Daznak's Pit - by Ashley Hunter Rice
Daenerys bathes in preparation for her visit with her husband to Meereen's fighting pits. Ser Barristan Selmy tells her that the girl Meris, whom they set free, said that the Windblown were willing to join her cause, if Dany gave the Tattered Prince Pentos. Dany cannot agree to pay this as Illyrio is from that city and has helped her more than anyone. Her obligations are to him first.
She then departs with her husband and they arrive at the pits, where Strong Belwas eats a bowl of fried locusts. Hizdahr tells his wife that they are tasty as well, but she declines as Dany is not interested in the spicy food. There are twenty thousand spectators in the pit. As Hizdahr announces the fights, they chant her name, though they use the Ghiscari word for Mother because they cannot pronounce her Westerosi name. Dany thinks to herself that it is not her they love, but the fighting.
Daenerys and Drogon in Daznak's Pit - by Marc Simonetti ©
The first fight begins with a victory for the Spotted Cat, and there are many more after that. Following them, the first folly of the day begins with two dwarfs jousting, one on a pig, the other on a dog. One dwarf has a shield painted in the colours of House Lannister, which amuses Daenerys. That one falls off the pig and is chased by the other on the dog when Hizdahr tells Dany that they are about to loose the lions. She tells him this was not in their agreement, that the dwarfs did not consent to this like the other fighters who died did, so she forbids that the lions slaughter the dwarfs.
Up next is a bout between Barsena Blackhair and a boar. The fight goes well until the boar's tusk rips her open from the knee to the crotch. The boar then jumps on her, pulling out her entrails, all to the displeasure of the crowd. Daenerys insists on leaving as she is disgusted and no longer wants any part in this. Strong Belwas becomes sick from his locusts, asking for a drink of milk.
It is then that Drogon appears, his attention drawn by the blood and screams. His fires sear the boar, before he eats it and then Barsena. A man runs to try to kill the dragon, jabbing a spear into Drogon's neck before the dragon kills him. Hizdahr commands the rest of his spearmen to kill the dragon. Drogon roasts two spearmen, breaks the pitmaster in two with a swipe of his tail and tears out the innards of another spearman. As Strong Belwas is puking, Dany runs into the fighting pit in a mad state, hearing footsteps behind her. When she gets close, she fears the dragon does not recognize her and will kill her. As he blows fire at her she rolls under the flames, and she whips him until finally he allows her to mount him. She leaps onto his back, pulling out the spear. As she whips him again, he takes flight, and she tells him to go higher, watching as Meereen grows smaller below.
Jon treats with Tormund Giantsbane. His four thousand wildlings will be allowed past the wall, including mammoths and giants. They must leave one hundred boys as hostages at Castle Black, and yield all valuables to pay for food. The mammoths are to go the long way around through Eastwatch while the rest are allowed to go through the gates.
Jon accompanies Val to go see Queen Selyse to tell her of the bargain. The queen is excited and tells him that her husband will be proud, all the wildlings have to do is swear fealty to the king and convert to R'hllor. This is when Jon tells her that this was not part of the bargain, and Val adds that the free folk do no kneel. Selyse is quite upset about this. Val notices Shireen's facial disfigurements, noting that it is grey death. Jon tells her that it is not always fatal, but she is adamant that it is death, and that the baby "monster" must be taken out of that tower at once and closer to her own person. She insists that Shireen is dead and that the queen and apparently Jon cannot see it.
He then goes to the top of the wall, wondering what has happened to Mance Rayder and if he has found his sister Arya. Up here he meets Torghen Flint of the first Flints and Brandon Norrey, the Norrey clan chief. Jon tells them that the wildlings are coming through, though they are not happy about it because of past conflicts. He tells them that they must forgive crimes of the past if they are to live together. They are worried about their lands, but Jon tells them the wildlings are to remain on the wall in the abandoned castles.
Bowen Marsh sees this agreement as a betrayal of Jon's vows to the Night's Watch. However, Jon says that he is sworn to defend the realms of men and asks him whether the people beyond the wall don't count as men. Thus it is his intent to use all available resources to defend the realm of men against The Others.
