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Godwyn is a guard loyal to House Lannister. He is one of the red cloaks assigned to the royal family in King's Landing.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Godwyn is part of the escort of Prince Tommen and Princess Myrcella when they and their entourage stumble upon Arya Stark in the Red Keep. Not recognizing her and mistaking her for a boy from the streets of King's Landing, the septa accompanying the royal children orders Godwyn to capture Arya, but she evades him and escapes.




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Goghor the Giant is a celebrated Meereenese pit-fighter.

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Appearance

He is gigantic with fists as big as hams. He looks more bull than man, even to the bronze ring in his nose.[*citation needed*]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Goghor along with his fellow pit fighters Barsena Blackhair, Khrazz, Camarron of the Count, Spotted Cat, Fearless Ithoke and Belaquo Bonebreaker accompanied Hizdahr zo Loraq when he petitioned Daenerys Targaryen for the seventh time for the Fighting pits to be reopened.[*citation needed*]

When the fighting pits were reopened Goghor the Giant was meant to face Belaquo Bonebreaker in the final match of the day in Daznak's Pit but the fight never took place due to the appearance of Drogon.[*citation needed*]

After Daenerys's disappearance Goghor is chosen to sit on the ruling council of Meereen along with Belaquo Bonebreaker, Camarron of the Count, and the Spotted Cat. Ser Barristan Selmy had insisted on their presence, over the objections of Skahaz mo Kandaq.[*citation needed*]

Quotes

I train since three, I kill since six. Mother of Dragons says I am free. Why not free to fight?

Before, I fight for master. You say, fight for you. I say, fight for me. For gold. For glory.




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Gogossos

Northern Sothoryos and the location of Gogossos

Gogossos,

History

The Old Empire of Ghis founded the city under the name of Gorgai.

Gogossos grew powerful through slavery and sorcery during the Century of Blood, with some calling it the "Tenth Free City". Its slave markets became as notorious as those of the cities of Slaver's Bay. Seventy-seven years after the Doom of Valyria, however, the Red Death emerged from the slave pens of Gogossos and swept from the Isle of Tears and to the rest of the Basilisks. Nine of every ten men died from the plague.




Annotations from item #46266424:

The Golden Company is a company of sellswords founded by the Great Bastard, Aegor Rivers, known as "Bittersteel". They are considered the largest, most famous, and most expensive sellsword or mercenary company in the Free Cities. The current captain-general is Harry Strickland.

Despite the notorious unreliability of sellswords, the Golden Company is reputed to have never broken a contract. Their motto is "Our word is good as gold",

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History

The Golden Company was founded by Aegor Rivers, called "Bittersteel", a legitimized bastard of King Aegon IV Targaryen, after he fled Westeros with the younger sons of Daemon I Blackfyre at the end of the First Blackfyre Rebellion. When Aegor saw all the exiled lords and knights signing on with other sellsword companies, such as the Ragged Standard or the Maiden's Men, and saw the support of House Blackfyre ebbing away, he created his own sellsword company 212 AC. Since then they have fought mainly in the Disputed Lands.

The Golden Company's reputation was quickly established when Qohor refused to honor the contract it had made. The sellswords of the Golden Company sacked Qohor as an answer to Qohor's refusal.

The Golden Company is said to be made up of exiles and the sons of exiles. The Golden Company were once headed by Maelys the Monstrous, the last of the Blackfyre Pretenders. cut a bloody path though the Golden Company's ranks to slay Maelys in single combat.

Culture

A pike with gilded skulls by Scafloc

As the heirs of Bittersteel, discipline is like mother's milk to the men of the Golden Company. They are able to march quickly after a haphazard and disorganized landing without the chaos that would have inevitably delayed a hastily assembled host of household knights and local levies.

The high officers display a rude splendor. Like many in their trade they keep their worldly wealth upon their person, including jewelled swords, inlaid armor, heavy torcs, and fine silks. Many wear a lord's ransom in golden arm rings, with each ring signifying one year's service with the Golden Company.

The men of the Golden Company prefer to call themselves a free brotherhood of exiles, rather than sellswords.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The Golden Company breaks its contract with the Free City of Myr, despite looming war with neighboring Lys and Tyrosh. According to sailors in King's Landing, they are making for Volantis. No one can say why they have broken their contract.

In Westeros Arianne Martell tells Ser Arys Oakheart that the Golden Company has broken its contract with Myr. She uses this information in her attempt to convince him to help with her scheme to crown Princess Myrcella Baratheon as Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men.

During Cersei Lannister's small council meeting, Aurane Waters reveals that the Golden Company has broken its contract with Myr. He has heard many men say that Stannis Baratheon has hired them and is bringing them across the narrow sea. Cersei then tells the council that Qyburn heard from a Myrish galley that the Golden Company are making their way to Volantis, so if they mean to cross to Westeros they are marching the wrong way.

A Dance with Dragons

Before the Golden Company broke their contract, the Yunkish attempted to contract the Golden Company for their campaign on Slaver's Bay. An envoy offered twice what Myr was paying them, plus a slave for every man in the company, ten for every officer, and a hundred choice maidens for the commander, Harry Strickland. Harry told the envoy he would think on his proposal; he thought a blunt refusal might have been unwise as his men would think he had taken leave of his wits.

Daenerys Targaryen recalls that when she was a girl her brother, Viserys, once feasted the captains of the Golden Company in the hopes they might take up his cause. They ate his food and heard his pleas and laughed at him.

While traveling on Valyrian roads to Ghoyan Drohe, Tyrion Lannister learns from Illyrio Mopatis that the Golden Company is marching to Volantis to join with Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of Meereen.

The exiled Lord Jon Connington, now calling himself "Griff", remembers secret plans with the previous captain-general, Myles Toyne. They plotted with Illyrio to eventually have "Young Griff", whom they claim is Prince Aegon Targaryen, marry Daenerys and claim the Iron Throne. Jon is unsure if Myles's successor, Homeless Harry, is aware of the plan.

Once at Volon Therys the men of the company are frustrated by Illyrio's constantly changing plans when they learn that Daenerys has stayed in Meereen. They decide to swear allegiance to Aegon VI Targaryen and join him in an invasion of Westeros.

Soon thereafter the company sails with Jon and Aegon from Volon Therys for Westeros via Lys. During the landing of the Golden Company in the stormlands and the Stepstones, the sellswords quickly take the castles of Griffin's Roost, Rain House, Crow's Nest, and Greenstone. Their next plan is to take Storm's End,.

Composition

Discipline is like mother's milk to the men of the Golden Company. ©FFG

The Golden Company encamped - © Marc Fishman

The Golden Company consist of 10,000 men, several thousands horses and a number of elephants.

A partial breakdown:

Notable Members

Captain-generals

Members

Quotes

A brotherhood of exiles and the sons of exiles, united by the dream of Bittersteel. It's home they want, as much as gold.

Arianne Martell, to Arys Oakheart

Tyrion: How did you convince the Golden Company to take up the cause of our sweet queen when they have spent so much of their history fighting against the Targaryens?
Illyrio: Black or red, a dragon is still a dragon. When Maelys the Monstrous died upon the Stepstones, it was the end of the male line of House Blackfyre. And Daenerys will give the exiles what Bittersteel and the Blackfyres never could. She will take them home.

Tyrion Lannister and Illyrio Mopatis

Ghosts and liars… Revenants from forgotten wars, lost causes, failed rebellions, a brotherhood of the failed and the fallen, the disgraced and the disinherited. This is my army. This is our best hope.

Jon Connington's thoughts

Lysono: The first Aegon took Westeros without eunuchs. Why shouldn't the sixth Aegon do the same?

Harry: The plan—

Tristan: Which plan? ... The fat man's plan? The one that changes every time the moon turns? First Viserys Targaryen was to join us with fifty thousand Dothraki screamers at his back. Then the Beggar King was dead, and it was to be his sister, a pliable young child queen who was on her way to Pentos with three new-hatched dragons. Instead the girl turns up on Slaver's Bay and leaves a string of burning cities in her wake, and the fat man decides we should meet her by Volantis. Now that plan is in ruins as well. I have had enough of Illyrio's plans. Robert Baratheon won the Iron Throne without the benefit of dragons. We can do the same.

- Lysono Maar, Harry Strickland, and Tristan Rivers




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The Golden Dragon was a ship owned by House Targaryen.

History

Master Aemon went north to join the Night's Watch aboard the Golden Dragon. He was escorted by Ser Duncan the Tall to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. Among those aboard who had been sent to the Wall by King Aegon V Targaryen to join the Night's Watch alongside Aemon was Brynden Rivers.




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The Golden Empire of Yi Ti is a realm located in the eponymous region of the Further East of Essos. It is the supposed successor to the mythic Great Empire of the Dawn, which, according to legend, fell during the Long Night. It is ruled by a God-Emperor, who is worshiped as divine, though in the present day the God-Emperor has little actual power beyond the limits of the capital city.

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Capital

Throughout the centuries, the capital Golden Empire has constantly moved as dynasties rose and fell. The grey, indigo and pearl-white emperors ruled from Yin, on the shores of the Jade Sea, whereas the scarlet emperors raised the now fallen city of Si Qo in the heart of the jungle; meanwhile, the purple emperors chose Tiqui, whilst the maroon emperors kept court at Jinqi, to better guard their borders against reavers from the Shadow Lands.

The current capital is Yin, where the seventeenth azure emperor Bu Gai keeps his court. Yet, a sorcerer lord who claims to be the sixty-ninth yellow emperor claims the throne from his seat at the city of Carcosa on the Hidden Sea, beyond the limits of the Empire. And more recently, a general named Pol Qo has named himself first of the orange emperors, with the city called Trader Town as his capital.

Borders

History

Since its origins in the wake of the Long Night to the present, eleven dynasties have ruled over the Empire. Some lasted no more than half a century, whereas others endured for seven hundred years. Some gave way to others peacefully, others in war; and on four ocassions, the end of a dynasty was followed by a period of anarchy and lawlessness when warlords and petty kings warred for supremacy, with the longest of these interregnums lasting more than a century.

The Empire lives in a constant state of war against the Jogos Nhai, with many an imperial general and three God-Emperors having led armies across the plains to bring the nomads to heel, but such attempts seldom ended well and eventually the Jogos Nhai raids began anew, even when emperors compelled handfuls of jhats to vow them eternal fealty, as Jogos Nhai tended to flee rather than face armies in battle.

During his long reign, forty-second scarlet emperor Lo Han led three such invasions of the plains, yet by the time of his death the Jogos Nhai carried out bolder and more rapacious raids than when he began his reign. His successor, Lo Bu determined to end the threat of the nomads for all time. He assembled a mighty host, said to be three hundred thousand strong, and crossed the borders of the empire with slaughter as his only purpose. Tributes, hostages, oaths of fealty, or offerings of peace failed to sway him and his vast army swept the plains, leaving behind a burning wasteland.

When the nomads resorted to their traditional tactic of melting away at the approach of the army, Lo Bu divided his host into thirteen smaller armies and sent them forth in all directions to hunt down the zorse-riders. History tells a million Jogos Nhai died at their hands.

The rival clans of Jogos Nhai unified under *jhattar* Zhea, who, in a period of two years isolated each of Lo Bu's thirteen armies, slew their scouts and foragers, starved them, denied them water, led them into wastelands and traps, thus destroying each army one by one. Finally, her riders fell on Lo Bu's own host and carried out a slaughter so terrible that every stream for twenty leagues around was choked in blood. Among the slain was Lo Bu himself, whose skull was stripped of flesh and dipped in gold, becoming Zhea's drinking cup.

Dynasties

See also: Category:Ruling dynasties of Yi Ti




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Golden Fields

Western Essos and the location of the Golden Fields

The Golden Fields is an area in western Essos bordered to the west by the river Lhorulu and to the east by Dagger Lake and the Rhoyne.




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Golden Head is a peninsula in southeast Jhala. To the north are the group of small islands called Lizard Head to the west is Parrot Bay South and east is the Summer Sea.




Annotations from item #46266429:

The Golden Pit is a fighting pit located in Meereen.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

After Viserion and Rhaegal are unleashed upon the city the ruling council of Meereen fill the Golden Pit with beasts that Hizdahr zo Loraq had gathered for his games to feed the dragons and keep them sated. The dragons however prove to have a taste for mutton and instead keep returning to Daznak's Pit, which is filled with sheep, whenever they grow hungry.




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The Golden Reign was a long period of peace and unprecedented prosperity in the Reach - three quarters of a century - under the sage rule of Garth VII Gardener, King of the Reach.




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The Golden Rose is one of Cersei's dromonds in service to House Baratheon of King's Landing. It is named in honor of House Tyrell by King Tommen Baratheon.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The Golden Rose is among the ships being built as part of Queen Cersei Lannister's plan to increase the size of the royal fleet instead of relying on the traditional sea powers to protect the crown's interests.




