Annotations from item #46269108:

Qarlton Chelsted was a Lord of House Chelsted who served as master of coin to King Aerys II Targaryen. He was named to the office of Hand of the King during Robert's Rebellion.

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Character

Ser Jaime Lannister considered Qarlton to be a craven, with the exception of the day he confronted King Aerys II Targaryen.

History

Tourney at Harrenhal

Lord Qarlton was the master of coin late in the reign of King Aerys II Targaryen,

Qarlton and Aerys eventually attended the tourney, and when Prince Rhaegar won the final joust, Qarlton and Lord Symond Staunton inflamed the king's suspicions by declaring that Rhaegar had taken part of the tourney only to win the favor of the smallfolk and remind the lords present that he was a true heir to King Aegon I Targaryen. Qarlton later took Rhaegar's crowning of Lyanna Stark as queen of love and beauty at the end of the tourney as further proof of the prince's perfidy.

Robert's Rebellion

During Robert's Rebellion, Qarlton succeeded to the position of Hand of the King after his predecessor, Lord Jon Connington, had been sent into exile by Aerys following his defeat in the Battle of the Bells. Qarlton was present during the king's systematic build up and placement of wildfire throughout King's Landing, and the suspicious Hand noticed the coming and going of Belis, Garigus, and Rossart of the Alchemists' Guild.

Discovering Aerys's wildfire plot to turn King's Landing to ashes should the rebels try to take the city, Qarlton attempted to prevent its execution. Lord Chelsted protested, pleaded with Aerys not to do this, and eventually resigned the position of Hand when the king refused.

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A Storm of Swords

In Harrenhal's bathhouse Ser Jaime Lannister tells Brienne of Tarth about King Aerys II Targaryen's court during Robert's Rebellion, including how Qarlton had been executed after he resigned his office as Hand of the King.

A Feast for Crows

Watching the Tower of the Hand burning, Cersei Lannister enjoys thinking of the deaths of King's Hands she has known over the years, Qarlton included.

Jaime remembers Queen Rhaella Targaryen's cries through the oaken door he was guarding as Aerys raped her, thinking Rhaella's cries were worse than Lord Chelsted's screams as he was burned alive.

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Kevan Lannister remembers he had expected Aerys to recall Lord Tywin Lannister after Lord Jon Connington's defeat in the Battle of the Bells, but instead the king had turned to Lords Chelsted and Rossart.

Quotes

I'd thought the man craven, but the day he confronted Aerys he found some courage somewhere. He did all he could to dissuade him. He reasoned, he jested, he threatened, and finally he begged. When that failed he took off his chain of office and flung it down on the floor. Aerys burnt him alive for that, and hung his chain about the neck of Rossart, his favorite pyromancer.

Jaime Lannister, to Brienne of Tarth

Cersei thought of all the King's Hands that she had known through the years: Owen Merryweather, Jon Connington, Qarlton Chelsted, Jon Arryn, Eddard Stark, her brother Tyrion. And her father, Lord Tywin Lannister, her father most of all. All of them are burning now, she told herself, savoring the thought. They are dead and burning, every one, with all their plots and schemes and betrayals.

– thoughts of Cersei Lannister




Annotations from item #46269109:

King Qarlton III Durrandon was a Storm King of House Durrandon during the Andal invasion and the heir and successor of King Qarlton II Durrandon. Like his father, Qarlton III reigned in times of war. He was succeeded by his son Monfryd V Durrandon.




Annotations from item #46269110:

King Qarlton II Durrandon, self-styled Qarlton the Conqueror, was a Storm King of House Durrandon during the Andal invasion and a grandson of King Erich VII Durrandon. He was the first Storm King to face the Andals in battle. He also, after four generations of war, completed the reconquest of Massey's Hook after a year's siege and slaying the last Massey king, Josua. However, he held his conquest for less than two years, as Togarion Bar Emmon threw the stormlanders away from Massey's Hook. Qarlton II, however, soon had to face the Andals, whose longships had begun to land on the Stormlands' shores. Qarlton II was succeeded by Qarlton III Durrandon.




Annotations from item #46269111:

Qarro Volentin is the current First Sword of Braavos, protector of Ferrego Antaryon, the Sealord of Braavos.




Annotations from item #46269112:

Qarth is an ancient port city located on the southern coast of Essos. It has been referred to as the Queen of Cities,

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City

Location

Qarth

The known world and the location of Qarth

Qarth is located on the Jade Gates, which link the Summer Sea to the fabled Jade Sea. The city is located to the southeast of Lhazar and the red waste and southwest of the Bone Mountains. Just east of Qarth is the small island of Qal, while the large island Great Moraq is to the south. The great Slaver Cities of Meereen, Astapor, and Yunkai are further to the west of Qarth. From Qarth, four main travel routes originate. The western route leads to the city Qarkash. The northwestern route to Vaes Qosar and Vaes Tolorro, while the eastern road leads to Asabhad.

Qarth's prime position makes it the gateway between the lands of Westeros, Free Cities and Slaver's Bay, and more eastern lands such as Asshai, the Shadow Lands, and Yi Ti. Qarth has been described as the center of the world.

The power of Qarth extends west to Port Yhos,

Layout

See also: Images of Qarth

Qarth is surrounded by three thick walls of thirty, forty, and fifty feet in height, respectively engraved with portraits of animals, war, and lovemaking.

Qarth city walls, as depicted in HBO's *Game of Thrones*

The buildings in Qarth are very colorful. Decorations include a bronze arch fashioned in the likeness of two snakes mating, their scales are delicate flakes of jade, obsidian and lapis lazuli. Slim towers stand tall, and elaborate fountains fill every square, wrought in the shapes of griffins and dragons and manticores. The balconies of the houses are delicate and frail.

There is a great arcade where the heroes of the city stand atop columns of green and white marble. The statues are three times as big as a man.

The Pureborn of Qarth rule from the Hall of a Thousand Thrones

A cavernous building is home to a bazaar. A thousand gaily colored birds live on the latticework ceiling. On the terraced walls above stalls, trees and flowers bloom.

Qarth possesses one of the greatest ports in the world.

People

Qarth. © FFG

Descending from the Qaathi, Qartheen are a tall and pale people, called Milk Men by the Dothraki for their complexion.

The Qartheen dress in linen, samite and tiger fur. As per Qartheen fashion, women were Qartheen gowns, which leave one breast exposed.

The Qartheen ride camels.

Qartheen men and women retain their possessions after marriage. However, there is a marriage custom where, on the day of the wedding, the groom may ask for any one item from his bride's possessions and the bride may ask for any one item of the groom's possessions. Whatever is asked by either cannot be denied. This is seen as a gift of devotion by the bride and groom to each other.

Qarth is nominally ruled by the Pureborn, who are seated in the Hall of a Thousand Thrones. They deal with all matters of civic importance, commanding the Civic Guard and the fleet of ornate war galleys which rule the straits between the seas.

The warlocks of Qarth are feared and respected throughout the East.

The Qartheen practice slavery in the city.

Economy

Qarth is a city of merchants.

Trade goods from Qarth include saffron,

Qartheen adventurers search for gold, gems, and ivory along the eastern coasts of Sothoryos, hungry to make a profit. However, they have never been able to reach the southern end of Sothoryos.

While Qarth depends upon its slaves,

History

Qarth claims to be the birthplace of civilization.

The new lands of the Qaathi turned into the red waste, however, and their civilization declined.

Forced to look to the sea, the Pureborn who ruled Qarth swiftly constructed a fleet and took control of the Jade Gates, the strait between Qarth and Great Moraq. With the Valyrian fleet destroyed and Volantis focused on conquering the Free Cities of western Essos, no one opposed the Qartheen as they established their control over the most direct route between west and east, thus gaining immense wealth on both trade and levied tolls.

In the second half of the first century after AC, the Qartheen pirate Xandarro Xhore travelled to the Basilisk Isles, which had been shunned for a century, and raised his banner there, erecting a grim black fort above his anchorage. Xandarro and his Brotherhood of Bones preyed upon merchantmen from there. His fort still stands today.

In the last of his nine voyages aboard the *Sea Snake*, Corlys Velaryon brought a shipload of gold to Qarth, where he purchased twenty more ships. Filled with spices, elephants, and silk, most of the ships returned to Westeros.

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A Game of Thrones

Samwell Tarly mentions the city to Jon Snow, telling Jon that in one of his efforts to cure Sam of his timidity Lord Randyll Tarly once brought two warlocks from Qarth to his castle at Horn Hill.

Before Khal Drogo's body is burnt on his funeral pyre, Ser Jorah Mormont begs Daenerys Targaryen to come east with him, to Yi Ti, Qarth, the Jade Sea, and Asshai by the Shadow, to see all the wonders yet unseen.

A Clash of Kings

Daenerys Targaryen recalls how Khal Drogo dreamed of the day when he might sack the great cities of the east, including Qarth.

Three representatives of Qarth — Pyat Pree, Xaro Xhoan Daxos and Quaithe — accompany Jhogo back to Vaes Tolorro after he is sent by Daenerys to discover what lies near the abandoned city.

Queen Daenerys Targaryen returns to Xaro's palace after her audience with the Pureborn - by Mustamirri ©

Xaro Xhoan Daxos, a member of the merchant guild of the Thirteen, offers Daenerys the hospitality of his palace while she and her khalasar are in Qarth. Under his guidance Daenerys seeks an audience with the Pureborn to plea with them in the Hall of a Thousand Thrones for their fleet of galleys, or part of it and some of their soldiers. However, the Pureborn deny her.

Xaro sees to it that the great and the humble alike offer some token to Daenerys, the Mother of Dragons. She receives gifts from throughout the known world, selling all except for a crown wrought in the shape of a three-headed dragon given to her by the Tourmaline Brotherhood.

After having been refused by the Pureborn Daenerys agrees to go with Pyat Pree to visit the House of the Undying.

Daenerys is soon forced to flee Qarth after the Tourmaline Brotherhood, the Ancient Guild of Spicers and the Pureborn demand her expulsion and possible assassination after the destruction of the House of the Undying. Only Xaro's influence prevents the Thirteen from adding their voices to that of the other trade guilds and the city's rulers.

A Storm of Swords

In Meereen Daenerys Targaryen learns that Ser Jorah Mormont had been spying on her on behalf of Varys, the spymaster of the Iron Throne in Westeros. Jorah admits that the last report that he made to Varys had been made from Qarth. Daenerys is taken aback, as she hoped that his spying had ended much earlier.

A Feast For Crows

At the Quill and Tankard in Oldtown Leo Tyrell informs his fellow students, Pate, Mollander, Alleras, Armen, and Roone that sailors who have visited Qarth are speaking of Daenery's dragons.

A Dance with Dragons

Xaro Xhoan Daxos arrives in Meereen as a representative of Qarth to visit Queen Daenerys Targaryen. He attempts to persuade her to sail for Westeros. Her campaign has disrupted the slave trade upon which depend many cities of Essos, including Qarth. He brings a gift of thirteen ships, stating that they are hers on the condition she sails from Slaver's Bay to Westeros. Daenerys has the thirteen ships Xaro brought inspected, but later refuses the offer. Xaro's reply is to leave a bloodstained glove on a satin pillow, indicating Qarth has declared war on her.

Xaro leaves the thirteen ships at Slaver's Bay, where they give aid in closing off the bay to Meereen. Three Qartheen galleys sail up the Skahazadhan at night, in an attempt to close off the river as well. The Mother's Men loose flights of fire arrows at their sails and fling pots of burning pitch onto their decks, but the galleys manage to slip by quickly and succeed in closing off the river. The Qartheen further drive off a third of Meereen's fishing fleet, and manage to seize another third, leaving Meereen without trade.

Besides the ships, Qarth sends a corps of Qartheen camelry to aid the Yunkai'i against Daenerys.

Pale Qartheen are among those who come to Meereen to battle in Daznak's Pit.

The Winds of Winter

As the second siege of Meereen resumes Tyrion Lannister hears the sounds of warships crashing and clashing on Slaver's Bay, as well as the queer high whistles of the Qartheen fleet. The Qartheen camel corps may be taking part in the battle being fought beneath the city.

Quotes

Qarth is the greatest city that ever was or ever will be. It is the center of the world, the gate between north and south, the bridge between east and west, ancient beyond memory of man and so magnificent that Saathos the Wise put out his eyes after gazing upon Qarth for the first time, because he knew that all he saw thereafter should look squalid and ugly by comparison.

Pyat Pree to Daenerys Targaryen

These are strange times in Qarth. And strange times are bad for trade.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos, to Daenerys Targaryen

Qarth was one of the world's great ports, its great sheltered harbor a riot of color and clangor and strange smells.

– thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

Consider Qarth. In art, music, magic, trade, all that makes us more than beasts, Qarth sits above the rest of mankind as you sit at the summit of this pyramid ... but below, in place of bricks, the magnificence that is the Queen of Cities rests upon the backs of slaves.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos, to Daenerys Targaryen

Qarth is a city of merchants, and they love the clink of silver coins, the gleam of yellow gold.

Hizdahr zo Loraq, to Daenerys Targaryen

Qartheen have milk in their veins.

Daario Naharis, to Daenerys Targaryen




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Daenerys in a Qartheen gown - by Carrie Best©

Short-haired Daenerys in a Qartheen gown - by Mustamirri ©

A Qartheen gown is a dress worn by Qartheen women. The dress leaves one breast bare. Daenerys Targaryen adopted the style during her stay in Qarth and still wears this manner of gown on occasion.

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A Clash of Kings

When Daenerys Targaryen first enters the city of Qarth she notices that the Qartheen women are wearing gowns that leave one breast bare.

Later for the audience with the Pureborn in the Hall of a Thousand Thrones Daenerys has to garb herself in Qartheen fashion, as Xaro Xhoan Daxos warns her that the Enthroned will never listen to a Dothraki, so she takes care to go before them in flowing green samite Qartheen gown.

