The Knight Without Armor is a legendary knight of the Reach who lived during the Age of Heroes. Tales describe him as a knight even though knights came to Westeros thousands of years later with the Andal invasion.
Knight of Griffin's Roost is the title held by the head of House Connington of Griffin's Roost, a house of landed knights of the stormlands.
Prior to the rebel victory in Robert's Rebellion, House Connington was a full-fledged noble house but lost its title of lord along with much of its lands as they had remained loyal to King Aerys II Targaryen until the royalist defeat in the Battle of the Trident.
While Ser Ronnet Connington, the Knight of Griffin's Roost, is on campaign with Ser Jaime Lannister in the riverlands, the Golden Company invades the stormlands. After the taking of Griffin's Roost, the exiled Jon Connington again calls himself Lord of Griffin's Roost.
Knight of High Hermitage is the title held by the head of House Dayne of High Hermitage, a cadet branch of House Dayne of Starfall. The current holder of the title, ruling the castle of High Hermitage, is Ser Gerold Dayne.
Knight of Ninestars is the title held by the head of House Templeton, a powerful and ancient house of the Vale of Arryn, seated at the eponymous castle of Ninestars.
This unidentified Knight of Ninestars, was the head of House Templeton during the latter stage of the First Blackfyre Rebellion.
The Knight of Ninestars supported the loyalists during the Battle of the Redgrass Field, fighting in the vanguard led by Lord Donnel Arryn. He was killed by Daemon Blackfyre when the rebel cut through the van.
Knight of Oldstones was a title held by Ser Lymond Fisher, a knight of House Fisher who rebelled against the rule of House Durrandon and claimed the title of River King or King of the Trident.
Knight of the Gate.
The Knight of the Gate traditionally asks the question, "Who would pass the Bloody Gate?" to all who would pass through.
After Lysa Arryn wed Jon Arryn at Riverrun, her brother, Brynden the Blackfish, accompanied her to the Vale of Arryn and was named Knight of the Gate by Jon, the Lord of the Eyrie.
With war threatening the Seven Kingdoms, Ser Brynden Tully resigns as Knight of the Gate to instead aid House Tully of Riverrun.
Ser Donnel Waynwood is named the new Knight of the Gate.
I asked your sister for leave to take a thousand seasoned men and ride for Riverrun with all haste. Do you know what she told me? 'The Vale cannot spare a thousand swords, nor even one, Uncle', she said. 'You are the Knight of the Gate. Your place is here.' Well, I told her she could bloody well find herself a new Knight of the Gate. Black fish or no, I am still a Tully. I shall leave for Riverrun by evenfall.
The Knight of the Laughing Tree was a mystery knight who fought at the tourney at Harrenhal in 281 AC. He defended the honor of a crannogman by challenging and defeating three knights whose squires had bullied the crannogman, demanding that they chastise the squires in order to ransom back their horses and armor.
The Knight of the Laughing Tree is so-called because of the blazon on his shield, a smiling weirwood. His true identity remains unknown. According to a semi-canon source, the bullied crannogman was Howland Reed.
Most of what is known about the Knight of the Laughing Tree comes from a story told by Meera Reed to Bran Stark. As an introduction to her story, Meera suggests that this knight "might have been a crannogman", to which Jojen Reed adds "or not". Jojen expects Bran to have heard this tale "a hundred times" from his father, Eddard Stark, but Bran denies any knowledge of the tale. He later explains that Old Nan was the one narrating stories to him, not his father.
According to Meera's tale, a crannogman—most likely her own father, Howland Reed—attended the tourney at Harrenhal, finding there Aerys II Targaryen ("the king") and Rhaegar Targaryen ("the dragon prince"). With the Targaryens were the Kingsguard ("the White Swords"), there to welcome Jaime Lannister ("a new brother") into their ranks. Based on their known composition of the time, the knights present would be Lord Commander Gerold Hightower, Jonothor Darry, Arthur Dayne, Lewyn Martell, Barristan Selmy, and Oswell Whent.
Among the lords present in the tourney were Robert Baratheon ("the storm lord") and Mace Tyrell ("the rose lord"). Notably absent was Tywin Lannister ("the great lion of the rock"). Meera reports that Tywin had quarelled with Aerys and intentionally stayed away. However, many of the knights and bannermen of House Lannister did attend the tourney.
Jousting illustration dating to 1881. Artwork by Alfred Fredericks, currently in the public domain. Used to illustrate the duel of the Knight of the Laughing Tree and the Porcupine Knight in the "Art of Ice and Fire" website.
The crannogman found himself bullied by three squires, none older than fifteen-years-old. He had already "grown to manhood", but the boys were all larger than him in size. His only offensive weapon, a three-pronged spear, was easily snatched away by his opponents. He was then thrown into the ground. His assailants repeatedly mocked him, shoved him, and kicked him. Help arrived in the person of Lyanna Stark ("the she-wolf"), who shouted indignantly that Howland was her father's bannerman. She beat off his attackers with a tourney sword, scattering them away.
The crannogman was wounded and Lyanna took him back to her "lair", probably a tent. She cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen, then introduced the guest to her brothers Brandon Stark ("the wild wolf"), Eddard Stark ("the quiet wolf"), and Benjen Stark ("the pup"). That evening, Lyanna persuaded the crannogman to attend the feast marking the start of the tournament. She insisted that he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. The "wolf maid" was not easy to refuse. Benjen found a suitable garb for the man. Within Harrenhal, he ate and drank with the Starks. Their table also included certain Stark sworn swords, notably members of Houses Dustin ("barrowdown men", men from the barrowlands or Barrowton), Hornwood ("moose"), Mormont ("bears"), and Manderly ("mermen").
During the feast Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep; when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured wine over his head. A recruiting officer of the Night's Watch was there, trying to convince knights to join the Watch. Robert Baratheon was involved in a drinking contest with Richard Lonmouth ("the knight of skulls and kisses"). Meera notes in passing that Robert won the contest. The crannogman focused his attention on Ashara Dayne ("a maid with laughing purple eyes"), a companion of Elia, who was dancing in turns with various partners. First a member of the Kingsguard (either her brother Arthur Dayne or infatuated Barristan Selmy), secondly Oberyn Martell ("a red snake"), third Jon Connington ("the lord of griffins"), and lastly Eddard Stark. Eddard was too shy to ask her for a dance, so Brandon asked her on behalf of his brother.
Still during the feast, both the crannogman and Lyanna recognized the three bullying squires. One served a pitchfork knight (House Haigh), one served a porcupine (House Blount), and the last boy served a knight of two towers (House Frey). She pointed them out to her brothers. Benjen offered to find the crannogman a horse and armor in order to avenge himself. He failed to reply, torn with indecision. His pride demanded vengeance, but he was afraid of losing and making a fool of himself, bringing shame to his people in the process. He was no knight and was not used to horses and lances. Before going to sleep at the tent of Eddard, as the "quiet wolf" had offered him hospitality, he prayed to the old gods.
During the first two days of the tournament, the porcupine knight, pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers each won a place among the champions, all in jousting. Late on the afternoon of the second day, a mystery knight "short of stature" appeared in the lists. His armor was made up of mismatched armor bits and pieces that appeared ill-fitting on him. His shield was blazoned with the image of "a white weirwood with a laughing red face". The tale earlier mentions that the crannogman had with him "a leathern shield" but does not specify whether this was the same shield. The mystery knight challenged and defeated all three of the previously mentioned knights, winning custody over their horses and armor. None of them were particularly popular, so the smallfolk cheered for the mysterious "Knight of the Laughing Tree". When the defeated trio sought to ransom back their former property, the knight declared his terms, that they ought to teach their rude squires honor. His voice sounded "booming" through his helm. The trio proceeded to chastise their squires sharply.
The mystery knight attracted unwanted attention. Robert Baratheon and Richard Lonmouth were determined to unmask him, while King Aerys was certain that the man was his enemy.
However, by the next day, it was discovered that the knight had disappeared. The king became angered by this, certain that someone close to him had given warning to "this traitor who will not show his face."
Main article: Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories
Meera's story contains several potential clues about the identity of the mystery knight. Fans have often based their evidence for his supposed identity on the disappearance of Lyanna shortly after the tournament.
Fans have speculated a lot about the possible identity of the Knight of the Laughing Tree. Below a summary of the major candidates including the arguments for each candidate.
Meera Reed tells Bran Stark the story about the Knight of the Laughing Tree, in which she notes the following things about the Knight:
Lyanna fights off the three squires to defend Howland Reed, and at the feast that evening feels the need to point them out to her brother. Provided she had the necessary skill and some luck, Lyanna could defeat three knights of uncertain ability. Benjen could have provided armor for her, as he offered to do for Howland Reed, and as a girl of about fourteen years of age, she could be shorter than the average man, while the helm she wore would make her voice sound "booming".
The theory would also explain how she met Rhaegar Targaryen, who had been sent out to find the Knight of the Laughing Tree, and crowned Lyanna as his Queen of Love and Beauty at the end of the tourney, and they had no known previous interactions.
Negative points of this theory would be doubts concerning the skill of Lyanna, and her youth. The existence of swordfighting and riding skills does not necessarily confirm the existence of jousting skills. Even if she had had actual training, this would be the first real test for her skills. As a novice in the sport, her victory would be far from guaranteed.
According to Meera, Howland Reed "was small like all crannogmen".
Negative points for this theory would be that Howland goes from the victim of the story to its hero in minimal time. He would suddenly display skills that Meera claimed the crannogmen do not have. The theory relies on Howland Reed having beginner's luck, justice, or the supernatural on his side. If the Green Men, the children of the forest, or the old gods intervened on this relatively minor occasion, one would expect them to also intervene in major events, but their lack of intervention is what makes the people of Westeros doubt their continued existence. The story might also undermine the loyalty of Howland Reed to House Stark. He avenged himself, therefore he would not be bonded to the Starks by a debt of gratitude.
As a son of House Stark, he certainly would have been a trained fighter. Noble boys seem to start training in the martial arts at an early age, and the Starks seem to take their training seriously. He was even younger than Lyanna and probably shorter. He was the one who suggested the idea of seeking vengeance to Howland Reed in the first place, and claimed that he could find a horse and some armor for the crannogman. He could have used this horse and armor himself. He also would not be the first underage participant in a jousting match. For example, Barristan Selmy had been only ten years old the first time he disguised himself as a mystery knight.
Negative points for this theory would the voice of Benjen and his incomplete training. The voice break from the vocal pitch of a boy to the deeper pitch of a man typically takes place in mid-to-late adolescence. The voice of a younger Benjen would still sound like a child, far from being powerful or stentorian. Barristan Selmy himself recalls his first jousting match with details. He was still ten and was inexperienced even as a squire. He borrowed a warhorse and found his "ill-fitting" armor in the armory of Lord Dondarrion. He had trouble keeping his lance straight, and was easily defeated in the first tilt by Duncan Targaryen.
Jojen Reed insists that Bran must have heard the tale of the Knight "a hundred times". He later specifically asks "You never heard this tale from your father?" Later still, Jojen keeps insisting: "Are you certain you never heard this tale before, Bran? Your lord father never told it to you?"
This theory would also explain Howland's personal loyalty to Eddard. He would go on to serve as one of Eddard's closest companions during Robert's Rebellion, even serving as one of the few men who followed Lord Stark to the Tower of Joy.
The main problem with the theory would be that there is no indication of Eddard being notably short. It would be possible for him to have a late growth spurt following the Tourney, gaining the last few inches of his height, but no character seems to describe or hint at such a change. Also the image of a laughing weirwood seems at odds with Eddard's somber personality.
While known to be taller than Eddard, it has not been confirmed that Brandon was particularly tall either. There have been consistent descriptions that members of Houses Baratheon, Clegane, and Umber tend to be tall, even towering above their contemporaries, but there is no such description for the Starks. Starks seem to tend on the short side; a grown Robb Stark was shorter than his mother. Brandon (and Eddard) could then be taller than Petyr Baelish and still be shorter than the average knight. Brandon is the only Stark with confirmed jousting skills. He was one of the last men standing in the final day of the Tourney, only defeated by Rhaegar Targaryen, the eventual champion.