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The Golden Storm - by Alexandre Dainche.© FFG

The Golden Storm was a longship captained by Aeron Greyjoy during Greyjoy's Rebellion. It was sunk during the sea battle off Fair Isle.

History

The Golden Storm was Aeron Greyjoy's newly-made longship. Aeron, who in his early years was a jolly drunk, claimed the Drowned God gifted him with the ability to piss longer or farther than any man. Upon receiving his longship, he wagered it against a herd of goats that he would be able to put out a hearthfire by pissing on it. Aeron won the bet giving the ship its name the Golden Storm, though his brother Balon, Lord of the Iron Islands, threatened to hang him from her mast when he heard what sort of ram his brother intended to mount upon her prow to serve as graphic monument to Aeron's accomplishment.

During Greyjoy's Rebellion Aeron sailed with his brother Victarion, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, against Stannis Baratheon, the master of ships for King Robert I Baratheon. When Stannis trapped the Iron Fleet in the sea battle off Fair Isle, the Golden Storm was sunk by Stannis's great warship, *Fury*, and Aeron was captured by House Lannister.




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The Golden Tooth by Paolo Puggioni © Fantasy Flight Games

Golden Tooth vaults by Jonny Klein © Fantasy Flight Games

The Golden Tooth, also called the Tooth,

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Layout

See also: Images of the Golden Tooth

Although the Golden Tooth is a small castle,

History

The Golden Tooth is the seat of the Leffords, a family formed by the union of First Men and Andals.

Ser Joffrey Doggett controlled much of the land north of the Golden Tooth during the Faith Militant uprising.

During the First Blackfyre Rebellion, the supporters of Daemon I Blackfyre won victories at Lannisport and the Golden Tooth.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Edmure Tully sends Lords Piper and Vance to prevent any Lannister army from entering the riverlands from the Golden Tooth.

A Clash of Kings

During the War of the Five Kings, an army under the command of Robb Stark, King in the North, circumvents the Golden Tooth and the passage it blocks by using a narrow goat path found by his direwolf, Grey Wind. Robb descends upon Ser Stafford Lannister's host, annihilating them at Oxcross, three days ride from Lannisport,

A Storm of Swords

In return for the release of Robett Glover from Duskendale, Robb tasks Ser Rolph Spicer with bringing Martyn Lannister to the Golden Tooth.

Following the Red Wedding, Ser Daven Lannister and Forley march from the Golden Tooth toward Riverrun.

A Feast for Crows

After Jaime resolves the siege of Riverrun, Forley commands the escort bringing Edmure to Casterly Rock. Jaime worries the group will be attacked by the outlaws of Lord Beric Dondarrion before they reach the Golden Tooth.

Quotes

Perwyn: How did the king ever take the Tooth? That's a hard strong keep, and it commands the hill road.
Martyn: He never took it. He slipped around it in the night. It's said the direwolf showed him the way, that Grey Wind of his. The beast sniffed out a goat track that wound down a defile and up along beneath a ridge, a crooked and stony way, yet wide enough for men riding single file. The Lannisters in their watchtowers got not so much a glimpse of them.

Perwyn Frey and Martyn Rivers




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The golden skulls on a standard behind Prince Aegon Targaryen - by Diego Gisbert ©FFG

Golden skulls are the gold-dipped skulls of the deceased captains-general of the Golden Company. The tent of the current captain-general is made of cloth-of-gold and is surrounded by a ring of pikes topped with these gilded skulls.

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History

On his deathbed Ser Aegor Rivers famously commanded his men to boil the flesh from his skull, dip it in gold, and carry it before them when they crossed the narrow sea to retake Westeros. Each of his successors as captain-general has followed this example; upon their deaths their golden skulls adorn the standard poles of the Golden Company.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

When Jon Connington arrives at the Golden Company's encampment near Volon Therys he contemplates the golden skulls. One is larger than the rest – Maelys the Monstrous and his nameless brother. The other skulls have a sameness to them, though several are cracked and splintered by the blows that slew them, and one has filed pointed teeth.

When Jon looks at the skull of his old friend, Myles Toyne, he sees that death has robbed Myles of his ears, his nose, and all his warmth. Only his smile remains, transformed into a glittering grin. Jon thinks all the skulls are grinning, even Bittersteel's on the tall pike in the center.

During the landing of the Golden Company, the sellswords hide their skulls and golden battle standards to sow confusion in the stormlands.

Quotes

Blackheart. Myles Toyne had been so full of life the last time Griff had left him, it was hard to accept that he was gone. A golden skull atop a pole.

- thoughts of Jon Connington

When I return to Westeros, it will not be as a skull atop a pole.

- thoughts of Jon Connington




Annotations from item #46266435:

Goldencups are flowers found south of the Neck in Westeros.




Annotations from item #46266436:

Goldengrove

The Reach and the location of Goldengrove

Goldengrove is the seat of House Rowan. It is located east of Red Lake in the northern portion of the Reach.




Annotations from item #46266437:

Goldenheart is a type of tree found on Jhala and Omboru in the Summer Isles.

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History

The dragonlords of the Valyrian Freehold often traded for goldenheart from the Summer Isles.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

During the Hand's tourney, Ser Jaime Lannister uses a lance made from the golden wood of the Summer Isles.

A Storm of Swords

The Summer Islander Jalabhar Xho gifts King Joffrey I Baratheon with a golden wood great bow for his royal wedding.

A Feast for Crows

Alleras uses arrows of golden wood with his goldenheart longbow.

A Dance with Dragons

Led by Black Balaq, the fifty Summer Islanders of the Golden Company use goldenheart bows.




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Goldgrass

The North and the location of Goldgrass

Goldgrass is the seat of House Stout in the North.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The petty lord Harwood Stout hosts a feast for Ramsay Bolton when he returns to Barrowton, as Lady Barbrey Dustin has barred Ramsay from Barrow Hall. Harwood's young and pasty-faced guards wear leather brigandines and cloaks of gold and russet. The Bastard's girls kill one of Lord Stout's old hounds.

Quotes

It should have been you who threw the feast, to welcome me back, and it should have been in Barrow Hall, not this pisspot of a castle.

- Ramsay Bolton to Roose Bolton.




Annotations from item #46266439:

A man and his donkey travel the Goldroad. © Fantasy Flight Games

The Goldroad

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History

The Goldroad was built after House Targaryen's War of Conquest. Its route passes near the Field of Fire.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

After Lord Eddard Stark is wounded in the streets of King's Landing, Ser Jaime Lannister flees the capital

A Storm of Swords

Brynden Tully tells his nephew, Ser Edmure Tully, that Brynden and Robb Stark, King in the North, had wanted to fortify a position on the gold road against Lord Tywin Lannister. Edmure's defeat of Tywin in the Battle of the Fords nullified their plan, however.

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Kevan Lannister takes the Goldroad from Casterly Rock to King's Landing to become the Regent for King Tommen I Baratheon.




Annotations from item #46266440:

The Good Masters are the rulers of Astapor. Kraznys mo Nakloz is one of them.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Daenerys Targaryen contacts them under Ser Jorah Mormont's counsel in order to attempt to obtain an army of Unsullied.

See Also




Annotations from item #46266441:

The Goodheart is a pirate galley from Lys.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The Goodheart and the *Elephant* are driven north by a storm. They drop anchor off Hardhome to make repairs and see the thousands of wildlings that had been led there by Mother Mole after the battle beneath the Wall. The desperate wildlings want to be taken away. The two ships do not have room for them all, so they agree to take the women and children. The wildlings have nothing to eat, so the men send out their wives and daughters, hundreds of them, but as soon as they are out to sea the pirates put them below and rope them up, meaning to sell them all as slaves in Lys.

The pirates' plans are foiled when another storm parts the two ships and badly damages the Goodheart. Her captain has no choice but to put in at Braavos where the Sealord seizes the ship as slaving is forbidden in Braavos.

Whilst in Pynto's tavern Arya Stark observes Lyseni sailors off the Goodheart on the table nearest to the fire speaking quietly over cups of black tar rum.




Annotations from item #46266442:

Ser Goodwin was a knight and the master-at-arms at Evenfall Hall, in service to House Tarth. He taught Brienne Tarth how to fight.

History

Ser Goodwin fought in the Stepstones. He had a friend during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, a fierce warrior in the yard who died young when he hesitated in killing a man.

Quotes by Goodwin

Men will always underestimate you,[...], and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, let it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own. Wait and watch, girl, wait and watch.

– one of Goodwin's lessons to Brienne Tarth




Annotations from item #46266443:

Gordan I Gardener, called Grey-Eyes, was a King of the Reach and head of House Gardener.




Annotations from item #46266444:

Lord Goren Greyjoy of Pyke was the Lord of the Iron Islands and Lord Reaper of Pyke during the final years of the reign of Aegon I Targaryen, and the reign of Aenys I Targaryen.

History

In 33 AC, Goren succeeded his father, Lord Vickon Greyjoy. Not long after, he easily put down a clumsy conspiracy which attepted to crown Qhorin Volmark's son in Goren's.

In 37 AC, King Aenys I Targaryen succeeded Aegon I Targaryen on the Iron Throne. Among the multiple rebellions which broke out in the realm, one took place on the Iron Islands, where a man claiming to be Lodos the priest-king, returned at last from the watery halls of the Drowned God, led many of the Drowned Men to incite revolt. Goren was quick to deal with this rebel. He descended on Old Wyk and Great Wyk, where most of Lodos's followers could be found, with a hundred longships and put thousands of them to the sword. Further, sent King Aenys Lodos's head pickled in brine. In return, Aenys granted Goren any boon within his power to give. Wanting to prove himself a true son of the Drowned God (despite just putting down a rebellion led by one of his priests), Goren requested permission to expel the septons and septas who had come to the Iron Islands since Aegon's Conquest, preaching the Faith of the Seven. Aenys was unable to refuse.




Annotations from item #46266445:

The Gorge, spanned by the Bridge of Skulls. © FFG

The Gorge is a large, deep gorge that separates the Wall from the Bay of Ice.

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Bridge of Skulls

Crossing the Gorge is the Bridge of Skulls. Around it and below it are many rocks, and it stands over at least one pool of water. Nearby is Westwatch-by-the-Bridge, an unoccupied castle of the Night's Watch.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Bowen Marsh commands the Night's Watch against the wildlings of the Weeper in a fight at the Bridge of Skulls and the Gorge.

A Dance with Dragons

The commander of the Shadow Tower, Ser Denys Mallister writes to Castle Black to report sightings of fires in the night north of the Gorge.




Annotations from item #46266446:

Gorghan of Old Ghis was an ancient scholar from Ghis.

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Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

After Samwell Tarly tells Archmaester Marwyn that Maester Aemon believed Daenerys Targaryen to be the fulfillment of a prophecy, Marwyn quotes Gorghan on the nature of prophecy.

Quotes about Gorghan

Gorghan of Old Ghis once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is... and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.

- Archmaester Marwyn quoting Gorghan's views on prophecy




Annotations from item #46266447:

Gorm, called Gorm the Wolf, was one of the four chieftains that ruled Hardhome in the time prior to its destruction. Under Gorm's protection, Maester Wyllis established himself of Hardhome as a healer and counselor. However, Gorm was killed in a drunken brawl, forcing Wyllis to flee back to Oldtown




Annotations from item #46266448:

Gormon Massey was Lord of Stonedance and head of House Massey during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen.

History

Lord Massey sided with the blacks during the Dance of the Dragons. When Prince Jacaerys Velaryon called for dragonriders, Gormon made an attempt to ride Vermithor, but was burned to death.




Annotations from item #46266449:

Gormon Peake, called Gormy by his close friend Daemon II Blackfyre, was the Lord of Starpike and head of House Peake during the first two Blackfyre Rebellions.

Appearance and Character

Gormon was sour-mouthed, with a well-trimmed beard colored grey, black and white.

History

Lord Gormon was a supporter of Daemon Blackfyre during the First Blackfyre Rebellion. He was considered one of the greatest knights of his time.

It is said that Gormon became blind to reason in his thirst for revenge and the recovery of his seats.

The maesters at the Citadel have argued ever since why Ser Aegor Rivers chose not to support Daemon II in his rebellion. Many claim that Gormon and Daemon were unable to convince Ser Aegor that their plan had merit.




Annotations from item #46266450:

Gormon Tyrell is a maester serving at the Citadel. He is an uncle of Mace Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

After passing over Maesters Erreck and Turquin, the Conclave chooses Maester Gormon as Grand Maester Pycelle's replacement after Tyrion Lannister strips Pycelle of his office. Upon hearing whom the Citadel intends to send as a replacement, Lord Tywin Lannister returns Pycelle to his office.

