Tyta Frey, better known as Tyta the Maid is the fourth daughter of Lord Walder Frey, the second daughter born of his marriage to Alyssa Blackwood. She is supposedly still a maid.
Tyta was one of the Frey women presented to Robb Stark when he came to the Twins for Lord Edmure Tully's wedding.
Tytos Blackwood is Lord of Raventree Hall and head of House Blackwood, a noble house of the riverlands.
Tytos has a close-cropped salt-and-pepper beard, a hook nose,
Tytos Blackwood by Wibben. © Fantasy Flight Games.
Lord Tytos fights at the Battle of Riverrun, leading the remnants of the riverlands force back within the walls of Riverrun.
While Lord Tytos has been with the Tully army, his lands have been overrun by westermen. Given leave by King Robb to do so, Tytos sweeps the Lannisters off his lands, but is left with nothing but a desert and his keep, Raventree Hall.
Lord Tytos is among the seven nobles who launch the funeral boat of Lord Hoster Tully.
After the Red Wedding, the old enemies of the Blackwoods, House Bracken, re-swear fealty to the Iron Throne and attack Blackwood lands. After the fall of Riverrun, Raventree Hall becomes the last Stark loyalist stronghold in the south. There, Lord Tytos and his men hold out against Lord Jonos Bracken. Lord Karyl Vance implores Ser Jaime Lannister to go to Raventree to end the siege.
Jaime Lannister arrives at Blackwood Vale to resolve the Siege of Raventree. Despite running low on supplies, Tytos refuses to surrender to his rival, Jonos Bracken, saying he will yield only to the king. Meeting with Jaime in his solar at Raventree, Tytos surrenders to the Iron Throne. He agrees to give up some land to House Bracken, although less than Jonos desired, and to send some gold and silver to the Iron Throne. Tytos convinces Jaime to take one of his sons, Hoster, as a hostage, rather than his only daughter, Bethany. During the parley with Jaime, Tytos states that Lord Walder Frey's fourth wife Alyssa was a Blackwood, but kinship and guest right count for little at the Twins. His second son, Lucas, was slain as a guest at the Red Wedding, and Tytos requests to Jaime that Lucas's bones be returned so he can see him decently buried beneath Raventree's weirwood, which Jaime agrees to.
My hall might lack for food, but never for courtesy.
- Tytos to Jaime Lannister
When did Blackwood and Bracken agree about anything that was not certain, I ask you?
- Edmure Tully to Catelyn Tully
Every Blackwood is a turncloak.
- Jonos Bracken to Jaime Lannister
Some might say that Lord Blackwood has been more honorable.
- Jaime Lannister comparing Tytos to Jonos Bracken
Ser Tytos Brax is a knight of House Brax. He is the eldest son of Lord Andros Brax.
Tytos wears a pale grey doublet slashed with cloth-of-silver, with the amethyst unicorn of House Brax pinned above his heart.
Ser Tytos is a member of the Lannister host besieging Riverrun, but he is captured at the Whispering Wood.
A Brax is among the western lords present at King Joffrey I Baratheon's first audience in King's Landing after the Battle of the Blackwater. or managed to escape captivity.
Previously a captive at the Twins, Tytos has become the new Lord of Hornvale.
Tytos is among the gathered nobility that escorts the corpse of Lord Tywin Lannister back to Casterly Rock. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks Lord Brax could deal with the outlaws Sandor Clegane and Beric Dondarrion, but he would not be a good Hand of the King.
Ser Tytos Frey is a knight from House Frey and is the eldest son of Ser Jared Frey and Alys Frey. He is married to Zhoe Blanetree and has two children; Zia and Zachery Frey.
Tytos is killed in the camps outside the Twins during the Red Wedding. Someone puts an axe through his head,
Ser Jared Frey tells the Merman's Court that his son was killed by Robb Stark, who had changed into a wolf.
Tytos Lannister was Lord of Casterly Rock and head of House Lannister during the reigns of Aegon V, Jaehaerys II, and Aerys II Targaryen. He is the grandfather of Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion by his eldest son, Tywin Lannister.
An amiable and jovial gentleman, Tytos was called the Laughing Lion prior to the death of his beloved wife, Jeyne Marbrand.
Tytos was a fat man.
Tytos was the third-born son of Lord Gerold Lannister and Lady Rohanne Webber. His elder twin brothers were Tywald and Tion; Tywald was slain in the Peake Uprising in 233 AC. Tytos married Jeyne Marbrand at Casterly Rock in 235 AC and had five children with her.
According to Maester Beldon, Ellyn Reyne, widowed after the death of Tion, tried to seduce the new heir, Tytos, so he would set aside Jeyne for Ellyn. Tytos apparently was so intimidated by Ellyn that he failed to perform and in shame confessed to Jeyne, who forgave him but not her good-sister, Ellyn. Jeyne informed her good-father, Lord Gerold, who hastily wed Ellyn to his elderly bannerman, Lord Walderan Tarbeck.
Gerold took firm control of the westerlands and was determined to do everything he could to prepare his unpromising new heir for lordship. Gerold was not blind to his son's flaws though and knew Tytos would be unsuitable for the positions of Lord of Casterly Rock and Warden of the West.
Tytos Lannister in his prime along with a young Tywin as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in *The World of Ice and Fire*
Tytos became Lord of Casterly Rock in 244 AC after the death of his father, Gerold. Bannermen and merchants took advantage of the weak-willed Tytos, who was eager to please.
According to his daughter Genna, Tytos agreed to marry her to Emmon Frey, the second son of Lord Walder Frey, just to please the Lord of the Crossing. The betrothal was announced at a feast in 252 AC, with most of the lords of the west in attendance. Upon the announcement, Lord Roger Reyne, the Red Lion of Castamere, left the hall in anger and Lady Ellyn Tarbeck laughed aloud. The rest of Tytos's vassals sat on their tongues, and only Tytos's eldest son, Tywin Lannister, spoke out against the wedding because he thought it an uneven match.
House Reyne power grew under Tytos's poor leadership, as did their close allies in House Tarbeck, as Ellyn was Roger's sister. Lady Tarbeck was not slow to take advantage of Tytos's willingness to part with large sums of gold, borrowing heavily and using the money to restore the crumbling Tarbeck Hall, strengthening the curtain walls, rebuilding its keep and furnishing its keep with a splendor to rival any castle in the west.
Normally jovial, Tytos became sorrowful after his wife, Jeyne, died within a moon of giving birth to a son, Gerion, in 255 AC. Conditions in the westerlands became dismal in the following years; bandits and outlaws prowled the roads, while bannermen ignored Tytos's orders and saw to their own affairs. Thrice in his reign, King Aegon V Targaryen sent the forces of the Iron Throne to intervene and restore order to the west, but conflict resumed after the king's knights departed.
During the War of the Ninepenny Kings, Lord Tytos answered the call of the new king, Jaehaerys II Targaryen, sending eleven thousand westermen under the leadership of his younger brother, Ser Jason Lannister. Tytos also sent his three eldest sons—Tywin, Kevan, and Tygett Lannister—to fight in the conflict. Tytos remained at Casterly Rock, taking Gerion's wet nurse as his mistress. Roger Reyne took command of the westermen on campaign after the death of Jason at Bloodstone.
Battle hardened from the war, Tytos's sons were determined to restore the power of House Lannister. Lord Tytos protested feebly before returning to the comfort and embrace of his mistress. Tywin began by demanding the repayment of the gold his father lent out; those who could not repay immediately had to send a hostage to Casterly Rock until their debt was settled. He charged his brother, Ser Kevan, with command of five hundred veterans knights to rid the westerlands of robber knights and bandit outlaws. Some hastened to obey, and Ser Harys Swyft is said to have stated, "The lion has awoken."
Lord Walderan Tarbeck rode to Casterly Rock to confront Lord Tytos, confident he could easily cow Tytos to rescind his son's edicts. Tytos was not present when Walderan arrived at court, however, and the young Tywin ordered Lord Walderran imprisoned for disloyalty. In return, Ellyn Tarbeck seized three Lannisters—two Lannisters of Lannisport, as well as Stafford Lannister, whose sister Joanna was betrothed to Tywin—and threatened them harm unless Walderan was returned. This awoke Lord Tytos, who ignored Tywin's suggestion that Walderran should be sent back to his wife in three pieces, one for every Lannister taken. Tytos returned Walderan unharmed and forgave the Tarbeck debt to House Lannister.
Less then a year later in 261 AC, Walderan and Roger renounced Tytos in the Reyne-Tarbeck revolt. Acting without his father's leave, Tywin destroyed Tarbeck Hall and Castamere and extinguished Houses Reyne and Tarbeck.
While his son and heir, Ser Tywin, was named Hand of the King by the newly-crowned King Aerys II Targaryen in 262 AC, Tytos remained at Casterly Rock, though after the destruction of the Reynes and Tarbecks by his heir, none of his remaining vassals caused further trouble.
One autumn, Tytos came between a lioness and her prey. The lioness tore into Tytos's horse and was about to attack him as well, when the kennelmaster of Casterly Rock came to his rescue with his dogs, losing his leg and three dogs in the process. Out of gratitude, Tytos gave the kennelmaster lands and a towerhouse and took his son as a squire, thereby creating House Clegane.
In his last few years, Tytos became very fat
The only influence Tytos had on his son was that Tywin mistrusted laughter and that he became a hard man.
Lord Tytos was an altogether different character [to Tywin], amiable but ineffectual, and he allowed himself to be pushed around a good deal, by a number of people.. including Lord Walder Frey (ever wonder how Genna came to marry so poorly?) and the Red Lion of Castamere, the richest and most powerful Lannister bannerman, and a formidable soldier/warrior in his own right...
His lordship wants only to be loved. So he laughs, and takes no offense, and forgives, and bestows honors and offices and lavish gifts on those who mock him and defy him, thinking thereby to win their loyalty. Yet the more he laughs and gives, the more they despise him.
- Beldon in a letter to the Citadel
Our own father was gentle and amiable, but so weak his bannerman mocked him in their cups. Some saw fit to defy him openly. Other lords borrowed our gold and never troubled to repay it. At court they japed of toothless lions. Even his mistress stole from him. A woman scarcely one step above a whore, and she helped herself to my mother's jewels!
- Kevan Lannister to Tyrion Lannister
Tytos was the third-born son of his father, Gerold Lannister, and mother, Rohanne Webber. He had two older twin brothers, Tywald and Tion, and a younger brother, Jason Lannister.
Tytos Lannister's first mistress was a lowborn woman who served as a wet nurse for House Lannister. Her name is unknown.
Lady Jeyne Marbrand died not long after giving birth to Gerion Lannister in 255 AC. During the War of the Ninepenny Kings in 260 AC, Lord Tytos Lannister remained at Casterly Rock with his mistress, Gerion's young wet nurse. Tytos often retreated to her comforts rather than deal with ruling the westerlands. By 267 AC, the wet nurse had been replaced by Tytos Lannister's second mistress.
Tytos Lannister's second mistress was a lowborn woman, the daughter of a candlemaker. Her name is unknown.
Lady Jeyne Marbrand, the wife of Tytos Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, died not long after giving birth to Gerion in 255 AC. Gerion's wet nurse became Tytos's first mistress. However, the wet nurse was eventually replaced with the comely daughter of a candlemaker.
Tytos began seating his second mistress beside him in the hall, and showering her with gifts and honors, even asking her views on matters of rule in the westerlands. The mistress helped herself to the jewels and clothes of Tytos's deceased wife, Jeyne. She also began ordering about household knights, dismissed servants, and sat in attendance when Tytos was absent.
In 267 AC, Lord Tytos died of a heart attack while climbing stairs to see his mistress.
Kevan Lannister explains to his nephew Tyrion how the mistress took advantage of his weak father Tytos.
Upon the discovery of the dead body of Shae in the late Tywin Lannister's bed, his daughter Cersei is unbelieving that he could have slept with her, recalling how her father had treated the mistress, saying that was how he dealt with whores, and that Shae must have been there for some other purpose.
Just prior to making her own walk of atonement, Cersei Lannister recalls hearing stories from the mouths of washerwomen and guardsmen who had witnessed the walk of her grandfather Tytos's mistress. They spoke of how the woman wept and begged, of how she desperately clung to all her garments when she was commanded to disrobe, her futile efforts to cover her breasts and her sex with her hands as she hobbled barefoot and naked through the streets to exile. Cersei thinks her uncle, Ser Kevan Lannister, and the High Sparrow are mistaken if they believe it will be the same with her.
Recalling his father's mistress, Kevan tells himself he has no reason to feel guilty about Cersei, as he acted for the good of House Lannister.
Our own father was gentle and amiable, but so weak his bannermen mocked him in their cups. Some saw fit to defy him openly. Other lords borrowed our gold and never troubled to repay it. At court they japed of toothless lions. Even his mistress stole from him. A woman scarcely one step above a whore, and she helped herself to my mother's jewels!