Cersei is still a prisoner of the Faith. She wonders when Jaime will be coming for her, in addition to wondering what has happened to Loras Tyrell as last she heard, he lay dying from his wounds on Dragonstone. She only ever sees three people which are her gaolers Septa Unella, Septa Moelle, and Septa Scolera. Her last visitor was Qyburn. She hates all three of them as much as those she assumes have betrayed her, blaming Osney Kettleblack, Orton Merryweather, Harys Swyft, Aurane Waters and Grand Maester Pycelle. She questions whether she should include Jaime in that group but will not believe it. He would not abandon her, she assumes.
She feels helpless and hates that emotion, and she prays endlessly to the Seven Gods, since that is what they want, but it helps not. At first she fights with her guards but they are much stronger than she thought, they keep her up endlessly, never letting her sleep. Exhausted, she comes to know that she must confess. She asks to be taken to the High Septon to confess, where she admits to extra-marital affairs. She says she has slept with Lancel and the Kettleblack brothers. She insists she did these things because she was afraid for her children and these were her only means to secure the trust of these men.
The High Sparrow still means to accuse her of high treason, incest, regicide, and deicide, all crimes that Osney Kettleblack admitted Cersei had a part in under torture. She manages to talk her way out of the charges of murdering the previous High Septon and Robert and bearing false witness against the Tyrell girls, and avoids the charges of incest by saying that these are lies that Stannis has made up in order to gain the Iron Throne, which satisfies the High Septon, since the Faith is eager to condemn Stannis' 'worship of a red demon'. To get the real truth, though, the High Septon means to have her tried by the Faith or trial by combat, where Cersei would be represented by a knight of the Kingsguard. He is unsure of all the crimes she has committed so the only way to pick the truth from the false is to let the gods decide.
She is allowed a visit by her uncle Kevan who, though angry with her for corrupting Lancel, answers her questions. He tells her that Jaime is missing after his return from Raventree Hall, having disappeared with an unknown woman, though they assume it is Brienne. There is word of sellswords appearing all over the south. They do not have the strength to deal with them, though Mace Tyrell does. However, he is unwilling to do so until the matter with his daughter Margaery Tyrell is settled. Mace Tyrell is now the Hand, Paxter Redwyne is the king's admiral, and Randyll Tarly is the justiciar. The Tyrells brought up an army when their daughters were seized, although the High Septon has admitted the case against them is weak.
Kevan brings worse news for Cersei. He relays Balon Swann's news of Myrcella's loss of an ear, and Arys Oakheart's death. Though Cersei is insistent that Myrcella's mutilation is Tyrion's doing, she sees a chance in the open position in the Kingsguard, and asks Kevan to approach Qyburn for a replacement.
Daenerys has not returned, many fear her dead. The Dothraki are searching for her across the Worm River. Strong Belwas is still in mortal danger from the poisoned locusts that he ate during the reopening of the fighting pits,
Ser Barristan is told by Hizdahr zo Loraq's seneschal Reznak mo Reznak that Hizdahr wishes to receive his Yunkish guests without Barristan there, essentially removing the duties of the head of the Queensguard. Of all of Dany's servants, only Missandei remains within the the royal apartments, although she too has been replaced.
The Unsullied have been slighted by Hizdahr, and the Shavepates might well be more loyal to Skahaz mo Kandaq than to Hizdahr, so the king lets himself be defended by pit fighters while he prepares for the peace discussions with the Yunkai'i.
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As he thinks that she may be flying home, Missandei appears behind him. She tells him that Dany would not leave without them. She also says that Skahaz mo Kandaq the Shavepate wishes to meet with him, secretly. Barristan agrees to a meeting at the stables at sunset. There, the Shavepate says that the Sons of the Harpy poisoned the locusts that Belwas ate, intending to kill Dany, that Volantis has dispatched its fleet, and that Hizdahr means to open Meereen's gates for them.
Skahaz asks him to speak to Grey Worm, as he will trust Barristan and support them. Selmy agrees to conspire with the Shavepate against Hizdahr, and to attack the unsuspecting Yunkai'i before the fleet from Volantis can arrive to take the city and enslave all Dany's people. He does this on the condition that Hizdahr's guilt can be proven and Barristan thinks to himself that he will kill the man personally. Barristan says that he will go speak to Grey Worm.
