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Ralf Stonehouse, better known as Red Ralf Stonehouse, is an ironborn raider and a member of House Stonehouse. He is captain of the ship *Red Jester* of the Iron Fleet.

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A Feast for Crows

Red Ralf urges Lord Captain Victarion Greyjoy to make a claim on the Seastone Chair,

At the feast celebrating the taking of the Shields, Ralf is among those who shout down King Euron's plans to sail to Slaver's Bay, preferring instead to attack the Arbor.

A Dance with Dragons

Victarion Greyjoy gives Red Ralf the Iron Fleet's swiftest ships to sail the corsair's road along the northern coast of Sothoryos, where there are provisions for men who are not afraid to pay the iron price in the mud-and-blood towns in the Basilisk Isles. Victarion gave orders to reunite off the southern tip of the Isle of Cedars; only nine of the ships that had sailed with Red Ralf turn up, with Ralf himself among the missing.




Annotations from item #46269189:

Ralf of Lordsport is an ironborn raider from Lordsport.

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A Feast for Crows

Ralf allies himself with Euron Greyjoy at the kingsmoot.




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Ralf the Limper is an ironborn raider and is the captain of the *Lord Quellon*.

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Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Ralf is one of the captains under the command of Lord Victarion Greyjoy at Moat Cailin. He urges Victarion to stake a claim on the Seastone Chair.

A Dance with Dragons

Victarion give Ralf the Limper command of the larger heavier, slower ships of the Iron Fleet. They make for Lys, to sell captives taken on the Shield Islands, the women and children of Lord Hewett's Town and other islands, along with men who decided they would sooner yield than die. The coin is used to load the big ships with provisions for the long, slow middle passage east.

Only fourteen ships of Ralf the Limper's squadron join up with the rest of the Iron Fleet at the southern tip of the Isle of Cedars. They were damaged by three big storms, red winds out of Valyria that smelled of ash and brimstone, and black winds that drove them toward that blighted shore. When Ralf suggests that the Iron Fleet is on a cursed voyage, Victarion slaps him twice and threatens to nail his tongue to the mast.

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This voyage was cursed from the first. The Crow’s Eye fears you, my lord, why else send you so far away? He does not mean for us to return.

- Ralf the Limper to Victarion Greyjoy




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Ralf the Shepherd is an ironborn raider.

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A Feast for Crows

Ralf allies himself with Euron Greyjoy at the kingsmoot.




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Ralph Buckler is Lord of Bronzegate, head of House Buckler, originally sworn to Storm's End, now sworn to the Iron Throne. His cousin is Ser Brus Buckler, a knight sworn to King Stannis I, being one of the Queen's men.

A Storm of Swords

Lord Buckler hosted Prince Oberyn Martell and his entourage when they are on their way to King's Landing for Joffrey' s wedding.'s wedding himself as well, where he proposed a toast.




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Ramsay Snow is the bastard son of Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort and head of House Bolton, and is known as the Bastard of Bolton and the Bastard of the Dreadfort. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* he is portrayed by Iwan Rheon.

Ramsay has a group of men-at-arms who stand high in his favor and follow him loyally, although their true allegiance lies with Lord Roose. They are called the Bastard's Boys, though never within their or Ramsay's hearing, and are just as depraved as Ramsay. Ramsay's personal steed is named Blood, and he keeps a pack of female hunting hounds.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Ramsay Bolton

Ramsay is an ugly young man, even when dressed finely. He is big boned and slope shouldered, with a fleshiness indicating he will be fat later in life. Ramsay's skin is pink and blotchy, his nose broad, his hair long and dark and dry.

Ramsay sometimes wears a black leather jerkin over a pink velvet doublet slashed with dark red satin, along with black boots, belt, and scabbard.

Ramsay's weapons include a falchion, a dagger, and a flaying knife, all with hilts of yellow bone.

Character

Ramsay considers himself a true Bolton despite his birth

Ramsay is a sadist; he is cruel, savage and wild, taking delight in torturing others. He is quite fond of the old Bolton custom of flaying their enemies alive.

Ramsay is a cunning

Ramsay's father Roose chides him for his "amusements", and encourages Ramsay to incorporate his creed of "a peaceful land, a quiet people"

Ramsay, though savage in battle, was never officially taught at arms. His tutor in martial prowess was Reek, his serving man, who had never received any sword training himself. Ramsay's swordsmanship style is vicious and highly aggressive, wielding his sword as if it were a butcher's cleaver.

History

Ramsay is the product of rape between Roose Bolton and a miller's wife. While hunting along the Weeping Water, Roose saw the miller's wife and decided to illicitly practice the banned tradition of the first night, wherein a lord had the right to bed the commoner's bride. He hanged the miller under a tree for not informing his lord of the new marriage and raped the bride beneath his swaying body. A year later the woman arrived at the Dreadfort with the newborn Ramsay. Roose nearly killed her and the babe, but when he saw the child had his eyes, the taboo of kinslaying stayed his hand. The woman claimed her husband's brother stole the mill and cast her out. Angered by this, Roose had the man's tongue removed so he would spread no tales to Roose's liege lord, Rickard Stark. Roose then gave the woman the mill along with a pig, several chicks and a bag of stars every year on the condition that she never reveal to Ramsay the truth about who his father was.

Ramsay's mother arrived at the castle years later claiming she needed help in raising Ramsay, who grew up wild and unruly. Roose sent Ramsay a servant known as Reek. Reek, despite taking constant washes, always smelled bad due to some "unknown birth condition" that caused his skin to reek, thus his nickname. Giving him to Ramsay and his mother was actually a cruel jest by Roose, but Ramsay and Reek grew inseparable. Roose would later reflect on whether Ramsay had corrupted Reek or whether Reek had corrupted Ramsay, though Reek would follow Ramsay's orders quite faithfully; Ramsay mentioned once that Reek knew better than to deny him.

Ramsay hunting on Blood - by Thrumugnyr ©

Despite Roose's instruction to Ramsay's mother, either she or Reek eventually informed him of his true parentage. Roose believes that both Reek and Ramsay's mother were urging Ramsay on, and constantly reminding the increasingly violent bastard of his "rights."

While most bastards content themselves with their lot in life, Ramsay had larger ambitions. Roose's elder, trueborn son Domeric attempted to forge a sibling connection with his half-brother, though Ramsay swiftly went about disposing of him with poison, thus robbing Roose of his heir and becoming a kinslayer. Ramsay earned the enmity of House Dustin in the process, as Lady Barbrey Dustin was fond of her nephew, Domeric. Two years prior to the beginning of the War of the Five Kings, Roose brought Ramsay to the Dreadfort as he had no other sons, trueborn or otherwise.

Ramsay is accompanied by Dreadfort men called the Bastard's Boys, such as Sour Alyn, Luton, and Skinner. However, they are tasked by Roose with spying on Ramsay on behalf of the Lord of the Dreadfort.

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A Clash of Kings

The Bastard of Bolton - by Nick Alcorn ©

While his father, Lord Roose Bolton, is in southern Westeros during the War of the Five Kings, Ramsay begins to amass troops at the Dreadfort.

The infamous Ramsay practices rape, murder, and other crimes around the lands adjacent to the Dreadfort. Ser Rodrik Cassel attempts to put an end to his atrocities after Ramsay forced himself upon Lady Hornwood. Rodrik's party comes across Ramsay shortly after he raped and killed a peasant girl and his companion Reek raped the corpse. Ramsay is able to survive by switching clothes with Reek, who is killed in his place.

In the riverlands, Roose informs Ser Edmure Tully that Ramsay has been killed by Rodrik, and he hopes his campaign against Harrenhal will make up for his bastard's actions in the eyes of Robb Stark, King in the North.

After Theon Greyjoy captures Winterfell, Ramsay exchanges a vow of service to Theon for his release from Winterfell's dungeon.

The tide soon turns against Theon, however, when Dagmer Cleftjaw's assault is broken and the northmen, enraged at Theon's duplicity and supposed murder of the young Stark children, march on Winterfell to liberate it. Unwilling to abandon the castle, though harboring few delusions about how likely a victory is, Theon and the few ironmen loyal to him prepare to make their final stand. Ramsay offers to help Theon by taking a large sum of money to the Dreadfort and returning with much-needed reinforcement, to which Theon reluctantly agrees.

Ramsay and his forces march to Winterfell, where Ser Rodrik Cassel and his host move to greet them. Ramsay has swapped his serving man's garb for a full set of armor complete with a red helmet. As the castellan offers him his hand in friendship, however, Ramsay slices Cassel's arm off and leads his forces in a rampage through the stunned northmen's ranks.

Following the battle at Winterfell, Ramsay rides to the castle's gates and presents the corpses of Rodrik, Leobald Tallhart and Cley Cerwyn to an onlooking Theon as a sign of his loyalty. Theon opens the gates and meets with Ramsay himself, who removes his red helmet and reveals his true identity. He tells Theon that he would much enjoy the use of his bed-warmer Kyra, and knocks him to the floor when Theon protests. Ramsay carries out a great sack of Winterfell, murdering many of its inhabitants in cold blood, slaughtering the remaining ironmen, and capturing Theon in the process.

Ramsay Snow and Theon at Moat Cailin - Conor Campbell ©

A Storm of Swords

While traveling through the northern mountains toward the Wall, Bran Stark is told by a Liddle that the Bastard's boys are riding the kingsroad and asking about strangers.

Ramsay keeps Theon at the Dreadfort, where he reportedly flays him. He sends a small piece of his skin to King Robb Stark as a gift, to show vengeance is being exacted for Bran and Rickon Stark's "murders." Ramsay's father, Lord Roose Bolton, murders Robb at the Red Wedding. Afterward, House Bolton is rewarded for their service to the Lannisters, with Roose named Warden of the North and Ramsay betrothed to a girl posing as Arya Stark (Jeyne Poole); this would give Ramsay a claim to become Lord of Winterfell. They also receive a decree of legitimization from King Tommen I Baratheon, making him Ramsay Bolton instead of a bastard Snow.

A Feast for Crows

Ramsay, now the castellan of the Dreadfort,

A Dance with Dragons

Roose Bolton, Ramsay Snow and Reek - Sir-Heartsalot ©

Ramsay forces Theon Greyjoy to take on the role of *Reek*, his slain serving man, never allowing Theon to bathe and covering him in excrement. Ramsay also removes the skin on several of Theon's toes and fingers, leaving him in agony for days before removing the joints. Ramsay breaks off several of Theon's teeth as he hated Theon's smile. It is also implied that Ramsay castrates Theon. Ramsay makes "Little" Walder and "Big" Walder Frey his squires.

During a feast at the Dreadfort, Theon is brought before Ramsay as he dines next to Arnolf Karstark and Hother Umber. Ramsay plays mind games with Theon, before telling him he has a part to play.

Ramsay captures Moat Cailin from the ironborn by sending Theon in as an envoy. Ramsay promises food and safe passage to the sick and starving islanders if they surrender..

The Boltons call upon the northern bannerman to assemble in Barrowton to pledge loyalty to the Iron Throne and attend the wedding of "Arya Stark", actually Jeyne Poole, to Ramsay.

At Winterfell, Ramsay weds Jeyne Poole, with only himself, his father and Theon knowing the girl is not Arya Stark, and he repeatedly abuses her while Theon watches. Whether the letter actually came from Ramsay, and which parts, if any, of the letter's contents are true remains unknown.