When Lord Tywin's father died he returned to Casterly Rock to find a ... a woman of this sort ... bedecked in his lady mother's jewels, wearing one of her gowns. He stripped them off her, and all else as well. For a fortnight she was paraded naked through the streets of Lannisport, to confess to every man she met that she was a thief and a harlot. That was how Lord Tywin Lannister dealt with whores.
—Cersei Lannister, to Shortear
Cersei had been a year old when her grandfather died. The first thing her father had done on his ascension was to expel his own father's grasping, lowborn mistress from Casterly Rock. The silks and velvets Lord Tytos had lavished on her and the jewelry she had taken for herself had been stripped from her, and she had been sent forth naked to walk through the streets of Lannisport, so the west could see her for what she was.
—thoughts of Cersei Lannister
Vain and proud she was, before ... so haughty you'd think she'd forgot she came from dirt. Once we got her clothes off her, though, she was just another whore.
She grew so influential that it was said about Lannisport that any man who wished for his petition to be heard should kneel before her and speak loudly to her lap ... for Tytos Lannister's ear was between his lady's legs.
— thoughts of Kevan Lannister
All the self-seekers who had named themselves her friends and cultivated her favor had abandoned her quickly enough when Tywin had her stripped naked and paraded through Lannisport to the docks, like a common whore. Though no man laid a hand on her, that walk spelled the end of her power. Surely Tywin would never have dreamed that same fate awaited his own golden daughter.
—thoughts of Kevan Lannister
Ser Tywald Lannister was a knight of House Lannister, the eldest son and heir of Lord Gerold Lannister and Lady Rohanne Webber,
Tywald was the eldest son of Gerold the Golden, Lord of Casterly Rock, and Lady Rohanne Webber, his second wife. In his youth, Tywald was betrothed to Ellyn Reyne and was a squire to her father, Lord Robert Reyne of Castamere.
During the Peake Uprising in 233 AC, Tywald fought on the side of King Maekar I Targaryen, but he was mortally wounded by a spear at Starpike. Prince Aegon Targaryen knighted the squire, while Tywald laid dying in his twin brother Tion's arms. According to a semi-canon source, Tywald asked his brother to “take care of Lady Ellyn” with his final words. This later led Lord Gerold to agree to a betrothal between Tion and Ellyn.
Tywell II Lannister, formally styled Tywell Lannister, the Second of His Name, was a King of the Rock of House Lannister of Casterly Rock. He was identified by some as the Andal king in the tale of the Rat Cook.
Tywin is a first name shared by several characters.
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Tywin Frey, known as Ty Frey, is a member of House Frey and is the eldest son of Ser Cleos Frey and Jeyne Darry. It is not clear if he has been knighted or if he is still a squire.
After his father Cleos is killed in battle, Ty becomes the heir of his grandfather, Emmon Frey.
Ty is first in line to inherit Riverrun after it is granted to Emmon, the head of the new House Frey of Riverrun.
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Tywin Frey is the fourth son of Ser Raymund Frey and Beony Beesbury, the twin of Jaime. He is a newborn babe.
Tywin Lannister is Lord of Casterly Rock, Shield of Lannisport, and Warden of the West. The head of House Lannister, Tywin is one of the most powerful lords in Westeros, and is the father of Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion. He loves his children Jaime and Cersei, but despises Tyrion. This is partly because Tyrion is deformed, but also Tywin blames his son for causing his beloved wife Joanna's death during his birth, as well as for shaming the family name with his frequent whoring. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones*, Tywin is portrayed by Charles Dance.
See also: Images of Tywin Lannister
Tywin is a tall, slender, broad-shouldered man in his fifties. He has kept his head shaved ever since he started going bald, but grows out bushy golden side-whiskers, and has green eyes flecked with gold. In battle, he wears deep crimson armor highlighted with gold, with a cloth-of-gold cape.
Tywin is a calculating, intelligent, politically astute, ruthless, and controlling man. He dedicates his life and efforts towards maintaining the Lannisters' prestige, and ensuring House Lannister is respected, or at least feared. He is a proven battle commander and politician, and has a very powerful presence combined with an intimidating gaze.
Tywin as a boy with his father Tytos as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in *The World of Ice and Fire*
Tywin was the first born of Tytos Lannister and his wife Jeyne Marbrand. His early years were formative ones, shaping his mind and resolve for the life that lay ahead of him. Tywin was forced to watch his mighty house nearly brought to ruin through his father's actions. His father while a gentle and amiable man was also weak willed and eager to please, loans went unpaid and his bannermen did what they pleased mocking him in their cups or openly defying him.
According to Genna Lannister, when Tytos agreed to marry her to Emmon Frey, the second son of Lord Walder Frey, just to please Lord Walder. The betrothal was announced at a feast in 252 AC, with most of the Lords of the West in attendance. Upon the announcement, Lord Roger Reyne left the hall in anger and Ellyn Reyne laughed aloud. The rest of Lord Tytos's vassals sat on their tongues, only the ten-year-old Tywin spoke out against the wedding because he thought it an uneven match.
During the War of the Ninepenny Kings, eleven thousand westermen under the leadership Tywin's uncle, Ser Jason Lannister (who would later perish in the war) were sent to fight beside the forces of the Iron Throne in the Stepstones. Tywin who was already a knight by then joined the Lannister force as did his brothers Kevan and Tygett as squires. The young Prince Aerys Targaryen served as a squire during the war and when he won his knighthood, Tywin was granted the honor of knighting his friend.
House Lannister's reputation was low because of Tywin's weak father, Tytos.
Tywin began by demanding the repayment of the gold his father lent out, those who could not repay immediately had to send a hostage to Casterly Rock until their debt was settled. He charged his brother Kevan with command of five hundred knights, who were all blooded and seasoned veterans from the War of the Ninepenny Kings and had them rid the westerlands of robber knights and bandit outlaws. Some hastened to obey, and Ser Harys Swyft stated, "The Lion has awoken."
Unable to pay the loan at the time, Ser Harys agreed to surrender his daughter Dorna into Ser Kevan's custody, elsewhere the collectors were met with sullen resistance and open defiance. Roger Reyne reportedly laughed when he read Tywin's edicts and counseled his friends and vassals to do nothing.
Lord Walderran Tarbeck unwisely choose a different course. He rode to Casterly Rock to confront Lord Tytos, confident he could easily cow Tytos to rescind his son's edicts. Lord Tytos was not present when Lord Tarbeck arrived at court, but the young Tywin was and ordered Lord Walderran imprisoned for disloyalty.
In return, Lady Ellyn Tarbeck seized three Lannisters - two Lannisters of Lannisport, as well as Stafford Lannister, whose sister was betrothed to Tywin and threatened them harm unless her Lord and husband was returned. This awoke Lord Tytos who was determined to get his late brother's son, Stafford, back alive and ignored Tywin's suggestion that Lord Walderran should be sent back to his wife in three pieces, one for every Lannister taken. Tytos returned Walderran unharmed and even forgave the Tarbeck debt to House Lannister, further weakening the position of the House.
Tywin was determined to bring the overmighty and belligerent vassals to heel. Late in the year of 261 AC Tywin (who did not seek his lord father's leave, nor even informed him of his intent) sent a raven message to both Tarbeck Hall and Castamere demanding that they present themselves at Casterly Rock to answer for their crimes. Both refused (as Tywin knew they would) and choose defiance, rising in revolt and renouncing their fealty to House Lannister. Tywin rode forth himself taking command of the Lannister forces and immediately marched against the upstart vassals taking the army he had already gathered prior to sending the raven messages.
Thus, Tywin took upon himself the task of putting down House Tarbeck and House Reyne, for their defiance and showing the world that the Lion of Lannister was a beast to fear. Tywin crushed both vassal houses with ruthless efficiency, destroying both houses entirely so that their lines were ended, leaving their ruined and shattered castles as a mute testimony to the fate that awaits those who scorn the power of Casterly Rock. later grew truculent Tywin sent a messenger with a lute instead of a letter and once "The Rains of Castamere" was played Lord Farman caused no further trouble.
Upon the death of King Jaehaerys II Targaryen, the newly-crowned King Aerys II Targaryen choose his friend Ser Tywin as Hand of the King, impressed by the ruthlessness demonstrated against the rebellious Reynes and Tarbecks. Tywin spent much of his time at the court of King's Landing, his father continued to rule the westerlands for the next few years, though still a weak Lord none of his other vassals dared cause trouble after seeing what his heir Tywin did to Reynes and Tarbecks.
When Tywin's father Tytos finally keeled over of a burst heart in 267 AC while climbing a flight of steps to visit his new mistress,
As a result of his father's follies Tywin Lannister never laughed as he mistrusted laughter, hearing too much of it directed at his father and House Lannister in his youth. Tywin also seldom smiled when he was young and never smiled again after his wife's death.
Tywin married his cousin Joanna Lannister and from all reports the marriage was a happy one. Genna Lannister said that Tywin smiled on the day he wed Joanna.
Tywin appointed as Aerys II King's Hand
Tywin proved himself a brilliant administrator in the position of Hand of the King and held the post for twenty years of peace and plenty. Some people joked it was he and not the king who really ruled the land. It ended when Aerys' increasing paranoia and jealousy drove the two into several bitter disagreements. According to Ser Barristan Selmy, Aerys lusted after Tywin's wife when she was alive.
When Robert's Rebellion began, Lord Tywin sat at Casterly Rock and waited, ignoring King Aerys's orders to arm, taking no side until after Robert Baratheon's decisive victory at the Battle of the Trident. After the battle, Tywin mustered his forces and rode for the capital of King's Landing. After Aerys was convinced by Grand Maester Pycelle that Tywin had come to aid him, he ordered the gates of the city opened for Tywin. The westermen proceeded to sack the city. Aerys was killed by Jaime before Tywin's forces arrived at the Red Keep, but Gregor Clegane and Amory Lorch, knights sworn to Tywin and under Tywin's orders, slew Rhaegar's wife Elia of Dorne and her two young children, Rhaenys and Aegon. Tywin wrapped the bodies in crimson Lannister cloaks to better conceal the blood and presented them to Robert Baratheon as a token of fealty. When asked by his son Tyrion years later why Tywin did not let Robert bloody his own hands, Tywin's replied:
We had come late to Robert's cause. It was necessary to demonstrate our loyalty. When I laid those bodies before the throne, no man could doubt that we had forsaken House Targaryen forever. And Robert's relief was palpable. As stupid as he was, even he knew that Rhaegar's children had to die if his throne was ever to be secure. Yet he saw himself as a hero, and heroes do not kill children.
While earning House Lannister the hatred of both House Martell of Dorne and the population of King's Landing, this act also secured the marriage of the new king, Robert I Baratheon, to Tywin's daughter Cersei, whose proposed betrothal to Prince Rhaegar Targaryen had been rejected by Aerys much to Tywin's bitter disappointment. Cersei's marriage to the new, young, and popular king did much to make up for Tywin's earlier disappointment.
Tywin Lannister - by Nacho Molina ©
After the rebellion, Tywin returned to Casterly Rock, where he continued to serve as Lord and Warden of the West. In 289 AC Lord Balon Greyjoy began Greyjoy's Rebellion against King Robert by burning the Lannister fleet anchored at Lannisport. After the defeat of the Greyjoys, Tywin rebuilt his fleet to House Lannister.
Though ruthless, Tywin Lannister is an able and shrewd ruler who brought great prosperity during his tenures as the King's Hand. He is especially talented at the raising of funds, leading to a persistent jest that he must "shit gold." after his house treacherously sacked the city.
When Tywin discovered his son Tyrion wed a common girl, Tysha, which in Tywin's eyes would make the house a laughingstock again, Tywin taught him a sharp lesson. He commanded Tyrion's brother Jaime to name her a prostitute and made Tyrion watch as Tywin gave Tysha over to his garrison of guards, having each man pay the girl a silver coin after raping her. He forced Tyrion to do the same but pay the girl a gold coin. He earned the enmity of his son forever for that act, but Tywin did not care, for it was on his other children that he placed all his hopes.
Tywin later refused to allow Tyrion to travel and see the world as Tywin's brothers had in their youth, fearing he would bring further shame on House Lannister and as a "gift" for Tyrion's sixteenth name day he put his son in charge of cleaning all the drains of Casterly Rock.
When Tyrion became 16-years-old, the official age of adulthood, he believed he would be free to do as he wished. Tywin disillusioned him, replying:
No man is free. Only children and fools think elsewise.
Though Tywin's children also greatly respect him, none of them have been able to conform to the paths he had laid out for them, which causes many difficulties.
Tywin Lannister preparing for war - by Magali Villeneuve ©
Believed to be responsible for hiring an assassin to murder Bran Stark while he lay in a coma, Tywin's son Tyrion is arrested at the inn at the crossroads by Catelyn Stark, the wife of Eddard Stark, current Hand of the King. She takes him to her sister Lysa, at the Eyrie, for trial. Though Tywin does not care about Tyrion's welfare, he sees the arrest and kidnapping as a direct slight on House Lannister's honor which he will not tolerate. In response Tywin sends Ser Gregor Clegane and the Mountain's men, disguised as brigands, to sack and pillage various villages and hamlets across the riverlands, Catelyn's homeland..
