House Whitehead of the Weeping Town is a noble house from the Weeping Town in the stormlands. Their arms and words are not known.
While in the Weeping Town, Arianne Martell hears that Ser Addam Whitehead has left to join Jon Connington after the taking of Griffin's Roost.
The known Whiteheads during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Whitehead is a reference by George R. R. Martin to the science-fiction and fantasy blogger Adam Whitehead and his blog, The Wertzone.
This artice is for House Whitehill as it appears in "A Song of Ice and Fire". For House Whitehill as it appears in Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series, see House Whitehill (Telltale).
House Whitehill is a noble house from the north. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a white pile inverted on indigo, an arch of 4-pointed stars above,
Semi-canon sources consider them sworn to House Stark.
The known Whitehills during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
This artice is for House Whitehill as it appears in Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series. For House Whitehill as it appears in "A Song of Ice and Fire", see House Whitehill.
House Whitehill is a noble house from the north. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a white pile inverted on indigo, an arch of 4-pointed stars above, because of disputes involving ironwood.
Semi-canon sources consider them sworn to House Stark.
The following members of House Whitehill appear in Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series:
Lord Ludd Whitehill (voiced by Geoff Leesley) is the head of House Whitehill and the Lord of Highpoint. He has five children: Karl, Ebbert, Torrhen, Gwyn and Gryff. He is one of the main antagonists in the game, and has animosity towards the members of House Forrester.
Karl Whitehill was the first-born son of Lord Ludd Whitehill. He was never kind to his youngest brother, Gryff. He eventually contracted greyscale, and died. Rodrik Forrester later sees a likeness of Karl on the Whitehill faily tapestry.
Ebbert Whitehill is the second-born son of Lord Ludd Whitehill. He is studying at the Citadel to become a maester. He was never kind to his youngest brother, Gryff. Ebbert has not appeared in the game, except in the Whitehill family tapestry, where a likeness of him is depicted, as seen by Rodrik Forrester.
Highpoint
The north and the approximate location of Highpoint in *Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series*.
Torrhen Whitehill is the third-born son of Lord Ludd Whitehill, and is his current heir. Torrhen is currently serving Roose Bolton. He was never kind to his youngest brother, Gryff. Torrhen has not appeared in the game, except in the Whitehill family tapestry, where a likeness of him is depicted, as seen by Rodrik Forrester.
Gwyn Whitehill is the fourth child and first daughter of Lord Ludd Whitehill (voiced by Laura Bailey). She and Asher Forrester fell in love, causing bloodshed between their houses. As a result, Asher was exiled to Essos.
Gryff Whitehill (voiced by Sacha Dhawan) is the fourth-born son and fifth child of Lord Ludd Whitehill. He is one of the main antagonists in *Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series*, and has animosity towards the members of House Forrester.
Highpoint is the seat of House Whitehill of the north in *Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series*, a graphic adventure game.
House Willum is a noble house from the Reach. According to semi-canon sources, they blazon their shields with three silver longswords crossed on black beneath a dragonbone skeleton on a white chief." may be a reference to this house.
House Willum declares for Renly Baratheon in the War of the Five Kings. Josua and Elyas Willum, sons of Lord Willum, attend the feast at Bitterbridge. The house joins Stannis Baratheon after Renly's death. Lord Willum, Josua and Elyas are captured during the Battle of the Blackwater and bend the knee to King Joffrey I Baratheon.
The known Willums during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Willum is a tribute by George R. R. Martin to the *Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn* series of his colleague Tad Williams.
House Wode is a noble house of landed knights sworn to House Whent of Harrenhal in the riverlands. Their lands lie close to the border with the crownlands; Sow's Horn is nearby.
Ser Willis Wode aids Lady Catelyn Stark and Ser Rodrik Cassel at the inn at the crossroads when she captures Tyrion Lannister.
The Iron Throne grants Harrenhal to House Baelish.
During the journey to lift the siege of Riverrun, Ser Jaime Lannister and his host come across the lands held by the brothers Wode, two landed knights sworn to Harrenhal. Jaime encounters neither member of the Wode family or their smallfolk but finds their earth and timber halls burned down. Jaime hangs several outlaws taking shelter in the cellar beneath one of the ruined halls.
The known Wodes during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The Wodes' halls may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to the story Three Little Pigs. The earth and timber halls of the Wodes are burned down by raiders, but the stout stone of Sow's Horn, seat of House Hogg, resists Amory Lorch.
House Woodfoot of Bear Island was a noble house who once ruled Bear Island in the north.
It is suggested that the Night's King was a Woodfoot, among many possibilities.
House Woods is a noble house from the wolfswood in the north. It is sworn to House Glover of Deepwood Motte. Asha Greyjoy thinks of them as a clan.
Lady Sybelle Glover provides scouts from House Woods, including Ned Woods, to Stannis Baratheon for his march on Winterfell through the wolfswood.
The known Woods during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Woodwright is a noble house from the Reach. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a red pall on a field of oak. Their words are not known.
Taena of Myr lists the Woodwright brothers, Portifer and Lucantine, among the household knights who seek favour with Margaery Tyrell.
The known Woodwrights during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Woolfield is a noble house from the north. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with three woolsacks, white on purple, a white border.
Given their name and that the wife of Ser Wylis Manderly is Leona Woolfield, it is possible this House is connected with Ramsgate or the Sheepshead Hills, places sworn to the Manderlys of nearby White Harbor.
Davos Seaworth meets the Manderlys in the Merman's Court. Leona Woolfield is present with her daughters, Wynafryd and Wylla Manderly.
The known Woolfields during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Wull is the formal name given to the Wulls, the most powerful he is given the treatment of "Lord Wull".
They blazon their banners with three wooden buckets, brown on blue, with a border of grey and white checks.
The Wulls hold great animosity toward the Iron Islands because of historical ironborn raiding of the Bay of Ice.
Theo Wull was one of the six companions of Eddard Stark at the tower of joy. Eddard buried Theo there after his death.
Bran Stark recalls there are Wulls that live west of the mountains along the Bay of Ice during his trip to the Wall with Hodor, Meera, and Jojen Reed. He also remembers the Wull visiting Winterfell once.
Maester Aemon sends birds to most noble houses from the north asking for help to fight the wildlings at Castle Black, including the Wulls.
Jon Snow tells Stannis Baratheon that the Wulls have the most men out of all the northern mountain clans.
The clan chief, Hugo "Big Bucket" Wull, joins Stannis's army.
The known Wulls during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
With unspecified familiar relationship to him there are also:
House Wydman is a noble house from the Vale of Arryn. It blazons its arms with 5 splintered lances, 3-2, striped blue and white with blue pennons, on yellow, beneath a white chief bearing a red castle, a green viper, a black broken wheel, a purple unicorn and a yellow lion.
House Wydman derives from a tourney in which the founder of the house bested five knights from the Vale and the Westerlands..
A noble displaying a broken lance is present in the High Hall of the Eyrie when Tyrion Lannister demands a trial by battle to prove his innocence of the claims put against him.
The known Wydmans during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Wyl of the Boneway is a house from Wyl in northern Dorne. It is one of the principal houses sworn to House Martell of Sunspear.
The Wyls have long fought against the lords of the Dornish Marches to the north. The family has tunneled beneath their castle, Wyl, to link caverns for greater defense.
Wylla of Wyl was a warrior-maid who fought besides Yoren Yronwood against King Durran the Young at the Battle by the Bloody Pool and was turned back.
During the First Dornish War, the Wyl of Wyl ambushed and defeated the forces of Lord Orys Baratheon as they attempted to assault the Boneway.
During the final stage of the conquest of Dorne, King Daeron I Targaryen was attacked and killed under the pretext of a peace banner and Prince Aemon Targaryen was imprisoned by the Wyls.
The blackadder of House Wyl is spotted by Lord Eddard Stark during the Hand's tourney.
The Wyls delay Ser Balon Swann for several days by entertaining him with hawking and hunting on the Boneway. Several Wyls are present at the feast when Balon arrives in Sunspear to deliver the head of Ser Gregor Clegane. They refuse to drink when Ricasso raises a toast to King Tommen I Baratheon.
The known Wyls during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The black adder in the sigil of House Wyl is a reference by George R. R. Martin to the historical comedy *Blackadder*.
House Wylde of the Rain House is a noble house from the Rain House in the stormlands. It is one of the principal houses sworn to House Baratheon.
Lord Jasper Wylde was the master of laws during the reign of Viserys I Targaryen and the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, in which he supported the greens. He was executed as a traitor by Rhaenyra Targaryen when she took King's Landing in 130 AC.
The Wylde arms were spotted by Ser Duncan the Tall among the gathered heraldry at the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC. Ser Willem Wylde was a member of Daeron II Targaryen's Kingsguard. He fought on behalf of Prince Aerion Targaryen during the trial of seven at Ashford.
During the siege of Storm's End, Ser Gawen Wylde attempted to sneak out of the castle and surrender to the besieging army of Lord Mace Tyrell. He was captured and later died in his cell.
Ser Gladden Wylde is part of the force that Lord Eddard Stark sends out to arrest Ser Gregor Clegane. However, Gladden is killed by Lannister forces in the battle at the Mummer's Ford.
Ser Ormund Wylde remains loyal to Stannis Baratheon after the Battle of the Blackwater, and joins him on his campaign in the north.
The known Wyldes during the time span described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
House Wynch of Iron Holt is a noble house from the island of Pyke in the Iron Islands. They are among the Greyjoys' principal bannermen.
Their blazon is a bloody moon on purple. Their motto does not appear in the books.
When Theon Greyjoy arrives at Pyke he sees a great number of longships, including the blood moon of the Wynches.
Ser Aladale Wynch is slain by wildlings at the Battle of the Bridge of Skulls.
Tristifer Botley explains to Asha Greyjoy that Lord Waldon Wynch was the first man to recognize Euron Greyjoy as King of the Iron Islands. House Wynch were given half the lands of House Botley for supporting Euron.
Some Wynches gather around Victarion Greyjoy before the kingsmoot and give him support. Aeron Greyjoy spots the banner of House Wynch among those gathered at the kingsmoot.
The known Wynches during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
With unspecified familiar relationship to him there are also:
House Wythers is a noble house from the Reach. According to semi-canon sources, their sigil is a grey squirrel on white with red border. Their words are not known.
Ser Ottyn Wythers, a commander in the Night's Watch, is part of the great ranging beyond the Wall.
