Annotations from item #46270610:

Wallace Massey is a steward of the Night's Watch. He is the squire of Ser Denys Mallister, the commander of the Shadow Tower.




Annotations from item #46270611:

Ser Wallace Waynwood is the youngest son of Lady Anya Waynwood.

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Appearance

Wallace is not as muscular or tall as his nephew, Roland. He is long-faced and lantern-jawed, and has stringy brown hair and a pinched nose. He stutters.

Recent Events

The Winds of Winter

Ser Wallace arrives with his mother, Lady Anya Waynwood, his nephew, Ser Roland Waynwood, and Ser Harrold Hardyng, at the Bloody Gate for the tournament hosted to decide on the first eight members of the Brotherhood of Winged Knights. Upon arrival, he is met by Alayne Stone and Myranda Royce. At the feast that evening, he dances with Alayne.

Family




Annotations from item #46270612:

Wallen is a deserter from the Night's Watch.

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Appearance

Wallen is gaunt, with grey stubble.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Wallen is one of the group that encounters Bran Stark, who is left unattended during a hunt, in the wolfswood. The others are Osha, Stiv, Hali, and two unnamed man. Wallen and Stiv are deserters of the Night's Watch, and the rest are probably wildlings gone south to escape the Others.

The group tries to rob Bran, but Robb Stark, Summer, and Grey Wind defend the boy, with Grey Wind killing Wallen.

Quotes

Only a Stark would be fool enough to threaten where smarter men would beg.

- Wallen to Bran Stark




Annotations from item #46270613:

Walrus-men are a mythical species in legends of the Known World. Some free folk of the Frozen Shore are also known as walrus men, but it is unknown if there is a connection.

Legends

Some stories claim the mazemakers of ancient Lorath were destroyed by maritime foes, such as merlings, selkies, or walrus-men.




Annotations from item #46270614:

Walter Whent was Lord of Harrenhal and head of House Whent during the reign of King Aerys II Targaryen.

According to a semi-canon source, Walter was married to Shella Whent.[N 1] According to *A Game of Thrones* and *A Clash of Kings* Shella is also from House Whent.

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Character

Walter was as open handed as he was rich.

History

In 281 AC, the year of the false spring, Walter hosted the great tourney at Harrenhal to honor his maiden daughter.

Ser Jorah Mormont defeated a Lord Whent in the tourney at Lannisport in 289 AC; it is unknown if it was Walter or one of his descendants.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Barristan Selmy remembers Walter as "Old Lord Whent".

Family

With all the semi-canon and canon information taken into account, this is the current tree for House Whent as described in the main series.[N 1] Both Shella[N 2] and her husband, Walter, appear to have been Whents by birth. Their relation to each other, besides their marriage, is as of yet unknown. Until any confirmation is given, a clearer family tree showing all relations of the Whents cannot be depicted.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shella Whent was the mother of the "fair maid" at the tourney at Harrenhal (So Spake Martin: Shella Whent (September 5, 2000)), making her the spouse of Lord Whent.
  2. "*He came here as a boy. Smithed for Lady Whent and her father before her and his father before him, and even for Lord Lothston who held Harrenhal before the Whents.*" (*A Clash of Kings*, Arya IX)



Annotations from item #46270615:

Walter Wyl was a son of the infamous Lord known as the Wyl of Wyl.

History

Walter fought for the first Vulture King during the reign of King Aenys I. During the Vulture Hunt, at the battle at Stonehelm, Walter was captured by Lord Orys Baratheon. Walter's father had chopped off Ory's sword hand during the First Dornish War, and in retaliation Orys chopped off Walter's sword hand, then his other hand, followed by both feet. He deemed this "usury".




Annotations from item #46270616:

Walton by cloudninja9©

Walton, known as Steelshanks Walton, is a captain in service to Lord Roose Bolton.* he is played by Jamie Michie.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Walton

Walton is a tall and dour man

Steelshanks is loyal and brutal, but not cruel.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Walton is a part of Lord Roose Bolton's force that captures Harrenhal. He assists with the executions of servants who aided House Lannister.

A Storm of Swords

After Arya Stark escapes from Harrenhal, the girl thinks Roose will send Walton or Brave Companions to pursue her.

Walton commands Ser Jaime Lannister's escort of two hundred men from Harrenhal to King's Landing.

Upon their arrival at King's Landing, Walton and his men are rewarded the gold they were promised. Ser Balon Swann finds quarters for the Bolton men.

After Ser Gregor Clegane slays Prince Oberyn Martell in trial by combat, Walton takes possession of a girl claimed to be Arya. Walton's party departs the capital to bring the girl to Lord Roose, as the girl is to marry Ramsay Bolton and cement House Bolton's claim to Winterfell.

A Dance with Dragons

Walton commands Roose's guards while the new Warden of the North stays in Barrowton.

Walton travels with Lord Bolton to Winterfell for the wedding of Ramsay to "Arya" (actually Jeyne Poole).

Quotes by Walton

Jaime: Unless you take me back to Harrenhal, the song I sing my father may not be one the Lord of the Dreadfort would wish to hear. I might even say it was Bolton ordered my hand cut off, and Steelshanks Walton who swung the blade.
Walton: That isn't so.
Jaime: No, but who will my father believe?

Jaime Lannister and Walton

Quotes about Walton

Steelshanks, he is called. A soldier of iron loyalty.

Roose Bolton to Jaime Lannister

Steelshanks Walton commanded Jaime's escort; blunt, brusque, brutal, at heart a simple soldier. Jaime had served with his sort all his life. Men like Walton would kill at their lord's command, rape when their blood was up after battle, and plunder wherever they could, but once the war was done they would go back to their homes, trade their spears for hoes, wed their neighbors' daughters, and raise a pack of squalling children. Such men obeyed without question, but the deep malignant cruelty of the Brave Companions was not a part of their nature.

—thoughts of Jaime Lannister




Annotations from item #46270617:

Walton Frey is a member of House Frey, third born son of Ser Stevron Frey and first born to Marsella Waynwood. He is married to Deana Hardyng, with whom he has three children, Steffon, Walda and Bryan Frey.

Family




Annotations from item #46270618:

King Walton Stark, better known as Walton the Moon King, was King in the North and Lord of Winterfell. He is buried in the crypts beneath Winterfell.




Annotations from item #46270619:

Ser Walton Towers was one of King Maegor I Targaryen's best knights. He became Lord of Harrenhal and the founder of House Towers of Harrenhal.

History

After King Maegor I Targaryen wiped out House Harroway in 44 AC, he decreed that the strongest of his knights would have Harrenhal, though not the lands House Harroway held separatly from Harrenhall, which he gave to others.




Annotations from item #46270620:

Waltyr Frey, called Tyr, is the twenty-first born son of Lord Walder Frey, the third son of his marriage to Annara Farring. making Waltyr's parentage dubious.

Family




Annotations from item #46270621:

Maester Walys was a maester of the Citadel.

History

Walys was born a bastard son of a Hightower girl and an Archmaester of the Citadel. After forging his chain, he served at Winterfell when Lord Rickard Stark was head of House Stark. Lady Barbrey Ryswell believes that Walys instigated Lord Rickard's "southron ambitions", including the marriage of his son Brandon to Catelyn Tully.

Theories

Because of the personal items in Archmaester Walgrave's strongbox, and the similarity of Walgrave's and Walys's names, some suspect he was the Archmaester who fathered Walys.




Annotations from item #46270622:

Walys Mooton was a Lord of Maidenpool and a head of House Mooton.

History

Following the battle of Rook's Rest in the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Walys desired to recover Rook's Rest for the blacks and Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. Walys led a hundred knights from Maidenpool and joined with soldiers from the Crabbs, Brunes, and Celtigars. They took the greens' garrison at Rook's Rest by surprise and recovered the castle. Afterwards. Walys led his bravest soldiers to the field west of Rook's Rest to kill the injured dragon Sunfyre. The attackers failed to kill the dragon, however. Three score were killed, including the charred Lord Walys, before the survivors fled. Walys was succeeded as Lord of Maidenpool by his brother, Manfryd Mooton.




Annotations from item #46270623:

The wanderers are seven moving stars visible in the sky over the known world. They are presumably other planets in the same solar system as the world of Westeros, given that the word "planet" means "wanderer".

Among the Faith of the Seven, the wanderers are considered sacred, and each are equated with a god. The red wanderer is one of them.




Annotations from item #46270624:

Yoren's Task by Piotr Chrzanowski. © Fantasy Flight Games (FFG)

A "wandering crow" is a recruiter for the Night's Watch. Members of the black brothers are sometimes called crows, and their recruiters are allowed to travel the Seven Kingdoms seeking new members.

The decline in prestige of the Night's Watch has led to fewer members of the nobility agreeing to join.

Known wandering crows




Annotations from item #46270625:

The War Across the Water, known to some as the Worthless War, was the war between the Arryn Kings of Mountain and Vale and the Stark Kings in the North over the rule of the Three Sisters in the Bite. The war is described in Archmaester Perestan's *A Consideration of History*.

History

The war was the result of the Rape of the Three Sisters two thousand years ago, when the northmen of House Stark occupied the previously-independent Three Sisters. In response, the Sistermen bent the knee to King Mathos II Arryn in exchange for the Vale of Arryn's assistance in driving out the northmen.

Mathos sailed for Sisterton with a hundred warships. Although he never returned from war, his sons and descendents continued the fight against the northmen for a thousand years.

A northern castle, the Wolf's Den at the mouth of the White Knife, was besieged by King Osgood Arryn and burned by his son, Oswin the Talon. although it is unknown if this was part of the Worthless War or during a different time.

The war ended when House Stark simply lost interest in ruling the Three Sisters.




Annotations from item #46270626:

War for the Stepstones occurred when Prince Daemon Targaryen and Lord Corlys Velaryon fought a series of land and naval battles with the Triarchy for control of the Stepstones, islands between the Broken Arm and the Disputed Lands in the southern narrow sea.

Events

After defeating Volantis in 96 AC, the Triarchy of Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh invaded the Stepstones to subdue outlaws and pirates living in the islands. While the Seven Kingdoms were appreciative at first, they came to resent the high tolls imposed by the Free Cities on trade in the narrow sea. Foremost among the aggrieved Westerosi was the Sea Snake, Lord Corlys Velaryon of Driftmark.

After his older brother, King Viserys I Targaryen, refused to name him heir, Prince Daemon Targaryen decided to establish his own kingdom. Daemon joined forces with Corlys in trying to wrestle control of the Stepstones from the so-called Three Daughters. While Corlys commanded the fleet, Daemon led an army of sellswords, cutthroats, landless adventurers, and second sons.