Tywin's aim is to draw Eddard out of King's Landing, capture him, and exchange him for the freedom of his son.
Tywin and Jaime ride to war - by Thomas Denmark ©
As the war gains momentum, Tywin's forces take the majority of the riverlands and lay siege to Riverrun before meeting their first real opposition in the battle on the Green Fork. Just prior to the battle, Tyrion, having won his freedom from the Vale of Arryn via trial by combat and earned the loyalty of many of the Vale mountain clans along the way, meets with his father. Tywin sends Tyrion and his clansmen into the battle on the left flank, believing the undisciplined men likely to rout, but giving the northern commander, which Tywin believed to be the young and inexperienced Robb Stark, a chance to over-commit and be annihilated.
After the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Tywin is named Hand of the King for his grandson, Joffrey I Baratheon.
The loss of Riverrun means that Tywin is not able to pursue and destroy Roose Bolton's forces. Instead he marches south to Harrenhal while he ponders his next move. Lannister men in the riverlands are harassed by Beric Dondarrion's outlaw brotherhood, despite Beric having been reported as slain several times.
Robb Stark, now the King in the North, marches from Riverrun and invades the westerlands, smashing a new Lannister host being raised and trained by Stafford Lannister at Oxcross and turning his forces loose to scour the westerlands. With Renly mysteriously killed and the loyalties of his men disputed,
Robb and Ser Brynden Tully plan to lead Tywin's army on a long chase across the westerlands, bleeding his forces and living off of their lands.
Tywin turns his host southeast on a forced march to the headwaters of the Blackwater Rush, where he meets Lords Mathis Rowan and Randyll Tarly of the newly-allied Reach. They then join with the forces of Lord Mace Tyrell at Tumbler's Falls.
Tywin paraded as Savior of the City - by Pojypojy ©
Tywin's timely arrival at the Battle of the Blackwater allows him to take the majority of the credit for the Lannister victory. Tywin assumes his official position as King Joffrey's Hand,
After learning that Robb Stark has unexpectedly wed Jeyne Westerling and that House Westerling has gone over to the Starks, Tywin remains in communication, via raven, with Jeyne's mother Sybell Spicer. He also communicates with Roose Bolton, who has switched sides to the Lannisters after taking Harrenhal, and Lord Walder Frey, who sees Robb's marriage to Jeyne as an insult to House Frey, as it breaks a marriage pact Robb had previously made to wed a Frey girl. The Red Wedding is the direct result of their correspondence, which sees Robb Stark betrayed and murdered along with the vast majority of his host, effectively ending the war with House Lannister the victor.
Tywin Lannister has Ice, the Valyrian steel greatsword of Eddard Stark, reforged into two longswords as gifts, one for Joffrey on his wedding day and the other to Jaime.
Tywin faces huge political ramifications from the trial. Before slaying Oberyn, Gregor roars his guilt in slaying Elia Martell and her son Aegon for all the realm to hear. Tywin fears Dorne might join Stannis Baratheon, which could prolong the war for years. He plans on having Gregor executed to appease House Martell, but needs it to be seen to be the King's Justice who carries out the deed, not poison. Tywin commands Pycelle to heal Gregor, but Pycelle's efforts prove fruitless.
Awaiting his sentencing, Tyrion is freed from the Red Keep's dungeon by his brother Jaime and a reluctant Varys. During his escape, Jaime reveals the truth about Tyrion's first wife Tysha, saying she was not a whore but a girl just met on the road and Tywin had made Jaime speak the lie to Tyrion. Tyrion is enraged by this and has Varys show him to a ladder that leads directly into the Tower of the Hand, Tywin's residence, Tyrion finds his ex-lover Shae in Tywin's bed, wearing nothing but his father's golden chain of office. Tyrion strangles her to death with it. He then takes a crossbow from the wall and finds Tywin in the privy and confronts him about Tysha. Tywin remains belligerent, repeatedly calling her a whore, which Tyrion sees as the final insult; shooting him through his bowels with the crossbow, mortally wounding him. Tywin dies while seated on the privy, his bowels loosening in the moment of death causing Tyrion to think as he left his father's body:
But the stink that filled the privy gave ample evidence that the oft-repeated jape about his father was just another lie. Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold.
After Tywin's body is discovered, it is prepared for a state burial. Cersei has the Kettleblacks remove the body of Shae and swears she will have the tongue removed of any man who mentions Shae was ever there. This disturbs Jaime and Cersei, because Tywin Lannister seldom smiled.
Now in Essos, on his way to meet up with the crew of the *Shy Maid*, Tyrion listens to what Illyrio Mopatis has to say about Daenerys Targaryen and he wonders,
Are you down in some hell, Father? A nice cold hell where you can look up and see me help restore Mad Aerys's daughter to the Iron Throne?
Ser Kevan Lannister thinks of how Tywin would never have dreamed his golden daughter Cersei would experience a similar fate, a walk of shame, as Tywin made their father Tytos's mistress suffer.
No man is free. Only children and fools think elsewise.
– Tywin, to Tyrion Lannister
Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.
– Tywin, to Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion: Could the Westerlings and Spicers be such great fools as to believe the wolf can defeat the lion?
Tywin: The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
– Tywin and Tyrion Lannister
There is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool.
– Tywin, to Tyrion Lannister
When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you. And any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king at all. Aerys never understood that, but you will. When I’ve won your war for you, we will restore the king’s peace and the king’s justice.
– Tywin, to Joffrey Baratheon
I did not fight a war to seat Robert the Second on the Iron Throne.
– Tywin, to Cersei Lannister
You are not my son. You say you are the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, and only that. Very well, ser. Go do your duty.
– Tywin, to Jaime Lannister
Tywin: I suppose the steward sent her on her way. I never thought to inquire.
Tyrion: On her way where?
Tywin: Wherever whores go.
– Tywin and Tyrion Lannister, regarding Tysha
Tywin: You shot me.
Tyrion: You always were quick to grasp a situation, my lord, that must be why you’re the Hand of the King.
Tywin: You ... you are no ... no son of mine.Tyrion: Now that’s where you’re wrong, Father. Why, I believe I’m you writ small. Do me a kindness now, and die quickly. I have a ship to catch.
– Tywin and Tyrion Lannister
I would sooner entrust a child to a pit viper than to Lord Tywin.
– Eddard Stark's thoughts
A fool more foolish than most had once jested that even Lord Tywin’s shit was flecked with gold. Some said the man was still alive, deep in the bowels of Casterly Rock.
– Tyrion Lannister's thoughts
Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.
– Tyrion Lannister's thoughts
Joffrey: You talk about Aerys, Grandfather, but you were scared of him.
Cersei: Joffrey, apologize to your grandfather.
Joffrey: Why should I? Everyone knows it’s true. My father won all the battles. He killed Prince Rhaegar and took the crown, while your father was hiding under Casterly Rock.
– Joffrey Baratheon and Cersei Lannister
Kevan: Tywin seems a hard man to you, but he's no harder than he's had to be. Our own father was gentle and amiable, but so weak his bannermen mocked him in their cups. Some saw fit to defy him openly. Other lords borrowed his gold and never troubled to repay it. At court they japed of toothless lions. Even his own mistress stole from him. A woman scarcely one step above a whore, and she helped herself to my mother's jewels! It fell to Tywin to restore House Lannister to its proper place. Just as it fell to him to rule this realm, when he was no more than twenty. He bore that heavy burden for twenty years and all it earned him was a mad king's envy. Instead of the honor he deserved, he was made to suffer slights beyond count, yet he gave the Seven Kingdoms peace, plenty and justice. He is a just man.
Tyrion: You love him.
Kevan: He is my brother.
– Kevan Lannister and Tyrion Lannister
Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold.
– Tyrion Lannister's thoughts
I have served six kings, but here before us lies the greatest man I ever knew. Lord Tywin wore no crown, yet he was all a king should be.
– Pycelle
...I remember the first time my father took me to court, Robert had to hold my hand. I could not have been older than four, which would have made him five or six. We agreed afterward that the king had been as noble as the dragons were fearsome. Years later, our father told us that Aerys had cut himself on the throne that morning, so his Hand had taken his place. It was Tywin Lannister who’d so impressed us.
Men say Tywin never smiled, but he smiled when he wed your mother, and when Aerys made him Hand. When Tarbeck Hall came crashing down on Lady Ellyn, that scheming bitch, Tyg claimed he smiled then, and he smiled at your birth, Jaime, I saw with my own eyes.
– Genna Lannister, to Jaime Lannister
I was seven when Walder Frey persuaded my lord father to give my hand to Emm. His second son, not even his heir. Father was himself a thirdborn son, and younger children crave the approval of their elders. Frey sensed that weakness in him, and Father agreed for no better reason than to please him. My betrothal was announced at a feast with half the west in attendance. Ellyn Tarbeck laughed and the Red Lion went angry from the hall. The rest sat on their tongues. Only Tywin dared speak against the match. A boy of ten. Father turned as white as mare's milk, and Walder Frey was quivering. How could I not love him after that? That is not to say I approved of all he did, or much enjoyed the company of the man he became ... but every little girl needs a big brother to protect her. Tywin was big even when he was little.
– Genna Lannister, to Jaime Lannister
Tywin married his cousin Joanna Lannister, with whom he had three children: Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion. Joanna died when giving birth to Tyrion.
Uhlan is a sellsword and serjeant of the Second Sons.
As the Second Siege of Meereen is commencing Uhlan is amongst those summoned by Brown Ben Plumm to a meeting after Ben returns from visiting Malazza, the Girl General.[*citation needed*]
Ulf, known as Ulf son of Umar after his father, is a member of the Moon Brothers, one of the Vale mountain clans found in the Mountains of the Moon.
Ulf is the leader of the Moon Brothers who accompany Tyrion Lannister to his father Tywin Lannister's encampment on the promise of weapons and armor.
Ulf the Ill is an ironborn raider.
Ulf is among the ironborn who raid the Stony Shore, and part of Theon Greyjoy's force that takes Winterfell. Ulf remains with Theon after the northmen come to retake the castle. He is killed by Bolton men during the sack of Winterfell.
Ulf the White, also known as Ulf White and Ulf the Sot, was a man-at-arms on Dragonstone during the time of the Dance of the Dragons..
Ulf was pale-haired and known for his drinking. He could not read or write.
When Prince Jacaerys Velaryon called for dragonriders in 129 AC, Ulf was able to mount Silverwing. He fought valiantly besides Prince Jacaerys in the Battle in the Gullet, and was subsequently knighted by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen.
In 130 AC, during the First Battle of Tumbleton, Ulf, along with fellow dragonseed Hugh Hammer, defected to the greens. They became known as the Two Betrayers for this act. Ulf desired to receive Highgarden as his seat, not considering Bitterbridge to be sufficient. During his time at Tumbleton, he took the inn the Bawdy Badger as his own.
The Caltrops conspired to kill both Ulf and Hugh Hammer. Lord Unwin Peake had warrants for their executions drawn up, which were signed by Prince Daeron Targaryen.
The next day, Ser Hobert Hightower brought Ulf two casks of wine, one Dornish red and one Arbor gold. As Ulf preferred the sweeter vintage, the Arbor gold had been poisoned. Suspicious of Hobert's behavior, Ulf commanded the Dornish red to be set aside, and only dared drink from the poisoned Arbor gold after he had seen Hobert drink from it himself. After Hobert asked for a second cup, Ulf drank three cups himself, and soon fell asleep due to the poison.
Ser Ulf gave himself entirely over to drunkenness, drowning himself in wine and flesh. Those who failed to please were fed to his dragon.
– Gyldayn
See also House Uller
Uller is an ironborn sailor sworn to Balon Greyjoy.
Uller and two of his companions, Qarl and Skyte, encounter Theon and Asha Greyjoy in Lordsport. There they recount the story of the death of Skyte's brother, Eldiss. Asha believes that Theon should make them part of his crew.
Ulmer is an old ranger of the Night's Watch. He is a former member of the Kingswood Brotherhood.
Ulmer is stooped with a grey beard.
Ulmer was once an outlaw and member of the Kingswood Brotherhood. Ulmer claims he once put an arrow through the hand of Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Ser Gerold Hightower, the White Bull, in order to steal a kiss from a Dornish princess - most likely Elia Martell. He also stole her jewels and a chest of coins., and is presumably the last survivor of the disbanded organization.
Ulmer is part of the Great Ranging, the force that leaves Castle Black and the Shadow Tower in search of Benjen Stark and Mance Rayder. He survives the battle of the Fist of the First Men. Ulmer stays loyal to the Watch during the mutiny at Craster's Keep and was one of the few survivors of the ranging to make it all the way back to Castle Black.
After the election of Jon Snow as the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Ulmer bends his knee for Jon.
Jon orders that the garrison of Castle Black practice the bow under the guidance of Ulmer.