A Feast for Crows

Gormon takes Archmaester Walgrave's place beneath the black iron mask to judge those attempting for the ravencraft link. He once accused Pate of theft.

Family




Annotations from item #46266451:

Gormond Drumm, known as Gormond the Oldfather, was a member of House Drumm.

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History

Gormond is famous for fathering a hundred sons.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Gormond is mentioned at the kingsmoot by Lord Dunstan Drumm as an example of House Drumm's great history.




Annotations from item #46266452:

Gormond Goodbrother is the third son of Lord Gorold Goodbrother.

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Appearance

Gormond is tall. Because they are identical triplets, it is very hard to tell him apart from his brothers, Greydon and Gran.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Gormond brings the news of the death of King Balon first to the Sparrs and then Aeron Damphair. Aeron takes his horse when he sets off for Hammerhorn.

Family




Annotations from item #46266453:

Gorne was a King-Beyond-the-Wall, a title that he shared with his brother Gendel, three thousand years ago.

History

Maester Herryk's *History of the Kings-Beyond-the-Wall* transcribes how Gendel and Gorne were asked to mediate a dispute between a clan of children of the forest and a family of giants, who argued over the ownership of a cavern. Gorne and Gendel eventually used trickery to resolve the issue using trickery, after discovering the cavern was part of a chain of caverns that passed beneath the Wall. According to Maester Herryk's history, Gorne and Gendel made both the giants and the children swear no longer to desire the cavern.

The passage underneath the Wall became known as Gorne's Way.




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Gorne's Way is a mythical route through the caves beyond the Wall that pass beneath the Wall and come out south of it into the Seven Kingdoms.

History

According to story, Gorne, a King-Beyond-the-Wall, discovered the way three thousand years ago and led a wildling army along the path to successfully evade the Night's Watch. However, they were attacked and killed by forces from Winterfell when they reached the far side. His brother, Gendel, attempted to return north of the Wall via the same path, but he did not know it as well as Gorne and became lost in the caves. The descendents of Gendel's folk are said to still be sobbing beneath the hills in their attempts to find a way out.




Annotations from item #46266455:

Lord Gorold Goodbrother is Lord of Hammerhorn and head of House Goodbrother. He has twelve daughters and three sons.

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Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Lord Gorold sends his son, Gormond to inform Aeron Greyjoy of the death of his brother, King Balon. Aeron travels to Hammerhorn and discusses the news with Gorold and his maester. There Gorold gives him further news, informing Aeron of Euron Greyjoy's arrival and the death of Lord Sawane Botley.

Gorold attends the kingsmoot, where he is listed as one of Victarion Greyjoy's supporters.

Quotes by Gorold

Damphair, I would have your counsel. What shall it be, homage or defiance?

– Gorold, to Aeron Greyjoy

Quotes about Gorold

The man lives too far from the sea.

Aeron Greyjoy's thoughts

Family




Annotations from item #46266456:

Gorosh is a ruined city on the northern coast of Wyvern Point in Sothoryos.

History

Gorosh was founded as a penal colony by the Ghiscari Empire,




Annotations from item #46266457:

Gorys Edoryen is a Volantene sellsword and the paymaster of the Golden Company .

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Appearance

Gorys is cadaverous looking, with a pointed black beard and blood-red hair that tumbles about his shoulders in oiled ringlets. He wears a lord’s ransom in golden arm rings and a leopard skin draped across one shoulder.

History

Gorys is originally from Volantis. He replaced Harry Strickland as the Golden Company's paymaster after Strickland's promotion to Captain-General.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gorys Edoryen is present during Jon Connington’s rendezvous with the Golden Company three miles south of Volon Therys. When Jon Connington reveals that Young Griff is in fact Prince Aegon Targaryen silence greets his announcement. He notices Gorys playing with one of his corkscrew curls and murmuring something in a tongue he does not know.

When discussing Daenerys Targaryen Edoryen urges feigning acceptance of the Yunkish envoy’s offer of a contract to fight against Daenerys but Homeless Harry Strickland replies that one broken contract is stain enough upon the honor of the company.

Edoryen, like the rest of the company, swears his allegiance to Aegon before they invade Westeros.

In Westeros Jon Connington takes Griffin's Roost with some men of the company. The rest of the men remain in camp to guard their landing site and the prince, under the command of Gorys.




Annotations from item #46266458:

Gorzhak zo Eraz, also called Pudding Face, is a Yunkai'i nobleman.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The Windblown, a sellsword company hired by Yunkai, mock Gorzhak as "Pudding Face". the next.

Gorzhak, along with his other two supreme commanders and Bloodbeard, present the head of captain Groleo to Hizdahr zo Loraq and demand the deaths of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons in return for the release of the other hostages Hero, Daario Naharis and Jhogo.

The Yunkai'i supply a chart of the supreme commander rotation to their sellsword companies. The sellsword commanders such as the Tattered Prince find this amusing and feel it is just another example of the incompetence of the Yunkai'i nobles when it comes to battle.

The Winds of Winter

On the eve of battle during the Second Siege of Meereen, Gorzhak zo Eraz is supposed to become the Supreme Commander according to the rotation chart but is slain by the Tattered Prince, who turns the Windblown's cloak to join Queen Daenerys Targaryen.




Annotations from item #46266459:

Gowen Baratheon was the third son of a reigning Lord of Storm's End.

History

Gowen was married to Lady Tya Lannister. Together they had one son, who died in his infancy. Their marriage was the last between houses Lannister and Baratheon until the marriage of King Robert I Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister

Notes

  1. In 298 AC, it has been roughly ninety years ago since Gowen and Tya were wed. Robert and Cersei were wed in 284 AC, making the difference in time between the two weddings roughly seventy-six years.



Annotations from item #46266460:

Galazza Galare, the Green Grace of Meereen - by Marc Fishman ©

The Graces are the priestesses of the Ghiscari region. They are housed in the Temple of the Graces of each Ghiscari city. They wear different colored robes to denote different functions.

Colors




Annotations from item #46266461:

Archmaester Gramyon was an archmaester at the Citadel of Oldtown. He wrote *Remnants of the Dragonlords*.




Annotations from item #46266462:

Gran Goodbrother is the second son of Lord Gorold Goodbrother.

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Appearance

Gran is tall. Because they are identical triplets, it is very hard to tell him apart from his brothers, Greydon and Gormond.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

When Aeron Greyjoy arrives at Hammerhorn, it is Gran who admits him.

Family




Annotations from item #46266463:

Ser Grance Morrigen was a knight of House Morrigen during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.

History

Ser Grance participated in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in 209 AC. Ser Steffon Fossoway offered to practice with him.

Notes

  1. Grance has no surname stated in The Hedge Knight. His surname is given in the graphic novel adaptation.



Annotations from item #46266464:

Grand Captain was the title used by the overall leader of the Warrior's Sons, before the disbandment of the Faith Militant. The Grand Captain answered to the High Septon. The Grand Captain was elected by the vote of the members of the order.

History

At the outbreak of the Faith Militant uprising in 41 AC, the Grand Captain of the Warrior's Sons was Ser Damon Morrigen, leader of the King's Landing chapter of the order. He famously agreed to a trial of seven with the newly proclaimed King Maegor I Targaryen. Only Maegor survived the trial, although he was badly injured.

Subsequently, in 43 AC the Warrior's Sons chose a new Grand Captain to replace the loss of Morrigen: Ser Joffrey Doggett, leader of the Lannisport chapter of the Warrior's Sons. Doggett commanded the surviving Warrior's Sons throughout the uprising and remained a major thorn in Maegor's side. Doggett survived the uprising.




Annotations from item #46266465:

Grand Master is the title held by the Wisdom that leads the Alchemists' Guild.




Annotations from item #46266466:

Grand admiral is a new title in the small council.

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Recent events

A Feast for Crows

Queen Regent Cersei Lannister renames the office of master of ships as "grand admiral". She removes Lord Paxter Redwyne from the council and names Aurane Waters to the seat.

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Paxter Redwyne has been restored to the post of master of ships by Ser Kevan Lannister, the Lord Regent, and also granted the titles of both lord admiral and grand admiral.




Annotations from item #46266467:

Grandview is the seat of House Grandison in the Stormlands.




Annotations from item #46266468:

Grassfield Keep

The Reach and the location of Grassfield Keep

Grassfield Keep is the castle of House Meadows in or near the town of Grassy Vale in the Reach.




Annotations from item #46266469:

Grassy Vale

The Reach and the location of Grassy Vale

Grassy Vale is a town controlled by House Meadows in the Reach. It sits along the northern shore of the Blueburn river, close to the border with the stormlands.




Annotations from item #46266470:

A gravedigger is a novice on the Quiet Isle. His true name is not known. As his moniker suggests he digs graves on the island.

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Appearance

The gravedigger is bigger than Brienne of Tarth and lame. Like the other brothers he is cowled in dun-and-brown so his face is hidden.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

When Brienne of Tarth and her companions arrive on the Quiet Isle they walk uphill passing a lichyard on the way. There she notices a brother bigger than her struggling to dig Brother Clement's grave. Brother Narbert chides him to be more watchful when some flung soil spatters at their feet. The gravedigger also drops his spade and scratches Dog's ear.

When they meet the Elder Brother, he mentions that their gravedigger knows no rest as many corpses are washing up on the isle's shores.

A little later Brienne and her companions take supper in the Quiet Isle's septry. The novices are tasked with serving and Brienne again notices the limping gravedigger they had encountered on the hill.

Quotes

Too many corpses, these days. Our gravedigger knows no rest.

- Elder Brother to Meribald

Identity

Main article: Gravedigger/Theories

Several clues point to the possibility that the gravedigger may be Sandor Clegane.




Annotations from item #46266471:

It is thought that Sandor Clegane is still alive and living as a novice at the monastery on the Quiet Isle.

Contents

Supporting Evidence

Extrapolations

It has been speculated that Sandor has been tasked with digging a grave for each of the people he has killed.

Evidence Against the Theory

The Elder Brother tells Brienne,

I buried him myself. I can tell you where his grave lies, if you wish. I covered him with stones to keep the carrion eaters from digging up his flesh, and set his helm atop the cairn to mark his final resting place.

According to this quote, it appears that the Elder Brother literally created a cairn and buried the Hound's flesh. Defenders of the theory believe that the Elder Brother could be being metaphorical, or perhaps have literally had to cut out some of The Hound's flesh while healing him; due to it having rot.




Annotations from item #46266472:

For other characters with the same name, see Grazdan (disambiguation).

Grazdan mo Eraz is one of the Wise Masters of Yunkai.

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Appearance

He is lean and hard, with a white smile. He wears his hair drawn up in the shape of unicorn's horn on his brow. His tokar is fringed with golden Myrish lace.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Grazdan leads the Yunkai envoys to Daenerys Targaryen when she comes to conquer their city. On behalf of the city, he attempts to bribe her with gold and try to convince her to pass over Yunkai, but is rebuffed and in turn given an ultimatum by Daenerys to let the slaves go by the third day.

After the crushing defeat of the Yunkai forces outside of their walls, Grazdan is sent to deliver Daenerys's ultimatum.

A Dance with Dragons

Grazdan mo Eraz travels to Volantis to persuade the Triarchs to send their fleet against Daenerys Targaryen. His bribes and feasts are said to be lavish, he brought slave girls and boys trained in Yunkai in the way of the seven sighs to pleasure the ruling class of Volantis.

While in Volantis he spreads many false stories about Daenerys, that she is blood thirsty, feeds her Dragons on the flesh of newborn babies, impales anyone who defies her on spikes to die, takes a different lover every night and bathes in blood of maidens to retain her youth.

Quotes by Grazdan

I pride myself on my knowledge of the savage senseless west. And yet, why should we speak thus harshly to one another? It is true that you committed savageries in Astapor, but we Yunkai’i are a most forgiving people. Your quarrel is not with us, Your Grace. Why squander your strength against our mighty walls when you will need every man to regain your father’s throne in far Westeros? Yunkai wishes you only well in that endeavor, and to prove the truth of that, I have brought you a gift. Fifty thousand golden marks. Yours, as a gesture of friendship from the Wise Masters of Yunkai. Gold given freely is better than plunder bought with blood, surely? So I say to you, Daenerys Targaryen, take this chest, and go.

– Grazdan, to Daenerys Targaryen

You shall rue this arrogance, whore. These little lizards will not keep you safe, I promise you. We will fill the air with arrows if they come within a league of Yunkai. Do you think it is so hard to kill a dragon?

– Grazdan, to Daenerys Targaryen




Annotations from item #46266473:

Not to be confused with one of the other three Good Masters of Astapor named Grazdan. See also Grazdan (disambiguation).

