured ironborn through forced labor.

There were at least two thrall rebellions against House Greyiron.

House Codd is descended from thralls and salt wives, and is looked down upon for it.

Quotes

The man who owns a boat need never be a thrall, for every captain is a king upon the deck of his own ship.

- Archmaester Hake




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Thrall's Bane is an ironborn longship and part of the Iron Fleet.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Thrall's Bane is part of the Iron Fleet contingent dispatched to Slaver's Bay. Thrall's Bane and *Seven Skulls* capture a fishing ketch, whose master tells Victarion Greyjoy that Daenerys Targaryen has flown away on her dragon, beyond the Dothraki Sea.




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Three-Tooth is the steward of Ten Towers for Lord Rodrik Harlaw. She has been the steward since she was known as Twelve-Tooth. She is very old. She only has one tooth at present.




Annotations from item #46270223:

A three-eyed crow appears to Bran Stark in dreams. It is known by the children of the forest as the last greenseer.* it is known as the three-eyed raven.

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Recent Events

The three-eyed crow - by Marc Simonetti ©

A Game of Thrones

When Bran Stark is in a coma after his fall, a crow appears in his dreams and tells Bran it can teach him to fly. Bran realizes it has three eyes, with the third eye full of a terrible knowledge. The crow guides him out of his coma.

A Clash of Kings

While bannermen arrive at Winterfell for the harvest feast, Bran dreams of a weirwood with deep red eyes and a twisted wooden mouth, with the three-eyed crow in its branches.

A Storm of Swords

Bran and his companions—Hodor, Meera, and Jojen Reed—decide to travel north beyond the Wall to find the three-eyed crow, of whom the boy still dreams.

A Dance with Dragons

With the assistance of Coldhands, Bran, Hodor, and the Reeds reach the three-eyed crow in a cave in the haunted forest. It is not an actual bird, but a man who says he was once a lord called Brynden.

Brynden teaches Bran about greenseeing and skinchanging.

Quotes by the three-eyed crow

Last Greenseer by Karen Petrasko

The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

– the three-eyed crow, to Bran Stark

Quotes about the three-eyed crow

A face took shape within the hearth. Stannis? she thought, for just a moment . . . but no, these were not his features. A wooden face, corpse white. Was this the enemy? A thousand red eyes floated in the rising flames. He sees me. Beside him, a boy with a wolf's face threw back his head and howled.

Melisandre, looking into the fire in her chambers at Castle Black

Most of him has gone into the tree ... He has lived beyond his mortal span, and yet he lingers. For us, for you, for the realms of men. Only a little strength remains in his flesh. He has a thousand eyes and one, but there is much to watch. One day you will know.

Leaf, to Bran Stark

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Annotations from item #46270224:

The Three Exiles is a group of three islands in the Summer Islands. They are located in the Summer Sea west of Moluu and the Isle of Love and south of the group of islands called The Singing Stones. The Three Exiles are the westernmost islands in the Summer Isles.




Annotations from item #46270225:

The Three Sage Kings were a trio of wise and cunning Kings of the Reach from House Gardener who followed one another on the Oakenseat and who dealt with the Andal invasion of the Reach long after the fall of the Vale and the riverlands and stormlands. Instead of armed resistance they took a policy of accord and assimilation toward the Andals. They were Garth IX Gardener, his son Merle I Gardener, and his grandson - Merle's son - Gwayne V Gardener.

Garth IX brought a septon to his court and made him one of his counselors, also building the first sept at Highgarden, though he continued to worship the old gods. Merle I converted to the Faith of the Seven and helped fund the construction of septs, septries, and motherhouses all over the Reach. Gwayne V was the first Gardener born into the Faith and the first to be made a knight.

Both Merle I and Gwayne V took Andal maidens as their wives to bind their fathers to the Gardener realm, and all three took Andals into their service as knights and retainers; Ser Alester Tyrell, the founder of House Tyrell, was made Gwayne V's champion and sworn shield.

The Gardeners sought after Andal craftsmen, especially blacksmiths and stonemasons, and encouraged their lords bannermen to do the same. Thus the First Men of the Reach learned to arm and armor themselves in iron instead of bronze and strengthen their castles with Andal masonry.

Though some of the new-made lords broke their vows in later years, most remained loyal and helped their kings and liege lords put down the rebels and also defend the Reach from invading Andal petty kings and warbands.