While discussing his archery practice under Ulmer's guidance, Samwell Tarly mentions to Jon that he likes Ulmer's stories and that someone should put them in a book. Jon says that Sam should do it, as there is parchment and ink at the Citadel, where Jon is sending Sam. Jon also expects Sam to continue practicing the longbow at Oldtown with Ulmer's instruction in mind.
When Melisandre is burning "Mance Rayder" at Castle Black, Jon has Ulmer, Donnel Hill, Garth Greyfeather, and Bearded Ben shoot arrows at the burning man to end his suffering.
The roguish Ulmer gracefully dances with serving girls at the wedding feast of Alys Karstark and Sigorn of Thenn.
Ulos is an island in far eastern Essos.
It is a mountainous isle located in the Saffron Straits, between Ulthos and the Shadow Lands.
An unnamed ruined settlement is located slightly inland from the northern shore. It is the easternmost island in the known world.
Ulos has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, only appearing in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *A World of Ice and Fire*.
Ser Ulrick Dayne was a knight of House Dayne. He was considered one of the greatest knights of his time, and had the title Sword of the Morning.
Ulthos is a landmass in the far east, which may or my not be another continent. It lies to the south of Asshai and the Shadow Lands in Essos and to the east of Sothoryos. It is separated from the Shadow Lands by the Saffron Straits.
Ulthos has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels and only appears in the map collection of *The Lands of Ice and Fire*.
As George R.R. Martin explained, basically the entire point of Ulthos is to highlight that people from Westeros do not know much about the world east of Qarth and south of the Summer Sea. Asshai itself is half-legendary and only known of through hazy traveler's tales. All that men from Westeros know about Ulthos are secondhand reports from travelers to Asshai - they describe Asshai as on the north shore of the Saffron Straits, and opposite from a landmass called Ulthos on the southern side: these reports did not specify whether Ulthos is an entirely new continent, a large island like Great Moraq, or a subcontinent/extension of Essos or Sothoryos. Therefore the status of Ulthos as a "continent" or not is deliberately ambiguous, to highlight the limited knowledge of even the maesters of the Citadel about the wider world.
In Martin's words:
*"Some of that is, Here there be dragons," Martin cautioned. "It's beyond the world they know." Of the other continents yet to be explored, Martin said he "deliberately" kept Sothoryos mysterious, to echo real-life history: "Even though Africa was known to Europe from the earliest days of ancient Greece,” he said, “we knew relatively little about sub-Saharan Africa."*
He chuckles at the complaints he gets from fans about the lack of boundaries on his maps: "What's this Ulthos thing over here? Is it just a big island? Or is it another continent?"
Ser Ulwyck Uller is a knight from House Uller and the younger brother of Lord Harmen Uller..
Ser Ulwyck is one of the nobles who accompany Prince Oberyn Martell to King's Landing for the wedding of King Joffrey I Baratheon.
Ulwyck is present along with his brother at the feast when Ser Balon Swann arrives in Sunspear to deliver the head of Ser Gregor Clegane. He refuses to drink when Ricasso raises a toast to King Tommen I Baratheon.
Umar is the father of Ulf, a member of the Moon Brothers in the Vale of Arryn.
Umfred is the steward for House Baelish at their tower.
Umfred is described as an ancient white-haired man.
Umfred meets Lord Petyr Baelish when he comes ashore on the Fingers with Sansa Stark. He and Bryen lift Sansa from the boat so she does not get her skirts wet.
Umma is a cook in the House of Black and White in Braavos.
During her training at the House of Black and White, Arya Stark is sent to the kitchens to help prepare food, helping Umma. Although Umma talks to Arya, Arya is unable to understand her. She is the only person in the House of Black and White who gives gave Arya her name.
See also: Main article: Sansa Stark/Theories
"The Hound and the little bird", by zippo514©, depicting the kiss that never was
© Luaprata91
© M.Luisa Giliberti
The UnKiss is the nickname given by fans of *A Song of Ice and Fire* for a kiss remembered by Sansa Stark between her and Sandor Clegane, but which did not actually happen.
When asked about this discrepancy George R. R. Martin said this will eventually mean something and that Sansa is an "unreliable narrator". This has led to much speculation by fans on what he means and intends.
“I’ll have that song. Florian and Jonquil, you said.” © 2012 John Picacio
Towards the end of the battle of the Blackwater, Sandor Clegane, whose courage had broken during the fighting, finds his way to Sansa Stark's bedroom. He lies down on her bed and falls asleep waiting for her.
Sansa eventually arrives. The Hound is very drunk, drunker than she had ever seen him. He offers to take Sansa with him as he intends to flee the city. He mentions going north somewhere. She does not understand what he means. He pushes her on her bed, holds a dagger to her throat, and drunkenly demands that she sing him the song that she had promised him earlier. Sansa is too terrified to remember the words of the song of Florian and Jonquil, but instead sings the Mother's Hymn:
Gentle Mother, font of mercy,
save our sons from war, we pray,
stay the swords and stay the arrows,
let them know a better day.
Gentle Mother, strength of women,
help our daughters through this fray,
soothe the wrath and tame the fury,
teach us all a kinder way.
The Hound falls silent and removes the dagger from her throat, and Sansa gently touches his cheek, feeling a wetness that was blood and a wetness that was not blood (tears). Shortly thereafter he gets up, rips off his bloody white cloak, and leaves. Sansa shakes out the torn and bloody cloak, and huddles beneath it, shivering. Ser Dontos Hollard eventually comes to tell her the battle is won and the the city is saved.
Sansa comes to remember this scenario slightly differently, remembering that Sandor Clegane also kissed her.
Sansa remembers the (un)kiss:
Megga couldn't sing, but she was mad to be kissed. She and Alla played a kissing game sometimes, she confessed, but it wasn't the same as kissing a man, much less a king. Sansa wondered what Megga would think about kissing the Hound, as she had. He'd come to her the night of the battle stinking of wine and blood. He kissed me and threatened to kill me, and made me sing him a song.
In contrast, as he lies dying, Sandor thinks of the song Sansa had sung to him but does not mention a kiss. He tells Arya Stark:
And the little bird, your pretty sister, I stood there in my white cloak and let them beat her. I took the bloody song, she never gave it. I meant to take her too. I should have. I should have fucked her bloody and ripped her heart out before leaving her for that dwarf.
In the Eyrie, Sansa Stark again remembers the (un)kiss in some detail:
As the boy's lips touched her own she found herself thinking of another kiss. She could still remember how it felt, when his cruel mouth pressed down on her own. He had come to Sansa in the darkness as green fire filled the sky. He took a song and a kiss, and left me nothing but a bloody cloak.
Sansa thinks of the (un)kiss again when she's asked if she knows what goes on in a marriage bed:
She thought of Tyrion, and of the Hound and how he’d kissed her, and gave a nod.
You will see, in A STORM OF SWORDS and later volumes, that Sansa remembers the Hound kissing her the night he came to her bedroom... but if you look at the scene, he never does. That will eventually mean something, but just now it's a subtle touch, something most of the readers may not even pick up on.
File this one under "unreliable narrator" and feel free to ponder its meaning...
"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of HBO's fantasy television series *Game of Thrones*, and the 46th overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. It aired on May 17th, 2015.
Arya is put to the test. Tyrion and Jorah are captured by slavers. Loras Tyrell is judged by the Sparrows. Jaime and Bronn face the Sand Snakes. Sansa marries Ramsay Bolton.
"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" was written by Bryan Cogman, based on the original series by George R. R. Martin.
The episode is adapted from the following chapters from the *A Song of Ice and Fire* series: The Captain of Guards, The Queenmaker, Arya II, Cat of the Canals, Cersei IX, Alayna II and Cersei X from *A Feast for Crows, and The Prince of Winterfell, The Watcher, Tyrion IX, Tyrion X and The Ugly Little Girls from *A Dance with Dragons.
The following regular cast members appeared in this episode:
Seventeen out of twenty-seven members for the fifth season appeared in this episode. John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon), Nathalie Emmanual (Missandei), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Conleth Hill (Varys), Carice van Houten (Melisandre), Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis), Hannah Murray (Gilly) and Kristofer Hivju (Tormund) are not credited and do not appear in this episode.
The following guest appearances were made in this episode:
The Uncloaking of Uthero also known as the Unmasking of Uthero was an event in Braavosi history in which the city, until then secret to the rest of the nations and realms of the world, announced its existence. It is named after Uthero Zalyne, who first dispatched envoys of the Iron Bank to Valyria to pay settlements to the grandchildren of the owners of the ships Braavos' founders had seized - but not the value of the escaped slaves - and then sent forth ships throughout the world announcing the existence and location of Braavos and inviting the men of all nations to celebrate the 111th anniversary of the city's founding.
The anniversary of the Uncloaking is still celebrated in a ten day festival of masks and revelry. In the midnight of the tenth day the Titan of Braavos roars and all celebrants and revelers remove their masks as one.
An undergaoler is a dungeon overseer.
In the Red Keep, there are supposed to be six undergaolers, but currently there are only three. Each undergaoler commands over gaolers and turnkeys, answering to the chief undergaoler in turn.
Daenerys Targaryen being attacked by the Undying Ones - by Marc Simonetti ©
The Undying Ones are the conclave of ancient warlocks of Qarth and the elite of their order. They dwell in a chamber somewhere deep within the House of the Undying.
The Undying Ones present themselves as beautiful, at the prime of their lives and power, but actually are ancient and withered, their flesh violet blue and even their nails and white of their eyes have turned blue for drinking the shade-of-the-evening.
Following the suggestion of Pyat Pree, Daenerys Targaryen seeks the Undying Ones counsel at their residence, the House of the Undying. After a long search, Daenerys finds a splendor of wizards in their prime: young, strong and beautiful. They offer her knowledge and magic weapons. Drogon, however, points her to another door. Daenerys abandons these wizards who call on her with sweet voices. She runs and finds a gloomy chamber with a stone table with a blue and rotting human heart floating above it. In the darkness Daenerys perceives the true Undying Ones: ancient and decrepit old men and women with ripe blue-flesh, lips and eyes, unmoving and unbreathing but still whispering to her. The Undying Ones show her a number of visions of past and future events, but as they do so they attack her and attempt to drain her life. If not for Drogon, they would've succeeded.
According to Xaro Xhoan Daxos, the Undying are all dead.
“When you come to the chamber of the Undying, be patient. Our little lives are no more than a flicker of a moth’s wing to them. Listen well, and write each word upon your heart.”
- Pyat Pree, to Daenerys Targaryen prior to her entering the House of the Undying
Drogon saved me when they would have drained my life from me. Drogon burned them all.
- Daenerys thinking upon the Undying Ones in Meereen
Unella is a septa of the Faith of the Seven in service at the Great Sept of Baelor in King's Landing.
Unella is described as big-boned with callused hands and a scowling homely face.
Septa Unella is one of the septas assigned to get a confession out of Queen Margaery Tyrell; the queen confesses that she wants to claw Unella's eyes out. After Queen Regent Cersei Lannister is arrested, Unella becomes her confessor as well.
Unella continues to be one of the holy septas who visit Cersei every hour of the day or night asking her to confess. During one visit Cersei relents and tells Unella she wishes to confess her sins to his High Holiness, and Unella is one of the septas who bring her before the High Sparrow. When the High Septon allows Cersei visitors Unella summons Ser Kevan Lannister to see her. Unella is asked by the High Septon to stay and record Cersei's confession.
Septas Unella, Moelle and Scolera are part of the escort for Cersei as she completes her walk of atonement through the streets of King's Landing. Prior to doing so Unella has the queen shorn by silent sisters.
Only through confession and true repentance may our immortal souls be saved.
- Unella to Cersei Lannister
A unicorn, as envisioned by Kevin Catalan ©
A unicorn is a large goat-like animal, with a long single horn on its head. Unicorns are believed to live on Skagos,
The House Brax coat of arms features a unicorn.
There are ancient tales of Hairy Men in Essos riding unicorns to battle,
Stone sentries outside of the shop of Tobho Mott in King's Landing are decorated as griffin and unicorn knights.
Several Westerosi houses feature heraldic unicorns in their sigils, including Houses Brax,
Dishonest traders sometimes sell "unicorn horns" which are actually the tusks of narwhals hunted by the Ibbenese.
Samwell Tarly recalls having read that the Skagosi ride great shaggy unicorns to war.
Unicorn horns are amongst plunder brought from distant lands by Euron Greyjoy.
Jon Snow, in a dream as his direwolf, Ghost, sees that Shaggydog has fought and killed what may be a unicorn.
In the cave of the three-eyed crow Leaf tells Bran Stark that the unicorns are all but gone.
Among some of the tribute collected from the free folk passing through the Wall is a helm made with a unicorn’s head.
Real-world woodcut depicting a unicorn, circa 13th century
A wild rain lashed down upon his black brother as he tore at the flesh of an enormous goat, washing the blood from his side where the goat's long horn had raked him.
A column of Unsullied soldiers, headed by Grey Worm – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games
Daenerys with her Unsullied. © Fantasy Flight Games
The Unsullied are eunuch slave soldiers, trained from a young age in Astapor to unquestioning obedience and martial prowess. They are used as guards all over the Free Cities. They are sold by the century or the thousand. They make excellent guards, do not loot, and will never rape.