In 106 AC, Daemon invaded the Stepstones atop his dragon, Caraxes. Despite inferior numbers, they inflicted a string of defeats on the Triarchy for two years before Daemon slew Craghas Drahar in single combat with his blade, Dark Sister. By 109 AC, Daemon's armies controlled all but two of the Stepstones, and the Sea Snake's fleets had naval supremacy. Daemon chose the title King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea and received his crown from Corlys. Daemon's kingdom was supported financially by the Iron Throne.

In 110 AC, however, the Triarchy dispatched a counterattack led by Racallio Ryndoon, supported by newly-acquired Dornish allies. Fighting continued in 111 AC, when King Daemon withdrew to court at King's Landing for six months. Daemon struggled to defend the Stepstones against the Triarchy and their allies from Dorne.

Upon hearing of the death of his estranged wife, Lady Rhea Royce, in 115 AC, Daemon left his seat at Bloodstone in the Stepstones and attempted to claim Runestone in the Vale of Arryn. Although he failed to acquire Rhea's inheritance, Daemon then married Corlys's daughter, Laena Velaryon, and abandoned the Stepstones altogether. Five other men followed him as King of the Narrow Sea before the Triarchy and Dornish alliance ended the sellsword kingdom he had created.




Annotations from item #46270628:

The War of Three Princes is one of the Rhoynish Wars, fought between the Valyrians and the Rhoynar.




Annotations from item #46270629:

First Men cut down trees and burned them

First Men slay the children of the forest

The war of the First Men and the children of the forest took place during the Dawn Age.

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Prelude to War

Prior to the arrival of the First Men on the continent of Westeros, the children of the forest reigned supreme throughout the land. Then, twelve thousand years ago the First Men arrived from Essos across the Arm of Dorne. As the First Men spread throughout the land and built their holdfasts, they cut down trees and burned them. This infuriated the children of the forest, who worshipped trees. They declared war on the First Men.

War

The two races fought a desperate war for dominance, supposedly resulting in the destruction of the Arm of Dorne and the flooding of the Neck through the magic of the greenseers of the children of the forest. The greenseers are also said to have turned trees into warriors.

Peace

After years of warfare, before they fought one another to a standstill, the two sides agree to a truce, signing the Pact on the Isle of Faces, agreeing to peacefully coexist and granting the open lands to humanity and the forests to the children. In time, the First Men abandoned the gods they had brought from Essos and adopted the gods of the children of the forest. With the signing of the Pact, the Dawn Age ended and the Age of Heroes began. The Pact lasted for four thousand years before the enigmatic Others invaded from the Lands of Always Winter, bringing death and destruction to both races in the Long Night. The Pact between the children and humanity ended with the arrival of new invaders, beginning with the Andals.




Annotations from item #46270630:

The War of the Five Kings is a large, multi-theater conflict fought in Westeros from 298 AC until 300 AC, though some hostilities have resumed as a new claimant to the Iron Throne has arisen as well as a new King of the Iron Islands. As the name implies, over the course of the war five men claim the title of king: Joffrey Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, and Renly Baratheon all claim the Iron Throne, whilst the separatists Robb Stark and Balon Greyjoy attempt to secede their lands from the rule of the Iron Throne, with Robb claiming the titles of King in the North and King of the Trident and Balon claiming to be King of the Isles and the North.

The War of the Five Kings is the principal military conflict depicted in the first three novels of the *A Song of Ice and Fire* series, *A Game of Thrones, *A Clash of Kings and *A Storm of Swords, and its aftermath and successor conflicts continue in the latest two novels, *A Feast for Crows and *A Dance with Dragons*.

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Prelude

Lord Robert Baratheon of Storm's End was one of the leaders of the rebellion that overthrew King Aerys II Targaryen, the Mad King, ending the Targaryen Dynasty.

However, King Robert's brother, Stannis, eventually became suspicious of the legitimacy of Robert’s three children. He shared his suspicions with Lord Jon Arryn, still serving as the Hand of the King. Together, they investigated the case and concluded that the children were not Robert's, but the product of incest between Queen Cersei and her twin brother Jaime. Before they are able to address the issue to the King, however, Lord Arryn unexpectedly dies. While King Robert travelled North to appoint a new Hand of the King, Stannis, suspecting that Arryn had been murdered by the Lannisters because of their discovery regarding Cersei’s children, fled to his own stronghold on the island of Dragonstone.

Thus, Robert remained oblivious to these suspicions concerning his children, and travelled with a large part of the royal court to Winterfell to appoint his old friend, Lord Eddard Stark, as Arryn's successor as Hand of the King.

While the royal court is at Winterfell, Lord Eddard's younger son Bran accidentally witnesses a romantic moment between Queen Cersei and Ser Jaime, and is thrown from a tower window to silence him.

While Lord Eddard begins investigating Arryn's death, Catelyn crosses paths with Tyrion Lannister at the crossroads inn. Deciding to arrest him, Catelyn charges him with the attempt on Bran's life, which leads to the start of conflicts in the riverlands.

Meanwhile in King's Landing, Eddard’s investigation into Arryn's death has eventually independently led him to discover the truth about Queen Cersei's children. He confronts her about the matter, offering her the option to flee, which she refuses.

After Robert's death, Eddard attempts a coup, sharing with the small council that Robert's brother Stannis, and not Joffrey, is Robert's true heir. He is betrayed by Petyr Baelish and the City Watch, however, and arrested and imprisoned by the Lannisters.

Factions

The sigils of the five factions during the War of the Five Kings. From left to right: House Stark of Winterfell, House Baratheon of King's Landing, House Greyjoy of Pyke, House Baratheon of Storm's End, and House Baratheon of Dragonstone
by Garyck Arntzen.

According to Archmaester Benedict, the name of the conflict is incorrect because Renly Baratheon is slain before Balon Greyjoy crowns himself, meaning that there are never technically five kings at once.

War of the Five Kings

The War in the Riverlands

The War of the Five Kings begins as a local conflict when Catelyn Stark seizes Tyrion Lannister for the attempted murder of her son Bran.

In response to the kidnapping of his younger brother, Ser Jaime Lannister attacks Lord Eddard Stark and his companions in the streets of King's Landing, resulting in the deaths of several House Stark guards and a broken leg for Eddard.

Rather than return to Winterfell, Catelyn brings Tyrion to her sister, Lady Lysa Arryn, at the Eyrie.

When Ser Edmure Tully of Riverrun discovers that the Lannisters are raising a host, he demands that Lord Tywin proclaim his intent. When no response comes back from Casterly Rock, the Tully banners are called to Riverrun and Lords Vance and Piper are commanded to guard the main pass between the westerlands and the riverlands at the Golden Tooth.

Open hostilities begin when Lord Tywin dispatches his bannerman Ser Gregor Clegane to raid the riverlands disguised as a common brigand. The raids create chaos and force many river lords to return to their own keeps rather than attend the general muster at Riverrun.

Not long after, Eddard confronts Cersei Lannister, informing her that he has discovered the truth about the parentage of Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen. He offers her a chance to flee,

When word of Lord Eddard’s arrest arrives in Winterfell, Robb Stark calls his father’s bannermen together and marches south with a hastily assembled host of twelve thousand men, At the same time, Lord Tywin launches his planned invasion of the riverlands.

The Lannisters' riverlands campaign: 1.Golden Tooth, 2.Mummer's Ford, 3.Riverrun, 4.Conquering the riverlands

With its armies broken and scattered, its seat of power besieged, and its heir Edmure Tully captured, the war is essentially lost for House Tully. Although Ser Marq Piper and Lord Karyl Vance begin guerrilla raids and Lord Jason Mallister falls back to his stronghold at Seagard, the only hope for the Tullys lies with the northmen, who are held in check by the Green Fork and the second Lannister host under Lord Tywin.

The Wolf and the Lion

The Lannisters meet their first real opposition when House Stark enters the war on behalf of House Tully, in response to the arrest of Lord Eddard Stark. After assembling his force on the march, Robb Stark arrives at Moat Cailin with eighteen thousand men, where he is joined by his mother Catelyn and a final fifteen hundred men from White Harbor, bringing his total close to twenty thousand men. Moat Cailin is a formidable defensive position that has defeated countless southron invaders in the past. Here Robb garrisons a small force, consisting mostly of archers, to hold the ruin. Additionally, Robb sends word to Howland Reed to have the crannogmen bleed any Lannister attempt to come north. However, Robb knows Lord Tywin is too smart to try and will stay close to the Trident, taking castles one by one.

Robb has no choice but to move south, but his options are limited. To relieve Riverrun, he must cross the Green Fork either at the Twins (where House Frey has remained decidedly neutral) or at the ruby ford (which Lord Tywin can easily seal off). Eventually, Robb decides to do both. Splitting his horse and foot, Robb sends the foot with Lord Roose Bolton down the kingsroad to engage Lord Tywin, while secretly crossing with his horse at the Twins to race to Riverrun and surprise the besiegers. In exchange for his crossing and the support of the Freys (who provide four thousand men), Catelyn takes two of Lord Walder Frey's grandsons to ward, and Robb agrees to marry one of Lord Walder's daughters.

Robb's riverlands campaign: 1.Camp at Moat Cailin 2.Advance to the Twins 3.Green Fork 4.Whispering Wood 5.Battle of the Camps

The Crowning of the Five Kings

With the deaths of King Robert I Baratheon and Lord Eddard Stark, the realm sees the rise of multiple kings trying to fill the void. Robert's supposed son Joffrey Baratheon assumes the Iron Throne in King's Landing. Unable or unwilling to accept Joffrey as king, four rival kings soon arise to contest for power in Westeros. In order of proclamation, the kings are:

The Rise of the Kraken

Having set his sights on the north, King Balon Greyjoy plans three main strikes for his initial invasion. He sends his brother Victarion with the Iron Fleet to seize Moat Cailin, which has protected the north from southern invasion for thousands of years, in order to cut off the northmen from their lands. He sends his daughter and preferred heir Asha Greyjoy with a dozen ships to take Deepwood Motte. He sends his recently-returned son Theon to raid the Stony Shore as a distraction for his main strikes. With these moves, Balon believes the whole western coast of the north will fall into ironborn hands.

Ironborn campaign: in black: the ironmen forces.In blue: Stark loyalists. In Red: Bolton forces. 1.Moat Cailin. 2.Deepwood Motte. 3.Stony Shore 4.Fight at Torrhen's Square 5.Capture of Winterfell 6.Winter town 7.Sack of Winterfell 8.Capture of Torrhen's Square

The Clash of Kings

In the riverlands, after the Battle of the Camps, Lord Tywin Lannister is content to wait at Harrenhal, providing for his forces by pillaging the riverlands while Ser Stafford Lannister raises a new army near Lannisport.