Negative points of this theory would be the unconfirmed height of Brandon and his seeming lack of motivation. Catelyn seemed notably disappointed that Eddard was not as tall as his brother, which could mean that Brandon was a relatively tall man. Additionally, Brandon was already formally competing in the Tourney, making it unlikely that he would participate as a mystery knight as well, since the mystery knight appeared on the second day of the jousting, and Brandon was only defeated on the third day.
Ashara Dayne had been present at the opening feast, and danced with Eddard Stark after Brandon had asked her in his place. The theory goes that as a Dornishwoman, Ashara could have received formal training in sword and lance. Competing in the tourney could then be her unusual way to court Eddard Stark, wearing a weirwood sigil as a tribute to him. Her "laughing eyes" would explain the choice of a laughing sigil.
Negative points of this theory is that there is no confirmation that all Dornishwomen receive military training. The Sand Snakes did receive such training, but they might be atypical for their culture. Ashara could have been raised to act "lady-like". Also questionable would be her motivation for avenging Howland, who she didn't know.
The Knight of the Red Chicken supposedly fought at the Battle of the Blackwater. He carried a shield with a blood-red chicken upon it.
Ser Creighton Longbough claimed to have fought an epic fight with the Knight of the Red Chicken at the Battle of the Blackwater.
Knight of the Wells was one of the titles held by King Yorick V Yronwood, the last independent Yronwood king, who resisted the unification of Dorne under House Martell in Nymeria's War.
Knights inquisitor are knights tasked by the Iron Throne to investigate and punish threats.
After the fall of King's Landing, Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen sent hunting parties of knights inquisitor in search of the fugitive King Aegon II Targaryen, Princess Jaehaera Targaryen, Prince Maelor Targaryen, Lord Larys Strong, and Ser Willis Fell and Ser Rickard Thorne of the Kingsguard. Rhaenyra's knights inquisitor were also tasked with punishing those who had given aid to the fugitives.
A knight sworn to House Arryn - by Stephen Najarian
The knights of the Vale refers to both the knights sworn to House Arryn of the Eyrie and the assembled forces of knights from the Vale of Arryn.
The tradition of knighthood is strong in the Vale. During the Andal invasion of Westeros, the Andals first landed in the Fingers.
The knights of the Vale are sent out in search of the Vale mountain clans on occasion.
Ser Hugh, a young knight who squired in King's Landing with the late Defender of the Vale, Lord Jon Arryn, is killed in the Hand's tourney in the capital. Following her return to the Eyrie, Jon's widow, Lady Lysa Arryn, refuses to permit any of the knights of the Vale to travel to King's Landing to participate in the tourney.
Lady Catelyn Stark arrests Tyrion Lannister and takes him to her sister Lysa at the Eyrie. When Tyrion sarcastically replies to the accusation of murdering Jon, Lysa warns him to speak politely, for she is protected by the knights of the Vale. When Tyrion later demands trial by combat, many knights and nobles ask for the honor of championing Lysa.
After winning his trial by combat against Ser Vardis Egen and departing the Eyrie, Tyrion appeals to the mountain clans, who reject his offers of gold, by offering them weapons and armor to face the knights of the Vale.
After Catelyn reunites with her son, Robb Stark, she informs him that the only knight of the Vale that will join them is her uncle Ser Brynden Tully, formerly the Knight of the Gate.
Despite their pleas for aid, Lysa ignores the messages urging the Vale to join forces with her nephew Robb, now the King in the North and King of the Trident. After Robb ponders his next move after the betrayal of Lord Rickard Karstark at Riverrun, he considers that the knights of the Vale could make all the difference in the War of the Five Kings.
Lord Petyr Baelish claims to Sansa Stark that the knights of the Vale will all pledge their swords to her to win her back her birthright, after she is wed to Ser Harrold Hardyng.
No men in the Seven Kingdoms are as bold and true as the knights of the Vale.
- Lysa Arryn to the Eyrie's court
What do the Stone Crows do, but hide behind rocks and shiver in fear as the knights of the Vale ride by?.
- Tyrion Lannister to Shagga
Map of the known world based on *The Lands of Ice and Fire*.
The known world
Archmaester Perestan believes the world is forty thousand years old, while Archmaester Mollos instead suggests five hundred thousand years.
Location of Westeros within the known world.
Main article: Westeros
Located in the far west of the known world, the continent of Westeros is long and relatively narrow, extending from Dorne in the south to the Lands of Always Winter in the far north. The Wall, the border between the Seven Kingdoms and lands beyond the Wall to the north, is three hundred miles long, indicating that Westeros is roughly nine hundred miles at its widest point, east to west. North of the Wall, a large amount of land remains uncharted.
Westeros contains the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall, and the Lands of Always Winter in the lands north of the Wall. The Seven Kingdoms, first unified under Targaryen rule, are made up out of nine regions (the crownlands, Dorne, the Iron Islands, the north, the Reach, the riverlands, the stormlands, the Vale of Arryn, and the westerlands).
Location of Essos west of the Bone Mountains within the known world.
Main article: Essos
Separated from Westeros by the narrow sea, Essos extends eastwards for many thousands of miles. It is larger than Westeros but less densely populated.[*citation needed*] The western edge of the continent is controlled by the nine Free Cities, while the city-states of Slaver's Bay are located in the south-central region. Much of the continental interior, known as the Dothraki sea, is grassland ruled by the tribal warriors known as the Dothraki. Further east is Qarth and the fabled Jade Sea. The mapped lands of Essos are divided by the Bone Mountains, which run from the Shivering Sea in the north to the Jade Gates in the south. East of the Bone Mountains are the Plains of the Jogos Nhai, Yi Ti, the Grey Waste, Mossovy, and the legendary Asshai in the foreboding Shadow Lands.
Location of Sothoros within the known world.
Main article: Sothoryos
Sothoryos, also written as Sothoros, is located south of Essos, on the far side of the Summer Sea. It is a large continent consisting of deserts and jungles. It is said to be a haven for plagues and dangerous animals, and has not been explored much beyond the northern coastal regions. Off the coast of northwestern Sothoryos are the Basilisk Isles, and to the west is Naath.
Main article: Ulthos
Ulthos is a large landmass located to the southeast of Essos, across the Saffron Straits from the Shadow Lands. It may or may not be a continent, and its size is still unknown, as it is located on the edge of the known world.
The largest island in the known world is Great Moraq, located between the Summer Sea and the Jade Sea to the south of Qarth. The second largest appears to be Ib in the Shivering Sea north of the Kingdoms of the Ifeqevron, followed by the largest of the Summer Isles, Jhala..
The largest seas appear to be the Shivering Sea, north of Essos, and the Sunset Sea, west of Westeros. The Summer Sea and Jade Sea lie between Essos and Sothoryos, and the narrow sea separates Westeros from Essos.
Lord Gylbert Farwynd of the Lonely Light, the island farthest west of the known world, speaks of lands farther to the west, across the Sunset Sea. According to him, this land has no winter and no death. These claims are not treated seriously.
King Brandon the Shipwright of House Stark attempted to sail across the Sunset Sea, but never returned.
It has long been accepted amongst the wise that our world is round. If this is true, it ought to be possible to sail over the top of the world and down its far side, and there discover lands and seas undreamed of. Over the centuries, many a bold mariner has sought to find a way through the ice to whatever lies beyond. Most, alas, have perished in the attempt, or returned south again half-frozen and much chastened.
—Maester Yandel
Maester Nicol’s The Measure of the Days — otherwise a laudable work containing much of use — seems influenced by this argument. Based upon his work on the movement of stars in the firmament, Nicol argues unconvincingly that the seasons might once have been of a regular length, determined solely by the way in which the globe faces the sun in its heavenly course. The notion behind it seems true enough—that the lengthening and shortening of days, if more regular, would have led to more regular seasons—but he could find no evidence that such was ever the case beyond the most ancient of tales.
—Maester Yandel
Wiser men suggest that somewhere beyond the waters we know, east becomes west, and the Shivering Sea must surely join the Sunset Sea, if indeed the world is round.
—Maester Yandel
Kojja Mo is the daughter of Quhuru Mo, the captain of the *Cinnamon Wind*. Kojja is a member of the ship's crew, captains the ship's red archers, and is an expert marksman with her double-curved goldenheart bow. She is able to speak at least the Summer and Common Tongues.
See also: Images of Kojja Mo
Kojja is slender with smooth skin, as black as polished jet. She has extremely white teeth.
Kojja serves as the translator for the crew of the Cinnamon Wind while Samwell Tarly and Maester Aemon and Gilly travel aboard the ship. While Gilly is initially afraid of Kojja's appearance due to her sheltered upbringing, she soon discovers she is a good person and trusts her with the baby. Kojja loves to bounce him upon her knee and sing to him in the Summer Tongue.
Kojja shoots a dozen pirates who try to board the Cinnamon Wind near the Stepstones on their journey to Oldtown. At Maester Aemon's funeral aboard the ship, Kojja translates Sam's eulogy for the rest of the crew.
After the funeral, Kojja takes care of the baby while Gilly and Sam have sex. Afterwards, Sam avoids Gilly over the shame of breaking his Night's Watch vows, until Kojja Mo confronts him and threatens to put him off the ship unless he goes to Gilly. Kojja tells Sam that he honored the dead and the gods with their lovemaking, and that Gilly is aware she cannot marry him but only wants his companionship for a time.
As the Cinnamon Wind travels through the Redwyne Straits, Kojja Mo has her archers shoot at an ironborn longship that approaches the ship, and it veers away. When they approach Oldtown, the captain of the *Huntress* boards the ship with six knights and asks to inspect the holds. Quhuru Mo confers with his daughter before allowing them to do so. When Sam leaves the ship at Oldtown, Kojja tells him that they will stay in port as long as necessary to sell their cargo and restock, but that Gilly can stay aboard as long as she likes.
All you Westerosi make a shame of loving. There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? Only a monster god, a demon of the darkness.
—Kojja Mo, to Samwell Tarly
She knows the words you said. She is a child in some ways, but she is not blind. She knows why you wear the black, why you go to Oldtown. She knows she cannot keep you. She wants you for a little while, is all. She lost her father and her husband, her mother and her sisters, her home, her world. All she has is you, and the babe. So you go to her, or swim.
—Kojja Mo, to Samwell Tarly
Korra, known as Lady Korra and Korra the Cruel, is a female pirate on Dagger Lake. Her ship, *Hag's Teeth*, is supposedly crewed by beautiful young maids who geld every man they capture.
Kosrak
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Kosrak
Kosrak is a city located in the Lhazar region of Essos. It lies on a tributary of the Skahazadhan river, to the east of Hesh and to the northeast of Lhazosh. A trade route from Kosrak extends southeast through the red waste to the ruined city of Vaes Tolorro, while another route heads northeast to Adakhakileki.
Koss is one of the criminals Yoren picked for the Night’s Watch when he cleaned out the dungeons of King’s Landing
Koss had been arrested as a poacher.
Moving north on the kingsroad, Yoren's band arrives at an inn with a bathhouse where a group of gold cloaks carrying an arrest warrant for Gendry catches up with them. Yoren refuses to hand anyone over and the gold cloaks threaten to use force, prompting Yoren's band to announce their resistance, including Koss, who intends to use his longbow as weapon. In the end, the gold cloaks retreat without violence breaking out.
Avoiding the kingsroad after this encounter, the group moves west- and northwards on side roads in the direction of the Gods Eye. Soon the food Yoren has brought north runs out and he turns to Koss and Kurz to keep the group fed. They move ahead of the column and return by dusk, bringing in deers or quails. One day, Koss comes across a camp of twenty to thirty armed men. Some of them are hurt bad and one is dying, making so much noise that Koss can get close without being noticed, spotting that the group has only one lame horse and a banner with a treecat, yellow and black, with a mud-brown field (suggesting they are fighting for House Myatt and the Lannisters, although neither Koss nor Yoren can make the connection). He assumes the men have been there for a while, based on the stench of the place. He runs back to inform Yoren who decides it is better to avoid the camp and and opts for a detour, costing the band two days.
The band arrives at the eastern side of the river running south from the Gods Eye and Koss is the first to spot a dead soldier in the water. That morning, he and Yoren go upriver searching a ford to cross the river while Woth and Gerren search downstream, but they have no luck. They move on north to a town on the southern shore of the Gods Eye where Yoren intends to rent a boat for crossing the lake, but the town is deserted and no boats can be found. Koss suggests they could patch the bottom of a rotten rowboat they came across. Yoren decides to spend the night at the abandoned holdfast of the town and Koss again takes care of dinner, catching a goose and two chicken.