Grazdan mo Ullhor was a Good Master of Astapor. He was presumably named after Grazdan the Great, who founded Old Ghis.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Grazdan brings six slaves with him to the meeting with Daenerys Targaryen, where she offers to purchase all of the Unsullied that Astapor has at the time. He is the eldest of the Good Masters at the meeting, and one of four named Grazdan. After the price has been agreed upon, Daenerys brings Drogon to the Plaza of Punishment as part of the trade. Once the Unsullied are handed over to her, she orders the Good Masters of Astapor to be killed. Grazdan shouts for the Unsullied to attack, but dies when Rakharo puts an arrow through his mouth.




Annotations from item #46266474:

For other articles sharing the same title, please see this disambiguation page.

Grazdan the Great is the legendary founder of Old Ghis. He is still so revered that men of the slaver families of Slaver's Bay are still often given his name.




Annotations from item #46266475:

Grazdan zo Galare is a former slave merchant in Meereen. He is the cousin of Galazza Galare, the Green Grace.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Grazdan came before Daenerys Targaryen in Meereen and petitioned for compensation from some of his former slaves who had opened their own weaving shop, using skills learned during their time as his slaves under the tutelage of a fine weaver. Daenerys asked him what was the name of the slave who he used to teach them their skill, which he could not remember. Daenerys refused his claim and she fined him the purchase of a new loom for his former slaves for forgetting the name of his slave.

Behind the Scenes

In the appendix of *A Dance with Dragons* Grazdan's first name is erroneously given as Grazdam.




Annotations from item #46266476:

Grazdhan zo Rhaezn is a Yunkish Nobleman.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Grazdhan zo Rhaezn, along with his brothers Chezdahr zo Rhaezn and Maezon zo Rhaezn, are mocked by the sellsword companies as the Clanker Lords, since they came up with the idea of chaining all the slave soldiers together so they cannot flee when facing the Unsullied of Daenerys Targaryen (as their previous soldiers did). The soldiers march at a snail's pace due to the weight of the chains.

The Tattered Prince points out that these slave soldiers, due to all the chains attached to them, will be slowed and not be able to fight effectively.




Annotations from item #46266477:

Grazhar (or Grazdar

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Appearance and Character

Grazhar is skinny,

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Queen Daenerys Targaryen has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage. These children are made her cupbearers.

Daenerys hopes having noble children as hostages will halt the killings, but it does not. However, Daenerys refuses to allow any harm to come to the children. She grows fond of them all, and ignores Skahaz mo Kandaq's counsel to kill one for every death done by the Sons of the Harpy.

When Galazza Galare visits Daenerys in her chambers in the Great Pyramid for a private supper, Daenerys has Grazhar and Qezza serve. Galazza greets her young cousins with kisses and asks if they have been good. Daenerys notes that Ser Barristan Selmy is instructing Grazhar and the other boys in the ways of Westerosi chivalry.

When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back, the cupbearers continue to serve her husband, King Hizdahr zo Loraq.

Ser Barristan Selmy plots with Skahaz mo Kandaq to seize control of Meereen in the queen's name. Although Skahaz wants to kill the cupbearers in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen, Barristan also refuses to allow any harm to come to the children.

After the death of Prince Quentyn Martell, Barristan enters the queen's chambers and finds Grazhar and five other cupbearers playing a child's game, sitting in a circle on the floor as they take turns spinning a dagger. Barristan has Grazhar and Azzak guard the door in expectation of the visit of Galazza Galare. During the meeting, Skahaz mo Kandaq bursts through the door, and when Grazhar tries to block his path, he slams the boy aside.




Annotations from item #46266478:

The Great Barrow is a large, grassy hill at Barrowton in the North. The surrounding Barrowlands are flat and windswept. The castle of House Dustin, Barrow Hall, is built on the hill.

According to folklore the Great Barrow contains the grave of the First King of the First Men or a King of the Giants.




Annotations from item #46266479:

The Great Council is a council that is formed when the inheritance of the throne is unclear. In Westerosi history, there have been at least two Great Councils to decide the Targaryen succession to the Iron Throne, while a third decided the regents of an underaged king.

The Great Council of 101, as depicted by Marc Simonetti in *The World of Ice & Fire*.

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Great Council of 101 AC

Prelude to the Council

King Jaehaerys I's son and heir, Prince Aemon, had died in 92 AC, which caused Jaehaerys to choose Aemon's younger brother, Prince Baelon, as his heir, passing over Aemon's daughter, Princess Rhaenys - an act that would cause the Second Quarrel. Prince Baelon, however, died in 101 AC, causing Jaehaerys to be in need of a new heir yet again. Instead of having the king decide on his own, a Great Council was called together to settle the matter.

The outcome of the Council

The Great Council of 101 AC was held at Harrenhal.

There were a total of nine lesser claims, all of which were heard and dismissed.

Primogeniture favored Laenor, as his mother, Princess Rhaenys, was the daughter of Prince Aemon, who had been the eldest living son of King Jaehaerys. Yet proximity favored Viserys, who, in addition, had been the last Targaryen Prince to ride the dragon Balerion, before the Black Dread had died in 94 AC. On the other hand, Laenor had recently acquired a dragon of his own, Seasmoke.

In the end, what mattered most for the many lords in the realm, was that the male line would take precedence over the female line. In addition, Prince Viserys was twenty-four years old, while Laenor was only seven. Yet Laenor had one big advantage over Viserys: he was the son of Lord Corlys Velaryon, the wealthiest man of the Seven Kingdoms. Corlys' fame, reputation and wealth did much to support Laenor's claim. Lord Boremund Baratheon supported Laenor's claim (his sister Jocelyn was Laenor's grandmother),

Viserys Targaryen was ultimately chosen by the assembled nobility,

Consequences of the Council

According to Archmaester Gyldayn, in the eyes of many, the council of 101 AC established an iron precedent on matters of succession: that the Iron Throne could not pass to a woman, or to a male descendant of a woman.

King Viserys I Targaryen named his daughter, his only surviving child by his first marriage, Princess Rhaenyra, his heir after the death of his second born son, Prince Baelon. After three sons had been born in his second marriage, Viserys would be asked about the succession repeatedly, but Viserys chose to ignore the precedents of 101 AC, and Rhaenyra remained his heir until his death. Viserys even dismissed his Hand of the King, Ser Otto Hightower, because Hightower would keep asking the king about the matter.

Following the death of King Viserys I, at the start of the coup for the throne by the greens, Viserys' small council examined the annals of the Great Council. They determined that the houses which had dissented during the Great Council were likely to support the claim of Rhaenyra Targaryen instead of Aegon II Targaryen.

Great Council of 136 AC

Prelude to the Council

King Aegon III Targaryen ascended the throne in 131 AC at the age of eleven. It would be five years before the king would be able to rule in his own right, but instead of naming one regent, in the conclusion of the Dance of the Dragons, a council of seven regents was named, who would rule together with the Hand of the King.

The original council of seven consisted out of the following members: Lady Jeyne Arryn, Lord Corlys Velaryon, Lord Roland Westerling, Lord Royce Caron, Lord Manfryd Mooton, Ser Torrhen Manderly, and Grand Maester Munkun. Out of these seven, only Munkun would serve the entire term (131 AC to 136 AC).

The outcome of the Council

Every time a member of the council of regents died or resigned, the council elected a replacement. However, when suddenly three spots on the council became available, a Great Council was called to name new members. The Great Council elected Willam Stackspear, Marq Merryweather and Lorent Grandison by lot.

These three members served with the other four regents until the sixteenth nameday of King Aegon III, when he dismissed them all.

Great Council of 233 AC

Prelude to the Council

King Daeron II Targaryen's original heir, Prince Baelor, had perished in an accident during a Trial of Seven in 209 AC, leaving his eldest son Valarr to inherit the crown.

Outcome of the Council

Maekar's eldest son, Prince Daeron, called "Daeron the Drunken", had died of a sexually transmitted pox prior to 233 AC. Daeron's only issue was Princess Vaella, a feeble-witted, simple girl.

Maekar's next son, Prince Aerion, had died in 232 AC, when he drank wildfire in the mistaken belief it would turn him into a dragon.

Maekar's third son, Aemon, had taken his maester's vows in 217 AC.

Maekar's youngest son, Prince Aegon V Targaryen, had served as a squire of a hedge knight in his youth, which had led to some of the lords mistrusting him, as they felt that Aegon's wandering with the hedge knight had left the Prince "half a peasant".

The claim of Princess Vaella was immediately dismissed. Only a few spoke up for the claim of Prince Maegor, but his ascension would mean a long regency, and in addition, it was feared that Maegor might have inherited Aerion's madness and cruelty. Thus, Maegor's claim was dismissed as well. Prince Aegon's claim seemed as the obvious choice, but due to the prince's wanderings in his youth, there were enough lords who hated him, and thus, an effort was made to offer the throne,

As the Great Council was debating the matter of succession, a fifth claimant appeared. Aenys Blackfyre, the fifth son of the Pretender Daemon I Blackfyre, had written to King's Landing from Tyrosh when the Great Council had first been announced, hoping to gain the throne with words, as swords had failed his family three times already. The Hand of the King, Brynden Rivers, had offered him safe conduct to Westeros.

Upon arrival, however, Aenys was immediately arrested and dragged to the Red Keep, where he was executed. His head was presented to the council, to serve as a warning against every lord who might still have sympathies for the Blackfyres.

A majority of the council elected Prince Aegon soon thereafter, leading to the ascension of King Aegon V Targaryen, "Aegon the Unlikely".

Consequence of the Council

The first act of King Aegon V would be to arrest the man who had gotten him elected. Brynden Rivers was arrested and sentenced to death for breaking the word of the Iron Throne, having arranged the execution of Aenys Blackfyre. Aegon would later offer Rivers the option of going to the Wall, which Rivers would accept. He travelled to the Wall together with Aemon, and served in the Night's Watch from 233 AC until he disappeared beyond the Wall in 252 AC.

Attempts to call a Great Council

37 AC

King Aenys I Targaryen considered calling a Great Council, when four different rebels begin to harass Westeros, and the king could not decide himself how to handle the situation. During this Great Council, he had wanted to discuss how best to deal with the situations. The Great Council was never called, as others acted more swiftly than the king, thereby solving the troubles.

130 AC

In 130 AC, after the fall of King's Landing, Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower suggested assembling a Great Council, to decide which claimant should ascend to the throne, Rhaenyra Targaryen or Aegon Targaryen. Rhaenyra, however, refused to grant the wish.

281 AC

The announcement of the Tourney at Harrenhal by Lord Walter Whent gave reason for suspicion. It was rumored that there had been a "shadow host", who had been providing Lord Walter with the funds to pay the magnificent prizes which were promised. These rumors were widely believed in 281 AC, and are still believed at the present. Whilst a dozen names have been put forward for the identity of this shadow host, over the years one name seemed compelling: Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.

The tale tells that Prince Rhaegar had arranged the tourney, by sending Ser Oswell Whent, his friend, and Lord Walter's brother, as a go-between. Providing the gold for prizes, the Prince had wanted to lure as many lords and knights to Harrenhal as possible. But the Prince's interests would not have been the tourney itself. His intent would have been to gather as many of the lords of the realm together, to call an informal Great Council, hoping to discuss ways and means of dealing with the madness of Rhaegar's father, King Aerys II Targaryen. History suggests both a regency, or a forced abdication as possibilities of the hoped outcome.

If this was truly Prince Rhaegar's intent, nothing came from it, as King Aerys II Targaryen, warned of these rumors by his master of whispers, decided to attend the tourney personally, despite not having left the Red Keep for four years.

283 AC

It is believed that Rhaegar Targaryen, had he succeeded at the battle of the Trident, would have wished to call a Great Council to determine what should be done about Aerys II Targaryen.

299 AC

After realizing that Joffrey Baratheon was not the biological son of Robert Baratheon, Catelyn Stark suggests to Renly Baratheon that he, Stannis Baratheon, and Robb Stark, who had all been crowned as kings, should set aside their claims and call for a Great Council to determine who should be king. Renly Baratheon laughed at the suggestion.

Variants

Kingsmoot

Main article: Kingsmoot

A kingsmoot is a Great Council-like ceremony held amongst the Ironborn, where all longship captains are allowed to cast a vote as to who should be chosen as the new Iron King. The kingsmoot is traditionally held on Nagga's Hill on Old Wyk.




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The Great Empire of the Dawn was a mythic realm established on all the land between the Bones and the Grey Waste, from the Shivering Sea to the Jade Sea and including the isle of Leng, and the predecessor to the Golden Empire of Yi Ti.