During the Battle of the Fist of the First Men, Ser Ottyn is killed when a horse kicks him in the face.
Ser Willam Wythers is the captain of the guard for Queen Margaery Tyrell in King's Landing.
The known Wythers during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Yarwyck is a noble house from the Westerlands. They blazon their arms with two bronze halberds crossed between four red diamonds, on white.
During the choosing of the new Lord Commander, Othell Yarwyck, the First Builder of the Night's Watch, puts his forth his name as a candidate. In the end, he withdraws his name from the election.
A banner of House Yarwyck is among those gathered to escort the corpse of Lord Tywin Lannister back to Casterly Rock.
The known Yarwycks during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Yelshire is a noble house from the Reach. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with barry green and gold, a black battering ram with a gold head on a black chief. Their words are not known.
The known Yelshires during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
House Yew is a house of landed knights from the westerlands.
Their arms do not appear in the books, but according to semi-canon sources they are a golden longbow on white between two crimson flaunches.
House Yew is an ancient line of First Men origin, boasting descent to the legendary Blind Bowman, Alan o' the Oak.
Ser Manfryd Yew and Ser Raynard Ruttiger are entrusted by Daven Lannister to see no boats escape downstream during the siege of Riverrun. Brynden Tully escapes by swimming from Riverrun on a moonless night. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks that if Ruttiger, Yew, or their men heard a splash they would believe it was a turtle or a trout.
The known Yews during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
Lord Anders Yronwood's Honor Guard – by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games
Lord Yronwood's Spears – by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games
House Yronwood of Yronwood is the most powerful house in Dorne after the ruling Martells..
According to semi-canon sources, their motto is We Guard the Way.
An ancient family of First Men origin, the Yronwoods built Yronwood in the foothills of the Red Mountains and controlled the Stone Way, one of the two great passes into Dorne. The valuable land allowed the Yronwoods to rule much of northern Dorne. Their domain eventually reached from Wyl to the headwaters of the Greenblood,
The ancient Yronwood kings oft fought with the Storm Kings, as seen when Yoren Yronwood was turned back by King Durran the Young at the Battle by the Bloody Pool.
When the Rhoynar came to southern Westeros with Nymeria aboard her ten thousand ships, the Yronwoods controlled half of Dorne.
King Yorick V Yronwood was supported in Nymeria's War by his bannermen, Houses Blackmont, Jordayne, Qorgyle, and Wyl, among many others. In the ninth year of warfare Mors died at Yorick's sword in the Third Battle of the Boneway. Nymeria took control of the Martell armies, however, and it took another two years of fighting before Yorick bent the knee and was sent to the Wall.
The Yornwoods are proud of their historical domains and power,
When Prince Oberyn Martell was sixteen years old, he was found abed with old Lord Edgar Yronwood's paramour. Although the ensuing duel was only to first blood, Edgar's wounds festered and he died shortly afterwards, originating rumors that the prince's blade had been poisoned and earning him the nickname of the "Red Viper". Oberyn fled to the Free Cities in exile. To "repay a blood debt", Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, later sent his second child, Quentyn Martell, to foster with Edgar's grandson, Lord Anders Yronwood.
Following Doran's instructions, Lord Anders Yronwood musters and maintains an army in the Boneway during the War of the Five Kings.
Princess Arianne Martell fears that the Yronwoods will declare for her younger brother, Prince Quentyn, instead of herself as the heir of of their father Doran, Prince of Dorne.
Because Princess Myrcella Baratheon was wounded and Ser Arys Oakheart was killed during Arianne's failed plot to crown Myrcella as queen, Doran has Anders delay Ser Balon Swann of the Kingsguard at Yronwood by feasting him for a fortnight.
Ser Cletus Yronwood, the heir of Lord Anders,
Quentyn attempts to tame one of Daenerys's dragons after the queen flees the city atop Drogon,
Lord Yronwood's host in the Boneway includes men from House Toland.
The known Yronwoods during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Ahlaq is one of the noble families of Yunkai.
Ghazdor zo Ahlaq, a Yunkish noble and slaver, is present at the siege of Astapor.
The known members of the House of Ahlaq during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The doors to the House of Black and White. © FFG
The House of Black and White interior - by Paolo Puggioni ©FFG
Arya Stark in the third level of the House of Black and White - by Marc Simonetti ©
The House of Black and White is the temple of the Many-Faced God and the headquarters of the Faceless Men. It is located in Braavos.
The House of Black and White sits upon a rocky knoll made of dark grey stone. It has no windows and has a black tile roof.
Its wooden doors are twelve feet high and carved. The left door is weirwood, the right ebony. In the center of the doors is a carved moon face ebony on weirwood, weirwood on ebony. Its grey stone steps lead down to the dock.
The knoll upon which the temple sits holds many passageways cut from the rock. Priests and acolytes' sleeping cells are located on the first level beneath the main floor. The sleeping cells for the servants are on the second. The holy sanctum lays on the third level. It is a restricted area. The faces are hung on the walls, and are used as disguises.
In the center of the main room on the main floor lies a pool ten feet across. Statues of gods stand around the room.
There are no services or songs of worship within the temple. The visitor can visit the pool, the gods, even ask for a priest.
In Braavos, Arya Stark finds her way to the House of Black and White, where a kindly old man initiates her into the guild of the Faceless Men.
Arya remains blind and in the service of the House of Black and White.
The House of Dhazak is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen.
The House is hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen and it's household is suspected of being members of the Sons of the Harpy.
The House of Eraz is one of the ancient slaving families of Yunkai.
Grazdan led the Yunkai envoys to Daenerys Targaryen when she came to conquer their city. On behalf of the city, he attempted to bribe her with gold and try to convince her to pass over Yunkai, but was rebuffed and in turn given an ultimatum by Daenerys to let the slaves go by the third day.
After the crushing defeat of the Yunkai forces outside of their walls, Grazdan is sent to deliver Daenerys's ultimatum.
Grazdan mo Eraz travels to Volantis to persuade the Triarchs to send their fleet against Daenerys Targaryen. His bribes and feasts are said to be lavish, he brought slave girls and boys trained in Yunkai in the way of the seven sighs to pleasure the ruling class of Volantis.
While in Volantis he spreads many false stories about Daenerys, that she is blood thirsty, feeds her dragons on the flesh of newborn babies, impales anyone who defies her on spikes to die, takes a different lover every night and bathes in blood of maidens to retain her youth.
Meanwhile, Gorzhak zo Eraz joins several other of the Wise Masters on the march against Meereen. The Windblown, a sellsword company hired by Yunkai, mock Gorzhak as "Pudding Face". the next.
Gorzhak, along with his other two supreme commanders and Bloodbeard, present the head of captain Groleo to Hizdahr zo Loraq and demand the deaths of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons in return for the release of the other hostages Hero, Daario Naharis and Jhogo.
On the eve of battle during the Second Siege of Meereen, Gorzhak zo Eraz is slain by the Tattered Prince, who turns the Windblown's cloak to join Queen Daenerys Targaryen.
The known Eraz during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Faez is one of the noble families of Yunkai.
Faezhar zo Faez, a Yunkish noble and slaver, is present at the siege of Astapor.
The known members of the House of Faez during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Galare is one of the slaving families of Meereen.
The House of Galare is seemingly less hostile to the rule of Queen Daenerys Targaryen than most Meereenese houses, and Daenerys herself is thankful to the Green Grace, Galazza Galare, for her assistance and her voice for peace and tolerance.
With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Daenerys has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage.
When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back and Ser Barristan Selmy seizes control of Meereen in her name, he also refuses to allow any harm to come to the child hostages, even though Skahaz mo Kandaq wants to kill them in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen.
The known Galare during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Ghazeen is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen.
With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Queen Daenerys Targaryen has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong to. The House of Ghazeen is among the names.
When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back and Ser Barristan Selmy seizes control of Meereen in her name, he also refuses to allow any harm to come to the child hostages, even though Skahaz mo Kandaq wants to kill them in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen.
The known members of House Ghazeen during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Hazkar is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys Targaryen a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong too. The House of Hazkar was among the names.
The Pyramid of Hazkar was attacked by Rhaegal and Viserion after their escape and has become a smoking ruin that eventually collapsed in on itself, with many of the ancient line of Hazkar lying dead, buried under its now blackened stones. Rhaegal attempted to make his lair atop the pyramid of Hazkar, he killed the slavers who were foolish enough to object.
The House of Kandaq is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen. The Pyramid of Kandaq is described as modest.
The House is supposedly less hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen. Skahaz mo Kandaq, known as the Shavepate, serves as one of her Meereenese advisors. .
The House of Kisses was a whorehouse in King's Landing, located atop of Visenya's Hill. It existed during the Dance of the Dragons, and became the seat of King Gaemon Palehair,
The House of Loraq is one of the slaving families of Meereen. They are an ancient line that has produced many famous figures, the latest being the fourteenth Hizdahr zo Loraq, King of Meereen.[*citation needed*]
The House is supposedly less hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen though Skahaz mo Kandaq suspects the House may have ties with the Sons of the Harpy.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys Targaryen a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong too. The House of Loraq is among the names.
While in Daznak's Pit Daenerys Targaryen sees members of the House of Loraq occupying the red and orange benches. The women are veiled, and the men have their hair brushed and lacquered into horns and hands and spikes, the classic manner of Ghiscari men. Dany notes that Hizdahr's kin of the ancient line of Loraq seem to favour tokars of purple and indigo and lilac.[*citation needed*]
The known Loraq during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Merreq is one of the slaving families of Meereen.
The House of Merreq is hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen and its household is suspected being members of the Sons of the Harpy. Several members of the House, along with members of the House of Zhak, wish to leave the city for their estates in the hills. Daenerys says they may do so, but as a precaution in case they mean to join the Yunkai, states that they are forbidden to take their gold and food supplies with them.
With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Queen Daenerys Targaryen has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys Targaryen a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong to. The House of Merreq is among the names.
When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back and Ser Barristan Selmy seizes control of Meereen in her name, he also refuses to allow any harm to come to the child hostages, even though Skahaz mo Kandaq wants to kill them in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen.
The known members of the House of Merreq during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Myraq is one of the noble families of Yunkai.
Paezhar zo Myraq, a Yunkish noble and slaver, is present at the siege of Astapor.
The known members of the House of Myraq during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Nakloz is one of the slaving families of Astapor.