That night, the whole town is burned down by men under the command of Ser Amory Lorch. When they begin to attack the holdfast, Yoren assigns Koss and Urreg the task of holding the postern. Later on, Koss kills four men attacking the gate with his bow and arrow. As the fort is overtaken, he tries to yield by dropping his blade but is cut down all the same.
Kovarro is a Dothraki bloodrider of Daenerys Targaryen. The character was created specifically for the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* and is played by Steven Cole. He replaces Jhogo as the third bloodrider, apparently being renamed to avoid confusion with Jhaqo, one of Drogo's kos. Though Kovarro corresponds to the book-version of Rakharo, as their descriptions from the books have basically being switched to the TV series. The name "Kovarro" was created by the writers of the series, based on the guide to making new Dothraki names that language consultant David J. Peterson developed for them. As Peterson explained in his blog, the name derives from the verb kovarat, which means 'to stand', meaning a tough guy who stands his ground.
Kovarro is not seen in the first season but has been guarding Drogo's wife Daenerys Targaryen since their marriage. Following Drogo's death Daenerys hatches three dragon eggs in his funeral pyre and Kovarro swears his loyalty to her. She names him as one of her bloodriders alongside Rakharo and Aggo.
Daenerys leads what remains of her khalasar deep into the Red Waste. Facing starvation she sends Rakharo, Aggo and Kovarro to scout in three different directions, using the last remaining horses. Kovarro is sent South East.
He finds the city of Qarth and is met by the ruling council called the Thirteen. They give him a replacement horse for his ride back into the Red Waste.
He returns to the khalasar and reports his discovery that Qarth is three days to the east, on the sea. Then Kovarro leads the khalasar to Qarth.
Inside the city, Xaro Xhoan Daxos welcomes Daenerys into his home, giving her people accommodation and buying her gifts. Daenerys is distracted by Jorah Mormont, Kovarro and Malakho gathering around a bejewelled golden peacock statue. She asks Ser Jorah what they are doing and he reports that they are discussing stealing the statue. Malakho thinks that it is too heavy but Kovarro believes that they can parcel out the weight by prying out the jewels and chopping up the soft gold. Daenerys admonishes her bloodrider to show more respect for their host. He says that he will wait until they leave and she cautions him not to steal from the man who saved them from the Red Waste. Kovarro and Malakho walk off. Kovarro takes a goblet from a passing servant, emptying the liquid from it.
Kovarro accompanies Daenerys to a meeting with the Spice King who refuses to invest in her return to Westeros. When they return to Xaro's home they find that it has been attacked with Irri and several Dothraki warriors have been killed along with some of Xaro's guards and the dragons have been stolen.
Kovarro stands guards for Daenerys when she appears before the Thirteen to appeal for their help. They are stunned when Pyat Pree admits to the theft and proclaims Xaro the king of Qarth. Kovarro ushers Daenerys out of the meeting room. Pree's doubles follow them and invites Daenerys to reclaim her children at the House of the Undying. They take refuge in a disused courtyard.
Kovarro aids Ser Jorah and Daenerys to the House of the Undying. He stands guard and waits for her return. Later he is by her side when Dany discovers Doreah and Xaro in bed, and confides them to the empty chamber. He helps raid the palace of any gold and silver.
Illustration by Kim Pope
A kraken is a large sea creature, similar to a giant squid, said to be able to pull down a whaling ship.
Krakens are creatures largely considered a myth by the people of Westeros. According to ironborn legend, Nagga, the first sea dragon, was able to feed on krakens and leviathans.
The sea south of Dorne is said to be infested with krakens.
House Celtigar of Claw Isle is said to have among its treasures a horn that can summon krakens from under the sea.
A kraken, by Kevin Catalan ©
Jorah Mormont tells Daenerys Targaryen the Smoking Sea north of Valyria is demon haunted and a treacherous route, one where krakens could pull their ship under.
During the small council meeting to discuss the progress of the War of the Five Kings, Varys tells the attendees that a kraken had been seen off the Fingers. It reportedly attacked an Ibbenese whaler ship and pulled it under.
Lady Valena Toland tells Princess Arianne Martell that there are tales of krakens off the Broken Arm, pulling under crippled galleys. Valena says their maester claims that the blood draws them to the surface. She adds that there are bodies which remain in the water, while a few have washed up on Ghost Hill's shores.
Kraken's Kiss is an ironborn longship and a member of the Iron Fleet.
The Kraken's Kiss is part of the Iron Fleet contingent dispatched to Slaver's Bay. Kraken's Kiss, *Iron Wing,* and *Sparrowhawk* are the three fastest ships in Victarion Greyjoy's fleet and are tasked with running down and capturing two unladen Ghiscari galleys. The captured ships are subsequently renamed *Ghost* and *Shade*.
Krazaaj Has
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Krazaaj Has
Krazaaj Has is a ruined city in Essos between the southeastern Dothraki sea and Lhazar. It is located on a tributary of the eastern Skahazadhan, west of Vaes Mejhah and east of Meereen.
Krazaaj Zasqa
The known world and the location of the Krazaaj Zasqa
The Krazaaj Zasqa, meaning "White Mountains" in the Dothraki language, is what the the Dothraki call the northern Bone Mountains in central Essos.
The northern section of the Krazaaj Zasqa contains the Realm of Jhogwin. West of the mountains are the forested Kingdom of the Ifequevron and the ruined city of Vaes Aresak, while north across the Shivering Sea is found the island of Far Ib. East of the Krazaaj Zasqa are the Howling Hills and Leviathan Sound, while the city of Kayakayanaya and the Great Sand Sea are situated to the southeast along the Steel Road.
Kraznys mo Nakloz is a slaver in Astapor. He deals primarily in Unsullied.
See also: Images of Kraznys mo Nakloz
He has an oiled red and black beard and is so fat that Daenerys Targaryen thinks that he has bigger breasts then hers.
Kraznys showed Daenerys Targaryen the Unsullied when she came to Astapor. Daenerys feigns ignorance and pretends she does not speak the Valyrian language so Kraznys speaks to her via a slave girl named Missandei. He insults Daenerys several times during the buying unaware she understood every word he said.
When she wanted to buy them, Kraznys was the one who bartered the deal that she be sold every Unsullied in Astapor in exchange for a dragon. The exchange was done on the Plaza of Punishment, but Drogon (the dragon chosen by the slavers) refused to obey him. Daenerys answered that a dragon is no slave, and ordered Drogon to unleash a jet of flame into Kraznys' face. The Unsullied, who now belonged to her, did not lift a finger to help their former masters and are quickly ordered to eliminate all slavers.
It was mentioned by survivors of the Siege of Astapor that the pyramid of Kraznys mo Nakloz was set aflame by the population of Astapor when the Yunkai besieged the city, because they blamed the late Kraznys for their woes.
Tell her to look at the soldiers. Even the dim purple eyes of a sunset savage can see how magnificent my creatures are surely.
– Kraznys mo Nakloz, on Daenerys Targaryen, to his slave Missandei
Kromm is an ironborn raider.
Kromm is a part of the force that accompanies Theon Greyjoy, first in raiding the Stony Shore, next in capturing Winterfell..
Kurleket is a man-at-arms sworn to House Bracken. He is a great fat oaf with short-cropped hair and a pig's face.
When called upon for loyalty to House Tully by Lady Catelyn Stark, along with Lharys and Mohor, Kurleket assists in the capture of Tyrion Lannister at the crossroads inn. He is among the party that escorts Lady Stark into the Mountains of the Moon. He is slain during their first battle with Vale mountain clans, his face smashed by a mace. Tyrion takes his dirk.
Kurleket is a reference to Curly of the Three Stooges.
Kurz is one of the criminals Yoren picked for the Night’s Watch when he cleaned out the dungeons of King’s Landing
Kurz had been arrested as a poacher.
Moving north on the kingsroad, the band arrives at an inn with a bathhouse where a group of gold cloaks carrying an arrest warrant for Gendry catches up with them. Yoren refuses to hand anyone over and the gold cloaks threaten to use force, prompting Yoren's band to announce their resistance, including Kurz, who intends to use his skinning knife as weapon. In the end, the gold cloaks retreat without violence breaking out.
Avoiding the kingsroad after this encounter, the group moves west- and northwards on side roads towards the Gods Eye and soon the food Yoren has brought north runs out. Yoren turns to Kurz and Koss to keep the group fed. They move ahead of the column and return by dusk, bringing deer or quails.
The band arrives at the eastern side of the river running south from the Gods Eye. While Yoren and others search a ford, Kurz catches a fish in the river with his bare hands. They move on north to a town on the southern shore of the Gods Eye where Yoren intends to hire boats for crossing the lake, but the town is deserted and no boats can be found. Yoren decides that they'll spend the night in the town's holdfast. He assigns Kurz, Tarber and Cutjack the task of holding vigil from on high at the towerhouse of the town and orders Kurz to blow his hunting horn if danger threatens. Which Kurz does when men under the command of Ser Amory Lorch approach the town that night to burn it down.
Kurz is injured by an arrow when he pulls in the ladder at the towerhouse. However, he, Tarber and Cutjack survive the assault as Lorch's men cannot put the towerhouse on fire and have no patience to starve the three out. They are reunited with Arry and others who escaped via a tunnel from the holdfast, but Kurz's wound becomes infected and takes a turn for the worst. After teaching the group some much needed hunting techniques and survival skills, he succumbs to the wound and dies. Soon after his death, Tarber and Cutjack take everything of value and abandon the other survivors.
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Ser Kyle, known as the Cat of Misty Moor and Kyle the Cat, was a hedge knight from Misty Moor.
Kyle was stout and had red facial hair.
Ser Kyle once served House Caswell. He claimed to have saved Lord Armond's life during the First Blackfyre Rebellion. He made the first sword for Armond's three-year-old son, Joffrey, carving a wooden sword out of pine.
Ser Kyle was among the small group of hedge knights headed to Lord Ambrose Butterwell's wedding at Whitewalls. He hoped to take part in the wedding tourney and possibly win himself a place in service to a lord. His first joust had him face Lord Joffrey Caswell. Kyle threw the joust in an effort to win a place with House Caswell. Joffrey wanted no part of Kyle, though he did take his arms and armor.
Kyle is a member of the brotherhood without banners.
Kyle is present when Lord Beric Dondarrion gives Sandor Clegane a trial by battle. Kyle takes part in the battle at the burning septry. He is killed during the battle when he attempts to loose an arrow at a Bloody Mummer, only to be impaled by a spear thrown from a man wearing black mail. Kyle is quickly avenged by Lem.
Ser Kyle Condon is a knight of House Condon in service to House Cerwyn. According to Roose Bolton, he is Lord Medger Cerwyn's right hand man.
Lord Roose Bolton leaves a strong force of Stout and Cerwyn men under the command of Ser Kyle and Ronnel Stout to strengthen the defense of the Trident against the Lannisters.
Kyle Royce was a member of House Royce during the reign of Aerys II Targaryen.
When news of Lyanna Stark's kidnapping by Rhaegar Targaryen reached her brother, Brandon Stark, he raced off to King's Landing accompanied by his party, which included Kyle. Brandon and his party rode into the Red Keep demanding Rhaegar's head. King Aerys II Targaryen had them all arrested and demanded that their fathers come to King's Landing to answer for their sons crimes. Aerys had all of them killed save for Ethan Glover.
Kyleg, known as Kyleg of the Wooden Ear, is a wildling leader.
Kyleg is among the leaders of the free folk who accompany Tormund to the Wall in declaring a truce with the Night's Watch. He has at least one son who becomes a hostage of the Night's Watch.
Kyra is a tavern wench who works at the Smoking Log in the winter town outside of Winterfell.
While riding through the winter town, Theon Greyjoy calls out to her, making her blush and turn away. Theon claims to have intimate knowledge of her.
When Theon Greyjoy captures Winterfell, he has Kyra brought to him within the castle and makes her his mistress.