The most famous Unsullied were the Three Thousand of Qohor, who held back a Dothraki *khalasar* over fifty thousand strong. Only six hundred Unsullied survived, having killed twelve thousand of the Dothraki. To honor the Unsullied, the surviving Dothraki rode in before the Unsullied line, throwing their cut braids down in front of them.
A line of disciplined unsullied spearman routing a cavalry charge – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games
Unsullied begin as young male slaves chosen for their size, speed, and strength. Every day they choose new names at random by drawing tokens from a bucket, each consisting of a color and a type of vermin, such as "Grey Worm".
Their training starts at age five and is from dawn to dusk. It is brutal, designed not only to teach them how to fight, but to strip away all individuality, empathy, and self-worth. Slaves that fail any aspect of their training are killed. Only a third of the slaves to enter training survive to become Unsullied.
The eunuchs are fully castrated, with their penis and testicles cut, and their manhoods are burned at the altar of the Lady of Spears. This means that they cannot be as strong as whole men, but this is more than made up for by discipline. They regularly consume an elixir called the wine of courage to deaden their sensitivity to pain. They drink it with every meal, and every year feel less and less pain.
On the day a boy is cut, he is given a puppy to take care of. At the end of the first year, the boy is made to strangle the puppy. Should he fail to do so, he is killed and fed to the surviving dogs. During training boys are culled whenever they fail a task, be it running all day in full pack, scaling a mountain at night or walking across a bed of coals. To win their spiked cap they must take a silver mark go to the slave markets and buy a newborn slave child and kill it before its mother and pay the slave's owner for his loss.
The Good Masters, the slavers of Astapor, used to sell Unsullied in groups of ten for household guards, but that proved unsound since they mingle with others, and forget who they are. Now they are sold only in groups of a century or thousand.
The Unsullied are inspired by the lockstep legions of the Old Empire of Ghis, who were free men.
Unsullied uniform are plain and without ornament, quilted tunic, a short sword, three spears and spiked bronze caps. One spike indicates a low rank, while three spikes going from front to back represent an officer.
Unsullied - by Amok ©
Unsullied pike phalanx. © Fantasy Flight Games
During the voyage to Pentos to join up with Magister Illyrio Mopatis, Ser Jorah Mormont convinces Daenerys Targaryen to change their destination to Astapor to buy Unsullied. He tells her about the Three Thousand of Qohor, and to buy the Unsullied they could use the trade goods being carried onboard.
Dany is shown Unsullied by Kraznys mo Nakloz, one of the Good Masters, in the Astapori Plaza of Pride, where ten ranks of a hundred Unsullied stand. More than half are of Dothraki stock, while others appear to be from Lys and Qarth and even the same ethnicity as their slavers, while others are from peoples she does not recognize.
After Arstan Whitebeard tells Kraznys that even brave men show fear when faced with death or maiming, the slaver whips and mutilates Unsullied who do not react. Daenerys is horrified by the training regime which the Unsullied endure. Dany is told eight thousand Unsullied are available, but they are not cheap because their training takes years. Arstan tells her that slavery is held to be an abomination in Westeros, and using slave soldiers would do great dishonor to House Targaryen. Kraznys says that a corsair king was also recently interested in purchasing Unsullied.
Dany later tells Kraznys through the translating slave Missandei that she wants all the Unsullied, including six centuries, the eight thousand, and those still in training. Eight slavers are hesitant to sell those in training since if they fail in battle they will shame them, and they would not have any to sell to the next buyer. Dany tells them that she will pay the same for those in training. This provokes an argument among the slavers, some liking having the gold now instead of the future, and others worried about the reputation of the Unsullied if they fail. The eldest of the slavers, Grazdan, agree to sell Daenerys all the Unsullied for her black dragon, Drogon, her trade goods, and her ships. Dany is given Missandei as a token. Missandei tells Dany of the Unsullied's unflinching discipline, and the slave girl reveals that three were her brothers.
Unsullied soldiers in action – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games
When Dany brings her whole company to the Plaza of Pride for the transaction, Kraznys advises her that her Unsullied are inexperienced. They exchange Drogon's chain and a whip with nine ends, the harpy's fingers. Daenerys, however, then has Drogon kill the slaver with dragonfire. During the ensuing fall of Astapor, the Unsullied refuse the slavers' orders to defend their masters. Dany commands the Unsullied to slay the Good Masters, their soldiers, and any man that wears a *tokar* or holds a whip, and to strike the chains off every slave.
When Dany later arrives outside Yunkai, it is the Unsullied under Grey Worm that will attack the Yunkai'i from right and left while her horse attack the center. The battle near Yunkai is won with less than a dozen losses in part because the Stormcrows defect to Dany and the Second Sons are drunk.
The Unsullied commander, Grey Worm, is among those present during planning for the siege of Meereen. Daenerys tells him she will not throw away Unsullied lives in storming the city walls. When a plan is presented to invade Meereen through the sewers, Daenerys thinks it would not make use of the Unsullied's discipline.
The Qartheen master of the *Indigo Star* tells Daenerys that Cleon, the new king in Astapor, is training new Unsullied from the highborn boys in Astapor.
In Volantis, Quentyn Martell sees Unsullied spearmen in ornate armor and tiger-skin cloaks guarding the triarchs of Volantis.
Cleon marches against Yunkai with his new Unsullied, but they are defeated in a battle at the Horns of Hazzat.
Some of the Unsullied in Daenerys's service reclaim their birth names, while others choose new names. Several Unsullied, such as Stalwart Shield, are murdered in Meereen by the Sons of the Harpy.
Grey Worm and fifty of the Unsullied aid refugees outside of Meereen's walls and help with burning the dead.
Daenerys disappears from Daznak's Pit on Drogon's back.
A eunuch who is cut young will never have the brute strength of one of your Westerosi knights, this is true. A bull is strong as well, but bulls die every day in the fighting pits. A girl of nine killed one not three days past in Jothiel's Pit. The Unsullied have something better than strength, tell her. They have discipline. We fight in the fashion of the Old Empire, yes. They are the lockstep legions of Old Ghis come again, absolutely obedient, absolutely loyal, and utterly without fear.
– Kraznys mo Nakloz to Missandei and Daenerys Targaryen
This beggar queen must understand, such wonders do not come cheaply. In Yunkai and Meereen, slave swordsmen can be had for less than the price of their swords, but Unsullied are the finest foot in all the world, and each represents many years of training. Tell her they are like Valyrian steel, folded over and over and hammered for years on end, until they are stronger and more resilient than any metal on earth.
– Kraznys mo Nakloz to Missandei and Daenerys Targaryen
Ben: Did you see them bronze heads above the gates? Rows of harpy heads with open mouths? The Meereenese can squirt boiling oil out them mouths, and cook your axemen where they stand.
Daario: Perhaps the Unsullied should wield the axes. Boiling oil feels like no more than a warm bath to you, I have heard.
Grey Worm: This is false. These ones do not feel burns as men do, yet such oil blinds and kills. The Unsullied do not fear to die, though. Give these ones rams, and we will batter down these gates or die in the attempt.
- Ben Plumm, Daario Naharis, and Grey Worm
Daenerys: Do you know how Unsullied are made and trained?
Xaro: Cruelly, I have no doubt. When a smith makes a sword, he thrusts the blade into the fire, beats on it with a hammer, then plunges it into iced water to temper the steel. If you would savor the sweet taste of the fruit, you must water the tree.
- Daenerys Targaryen and Xaro Xhoan Daxos
Archibald: We fought the Unsullied at Astapor.
Beans: I said real Unsullied. Hacking off some boy's stones with a butcher's cleaver and handing him a pointy hat don't make him Unsullied. That dragon queen's got the real item, the kind that don't break and run when you fart in their general direction.
- Archibald Yronwood and Beans
Unsullied are brave soldiers ... but not warriors. Not knights.
- Barristan Selmy to Archibald Yronwood
Man to man, the Unsullied are no better or worse than any other spearmen. It's their discipline that makes them dangerous, but if they cannot form up into a spear wall ...
– Tyrion Lannister to Penny
Influences may have derived from soldiers of antiquity, Greek hoplites and Roman legionaries. The Unsullied are well equipped with spears, shortswords, and shields, and are highly disciplined, drilled and trained, just like a legionary, but they are strongest in their phalanx formation with their spears and shields as well, just like the hoplites. The Unsullied build field fortifications or entrenchments while on the march, an attribute which the Roman army also had a passion for.
The Three Thousand of Qohor bears similarities to the Battle of Thermopylaee during the Greco-Persian Wars.
Unwin Peake was the Lord of Starpike, Dunstonbury, and Whitegrove, and head of House Peake during the Dance of the Dragons.
Lord Unwin supported the greens during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. He joined Lord Ormund Hightower's great host, which marched from Oldtown toward King's Landing. After the First Battle of Tumbleton, Unwin wanted to wait at the sacked town in hopes of reinforcement from Lord Borros Baratheon. Unwin advocated for declaring Prince Daeron Targaryen to be the new Prince of Dragonstone after hearing of the death of Prince Aemond Targaryen. He was a leader of the Caltrops, thirteen nobles who plotted to kill the disrespectful Two Betrayers.
Lord Peake's tent was burned by Seasmoke during the Second Battle of Tumbleton, but he survived the battle. When Unwin asked Ulf White his intentions after the battle, Ulf replied that he would take the Iron Throne after the greens captured King's Landing. However, Ulf died drinking poisoned wine with Unwin's commander, Ser Hobert Hightower. Lord Peake offered one thousand golden dragons to any knight of noble birth who could claim the surviving dragon, Silverwing, but none succeeded. Seeing that the greens' army was disappearing through desertion, Unwin, the new commander, decided to abandon the campaign toward King's Landing and retreat from Tumbleton.
During the regency of Aegon III, Lord Unwin became a regent after the death of Lord Corlys Velaryon in 132 AC, and he eventually reached the position of Hand of the King. He kept acquiring more and more power, endeavoring to weaken his foes by any means at hand. Unwin saw his kin hold many high offices, and he attempted to wed his daughter to King Aegon III Targaryen after the apparent suicide of Queen Jaehaera Targaryen. Ser Mervyn Flowers of the Kingsguard who was his bastard half-brother, was standing guard at the door to Jaehaera's chambers on the occurrence of her death. It was variously suggested that Jaehaera had been murdered by Ser Mervyn or that Mervyn had merely stood aside to allow Tessario the Tiger, a sellsword in Lord Peake's service, to do the deed. When the match was rejected he threatened to resign his position. Lord Peake's threat was accepted by his co-regents and in 134 AC he resigned.
Uplands
The Reach and the location of Uplands
Uplands is the seat of House Mullendore in the Reach.
Upper Rhoyne
Western Essos and the location of the Upper Rhoyne
The Upper Rhoyne is a river in western Essos whose headwaters lie in the hills south of Braavos. Flowing southeast, it meets the Little Rhoyne east of Ghoyan Drohe, forming the Rhoyne.
Qarlon the Great, an Andal king at Lorath, once controlled land as far west as the Braavosi lagoon and the headwaters of the Upper Rhoyne.
Urek Ironmaker is a member of House Ironmaker. He is a grandson of Erik Ironmaker.
Urek is very large and strong.
Urek is one of his grandfather's champions at the kingsmoot.
Urho the Unwashed is said to be the worst of the pirates on Dagger Lake.
Urho's stench is allegedly enough to kill a man.
Ser Rolly Duckfield catches a glimpse of a hull that he insists belongs to Urho the Unwashed. The *Shy Maid* is upwind, however, and the mystery ship shows no interest in them.
Urragon III Greyiron, known as Urragon the Bald and formally styled Urragon Greyiron, Third of His Name Since the Grey King, was a High King of the Iron Islands from House Greyiron.
When Urragon III died, his younger sons hurriedly convened a kingsmoot whilst their elder brother Torgon was raiding up the Mander, convinced one of them would be chosen the High King. However, the captains and kings chose Urrathon Goodbrother of Old Wyk instead. Urrathon's first command was to put the sons of Urragon to death.
Urragon IV Greyiron, formally styled Urragon Greyiron, Fourth of His Name Since the Grey King, was a High King of the Iron Islands from House Greyiron.
Urragon was called upon by his aged father Torgon to help him rule the Iron Isles, remaining at his father's side for the best part of five years be there at court, council, war, and peace. When Torgon died, Urragon assumed kingship without a kingsmoot and no priest denouncing him.
His reign was long but undistinguished. His dying wish was for the high kingship to pass to his great-nephew Urron Greyiron.
Urras Greyiron, known as Urras Ironfoot, was a High King of the Iron Islands from House Greyiron.
The prophet Galon Whitestaff summoned the numerous rock and salt kings of to Old Wyk for a kingsmoot, during which Urras was chosen as the first High King of the Iron Islands since the Grey King. Urras was the greatest reaver of his age. After his death, the driftwood crown was claimed by his son, Erich the Ugly. Galon forced Erich to step down under threat of death, however, since he had not been chosen in a kingsmoot. Regnar Drumm was instead chosen in a new kingsmoot.