In Blue: Stannis and allies. In Red: Lannisters and allies. In green: Renly and allies. 1.Siege of Storm's End. 2.Battle at Bitterbridge. 3.Battle of the Fords 4.Battle of the Blackwater

In the aftermath of the Battle of the Blackwater, hundreds of new knights are made and several new lords are created to replace those killed in the battle. All those who fought for Stannis and do not repent are attainted and their lands are given to men loyal to the Iron Throne. In this way, the Lannisters and Tyrells take control of the stormlands with the exception of Storm's End, which holds out for Stannis.

The Lannister-Tyrell alliance is formalized by the betrothal of King Joffrey to Margaery Tyrell, the widow of King Renly Baratheon. As reward for his part in brokering the alliance, Petyr Baelish is promoted to the lordship of Harrenhal and declared Lord Paramount of the Trident.

Turning of the Tides

The Battle of the Blackwater turns the tides for House Lannister. King Stannis Baratheon no longer has the strength to press his claim while King Joffrey I Baratheon's power is cemented by the new Lannister-Tyrell alliance. In addition, Tyrion Lannister, acting Hand of the King, has previously bound Dorne to Joffrey's cause by betrothing Princess Myrcella to Trystane Martell., continues to resist Robb Stark's cause in ways other than battle.

Meanwhile, despite never losing a battle himself, King Robb Stark's cause is faltering. Upon his return from the westerlands, he is faced with the arrest of his own mother,. All of this causes Robb to change his focus in the war and look north again.

After the fall of several northern seats (including Winterfell) to the ironborn, King Robb Stark sees no other choice than to return north in order to win his kingdom back and avenge the deaths of this brothers, Bran and Rickon, who are believed to be dead.

The Fall of the Kings

The King in the North

Lord Walder Frey agrees to reconcile with Robb on the condition that Robb apologizes in person and that Edmure Tully, now Lord of Riverrun following the death of Hoster Tully, marry his daughter Roslin, in place of the broken betrothal made with Robb.

Joffrey Baratheon’s death

After Joffrey's death is confirmed, Cersei Lannister orders the arrest of Tyrion and his wife Sansa Stark,

Tyrion Lannister is put on trial, with Lords Tywin Lannister and Mace Tyrell, and Prince Oberyn Martell of Dorne presiding over him.. Meanwhile, the remnants of Robb Stark's kingdom are left without a king, and the Bolton’s prepare to take their place of power in the North.

The Feasting Crows

The death of Robb Stark is a blow to his young kingdom. The Red Wedding was orchestrated by Tywin Lannister and planned by Lothar Frey and Roose Bolton. For his part Roose is appointed Warden of the North by King Tommen, while his newly legitimized bastard son Ramsay is betrothed to an imposter forced to pose as Arya Stark..

The betrayels of House Frey and House Bolton give the Lannisters a power in the riverlands and north. Meanwhile, King Tommen I Baratheon is crowned as successor to his brother Joffrey, with Lord Tywin Lannister ruling as Hand of the King and Regent. The Lannister victory seems secure, but the crucial relationship between the Lannisters and the Tyrells quickly begins to fray after several sudden deaths further upset the balance of power.

Following the deaths of Renly Baratheon and Robb Stark and the defeat of Stannis Baratheon at the Blackwater, nearly all of Westeros submits to the Iron Throne. Houses Tully, Mallister, and Blackwood hold out for a time in the riverlands, but no longer pose a serious threat. Likewise, Stannis remains in possession of Dragonstone and Storm's End, though he lacks the strength for open war.

Meanwhile, Balon Greyjoy’s death on the Iron Islands is followed by the return of his exiled younger brother, Euron, the very next day. Euron immediately claims Balon’s throne, but their youngest brother, Aeron, refuses to accept Euron as his king, and calls for a kingsmoot.

Lady Stoneheart and the brotherhood without banners seek out their enemies in the riverlands.

Euron Greyjoy is elected King during the kingsmoot.

The War for the North

Both Stannis Baratheon and Roose Bolton attempt to carve out new power bases in the vacuum left by the downfall of House Stark. For his part in helping orchestrating the Red Wedding, Roose is appointed Warden of the North by King Tommen before Tywin Lannister’s death. To cement his position, Roose's bastard son Ramsay Snow is legitimized and betrothed to an imposter forced to pose as Arya Stark. Four thousand men of House Frey march north with him, while three of Lord Walder Frey’s descendants travel to White Harbor to gain the support of House Manderly.

Meanwhile, Stannis Baratheon has set sail from Dragonstone after being informed by his new Hand of the King, Davos Seaworth, of a plea from the Night's Watch. Davos convinces his king to concentrate on his duties, rather than his rights, causing Stannis to take his meager forces north by ship and arrive at Castle Black just as the wildling army of Mance Rayder, the King-beyond-the-Wall, attacks Castle Black.

Following Aeron Greyjoy's call for a kingsmoot, both Victarion and Asha Greyjoy have abandoned their northern conquests, leaving only a token force. After Euron is elected King, Asha flees back north, where she finds herself facing Stannis Baratheon.

Stannis' northern campaign: In Blue: Stannis and allies. In Red: Boltons and allies. 1.Battle beneath the Wall 2.Siege of Moat Cailin. 3.Joint march to Barrowton. 4.Fight by Deepwood Motte 5.March on Winterfell

The accidents the Freys have suffered due to the trap set by Mors Umber appears to have slowed down the attack. Stannis remains at the crofter's village with his army, and is confident in his chances. The veracity of the letter remains unconfirmed.

Aftermath

The War of the Five Kings results in vast devastation and death. The burning of crops and food supplies by rival armies means that with winter now engulfing Westeros as of 300 AC, many more will starve and die. The riverlands have borne the brunt of the fighting but the north, the westerlands, and the stormlands have been hit hard by the war as well. While the Reach did not suffer land hostilities, its resources have been used to supply the armies supported by House Tyrell and it is now suffering raiding and invasions by the ironborn. The only two regions to so far to stay out of the war and keep their armies and food supplies intact are the Vale of Arryn and Dorne.

New Conflicts Arise (Phase II)

Landing of the Dragon

In Yellow: Forces of the Golden Company. 1.Arrival from Volantis and the Stepstones. 2.Invasion and conquest of several castles, including Griffin's Roost. 3. March on Storm's End

While Westeros attempts to recover from the War of the Five Kings, hostilities are still ungoing in the court of King’s Landing. Due to Queen Regent Cersei Lannister’s meddling, both Queen Margaery Tyrell and Cersei herself have been arrested by the Faith, leading to Ser Kevan Lannister returning from the westerlands to take the position of regent, and to Lord Mace Tyrell abandoning the siege of Storm’s End in order to have his army present when his daughter faces her accusers in trial.

Meanwhile, the ironborn threat expands when King Euron Greyjoy continues his campaign in the Reach, while his brother Victarion has sailed to Slaver's Bay on Euron’s behalf to seek out the exiled Queen Daenerys Targaryen and her dragons.

At the same time, the long-believed-dead Prince Aegon Targaryen is revealed to be alive. Having been rescued from death by Lord Varys during Robert's Rebellion, Aegon has been trained to be the perfect king ever since. With the Seven Kingdoms weakened by the War of the Five Kings, Aegon gains the support of the Golden Company and sets sail from Essos with his foster-father, the exiled Lord Jon Connington, in order to reclaim the Iron Throne his family had lost. He invades the stormlands, and immediately seeks out the help of his late mother’s family, House Martell.

Quotes

Renly Baratheon is nothing to me, nor Stannis neither. Why should they rule over me and mine from some flowery seat in Highgarden or Dorne? What do they know of the Wall or the wolfswood or the barrows of the First Men? Even their gods are wrong. The Others take the Lannisters too. I've had a bellyful of them. Why shouldn't we rule ourselves again? It was the dragons we married, and the dragons are all dead. There sits the only king I mean to bend my knee to, m'lords: The King in the North!

- Greatjon Umber proclaiming Robb Stark as his king

All sorts of people are calling themselves kings these days.

- Tyrion Lannister to Joffrey I Baratheon

Robb: I can't release the Kingslayer, not even if I wanted to. My lords would never abide it.

Catelyn: Your lords made you their king.

Robb: And can unmake me just as easy.

- Robb Stark to Catelyn Stark

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.

- Balon Greyjoy to Theon Greyjoy

Why the oldest son, and not the best-fitted? The crown will suit me, as it never suited Robert and would not suit Stannis.

- Renly Baratheon to Catelyn Stark

Gallant, yes, and charming, and very clean. He knew how to dress and he knew how to smile and he knew how to bathe, and somehow he got the notion that this made him fit to be king.

- Olenna Tyrell's opinion of Renly Baratheon.

It is not a question of wanting. The throne is mine, as Robert's heir. That is law.

- Stannis Baratheon to Davos Seaworth

Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king at all.

- Tywin Lannister to Joffrey Baratheon

One little dragon could end this great big war.

- Salladhor Saan to Davos Seaworth

We should have stayed well out of all this bloody foolishness if you ask me, but once the cow's been milked there's no squirting the cream back up her udder. After Lord Puff Fish put that crown on Renly's head, we were into the pudding up to our knees, so here we are to see things through.

- Olenna Tyrell, to Sansa Stark

We had one king, then five. Now all I see are crows, squabbling over the corpse of Westeros.

- Rodrik Harlaw to Asha Greyjoy

When Robb Stark took up arms against the bastard Joffrey-called-Baratheon, White Harbor marched with him. Lord Stark has fallen, but his war goes on.

- Davos Seaworth to the Manderlys

Behind the Scenes

According to George R. R. Martin, the War of the Five Kings is partially inspired by the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses.

Notes

  1. Based on Robb's complete number of forces (19,500 men from the north and 4,000 men from House Frey), and the number of men he takes with him to Riverrun (~3,915), Roose Bolton should have around ~19.600 men with him
  2. Roose Bolton leads ten thousand men (*A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39), mostly consisting of infantry (A Game of Thrones, Chapter 59) through the riverlands. The men he sends with Robett Glover and Helman Tallhart make up one third of the infantry (A Storm of Swords*, Chapter 35).



Annotations from item #46270631:

The War of the Ninepenny Kings, also known as the Fifth Blackfyre Rebellion, was a conflict between the Band of Nine, a group of merchants, mercenaries and pirates from the Free Cities, and the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. After the Band of Nine had successfully conquered the Stepstones, King Jaehaerys II Targaryen, aware of the fact that the Band of Nine were set on conquering the Seven Kingdoms for the last remaining Blackfyre Pretender, Maelys I Blackfyre, dispatched an army to the Stepstones to defeat the enemies of the Iron Throne.