After Ramsay Snow and the men of the Dreadfort decimate Rodrik Cassel's men at the battle at Winterfell, Theon allows them into the castle. Ramsay demands Kyra for his service, and Theon takes offense to this, calling him mad. Ramsay strikes him, breaking his cheekbone, and his men proceed to sack Winterfell.
After the fall of Winterfell, Kyra is among the survivors held at the Dreadfort.
Kyra escapes from the Dreadfort through a postern gate, having stolen keys from the gaoler. Not knowing the way back to Winterfell, she also sets Theon Greyjoy free. However, their escape proves to be a game devised by Ramsay Bolton, so he could hunt them for sport with his hounds. During their flight, when they hear the horns and hounds behind them, Theon suggests they split up, but Kyra is crazed with fear and refuses to leave him. They are both caught within the hour. One of the hounds bites Kyra on the leg, while another knocks Theon to the ground. When Ramsay himself rides up, Kyra throws a stone at his head, though she misses by a foot. Theon is returned to the Dreadfort, while Kyra suffers a painful and grisly death.
Theon is fearful of any time he seems to have a chance to escape, remembering Kyra and her keys.
After escaping Winterfell with Jeyne Poole, Theon Greyjoy is brought to Stannis Baratheon's encampment, where he meets his sister Asha and tries to tell her everything that has happened to him, including Kyra and her keys.
Reek and Kyra. © Thrumugnyr
Kyra is one of the newest of the Bastard's girls.
The hound Kyra is named after Kyra, whom Ramsay enjoyed hunting.
Kyra Frey is a member of House Frey, the daughter of Ser Jared Frey and Alys Frey. Kyra is married to Ser Garse Goodbrook, with whom she has two children; Walder and Jeyne Goodbrook.
Kyra's husband, Ser Garse Goodbrook is killed at the Red Wedding, making Kyra a widow.
Kyth is a ruined city in Essos in the Dothraki sea, in the Kingdom of Sarnor. It was located near where the Sarne turned north. Kyth and Hornoth were destroyed by rival Dothraki *khals* after the fall of Sallosh.
Lacey was an inhabitant of Pennytree. She was raped to death by the forces of House Lannister during the War of the Five Kings.
A "lackwit" in Westeros refers to a person who is lacking intelligence. They are also often called "simpletons", "simple-minded", or sometimes just "simple". They are frowned upon by society. There are lackwits in all strata of society. Despite being lackwit some highborn can still inherit; for example, Lollys Stokeworth, who becomes the Lady of Stokeworth after the deaths of her mother Tanda Stokeworth, and her sister Falyse Stokeworth..
On occasion, Moon Boy is described as a simpleton or lackwit. However, on multiple occasions, several characters wonder whether or not Moon Boy is truly a lackwit.
I've known men to wed lackwits and suckling babes for prizes a tenth the size of Tarth.
The Lads were the young lords of the riverlands ca. 131 AC. They were black supporters of Rhaenyra Targaryen's son, the eventual King Aegon III Targaryen.
Leaders of the Lads included Lord Kermit Tully, Lord Benjicot Blackwood, and Lady Black Aly Blackwood. Near the end of the Dance of the Dragons, the Lads dispersed the green host of Lord Borros Baratheon in the Battle of the Kingsroad. Lords Darry and Malliser were killed by Borros before he was himself slain by Kermit in this last battle of the civil war.
With the Lads' forces approaching King's Landing and Lord Cregan Stark also marching south on the kingsroad, Lord Corlys Velaryon advised King Aegon II Targaryen to abdicate and join the Night's Watch but was refused. The king was found poisoned later that day, however, and was succeeded by King Aegon III.
Lady is a direwolf bonded to Sansa Stark. She is the litter-mate of Grey Wind, Nymeria, Summer, Shaggydog, and Ghost.
See also: Images of Lady (direwolf)
Lady has grey fur and yellow eyes. She is the smallest of the litter.
Lady is discovered by Robb Stark and Jon Snow along with the rest of her litter after her mother was killed by a stag.
Because Arya Stark's direwolf, Nymeria, attacks Prince Joffrey Baratheon near the ruby ford, Nymeria is ordered to be killed but she cannot be found. At Darry, the spiteful Queen Cersei Lannister orders Lady to be put down instead. In spite of Sansa's protests, her father, Lord Eddard Stark, performs the execution himself, as is his custom and to spare Lady pain she might suffer if the royal executioner, Ser Ilyn Payne, performs the deed. The trusting Lady does not sense Eddard's intention and is killed with a single blow of his greatsword, Ice. Eddard orders her body to be brought north and be buried in Winterfell.
Lady is buried in the lichyard at Winterfell.
The Lannister woman shall never have this skin.
- Eddard Stark to Jory Cassel
What was it that Jon had said? When they found the pups in the snow? "Your children were meant to have these pups, my lord." And he had killed Sansa's, and for what?
– Eddard Stark's thoughts
Lady's Shame is a war galley of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing. It has a sister ship, *Lady of Silk*.
Lady's Shame is a part of King Joffrey I Baratheon's fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater. It engages *Queen Alysanne* with the aid of its sister ship, *Lady of Silk. *Lady's Shame is rammed simultaneously by *Black Betha* and *Lady Marya*. She sinks swiftly.
The Lady Bright is a trading galley out of Braavos. It is captained by Luco Prestayn.
The Lady Bright sets sail from Braavos on her way to Gulltown, Duskendale, King's Landing, and Tyrosh.
Lady Forlorn is the ancestral longsword
First Men King Robar II Royce claimed Lady Forlorn after slaying Qyle Corbray, the Andal King of the Fingers. Robar wielded Lady Forlorn during the battle of the Seven Stars, using it to kill Torgold Tollett and a decoy dressed as Ser Artys Arryn. The Corbrays claim that Ser Jaime Corbray slew Robar in the battle, allowing them to reclaim Lady Forlorn.
At the time of the First Blackfyre Rebellion, Lady Forlorn was wielded by Ser Gwayne Corbray of the Kingsguard. In 196 AC during the battle of the Redgrass Field Gwayne fought Daemon Blackfyre, who wielded the Valyrian sword Blackfyre. Eventually, after nearly an hour of fighting Daemon defeated Ser Gwayne.
An unnamed Lord Corbray wielded Lady Forlorn during the battle of the Trident in 283 AC. When Lord Corbray was wounded, his younger son, Ser Lyn, took up the sword and killed the man who had wounded his father. Lyn then led the charge against the Dornishmen and killed Prince Lewyn Martell of the Kingsguard. Because of this feat the sword was left to Lyn instead of his elder brother Lyonel Corbray when their lord father died.
During Lord Petyr Baelish's meeting with the Lords Declarant at the Eyrie, Ser Lyn Corbray threatens Ser Lothor Brune with Lady Forlorn. Petyr uses the aggression to demand concessions from the Lords Declarant. After they leave, Petyr informs Sansa Stark that Lyn is secretly working on his behalf.
My lady has a thirst. Whenever she comes out to dance, she likes a drop of red.
– Lyn Corbray, during the Lords Declarant meeting at the Eyrie
In *The World of Ice and Fire*, Lady Forlorn is described to be a Valyrian steel sword. It has been confirmed that "Valyrian steel" should have been removed from the description.
Lady Harra is a war galley of the royal fleet in service to Stannis Baratheon. It has one hundred oars.
Lady Harra is part of Stannis Baratheon's fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater.
The Lady Joanna is one of Cersei's dromonds in service to House Baratheon of King's Landing. It is named for Lady Joanna Lannister.
The Lady Joanna is among the ships being built as part of Queen Cersei Lannister's plan to increase the size of the royal fleet instead of relying on the traditional sea powers to protect the crown's interests.
Lady Lu is the massive axe used by Lord Wyman Manderly's headsman, Garth.
When Davos Seaworth sees the axe, he thinks to himself that Lady Lu is the biggest axe he has ever seen, with the sharpest edge Davos has ever seen. The other keepers at the Wolf's Den claim that Garth spends his days honing the axe.
While in captivity, Davos Seaworth is shown Lady Lu by Garth, one of the keepers of the Wolf's Den. Garth tells Davos that when Davos's hands and head will be cut off, it will be done using Lady Lu.
Lady Lyanna is a war galley of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing.
Lady Lyanna is part of the fleet Tyrion Lannister sends to bring Princess Myrcella Baratheon to Braavos. If the fleet spots any lone ship they are to run it off or destroy it. Should an enemy fleet give battle the *Bold Wind* will escort the *Seaswift* to safety while the rest of the fleet, consisting of the *King Robert's Hammer, *Lionstar and Lady Lyanna, gives battle.
Lady Marya is a galley captained by Allard Seaworth.
Allard sails Lady Marya to the Free Cities to distribute Stannis Baratheon's claim against the legitimacy of Cersei Lannister's children with King Robert I Baratheon.
Lady Marya is among Stannis's fleet that sails into Blackwater Bay during the Battle of the Blackwater. It rams and sinks *Lady's Shame* with the aid of *Black Betha*, which is commanded by Allard's father, Davos.
The Lady Olenna is one of Cersei's dromonds in service to House Baratheon of King's Landing. It is named after Lady Olenna Redwyne by King Tommen Baratheon.
The Lady Olenna is among the ships being built as part of Queen Cersei Lannister's plan to increase the size of the royal fleet instead of relying on the traditional sea powers to protect the crown's interests.
Lady Stork is a mummer in Braavos. before each play.
Lady Stork performs in the *The Bloody Hand*. Before the play began she stepped on the hem of her gown, Mercy and Daena sewed it up. Mercy poured Lady Stork a little nip of wine before the play began.
The Lady Ushanora is a Braavosi trading ship. Her captain is Braavosi.
The Lady Ushanora was hired by Samwell Tarly to take himself, Gilly, Dareon, and Maester Aemon to Oldtown. However, Aemon fell sick and the captain refused to wait longer than three days. He also refused passage to Aemon, whom the captain believed would die on his ship. The Lady Ushanora sailed without the party.
Lady Whiskers is a pet kitten of King Tommen I.
Margaery Tyrell gives Tommen three black kittens.
When King Tommen dines with his mother and his uncle, Ser Kevan Lannister, he brings his kittens. After dinner the king and his kittens are escorted to the royal bedchamber by Ser Boros Blount.
The Lady of Myr is a trading galley which presumably comes from Myr.
While in Maidenpool, Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne pay a few pennies to stay in one of the galley's cabins for a night. The Lady of Myr has lost her mast and half of her crew in a storm, so her captain is appreciative of the two visitors.
Lady of Silk is a war galley of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing. She has a sister ship, *Lady's Shame*.
Lady of Silk is a part of King Joffrey I Baratheon's fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater. It engages *Queen Alysanne* with the aid of its sister ship, *Lady's Shame. During the fight, *Queen Alysanne is engulfed in wildfire, which quickly spreads to the Lady of Silk, destroying both ships.
The great goddess of the Unsullied is called by many names, including the Lady of Spears, the Bride of Battle, and the Mother of Hosts. According to Grey Worm, her true name belongs only to the ones who have burned their manhoods upon her altar. The Unsullied purify themselves according to the laws of their great goddess; one way is to bathe in the salt sea. The Unsullied may not speak of the great goddess to others.
Lady of the Golden Tooth is the title given to the female head of House Lefford of the Golden Tooth.
Alysanne Lefford succeeds Lord Leo Lefford after he drowns during the battle of the Fords in 299 AC.
The Lady of the Leaves is an old, thin white-haired lady who lives in a village that rests in the trees.
The Lady of the Leaves is known to the maester of Lymond Lychester, who directs the brotherhood without banners to meet with her in order to get information on the whereabouts of Lord Beric Dondarrion. She tells them she heard that Beric was killed by Gregor Clegane, but when they tell her he was revived from his mortal wound, she rejoices.
She tells the brotherhood that once winter comes, they will have to abandon their hidden village as they'll be exposed. Arya Stark thinks the lady sounds sick.
The Lady of the Tower is a war galley in the service of House Hightower of Oldtown in the Reach.
The captain of the *Huntress* tells Samwell Tarly that ironborn captured a Tyroshi trader in the Redwyne Straits, impersonated its crew, and tried to sneak into Oldtown. However, they met the Lady of the Tower, whose oarmaster has a Tyroshi wife. When the oarmaster hailed the ship in Tyroshi, no one responded and the masquerade was over.