The name Urrathon can refer to one of the following characters:
Urrathon IV Goodbrother,[N 1] also known as Badbrother, was a High King of the Iron Islands who ruled during the Age of Heroes.
When King Urragon III Greyiron died, a kingsmoot was called by his family while one of the king's sons, Torgon Greyiron, was raiding the Mander. The king's younger sons were hoping that one of them would be elected the new king but the ironborn chose Urrathon Goodbrother instead. Urrathon IV's first act was to have all of the late king's sons at the kingsmoot executed. Thus Urrathon became known as Badbrother, even though they were no kin of his.
Urrathon ruled for two years and made many enemies due to his cruelty. Torgon, the only surviving son of the previous king, returned to the islands and declared the kingsmoot decision unlawful as he had not been present to put forth his claim as was his right. The priests, people and captains agreed and Urrathon was put down and hacked to pieces.
Urrathon, better known as Urrathon Night-Walker, is an inhabitant of Qarth.
After Daenerys Targaryen burned down the House of the Undying, it was reported that for the first time in a hundred years glass candles were burning in the house of Urrathon.
Urrax was a dragon who may have lived in the time of the First Men.
According to legend, Serwyn of the Mirror Shield killed Urrax. Serwyn sneaked up on Urrax, hiding behind his shield which was a mirror, so the dragon only saw its reflection. Serwyn then killed him by plunging a spear though his eye.
When trying to get the measure of Tyrion Lannister, Haldon questions him as to how Serwyn of the Mirror Shield slew the dragon Urrax. He is unimpressed with Tyrion's correct answer, and asserts that even Rolly Duckfield knows that tale.
Urreg is part of Yoren's band when it is marching north to the Wall to join the Night’s Watch.
On their way north, the band arrives at a town on the southern shore of the Gods Eye where Yoren intends to rent a boat for crossing the lake. However, the town is deserted and no boats can be found. Yoren decides to spend the night in the abandoned holdfast of the town. That night, the holdfast is attacked by men under the command of Ser Amory Lorch. Trying to organize the defense, Yoren orders Urreg and Koss to hold the postern.
Nothing further is known about Urreg's fate, but when Arry and Gendry, who escaped via a tunnel, return to the holdfast the next evening, they find out that all who remained have died.
Urrigon Greyjoy, also known as Urri, was the fourth son of Lord Quellon Greyjoy and Lady Sunderly. He died in his childhood from an infection.
Urrigon and his younger brother Aeron were great friends during their childhood.
Urrigon's father, Lord Quellon Greyjoy, and older brothers, Balon, Euron, and Victarion, had been away from Pyke at the time, fighting the final battles of Robert's Rebellion. Lord Quellon died, and Urrigon's brother Balon returned home as the new Lord of the Iron Islands. To avenge his brother's death, he took off the maester's fingers and had Lady Piper sew them back on. The maester died raving.
When Aeron Greyjoy is captive and chained in the hold of the *Silence*, his brother Euron forces him to drink shade-of-the-evening, which causes him to have numerous nightmarish visions. One of them features Urrigon with his arm infested with carrion.
Urrigon Hightower was a King of the High Tower and head of House Hightower. He was the eldest son and the successor of Uthor of the High Tower, as well as the brother of Peremore Hightower.
Urrigon's brother Peremore had an insatiable thirst for knowledge and therefore surrounded himself with scholars, healers, priests and sorcerers. After Peremore died, King Urrigon granted a tract of land beside the Honeywine to "Peremore's pets" so they might establish and continue their quest for knowledge. Thus the Citadel was established and the Order of Maesters was born.
Urron Greyiron, known as Urron Redhand, was a member of House Greyiron and was the first King of the Iron Islands to make the throne hereditary, five thousand years before the War of the Five Kings.
Urron was the salt king of Orkmont during the rule of his great-uncle, Urragon IV Greyiron, who had assumed the High Kingship of the Iron Islands without being chosen in a kingsmoot. It was the dying Urragon's wish for Urron to succeed him, but the priests of the Drowned God were determined not to lose the power of kingmaking for a third time after Urragon's assumption of the throne and, before that, Torgon Greyiron's usurpation from Urrathon IV Goodbrother. Nevertheless, Urron put an end to the institution of kingsmoot when he descended with his axemen on Nagga's hill on Old Wyk, and slew all captains, the thirteen salt and rock kings, and half a hundred priests and prophets assembled for the choosing, taking the title of the High Kingship of the Isles and making it an hereditary one.
In his reign, the rulers of Great Wyk, Old Wyk, Pyke, Harlaw and the lesser isles were reduced to lords, while several ancient lines that refused to bend the knee were extinguished. Along with the kingsmoot, Galon Whitestaff's decree against ironborn making war upon each other ended. Urron Redhand and his descendants had to deal with half a dozen major rebellions and at least two major thrall uprisings.[*citation needed*]
Lord Baelor Blacktyde believes that Euron Greyjoy will descend on all those gathered for the kingsmoot and kill them all, as Urron Greyiron had once done.
The Drowned God makes men, but it's men who make crowns.
- Urron Greyiron
I am the Greyjoy, Lord Reaper of Pyke, King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, and no man gives me a crown. I pay the iron price. I will take my crown, as Urron Redhand did five thousand years ago.
Ursula Upcliff was a member of House Upcliff and reputed sorceress who lived during the Andal Invasion.
Ursula Upcliff joined the alliance of First Men houses, petty kings and clans summoned by Robar II Royce to fight against the Andals. According to tradition, Robar II won her alliance due to his "honeyed tongue."
Ursula participated in the Battle of Seven Stars, riding a bloodred horse. She faced Torgold Tollett and tried to curse him. However, according to singers, Torgold leapt upon Ursula's horse, grasped her face and tore her head from her shoulders as she screamed for succor.
Urswyck, known as Urswyck the Faithful
See also: Images of Urswyck
Urswyck resembles a cadaver with red-rimmed eyes and dark veins showing in the pallid skin on his face and hands. He has thin hair and a papery laugh. Urswyck wears a tattered, ragged leather cloak.
Urswyck killed his own wife.
When the Brave Companions enter Harrenhal, Arya Stark sees a sickly sellsword whose leather cloak is fringed with long blond hair.
Urswyck leads a party of Brave Companions which encounter Ser Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth fighting each other near Maidenpool. Urswyck recognizes Jaime immediately; when Jaime offers him money from the Lannisters for his safe return and suggests that Brienne could be ransomed, he remains unmoved. Urswyck informs Jaime that the Brave Companions have changed allegiance and are now serving Lord Roose Bolton and his northmen. Urswyck has Jaime beaten for mocking the Brave Companions and he orders his new captives to be taken to Vargo Hoat.
During the journey, Jaime proposes to Urswyck that he should betray Vargo and bring Jaime to King's Landing instead, where a reward as well as a royal pardon and even knighthood would await him. Urswyck remains unmoved, telling Jaime that he would be a fool to trust the word of an oathbreaker.
They arrive at Vargo Hoat's camp and Rorge begins kicking Brienne. Urswyck tells him to not break any of her bones, because "the horse-faced bitch" is worth her price in sapphires, as suggested to him by Jaime. Urswyck assists when Vargo has Zollo cut off Jaime's sword hand.
Brienne of Tarth comes across three knowledgeable former Brave Companions—Timeon, Shagwell, and Pyg—at the Whispers. At Harrenhal, a wound Vargo received from Brienne biting his ear festered and he became half-mad with fever. Urswyck and Rorge argued for leaving Harrenhal, but Vargo insisted his men must hold his castle. The Brave Companions eventually abandoned their leader and dispersed, with Urswyck heading towards Oldtown with a small band.
Jaime: Gold. You do like gold?
Urswyck: It has its uses, I do confess.
- Jaime Lannister and Urswyck
I warned you, Urswyck, and you, goat. When you bet against the lions, you lose more than your purse.
- thoughts of Jaime Lannister
Urzen is an ironborn raider. He is a sinewy man.
Urzen is among the ironborn who raid the Stony Shore.
The Usurper is a derogatory title given to King Robert I Baratheon by those who believe that the rightful rulers of the Seven Kingdoms are House Targaryen. After Robert's Rebellion, also called the War of the Usurper, Robert succeeded the Mad King, Aerys II Targaryen, whose surviving family live in exile.
Daenerys Targaryen, the daughter of the late Aerys II Targaryen, often thinks of the Usurper, Robert I Baratheon, and how he betrayed House Targaryen.
Robert admits to his friend, Lord Eddard Stark, that he is wary of Daenerys marrying Khal Drogo and Viserys allying with a Dothraki *khalasar*, since some in the Seven Kingdoms still call him Usurper.
In Qarth, Quhuru Mo informs Daenerys that Robert died after hunting in the kingswood, and she is happy to learn that the Lannisters are fighting the Starks.
During the War of the Five Kings, Melisandre considers rivals of Stannis Baratheon to be usurpers.
Following Melisandre's instructions, Stannis tosses leeches, which have fed on the blood of Robert's bastard Edric Storm, into a fire, an attempt to kill the usurpers Joffrey Baratheon, Balon Greyjoy, and Robb Stark.
Daenerys has a dream of the Trident, in which she burns the ice-armored host of the Usurper with dragonfire.
Daenerys refers to Joffrey as the Young Usurper,
Selyse Florent considers Mance Rayder to have been a usurper of Gerrick Kingsblood, a descendant of Raymun Redbeard, although Gerrick actually descends from Raymun's brother.
Her brother Rhaegar battling the Usurper in the bloody waters of the Trident and dying for the woman he loved. The sack of King’s Landing by the ones Viserys called the Usurper's dogs, the lords Lannister and Stark.
- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen
Illyrio: In holdfasts all across the realm, men lift secret toasts to your health while women sew dragon banners and hide them against the day of your return from across the water. Or so my agents tell me.
Viserys: I shall kill the Usurper myself, as he killed my brother Rhaegar. And Lannister too, the Kingslayer, for what he did to my father.
- Illyrio Mopatis and Viserys Targaryen
Eddard: I looked for you on the Trident.
Gerold: We were not there.
Oswell: Woe to the Usurper if we had been.
- Eddard Stark, Gerold Hightower, and Oswell Whent
The Starks seek to steal half my kingdom, even as the Lannisters have stolen my throne and my own sweet brother the swords and service and strongholds that are mine by rights. They are all usurpers, and they are all my enemies.
- Stannis Baratheon to Selyse Florent
Dany had never looked upon the Usurper's face, yet seldom a day had passed when she had not thought of him. His great shadow had lain across her since the hour of her birth, when she came forth amidst blood and storm into a world where she no longer had a place. And now this ebony stranger had lifted that shadow.
- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen
Stannis: Robert was my elder brother. You are the younger.
Renly: Younger, bolder, and far more comely ...
Stannis: ... and a thief and a usurper besides.Renly: The Targaryens called Robert usurper. He seemed to be able to bear the shame. So shall I.
- Stannis Baratheon and Renly Baratheon
Half the lords in the realm could not tell taxation from tyranny, and would bolt to the nearest usurper in a heartbeat if it would save them a clipped copper.
- thoughts of Kevan Lannister
The Usurper’s dogs is the name Viserys Targaryen gave primarily to Lord Tywin Lannister and Lord Eddard Stark, for the role they played in the rebellion leading to Robert Baratheon's reign on the Iron Throne.
And with him stood the great lords her brother had named the Usurper's dogs, cold-eyed Eddard Stark with his frozen heart, and the golden Lannisters, father and son, so rich, so powerful, so treacherous.
Ser Uther Shett is a knight and a member of House Shett of Gulltown.
Uther is a skinny, ginger-haired young man. His face is covered in pimples, which he attempts to hide behind his whiskers.
Ser Uther Shett arrives at the Gates of the Moon to compete in Lord Robert Arryn's tourney for a place in the Brotherhood of Winged Knights. While flirting with Myranda Royce along Ser Ossifer Lipps, he is interrupted by Alayne Stone, who rescues Myranda from their unwanted advances.
Uthero Zalyne was a Sealord of Braavos.
As the 111th anniversary of the founding of Braavos approached, Uthero sent forth his ships to every corner of the world to proclaim the existence of and location of Braavos, inviting men of all nations to celebrate. Prior to that, he had sent envoys of the Iron Bank of Braavos to Valyria to pave the way for the "Uncloaking".
Utherydes Wayn is the steward of Riverrun under Lords Hoster and Edmure Tully.
He is an old man.
When Lady Catelyn arrives at Riverrun, her father's steward informs her that Lord Hoster Tully is bedridden and has instructed him to bring his daughter to his bed at once. Looking at him, Lady Catelyn is surpised how old and grey the steward has become.
