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Gendry is a blacksmith apprentice for master Tobho Mott in King's Landing. When Gendry was old enough, an unknown lord paid his apprentice fee so he could learn to be a blacksmith; he does not know he is a bastard son of King Robert I.* he is portrayed by Joe Dempsie.

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Appearance and Character

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Gendry is of a similar age to Robb Stark. Tall and very muscled, he has blue eyes and thick, black hair.

History

Gendry - by Henning Ludvigsen ©

Gendry was born in King's Landing, and does not know who his father was. His mother was a worker at an alehouse, who died when he was still a young boy. All he remembers of her was that she had blond hair. Tobho Mott, a master smith, took him on as an apprentice after being paid double the customary fee by a man who concealed his identity., using one of his disguises.

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Eddard Stark recognizes that Gendry is Robert Baratheon's bastard. © FFG

When Eddard Stark investigates the death of Jon Arryn, he meets several people who had met with Arryn shortly before his death, including Gendry. At once he sees the similarity with Robert Baratheon and recognizes that Gendry is his bastard. Eddard tells Tobho Mott that if Gendry ever shows interest in wielding a sword, he should send him to Eddard. Gendry has shown promise as a smith and made a helmet in the shape of a bull. Eddard compliments the helmet, offering to purchase it, but Gendry refuses, to the shame of the master smith.

A Clash of Kings

After Eddard Stark's fall and eventual execution, arrangements are made for Yoren of the the Night's Watch to take Gendry to the Wall with him. Gendry travels north with Yoren and thirty other recruits, including a disguised Arya Stark, Lommy Greenhands, Hot Pie, Jaqen H'ghar, Rorge, Biter, and others.

Later, near an abandoned town by the God's Eye, the recruits are attacked by soldiers led by Ser Amory Lorch. Yoren is killed and Gendry is one of the few to escape, along with Arya, Lommy, and Hot Pie. Whilst on reconnaissance with Arya, Gendry confronts her about being a girl. He eventually has the truth out of her and is subsequently embarrassed by how crass he had spoken to her when she was in fact highborn. Gendry is captured later by soldiers led by Ser Gregor Clegane. The soldiers spare his life, since a smith is useful.

A Storm of Swords

While traveling in the direction of Riverrun, Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie are captured by the brotherhood without banners.

A Feast for Crows

While questing to find Sansa Stark, Brienne of Tarth encounters Gendry working as a smith at the inn at the crossroads, and is shocked by his striking resemblance to Renly Baratheon. At the inn, Brienne duels with Rorge and slays him, only to be savaged by Biter. Gendry saves Brienne's life by driving a spear through Biter's neck.

Quotes by Gendry

Arya: You're not my brother.

Gendry: That's right. I'm too bloody lowborn to be kin to m'lady high.
Arya: That's not the way I meant it.

Gendry: Yes it is. Go away. I want to drink this wine in peace. then maybe I'll go find that black-haired girl and ring her bell for her.

- Arya Stark and Gendry

Quotes about Gendry

Ned studied the shape of his jaw, the eyes like blue ice. "Yes," he thought, "I see it."

- thoughts of Eddard Stark

You saw the boy. Such a strong boy. Those hands of his, those hands were made for hammers. He had such promise, I took him on without a fee.

- Tobho Mott to Eddard Stark

Gendry had his own secret, though even he didn't seem to know what it was.

- thoughts of Arya Stark

Bella: Don't he like girls?
Arya: He's just stupid. He likes to polish helmets and beat on swords with hammers.

- Bella and Arya Stark

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Annotations from item #46266336:

Lady Genna Lannister is the only daughter of Lord Tytos Lannister and Lady Jeyne Marbrand.

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In her youth Genna was shapely. However, as she aged, she became fat. She now has a square figure, with a broad and smooth face.

Genna is intelligent and shrewd. She bosses around her husband, Emmon Frey, whom she considers inept. which is uncommon for a woman.

History

Genna was born in 245 AC

Genna's father, Lord Tytos, wanted to be liked and loved.

Although Genna herself had not been satisfied with husband either, she has given Emmon four sons: Cleos, Lyonel, Tion, and Walder. Genna claims that all four boys are Emmon's, and none dare to question her - least of all Emmon.

Following the death of Joanna Lannister in 273 AC,

When Genna told her brother Tywin that his youngest son, Tyrion, the one child he most strongly disliked, resembled him the most, Tywin grew so angry he refused to speak to Genna for half a year.

Genna had been her father's "precious little princess", and later her brother Tywin's as well. However, according to her, she fell out of Tywin's favor when she "disappointed him", although it is not known what Genna did.

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After House Tully has been attainted, the crown grants Genna's husband, Emmon Frey, possession of the Tully seat and lands. As Brynden Tully still holds Riverrun, the castle is besieged. Genna's nephew Jaime eventually arrives to aid in lifting the siege. Genna advises Jaime to execute Edmure Tully, the attainted Lord of Riverrun, as she considers him a danger. She also sees a potential danger in Edmure's unborn child, as well as Edmure's uncle, Brynden Tully, not considering their hold over Riverrun to be safe as long as a male Tully heir remains alive. She agrees that, if Edmure Tully's unborn child is a girl, the child could marry her own heir, thereby uniting the Frey and Tully lines. However, she would have preferred control of Darry instead of Riverrun, despite it being less rich than Riverrun, as House Darry is extinct in the male line, as opposed to House Tully.

Genna tells Jaime that his younger brother Tyrion was most like Tywin, while Jaime himself is not, and that this is what scares her the most, following Tywin's death.

Genna is present during Jaime's war council. Following the departure of the other lords, Genna asks Jaime what he means to do about the danger that Edmure Tully himself represents, but Jaime only states that Edmure Tully be left to him.

Edmure Tully eventually surrenders Riverrun, but first allows his uncle, Brynden Tully to escape before the Lannister soldiers enter the castle. When her husband, Lord Emmon Frey, complains about the fact that Brynden might return to claim the castle, Genna informs him that he must hold the castle himself, or destroy it and return to Casterly Rock. When her husband insists that some of the garrison of Riverrun might have knowledge about the whereabouts of Ser Brynden, Genna suggests that a few might be put to the question, but Jaime refuses the notion, having previously promised Edmure Tully that the garrison would not be harmed if the castle was yielded peacefully. When Jaime agrees to allow the garrison to leave, forcing them to vow never to take up arms against House Lannister, Genna voices her disagreement. Genna and Emmon hold Riverrun with a garrison of their own, consisting out of two hundred men.

When Jaime encounters Tom of Sevenstreams again, the singer tells him that he hopes to spent the winter at Riverrun. Jaime informs the singer that he should focus on pleasing Genna with his songs, instead of Emmon, as it is Genna who matters where such decisions are concerned, referring to Genna's dominant nature.

Family

House Lannister

Descendants

Notes

  1. Incorrectly stated to be 254 AC in earlier editions of *The World of Ice & Fire*



Annotations from item #46266337:

Geoff, called Geoff the Squirrel, is a ranger of the Night's Watch.

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Geoff is stationed at Castle Black.




Annotations from item #46266338:

George Raymond Richard Martin (born September 20, 1948), sometimes referred to as GRRM, is an American author and screenwriter of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He is best known for his *A Song of Ice and Fire* series of bestselling epic fantasy novels, which has recently been adapted into *Game of Thrones, an ongoing dramatic series on HBO. He was selected by *TIME magazine as one of the "2011 Time 100," a list of the "most influential people in the world." In 2012 he won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. He was married to Gale Burnick from 1975 to 1979. He married Parris McBride in 2011.

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Biography

George R. R. Martin was born on September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey the son of a longshoreman, whose working class family lived not far from the Bayonne docks. As a youth, Martin became an avid reader and collector of 1960's "silver age" superhero comic books. *Fantastic Four* #20 (Nov 1963) features a letter to the editor he wrote while still in high school. He credits the attention he received from this letter, as well as his following interest in comics fandom and its fanzines, with his interest in becoming a writer.

In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern.

Martin began to write science fiction short stories in the early 1970s, and while his start into a career as a professional writer was not easy (one of his stories was rejected by different magazines forty-two times), he was never discouraged; several years later he went on to win the first of several Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards for his short fiction. His first story nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Award was *With Morning Comes Mistfall, published in 1973 by *Analog magazine. The story lost both awards, but Martin didn't mind too much, noting that joining "Hugo-and-Nebula Losers" Club was a big enough accomplishment for him.

In 1976 for Kansas City's MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), Martin, along with his friend and fellow writer Gardner Dozois, conceived of and organized the very first Hugo Losers Party. It was a gathering spot, held the final evening of MidAmeriCon, for the losing writers (and their friends and family) to commiserate following KC's Hugo Awards ceremony the previous night. The large party had been planned well in advance, and perhaps fittingly, being the party's undisputed host, Martin had lost again in 1976; this time it was for two Hugo Awards: the Novelette "...and Seven Times Never Kill Man" and the Novella "The Storms of Windhaven," co-written with Lisa Tuttle. In the years and decades that have followed, the Hugo Losers Party become an annual event, evolving into one of the largest social gatherings held at the annual Worldcon, while adopting a more politically correct title along the way.

Although much of his work is fantasy or horror, a number of his earlier works are science fiction occurring in a loosely-defined future history, known informally as 'The Thousand Worlds' or 'The manrealm'. He has also written at least one piece of political-military fiction, "Night of the Vampyres", collected in Harry Turtledove's anthology The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century.

During the 1980s Martin also began to write for television and work as a series book editor. For television, he worked in Hollywood on the revival of *Twilight Zone* and the new *Beauty and the Beast* series. As a book series editor, he oversaw the development of the lengthy and still on-going *Wild Cards* cycle, which takes place in a shared universe in which an alien virus, released during an air battle over New York City, bestowed strange powers or disfigurements on a slice of humanity during World War II, affecting the history of the world thereafter. (The premise was inspired by comic book superheroes and the Superworld superhero role-playing game, of which Martin was gamemaster with local science fiction writers and friends.) Contributors to the long-running *Wild Cards* series have included Pat Cadigan, Stephen Leigh, Lewis Shiner, Howard Waldrop, Walter Jon Williams and Roger Zelazny. His own contributions to the series often feature Thomas Tudbury, "The Great and Powerful Turtle", a powerful psychokinetic whose flying "shell" consisted of an armored VW Beetle. The Wild Cards series continues under Martin's direction and editorship, with more than twenty volumes having been published; in 2012 the series will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary.

Martin's novella, *Nightflyers*, was adapted into a 1987 feature film that saw national release.

In 1991 Martin briefly returned to writing novels, and began what would eventually turn into his epic fantasy series, *A Song of Ice and Fire* (ostensibly inspired by the Wars of the Roses and Ivanhoe), which will run to seven volumes. The first volume *A Game of Thrones* was published in 1996. In November 2005, *A Feast for Crows, the fourth book in this series, became *The New York Times #1 Bestseller and also achieved #1 ranking on *The Wall Street Journal* bestseller list. In addition, in September 2006 A Feast for Crows was nominated for both a Quill award, and the British Fantasy Award. The series has received praise from authors, readers and critics alike.

HBO Productions purchased the television rights for the entire A Song of Ice and Fire series in 2007. The first season of Games of Thrones began on April 17, 2011, running weekly for ten, hour-long episodes; it is based on the first novel in the series. During the run-up period in the months before the first season premiered, numerous advance trailers and behind-the-scenes short features were shown on HBO and made available at various Internet sites. This was part of HBO's extensive media blitz promoting their most expensive premium cable series to date, estimated to have cost more than 60 million dollars for the first season. On Sunday April 3, 2011, two weeks before the premiere of the series, HBO showed the first fourteen minutes of the first hour-long episode, ratcheting-up further expectations for the new series. Two days after its premiere on Sunday April 17, 2011, HBO announced that Game of Thrones had been renewed for a second season, following universally positive reviews and an initial viewership of 4.2 million for its three evening showings.

In 2003 Fantasy Flight Games released the board game "The Game Of Thrones" and in 2010 "The Battles of Westeros," a miniatures board game based on the battles depicted in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. Additional games and related products continue to be published.

Martin has been a college instructor in journalism (in which he holds a master's degree) and when he was younger a chess tournament director. In his spare time he collects medieval-themed miniatures, reading and collecting science fiction, fantasy, and horror books, and treasuring his still-growing comics collection, which includes the first issues of Marvel's "silver age" *Spider-Man* and *Fantastic Four*.

On February 15, 2011 Martin was married to his longtime paramour Parris McBride during a small ceremony at their Santa Fe, New Mexico home. The couple exchanged custom made, Celtic-inspired wedding rings made for them by local artisans. Area friends were in attendance and helped them celebrate the occasion.On August 19, 2011, they held a larger wedding ceremony and reception at Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, in Reno for their larger circle of friends within the fantasy and science fiction fields.