The Lady of the Waves was a goddess of old worshiped by people of the Three Sisters. Sacred storms were the result of the Lady mating with the Lord of the Skies.
Worship of the Lady of the Waves ended with the arrival of the Andals and the Faith of the Seven.
Laena Penrose was a member of House Penrose and the daughter of Ronnel Penrose and his wife Elaena Targaryen.
Lady Laena Velaryon was the second wife of Prince Daemon Targaryen and gave birth to twin daughters, Rhaena and Baela Targaryen.
Laena was tall, slender, and surpassingly lovely with a great mane of silver-gold ringlets that fell down past her waist. It was said she had inherited the beauty of her mother, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen who Never Was, and the adventurous spirit of her father, Lord Corlys Velaryon, ruling Lord of the Driftmark.
Laena was a candidate for queen during the Great Council of 101 AC. She had one brother, Laenor, who was one year younger than her.
After the death of Queen Aemma, King Viserys I Targaryen's small council advised him to marry Laena, though she was only twelve at the time. He instead married Alicent Hightower, and House Velaryon was noticeably absent from the wedding.
Laena was engaged to a son of the Sealord of Braavos, but when his father died, he squandered his money and power and came to Driftmark. Her father repeatedly found ways to postpone their wedding, until the Braavosi exile was slain by Prince Daemon Targaryen in a duel. At the age of twenty-two, Laena married Daemon, and knowing that their marriage would upset the Iron Throne, they flew first to Pentos and then other Free Cities. Their dragons, Laena's Vhagar and Daemon's Caraxes, drew crowds wherever they went. She gave birth to twin daughters, Rhaena and Baela Targaryen, in Pentos, and eventually returned to Driftmark by ship when Daemon flew to Westeros to ask for Viserys's blessing.
While at Driftmark, Laena became good friends with Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, and they would often fly together. Rhaenyra announced the engagement of her eldest sons to Laena's daughters. Rhaenyra attended Laena during her labor of her son. The child was malformed and died an hour after being born, and Laena died three days later from childbed fever, despite the efforts of Rhaenyra's maester from Dragonstone, Gerardys. She tried to fly Vhagar one last time before she died, but collapsed on the tower steps .
Her ladyship shows far more interest in flying than in boys.
- Laena's young maester after Viserys I Targaryen chose Alicent Hightower instead of her
Ser Laenor Velaryon was a knight from House Velaryon and was the first husband of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. He was a dragonrider whose dragon was Seasmoke.
Laenor had an aquiline nose, silver-white hair, and purple eyes.
Laenor was the son of Lord Corlys Velaryon and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen., some lords spoke for Laenor.
Laenor was knighted a fortnight before his wedding with Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in 114 AC. His groom and likely lover, Ser Joffrey Lonmouth, was mortally wounded by Ser Criston Cole during the wedding's tourney. Laenor refused to leave Joffrey's side during his passing. Laenor returned to High Tide while Rhaenyra remained at court in King's Landing. Laenor eventually found a new favorite, the household knight Ser Qarl Correy.
Ser Laenor and Princess Rhaenyra had three sons, Princes Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey Velaryon, the last named after Joffrey Lonmouth. It was noted none of the children resembled either Laenor or their mother in appearance, causing many to suspect that the children's real father was Ser Harwin Strong.
Laenor was slain by his friend Qarl over a quarrel in Spicetown in 120 AC. King Viserys I Targaryen brought his court and dragons to Driftmark for the funeral.
Ser Lambert Turnberry is a knight from House Turnberry. He wears a patch over his perfectly good right eye.
Lambert approaches Queen Cersei Lannister at Lord Tywin Lannister's funeral and promises her the head of her brother, Tyrion. He wears a patch over his good right eye and swears he will not remove it till Tyrion is dead.[*citation needed*] Ser Jaime Lannister spots Lambert riding at a quintain in the yard of the Red Keep.
During his torture, the Blue Bard is forced to list those he claims to have been Queen Margaery Tyrell's secret lovers, including Lambert's name on the list.
Lambert is held with the rest of Margaery's falsely accused lovers in a dungeon under the charge of Qyburn.[*citation needed*]
Ser Lambert Whitewater is a knight in the service of King Stannis Baratheon. He is one of the queen's men.
Lambert stays with Queen Selyse at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, when Stannis goes to take Deepwood Motte. When Selyse leaves Eastwatch to go to the Nightfort, he accompanies her to Castle Black.
Lambswold is a village in the riverlands. It lies near the Inn of the Kneeling Man.
Lamentation may refer to:
Lamentation is an ironborn longship and part of the Iron Fleet. Its captain is Tom Codd.
Lamentation accompanies the rest of the Iron Fleet when it sails for Slaver's Bay.
Lamentation is a Valyrian steel sword belonging to House Royce.
Ser Willum Royce wielded the blade during the Dance of the Dragons. The sword was lost with the death of Ser Willum at the Storming of the Dragonpit.
Lamprey is a gaoler on Dragonstone.
He is stooped and has yellowish skin. He has greasy unwashed hair and pebbled skin. He wears a doublet of white velvet with a ring of golden stars upon it, which he either took off a servant of House Sunglass, or he used to be a servant of House Sunglass.
While Ser Davos Seaworth was imprisoned beneath Dragonstone, one of his gaolers was Lamprey. Though not his real name, he received the nickname Lamprey because he once brought Ser Davos lamprey pie.
For the tower, see Lance (tower).
Lance is a war galley of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing.
Lance is part of King Joffrey I Baratheon's fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater.
The Lance is the tallest tower of Castle Black. Othell Yarwyck, the First Builder of the Night's Watch, believes the slim, crumbling tower may soon topple.
The Lance hosts men from the Shadow Tower after the battle beneath the Wall.[*citation needed*] Samwell Tarly meets in the Lance with their commander, Ser Denys Mallister.
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Lancel IV Lannister, formally styled Lancel Lannister, the Fourth of His Name, was a King of the Rock of House Lannister of Casterly Rock.
He is said to have beheaded the ironborn king Harrald Halfdrowned and his heir with a single stroke of Brightroar, the Valyrian steel greatsword of House Lannister, during the Battle of Lann's Point.
When King Gyles III Gardener, King of the Reach, was battling the Storm King in the east, Lancel IV attempted to cut a piece out of the Reach for himself. According to Ser Eustace Osgrey, his ancestor, Ser Wilbert Osgrey, the Little Lion, fought against King Lancel and managed to kill him, after Lancel had mortally wounded him with his Valyrian steel sword, Brightroar.
Lancel I Lannister, formally styled Lancel Lannister, the First of His Name, was a King of the Rock of House Lannister of Casterly Rock. He rode to war against the Gardener Kings of the Reach and conquered as far south as Old Oak.
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Lancel Lannister is a member of House Lannister of Casterly Rock and the eldest son of Ser Kevan Lannister. Lancel and his cousin, Tyrek Lannister, are squires to King Robert I Baratheon.
See also: Images of Lancel Lannister
A young, strong, handsome blond-haired youth, Lancel is said to closely resemble his cousin, Ser Jaime Lannister of the Kingsguard. He has green eyes and sandy hair.
Alongside his cousin Tyrek, Lancel serves as squire to King Robert I Baratheon, and is directly responsible for his death. On the request of another cousin, Queen Cersei Lannister, Lancel provides the king with a large dose of strongwine as Robert tracks an enormous boar while hunting in the kingswood.
Ser Lancel Lannister - by Henning Ludvigsen ©
In payment for his service, Cersei has Lancel knighted and takes him into her bed.
Lancel fights in the Battle of the Blackwater, though he is severely injured. For his services, Lancel's uncle and Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister, names him the new Lord of Darry in the riverlands, as a sop to his brother and Lancel's father, Ser Kevan Lannister.
Lancel recovers from the injuries he sustained at the Blackwater, but his appearance is substantially changed in the process. No longer comely, he looks like a much older man and his hair has turned white and brittle. The High Septon is instrumental in his recovery and Lancel develops a new-found piety to the Faith of the Seven. As part of the pact between Lord Tywin Lannister and Lord Walder Frey concerning the betrayal of Robb Stark, Lancel is wed to Amerei Frey, a granddaughter of Walder's.
Lancel, the head of House Lannister of Darry, reluctantly takes his lordship of the lands of Darry and is ambivalent as to rumors of his new wife's promiscuity. Ser Jaime Lannister visits Lancel at Darry and, under questioning, Lancel admits to having slept with Cersei as well as to having supplied Robert I Baratheon with the strongwine. Shortly afterwards, Lancel leaves his wife and castle in order to swear service as part of the newly-reformed Faith Militant.
Lancel is seen having joined the Warrior's Sons, a division of highborn knights devoted to the Seven. Under the command of Ser Theodan the True, he makes up part of Cersei's escort in her walk of atonement.
Look at him. Not quite so tall, his features not so fine, and his hair is sand instead of spun gold, yet still … even a poor copy of Jaime is sweeter than an empty bed, I suppose.
– Tyrion Lannister's thoughts
Have you given any thought to what Joffrey will do when I tell him you murdered his father to bed his mother?
– Tyrion Lannister to Lancel
Knighting him was a mistake, and bedding him was a bigger one.
– Cersei Lannister's thoughts
He may be Kevan's son, but he has milk in his veins. Tyrion was lying to me. His words were meant to wound.
– Jaime Lannister's thoughts
The Imp was lying. Cersei would sooner have Robert's corpse between her legs than a pious fool like Lancel. Tyrion, you evil bastard, you should have lied about someone more likely.
– Jaime Lannister's thoughts
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Lancel V Lannister was a King of the Rock.
When Eustace Osgrey tells Ser Duncan the Tall about the battle between Wilbert Osgrey, the Little Lion, and a King of the Rock, he is unsure which King Lancel Lannister Wilbert fought against, and claims it was either Lancel IV Lannister of Lancel V.
The Land of Always Winter - by © Rene Aigner
The Land of Always Winter
The Land of Always Winter is permanently locked in winter and perpetually frozen. come from this region.
According to Maester Yandel, the children of the forest and giants lived in the Land of Always Winter during the Dawn Age.
While comatose, Bran Stark has a vision in which he looks past the Wall far to the north. He is frightened after looking deep into the heart of winter, which may be an allusion to the Land of Always Winter.
And he looked past the Wall, past endless forests cloaked in snow, past the frozen shore and the great blue-white rivers of ice and the dead plains where nothing grew or lived, to the curtain of light at the end of the world, and then beyond that curtain. He looked deep into the heart of winter, and then he cried out, afraid, and the heat of his tears burned on his cheeks.
- dream of Bran Stark
The Land of the Shrykes is a small plain in far eastern Essos.
It is bordered by the Bleeding Sea to the west, the Five Forts and the Mountains of the Morn to the south, Bonetown and the Dry Deep to the east, and K'Dath to the north.
The Land of the Shrykes is said to be a dangerous place populated by shrieking monsters.
The Land of the Shrykes has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, only appearing in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *A World of Ice and Fire*.
A landed knight is a knight that takes residence in a keep with accompanying land. They have their own peasants and men-at-arms and may take sworn swords.
While the wealthiest knights manage more land than the poorest lords, landed knights do not have the authority to deliver justice in their land, the right of pit and gallows. Rather, they must appeal to their liege lord. Landed knights are sworn to fight for the lord who holds dominion over their land.
According to George R. R. Martin, some landed knights are more powerful than smaller lordlings. These knights are usually of ancient houses, with extensive lands, and strong castles. Their status is often reflected by taking a style that incorporates the name of their castle, such as Symond Templeton being the "Knight of Ninestars". A landed knight generally has less prestige, however, and is outranked by lords at feasts and tourneys.
According to a semi-canon source, "masters" in the north are similar to southron landed knights.
The landing of the Golden Company occurs when the Golden Company invades the stormlands with the intent to place Aegon Targaryen upon the Iron Throne and make him Aegon, the Sixth of his Name.
The timing for the invasion is ideal, as the Iron Throne is massively indebted thanks to the late King Robert Baratheon's spending, which is made worse by Queen Cersei Lannister's refusal to pay back the Iron Bank of Braavos. Thus the Iron Throne is unable to afford sellswords or to try and buy off the Golden Company. The Iron Throne is also preoccupied with ironmen in the Reach, and Stannis Baratheon in the North. Additionally, nearly all the Great Houses but House Arryn in the Vale and House Martell in Dorne have suffered significant losses in the War of the Five Kings. Jon Connington hopes to win Dorne to Aegon's cause.