While in the House of the Undying Daenerys sees a false vision of the Undying Ones - a great hall and a splendor of wizards. When a kingly man in rich robes tells Dany (falsely) that they are the Undying of Qarth there is a woman beside him who then tells Dany that they have long awaited her. Dany notices that the woman clad in rose and silver and that the breast she has left bare in the Qartheen fashion is as perfect as a breast could be. Shortly thereafter, after discovering the real Undying Ones, Dany sees that one of them, an ancient woman seated on the opposite side of the table, is wearing a gown of pale silk that as rotted on her body, one withered breast is left bare in the Qartheen manner.

When Dany decides that she and her people must flee Qarth she goes down to the docks to seek ships passage dressed in Dothraki fashion. That morning Irri had brought her a Qartheen gown to wear, an airy confection of ivory samite patterned with seed pearls, but Dany refused it, telling Irri that the docks are no place for a lady's finery.

A Storm of Swords

In Astapor, so as not to seem a beggar, Daenerys wears a Qartheen gown and her crown when she goes to make an offer to the Good Masters of Astapor for all 8,600 Unsullied, plus all the slave boys in training. The gown is a deep violet silk, which brings out the purple of her eyes.

A Dance with Dragons

During Xaro Xhoan Daxos’s visit to Meereen Dany dons a Qartheen gown in his honour.




Annotations from item #46269114:

Qavo Nogarys is a customs officer of Selhorys near Volantis.

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Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

In order to gain information about Meereen, Yunkai and the Triarchs intentions towards Daenerys Targaryen, Haldon has Tyrion play cyvasse against Qavo.

While playing Qavo reveals much of the Triarchs' intentions and the mood of the Volantene citizenry. He even repeats some of the (false) rumours the Yunkai envoy Grazdan mo Eraz has been spreading about Queen Daenerys Targaryen.

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Is he for sale? The triarch's grotesquerie is in need of a cyvasse-playing dwarf.

– Qavo Nogarys, to Haldon




Annotations from item #46269115:

Qezza is a girl of the House of Galare, one of the noble ruling families of Meereen. Her brother is Grazhar. She is a cousin to Galazza Galare, the Green Grace of Meereen.

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Appearance and Character

Qezza is a little girl. She has big, soft, "doe" eyes. She has a lovely singing voice, described by Ser Barristan Selmy as an "angel's voice".

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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 Qezza and Grazhar serve. Galazza greets her young cousins with kisses and asks if they have been good. Daenerys notes that Qezza sings for her sometimes.

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. Qezza is in Hizdahr zo Loraq's chambers when Barristan arrests him and kills his bodyguard, the pit fighter Khrazz. Qezza cries at the sight, and an older girl, Jezhene, comforts her.




Annotations from item #46269116:

Qhored I Hoare, known as Qhored the Cruel,

History

The young Qhored sacked Oldtown, taking thousands of women as captives.

During the reign of King Qhored, the ironborn could rightfully claim that his writ ran "wherever men can smell salt water or hear the crash of waves." The ironborn were at their peak of expansion, ruling territory along the Sunset Sea from the Arbor to Bear Island.




Annotations from item #46269117:

Qhorin, known as Qhorin Halfhand and the Halfhand,.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Qhorin Halfhand

Qhorin Halfhand is tall and clean-shaven with gray eyes. He lost all fingers but the thumb and forefinger on his right hand to a wildling axe.

History

A living legend in the Night's Watch, Qhorin is considered to be one of their best rangers. He is called Halfhand because he lost all the fingers on his right hand except his thumb and forefinger to a wildling axe. Because of this, he trained how to fight left-handed and became just as proficient with his left hand as he had been with his right. before Mance deserted the watch.

Recent Events

Qhorin Halfhand - by Matt Olson ©

A Clash of Kings

Qhorin is placed in command of a force from the Shadow Tower charged to meet up with Lord Commander Jeor Mormont to participate in the search for Benjen Stark. On the way to the rendezvous, he runs into a wildling scouting party led by Alfyn Crowkiller, which he practically destroys at the cost of four dead and a dozen wounded. A prisoner taken in the battle reveals that Mance Rayder was in the Frostfangs searching for some magic to bring down the Wall.

When Qhorin meets Lord Commander Mormont at the Fist of the First Men, he advises sending three scouting parties into the mountains to discover what Mance was looking for, one of which he leads personally.

Qhorin's party is composed of the brothers Dalbridge, Ebben, Stonesnake, and Jon Snow. The patrol nears Mance's camp but is spotted and forced to retreat with wildlings in hot pursuit. Qhorin unsuccessfully tries several methods and diversions to throw off the pursuit. In the end, only he and Jon remain, and Qhorin orders Jon to yield if they are caught, in order to act as a spy. When Rattleshirt catches up with them, Jon does as ordered and kills Qhorin with Longclaw to show his sincerity.

A Storm of Swords

Ygritte wears Qhorin's cloak as her own.

Quotes by Qhorin

We can only die. Why else do we don these black cloaks, but to die in defense of the realm?

- Qhorin to Jeor Mormont

Qhorin Our honor means no more than our lives, so long as the realm is safe.

Jon: Yes, but—
Qhorin: There is no but, Jon Snow. You are, or you are not.
Jon: I am.

Qhorin: Then hear me. If we are taken, you will go over to them, as the wildling girl you captured once urged you. They may demand that you cut your cloak to ribbons, that you swear them an oath on your father's grave, that you curse your brothers and your Lord Commander. You must not balk, whatever is asked of you. Do as they bid you ... but in your heart, remember who and what you are. Ride with them, eat with them, fight with them, for as long as it takes. And watch."

- Qhorin and Jon Snow

Quotes about Qhorin

I will see, and hear, and learn, and when I have I will carry the word back to the Wall. The wildlings had taken him for an oathbreaker, but in his heart he was still a man of the Night's Watch, doing the last duty that Qhorin Halfhand had laid on him. Before I killed him.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

Qhorin was my enemy. But also my brother, once. So ... shall I thank you for killing him, Jon Snow? Or curse you?

- Mance Rayder to Jon Snow

The Halfhand could have killed me as easy as you swat a bug.

Jon Snow to Samwell Tarly

Qhorin on the Game of Thrones wiki.




Annotations from item #46269118:

Qhorin Volmark was a Lord of Volmark and head of House Volmark.

History

Qhorin claimed to be the heir of the black line of House Hoare after the death of King Harren the Black, as Qhorin's grandmother had been the younger sister of Harren's grandfather, King Harwyn Hardhand. He was the first of many rival claimants to the title King of the Iron Islands. King Aegon I Targaryen invaded Great Wyk, however, and slew Qhorin himself with Blackfyre in 2 AC.

In 33 AC Lord Goren Greyjoy easily defeated a conspiracy to crown Qhorin's son.




Annotations from item #46269119:

Qhorwyn Hoare, known as Qhorwyn the Cunning, was a King of the Iron Islands from House Hoare.

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History

Qhorwyn was a shrewd king who avoided war and instead gathered wealth during his reign. He tripled the size of the Hoare fleets and ordered the creation of additional weaponry to dissuade enemies from attacking. Qhorwyn's eldest son died of greyscale and his middle son, Prince Harlan, died after falling from a horse while Qhorwyn was lying ill. After Qhorwyn's death, his third son and successor Harwyn Hardhand conquered the riverlands using his father's strengthened military.

Quotes

War is bad for trade ... Weakness invites attack. To have peace, we must be strong.

- Qhorwyn to the ironborn

Family




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Qhoyne

Western Essos and the location of the Qhoyne

The Qhoyne - by Stu Barnes. © FFG

The Qhoyne is a river in northwestern Essos. The Rhoynar consider it a daughter of the Rhoyne and nickname it the Darkling Daughter. Its headwaters lie in the Forest of Qohor, where it runs through the Free City of Qohor. It then flows southwest past the forest and meets its tributary, the south-flowing Darkwash, just north of the ruined city of Ar Noy. The Qhoyne then continues southwest past Ar Noy and meets the Rhoyne at Dagger Lake.

Pine-cones from the Forest of Qohor and gold and amber from the Axe flow into Dagger Lake by way of the Qhoyne and the Darkwash, respectively.




Annotations from item #46269121:

Qohor, also known as the City of Sorcerers,

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City

See also: Images of Qohor

Location

Standing on the banks of the river Qhoyne, a tributary of the Rhoyne, on the western edge of the Forest of Qohor, the city is seen as a gateway to the east.

Northwest of Qohor is Norvos and to the south Volantis.

People

Maesters consider Qohor the most exotic of the Free Cities, due to its status as the western terminus for overland trade networks stretching all the way to Yi Ti (though this contact is often indirect). The dark arts, such as divination, blood magic, and necromancy, are believed to be practiced in the City of Sorcerers.

The Qohorik believe in a dark god, the Black Goat of Qohor, who demands a daily blood sacrifice, such as calves, bullocks and horses on regular days or condemned criminals on holy days. In times of crisis, the nobles of the city are willing to sacrifice their own children in the hopes that their god will defend the city.

Qohor is also famous for its hunters, foresters, and artisans.

Economy

A coin of Qohor, as depicted by Nutchapol Thitinunthakorn in *The World of Ice and Fire*

Due to its location, Qohor functions as the gateway to the Dothraki sea and the lands beyond. Trading caravans bound for or returning from Vaes Dothrak provision themselves in Qohor before heading towards the Dothraki sea. In turn, overland merchant caravans from Yi Ti head west over the Bone Mountains to Vaes Dothrak, where they trade with merchants from the Free Cities. The overland trade routes are long and can be dangerous, but they are preferred by merchants who wish to avoid the exorbitant taxes that Qarth imposes on the shipping lanes that pass through its straits to the south.

The Forest of Qohor is the principal source of wealth of the city. Timber is shipped down the Qhoyne to Dagger Lake, Selhorys, Valysar, Volon Therys, and Volantis.

Qohorik forges are considered to have no equal. The armor they create is seen as superior to the armor made in Westeros. They are capable of infusing a deep color into the metal with beautiful results. Additionally, the Qohorik are the only ones in the world who still possess the knowledge on how to rework Valyrian steel, a secret they guard strictly. According to Maester Pol, blood sacrifices are used when the Qohorik rework Valyrian steel.

History

Foundation

The initial settlement of Qohor was a lumber camp along the Forest of Qohor.

Century of Blood

Main article: Century of Blood

Shortly after the Doom of Valyria, the dragonlord Aurion raised a host of Qohorik colonists and proclaimed himself the Emperor of Valyria. He marched with thirty thousand men to claim what remained of the Valyrian peninsula, but none were seen again.

At the start of the Century of Blood that followed the Doom, Khal Temmo rode from the east with a Dothraki *khalasar* of fifty thousand. The Dothraki crushed the Qohorik heavy horse, and the sellswords in the city's service fled. Three thousand Unsullied, slave soldiers from Astapor, withstood the Dothraki charges, however, and saved the city. Since the victory of the famed Three Thousand of Qohor, the city's defenses have been mostly left to the Unsullied.

Towards the end of the Century of Blood, Qohor formed an alliance with Norvos and broke Volantene power on the Rhoyne in a battle involving fire galleys on Dagger Lake.

Recent History

Shortly after being created in 211 AC,

Tobho Mott in King's Landing learned to smith in Qohor, and is one of the few to know how to rework Valyrian steel.

Ben Plumm claims to be part Qohorik, through his grandmother.

Qohor is visited every three or four years by Khal Zekko. The Qohorik give him gifts, however, and he moves his Dothraki *khalasar* on.

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A Game of Thrones

Daenerys Targaryen passes Qohor during the journey of Khal Drogo's *khalasar* from Pentos to Vaes Dothrak.

A Clash of Kings

The Brave Companions, a sellsword company also known as the Bloody Mummers, is led by the Qohorik Vargo Hoat. They take part in the War of the Five Kings on the side of House Lannister.

A Storm of Swords

Fearing retribution if Roose defects to the side of House Lannister, Vargo maims Ser Jaime Lannister by cutting off his sword hand,

In the aftermath of the Red Wedding, Ser Gregor Clegane captures Harrenhal from the few remaining Brave Companions.

A Feast for Crows

Garin tells Arianne Martell that according to sailors in Planky Town, followers of R'hllor rioted in Qohor and tried to burn down the Black Goat.




Annotations from item #46269122:

Qoren Martell was the ruling Prince of Dorne and head of House Nymeros Martell during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen.

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History

Prince Qoren led the Dornishmen in the War for the Stepstones in support of the Triarchy. During the Dance of the Dragons both the greens and the blacks courted Dorne's support, but Qoren refused to take part.

Qoren was eventually succeeded by his daughter, Princess Aliandra.

Family

Quotes

Dorne has danced with dragons before. I would sooner sleep with scorpions.

- In response to a letter from Ser Otto Hightower, asking for support during the Dance of the Dragons




Annotations from item #46269123:

Qotho is a bloodrider to Khal Drogo.

Dar Salim as Qotho in HBO's *Game of Thrones*

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A Game of Thrones

As a wedding gift to the newly-wed Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo, Qotho gives them a double curved dragonbone bow.

Qotho is known as the most sadistic of Drogo's bloodriders. He has cruel eyes and quick hands that like to hurt. He leaves bruises on Doreah’s pale skin, and sometimes makes Irri sob in the night. Even his horses react to him with fear.

When Viserys Targaryen bares steel during a feast in Vaes Dothrak and threatens Daenerys, Drogo orders his bloodriders to seize him. Qotho pins Viserys while the others disarm him.

After Drogo's injury, Daenerys intends to take her husband to the maegi Mirri Maz Duur to heal him, but Drogo's bloodriders, including Qotho, attempt to stop this from happening. Qotho kills Quaro in the ensuing fight and is in turn killed by Ser Jorah Mormont.

See also the Qotho article on the Game of Thrones wiki.




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Quaithe, also known as Quaithe of the Shadow, is a shadowbinder from Asshai..

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Quaithe is a woman who wears a red lacquered wooden mask.

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A Clash of Kings

Quaithe by Sir-Heartsalot

Quaithe is one of the three representatives from Qarth who return to Vaes Tolorro with Jhogo in search of dragons, the other two being Xaro Xhoan Daxos and Pyat Pree.