A Song of Ice and Fire

Main article: A Song of Ice and Fire

In 1991 Martin briefly returned to writing novels, and began what would eventually turn into his epic fantasy series, *A Song of Ice and Fire* (reportedly inspired by the Wars of the Roses and Ivanhoe), which will run to at least seven volumes. The first volume *A Game of Thrones* was published in 1996. In November 2005, *A Feast for Crows, the fourth book in this series, became *The New York Times #1 Bestseller and also achieved #1 ranking on *The Wall Street Journal* bestseller list. In addition, in September 2006, A Feast for Crows was nominated for both a Quill Award and the British Fantasy Award.*, was published in July 2011, quickly becoming a huge international bestseller, including a #1 ranking on the New York Times Bestseller list and many others. The series has received critical praise from authors, readers, and critics alike.

HBO series production

Main article: Game of Thrones

During completion of *A Dance with Dragons* and other projects, George R. R. Martin was also heavily involved in the production of a television series adaptation of the A Song of Ice and Fire books named after the first book, *A Game of Thrones*. Martin's involvement included the selection of a production team and participation in scriptwriting; he is listed in the opening credits as an executive producer of the series.

HBO Productions purchased the television rights for the entire A Song of Ice and Fire series in 2007. *Game of Thrones* (the series title) began on April 17, 2011 and ran weekly for ten episodes, each approximately an hour long. The first season covered events that occurred in the first novel in the series. During the run-up period in the months before the first season premiered, numerous advance trailers and behind-the-scenes short features were shown on HBO and made available at various Internet sites. This was part of HBO's extensive media blitz promoting one of their most expensive premium cable series to date, estimated to have cost more than 60 million dollars for the first season. and for Best Main Title Design.

Themes

Critics have described Martin's work as dark and cynical.

Martin's characters are multi-faceted, each with surprisingly intricate pasts, inspirations, and ambitions. Publisher's Weekly writes of his ongoing epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire, "The complexity of characters such as Daenarys [sic], Arya and the Kingslayer will keep readers turning even the vast number of pages contained in this volume, for the author, like Tolkien or Jordan, makes us care about their fates." you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps."

Fan relationship

In addition to writing, Martin is known for his regular, decades-long attendance at various science fiction conventions and comics conventions and his accessibility to both genre's many fans. In the early 1970s critic and writer Thomas Disch identified Martin as a member of the "Labor Day Group", writers who congregated at the annual Worldcon, usually held on or around the Labor Day weekend.

Martin has a good relationship with his official fan club, the Brotherhood Without Banners, and has praised them in the past for their convention parties and gatherings. His many fans also gather at website forums devoted to both the "Fire and Ice" epic fantasy series and to his long-running Wild Cards series.

Martin has been criticized by a number of his many fans worldwide for the long delays between books in that series, notably the many-year gap between the fourth volume A Feast for Crows and the fifth volume A Dance with Dragons. This led him to respond online in kind, accusing angry fans of unfairly demanding he devote all of his time to the epic fantasy series, something he is unwilling to do; Martin has long-term writing and book-editing commitments on other projects, in addition to his best-selling series of epic fantasy novels.

Martin is strongly opposed to any type of fan fiction, believing it to be copyright infringement and a bad exercise for all aspiring writers. He never gives permission for any of his intellectual property to be used in fan fiction.

Martin at the 2011 Time 100 gala

Bibliography

Author

Novels

Selected novellas

Selected novelettes

Children's books

Collections

Television

Editor

Wild Cards (also contributor to many volumes)

Cross-genre anthologies edited (with Gardner Dozois)

Awards

A more complete list of Martin's awards and nominations can be found at The *Locus* Index to Science Fiction Awards.




Annotations from item #46266339:

Ser Gerald Gower is a knight of House Gower in service to King Stannis Baratheon.

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Appearance

Gerald is broad and bluff with blond hair.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

After the Battle of the Blackwater, where Ser Gerald fought well, Gerald is among those who question the new faith that Stannis Baratheon has joined. Davos Seaworth seeks Gerald out and befriends him.

A Dance with Dragons

Gerald remains a guard and protector of Edric.




Annotations from item #46266340:

Gerardys was a maester who served Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen on Dragonstone. He later became the Grand Maester of Queen Rhaenyra, and sat on her small council.

History

Gerardys served Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen on Dragonstone. He also flew with Prince Daemon Targaryen to help his wife Lady Laena Velaryon after a difficult childbirth, but they arrived too late.

Error in The Rogue Prince

The novella *The Rogue Prince* identifies Gerardys as the Grand Maester who replaced Mellos in the council and amputated Viserys I's fingers. This was an error,.




Annotations from item #46266341:

Ser Geremy Frey was a knight of House Frey. The tenth-born son of Lord Walder Frey, and fifth son by his third wife Lady Amarei Crakehall. He was married to Carolei Waynwood and had two children, Sandor and Cynthea Frey. He drowned.

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Annotations from item #46266342:

Gerion Lannister was a member of House Lannister.

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Gerion was the youngest and most reckless brother of Lord Tywin Lannister. He was said to be a man quick to laugh and had a gift for making others laugh.

Tyrion and Jaime Lannister often refer to Gerion as their favorite uncle.

History

Gerion was born in 255 AC, the fifth child and fourth son of Tytos Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, and his wife, Lady Jeyne Marbrand. He was healthy, but his mother died within a month of his birth.

Like his brothers, Kevan and Tygett, Gerion was overshadowed by their older brother, Tywin. While Kevan built up a life at Tywin's side, and Tygett tried to be independent, Gerion mocked this "game" and made jokes.

Gerion once gifted King Robert I Baratheon with a gilded dagger, complete with ivory grip and a sapphire on the pommel.

In 276 AC, Gerion participated in the tournament in honor of Viserys's birth at Lannisport, but he was unhorsed by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.

In 288 AC, Gerion had a bastard daughter named Joy Hill,

Circa 291 AC,

Quotes

That shadow Tywin cast was long and black, and each of them had to struggle to find a little sun. Tygett tried to be his own man, but he could never match your father, and that just made him angrier as the years went by. Gerion made japes. Better to mock the game than to play and lose. But Kevan saw how things stood early on, so he made himself a place by your father's side.

Genna Lannister to Jaime Lannister

Family




Annotations from item #46266343:

Germund Botley is a member of House Botley and the younger brother of Lord Sawane Botley. He wears a gilded breastplate that he took off a Lannister captain during the Greyjoy Rebellion.

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A Feast for Crows

Germund is awarded the lands and titles of House Botley after his brother, Lord Sawane Botley, is drowned for defying Euron Greyjoy instead of his nephew and Sawane's heir, Tristifer Botley. Germund is awarded half of the Botley lands in return for swearing allegiance to Euron,

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Annotation #1 for item #46266344: Wiki: Gerold

Gerold is a Westerosi given name. It can refer to several people:

Annotation #2 for item #46266344: Wiki: (Archmaester) Gerold

Archmaester Gerold was one of the archmaesters at the Citadel whose writings on the history of Oldtown were well regarded during the reign of King Aegon V Targaryen. Among his papers he also kept an account on Aegon's Conquest, written by Archmaester Gyldayn.




Annotations from item #46266345:

Ser Gerold Dayne, known as Darkstar, is the Knight of High Hermitage. His house is a cadet branch of the Daynes of Starfall.

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Gerold is in his late twenties.

Despite his beauty and valor, Gerold is a cruel man with angry eyes. He is jealous of his famous cousin, the late Ser Arthur Dayne, who was the Sword of the Morning. Darkstar wields a longsword. He prefers to drink unsweetened lemonwater instead of summerwine.

History

At some point, Gerold was one of the lovers of Arianne Martell.

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A Feast for Crows

Darkstar by Mathia Arkoniel ©

Gerold allies himself with Princess Arianne Martell when she attempts to crown Princess Myrcella Baratheon in place of her younger brother, King Tommen I Baratheon. At Shandystone, Arianne admits to her other conspirators that she only included Darkstar for his fighting prowess and his keep, High Hermitage. Gerold is skeptical of Arianne's plan to provoke Queen Regent Cersei Lannister.

Arianne's party is surprised at the Greenblood by Areo Hotah, who orders them to surrender. Gerold agrees since they are outnumbered, but Myrcella's bodygyard, Ser Arys Oakheart of the Kingsguard, rides to his death in an attack on Areo. Amidst the fighting, Gerold attempts to kill Myrcella.

Taken to Sunspear, Maester Caleotte saves Myrcella's life. Arianne ponders if her plan had been betrayed by Darkstar or another of her conspirators.

A Dance with Dragons

Darkstar by Sacha Angel Diener © Fantasy Flight Games

Ser Balon Swann arrives at Sunspear with the Mountain's skull. Under Arianne's instruction, Myrcella has blamed Darkstar for the death of Arys, not Areo.

The Winds of Winter

While traveling to the stormlands, Arianne and Ser Daemon Sand discuss Gerold. Arianne feels that Obara and Areo can kill Darkstar, although Daemon is skeptical. Arianne is regretful for ever trusting Gerold, thinking that he was so handsome she had not believed half the stories told about him.

Quotes by Gerold

Darkstar, by Mathia Arkoniel

If I led a quarter of a million men to death, would they call me Gerold the Great? I shall remain Darkstar, I think. At least it is mine own.

- Gerold to Garin

I was weaned on venom, Dalt. Any viper takes a bite of me will rue it.

– Gerold to Andrey Dalt

Myrcella: Are you the Sword of the Morning now?
Gerold: Men call me Darkstar, and I am of the night.

Myrcella Baratheon and Gerold

Quotes about Gerold

He is highborn enough to make a worthy consort, she thought. Father would question my good sense, but our children would be as beautiful as dragonlords. If there was a handsomer man in Dorne, she did not know him.

- thoughts of Arianne Martell

By tradition the Kingsguard were the finest knights in all the Seven Kingdoms ... but Darkstar was Darkstar.

- thoughts of Arianne Martell

You were a fool to make him part of this. Darkstar is the most dangerous man in Dorne. You and he have done us all great harm.

- Doran Martell to Arianne Martell

Ser Gerold is more a viper than your uncle ever was. Prince Oberyn could see that he was poison, he said so more than once. It's just a pity that he never got around to killing him.

- Daemon Sand to Arianne Martell

Poison, yes. Pretty poison, though.

- thoughts of Arianne Martell




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Annotation #1 for item #46266346: Wiki: Gerold Grafton

For the Andal king, see Gerold Grafton (king).

Gerold Grafton is the Lord of Gulltown and head of House Grafton.

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A Feast for Crows

Lord Petyr Baelish asks Lord Gerold to send him one of his sons to ward at the Eyrie. Gerold sends his youngest son, Gyles. He attends the wedding of Lord Lyonel Corbray at Gulltown.

Annotation #2 for item #46266346: Wiki: (king) Gerold Grafton

Ser Gerold Grafton was an Andal knight from Andalos who established the rule of House Grafton over Gulltown.

History

Ser Gerold made an alliance with First Man King Osgood III Shett, King of the True Men, to fight against Bronze King Yorwyck VI Royce. Gerold took Osgood's daughter as wife, gave the King his eldest daughter as bride, and gave a younger daughter to Osgood's son and heir. All this marriages were performed by septons in rites according to the Faith of the Seven.[*citation needed*]

Ser Gerold aided King Osgood in winning against King Yorwyck VI, but afterward, it was rumored, he struck down his good-father. After returning to Gulltown, Gerold claimed Osgood's crown and confined Osgood's heir to his bedchambers until he had gotten Gerold's daughter with child. Afterward the prince vanished from history.[*citation needed*]

Gulltown rose against King Gerold, who brutally put down the protests, executing men, women and children and having their bodies thrown in the bay to feed the crabs. In the following years, House Grafton's rule was uncontested, for King Gerold proved to be a sage and clever ruler, making Gulltown prosper enough to grow into the first and only city in the Vale.




Annotations from item #46266347:

Ser Gerold Hightower, known as the White Bull, was a knight of House Hightower and the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard during the reigns of kings, Jaehaerys II Targaryen and Aerys II Targaryen.

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Character

See also: Images of Gerold Hightower

Gerold was considered to be fierce, despite his old age,

History

In the Kingsguard

It is currently unknown when Gerold joined the order of the Kingsguard. He became Lord Commander in 259 AC, following the death of his predecessor, Ser Duncan the Tall.

Around 280 AC/281 AC, Gerold was shot through the hand by Ulmer, an outlaw of the Kingswood Brotherhood, who went on to steal a kiss and some jewels from Princess Elia Martell of Dorne.

Robert's Rebellion

Main article: Robert's Rebellion

Gerold was present when King Aerys II Targaryen burned Lord Rickard Stark alive in the Red Keep's throne room, and while Brandon Stark strangled himself to death. After the two Starks died, Gerold took Ser Jaime Lannister aside and reminded him they were sworn to defend the king, not to judge him.