The Winds of Winter

Theon Greyjoy tells King Stannis Baratheon that Ramsay is coming to fetch back his escaped bride and his Reek.

Quotes by Ramsay

Strip off their skins. Lord Bolton, he used to say a naked man has few secrets, but a flayed man's got none.

- Ramsay as "Reek" to Theon Greyjoy

Ramsay. Snow, my wife called me before she ate her fingers, but I say Bolton.

- Ramsay to Theon Greyjoy

Save me the Freys, and burn the rest. Burn it, burn it all.

- Ramsay at the Sack of Winterfell

Quotes about Ramsay

All you have I gave you. You would do well to remember that, bastard.

Roose Bolton, to Ramsay.

Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy; you had best learn that if you ever hope to rule.

Roose Bolton, to Ramsay

This Ramsay was a monster and a murderer, and he died a coward. Or so I was told.

Robb Stark, to Lothar Frey

Wylla: He won't ever be my lord! He made Lady Hornwood marry him, then shut her in a dungeon and made her eat her fingers.
Locke: The maid tells it true. Roose Bolton's cold and cunning, aye, but a man can deal with Roose. We've all known worse. But this bastard son of his ... they say he's mad and cruel, a monster.

Wylla Manderly and unnamed member of House Locke

Robett: The evil is in his blood. He is a bastard born of rape. A Snow, no matter what the boy king says.
Wyman: Was snow ever so black? Ramsay took Lord Hornwood's lands by forcibly wedding his widow, then locked her in a tower and forgot her. It is said she ate her own fingers in her extremity ... and the Lannister notion of king's justice is to reward her killer with Ned Stark's little girl.
Robett: The Boltons have always been as cruel as they are cunning, but this one seems a beast in human skin.

Robett Glover and Wyman Manderly

Roose: He should have been content to grind corn. Does he truly think that he can ever rule the north?
Reek: He fights for you, he’s strong.
Roose: Bulls are strong. Bears. I have seen my bastard fight. He is not entirely to blame. Reek was his tutor, the first Reek, and Reek was never trained at arms. Ramsay is ferocious, I will grant you, but he swings that sword like a butcher hacking meat.
Reek: He’s not afraid of anyone, m’lord.
Roose: He should be. Fear is what keeps a man alive in this world of treachery and deceit. Even here in Barrowton the crows are circling, waiting to feast upon our flesh. The Cerwyns and the Tallharts are not to be relied on, my fat friend Lord Wyman plots betrayal, and Whoresbane … the Umbers may seem simple, but they are not without a certain low cunning. Ramsay should fear them all, as I do. The next time you see him, tell him that.

– "Reek" and Roose Bolton

His blood is bad. He needs to be leeched. The leeches suck away the bad blood, all the rage and pain. No man can think so full of anger. Ramsay, though … his tainted blood would poison even leeches, I fear.

Roose Bolton, to "Reek"

Theon: Never call him that! Ramsay Bolton, not Ramsay Snow, never Snow, never, you have to remember his name, or he will hurt you.
Stannis: He is welcome to try. Whatever name he goes by.

Theon Greyjoy and Stannis Baratheon

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Annotations from item #46269194:

Ramsford is a village on the Blue Fork of the Trident.

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A Storm of Swords

During the march to the Twins for Edmure Tully's marriage the river is exceedingly high. Due to heavy rains many crossings had been washed away. Galbart Glover and two men attempt to go across the Blue Fork at Ramsford. One man drowns, two of the horses are pulled under and Glover has to be rescued from the water.




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Ramsgate

The North and the location of Ramsgate

Ramsgate is a castle in the North owing allegiance to House Manderly.




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Ramshead is a warship of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing.

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A Clash of Kings

Ramshead is a part of King Joffrey I Baratheon's fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater. Some of its under officers survive and are honored by the Iron Throne.




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Randa was an inhabitant of the Riverlands. She and her brother, Little Matt, were slain by the forces of House Lannister during the War of the Five Kings.




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Randyll Tarly - © TheMico

Randyll Tarly is Lord of Horn Hill and head of House Tarly. He is married to Lady Melessa Florent, and is the father of the POV character Samwell Tarly. Randyll wields the Tarly ancestral blade Heartsbane, a Valyrian steel greatsword, in battle. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* he is portrayed by James Faulkner.

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Appearance and Character

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Randyll is a lean and balding man with a short, bristly grey beard.

In the field Randyll wears mail and boiled leather with a breastplate of grey steel.

History

Randyll was married to Lady Melessa Florent. Their first-born child, Samwell, was born in 283 AC.

As one of Mace Tyrell's bannermen, Randyll fought in Robert's Rebellion on the side of House Targaryen. He defeated Robert Baratheon's forces at the Battle of Ashford,

A martinet, Randyll became disappointed in his gentle, timid firstborn son Samwell and made several harsh attempts to engage him in manly, martial pursuits, but all to no effect.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Samwell Tarly tells Jon Snow how Randyl gave him the choice between joining the Night's Watch and death, shortly after his arrival at the Wall.

A Clash of Kings

When Renly Baratheon calls his banners, Randyll joins with House Tyrell in supporting Renly.

After the parley with Stannis beneath the walls of Storm's End, Lord Randyll counsels attacking Stannis to make sure he gains no strength while Renly is away.

Randyll is sent out with Lord Rowan to find Lord Tywin Lannister and bring him to Tumbler's Falls where Lord Mace Tyrell is waiting with a huge host and a fleet of barges..

A Storm of Swords

Randyll destroys a northern force attacking the town of Duskendale, resulting in the capture of Harrion Karstark and Robett Glover and the death of Helman Tallhart.

A Feast for Crows

Randyll, along with Lord Mathis Rowan, is named by Ser Kevan Lannister as a good candidate for Hand of the King, but Queen Regent Cersei Lannister refuses to name a Tyrell bannerman as Hand, failing to understand that such a move would actually weaken the Tyrells by placing of their most powerful bannermen in a position of authority higher than the Warden of the South.

Randyll takes his forces and begins reconstruction of Maidenpool. His son Dickon is married to Eleanor Mooton, the daughter of the pardoned Lord William. reaches Randyll, he marches his army to King's Landing.

A Dance with Dragons

Randyll Tarly with Heartsbane - by Kevin McCoy ©

Randyll's army reaches King's Landing before his liege lord, Mace Tyrell. The Faith releases Margaery and her cousins into his custody after Lord Tarly swears a holy oath to return them for trial. To try and undo the damage Cersei did to the Tyrell and Lannister alliance, Kevan Lannister, now the Lord Regent, makes Tarly the new justiciar - and restores the title of master of laws - on King Tommen I Baratheon's small council.

When news of the taking of Griffin's Roost and the landing of the Golden Company arrive to the capital, Randyll expresses doubts about the identity of Jon Connington as well as that of his Targaryen pretender, dismissing him as a "feigned boy". Ser Kevan thinks that Randyll is more dangerous than Mace Tyrell, the new Hand of the King.

Quotes by Randyll

Randyll: No disrespect to you, Lady Stark, but it would have been more seemly had Lord Robb come to pay homage to the king himself, rather than hiding behind his mother’s skirts. Catelyn: King Robb is warring, my lord, not playing at tourney.

– Randyll and Catelyn Stark

I say that Stannis is a danger to you, leave him unblooded and he will only grow stronger, while your own power is diminished by battle. The Lannisters will not be beaten in a day. By the time you are done with them, Lord Stannis may be as strong as you ... or stronger.

– Randyll, to Renly Baratheon

It takes more than a pretty cloak to charge a shield wall. I was leading Mace Tyrell’s van when you were still sucking on your mother’s teat, Guyard.

– Randyll, to Guyard Morrigen

The gods made men to fight, and women to bear children. A woman's war is in the birthing bed.

- Randyll, to Brienne of Tarth

Quotes about Randyll

Randyll Tarly is the finest soldier in the realm. A poor Hand for peacetime, but with Tywin dead there's no better man to finish this war.

Kevan Lannister, to Cersei Lannister

Tarly is the real danger. A narrow man, but iron-willed and shrewd, and as good a soldier as the Reach could boast.

Kevan Lannister's thoughts

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A hunter in the haunted forest. Illustrated by Taylor Ingvarsson © Fantasy Flight Games

The order of rangers is one of the three orders that comprise the Night's Watch. Their main duty is to defend and protect the Wall and the castles of the Night's Watch. Theirs can be considered the more dangerous tasks compared to those of the builders or stewards, as rangers are more likely to encounter wildlings and other threats north of the Wall. A senior officer, known as the First Ranger, leads the order.

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Tasks

The order of rangers ventures beyond the Wall and battles the free folk when necessary.

A ranger beyond the Wall, by Carlo Bocchio © Fantasy Flight Games

The rangers of the Night's Watch patrol and range beyond the Wall, which could mean they are away from the castle they had been stationed at for multiple days or weeks.

Rangers ride mules

One blast of a sentry's horn represents returning rangers.

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A Game of Thrones

Rangers riding from a tunnel in the Wall, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

During a ranging beyond the Wall, rangers Gared, Will, and Ser Waymar Royce encounter Others. Will and Waymar Royce are slain,

A great number of rangers have gone missing.

A Clash of Kings

Out of the two hundred brothers Lord Commander Jeor Mormont leads from Castle Black for the great ranging, some hundred and fifty are rangers.

Known Rangers

Current Rangers

Historical Rangers




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The Rape of the Three Sisters was an invasion of the Three Sisters by the north two thousand years ago. It led to a thousand years of war between the north and the Vale of Arryn,

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History

Previously a free people ruled by their own kings, the islands of the Three Sisters were conquered by northmen who had tired of their pirating and pillaging. According to chronicles written by Sistermen and men of the Vale of Arryn, the northmen committed numerous atrocities. Supposedly, they killed children and cooked them in pots, disemboweled men and wound their entrails around spits, executed three thousand warriors in a single day at the Headman's Mount, and Belthasar Bolton made a "Pink Pavilion" out of the flayed skins of a hundred Sistermen. Northern accounts of the war do not mention these actions.

King Theon Stark once conquered the islands, although it is unknown if this was part of the Rape of the Three Sisters or during a different time.

Aftermath

In response to the invasion by the northmen, the Sistermen turned to Mathos II Arryn, King of Mountain and Vale, for assistance in ousting the northmen. In return, the previously independent Sistermen bent the knee to the Eyrie. The Rape of the Three Sisters became the first act in a thousand years of conflict between the Starks and Arryns over the islands, known as the War Across the Water, or the Worthless War.

Quotes

I have no love for northmen. The maesters say the Rape of the Three Sisters was two thousand years ago, but Sisterton has not forgotten.

- Godric Borrell to Davos Seaworth




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Rast is a recruit of the Night's Watch. Ser Alliser Thorne refers to him as Rat.

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History

Rast was sentenced to the Wall for being a rapist.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Rast is one the three boys who are ordered by Ser Alliser Thorne to fight Jon Snow when Jon takes the side of Samwell Tarly during training. Jon defeats them with the help of Pyp and Grenn.

A Storm of Swords

Still in training,

Quotes

You girls do as you please, but if Thorne sends me against Lady Piggy, I'm going to slice me off a rasher of bacon.

- Rast to his fellow recruits




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The Rat Cook was an infamous member of the Night's Watch.

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History

According to legend, the man who would later be known as the Rat Cook was a simple cook at the Nightfort. He became infamous when he served an Andal king (identified either as King Tywell II of the Rock or King Oswell I of the Vale

According to the story, the Rat Cook is an enormous white rat who still lives in the Nightfort today, and all the other rats that inhabit the Nightfort are his descendants.