Maester Yandel writes that seldom had a conquest been achieved with less bloodshed.

Quotes

When a wolf descends upon your flocks, all you gain by killing him is a short respite, for other wolves will come. If instead you feed the wolf and tame him and turn his pups into your guard dogs, they will protect the flock when the pack comes ravening.

- King Garth IX Gardener

They gave us seven gods, we gave them dirt and daughters, and our sons and grandsons shall be as brothers.

- King Gwayne V Gardener




Annotations from item #46270226:

The Three Singers are the three weirwood trees located in the godswood of Highgarden. They are large, ancient, and graceful, and have grown so entangled over time that they look like one single three, albeit with three trunks. Located beneath the three weirwood trees is a pool.

According to legend, Garth Greenhand planted the Three Singers.




Annotations from item #46270227:

Three Sisters

The Vale of Arryn and the location of the Three Sisters

The Three Sisters by Cris Urdiales ©

Three Sisters

The Three Sisters are a group of three islands—Sweetsister, Longsister, and Littlesister

The islands are considered dens of avarice and sin by septons.

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Culture

The Three Sisters are within the dominion of the Vale of Arryn and are ruled by House Sunderland. Houses Borrell of Sweetsister, Longthorpe of Longsister, and Torrent of Littlesister are sworn to the Sunderlands. The Three Sisters are sworn to House Arryn of the Vale, but the Eyrie's grasp upon the islands is tenuous at best.

Ships go between the Three Sisters and White Harbor all the time. The Sisters sell crab, fish and goat cheese to White Harbor and in return they sell them wood, wool and hides.

Beacons burn along the shores of the Three Sisters to warn passing ships of danger. The Night Lamp of Sisterton is a prominent beacon operated by House Borrell. Some disreputable Sistermen use false lights to lure ships into wrecks to take their cargo.

History

Pirate Kings

The Sistermen of antiquity worshiped the Lady of the Waves and the Lord of the Skies instead of the old gods of the children of the forest, who had been adopted by the First Men of mainland Westeros. The Sistermen of that time cast dwarfs into the sea as an offering to the gods. Septons stopped the practice after the Andal invasion and the arrival of the Faith of the Seven, however.

The Sistermen of old were a free people ruled by local kings. These pirates and raiders sent longships into the Bite, the narrow sea, and the Shivering Sea to reave and capture slaves.

Arryn Era

In retaliation for the raids,

The Three Sisters have been a haven for smugglers for centuries. Instead of piracy, the Sistermen have turned to wrecking.

Targaryen Era

During Aegon's Conquest, the Sistermen rebelled against Ronnel Arryn, King of Mountain and Vale, declaring Marla Sunderland as their queen.

Led by the Sunderlands, the Three Sisters supported Rhaenyra Targaryen against Aegon II Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons, along with the Arryns.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

While in White Harbor, Ser Rodrik Cassel suggests hiring a fishing sloop out of the Three Sisters to transport him and Catelyn Stark to King's Landing. Catelyn instead chooses *Storm Dancer*, a galley out of Tyrosh.

A Clash of Kings

Ser Davos Seaworth is sent by Stannis Baratheon with a chest of letters to spread word of Joffrey Baratheon's illegitimacy. His route is to sail to the Three Sisters and other harbors along the narrow sea.

A Dance with Dragons

When Salladhor Saan decides to leave the service of Stannis, he sets Davos loose in a boat, with Davos eventually washing up on Sweetsister. Rather than turn Davos over to Lord Triston Sunderland, Lord Godric Borrell allows Davos to continue on to White Harbor.

Quotes

The Three Sisters were fickle bitches, loyal only to themselves.

- thoughts of Davos Seaworth

Storms were sacred on the Sisters before the Andals came. Our gods of old were the Lady of the Waves and the Lord of the Skies. They made storms every time they mated. These kings never bother with the Sisters. Why should they? We are small and poor.

- Godric Borrell to Davos Seaworth




Annotations from item #46270228:

The Three Thousand of Qohor

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History

Prelude

During the Century of Blood after the Doom of Valyria, the Dothraki first rode out east of the Dothraki sea.

Battle

The Dothraki prevailed in the first day of fighting. Though the Qohorik forces inflicted over five thousand losses on the Dothraki, their garrison and heavy horse were shattered and nearly destroyed.