Rise and Fall of the Great Empire

According to legend, the Golden Empire's first ruler was the God-on-Earth, the only son of the Lion of Night and the Maiden-Made-of-Light, who traveled in a palanquin carved from a single pearl and carried by a hundred queens, his wives. He ruled for ten thousand years until he ascended to the stars to join his forebears. Dominion then passed to his eldest son, the Pearl Emperor, who ruled for a thousand years. Power then passed to the Jade Emperor, the Tourmaline Emperor, the Onyx Emperor, the Topaz Emperor, and the Opal Emperor. Each reigning for a shorter and more troubled time than the previous emperor, for wild men and beasts pressed the borders of the Empire, lesser kings grew proud and rebellious, and the common people gave themselves to sin.

When the daughter of the Opal Emperor ascended to power as the Amethyst Empress, her envious brother cast her down and proclaimed himself the Bloodstone Emperor and began a reign of terror and slavery, in which he practiced dark arts and necromancy, took a tiger-woman for his bride, feasted on human flesh and cast down the gods of Yi Ti to worship a black stone fallen from the sky. This Blood Betrayal, as it is known in the annals of the Further East, ushered in the Long Night, with the Maiden-Made-of-Light turning her back on the world, while the Lion of Night came forth to punish the wickedness of man. The darkness ended when a great warrior rose to lead the virtuous into battle with the sword Lightbringer in his hand. Light was restored, but the Great Empire was not reborn for the restored world was a broken place where every tribe of men went its own way, fearful of all the others, and war, lust, and murder had endured.

Legacy

The Five Forts are believed by some to have been built under the command of the Pearl Emperor.




Annotations from item #46266481:

The Great Fathers are the rulers of Bayasabhad, Kayakayanaya, and Shamyriana, the sole remaining cities of the now defunct Patrimony of Hyrkoon.

The Great Fathers are chosen from among the male population of these cities. While girls learn to ride and climb before they learn to walk and are trained in the arts of bow, spear, knife, and sling from the earliest age, ninety nine of every hundred boys, the sons of the Great Fathers, are gelded when they reach the age of manhood and live out their lives as eunuchs, serving their cities as scribes, priests, scholars, servants, cooks, farmers, and craftsmen. Only the most promising males, the largest, strongest, and most comely, are permitted to mature, breed, and become Great Fathers in their turn. Maester Naylin in his *Rubies and Iron* speculates on the circumstances that led to such customs.




Annotations from item #46266482:

Great Kraken by Daerick Gross, Sr. © Fantasy Flight Games

Great Kraken by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

The Great Kraken is a longship captained by Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands. Its bow is ornamented with a grey iron ram in the shape of a kraken.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

When Theon Greyjoy returns to Pyke, he spies his father Balon's ship in the harbor of Lordsport.




Annotations from item #46266483:

The Great Masters are the ruling class of Meereen, one of the cities of Slaver's Bay. They belong to the great slaver families of the city, such as the House of Loraq or the House of Pahl.

Quotes

our Worship should have a look at this. A list of all the Meereenese ships in the blockade, with their captains. Great Masters all..

- Skahaz mo Kandaq, to Queen Daenerys Targaryen

See Also




Annotations from item #46266484:

Great Moraq

The known world and the location of Great Moraq

Great Moraq, the largest island in the known world, to the east.

Geography

West of Great Moraq are Vahar and Lesser Moraq, while to the south is the Isle of Elephants, as well as several smaller islands. East of the great island is the Isle of Whips and, in the Jade Gates to the north, is Qal. Across the Jade Gates is Qarth in southern Essos.

The northern half of Great Moraq is a mixture of plains, hills, and small forests, while the southern half of the island is densely forested. The city of Faros is situated at the mouth of a river on the northern stretch of its western coast. At the southern point of Great Moraq is the city of Port Moraq on the Cinnamon Straits.

History

Great Moraq was once conquered by Jar Joq, one of the sea-green god-emperors of Yi Ti.

Because of the prevailing winds, the eastern shore of Great Moraq is lightly settled and rarely visited. The western shore is more populous and is connected with the Jade Sea trade routes.




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The Great Other is the god of darkness, cold, and death in the faith of R'hllor. His true name is never spoken. He is considered the enemy of R'hllor, the Lord of Light.

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Followers of R'hllor believe that there are only two gods, R'hllor and the Great Other, who wage an eternal war over the fate of the world. All forces of darkness, cold, and death are believed to be only servants to the Great Other. Melisandre refers to the Others as the *"cold children"* of the Great Other. from legends. According to Melisandre sleep is a little death, dreams are whisperings of the Other who would drag everyone into his eternal night.

Notes

At the Wall, when gazing into the fires, Melisandre sees a wooden face, corpse white, a thousand red eyes, and a boy with a wolf's head beside him. She thinks to herself that they must be the Great Other's champions, as King Stannis is hers.

Further evidence in the text ties the Last Greenseer, Brynden Rivers, the Old Gods, and Bran Stark to the theme of darkness that draws The Great Other into opposition with R'hllor. The vision of Melisandre pointing towards Bloodraven and Bran as champions of The Great Other is corroborated in this exchange:

*There he sat, listening to the hoarse whispers of his teacher. 'Never fear the darkness, Bran.' The lord's words were accompanied by a faint rustling of wood and leaf, a slight twisting of his head. "The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong." *

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Beyond the Wall, the enemy grows stronger, and should he win the dawn will never come again.

- Melisandre's thoughts

Death is his domain, the dead his soldiers.

- Melisandre's thoughts




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For the ruined pyramid in Old Ghis, see Great Pyramid of Ghis.

The Great Pyramid. © FFG

The Great Pyramid of Meereen is 800 feet tall (243,84 meters),

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Ser Barristan Selmy atop the Great Pyramid awaiting the return of Queen Daenerys Targaryen - by Marc Fishman ©

The Great Pyramid was built as an echo to the Great Pyramid of Ghis. Like its ancient predecessor, the Great Pyramid in Meereen has thirty-three levels, a number which is considered to be sacred to the gods of Ghis.

The foundations of the pyramid are massive and thick, supporting the weight of the huge structure overhead. The interior walls are three times thicker than any castle's curtain walls.

The pyramid's main doors are closed and barred at sunset, opening only at first light the next day.

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The Great Pyramid from above in *Game of Thrones*

The Great Pyramid boasts three-and-thirty levels, a number sacred to the Gods of Ghis.

Underneath the pyramid are vaults with cisterns, dungeons, and torture chambers.

The Apex

Main article: queen's apartments (Great Pyramid)

Daenerys Targaryen's keeps her private chambers (or queen's apartments) in the lofty apex of the pyramid on the highest step. Her chambers are surrounded by greenery and fragrant pools. There are low brick parapets.

The Hall

Main article: audience chamber (Great Pyramid)

The queen’s splendorous audience chamber (or hall) is one level below her apartments,

The Heart

Main article: heart (Great Pyramid)

Massive brick walls surround a suite of rooms buried in the very heart of the pyramid on the sixteenth and seventeenth levels.

The Base

Main article: base (Great Pyramid)

Located at ground level the base of the pyramid is a hushed place, full of dust and shadows. Within the ground level walls, sounds echo off arches of many coloured brick, and amongst the stables, stalls, and storerooms. Daenerys’s wedding procession formed up inside the gates.

The Pit (Dragon Pit)

Main article: Dragon pit (Great Pyramid)

The pit of the Great Pyramid is 40 feet deep (12.19 meters) and large enough to hold 500 men. are enclosed and chained up inside.

The Dungeons

Main article: Dungeons (Great Pyramid)

There are dungeons and torture chambers in proximity to the dragon pit. , feigned deserters, are also imprisoned in the dungeons.

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At the gates of Meereen, the enormous harpy is visible atop the Great Pyramid. © FFG

A Storm of Swords

When Daenerys Targaryen arrives at Meereen, she can see the top of the Great Pyramid from outside the city's walls. The sellsword Daario Naharis, upon seeing the great bronze harpy on top, declares that the harpy is a craven thing.

After Meereen is conquered, Daenerys orders the huge bronze harpy atop the Great Pyramid to be taken down. She takes the pyramid as her own seat.

A Dance with Dragons

After the death of Hazzea,

As befits his status as Daenerys's only Queensguard knight, Ser Barristan Selmy is given rooms near Daenerys's chambers at the apex of the pyramid. Subsequently, he makes the climb up and down the Great Pyramid five or six times a day on the queen's business, which leaves him with pain in his knees and back. Ser Barristan feels his age when he climbs and fears that one day climbing the stairs will prove beyond his powers.

Due to the thickness of the walls Viserion is able to carve a hole in the walls of the dragon pit, which serve as his own personal dragon's lair.

Ser Barristan Selmy constructs a beacon at the pyramid's apex, there where the harpy once stood. The beacon consists of dry wood, soaked with oil, and is covered to keep the rain off. He intends to light the beacon when the time to attack the besiegers arrives. The flames will be the signals for the forces of Meereen to pour out of the city gates and attack their besiegers.

Quotes

Up here in her garden Dany sometimes felt like a god, living atop the highest mountain in the world. Do all gods feel so lonely?

- Queen Daenerys Targaryen, in contemplation, atop the Great Pyramid.




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The Great Pyramid of Ghis was a gigantic stepped pyramid in Ghis, the capital of the Ghiscari Empire. It is now a ruin in Old Ghis.[*citation needed*]

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The Great Pyramid had thirty-three levels, a number considered sacred to the gods of Ghis,*]

It was destroyed by the Valyrian Freehold during the fifth and final war between the Freehold and the Empire. The Valyrians marched on the city and obliterated it. Only the colossal ruins of the pyramid remain. It is now the haunt of bats and spiders.[*citation needed*]

The Great Pyramid of Meereen was built as an echo to the Great Pyramid of Ghis. Like its ancient predecessor, the Pyramid has thirty-three levels.

Lomas Longstrider once visited the ruins of the Great Pyramid of Ghis and may have written about it in his book *Wonders Made by Man* which records nine man made wonders of the world.[*citation needed*]

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A Dance with Dragons

In the Great Pyramid of Meereen, just before he begins his long descent alone to meet Skahaz mo Kandaq, Ser Barristan Selmy recalls that it had been built as an echo to the Great Pyramid of Ghis. He also remembers that Lomas Longstrider had once visited its colossal ruins.[*citation needed*]




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The Great Sand Sea is a massive desert valley and canyon

Cities between the Great Sand Sea and the Bone Mountains include Kayakayanaya just to the northwest, Samyriana in the central region, and Bayasabhad to the southwest. On the other side of the Great Sand Sea are Tiqui to the southeast and Trader Town between its center and the Shrinking Sea, on the opposite side as Samyriana. A number of these settlements were within the Patrimony of Hyrkoon, an ancient nation that flourished east of the Bone Mountains and had its heartland in the once fertile Great Sand Sea.




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Great Sept of Baelor by Marc Simonetti ©

The Great Sept of Baelor, also called the Great Sept

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Layout

See also: Images of the Great Sept of Baelor

The sept, plaza, and Red Keep with King's Landing.
Art by Kim Pope, for *Game of Thrones*

The Great Sept of Baelor is named after the septon-king Baelor the Blessed. It is located at the top of Visenya's Hill, surrounded by a white marble plaza. It features a statue of Baelor, which stands tall and serene upon his plinth; his face is a study of benevolence.

The sept is an impressive marble domed structure with seven crystal towers, each of which has bells. Only on momentous occasions, such as the death of a king, are all of them rung.

Past the doors is the entrance hall of the sept, which is known as the Hall of Lamps. Those entering the hall walk beneath suspended globes of colored leaded glass.

Below are tombs where kings are laid to rest,

History

Bell tower in the plaza outside the Sept

During the reign of King Aegon I Targaryen, a sept for the smallfolk of King's Landing was made in a sunken cog in the Blackwater Rush, while the High Septon in Oldtown sponsored a grander sept atop Visenya's Hill.

Inspired by a vision, Baelor I Targaryen ordered the construction of a great sept atop Visenya's Hill; the fate of the grand sept atop the hill from Aegon the Conqueror's reign is unknown. The Great Sept was completed years after the death of Baelor the Blessed,.

When Dorne join the Seven Kingdoms during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen, the king rode with Maron Martell, Prince of Dorne, from the Red Keep to the Great Sept. The two men placed a wreath before the statue of Baelor the Blessed.

Ser Tywin Lannister, the Hand of the King to Aerys II Targaryen, wed his cousin, Joanna Lannister, within the Great Sept in 263 AC.

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A Game of Thrones

Lord Eddard Stark is executed by Ser Ilyn Payne before the Great Sept - by Mike S Miller

With the influx of people in King's Landing before the Hand's tourney, a woman's head is found floating in the rainbow pool of the Great Sept.

The sept's bells ring dolorously for a day and a night after the death of King Robert I Baratheon.