Kraznys mo Nakloz, one of Astapor's Good Masters and a dealer in Unsullied, receives Daenerys Targaryen when she arrives in the city to purchase slave soldiers.
When Yunkai besieges Astapor, the pyramid of Nakloz is set aflame by the people of Astapor because they blame the late Kraznys for their woes.
The House of Naqqan is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen. Their Pyramid is made up of green and black bricks .
Daenerys column passes between the pyramids of the House of Naqqan and the House of Pahl when in route to Daznak's Pit .
The House of Pahl is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen. Their pyramid is made of pink and white bricks.
During the Siege of Meereen led by Daenerys Targaryen, Oznak zo Pahl is the champion of the Great Masters. He is slain in single combat by Belwas.
Oznak's father, commander of the Meereenese city watch, dies defending the city gates after Joso's Cock smashes them. Oznak's three uncles are among the one hundred and sixty-three slavers Daenerys orders to be disemboweled and nailed to posts in Meereen's plaza in revenge for the one hundred and sixty-three slave children that had suffered the same fate under the Great Masters' orders.
With all of the Pahl men now slain, the House of Pahl is now ruled by the women of the family. According to Skahaz mo Kandaq, they are bitter old women with a taste for blood.
In their shadow war against Daenerys, the Sons of the Harpy kill men and women loyal to Daenerys in the night, leaving their corpses on the streets of Meereen. Hoping to stop the murders, Daenerys has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys a list of the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong to. House Pahl is among the names.
Daenerys's column passes between the pyramids of the House of Naqqan and the House of Pahl when enroute to Daznak's Pit. While in Daznak's Pit, Daenerys sees members of the House of Pahl occupying the red and orange benches, wearing striped pink and white tokars. When Drogon flies into the pit and begins eating a boar and a slain pit fighter, Daenerys notices the Pahls fleeing, along with many others.
When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back and Ser Barristan Selmy seizes control of Meereen in her name, he also refuses to allow any harm to come to the child hostages, even though Skahaz mo Kandaq wants to kill them in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen.
The known members of House Pahl during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
You have no lack of enemies, Your Grace. You can see their pyramids from your terrace. Zhak, Hazkar, Ghazeen, Merreq, Loraq, all the old slaving families. Pahl. Pahl, most of all. A house of women now. Bitter old women with a taste for blood. Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.
The House of Qaggaz is one of the ancient slaving families of Yunkai.
The House of Quazzar is one of the slaving families of Meereen.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys Targaryen a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong too. The House of Quazzar was among the names.
The House of Reznak is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen.
Reznak mo Reznak is one of the current members of the House of Reznak. The House is supposedly less hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen and Reznak serves as seneschal to Daenerys Targaryen .
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys Targaryen a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong too. The House of Reznak was among the names.
The House of Rhaezn is one of the ancient slaving families of Yunkai.
Chezdhar, Maezon zo Rhaezn, and Grazdhan zo Rhaezn are mocked by the Windblown as the Clanker Lords, since they have came up with the idea of chaining all the slave soldiers together so they won't be able to flee when facing the Unsullied of Daenerys Targaryen, as their previous soldiers did during the Battle of Yunkai. The soldiers march at a snail's pace due to the weight of the chains.
The known Rhaezn during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Rhazdar is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen. They have a great yellow-and-green pyramid, the Purple Lotus lies in the shadow of it.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys Targaryen a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong too. The House of Rhazdar was among the names.
The House of Seven Lamps is located in Braavos. The Nightingale has been there. It smells of incense.
It is located east of Outcast Inn, north of the Satin Palace and northeast of the Happy Port.
Cat of the Canals hears that the night Dareon played at the House of Seven Lamps he told the Nightingale that there is no one half as pretty as her at Eastwatch. Samwell Tarly unsuccessfully searches for Dareon at the House of Seven Lamps.
The Blind Girl knows each inn and tavern by its scent, recalling that the House of Seven Lamps is fragrant with incense.
The House of Uhlez is one of the slaving families of Meereen.
The House is hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen and it's household is suspected of being members of the Sons of the Harpy.
Since the escape of the wild dragons Rhaegal and Viserion the Pyramid of Uhlez has become the lair of Viserion.
The House of Ullhor is one of the slaving families of Astapor.
Grazdan mo Ullhor, one of the Good Masters of Astapor who deals in Unsullied, attends a meeting with Daenerys Targaryen. He is also present the next day, when Daenerys arrives to take control over the Unsullied of the city. When she orders her dragon Drogon to attack after taking possession of the Unsullied, Grazdan shouts for the Unsullied to defend the Good Masters. He is killed by Daenerys's bloodrider Rakharo, who puts an arrow through his mouth.
One of Grazdan's former slaves, Cleon, later overthrows the ruling council of Astapor installed by Daenerys, and installs himself as King of Astapor.
Following their failed attack against Yunkai during the siege of Astapor, the survivors of the battle hold a great feast in the pyramid of Ullhor, ending the night by drinking poison.
The known members of the House of Ullhor during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The Pyramid of Yherizan, Rhaegal's new home - by Dejan Delic ©
Rhaegal makes his lair on the pyramid of Yherizan - by Ashley Hunter Rice ©
The House of Yherizan is one of the ancient slaving families of Meereen. The Pyramid of Yherizan is huge and is made up of black bricks.
The House is hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen and its household is suspected of being members of the Sons of the Harpy.
When the dragon Rhaegal escapes from its imprisonment, he makes his new lair in the great black pyramid of Yherizan. The pyramid is now a smouldering ruin and its former occupants are either dead or in flight.
The House of Yunzak is one of the noble families of Yunkai.
Yurkhaz zo Yunzak hires the sellsword company the Windblown during the war against Meereen, signing their contract on behalf of the city of Yunkai.
Yurkhaz is named the Supreme Commander of the Armies and Allies of Yunkai, is resumed, and command over the Yunkish armies is given over to a new commander every day.
The known members of the House of Yunzak during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of Zhak is one of the slaving families of Meereen.
The House is hostile to the rule of Daenerys Targaryen and it's household is suspected being members of the Sons of the Harpy.
When several Meereenese ships join the blockade of Meereen, Skahaz mo Kandaq presents Daenerys Targaryen a list with the names of the Meereenese captains and which families they belong too. The House of Zhak was among the names.
The House of Zherzyn is one of the noble families of Yunkai.
Morghaz zo Zherzyn takes part in the Yunkish campaign against Daenerys Targaryen. He is mocked as "the Drunken Conqueror" by the men of the Windblown because he is often in his cups.
The known members of the House of Zherzyn during the timespan of the events described in *A Song of Ice and Fire* are:
The House of the Red Hands or House of Red Hands is a great hospice and center of healing in Braavos, and one of the buildings that makes the city renowned for its architecture.
The waif claims that she was brought to the healers of the House of the Red Hands by her father, after she had been poisoned by her father's second wife.
Samwell Tarly spends the last of his coin on a healer from the House, hoping that something can be done for Maester Aemon's sickness. The healer tells him it is not a sickness, but that the maester is dying. The healer instead provides dreamwine to aid Aemon's passing.
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The House of the Undying or House of the Undying Ones is the headquarters for the Undying Ones, the topmost amongst the warlocks of Qarth. It is also known colloquially as the Palace of Dust.
Following the suggestion of Pyat Pree, Daenerys Targaryen seeks the Undying Ones' counsel at their residence, the House of the Undying. The Undying Ones show her a number of visions of past and future events, but they turn on her and attempt to drain her life, only to be slain by her dragon, Drogon.
According to Xaro Xhoan Daxos the Undying are all dead.
The House of the Undying is a grey and ancient ruin. It is long and low, without towers or windows and is coiled like a stone serpent through a grove of black-barked trees with inky blue leaves which are used to make the drink that the Qartheen call "shade of the evening". No other buildings stand near. Black tiles cover the palace roof, many of them fallen or broken. The mortar between the stones is dry and crumbling.
Upon her arrival Daenerys Targaryen finds the sight of the House of the Undying an unexpected one - in a city of splendors such as Qarth she expected the House of the Undying to be the most splendid of all. She now understands why it is called the Palace of Dust. Even Drogon is disquieted by the sight of it; he hisses and smoke seeps out between his sharp teeth. Daenerys takes Pyat Pree's arm and he leads her. Under the black trees it is darker than she would have thought and the way is longer. Though the path seems to run straight from the street to the door of the palace, Pyat Pree soon turns aside - as the front way leads in but never out again.
They reach a door that is a tall oval mouth set in a wall fashioned in the likeness of a human face. It is here that Daenerys enters after drinking shade of the evening from a slender crystal glass.
He who seeks audience with the Undying Ones must follow the rules. Before entering, a person seeking audience with the Undying must drink shade of the evening, so that they may "hear and see the truths" that will be laid before them. It does not turn lips blue with just one dose; many must be taken.
He who enters must enter alone or not at all. The front way leads in, but not out again. When one enters, there will be four doors; the door one just came through and three others. To reach the Undying, one must always take the first door on the right and always takes stairs up.
The rooms of the House of the Undying are sometimes open to sight, and are filled with strange visions of many sorts; days that were, days that will be, days that never shall be, and visions of surpassing beauty or horror. One must not enter any room until reaching the audience chamber. To leave the audience chamber, a person must follow the "same" path as before; always the first door to the right and always up the stairs.
The chamber of the Undying is gloomy. A long stone table fills the room, above which floats a heart swollen and blue with corruption. It beats with a deep throbbing sound and each pulse sends out indigo light. A small dwarf no more than knee high with a snoutish face, garbed in purple and blue livery, is a servant.
The warlock Pyat Pree persuades Daenerys Targaryen to seek answers in the House of the Undying. Inside, she passes through many rooms containing visions before she reaches the chamber of the Undying.
Upon reaching the chamber of the Undying, Daenerys is spoken to in a barely perceptible whisper. The Undying call her "mother of dragons" and "child of three" and tell her some prophesies, saying "three fires must you light... one for life and one for death and one to love... three mounts must you ride... one to bed and one to dread and one to love... three treasons will you know... once for blood and once for gold and once for love..."
The Undying show Daenerys many more visions before attacking her and being slain by Drogon:
After the attack by the Undying Ones is foiled by Drogon, Daenerys runs out of the chamber, which is ablaze by the time she reaches the door. She runs down a long dim passageway stretched serpentine before her but cannot find a door. She keeps running, even though the floor seems to be moving under her feet, and suddenly there is a door ahead of her, a door shaped like an open mouth. She runs through the door and out into the sun. Pyat Pree is gibbering in some unknown tongue and hopping from one foot to the other. He howls curses and draws a knife and tries to attack Dany but Jhogo and Rakharo restrain him.