According to Jorah Mormont, the Dothraki could have outflanked such a small force, but in their contempt for infantry, the Dothraki riders launched a direct frontal assault instead, in an attempt to simply ride down the heavy infantry.

Aftermath

Since the victory of the Three Thousand of Qohor, the city guard of Qohor has been made up entirely of Unsullied. Each soldier carries a spear with a braid made of human hair attached to it.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Jorah Mormont tells the tale to Daenerys Targaryen to persuade her to buy Unsullied warriors.




Annotations from item #46270229:

Three Toes is a member of the Brave Companions.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Three Toes is one of the many Brave Companions who remain behind at Harrenhal after several failed foraging runs. He is present when Brienne of Tarth is thrown into the bear pit and raises his sword against Jaime Lannister when he comes back to save her, but Vargo Hoat orders him to stand down.

A Feast for Crows

Three Toes, like many of the Brave Companions, is on the run.




Annotations from item #46270230:

Three Towers

The Reach and the location of Three Towers

Three Towers is the seat of House Costayne in the Reach. It sits on a cliff on the southern shore of Whispering Sound, almost where the sound meets the Redwyne Straits.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The *Cinnamon Wind* sails past Three Towers on its way to Oldtown.




Annotations from item #46270231:

House Lannister soldiers alongside the Three Whores trebuchets. - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

The Three Whores are three great trebuchets built inside the Mud Gate in King's Landing.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

The trebuchets are called the Three Whores by members of the gold cloaks because they are supposed to give Stannis Baratheon a lusty welcome when he comes to attack King's Landing in the Battle of the Blackwater.




Annotations from item #46270232:

The three bells of Norvos are three bells located in the Free City of Norvos.

The three bells govern every aspect of the lives of those in the city. The bells tell the Norvoshi when to rise, sleep, work, rest, when to take arms, when to pray (often), and when they are permitted to have carnal relations (accoding to the tales, rather less often).

Lomas Longstrider, having been so taken by them, counts the bells of Norvos as one of his nine *Wonders Made by Man*.




Annotations from item #46270233:

The Threepenny Wood is a wood located in the Riverlands.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

It is reported that there is famine around the Threepenny Wood.




Annotations from item #46270234:

Thunder and Dunk. by Mike S Miller and Anders Finer ©

Thunder was Ser Duncan the Tall's old warhorse.

Thunder was originally owned by Ser Arlan of Pennytree. When Arlan died, Dunk took ownership of Thunder along with those of Arlan's palfrey, Sweetfoot, and his stot, Chestnut.




Annotations from item #46270235:

Thunderclap was a gyrfalcon owned by Robert Baratheon in his youth. The falcon never missed its strike.




Annotations from item #46270236:

The Thunderer is an ironborn longship owned by House Drumm. It is captained by Lord Dunstan Drumm.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Lord Captain Victarion Greyjoy spots the Thunderer at anchor in Nagga's Cradle alongside Lord Baelor Blacktyde's *Nightflyer*.




Annotations from item #46270237:

Archmaester Thurgood was an archmaester of the Citadel. He wrote the book *Inventories*, which listed the existance of 227 Valyrian steel blades in all of Westeros.




Annotations from item #46270238:

Ser Thurgood Fell was a knight from House Fell during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.

History

Ser Thurgood participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC.




Annotations from item #46270239:

Arya stabs the Tickler over and over again in a rage until The Hound stops her - by Mathia Arkoniel

The Tickler is a man-at-arms in service to Ser Gregor Clegane.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of the Tickler

He has medium height and build, with a face so ordinary that it's difficult to establish his age.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

The Tickler is one of Gregor Clegane's men-at-arms, the group that captures Arya Stark, Gendry and Hot Pie in the Riverlands. The Tickler tortures the smallfolk of the Riverlands on the orders of Gregor, trying to gain information on the whereabouts of Lord Beric Dondarrion and any food and valuables they might know the locations of.

The Tickler departs Harrenhal alongside Tywin Lannister as part of Gregor Clegane's vanguard, unknowingly putting himself out of Arya's reach to choose him as her next target for Jaqen H'ghar.

The Tickler later participates in the Battle of the Fords under Gregor Clegane's command, managing to cross the trident as one of his best men. He survives the battle at Stone Mill and successfully retreats when Edmure Tully counter-attacks with his reserve.