During the ensuing rebellion, after the battle of the Bells, Gerold was sent to find Prince Rhaegar.

The three Kingsguard were eventually found at the tower by Lyanna's brother, Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell, and six of Eddard's companions. After a short conversation with Eddard, during which the three knights refused several opportunities to leave unharmed, combat ensued in which Gerold died.

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A Game of Thrones

Lord Eddard Stark has a fever dream of Gerold, Ser Arthur Dayne, and Ser Oswell Whent at the tower of joy.

A Storm of Swords

Resting on a weirwood stump, Ser Jaime Lannister dreams of he and Brienne of Tarth being visited by the shades of Gerold, Oswell, Arthur, Ser Jon Darry, Prince Lewyn Martell, and Prince Rhaegar Targaryen in the depths of Casterly Rock.

Quotes by Gerold

The Kingsguard does not flee.

– Gerold to Eddard Stark in Eddard's dream

You swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.

– Gerold to Jaime Lannister, after Aerys II Targaryen murdered Brandon and Rickard Stark

Quotes about Gerold

That was the White Bull, loyal to the end and a better man than me, all agree.

Jaime Lannister to Catelyn Stark

I learned from the White Bull and Barristan the Bold. I learned from Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, who could have slain all five of you with his left hand while he was taking a piss with the right. I learned from Prince Lewyn of Dorne and Ser Oswell Whent and Ser Jonothor Darry, good men every one.

Jaime Lannister to Loras Tyrell, Osmund Kettleblack, Balon Swann, Meryn Trant, and Boros Blount

Family

Gerold was a member of House Hightower. He had at least one brother, who went on to continue the Hightower line. Gerold was the uncle of Lord Leyton Hightower, and thereby the great-uncle of Leyton's nine children.




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Gerold III Lannister was a King of the Rock of House Lannister of Casterly Rock. He died without male issues, thus a council cronwed his only daughter's husband, Ser Joffery Lydden, who took the Lannister name and became the first Andal to rule Casterly Rock.




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Gerold II Lannister was a King of the Rock of House Lannister of Casterly Rock. Like his father, Tyrion III Lannister, he decided to arrange marriages for the more powerful Andal warchiefs that were entering the Westerlands with the daughters of the great local houses. Aware of Andal betrayals in the Vale, he also took the sons and daughters of the new Andal lords as wards and fosterlings to serve as pages and cupbearers, as well as hostages, at Casterly Rock.




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Annotation #1 for item #46266350: Wiki: Gerold Lannister

For the king, see Gerold Lannister (king).

Gerold Lannister, known as the Golden, was Lord of Casterly Rock and head of House Lannister. He was the second son of Lord Damon Lannister and Lady Cerissa Brax.

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Appearance and Character

He was golden-haired, quick of wit and over six feet tall.

History

Gerold was the younger brother of Lord Tybolt Lannister.

He became Lord of Casterly Rock after the death of his elder brother Tybolt and niece Cerelle.

Family

Annotation #2 for item #46266350: Wiki: (king) Gerold Lannister

Gerold Lannister was a King of the Rock of House Lannister.

History

King Gerold sailed his fleet to the Iron Islands in a daring raid, taking a hundred ironborn hostages. He kept them at Casterly Rock afterwards, hanging one every time his shores were raided.




Annotations from item #46266351:

Gerren is one of the criminals Yoren picked for the Night's Watch when he cleaned out the dungeons of King's Landing.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Gerren travels north from King's Landing as part of Yoren's group of recruits heading for the Wall. When they arrive at the eastern side of the river running south from the Gods Eye, Yoren creates search parties in order to find a ford to cross the river. Gerren and Woth go downstream, but have no luck in finding a place to cross. Gerren accompanies the group to an deserted town further north, located on the southern shore of the Gods Eye. The group decides to spend the night in the abandoned holdfast of the town. When exploring the holdfast, Gerren discovers an escape tunnel in a stable that he follows to the lakefront.

When Arya Stark dreams of a howling wolf and wakes up, alarming all those present, Gerren tells her to just let the wolves howl. Shortly after, Ser Amory Lorch and his men attack the holdfast. Gerren is seriously wounded in the fighting and when Arya and Gendry, on Yoren's order, gather survivors to escape through the tunnel Gerren found earlier, he is unable to move so they leave him behind.




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Gerrick Kingsblood is a raider from the free folk and the founder of House Redbeard. He has a son and three daughters.

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Appearance

Gerrick is tall with long legs, broad shoulders, long red hair and a red beard.

History

Gerrick boasts of descent from Raymun Redbeard, a King-Beyond-the-Wall who invaded the north but was killed along with his sons in the battle at Long Lake. Tormund claims Gerrick actually descends from Raymun's younger brother, the Red Raven.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gerrick comes through the Wall with the free folk, or wildlings, following Tormund. His red-haired son is one of the hostages that Jon Snow demands. Gerrick brings his three daughters with him when he swears his oath to Jon, who agrees to present them to Queen Selyse Florent.

Selyse attires Gerrick in clothes which once belonged to her husband, Stannis Baratheon.

Quotes

Scrubbed and groomed, clad in green velvets and an ermine half-cape, with his long red hair freshly washed and his fiery beard shaped and trimmed, the wildling looked every inch a southron lord.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

Gerrick of House Redbeard, King of the Wildlings.

- Axell Florent to Selyse Florent

King o' the Wildlings? Har! King o’ My Hairy Butt Crack, more like.

– Tormund to Jon Snow




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Gerrick Kingsblood's first daughter is a member of the newly fashioned House Redbeard.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gerrick and his family come through the Wall with the Free Folk following Tormund. The so-called "King of the Wildlings" presents his three daughters with him when he swears his oath to Jon Snow, who agrees to present them to Queen Selyse Florent.

Selyse arranges the betrothal of Gerrick's eldest daughter to Ser Axell Florent, her Hand.




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Gerrick Kingsblood's second daughter is a member of the newly fashioned House Redbeard.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gerrick and his family come through the Wall with the Free Folk following Tormund. The so-called "King of the Wildlings" presents his three daughters with him when he swears his oath to Jon Snow, who agrees to present them to Queen Selyse Florent.

Selyse arranges the betrothal of Gerrick's second daughter to Ser Brus Buckler, one of the Queen's Men and Queen Selyse's sworn sword.




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Gerrick Kingsblood's son is a member of the newly fashioned House Redbeard.

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Appearance

Like his father, Gerrick's son is red-headed.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gerrick comes through the Wall with the Free Folk following Tormund. His red-haired son is one of the hostages that Jon Snow demands.




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Gerrick Kingsblood's youngest daughter is a member of the newly fashioned House Redbeard.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gerrick and his family come through the Wall with the Free Folk following Tormund. The so-called "King of the Wildlings" presents his three daughters with him when he swears his oath to Jon Snow, who agrees to present them to Queen Selyse Florent.

Selyse arranges the betrothal of Gerrick's youngest daughter to Ser Malegorn of Redpool, one of the Queen's Men and Queen Selyse's sworn sword.




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Gerris Drinkwater by Chris Pritchard © Fantasy Flight Games

Ser Gerris Drinkwater is a knight from House Drinkwater and a long-time friend of Prince Quentyn Martell.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Gerris Drinkwater

Gerris is tall and lean and comely, with blue-green eyes and sandy, sun-streaked hair.

Gerris wears an expensive cloak of soft brown wool lined with sandsilk.

Ser Barristan Selmy thinks Gerris is shallow

History

Gerris once led Quentyn Martell and some other friends into the Red Mountains to find the lair of the Vulture King.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Gerris accompanies Prince Quentyn Martell on his mission to wed Daenerys Targaryen. They are forced to fend off corsairs when the *Meadowlark* is attacked near the Disputed Lands.

When they reach Volantis, Gerris pretends to be a wine merchant looking for a ship to take him and his two servants to Meereen, where Daenerys has become queen. The only captain to accept them is the master of *Adventure*, but the Dornishmen fear he will betray them.

The Windblown sail from Volantis and fight new Unsullied in the siege of Astapor.

Once the Dornishmen reach Meereen

After Daenerys flees from Daznak's Pit atop Drogon,

Quentyn hopes that since he has partial House Targaryen ancestry, he will be able to tame at least one of Daenerys's dragons, two of which are imprisoned in the Great Pyramid. Although Gerris tries to dissuade the prince, Quentyn is determined. In return for Pentos, the Tattered Prince agrees to have the Windblown aid Quentyn.

Gerris saves Quentyn from a guard's spear when the Dornishmen and Windblown infiltrate the Great Pyramid. When Quentyn attempts to tame Viserion, Gerris and Archibald try to warn him of the other dragon, Rhaegal, whose flame burns the prince.

Since Rhaegal and Viserion have been set loose, Symon Stripeback and Skahaz mo Kandaq want Gerris and Archibald to be hanged while the Spotted Cat wants to slay them in the fighting pits of Meereen.

Quotes by Gerris

Men's lives have meaning, not their deaths.

- Gerris to Quentyn Martell

Men may be found of maidens, but women like a man who knows what he's about in the bedchamber. It's another sort of sword-play. Takes training to be good at it.

- Gerris to Quentyn Martell

I told him it was folly. I begged him to go home. Your bitch of a queen had no use for him, any man could see that. He crossed the world to offer her his love and fealty, and she laughed in his face.

- Gerris to Barristan Selmy

Quotes about Gerris

It was not in Gerris Drinkwater's nature to imagine they might fail, let alone that they might die.

- thoughts of Quentyn Martell

That smile has won many a maiden's heart, I'll wager.

- thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen

If this one had been the prince, things might have gone elsewise, he could not help but think ... but there was something a bit too pleasant about Drinkwater for his taste. False coin, the old knight thought. He had known such men before.

- thoughts of Barristan Selmy




Annotations from item #46266358:

Gerrold may refer to:




Annotations from item #46266359:

Gerrold Redback is a sellsword and a member of the Windblown. He is so named to differentiate from Black Gerrold.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Gerrold takes part in the siege of Astapor.




Annotations from item #46266360:

Gessio Haratis was the author of *Before the Dragons*, which claims that the city of Pentos already existed before the Valyrians expanded to the Narrow Sea. He lived during the Century of Blood, when Volantis threatened to restore the a Valyrian empire under their rule.




Annotations from item #46266361:

Gevin Harlaw is a member of House Harlaw and an ironborn raider.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Gevin is among the ironborn who raid the Stony Shore.




Annotations from item #46266362:

Ghael is an envoy of King Cleon of Astapor. He is a former slave.

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Appearance

Ghael is pale, with a long thin face and brown rotted teeth. He wears a large amount of jewelry.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ghael is sent to Meereen on board the *Indigo Star* to offer terms for a pact between King Cleon and Daenerys Targaryen. Among the terms was an offer to combine forces to attack Yunkai, and marriage between the two leaders.

A Dance with Dragons

Cleon sends Ghael again as an envoy to Daenerys Targaryen in Meereen, this time as a titled lord (of what, they are unsure). He gives a gift of slippers and this time only offers an alliance against Yunkai.

Cleon ignores Daenerys's advice and attacks Yunkai. Ghael is later sent before Daenerys again and begs that she send Unsullied to protect Astapor. Daenerys refuses him yet again, prompting the envoy to spit in her face. Belwas slams Ghael into the ground, smashing his teeth, before he is dragged out of court by his feet.




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Ghaen

Slaver's Bay and the location of Ghaen

Ghaen is an island in the Gulf of Grief. It borders the Ghiscari Strait and lies off the southern coast of Essos near Ghiscar. South of it are two smaller islands, including New Ghis.




Annotations from item #46266364:

Gharak Squint-Eye was a *jhattar* of the Jogos Nhai. According to legend he slew the last of the Jhogwin at the Battle in the Howling Hills.




Annotations from item #46266365:

Ghaston Grey castle. Illustration by Ignacio Bazan Lazcano © Fantasy Flight Games

Ghaston Grey

Dorne and the location of Ghaston Grey

Ghaston Grey is a small bleak island in the Sea of Dorne. Its crumbling, old castle has been used by the Martells as a prison for the vilest of criminals and traitors,

Recent Events

A Feast For Crows

Following Arianne Martell's failed attempt to name Princess Myrcella Baratheon Queen of Westeros, Garin and Andrey Dalt are sent to Ghaston Grey to await their sentences from Prince Doran Martell.




Annotations from item #46266366:

Ghazdor zo Ahlaq is a Yunkish nobleman. The men of the Windblown mock him as Lord Wobblecheeks.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The Windblown, a sellsword company hired by Yunkai, mock him as "Lord Wobblecheeks".




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Ghiscar

Slaver's Bay and the location of Ghiscar

Ghiscar is a region of southern Essos located on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Grief. Old Ghis is found within this region.