Lord Eddard Stark is taken to the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor where, unbeknownst to him, Yoren, his daughter Arya Stark, and the disguised Ser Barristan Selmy are amongst the crowd. Eddard makes a false public confession, but the plan goes awry when King Joffrey I Baratheon declares that Eddard must be executed, to the evident shock of Queen Cersei Lannister, Varys, and the High Septon. Ser Ilyn Payne beheads Eddard on the steps with his own greatsword, Ice.

A Clash of Kings

The High Septon is outraged at Lord Stark's execution, claiming it profaned the Great Sept with blood.

Thousands jam the Great Sept of Baelor prior to the Battle of the Blackwater.

A Storm of Swords

The royal wedding of Joffrey and Margaery Tyrell takes place at midday on the first day of the year 300 AC in the Great Sept of Baelor.

A Feast for Crows

Ser Jaime Lannister stands vigil for his late father, Lord Tywin, whose body rests under the Great Sept's lofty dome of glass and gold and crystal, upon a stepped marble bier. Tywin's corpse stinks so badly no one is able to enter the sept for days afterward.

Instead of a lavish ceremony in the Great Sept, King Tommen I Baratheon weds Joffrey's widow, Margaery, in the castle sept of the Red Keep.

Sparrows gather in the Great Sept's plaza and beneath its doors.

The Faith of the Seven confines Margaery in a cell atop one of the Great Sept's towers, although a crowd gathers outside the sept in protest.

A Dance with Dragons

Cersei Lannister disrobes on the steps of the Great Sept. © FFG

Tyrion Lannister thinks that the Temple of the Lord of Light in Volantis is three times the size of the Great Sept of Baelor.

Poor Fellows surround the Great Sept, beneath which are imprisoned Osney Kettleblack and the Blue Bard.

Quotes

You shall wed the king in the Great Sept of Baelor, before the eyes of gods and men.

Cersei Lannister, to Sansa Stark

When Sansa had first beheld the Great Sept with its marble walls and seven crystal towers, she'd thought it was the most beautiful building in the world, but that had been before Joffrey beheaded her father on its steps.

- thoughts of Sansa Stark




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The Great Shepherd or lamb god

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A Game of Thrones

Mirri Maz Duur claims to be a healer sent by the Great Shepherd.




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The Great Spring Sickness was a plague epidemic which took place in 209 AC and 210 AC, killing tens of thousands in the Seven Kingdoms. Victims are said to have "died in the spring".

History

The plague killed tens of thousands in the Seven Kingdoms with the major cities affected the most; it was bad in Lannisport, worse in Oldtown, but worst of all in King's Landing, where four in ten succumbed to it. A strong man could wake up healthy in the morning and die by the evening, so swiftly did the plague strike.

Dorne and the Vale of Arryn did not suffer from the Great Spring Sickness, as they closed off their access roads and their ports to all travellers.

The plague killed people nobles and smallfolk, including King Daeron II Targaryen and his two most immediate heirs, Princes Valarr and Matarys, as well as the High Septon, a third of the Most Devout, nearly all of the silent sisters in King's Landing,

Lord Brynden Rivers, the Hand of the King to Daeron's successor Aerys I Targaryen, ordered the many bodies be brought to the Dragonpit and burned by the pyromancers. The light of their wildfire pyres could be seen as a dark green glow throughout King's Landing during the night.

Many hostages of the Iron Throne, taken from Daemon I Blackfyre's supporters in the aftermath of the First Blackfyre Rebellion, died in the spring. With these kinsmen of their supporters already dead, Lord Gormon Peake and Daemon II Blackfyre felt more comfortable attempting the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.

Quotes

... oh, it was a dreadful time. By the end, half the city was praying to the Stranger.

- Sefton to Duncan the Tall

The drought wasn't Lord Bloodraven's fault, nor the Great Spring Sickness either.

- Aegon Targaryen to Duncan the Tall




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The Great Summer is a fabled summer that never ends. It is supposed to be sent by the gods when all men are good.

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A Game of Thrones

Grand Maester Pycelle reminisces to Eddard Stark about King Maekar I's summer which occurred when he was a young man still forging his chain. It was hotter than the current one, and nearly as long. Pycelle says that there were fools, even in the Citadel, who took that to mean that the Great Summer had come at last, the summer that never ends, but in the seventh year it broke suddenly and there was a short autumn and a terrible long winter.




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The Great Walrus is a wildling leader among the people of the Frozen Shore.

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A Dance with Dragons

The Great Walrus is among the wildling leaders who accompany Tormund to the Wall in declaring a truce with the Night's Watch. One or more of his sons become hostages of the Night's Watch.




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Great Wyk

The Iron Islands and the location of Great Wyk

Great Wyk. © FFG

Great Wyk is the largest of the islands that make up the Iron Islands.

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Houses

Some of the noble houses found upon the island include House Merlyn, House Sparr, House Goodbrother,

Hammerhorn, the seat of the main line of House Goodbrother, is located in the Hardstone Hills. Other branches of the Goodbrothers on Great Wyk live at Corpse Lake, Crow Spike Keep, and Downdelving..

History

The first sept in the Iron Islands was built on Great Wyk during the reign of King Wulfgar Hoare.

Hoare Castle, the seat of House Hoare on Great Wyk, was destroyed by Ser Aubrey Crakehall after the defeat of King Hagon Hoare.

After the War of Conquest, King Aegon I Targaryen invaded Great Wyk with Balerion and a host to subdue the various iron lords claiming to be King of the Iron Islands. Aegon slew Qhorin Volmark with Blackfyre.

Stannis Baratheon subdued Great Wyk during Greyjoy's Rebellion.

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A Feast for Crows

Aeron Greyjoy is on Great Wyk when he learns of the death of his brother Balon Greyjoy, King of the Isles and the North.

A Dance with Dragons

After the selection of Euron Greyjoy at the kingsmoot, Aeron is said to have gone into hiding on Great Wyk.




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Great houses are the most powerful noble houses of the Seven Kingdoms, often being former royalty and now sworn directly to the Iron Throne.

George R. R. Martin also sometimes refers to great houses as the most powerful houses from regions throughout the Known World. For example, Maester Luwin explains that only a few great houses of the North follow the Faith of the Seven,

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History

House Targaryen conquered most of Westeros during Aegon's Conquest. House Stark of Winterfell, the former Kings in the North, became Wardens of the North for the new king, Aegon I Targaryen. House Arryn of the Eyrie, the former Kings of Mountain and Vale, became the Wardens of the East, while House Lannister of Casterly Rock, the Kings of the Rock, became the Wardens of the West.

House Gardener of Highgarden, the Kings of the Reach, were extinguished at the Field of Fire by Aegon's dragons. Aegon granted Highgarden to House Tyrell, his new Wardens of the South. Despite being sworn to the Tyrells, the Hightowers of Oldtown are among the oldest and proudest of the Great Houses of Westeros.

House Hoare of Harrenhal, the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers, were extinguished in the burning of Harrenhal. Aegon granted dominion over the riverlands to House Tully of Riverrun, the new Lords Paramount of the Trident. Aegon allowed the Iron Islands to choose House Greyjoy of Pyke as their new liege lords.

Aegon's half-brother, Orys Baratheon, slew Argilac the Arrogant, the last Storm King from House Durrandon. Orys married Argilac's daughter, Argella Durrandon, forming House Baratheon of Storm's End, the youngest of the Great Houses of Westeros.

The principality of Dorne, ruled by House Martell of Sunspear, resisted Aegon in the First Dornish War. The Martells later peacefully joined the Seven Kingdoms during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.

Aegon created the crownlands around Blackwater Bay, with House Targaryen ruling from the Iron Throne. The Targaryens were eventually deposed during Robert's Rebellion, however, and the crownlands have since been ruled by House Baratheon of King's Landing and House Baratheon of Dragonstone.

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A Game of Thrones

When discussing the claimants after the death of King Robert I Baratheon, Marq Piper indicates that if Renly Baratheon gains the support of the Tyrells of Highgarden, the Baratheons of Storm's End, the Martells of Sunspear, the Starks of Winterfell, the Tullys of Riverrun, and the Arryns of the Eyrie, Renly would have six of the seven great houses aligned against the Lannisters of Casterly Rock..

A Clash of Kings

Following the Battle of the Blackwater, the Iron Throne decrees that House Baelish of Harrenhal are the new Lords Paramount of the Trident with dominion over the riverlands, displacing the Tullys of Riverrun.

A Storm of Swords

Prior to the royal wedding, Lord Mace Tyrell gives King Joffrey I Baratheon a seven-sided chalice decorated with great houses: ruby lion, emerald rose, onyx stag, silver trout, blue jade falcon, opal sun, and pearl direwolf. With the War of the Five Kings in mind, Joffrey suggests replacing the direwolf with a squid.

In the aftermath of the Red Wedding and the death of Robb Stark, King in the North, the Iron Throne names Roose Bolton, the Lord of the Dreadfort, the new Warden of the North.

A Dance with Dragons

Seeking to solidify House Bolton's control of the North, Roose's legitimized son Ramsay marries "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) and claims the title Lord of Winterfell.




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Lord Commander Jeor Mormont leading the ranging in *Game of Thrones*

The great ranging is an expedition organized by Jeor Mormont, the 997th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, in 299 AC. Lord Commander Mormont leads three hundred sworn brothers of the Night's Watch north beyond the Wall. It includes two hundred men from Castle Black and another hundred from the Shadow Tower. It is the biggest ranging in living memory, consisting of near a third of the Night's Watch's strength.

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Goals

The great ranging's goals are:

Expedition North and New Discoveries

The Night's Watch inspecting the heart tree at the deserted wildling village Whitetree - by Matt Olson ©

The expedition passes seven deserted wildling villages, the fourth of which is Whitetree, before arriving at Craster's Keep, where the expedition camps for the night. There they learn that the villages are empty because Mance Rayder is gathering all the free folk in the Frostfangs with the intent to strike at the Wall as the wildling chieftains have done in the past. It is the stated that the most recent invasion was led by Raymun Redbeard.

Lord Commander Mormont decides they will camp at the Fist of the First Men‎ and await Qhorin Halfhand and the men from the Shadow Tower. Qhorin's party arrives late after running into a wildling scouting party led by Alfyn Crowkiller. They were successful in stopping the wildlings from reporting back to Mance, at the cost of four men and a dozen wounded. A prisoner taken in the battle revealed that Mance is searching for some magic to bring down the Wall.

After Qhorin finally makes it to the rendezvous point, it is decided to send three scouting parties into the Frostfang mountains to discover the size of the host and what Mance is looking for, led by Jarmen Buckwell, Thoren Smallwood, and Qhorin.

Disaster at the Fist and Retreat

Main article: Fight at the Fist

Shortly after the return of Thoren Smallwood's team, the expedition is attacked at the Fist of the First Men‎ by wights. After an unsuccessful counterattack, due to being caught unaware and ill-prepared to fight an unfamiliar foe, Lord Commander Mormont rallies about fifty brothers onto horseback to break out of the Fist in a tactical retreat. It is assumed that the brothers who were unable to form up with Mormont's retreat were all slaughtered by the wights.

As the horses become more tired and the weather worsens, the Lord Commander organizes the injured to be put on horseback and sets the able men walking with torches to guard the flanks and rear. Fortunately the wights do not give an effective pursuit, only nibbling at the stragglers. It is during this march south that the Watch rediscovers the effect of dragonglass on the Others; Samwell Tarly, Small Paul, and Grenn are among the stragglers and in self defense, Samwell stabs an Other by mistake, causing the creature to dissolve.

Mutiny at Craster's Keep

Main article: Mutiny at Craster's Keep

Forty-four brothers, twelve of them seriously injured, survive the wight and Other attacks and are able to reach Craster's Keep. However, morale is low and food is scarce. Although Craster offers them some food, many of the disgruntled members of the group claim Craster is holding out on them, and they eventually draw their weapons. Craster tries to fight them but is killed by Dirk. Lord Commander Jeor Mormont, who tries to intervene, is killed as well by Ollo Lophand, which leads to a brawl between the mutineers and the loyalists.

Aftermath

Nearly a third of the Night's Watch's strength, including most of its command and experienced fighting force, are lost. With less than thirty brothers to return to the Wall after the disaster at the Fist of the First Men, the mission is considered a failure. With tens of thousands of wildlings still marching on the Wall, the depleted force must rely on ingenuity and new leadership to survive any further engagements with hostiles beyond the Wall.

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Command

Rangers/Scouts

Stewards

Confirmed survivors

The following men are known to have survived the great ranging:




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The great winged snake refers to something seen by Bran Stark through the eyes of his direwolf Summer during a wolf dream he has after the sack of Winterfell, while he and his companions are hiding in the crypt of Winterfell. At night, as Summer is exploring, he looks up,

The smoke and ash clouded his eyes, and in the sky he saw a great winged snake whose roar was a river of flame. He bared his teeth, but then the snake was gone. Behind the cliffs tall fires were eating up the stars.