When Daenerys looks back at the House of the Undying, there are thin tendrils of smoke forcing their way through cracks in the ancient stone walls and rising from between the black tiles of the roof.
Whether the palace is still standing is unknown but, according to Xaro Xhoan Daxos, the Undying are all dead.
Jhiqui follows Dothraki custom and fastens a bell in Daenerys’s hair to mark her victory over the Undying. Daenerys tries to tell her that she has won no victories but Jhiqui disagrees, telling Dany that she burned the maegi in their house of dust and sent their souls to hell. Daenerys decides to hold her tongue thinking that the Dothraki will esteem her all the more for a few bells in her hair.
Xaro Xhoan Daxos learns that Pyat Pree is gathering the surviving warlocks together to work ill on Daenerys.
Later, having fled Qarth, upon entering Astapor at the head of her khalasar, on the way to purchase Unsullied, Daenerys’s hair is braided - attached is a tiny silver bell whose chime sings of the Undying Ones of Qarth, burned in their Palace of Dust.
Heed my words, my queen. The House of the Undying Ones was not made for mortal men. If you value your soul, take care and do just as I tell you.
- Pyat Pree, to Daenerys Targaryen prior to her entering the House of the Undying
Blood of my Blood … this is an evil place, a haunt of ghosts and maegi. See how it drinks the morning sun? Let us go before it drinks us as well.
- Jhogo, to Daenerys Targaryen
This man is a servitor in the House of the Undying.
He is a dwarf, standing no higher than a knee. His faced is pinched and pointed, snoutish, while his hands are tiny and pink. He is dressed in livery of blue and purple.
After Daenerys Targaryen enters the House of the Undying along with Pyat Pree, the dwarf offers her a glass of shade of the evening. When she ventures inside, Daenerys finds a room in which four dwarfs quite similar to the dwarf servitor are ravishing a beautiful, naked woman.
The house with the red door - Kristina Carroll. © FFG
The house with the red door was Daenerys Targaryen's childhood home in the Free City of Braavos. The house is the closest thing to home that she has ever known. As a young child Daenerys and her brother Viserys Targaryen lived in this house, under the care of Ser Willem Darry. She had her own room there and a lemon tree outside her window.
According to Daenerys it was a big house.
After Ser Willem's death, the servants stole what little money they had left. Soon after, Daenerys and Viserys were put out of the house. Daenerys cried when its red door was closed to them forever.
Daenerys longs for the house in Braavos, as its red door has become symbolic to her. It is unknown if the house is still standing.
Young Daenerys Targaryen outside the house with the red door in Braavos - by Tiziano Baracchi. © Fantasy Flight Games
In Magister Illyrio's manse, before Daenerys begins her preparations for her introduction to her prospective husband, Khal Drogo, she thinks longingly of the house with the red door.
Upon meeting Khal Drogo, Daenerys, afraid, asks her brother Viserys to go home. Viserys, angry, replies that Drogo is their way home, to Westeros. Daenerys, who had meant Magister Illyrio's estate, thinks to herself that *"not even the house with the red door"* had been a true home for Viserys.
On the Dothraki Sea, Ser Jorah Mormont talks with the newly wedded Daenerys. When Dany asks Jorah what he prays for he tells her in a voice thick with longing "home". She replies that she prays for home too. He laughs and tells her to look around her, at the Dothraki Sea, but it is not the great plains that Dany sees at that moment. Instead, she thinks of King's Landing and the great Red Keep, built on the command of Aegon I Targaryen, her ancestor. She thinks of Dragonstone, the place of her birth. And in her thoughts, all the doors were red.
At Vaes Dothrak Ser Jorah promises Dany that one day they will go home. Dany wonders what represents home to her. *"A few tales, names recited as solemly as words of a prayer, the fading memory of a red door..."*.
On the Western Market in Vaes Dothrak, the flasks of scented oils remind Daenerys of her childhood and the house with the red door.
In the Red Waste, during her recovery after giving birth to her stillborn son, Dany sees the house with the red door in her fever dreams. She tries to reach it, but is unable to do so.
In Qarth, at the behest of Pyat Pree, Daenerys Targaryen goes to seek answers in the House of the Undying. Inside, she passes through many rooms containing visions before she reaches the chamber of the Undying Ones.
An evening shortly after the conquest of Meereen, Daenerys Targaryen is looking out over the city from her terrace. When found by one of her servants, Missandei, she is asked what she is doing. Daenerys replies that she was looking for a "house with a red door", but she didn't find it, as by night, all doors are black.
Daenerys Targaryen is dreaming of a house with a red door when she is woken by Missandei with the news of the murder of Stalwart Shield.
Later, Daenerys is dreaming that she and Daario Naharis are man and wife, simple folk living a simple life in a tall stone house with a red door, when her handmaiden Irri wakes her with the news that nine Unsullied, including Mossador, the brother of Missandei, have been murdered by the Sons of the Harpy
When Daenerys talks to Ser Barristan Selmy, she thinks to herself that she had never known a home. *"In Braavos, there had been a house with a red door, but that was all"*.
As Daenerys is examining the parchment containing the marriage pact that Prince Quentyn Martell had brought to her, she realizes that it had been signed in Braavos, while they had been living in the house with the red door. The realization makes Daenerys feel strange, and she wonders why.
As she is readying herself to attend the opening of Daznak's Pit, Daenerys Targaryen thinks to herself that she would rather have drifted in her fragrant bathing pool all day, eating iced fruit off silver trays and dreaming of a house with a red door.
Wandering alone through the Dothraki Sea, Daenerys reflects on the life she had had with Khal Drogo. Not since those "half-remembered days in Braavos" when she had lived in the house with the red door, had she been as happy as she had been with Drogo, and her unborn son who, according to the dosh khaleen, would be the Stallion Who Mounts the World. In the Red Waste, however, all her joy had turned to ashes.
Alphabetic listing of house words.
House Allyrion - No Foe May Pass
House Ambrose - Never Resting
House Arryn - As High as Honor
House Ashford - Our Sun Shines Bright
House Baratheon - Ours is the Fury (adopted by Orys Baratheon from Argilac the Arrogant, the last Storm King
House Beesbury - Beware Our Sting
House Bolton - Our Blades are Sharp
House Buckwell - Pride and Purpose
House Bulwer - Death Before Disgrace
House Caron - No Song So Sweet
House Cerwyn - Honed and Ready
House Codd - Though All Men Do Despise Us
House Crakehall - None so Fierce
House Egen - By Day or Night
House Flint of Widow's Watch - Ever Vigilant
House Follard - None so Wise
House Footly - Tread Lightly Here
House Forrester - Iron From Ice (Telltale Game)
House Fossoway of Cider Hall - A Taste of Glory
House Fowler - Let Me Soar
House Graceford - Work Her Will
House Grandison - Rouse Me Not
House Greyjoy - We Do Not Sow
House Hastwyck - None So Dutiful
House Hightower - We Light the Way
House Hornwood - Righteous in Wrath
House Jordayne - Let It be Written
House Karstark - The Sun of Winter
House Lannister - Hear Me Roar!
House Lannister - A Lannister always pays his debts (unofficial)
House Lonmouth - The Choice is Yours
House Marbrand - Burning Bright
House Martell - Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
House Mormont - Here We Stand
House Mallister - Above the Rest
House Merryweather - Behold Our Bounty
House Mooton - Wisdom and Strength
House Oakheart - Our Roots Go Deep
House Peckledon - Unflinching
House Penrose - Set Down Our Deeds
House Piper - Brave and Beautiful
House Plumm - Come Try Me
House Redfort - As Strong as Stone
House Royce - We Remember
House Sarsfield - True to the Mark
House Sarwyck - Family is Hope, Protect it Always (Game of Thrones RPG by Cyanide)
House Serrett - I Have No Rival
House Smallwood - From These Beginnings
House Stark - Winter is Coming
House Stokeworth - Proud to Be Faithful
House Swygert - Truth Conquers
House Swyft - Awake! Awake!
House Tallhart - Proud and Free
House Targaryen - Fire and Blood
House Tarly - First in Battle
House Tollett - When All is Darkest
House Toyne - Fly High, Fly Far
House Trant - So End Our Foes
House Tully - Family, Duty, Honor
House Tyrell - Growing Strong
House Velaryon - The Old, the True, the Brave
House Waxley - Light in Darkness
House Wendwater - For All Seasons
House Wensington - Sound the Charge
House Westerling - Honor, not Honors
House Westford - Death Over Dishonor (Game of Thrones RPG by Cyanide)
House Whitehill - Ever Higher (Telltale Game)
House Wode - Touch Me Not
House Wydman - Right Conquers Might
House Yronwood - We Guard the Way
Household knights are landless knights who have been taken into service by a lord.
*Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series* is an episodic video game whose storyline begins near the end of season 3 of *Game of Thrones. It features mostly new characters that are not part of either the *A Song of Ice and Fire book series canon nor of the Game of Thrones television series.
House Forrester is strongly featured in the storyline, and so far the game is the only source of its coat of arms. House Whitehill is also spotlighted, as bitter rivals to House Forrester.
Main article: House Branfield (Telltale)
Main article: House Forrester (Telltale)
Main article: House Glenmore (Telltale)
Main article: House Tuttle (Telltale)
Main article: House Whitehill (Telltale)
In *A Dance with Dragons* House Forrester is mentioned as a clan sworn to House Glover. House Glover is not mentioned in Episode 1, "Iron From Ice".
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This page provides an overview of the statuses of the Houses in Westeros, both at the start of *A Game of Thrones* (uncollapsed box), and at the end of the most recent book in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* series (currently *A Dance with Dragons*, collapsed box).
Ser Howard Pyle was a member of House Pyle during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.
Howard attended the Ashford Tourney in 209 AC.
Howard Pyle is listed on one version of the roll of arms included in selected printings of the collected version of the graphic novel adaptation of The Hedge Knight, which depicts the Pyle greathelm sigil surrounded by a bordure of grey roundels, thereby differing slightly from House Pyle's original sigil. He does not appear in the original novella. His name may be a tribute to the author of *The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood*.
Howd Wanderer is a wildling leader. According to Tormund Giantsbane, Howd "walks alone".