History

Ghiscar was the foundation of the Old Empire of Ghis. The lockstep legions of Old Ghis allowed the Ghiscari to conquer and enslave nearby nations and colonize their surroundings.

Ghiscar was conquered by the Valyrian Freehold during five Ghiscari wars, however. The Ghiscari were reduced to High Valyrian-speaking slaves of the Freehold. The Ghiscari regained control of the slave trade after the Doom of Valyria.




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Ghiscari elite. © FFG

The Ghiscari are a people native to the region of Ghiscar on the continent of Essos.

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History

The Ghiscari once ruled the Old Empire from their capital city of Ghis, establishing a civilization that grew into one of the dominant powers of the Known World, until they came into conflict with the Valyrian Freehold. The two nations fought five Ghiscari wars, until the Valyrians destroyed Ghis with their dragons. With the empire collapsing, the original Ghiscari bloodline was nearly wiped out, along with its religion, culture and language.

Some original Ghiscari customs remain, as the colonies of Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen rose to prominence after the destruction of Old Ghis, with their elites styling themselves "Masters" and growing rich and powerful by buying, breeding, training, and trading slaves. After the Doom of Valyria the Ghiscari spread over Slaver's Bay, even founding the city of New Ghis, which seeks to rebuild the Old Empire under their leadership.

"Modern" Ghiscari

The "modern" Ghiscari are a mongrel people, descended of the races enslaved by the Empire and, later, the Freehold, with dense, dark amber skin and wiry hair with red highlights.

Although little of the Ghiscari culture survived the Old Empire's collapse, the modern people of Slaver's Bay take great pride in their Ghiscari heritage. The cities each have a variation of the harpy of Old Ghis as a symbol. tongue has been largely forgotten.

Language

Most modern Ghiscari speak in the language of their conquerors, High Valyrian, twisted by growling accents and peppered with slaver's argot. However, modern Ghiscari continue to write with their unique glyphs.

Customs

The wealthy slaver elite, old names with fat purses, play mock wars at the fighting pits with their slave soldiers, pretending to be the scourges of Old Ghis, or sit atop their pyramids drinking apricot wine,

As a sign of high station they wear the *tokar*, an impractical outfit that requires the wearer to hold it in place with one hand and walk in small steps. Highborn men also wear hairs teased, oiled, and twisted into fantastic shapes such as horns or wings.

Ghiscari also fond of rich food including duck eggs, octopus stew, and even dog. It is said that Ghiscari will eat meat of any creature, except man or dragon.

Religion

The Ghiscari still worship the gods of Ghis, with Graces as their priestesses. The Green Grace is the topmost religious figure in a Ghiscari city. The Ghiscari consider the blood spilled in the fighting pits a sacrifice most pleasing to their gods.

Ghiscari bury their dead in crypts below their own manses.




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Ghiscari Dawn is a slaver galley out of New Ghis. It is renamed Red God's Wroth after its capture by the ironborn.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Ghiscari Dawn trades at Meereen and Yunkai. While returning to New Ghis, it encounters the Iron Fleet in the strait between the Isle of Cedars and Astapor's hinterland. Ghiscari Dawn is captured by *Lamentation* near Ghozai and Victarion Greyjoy has its captain drowned as a sacrifice to the Drowned God. The ship is renamed Red God's Wroth by Victarion in honor of R'hllor, the god worshiped by the red priest Moqorro.




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Ghiscari Strait

Slaver's Bay and the location of the Ghiscari Strait

The Ghiscari Strait is a strait between Ghiscar in southern Essos and the island of Ghaen. It flows from the Gulf of Grief into the Summer Sea.




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Ghiscari legions

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History

A wall mural depicting the Ghiscari lockstep legions

According to Ghiscari histories, the lockstep legions were established by Grazdan the Great, the legendary founder of Ghis. The legionaries were free men who wielded a shield and three spears. With their lockstep discipline and absolute obedience, the Old Empire of Ghis conquered neighboring nations and colonized cities.

The Old Empire was defeated in five wars against the Valyrian Freehold, however, and the legions were shattered by dragonlords in the fifth and final war. The Valyrians marched on Old Ghis and destroyed the city.

The modern iron legions of New Ghis are trained and armed in the same manner as the Unsullied of Astapor, but the eunuchs know no other life, whereas the Ghiscari are free citizens who serve for three year terms.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Kraznys mo Nakloz claims to Daenerys Targaryen and Missandei that the Unsullied of Astapor are the lockstep legions of Old Ghis come again, as they are absolutely obedient, absolutely loyal, and utterly without fear.

A Dance with Dragons

New Ghis allies with Yunkai against Daenerys, who has freed the Unsullied, conquered the Ghiscari city Meereen, and abolished slavery in the three Slaver Cities. Two iron legions fight in the battle at the Horns of Hazzat.

During the second siege of Meereen, Daenerys observes two iron legions encamped north of Meereen, across the river Skahazadhan, and two others to the east of the city, choking off the Khyzai Pass.

Sailing near Astapor, the Iron Fleet captures two galleys which were returning to New Ghis for supplies and reinforcements for legionaries lost to the bloody flux.

The Winds of Winter

Ser Barristan Selmy observes the fortified encampments of two legions in the Yunkish camp west of Meereen, between two trebuchets.




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Five great wars were fought between the Old Empire of Ghis and the Valyrian Freehold

The Ghiscari wars were a series of five wars fought between the Old Empire of Ghis and the rising new power of the Valyrian Freehold, in which the lockstep legions of Ghis faced the fire of the Valyrian dragonlords.

The conflicts between the Valyrians and Ghiscari at the dawn of recorded history have become almost the stuff of legends. Popular memory can confuse the details from one war with another, and other details have been added, and biased histories were written by the victors - which also contradict themselves, as rival families of dragonlords tried to attribute greater deeds to their ancestors. The maesters of the Citadel have made extensive efforts to sort out the facts as best as possible.

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First Ghiscari War

The Old Empire of Ghis was the first great civilization in the known world. Ghiscari written records confirm their empire was already in its earliest stages before the Long Night began, roughly 8,000 years ago. Other civilizations existed in Essos during the Dawn Age, such as the Realm of the Fisher Queens and the forebears of the Kingdom of Sarnor, but they kept no written records. Yi Ti and Asshai also claim that their civilizations extend back before the Long Night, but their written records do not extend far back enough to confirm this.

While the Old Empire was expanding and building great pyramids, across the Gulf of Grief, humble Valyrian shepherds were tending their flocks. The Valyrians discovered dragons in the Fourteen Flames near their home, and learned to ride the beasts to war. The new power of the Valyrian Freehold began to expand into the rest of Essos, inevitably coming into conflict with the Old Empire for dominance.

Exactly when the First Ghiscari War occurred is unclear, except that it was after the Long Night and the initial rise of Valyria.

Second Ghiscari War

The Kingdom of Sarnor, a collection of independent city-states, existed in the western plains of central Essos, before the Doom of Valyria thousands of years later. Their cities stretched across the plains on the northern side of the Painted Mountains, along the northern borders of the Valyrians in the west and Ghiscari to the east.

The Sarnori were close enough to the two rivals that they eventually became drawn into their conflicts. In the Second Ghiscari War, the Sarnori fought as allies of young Valyria against the might of the Ghiscari legions.

Third Ghiscari War

The Sarnori again fought as allies of the Valyrians in the Third Ghiscari War.

Fourth Ghiscari War

The Sarnori have rarely been politically unified, though they fought as Valyrian allies in the Second and Third Ghiscari Wars. In the Fourth Ghiscari War, however, rival Sarnori kings fought on both sides.

Following the capture of Gogossos in the Basilisk Isles during the Third Ghiscari War, in the fourth war the Valyrians captured the Ghiscari colony Zamettar, the only major city on the coast of Sothoryos.

Fifth Ghiscari War

The dragon defeats the harpy

The last of the Ghiscari wars took place around 4700 BC.

Aftermath

The surviving Ghiscari cities were reduced to colonies of Valyria, and the original Ghiscari made into slaves. As a result, Ghiscari culture and religion went extinct, and the language of Old Ghis survived only in words that entered the High Valyrian spoken in cities such as Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen.




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Annotation #1 for item #46266373: Wiki: Ghost

Ghost is an albino direwolf bonded to Jon Snow. Ghost is the litter-mate of Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria, Summer, and Shaggydog.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Ghost

Ghost has thick white fur,.

Ghost enjoys tugging Jon's hand back and forth as a game,

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ghost in *Game of Thrones*

Along with his litter-mates, Ghost is discovered by the Stark children after his mother was killed by a stag. Ghost was the first pup to open his eyes and had wandered off unnoticed by the time the Starks arrived. Jon Snow convinces his father, Lord Eddard Stark, to allow his children to keep the pups by noting that the five remaining pups match the five Stark children, excluding himself. Only afterwards does Jon hear Ghost nearby, the only one of the humans to do so. Theon Greyjoy wants to kill the albino pup, but Jon claims him.

Ghost accompanies Jon to the Wall when the youth joins the Night's Watch. The direwolf joins Jon when he hunts for food for Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch,

At the weirwood grove beyond the Wall, Ghost tears off the right hand of the dead Jafer Flowers. The growing direwolf wakes Jon by scratching at his door that night, alerting Jon to the presence of wights, and they are able to save Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, from the undead Othor. Ghost bites the wight's severed arm and tears into its belly.

When Jon deserts the Night's Watch, Ghost disappears near Mole's Town. The direwolf later returns and betrays the hiding Jon's position so that his friends can bring him back to Castle Black.

A Clash of Kings

During the great ranging, Ghost hunts well away from the main column of Night's Watch,

Ghost discovers a cache of dragonglass weapons near the Fist of the First Men and leads Jon to it.

Ghost accompanies Jon during Qhorin Halfhand's scouting mission into the Frostfangs. Sometimes during sleep, Jon inhabits Ghost's body through a warg bond, although he does not seem to fully understand it at first. He dreams of his lost siblings, and Jon hears Ghost howl mournfully in one dream.

A Storm of Swords

After Jon is brought to Mance Rayder's host, the youth uses Ghost to keep Ygritte away from him at night. Ygritte eventually seduces Jon, however.

Before ascending the Wall with Styr's group, Jon sends Ghost away with instructions to go to Castle Black.

A Dance with Dragons

Ghost sleeps on a rug in Jon's new quarters, once those of Donal Noye in the armory.

Ghost growls at the giant boar later brought by the skinchanger Borroq to Castle Black, so Lord Commander Snow keeps Ghost locked up in his quarters. Queen Selyse Florent also wants Ghost to be penned up, claiming the direwolf scares Princess Shireen Baratheon. An angry Ghost bites at Mully, but Jon attributes his agitation to Borroq's boar and keeps Ghost within his chambers.

Quotes about Ghost

Benjen: A very quiet wolf.
Jon: He's not like the others. He never makes a sound. That's why I named him Ghost. That, and because he's white. The others are all dark, grey or black.

Benjen Stark and Jon Snow

Jon's wolf, the white one, was Ghost. Bran wished he had thought of that first, even though his wolf wasn't white.

Bran Stark

The direwolf's red eyes were darker than garnets and wiser than men.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

He always slept better with the great white wolf beside him; there was comfort in the smell of him, and welcome warmth in that shaggy pale fur.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

The smells are stronger in my wolf dreams, he reflected, and food tastes richer too. Ghost is more alive than I am.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

A white wolf in a white wood, silent as a shadow.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

Ghost was the only protection Jon needed; the direwolf could sniff out foes, even those who hid their enmity behind smiles.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

Even in Winterfell, as a kid before the wolves, Jon was the bastard. He was the odd one out. The rest of them are all brothers and sisters. He's only a half-brother, so he's not as closely tied to them ... So he's of them, he's part of the family, he's part of the siblings, but he's a little bit apart too. Ghost is very similar to that. He's the albino, he's the one who makes no noise, so he's related to the other direwolves but one apart as well.

- George R. R. Martin

Annotation #2 for item #46266373: Wiki: (constellation) Ghost

The Ghost is a constellation.

Annotation #3 for item #46266373: Wiki: (ship) Ghost

Ghost is the new ironborn name for a New Ghis galley. Its original name is unknown.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Two sleek galleys sail from Meereen and Yunkai south toward New Ghis for supplies and legionary reinforcements, but encounter the Iron Fleet in Slaver's Bay. The galleys evade *Woe* and *Forlorn Hope, but are captured by *Iron Wing, *Sparrowhawk, and *Kraken's Kiss. Victarion Greyjoy beheads their captains because they said that Daenerys Targaryen is dead. Victarion kills their crew aside from the enslaved rowers, who are forced to join the Iron Fleet. Victarion renames the ships Ghost and *Shade*, believing they will return to haunt Yunkai.




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Ghost Hill

Dorne and the location of Ghost Hill

Ghost Hill is the seat of House Toland in Dorne. It lies on the southern shore of the Sea of Dorne, near the Broken Arm. The castle has chalk-white walls that shine against the deep blue of the Sea of Dorne.