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Background

Late during the reign of King Aegon V Targaryen, in 258 AC, news reached King's Landing that the so-called Band of Nine, a group of ambitious power-seekers in Essos, had come together under the Tree of Crowns where they had vowed to aid one another in carving out kingdoms for each individual member. Among them was Maelys I Blackfyre, better known as Maelys the Monstrous, the last Blackfyre Pretenders, who had won the command of the Golden Company by killing his cousin Daemon a few years before.

When told of these events, Prince Duncan Targaryen famously quipped that "crowns were being sold nine a penny", and afterwards the Band of Nine became known in the Seven Kingdoms as the Ninepenny Kings.

The Band of Nine met their goals with initial success, conquering the Disputed Lands and securing the Free City of Tyrosh, setting up Alequo Adarys, the Silvertongue, as its ruler. Second, they conquered the Stepstones. From there, they stood ready to threaten the Seven Kingdoms.

War

King Jaehaerys II Targaryen, who had succeeded his father upon the Iron Throne in 259 AC, recognized the threat the Band of Nine posed and sent a large force to the Stepstones, bringing the war to the Band of Nine. The king wished to personally take command of his forces but was persuaded by his Hand, Lord Ormund Baratheon. Lord Ormund took command of the Targaryen army instead.

When the Targaryen host landed upon the Stepstones in 260 AC, the fighting began in earnest on land and sea and lasted for most of the year.

Many young knights and lords distinguished themselves in battle, including Steffon Baratheon, Brynden Tully, Tywin Lannister and his brother Kevan, and Aerys Targaryen.

Aftermath

It took another six years before the Band of Nine's holdings in Essos were lost. Alequo Adarys was eventually poisoned by his queen and the Archon returned to power in Tyrosh.

With Ormund slain, Steffon Baratheon became the new Lord of Storm's End. He remained close friends with both Prince Aerys Targaryen and Ser Tywin Lannister. Tywin, himself a new-made knight, received the honor of giving Prince Aerys his spurs, after fighting gallantly in the war.

Lord Hoster Tully became acquainted with Lord Baelish during the war, which subsequently led to Hoster taking Baelish's son, Petyr, on as a ward.

The Blackfyres were extinguished in the male line thanks to Ser Barristan Selmy. When the next opening presented itself, Barristan was named to the Kingsguard,

The war is described in *Account of the War of the Ninepenny Kings* by Eon and *Observations Upon the Recent Blood-Letting on the Stepstones* by Pycelle. According to Septon Meribald, many of the smallfolk who fought in the war became broken men.

Quotes

Hyle: The War of the Ninepenny Kings?
Meribald: So they called it, though I never saw a king, nor earned a penny. It was a war, though. That it was.

- Hyle Hunt and Meribald




Annotations from item #46270632:

The War of the Wolves is the name by which singers refer to a savage conflict between House Stark and a skinchanger named Gaven Greywolf, referencing both Greywolf's name and the Stark sigil, the direwolf. He was killed along with his kin by a King of Winter during the course of the war. This was one of the many conflicts House Stark fought in the process of establishing their hegemony over the North.




Annotations from item #46270633:

The War of the Wombs was the name used by Lord Toad, a fool at Casterly Rock, to describe the fierce rivalry between Lady Ellyn Reyne and Lady Jeyne Marbrand.

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History

Lady Ellyn Reyne
As depicted in *The World of Ice and Fire* by Magali Villeneuve

Lady Ellyn Reyne had been betrothed for years to Tywald Lannister, the eldest son and heir to Lord Gerold Lannister of Casterly Rock. However, Tywald died in 233 AC, fighting in the Peake Uprising. Ellyn had anticipated to become the Lady of Casterly Rock for a long time, and was not willing to give up on that dream, so she turned to Tywald's twin brother, Tion Lannister, and convinced him to break his own betrothal, to a daughter of Lord Rowan, and take her as his betrothed instead.

While Lord Gerold Lannister was opposed the match, he consented in the end. Thus, in 235 AC, Ellyn and Tion were married in a double ceremony, while Tion's younger brother Tytos married Lady Jeyne Marbrand. Due to his health and his status as a widower, Ellyn, as the wife to the heir to Casterly Rock, became the Lady of Casterly Rock in all but name. The influence of the Reyne's at Casterly Rock grew, until Tion's death in 236 AC, whilst fighting in the Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion.

Ellyn's influence at Casterly Rock ended with Tion's death. According to a semi-canon source, Ellyn made a final attempt to cling to power by claiming to be pregnant with Tion's child. This was eventually revealed to be a lie.

Lady Jeyne Marbrand
As depicted in *The World of Ice and Fire* by Magali Villeneuve

Ellyn was allowed to remain at Casterly Rock, though her brothers all returned to Castamere.

War of the Wombs

Ellyn gave birth to two daughters and a son by her new husband.

Aftermath

Ellyn would remain forever unwelcome at Casterly Rock. Following Lord Gerold's death in 244 AC, Tytos inherited the rule of the westerlands, but was an ineffectual ruler, with a desire to be liked by all. As such, Ellyn's brothers managed to loan great sums of money from House Lannister, which was given to Ellyn, who used the money to restore the ancient but impoverished House Tarbeck. Both House Reyne and House Tarbeck rose in power due to Tytos's rule.

Tensions between the Reynes, Tarbecks and Lannisters would remain, until it came to a head in 261 AC, when Ser Tywin Lannister demanded all loans given out by Casterly Rock to be repaid. Lord Walderan Tarbeck refused, and travelled to Casterly Rock to negotiate, upon which Tywin arrested him. In response, Ellyn took three Lannisters captive (including Stafford Lannister), and demanded the return of her husband. Late that same year, Ser Tywin summoned Lord Roger Reyne, his brother Reynard, Lord Walderan Tarbeck and Lady Ellyn Reyne to Casterly Rock, so they could answer for their crimes. Both House Reyne and House Tarbeck refused, and rose in revolt, beginning the short-lasting conflict known as the Reyne-Tarbeck revolt.




Annotations from item #46270634:

The War on Dagger Lake is one of the Rhoynish Wars, fought between the Valyrians and the Rhoynar.




Annotations from item #46270635:

The ward of Lord Gyles Rosby is a young male ward of Lord Gyles Rosby.

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Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The ward of Lord Gyles Rosby refuses Lady Falyse Stokeworth and her husband Ser Balman Byrch when they seek shelter at Rosby on their way to King's Landing. Falyse informs Queen Regent Cersei Lannister that when Lord Gyles dies, by rights Rosby should come to House Stokeworth as her lady mother was aunt to his second wife and herself a third cousin to Gyles. Falyse voices concerns that the ward, whom she considers to be an ill-born wretch, may try to claim the Rosby lands and lordship.

After Grand Maester Pycelle informs Cersei that Lord Gyles has died, he tells her that Gyles had no children of his body - but he did have a ward. Cersei immediately dismisses the ward as not of Gyles’s blood and contrives to seize Rosby’s gold, lands, and castle. Pycelle begins to object, telling her again that Gyles had a ward, but she orders the hesitant Pycelle to tell the ward that Gyles’s dying wish was that all his lands and wealth go to King Tommen I Baratheon.

A Dance with Dragons

The Rosby inheritance is brought up during the small council meeting in the Red Keep's throne room. According to Grand Maester Pycelle, six claims have been put forward, but the council, led by Regent Ser Kevan Lannister, decides to settle the issue at a later date as they have more pressing matters to deal with. It is not mentioned if Lord Gyles's ward is among the six claimants.




Annotations from item #46270636:

Warden is a title used in different regions of the known world, including Essos and especially Westeros.

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History

Essos

The ancient title of Warden of the River is used by the Meereenese official in charge of ferries, dredges, and irrigation ditches along the Skahazadhan.

Westeros

Wardens have historically been used through Westeros south of the Wall, including by petty kings of Dorne prior to Nymeria's War.

During Aegon's Conquest and the unification of the Seven Kingdoms, Aegon the Conqueror granted new warden titles to monarchs who submitted to House Targaryen, including Loren Lannister, Ronnel Arryn, and Torrhen Stark. Aegon also named Harlen Tyrell, a former steward, as warden.

Wardens for the Iron Throne act as supreme military leaders responsible for the defense of their region in the event of foreign invasion.

The four major directional wardens are currently:

There are also smaller-scale wardens:

King Robert I Baratheon called upon Tywin, his Warden of the West, and Eddard, his Warden of the North, to help suppress Greyjoy's Rebellion.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lord Jon Arryn, the Warden of the East, dies unexpectedly.

Lord Eddard Stark, the Warden of the North, is executed upon the order of King Joffrey Baratheon.

A Storm of Swords

Robb Stark, King in the North and King of the Trident, creates the new title of Warden of the Southern Marches for his uncle, Ser Brynden "Blackfish" Tully, in recognition of his prominent military role in the War of the Five Kings.

Lord Tywin Lannister restore the title of Warden of the East to Robert Arryn once Lysa weds Petyr Baelish, thereby restoring the allegiance of House Arryn to the Iron Throne.

A Feast for Crows

Queen Regent Cersei Lannister grants the title of Warden of the West to Ser Daven Lannister in a deliberate slight against Tywin's brother, Ser Kevan Lannister.

A Dance with Dragons

Skahaz mo Kandaq refuses the offer of King Hizdahr zo Loraq to be named Warden of the River.

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Wardens are supposed to defend their regions against invaders. In theory, at least, they are each the supreme general for their region and therefore preventing any disunity of command.

- George R. R. Martin




Annotations from item #46270637:

Warden of the East is the title given to the person responsible for the defense of the eastern coasts of the Seven Kingdoms. Traditionally the title is conferred upon House Arryn, Lords of the Eyrie and Defenders of the Vale.

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Known Wardens of the East

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A Game of Thrones

After the death of Lord Jon Arryn, King Robert I Baratheon names Ser Jaime Lannister to the office, as Jon's son is still a child. the True Warden of the East.

A Clash of Kings

To obtain the allegiance of the Vale of Arryn and to make peace with Lady Lysa Tully, Tyrion Lannister considers restoring the title to House Arryn.

A Storm of Swords

Lord Tywin Lannister restores the title to House Arryn.




Annotations from item #46270638:

Warden of the North. © FFG

Lord Eddard Stark, Warden of the North. © FFG

Warden of the North is a title traditionally held by House Stark, the lords of Winterfell and the North.