Howd Wanderer is among the wildling leaders who accompany Tormund Giantsbane to the Wall in declaring a truce with the Night's Watch. He swears his oath to the Night's Watch upon his sword. One or more of his sons is made a hostage of the Night's Watch.
Howland Reed is the head of House Reed and the Lord of Greywater Watch,.
See also: Images of Howland Reed
Howland is a small man,
Young Howland wore a shirt of bronze scales and wielded a three-pronged spear and a leather shield.
According to a tale told by his daughter Meera, Howland grew up hunting, fishing, climbing trees, and learning the magic of the crannogmen.
After he reached the age of majority, bold Howland sought additional knowledge. He paddled a small skin boat down the Green Fork, evaded the Twins at night, and visited the Isle of Faces in search of the green men. He stayed at the island all winter.
Howland left the Isle of Faces in 281 AC, the year of the false spring, to observe the great tourney at Harrenhal held by Lord Walter Whent. As Howland walked across the tourney field, he was attacked by three squires, younger but taller. Lyanna Stark came to his rescue, however, as the crannogman was a vassal of her father, Lord Rickard Stark of Winterfell, and the girl chased the three squires away with a tourney sword.
On the second day of jousting a short mystery knight, dubbed the Knight of the Laughing Tree, entered the joust and challenged the three knights whose squires who had attacked the crannogman. The three knights were defeated, but the mystery knight only demanded that the knights teach their squires honor as ransom.
The abduction of Lyanna Stark by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen led to the imprisonment and executions of Lord Rickard Stark and Brandon Stark by King Aerys II Targaryen. Howland joined the northern host during the ensuing war, Robert's Rebellion,
Howland returned to the north and has not departed the swamps of the Neck since..
Howland Reed by TheMico©
Having called the northern banners to rescue his father, Lord Eddard Stark, from King's Landing, Robb Stark sends word to Howland to have the crannogmen bleed the Lannisters if they march up the causeway through the Neck.
Upon learning his son Jojen had a green dream of a winged wolf, Howland sends his children from Greywater Watch to Winterfell.
After the capture of Winterfell, Theon Greyjoy intends to hold Meera and Jojen as hostages to prevent Howland from attacking the ironborn of Lord Captain Victarion Greyjoy at Moat Cailin.
At Hag's Mire, King Robb tasks Galbart Glover and Maege Mormont with sailing into the Neck to inform Howland of his plan to recover Moat Cailin from Victarion's ironborn.
Attacks by crannogmen weaken the ironborn garrison at Moat Cailin.
Outlaws led by Lady Stoneheart are said to have vanished into the Neck, with Ser Danwell Frey thinking they are being sheltered by crannogmen.
Theon resolves the siege of Moat Cailin, with the meager ironborn garrison surrendering to Ramsay Bolton.
Howland Reed was a great friend to your father.
- Rodrik Cassel to Bran Stark
The finest knight I ever saw was Ser Arthur Dayne, who fought with a blade called Dawn, forged from the heart of a fallen star. They called him the Sword of the Morning, and he would have killed me but for Howland Reed.
– Eddard Stark to Bran Stark
In his head, the crannogman looked like Jojen, only older and stronger and dressed like Meera.
- thoughts of Bran Stark
My father knew the worth of Howland Reed.
– Robb Stark to Galbart Glover
Bran: Did he have green dreams like Jojen?
Meera: No, but he could breathe mud and run on leaves, and change earth to water and water to earth with no more than a whispered word. He could talk to trees and weave words and make castles appear and disappear.
- Bran Stark and Meera Reed
George R. R. Martin has stated that Howland would not be a POV character because he knows too much.
The Howlers are one of the Vale mountain clans of the Mountains of the Moon, according to Archmaester Arnel's *Mountain and Vale*.
For the hills in Essos, see Howling Hills.
The Howling Hill is a hill in the stormlands whose exact location has been lost to history.
During the Andal invasion, the Weirwood Alliance between First Men and children of the forest defeated Andals beneath the Howling Hill.
For the hill in the stormlands, see Howling Hill.
The Howling Hills is a hilly region in far eastern Essos.
The Howling Hills are east of the Krazaaj Zasqa mountains and north of the Great Sand Sea. The Plains of the Jogos Nhai are found to its east. To the north is a forested peninsula next to Leviathan Sound.
The Howling Hills are inhabited by bandits and worse.
The Howling Mountain is one of the Basilisk Isles, which are off the northern coast of Sothoryos.
Some of Nymeria's ten thousand ships were attacked by corsairs from the Howling Mountain. Afterwards, the corsairs offered the Rhoynar to settle upon the Isle of Toads, on the condition that they give up their boats and that they'd send each king thirty virgin girls and pretty boys per year.
A hrakkar, by Kevin Catalan ©
Hrakkar are a breed of white lion native to the Dothraki sea.
*Khal* Drogo and his bloodriders hunt a hrakkar. It rakes Drogo through his leggings, scarring his leg. He returns to Vaes Dothrak with the carcass slung across a packhorse.
Daenerys takes to wearing the pelt of the hrakkar that Drogo had slain.
Within the House of the Undying in Qarth, Daenerys has a series of visions, one of which features a white lion.
The hrakkar pelt made by Drogo remains a favorite attire of Daenerys, its musty smell reminding her of her dead husband.
I shall make you a cloak of its skin, moon of my life.
- Drogo to Daenerys Targaryen
Hranna is the Dothraki name for a type of green grass that grows in the Dothraki Sea. It turns a deep brown during the dry season. It is one of a hundred types of grass that grow in the Dothraki Sea.
Hrothgar of Pyke is a legendary ironborn raider who supposedly lived during the Age of Heroes. He possessed a horn capable of summoning krakens.
Hubard Rambton is a knight of House Rambton sworn to Stannis Baratheon. He has three sons.
When Melisandre has the castle sept at Dragonstone burnt, Ser Hubard leads his three sons to defend it. They slay four of the queen's men before being overcome. Hubard and one of his sons are killed, while the other two are imprisoned alongside Septon Barre and Lord Guncer Sunglass.
Hubard's remaining sons are burned alive by Queen Selyse Florent and Melisandre on Dragonstone while Stannis is fighting the Battle of the Blackwater.
Hubert is a maester of the Citadel. He is the author of *Kin of the Stag*, in which he suggests that Galladon of Morne was not a warrior of the Age of Heroes turned into a knight by singers, but an actual historical figure of more recent times, noting that Morne was a royal seat of petty kings on the eastern coast of Tarth until the Storm Kings made them submit, though its ruins were made by Andals and not the First Men.
Hubert Arryn was a Lord of the Eyrie and head of House Arryn. He was a cousin of Lord Ronnel Arryn, the last King of Mountain and Vale, and Jonos Arryn. By 37 AC, Hubert had six sons with his wife from House Royce of Runestone.
After the death of Lord Ronnel Arryn at the hands of his younger brother, Jonos, and the subsequent death of Jonos and surrender of Jonos's supporters, Hubert, a cousin of the late Lord Ronnel, was named the new Lord of the Eyrie.
For other articles sharing the same title, please see this disambiguation page.
Ser Hugh,
See also: Images of Hugh
The young Hugh has rough-hewn features and does not look handsome.
Hugh squired for Lord Jon Arryn for four years. He desperately wanted to be a knight and was knighted by King Robert I Baratheon in Jon's memory upon his death.
Ser Hugh stayed in King's Landing after Lysa Arryn's return to the Vale of Arryn.
When Lord Eddard Stark complains to Lord Petyr Baelish that his investigation into Jon Arryn's death is hindered by the fact that Lysa Arryn took most of her household back to the Vale, Petyr tells him that, among others, Jon's squire is still in King's Landing, a newly-knighted boy called Ser Hugh of the Vale. Warning that Eddard is watched by spies of Lord Varys and Queen Cersei Lannister, Petyr advises the new Hand of the King to send someone he trusts to question Hugh, rather than go himself.
Hugh takes part in the Hand's tourney, wearing armor that he has had forged for the occasion,
Ser Barristan Selmy stands vigil for Hugh in lack of any others being close to the youth. Barristan tells Eddard that, as a squire, Hugh desperately wanted to be knighted, but was probably not ready for it. The death by the hand of a Lannister bannerman makes Eddard wonder whether Hugh has died because of his attempt to question him, but he doubts that he will ever find out the truth. Eddard orders that the armor be sent with Hugh's remains to the mother in the Vale, and Eddard announces he will make sure the armor's smith has been paid.
In a conversation with Eddard, Varys mentions Hugh as a possible suspect for poisoning Jon. Varys points out that, although he owed everything to Lord Arryn, Hugh did not return to the Vale when Lysa fled with her household, instead remaining in King's Landing and rising to knighthood.
When Tyrion Lannister questions Grand Maester Pycelle about his role in the death of Lord Arryn, Pycelle denies it was he who poisoned the Hand of the King. Pycelle admits he withheld care from Jon, as he knew Queen Cersei wanted Jon dead. Pycelle believes Varys's version that it was Hugh who slipped the poison to Jon and suspects that he acted on Cersei's orders.
This was needless. War should not be a game.
- Eddard Stark to Barristan Selmy
Lord Arryn was a kindly, trusting man. There was one boy. All he was, he owed Jon Arryn, but when the widow fled to the Eyrie with her household, he stayed in King's Landing and prospered. It always gladdens my heart to see the young rise in the world. He must have cut a gallant figure in the tourney, him in his bright new armor, with those crescent moons on his cloak. A pity he died so untimely, before you could talk to him …
- Varys to Eddard Stark
Hugh Arryn, called Hugh the Fat, was a King of Mountain and Vale of House Arryn. He extended Arryn rule to include the isle of Pebble.
Ser Hugh Beesbury is a member of House Beesbury.
Ser Hugh participated in the wager to take Brienne of Tarth's maidenhead beneath the walls of Highgarden. He brought Brienne a pot of honey, claiming that Tarth maids were as sweet as honey. The wager was discovered by Lord Randyll Tarly, who put a stop to it.
Hugh Clifton is a member of House Clifton. He is part of Margaery Tyrell's personal guard.
Having been tortured, the Blue Bard includes Hugh in the names of those who spent time with Queen Margaery Tyrell.
Hugh is held with the rest of Margaery's accused lovers in a dungeon under the charge of Qyburn.