Recent Events

The Winds of Winter

Princess Arianne Martell departs Sunspear on a mission from her father, Doran Martell, to discover the truth about the supposed Aegon Targaryen. She leaves with several companions. During the journey they arrive at Ghost Hill. Arianne and her knights sup with Lady Nymella Toland and her daughters in the great hall of the castle. They depart via ship for the Stormlands.




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Ghost grass is a type of grass that grows throughout the Shadow Lands in eastern Essos, both on its shores and in the valleys between its mountains.

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Daenerys Targaryen hears of the ghost grass in the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai from Ser Jorah Mormont.

A Clash of Kings

In Qarth, following the destruction of the House of the Undying, Xaro Xhoan Daxos tells Daenerys that ghost grass is growing in the Garden of Gehane.




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The ghost of High Heart.

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Appearance

See also: Images of the Ghost of High Heart

The ghost of High Heart walks with a gnarled black cane. She has white hair so long it almost touches the ground. Her flesh is very pale, and she has red eyes.

History

When Jenny of Oldstones came to court after marrying Prince Duncan Targaryen, she was accompanied by her friend, a dwarfish, albino woman who was reputed to be a woods witch in the riverlands. Lady Jenny claimed that she was a child of the forest, although this was not true. After hearing the woods witch's prophecy that the prince that was promised would come from the line of Aerys and Rhaella Targaryen, their father Prince Jaehaerys insisted that they marry.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Arya Stark and the brotherhood without banners camp overnight at High Heart, to meet with the ghost of High Heart to hear her tell the future, and to learn the whereabouts of Lord Beric Dondarrion.

Later, the outlaws return to High Heart, and the dwarf woman tells them of new dreams she has had. She relates that Balon Greyjoy has died per her prophecy, and that Vargo Hoat waits in Harrenhal where Gregor Clegane will soon arrive to deal with him. She also speaks of the Red Wedding and King Joffrey's wedding, and prophecies related to Sansa Stark. When she notices Arya, she becomes distressed, insinuating the girl is associated with death, and saying she has enough grief from Summerhall.

The old woman requests that Tom of Sevenstreams play Jenny's song for her as payment for her prophecies. As she listens to the music, she murmurs the words and cries.

A Feast for Crows

Cersei Lannister receives a report that "Tyrion had become a hermit in the riverlands, living on some haunted hill."

A Dance with Dragons

Barristan Selmy reveals to Daenerys that her grandsire, King Jaehaerys II Targaryen, arranged the marriage between her parents, Prince Aerys II and Princess Rhaella. Jaehaerys did this after hearing a prophecy from a woods witch that the prince that was promised would be born from their line. While most people believed the woods witch to be a dwarf, her friend, Jenny of Oldstones, claimed she was one of the children of the forest. While Barristan believes the woods witch died at the Tragedy of Summerhall, the description fits the ghost of High Heart.

While aboard the *Selaesori Qhoran*, Tyrion Lannister recalls what he considers to be a less reliable tale that had reached his ears, that of a dwarf witch who haunts a hill in the riverlands.

Quotes by the ghost of High Heart

The old gods stir and will not let me sleep. I dreamt I saw a shadow with a burning heart butchering a golden stag, aye. I dreamt of a man without a face, waiting on a bridge that swayed and swung. On his shoulder perched a drowned crow with seaweed hanging from his wings. I dreamt of a roaring river and a woman that was a fish. Dead she drifted, with red tears on her cheeks, but when her eyes did open, oh, I woke from terror. All this I dreamt, and more.

– the ghost of High Heart, to Tom, Lem, and Greenbeard

I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief. I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells. I dreamt of a maid at a feast with purple serpents in her hair, venom dripping from their fangs. And later I dreamt that maid again, slaying a savage giant in a castle built of snow.

– the ghost of High Heart, to Beric Dondarrion, Lem, and Thoros of Myr

I see you. I see you, wolf child. Blood child. I thought it was the lord who smelled of death ... You are cruel to come to my hill, cruel. I gorged on grief at Summerhall, I need none of yours. Begone from here, dark heart. Begone!

– the ghost of High Heart, to Arya Stark

Quotes about the ghost of High Heart

... she has her own ways of knowing things, that one. The weirwoods whisper in her ear when she sleeps.

Thoros of Myr, to Arya Stark




Annotations from item #46266377:

Ghostskin is a type of moss found in Westeros. It grows in the swampy northern region of the Neck, and is prevalent around Moat Cailin.




Annotations from item #46266378:

Ghoyan Drohe

Western Essos and the location of Ghoyan Drohe

Ghoyan Drohe is a ruined city in the Velvet Hills of Essos, north of the Flatlands and east of Pentos. It lies on the banks of the Little Rhoyne, west of its confluence with the Rhoyne.

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History

Ghoyan Drohe was a Rhoynar city that was destroyed by the dragons of Valyria during the Rhoynish Wars. According to Tyrion Lannister, until the wars the city was "a fair place, green and flowering, a city of canals and fountains."

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

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

A Dance with Dragons

Tyrion Lannister meets the crew of the *Shy Maid* at Ghoyan Drohe. He notes that "the canals were choked with reeds and mud, and pools of stagnant water gave birth to swarms of flies. The broken stones of temples and palaces were sinking back into the earth, and gnarled old willows grew thick along the riverbanks."

Chapters that take place at Ghoyan Drohe

Quotes

Ghoyan Drohe had been a Rhoynar city, until the dragons of Valyria had reduced it to a smoldering desolation.

- Tyrion Lannister's thoughts




Annotations from item #46266379:

Ghozai is a ruined slaver port city on the Isle of Cedars. It lies on the northern coast of the island, facing Slaver's Bay.

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History

The city, located on the north end of the Isle of Cedars, vanished in a heartbeat during the Doom of Valyria. The ancient brick walls and stepped pyramids of the slaver port of Ghozai suffered the same fate as Velos on the south end of the island - a wall of water 300 feet high descended on the city, drowning hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children, leaving none to tell the tale.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Victarion Greyjoy orders the Iron Fleet to chase a trading galley, the *Ghiscari Dawn, which tries to escape by drawing close to the Isle of Cedars. By the time *Lamentation comes alongside its prey, both ships are so close to the haunted ruins of Ghozai that they can hear monkeys chattering as the first light of dawn washes over the city's broken pyramids.




Annotations from item #46266380:

Giant's Lance

The Vale and the location of Giant's Lance

The Giant's Lance is the largest mountain in the Vale of Arryn. It lies in the northern range, its peak lost in the clouds. There lies the Eyrie, summer seat of House Arryn. On its western shoulder flows Alyssa's Tears..

History

The peak of the Giant's Lance was the site of the legendary battle where Ser Artys Arryn slew the Griffin King.




Annotations from item #46266381:

The Giant's Stair is one of the ways to enter the Frostfangs.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

The Giant's Stair is considered by the Night's Watch as a possible place in the Frostfangs to look for the wildlings. leads an expedition to scout for them.




Annotations from item #46266382:

An Other riding an ice spider. © Marc Simonetti

The last hero escapes ice spiders.
Art by Roman Papsuev

Giant ice spiders are the mounts of Others in some legends.

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Old Nan tells Bran about the long night, which includes mention of the Others hunting the last hero atop spiders as large as hounds.

A Storm of Swords

During the grim march back to Craster's Keep after the fight at the Fist, Samwell Tarly recalls the tales of giant ice spiders which scared him when he was young.

A Feast For Crows

Sam mentions reading about giant ice spiders to Jon Snow.

Quotes

The horn blew thrice long, three long blasts means Others. The white walkers of the wood, the cold shadows, the monsters of the tales that made him squeak and tremble as a boy, riding their giant ice-spiders, hungry for blood ...

- thoughts of Samwell Tarly




Annotations from item #46266383:

The Giant of the Trident was a robber knight who troubled the Trident in the riverlands during the reign of King Aegon I Targaryen. His given name is unknown.

History

Prince Maegor Targaryen won renown by defeating the Giant of the Trident in 31 AC.




Annotations from item #46266384:

*"Giant" redirects here. Bedwyck, a ranger of the Night's Watch, is nicknamed "Giant".*

Giant by Mike S Miller ©

Giants are a race of sentient humanoids which once lived in various regions of the known world but now live only in northern Westeros beyond the Wall. The people of the Seven Kingdoms believe them to be extinct.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Giants

Giants generally grow between ten

Giants have sloped chests, and their lower torsos are about half again as wide as their upper torsos. Their arms hang lower than a man's, while their legs are shorter than their arms, ending in splayed and horny feet that need no shoes even in the coldest weather.

Culture

According to the stories of Old Nan, a servant at Winterfell, giants are outsized men who live in enormous castles, wield large swords, and wear huge boots.

While hostile to men, giants are a shy folk

Giants in the north buried their dead, according to Maester Kennet's *Passages of the Dead*,

Thenns interact more with giants than other free folk tribes,

House Umber of the Last Hearth depicts a roaring giant in shattered chains in their sigil.

History

Essos

Giants once lived in parts of Essos; bones of giants have been found in caves beneath the Hills of Norvos

The Jhogwin, said to be twice as large as the giants of Westeros, once lived in the Realm of Jhogwin in the Krazaaj Zasqa. The last of these massive giants were slain by the Jogos Nhai.

The Mazemakers of Lorath are an extinct race, whose large bones have led some to suggest they were born of the unions of human men and female giants.

Belicho, a triarch of Volantis, was eaten by giants.

Westeros

Maesters believe that only giants and children of the forest inhabited Westeros before the arrival of the First Men, although the two species are not believed to have reached the Iron Islands.

John the Oak is said to have been fathered by Garth Greenhand on a giantess.

The northern legend of the last hero includes his companions encountering ravenous giants.

The expedition of Redwyn from the Shadow Tower to Lorn Point fought giants during the reign of Dorren Stark, King in the North.

Songs of the free folk tell that giants were at one time more plentiful, but they were hunted by men and driven from their stone halls. Now unable to withstand the Others,

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Osha suggest to Bran Stark that the large stableboy Hodor has giant's blood, mentioning that her brother once killed a ten-foot-tall giant.

A Clash of Kings

Following the Battle of Oxcross, some House Lannister men attribute Robb Stark's success to the aid of giants.

Lark tells Chett that giants and wargs are in the Frostfangs.

A Storm of Swords

Jon Snow and the Night's Watch fighting giants © Marc Simonetti

Jon Snow sees hundred of giants in the rearguard of the host of Mance Rayder, King-Beyond-the-Wall, near the Milkwater.

During the battle beneath the Wall, giants use a sharpened tree as a ram. The men of the Night's Watch use arrows, barrels of burning oil,

Arya Stark overhears that the ghost of High Heart dreamt of a man slaying a savage giant in a castle made of snow.

A Dance with Dragons

Ser Godry Farring is known as Godry the Giantslayer for having killed a small giant in the battle beneath the Wall.

Val tells Queen Selyse Florent that near two hundred giants and eighty mammoths are in Tormund's host.

Bran notices skulls of giants in the cave of the three-eyed crow.

Quotes

Long before the coming of the First Men, all Westeros belonged to the elder races—the children of the forest and the giants (and, some say, the Others, the terrifying "white walkers" of the Long Night).

- writings of Yandel

Osha: Now there's a big man. He has giant's blood in him, or I'm the queen.

Bran: Maester Luwin says there are no more giants. He says they're all dead, like the children of the forest. All that's left of them are old bones in the earth that men turn up with plows from time to time.

Osha: Let Maester Luwin ride beyond the Wall. He'll find giants then, or they'll find him.

- Bran Stark and Osha

Perhaps magic was once a mighty force in the world, but no longer. What little remains is no more than the wisp of smoke that lingers in the air after a great fire has burned out, and even that is fading. Valyria was the last ember, and Valyria is gone. The dragons are no more, the giants are dead, the children of the forest forgotten with all their lore.

- Luwin to Bran Stark

Noye and his men had been waiting within, behind a gate of heavy iron bars like the two Pyp had just unlocked. The two crossbows had gotten off a dozen quarrels as the giant struggled toward them. Then the spearmen must have come to the fore, stabbing through the bars. Still the giant found the strength to reach through, twist the head off Spotted Pate, seize the iron gate, and wrench the bars apart. Links of broken chain lay strewn across the floor. One giant. All this was the work of one giant.

- thoughts of Jon Snow

The giants are almost gone as well, they who were our bane and our brothers.

Leaf to Bran Stark

Shireen: He's a giant! A real true giant, like from the stories. But why does he talk so funny?
Jon: He only knows a few words of the Common Tongue as yet. In their own land, giants speak the Old Tongue.

- Shireen Baratheon and Jon Snow




Annotations from item #46266385:

The New Gift. © FFG

This article is about the region. For the television episode, see "The Gift".