Song

Such is the infamy of the tale that there is a song about the Rat Cook that is still sung in the Seven Kingdoms, despite the fact that this incident was supposed to have happened hundreds of years before Aegon's Landing. The song is used to represent the repercussions to those who violate guest right, the sacred laws of hospitality.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

While in the Nightfort, Bran Stark remembers the tale of the Rat Cook, told to him by Old Nan.

A Dance with Dragons

At the wedding of Ramsay Bolton to the fake Arya Stark, Lord Wyman Manderly asks Abel the Bard to sing about the Rat Cook after he serves three large pork pies.

Quotes

It was not for murder that the gods cursed him, nor for serving the Andal king his son in a pie. A man has a right to vengeance. But he slew a guest beneath his roof, and that the gods cannot forgive.

Old Nan




Annotations from item #46269203:

The rat pits are seedy places in Flea Bottom that fester in the shadow of the Red Keep.*]

Characters known to have visited the rat pits




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Rathylar is a ruined city in Essos in the Dothraki sea, in the Kingdom of Sarnor. It was located near where the Sarne turned north. as well.




Annotations from item #46269205:

Rats and cats is a game played by multiple individuals, usually children.

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A Clash of Kings

Rickon Stark plays rats and cats, monsters-and-maidens, lord of the crossing, and come-into-my-castle with Big Walder and Little Walder Frey.




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Ravella Smallwood,

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History

According to Anguy, Ravella and Tom of Sevenstreams were lovers once.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

At the start of the War of the Five Kings, Lady Smallwood sends her daughter, Carellen, to Oldtown, as Ravella's great-aunt is a septa at one of the city's motherhouses.

A Storm of Swords

When Arya Stark and the brotherhood without banners come to Acorn Hall, Lady Ravella insists that Arya be dressed as a proper high-born lady. She gives information concerning the whereabouts of Lord Beric Dondarrion.

Family




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A raven in Oldtown. © Fantasy Flight Games

A raven is released © Fantasy Flight Games

A raven in flight. Art by Alistair D. Borthwick. © Fantasy Flight Games

Ravens can be targeted to prevent messages from arriving. Art by Antonio Maínez. © Fantasy Flight Games.

Ravens are a species of large, black-feathered birds native to Westeros. Ravens are included in the sigils of Houses Blackwood,

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Westerosi ravens are similar to common ravens of Earth, only stronger with better homing instincts. Ravens are used to carry messages between castles and other settlements. While doves and pigeons can also be trained to carry messages, ravens are stronger flyers, larger, bolder, far more clever, and better able to defend themselves against hawks.[*citation needed*]

The maester of each castle usually tends to its own flock of ravens. Maesters raise a breed of large of white ravens at the Citadel that are said to be more intelligent and are sent out to mark the change of seasons. Ravens sometimes imitate human speech like parrots.[*citation needed*]

Most ravens are trained to fly to a specific castle, but some few can be taught to fly between two castles and are therefore greatly prized. Once in a very great while, a raven can learn the names of three or four or even five castles, and fly to each upon command. Birds as clever as that come along only once in a hundred years.

History

The children of the forest taught the First Men to use ravens to communicate over long distances. The greenseers of the children could change their skins and speak through the birds. Unlike humans, ravens can speak the True Tongue, the language of the children.

In the godswood at Raventree Hall in Blackwood Vale there is a dead weirwood of colossal size. Every evening at dusk hundreds of ravens come and roost on the tree all night, as they have for thousands of years.

Jeor Mormont, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, has a pet raven that talks.[*citation needed*]

Quotes

Most ravens will eat grain, but they prefer flesh. It makes them strong, and I fear they relish the taste of blood. In that they are like men ... and like men, not all ravens are alike. Doves and pigeons can also be trained to carry messages, though the raven is a stronger flyer, larger, bolder, far more clever, better able to defend itself against hawks ... yet ravens are black, and they eat the dead, so some godly men abhor them.

- Aemon to Jon Snow

The crow is the raven's poor cousin. They are both beggars in black, hated and misunderstood.

- Aemon to Jon Snow

It was the singers who taught the First Men to send messages by raven… but in those days, the birds would speak the words. The trees remember, but men forget, and so now they write the messages on parchment and tie them round the feet of birds who have never shared their skin.

- Lord Brynden to Bran Stark




Annotations from item #46269208:

The Raven's Teeth were the private guards of Lord Brynden Rivers.

History

Lord Brynden Rivers and his Raven's Teeth fought on the side of the loyalists during the First Blackfyre Rebellion. They gained the Weeping Ridge during the Battle of the Redgrass Field and rained arrows down upon the rebel forces, breaking their attack. It was their arrows that slew Daemon Blackfyre and his sons. The company came under attack when Aegor Rivers rallied the disheartened rebels and led a charge against them, taking Bloodraven's eye in the process.

Brynden cut a striking figure when he rode with fifty Raven's Teeth along the Street of Steel in King's Landing in 205 AC. Bloodraven garrisoned the Red Keep with Raven's Teeth during the reign of King Aerys I Targaryen.

Three hundred Raven's Teeth were among the gathered forces of Bloodraven when he marched to quash the Second Blackfyre Rebellion at Whitewalls.

When Brynden was sent to the Night's Watch by King Aegon V Targaryen, many of the Raven's Teeth choose to take the black as well.




Annotations from item #46269209:

Ravenfeeder is an ironborn longship and part of the Iron Fleet. It may be named after Regnar Drumm, who was called Raven-feeder.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Ravenfeeder accompanies the rest of the Iron Fleet when they sail for Slaver's Bay. It arrives at the rendezvous at the Isle of Cedars along with *Noble Lady* and *Iron Kiss* four days before the fleet sails further east.




Annotations from item #46269210:

Raventree Hall

The riverlands and the location of Raventree Hall

The godswood of Raventree Hall, with its enormous weirwood and hundreds of ravens - by Elena María Vacas

Raventree Hall is the seat of House Blackwood in Blackwood Vale in the riverlands. The castle is located north of Riverrun, southwest of Oldstones, and west of Fairmarket. Ironman's Bay is to the northwest.

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Layout

Raventree has high, ancient stone walls with moss climbing up them. There are two huge, square towers flanking the gate and a square tower at each angle in the wall. It is also defended by a deep moat lined with stone. Inside the walls there is a muddy outer ward, a cavernous timber keep, and a godswood.

Lord Blackwood's solar is large and airy, with great beams of dark oak. Wool tapestries adorn its walls, while latticework doors with panes of diamond-shaped yellow glass overlook the godswood.

The castle's godswood contains a dead, ancient weirwood of colossal size. Every evening at dusk hundreds of ravens come and roost all night on the dead weirwood as they have for thousands of years.

History

The Blackwoods made Raventree their seat in the riverlands after they were driven from the wolfswood by the Kings of Winter.

The Blackwoods claim that Raventree's great weirwood was poisoned by the Brackens.

The Storm King Arlan III Durrandon married a daughter of Lord Roderick Blackwood beneath Raventree's weirwood. When Roderick rebelled against House Teague, Arlan relieved King Humfrey I Teague's ensuing siege of the castle.

In 138 AC the bones of Addam Velaryon were returned to Driftmark from Raventree.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

During the War of the Five Kings, the stronghold is taken by House Lannister due to the absence of Lord Tytos Blackwood, who is at Riverrun.

A Storm of Swords

At some point, the northern army gains control of Raventree Hall. Ser Garth Greenfield is held captive in the castle.

A Feast for Crows

Raventree is besieged by Lord Jonos Bracken after the Red Wedding. Lord Karyl Vance implores Ser Jaime Lannister to intervene, knowing that Lord Blackwood would never surrender to Lord Bracken.

A Dance with Dragons

In the wake of the Red Wedding and the submissions of Riverrun and Seagard, Raventree Hall is the last castle in the riverlands refusing to declare for King Tommen I Baratheon. Jaime Lannister goes to Raventree and negotiates the surrender of Lord Tytos, taking his son Hoster as a hostage to ensure good behavior.

Chapters that take place at Raventree Hall




Annotations from item #46269211:

The Ravishment is a place in the Riverlands. It is disputed land between House Bracken and House Blackwood. It is currently held by House Blackwood.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Jonos Bracken unsuccessfully asks Ser Jaime Lannister for the Ravishment for subduing Lord Tytos Blackwood.




Annotations from item #46269212:

Ravos Hoare, known as Ravos the Raper,




Annotations from item #46269213:

Rawney is a brother of the order on the Quiet Isle.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

After Ser Hyle Hunt makes a comment about the horse Driftwood, Brother Narbert recounts the story of how Brother Rawney had been kicked by the horse and had broken his shinbone in two places.




Annotations from item #46269214:

Raya Stark was a member of House Stark. She was the third daughter of Lord Cregan Stark and Lady Alysanne Blackwood.

Family




Annotations from item #46269215:

Ser Rayford Rosby was a knight of House Rosby during the final days of Aenys I Targaryen and the coronation of Maegor I Targaryen.

History

Ser Rayford was present at Visenya's Hill when King Maegor was challenged by Ser Damon Morrigen, Grand Captain of the Warrior's Sons, to a trial of seven. He kept quiet when Maegor called upon those who would stand beside him but was shamed by the example of Dick Bean, a simple man-at-arms, and the appeal of Ser Bernarr Brune and became one of the king's champions.

During the fight against the Warrior's Sons, Ser Rayford was killed.




Annotations from item #46269216:

Lord Raymar Royce was a former head of the lesser branch of House Royce.

History

One of his younger sons, Benedict Royce, married Jocelyn Stark, a sister of Eddard Stark's grandfather Lord Edwyle. They had three daughters, one of which married a Corbray, another a Waynwood and the third might have married a Templeton.




Annotations from item #46269217:

Raymond Nayland is a knight of House Nayland.

Recent Events

Feast for Crows

Brienne of Tarth recalls that Raymond participated in a bet beneath the walls of Highgarden to see who would be the first to claim her maidenhead. After the bet was discovered and ended, Brienne sought out and defeated Raymond during the melee at Bitterbridge.




Annotations from item #46269218:

Ser Raymont Baratheon was a knight from House Baratheon and a younger son of Lord Baratheon. He was a member of Aenys I Targaryen's Kingsguard.

History

Ser Raymont saved the life of his king when Poor Fellows attempted to murder him in his bed

Family




Annotations from item #46269219:

Raymun and its variants are a common male name in Westeros. It may refer to:




Annotations from item #46269220:

Ser Raymun Darry is the Lord of Darry and head of House Darry.

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History

Raymun's three older brothers all died fighting for the Targaryens in the battle of the Trident.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Raymun is present at Darry when Arya Stark is found and brought before King Robert I Baratheon for punishment after the attack on Prince Joffrey Baratheon.

Family




Annotations from item #46269221:

Ser Raymun Fossoway was the founding member of the Fossoways of New Barrel in 209 AC. He was stocky, with a square face and a pug nose. He had short hair.

History

Tourney at Ashford Meadow

Ser Raymun attended the Ashford Tourney as the squire of Ser Steffon Fossoway, his cousin. After his cousin's betrayal of Ser Duncan the Tall, to whom he had pledged his sword in the coming Trial of Seven, Raymun took his place. He was knighted minutes before the start of the trial by Ser Lyonel Baratheon and repainted his apple green. During the trial he fought his cousin, matching him blow for blow.