The "three seekers" escort Daenerys Targaryen and her *khalasar* to Qarth, then take their leave and part ways. Quaithe is the last of them to depart. While Xaro and Pyat offer Daenerys promises, Quaithe offers only a warning - to beware "of all", warning that people would come day and night to see the newborn dragons (Drogon, Rhaegal, Viserion), and that these spectators would lust to own the dragons and the power connected to them.

Later, Quaithe urges Daenerys to leave Qarth as soon as possible, warning that if Daenerys lingers she will not be permitted to leave the city at all. Daenerys notices that her wrist tingles, an effect of Quaithe's touch. When she asks for a clarification on this warning, Quaithe gives a cryptic answer:

To go north, you must journey south, to reach the west you must go east. To go forward you must go back and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

A Storm of Swords

Quaithe by Paul Phillips©

While aboard the ship *Balerion*, Daenerys contemplates various potential enemies and their motives. Among them is Quaithe, the strange woman in the red lacquer mask. Daenerys cannot determine whether the woman is an enemy or a dangerous friend.

In Astapor, while sleeping on the ship Balerion, Daenerys awakens to find that a woman is in her bedroom with her, although she appears only as a faint shadow. The figure repeats the warning about passing beneath the shadow, and Daenerys realizes that it is Quaithe. She then jumps out of bed and opens the door, but there is no sign of Quaithe, and Daenerys dismisses the appearance as a dream.

A Dance with Dragons

In the the Great Pyramid of Meereen, Daenerys has a vision of Quaithe. She asks if this is a dream and states that she had a previous dream of Quaithe while aboard the Balerion. Quaithe replies that neither experience was a dream. Daenerys wonders how an intruder could get past her guards. Quaithe replies that she came another way, and that the guards never saw her. Daenerys threatens to call out for the guards, who will kill the intruder. Quaithe replies that the guards will swear that she is not there. Daenerys picks up on the implication. She asks directly whether Quaithe is here, to which Quaithe replies, "No."

Quaithe proceeds to deliver another cryptic warning:

The glass candles are burning. Soon comes the pale mare, and after her the others. Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. Trust none of them. Remember the Undying. Beware the perfumed seneschal.

Much later when Daenerys is wandering lost, starving, and alone in the Dothraki Sea, she slips into a restless sleep and hears Quaithe's original instructions again. She then sees Quaithe, whose mask is made of starlight, and the stars whisper in a woman's voice:

Remember who you are, Daenerys, ... The dragons know. Do you?

Quotes by Quaithe

They shall come day and night to see the wonder that has been born again into the world, and when they see they shall lust. For dragons are fire made flesh, and fire is power.

—Quaithe, to Daenerys Targaryen

Quotes about Quaithe

I do not understand her.

Daenerys Targaryen, to Ser Jorah Mormont

Was she an enemy too, or only a dangerous friend? Dany could not say.

—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

Khaleesi, better a man should swallow scorpions than trust in the spawn of shadows, who dare not show their face beneath the sun. It is known.

Rakharo, to Daenerys Targaryen




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Quaro is a Dothraki warrior assigned to the *khas* of Daenerys Targaryen within the *khalasar* of Khal Drogo.

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A Game of Thrones

Quaro is one of four warriors assigned to guard Daenerys Targaryen. When Viserys Targaryen attacks his sister in the Dothraki Sea, Quaro advises Daenerys to take an ear from Viserys to teach him respect.

During the raid on the Lhazareene settlement, Quaro is commanded by Daenerys to stop the Dothraki riders raping Eroeh was captured, though he protests against stopping it.

When Daenerys intends to have Khal Drogo healed by Mirri Maz Duur using blood magic, Drogo's bloodriders try to stop it from happening. In the ensuing fight, Quaro is killed by Qotho.

A Dance with Dragons

Quaro is remembered by Daenerys when she thinks back to the followers who have died under her service.




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Daenerys Targaryen on the terrnace of the Great Pyramid with one of her dragons - by Marc Fishman ©

The queen's apartments are where Queen Daenerys Targaryen dwells in Meereen. She keeps her private chambers (or queen's apartments) in the lofty apex of the Great Pyramid on the highest step.

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Queen's apartments

Daenerys's chambers are surrounded by greenery and fragrant pools.

Ser Barristan Selmy's bedchamber

Ser Barristan Selmy's bedchamber (originally slave quarters) is a small cell adjoining the queen’s apartments; his furnishings consist of a bed, a chamber pot, a wardrobe for his clothing and a chair to sit on. On his bedside table he keeps a beeswax candle and a small carving of the Warrior; though he is not a pious man the carving makes him feel less alone in the queer alien city that is Meereen.

Terrace Garden

There is a terrace garden within the apex. From the terrace Daenerys has a view of the whole city of Meereen and its surrounding area, including the Temple of the Graces and nearby areas of the Skahazadhan river, the dry brown hills, the orchards, and the fields of the city.

The garden is directly connected to Daenerys's bedchamber through terrace doors, allowing her to step out anytime of the day or night. A persimmon tree seems to serve as a favorite spot for birds. There is a terrace pool which serves as Daenerys's bath. She bathes regularly in its cool water, while little fish nibble at her arms and legs. The persimmon tree is visible from the pool.

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The view from the Queen's apartments - by lvlorf3us ©

A Dance with Dragons

Daenerys Targaryen's dragons know where she is living in Meereen. She finds Viserion on the terrace coiled around a pear tree with his head resting on his tail.

While bathing, Daenerys has a vision of Quaithe standing below the persimmon tree.

Daenerys takes Daario Naharis as her paramour and shares her bed when he is in the city.

After Daenerys's disappearance on Drogon, Irri and Jhiqui continue inhabiting the royal apartments until they leave Meereen with most of Daenerys's Dothraki *khalasar. The *khalasar has set out to search the Dothraki Sea for their missing queen.

The cupbearers of Daenerys live in the queen's apartments until they are moved to the apartments of Hizdahr zo Loraq in the heart of the Great Pyramid.

For a while Ser Barristan Selmy, now the Queen's Hand, and Missandei remain the only occupants of the apex, with Missandei in the private chambers and Barristan in his small cell. Barristan thinks of Missandei as a forlorn little ghost haunting the royal chambers.

At Barristan's command the burned and dying Prince Quentyn Martell is laid out in the queen's own bed. Quentyn had been a knight and it seemed only kind to let him die in the bed he had crossed half the world to reach. The bedding was ruined—sheets, covers, pillows, mattress acquired the smell of blood and smoke—but Barristan thinks that Daenerys would forgive him.

Only Missandei can bear to remain by Quentyn's side; his burns are horrific and the sight of him is too disturbing for the cupbearers. She tends to such needs as Quentyn can express, giving him water and milk of the poppy when he was strong enough to drink, listening to the few tortured words he gasps out from time to time, reading to him when he falls quiet and sleeping in the chair beside him. Barristan calls for the Blue Graces four times, but the official healers of Meereen never come. Quentyn's dying lasts for three days. Missandei informs Barristan of Quentyn's death. Barristan removes the coverlet Missandei had placed for one last look at the Prince’s face, thinking that Quentyn should have stayed in Dorne, he should have stayed a frog.




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The queen's men are members of Stannis Baratheon's court that have converted to the faith of R'hllor.

Historically, Queen Selyse Florent was among the first in Dragonstone to convert, and it was initially by her insistence that Stannis took notice of the red priestess, Melisandre. Calling them the "queen's" men alludes to the fact that Selyse is a vocal supporter of Melisandre and of her god, arguably more so than Stannis himself, and helps in telling them apart from the so-called king's men who are also supporters of Stannis's cause yet have kept the Faith of the Seven.

They often have a fiery heart, the emblem of the Lord of Light, embroidered on their breasts signifying their allegiance.

Known Queen's Men

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One realm, one god, one king! STANNIS! STANNIS! ONE REALM, ONE GOD, ONE KING!

– Queen's men

They would as gladly burn me as those logs and broken branches.

Asha Greyjoy's thoughts




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

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

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A Clash of Kings

Queen Alysanne is part of Stannis Baratheon's fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater. It is hit by burning pitch during the battle. It engages both *Lady of Silk* and *Lady's Shame. After *Lady's Shame is sunk, Queen Alysanne is hit by wildfire, destroying her.




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Queen Cersei is a war galley of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing..

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A Clash of Kings

Queen Cersei is a part of King Joffrey I Baratheon's fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater. It is destroyed by wildfire.




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The Queen Margaery is one of Cersei's dromonds in service to House Baratheon of King's Landing. It is named for Queen Margaery Tyrell by King Tommen Baratheon.

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A Feast for Crows

The Queen Margaery 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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Queen Whore was the concubine to Cleon the Second.

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A Dance with Dragons

She claimed the crown along with King Cutthroat when Cleon the Second was slain.




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The queen o' whores is a prostitute with Ser Ryman Frey during the siege of Riverrun. Her true name is unknown.

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The prostitute has large, heavy breasts, ample hips, and blond hair. She is crudely spoken.

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A Feast for Crows

Ser Jaime Lannister visits the captive Edmure Tully on the gallows during the siege of Riverrun. When Ser Ryman Frey arrives with his whore, both are drunk and the woman's breasts are exposed. Ryman has crowned her with the crown of Robb Stark, taken by House Frey after the Red Wedding. While dismissing Ryman from the siege, Jaime tells him he may take his whore, but not her crown.

Ryman is hanged by outlaws while returning to the Twins. The fate of Ryman's prostitute is unknown.

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Prostitute: Who in seven hells is this one?

Jaime: The Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. I might ask the same of you, my lady.
Prostitute: Lady? I'm no lady. I'm the queen.
Jaime: My sister will be surprised to hear that.

Prostitute: Lord Ryman crowned me his very self. I'm the queen o' whores.

—the prostitute and Jaime Lannister

See that you are not in camp when the sun comes up. You may take your queen of whores, but not that crown of hers.

Jaime Lannister to Ryman Frey




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Champion's Favour. © FFG

In the Seven Kingdoms, tradition holds that the victor in a tourney may select any woman present and name her the queen of love and beauty, crowning her with a wreath of flowers and dedicating his victory to her.

The victor often chooses a woman he loves or intends to court, and it can be a source of scandal if the victor crowns a woman already bound to another man, or if a married man crowns someone other than his wife.

Past Queens of Love and Beauty

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Ned remembered the moment when all the smiles died, when Prince Rhaegar Targaryen urged his horse past his own wife, the Dornish Princess Elia Martell, to lay the queen of beauty’s laurel in Lyanna’s lap. He could see it still: a crown of winter roses, blue as frost.

- thoughts of Eddard Stark

Rhaegar had chosen Lyanna Stark of Winterfell. Barristan Selmy would have made a different choice. Not the queen, who was not present. Nor Elia of Dorne, though she was good and gentle; had she been chosen, much war and woe might have been avoided. His choice would have been a young maiden not long at court, one of Elia’s companions ...

- thoughts of Barristan Selmy




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Bran, Hodor, Meera and Jojen trying to make their way to Queenscrown holdfast- by Michael Komarck ©

Queenscrown

The north and the location of Queenscrown

Queenscrown is an abandoned tower holdfast with a village west of the kingsroad in the Gift, south of the Wall.

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A stone causeway lies beneath the water that surrounds the holdfast, it is not a straight path but it ziggs and zaggs going a third of the way around the island before jagging back. The turns are treacherous, and the long path meant that anyone approaching would be exposed to arrow fire from the tower for a long time. When entering the tower true the stout oak door there is a small storeroom with a murder hole above it, from there steps built into the inner wall of the tower curve away upward to the left to the upper stories, and downward to the right into a under vault, both directions are locked behind iron grates. The second floor of the tower is a maze of small cells. The third floor of the tower has arrow slits, while the fourth has windows. The fifth floor is a large round chamber with three sides opening onto stone balconies, and along the fourth side is a privy chamber above the water. The tower's merlons are painted gold. The remnants of an inn and village can still be seen surrounded by apple and oak trees.

History

During a visit to the north, Queen Alysanne Targaryen flew to the Wall on her dragon, Silverwing. She stayed at this holdfast on her way, so the villagers painted the merlons atop the tower gold.

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A Storm of Swords

Bran Stark, Hodor, and Meera Reed and Jojen Reed stay overnight at Queenscrown on their march to the Wall. While they wait out a storm, a northman passing through arrives and stays in the ruined village to also wait out the storm. The wildling party which includes Jon Snow arrives and captures the man, however. Although Jon balks at killing the stranger, Ygritte kills the man anyway.

A Dance with Dragons

Exploring the vicinity of Castle Black, Stannis Baratheon travels the kingsroad almost as far as Queenscrown.

Chapters that take place at Queenscrown




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Queensgate

The North and the location of Queensgate

Queensgate is an abandoned castle along the Wall. It was formerly manned by the Night's Watch but was abandoned as the Watch shrank. To the west lies Deep Lake and to the east Castle Black.

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History

Queensgate was originally named Snowgate, but was renamed when Queen Alysanne Targaryen visited the castle on her dragon Silverwing.

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A Storm of Swords

Reports come to Castle Black that wildlings have been climbing near Queensgate.

A Dance with Dragons

Stannis Baratheon inspects the ruins of Oakenshield and Queensgate.




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Unadorned white shield of the Queensguard.

The Queensguard is another term for the Kingsguard, titled such when they serve as royal bodyguards for a Queen Regnant rather than a king. Supposedly the finest knights in the Seven Kingdoms, they are sworn to protect their queen and the royal family with their own lives, to obey her commands, and to keep her secrets. They are sworn for life, and are forbidden from owning land, taking a wife, or fathering children..

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History

The first known implementation of the Queensguard was founded by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, as an elite bodyguard for her and her family during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. Daenerys Targaryen established her own Queensguard following the death of her husband Khal Drogo, when she declared herself Queen of Westeros.