The Gift, consisting of Brandon's Gift and the New Gift, is the area in the north stretching fifty leagues south from the Wall, land given to the Night's Watch in perpetuity to support and aid the Watch.

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History

Brandon's Gift

A Brandon Stark, usually mentioned as Bran the Builder but sometimes another Brandon, gave the land up to twenty-five leagues south of the Wall to the Night's Watch for their sustenance and support.

New Gift

During the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, thousands of years later, Good Queen Alysanne visited the Wall with her dragon, Silverwing. She held the Night's Watch in great esteem and convinced her husband Jaehaerys to double the land, extending it a further twenty-five leagues south. The new territory was named the New Gift.

The villages that exist in the New Gift pay their taxes in goods and labor to the Night's Watch, helping feed and provide food for the brothers. The New Gift contains many holdfasts, such as Queenscrown.

Wildings

The wildlings or free folk often enter the Gift to raid, steal, and carry off women of the north. Because of the frequency of raids, many people have fled south into the mountains or the lands of House Umber east of the kingsroad, leaving the villages and holdfasts abandoned.

Lord Eddard Stark considered having new lords settled in the Gift to protect against the raids. He believed the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch would have approved the idea if the new lords paid taxes to Castle Black instead of Winterfell, but the plan had to wait until after winter.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

The kingsroad through the Gift is used by Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow.

A Storm of Swords

During their journey to find the three-eyed crow, Bran Stark and his companions seek refuge at Queenscrown in the New Gift, which Jojen Reed observes as having good land. While they are hiding in the tower, they witness a fight between Jon Snow and Styr's Thenns.

After the battle beneath the Wall, Stannis Baratheon informs Jon that he intends to settle wildlings in the Gift, if they swear fealty.

A Dance with Dragons

Jon Snow, the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, agrees to allow Stannis to settle free folk on the Gift,




Annotations from item #46266386:

Arya Stark refused to give the Hound the gift of mercy.
Art © Mike S. Miller

The gift of mercy is the term used for the granting of a quick, humane death to a person who is ailing or mortally wounded and destined to die a painful, lingering death otherwise.

People may request the gift of mercy. For example, Osha grants the dying Maester Luwin the gift of mercy at his request.

Beyond the Wall, the free folk will give children the gift of mercy if they have been afflicted by certain diseases, such as greyscale.

Quotes

If I had given birth to that poor child, I would have given her the gift of mercy long ago.

Val, to Jon Snow




Annotations from item #46266387:

Ser Gilbert Farring is a knight of House Farring.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Stannis Baratheon tells Davos Seaworth that Ser Gilbert is one of the few men who remained loyal to him after his loss at the Blackwater and still holds Storm's End for him, commanding a garrison of two hundred men.

A Feast for Crows

Gilbert continues to hold Storm's End as its castellan for Stannis, with Lord Elwood Meadows as his second in command and Maester Jurene as his counselor and healer.*]




Annotations from item #46266388:

Gilbert of the Vines was a legendary son of Garth Greenhand and the founder of House Redwyne. He taught the men of the Arbor to make wine.




Annotations from item #46266389:

Gillam is a brother of the order on the Quiet Isle. He is short, bandy-legged and has blond hair. He tends to the animals on the isle.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Brother Gillam is introduced by Brother Narbert after Ser Hyle Hunt makes a comment about a horse in their stables. His ear had been bitten off by the horse when he attempted to geld it.




Annotations from item #46266390:

Lady Gilliane Glover was a member of House Glover. She was married to Lord Rickon Stark of Winterfell, with whom she had one son, Cregan.

Family




Annotations from item #46266391:

Gilly is a wildling girl, the daughter and youngest wife of Craster. She has a son fathered by Craster.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Gilly

Gilly has a pale, gaunt face,

Samwell Tarly considers Gilly to be "good and kind".

According to Samwell, Gilly is "very brave", able to keep going no matter the obstacles on the way.

She dislikes being called a "lady", claiming she is "Craster's wife and Craster's daughter, and a mother" instead.

History

Gilly was born to Craster and one of his many wives. She was named for the gillyflower.

Gilly's mother raised her to be honest, and beat the lying out of her when she was still very young.

When Gilly was old enough, at some point during the summer, she married her father. On the day of their wedding, they drank the sweetest mead.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Hannah Murray as Gilly at Craster's Keep (Game of Thrones)

When the Night's Watch stops at Craster's Keep on Jeor Mormont's ranging, she encounters and befriends Samwell Tarly. She is pregnant with Craster's child, and fears that if she gives birth to a son, Craster will sacrifice him to the Others. She beseeches Samwell to help her, and Samwell agrees, sending her to Jon Snow, to the annoyance of the latter.

A Storm of Swords

After the attack on the Fist of the First Men, as the Night's Watch pauses to regroup at Craster's Keep, Gilly gives birth to a son.

Samwell suggests to Jon Snow that he could write a letter to his father claiming that Gilly's child is his own, with the intention of finding Gilly and her boy a safe place at Horn Hill, his father's castle.

A Feast for Crows

Samwell Tarly and Gilly traveling to Oldtown, by cabepfir

Gilly is called before Jon Snow, now the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, who tells her that she is to leave Castle Black and take Mance Rayder's child with her, leaving her own behind at Castle Black. Gilly insists on taking both children, but Jon refuses to allow it. He threatens her, telling her that if she refuses to take Dalla's boy, the day Melisandre gives him to the flames, her own son will die as well.

Gilly, Samwell, Aemon, and the babe eventually board the *Cinnamon Wind* and leave Braavos. During this part of the journey Gilly starts to give her grief a place,

Upon their arrival at Oldtown, Samwell announces his intention to arrange horses and a wagon for Gilly to travel to Horn Hill, Samwell's childhood home.

Notes

  1. The term "gillyflower" traditionally describes a number of unrelated species of scented flowering plants. The most notable of them are Dianthus caryophyllus (also known as "carnation" or "clove pink"), Matthiola incana ("stock" or "hoary stock"), Erysimum cheiri ("cheiranthus" or "wallflower"), Hesperis matronalis ("night-scented gilliflower" or "mother-of-the-evening"), Saponaria officinalis ("soapwort" or "bouncing bet"), and Armeria maritima ("thrift" or "sea pink").
  2. Including Lark the Sisterman, Softfoot, Ryles, Chett, and presumably Hake.



Annotations from item #46266392:

Ser Gilwood Hunter is a knight from House Hunter of Longbow Hall. He is the eldest son and heir of Lord Eon Hunter.

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Appearance and Character

Gilwood is closer to fifty than forty. He has a bushy mustache and a fondness for wine. Gilwood is dressed with an ermine cloak pinned with a brooch with his house arms. He has red nose and cheeks, and is a heavy drinker.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Gilwood's father, Lord Eon, dies suddenly and Gilwood inherits the titles. The suddenness of his father's death leads his two younger brothers, Eustace and Harlan, to claim that Gilwood had murdered Eon.

A Feast for Crows

Lord Gilwood is the last of the Lords Declarant to arrive at the Gates of the Moon with his forces to enforce the blockade put in place to starve Petyr Baelish out of the Eyrie. Despite his age, he is known as Young Lord Hunter.

According to Petyr, Gilwood will most likely be killed by his youngest brother, Harlan, who is actually to blame for the death of their father Eon.

Family




Annotations from item #46266393:

Ginger Jack

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Appearance

Much of Jack's face is hidden behind his bristly ginger beard.

History

Jack lost half his tongue when he accidentally bit it off during his first battle.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Ginger Jack is part of the siege of Astapor. He is sent by the Tattered Prince along with the other Westeros Windblown to go over to Daenerys Targaryen in Meereen.




Annotations from item #46266394:

The Gipps were an ancient people of the grasslands of central Essos. They were at some point conquered and assimilated by the Tall Men. According to legend, the daughter of their greatest ruler was married by Huzhor Amai, bringing the Gipps under his rule.

The Gipps were long-legged and wore lime-stiffened hair; in war they carried wicker shields.




Annotations from item #46266395:

The girl bought to please the king is one of Illyrio Mopatis's slaves in his manse in Pentos. Her given name is not mentioned.

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Appearance and character

The girl is blond, blue-eyed, fair, and willowy.

History

The girl was trained as a bed slave in Lys and was taught the Common Tongue at some point. She was bought to please the king, Illyrio Mopatis's one-time guest Viserys Targaryen, in the bedchamber.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

The girl and an older woman help bathe Daenerys Targaryen before the princess's introduction to Drogo. The young servant is envious that Daenerys will marry the powerful *khal*.

A Dance with Dragons

After drinking at Illyrio's manse, Tyrion Lannister wakes to find the girl tending to him, having been told by Magister Illyrio Mopatis to bathe the dwarf and warm his bed.

Quotes by the girl

Now you look all a princess.

—the girl, to Daenerys Targaryen

girl: My name—

Tyrion: —is of no interest to me. Do you know where whores go?
girl: Whores sell themselves for coin.
Tyrion: Or jewels, or gowns, or castles. But where do they go?

girl: Is it a riddle, m'lord? I'm no good at riddles.

—the girl and Tyrion Lannister

Quotes about the girl

She despises me, he realized, but no more than I despise myself.

—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

It might please m'lord to strangle you. That's how I served my last whore. Do you think your master would object? Surely not. He has a hundred more like you, but no one else like me.

Tyrion Lannister to the girl

She was trained in Lys, where they make an art of love. The king enjoyed her greatly.

Illyrio Mopatis to Tyrion Lannister




Annotations from item #46266396:

Ser Gladden Wylde is a knight of House Wylde.

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Ser Gladden is chosen by Lord Eddard Stark in King's Landing to be part of a force sent into the riverlands to apprehend Ser Gregor Clegane and bring him to justice.

A Storm of Swords

The brotherhood without banners include Gladden among the victims of the Lannisters.

Behind the Scenes

Gladden may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to the Gladden Fields, the site of an ambush in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.




Annotations from item #46266397:

Archmaester Glaive was an archmaesters at the Citadel. He proposed that the "King of a Thousand Years", Durran Godsgrief, was actually a succession of monarchs all bearing the same name.




Annotations from item #46266398:

A Glamor is a magical illusion, based on the 'weaving' of light, that can be cast by red priests of R'hllor, such as Melisandre.

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About

Glamors are strongest when built on a particular object, or body part belonging to person on which the illusion will resemble.

The wearer of the glamor also wears a ruby that mantains the spell.

Recent events

A Feast for Crows

The dying Maester Aemon dismisses Stannis Baratheon's sword as a false Lightbringer, its glow nothing more than a glamour, because it radiates no heat, only light.

A Dance with Dragons

Melisandre had used a glamor on Mance Rayder to make him appear as the Lord of Bones, whom she had glamored into appearing as Mance Rayder, to spare the King-Beyond-the-Wall from being executed.

Quotes

The spell is made of shaddow and suggestion. Men see what they expect to see.

- Melisandre instructs to Mance Rayder not to remove the Lord of Bones' skull mask to avoid the glamor from failing.

Glamor, seeming, illusion. R'hllor is Lord of Light, Jon Snow, and it is given to his servants to weave with it, as others weave with thread.

- Melisandre to Jon Snow

The bones remember. The strongest glamors are built of such things. A dead man's boots, a hank of hair, a bag of fingerbones. With whispered words and prayer, a man's shadow can be drawn forth from such and draped about another like a cloak. The wearer's essence does not change, only his seeming.

- Melisandre explains to Jon Snow how glamors work

The sword is wrong, she has to know that ... light without heat ... an empty glamour ... the sword is wrong, and the false light can only lead us deeper into darkness.

- the dying Maester Aemon, to Samwell Tarly




Annotations from item #46266399:

An acolyte attempts to light a glass candle. ©HBO

A glass candle is a candle made of obsidian. Historically they burned, but they have not been reported to burn in recent memory.

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About

One green and three black candles were brought to the Citadel from Valyria a thousand years before the Doom of Valyria. They are tall and twisted with sharp edges.

It is claimed that when the glass candles burn the sorcerers can see across mountains, seas and deserts, give men visions and dreams and communicate with one another half a world apart.

The night before an acolyte of the Citadel says his vows, he must stand a vigil in a vault with nothing but the three black candles and no other light permitted. He must spend the night in darkness unless he can light the candle. According to the maesters, this ritual is to show that even with all the knowledge one has acquired, there are still some things that are impossible.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

It was reported that glass candles that had not burned in a hundred years were now burning in the house of Urrathon Night-Walker.

A Feast for Crows

Leo Tyrell reports that the glass candle is burning in Marwyn's study.

A Dance with Dragons

One night in the apex of the Great Pyramid of Meereen Daenerys Targaryen is unable to sleep. She leaves her private chambers and heads for the terrace garden where she decides to take a bath alone in the terrace pool.