The ten-thousand-strong sellsword company known as the Golden Company sails from Volon Therys with all their weapons, horses and elephants aboard Volantene ships. In King's Landing, King Tommen I Baratheon's small council receives reports that sellswords have landed all over the south, including Tarth, the Stepstones, and Cape Wrath. Tommen's regent, Ser Kevan Lannister, mistakenly believes that Stannis Baratheon has hired the sellswords.
Actually, the Volantene fleet carrying the Golden Company is scattered by a great storm after Lys. Six of the ships carrying nearly half of the strength of the company arrive at a designated landing site in Cape Wrath near Griffin's Roost and the rainwood; the Volantenes tell Jon Connington the other four ships will eventually turn up.
Jon leads a quarter of the available strength in reclaiming Griffin's Roost, House Connington's ancestral seat, which he once held before being exiled. In order to confuse the Iron Throne, the sellsword commanders are instructed not to show their banners. Jon Connington intends to first seem like he merely intends to take back his lands to create uncertainty.
The company is planning on next taking Storm's End and raising Aegon's banner upon its battlements. To Jon Connington's surprise, Aegon intends to lead the attack.
Meanwhile in the Red Keep, Varys slays Grand Maester Pycelle and Kevan Lannister. He does so in order to keep the realm in the chaotic state that Cersei Lannister had brought it to - which will work in Aegon's favour.
Doubt, division, and mistrust will eat the very ground beneath your boy king, whilst Aegon raises his banner above Storm's End and the lords of the realm gather round him.
- Varys, to the dying Ser Kevan Lannister
Lands of the Long Summer
Slaver's Bay and the location of the Lands of the Long Summer
The Lands of the Long Summer is a region located in the southern part of central Essos. To the northwest is the Sea of Sighs. Directly to the north lie the city Mantarys and the Valyrian demon road. To the south is the Smoking Sea and the ruined Valyrian peninsula. A Valyrian road runs through the Lands of the Long Summer, running south from Mantarys to the ruined city of Oros, from where it runs westward along the coast past another ruined city back to the demon road.
The Lands of the Long Summer were once part of the fabled Valyrian Freehold.
Some Vayrians of the Freehold, like Lord Aenar Targaryen, had holdings in the Lands of the Long Summer. When House Targaryen moved to Dragonstone in 126 BC, Lord Aenar sold his holdings.
The Lands of the Long Summer were once the most fertile in all the world.
Throughout *A Song of Ice and Fire*, numerous cultural and regional dialects are discussed. These dialects form the world's spoken tongue, and help define its people.
Unlike J. R. R. Tolkien, who created entire languages with grammar, syntax, and tenses, George R. R. Martin has created only a few words from each language in his world, and his languages are not conveyed in any great detail. Instead, the tongue in which they are speaking is noted but rendered in English, with added characteristics and flavor portrayed through out the text. As Martin explained,
Tolkien was a philologist, and an Oxford don, and could spend decades laboriously inventing Elvish in all its detail. I, alas, am only a hardworking SF and fantasy novel, and I don't have his gift for languages. That is to say, I have not actually created a Valyrian language. The best I could do was try to sketch in each of the chief tongues of my imaginary world in broad strokes, and give them each their characteristic sounds and spellings.
David J. Peterson developed spoken Dothraki and High Valyrian for HBO's television adaptation, *Game of Thrones*. The languages expand greatly from Martin's few created words. A website, dothraki.org, helps teach and spread the constructed tongues. The popularity of the Dothraki language has led it to be called "the new Klingon".
The Old Tongue was the language of the First Men, who dominated Westeros for thousands of years. Today, the Old Tongue is still remembered by giants and some free folk who live beyond the Wall, or are are brought from other lands by immigrants, merchants, sellswords, and the like.
Many languages exist in Essos, the continent across the narrow sea.
Lann's Point is a location in Westeros, presumably found in the westerlands and named after Lann the Clever.
Lancel IV Lannister, King of the Rock, slew Harrald Halfdrowned, an ironborn king, in the Battle of Lann's Point.
Lann the Clever is the legendary hero from the Age of Heroes that founded House Lannister.
Most tales connect Lann with the First Men and the dawn of days
Stories differ in the method by which Lann took Casterly Rock from House Casterly. In the most common version, Lann, having stripped naked and coated himself in butter, squeezed through a secret cleft in the stone. Once inside he confused the sleeping Casterlys by whispering threats, howling like a demon, stealing treasures from one brother and placing them in the bedchamber of another, and rigging traps. Thus, he set the Casterlys at odds with one another and convinced them their seat was haunted.
In another version of the tale, Lann used the cleft to fill the Rock with mice, rats, and other vermin to drive the Casterlys out. In yet another he smuggled inside a pride of lions, which devoured Lord Casterly and his sons. Lann then claimed the lord's wife and daughters for himself. In the most notorious tale, Lann had his way with Casterly maidens while they slept, and nine months later the women gave birth to golden-haired children while insisting they had never slept with a man.
Lann supposedly lived to the age of three hundred and twelve, siring a hundred bold sons and a hundred lissome daughters, all fair of face, clean of limb and with hair "as golden as the sun". In a few generations, Lann's descendants were so numerous that Casterly Rock could not contain them all. The members of the lesser branches made their home in a nearby village that grew into the city of Lannisport.
Maesters are skeptical of Lann's existence.
The name Lanna can refer to the following characters:
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Lanna is a pretty fourteen-year-old prostitute at the Happy Port brothel in Braavos.
Lanna has fine long golden hair.
When Cat of the Canals visits the Happy Port, Dareon is playing a love song to Lanna, while Yna braids her hair.
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Lanna is a serving wench and prostitute
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Lady Lanna Lannister is the daughter of Ser Damion Lannister and Shiera Crakehall. She is the sister of Ser Lucion Lannister and the wife of Lord Antario Jast.
Lannisport
The westerlands and the location of Lannisport
Lannisport is a walled city in the westerlands located less than a mile south of Casterly Rock, the seat of House Lannister.
According to a semi-canon source Lannisport may be ruled by House Lannister of Lannisport, a branch of House Lannister of nearby Casterly Rock.
The Lannisters anchor their fleet in its harbor. The city is renowned for its goldwork.
Lannisport
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According to a semi-canon source, a lesser branch of House Lannister of Casterly Rock developed a village a mile from Casterly Rock into first a town and then a city,
Due to the city's proximity to the Iron Islands, Lannisport has often been a target for their attacks, being burned at least three times and raided two dozen times over the centuries.
Lannisport with Casterly Rock in the distance, by reneaigner©
During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Dalton Greyjoy, the Red Kraken, burned Lannisport's fleet and sacked the city in 130 AC. After retaliating in 134 AC, the westermen brought back spoils of war and highborn hostages to Lannisport.
Ser Arlan of Pennytree once unhorsed the Grey Lion, Damon Lannister, in a tourney at Lannisport.
Ser Quentyn Ball attacked the city during the First Blackfyre Rebellion, slaying Lord Lefford outside its gates
Having succeeding Lord Tytos, Lord Tywin Lannister sent his father's mistress through the streets of Lannisport naked in disgrace.
For parts of 267 AC and 268 AC, King Aerys II Targaryen and his Hand of the King, Tywin, ruled the Seven Kingdoms while residing at Lannisport and Casterly Rock. Aerys once tripled the port fees of Lannisport against Tywin's advice, but when the king reversed course Tywin was blamed by the merchants for the brief increase.
Lannisport hosted the tournament in honor of Viserys's birth in 276 AC.
During Greyjoy's Rebellion, the ironmen, led by Euron and Victarion Greyjoy, cunningly sailed into the harbor at Lannisport and burned the Lannister fleet at anchor.
At the end of the war, in celebration of their victory over House Greyjoy, King Robert I Baratheon ordered a tourney to be held. The city was the site of the tourney at Lannisport of 289 AC, where Lord Jorah Mormont won the hand of Lynesse Hightower.
Tyrion Lannister tells Lord Commander Jeor Mormont that the fisherfolk of Lannisport often claim to have seen merlings.
Daenerys Targaryen sees Lannisport goldwork for sale in the Western Market of Vaes Dothrak.
When the Iron Throne forces Ser Barristan Selmy to leave the Kingsguard, Lord Tywin Lannister offers him land north of Lannisport upon which to retire. The aged knight rejects the offer, however.
Ser Stafford Lannister gathers a new host of westermen, including green boys from the stews of Lannisport, to Casterly Rock.
Theon Greyjoy wants his father Balon, Lord Reaper of Pyke, to attack undefended Lannisport, as he expects Stafford to be occupied with Theon's friend, Robb Stark, the King in the North.
After Stafford is killed by Robb's northmen in the Battle of Oxcross, the shattered remnants of his force fall back to Lannisport to regroup.
Stafford's son, Ser Daven Lannister, reforms survivors of Oxcross at Lannisport.
Lady Genna Lannister brings the singer Whitesmile Wat from Lannisport to the siege of Riverrun by Daven, the new Warden of the West.
The crew of the *Shy Maid* is told that Tyrion is Hugor Hill, also called Yollo,
Cities were like women, he insisted; each one had its own unique scent ... Lannisport was a milkmaid, fresh and earthy, with woodsmoke in her hair.
– recollection of Davos Seaworth
Larence Snow is the natural son of Lord Halys Hornwood. He is under the guardianship of Galbart Glover, Master of Deepwood Motte. He has a half-brother, Daryn Hornwood.
After the death of Lord Halys Hornwood and his trueborn son, Daryn, many parties have started competing to inherit the title of Lord of Hornwood. In discussions at Winterfell during the harvest feast, Larence is seen as a possible candidate, an idea supported by Bran Stark as Larence reminds Bran of his own half-brother, Jon Snow. Ser Rodrik Cassel thinks this would please the Glovers while Lady Donella Hornwood might resent her husband's bastard being made heir. However, Maester Luwin thinks the scenario cannot be ruled out, as no new marriage of Lady Donella could produce an heir because she is too old to bear children. Later, Rodrik questions the steward of Deepwood Motte, who came to Winterfell in place of Lady Sybelle Glover, about Larence and is told that the boy has wits and courage.
Deepwood Motte is captured by Asha Greyjoy and the ironborn.
Now thirteen years old, Larence is kept captive at Deepwood Motte by Asha Greyjoy.
Larence is presumably freed from captivity by Stannis Baratheon after Asha's ironmen are defeated in the fight by Deepwood Motte.
Lark, known as the Sisterman.
Lark is a thin man, with sharp features and nervous eyes.
Lark comes from the Three Sisters, a group of islands ruled by the Vale of Arryn. His cousin is Rolley of Sisterton.
Lark and Chett come upon Jon Snow as he is talking to Gilly, one of Craster's wives. Lark attempts to snatch a rabbit from Ghost, but falls on his back instead.
Lark becomes one of Chett's conspirators in the mutiny plot while they reside. Lark is supposed to kill Dywen and Bannen with the help of his cousins.
Lark is turned into a wight himself, at some point, for he is one of the wights that come after Samwell Tarly and Gilly in the unnamed wildling village after they have escaped Craster's Keep following the death of Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. The undead Lark is attacked by ravens, allowing Sam and Gilly to be rescued by Coldhands.
Larra Blackmont is the Lady of Blackmont and is the head of House Blackmont.
Lady Larra, accompanied by her children Perros and Jynessa, are a part of the escort that accompanies Prince Oberyn Martell to King's Landing when he comes to claim his seat on the small council.
Lady Larra Rogare was a member of House Rogare of Lys who became the wife of Prince Viserys Targaryen, brother of King Aegon III Targaryen. She abandoned Viserys before his ascendance to the Iron Throne, thus she never became queen consort. Larra was the mother of King Aegon IV Targaryen, Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, and Queen Naerys Targaryen.
Tall and willowy, with the silver-gold hair and purple eyes of old Valyria, Larra was considered a great beauty.