Historically composed of seven knights sworn to a lifetime of service, members are to serve unto death despite age or any physical or mental ailments, with an invalid member's duties being taken up by his sworn brothers. During his time as a member of the Queensguard, a member is not allowed to hold lands, sire children, marry, or have any worldly allegiance except to his monarch. All members of the Queensguard are traditionally sworn knights, although this is currently not the case under Daenerys.

Of note is that prior to his meeting with Skahaz mo Kandaq, Lord Commander Ser Barristan Selmy thinks that Daenerys Targaryen "had never established a proper Queensguard even for herself."

Historical Members

Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (129 AC-130 AC)

The Kingsguard of King Viserys I Targaryen split during the succession war that broke out upon his death, known as the Dance of the Dragons. Four of them sided with Rhaenyra's half-brother Aegon II (including Lord Commander Ser Criston Cole), but the other three defected to Rhaenyra, forming the core of her new Queensguard: Ser Steffon, Ser Lorent, and Ser Erryk.

Recent Members

Queen Daenerys Targaryen (298 AC-present)

Quotes

You are the first of my Queensguard.

Daenerys Targaryen to Jorah Mormont

She still clung to the hope that someone would come after her. Ser Barristan might come seeking her; he was the first of her Queensguard, sworn to defend her life with his own.

– thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

If the queen had commanded me to protect Hizdahr, I would have had no choice but to obey. But Daenerys Targaryen had never established a proper Queensguard even for herself nor issued any commands in respect to her consort.

– thoughts of Barristan Selmy

Only Ser Loreth Lansdale moved quickly enough to strike a blow in the queen's defense, cutting down the first two men who came at him before being slain himself. With him died the last of the Queensguard.




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Quellon Botley is the second son of Lord Germund Botley.

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A Feast for Crows

After the death of Lord Sawane Botley, his father was given the titles and lands formerly held by Sawane by Euron Greyjoy.

Family




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Quellon Greyjoy was a Lord of the Iron Islands, Lord Reaper of Pyke, and head of House Greyjoy. He was the father of the current lord, Balon Greyjoy. The longship *Lord Quellon* is presumably named in his honor.

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Quellon has been considered one of the wisest of the Greyjoys. He stood six and a half feet tall, and was both strong and fast.

History

Quellon fought corsairs and slavers in the Summer Sea as a youth and commanded a hundred longships during the War of the Ninepenny Kings..

Quellon tried to reform the ways of the ironborn and integrate them with the rest of the Seven Kingdoms by freeing thralls, forbidding most reaving, discouraging salt wives, encouraging marriages with the mainland, and bringing maesters to the Iron Islands.

Quellon's health was failing during Robert's Rebellion, however, and it was only after the Battle of the Trident that he was convinced by his eldest sons to join the war against House Targaryen. He led fifty longships against the Reach, keeping most of the ironmen home to guard against House Lannister. Quellon died at sea

With Quellon's death, the title of head of House Greyjoy and Lord of the Iron Islands passed to Balon Greyjoy, his eldest surviving son. Lord Balon rejected most of his father's reforms, and his desire to return to the Old Way led to Greyjoy's Rebellion against the rule of King Robert I Baratheon.

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A Feast for Crows

After the death of Balon Greyjoy, King of the Isles and the North, his brother Euron Crow's Eye claims the Seastone Chair.

Family

Quellon had three wives and nine sons, of which only four survived to adulthood. With his first wife, Lady Stonetree, he fathered Harlon, Quenton, and Donel, none of whom survived childhood. With his second wife, Lady Sunderly, Quellon fathered Balon, Euron, Victarion, Urrigon, and Aeron, with all surviving to adulthood with the exception of Urrigon. Quellon's third marriage, this time with Lady Piper, resulted in Robin, who also died as a child.

Quotes

Nine sons had been born from the loins of Quellon Greyjoy, but only four had lived to manhood. That was the way of this cold world, where men fished the sea and dug in the ground and died, whilst women brought forth short-lived children from beds of blood and pain.

- thoughts of Aeron Greyjoy

Lord Quellon never returned from his last voyage; the Drowned God in his goodness granted him a death at sea. It was Lord Balon who came back, with his brothers Euron and Victarion.

- thoughts of Aeron Greyjoy

Aeron: Do you mean to claim our father's crown?

Victarion: If the Drowned God wills it.

Aeron: The waves will speak. Listen to the waves, brother.

- Aeron Greyjoy and Victarion Greyjoy




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Quellon Humble is an ironborn raider and a member of House Humble.

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A Feast for Crows

Quellon allies himself with Euron Greyjoy at the kingsmoot.




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Quence, is a mummer of the Ship. He is considered to not be good enough for the Blue Lantern.

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A Feast for Crows

When he finds Allaquo abed with Sloey, Quence and Allaquo have a fight, after which Quence leaves the Ship.




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Quent is a guard sworn to House Stark.

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A Game of Thrones

Quent is part of the party that accompanies Robb and Bran Stark into the wolfswood for Bran's first ride since his fall. He and Wayn fall behind and then follow Theon Greyjoy after he spies a turkey. They fail to guard Bran, who is left to his own devices and falls into the hands of a small party of wildlings.

A Clash of Kings

Quent is listed as being under the command of Hallis Mollen in the south.

A Storm of Swords

Quent is ordered to accompany the bones of Lord Eddard Stark north to Winterfell.




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Quenten Banefort is the Lord of Banefort and head of House Banefort.

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A Game of Thrones

Lord Quenten is a member of the Lannister host besieging Riverrun. He is taken prisoner at the Whispering Wood.

A Storm of Swords

Lord Banefort is a captive of Lord Jonos Bracken at Stone Hedge.

A Feast for Crows

Lord Quenten is among the gathered nobility that escort the corpse of Lord Tywin Lannister back to Casterly Rock. Unlike Lord Antario Jast, Quenten dealt with his imprisonment well and looks ready to return to battle. Ser Jaime Lannister thinks Lord Banefort could deal with the outlaws Sandor Clegane and Beric Dondarrion, but he would not be a good Hand of the King.




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Ser Quentin Tyrell was a knight of House Tyrell during the reign of Aerys II Targaryen. He was a cousin of Lord Mace Tyrell.

History

Quentin died at the Battle of Ashford during Robert's Rebellion.

Family




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Annotation #1 for item #46269144: Wiki: Quenton Greyjoy

See also: Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)

Quenton Greyjoy was the second son of Lord Quellon Greyjoy and Lady Stonetree. He died as an infant.

Family

Annotation #2 for item #46269144: Wiki: (cousin) Quenton Greyjoy

See also: Quenton Greyjoy

Quenton Greyjoy is a distant cousin to Asha Greyjoy. He was captain of the longship the *Salty Wench*.

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A Dance with Dragons

Along with the rest of Asha Greyjoy's supporters, Quenton sails to Deepwood Motte where Asha contemplates her next move. Quenton accompanies Asha on her flight to the sea from Deepwood Motte, and is slain in the woods by the knights of Stannis Baratheon who ambush them.




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Lord Quenton Hightower was the head of House Hightower and Lord of the Hightower.

History

When the grey plague hit Oldtown, Lord Quenton had the gates closed and burned every ship in the port and ordered that anyone trying to flee was to be killed. Once the plague burned itself out, Lord Quenton rescinded those orders. The very day he did, he and his young son were pulled from their horses by the survivors and had their throats slit.




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Lord Quenton Qoherys was head of House Qoherys and the first Lord of Harrenhal.

History

Quenton was the master-at-arms of Dragonstone. He was named Lord of Harrenhal by King Aegon I Targaryen after Aegon had extinguished House Hoare during his Conquest. Quenton married the daughter of his liege lord, Edmyn Tully of Riverrun. In 9 AC, he died from a fall from his horse and was succeeded by his grandson, Gargon.




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The name Quentyn can refer to the following characters:




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Ser Quentyn Ball, better known as Fireball, was a knight of House Ball during the reigns of Aegon IV Targaryen and Daeron II Targaryen. His personal coat-of-arms was a fireball blazing red and yellow across a night black field.

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Appearance and Character

He was red-haired, with a fiery temper, hence the moniker Fireball.

History

During the reign of Aegon IV

In King's Landing Quentyn was the master-at-arms of the Red Keep during King Aegon IV Targaryen's days. At some point, Aegon promised Quentyn a place in the Kingsguard once an opening were to become apparent. In order to facilitate this Quentyn made his wife join the Silent Sisters. Aegon died before an opening in the Sworn Brotherhood became vacant.

First Blackfyre Rebellion

When a place in the Kingsguard later became available under Daeron II Targaryen, son and heir of Aegon, Quentyn reminded him of his father's promise. However Fireball was refused the white cloak for reasons unknown and it was given to Ser Willem Wylde instead. This betrayal is what caused Quentyn to choose Daemon Blackfyre's side during Daemon's rebellion. It was rumoured that he had as much a part as did Bittersteel in convincing Daemon to claim the Iron Throne.

It was Fireball that rescued Daemon when King Daeron sent the Kingsguard to arrest him. During the First Blackfyre Rebellion, he killed Lord Lefford at Lannisport and sent Lord Damon Lannister back to Casterly Rock when he came out to confront him. At the crossing of the Mander he slew all the sons of Lady Penrose save for the youngest, whom he spared as a kindness to her. He was slain by a common archer on the eve of the battle of the Redgrass Field when he stopped for a drink of water.

A young boy namd Glendon Flowers believes himself to be Quentyn's bastard son.

Behind the Scenes

According to George R. R. Martin Fireball was loosely inspired by Sir Hotspur Percy, a late medieval English nobleman.




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Quentyn Blackwood was a Lord of Raventree Hall and head of House Blackwood during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen.

History

Lord Quentyn was killed by Ser Otho Bracken in 206 AC during a tourney at King's Landing. This act reignited the feud between the Blackwoods and Brackens.




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Prince Quentyn Nymeros Martell, better known simply as Quentyn Martell, is a knight from House Martell. he is the second child and eldest son of Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, and Lady Mellario of Norvos.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Quentyn Martell

Quentyn is short-legged and stocky, thickly built, with a plain face, brown hair,

Quentyn is cautious by nature

Fostered at Yronwood, Quentyn came to see Cletus Yronwood, his dearest friend, as a brother in all but blood,

Quentyn speaks the Volantene

History

Quentyn was born the second child of Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, and his wife, Lady Mellario of Norvos.

When Quentyn first arrived at Yronwood, he was smitten with Lord Anders's eldest daughter, Ynys. His crush lasted until the day she wed and left Yronwood. He received his first kiss from one of the Drinkwater twins, though Quentyn never knew which one.

Once, when Quentyn had already been at Yronwood, Prince Doran wrote him a letter in which he instructed Quentyn to do all his maester and master-at-arms required of him, as Quentyn would one day rule Dorne, and he therefore needed to be strong of both mind and body.

At Yronwood, Quentyn befriended Anders's eldest son, Cletus, Cletus's cousin Archibald, Gerris Drinkwater, and Willam Wells.

Quentyn has been riding horses since he was six,

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A Storm of Swords

Quentyn is among those Lord Tywin Lannister considers as a possible candidate in marriage for his daughter, the widowed Queen Cersei.

A Feast for Crows

Quentyn is believed to be in the Boneway with the host of Lord Anders Yronwood. However, in truth, he has crossed the narrow sea in secret.

After Arianne’s coup to crown Princess Myrcella Baratheon fails,

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Gerris, Prince Quentyn, and Ser Archibald - by Sasha Gladysh ©

Rhaegal's flame engulfs Quentyn - by Marc Fishman ©

The Dragontamer by Ashley Hunter Rice

In Dorne, Doran tells his daughter Arianne that he has heard how a great fleet, mostly Volantene ships, has set sail from Lys, and that there had been talk about elephants. Believing that it might be Daenerys, Doran states that, if Quentyn is with her, he will bring her up to the Greenblood if he can.

Quentyn has been sent across the narrow sea with Ser Cletus Yronwood, Ser Gerris Drinkwater, Ser Willam Wells, Ser Archibald Yronwood, and Maester Kedry to bring Daenerys Targaryen to Dorne. They left from the Planky Town in Dorne, where they boarded a ship. When in Lys, Quentyn reluctantly plays the role of a merchant.

Quentyn and his companions spend more time in Volantis than they had expected, due to the conflicts in Slaver's Bay, attempting to find a ship willing to bring them to Meereen. Gerris pretends to be a wine merchant looking for a ship to take him and his two "servants" to Meereen, but every captain they try to convince to take them on this journey refuses, and in the end they are forced to consider seeking passage on the smuggler's ship *Adventure*.

Eventually, Quentyn and his two companions join the Windblown, a mercenary company hired by Yunkai, as a way to reach Daenerys.

Daario brings the feigned turncloaks to Queen Daenerys in her audience chamber and presents them as recruits of his Stormcrows. Quentyn and his friends reveal that they are knights, but ask for privacy in order to reveal their names. After the court is cleared, Quentyn hands over his "gift", a parchment containing a secret pact, signed by Ser Willem Darry and Prince Oberyn Martell, with the Sealord of Braavos witnessing the signatures. The pact was for Viserys Targaryen to wed Quenty's sister, Arianne, in return for Dorne's support in helping the exile regain the Iron Throne. With Viserys having died at Vaes Dothrak, however, Quentyn now offers himself as a husband for Daenerys in return for the support of Dorne. Daario mocks Quentyn, angering his companions. Daenerys orders Quentyn and his friends to be treated courteously, and reveals her upcoming marriage to Hizdahr zo Loraq. She gives the Dornishmen a room in the pyramid.

Quentyn approaches Daenerys the next day, the day of her wedding, wondering if he has displeased her. Daenerys tells Quentyn that one day, she will come to Westeros and look to Dorne for help.

Quentyn and his companions are present at the feast held to celebrate the signing of the peace between Meereen and Yunkai. Queen Daenerys invites him to meet Rhaegal and Viserion. The dragons frighten Quentyn, but nonetheless he tells Daenerys about his own Targaryen ancestry. Daenerys tells him that he does not belong in Meereen, and urges him to return home, as her court is not a safe place for him. Quentyn refuses, and tells Daenerys about her namesake during their journey back up the pyramid.