Annotations from item #46269222:

Raymun Redbeard was a King-Beyond-the-Wall. He is renowned for having led an invasion of the north in the time of Jon Snow's grandfather's grandfather.

History

Raymun united the free folk clans beyond the Wall as King-Beyond-the-Wall. He had seen the Night's Watch decline and growing laxness and in 226 AC took advantage of the situation. Sending his reavers over after establishing a toehold for themselves on the Wall, they used thrown ramparts of their own and dropped ropes and ladders for his people to cross over and march south. Because the Night's Watch was caught off guard as Redbeard's horde came down upon the north, its lord commander, Jack Musgood, was henceforth called Sleepy Jack.

Eventually Raymun's host met a bloody end on the shores of Long Lake, caught between Lord Willam Stark of Winterfell and the Drunken Giant, Lord Harmond Umber. During the fight, Willam was slain and his younger brother, Artos Stark, known as the Implacable, slew Raymun Redbeard. Raymun's brother fled from battle and was known after as the Red Raven. The Watch arrived too late to fight the wildlings but in time to bury them, the task that Artos assigned them in his wroth as he grieved above the headless corpse of his fallen brother Willam.




Annotations from item #46269223:

Raymund Connington is the younger brother of Ser Ronnet Connington.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

He is made a captive when Griffin's Roost is taken by Jon Connington.

Family




Annotations from item #46269224:

Ser Raymund Frey is a knight from House Frey and is the eleventh son of Lord Walder Frey, the sixth born of his marriage to Amarei Crakehall. Raymund is married to Beony Beesbury.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Raymund is introduced to Lady Catelyn Stark at the Twins when he is sitting in the great hall, drinking with his half-brother Lame Lothar, his brother Ser Hosteen, his goodbrother Lord Lucias Vypren and nephew Ser Damon Vypren, and the Haighs.

Family




Annotations from item #46269225:

Raymund Tyrell is the son of Ser Olymer Tyrell and Lysa Meadows.

Family




Annotations from item #46269226:

Raynald Sarwyck is a member of House Sarwyck, the late Lord of the house by the start of the game, and is the father to Alester, Valarr, Gawen, and Elyana. He has only appeared in the video game *Game of Thrones*, in which he only appears as a corpse.

History

Lord Raynald Sarwyck was a friend to Lord Arwood Harlton, and has died from unknown causes right before the game starts. Rumors have it that his son Gawen is the one behind his murder.




Annotations from item #46269227:

Ser Raynald Westerling is a knight of House Westerling, the eldest son and heir of Lord Gawen Westerling and Sybell Spicer.

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Appearance and Character

Raynald is young and lean, with brown hair and a bushy mustache.

Raynald is a cheerful knight.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Raynald is part of the entourage of Robb Stark, King in the North, when he returns to Riverrun from the westerlands, having married Raynald's sister, Jeyne. The marriage broke Robb's alliance with House Frey, as he was to wed a daughter of Lord Walder Frey.

When Robb sets out for the Twins for the marriage of Lady Roslin Frey and Lord Edmure Tully, Raynald is the only Westerling to accompany him, serving as the royal banner-bearer.

A Feast For Crows

According to his mother, Sybell Spicer, Raynald was unaware of the arrangement she and her brother, Ser Rolph Spicer, had with Lord Tywin Lannister. Sybell is upset that Tywin had intended for Raynald to wed a bastard, Joy Hill.

After the resolution of the siege of Riverrun, Ser Jaime Lannister asks about Raynald's fate. Edwyn Frey and Walder Rivers reveal that Raynald surrendered his sword to Ser Whalen Frey, but then freed Grey Wind from his chains when several Frey men-at-arms tried to kill the direwolf. While doing so, Raynald was hit by several crossbow quarrels and fell into the Green Fork. Raynald's body was not identified among the thousand corpses afterward, but his trail of blood led to the river's steps.

Family

Quotes by Raynald

Catelyn: My lady, sers, are you new to my son's cause?
Raynald: New, but fierce in our courage and firm in our loyalties, as I hope to prove to you, my lady.

- Catelyn Stark and Raynald

Quotes about Raynald

Sybell: Rollam is with me, but Raynald was a knight and went with the rebels to the Twins. If I had known what was to happen there, I would never have allowed that. Raynald knew nought of any ... of the understanding with your lord father. He may be a captive at the Twins.
Jaime: I will make inquiries. If Ser Raynald is still a captive, we'll pay his ransom for you.

- Sybell Spicer and Jaime Lannister

Jaime: Tell me, is Ser Raynald Westerling amongst these captives?
Edwyn: The knight of seashells? You'll find that one feeding the fish at the bottom of the Green Fork.

- Jaime Lannister and Edwyn Frey




Annotations from item #46269228:

Raynard is a septon of the Faith of the Seven. He is stationed in King's Landing

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Raynard informs the small council that there are upwards of two thousand sparrows within King's Landing and more arriving each day. He is among the two leading possibilities to replace the deceased High Septon.

When the High Sparrow begins preaching against the brothels in King's Landing, Cersei summons him to court to stop as brothels are a valued source of income for the crown. Instead the High Sparrow sends Raynard with an escort of six Warrior's Sons. Raynard repeats the High Septon's words on the sinfulness of brothels which Cersei finds hypocritical, since she knows Raynard has "special friends" in half the brothels on the Street of Silk.




Annotations from item #46269229:

Ser Raynard Ruttiger is a knight and head of House Ruttiger.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Ser Raynard was a part of Ser Daven Lannister's force at the Siege of Riverrun. Ser Raynard, with Ser Manfryd Yew, was charged with commanding the guard on the nets across the Trident to prevent any escape from Riverrun during the siege.




Annotations from item #46269230:

The Reach with the major strongholds

The Reach is one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms on the continent of Westeros. It was formerly a sovereign nation ruled by the Kings of the Reach before the War of Conquest. It is the second-largest of the kingdoms behind the north and is considered the most fertile and heavily-populated part of Westeros.

The Reach is considered the home of chivalry in Westeros. It is the place where knighthood is looked upon with the greatest reverence and esteemed the most. It is also the place where the rules to tournaments are the most stringent and managed.

The Reach is ruled from the castle of Highgarden by House Tyrell. Notable houses have included Ashford, Caswell, Crane, Florent, Fossoway, Gardener, Hightower, Merryweather, Mullendore, Oakheart, Redwyne, Rowan, Tarly, and Vyrwel. born in the Reach are given the surname Flowers.

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Geography

The Reach is the most fertile part of Westeros and has numerous and well-populated villages and towns. The Sunset Sea is found to the west, while the hills of the westerlands are to the northwest and the Blackwater Rush of the riverlands is to the north. The Reach borders the crownlands to the northeast, while to the east and southeast are the stormlands and their Dornish Marches. South of the Reach are the Red Mountains of Dorne and the Summer Sea. The Roseroad links Oldtown with King's Landing by way of Highgarden, while the Ocean Road links Highgarden with Lannisport.

The Reach is watered by the immense river Mander and its tributaries, including the Blueburn and the Cockleswhent. The Reach proper is centered around the Mander..

People and Economy

See also: Category:Places in the Reach

Oldtown, th oldest city in Westeros and center of commerce - FFG ©

The Reach is the second wealthiest region in the Seven Kingdoms behind the westerlands, but it is the most fertile region. Among the products it produces are melons, fireplums, peaches, apples, and grapes. The Arbor is said to make the finest of wines, from dry fruity reds to a rich golden vintage. Woodharps made in Oldtown are highly sought after.

Before the War of Conquest, the golden coins of the Reach were known as hands. They still exist in some number, with each hand coin roughly half the value of a dragon coin.

Notable locations include:

Military strength

While Petyr Baelish describes the military strength of the Reach to be fifty thousand swords,

Plate armor is commonly used in the Reach.

The naval strength of the Reach is made up mostly out of the Redwyne fleet of the Arbor, which contains two hundred warships. and likely the coastal lords.

History

House Gardener

Castle Highgarden - by Zippo514©.

The beginnings of the Reach can be traced back to Garth Greenhand, the legendary High King of the First Men who lived in the Age of Heroes.

The Reach is the home of mythical warriors and knights such as Serwyn of the Mirror Shield, Davos the Dragonslayer, Roland of the Horn and the Knight Without Armor.

The Reach is the heart of the chivalric tradition in the Seven Kingdoms, the place where knighthood is most universally esteemed. Tourneys here have the most elaborate and varied rules, and are the most likely to be held for knights only. The greatest champions of the Reach became knights in the Order of the Green Hand.

Dornishmen have warred against the Reach for thousands of years; rivalries include the feud between House Oakheart and House Dayne. of the stormlands.

House Tyrell

A large Tyrell ranging party rides across the Reach in a wide formation – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

During the War of Conquest, King Mern IX Gardener led the army of the Reach against the invading House Targaryen, but he was killed at the Field of Fire and his line was ended. House Tyrell, the stewards of the Gardeners, surrendered Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror. They were rewarded with both the castle and the position of overlords of the Reach. The High Septon and Lord Manfred Hightower did not oppose Aegon when he approached Oldtown, increasing the new king's legitimacy..

During the Dance of the Dragons, the Reach was split between the greens and the blacks, with the Hightowers providing much of the support for the greens (along with the Redwynes), but with the Rowans, Tarlys, Costaynes, Mullendores, and Grimms supporting the blacks. The Battle on the Honeywine and the First and Second Battles of Tumbleton were fought in the Reach.

In the First Blackfyre Rebellion, several of Daemon I Blackfyre's greatest supporters were men of the Reach, including Ser Quentyn Ball and Lord Gormon Peake, while others supported Daeron II Targaryen.

Robert's Rebellion saw the Reach provide much of the pro-Targaryen strength. Lord Randyll Tarly led the van of Lord Mace Tyrell to victory against Lord Robert Baratheon in the Battle of Ashford. After Ashford, Mace led the unsuccessful siege of Storm's End.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

After King Robert I Baratheon's death, most lords of the Reach join the Tyrells in declaring for Renly Baratheon. Some join Stannis Baratheon after Renly's murder, but most are idle for a time before marching with Tywin Lannister to defeat Stannis in the Battle of the Blackwater.

A Storm of Swords

The lords of the Reach provide much of the Iron Throne's manpower, under the uneasy alliance between Houses Lannister and Tyrell.

A Feast for Crows

The Reach itself remains untouched by the war until the taking of the Shields, which marks the beginning of King Euron Greyjoy's campaigns in the south. Since then Oldtown and the Arbor have been threatened by ironborn raiders.

Quotes

In Highgarden there are fields of golden roses that stretch away as far as the eye can see. The fruits are so ripe they explode in your mouth-melons, peaches, fireplums, you've never tasted such sweetness.