Lady Larra was a noblewoman born to the wealthy and influential House Rogare, a banking family from the Free City of Lys. She was the daughter of Lysandro Rogare, known as Lysandro the Magnificent, and the Rogare Bank even surpassed that of the Iron Bank of Braavos during its prime.
Larra wed Prince Viserys Targaryen in 134 AC, when he was twelve and her nineteen.
There were many at court who mistrusted the ambitious Rogare family who soon became embroiled in the conflicts of the regency of Prince Viserys's brother, King Aegon III Targaryen. Larra's brothers were arrested, and Lord Thaddeus Rowan, the Hand of the King, was tortured for information, having been suspected to have been working together with the Rogares. Ser Marston Waters of the Kingsguard, the new Hand, ordered the arrest of Larra, but Aegon III and Viserys refused to give her up. They were besieged in Maegor's Holdfast for eighteen days, before Marston fulfilled his king's command to arrest those who had implicated Lord Rowan and the Rogares falsely. Marston was then killed trying to apprehend Ser Mervyn Flowers, also of the Kingsguard.
In 136 AC, Larra gave birth to a second son, Prince Aemon. A daughter, Princess Naerys, followed in 138 AC. of unknown causes.
Prince Viserys, an otherwise charming man, grew stern after Larra left him and their children.
Larraq, known as the Lash for his weapons of choice, is a former slave now in training with Ser Barristan Selmy to become a knight. He serves Barristan as a squire in Meereen.
Ser Barristan Selmy considers Larraq to be a fierce fighter. Larraq is skilled with a whip, which he snaps around the legs of his opponents to yank them off their feet, and trident, but Ser Barristan believes it will be years before he masters the sword and lance.
Larraq is being trained by Ser Barristan Selmy at the Great Pyramid of Meereen to become a knight. Barristan does not approve of Larraq's fighting style, but recognizes his skill and considers him one of the best two of his students.
Larraq is one of three squires who is to ride beside Ser Barristan Selmy in the Battle of Slaver's Bay. Larraq carries the standard of the Kingsguard. He later alerts Selmy of the fire signal upon Meereen's Great Pyramid.
Larys Strong, known as Larys Clubfoot, was the Lord of Harrenhal and head of House Strong during the latter part of the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen and the reign of King Aegon II Targaryen. He served on the small council as the master of whisperers for both Viserys I and Aegon II.
The Clubfoot rarely spoke, preferring to listen. When he did speak it was either to be glib or share words of great importance. As with most masters of whisperers, he was enigmatic and cunning.
In 105 AC, Larys was brought to court by his father, Lord Lyonel Strong, alongside his older brother, Harwin, and two sisters. Larys joined the confessors of King Viserys I Targaryen,
In 120 AC, Larys's father and older brother died in a fire at Harrenhal, leaving Larys to inherit his father's seat and title. Although the cause of the fire was never determined, one of the suggestions to have been put forth was that Larys had caused the fire.
Larys had become the master of whisperers by 129 AC, when King Viserys I died. Larys was part of the green faction at court and gave his support to King Aegon II Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons. When Aegon II's older half-sister Rhaenyra took King's Landing in 130 AC, Larys escaped capture by spiriting both himself as well as King Aegon II, still recovering from severe wounds, and the king's two remaining children, Maelor and Jaehaera, from the Red Keep through a secret passage which led them out of the city while bypassing the city's gates.
After the poisoning of King Aegon II Targaryen, Larys was one of the twenty-two people charged with and subsequently arrested for the king's murder by Lord Cregan Stark. During the Judgement of the Wolf, Lord Cregan presided over Larys's trial. Larys chose death over the Wall and was subsequently executed. As he was the last of his line, his death brought an end to House Strong.
Last Hearth. © FFG
Last Hearth by guad©
Last Hearth, sometimes known as the Last Hearth, is the seat of House Umber in the North. It lies close to the Gift in a forest east of the kingsroad. It is north of the Last River, northeast of Long Lake, and west of the Bay of Seals.
Last Hearth was the royal seat of the Umbers when they were petty kings.
In the great mêlée at Last Hearth in 170 AC, it is said that no fewer than eighteen men died, and half again that number were sorely maimed before the day was done.
Lord Greatjon Umber and his son Smalljon Umber lead most of the Umber fighting men south alongside Robb Stark.
Last hearth by FFG©
In the absence of its lord, Last Hearth is administered by joint castellans, Greatjon's uncles Mors Umber and Hother Umber. During the harvest feast of Winterfell, Mors and Hother request assistance from Bran Stark because the Umbers lack the manpower to harvest their land and repel wildlings encroaching from across the Bay of Seals. The castellans are tasked by Ser Rodrik Cassel to build longships made of Umber lumber with White Harbor's assistance.
Maester Aemon sends a raven to Last Hearth in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.
Because Greatjon Umber is held prisoner at the Twins, Hother reluctantly supports Lord Roose Bolton as Warden of the North. Mors decides to support Stannis Baratheon as King of Westeros if he is given the skull of Mance Rayder and if Hother is pardoned for supporting Roose. It is unknown who holds Last Hearth in the brothers' absence.
Theon Greyjoy tells Stannis that Mors took green boys to support Stannis, while Hother took greybeards to support Roose.
Last Lament is a town in northwestern Walano in the Summer Isles. To the north of it is the island Stone Head.
The "last Lord Tarbeck" is the semi-canonical designation for the three-year-old son of Rohanne Tarbeck. His given name is unknown.
Lord Walderan Tarbeck was executed during the Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion, and his wife, Lady Ellyn, and last surviving son, Tion the Red, died during the assault on Tarbeck Hall by Lord Tywin Lannister. Ellyn's daughters, Rohanne and Cyrelle, were taken captive and forced to join the silent sisters. Rohanne's husband had been executed alongside Walderan, and their three-year-old son disappeared during the assault. Although the boy was probably thrown down a well by Ser Amory Lorch, one of Tywin's knights, some stories claim the boy was smuggled to Essos and became a bard popular for his sad ballads.
Last River
The North and the location of the Last River
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The Last River is a river found in the most northern part of the North, nearer to the Wall than to Winterfell. Much of the land on either side of the river is ruled by House Umber.
The Last River's headwaters are a number of streams in the northern mountains. It flows east past the kingsroad and through the Umber forest containing Last Hearth. The river then continues southeast between the Dreadfort and Karhold to the Shivering Sea.
Umbers led by Hother and Mors come from beyond the Last River to attend the harvest feast in Winterfell.
The Umbers are reported as gathering men beyond the Last River to assist in the recovery of Winterfell from Theon Greyjoy's ironborn.
When Stannis Baratheon considers marching from Castle Black to the Dreadfort, Jon Snow warns him that Umbers led by Mors would cut his host to pieces when Stannis travels past the Last River and the Lonely Hills. Stannis instead travels west to the northern mountain clans and Deepwood Motte.
The Last Storm was a major battle during Aegon I Targaryen's war of conquest. It resulted in the fall of the Kingdom of the Storm and the foundation of House Baratheon.
In a clumsy attempt to use House Targaryen of Dragonstone as shield against the threat of Harren Hoare, the King of the Isles and the Rivers, Argilac Durrandon, the Storm King of the stormlands, offered Lord Aegon the hand of his maiden daughter, Argella, with a dowry of lands currently belonging to House Hoare.
This sparked Aegon's intentions to conquer Westeros and unify the Seven Kingdoms under his rule. Aegon landed at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush and was crowned by one of his sister-wives, Visenya. He then received the allegiance of the riverlands by slaying King Harren Hoare through the burning of Harrenhal. Meanwhile, he sent Orys alongside his other sister-wife, Rhaenys, atop of her dragon Meraxes, to conquer the stormlands. Argilac refused to die in the same manner as Harren and called his banners to Storm's End to meet Orys's host.
Atop Meraxes, Rhaenys scouted Argilac's movements and Orys fortified a strong defensive position in the hills south of Bronzegate. As the two armies closed on each other, a massive storm, that would give a name to the battle, broke out. Argilac, knowing he had almost twice as many men as the Targaryens and four times as many knights and heavy horse, decided to press the attack.
Three charges by Argilac's horsemen were slowed by the mud, although his spearmen had greater success on foot and the Durrandon host conquered two hills. Argilac broke through during the third charge, but encountered Rhaenys atop Meraxes, who slew Dickon Morrigen, the Bastard of Blackhaven, and Argilac's guard. In the confusion, Argilac was thrown from his horse and found himself face to face with Orys Baratheon. Both took a wound but soon Argilac would get his wish and would die fighting. His death ended the battle, as the stormlanders yielded or fled.
After her father's death, Princess Argella Durrandon barred Storm's End and declared herself Storm Queen. Her garrison, however, feared to share the fate of Harren and revolted against Argella after a few days, delivering her to Orys, chained and naked. Nevertheless, Orys treated her gently, removing the chains, covering her with his cloak and giving her food and wine. Afterward, Orys married Argella and became Lord Paramount of the Stormlands. He took the sigil and words of House Durrandon for his own family, House Baratheon.
Rhaenys then flew from Storm's End to support Aegon at the Field of Fire.
The last dragon belonging to House Targaryen died young in 153 AC, during the reign of King Aegon III, who was called the Dragonbane.
The last dragon had been a green female, who lived in King's Landing. She was sickly, small, misshapen, and stunted, with withered wings. Her name is not known.
The last dragon was born to House Targaryen during the reign of King Aegon III Targaryen.
The last dragon died in 153 AC, during the reign of King Aegon III Targaryen.
House Targaryen kept nineteen dragon skulls in the throne room during the Targaryen Dynasty. Two of these skulls were no bigger than a mastiff's skull, and oddly misshapen, and both had been born on Dragonstone. Due to the description of the skulls, one of them might have been the skull of the last Targaryen dragon.
It is thought by some that magic had begun to leave the world the day the last dragon died.
In 299 AC, in King's Landing, Tyrion Lannister meets with Wisdom Hallyne the pyromancer, who tells him that the alchemists' production of wildfire is ahead of schedule. Hallyne says that their spells are more effective than usual, and wonders if there are any dragons around, as Wisdom Pollitor had once told him that magic had begun to go out of the world the day the last dragon died.
In 300 AC, in Oldtown, the Citadel novices and acolytes Mollander, Alleras, Roone, Armen, and Leo Tyrell debate the rumors that Daenerys Targaryen has hatched three dragons. Armen says the last dragon died in the reign of Aegon III, and insists that the last Targaryen dragon was the last dragon in the world.
The last dragon died over a century ago, lad.
- Tygett Lannister, to a young Tyrion Lannister
The summers have been shorter since the last dragon died, and the winters longer and crueler.
- Ser Arlan of Pennytree
The last hero escapes ice spiders.
Art by Roman Papsuev
The last hero of the First Men lived during the Long Night according to Westerosi legends. It is unknown if there is a connection with Azor Ahai, a person who saves the world from the darkness in legends from Essos.
Legends of the north state the last hero and his companions went in search of the children of the forest during the Long Night, thousands of years ago. The only survivor of the company after attacks from giants, wights, and Others, the last hero eventually reached the children and gained their assistance. The Night's Watch then formed and won the Battle for the Dawn. This ended the generation-long winter and sent the Others into retreat,. The fate of the last hero is unknown.
The tale of the last hero is told by Old Nan to Bran Stark:
Oh my sweet summer child … What do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north, when the sun hides it face for years at a time, and little children are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods.
The Others … Thousands and thousands of years ago, a winter fell that was cold and hard and endless beyond all memory of man. There came a night that lasted a generation, and kings shivered and died in their castles even as the swineherds in their hovels. Women smothered their children rather than see them starve, and cried, and felt their tears freeze on their cheeks.
In that darkness, the Others came for the first time … They were cold things, dead things, that hated iron and fire and the touch of the sun, and every creature with hot blood in its veins. They swept over holdfasts and cities and kingdoms, felled heroes and armies by the score, riding pale dead horses, and leading hosts of the slain. All the swords of men could not stay their advance, and even maidens and suckling babes, found no pity in them. They hunted the maids through the frozen forests, and fed their dead servants on the flesh of human children.