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Responsibilities

The initial appointment of a warden in northern Westeros was likely to help deal with the wildlings. The territory of the North also has shores on both the Shivering Sea and the Sunset Sea, making pirates and reavers a real threat.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

After the execution of Lord Eddard Stark, the North rises in rebellion and declares independence from the Iron Throne, with the title of Warden of the North remaining vacant.

A Storm of Swords

The title remains vacant until after the Red Wedding. For his involvement in the betrayal of Robb Stark, the King in the North, Lord Roose Bolton is appointed the new Warden of the North for King Tommen Baratheon.

Known Wardens of the North




Annotations from item #46270639:

Warden of the Prince's Pass is a Dornish title traditionally conferred upon the head of House Fowler of Skyreach indicating military seniority over other local lords in the defense of the Prince's Pass.

Prior to bending the knee to House Martell, House Fowler held the title of Lord of the Wide Way, referring to the previous name of the Prince's Pass.




Annotations from item #46270640:

Warden of the River is a title granted in Meereen to the guardian of the Skahazadhan. The official is in charge of ferries, dredges, and irrigation ditches along the river for fifty leagues. According to Hizdahr zo Loraq, it is an ancient and honorable office.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Skahaz mo Kandaq refuses the offer of Hizdahr zo Loraq, King of Meereen, to be named Warden of the River.




Annotations from item #46270641:

Warden of the Sands is a defunct warden title granted to Lord Rosby during brief occupation of Dorne in the First Dornish War. When King Aegon I Targaryen left Dorne to return to King's Landing, he named Rosby the Castellan of Sunspear and Warden of the Sands. The Dornishmen soon rebelled, however, and Rosby was killed in the Defenestration of Sunspear.




Annotations from item #46270642:

Warden of the South. © FFG

Warden of the South is a warden title bestowed on the most prominent house of the Reach by the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. All known Wardens of the South thus far have been from House Tyrell, who became Lords of Highgarden after the extinction of House Gardener, the former Kings of the Reach, during the War of Conquest.

Responsibilities

The initial appointment of a warden in southern Westeros was likely to deal with Dorne, which had not been subdued during the Targaryen conquest and was still hostile to outsiders. When Dorne joined the Seven Kingdoms during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen, the title likely became more ceremonial. However, the warden titles were used during the War of the Ninepenny Kings.

Known Wardens of the South




Annotations from item #46270643:

Warden of the Southern Marches is a title created by King Robb Stark, King in the North, for Ser Brynden Tully. Robb creates the title when he marches north to attend the wedding of Edmure Tully and retake Moat Cailin. Remaining at Riverrun, Brynden is named warden and tasked with defending the Riverlands, the southern territory of Robb's combined Kingdom of the Trident and the North.




Annotations from item #46270644:

Warden of the Stone Way is a Dornish title traditionally held upon the head of House Yronwood of Yronwood. It indicates military seniority over other local lords in the defense of the Stone Way, more commonly known as the Boneway.

The earliest known Warden of the Stone Way is King Yorick V Yronwood. Previous Yronwood kings styled themselves Lords of the Stone Way.




Annotations from item #46270645:

Warden of the West. © FFG

Warden of the West is a title bestowed on the most prominent house of the westerlands by the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms since the War of Conquest. All known Wardens of the West have been from House Lannister. Traditionaly, the title is held by the head of the house, the Lord of Casterly Rock.

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Responsibilities

The initial appointment of a warden in western Westeros was likely to deal with the ironborn, who were prone to reaving and pirating along Sunset Sea and the western shores.

Known Wardens of the West

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

After the death of Lord Tywin Lannister, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister grants the title to Ser Daven Lannister, who would have preferred that the load were entrusted to Ser Kevan Lannister. However, Ser Kevan was refused the title after he rejected the post of Hand of the King after Cersei refused to name him Tommen's Regent.




Annotations from item #46270646:

Warden of the White Knife is a title used by House Manderly of White Harbor. The predecessor of the city of White Harbor, the castle of the Wolf's Den, was raised by King Jon Stark to guard the mouth of the White Knife at the Bite.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The current Warden of the White Knife is Lord Wyman Manderly.




Annotations from item #46270647:

The Warg King was a monarch and a skinchanger in what is now the North after the Long Night. His given name is unknown.

History

Documents of the Nightfort indicate that the Warg King ruled Sea Dragon Point. He was allied with the children of the forest, but they were defeated by the Kings of Winter of House Stark. The Starks killed his sons, beasts, and greenseers, but took his daughters as prizes.




Annotations from item #46270648:

The Warhammer is an ironborn longship and is part of the Iron Fleet.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The Warhammer accompanies the rest of the Iron Fleet when they sail for Slaver's Bay.




Annotations from item #46270649:

Warlock's Way is a street in Qarth.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

While listing events that have happened in Qarth since the destruction of the House of the Undying, Xaro Xhoan Daxos mentions to Daenerys that phantom tortoises have been seen carrying messages between the windowless houses on Warlock's Way.




Annotations from item #46270650:

Pyat Pree, a blue-lipped warlock. © FFG

A warlock of Qarth - by John Moriarty. © Fantasy Flight Games©

Warlocks are magic practitioners of Essos. Their center of power is the House of the Undying, home to the Undying Ones of Qarth.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Warlocks

The warlocks of Qarth are known to dress in long, beaded robes. They have white, pale skins and pale blue lips, from drinking shade-of-the-evening many times, in pursuit of ever-greater knowledge. The Undying Ones' flesh is ripe violet blue, their nails are so blue they are nearly black, and even the whites of their eyes are blue.

History

Though legend speaks of the mighty power of the warlocks, they have done little in the past century. Similarly to the Alchemists' Guild of the Seven Kingdoms, the warlocks' power and prestige have waned over the years. Their mighty House of the Undying is long since a grey stone ruin, neither repaired nor expanded upon, often referred to as the Palace of Dust.

In an effort to cure Samwell Tarly of his timidity, his father Lord Randyll Tarly once brought to his castle at Horn Hill two warlocks from Qarth, with white skin and blue lips. The warlocks slaughtered a bull aurochs, and made Sam bathe in the hot blood, but it did not make him brave as promised. Randyll had the warlocks scourged.

Archmaester Marwyn studied with warlocks.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

At the beginning of Daenerys Targaryen's stay in Qarth, Xaro Xhoan Daxos warns her to avoid the warlocks in the city.

In Winterfell, Maester Luwin tells Bran Stark that magic does not work, but Bran reminds him there are mages and warlocks in the east. Luwin corrects Bran, telling him that these are men who simply refer to themselves as mages and warlocks.

A Storm of Swords

On the *Balerion*, Daenerys thinks of various threats she faces. She recalls that back in Qarth, Pyat Pree had sent a Sorrowful Man after her to avenge the Undying she'd burned in their House of Dust. She remembers it is said warlocks never forget a wrong.

A Feast for Crows

Pate recalls that Archmaester Marwyn had spent eight years in the east, and during that time, among other things, had studied with warlocks.

Quellon Humble confides to Victarion Greyjoy that his brother Euron Greyjoy has three wizards aboard the Silence, queer terrible men but Euron has made them his slaves. Victarion tells the dusky woman that Euron's wizards had seen that the Shield Islands would fall to him.

Euron tells Victarion that he had captured four warlocks in a galleas out of Qarth. On board was a cask of shade-of-the-evening, along with some cloves and nutmeg and forty bolts of green silk. The warlocks told him a curious tale, which Euron does not elaborate upon. Euron killed a warlock who threatened him and fed him to the other three.

A Dance with Dragons

In Meereen, Daenerys learns from Xaro that she had not been gone a fortnight from Qarth when Pyat Pree set out from the city with three of his fellow warlocks to seek her in Pentos, in order to seek revenge on her for the burning of the House of the Undying.

Inspired by Euron's captive warlocks, Victarion spares the life of Moqorro, who is knowledgeable of Slaver's Bay and dragonkind.

The Winds of Winter

When Aeron Greyjoy is held captive by his brother Euron in the hold of the *Silence*, he notices mutilated warlocks. One of the captives cries a word, "Pree".

Known Warlocks

Quotes

Xaro: There is a saying in Qarth. A warlock's house is built of bones and lies.

Daenerys: Then why do men lower their voices when they speak of the warlocks of Qarth? All across the east, their power and wisdom are revered.

Xaro: Once they were mighty, but now they are as ludicrous as those feeble old soldiers who boast of their prowess long after strength and skill have left them. They read their crumbling scrolls, drink their shade-of-the-evening until their lips turn blue, and hint of dread powers, but they are hollow husks compared to those who went before.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos to Daenerys Targaryen

Pyat Pree has blue lips, and it is truly said that blue lips speak only lies. Heed the wisdom of one who loves you. Warlocks are bitter creatures who eat dust and drink of shadows. They will give you naught. They have naught to give.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos to Daenerys Targaryen

Beware men with cold hearts and blue lips.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos to Daenerys Targaryen

If a warlock's spell could kill me, I would be dead by now. I left their palace in ashes.

Daenerys Targaryen to Barristan Selmy




Annotations from item #46270651:

The Noble and Puissant Order of the Warrior's Sons is an order of Westerosi knights sworn to the Faith of the Seven. They are part of the Faith Militant, and are also known as the Swords. Their counterparts are the "Stars", also called the Poor Fellows. The Warrior's Sons obey and answer to the High Septon, as they believe the High Septon speaks for the Seven.

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Customs

Appearance

See also: Images of the Warrior's Sons

Warrior's Sons escort. By Joshua Cairos © FFG

The Warrior's Sons of old wore rainbow cloaks and inlaid silver armor over hair shirts. They bore star-shaped crystals in the pommels of their longswords.

The recent Warrior's Sons wear swordbelts and cloaks striped in the seven colors of the Faith.

Vows and Duties

The Warrior's Sons are all anointed knights. Most had been household knights or hedge knights before joining the military order, while few are of higher birth.

Organization

Before their disbandment during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, the Warrior's Sons were permanently stationed at chapterhouses in several major cities and towns. The Warrior's Sons had one overall commander known as a Grand Captain.

At the outbreak of the Faith Militant uprising in 41 AC, the major chapters were:

White Harbor, despite being one of the only five settlements in Westeros large enough to be considered a "city", did not host a chapterhouse of the Warrior's Sons, even though House Manderly follow the Seven.

History

Warrior's Sons. © FFG

The Faith Militant rebelled against King Aenys I Targaryen when the king married his eldest daughter to his eldest son and heir in 41 AC.