- Robert I Baratheon to Eddard Stark

Houses

House Ambrose
House Appleton of Appleton
House Ashford of Ashford
House Ball
House Beesbury of Honeyholt
House Blackbar of Bandallon
House Bridges
House Bulwer of Blackcrown
House Bushy
House Caswell of Bitterbridge
House Chester of Greenshield
House Cockshaw
House Conklyn
House Cordwayner of Hammerhal
House Costayne of the Three Towers
House Crane of Red Lake
House Cuy of Sunhouse
House Dunn
House Durwell
House Florent of Brightwater Keep
House Footly of Tumbleton
House Fossoway of Cider Hall
House Fossoway of New Barrel
House Gardener of Highgarden
House Graceford of Holyhall
House Graves
House Grimm of Greyshield
House Hastwyck
House Hewett of Oakenshield
House Hightower of the Hightower
House Hunt
House Hutcheson
House Inchfield
House Kidwell
House Leygood
House Lowther
House Lyberr
House Manderly of Dunstonbury
House Meadows of Grassy Vale
House Merryweather of Longtable
House Middlebury
House Mullendore of Uplands
House Norcross
House Norridge
House Oakheart of Old Oak
House Oldflowers
House Orme
House Osgrey of Leafy Lake
House Osgrey of Standfast
House Peake of Starpike
House Pommingham
House Redding
House Redwyne of the Arbor
House Rhysling
House Risley
House Rowan of Goldengrove
House Roxton of the Ring
House Serry of Southshield
House Shermer of Smithyton
House Sloane
House Stackhouse
House Tarly of Horn Hill
House Tyrell of Highgarden
House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep
House Uffering
House Varner
House Vyrwel of Darkdell
House Webber of Coldmoat
House Westbrook
House Willum
House Wythers
House Yelshire




Annotations from item #46269231:

The Reach proper is the portion of the Reach which formed the core of the historical Kingdom of the Reach, which was ruled by House Gardener of Highgarden. The Reach proper was based around the river Mander, stretching from the Shield Islands as far as Tumbleton. The Reach proper also extended north to Goldengrove and Red Lake. Over time, the Gardeners added Oldtown, the Arbor, and the western marches around Horn Hill to the Kingdom of the Reach.




Annotations from item #46269232:

Realm of the Jhogwin

The known world and the location of the Realm of the Jhogwin

The Realm of the Jhogwin.

Its name in the Dothraki language refers to the Jhogwin, the stone giants in Dothraki legends.




Annotations from item #46269233:

Reaper's Wind is an ironborn longship and a member of the Iron Fleet.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Reaper's Wind accompanies the rest of the Iron Fleet when they sail for Slaver's Bay.




Annotations from item #46269234:

The recapture of Darry.

Battle

With the Battle of the Camps saving Riverrun from the Lannister army besieging it, King Robb gives the riverlords leave to liberate their own seats and lands from Lannister occupation. The forces of House Darry march to Castle Darry, which was captured during the Lannister occupation of the riverlands, and reclaim it in the name of their lord, the child Lyman Darry.

Aftermath

The recapture of Darry proves short-lived, as a fortnight later Ser Gregor Clegane descends upon the castle and puts it to the sword.




Annotations from item #46269235:

Red Alyn of the Rosewood is a steward of the Night's Watch. He comes from the Rosewood.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Red Alyn is among the men that Bowen Marsh leaves at Castle Black.




Annotations from item #46269236:

The Red Claw is an ornate warship owned by Lord Ardrian Celtigar.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Red Claw is spotted by Davos Seaworth in the harbor of Dragonstone when Stannis Baratheon gathers his sworn swords in preparation for the War of the Five Kings.




Annotations from item #46269237:

The Red Death was a disease that erupted in the slave pens of Gogossos seventy seven years after the Doom of Valyria. It swept across the Isle of Tears and then spread across the rest of the Basilisk Isles. It killed nine of every ten men, who died screaming, bleeding copiously from every body orifice, their skin shredding like wet parchment.




Annotations from item #46269238:

Red Deer Island is an island in the Red Fork of the Trident.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Husband claims that outlaws are preying upon travelers near the island.




Annotations from item #46269239:

The Red Flower Vale was the seat of Jalabhar Xho in the Summer Islands before he went into exile. He petitions the Iron Throne every so often for the men to retake it, but is always put off..




Annotations from item #46269240:

Red Fork

The riverlands and the location of the Red Fork

The Red Fork is one of the three main rivers of the Trident in the riverlands, the other two being the Blue Fork and the Green Fork. It is named after the mud and silt from the western mountains;

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Course

The Red Fork's headwaters are in the hills near Hornvale and Deep Den in the westerlands. It then flows northeast past Pinkmaiden, the Mummer's Ford, Sherrer, and the Stone Mill to Riverrun, where it is joined by the Tumblestone. The Tullys are able to open sluice gates on the third side of their castle, turning it into an island.

From Riverrun the Red Fork continues east past the Skipping Stones and Red Deer Island until it meets the Trident north of Lord Harroway's Town. The Trident then continues east to the Bay of Crabs.

While the deeper and faster Tumblestone is blue and white in color, the placid and wider Red Fork is muddy red and brown.

History

Torrhen Stark kneels to Aegon I Targaryen. Art by Chase Stone

Axel Tully constructed Riverrun at the juncture of the Tumblestone and the Red Fork on land granted to him by Armistead Vance.

During Aegon's Conquest, Torrhen Stark, the King in the North, submitted to Aegon the Conqueror along the shores of the Red Fork of the Trident.

During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Jason Lannister was slain by Pate of Longleaf in the Battle at the Red Fork.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Riders of the Red Fork - Illustrated by Lin Bo. © Fantasy Flight Games.

Ser Gregor Clegane raids Wendish Town, Sherrer, and Mummer's Ford, but retreats across the Red Fork back to the westerlands before Ser Raymun Darry can respond. The Hand of the King, Lord Eddard Stark, sends Lord Beric Dondarrion to bring Gregor to justice,

The army of Robb Stark marches south and defeats the westermen at Riverrun in the Battle of the Camps, with Ser Forley Prester leading the survivors south of the Red Fork.

A Clash of Kings

Returning from Storm's End, Catelyn Stark crosses the Red Fork at a ford south of Riverrun. Her brother, Ser Edmure Tully, fortifies the river to prevent Lord Tywin Lannister from crossing;

A Storm of Swords

Brienne of Tarth, Ser Cleos Frey, and Ser Jaime Lannister travel along the Red Fork east from Riverrun as far as the Inn of the Kneeling Man, soon after which they head inland.

After Lord Hoster Tully dies, his body is burned in a funeral pyre in the Red Fork.

A Feast for Crows

Emmon Frey and Forley Prester are encamped south of the Red Fork during the siege of Riverrun. To prevent escape, the besiegers throw a boom across the river downstream of the castle, with Manfryd Yew and Raynard Ruttiger defending the boom.

Quotes

The Red Fork was wide and slow, a meandering river of loops and bends dotted with tiny wooded islets and frequently choked by sandbars and snags that lurked just below the water's surface.

- thoughts of Jaime Lannister




Annotations from item #46269241:

A Red Grace © FFG

The Red Graces are cult prostitutes housed in the Temple of the Graces.

There are little snuggeries in the pleasure gardens in Meereen, the Red Graces wait there every night until a man chooses them. Those who are not chosen must remain until the sun comes up.

Contents

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gerris Drinkwater suggests to Quentyn Martell that they go to the Temple of the Graces to find a girl for Quentyn, but he refuses.

Quotes

They call them Graces. They come in different colours. The red ones are the only ones who fuck.

Gerris Drinkwater




Annotations from item #46269242:

Red Jack Crabb is a member of the Night's Watch from House Crabb.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Red Jack is one of the men brought along as muscle to assist Lord Commander Jon Snow in escorting Janos Slynt out of Castle Black to carry out his duties as garrison commander of Greyguard.




Annotations from item #46269243:

© Fantasy Flight Games

Red Jester is an ironborn longship and member of the Iron Fleet. Its captain is Red Ralf Stonehouse.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Red Jester accompanies the rest of the Iron Fleet when they sail for Slaver's Bay.




Annotations from item #46269244:

Red Jeyne is one of the Bastard's girls.

Contents

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Red Jeyne licks the hand of Theon Greyjoy, who considers her to be a good dog.

Quotes

Red Jeyne slammed into his chest and knocked him off his feet. She was lean, hard muscle, where Reek was loose, grey skin and brittle bones, a white haired starveling.




Annotations from item #46269245:

The Red Keep over King's Landing by Ted Nasmith ©

The Red Keep is a castle on Aegon's Hill in King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. The Red Keep contains the Iron Throne and is the home of King Robert I Baratheon, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms.

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Layout

See also: Images of the Red Keep

The Iron Throne in the throne room by Marc Simonetti ©

The Red Keep is made of pale red stone

Massive curtain walls surround the castle, with nests and crenelations for archers.

Relics of the Targaryen dynasty, such as dusty suits of black armor, sit in some corridors.

Great Hall

The Great Hall contains the throne room of the king. The Iron Throne sits on a raised iron dais with high and narrow steps. A long carpet stretches from the throne to the Great Hall's great oak-and-bronze doors. The cavernous Great Hall is cavernous can feast a thousand people.

Maegor's Holdfast

Maegor's Holdfast is a massive square fortress inside the heart of the Red Keep. The castle-within-a-castle is situated behind walls twelve feet thick and a dry moat lined with iron spikes. Maegor's Holdfast includes the royal apartments, and the king's bedchamber contains a canopied bed and twin hearths.

Maegor's Holdfast contains the Queen's Ballroom, a hall only half as big as the Small Hall in the Tower of the Hand. The ballroom seats one hundred and has beaten silver mirrors behind the wall sconces which makes the torch's light seem twice as bright. Its walls are paneled with richly carved wood and it has a gallery above the main floor. High arched windows sit along the south wall.

Tower of the Hand

Tower of the Hand by Ryan Barger © Fantasy Flight Games

The Tower of the Hand contains the chambers of the Hand of the King. Its Small Hall is a long room with a high-vaulted ceiling and bench space for two hundred..

Other Buildings

White Sword Tower by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games

The council chamber hosts meetings of the small council. It contains a long table,

White Sword Tower, located near Blackwater Bay, contains the chambers of the Kingsguard.

The Maidenvault is a long, slate-roofed building located behind the royal sept. Its entry has two tall carved doors.

The Kitchen Keep is located at a courtyard across from the castle's main kitchen. Lord Gyles Rosby has spacious apartments above the Kitchen Keep, including a large bedchamber, a solar, a bath, a dressing room, and small adjoining chambers for servants.

The godswood of the Red Keep is an acre of elm, alder and black cottonwood trees that overlook the Blackwater Rush. The heart tree is a great oak with limbs overgrown with smokeberry vines.

The rookery is the home of the ravens used by maesters of the Citadel. The Grand Maester has his chambers beneath the rookery.

The snug apartments of Lord Varys, the master of whisperers, are three windowless chambers with a hearth near the northern wall. Varys sleeps on a stone bed.

Dungeon

The Traitor's Walk is a pathway

King Maegor I Targaryen ordered that the dungeons below the squat tower have four levels.

Secret Passages

Red Keep tunnels by Jonny Klein © Fantasy Flight Games

The Red Keep and Aegon's High Hill have a network of secret passages and tunnels. King Maegor I Targaryen had them built to enable him to make a quick escape should his enemies ever trap him.

The bedchamber used by Lord Varys contains a mechanism that causes his stone slab of a bed to float up and reveal a hidden staircase.

Maegor's Holdfast is the only building in the Red Keep that has no secret passages, as Maegor "wanted no rats in his own walls", except for one escape door that does not connect to any other passage in the Red Keep..

History

Construction

The Red Keep by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games

At the start of Aegon's Conquest, Aegon the Conqueror landed at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush. On the highest of the three hills of the area, Aegon's Hill, he built his first fort of earth and wood,

When Aegon died at Dragonstone in 37 AC, he was succeeded by his son, Aenys I Targaryen, who was crowned at Dragonstone according to Gyldayn

Maegor took personal charge of the Red Keep's construction in 43 AC. He went beyond the plans of Aegon and Aenys by adding a moated redoubt, later known as Maegor's Holdfast, within the walls of the Red Keep. He also commanded that secret passages, false walls, and trapdoors be introduced to the castle and tunnels through Aegon's High Hill.