Hugh Grandison, called Greybeard, is the Lord of Grandview and head of House Grandison. He was among the possible matches offered to Princess Arianne Martell. He is an old man.
Hugh Grandison is a very aged man, with a long white beard. Arianne Martell regards him to be pleasant and more robust than others his age, but undesirable.
The aged head of House Grandison, Hugh was given the name Greybeard, though in time his beard went pure white.
At one point, Hugh was proposed as a potential betrothal to Arianne Martell by her father, Prince Doran. In order to facilitate the proposal, Hugh visited Dorne, falling asleep during the welcoming feast. While he slept, Garin challenged Arianne to tie Hugh's beard into a knot, but she refused. Though she found him less unappealing than the other old suitors her father proposed, Arianne turned down Hugh like all the others.
Hugh Hammer, or Hard Hugh, was a blacksmith's bastard on Dragonstone during the time of the Dance of the Dragons..
Hugh was tall and huge, with hands strong enough to twist steel bars. He wielded a warhammer.
Jacaerys Velaryon called for dragonriders in 129 AC. Vermithor, the dragon of the late King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, allowed Hugh to mount him.
Hugh fought valiantly in the Battle in the Gullet for the blacks, and was named Lord of Bitterbridge afterwards. However, Hugh, along with Ulf the White, defected to the greens at the Treasons of Tumbleton. Together they are known as the Two Betrayers. Hugh aimed to become a king. Prince Daeron Targaryen threw wine in his face when he made his claim known, and Hugh threatened to beat the boy. The next day Hugh wore a crown of black iron, which Ser Roger Corne knocked off. Hugh nailed three horseshoes to Roger's skull. The ensuing fight between Hugh's and Roger's supporters led to three dead and twelve wounded.
The Caltrops conspired to kill both Hugh and Ulf. Hugh was betrayed and slain during the Second Battle of Tumbleton by Ser Jon Roxton, who was killed in turn by Hugh's men.
Why be a lord when you can be a king?
- Hugh to his supporters
We need a strong man to lead us, not a boy. The throne should be mine.
The same right as the Conqueror. A dragon.
- When asked by Ser Jon Roxton by what right Hugh presumed to name himself king
Little boys should be more mannerly when men are speaking. I think your father did not beat you often enough. Take care I do not make up for his lack.
- Hugh to Prince Daeron Targaryen
Hugh Hungerford is a sellsword and member of the Windblown.
He was the Company's former paymaster till he was caught stealing from the war chest. The Tattered Prince had three of his fingers removed for theft.
Hugh Hunderford is slim and saturnine, long-faced, long legged and clothes himself in finery.
Hugh is sent by the Tattered Prince to go over to Daenerys Targaryen, along with the other Westerosi Windblown .
Hugo Arryn, called Hugo the Hopeful, was the grandson of King Hugh Arryn and a King of Mountain and Vale of House Arryn. He extended Arryn rule to include the isle of the Paps.
Ser Hugo Vance is a member of House Vance of Atranta. He has four brothers; Ser Ronald, Ser Ellery, Kirth and Maester Jon.
Ser Hugo is a member of Ser Jaime Lannister's party as he rides north to end the siege of Riverrun. At Castle Darry he carries Jaime's Kingsguard standard. Hugo falls asleep during the dinner celebrating Jaime's arrival at Darry.
Hugo is a reference by George R. R. Martin to the Hugo Award-winng author, Jack Vance.
Hugo Wull, called Big Bucket and the Wull, is the clan chief of House Wull in the North., and the most men.
Lord Commander of the Night's Watch Jon Snow suggests to Stannis Baratheon that he visit Hugo to win his allegiance.
Robin Peasebury: I am starting to suspect you have been Bolton's creature all along. Is that the way of it? Did he send you to us to whisper poison in the king's ear?
Hugo Wull: Lord Pea Pod. If you were a man, I would kill you for that, but my sword is made of too fine a steel to besmirch with craven's blood. Aye, men are dying. More will die before we see Winterfell. What of it? This is war. Men die in war. That is as it should be. As it has always been.
Corliss Penny: Do you want to die, Wull?
Hugo Wull: I want to live forever in a land where summer lasts a thousand years. I want a castle in the clouds where I can look down over the world. I want to be six-and-twenty again. When I was six-and-twenty I could fight all day and fuck all night. What men want does not matter. Winter is almost upon us, boy. And winter is death. I would sooner my men die fighting for the Ned's little girl than alone and hungry in the snow, weeping tears that freeze upon their cheeks. No one sings songs of men who die like that. As for me, I am old. This will be my last winter. Let me bathe in Bolton blood before I die. I want to feel it spatter across my face when my axe bites deep into a Bolton skull. I want to lick it off my lips and die with the taste of it on my tongue.
Red Rahloo means nothing here.
—Hugo Wull, to Godry Farring
Big Bucket Wull may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to the Scottish comic strip *Oor Wullie*, which features a character named Wullie who is often depicted sitting on a bucket.
Hugor of the Hill was the first King of the Andals in Andalos.
According to the *Seven-Pointed Star*, King Hugor is a major part of the Faith of the Seven. He was supposedly crowned by the Father himself who pulled down seven stars to make his crown. The Maid brought forth a girl supple as a willow with eyes like deep blue pools that Hugor took as his first wife. The Mother made her fertile, and she bore him forty-four mighty sons as foretold by the Crone. The Warrior gave each son strength of arms and the Smith wrought each a suit of iron plate. His realm was extensive, spreading from the hills of northern Andalos to the southern marches, now called the Flatlands, in the south.
Hugor of the Hill may also be the Andal hero whom Pentoshi singers call Hukko.
While sailing down the Rhoyne aboard the *Shy Maid*, Tyrion Lannister adopts the pseudonym Hugor Hill.
Hukko is the name given by Pentoshi singers to a legendary Andal hero. According to legend he slew the swan maidens, who lured travelers to their deaths in the Velvet Hills; though not for their crimes but as sacrifices to the Seven. Some maesters note "Hukko" may be a rendering of the name of Hugor, the first King of the Andals.
For the noble house, see House Hull.
Hull is a town on the island of Driftmark in the crownlands. Addam and Alyn Velaryon were legitimized bastards from the town.
Lord Corlys Velaryon, the Sea Snake, launched his ships from Hull and Spicetown to close the Gullet at the start of the Dance of the Dragons.
Hullen is a member of the Stark household. He is the master of horse at Winterfell..
Hullen is a member of the party that discovers the direwolves in the snow. He does not like the fact that direwolves are loose south of the Wall.
Hullen is a part of the entourage accompanying Lord Eddard Stark south when he is named Hand of the King by King Robert I. Upon his departure, he gives up the position of master of horse.
Humfrey is a given name in Westeros. Characters named Humfrey include:
Ser Humfrey Beesbury was a knight of House Beesbury during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen. Ser Humfrey Hardyng was his brother-in-law.
Ser Humfrey participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC. He jousted against his brother-in-law, Ser Humfrey Hardyng. They broke twelve lances in what was considered the best fought battle of the day, which the smallfolk soon began calling "the Battle of Humfrey". Humfrey Hardyng won the struggle and remained in the competition as a champion.
Ser Humfrey joined his brother-in-law on the side of Ser Duncan the Tall in the trial of seven. He was slain by Ser Donnel of Duskendale in the first pass.
Ser Humfrey Clifton is a knight of House Clifton. He is sworn to King Stannis I Baratheon.
Ser Humfrey accompanies Stannis Baratheon in his march on Winterfell in the north. When they become stranded at the crofter's village, Humfrey insists they press on, as they will die from cold and starvation if they stay. When Ned Woods concludes that the lake has been emptied by the fishermen, Humfrey insists that the lack of food is all the more reason to march, stating "If death is our fate, let us die with swords in hand."
Ser Humfrey Hardyng was a tourney knight of renown during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen. His brother by marriage was Ser Humfrey Beesbury.
Ser Humfrey won a great melee at Maidenpool in 208 AC, and overthrew Ser Donnel of Duskendale and Lords Arryn and Royce in the lists.
In the final tilt of the first day, he was challenged by Prince Aerion Targaryen. During the first course Prince Aerion's lance took his horse just above the armor that protected his breastbone, and exploded out of the back of his neck in a gout of bright blood. Ser Humfrey tried to leap free, but a foot caught in a stirrup and they heard his shriek as his leg was crushed between the splintered fence and falling horse. Lord Ashford declared Ser Humfrey the victor and awarded him Prince Aerion’s courser, but even so, he will not be able to continue. His leg was broken in two places. Prince Baelor Targaryen sent his own maester to tend him.
Ser Humfrey joined the side of Ser Duncan the Tall in the trial of seven, wanting to get his revenge on Aerion, one of Duncan's accusers. He was seriously wounded in the trial and died of his wounds later.
Humfrey Hewett is the head of House Hewett and is the Lord of Oakenshield, one of the Shield Islands in the Reach.
King Euron Greyjoy and his captains celebrate the ironmen's conquest of the Shield Islands and their overall victory at the Battle of the Shield Islands in Lord Hewett's castle. Lord Humfrey is muzzled and tied to his chair during the feast, his wife and daughters forced to serve the unwanted guests. His bastard daughter Falia becomes Euron's lover and suggests the idea to make Lord Humfrey's wife and female relatives serve naked before his eyes.
The tidings that reach King's Landing of the result of the battle report Lord Hewett's death.
- Victarion Greyjoy, watching the humiliation of Lord Hewett
Ser Humfrey Hightower is a knight of House Hightower. He is the fourth and youngest son of Lord Leyton Hightower.
After the ironborn attack the Reach, Ser Humfrey is sent to Lys to hire sellsails. The captain of the *Huntress* hopes Humfrey's sister Lynesse will provide the Hightowers with a decent-sized fleet out of the Free City, as the Redwyne fleet is away at Dragonstone.
Humfrey II Teague was one of the last monarchs of House Teague. He was the eldest son of Humfrey I Teague, who caused a massive uprising of Riverlords by attempting to suppress worship of the old gods. In the campaign's final battle, Humfrey I perished. Prince Humfrey picked up his father's crown and sword and became Humfrey II, only to die short time later, thus passing the crown to his younger brother Hollis. By the end of the battle, Hollis, his younger brother Tyler, and their uncle Damon had all inherited the crown and died. And so, House Teague became extinct.
Humfrey I Teague was one of the last monarchs of House Teague to rule the Riverlands.