Now these were the days before the Andals came, and long before the women fled across the narrow sea from the cities of the Rhoyne, and the hundred kingdoms of those times were the kingdoms of the First Men, who had taken those lands from the children of the forest. Yet here and there in the fastness of the woods, the children still lived in their wooden cities and hollow hills, and the faces in the trees kept watch. So as cold and death filled the earth, the last hero determined to seek out the children, in the hopes that their ancient magics could win back what the armies of men had lost. He set out into the dead lands with a sword, a horse, a dog, and a dozen companions. For years he searched until he despaired of ever finding the children of the forest in their secret cities. One by one his friends died, and his horse, and finally even his dog, and his sword froze so hard the blade snapped when he tried to use it. And the Others smelled the hot blood in him and came silent on his trail, stalking him with packs of pale white spiders big as hounds –
Old Nan is then interrupted by Maester Luwin.
At Castle Black Samwell Tarly tells Jon Snow that he found one account of the Long Night that spoke of the last hero slaying Others with a blade of dragonsteel. Supposedly they could not stand against it. Jon wonders if dragonsteel refers to Valyrian steel.
The last kiss is a rite practiced by the red priests of R'hllor. When a follower of the Lord of Light dies, priests fill their mouths with fire and breathe flame into the deceased,
Thoros of Myr explains to Arya Stark that he administered the last kiss to Lord Beric Dondarrion when Beric died after the battle at the Mummer's Ford. The kiss revived Beric, however, much to the shock of Thoros, who had never seen such an occurrence before and attributes the resurrection to R'hllor.
Thoros tells Brienne of Tarth that when the brotherhood without banners found the long-dead body of Catelyn Stark, he refused to perform the kiss of life on her. Beric instead touched his lips to Catelyn's, passing the flame of life from him to her.
So when his poor torn chest stopped moving, I gave him the good god's own kiss to send him on his way.
- Thoros of Myr to Arya Stark regarding Beric Dondarrion
Ser Laswell Peake is an exiled lord and sellsword in service to the Golden Company. serve in the company with him.
Laswell wears his worldly wealth upon his person and a lord’s ransom in golden arm rings. Each ring signifies one year's service with the Golden Company.
Laswell has an unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of House Peake of Starpike.
Laswell is present during Jon Connington's rendezvous with the Golden Company three miles south of Volon Therys. He, like the rest of the company, swears his allegiance to Aegon Targaryen before they invade Westeros.
While a quarter of the company’s available strength is taking Griffin's Roost, Ser Tristan Rivers sets off simultaneously for the seat of House Morrigen at Crow's Nest, and Laswell for Rain House, the stronghold of House Wylde, each with a formidable force of comparable size. If Rivers and Peake are successful, Harry Strickland argues that the Golden Company will control the better part of Cape Wrath.
Laswell successfully takes Rain House.
Even after a century, some of us still have friends in the Reach. The power of Highgarden may not be what Mace Tyrell imagines.
- Laswell to Harry Strickland
Laughing Lion was the ship on which Gerion Lannister sailed during his quest to find Brightroar, the ancestral Valyrian steel sword of House Lannister.
Brightroar was lost by Tommen II Lannister, King of the Rock, when he went in search of plunder during the Century of Blood after the Doom of Valyria. and almost nothing is known about its fate afterwards.
Lord Tywin Lannister sent men to search for the Laughing Lion and his brother. The only trace they could find was in Volantis, where the crew deserted and Gerion had been forced to buy slaves, since no free man would willingly sign aboard a ship sailing to the Smoking Sea.
Laughing Lord is a war galley of the royal fleet in service to Stannis Baratheon. It has one hundred oars.
Laughing Lord is part of Stannis Baratheon's fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater.
The Laughing Lord survives the Blackwater. Salladhor Saan tells Ser Davos Seaworth that *Ragged Jenna* and Laughing Lord are playing pirate on the Blackwater Rush.
Archmaester Laurent was an archmaester of the Citadel. He wrote the book *Old Places of the Trident*, which states that there were thirty one weirwoods crowning High Heart at the time Erreg the Kinslayer came across the great hill and slaughtered the Children of the Forest and First Men defending it.
Law and justice, influenced by the Faith of the Seven
Stay of Execution. © Fantasy Flight Games
Heads on Spikes. © Fantasy Flight Games
Put to the Sword. © Fantasy Flight Games
Law and justice in the Seven Kingdoms are largely defined by its feudal system of local government.
Lords have judicial power in cases arising in their domains. While landed knights are sometimes Lords in all but name, only the Lords are given the right to administer the high justice for capital penalty.
It is a lord's duty to keep the peace, hear petitions, and mete out justice and punishments, all in the name of his lord, and ultimately, in the name of the king. The lord or his officers would hold local courts, listen to petitions and accusations and rule based on the evidence and law. The lords may entrust tasks to their sworn lords, landed knights, and bailiffs, to help them keep the peace, perform local judgements and oversee executions. and eventually the king to give sentencing, as the final authority.
While Aegon's Conquest united most of Westeros under one king, Aegon opted to respect each region's local laws and left them in place. Aegon also created the position of Master of Laws on the Small Council. It wasn't until the reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen that the Seven Kingdoms were brought under one unified code of law.
Laws are enforced to various degrees depending on the disposition of the local lord or the status of the accused. Since most wrongs can be atoned for by the payment of a fine, wealthy people can often get away with things that commoners can not. This is especially true if the accused is of high status and commands influence and power. In some cases overlooking an offense is in the best interest of the local lord.
Additionally, highborn such as lords and nobles are afforded more rights by law: they cannot be denied trials and are allowed more leniency in their conduct.
An accused highborn may demand trial by combat
The legal majority for men and women is 16.
Execution by hanging- by Marc Fishman ©
The punishment for treason and floggings for minor offences are usual.
Executions are usually carried out by hanging or beheading. For harsher crimes the "crow cage" is used, in which the victim is imprisoned without food or water until death. Its name comes from the crows who often end up feasting on the criminal's flesh.
Flogging is the common punishment for members of the lower social classes, its severity determined by both the number of strokes.
Flaying has been outlawed since the Boltons bent the knee to the Starks, but continues to be practised unofficially.
Layna is the young daughter of an owner of an alehouse on the Goldroad.
Chiswyck tells a story at Harrenhal about how Layna was gang raped by Ser Gregor Clegane and his men after the Tourney of the Hand.
The Lazy Eel is an unsavory winesink in White Harbor.
The route to the Lazy Eel takes its patrons past the Seal Gate through to the cobbled square called Fishfoot Yard. The Eel is located down a flight of steps, underneath a warehouse full of sheepskins.
Back in Davos's smuggling days, the Eel had been renowned for offering the oldest whores and vilest wine in White Harbor, along with meat pies full of lard and gristle that were inedible to eat on their best days and poisonous on their worst.
Most locals shunned the place, leaving it for sailors who did not know any better. City guardsmen and customs officers were never seen down in the Lazy Eel. Not much has changed.
The ceiling is barrel vaulted and stained black with soot. The floor is hard-packed earth. The air smells of smoke and spoiled meat and stale vomit. The cellar is large, full of nooks and shadowed alcoves where a man can be alone if he so desires. There is a hearth.
Davos Seaworth goes to the Lazy Eel to try and catch up on tidings concerning White Harbor and beyond. Amongst the patrons various their talk turns to the Targaryens and the Mad King's daughter, none of the patrons are sure what the name of the princess was. Davos mentions that her name was Daenerys and that he doesn’t know what became of her. A Braavosi oarsman immediately says he does know what became of her, and recounts a (true) tale he heard in Pentos from the captain's steward of the *Sloe-Eyed Maid.]
Leaf is one of the children of the forest in service to the last greenseer. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* she is portrayed by Octavia Alexandru in Season 4 and Fae Alexander in Season 6.
Leaf is one of the children of the forest. She has nut-brown skin dappled like a deer's with paler spots, and large ears. She has large liquid gold and green eyes which are slitted like a cat's eyes. Leaf's hair is a tangle of brown, red and gold, autumn colors, with vines and twigs and withered flowers woven through it. She wears a cloak of leaves.
Bran Stark thinks that from far away Leaf looks no older than himself or his sisters, Sansa or Arya, but close at hand Leaf seems far older.
Leaf was born in the time of the dragon and walked the world of men for two hundred years to watch, listen, and learn. She might be walking still, but her legs were sore and her heart was weary, so she turned her feet for home.
Leaf saves Bran Stark, Hodor, and Meera and Jojen Reed from wights with the fire of a torch and leads them into the cave of the last greenseer.
Men, they are the children.
– Leaf, to Bran Stark
That was not Arya's voice, nor any child's. It was a woman's voice, high and sweet, with a strange music in it like none that he had ever heard and a sadness that he thought might break his heart.
- thoughts of Bran Stark
Leafy Lake is a lake in the Reach. It lies within the lands of House Osgrey. The mouth of the Chequy Water flows into it.
Leafy Lake was once under the domain of House Webber, before Lady Rohanne Webber married Ser Eustace Osgrey. There was once a cadet branch of the Osgreys, called House Osgrey of Leafy Lake. Ser Clifford Conklyn also had a claim on it.
Leana Frey is the youngest daughter of Lothar Frey and Leonella Lefford. She is an infant.
Leathers is a member of the free folk of the haunted forest who joins the Night's Watch.
Well past forty, Leathers has sons and grandsons.
Leathers is part of Mance Rayder's host,
Scouting ahead, Tom Barleycorn finds nine wildlings in the weirwood grove, including the giant Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun. Leathers helps Jon calm them by talking to the giant in the Old Tongue. Jon, Iron Emmett, and Bowen Marsh weigh each recruit and assigned them to an order, with Leathers assigned to the rangers.
Jon appoints Leathers as master-at-arms at Castle Black, over the objection of Bowen Marsh.
Cellador: Even in the south the treachery of wildlings is renowned.
Leathers: That battle down below? I was on t'other side, remember? Now I wear your blacks and train your boys to kill. Some might call me turncloak. Might be so ... but I am no more savage than you crows. We have gods too. The same gods they keep in Winterfell.
- Cellador and Leathers
Bowen: Is it true that you mean to replace Emmett with this savage Leathers as our master-at-arms? That is an office most oft reserved for knights, or rangers at the least.
Jon: Leathers is savage. I can attest to that. I've tried him in the practice yard. He's as dangerous with a stone axe as most knights are with castle-forged steel. I grant you, he is not as patient as I'd like, and some of the boys are terrified of him ... but that's not all for the bad. One day they'll find themselves in a real fight, and a certain familiarity with terror will serve them well.
- Bowen Marsh and Jon Snow
Left Hand Lew is a steward of the Night's Watch.
Lew is part of the great ranging, the force that leaves Castle Black and the Shadow Tower in search of Benjen Stark and Mance Rayder. He survives the fight at the Fist. Lew 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.
Lew is stationed at Castle Black.
Lew, a man in his prime, guards Lord Commander Jon Snow when Tormund's wildlings pass through the Wall.
Lelia Lannister was a lady of House Lannister and Queen of the Iron Islands through her marriage to King Harmund II Hoare.
Harmund II Hoare, known as Harmund the Haggler, spent his youth as a ward of the Lannisters at Casterly Rock. Once King of the Iron Islands, Harmund married Lady Lelia, the daughter of the King of the Rock and the "fairest flower of the west".*]
When Lelia's eldest son became king as Harmund III Hoare, he was opposed by many ironborn and the priests of the Drowned God for his opposition to reaving, salt wives, and thralls. A priest known as the Shrike led a quick and successful rebellion which crowned Harmund's younger brother, Hagon Hoare, who restored ironborn traditions. Harmund III and the Dowager Queen Lelia were both mutilated for having turned away from the Drowned God. Lelia's lips, ears, eyelids, and tongue were removed, after which she was sent by longship back to Casterly Rock.[*citation needed*]
The then-King of the Rock, Lelia's outraged nephew, went to war against the ironborn. Hagon the Heartless was defeated by Ser Aubrey Crakehall in the seventh year of fighting. Before being hanged, he suffered the same mutilations which had been done to Lelia.
Lem was a peasant sworn to House Osgrey.
Lem went off to fight for House Osgrey during the Blackfyre Rebellion. He was one of the four that came back, the others being Ser Eustace, Dake and Pate. He was near fifty.
Lem was among those called up for duty defending House Osgrey lands after a dispute over the Chequy Water with House Webber escalated into threats of war. He was sent home with the other by Ser Duncan the Tall after he realized that it would be futile to fight.