King Jaehaerys I Targaryen chose Septon Barth, who worked in the Red Keep's library, to serve as his Hand of the King.

Dance of the Dragons

Dragon skulls by Kim Pope © HBO

The Red Keep was a place of song and splendor during the reign of the generous King Viserys I Targaryen,.

Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and her spouse, Prince Daemon Targaryen, landed in the outer ward of the Red Keep during the fall of King's Landing.

Lord Cregan Stark administered justice for King Aegon III Targaryen during the Hour of the Wolf in 131 AC.

Blackfyre Rebellions

King Baelor I Targaryen confined his sisters in the Maidenvault when he came to the throne, claiming it would prevent any carnal thoughts.

Ser Quentyn Ball, the castle's master-at-arms, helped Ser Daemon Blackfyre escape the Red Keep at the start of the First Blackfyre Rebellion.

The Mad King

Ser Jaime Lannister and the Red Keep by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games

Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King to Aerys II Targaryen, desired to have his brother, Ser Tygett Lannister, appointed as master-at-arms of the Red Keep. The growing rift between the king and his Hand led to Ser Willem Darry instead being chosen in 170 AC.

The Mad King remained in the Red Keep for four years after the Defiance of Duskendale,

After Lyanna Stark was abducted by Rhaegar, her brother, Brandon Stark, rode into the Red Keep to challenge Rhaegar. Aerys had Brandon and his companions arrested, however, and summoned their fathers to court. The king had almost all of them murdered, with Brandon and his father, Lord Rickard Stark, being executed in the throne room.

Ser Jaime Lannister, a member of the Mad King's Kingsguard, held the Red Keep amid the Sack of King's Landing. Ser Gregor Clegane and Ser Amory Lorch climbed the walls of Maegor's Holdfast and slew Rhaegar's wife, Princess Elia Martell, and children, Princess Rhaenys and Prince Aegon Targaryen.

House Baratheon

King Robert I Baratheon claimed the Iron Throne after the death of King Aerys II Targaryen. Ser Aron Santagar serves as master-at-arms of the Red Keep, while Ser Ilyn Payne is the King's Justice.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Eddard Stark in the council chambers by Joshua Cairós © Fantasy Flight Games

Lady Lysa Arryn abruptly flees the Red Keep in the night after the death of her husband, Lord Jon Arryn.

Lost in the dark cellars of the Red Keep, Arya overhears a conversation between two strangers to her, Varys and Illyrio Mopatis.

King Robert I Baratheon is taken to his chambers in Maegor's Holdfast after having been mortally wounded by a boar in the kingswood.

Robert's hunting tapestries are removed from the throne room's walls.

A Clash of Kings

Tyrion Lannister rallying troops at the Blackwater by zippo514 ©

With the War of the Five Kings having broken out, the tourney on King Joffrey's name day is held in the Red Keep.

When a mob of smallfolk ask for food outside the castle's gates, King Joffrey I Baratheon has his guards fire upon them.

During the Battle of the Blackwater, Sansa and other ladies take refuge in the Red Keep's sept and the Queen's Ballroom.

A Storm of Swords

Varys spying amongst the cobwebs in the Red Keep by Cassandre Bolan © Fantasy Flight Games

Lord Mace Tyrell's court stays in the Maidenvault during their visit to King's Landing.

Sansa marries Tyrion Lannister in the Red Keep's sept.

King Joffrey receives wedding gifts in the Queen's Ballroom.

Oberyn represents Tyrion in a trial by combat held in the Red Keep's outer ward, but the Red Viper is slain by Ser Gregor Clegane.

A Feast for Crows

A servant spying in the Red Keep by Xia Taptara © Fantasy Flight Games

Queen Regent Cersei Lannister becomes paranoid after her father, Lord Tywin Lannister, is found murdered in the Tower of the Hand. The queen fears that her younger brother, Tyrion Lannister, is moving in secret passages, and that the vanished Varys has allied with Stannis Baratheon.

King Tommen I Baratheon weds Margaery Tyrell in a modest ceremony within the sept. After the feast in the Small Hall, Cersei has the Tower of the Hand burned to the ground with wildfire.

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Balon Swann informs Prince Doran Martell and his court at Sunspear that Ser Gregor Clegane's dying screams were heard throughout the Red Keep.

With Queen Cersei Lannister having been arrested by the High Sparrow, her uncle, Ser Kevan Lannister, takes up residence in the Red Keep as Lord Regent. Several accusers against Margaery Tyrell are imprisoned in dungeons under the castle.

The new Hand of the King, Lord Mace Tyrell, plans to construct a replacement Tower of the Hand triple the size of the original. Kevan and Pycelle are assassinated by Varys and his "little birds" in the Grand Maester's chambers below the rookery.

Quotes

The Red Keep in *Game of Thrones*

The Red Keep has its secrets, known only to the dead.

—writings of Gyldayn

Aegon the Conqueror had commanded it built. His son Maegor the Cruel had seen it completed. Afterward he had taken the heads of every stonemason, woodworker, and builder who had labored on it. Only the blood of the dragon would ever know the secrets of the fortress the Dragonlords had built, he vowed.

—thoughts of Catelyn Stark

The Red Keep has ways known only to ghosts and spiders.

Varys to Eddard Stark

The Red Keep shelters two sorts of people, Lord Eddard. Those who are loyal to the realm, and those who are loyal only to themselves.

Varys to Eddard Stark

Father said the Red Keep was smaller than Winterfell, but in her dreams it had been immense, an endless stone maze with that seemed to shift and change behind her.

—thoughts of Arya Stark

The only palace I desire is the red castle at King's Landing, my lord Pyat.

Daenerys Targaryen to Pyat Pree

The river that had seemed so narrow from a distance now stretched wide as a sea, but the city had grown gigantic as well. Glowering down from Aegon's High Hill, the Red Keep commanded the approaches. Its iron-crowned battlements, massive towers, and thick red walls gave it the aspect of a ferocious beast hunched above river and streets. The bluffs on which it crouched were steep and rocky, spotted with lichen and gnarled thorny trees.

—thoughts of Davos Seaworth

No one knew the Red Keep better than the eunuch.

—thoughts of Jaime Lannister

It is my day now. It is my castle and my kingdom.

—thoughts of Cersei Lannister




Annotations from item #46269246:

Red King was a title wielded by House Bolton when they reigned as kings in the east of what is now the North.

History

From the Dreadfort, the Red Kings ruled over land stretching from the Last River to the White Knife and the Sheepshead Hills. Ever since the Long Night, they often fought against the Kings of Winter, the Starks of Winterfell to the west of the Dreadfort. Some Red Kings are said to have worn cloaks made out of the skins of flayed Starks. King Rogar the Huntsman eventually submitted and sent hostages to Winterfell, however, as the Andal invasion of Westeros began.

Known Red Kings




Annotations from item #46269247:

Red Lake

The Reach and the location of Red Lake

Red Lake is the seat of House Crane in the Reach. The castle is located on the northeastern shore of a lake of the same name in the northwest of the Reach. Red Lake is northwest of Goldengrove, northeast of Old Oak, and southeast of Cornfield.

History

According to legend, Rose of Red Lake was a daughter of Garth Greenhand and the founder of House Crane. Brandon of the Bloody Blade, one of Garth's sons, is said to have slain so many children of the forest that what had been called Blue Lake was renamed Red Lake because of their blood.

Red Lake was part of the Reach proper of old.

Lancel IV Lannister, King of the Rock, was killed in battle at Red Lake.

After the Dance of the Dragons, the wild dragon Silverwing made a lair within one of Red Lake's islands.




Annotations from item #46269248:

The Red Lamb is a former slave in Meereen training to become a knight with Ser Barristan Selmy. His real name is not known.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The Red Lamb is a Lhazarene, whom the Dothraki mock as "Lamb Men". He spends most of *A Dance with Dragons* in training in the Great Pyramid to become a knight, as a squire to Ser Barristan Selmy. Barristan considers the Red Lamb to be one of his best squires after Larraq and Tumco Lho. Barristan thinks the boy is all ferocity with no technique but believes with some more training the boy's skill will improve.

When Ser Barristan goes down to the dungeons to tell Gerris Drinkwater and Archibald Yronwood of Quentyn Martell's demise, he takes two newly-made knights with him, the Red Lamb and Ser Tumco.

Quotes

I am not afraid. Should I die, I will go before the Great Shepherd of Lhazar, break his crook across my knee, and say to him, "Why did you make your people lambs, when the world is full of wolves?" Then I will spit into his eye.




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Red Mountains

Dorne and the location of the Red Mountains

Red Mountains

The stormlands and the location of the Red Mountains

Red Mountains

The Reach and the location of the Red Mountains

The Red Mountains to the north.

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Geography

Dorne

Castles in the Dornish Red Mountains include Blackmont, High Hermitage, Kingsgrave, Skyreach, Starfall, Wyl, and Yronwood. The Dornish mountains also contain the ruins of the tower of joy and Vulture's Roost.

The hidden valleys and high meadows of the Red Mountains have sweet and green grass.

The people of the southern Red Mountains are considered "stony Dornishmen" descending primarily from First Men and Andals.

Stormlands

North and northeast of Dorne, the Red Mountains extend along the southern stormlands to Cape Wrath, Griffin's Roost on Shipbreaker Bay, and almost to Storm's End.

Reach

Northwest of Dorne, the mountain range extends into the southern Reach. Horn Hill is located in the foothills

History

According to some legends, Garth Greenhand is said to have led the First Men from Dorne through the Red Mountains to the Reach.

Garth XI Gardener, King of the Reach, avenged Garth X by attacking Dorne; Lord Hightower claimed that Garth XI painted the mountains from green to red with Dornish blood.

King Albin Manwoody was a madman who claimed dominion over the Red Mountains, but he was defeated and sent to the Wall during Nymeria's War.

Dornishmen raided the Dornish Marches from the mountains during Aegon's Conquest.

During the conquest of Dorne, Lord Lyonel Tyrell led a host through the Prince's Pass and King Daeron I Targaryen traveled the Boneway.

Lords Caron and Dondarrion burned a Vulture King out of the Red Mountains.

Recent Events

A keep in the Red Mountains - by Ignacio Lazcano © Fantasy Flight Games

A Clash of Kings

Tyrion Lannister requests Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, send his armies to the Boneway and the Prince's Pass to keep the marcher lords in their castles as part of the political betrothal of Myrcella Baratheon and Trystane Martell.

The Winds of Winter

Two Dornish hosts have massed in the two passes through the Red Mountains. The hosts sit encamped, waiting for Doran to loose them on the enemies of House Martell.

Quotes

Dorne is sand and scorpions, and bleak red mountains baking in the sun.

- Reznak mo Reznak to Skahaz mo Kandaq




Annotations from item #46269250:

The Red Oarsman is an ironborn raider. One of Euron Greyjoy's captains or sworn swords.

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Appearance

He has fiery red hair in braids.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The Red Oarsman joined with Euron Greyjoy when Euron declared himself King of the Iron Islands.