Following the death of King Aenys I on Dragonstone in 42 AC, his half-brother, Maegor I Targaryen, claimed the crown. Maegor traveled to King's Landing, where Dowager Queen Visenya Targaryen challenged those who questioned her son's right to rule. The captain of the Warrior's Sons, Ser Damon Morrigen, met this challenge, and the parties agreed to a trial of seven. Maegor was the only survivor of the fourteen combatants.

With Maegor declared as the winner, the Warrior's Sons who witnessed the fight dropped their knees in submission and returned to the Sept of Remembrance, where they began to pray and debate whether to accept Maegor as their king, since the gods had granted him victory, or to fight on as they were bound by oath to the High Septon. Twenty-nine days after the trial of seven, the Sept of Remembrance and all the Warrior's Sons in it were burned down by Maegor with his dragon, Balerion.

Thirteen thousand Poor Fellows and hundreds of knights of the Warrior's Sons joined forces with rebel lords of the riverlands and westerlands to fight against Maegor's forces at the Stoney Sept. During this fierce battle at the Great Fork of the Blackwater, the Faith lost when Maegor and his dragon, Balerion, left death in their wake.

In 43 AC, the order elected Ser Joffrey Doggett as its new Grand Captain, who rode for Oldtown to seek the blessing of the High Septon. Meanwhile, Maegor raised a set of laws which outlawed the orders of the Faith Militant,

The captive Warrior's Sons were given a choice by Maegor: renounce the order and be permitted to join the Night's Watch or die as martyrs of the Faith. Three-quarters of the captive chose the Wall, while the remainder died. Seven of their number, famous knights and sons of lords were given the honor of having Maegor behead them himself with Blackfyre. The rest were beheaded by their own former sworn brothers. Only one of the condemned received a pardon: Ser Morgan Hightower, brother of Lord Martyn and commander of the local chapter of the order. The pardon has led to rumors still persisting today, suggesting he had murdered the High Septon at his brother's request,

The new High Septon disbanded the Stars and Swords, while Maegor granted the surviving members of the Faith Militant til the year's end to surrender their weapons and give up their rebellion.

In 46 AC, Maegor brought two thousand skulls from his campaign against the Faith back to King's Landing, claiming they were the heads of Warrior's Sons and Poor Fellows. However, many suspected they were the skulls of innocent smallfolk.

The end of the Warrior's Sons began following the death of Maegor I and the ascension of Jaehaerys I Targaryen in 48 AC. Although much reduced in numbers, the Warrior's Sons and Poor Fellows were still present. They remained restless and eager to restore their orders. King Jaehaerys sent Septon Barth to Oldtown to speak with the High Septon. Eventually, it was agreed that the Iron Throne would always protect and defend the Faith, if the last few Stars and Swords would put down their weapons, and if the Faith agreed to accept justice from the Iron Throne instead of the Faith. As a result, the Faith Militant was disbanded.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

After the War of the Five Kings in 300 AC, the ruling King Tommen I Baratheon, under the edict of his mother and Regent Cersei Lannister, overturns Maegor the Cruel's law which forbade holy men from being armed, and the orders of the Faith Militant are reborn.

A Dance with Dragons

Warrior's Sons and Poor Fellows escort Cersei during her walk of atonement. The knights of Ser Theodan Wells wear silver plate atop hair shirts, and their kite shields depict the crystal sword.

Known members

Historical members

Quotes

Holy men, ascetics, fanatics, sorcerers, dragonslayers, demonhunters … there were many tales about them. But all agree that they were implacable in their hatred for all enemies of the Holy Faith.

Cersei Lannister to Taena Merryweather

Drunk on the gods, the lot of them.

Cersei Lannister's thoughts

Notes

  1. Earlier prints of *The World of Ice and Fire* erroneously state that this event and the death of the High Septon took place in 44 AC (*The World of Ice and Fire, The Reach: Oldtown). *The Sons of the Dragon gives the correct date of 43 AC. The High Septon elected as a replacement dies a year later.



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The Warrior - by mustamirri ©

Favored by the Warrior. © FFG

The Warrior is one of the seven aspects of a single deity. Believers of the Faith of the Seven consider their god to be one with seven aspects, as the sept is a single building, with seven walls.

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About

See also: Images of the Warrior

The Warrior represents strength in battle. He is prayed to for courage and victory. He carries a sword.

A passage in the Seven-Pointed Star says that the Warrior gave strength to the arms of Hugor of the Hill's four-and-forty mighty sons.

With the Valyrian sword Blackfyre in hand Daemon Blackfyre was said to have fought like the Warrior himself.[*citation needed*]

The Noble and Puissant Order of the Warrior's Sons are an order of Knights sworn to the Faith of the Seven.

Characters who favour the Warrior

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Catelyn Stark prays in a nameless village’s sept. The sept is modest and has no statues of the Seven, only rough charcoal drawings to represent them. She asks the Warrior to keep Robb Stark strong and shield him in his battles.

In the House of the Undying Daenerys Targaryen says a quick prayer, begging the Warrior for courage and the Dothraki horse god for strength.

When Tyrion Lannister chooses Ser Arys Oakheart to go with Myrcella Baratheon to Dorne, Arys lights a candle to the Warrior in thanks.

A Feast for Crows

While standing vigil over his father’s body, it is revealed that the Warrior has been Jaime Lannister’s god since he was old enough to hold a sword. While other men may be fathers, sons and husbands, Jaime thinks to himself that he is a warrior, and that it is all he will ever be.

Meribald tells Podrick Payne that he has never known a boy who did not love the Warrior. He remarks that he is old though, and he loves the Smith.

A Dance with Dragons

During her imprisonment, Cersei Lannister prays to all the gods, the Warrior included, stating *"Any god in a storm"*.

In his bedchamber in the Great Pyramid Barristan Selmy keeps a beeswax candle and a small carving of the Warrior on his bedside table. Though he is not a pious man, the carving makes him feel less alone in the unfamiliar city that is Meereen.

When approaching the dragons Viserion and Rhaegal, Prince Quentyn Martell prays to the Warrior for courage.

Quotes

The Warrior would lift his shining sword again and cleanse this sinful realm of all its evil.

– the High Sparrow

May the Warrior give strength to your sword arm, Brienne.

Catelyn Tully's thoughts

In the sept they sing for the Mother’s mercy but on the walls it’s the Warrior they pray to, and all in silence.

Sansa Stark's thoughts shortly before the start of the Battle of the Blackwater

The Warrior stands before the foe,
protecting us where e'er we go.
With sword and shield and spear and bow,
he guards the little children.

– *The Song of the Seven*




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Warrior Wench is an ironborn longship and part of the Iron Fleet.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Warrior Wench is part of the Iron Fleet contingent dispatched to Slaver's Bay.




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Visenya Targaryen, who wielded the Valyrian steel sword Dark Sister - by Amok©

Brienne of Tarth.

Ygritte by Steamey©.

Dacey Mormont depiction by Amok©

Hyrkoon warrior maid © HBO

Warrior women are women who are skilled in combat and take part in battle, warfare etc.

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In Westeros male warriors are plentiful. Westerosi warrior women on the other hand are quite uncommon. Westerosi women however are not forbidden from becoming warriors but neither is it encouraged or seen as acceptable and feminine by many Westerosi. Nor is a woman viewed as a suitable opponent for men, especially during one-to-one combat. Even hitting a shield with the image of a woman can make a man feel unchivalrous.

Despite Westeros having a martial culture, a culture that reveres the warrior,. They accepted women as warriors.

One of the few famous warrior women in Westeros’s histories is Visenya Targaryen, who wielded the Valyrian steel sword Dark Sister and rode Vhagar into battle. Unlike her sister Visenya Targaryen there is no mention of Rhaenys wielding a sword or any other weapon but like her sister she commanded armies and rode her dragon into battle during the War of Conquest. According to George R. R. Martin both women were warriors and dragonriders in their own rights.

Nymeria, the warrior-queen of the Rhoyne who conquered Dorne, is well known, however Nymeria was a war leader but not a warrior - that is, a commander rather than a combatant.

In Westeros women tend to be considered the gentler sex, in need of protection. The ability for a woman to be able to defend herself is considered unnecessary and unfeminine besides. Highborn women are not encouraged towards warfare or expected to know how to physically defend themselves, although they may perhaps be instructed on the tactics of warfare, especially if they are female heirs to a House. Lord Randyll Tarly sums up many a man’s thought on women warriors,

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

It is not possible for a woman to become a knight, nor is there a female equivalent of knighthood for a woman who is bent on living a martial life, for a woman who also wishes to abide by a chivalric code. Although Brienne of Tarth is as skilled as most any a knight there is no place among them for a woman such as she. Nor is there a feminine title for a woman warrior, such as Ser as knights have, to acknowledge her ability and chosen vocation, much to the confusion of Podrick Payne.

Further north however it is not so unusual for a woman to be able to physically defend herself. The women of House Mormont and Bear Island have had no choice but to learn how to preserve themselves during attacks from ironmen and wildling raiders while their menfolk are absent. Lady Maege Mormont tells Catelyn Stark,

We have needed to be [warriors]. In olden days the ironmen would come raiding in their longboats, or wildlings from the Frozen Shore. The men would be off fishing, like as not. The wives they left behind had to defend themselves and their children, or else be carried off.

Beyond the Wall there are spearwives, they are accepted and respected by the men of the Free Folk. The Free Folk culture is a warrior culture, one that gives women the right, but not the obligation, to be fighters. , daughter of Cheyk, is a woman warchief of her own clan.

The ironborn are more also more accepting of women warriors and are willing to fight alongside them.

Some of the women of Dorne fight but it's not the rule.

The Summer Islands have warrior woman, once such warrior woman was Xanda Qo, Princess of Sweet Lotus Vale, who united all of the islands under her rule.

Amongst the Jogos Nhai There are also female *jhats* but girls who choose the warrior's way are expected to dress and live as men.

In the ancient nation of the Patrimony of Hyrkoon there was possibly a custom of having warrior women. A present there is a culture for warrior woman east of the Bone Mountains which may originate from the Patrimony. There are warrior maids of Kayakayanaya, Bayasabhad and Shamyriana who fight bare-breasted and pierce their nipples with iron rings and cheeks with rubies. Lomas Longstrider apparently visited these successor cities as he said that there are no fiercer fighters in the world than their warrior women.

The greatest of the Sarnori went to battle in scythed chariots pulled by teams of bloodred horses. These were often driven by their wives or daughters, for it was the custom among the Tall Men for men and women to make war together.

It is not known if the Valyrians had warrior women. Thus far there has been no mention of Dark Sister being passed on to a female Targaryen after Visenya. There is, however, ample evidence for the existence of female dragonlords both in ancient Valyria and among the Targaryens.