Quentyn tries to speak with Daenerys on the day Daznak's Pit is opened, but is denied an audience. He is in attendence when Daenerys disappears from Daznak's Pit atop Drogon,

Quentyn's companions are keen to return to Dorn, but the prince plans to tame at least one of Daenery's dragons due to his Targaryen ancestry. He arranges a meeting with the Tattered Prince, hiring the Windblown's help in seizing Rhaegal and Viserion. The Tattered Prince agrees, asking for Pentos in return. Quentyn signs an agreement.

Missandei takes care of Quentyn, but he dies in Daenerys's bed three days later, covered in burns. Upon seeing the extent of the prince's injuries, Barristan thinks it would have been better if Rhaegal had just eaten him alive, as his death would haven been quicker and less painful in such a case.

The Winds of Winter

On her way to Griffin's Roost, Princess Arianne Martell wonders about where Quentyn would be if he does not turn out to be with Jon Connington. She wonders if he has wed Daenerys Targaryen.

Quotes by Quentyn

Daenerys: Tell me, Prince Quentyn, are you enchanted?

Quentyn: No, Your Grace.

Daenerys: I feared as much.

- Daenerys Targaryen and Quentyn

I am a prince of Dorne, Your Grace. I will not run from slaves and sell swords.

- Quentyn to Daenerys Targaryen

I want to go back to Yronwood and kiss both of your sisters, marry Gwyneth Yronwood, watch her flower into beauty, have a child by her. I want to ride in tourneys, hawk and hunt, visit my mother in Norvos, read some of those books my father sends me. I want Cletus and Will and Maester Kedry to be alive again.

– Quentyn's thoughts

Quentyn had never felt so much a boy as when he'd stood before Daenerys Targaryen, pleading for her hand. The thought of bedding her terrified him almost as much as her dragons had.

– Quentyn's thoughts

Quentyn: This will be my grand adventure.
Gerris: Men die on grand adventures.

- Quentyn and Gerris Drinkwater

The hero sets out with his friends and companions, faces dangers, comes home triumphant. Only some of his companions don't return at all. The hero never dies, though. I must be the hero.

– Quentyn's thoughts

Quotes about Quentyn

Dorne will be yours. You have my word on that, if my word still has any meaning for you. Your brother Quentyn has a harder road to walk.

Doran Martell to Arianne Martell

That one is his father's son. Short and stocky, plain-faced, he seemed a decent lad, sober, sensible, dutiful ... but not the sort to make a young girl's heart beat faster. And Daenerys Targaryen, whatever else she might be, was still a young girl, as she herself would claim when it pleased her to play the innocent. Like all good queens she put her people first—else she would never have wed Hizdahr zo Loraq—but the girl in her still yearned for poetry, passion, and laughter. She wants fire, and Dorne sent her mud. You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time.

Barristan Selmy's thoughts

He should have stayed in Dorne. He should have stayed a frog. Not all men are meant to dance with dragons.

- Barristan Selmy's thoughts

Barristan: Prince Quentyn's death was his own doing, and yours.
Gerris: Ours? How are we at fault, ser? Quentyn was our friend, yes. A bit of a fool, you might say, but all dreamers are fools. But first and last he was our prince. We owed him our obedience.

- Barristan Selmy and Gerris Drinkwater

Family




Annotations from item #46269151:

Lord Quentyn Qorgyle is Lord of Sandstone and head of House Qorgyle in Dorne.

Family




Annotations from item #46269152:

Ser Quentyn Tarth was a knight of House Tarth during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.

History

Quentyn was listed as a participant of the tourney at Ashford Meadow of 209 AC.




Annotations from item #46269153:

Questions is a book written by Maester Denestan. In it the maester claims that it has been two thousand years since the last kingsmoot.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Lord Rodrik Harlaw read the book to gain more information on the coming kingsmoot.




Annotations from item #46269154:

Quhuru Mo is the captain of the *Cinnamon Wind* out of Tall Trees Town in the Summer Islands. He has a daughter, Kojja Mo.

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Appearance

He is black and wears a cape of green and yellow feathers.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Ser Jorah Mormont brings Quhuru from the docks of Qarth to meet with Daenerys Targaryen. He comes to see her dragons. He in turn informs her that King Robert I Baratheon has died. After leaving Daenerys he is off to do the traders' circle in the Jade Sea.

A Feast for Crows

In Braavos, Samwell Tarly and Maester Aemon meet Xhondo, a mate of Quhuru's crew. Xhondo explains to them that he has heard about dragons and tells them about Daenerys. Xhondo's stories make Aemon strong enough to try the voyage with the *Cinnamon Wind*. In payment for the passage Captain Quhuru asks for the books Sam had brought with him. Quhuru knows he can sell the books for a good price to the maesters of the Citadel. Quhuru also wants Aemon's chain. Sam refuses to give the chain and after some haggling Quhuru is satisfied with some of their clothes instead.

During the trip Aemon dies. Normally the Targaryens burn their dead but Quhuru does not allow this because of the danger for the ship.




Annotations from item #46269155:

Quickfinger was a thief caught with stolen dragon eggs during the First Blackfyre Rebellion. He had sided with Daemon Blackfyre.




Annotations from item #46269156:
Annotation #1 for item #46269156: Wiki: Quicksilver

For the ship see Quicksilver (ship).

Quicksilver was the dragon of King Aenys I Targaryen

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Appearance

In 43 AC, Quicksilver was a quarter the size of Balerion. Her fireballs were pale white in color.

History

As a hatchling, Quicksilver bonded with Prince Aenys Targaryen. The rumors that Aenys had been fathered by someone else than King Aegon I Targaryen came to an end when the condition of Aenys, who had been sickly from birth, quickly improved after this.

In 23 AC, Aenys flew upon Quicksilver to Sunspear in Dorne to attend the feast held to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the peace between Dorne and the Iron Throne.

Aenys died in 42 AC, and was claimed as a mount by Aenys's eldest son, Prince Aegon, within the few months that followed. Despite Aegon's status as Aenys's heir, Aenys's half-brother Maegor claimed the Iron Throne. Aegon attempted to win back the throne that by rights was his, but in 43 AC both Quicksilver and Aegon died fighting Maegor upon his dragon Balerion during the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye. Balerion grabbed Quicksilver's throat in his jaws, then ripped one of Quicksilver's wings from its body in mid-air, after which Quicksilver fell to its death, along with young Aegon.

Known riders

Annotation #2 for item #46269156: Wiki: (ship) Quicksilver

Quicksilver is a trading ship whose twin is *Greyhound*. Their captains are brothers.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

At the port of Qarth the brother captains invite Daenerys Targaryen aboard Quicksilver to share Arbor red. Their price to book passage on Quicksilver or *Greyhound* is too high for her, however.




Annotations from item #46269157:

Quiet Isle

The riverlands and the location of the Quiet Isle

The Quiet Isle is an upthrust island that sits at the mouth of the Trident where it flows into the Bay of Crabs, southeast of Saltpans and northwest of Maidenpool. has often visited the isle.

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Inhabitants

Those who dwell on the Quiet Isle are male penitents seeking to atone for their sins. Only the Elder Brother and his proctors are permitted to speak on the island and the proctors only one day in seven. The brothers are allowed to break their silence when confessing, as it is hard to speak of sin with signs and nods. Septon Meribald takes confession when he visits the isle.

The brothers wear brown-and-dun robes, with wide bell sleeves and pointed cowls. Many brothers wind lengths of wool about the lower halves of their faces as well, so that all that can be seen of them are their eyes.

The Elder Brother keeps the worst of the tidings from outside to himself, so as not to disturb the tranquility of the septry. Occasionally some visitors are allowed to stay on the island. Some are women who are sick, hurt, or with child.

Layout

Island

The isle is colder and wilder on its east side than on the sheltered side. The hill is steeper and the path meanders back and forth through weeds and briars, wind carved rocks, and twisted, thorny trees that cling to the stony hillside. Saltpans can be seen on clear nights.

Thick mudflats surround the island when the swift tide goes out. To get to the island from the mainland by foot one must cross the mudflats when the tide is out. Because of the dangers of quicksand, tidal pools, and drowning, the crooked approach is called the path of faith.

When the tide is in the brothers use a ferry to get to the mainland. The isle's slopes are covered with terraced fields, with fishponds down below and a windmill above, its wood-and-sailcloth blades turning slowly in the breeze off the bay. Sheep graze on the hillside and storks wade in the shallow waters around the ferry landing.

Where the river meets the bay, numerous objects are washed toward the Quiet Isle. The brothers have found driftwood, silver cups, iron pots, sacks of wool and bolts of silk, rusted helms and shining swords, and rubies. Drowned creatures and slain bodies also wash up on the island.

Septry

The Quiet Isle's prosperous septry stands half a mile from the shore, where the wide mouth of the Trident widens further to the Bay of Crabs. A pebbled path from the shore leads through a grove of apple trees to a whitewashed stable with a peaked that roof.

The brothers built a flight of wooden steps that wander back and forth across the steep hillside and among the buildings. There is a low barn on a lower slope, while a lichyard is found on a higher slope. A summer arbor produces small, tart grapes used for wine. The brothers brew ale, and their mead and cider are famous. The brothers provide themselves with their own food and appear to be self-sufficient. Food includes bread, fresh churned butter, honey, and a thick stew of crabs.

The top of the hill has a low wall of unmortared stone encircling a cluster of buildings, including a windmill, the cloisters, and the common hall. The wooden sept has leaded glass windows and wide doors carved with the likenesses of the Mother and the Father and a seven-sided steeple. Behind the sept is a vegetable garden where some of the older brothers pull weeds.

Hermit's Hole

The Hermit's Hole is a cave located in the side of a hill with a wooden door at its entrance, near a chestnut tree. It is the original residence of the first holy man to live on the Quiet Isle roughly two thousand years before the events of *A Song of Ice and Fire*. Currently the Elder Brother occupies the cave.

Woolen carpets cover the ground and tapestries cover the walls of the cozy sanctum. The cave contains a long table, a settle, a chest, cups, and several tall cases full of books and chairs. All are made of polished driftwood which appears golden in the light from tall beeswax candles.

Women's cottages

Set aside for the women who visit the isle, be they noble ladies or smallfolk, are modest cottages on the eastern side of the isle, looking out over a broad expanse of mud and the distant waters of the Bay of Crabs. The cottages resemble beehives made of stone, low and rounded, windowless with smokeholes in the center of their roofs. A typical cottage includes a dirt floor, a straw pallet, furs and blankets to keep her warm, a basin of water, a flagon of cider, some bread and cheese, a small fire and two low chairs.

The cottages are not often used but the brothers keep them clean and dry. On the Quiet Isle men and women do not sleep beneath the same roof unless they are wed.

History

Six rubies from Prince Rhaegar Targaryen's armor, knocked loose by Lord Robert Baratheon's warhammer during the Battle of the Trident, have washed ashore at the Quiet Isle and been recovered by the brothers. Believing in the Faith of the Seven, the brothers await the appearance of a seventh ruby.

Recent Events

Brienne of Tarth and the Elder Brother discuss Brienne's mission- by Pojypojy ©

A Feast for Crows

The War of the Five Kings has not come to the Quiet Isle, although the bodies of combatants have washed ashore and Brother Clement dies after the nearby raid on Saltpans.

Brienne of Tarth, Septon Meribald, Podrick Payne, and Ser Hyle Hunt visit the island during Brienne's quest to find Sansa Stark. The stable is more than three quarters empty, with only half a dozen mules. Away from the other animals is Driftwood, a huge black stallion which was known as Stranger when it was owned by Sandor Clegane. Brienne's group also sees a lame gravedigger in the lichyard.

They speak with the Elder Brother and have a discussion on the war and Saltpans. After the others leave, the Elder Brother and Brienne discuss Brienne's mission and why she has to find Sansa.

Known Brothers of the Quiet Isle

Quotes

The water that separated the island from the shore was receding, leaving behind a broad expanse of glistening brown mudflats dotted by tidal pools that glittered like golden coins in the afternoon sun.

- thoughts of Brienne of Tarth

Podrick: Why do they call it the Quiet Isle?
Meribald: Those who dwell here are penitents, who seek to atone for their sins through contemplation, prayer, and silence. Only the Elder Brother and his proctors are permitted to speak, and the proctors only for one day of every seven.

- Podrick Payne and Meribald

Hyle: Isn't that where we want to go? We seem to be walking every way but toward it?
Meribald: Faith. Believe, persist, and follow, and we shall find the peace we seek.

- Hyle Hunt and Meribald while approaching the isle

Chapters that take place at the Quiet Isle




Annotations from item #46269158:

Quill writes the bawdy plays for the mummers of the Ship.

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Appearance

He is a sad-eyed little man.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

When Arya Stark is disguised as Cat of the Canals, she encounters the mummers of the Ship, including Quill. Quill offers to teach her how to kiss like a woman, but Tagganaro puts an end to that when he hits him with a codfish.

The Winds of Winter

Prior to the first performance of *The Bloody Hand* at the Gate, Mercy spies Quill standing in the back of the playhall. She thinks to herself that he has come to see what he could steal from the performance for one of his own plays.




Annotations from item #46269159:

The Quill and Tankard is an inn located in Oldtown. Novices from the Citadel go there to drink. The inn is renowned for its fearsomely strong cider. The serving wenches also entertain men.

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Location

The inn is located in Oldtown. It stands on an island in the Honeywine. It is a tall, timbered building that leans toward the south and has a torchlit terrace.

History

In six hundred years, the Quill and Tankard has never closed.

When Maester Aemon was a young novice he used to go to the Quill and Tankard.

Known serving wenches

Recent Events

A Feast For Crows

Alleras buys Mollander, Roone and Pate a round of cider at the Quill and Tankard to celebrate his copper link. There, they talk of Daenerys Targaryen and the rumors of her three dragons emanating from Qarth.