The Winds of Winter

When Aeron Greyjoy is brought up from the hold of the Silence onto an island castle near the Arbor which has been captured by the Ironborn. Several of Euron's captains are there feasting in the ruins of the Castle, The Red Oarsman among them. All take turns mocking Aeron.




Annotations from item #46269251:

The Red Princes were the three successors of Mors II Martell, the Prince of Dorne. Two of them were actually Princesses.

History

The Red Princes attempted to outlaw the use of the Rhoynar language among the orphans of the Greenblood.




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Red Rain by Tommy Arnold © Fantasy Flight Games

Red Rain is a Valyrian steel sword belonging to House Drumm.

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History

The sword came into the possession of House Drumm when Hilmar Drumm took the blade from an armored knight with nothing but his wits and a wooden cudgel. From then on he was called "Hilmar the Cunning".

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Lord Dunstan Drumm draws and displays Red Rain during the kingsmoot.




Annotations from item #46269253:
Annotation #1 for item #46269253: Wiki: Red Raven

Red Raven includes:

Annotation #2 for item #46269253: Wiki: (free folk) Red Raven

The Red Raven was a member of the free folk and was the younger brother of Raymun Redbeard, a legendary King-Beyond-the-Wall. His given name is unknown.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

According to Tormund Giantsbane, after Raymun and his sons were defeated and killed by Artos Stark and Lord Harmond Umber at the Battle of Long Lake, the Red Raven fled back to the lands beyond the Wall.

Tormund also tells Jon Snow that the Red Raven received his nickname from his hair color and because the bard who composed a song on him needed a word that rhymed with "craven".

Tormund states Gerrick Kingsblood and his offspring are descended from the Red Raven, not the king, Raymun Redbeard.

Annotation #3 for item #46269253: Wiki: (ship) Red Raven

Red Raven is a war galley of the royal fleet in service to Stannis Baratheon. It has one hundred oars.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Red Raven is part of Stannis Baratheon's fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater. It is rammed during the battle, and Red Raven is engulfed and destroyed by wildfire after the explosion of the *Swordfish*.




Annotations from item #46269254:

Red Rolfe is an ironborn warrior.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Red Rolfe took part in the raiding of the Stony Shore and was among the chosen that Theon Greyjoy takes with him to capture Winterfell. He remains with Theon when the northmen led by Ser Rodrik Cassel arrive to retake the castle. He is killed by Bolton men during the sack of Winterfell.




Annotations from item #46269255:

Red Sands is a text by Maester Gareth, who chronicles several Dornish letters. Gareth suggests that Lord Qorgyle of Sandstone arranged the murder of Lord Lyonel Tyrell during King Daeron I Targaryen's conquest of Dorne.




Annotations from item #46269256:

Red Tide is an ironborn longship and a member of the Iron Fleet.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Red Tide accompanies the rest of the Iron Fleet when they sail for Slaver's Bay. It sinks along with *Dagon's Feast* when both ships crash into one another during a storm on the voyage.




Annotations from item #46269257:

The Red Watch is the region around Stonehelm in the southern Stormlands, where the Red Mountains meet Cape Wrath. It is part of the eastern Dornish Marches and is ruled by House Swann.

Quotes

Ser Balon Swann, of Stonehelm in the Red Watch.

- herald at the Tourney for King Joffrey's 13th Name Day




Annotations from item #46269258:

The Red Wedding is a massacre at the wedding feast of Edmure Tully, Lord of Riverrun, and Roslin Frey at the Twins in 299 AC during the War of the Five Kings. The King in the North, Robb Stark, his mother Catelyn, and most of his three thousand five hundred soldiers are slaughtered. The event is orchestrated by its host, Lord Walder Frey, as revenge for Robb's breaking of a marriage pact he made with House Frey, and Walder's conspirator, Lord Roose Bolton. However, Walder would never have gone along with the massacre which violated all the sacred laws of hospitality without the promise of protection from Lord Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King to Joffrey I Baratheon.

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Background

Jeyne Westerling nursing Robb Stark - by Lauren Cannon ©

During the War of the Five Kings, the Freys initially rise in rebellion against the Iron Throne, securing an invaluable strategic position for the northmen. The rebellion is contingent on Robb Stark's betrothal to one of Lord Walder Frey's daughters. for terms to bring House Frey back as a supporter of the Iron Throne.

Separately, Robb's mother, Catelyn Stark, releases Tywin's son, Ser Jaime Lannister, from imprisonment at Riverrun, hoping Tyrion Lannister in King's Landing will exchange Jaime for Robb's sisters, Sansa and Arya.

A ploy is developed in which Walder lures Robb to the Twins, under the pretense of an invite to another marriage pact, to allegedly forgive Robb's broken vow.

After Robb and his army arrive at the western castle of the Twins, he apologizes to Walder for his slight and Catelyn Stark asks for bread and salt to secure guest right.

Lord Walder forbids Robb from keeping Grey Wind within his castles, since the Lord of the Crossing considers the direwolf dangerous.

Wedding Night

After Edmure weds Roslin, Lord Walder hosts a feast for the highborn in one of his castles, while a "bastard feast" for lesser ranks is held in the second castle.

Performed songs include "Alysanne", "Flowers of Spring", "Iron Lances", and "The Queen Took Off Her Sandal, the King Took Off His Crown". A drunken Greatjon Umber bellows "The Bear and the Maiden Fair". custom, Edmure and Roslin depart the hall in the company of many guests of the opposite gender.

By using sellswords and knights at the feast disguised as musicians, and getting Robb's men too drunk to fight, Lord Walder Frey is able to coordinate a massacre with little loss to his own men. While the unknowing Edmure beds Roslin, leads Frey men-at-arms with longaxes.

Mailed northmen in shaggy fur cloaks—Boltons and possibly Karstarks—join the Freys, and the betrayers kill many of Robb Stark's personal guard, including Smalljon Umber, Dacey Mormont, and Ser Wendel Manderly. Roose slays Robb, who was previously shot by arrows, with a thrust to the heart while stating that "Jaime Lannister sends his regards."

While the Starks are being slaughtered in the hall, the unknowing Edmure impregnates Roslin in a bedchamber.

Catelyn cuts Jinglebell's throat. © FFG

In the camp outside the eastern castle, the three specially-rigged feast tents collapse and are set aflame with fire arrows during the slaughter, having been oiled earlier.

Though no definitive count is known, most of Robb's men are killed or captured, while House Frey loses approximately fifty men in the camps.

Robb Stark's body, with Grey Wind's head attached, paraded by the Freys - by Lindsey Burcar

After the battle, the Freys hack and mutilate Robb's body and cut off his head along with that of Grey Wind. In a mockery of Robb's relationship with his direwolf, the Freys sew Grey Wind's head onto Robb's decapitated body and nail a crown atop the direwolf's head.

Aftermath

Red Wedding artistic depiction by FatherStone ©

The Red Wedding brings an end to the northern rebellion, with Roose Bolton being named the Warden of the North for his aid in it, and several great benefits befell House Frey, including the lordship of Riverrun. However, it also destroys what honor is left in the house, as they violated one of the oldest and most sacred traditions of old, the guest right. This leads to antipathy and disgust towards the house by most Westerosi, including their own allies. Additionally, though no other house has dreamed to repeat the breaking of the right, it has left a more lasting stain on the ancient guest right, with safety and security in a strange castle no longer being considered guaranteed.

The Iron Throne gains a number of valuable prisoners which help resolve hostilities around Westeros, and most river lords bend the knee.

Since the massacre at the Twins, several of Lord Walder Frey's kin have been killed by the brotherhood without banners (under the leadership of Lady Stoneheart, the resurrected Catelyn Stark) or northmen such as Lord Wyman Manderly in retaliation. During the siege of Riverrun Jaime sees Robb's crown worn by Ryman's whore.

Northmen resent the presence of Freys who traveled with Lord Bolton to Winterfell for the wedding of his son Ramsay, since many lost kin at the Red Wedding.

Frey Version

Depiction of the Red Wedding by Conor Campbell ©

Ser Jared Frey tells Lord Wyman Manderly that, contrary to the true story, the Red Wedding was actually Robb Stark's work. According to the Frey fictionalization, Robb changed into a wolf-man beast before the eyes of the Freys and tore out the throat of Jinglebell, a harmless simpleton. Furthermore, he allegedly would have slain Lord Walder Frey if Ser Wendel Manderly had not put himself in the way. According to this version of the event, the other northmen also turned into wolves to join Robb's attack.

Participants

Architects

Perpetrators

In the Main Hall

In the Camps

Perpetrator Casualties

Known Victims

The King in the North - by Zippo514 ©

Known Captives

Absent

Rewards and Agreements

In order to secure their support for the betrayal of Robb Stark, Tywin Lannister grants not only pardons but also titles and betrothals to the Frey, Bolton, and Spicer conspirators.

Freys

Bolton

Spicers/Westerlings

Influences

George R. R. Martin has revealed that the inspiration for the Red Wedding came from two events from Scottish history, the Black Dinner of 1440

Quotes

Everything would turn on this marriage. If Edmure and Roslin were happy in one another, if the Late Lord Frey could be appeased and his power once more wedded to Robb's ...

Catelyn Stark's thoughts

Was there ever a wedding less joyful?

Catelyn Stark's thoughts

Your Grace, the septon has prayed his prayers, some words have been said, and Lord Edmure's wrapped my sweetling in a fish cloak, but they are not yet man and wife. A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding.

- Walder Frey to Robb Stark

In the midst of slaughter, the Lord of the Crossing sat on his carved oaken throne, watching greedily.

Catelyn Stark's thoughts

Catelyn: On my honor as a Tully, on my honor as a Stark, I will trade your boy's life for Robb's. A son for a son.
Walder: A son for a son, heh. But that's a grandson ... and he never was much use.

Catelyn Stark and Walder Frey

The camp had become a battlefield. No, a butcher's den.

- Arya Stark's thoughts

Roslin caught a fine fat trout. Her brothers gave her a pair of wolf pelts for her wedding.

- Walder Frey's message to Tywin Lannister

Tywin: Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner. The price was cheap by any measure. The crown shall grant Riverrun to Ser Emmon Frey once the Blackfish yields. Lancel and Daven must marry Frey girls, Joy is to wed one of Lord Walder's natural sons when she's old enough, and Roose Bolton becomes Warden of the North and takes home Arya Stark.
Tyrion: Arya Stark? And Bolton? I might have known Frey would not have the stomach to act alone.

Tyrion Lannister and Tywin Lannister

Merrett: He shamed us, the whole realm was laughing, we had to cleanse the stain on our honor.

Lem: Maybe so. What do a bunch o' bloody peasants know about a lord's honor? We know some about murder, though.

Merrett: Not murder. It was vengeance, we had a right to our vengeance. It was war.

Merrett Frey and Lem

The Red Wedding was my father's work, and Ryman's and Lord Bolton's. Lothar rigged the tents to collapse and put the crossbowmen in the gallery with the musicians, Bastard Walder led the attack on the camps ...

Merrett Frey to Lem

Jared: The Red Wedding was the Young Wolf's work. He changed into a beast before our eyes and tore out the throat of my cousin Jinglebell, a harmless simpleton. He would have slain my lord father too, if Ser Wendel had not put himself in the way.

Davos: Is it your claim that Robb Stark killed Wendel Manderly?
Jared: And many more. Mine own son Tytos was amongst them, and my daughter's husband. When Stark changed into a wolf, his northmen did the same. The mark of the beast was on them all. Wargs birth other wargs with a bite, it is well-known. It was all my brothers and I could do to put them down before they slew us all.
Davos: Ser, may I have your name?
Jared: Ser Jared, of House Frey.