Warrior Women of Westeros

Needle

Warrior Women Beyond the Wall

Warrior Women of Essos

Warrior Women of the Summer Islands

Quotes

All men must die, and women too... but not all will be remembered.

- Barsena to Daenerys Targaryen

It is a rare and precious gift to be a knight.

Brienne of Tarth, to Jaime Lannister

Men will always underestimate you and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely.

– Ser Goodwin, to Brienne of Tarth

Ser? My Lady?

Podrick Payne, to Brienne of Tarth

Her last foe was a northman with an axe, a big man bald and bearded, clad in a byrnie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. He was not pleased to find himself fighting a woman.

Asha Greyjoy's thoughts

What we are is what you made us. On Bear Island every child learns to fear the krakens rising from the sea.

Alysane Mormont, to Asha Greyjoy

Her very womanhood seemed to offend him. Men from the green lands liked their women soft and sweet in silk, she knew, not clad in mail and leather with a throwing axe in each hand.

Asha Greyjoy

I wanted to present my female characters in great diversity, even in a society as sexist and patriarchal as the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Women would find different roles and different personalities, so women with different talents would find ways to work with it in a society according to who they are.

George R. R. Martin

She is supposed to be freakish. She was an answer to the bad fantasy cliché of warrior women.

George R. R. Martin, on Brienne of Tarth




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Lord Warryn Beesbury is Lord of Honeyholt and head of House Beesbury in the Reach.




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The Wars of Conquest were a series of campaigns by House Targaryen to conquer the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Six of the kingdoms submitted to Aegon I Targaryen, the first Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, during the initial war of two years, which became known as Aegon's Conquest. Dorne remained independent, however.

Aegon invaded Dorne during the First Dornish War

There are no known attempts by Aegon's family to conquer beyond the Wall. Generations later, King Aerys II Targaryen considered claiming all land one hundred leagues north of the Wall, however.




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Waspwillow is a plant found on the road between Yunkai and Meereen in Slaver's Bay on the continent of Essos.




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

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

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




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Wat's Wood is a forest located in House Osgrey lands in the Reach. It is made up of oaks and pines.

History

Wat's Wood burned during the long drought of King Aerys I Targaryen's reign, though the fire could have been started by members of House Webber, who had issues with House Osgrey.




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Annotation #1 for item #46270660: Wiki: (Barleycorn) Wat

Wat, also known as Wat Barleycorn, was a farmer in service to House Osgrey. He had a younger brother, Wet Wat.

History

Wat was among those that were called by Ser Eustace Osgrey to defend the Osgrey lands after a disagreement over the Chequy Water with House Webber escalated into threats of war. He was given the name "Barleycorn", derived from the crop planted in the town he comes from, in an effort to distinguish him from the other Wats among the forces. He was to be wed the next time the septon came through.

Wat was sent home by Ser Duncan the Tall with the others when Duncan realized that it would be futile to fight.

Annotation #2 for item #46270660: Wiki: (Night's Watch) Wat

Wat is the brother of Jack-Be-Lucky. He was sent to the Wall.

Annotation #3 for item #46270660: Wiki: (Standfast) Wat

Wat was a farmer in service to House Osgrey during the reign of King Aerys I Targaryen.

The Sworn Sword

Wat was among those that were called by Ser Eustace Osgrey to defend the Osgrey lands after a disagreement over the Chequy Water with House Webber escalated into threats of war. He was sent home by Ser Duncan the Tall with the others when Duncan realized that it would be futile to fight.

Annotation #4 for item #46270660: Wiki: (Wet) Wat

Wat, better known as Wet Wat, was a farmer in service to House Osgrey. He had an older brother, Wat Barleycorn.

History

Wat was among those that were called by Ser Eustace Osgrey to defend the Osgrey lands after a disagreement over the Chequy Water with House Webber escalated into threats of war. He was given the name "Wet Wat", derived from the time that Wat had fallen down the village well, in an effort to distinguish him from the other Wats among the forces.

Wat was sent home by Ser Duncan the Tall with the others when Duncan realized that it would be futile to fight.

Annotation #5 for item #46270660: Wiki: (orphan) Wat

Wat is an orphan boy.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Wat is among the orphans taken in by Willow Heddle at the Crossroads Inn. When Brienne of Tarth and her party arrive to stay at the inn, Wat is told to help them with their horses.

Annotation #6 for item #46270660: Wiki: (sailor) Wat

Wat is a member of the crew of the *Brazen Monkey*.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

He approaches Cat of the Canals in Braavos, asking her where he can find a good brothel.




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Wat the Hewer was a leader of the Poor Fellows during the Faith Militant uprising.

Appearance

Wat was described as him as a giant on account of his large size and prowess.

History

During the Faith Militant uprising, Wat the Hewer led Poor Fellows out of the Reach on a march towards King's Landing. In the battle at Stonebridge he killed half a dozen knights, including Lord Meadows, the commander of King Maegor I Targaryen's army, but Wat was taken alive and delivered to King's Landing in chains.

Maegor cut off Wat's limbs with his own axe, then commanded his maesters to keep Wat alive so he could attend the king's wedding to Tyanna of the Tower. When Maegor later took Tyanna as his third wife on Rhaenys's Hill, surrounded by the remains of the Warrior's Sons who had died there when Maegor burned down the Sept of Remembrance, Wat was present as a witness.




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For the television episode, see "The Watchers on the Wall".

Watchers on the Wall is a book written by Archmaester Harmune. It includes many legends about the Nightfort. Notably, it tells the story of how Brandon the Breaker allied with the King-beyond-the-Wall Joramun, to end the thirteen-year rule of the Night's King and his corpse queen. Thereafter he obliterated the Night's King's name from memory.




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Wate was a guardsmen in service to House Targaryen during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.

History

Wate is one of the guardsmen who accompanied Prince Aerion Targaryen to Ashford for the tourney at Ashford Meadow. He helped Prince Aerion destroy the puppeteer's stall after Aerion took issue with their skit involving a dragon.




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Water Gardens

Dorne and the location of the Water Gardens

The Water Gardens by Cris Urdiasles

The Water Gardens is a palace with gardens and waterworks that serves as a private retreat to House Martell, the rulers of Dorne.

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The Gardens are located on a beach next to the Summer Sea, three leagues to the west of Sunspear on a coastal road.

Pale pink marble paves the gardens and courtyard. Terraces overlooking the numerous pools and fountains of the Water Gardens, shaded by blood orange trees, can be reached via a fluted pillar gallery leading to a triple archway.

The Water Gardens are pleasant in autumn: hot days, cool nights, the salt breeze blowing in from the sea, and fountains and pools to admire and play in.

History

The Water Gardens were raised by Maron Martell, Prince of Dorne, as a gift for his new bride, Princess Daenerys Targaryen, to mark the union of Dorne with the rest of the Seven Kingdoms.

The young Arianne Martell often played in the pools and fountains of the Water Gardens with Tyene Sand, Garin, Andrey Dalt, and Sylva Santagar. Sometimes they were joined by Nymeria Sand and Sarella Sand.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

A Martell guard at the Water Gardens, art by Aaron Riley © Fantasy Flight Games

Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, resides at the tranquil Water Gardens, having moved there from Sunspear in 298 AC. The prince watches generations of children play there as he relaxes and thinks. He is protected by thirty guards and their captain, Areo Hotah.

After the death of Oberyn fighting Ser Gregor Clegane, his eldest daughter, Obara Sand, pressures Doran to seek vengeance. The gout-ridden prince reluctantly leaves the Water Gardens to return to the Old Palace of Sunspear.

After Cedra sneaks a message from Arianne, who is imprisoned in Sunspear, Doran has the servant reassigned to the Water Gardens. Doran tells Arianne that Ellaria Sand and her daughters are ensconced at the Water Gardens.

A Dance with Dragons

Prince Quentyn Martell recalls that while visiting his father, Doran, at the Water Gardens, Doran explained his plan to wed Quentyn to Daenerys Targaryen.

After a feast welcoming Ser Balon Swann to Sunspear, Prince Doran intends to bring him to the Water Gardens where he will hear the story of the wounded Myrcella.

The Winds of Winter

Doran sends Arianne from the Water Gardens as an envoy to Aegon Targaryen in the stormlands. She is joined by Nate, who tends seven ravens from the Water Gardens. Dorea Sand remains at the palace.

Quotes

The Water Gardens are my favorite place in this world.

- Doran Martell to Balon Swann

Chapters that take place at the Water Gardens




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The water dance is a unique style of sword fighting practiced in the Free Cities, mostly associated with the bravos of the city of Braavos. Practitioners are also referred to as water dancers, given the custom of bravos to duel upon the Moon Pool near the Sealord's Palace; it is claimed that true water dancers can fight and kill upon the pool's surface without disturbing the surface of the water.

The style is a refined form of fencing in which the practitioner stands sideways and wields a slender blade. It is a swift and deadly style that focuses on speed, balance and grace, thus requiring slender pointed blades far lighter than the longswords of Westerosi knights and warriors. Trainees learn to wield their sword as though it is part of the arm, and to see with all the senses.

Pugnacious bravos are a common sight in the city of Braavos, frequently duelling to display their skill.

The Citadel has an account of a water-dancer duel thanks to Pilman of Lannisport, a ship's captain.

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Known water dancers

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

While in King's Landing, Arya Stark trains as a water dancer under Syrio Forel, a celebrated Braavosi swordsman. Arya is on the steps of the Tower of the Hand when her father, Lord Eddard Stark, finds her standing on one foot with her feet scuffed. He asks what she is doing and she tells him that Syrio says that a water dancer can stand on one toe for hours. Eddard expresses his concern about her falling down the steps and Arya states a water dancer never falls.




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Water magic was the water-based magic of the Rhoynar.

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About

Legend has said that the Rhoynar had their own magic — a water magic very different from the sorceries of Valyria, which were woven of blood and fire. It was said the Mother Rhoyne herself whispered to her children of every threat, that the Rhoynar princes wielded strange, uncanny powers, and that their cities were protected by "watery walls" that would rise to drown any foe.

History

During the First Turtle War, the Rhoynar emerged victorious over the Valyrians when their water wizards called up the power of the river Rhoyne and proceeded to flood Volon Therys. If the tales can be believed, half the city was washed away.

In the Second Spice War, the Rhoynish Prince Garin raised an army a quarter of a million strong to fight the Volantenes and Valyrians. So long as the army remained beside Mother Rhoyne, the prince declared, they need not fear the dragons of Valyria; their own water wizards would protect them from their fires. In the battle at Volon Therys, the water wizards raised enormous waterspouts against the Valyrians' three dragons, and the Rhoyne flooded the city.