Quotes

Though the tall, timbered building leaned toward the south the way novices sometimes leaned after a tankard, Pate expected that the inn would go on standing for another six hundred years, selling wine and ale and fearsomely strong cider to rivermen and seamen, smiths and singers, priests and princes, and the novices and acolytes of the Citadel.




Annotations from item #46269160:

Archmaester Quillion is an Archmaester of the Citadel. He has put forth the theory that the mysterious black stone fortress of Battle Isle that serves as the foundation of the Hightower of Oldtown was built by the mazemakers, citing its labyrinthine nature.




Annotations from item #46269161:

For the knight, see Robert Quince.

Quince was the first maester to serve at the Eyrie, the seat of House Arryn.




Annotations from item #46269162:

Ser Quincy Cox, also called the Knight of Saltpans, is the head of House Cox. He is old and has a castle in Saltpans.

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Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

When Saltpans is raided by a group reportedly led by Sandor Clegane (actually Rorge wearing Sandor's signature Hound helmet), Ser Quincy order his castle gates shut and never leaves the castle to help the inhabitants of the town. Saltpans is burned and the smallfolk scatter.

Quotes about Quincy

Meribald: Ser Quincy is an old many. His sons and good-sons are far away or dead, his grandsons are still boys, and he has two daughters. What could he have done, one man against so many?
Elder Brother: True words, and wise. When you cross to Saltpans, no doubt Ser Quincy will ask you for forgiveness. I am glad you are here to give it. I could not.

Meribald and the Elder Brother

He could have tried. He could have died. Young or old, a true knight is sworn to protect those who are weaker than himself, or die in the attempt.

– thoughts of Brienne of Tarth




Annotations from item #46269163:

Quort is a wildling raider. He is still a boy around the age of fourteen. He already has a wife and a child.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Quort is of of the raiders from the free folk who goes over the Wall with Jarl and Styr.




Annotations from item #46269164:

Qyburn is a former maester who has joined the Brave Companions. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* he is portrayed by Anton Lesser.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Qyburn

Qyburn is tall, slightly stooped with crinkles around his blue

Qyburn is clever

History

Qyburn studied at the Citadel, and was as skilled a healer as Ebrose. However, he sought to surpass the archmaester, and instead of opening dead bodies to discover the secrets of the living as the Citadel has done for centuries, Qyburn opened living bodies to discover the secrets of death. When these unethical experiments, as well as his studies of necromancy, were discovered, Qyburn was stripped of his chain and his position as a maester. Nevertheless, he claims to understand the nature of life and death better than any man in Oldtown.

Following his exile from Oldtown, Qyburn joined the Brave Companions.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Qyburn is among the Brave Companions when they arrive at Harrenhal.

A Storm of Swords

When Ser Jaime Lannister has his sword hand cut off on the orders of Vargo Hoat and is brought to Harrenhal, Roose orders Jaime to be be treated by Qyburn. The former maester treats Jaime's infected wrist, and is able to prevent the infection from spreading to Jaime's arm, thereby ensuring Jaime does not lose his arm as well.

When Roose sends Jaime back to his father, Lord Tywin Lannister, Qyburn accompanies Steelshanks Walton's guard and monitors Jaime's wounds. According to Roose Bolton, Qyburn has a fond hope that Tywin will force the Citadel to return Qyburn's maester's chain to him.

A Feast for Crows

Qyburn joins the court at King's Landing. When Queen Regent Cersei Lannister calls for a maester to deal with the discovery of her father Tywin's body, Qyburn is brought to her. The queen has Qyburn and the Kettleblack brothers dispose of Shae's body.

On Cersei's command, Qyburn also examines the dying Ser Gregor Clegane, whom Grand Maester Pycelle has been unable to heal. He believes Prince Oberyn Martell used magic to affect the manticore venom on his poisoned spear, to prolong Gregor's death. Qyburn convinces Cersei to allow him to move Gregor to the black cells and experiment on him there, to gain knowledge of the magical poison that Oberyn used. She orders that Qyburn be given gold for his equipment and to buy new clothing.

Cersei appoints Qyburn as master of whisperers to replace Varys, who has been missing since Tyrion's escape. Subsequently, Qyburn takes Varys's place on the small council, as well as the same honorary title of "lord", to the disgust of Grand Maester Pycelle.

After Gregor Clegane reportedly dies, Qyburn prepares his skull to be sent to Dorne.

After Ser Loras Tyrell leaves for the siege of Dragonstone, Qyburn suggests to Cersei that the Kingsguard may need a replacement in case Loras dies, and mentions a "champion" who "no living man will be able to withstand".

Cersei has a nightmare about Maggy the Frog's prophecy of her future, and the next morning asks Qyburn about it. He identifies the name "Maggy" as a corruption of *maegi*, and says that her blood magic is the darkest and most powerful kind of sorcery. Cersei asks if the prophecy can be forestalled, and Qyburn intimates it can be, if she kills the younger queen who would supplant her.

Cersei has Qyburn torture the Blue Bard in the black cells, to convince him to give evidence against Queen Margaery Tyrell.

After Cersei is arrested by the Faith, Qyburn is allowed to visit her in her cell and inform her of all that has happened since her arrest. Qyburn has been dismissed from the small council, though he is allowed to work with Varys's whisperers. Qyburn's unnamed champion is ready to defend her, but Cersei informs Qyburn that she can only be represented in a trial by combat by a knight of the Kingsguard, and there are no open positions available. Cersei has him write a letter to her brother Jaime at Riverrun, begging for his help.

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Regent Kevan Lannister visits Cersei in her cell, and tells her that Qyburn is still in charge of the dungeons where most of the accused lovers of Margaery Tyrell are being held. Kevan also informs her that Ser Arys Oakheart has been killed in Dorne, and Cersei realizes that leaves an empty place in the Kingsguard. She asks Kevan to tell Qyburn that the time has come for his champion.

Qyburn is present at the Red Keep when Cersei completes her walk of atonement through King's Landing, and he introduces Cersei to her champion and the newest member of the Kingsguard, Ser Robert Strong. Qyburn tells her that Robert has taken a vow of silence, swearing not to speak until all of King Tommen I Baratheon's enemies are dead and evil has been driven from the realm.

Qyburn continues to work with the whisperers, reporting information on the Golden Company and Nymeria Sand to the small council and Kevan.

Quotes by Qyburn

Qyburn: Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord.
Roose: Are these times so terrible, Maester?

—Qyburn and Roose Bolton

Jaime: Do you believe in ghosts, Maester?
Qyburn: Once, at the Citadel, I came into an empty room and saw an empty chair. Yet I knew a woman had been there, only a moment before. The cushion was dented where she'd sat, the cloth was still warm, and her scent lingered in the air.If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life? The archmaesters did not like my thinking, though. Well, Marwyn did, but he was the only one.

Jaime Lannister and Qyburn

The Citadel took my chain, but they could not take my knowledge.

—Qyburn to Cersei Lannister

This poison... it would be useful to know more about it, would it not? Send a knight to slay a knight and an archer to kill an archer, the smallfolk often say. To combat the black arts ...

—Qyburn to Cersei Lannister

Cersei: Need I say that it will go ill for you if any word of your ... labors ... should pass beyond these walls?
Qyburn: No, Your Grace. Your secrets are safe with me.

Cersei Lannister to Qyburn

Quotes about Qyburn

Qyburn was old, but his hair still had more ash than snow in it, and the laugh lines around his mouth made him look like some little girl's favorite grandfather. A rather shabby grandfather, though.

—thoughts of Cersei Lannister

Jaime: As for Qyburn ... gods be good, Cersei, he rode with Vargo Hoat. The Citadel stripped him of his chain!
Cersei: The grey sheep. Qyburn has made himself most useful to me. And he is loyal, which is more than I can say of mine own kin.

Jaime Lannister to Cersei Lannister

Pycelle: Lord Qyburn? Your Grace, this ... a maester swears sacred vows, to hold no lands or lordships ...
Cersei: Your Citadel took away his chain. If he is not a maester, he cannot be held to a maester's vows. We called the eunuch lord as well, you may recall.
Pycelle:This man is ... he is unfit ...

Pycelle and Cersei Lannister

Jaime: Qyburn stinks of secrets.
Cersei: We all have secrets, brother.

Jaime Lannister and Cersei Lannister

Lord Qyburn had them, and Lord Qyburn could do wonders. And horrors. He can do horrors as well.

—thoughts of Cersei Lannister




Annotations from item #46269165:

Qyle is one of the recruits for the Night’s Watch found by Yoren

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

On their march north, the group arrives at a town on the southern shore of the Gods Eye where Yoren intends to rent a boat for crossing the lake. However, the town is deserted and no boats can be found, so Yoren decides to spend the night in the abandoned holdfast of the town. The holdfast is attacked that night by men under the command of Ser Amory Lorch. During the struggle, Qyle begs a knight with a wasp on his shield for mercy but the knight kills him, smashing his face with a spiked mace.




Annotations from item #46269166:

Qyle Corbray was a member of House Corbray who ruled the Fingers as King of the Fingers during the Andal invasion. He was a wielder of the Valyrian steel blade Lady Forlorn.

History

King Qyle was the first of the Andal kings of the Vale to fall to Robar II Royce. According to legend, King Robar II personally slew King Qyle after striking Lady Forlorn from his hand.




Annotations from item #46269167:

R'hllor, also known as the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow,

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R’hllor

The religion is based on a dualistic, manichean view of the world: R'hllor, the god of light, heat, and life, and R'hllor's antithesis the Great Other, the god of ice and death.

R’hllor is also called the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow.

The Lord of Light is worshipped primarily in Essos.

In Westeros, there are only few followers of the Lord of Light.

Organization

At least in one location, Volantis, all those who serve at the red temple are slaves, bought as children and trained to become priests, temple prostitutes, or warriors.

Priests

Red priestess performing the night ritual by Jen Zee©

In Volantis, home to the largest red temple in the world, resides the High Priest, who holds the titles Flame of Truth, Light of Wisdom, First Servant of the Lord of Light, and Slave of R'hllor.

Numerous priests, both male and female, are trained in the temples. The priests of the Lord of Light wear loose red robes. Other red priests do not have such tattoos.

The red priests are taught prayers and spells, and trained to see things in fires. It takes many years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even more years to learn how to interpret them.

Temple prostitutes

The red temple of Volantis trains some of their slaves to become temple prostitutes.

The Fiery Hand

In Volantis, a thousand slave soldiers (never more, and never less), guard the red temple. They are known as the Fiery Hand. These slave soldiers wear ornate armor over their orange robes, and wield spears with points shaped as writhing flames.

Practices

The priests of R’hllor associate fire with life. They see shadows as creations of the Lord of Light, who are the servants of light and the children of fire.

Prayers

Worshippers asking R'hllor to bring back the dawn - by Magali Villeneuve. © Fantasy Flight Games

Followers of R’hllor pray before a nightfire, thanking R’hllor for ending the day, while beseeching him to bring the dawn and banish the darkness. The sentences in parenthesis are responses from worshippers present at the nightfire.

Red priests might also pray before a trial by combat: "Lord of Light, look down upon us. (Lord of Light, defend us.) Lord of Light, protect us in the darkness. (Lord of Light, shine your face upon us.) Light your flame among us, R'hllor. Show us the truth or falseness of this man. Strike him down if he is guilty, and give strength to his sword if he is true. Lord of Light, give us wisdom. (For the night is dark and full of terrors)".

Marriage customs

At a wedding ceremony, a priest or priestess recites ceremonial prayers, which are answered by the wedding guests. The priest and groom await the bride by a ditchfire. The bride is escorted to the priest, who first asks the bride to identify herself, and next asks who comes to claim the bride. Both bride and groom are asked whether they will share their fire with their spouse-to-be, to warm him/her “when the night is dark and full of terrors”. Bride and groom are to leap over the ditchfire together, to emerge as one. Following this, the groom removes the maiden’s cloak and places the bride’s cloak around the bride’s shoulders.

Death

The red priests administer death rites to deceased worshipers, called "the last kiss". The priest fills his mouth with fire and breaths the flames inside the deceased person, down his throat to his lungs, heart, and soul. All red priests are required to perform the rite.

Priests of R'hllor believe that "life is warmth, and warmth is fire, and fire is God’s and God's alone."

When a person has died, he is said to have "ascended to the Hall of Light, to sit beside the Lord".

Visions

Red priests are trained to see visions in the flames of their nightfires. These visions could be about the past, the future, or things happening far away from the location of the priest.

It takes years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even longer to learn to distinguish visions about the past from visions about a certain future and a possible future.

R'hllor is also said to give his priests the power to see through falsehoods, as “the Other's servants oft hide black hearts in gaudy light”.

History

A prophecy found in ancient books of Asshai claims that after a long summer an evil cold darkness shall fall on the world. Azor Ahai, wielding the sword Lightbringer, shall be reborn to combat this darkness.

In an attempt to gain more followers in Westeros, the red priest Thoros of Myr was sent to the royal court of King's Landing. There, he was to try and convert the fire-obsessed King Aerys II Targaryen. However, Thoros was unsuccessful and even started to question his own faith.

Melisandre of Asshai

The red priestess Melisandre travels to Dragonstone on her own initiative

Like other types of magic, the magic of R'hllor seems to have faded after the last Targaryen dragons died.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

At Dragonstone, the red priestess Melisandre wields fire magic and convinces Stannis Baratheon to claim the mantle of Azor Ahai. Followers of R'hllor at Stannis's court are known as queen's men.

A Storm of Swords

Thoros of Myr explains to Arya Stark that he surprisingly resurrected Beric Dondarrion after performing the last kiss. Many of the brotherhood without banners now worship the Lord of Light.

A Feast for Crows

In Qohor, the followers of R'hllor try to burn the Black Goat.

Ser Daven Lannister informs Ser Jaime Lannister that his scouts have spotted night fires in the high places and villages near the siege of Riverrun.

A Dance with Dragons

In Volantis, Benerro preaches that Daenerys Targaryen is Azor Ahai reborn and encourages many to support her.

Melisandre believes that her power is stronger at the Wall than it had been in Asshai.