Davos: Jared of House Frey, I name you liar.

Jared Frey and Davos Seaworth

They speak of wargs and skinchangers and assert that it was Robb Stark who slew my Wendel. The arrogance of it! They do not expect the north to believe their lies, not truly, but they think we must pretend to believe or die. Roose Bolton lies about his part in the Red Wedding, and his bastard lies about the fall of Winterfell. And yet so long as they held Wylis I had no choice but to eat all this excrement and praise the taste.

Wyman Manderly to Davos Seaworth

Barbrey: The north remembers, Frey.
Aenys: Stark dishonored us. That is what you northmen had best remember.

- Barbrey Dustin and Aenys Frey

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

Theon Greyjoy's thoughts

Some of it can be difficult to do. I mean the Red Wedding was the hardest thing I ever wrote. I wrote the entire book, I skipped over the Red Wedding and wrote all the way to the end, and then I came back and did the Red Wedding, because it was just emotionally difficult to do that. But you know, hopefully, if it's hard to write, it'll be hard to read, too. It’ll affect the reader emotionally. I mean if the reader is just reading the book and terrible things happen, and they just put it aside and say, “What’s for dinner,” you’ve kind of failed. Your characters haven't achieved any reality here. If sad things happen in the book, the readers should be sad about them. And that does involve a certain amount of emotional vulnerability on the part of the writer.

George R. R. Martin

Notes

  1. Burley men are not directly mentioned at the Red Wedding but are earlier mentioned as being part of Roose's host that is attacked by the Mountain's men whilst crossing the Trident, shortly before the Red Wedding. Therefore it can be assumed that the remnants of Houses Burley were present at the Red Wedding.
  2. House Mollen is not directly mentioned at the Red Wedding. However as they were present with Robb at the Whispering Wood it can be assumed they were present at later battles and events in the riverlands and westerlands, including the Red Wedding.
  3. House Slate is not directly mentioned at the Red Wedding. However it is stated by Lady Barbrey Dustin that the Slates campaigned in the riverlands & westerlands with Robb Stark. Therefore it can be assumed that Slates were present at the Red Wedding.
  4. The remnants of House Darry are present with Edmure Tully during the Battle of the Fords, therefore it can be assumed they are part of the host that accompanies Edmure & Robb to the Twins and so is present at the Red Wedding.



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Red comet as seen over the red waste, the north, and Dragonstone

The red comet should not be confused with the red wanderer, a star.

A red comet appears in the sky over Westeros and Essos in 299 AC. It is believed by various characters and peoples to herald differing events, and thus, different people have given the comet a different name.

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Appearance

See also: Images of the Red Comet

The comet is red, with a long tail that to some appears to cover half the sky. It is visible by day and outshines the moon at night.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Red Comet, by Franz Miklis. © Fantasy Flight Games©

The morning of the day when a raven brings the news of Eddard Stark's death in Winterfell, Maester Luwin studies the comet through his Myrish lens.

As Daenerys Targaryen's *khalasar* waits for nightfall before Khal Drogo's funeral pyre, Jhogo notices the red comet, the first star of the evening. It is said that the more fiercely a man burned in life, the brighter his star. Daenerys uses this as a sign to light the pyre, and dragons hatch from her three dragon eggs.

A Clash of Kings

The comet's name in the Dothraki language is shierak qiya, meaning "Bleeding Star".

At Dragonstone, the red priestess Melisandre tells Selyse Florent the comet is dragonsbreath. Maester Cressen thinks it an omen of blood and murder.

In King's Landing the smallfolk call it "King Joffrey's Comet" and servants refer to it as the "Dragon's Tail".

Men of Riverrun also call the comet the "Red Messenger". Greatjon Umber thinks it represents vengeance for Ned Stark, while Edmure Tully thinks it represents victory for House Tully. Catelyn Stark worries it represents the Lannisters, while Brynden Tully insists it means blood.

Traveling with Yoren, Arya Stark thinks the comet is both splendid and scary. Gendry names it the "Red Sword", since it looks like a blade still red-hot from the forge. Arya imagines the blood on Ice, Eddard Stark's greatsword, after the execution of her father.

Septon Chayle of Winterfell thinks of the comet as the "sword that slays the season", and shortly afterward a white raven arrives to signal the change of summer to autumn.

The men of the Night's Watch call it "Mormont's Torch", referring to their Lord Commander, Jeor Mormont.

Theon Greyjoy thinks of it as his comet while sailing to Pyke. His uncle, Aeron Damphair, explains it is a message of war from the Drowned God.

A Storm of Swords

Selyse reborn.

A Feast for Crows

Maester Aemon tells Samwell Tarly that a comet was seen above King's Landing on the night when Prince Aegon was conceived years ago, which led Prince Rhaegar Targaryen to believe Aegon was the prince that was promised. Aemon now thinks that Daenerys is the promised hero, however.

A Dance with Dragons

Salladhor Saan, when talking to Davos Seaworth about leaving the cause of Stannis Baratheon and receiving payment for his damaged ships, asks if this compensation will happen "when the red comet comes again", which seems to indicate that the comet is no longer visible in the Westerosi sky.

Quotes

The first star was a comet, burning red. Bloodred; fire red; the dragon's tail.

Daenerys Targeryen's thoughts

The maester did not believe in omens. And yet ... old as he was, Cressen had never seen a comet half so bright, nor yet that color, that terrible color, the color of blood and flame and sunsets.

- Cressen's thoughts

The thing in the sky is a comet, sweet child. A star with a tail, lost in the heavens. It will be gone soon enough, never to be seen again in our lifetimes. Watch and see.

- Cressen, to Shireen Baratheon

This comet is sent to herald Joffrey's ascent to the throne, I have no doubt. It means that he will triumph over his enemies.

Arys Oakheart, to Sansa Stark

In the streets, they call it the Red Messenger. They say it comes as a herald before a king, to warn of fire and blood to follow.

- Varys, to Tyrion Lannister

Catelyn: The Greatjon told Robb that the old gods have unfurled a red flag of vengeance for Ned. Edmure thinks it's an omen of victory for Riverrun—he sees a fish with a long tail, in the Tully colors, red against blue. I wish I had their faith. Crimson is a Lannister color.
Brynden: That thing's not crimson. Nor Tully red, the mud red of the river. That's blood up there, child, smeared across the sky.

- Catelyn Stark and Brynden Tully

Aeron: Every morning brings a new day, much like the old.

Theon: In Riverrun, they would tell you different. They say the red comet is a herald of a new age. A messenger from the gods.

Aeron: A sign it is, but from our god, not theirs. A burning brand it is, such as our people carried of old. It is the flame the Drowned God brought from the sea, and it proclaims a rising tide. It is time to hoist our sails and go forth into the world with fire and sword, as he did.

- Aeron Greyjoy and Theon Greyjoy

It is the herald of my coming. The gods have sent it to show me the way.

Daenerys Targeryen's thoughts

Corruption! There is the warning! Behold the Father's scourge! We have become swollen, bloated, foul. Brother couples with sister in the bed of kings, and the fruit of their incest capers in his palace to the piping of a twisted little monkey demon. Highborn ladies fornicate with fools and give birth to monsters! Even the High Septon has forgotten the gods! He bathes in scented waters and grows fat on lark and lamprey while his people starve! Pride comes before prayer, maggots rule our castles, and gold is all ... but no more! The Rotten Summer is at an end, and the Whoremonger King is brought low! When the boar did open him, a great stench rose to heaven and a thousand snakes slid forth from his belly, hissing and biting! There comes the Harbinger! Cleanse yourselves, the gods cry out, lest ye be cleansed! Bathe in the wine of righteousness, or you shall be bathed in fire! Fire!

- a begging brother in King's Landing

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

- Melisandre, to Stannis Baratheon

Behind the Scenes

The red comet is partially inspired by Caesar's Comet from William Shakespeare's *Julius Caesar*.




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A red hand is the name for a war chief of the mountain clan of the Vale, the Burned Men.




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Thoros of Myr, a red priest - by Matt Olson ©

Red priests are the clergy of the religion of R'hllor, called so because of the the loose, crimson robes they wear. Red priests, who may be male or female, administer the last kiss to deceased followers of the Lord of Light.

They are a common sight in Essos, as the faith of R'hllor's influence is more widespread and children are sometimes given to temples of R'hllor to be raised into the priesthood. Red temples also buy children to serve as slaves of R'hllor and raise them as priests, temple prostitutes, or warriors known as the Fiery Hand. In cities where slaves are branded with facial tattoos, slave red priests have flames tattooed across their faces.

Known Red Priests

Quotes

Red priests are human beings, and like other human beings, they vary greatly.

- George R. R. Martin




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Red temples are religious buildings of red stone used by followers of R'hllor, the Lord of Light. Red priests light nightfires at sunset,

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History

Melisandre was bound to a great red temple when she was a child.

Known red temples

Quotes

The red priests have a great temple on Lys. Always they are burning this and burning that, crying out to their R'hllor. They bore me with their fires.

- Salladhor Saan to Davos Seaworth

The red priests love their fires. The Lord of Light is their god, red R'hllor.

- Yorko to Arya Stark




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The red wanderer should not be confused with the Red Comet

The red wanderer is one of the seven wanderers visible in the sky over the known world. Coloured red, it is associated with the Smith god by the Faith of the Seven..

Among the Free Folk, the red wanderer is known as the Thief. Supposedly when it is visible within the constellation of the Moonmaid, it is a good time for a man to steal a woman. The red wanderer was bright the night that Jon Snow captured Ygritte.




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red waste

Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of the red waste

The red waste, and ancient ruins.

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Geography

The red waste in *Game of Thrones*

See also: Images of the red waste

The red waste is located south of the Dothraki sea and Lhazar, the land of the Lhazareen. It is east of Slaver's Bay and its hinterlands, north of the fabled city of Qarth, and west of the Bone Mountains. It is a land of low hills, barren windswept plains, and dry rivers.

Within the red waste are four abandoned cities, Vaes Tolorro, Vaes Orvik, Vaes Shirosi, and Vaes Qosar, all formerly inhabited by the Qaathi but sacked by the Dothraki.

Beginning at Qarth, the Sand Road travels north through the eastern red waste along the Dry Bones. It then turns east through the Bones toward Bayasabhad.

History

The red waste was originally a more fertile region, but it turned into a barren desert just as the Qaathi established their city-states there, pushed south by the Tall Men.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Following the red comet and avoiding rival Dothraki, Daenerys Targaryen leads her small *khalasar* across the red waste, losing many of the weaker members of her group. They eventually stumble upon an abandoned city, which they name Vaes Tolorro, and rest while Dany sends her bloodriders to scout and explore. Searching in the south, Rakharo finds the bones of a dragon. Eventually, from the southeast, Jhogo returns with three envoys from Qarth.

While in Qarth, Daenerys sees dusty men out of the red waste at a bazaar.

Quotes

Death followed death. Weak children, wrinkled old women, the sick and the stupid and the heedless, the cruel land claimed them all.

- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

Dany looked at the horizon with despair. They had lost a third of their number, and still the waste stretched before them, bleak and red and endless.

- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

To reach Qarth, the horselords must needs drive their captives across the red waste. Hundreds would die, if not thousands … and many horses too, which is why no khal will risk it.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos to Daenerys Targaryen

Red Waste on the Game of Thrones wiki.