Princess Nymeria has been called a "witch queen",

The Children of the Forest

The children of the forest may have had their own form of water magic. According to legend, their greenseers called upon the hammer of the waters twice in attempts to stop the First Men from invading Westeros. The first use of the hammer of the waters resulted in the shattering of the Arm of Dorne into the Stepstones and the Broken Arm. The second attempt, to break Westeros in two, only resulted in the flooding of the Neck.




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Watkyn is a sellsword in service to the Golden Company. He is cupbearer and squire to the company commander Harry Strickland.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

When Jon Connington and "Young Griff" met Harry Strickland and the rest of the Golden Company at Volantis, Harry has Watkyn rub his feet as he complains of blisters. He like the rest of the company swears his allegiance to Aegon Targaryen when they invade Westeros.




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Watt of Long Lake is a member of the Night's Watch from Long Lake in the north.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

The brothers of the Night's Watch who defend the Wall during the attack by the wildlings name one of the straw dummies after Watt.

Watt is killed by an axe through his skull during the fight at the Bridge of Skulls. His corpse is knocked off the Bridge of Skulls by the wildlings, landing in a deep pool of water.

Quotes

Edd: The gods always smiled on Watt, though. When the wildlings knocked him off the Bridge of Skulls, somehow he landed in a nice deep pool of water. How lucky was that, missing all those rocks?

Grenn: Was it a long fall? Did landing in the pool of water save his life?

Edd: No, he was dead already, from that axe in his head. Still, it was pretty lucky, missing the rocks.

- Eddison Tollett and Grenn




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Watty the Miller is a member of the brotherhood without banners.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

The brotherhood engages the Brave Companions in the battle at the burning septry. Watty, positioned as a bowman, is injured by an opposing archer. When they leave the septry, he serves as a scout for the brotherhood.

A Feast for Crows

After Beric's final death, a part of the Brotherhood, including Watty, apparently go their separate way from those who chose to follow the resurrected, vengeful Lady Stoneheart.




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Wayfarer's Rest is the seat of House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest in the Riverlands.

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Karyl Vance becomes Lord of Wayfarer's Rest after the death of his father in the Battle of the Golden Tooth.

A Storm of Swords

After the Battle of Oxcross, captives such as Ser Lymond Vikary are held here.

Behind the Scenes

Wayfarer's Rest is a reference by George R. R. Martin to Liane the Wayfarer from *The Dying Earth* by Jack Vance.




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Ser Waymar Royce is a knight of House Royce. The third and youngest son of Lord Yohn Royce, he became a ranger of the Night's Watch. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones*, Waymar is played by Rob Ostlere.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Waymar Royce

Waymar is handsome, graceful and slender, with grey eyes. He wears leather boots, woolen pants, moleskin gloves, a sable cloak, and ringmail over layers of wool and boiled leather, all in black.

Waymar displays a sense of entitlement as well as arrogance towards more experienced members of the Night's Watch.

History

As a third son of a lord, Waymar had few chances at wealth or land and so joined the Night's Watch.

Shortly before *A Song of Ice and Fire* begins, Lord Commander Jeor Mormont gave Waymar the command of a ranging in the haunted forest in search of a band of wildling raiders. He was accompanied by Gared and Will. Waymar was the least experienced of the three, having been in the Night's Watch for less than half a year, whereas Jeor counted Gared and Will among his best men. However, Waymar felt it was his due to have a command because he was a knight, and Jeor accepted because he did not want to offend Waymar's father.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Waymar is attacked by the Others - by Amok ©

On the ninth day of ranging north and northest through the haunted forest, Will discovers a camp of eight immobile wildlings. Gared tries to persuade Ser Waymar to head back to the Wall, but without luck. While they approach the camp, Gared says he can feel something is wrong, but Waymar mocks the experienced ranger. Gared intends to make a fire, arguing that fire can keep some enemies away, but Waymar calls him a fool.

When they are at the wildling camp, Will and Waymar cannot find any bodies. Will climbs a tree to look for them, and both men feel markedly colder. Suddenly, Waymar is surrounded by Others. Though Waymar bravely duels an Other, he is blinded when his longsword shatters, and the group of Others swiftly kill the knight. Will stays in the trees until he is sure that the Others have left. When Will descends, he is attacked and strangled by Waymar, who has been turned into a wight with a blue eye.

Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, laments to Tyrion Lannister that he gave command to someone as inexperienced as Waymar. Jeor sends Benjen Stark to search for the missing rangers, but Benjen also disappears.

A Clash of Kings

Craster tells Jeor that the three rangers stopped at Craster's Keep during their search for raiders.

A Dance with Dragons

As Tormund's free folk pass through the Wall at Castle Black, they surrender treasures to the Night's Watch. One man relinquishes a broken sword with three sapphires in the hilt, possibly Waymar's sword.

Quotes by Waymar

I am not going back to Castle Black a failure on my first ranging.

- Waymar to Will

Dance with me then.

– Waymar to an Other

Quotes about Waymar

Ser Waymar had been a Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch for less than half a year, but no one could say he had not prepared for his vocation. At least insofar as his wardrobe was concerned.

- thoughts of Will

He lifted his sword high over his head, defiant. His hands trembled from the weight of it, or perhaps from the cold. Yet in that moment, Will thought, he was a boy no longer, but a man of the Night's Watch.

- thoughts of Will

Too proud to sleep under my roof, him in his sable cloak and black steel. My wives give him big cow eyes all the same.

- Craster to Jeor Mormont

Family




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Annotation #1 for item #46270672: Wiki: Wayn

The name Wayn can refer to:

Characters

Houses

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Annotation #2 for item #46270672: Wiki: (guard) Wayn

Wayn is a guard sworn to House Stark.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Wayn is one of the guards, Quent being the other, who accompany Robb and Bran Stark to the wolfswood for Bran's first ride since his fall. He and Quent fall behind and then follow Theon Greyjoy after he spies a turkey, failing to guard Bran, who is seized by wildlings. After the skirmish, Wayn binds Osha for the return to Winterfell.




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Weasel is a girl who lived in the Riverlands. Her real name is unknown. She was found by Yoren on the march north from King's Landing. She was named "Weasel" by Lommy who claimed she looked like one.

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Appearance & Character

Weasel is a young child with matted hair who never speaks a word after she is rescued. She is stubborn and resilient, but has a bad habit of eating mud.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Weasel was a survivor from a holdfast that had been raided. Along with a wounded woman who later died, she was taken in by Yoren on his march north.

She is brought by Arya and Gendry through a secret tunnel, and thus survived the assault by Ser Amory Lorch and his men on the Yoren and his recruits.

While imprisoned and forced to serve at Harrenhal, Arya takes the name Weasel for her own.

A Feast for Crows

The big eyes and hollow face of the Waif remind Arya of Weasel.

Quotes

Run, Weasel, run as fast as you can, run and never come back.

- Arya Stark's thoughts




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Weatherback Ridge is a ridge that sits near Castle Black.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

The Night's Watch sends scouts to watch for wildlings coming up the kingsroad. When the wildlings show, the scouts light a beacon atop the ridge to warn the defenders back at Castle Black of the impending attack.




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Webber is a sellsword of the Windblown. He is most likely a descendant of House Webber.

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Appearance

Webber is short and muscular, with spider tattoos across his head, chest, and arms.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Webber was part of the Siege of Astapor. He was later sent by the Tattered Prince, along with the other Westerosi Windblown, to go over to Daenerys Targaryen. The Prince told Webber that when he meets her, the excuse he should give for deserting is that he has some claims to lost lands in Westeros.




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Wed to the Sea, Being an Account of the History of White Harbor from Its Earliest Days is a history of White Harbor written by Yorrick, who was a maester in service to House Manderly. The text mentions the practice of blood sacrifice to the old gods.




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The wedding tourney at Whitewalls

The Joust

The format was a standard knock-out tournament; only few outcomes are known to us, as the tourney was aborted prematurely when a royalist army led by Lord Bloodraven threatened Whitewalls. Two knights entered the lists under false names, Ser Duncan the Tall as the mystery "Gallows Knight" and Daemon II Blackfyre as "John the Fiddler". The prize for the winner was supposed to have been Lord Butterwell's dragon egg, but it was stolen before it could be awarded.

The tourney was then interrupted by claims that a thief had stolen the dragon egg. The next tilt would have been:

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Some words are wind. Some words are treason. This is a traitor's tourney, ser.

- Egg to Dunk




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The Weeper, also known as the Weeping Man, is a notorious free folk raider and leader of a war band.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of the Weeper

The Weeper is a thick, blond-haired man, nicknamed for his watery eyes. He carries a large curved scythe of steel.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Qhorin Halfhand brings news to the Night's Watch encampment on the Fist of the First Men that the Weeping Man has allied himself with Mance Rayder.

A Storm of Swords

Leading a group of Mance's outriders, the Weeper encounters Rattleshirt and the captive Jon Snow.

During the wildling assault on the Wall, the Weeper is spotted near Icemark.

A Dance with Dragons

After Mance's army is defeated in the battle beneath the Wall, the Weeper gathers warriors at the Milkwater and plans to cross the Bridge of Skulls to take the Shadow Tower.

The Weeper and his men capture three rangers of the Watch, Garth Greyfeather, Black Jack Bulwer, and Hairy Hal. He has them killed, their heads removed, and their eyes plucked out, then leaves their heads on spears near the Wall for the men of the Night's Watch to find.

Jon is willing to offer clemency to the Weeper and passage through the Wall if the raider joins the Night's Watch. Othell Yarwyck discounts the suggestion, however, and Torghen Flint wants the Weeper imprisoned for his crimes.

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Along with the Tormunds and the Longspears rode other sorts of wildlings, though; men like Rattleshirt and the Weeper who would as soon slit you as spit on you.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

Cutting out the eyes, that's the Weeper's work. The best crow's a blind crow, he likes to say. Sometimes I think he'd like to cut out his own eyes, the way they're always watering and itching. Snow's been assuming the free folk would turn to Tormund to lead them, because that's what he would do. He liked Tormund, and the old fraud liked him too. If it's the Weeper, though ... that's not good. Not for him, and not for us.

- Mance Rayder to Melisandre

Othell: The Weeper will not say the words. He will not wear the cloak. Even other raiders do not trust him.

Jon: We need the Weeper, and others like him. Who knows the wild better than a wildling? Who knows our foes better than a man who has fought them?

Othell: All the Weeper knows is rape and murder.

Othell Yarwyck and Jon Snow