A Storm of Swords

The Tickler's atrocities are recalled by Arya, who informs Harwin and the brotherhood without banners of his actions when his group captured her and Gendry near the God's Eye and his interrogation and torturing of the smallfolk on the way to Harrenhal.

The Tickler continues to be religiously included in Arya's list, though as time goes on she struggles to remember his face as well as the other marked members of Gregor's men-at-arms. His face in particular proves elusive, due to his ordinary looks.

After securing Harrenhal under The Mountain's command, The Tickler, Polliver and a Sarsfield squire visited the Inn at the Crossroads to "tickle" the inkeep before coming across Sandor Clegane and Arya. A fight ensues, the Tickler armed with a shortsword in one hand and a dagger in the other. The three are killed, with the Tickler being slain by Arya with multiple stabs to his back when he was distracted by Sandor. As she stabs him repeatedly, Arya screams the questions he asked the smallfolk when interrogating them.

Quotes by the Tickler

Is there gold hidden in the village? Silver, gems? Is there food? Where is Lord Beric? Which of you village folk helped him? Where did he go? How many men did he have with him? How many knights? How many bowmen? How many were horsed? How are they armed? How many wounded? Where did they go, did you say?

Quotes about the Tickler

Tickler makes them howl so hard they piss themselves.

Chiswyck

The Tickler on the Game of Thrones wiki.




Annotations from item #46270240:

For other articles sharing the same title, please see this disambiguation page.

The tiger of the Known World is similar to the real-life tiger. The felines are found in the Forest of Qohor,

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History

Tiger-men are a sentient species in the myths and legends of Yi Ti. The legendary Bloodstone Emperor of The Great Empire of the Dawn took a tiger-woman to wife.

The aristocratic and warrior political party of Volantis is known as the "tigers". They tend to be imperialists and advocate war over commerce.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Daenerys Targaryen sees spotted tigers during her journey through the Forest of Qohor.

Syrio Forel tells Arya Stark that in in the Sealord of Braavos's menagerie, he saw tigers that carry their cubs in a pouch.

A Clash of Kings

Daenerys sees Qartheen wearing tiger skins.

A Storm of Swords

Illyrio Mopatis's tiger skins are part of Daenerys's payment for the Unsullied in Astapor.

A Feast for Crows

Victarion Greyjoy claims that his brother, Euron, seduced many ironborn captains with valuable gifts, such as tiger pelts.

A Dance with Dragons

Some of the Brazen Beasts who escort Daenerys Targaryen to Meereen's fighting pits wear tiger masks.

Quotes

Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger.

Sandor Clegane to Sansa Stark, about Boros Blount

Tiger skins are costly.[...] What better use for his tiger skins than to buy you the beginnings of an army?

—Ser Jorah Mormont, to Daenerys Targaryen

Notes

  1. Syrio possibly saw a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), or similar marsupial, which only superficially resembles a tiger.



Annotations from item #46270241:

Tiger-men are a mythic sentient species mentioned in the myths and legends of Yi Ti. According to legend, one of the many actions that the Bloodstone Emperor committed as part of the Blood Betrayal that ushered in the Long Night was taking a tiger-woman for his bride.




Annotations from item #46270242:

The tiger cloaks are the city guard of the Free City of Volantis and its affiliate cities, such as Selhorys. The tiger cloaks serve the ruling triarchs, and their name comes from the militant tiger party. Around half of the guards worship R'hllor.

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Appearance

The tiger cloaks are slave soldiers with green tiger stripes tattooed across their cheeks, of which they are fiercely proud. They wear silver mail shirts and polished helms fashioned like tiger masks.

Recent Events

A Dance of Dragons

On their way to Selhorys Tyrion Lannister and Haldon pass through a gate where a squad of Volantene spearmen stand guard. One of the tigers roughly rubs Tyrion's head and remarks it is good luck to rub the head of a dwarf, but Tyrion is too startled to resist.

Quotes

Do they yearn for freedom? he wondered. What would they do if this child queen bestowed it on them? What are they, if not tigers? What am I, if not a lion?

- thoughts of Tyrion Lannister




Annotations from item #46270243:

The "tigers" are a political party in the Free City of Volantis. It is the party supported by the Old Blood, advocating military conquest. They are rivaled by the elephants, who advocate trade.

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History

After the Doom of Valyria, during the Century of Blood, the Volantenes considered themselves the heirs to the Valyrian Freehold and rightful rulers of the world.