He a pious ruler who founded many septs and motherhouses; though he also attempted to supress worship of the Old Gods with the aid of the Faith Militant. This caused House Blackwood to rebel, along with House Tully, both branches of House Vance, House Bracken and House Smallwood. Though Humfrey and the Faith were nearly victorious, House Teague was ultimately defeated when House Durrandon came to aid the Blackwoods, as Lord Roderick Blackwood had marriage ties to them. King Humfrey perished in the campaign's final battle, in which his three sons and brother all perished, thus extinguishing House Teague.
Humfrey Stone is a sellsword in service to the Golden Company. As a serjeant, he is a high-ranking officer..
Like the rest of the Golden Company, Humfrey swears allegiance to Aegon Targaryen in Volon Therys before they invade Westeros.
Ser Humfrey Swyft is a knight of House Swyft.
Ser Humfrey was spotted riding at a quintain in the yard of the Red Keep by Ser Jaime Lannister.
Ser Humfrey is listed among Jaime's host at the Siege of Riverrun.
Ser Humfrey Wagstaff was the castellan of Grandview for House Grandison. When already a man of sixty-five, he was betrothed to a sixteen-year-old Brienne of Tarth.
He had a spotted head and hawk nose. He was a proud man.
Humfrey was the third and final betrothed for Brienne. On the day of their betrothal, he told her that he would expect her to wear only women's clothes after they got married, warning her that he would chastise her, if she wouldn't obey him. She told him that she would accept punishment only from a man who could beat her in a fight. He turned purple with anger, yet agreed to put on his armor and fight her to teach her a woman's proper place. They only fought with blunted weapons, Brienne with a mace, but she broke his collarbone and two ribs. Afterwards, the betrothal was called off.
Humfrey Waters is a member of the City Watch of King's Landing and the captain of the Dragon Gate.
After the imprisonment of Queen Cersei Lannister by the Faith, the small council removes Ser Osfryd Kettleblack as Commander of the City Watch, and promotes Humfrey to the position.
Ser Humfrey the Mummer was a hedge knight. He was chosen by Queen Visenya Targaryen to be one of the first knights of the Kingsguard when the order was founded in 10 AC by King Aegon I Targaryen.
Ser Humphrey Bulwer was a knight of House Bulwer during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.
Humphrey attended the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC.
Hunnimore was a maester who served at Dragonstone during the Dance of the Dragons.
During the fall of Dragonstone, Ser Marston Waters seized the rookery to prevent Hunnimore from sending ravens. After Marston prevented Ser Alfred Broome from killing Baela Targaryen, Tom Tangletongue brought the girl to the maester for treatment.
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Huntress is a war galley in service to House Hightower. Her figurehead is a slender maiden clad in leaves and carrying a spear.
Huntress intercepts and inspects the *Cinnamon Wind* as it enters Whispering Sound. This is to ensure the ironmen are not using the crew as decoys to slip into Oldtown.
Huntsman can refer to:
Husband is the husband of Sharna, the innkeep of the Inn of the Kneeling Man.
He has sallow skin with a pocked, pudgy face.
Husband and his wife Sharna were displaced during the War of the Five Kings. They had two sons, one of whom was killed by Lannister men, whilst the other died of the flux, and they later adopted an orphaned boy whose mother had been killed by the Brave Companions. They came upon the Inn of the Kneeling Man and found the previous owners dead, so buried them and took over running the establishment.
Husband meets Brienne, Jaime Lannister, and Cleos Frey when they come to the Inn of the Kneeling Man. After feeding them, he sells them the horses he has in his barn for three gold dragons and their skiff.
He is present when Arya Stark, who had been captured by the brotherhood without banners, reveals her true identity to Harwin.
Huzhor Amai is a legendary hero and ancestor of the Tall Men, the nation that founded the Kingdom of Sarnor. According to legend, he was born of the last of the Fisher Queens and took to wife the daughters of the greatest lords and kings of the Gipps, the Cymmeri, and the Zoqora. His Zoqora wife drove his chariot, and his Cymmeri wife made his armor. He also wore about his shoulders a great cloak made from the pelt of a king of the Hairy Men.
Ser Hyle Hunt is a knight of House Hunt and a captain in service to House Tarly.
Hyle is a gallant,
Hyle wears a white surcoat.
Ser Hyle served House Tarly at Horn Hill. When Lord Randyll Tarly tried to teach his son Samwell to swim by throwing him in a pond, Hyle had to rescue Sam.
Hyle knows of at least one bastard that he has fathered, a girl. The girl's mother doused him with a kettle of soup the last time he visited his daughter.
While at Highgarden after the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, Ser Edmund Ambrose, Ser Ben Bushy, and Hyle began a wager on taking Brienne of Tarth's maidenhead. In his attempt to woo her, Hyle brought Brienne an illuminated book, apples and carrots, for her horses and a blue silk plume for her helm. He told her camp gossip and said things to make her smile. When Lord Randyll Tarly heard about this wager, he had it stopped.
After Randyll takes Maidenpool, Hyle commands one of the town's gates. He encounters Brienne and laments his current predicament. Hyle follows Brienne through Crackclaw Point and catches up with her at the Whispers, where she slays Shagwell, Pyg, and Timeon, formerly of the Brave Companions.
After Lord Tarly dismisses Hyle from his service,
After the encounter with the outlaws at the inn, Hyle is taken prisoner by those sworn to Lady Stoneheart. The brotherhood without banners beat Hyle until his face is almost unrecognizable.
His lordship informed me that he had no further need of my sword, or my insolence. It amounts to the same thing. Henceforth I shall enjoy the adventuresome life of a hedge knight ... though if we do find Sansa Stark, I imagine we will be well rewarded.
- Hyle to Brienne of Tarth
I am not Renly Baratheon, I confess it, but I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue. Marriage would serve the both of us.
- Hyle to Brienne of Tarth
Brienne: All lips are the same.
Hyle: And all lips are made for kissing. Leave your chamber door unbarred tonight, and I will steal into your bed and prove the truth of what I say.
Brienne: If you do, you'll be a eunuch when you leave.
- Brienne of Tarth and Hyle
You think too much.
- Randyll Tarly to Hyle
Hyle Hunt was no true knight. His honest face was just a mummer's mask. I do not need his help, I do not need his protection, and I do not need him, she told herself.
- thoughts of Brienne of Tarth
Ibben
Location of Ibben on the World map
The Ibbenese are frequently referred to as "the men of Ib"
The island nation of Ibben consists of several islands and settlements on the mainland of Essos. The largest island of Ibben is Ib, a forested and mountainous island containing the cities Port of Ibben and Ib Nor. South of Ib are scattered islands in the Bay of Whales, while another smaller island is located directly to the north. Southeast of Ib is a moderately-sized mountainous island called Far Ib, containing the city Ib Sar.
South of the Ibbenese islands on the mainland of Essos is the city of New Ibbish, situated on a forested peninsula north of the Kingdoms of the Ifeqevron. Southeast of New Ibbish are the ruins of Ibbish, now known by its Dothraki name, Vaes Aresak.
According to George R. R. Martin, has said that "if you visualize Westeros as a big Britain and the eastern continent as mainland Europe, Ibben is kind of up where Finland would be... except there's no Scandinavia, nothing north of the Baltic except ocean.".
Main article: Ibbenese
Most Ibbenese live on Ib and the smaller islands surrounding it, with a few colonies on the mainland of Essos.
The Ibbenese are typically short and squat, seldom being more than five and a half feet in height. Their physical appearance is brutish, as they have sloping brows with heavy ridges, small sunken eyes, great square teeth, and massive jaws.
The Ibbenese are considered to stand apart from the other races of mankind. Although they can reproduce with the people of other lands, the children Ibbenese men father upon the women of other lands are frequently malformed and always sterile, while Ibbenese women, when impregnated by men from other lands, birth only stillbirths and monstrosities.*]
Ibben was ruled by a God-King until the Doom of Valyria. Now the power lies in the Shadow Council, whose members are chosen by the Thousand, an assembly of wealthy guildsmen, ancient nobles, priests, and priestesses.
Gold, iron, and tin are abundant in the mountains of Ib, whereas timber, amber, and hundreds sorts of pelts can be found in the island's forests. Whale bone, blubber, and oil are Ib's chief stock-in-trade.
Ibbenese are mostly known as whalers, piloting fat-bellied whaling ships with hulls black with tar.[*citation needed*] These ships are a common sight in the ports of King's Landing,
The Ibbenese sail the eastern waters of the Shivering Sea as one of the few who do.
Possibly, the Hairy Men were the forebears of the Ibbenese.
Dragons likely once lived on Ibben, as dragon bones have been found on the island Ib.
Andalos, the lands on which the Andals eventually settled, was originally inhabited by a tribe called the hairy men. The Pentoshi believe these hairy men were kin to the hairy men from Ib,
Lorath, before it became a Valyrian settlement, was for a while inhabited by a dark, small, hairy people akin to the men of Ib., there are some who believe them to have been cousins of the men of Ib.
Some of the slaves who escaped the grasps of the Valyrian Freehold and founded Braavos were Ibbenese.
Evidence of Ibbenese settlements has been found on the Axe, the Lorathi isles, along the shores of the Bitterweed Bay, the Bay of Tusks, the Levithian Sound and the Thousand Islands.
Before the Andals came to Westeros, the White Knife in the north was frequently attacked by raiders and slavers. Some scholars believe these raiders were the forebears of the men of Ib.
While still keeping its location and existence a secret from the world, Braavos began to trade with Ib.
The Ibbenese were ruled by the God-Kings from their castle at the Port of Ibben on Ib. The last of these kings was thrown down in the aftermath of the Doom of Valyria. Ever since, rule over Ib and many of the lesser isles has been held by the Shadow Council.
The Kingdom of Sarnor originally was a trading partner of Ibben.[*citation needed] Yet the Ibbenese also attempted on several occasions to seize control of the mouth of the Sarne, which resulted into war with the Sarnori settlements Saath and Sarys.[citation needed*] After the destruction of most of the Sarnori cities by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood Saath remained as the only Sarnori settlement. This diminished city mostly survives due to the support given by Ib and Lorath.