There has been some debate among readers as to exactly what Bran saw in the sky. Some believe that it was simply fire and smoke in the shape of a dragon, or even the red comet, while others believe that Bran saw a real dragon in the sky.

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…a great winged snake whose roar was a river of flame.

We made noise enough to wake a dragon.

Osha, emerging from Winterfell's crypts

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The Greatheart was a member of the Kingsguard. He is considered one of the greatest to ever don the white cloak.




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The greatsword requires two hands to wield. It is the largest type of sword, considerably longer and heavier than a bastard sword or a longsword.

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Known Greatswords

There are several famous greatswords forged of Valyrian steel. These include Ice, Heartsbane and Brightroar.

Due to his great size Ser Gregor Clegane is able to wield a greatsword in only one hand, freeing up the other arm for a shield.

The champions of the northern mountain clans wield huge two-handed greatswords.

Speculation about size

The Valyrian steel greatsword Ice is described as taller than an adolescent Robb Stark.. However, as Valyrian steel is considerably lighter than common steel, Valyrian greatswords are likely larger in general.

A good estimate for the size of a typical greatsword would be 1.5 meters (about 5 feet). The size of the sword depends on the person wielding it though, so swords wielded by exceptionally large men may even exceed 1.8 meters (roughly 6 feet).

Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series

The sword yielded by Lord Gregor Forrester in *Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series* is a greatsword.




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The Green Canal is one of the larger canals in Braavos.

Location

The Green Canal is located in eastern Braavos. It leads from the Palace of Truth in the city center to the east side of the lagoon in which the hundred isles of Braavos are located. The sweetwater river crosses the Green Canal.




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Green Fork

The riverlands and the location of the Green Fork

The Green Fork is one of the three main rivers of the Trident in the riverlands, the other two being the Blue Fork and the Red Fork. The river is named after its murky green color,

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Course

The headwaters of the Green Fork are located in the southern marshes of the Neck, with Greywater Watch on an eastern headwater. The two largest tributaries come together just north of the Twins. The river flows to the southeast, with the kingsroad roughly parallel for much of its course. Nearby are fertile valleys, green woodlands, thriving towns, and stout holdfasts and castles.

Further south the Green Fork is joined by a tributary which originates in the Mountains of the Moon and is crossed by the kingsroad.

History

The Green Fork and the Twins. Art © Marc Simonetti

About six hundred years ago the Freys began construction of a bridge spanning the northern Green Fork, where it runs high and fast.

The ironborn under the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers used the Trident and its tributaries to quickly traverse the riverlands.

During the War of Conquest, Sharra Arryn offered Aegon the Conqueror an alliance in return for the lands between the Green Fork and the Mountains of the Moon, but was declined.

Sweetwillow on the Green Fork was attacked by Prince Aemond Targaryen and his dragon Vhagar during the Dance of the Dragons.

Ser Franklyn Frey was well regarded along the Green Fork.

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A Game of Thrones

Robb Stark marches the northern army to the Twins, where an alliance between Houses Stark and Frey is concluded.

Tyrion Lannister notices blackened fields and burned holdfasts near the Green Fork.

A Storm of Swords

Meera Reed tells Bran Stark of the Knight of the Laughing Tree and of a crannogman who paddled a little skin boat down the Green Fork.

The river is swollen when Robb, the King of the Trident, and his army return to the Twins for the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully to Roslin Frey.

A Feast for Crows

Lem hunts the Mad Dog of Saltpans, who had been spotted making his way north along the Green Fork, but Rorge's former Brave Companions instead double back for the crossroads.

Quotes

They heard the Green Fork before they saw it, an endless susurrus, like the growl of some great beast.

- thoughts of Catelyn Stark

The music grew louder as they approached the castle, but under that was a deeper, darker sound: the river, the swollen Green Fork, growling like a lion in its den.

- thoughts of Arya Stark




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Green Gergen is a man-at arms. He was part of the Iron Throne host assembled at Eddard Stark's command and sent to stop Ser Gregor Clegane's attacks against the Riverlands.

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A Storm of Swords

Lord Edric Dayne remembers that Green Gergen helped him get Lord Beric Dondarrion on his horse after they had been ambushed in the battle at the Mummer's Ford.




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Annotation #1 for item #46266503: Wiki: Green Grace

The Green Grace is a high priestess of her order, the Graces. There appears to be only one Green Grace per Temple of the Graces..

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A Dance with Dragons

The Green Grace of Meereen, Galazza Galare, acts as an advisor to Queen Daenerys Targaryen while she is reigning in Meereen.

The last Green Grace of Astapor remains unnamed. During the Siege of Astapor, this Green Grace had a vision that Cleon, the Butcher King, could save the city from the besieging forces of Yunkai, despite the fact that the man was already dead and buried. The corpse of Cleon was fitted back into his armor and strapped onto the back of a starving horse, which led the remnants of his new Unsullied on a failed sortie. They encountered a legion from New Ghis, however, and were all killed. For her failed prophecy, the Green Grace of Astapor was impaled upon a stake in the Plaza of Punishment and left there until she died.

Annotation #2 for item #46266503: Wiki: (Astapor) Green Grace

The Green Grace is a Ghiscari priestess and the highest religious authority in the city of Astapor.

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When the armies, sellswords and allies of Yunkai lay siege to Astapor, driving the city to famine, the Green Grace has a vision that the dead king, Cleon, will deliver Astapor from the Yunkish. The despairing Astapori heed this vision and attempt to break the siege, making the disastrous decision to have Cleon's corpse disinterred and strapped onto the back of a starving horse to lead Astapor's new, faux Unsullied on a disastrous sortie outside the city's gates. After the defeat, the Green Grace is impaled upon a stake in the Plaza of Punishment and left until she dies.




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The Green Hell is a region in Sothoryos that lies beyond the forests south of the ruins of Yeen. It is said to be the home of beasts even more fearsome than those found in the northern area of the continent. There are reports of creatures such as pale white vampire bats that can drain the blood of a man in minutes, tattooed lizards that run down their prey and rip them apart with long curved claws on their hind legs, snakes fifty feet long, spotted spiders, and wyverns.




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The Green King of the Gods Eye is one of the many legendary First Men heroes of the riverlands, whose tales date back to the Age of Heroes. He ruled the great lake of the region, the Gods Eye.




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The Green Queen was a woods witch that challenged the rule of King Durwald I Durrandon and held the rainwood in rebellion against Storm's End for the better part of a generation.




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The green fever is a disease common in Sothoryos.




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Green lands is the term mainly used by the ironborn to refer to the lands of Westeros that lie outside of the Iron Islands.

Quotes

We shall sweep over the green lands with fire and sword, root out the seven gods of the septons and the white trees of the northmen ...

- thoughts of Aeron Greyjoy

It made him sad to think that he would never see the green lands, the warm lands beyond the Wall that Mance used to sing about.

- thoughts of Varamyr




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The green men

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History

After many years of war between the First Men and the children of the forest, their respective wise men came to the conclusion that the bloodshed had gone on too long. They came together to make peace on the Isle of Faces in the Gods Eye, agreeing to the Pact which would give the First Men all the land except for the deep forests, which would remain under the dominion of the children of the forest. The First Men agreed they would cut down no more trees. So that the gods could bear witness to the historic agreement, all the trees on the island would have a face carved into it and the order of the green men would be created to guard them.

The Andals were unable to destroy the green men during the Andal invasion of Westeros, leading to conjecture that some children of the forest survived on the Isle of Faces with their aid.

During the Dance of the Dragons, Addam Velaryon was said to have flown his dragon, Seasmoke, to the Isle of Faces and taken counsel with the Green Men.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Meera and Jojen Reed tell Bran Stark the story of the Knight of the Laughing Tree, in which a crannogman visited the green men. Bran wonders if the green men could help him to walk again.




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The Greenapple is one of the feeder streams that flow into the Trident. It lies between Harrenhal and Riverrun.




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Greenaway is a place in the Seven Kingdoms; its location has not been revealed. Garth, a member of the Night's Watch, comes from Greenaway.




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Pello of Tyrosh, better known as Greenbeard,

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Appearance

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Pello's beard is colored bright green, but it is starting to grow out grey. He is taller and bigger than Lem Lemoncloak.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

It is probable that Greenbeard is a deserter from the War of the Five Kings.

Arya Stark meets Greenbeard when he visits the Inn of the Kneeling Man.

Greenbeard is abed with Tansy at the Peach when the Mad Huntsman returns to Stoney Sept with Sandor Clegane.

A Feast for Crows

Greenbeard is included among the followers of the late Beric Dondarrion, rather than the supporters of Lady Stoneheart.

Quotes by Greenbeard

Greenbeard: The wolves will drown in blood if the Kingslayer's loose again. Thoros must be told. The Lord of Light will show him Lannister in the flames.

Anguy: There's a fire burning here.

Greenbeard: Do I look a priest to you, Archer? When Pello of Tyrosh peers into the fire, the cinders singe his beard.

- Greenbeard and Anguy

Little one, a peasant may skin a common squirrel for his pot, but if he finds a gold squirrel in his tree he takes it to his lord, or he will wish he did.

- Greenbeard to Arya Stark

Quotes about Greenbeard

Greenbeard, is it? Or Greybeard? Mother take mercy, when did you get so old?

- Tansy to Greenbeard




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Greenblood

Dorne and the location of the Greenblood

Orphans of the Greenblood on a vessel on the Greenblood. © FFG

The Greenblood is a river in southern Dorne and is the principal Dornish river. The river takes its name from its murky green waters which are slow-moving and shallow.

The orphans of the Greenblood live on rafts along the river.

History

A dozen First Men houses of the Greenblood—including Houses Briar, Brook, Brownhill, Holt, Lake, Shell, and Wade—chose a High King of Dorne from amongst their number. Three of the houses were destroyed after a generation of warfare following a disputed election, however.

During the conquest of Dorne, Oakenfist broke the Planky Town and sailed up the Greenblood.




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Greenfield, originally known as the Bower, is the seat of House Greenfield in the westerlands. Its exact location has not been stated in the books.

History

The Bower was built in the Age of Heroes as a vast timber castle made from weirwood.




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Greenguard

The North and the location of Greenguard

Greenguard is a castle along the Wall abandoned by the Night's Watch. It is located between the Torches to the west and Eastwatch-by-the-sea to the east.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Jon Snow re-garrisons Greenguard with Devyn Sealskinner's clan.




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

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A Dance with Dragons

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




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Greenpools is a settlement in Westeros, although its location is unknown.

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A Clash of Kings

The hedge knight Ser Colen of Greenpools serves Renly Baratheon,.




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The greens carried the personal sigil of Aegon II Targaryen: a golden dragon

The greens were the faction of House Targaryen and their loyalists who supported the ascent of Aegon II as King of the Seven Kingdoms during the Dance of the Dragons. They were opposed by the blacks.

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History

Their name derives from a great tournament held in 111 AC at King's Landing on the fifth anniversary of the King Viserys I's marriage to Queen Alicent Hightower, his second wife. At the opening feast, Queen Alicent wore a green gown, whilst Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Viserys’s daughter by his first wife, dressed dramatically in Targaryen red and black. Note was taken, and thereafter their respective factions at the royal court imitated the fashions they set - the "queen's party" dressing in green, and the "princess's party" dressing in black. In time, it became the custom to refer each party as simply "the greens" and "the blacks".

Prominent Greens

Royal Targaryen Members

Green Council

Aegon II's Kingsguard

The Caltrops

Defected to the greens

Other notable greens

Westermen

Men from the Reach

Stormlanders

Rivermen




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Bran Stark being mentored by the last greenseer – by Urukki Saki ©

Greenseers were the wise men and leaders of the children of the forest who had magical abilities, including power over nature and greensight.

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History

Greenseers had the greensight and were wargs as well.

During the war of the First Men and the children of the forest, greenseers are said to have turned trees into warriors

The Starks of Winterfell slew the greenseers allied with the Warg King at Sea Dragon Point.

Only one in a thousand is born a skinchanger and only one skinchanger in a thousand is born a greenseer.

The relationship between the greenseers of the children of the forest and the order of the green men who protect the Isle of Faces in the Gods Eye is unknown.

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A Game of Thrones

In Winterfell Maester Luwin discusses greenseers and the war of the First Men and the children of the forest with Bran Stark.

A Clash of Kings

Luwin discusses greensight and the visions of Jojen Reed with Bran.

A Dance with Dragons

The three-eyed crow, the last greenseer,

Quotes

The children are gone from the world, and their wisdom with them. It had to do with the faces in the trees, we think. The First Men believed that the greenseers could see through the eyes of the weirwoods. That was why they cut down the trees whenever they warred upon the children. Supposedly the greenseers also had the power over the beasts of the wood and the birds in the trees. Even fish.