As she is bathing Daenerys hears a noise and sees Quaithe standing under a persimmon tree, clad in a hooded robe long enough to touch the grass at her feet. Daenerys wonders how an intruder could get past her guards. Quaithe replies that she *"came another way"*, and that the guards never saw her.

Quaithe then delivers to Daenerys another cryptic warning that starts with *"The glass candles are burning. . ."*

Quotes

”It is said that the glass candles are burning in the house of Urrathon Night-Walker, that have not burned in a hundred years.”

- Xaro Xhoan Daxos, to Daenerys Targaryen

"The glass candles are burning . . . ”

- Quaithe, to Daenerys Targaryen




Annotations from item #46266400:

Ser Glendon Flowers was a hedge knight during the reign of King Aerys I Targaryen. He referred to himself as Ser Glendon Ball, but was mockingly referred to as the Knight of the Pussywillows.

He claimed to be the son of Ser Quentyn Ball and used the coat-of-arms of his alleged father, a fireball blazing red and yellow across a night black field, as his own.

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Appearance

Glendon was short and chunky, with thick shoulders and arms heavy with muscle. He had small, close-set eyes, thick eyebrows, a big nose and a prominent chin.

History

Early Life

Glendon's mother was a camp follower, known as Penny Jenny to those who visited her. Among her known lovers was Ser Quentyn Ball. The night before the battle of the Redgrass Field she lay with dozens of men, which earned her a new nickname, Redgrass Jenny. After the battle, Redgrass Jenny established herself in King's Landing at an establishment called the Pussywillows. There she raised her two children: her son, who would be known as Ser Glendon Flowers, and her daughter who would become a whore. After she died, the other women working at the Pussywillows raised the two children and told them the story that the mother had put about that the two children were the result of her coupling with Ser Quentyn Ball. He was taught the knightly arts by an old squire that lived nearby. Half a year before the Whitewalls tourney, Ser Glendon was knighted by Ser Morgan Dunstable in front of two dozen witnesses only after Ser Glendon's sister agreed to give up her maidenhead to Ser Morgan in exchange.

Whitewalls Tourney

Ser Glendon is among the hedge knights who are camped next to the lake. He had come to Whitewalls to claim the dragon egg prize and make a name for himself. After almost being refused entry to the castle, Ser Glendon takes part in the tourney. In his first joust he faces Ser Argrave the Defiant. He unhorses him in the first tilt. Among those he unhorses at the tourney are Lord Alyn Cockshaw, Lord Costayne and Ser Mortimer Boggs.

In an effort to remove him from the path of Daemon II Blackfyre and victory, Lord Gormon Peake frames Ser Glendon with the theft of the dragon egg. He is tortured by Ser Tommard Heddle while in the dungeons and is only released on the condition he face Daemon in a joust. While still reeling from the effects of the torture, he unhorses Daemon II in the first tilt, proving his innocence.




Annotations from item #46266401:

Ser Glendon Goode was a knight of House Goode and a member of Rhaenyra Targaryen's Queensguard.

History

Glendon was only twenty when he became a member of the White Swords. He distinguished himself by fighting rioters in Flea Bottom during the riots of King's Landing and retrieving the body of the Lord Commander, Ser Lorent Marbrand, to keep the rioters from despoiling it. Within a month of his joining the White Swords, he became the Lord Commander of the Queensguard, succeeding the deceased Ser Lorent Marbrand.




Annotations from item #46266402:

Ser Glendon Hewett is a knight of House Hewett and a member of the Night's Watch stationed at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.

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Appearance and Character

Glendon is tall,

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Glendon is among the men allied with Lord Janos Slynt when they arrive at Castle Black from Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.

A Feast for Crows

Glendon serves as master-at-arms of Eastwatch.

A Dance with Dragons

In the absence of Cotter Pyke, Glendon is named temporary commander of Eastwatch. Jon, now Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, is informed of Glendon's appointment in a message from Cotter and Maester Harmune. Jon is troubled by the news, as Glendon, while capable, was friendly with Alliser and the late Janos.




Annotations from item #46266403:

Glory is one of Ser Jaime Lannister's horses. Jaime dresses Glory in the colors of the House Lannister and Honor in the colors of the Kingsguard.

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Glory is named by Lewys Piper, one of Ser Jaime Lannister's squires. Jaime takes Glory with him to end the siege of Riverrun.




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Goady is a ranger of the Night's Watch.

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Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

During the great ranging beyond the Wall by the Night's Watch, Goady is among the scouts under the command of Jarman Buckwell.

Goady stays loyal to the Watch during the mutiny at Craster's Keep and is one of the few survivors of the ranging to make it all the way back to Castle Black.

A Feast for Crows

Goady is stationed at Castle Black.




Annotations from item #46266405:

The goat boy is a deformed slave owned by Yezzan zo Qaggaz. He is a part of Yezzan’s grotesquerie, one of Yezzan's special treasures.

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About

The goat boy has twisted (deformed) hairy "goat-legs." He is young and speaks the guttural sailor's pidgin called the Trade Talk. Where Yezzan acquired him is not known.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Along with the rest of Yezzan's special treasures, the goat boy accompanies his master to the Yunkai encampment outside of Meereen.

He performs during Yezzan's banquet for Yurkhaz zo Yunzak. He comes out and dances a grotesque jig, whilst one of Yurkhaz's slaves plays on a bone flute.

When Yezzan contracts the pale mare, it falls to Yezzan’s special treasures to attend to him as he is dying. Tyrion Lannister and Penny escape before they can learn of the fate of Yezzan's grotesquerie. The fate of the goat boy is unknown.




Annotations from item #46266406:

God-King of Ib was the title held by the ruler of Ibben prior to the Doom of Valyria. At least a hundred of the God-Kings dwelled in a colossal palace of rough-hewn stone that dominated Port of Ibben. Under their rule, the Ibbenese conquered and colonized a huge swath of northern Essos immediately south of Ib, in the densely wooded region that the Dothraki knew as the Kingdom of the Ifequevron. In the aftermath of the Doom of Valyria, however, the last God-King was overthrown. Since that day, Ibben is ruled by the Shadow Council.




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The god-emperor is the ruler of the Golden Empire of Yi Ti, as well as the ruler of its mythic predecessor, the Great Empire of the Dawn. Only he may don the gowns of cloth-of-gold, green pearls, and jade that tradition allows the emperor to wear.

Though it was once a position of great power, now the actual writ of the emperor extends no farther than the walls of his own capital. The true power lies on the hundred princes, as well as the brigands, priest-kings, sorcerers, warlords, generals and tax collectors throughout the realm.

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Claimants

Three men claim the title of god-emperor in the present day:

Past God-Emperors

Great Empire of the Dawn

Golden Empire of Yi Ti




Annotations from item #46266408:

The god-empress is the ruler of the isle of Leng. She is worshiped by her people, the Lengii. According to legends, the empresses of Leng were known to have congress with the Old Ones, who, from time to time, ordered them to put all foreigners on the island to death.

Known God-Empresses




Annotations from item #46266409:

The God-on-Earth was the legendary first ruler of the mythic Great Empire of the Dawn. According to the tales told by the priestly scribes of Yin, he was the only begotten son of the Maiden-Made-of-Light and the Lion of Night, and traveled about his domains in a palanquin carved from a single pearl and carried by a hundred queens, his wives. He ruled for ten thousand years, until at last he ascended to the stars to join his forebears. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the Pearl Emperor.




Annotations from item #46266410:

For goddesses, see Religion.

The Goddess is a ship.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

During their stay in Volantis, Prince Quentyn Martell, Ser Gerris Drinkwater, and Ser Archibald Yronwood seek passage to Queen Daenerys Targaryen in Meereen. Returning from the Volantene docks, Gerris reminds Quentyn that the Goddess sails for New Ghis on the morrow which would bring them closer to Daenerys. Quentyn agrees that they would be closer to but they could find themselves stranded on the island as New Ghis has allied with Yunkai. The Goddess sets sail for New Ghis roughly around the time the Dornishmen join the Windblown mercenary company.




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The goddess of the wind is the legendary wife of the sea god and the mother of Elenei, the mythic wife of Durran Godsgrief.

History

The goddess of the wind and the sea god forbade their daughter Elenei's love with Durran. Regardless, Elenei gave her maidenhead to Durran, thus yielding to a mortal's death. For this, the gods hated Durran and, in their wroth, sent howling winds and lashing rains on Durran's keep on his wedding night, destroying his keep and killing all his family and guests. Enraged, Duran declared war on the gods, who replied by hammering his kingdom with massive storms. Thus, each new keep Durran built was destroyed by the gods, despite being larger and more heavily fortified.

Durran's seventh keep, however, resisted the wrath of the gods—thus earning the name of Storm's End. According to some tales it was built with the advice of a boy who would grow up to become Bran the Builder, though others believe the children of the forest took a hand in the construction.




Annotations from item #46266412:

Lord Godric Borrell is the head of House Borrell.

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Appearance

Godric is a big, fleshy, ugly man with massive shoulders. Coarse white hair grows from his cheeks and chin. He is bald on the top of his scalp, with a lumpy red-veined nose and webbing between his three middle fingers.

History

During Robert's Rebellion, Eddard Stark washed up on Sweetsister while trying to sail to the North to raise his banners. Godric's father could easily have turned Ned over to King Aerys II for a reward, but instead freed him, saying, "If you lose, you were never here."

The Sisters have always had amiable relations with smugglers. When Stannis Baratheon was Master of Ships, he sent a fleet to Sisterton without Godric's leave and made him hang a dozen good friends. Stannis threatened to hang Godric as well should some ship sink because the Night Lamp had gone black.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

A group of Freys led by Rhaegar Frey arrive at Sweetsister en route to White Harbor, bringing Lord Wyman Manderly the bones of Manderly's son Wendel. Disdainful of Wyman, Godric states he would have hanged the Freys if they had extended him such a "courtesy".[*citation needed*]

Godric is having supper when Davos Seaworth is brought before him. Godric updates Davos on the current events, including the death of Tywin Lannister. He tells Davos the story of Eddard Stark's visit, recounting to Davos about a fisherman and his daughter who brought Ned Stark in secret across the Bite to the North at the beginning of Robert's Rebellion. If Godric is to be believed, Ned left her with a bag of silver and a bastard in her belly, which she named Jon Snow after Lord Jon Arryn.[*citation needed*]

It becomes evident that Godric harbors doubts about Cersei Lannister's ability to rule, as he notes that Davos would be in chains if her uncle Kevan Lannister were in power. He tells Davos of his father's parting words to Ned Stark: "If you lose, you were never here." Davos replies, "No more than I was."




Annotations from item #46266413:

Ser Godry Farring, called Godry the Giantslayer,

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Godry Farring

A tall man with a deep, booming voice,

Godry wears plate and mail

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Ser Godry earns the nickname Giantslayer from the battle beneath the Wall, during which he chases after a fleeing giant, puts a lance in his back, and then hacks off his small head.

A Feast for Crows

Godry is at Castle Black with Stannis Baratheon.

A Dance with Dragons

In the practice yard of Castle Black, Godry attempts to goad Jon Snow, the young Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, into a fight but the knight is ignored.

Godry is among those who march with Stannis on Deepwood Motte. He leads the vanguard of Stannis's army during the march on Winterfell, but they are passed by swifter northmen wearing bear-paws.

The Winds of Winter

Along with Ser Clayton Suggs and Richard, Godry brings Maester Tybald in for questioning by Stannis. Godry urges the king to sacrifice Theon Greyjoy.

Quotes by Godry

Godry: A man who bears Valyrian steel should use it for more than scratching his arse.

Jon: I use Longclaw when I must, ser.
Godry: How well, though? Show us. I promise not to hurt you, lad.
Jon: Some other time, ser. I fear that I have other duties just now.

Godry: You fear. I see that. He fears.

- Godry and Jon Snow

I have slain a giant, boy. Why should I fear some flea-ridden northman who paints one on his shield?

- Godry to Jon Snow

Lord of Light, preserve us from this evil. Show us your bright sun again, still these winds, and melt these snows, that we may reach your foes and smite them. The night is dark and cold and full of terrors, but yours is the power and glory and the light. R'hllor, fill us with your fire.

- Godry praying with queen's men

Quotes about Godry

Godry the Giantslayer. A big name for a small man. Farring was broad-chested and well muscled under his plate and mail. He was also arrogant and vain, it seemed to Asha, hungry for glory, deaf to caution, a glutton for praise, and contemptuous of smallfolk, wolves, and women.

- thoughts of Asha Greyjoy




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Gods Eye

The riverlands and the location of the Gods Eye

The Gods Eye is the largest lake of the Seven Kingdoms, located south of the Trident and west of the kingsroad in the southern riverlands.

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Geography

The great castle of Harrenhal and its town, Harrentown, sit astride the Gods Eye's northern shore, while an unnamed town is along the southern shore.

Black swans live in the vicinity,

The Gods Eye feeds an unnamed river that flows south to the Blackwater Rush.