Utherydes accompanies Edmure Tully when he greets his sister Catelyn upon her arrival at Riverrun after her mission to secure an alliance with Renly Baratheon has failed because of his untimely death. When she sees Utherydes and the other men at Edmure's side, Lady Catelyn realizes that they are all of her father's age, old men who spent their lives in the service of Lord Hoster Tully. The men are introduced to Brienne of Tarth by Lady Catelyn. Utheryds inquires about the possibility of an alliance with Stannis Baratheon as Stannis' letter about the illegitimacy of Queen Cersei's children has forestalled any possibility of him allying with the Lannisters, but Lady Catelyn, wary of Stannis because of the dark circumstances of Renly's death, dodges the question. He informs her that Robb has left orders to send Lady Catelyn to the Twins upon her return, so that she can select a bride for Robb from among Lord Walder Frey's daughters. However, Lady Catelyn has no intention of doing that and wants to stay at Riverrun. Utherydes later informs her that, when Ser Cleos Frey returned as envoy from King's Landing, he brought along the remains of Lord Eddard Stark, as demanded in Robb's initial peace offer. When Lady Catelyn has a look at the bones, she notices that the longsword that has been put in the hands of the skeleton is not Ice. Utherydes informs her that her husband's longsword has not been returned, only Lord Eddard's bones. Lady Catelyn says that she'd have to thank Queen Cersei for even that much, receiving the answer by Utherydes that Tyrion Lannister in fact arranged for the return of the remains. Lady Catelyn then commands Utherydes to arrange for her husband's remains to be transported to Winterfell, escorted by Hallis Mollen.
While waiting for the outcome of the Battle of the Fords that goes on around Riverrun, Lady Catelyn commands Utherydes to provide Ser Cleos Frey with a flagon of wine, as she wants to loosen his tongue before questioning him about the peace terms sent by Tyrion Lannister.
After Lady Catelyn has organized the escape of Ser Jaime Lannister, it falls upon Riverrun's castellan Ser Desmond Grell to confine her until her son Robb decides what to do with her. Because he feels uneasy about the task of making Lord Hoster Tully's daughter a de-facto prisoner, Ser Desmond brings Utherydes along when he talks to Lady Catelyn. Utherydes is grave during the whole encounter. He assures Lady Catelyn that all of Riverrun shares her grief about the supposed deaths of her sons Bran and Rickon but suggests that this does not justify her actions. Utherydes proposes that Lady Catelyn should be confined to her own chambers, but she asks that it's her father's chambers instead so that she can tend to him, which is granted to her. Utherydes tells her that what she did was grave and that it has all been for naught, as the Kingslayer is being pursued by Riverrun's captain of the guards, Ser Robin Ryger. Lady Catelyn notices that Utherydes has sad eyes while he talks with her.
When Lady Catelyn questions Maester Vyman whether he knows anyone called Tansy, a name her delirious father has mentioned, the maester negates but suggests to ask Utherydes, as the steward would surely know if a person of that name has ever served at Riverrun. Maester Vyman later tells Lady Catelyn that he has checked with Utherydes and that the steward is certain that such a person has not been employed under his watch.
He announces Lady Catelyn's presence when Ser Desmond escorts her to her son Robb during a reception after his return to Riverrun. He also later signals the end of the meeting, when Robb asks him to do so. Robb later advises his wife Jeyne and her mother Sybell that Utherydes will find accomodations for them and Edmure Tully offers to escort them to him.
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Uthor was a maester of the Citadel who served Lord Roose Bolton at the Dreadfort.
The old maester insisted that Reek's stench was a sign of sickness.
Ser Uthor Underleaf, sometimes called the Snail for his personal emblem, was a tourney knight during the reign of Aerys I Targaryen. His squire was named Will.
Uthor Underleaf was a professional tourney knight, who made his living off of wagering on jousts and the ransoms he gained for his wins. He preferred not to become a tourney champion, as he did not want to become famous, but was satisfied with the prize granted to the knight who came second. Ser Uthor would bribe the master of the games so that he would face the opponents he preferred -- big men, older champions past their prime, and "village heroes" -- where the odds would appear to be against him.
Like his sigil, the snail, Uthor "hid in his shell", enjoying comfort while keeping a low profile. His tent's exterior was very plain, but inside was furnished with Myrish rugs, a featherbed, and ornate furniture. He was extremely mercenary and practical, and according to Duncan the Tall, was "no true knight".
Uthor had small, shrewd, close-set eyes with thin, arching eyebrows. He kept his black beard neat and had a receding hairline.
Ser Uthor attended the wedding of Lord Ambrose Butterwell and Lady Frey. He participated in the Wedding tourney at Whitewalls in celebration of the marriage. He was not part of the conspiracy to start the Second Blackfyre Rebellion, only attending the tourney for the money he planned to win there.
In his first joust, he unhorsed Ser Duncan the Tall in the first tilt with a blow to the head. In his second joust he defeated Ser Addam Frey.
Afterwards, Dunk came to Uthor's tent to forfeit his horse, arms and armor. He saw Uthor chastise his squire Will for accepting "traitor's gold", a dragon with the face of Daemon I Blackfyre. Uthor would have preferred to receive a ransom for Dunk's possessions, but Dunk had no money to pay it. Uthor would not accept an IOU, but offered Dunk a place in his service, as a ringer -- someone who would appear to be a fearsome knight, who would get excellent odds when faced with Uthor at little tourneys across Westeros. Uthor thought that by the time news got around that Dunk was a hopeless jouster, they would have won enough money to buy a dragon egg. Dunk refused the offer. Uthor also revealed the story of Ser Glendon Flowers's knighthood, and the fact that Dunk had a secret enemy, as someone had bribed him to kill him in the joust.
Ser Uthor then defeated Ser Theomore Bulwer in five tilts. For his next tilt, he was to go against Ser Tommard Heddle, a match he had not been expecting. (Lord Gormon Peake had bribed the master of the games with a better offer than Uthor's, to make sure that Uthor would not face Ser John the Fiddler or win the tourney.) However, the tourney was then interrupted by claims that a thief had stolen the grand prize of the tourney, Lord Butterwell's dragon egg.
After the defeat of the Second Blackfyre Rebellion, Egg convinced Brynden Rivers to loan Dunk the gold to pay Uthor's ransom.
I follow tourneys from afar as faithfully as the maesters follow stars.
Uthor: I ride where I will and serve no man but myself, true... but it has been many a year since I last slept beneath a hedge. I find that inns are far more comfortable. I am a tourney knight, the best that you are ever like to meet.
Dunk: The best? Why [have I never heard of you], if you're such a famous tourney champion?
Uthor: Have you heard me name myself a champion? That way lies renown. I would sooner have the pox.
Dunk: Ser Glendon has hero's blood.
Uthor: Oh, I do hope so. Hero's blood should be good for two to one. Whore's blood draws poorer odds.
The snail may leave a trail of slime behind him, but a little slime will do a man no harm... whilst if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.
Uthor of the High Tower was a legendary king from House Hightower. He married Maris the Maid - a daughter of Garth Greenhand - before she could be claimed by Argoth Stone-Skin, who had won Maris's hand in the first tourney ever held in Westeros.
Uthor is credited with commissioning Bran the Builder or his son Brandon Stark to rebuild the Hightower, turning it from a tall timber tower and a beacon to a structure of stone that rose two hundred feet above the Whispering Sound.
Vaegon, born Prince Vaegon Targaryen, was an archmaester of the Citadel. He was the seventhborn child of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne Targaryen.
The seventh child of King Jaehaerys I and Queen Alysanne, Vaegon was given to the Citadel at a young age. He would go on to become archmaester, holding the ring and rod and mask of yellow gold.
Vaella Targaryen has been the name of several members of House Targaryen:
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Princess Vaella Targaryen was the youngest child of King Aenys I Targaryen and Queen Alyssa Velaryon. She died in infancy.
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Princess Vaella Targaryen was the daughter of Prince Daeron Targaryen and Kiera of Tyrosh.
Vaella was sweet but simple-minded.
Vaella was born in 222 AC to Prince Daeron the Drunken, the eldest son of King Maekar I Targaryen, and Kiera of Tyrosh, the widow of Prince Valarr Targaryen, Daeron's cousin.
When King Maekar died in 233 AC, a Great Council was called. Vaella's claim to the Iron Throne was considered, but dismissed immediately.
Archmaester Vaellyn, also known as Vinegar Vaellyn, is one of the teachers at the Citadel of Oldtown. Called "the Stargazer",
Vaellyn gave Archmaester Marwyn the nickname "Marwyn the Mage", when Marwyn returned from spending eight years in the east. However, he was annoyed when the nickname soon was all over of Oldtown.
Ser Vaemond Velaryon was a knight of House Velaryon. He was the eldest of half a dozen nephews of Lord Corlys Velaryon.
In an attempt to inherit Driftmark, Vaemond claimed the children of Ser Laenor Velaryon and Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen were bastards. In response Rhaenyra had her second husband, Prince Daemon Targaryen, kill Vaemond. His wife, sons, and younger brothers had their tongues removed afterwards by King Viserys I Targaryen for similar reasons.
Vaes Aresak
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Aresak
Vaes Aresak, once called Ibbish, is a ruined city in northern Essos along the Shivering Sea. It is located in the great forest south of Ib which includes the Kingdom of the Ifequevron to the west. East of Vaes Aresak is the Realm of Jhogwin.
Ibbish began as an Ibbenese fishing village, but the colony developed into a port with a deep harbor. High white walls and the Whalebone Gates protected temples and treasuries.
Dothraki began raiding from the Dothraki sea during the Century of Blood. Khal Scoro took look from Ibbish back to Vaes Dothrak, while Khal Rogo burned the rebuilt city and forced ten thousand women into slavery. When Khal Dhako approached Ibbish, the inhabitants retreated from his *khalasar* back to Ib. Terrio Erastes observed the angry Dhako burning Ibbish and its vicinity, and the Dothraki have since called it Vaes Aresak, meaning City of Cowards.
Vaes Athjikhari
Essos and the location of Vaes Athjikhari
Vaes Athjikhari
Located on the Silver Shore, Sallosh was known as the City of Scholars and contained an excellent library. The city was destroyed by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood after the Doom of Valyria, however.
Vaes Athjikhari has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, only appearing in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *A World of Ice and Fire*.
Vaes Diaf is a ruined city in Essos in the Dothraki sea, south of the Kingdom of Sarnor and north of Meereen.
The Ghiscari hill city Hazdahn Mo was once a thriving slave market. It was destroyed by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood after the Doom of Valyria, however.
Vaes Dothrak
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Dothrak
Vaes Dothrak is the only city of the Dothraki people. It is located in the northeast of the vast Dothraki sea, beneath the Mother of Mountains and near a lake, the Womb of the World. Vaes Dothrak has no walls.
The city is ruled and inhabited by slaves and the *dosh khaleen, the wives of all the *khals who have come before. It is forbidden to wear a blade or shed a free man's blood within the confines of the city.
See also: Images of Vaes Dothrak
Vaes Dothrak is the heart of the Dothraki sea and culture. It is at once one of the largest cities, due to its expansive layout, and one of the smallest, due to its small inhabitant population. It has broad, windswept streets paved in grass and mud. There are carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass, wooden towers, stepped pyramids and log halls. All of the buildings were brought to the city by slaves from the lands the Dothraki have conquered.
Vaes Dothrak sprawls languorously in the warm sun. It is large enough to hold every *khalasar*, were they all to return at once.
The Horse Gate is no true gate, as there are no gates or walls in Vaes Dothrak. Instead, it is named for two gigantic bronze stallions whose hooves meet a hundred feet above the roadway to form a pointed arch. The Horse Gate can be seen from a distance, framing the great purple mountain which the Dothraki name the Mother of Mountains. The path beneath the Horse Gate is the godsway, where monuments and holy symbols from a hundred different religions line both sides, showing the vast range and power of the Dothraki's conquests.
The godsway is a broad, grassy road that runs through the heart of the city in a straight line. It goes from the 'Horse Gate' to the 'Mother of Mountains'. Along the way it passes through the Western and Eastern Markets, the lake named the Womb of the World and a pit where important ceremonies are done in Vaes Dothrak.
Daenerys and Ser Jorah in the Markets. © Fantasy Flight Games
The Western Market and the Eastern Market are the two markets in Vaes Dothrak. The Western Market is a grand bazaar used by traders from the Free Cities. It is a great square of beaten earth surrounded by mud-baked brick, animal pens and whitewashed drinking halls. Hummocks rise from the earth and beneath the square lie large storerooms. The interior of the square is made up of stalls and aisles.
Traders are free to cross the Dothraki sea unmolested to Vaes Dothrak as long as they keep the peace, do not profane either the Mother of Mountains or the Womb of the World and give the traditional gifts of salt, silver and seed to the dosh khaleen.
Vaes Dothrak in *Game of Thrones*
After wedding Khal Drogo outside Pentos,
In this place, the crones of the dosh khaleen had decreed, all Dothraki were one blood, one khalasar, one herd.
- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen
Vaes Efe
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Efe
Vaes Efe is a ruined Ghiscari city in Essos in the southeastern Dothraki sea.