- Luwin to Bran Stark

Bran: You're a greenseer.
Jojen: No, only a boy who dreams. The greenseers were more than that. They were wargs as well, as you are, and the greatest of them could wear the skins of any beast that flies or swims or crawls, and could look through the eyes of the weirwoods as well, and see the truth that lies beneath the world.

- Bran Stark and Jojen Reed

A thousand eyes, a hundred skins, wisdom deep as the roots of ancient trees. Greenseers.

- the three-eyed crow to Bran Stark




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Greenshield

The Reach and the location of Greenshield

Greenshield is one of the Shield Islands in the Reach. The northernmost of the isles, it lies near the mouth of the river Mander. It is the seat of House Chester.

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A Feast for Crows

Greenshield is conquered by the ironborn during the Battle of the Shield Islands. After the battle, King Euron Greyjoy raises Lord Maron Volmark to its lordship.




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Seasick. © FFG

Greensick mostly means suffering from seasickness but it can also refer to being hung over.

Characters who suffer from greensick

Quotes

A jape, Your Grace. From the ships. I was greensick the whole way from Volantis. Heaving and . . . well, I shouldn't say.

- Ser Archibald Yronwood, explaining his nickname of *Greenguts* to Daenerys Targaryen

Jayne Ladybright grew greensick and spent most of the voyage spewing, which Elia Sand seemed to find hilarious.




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The Three-eyed crow comes to Bran Stark in a green dream. © FFG

Greensight is the ability to have prophetic dreams called green dreams.

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A person with greensight sometimes dreams as other people, but the green dreams are different, filled with symbolic meaning, images, and metaphors of what is to come.

The meaning behind the dreams is not always obvious, but the dreamer experiences the fulfillment of visions in the unfolding of events. Supposedly these dreams can concern the dreamer or another person, but the dreamer will be able to tell the difference. Greenseers might also dream of their own deaths. Wargs have been known to also possess this ability.

Greenseers, the wise men of the children of the forest, reputedly possessed the greensight. Some crannogmen are also known to have greensight. One of them is Jojen Reed, who has unnaturally green eyes. It is possible that this is the result of his advanced greensight abilities.

Quotes

"My brother has the greensight. He dreams things that haven't happened, but sometimes they do."

-Meera Reed




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Greenstone

The stormlands and the location of Greenstone.

Greenstone is the seat of House Estermont on the island of Estermont in the stormlands.

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History

King Robert I Baratheon along with Queen Cersei Lannister and some of the court from King's Landing, including Ser Jaime Lannister of the Kingsguard, spent a fortnight at Greenstone. Robert cheated on Cersei with a cousin of his and Cersei believes that it was there that she and Jaime conceived their eldest child Prince Joffrey. Jaime gave the castle the nickname *"Greenshit"*.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

A force of the Golden Company under the command of Marq Mandrake takes over Greenstone.




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Ser Gregor Clegane is the Knight of Clegane's Keep and is the head of House Clegane, a landed knight and bannerman to House Lannister of Casterly Rock. Gregor is a freakishly large man and for this he is often called the Mountain That Rides or simply the Mountain. His soldiers are known as the Mountain's men.

In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones*, Gregor is played by Conan Stevens (Season 1), Ian Whyte, and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Season 4 - Season 7).

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Character and Appearance

See also: Images of Gregor Clegane

Gregor is well known for his size, cruelty, and prowess in battle. Gregor is extremely tall (he is close to eight feet in height or 2,4 meters). He has "massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunk of small trees"

In battle Gregor wears the heaviest, thickest plate armor in the Seven Kingdoms. His armor is so heavy that no ordinary man would be able to move, let alone fight effectively while wearing it,

Gregor is known for his violence and cruelty. He is a sadistic murderer and rapist. Ser Brynden Tully compares him to a "frothing dog".

According to his squire, Joss Stilwood, Gregor constantly suffers from extreme headaches and consumes vast quantities of milk of the poppy to try and dull the pain. The cause of these headaches is unknown, perhaps due to some condition of his gigantism, though Merrett Frey's experiences indicate that a tourney injury or head blow in battle can be debilitating.

History

Gregor kills Prince Aegon in front of Princess Elia Martell

Gregor's history is dark and filled with blood. As a young boy, eleven or twelve years old, he caused his brother Sandor's facial scars by holding the younger boy's face to a hot brazier as punishment for playing with a toy he had discarded. Their father spread the story that the injuries were caused by bedding that had caught fire.

Four years later, Gregor was knighted by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen,

Gregor has committed rapes and cold-blooded murders beyond count but his most infamous deed came from his service to House Lannister during Robert's Rebellion. At the age of seventeen, Gregor was one of the first Lannister soldiers to enter King's Landing during its sack at the end of the war. He and Ser Amory Lorch scaled Maegor's Holdfast when the Lannister troops reached the Red Keep. Gregor entered the nursery of the infant Prince Aegon, son of Prince Rhaegar, and killed the baby present by dashing the boy's head against a wall. Then he raped and murdered Aegon's mother, Princess Elia, supposedly with the boy's blood and brains still on his hands.

Gregor participated in the suppression of Greyjoy's Rebellion.

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A Game of Thrones

Conan Stevens as Gregor during the Hand's tourney in *Game of Thrones*.

Ser Gregor takes part in the Hand's tourney. He slays Ser Hugh of the Vale in his second joust when his lance rides up and pierces the new-made knight's throat. According to Sandor Clegane, Gregor noticed the knight's gorget was not fastened properly and Gregor purposely drove his lance there.

After the tourney, Gregor rides back to his keep. Upon his journey home from the tourney with seven of his men, Gregor broods on his loss. An overflowing river detours the group to a nearby alehouse, where he and his men gang rape the brewer's thirteen-year-old daughter, Layna.

After Tyrion Lannister is kidnapped by Catelyn Stark, Gregor is commanded by Lord Tywin Lannister to raid the riverlands to draw Eddard Stark, the Hand of the King, out into the field. However, Eddard, due to his injured leg, cannot go and execute Gregor himself, instead sending Lord Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr to lead a party and bring Gregor to the king's justice.

After the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, Gregor joins with Tywin's host and commands the vanguard and the left flank during the battle on the Green Fork, leading by intimidation. In the first charge, his horse is killed by Karstark spearmen, but Gregor is unhurt and goes on fighting.

The Mountain with the Mountain's men - by Nordheimer ©

A Clash of Kings

Gregor's band sacks Castle Darry, where Gregor kills the eight-year-old Lord Lyman Darry. a second time.

During the Battle of the Fords, Gregor Clegane's band joins up with Tywin's host and attacks the crossing of the Red Fork at the Stone Mill, which is defended by Ser Edmure Tully's forces. Gregor's force is pushed back, however, and he is forced to retreat.

A Storm of Swords

Ser Gregor's band joins with Randyll Tarly's army to surround what is left of the retreating northern army that attacks Duskendale.

When Prince Oberyn Martell comes to King's Landing to claim the seat on the small council on Prince Doran Martell's behalf and obtain justice for the murder of their sister, Elia Martell, and her children, as was agreed with the acting Hand of the King, Tyrion Lannister,

Gregor Clegane fighting Oberyn Martell - by Zippo514 ©

Tywin's plan to keep Gregor away is ruined when Tyrion is put on trial for the murder of King Joffrey I Baratheon and Tyrion's accuser, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister, announces that her champion will be Gregor in the event of a trial by combat. Cersei names Gregor in order to thwart Tyrion from using Bronn or anyone else to defend him in a trial by combat given Gregor's monstrous reputation.'s long-held desire for vengeance against her murderer, to agree to champion Tyrion in opposition.

Gregor fights in his usual style - with heavy armor, his thick oaken shield and his greatsword in one hand - but Oberyn outfights him with speed and a poisoned spear. Though most of Oberyn's attacks are deflected by Gregor's plate, Oberyn cleverly attacks the joints in the armor, and eventually wounds Gregor after the Mountain tires from chasing Oberyn. After being poisoned and crippled by numerous wounds, Gregor manages to grab hold of Oberyn and crush him to death. Before killing Oberyn, however, Gregor roars that he killed Elia and Aegon for all to hear. Despite Gregor's victory, Oberyn achieves his revenge for his murdered sister as he had coated his spear with a deadly poison which results in a long, agonizing death by mortification for Gregor.

Tywin Lannister faces huge political ramifications from the results of the trial, especially Gregor's confession. Tywin fears Dorne might join Stannis Baratheon, which could prolong the War of the Five Kings for years. Tywin planned on having Gregor executed to appease House Martell, but needed it to be seen that the King's Justice is the one who carries out the deed, not poison. Tywin commands Grand Maester Pycelle to heal Gregor, but Pycelle's efforts prove fruitless.

A Feast for Crows

Gregor's condition continues to deteriorate. The venom turns the blood in Gregor's body black with gangrene, and any leeches that touch him die instantly. His piss is full of pus, and the venom eats a hole the size of a fist in Gregor's side. His screams of agony are so loud they can be heard in the entire Red Keep, and wake several people up during the night. Qyburn states upon examining him that it is a wonder the man is still alive.

Qyburn brings the insensible and dying Gregor to the dungeons below the Red Keep, where the Mountain's screams can no longer be heard by those above the black cells. Qyburn experiments on Gregor before his impending death, and concludes that the poison was manticore venom thickened with sorcery to draw out the Mountain's dying instead of killing him instantly.

Gregor's skull is to be sent to Sunspear in Dorne as recompense for the deaths of Elia and her children.

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Robert Strong by Robert O'Leary

The Mountain's skull is brought to Sunspear by Ser Balon Swann of the Kingsguard, and is presented to Prince Doran Martell, Princess Arianne Martell, and the eldest of the Oberyn's eight bastard daughters (Obara, Tyene and Nymeria Sand). Obara ponders if the head is really Gregor's. Doran notes that it is certainly large enough to be so and Tyene confirms that if the poison her father used so much as broke the Mountain's skin, then Gregor is dead.

Meanwhile, in King's Landing, the death of Ser Arys Oakheart in Dorne leaves a vacancy on the Kingsguard. The imprisoned Queen Cersei Lannister requests that the white cloak be brought to Qyburn,

Other members of the Kingsguard claim that their new brother does not eat, sleep, drink, or even visit the privy. He is not seen without his armor and never removes his helm. At no time has he spoken and it is claimed by Qyburn that he has taken a holy vow of silence until Cersei's innocence is proven and the realm purged of evil. He wears a helm bearing seven plumes in the colors of the Faith, and his cloak of office is clasped with icons in the shape of seven-pointed stars. Though he is introduced as Ser Robert Strong, many in the Red Keep have guessed the identity of the silent giant. Given the skull being sent to Dorne, it is unknown what will be revealed if that helmet is ever removed.

Quotes by Gregor

A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes, cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two ... and if not, the man after him will have six.

- Gregor after the Battle of the Camps

Elia of Dorne. I killed her screaming whelp. Then I raped her. Then I smashed her fucking head in. Like this.

- Gregor to Oberyn Martell

Quotes about Gregor

No one could ever withstand Gregor.

Sandor Clegane to Sansa Stark

Pycelle: The man is an anointed knight.
Marq: A false knight! Lord Tywin's mad dog.

Pycelle and Marq Piper

That beast's head would make a noble gift for all the people of the realm, I vow.

Brynden Tully to Catelyn Stark

No other knight in the realm inspires such terror in our enemies.

Tywin Lannister to Tyrion Lannister

Ellaria: You are going to fight that?
Oberyn: I am going to kill that.

Ellaria Sand and Oberyn Martell

He is dying of the venom, but slowly, and in exquisite agony.

Qyburn to Cersei Lannister

I know the poison that my father used, and there is none slower or more agonizing. Soon we may hear the Mountain screaming, even here in Sunspear.

- Tyene Sand to Doran Martell

The flesh mortifies and the wounds ooze pus. Even maggots will not touch such foulness. His convulsions are so violent that I have had to gag him to prevent him from biting off his own tongue. I have cut away as much tissue as I dare, and treated the rot with boiling wine and bread mold, to no avail. The veins in his arms are turning black. When I leeched him, all the leeches died.

- Pycelle to the small council

Qyburn: It is a wonder that the man is still alive, if truth be told.
Cersei: His size, Gregor is a very large man. Also a very stupid one. Too stupid to know when he should die, it seems.

Qyburn and Cersei Lannister

She had made the mistake of speaking when Ser Gregor wanted quiet, so the Mountain had smashed her teeth to splinters with a mailed fist and broken her pretty little nose as well. He would have done worse, no doubt, if Cersei had not called him down to King's Landing to face the Red Viper's spear. Jaime would not mourn him.

- Jaime Lannister's thoughts

If ever a man deserved to die screaming, it was Gregor Clegane.

Doran Martell to Balon Swann

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