For the last three centuries, since the tigers lost power to the elephants, At no time has more than one tiger has been named triarch. At some times no tiger has been elected

Recent events

A Dance of Dragons

Aboard the *Iron Victory* Moqorro tells Victarion his flames have confirmed that Volantis has sided with the tigers.

Known tigers

Historical tigers

Quotes

Tigers love to bare their claws, and even elephants will kill if threatened.




Annotations from item #46270244:

Tim Stone is a ranger of the Night's Watch. He is a bastard from the Vale of Arryn.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Tim is part of the great ranging that leaves Castle Black and the Shadow Tower in search of Benjen Stark and Mance Rayder. He survives the fight at the Fist.

Tim stays loyal to the Watch during the mutiny at Craster's Keep and is one of the few survivors of the ranging to make it all the way back to Castle Black.

A Feast for Crows

Tim is stationed at Castle Black.




Annotations from item #46270245:

Tim Tangletongue is a steward of the Night's Watch.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Tim is among the brothers of the Night's Watch left behind by Bowen Marsh when he sets off to chase wildlings. Tim defends the Wall from wildlings during the battle beneath the Wall.

A Feast for Crows

Tim is stationed at Castle Black.




Annotations from item #46270246:

This timeline of major events attempts to lay out the most important points in the history of Westeros and Essos, based on dates and information given in the novels and supporting material. For further detail, see years before Aegon's Conquest and years after Aegon's Conquest.

According to tradition, the known history of Westeros extends back over 12,000 years.

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Timeline

All dates are in relation to the Conquest of Aegon the Conqueror, using negative numbers for events before Aegon's Conquest. Note, that 'ca' is an abbreviation for the Latin word 'circa', meaning around, or approximately.

Dawn Age

Age of Heroes

Andal invasion

Age of Valyria

The Seven Kingdoms

Targaryen Dynasty

The Fall of the Dragons

King Robert's Reign

A Song of Ice and Fire

Quotes

Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend.

- Hoster Blackwood, to Jaime Lannister

I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.

Rodrik Harlaw




Annotations from item #46270247:

Timeon, also known as Timeon of Dorne, is a Dornish member of the Brave Companions.

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Appearance and Character

He is swarthy. He is a spearman of the company, and he ties a red silk scarf about his helm.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Timeon is part of the foraging company who captured Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth in the Riverlands. He mocks both of them and goads Rorge into raping Brienne before he bounds the pair together for the ride to meet Vargo Hoat.

A Feast for Crows

Pyg, Shagwell and Timeon purchased a map from Dick Crabb hoping to escape from Westeros after the Brave Companions abandoned Harrenhal. Brienne of Tarth found them at the Whispers with the help of Dick while searching for Sansa Stark. Brienne killed Timeon during the ensuing battle.

Quotes

Finish it. Send me back to Dorne, you bloody bitch.

- Timeon, before Brienne of Tarth lands the killing blow




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Annotation #1 for item #46270248: Wiki: Timett

Timett is a red hand, a type of war chief, of the Burned Men, one of the most-feared Vale clans of the Mountains of the Moon. He is commonly known as Timett son of Timett, after his father,

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Timett

Timett is a tall, fierce young man with a burned left eye. He is not yet twenty years of age.

History

During the rite of manhood for his clan, Timett burned one of his eyes out of its socket with a hot knife. Because the typical sacrifice for the rite is a nipple or finger, the impressed clan elders immediately named him a red hand of the tribe. Timett was very young for this position, but he inspired fear even among his fellow clansmen.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Timett joins the group of clansmen who choose to follow Tyrion Lannister and join the army of Lord Tywin Lannister. He serves as the leader of the Burned Men in the group.

A Clash of Kings

Timett follows Tyrion to King's Landing. He becomes one of Tyrion's chief enforcers, along with Bronn and Shagga, during Tyrion's tenure as Hand of the King.

A Storm of Swords

Timett attempts to return to King's Landing to serve Tyrion, but is driven off because of Tyrion's injury. He and his men instead return to the Mountains of the Moon with their plunder from Stannis Baratheon's camp at the Blackwater.

When Sandor Clegane attempts to enter the mountains to travel to the Eyrie, he is warned off by locals, one of whom states how ferocious the mountain clans have become after Timett One-Eye's return.