History

Age of Heroes

Harrenhal was built on the northern shore of the Gods Eye, art by Lino Drieghe © Fantasy Flight Games

The Pact between the First Men and the children of the forest was signed on the Isle of Faces in the middle of the Gods Eye.

Singers and storytellers tell the tale of the Green King of the Gods Eye.

Targaryen Dynasty

Harren Hoare, King of the Isles and the Rivers, constructed Harrenhal on the northern shore of the Gods Eye. During Aegon's Conquest, the Battle of the Reeds and the Wailing Willows were fought along the southern shore of the lake. Two sons of Harren the Black were slain by Balerion on the lake while returning to Harrenhal.

Prince Aegon Targaryen, the son and heir to King Aenys I Targaryen, was slain in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye in 43 AC.

During the Dance of the Dragons, the Battle by the Lakeshore was fought along the western shore of the Gods Eye, while the Butcher's Ball occurred south of the lake. Princes Aemond and Daemon Targaryen and their dragons, Vhagar and Caraxes, fought to their mutual deaths in the Battle Above the Gods Eye.

Whitewalls was constructed by House Butterwell near the Gods Eye.

Lord Walter Whent's great tourney at Harrenhal was hosted along the northern shore of the lake.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Wolf packs are reportedly bolder than ever near the Gods Eye.

Yoren brings his recruits for the Night's Watch, including a disguised Arya Stark, to an abandoned town on the southern shore of the Gods Eye. They are set upon by westermen led by Ser Amory Lorch, however, and only a few survive.

Trying to avoid men-at-arms, Arya observes that all settlements they pass, whether villages or castles, have been burned by the Lannisters.

A Storm of Swords

Arya learns that Beric Dondarrion was hanged by Amory at Rushing Falls near the Gods Eye.

Meera Reed tells Bran Stark the story of the Knight of the Laughing Tree, which includes a crannogman who traveled to the Isle of Faces within the Gods Eye.

When leaving Harrenhal, Ser Jaime Lannister takes the lake road to avoid a segment of the busier kingsroad.

A Feast for Crows

Jaime returns to Harrenhal while pacifying the riverlands. When the Mountain's men present him with the head of Vargo Hoat, Jaime has Josmyn Peckledon throw it in the lake.

Quotes

The sun was low in the west by the time they saw the lake, its waters glimmering red and gold, bright as a sheet of beaten copper.

- Duncan the Tall's thoughts

The riverlands are awash in blood and flame all around the Gods Eye.

Brynden Tully, to Catelyn Stark

The setting sun made the tranquil surface of the water shimmer like a sheet of beaten copper. It was the biggest lake she had ever seen, with no hint of a far shore.

Arya Stark's thoughts

Gods Eye was a sheet of sun-hammered blue that filled half the world.

Arya Stark's thoughts




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Gods Eye river

The crownlands and the location of the Gods Eye river

Gods Eye river

The riverlands and the location of the Gods Eye river

The Gods Eye river is a river in the southern riverlands and western crownlands. Beginning at the great lake called the Gods Eye, it flows south to the Blackwater Rush. The river's name is not published in *A Clash of Kings*.

Although not as well made as the kingsroad, a reliable track runs along the eastern shore of the river to an unnamed town near the river's source at the Gods Eye. Cottages, cabins, and farms are also in the vicinity.

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Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Yoren leads his group of recruits for the Night's Watch, including Arya Stark. He hopes to travel west of the Gods Eye to avoid traffic on the kingsroad.

Quotes

The river was a blue-green ribbon shining in the morning sun. Reeds grew thick in the shallows along the banks, and Arya saw a water snake skimming across the surface, ripples spreading out behind it as it went. Overhead a hawk flew in lazy circles.

- thoughts of Arya Stark




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Gods Eye town

The riverlands and the location of the Gods Eye town

The Gods Eye town is located on the southern shore of the great lake called the Gods Eye in the southern riverlands, where a river flows south. The town appears in *A Clash of Kings*, but it's name is not revealed.

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Layout

The town is a cluster of white houses around the walls of a holdfast. It contains a large sept with a shingled wooden roof and a lord's towerhouse on a small hill to the west. There is an inn built atop the Gods Eye, as well as a long pier and other docks.

The holdfast is sturdy, with rough unmortared stone walls ten feet high and a wooden catwalk inside the battlements. There is a hidden tunnel leading from a ramshackle barn to the lake. The town's haven is low, long, and built of stone.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Yoren brings his recruits for the Night's Watch, including Arya Stark, to the town, planning to sail to Harrentown on the northern shore of the Gods Eye. They find the town completely abandoned amidst the War of the Five Kings, and the only remaining boat is rotted out.

The group decides to spend the night in the holdfast, but they are woken by the arrival of Ser Amory Lorch, who is burning the town in his search for the brotherhood without banners. When Yoren refuses to open the gates, Amory has his men storm the holdfast. Before escaping through the barn's tunnel, Arya frees Jaqen H'ghar, Rorge, and Biter.

When Arya, Lommy, Hot Pie, and Gendry return the next night they find blackened stones, shells of houses, the sacked holdfast, and dead bodies. After burying Yoren in a grave, they discover that Cutjack, Kurz, and Tarber survived in the lord's towerhouse.

Chapters that take place at the Gods Eye town




Annotations from item #46266417:
Annotation #1 for item #46266417: Wiki: Godsgrace

Godsgrace

Dorne and the location of Godsgrace

Godsgrace is the seat of House Allyrion in Dorne.

Annotation #2 for item #46266417: Wiki: (ship) Godsgrace

Godsgrace is a war galley of the royal fleet in service at King's Landing, named after Godsgrace, the seat of House Allyrion. It is a slow and clumsy ship.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

Godsgrace is part of King Joffrey I Baratheon's fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater. It is engulfed and destroyed by wildfire after the explosion of the *Swordfish*.




Annotations from item #46266418:

A godswife is a priestess of the Great Shepherd of Lhazar. They act as healers and midwives.

Godswives are also present in Asshai, where no religious or magical tradition is forbidden and can be practiced with impunity.




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Godswood. Art By Kim Pope, for *Game of Thrones*

A godswood is usually a small wooded area within the walls of castles throughout the Seven Kingdoms. It is primarily used as a place of worship by those who carry on the traditions of the First Men and pray to the old gods. To followers of the Faith of the Seven, some of whom belong to families that converted to the Faith throughout the centuries, they are treated as a private wooded area of solitude.

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History

Godswood attendant - by artist Rafal Hrynkiewicz . © Fantasy Flight Games.

When the First Men took up the old gods of the children of the forest, they created godswoods, groves within their castles and villages where a single weirwood, known as a "heart tree" and carved with a face, was planted so the gods could be worshipped. In the north every castle has a weirwood heart tree with a face. South of the Neck, however, most weirwoods were cut down or burnt years ago.

Locations

Casterly Rock

Casterly Rock in the westerlands contains the Stone Garden with a twisted weirwood.

Darry

Shortly before winter is declared, the godswood at Darry in the riverlands contains bare trees with black branches reaching the sky.

Deepwood Motte

The godswood of Deepwood Motte in the north is frequented by the pious Lady Sybelle Glover.

Eyrie

The Eyrie in the Vale of Arryn contains a godswood but no heart tree.

Harrenhal

The godswood at Harrenhal in the riverlands covers twenty acres.

Highgarden

Although Garth IX Gardener, King of the Reach, built the first sept of Highgarden, he continued to pray within the castle's godswood.

Raventree Hall

The godswood of Raventree Hall, with its enormous weirwood and hundreds of ravens - by Elena María Vacas

The godswood of Raventree Hall in the riverlands contains trees said to be as old as the castle's towers. Its weirwood heart tree, although dead, is colossal and can be seen from leagues away. Hundreds of ravens have roosted on the tree at night for thousands of years. The godswood also contains a statue of Melissa Blackwood.

Red Keep

The godswood at the Red Keep, the castle of King's Landing in the crownlands, overlooks the Blackwater Rush. It is an acre of elm, alder, and black cottonwood. Unlike the weirwoods of older godswoods, the Red Keep's heart tree is a great oak covered in smokeberry vines. Red dragon's breath grows below the oak.

Riverrun

The godswood at Riverrun in the riverlands is a bright and airy garden. Full of birds and flowers, it consists of tall redwoods and old elms overlooking streams.

Storm's End

The godswood at Storm's End in the stormlands, including its solemn-faced weirwood heart tree, is burned by Stannis Baratheon as an offering to the Lord of Light.

Whispers

The ruins of the Whispers in the crownlands are overgrown with soldier pines, amidst which is a slender young weirwood.

White Harbor

The city of White Harbor in the north contains a godswood within the Wolf's Den. The godswood is a brooding tangle of root, branch, and stone,

Winterfell

Eddard Stark in the godswood at Winterfell - by Amok ©

The godswood of Winterfell in the north is a dark, primal place of three acres of old forest untouched for ten thousand years. It primarily consists of sentinels, oaks, and ironwoods,

Quotes about godswoods

There was something wild about a godswood; even here, in the heart of the castle at the heart of the city, you could feel the old gods watching with a thousand unseen eyes.

– thoughts of Sansa Stark

There is a power in living wood, a power strong as fire.

Jojen Reed to Bran Stark




Annotations from item #46266420:

Eddard Stark cleaning Ice beneath the heart tree. Art by by Mike S. Miller.

The godswood of Winterfell consists of three acres of forest within the walls of Winterfell, the seat of House Stark in the north. The godswood contains a weirwood heart tree.

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Layout

The godswood's multitude of trees create a dense canopy over old, packed earth and humus and moss. Common trees includes ash, chestnut, hawthorn, ironwood, oaks, sentinel, and soldier pine.

Across the godswood from the heart tree, beneath the windows of the Guest House, an underground hot spring feeds three small pools, with a moss-covered wall looming above them. The godswood is enclosed by walls, and is accessed by a main iron gate, or smaller wooden ones. Snow shrikes can be seen when the godswood is covered in snow.

History

Winterfell's godswood may date back ten thousand years.

Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, always visits the godswood after taking a man's life.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lord Eddard Stark in the godswood with two direwolves. Illustrated by Cristi Balanescu. © Fantasy Flight Games

Following the execution of the deserter Gared, Lady Catelyn Stark finds her husband, Lord Eddard Stark, cleaning Ice in the godswood. Catelyn, a southron, is unnerved by Winterfell's forest.

Bran Stark and Osha observe Hodor relaxing in the godswood's heated pools.

A Clash of Kings

Ser Rodrik Cassel confines the direwolves Summer and Shaggydog to the godswood after the latter bites Little Walder Frey. The children later play lord of the crossing at one of the pools.

Bran has several visions of Summer in the godswood.

Theon Greyjoy keeps the direwolves in the godswood after the capture of Winterfell by his ironborn.

A Storm of Swords

Sansa Stark, hiding at the Eyrie, uses twigs and fallen branches to represent the godswood while making a snow castle of Winterfell.

After the battle beneath the Wall, Stannis Baratheon offers to name Jon Snow as Lord of Winterfell.

A Dance with Dragons

Theon Greyjoy begging the old gods for help - Illustrated by Cecilia Latella ©

The three-eyed crow trains Bran in a cave found beyond the Wall. Looking through the eyes of the heart tree, Bran has a series of visions of events which occurred in the godswood.

In the aftermath of the Red Wedding and Roose Bolton being named Warden of the North, his son Ramsay weds "Arya Stark" (actually Jeyne Poole) in Winterfell's godswood. The hot springs prevent the ground from freezing.

Theon Greyjoy, Ramsay's prisoner, is allowed to wander the castle. He frequently visits the godswood and observes it is often full of praying northmen during daylight.

Quotes

He remembered their godswood; the tall sentinels armored in their grey-green needles, the great oaks, the hawthorn and ash and soldier pines, and at the center the heart tree standing like some pale giant frozen in time. He could almost smell the place, earthy and brooding, the smell of centuries, and he remembered how dark the wood had been even by day. That wood was Winterfell. It was the north. I never felt so out of place as I did when I walked there, so much an unwelcome intruder. He wondered if the Greyjoys would feel it too. The castle might well be theirs, but never that godswood. Not in a year, or ten, or fifty.

- thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

The red leaves of the weirwood were a blaze of flame among the green. Ned Stark's tree, he thought, and Stark's wood, Stark's castle, Stark's gods. This is their place, not mine.

- thoughts of Theon Greyjoy

A leaf drifted down from above, brushed his brow, and landed in the pool. It floated on the water, red, five-fingered, like a bloody hand. "... Bran," the tree murmured. They know. The gods know. They saw what I did. And for one strange moment it seemed as if it were Bran's face carved into the pale trunk of the weirwood, staring down at him with eyes red and wise and sad. Bran's ghost, he thought, but that was madness.

- thoughts of Theon Greyjoy