According to the High Sparrow, the new High Septon, Stannis has turned from the truth of the Seven to worship a red demon, and his false faith has no place in the Seven Kingdoms.

Known red priests

Quotes by believers

R'hllor is the source of all good.

Melisandre to Davos Seaworth

There are no gods but R'hllor and the Other, whose name may not be said.

Moqorro to Victarion Greyjoy

Your Drowned God is a demon, he is no more than a thrall of the Other, the dark god whose name must not be spoken.

– Moqorro to Victarion Greyjoy

Quotes by non-believers

May the Others bugger your Lord of Light.

– Ser Cortnay Penrose to Melisandre

Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah, blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is full of terrors, save us from the scary thing, and blah blah blah some more.

Tyrion Lannister's thoughts

Red Rahloo means nothing here.

Hugo Wull to Godry Farring

Corliss: You northmen brought these snows upon us. You and your demon trees. R'hllor will save us.
Artos: R'hllor will doom us.

Corliss Penny and Artos Flint

The red god's choir only knows a single song.

Asha Greyjoy to Stannis Baratheon




Annotations from item #46269168:

Racallio Ryndoon was a devious Tyroshi captain.

History

In 109 AC, all but two of the Stepstones had been conquered by Prince Daemon Targaryen and his army of sellswords, second sons, and cutthroats, Prince Daemon having slain Craghas Drahar, the previous commander of the Triarchy's forces. The next year, Racallio led the Triarchy's fresh invasion force against Daemon alongside their new Dornish allies.

Later, after the collapse of the Triarchy, Ryndoon carved a pirate kingdom for himself in the Stepstones.

Quotes about Racallio

...surely one of the most curious and flamboyant rogues in the annals of history...

- Archmaester Gyldayn




Annotations from item #46269169:

Rafe was a street child from Flea Bottom in King's Landing. As a child, he was a friend of Ser Duncan the Tall. They once stole a rotting head from a spike atop one of the walls of King's Landing. He was fast.




Annotations from item #46269170:

Rafford, known as Raff the Sweetling,.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Rafford

Rafford is soft spoken and has a mop of sandy hair. He is a younger man

Despite his nickname, Raff is cruel and sadistic.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Raff the Sweetling is among the Mountain's men who capture Arya Stark, Gendry and Hot Pie near the Gods Eye. Rather than aid Lommy Greenhands, who was wounded at the Gods Eye town, Raff drives his spear through the boy's throat and chuckles to himself.

On the march to Harrenhal, a man-at-arms smashes the face of a three-year-old boy with a spiked mace and Raff kills his screaming mother shortly afterwards.

Raff forages with Ser Gregor Clegane, Chiswyck, and the Tickler.

Storm of Swords

Raff's atrocities are recalled by Arya, who informs Harwin and the brotherhood without banners while they search for Lord Beric Dondarrion.

A Feast for Crows

When Ser Jaime Lannister pauses at Harrenhal, he sees Raff wearing the chain of coins that once belonged to Vargo Hoat.

After the siege of Riverrun ends, Jaime orders Raff to escort Ser Robin Ryger and Ser Desmond Grell to Maidenpool for their journey to the Wall.

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Kevan Lannister suggests that Ser Harys Swyft hire some of the Mountain's men to add to his household guard.

The Winds of Winter

When Harys is sent to negotiate the Iron Throne's debt to the Iron Bank of Braavos he is accompanied by Raff as one of his guards. They attend a performance of *The Bloody Hand* at the Gate. Arya, posing as the mummer "Mercy", spots and seduces him. Arya tires Raff by running to her room, then once he is undressed she discreetly cuts his femoral artery, causing him heavy bleeding and rendering him unable to walk. Raff asks her to help him to a healer, but Arya cuts his throat to echo Raff's murder of Lommy. His corpse is dumped in a Braavosi canal, for the eels.

Quotes by Raff

Raff: Can you walk?

Lommy: No, you got to carry me.

Raff: Think so?

- Raff before killing Lommy

Mercy: I'm a maiden now.
Raff: Not for long. I'm Lord Rafford, sweetling, and I know just what I want.

- Arya Stark as "Mercy" and Raff

Raff: You'll need to carry me.
Arya:Think so?

- Arya before killing Raff

Quotes about Raff

She slipped it through his throat beneath the chin, twisted, and ripped it back out sideways with a single smooth slash. A fine red rain followed, and in his eyes the light went out.

- thoughts of Arya Stark




Annotations from item #46269171:

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

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Ragged Jenna is part of Stannis Baratheon's fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater. During the battle it manages to break through and make it upriver along with the *Swift Sword* and *Lord Steffon*.

A Storm of Swords

Ragged Jenna is among the warships that survived the Blackwater. Salladhor Saan tells Ser Davos Seaworth that Ragged Jenna and *Laughing Lord* are playing pirate on the Blackwater Rush.




Annotations from item #46269172:

Ragged Ralf is a legendary ironborn raider who supposedly lived during the Age of Heroes. He was from Old Wyk.




Annotations from item #46269173:

Ragged Silas, was a leader of the Poor Fellows during the Faith Militant uprising against the reign of King Maegor I Targaryen.

History

Following the Faith Militant's defeats in 42 AC in the battles at Stonebridge and the Great Fork of the Blackwater, new leaders arose across the Seven Kingdoms in 43 AC. Among these were Ser Joffrey Doggett in the westerlands, Septon Moon in the riverlands, and Poxy Jeyne Poore in the Kingswood of the stormlands.

Other leaders of note included Dennis the Lame and Ragged Silas, who (like Septon Moon) were said to be hardly distinguishable from outlaws.

Maegor launched a new military campaign in 45 AC targeted at Jeyne Poore and her followers, and while it did succeed in killing her and wiping them out by 46 AC, this only gave the other pockets of the Faith Militant in different parts of the realm time to recover. Doggett, Moon, Dennis, and Simon remained at large when Maegor returned to King's Landing, the smallfolk helping to keep them safe wherever they went.

Silas's ultimate fate isn't mentioned, nor which broad region of Westeros he was active in.




Annotations from item #46269174:

The Ragged Standard is a sellsword company in the Free Cities.

History

After the defeat at the Battle of the Redgrass Field, those lords and knights who went into exile with Ser Aegor Rivers began to sign on to sellsword companies, such as the Ragged Standard. This would cause Ser Aegor to make his own company, the Golden Company.




Annotations from item #46269175:

The Ragman's Harbor is a harbor located in the Free City of Braavos. It is located in the west side of the city, southeast of the Drowned Town.

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About

Ragman's Harbor is open to all foreign ships, unlike the Purple Harbor, which tends exclusively to local ships. It is poorer, dirtier, and and noisier than the Purple Harbor.

Places near the Ragman's Harbor include the Black Bargeman, the Foghouse, the Sailmender, the Inn of the Green Eel, the Happy Port, the Satin Palace, the Mummer's Ship, the House of Seven Lamps, the Outcast Inn, Moroggo's, the Bloody Bridge, the Cattery, and Pynto's.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

While selling mussels, cockles, and clams, Cat of the Canals goes to the Ragman's Harbor nine days out of ten.




Annotations from item #46269176:

Ragnor Pyke is an ironborn raider and a member of Victarion Greyjoy's crew on board the *Iron Victory*. He's bastard-born.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Ragnor is one of the first of the crew to follow Victarion onto the Serry ship. He wears rusted mail. Once the ship is captured, Ragnor is given command of it by Lord Victarion.




Annotations from item #46269177:

Ragwyle is a wildling spearwife. She is big.

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Ragwyle is a member of the wildling scouting party commanded by Rattleshirt that kills Ebben and Squire Dalbridge and captures Jon Snow.

A Storm of Swords

Ragwyle is among Rattleshirt's war band as they take Jon Snow to Mance Rayder.




Annotations from item #46269178:

The raid on Saltpans.

The assault is led by Rorge, whom many people falsely identify as Sandor Clegane because of the Hound's helmet. The raid by the Mad Dog of Saltpans soon becomes notorious throughout the region and in other parts of the Seven Kingdoms as a particularly savage event that highlighted the complete breakdown of law and order in large parts of the riverlands.

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Prelude

Using Harrenhal as their base, the brutal Brave Companions raid the riverlands on behalf of first Lord Tywin Lannister and then Lord Roose Bolton. When Roose decides to abandon King Robb Stark for the cause of King Joffrey I Baratheon, he leaves Vargo Hoat of the Brave Companions with control of Harrenhal. His lieutenants, in particular Urswyck and Rorge, argue for abandoning the castle and moving to regions that have not been wiped clean by the war yet. Abandoned by almost all of the Brave Companions, Vargo is killed by Ser Gregor Clegane after the capture of Harrenhal.

Some time before the Brave Companions leave Harrenhal, Sandor Clegane, holding Arya Stark captive, also heads towards Saltpans. He intends to find a ship that will bring them to the Vale of Arryn, where he hopes he can ransom Arya to her aunt, Lysa Arryn. However, a fight breaks out at the crossroads inn with some of his brother Gregor's men—the Tickler, Polliver and a squire from House Sarsfield—and the Hound is gravely wounded. Arya abandons the dying man on the banks of the Trident and reaches Saltpans on her own, where she secures passage on a ship to Braavos.

One band of fleeing Brave Companions is led by Rorge, who has his constant companion Biter at his side. They head towards Saltpans in the hope of finding a ship to take them from Westeros. Along the way they find the Hound's helm.

The Raid

When Rorge and his band arrive at Saltpans, they try to find a galley or a cog that can bring them across the narrow sea. However, Saltpans is not an important port and no ship is available at the time. The outlaws turn their outrage against the townfolk and begin raiding Saltpans, burning all buildings and slaughtering the people they came across.

The helpless smallfolk seek refuge in the town's holdfast, but Ser Quincy Cox, the elderly Knight of Saltpans, who is apparently afraid for his own family's safety, refuses to let them in and leaves them to their fate. The outlaws rape and mutilate, and target violence against all, including old Septon Bennet and children in the arms of their mothers. When they finished their work, the outlaws headed west again, with Rorge reportedly laughing loud about his men's deeds.

The atrocities are watched by a few helpless fishermen from the town, who were on their boats. After the outlaws leave and the fires had burned down, they went ashore, but all that is left for them is to bury family members and neighbors. They gathered the few survivors and brought them to the Quiet Isle, where the Elder Brother takes care of them.

Witnesses describe Rorge wearing the Hound's helmet and roaring savagely as he led the monstrosities. Biter crushed his victims with his weight and—as he often does—tore flesh out of them with his sharpened teeth. A witness states a woman had been raped a dozen times, before she was given to Biter, who ripped her breasts apart with his teeth. Still, her curses while she lay dying on the Quiet Isle were reserved for Ser Quincy for keeping the gates to his holdfast closed.

Another survivor is Brother Clement, a member of the order who had gone to Saltpans to sell the renowned mead brewed on the Quiet Isle. When Clement refused to break his vow of silence, one if the attackers declared that Clement had apparently no need of his tongue, and cut it out. Clement eventually dies of the wounds. Some other brothers from the Quiet Isle are wounded or otherwise traumatized as well.

The fishermen and others who escaped the assault eventually abandon the town, with most of them going to Maidenpool, leaving nothing behind in Saltpans than the holdfast.

Aftermath

Randyll Tarly

The reports by survivors are passed on from the Quiet Isle to King's Landing and soon become widely distributed. The references to a brutal man wearing the Hound's distinctive helm led people to the misperception that Sandor Clegane led the raid.

House Frey

The suggestion that Beric's band had been responsible for the raid leads Ser Arwood Frey to gather a force of fifty soldiers and archers, including Ser Harys and Ser Donnel Haigh, and ride from the Twins to Saltpans to find the trail of the outlaws. When they arrive, they find the town reduced to bones and ashes. Ser Quincy Cox does open his holdfast to them, but tells what saw from the battlements. The Frey men find a survivor trapped beneath a beam. However, all references are to the Hound leading the raid, making Arwood skeptical that Beric was involved.

House Lannister

Queen Regent Cersei Lannister suggests that Kevan Lannister's son, Lord Lancel Lannister, go after Beric Dondarrion and Sandor Clegane to restore order around the Darry lands, but Kevan tells her his son is not the man to deal with someone like the Hound. Cersei proposes that Kevan hunt down Sandor, but he says the Hound was Cersei's creature and that it is her responsibility.

When Cersei meets the High Sparrow at the Great Sept of Baelor, this new High Septon refers to the death of Septon Bennet and the rape of the twelve-year-old girl promised to the Faith as examples of the Iron Throne not being able to protect the faithful any longer. Cersei blames Sandor joining the band of Beric and insists King Tommen I Baratheon cannot be blamed for all crimes committed by people once employed by House Lannister. Cersei agrees to the restoration of the Faith Militant in exchange for the High Septon acknowledging Tommen as king and forgiving the crown's debt to the Faith.

At Darry, Ser Arwood Frey tells Jaime of his futile attempt to find traces of the brotherhood without banners at Saltpans. The atrocities make Jaime skeptical that this was the Hound's doing, as, despite all Sandor's brutality, he did not consider him quite the monster his brother Gregor had been. Arwood assures Jaime that the identification of Sandor as leader of the raid is unmistakable according to all accounts. Jaime refuses the appeal by Amerei to hunt down the Hound for her, citing his obligations at Riverrun. However, Ser Lyle Crakehall promises her to return and kill the Hound for her once the siege of Riverrun is complete, making Jaime muse that the Strongboar is not strong enough to defeat Sandor.

Brienne and the Crossroads Inn

In her search for Sansa Stark, information that she misinterprets leads Brienne of Tarth to the Whispers, where she comes across three former Brave Companions who had not participated in the raid, Shagwell, Timeon and Pyg. Before killing the three, she learns from Timeon that "the Stark girl" was actually in the Hound's hands and that the brotherhood was searching for the two along the Trident.