During the trial of Tyrion for the death of King Joffrey I Baratheon, Tyrion's lover Shae is the last witness for the Crown. She claims that Tyrion had ordered Timett and Shagga to forcefully bring her to Tyrion after the battle on the Green Fork.

Quotes

The Burned Men fear nothing. Timett son of Timett will ride with the lions.

- Timett to Tywin Lannister

Annotation #2 for item #46270248: Wiki: (father) Timett

Timett is the father of Timett of the Burned Men in the Vale of Arryn.




Annotations from item #46270249:

Ser Timon, better known as Timon the Scrapesword, is a famed knight.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

While fighting for Stannis I during the Battle of the Blackwater, he is captured. He bends the knee to King Joffrey I.




Annotations from item #46270250:

Timoth is a servant of House Martell at Sunspear. He is very dignified.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Timoth is among the servants who are allowed access to Princess Arianne Martell during her imprisonment at Sunspear.




Annotations from item #46270251:

Archmaester Timotty is an Archmaester of the Citadel and the author of *Conjectures*, where he suggests that Aegon I Targaryen spared Sunspear during the "Dragon's Wroth" in the First Dornish War hoping that the Dornishmen would turn on House Martell for not falling prey to dragonfire..




Annotations from item #46270252:

Tion Frey is the third son of Ser Emmon Frey and Genna Lannister. He serves as a squire during the War of the Five Kings.

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Due to his Lannister blood, Tion fights under his cousin, Jaime Lannister, at the Battle of the Whispering Wood and is captured along with him..

A Clash of Kings

King Robb Stark and Tyrion Lannister negotiate Tion's release. Robb offers Tion and his cousin Willem Lannister in exchange for Arya and Sansa Stark. Tyrion declines that offer, but offers Lord Medger Cerwyn and Ser Donnel Locke for Tion and Harrion Karstark and Ser Wylis Manderly for Willem.

A Storm of Swords

In the same battle in which Tion was captured, Ser Jaime Lannister had slain two sons of Lord Rickard Karstark, who served as bodyguards for Robb Stark.

Appearance

After they have been murdered, Catelyn Tully sees the bodies of Willem Lannister and Tion Frey. She observed that one was blond, wore his hair long, and was trying to grow a beard. He was probably killed in his sleep. His cousin was brown-haired and had fought for his life. Both were pale from their imprisonment.

Family




Annotations from item #46270253:

Ser Tion Lannister was a knight of House Lannister.

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History

Tion was the second-born son of Gerold Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, and Lady Rohanne Webber, his second wife. He became the heir to Casterly Rock after his older twin brother, Tywald, died in the Peake Uprising in 233 AC. According to a semi-canon source, Tion was the squire of Prince Aegon Targaryen during the conflict.

Betrothal and marriage

Tion had been betrothed to a daughter of Lord Rowan. However, after his twin brother Tywald died, Tywald's betrothed, Ellyn Reyne, convinced him to espouse her instead. While Lord Gerold opposed the match, in the end, he gave way, and Tion and Ellyn became betrothed.

Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion

In 236 AC, Daemon III Blackfyre began the Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion. This rebellion did not last long, and the royalists lost fewer than one hundred men during the Battle of Wendwater Bridge. Ser Tion, however, was one of the deceased.

Tion's widow, Ellyn, had been quite influential as the future Lady of Casterly Rock, but with Tytos Lannister now the heir to Lord Gerold's seat, Ellyn's power dwindled.

Family




Annotations from item #46270254:

Tion Tarbeck, nicknamed Tion the Red, was a member of House Tarbeck. He was the son of Lord Walderan Tarbeck by his third wife, Lady Ellyn Reyne. According to semi-canon sources, the red-haired Tion was named after the late Tion Lannister, Ellyn's first husband, as an attack against Gerold Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock. He had two sisters and several half-siblings.

History

Tion died when Tarbeck Hall was destroyed during Tywin Lannister's suppression of Houses Reyne and Tarbeck.

Family




Annotations from item #46270255:

Tiqui is a city in Yi Ti, located in the western hills of the region.

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Geography

The city is southeast of the Great Sand Sea and is connected by a trade route, possibly the Sand Road, to Bayasabhad to the west and Trader Town to the north.

History

Tiqui is one of the ancient capitals of Yi Ti, and was the origin of some of the nation's past god-emperors.

Behind the Scenes

Tiqui has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels and only appears in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *A World of Ice and Fire*.