Vaes Gorqoyi is a ruined city in Essos in the Dothraki sea, in the Kingdom of Sarnor. Named Mardosh by the Tall Men, it was known as the "City of Soldiers" and Mardosh the Unconquerable.
During the Century of Blood, Mardosh defended itself against various Dothraki *khalasars* for six years. When the Mardoshi were driven to the point of starvation, their warriors slew their women and children before riding out of the city walls to certain defeat. The fall of Mardosh led to the remaining Sarnori to unite and march against the Dothraki at the Field of Crows. The ruins of Mardosh are now known by their Dothraki name, Vaes Gorqoyi, meaning "City of the Blood Charge".
Vaes Graddakh
Essos and the location of Vaes Graddakh
Vaes Graddakh is a ruined city in northern Essos along the shore of the Shivering Sea. It is situated at the eastern end of the Sarne delta, southeast of Morosh and east of Saath.
Sarys was the last city of the Kingdom of Sarnor to be conquered by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood. It had already been largely abandoned by the Sarnori before its conquest, however, before *Khal* Zeggo sacked it and put it to the torch.
Vaes Graddakh has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, only appearing in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *The World of Ice and Fire*.
Vaes Jini
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Jini
Vaes Jini is a ruined city in Essos, located on the Stone Road in the foothills of the western Bone Mountains. It was originally called Yinishar and was inhabited by people related to those of Samyriana, but it is now known by its Dothraki name, Vaes Jini, meaning "City of Goats".
Southwest of Vaes Jini is the ruined city of Adakhakileki and south is the Poison Sea. To the northwest is the edge of the Dothraki sea.
Vaes Khadokh
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Khadokh
Vaes Khadokh is a ruined city located in Essos, east of the Forest of Qohor, north of the Painted Mountains, and west of the Dothraki sea. It is connected by Valyrian roads to Qohor to the west, Saath to the north, and Vaes Khewo to the east. There are hills to the north and the south. name, Vaes Khadokh, meaning City of Corpses.
Essaria was a colony of the Valyrian Freehold, but it was destroyed by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood following the Doom of Valyria.
Essaria is remembered as the "Lost Free City". Like the other Free Cities, it had a contract from the Freehold for limited self-governance in local affairs. In its time it prospered from trade with Sarnor to the east.
Daenerys Targaryen passes Vaes Khadokh during the journey of Khal Drogo's *khalasar* from Pentos to Vaes Dothrak.
Vaes Khewo
Essos and the location of Vaes Khewo
Vaes Khewo is a ruined city in Essos in the western Dothraki Sea, in the southern Kingdom of Sarnor. It is connected by a Valyrian road to Vaes Khadokh.
Located on the Sarne, Sarnath of the Tall Towers was the seat of the High King of the Sarnori, who dwelled in the fabled Palace With a Thousand Rooms. The city was destroyed by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood following the Doom of Valyria.
Daenerys Targaryen passes Vaes Khewo during the journey of Khal Drogo's *khalasar* from Pentos to Vaes Dothrak.
Vaes Khewo has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, only appearing in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *A World of Ice and Fire*. Its original name, Sarnath, may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to "The Doom that Came to Sarnath" by H. P. Lovecraft.
Vaes Leisi
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Leisi
Vaes Leisi is a ruined settlement in the forests of northern Essos. It is located in the western Kingdom of the Ifequevron on a small peninsula jutting into the Shivering Sea. East of Vaes Leisi are New Ibbish and the ruins of Vaes Aresak.
Vaes Leisi is a Dothraki language name, meaning "City of Ghosts". Consisting of carved trees and haunted grottoes, the settlement was inhabited by a vanished people the Dothraki called the Ifequevron, or "woods walkers".
Vaes Leqse
Essos and the location of Vaes Leqse
Vaes Leqse is a ruined city in Essos in the eastern Kingdom of Sarnor, bordering the central Dothraki sea. It is north of Yalli Qamayi, northeast of Vojjor Samvi, and southeast of Vaes Athjikhari. Vaes Leqse is situated on the northeastern shore of a small lake, with a river running north to the Bay of Tusks.
When Khal Moro and his khalasar attacked Kasath, the king of Gornath gave the Dothraki his aid, going as far as to take one of Moro's daughters as his wife. Gornath fell twelve years later to Khal Horro, while the King of Gornath was killed by his own Dothraki wife.
Daenerys Targaryen travels south of Vaes Leqse during the journey of Khal Drogo's *khalasar* from Pentos to Vaes Dothrak.
Vaes Leqse has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, only appearing in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *A World of Ice and Fire*.
Vaes Mejhah
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Mejhah
Vaes Mejhah is a ruined Ghiscari city in Essos between the southeastern Dothraki sea and Lhazar.
Vaes Orvik
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Orvik
Vaes Orvik is a ruined city located in Essos, north of Port Yhos, in the southwestern portion of the red waste.
Vaes Orvik was a small Qaathi city destroyed by the Dothraki during the Century of Blood. Because of the large number of slaves taken during its conquest, its Dothraki language name means City of the Whip.
Vaes Qosar
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Qosar
Vaes Qosar is a ruined Qaathi city located in Essos, east of Qarkash and northwest of Qarth, in the southeastern portion of the red waste.
Vaes Shirosi
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Shirosi
Vaes Shirosi is a ruined town located in Essos, north of Qarkash and Port Yhos, in the southwestern portion of the red waste.
Vaes Tolorro
Essos west of the Bone Mountains and the location of Vaes Tolorro
Vaes Tolorro is the name given by Daenerys Targaryen to an abandoned city in the red waste beyond the Dothraki sea. Vaes Tolorro means "the city of bones" in the Dothraki language.
It is possible this was one of the city-states established by the Qaathi.
Vaes Tolorro, the city of bones. © FFG
The city has large white walls encircling it, though they are cracked and crumbling. There are also wall towers. The city gates are broken.
The city is a maze of narrow, crooked alleys. The buildings are built close together, their façades blank and chalky. All buildings are windowless. Some of the houses have long fallen into rubble, and other buildings seem damaged by fire. The remnants of a gutted palace stand before a windswept plaza. Devilgrass grows between the paving stones.
A marble plinth stands at the crossroads between six alleys, but no statue stands on it. The Dothraki are presumed to have visited the city, taking its statues to Vaes Dothrak.
The city has vegetation. There are grapevines, fig trees, peach trees, and other fruit trees in the abandoned gardens, hidden behind closed doors. There is enough grass to sustain a small herd of horses. Its wells contain pure and cold water.
There are remnants of the previous inhabitants in the city: the skulls of the unburied dead, bleached and broken. The twisty alleys contain old bronze coins, bits of purple glass, stone flagons with handles carved like snakes.
To the south of the city, the barren red waste continues until one reaches a bleak ocean shore and the "poison water". This area contains only swirling sand, wind-scoured rocks, and plants with sharp thorns. The bones of an immense dragon can also be found there.
To the southwest lie Vaes Orvik and Vaes Shirosi,
To the southeast lies an inhabited Qaathi city, Qarth.
Ser Jorah Mormont gift Queen Daenerys Targaryen with a peach in Vaes Tolorro - © Dorota Pijewska
While wandering the red waste, Daenerys Targaryen's *khalasar* stumbles upon the abandoned city. They make camp within its walls to recover from their travels while sending out scouts to discover what is near.
While inhabiting the city, Daenerys's bloodriders are sent to explore its vicinity. Jhogo reaches Qarth and returns to Vaes Tolorro with three new companions: Pyat Pree, Xaro Xhoan Daxos, and Quaithe.
Daenerys briefly considers travelling back to Vaes Tolorro to settle with her people, but thinks the journey back would be too difficult.
A city, Khaleesi. A city as pale as the moon and lovely as a maid.
– Dothraki outriders, to Daenerys Targaryen
Irri: Ghosts. Terrible ghosts. We must not stay here, Khaleesi, this is their place.
Daenerys: I fear no ghosts.
– Irri and Daenerys Targaryen
Daenerys: My handmaids say there are ghosts here.
Jorah: There are ghosts everywhere. We carry them with us wherever we go.
Vaggoro is the writer of *Ruined Cities, Stolen Gods*, detailing the fall of the Kingdom of Sarnor.
Vahar is a city on an island of the same name in the eastern Summer Sea. Vahar, located between Great Moraq to the east and Lesser Moraq to the west, has become wealthy from the spice trade.
Vahar has not yet been mentioned in the *A Song of Ice and Fire* novels, only appearing in *The Lands of Ice and Fire* and *A World of Ice and Fire*.
Vaith
Dorne and the location of Vaith
Vaith is the seat of House Vaith in Dorne. It lies on the river Vaith.
Art by Cris Urdiales
The Vaiths built a tall and pale castle in the hills east of the restless dunes of Dorne.
During the War of Conquest, Rhaenys Targaryen discovered that the Vaiths had abandoned the castle.
At some point between the ending of *The Hedge Knight* and the start of *The Sworn Sword, Dunk and Egg reached the Prince's Pass in Dorne, probably seeking Tanselle Too-Tall as hinted by the last few words of *The Hedge Knight. Dunk's horse, Chestnut, died on the crossing from the Prince's Pass to Vaith. so it is unclear if that danger could have been avoided.
Princess Arianne Martell fled Sunspear with Tyene Sand to try to marry Willas Tyrell at Highgarden, but they were caught by Oberyn Martell at Vaith.
Princess Arianne Martell plans to take Princess Myrcella Baratheon across the sands of Dorne via Vaith, the Hellholt, and Sandstone, but they are intercepted by Areo Hotah on the Greenblood.
Vaith
Dorne and the location of the Vaith
The Vaith is a river in southern Dorne and is one of the principal Dornish waterways. The Vaith meets the Scourge near Godsgrace in the eastern mountains to form the Greenblood.
Valaena Velaryon was a member of House Velaryon and the wife of Aerion Targaryen, Lord of Dragonstone, and the mother of Visenya Targaryen, Aegon I Targaryen, and Rhaenys Targaryen.
She was half-Targaryen herself, through her mother, an as of yet unidentified member of House Targaryen.
Valaena was a relative of Daemon Velaryon, Aegon's first master of ships.
Valar Morghulis - © Fantasy Flight Games
Valar Dohaeris - © Fantasy Flight Games
Valar morghulis translates to "all men must die" in High Valyrian.
Arya Stark slit the throat of the guard at Harrenhal's postern gate, she whispers valar morghulis as he dies - © Tim Tsang
Jaqen H'ghar teaches Arya Stark these words when he departs and gives her a small coin.
Just before fleeing Harrenhal with Gendry and Hot Pie, Arya slits the throat of the guard at the postern gate; she whispers valar morghulis as he dies.
Arya says the words to Ternesio Terys, the captain of the *Titan's Daughter.* He replies with valar dohaeris and offers her passage to Braavos.
In Braavos Arya goes to the temple of the Many-Faced God. Its closed doors open when she says the words.
There were stone cups along the rim of the pool. Arya filled one and brought it to him, so he could drink. The young man stared at her for a long moment when she offered it to him. “Valar morghulis,” he said. “Valar dohaeris,” she replied.
Prince Valarr Targaryen, known as the Young Prince,
See also: Images of Valarr Targaryen
Valarr looked much like his father Baelor, though he was smaller and thinner. He had brown hair, with a streak of silver-gold running through it. He had blue eyes.
Prince Valarr was born the eldest son of Prince Baelor Targaryen, and his wife, Lady Jena Dondarrion. He had one younger brother, Prince Matarys. At some point, Valarr was married to Kiera of Tyrosh.
In 209 AC, Valarr was one of the original champions for the daughter of Lord Ashford at the start of the tourney at Ashford Meadow, but his status as a Targaryen prince, grandson of King Daeron II Targaryen, and future heir to the Iron Throne prevented him from facing dangerous opponents. He won at least nine jousts, including against Ser Abelar Hightower and Lord Gawen Swann, and remained a champion after the first day's jousting.
During Ser Duncan the Tall's trial of seven, Valarr's father. Prince Baelor Breakspear, took part as the seventh knight on Dunk's side. However, as Baelor had not expected to fight in the tourney, he had not brought any armor to Ashford with him. Therefore he borrowed Valarr's armor, causing Dunk to briefly believe Valarr was about to champion him.
Baelor died in the trial, and Valarr stood vigil by his body at the funeral. When Dunk tried to offer his sympathies, Valarr dismissed him.
Valarr died in 209 AC from the Great Spring Sickness, as did his younger brother Matarys, and their grandfather, King Daeron II Targaryen.
In 211 AC, Duncan and Prince Aegon Targaryen heard a septon in Stoney Sept preach that the Hand of the King, Brynden Rivers, had killed Valarr's sons in their mother's womb, and suggest that Brynden was responsible for Valarr's death. The septon was later beheaded for speaking treason.
My father was only nine-and-thirty. He had it in him to be a great king, the greatest since Aegon the Dragon. Why would the gods take him, and leave you? Begone with you, Ser Duncan. Begone.
- Valarr to Duncan the Tall