Septon Meribald leads them to the Quiet Isle, where the Elder Brother shares his detailed knowledge of the raid of Saltpans, including the cowardice exhibited by Ser Quincy Cox. He informs Brienne that the Hound could not have been responsible, as he had buried the man himself, and that the "Stark girl" who had accompanied Sandor Clegane earlier had actually not been Sansa but Arya. The Elder Brother knows nothing of the girl's whereabouts, but suspects she might have been among those killed at Saltpans.

Meanwhile, the influence of the vengeful Lady Stoneheart has changed the brotherhood into a band that kills in large numbers. They use the inn to capture assumed offenders and hang them along nearby roads, often shoving pieces of salt into their mouths as reference to the raid on Saltpans. However, it is unclear whether the hanged were guilty of crimes or had just fought for the wrong side in the War of the Five Kings..

Some perpetrators of the raid escape the brotherhood. When Lem Lemoncloak hears the "Mad Dog of Saltpans" is heading north along the Green Fork, he and his men follow the trail of the marauders, although it is actually a trick by Rorge's band to lure them from the inn. Lem's men are delayed by a column of Frey knights when they try to return.

Brienne and her small band arrive at the inn before the Saltpans marauders. Led by Rorge, who is still wearing the Hound's helm, seven riders approach the inn. In an attempt to protect the children at the inn, Brienne provokes Rorge to a fight and manages to kill him, only to be attacked in turn by Biter who savages her face. Before he can eat her alive, Biter is killed by Gendry. When Lem's men return, they take the severely-injured Brienne as well as her companions Podrick Payne and Ser Lyle Hunt captive for assumed crimes. Lem's men let Brother Meribald go his way while Brienne, Podrick and Lyle are taken to be judged by Lady Stoneheart. Lem claims the hound helm for himself.

Quotes

The man who raped and killed at Saltpans was not Sandor Clegane, though he may be as dangerous. The riverlands are full of such scavengers. I will not call them wolves. Wolves are nobler than that ... and so are dogs, I think.

- the Elder Brother to Brienne of Tarth

At Saltpans, they had found only death and desolation. By the time Brienne and her companions were ferried over from the Quiet Isle, the survivors had fled and the dead had been given to the ground, but the corpse of the town itself remained, ashen and unburied.

- thoughts of Brienne of Tarth




Annotations from item #46269179:

Raiding along the westerlands coast takes place in 299 AC during the War of the Five Kings.

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Prelude

In order to defeat a host being trained by Ser Stafford Lannister, Robb Stark leaves Riverrun and marches for the westerlands. Bypassing the Golden Tooth, the new King in the North smashes the new westermen host at Oxcross. Following his victory Robb divides his force to launch further attacks upon the westerlands.

Raiding

Lady Maege Mormont captures thousands of cattle and leads them back to Riverrun and Lord Greatjon Umber captures the gold mines of Castamere, Nunn's Deep, and the Pendric Hills. Meanwhile, Lord Rickard Karstark and Galbart Glover raid along the coastline of the Sunset Sea.

Aftermath

Returning to Riverrun after the storming of the Crag, Robb tells Ser Edmure Tully he remained in the westerlands after Oxcross in hopes of drawing Lord Tywin Lannister back to his homeland.




Annotations from item #46269180:

Rain was a young palfrey owned by Ser Duncan the Tall and usually ridden by Egg. He was spirited




Annotations from item #46269181:

Rain House

The stormlands and the location of Rain House

Rain House,

Recent events

A Dance with Dragons

The stormlands are invaded with the landing of the Golden Company. While Harry Strickland and Jon Connington head for Griffin's Roost and Tristan Rivers for Crow's Nest, Laswell Peake marches on Rain House. Harry believes that if Tristan and Laswell are successful the Golden Company will control most of Cape Wrath.




Annotations from item #46269182:

The Rainbow Guard, art by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games

The Rainbow Guard, also called the rainbow knights,

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

At the start of the War of the Five Kings in 298 AC, Renly Baratheon declares himself Lord of the Seven Kingdoms after the death of his brother, King Robert. To reflect his status, King Renly creates the Rainbow Guard, his own version of the Kingsguard. Ser Loras Tyrell, Renly's lover, is the first appointee and Lord Commander. Except for the Lord Commander, each of the members are given a color of the rainbow.

The last position is held open, in the hope of awarding it to Ser Barristan Selmy, should he join Renly's cause. Barristan the Bold never arrives in Renly's camp, however, and the cloak is granted to Brienne of Tarth, who is awarded the position after winning the great melee at Bitterbridge involving over a hundred knights, including Loras.

Following the death of Renly at Storm's End in 299 AC,.

Members

Game of Thrones

Renly's guards in *Game of Thrones*

Worldwide, the LGBT rights political movement has adopted the rainbow as its symbol.

Quotes

It was just the sort of notion that would appeal to Renly Baratheon; a splendid new order of knighthood, with gorgeous new raiment to proclaim it.

- thoughts of Maester Cressen

Brienne of Tarth: I ask the honor of a place among your Rainbow Guard. I would be one of your seven, and pledge my life to yours, to go where you go, ride at your side, and keep you safe from all hurt and harm.
Renly Baratheon: Done.

I was one of King Renly's chosen seven. With his own hands, he cloaked me with the striped silk of the Rainbow Guard.

- Brienne of Tarth, to Jaime Lannister




Annotations from item #46269183:

*"Rainbow knight" is an alternate name for the members of the Rainbow Guard.*

The Rainbow Knight is the focus of a famous love story with Lady Shella.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Following the arrest of her father, Lord Eddard Stark, Sansa Stark is returned to her room in the Red Keep after promising to support King Joffrey I Baratheon. She loses herself in a collection of stories, one of which is the story of Lady Shella and the Rainbow Knight.




Annotations from item #46269184:

Rainwood

The stormlands and the location of the rainwood

The rainwood is a large forest that lies on Cape Wrath in the stormlands.

The quiet rainwood is famed for its fur, timber, and amber.

Strongholds in the rainwood are often integrated with the surrounding forest. might also be situated in the forest.

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History

House Durrandon

The rainwood, with Storm's End looming in the background, as depicted by Paolo Puggioni in *The World of Ice and Fire*

The rainwood was once part of a primeval forest which also included what is now the kingswood and was inhabited by children of the forest. The children tolerated the building of First Men villages along the forest's streams, but conflict broke out over the First Men's use of timber.

Durran Godsgrief of Storm's End claimed the forest for the First Men, leading to generations of warfare between House Durrandon and the children. The woods witch known as the Green Queen held the forest for almost a generation.

Much of the rainwood was conquered during the Andal invasion, but King Baldric I Durrandon encouraged the Andal warlords to fight amongst each other. The children of the forest gradually disappeared from the rainwood after the First Men and Andals made peace.

House Targaryen

Half of the rainwood burned in 8 AC after an attack by Dornishmen during the First Dornish War.

Drought during the reign of King Aerys I Targaryen led to fires in the rainwood.

Among King Aerys II Targaryen's unrealized schemes was the idea to bring water from the rainwood to Dorne via a canal beneath the Red Mountains.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Davos Seaworth receives the title "Lord of the Rainwood" from King Stannis Baratheon.

A Feast for Crows

Ser Dermot of the Rainwood tells knightly stories of the forest while at Darry.

A Dance with Dragons

During the landing of the Golden Company, their gathering point is a deserted coastal stretch near the edge of the rainwood. The Golden Company then marches against nearby Griffin's Roost.

The Winds of Winter

At Ghost Hill Nymella Toland and Valena Toland tell Princess Arianne Martell there is talk of elephants in the rainwood.

Princess Arianne Martell and her party travel through the rainwood on the way to the Griffin's Roost.

Quotes

Here the trees rule, it is said, and the castles oft seem as if they have grown from the earth instead of being built. But the knights and lords of the rainwood have roots as deep as the trees that shelter them, and have oft proved themselves steadfast in battle, strong and stubborn and immovable.

- writings of Yandel

Dusk found them on the fringes of the rainwood, a wet green world where brooks and rivers ran through dark forests and the ground was made of mud and rotting leaves.

- Arianne Martell's thoughts




Annotations from item #46269185:

Rakharo is is a Dothraki horserider of Daenerys Targaryen's khas who later becomes one of her bloodriders. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones* he is played by Elyes Gabel.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Rakharo

Rakharo is older than Jhogo, he and has drooping black mustachios.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Rakharo is one of four Dothraki warriors assigned to the *khas* of Daenerys Targaryen within the *khalasar* of Khal Drogo. He accompanies Daenerys during her visit to the Western Market in Vaes Dothrak, and is challenged by Quaro to a friendly eating contest.

When Daenerys attempted to heal Drogo with Mirri Maz Duur's aid, his bloodriders attempted to stop her. Haggo was killed by Rakharo in his attempt to stop Daenerys.

When Daenerys names Rakharo ko and asks him to become one of her bloodriders alongside Aggo and Jhogo, she offers him the great curving

A Clash of Kings

During their journey across the red waste, Rakharo warns Daenerys against travelling downriver to the three ports of Slaver's Bay, as Khal Pono and his *khalasar* had ridden that way to sell thousands of captives at the slave markets.

While her khalasar rests in Vaes Tolorro after crossing the red waste, Daenerys orders her three bloodriders to scout out the country, each one in a different direction. Rakharo leaves to the south, where he finds mostly nothing but barren land and the sea. He claims he discovered the bones of a dragon so immense that he had ridden his horse through its great black jaws.

When the khalasar later settles in Qarth, Rakharo is ordered to pick several men and women from their group and explore the city beyond what the leaders would have Daenerys and her entourage see.

Rakharo later accompanies Daenerys to the House of the Undying. He helps subdue Pyat Pree, who tries to murder Daenerys.

A Storm of Swords

Rakharo guards the ships while Daenerys discusses the purchase of Unsullied slaves. As one of Daenery's three bloodriders, Rakharo is often asked to keep her company as to prevent Jorah Mormont from approaching her when alone.

The night before the fall of Astapor, Daenerys sees him sharpen his arakh in preparation for the bloodshed. Rakharo protects the rear of the litter alongside Jhogo, and cuts down several Good Masters and Astapori slavers with his arakh on the day of the battle. He personally kills Grazdan with an arrow through the mouth.

On the march to Yunkai, Rakharo and his fellow bloodriders are also made kos by Daenerys and are put in charge of commanding the 30-odd mounted Khalasar remaining to her, leaving their guarding duties to Arstan Whitebeard and Strong Belwas. Rakharo later participates in the battle of Yunkai, successfully leading the Dothraki mounted warriors in wedge formation against the enemy center.

During the siege of Meereen, Rakharo almost comes to blows with Aggo and Jhogo over who would fight Oznak zo Pahl, the Hero of Meereen; Daenerys ultimately stops her bloodriders from fighting, deeming them brave but too young and valuable to lose. He later expresses annoyance in Dany's decision to send Strong Belwas.

A Dance with Dragons

Rakharo, Aggo, and Jhogo are commanded by Daenerys to use her khalasar to subdue the hinterlands of Meereen and end the slavery there.

Daenerys later recalls Rakharo and her other bloodriders back to Meereen. Upon their return, Daenerys notes Rakharo has grown more tall and muscular, towering over both Aggo and Jhogo, and has four new bells added to his braid. Both Irri and Jhiqui now desire him and argue over who he would prefer, but Daenerys orders them to stop fighting over the blood of her blood.

Rakharo leads a scouting party beyond the Skahazadhan, informing Daenerys of Dothraki scouts from an impending *khalasar* with slaves to be sold at the Yunkish slave markets outside of Meereen.

Rakharo and Aggo both depart Meereen and lead search parties across the Skahazadhan to locate Daenerys when she disappears on Drogon's back.

Quotes by Rakharo

As you say, I do, blood of my blood.

– Rakharo, to Daenerys Targaryen

Game of Thrones

In the second season of *Game of Thrones* Rakharo does not return alive from his scouting in the red waste. His horse returns to Daenerys's khalasar with his severed head in a saddlebag; presumably he was killed by another khal.




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Ralf is a given name common amongst the ironborn. Characters named Ralf include:




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Ralf Kenning is an ironborn captain, raider and a member of House Kenning of Harlaw.

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A Feast for Crows

Ralf is one of the captains under the command of Victarion Greyjoy at Moat Cailin. He urges Victarion to stake a claim on the Seastone Chair. When Victarion objects that his brother Balon commanded him to hold Moat Cailin against the northmen, Ralf points out that the northmen are already beaten and that there is no sense in holding Moat Cailin while losing the Iron Isles.

After Aeron Greyjoy calls the kingsmoot, Victarion sails for Old Wyk and leaves Ralf in command at Moat Cailin, telling him to hold the castle till Victarion returns as the new king and with a force of one thousand men.

A Dance with Dragons

The dwindling force of ironborn left behind by Victarion Greyjoy and commanded by Ralf as castellan is still holding Moat Cailin, not knowing that Victarion was defeated at the kingsmoot and that the new king, Euron Greyjoy, has no intention of coming to their help. While standing on the parapet, Ralf is grazed with a poisoned arrow loosened by a crannogman. It is only a scratch, but the wound festers. It is treated with boiling wine but without success. His men eventually leave Ralf dying in his bed without taking care of him any longer.

When Ramsay Bolton sends Theon Greyjoy to give terms for capitulation to the ironborn during the Siege of Moat Cailin, Theon asks to speak to the commander. He is told that Ralf Kenning is in charge, but he lies dying in his chambers, might even be dead already. Theon requests to be brought to him. When he comes to Ralf's room, Theon finds him lying naked in the bed, covered with scabs and sores, one cheek grotesquely swollen, the neck engorged with blood and one arm infested by maggots. His beard is full of vomit and he has not been bathed or shaved for days. Seeing there is no hope for the man, Theon takes Ralf's sword and ends his misery.

While leading the ironmen to Ramsay's camp after they have abandoned the castle, Theon muses how exposed all of them are to arrows by the "bog devils". He hopes that the archer who might target him at least has a good aim, as he would not want to die as miserably as Ralf. However, while thinking of the torture that he has suffered at the hands of Ramsay and may suffer again, Theon begins to wonder if Ralf's fate is preferable to his.