The Ibbenese eventually succeeded, under leadership of the God-Kings, in gaining a foothold on the mainland of Essos. They conquered the Kingdom of the Ifequevron, although whether the Ibbenese extinguished the Ifquevron or not is a matter of dispute; While some claim the Ibbenese killed the race, others simply believe the so-called "wood walkers" went into hiding or fled. At the height of its power, the land the Ibbenese controlled on the mainland of Essos was as large as Ib itself. Many Ibbenese travelled to this rich area, which fell under the dominion of Ibbish, which grew to become a thriving port and the second city of Ibben. Near two hundred years ago, Dothraki khals began to attack the Ibbenese lands on mainland Essos, leading to numerous battles. Ibben won a famous battle against Khal Onqo, but were pushed further and further back by the dothraki as khalasar after khalasar came. Khal Scoro took Ibbish for the first time, and although the Ibbenese rebuilt the city, a generation later Khal Rogo arrived to put half the city to the torch.
Eventually, Khal Onqo's grandson, Khal Dhako, arrived at the city, ready to sack it. Learning of his approach, the inhabitants of Ibbish fled across the sea back to Ib. Infuriated by this cowardly move, Dhako put the city and much of the surrounding land to the torch, resulting in the loss of most of the lands the Ibbenese had ruled on the northern coast of Essos.
It is said that Euron Greyjoy's reputation is known from Ibbe to Asshai.
Hairy men from the Port of Ibben are among the guests who attend the wedding of Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo.
When confronting Queen Cersei Lannister about the fact that he has discovered the truth about the paternity of her three children, Lord Eddard Stark tells Cersei to "take ship for the Free Cities, or even farther, to the Summer Isles or the Port of Ibben.".
Arya Stark observes several Ibbenese sellswords arrive at Harrenhal as part of a mercenary group, the Brave Companions.
An Ibbenese axe-man is among a group of foragers that Nymeria slaughters in the riverlands.
Togg Joth, an Ibbenese member of the Brave Companions, is currently on the run as one of the last known survivors of the disbanded sellsword company.
Arya Stark sells her oysters on the decks of many ships who have made port in Ragman's Harbor, including Ibbenese ships.
An Ibbenese whaler travelling in the Bay of Seals is commandeered by the commander of Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, Cotter Pyke, on the orders of Lord Commander Jon Snow..
When mistakenly believing that his sister Arya Stark is being held at Winterfell, Jon Snow considers numerous locations to which he could send her after she is rescued, including the Port of Ibben.
The Ibbenese are an ancient and taciturn race of islanders who live on the island nation Ibben,.
The Ibbenese are frequently referred to as "the men of Ib"
The Ibbenese are heavy, broad-shouldered and broad-chested people. They are short in stature, seldom reaching a height more than five and a half feet. Their arms are long, while their legs are short and thick. They have sloping brows with heavy ridges, small sunken eyes, great square teeth, and massive jaws.
The Ibbenese have the most body hair of all known peoples in the Known World.
The *Red Book*, written by someone from Yunkai and translated by Maester Elkin, makes passing reference to the fact that many Ibbenese women sold into slavery are deemed too ugly to serve as bed slaves and too savage to use as field hands. As such, the Ibbenese women sold into slavery end their days in the fighting pits of Meereen, Yunkai, and Astapor.
There is a myth claiming that falsely claims that Ibbenese women have six breasts.
Maester Yandel reports the Ibbenese to be a cunning folk, composed of skilled craftsmen, able hunters and trackers, and doughty warriors.
The sailing Ibbenese have a deep suspicion of strangers. When people from other lands visit Ib,they are restricted by law and custom to the harbor precincts of the Port of Ibben. They are only allowed to venture beyond the city in the company of an Ibbenese host, but such invitations are rarely made.
Despite these suspicions, the Ibbenese who live at the shores are a venturesome people. Fishermen travel the northern seas in search of cod, herring, whitefish, and eel. Most famously are the Ibbenese whalers; Big-bellied Ibbenese whaling ships are a common sight in ports all over the world.
The Ibbenese who live in the woods and mountains of Ibben are even more suspicious of strangers than the sailing Ibbenese. These foresters, goatherds, and miners prefer to make their homes in caves or houses of grey stone which they dig into the earth. These Ibbenese do not live in towns, instead preferring to dwell in solitary. They only gather for weddings, burials, and worship.
The Ibbenese are ferociously strong, and excel over the Westerosi at their favorite sport: wrestling.
The Ibbenese are considered to stand apart from the other races of mankind. Although they can reproduce with the people of other lands, the children Ibbenese men father upon the women of other lands are frequently malformed and always sterile, while Ibbenese women, when impregnated by men from other lands, birth only stillbirths and monstrosities.*]
Main article: Ibbenese language
The Ibbenese speak their own language, which has been described as grunting and rasping.
The Port of Ibben has ruled over Ib and the lesser isles since "the dawn of days".
Some Ibbenese are fond of carrying axes into battle,
Ibbenese ships are renowned for their strength, as they are built to withstand any storm of the largest leviathans they might meet.
The Ibbenese sent their most notorious criminals to Ib Sar, the only town on Far Ib. These criminals were often mutilated first, so they might never return to Ib. This practice came to an end after the fall of the final God-King, although Ib Sar had not been able to lose its unsavory reputation.
Ben Plumm, a sellsword from the Second Sons of mixed ancestry, claims to have a half-Ibbenese grandmother.[*citation needed] Casso Mogat is said to be the son of a Sisterton whore and an Ibbenese whaler.[citation needed*]
There is evidence of Ibbenese settlements on the Axe, the Lorathi isles, and along the shores of the Bitterweed Bay, the Bay of Tusks, Leviathan Sound, and even the Thousand Islands. History also tells of several Ibbenese attempts to seize the mouth of the Sarne which brought them into war with the Sarnori cities Saath and Sarys.
Under the rule of the God-Kings, the Ibbenese succeeded in conquering a huge swath of land of the northern EssosI coast in the region directly south of Ib, a densely wooded region the Dothraki call the Kingdom of the Ifequevron, after their name by which they knew the race that inhabited this forest. The Ifequevron may have been annihilated by the Ibbenese, although some claim that this gentle race has simply gone into hiding, or fled the area.
At its greatest extent, the Ibbenese foothold on Essos was as large as Ib itself and far richer. More and more Ibbenese crossed over from the isles to make their fortune on the mainland, cutting down trees, plowing land, damming the rivers, and mining the hills. They continued with this until the Dothraki began making incursions in the land taken over by the Ibbenese some two hundred years ago.
The Ibbenese refused to pay tribute to the Dothraki and chose to fight, winning several notable victories, including destroying the huge *khalasar* of *Khal* Onqo. However, the Dothraki returned in greater numbers every time, pushing the Ibbenese farther and farther north.
Eventually, Khal Onqo's grandson, Khal Dhako, arrived at the city, ready to sack it. Learning of his approach, the inhabitants of Ibbish fled across the sea back to Ib. Infuriated by this cowardly move, Dhako put the city and much of the surrounding land to the torch, resulting in the loss of most of the lands the Ibbenese had ruled on the northern coast of Essos.
Hairy men from the Port of Ibben are among the guests who attend the wedding of Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo.
Upon returning home to Pyke, Theon Greyjoy spies an Ibbenese cog among the ships docked at Lordsport. After going ashore, he observed Ibbenese sailors.[*citation needed*]
After making arrangements for Shae to be taken care of at a manse in King's Landing, among those hired by Varys to guard her are two Ibbenese that were fond of one another, according to Tyrion.[*citation needed*]
Arya Stark observes several Ibbenese sellswords arrive at Harrenhal as part of a mercenary group, the Brave Companions.
An Ibbenese axe-man is among a group of foragers that Nymeria slaughters in the riverlands.
Varys, the master of whisperers of the small council at King's Landing reports that a kraken off the Fingers attacked an Ibbenese whaler and pulled it under.
Togg Joth, an Ibbenese member of the Brave Companions, is currently on the run as one of the last known survivors of the disbanded sellsword company.
An Ibbenese whaler travelling in the Bay of Seals is commandeered by the commander of Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, Cotter Pyke, on the orders of Lord Commander Jon Snow..
The yet unnamed Ibbenese language is the tongue spoken by the Ibbenese, a race of men hailing from northern Essos who are described as having rasping voices., the long-gone kin of the Ibbense.
So far, only a number of names - both of individuals and locations - are known in the Ibbenese language. Many of the place names circle around variations of the word "Ib".
A member of an ice-river clan
Art by Paolo Puggioni
The ice-river clans are clans of free folk who live near the great ice rivers beyond the Wall, north of the Frozen Shore and south of the Lands of Always Winter. They are said to feast on human flesh.
Before Mance Rayder negotiated a peace, the ice-river clans warred with the men of the Frozen Shore.
Clan members are among Mance Rayder's army as it attacks the Wall.
The Ice Wolf was a ship captained by Corlys Velaryon. He sailed the Ice Wolf beyond the Wall in an attempt to find a northerly route around Westeros, but he turned back after finding frozen seas and icebergs.
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An ice dragon, by Elena María Vacas
An ice dragon is a legendary species of dragon.
Ice dragons are said to roam the Shivering Sea and the White Waste. Reportedly, they are far larger than the dragons of Valyria and are made of living ice, with eyes of pale blue crystal, vast translucent wings, and breath of cold.
The Ice Dragon is a constellation whose blue eye points north.
Maester Margate has suggested that the tales of Cannibal Bay may be explained as distorted reports of ice dragon activity.
Old Nan told tales of ice dragons to the children of Lord Eddard Stark.
The cold tunnel through the Wall at Castle Black makes Jon Snow think of an ice dragon.
Jon compares the wind gusts at the Wall to the cold breath of an ice dragon.
The ice pressed close around them, and he could feel the cold seeping into his bones, the weight of the Wall above his head. It felt like walking down the gullet of an ice dragon.
- thoughts of Jon Snow
In 1980 George R. R. Martin's children's book debut was *The Ice Dragon. It is illustrated with pencil drawings by artist Yvonne Gilbert. Several publishers state *The Ice Dragon is set in the same world as *A Song of Ice and Fire*, but Martin has refuted the claim.
Icemark
The North and the location of Icemark
Icemark is a castle along the Wall that has been abandoned by the Night's Watch. To the west lies Hoarfrost Hill and to the east, the Nightfort.
Qhorin Halfhand suggests that Icemark be re-garrisoned to defend the Wall from the wildling horde.
The Weeper is spotted near Icemark prior to the battle beneath the Wall.
Lord Commander Jon Snow re-garrisons Icemark with thirty men, comprised of twenty from the Night's Watch and ten of Stannis Baratheon's men. He puts Bedwyck in command.