Moqorro apparently uses magic on the lord captain; when Victarion emerges from his cabin, his hand is charred and blackened. © FFG
Victarion Greyjoy is anchored near the Isle of Cedars, right outside Slaver's Bay, to find Daenerys Targaryen. He was sent by his brother King Euron Greyjoy to command the Iron Fleet and bring Dany to him, but Victarion means to take her to wife himself. Victarion's shield hand was hurt fighting Talbert Serry in the Battle of the Shield Islands, and the wound has festered. Maester Kerwin has had little success treating the wound. Victarion learned that the strong Volanteen fleet is on their way to Meereen, too, while his own fleet was scattered on their way and only half have come back together. The 54th ship to arrive, the *Grief, has happened upon the red priest Moqorro, who was swept overboard the *Selaesori Qhoran when Tyrion travelled her to Meereen. He claims to have seen in the flames that Victarion would die unless the priest helped him. Moqorro succeeds in healing him, and Victarion has the maester killed and makes for Meereen.
Yezzan zo Qaggaz is dying of the bloody flux. A healer explains to Sweets that the only help for Yezzan is good clean water. Nurse also got the bloody flux and died the night before after Tyrion gave him dogtail soup with silver mushrooms in the broth. Tyrion asks Scar, a soldier slave in Yezzan's ownership, to send 2 men to get fresh clean water for Yezzan. Scar refuses because he will not take orders from a slave, even though he himself is a slave. He tells Tyrion to get the water himself with Penny. Tyrion asks for the mule and the cart to get the water. Scar refuses but gives them Jorah Mormont to help get the water. The three of them travel through the camp to the nearest well south and west of a trebuchet, the Harridan. On the way, Tyrion sees defenses being built to defend against the possible return of Drogon, although he knows that most of these will prove useless against dragons. Tyrion knows that a dragon's eyes are its only weak spot, and not the underbelly or throat as old wives' tales claim. While waiting at the well, they hear the latest news and rumors from other slaves, who are discussing the event at Daznak's Pit. It is argued whether Daenerys Targaryen flew off on the dragon or died trying. Tyrion states she did not die because her body was not found. He briefly thinks on the moment when he almost revealed his identity to her, only to stop out of fear Barristan Selmy would prejudice Daenerys against him out of contempt for House Lannister.
After getting the water, they are supposed to return to their camp, but Tyrion leads them to the tents of the Second Sons instead. He knows that right now, while Yezzan is on the verge of death, is the best time for them to try and escape the grasp of the slavers. When they get there, Tyrion is recognized as the dwarf that Brown Ben Plumm wished to buy so they are brought to the captain. There he reveals that he knows that Ben Plumm knows who Tyrion really is and that Tyrion knows that Plumm is a westerman and of House Plumm and that the dragons were fond of him. He implies that he knows more about Plumm's lineage than even Plumm himself, and that Plumm may have more Targaryen blood than he thinks. Ben Plumm then recognizes Jorah Mormont, and Tyrion convinces Ben Plumm to let him and Mormont join the Second Sons instead of killing him in order to win a lordship from Cersei Lannister. Tyrion suggests they play a game of cyvasse as they continue talking.
The Free Folk march to the Wall - by Marc Fishman ©
Tormund Giantsbane along with over three thousand wildlings pass the Wall at Castle Black. The price of their entry, which was negotiated between Jon and Tormund, is that the wildlings will yield all valuables so that they can be sold for food, as well as one hundred boys as hostages. Initially, two girls are included in the one hundred hostages, although Jon spots them and they are replaced by two new boys. Tormund voluntarily includes his own son as a hostage as a sign of good faith. Jon decides to take him on as his own squire.
While watching the Wildlings pass through the wall, Jon and Tormund speak of many things. Jon mentions that Melisandre burned the horn of Joramun that Mance and the wildlings were supposedly going to use to break down the Wall. Tormund tells Jon that although they did find that huge horn in the Skirling Pass, it is not actually the true Horn of Joramun, or they would have used it when they assaulted the Wall. Jon, confused, tries to decide whether it was Mance that lied to him or Tormund lying to him now about the authenticity of the horn.
The rear guard of the Wildings with Tormund includes a warg who is accompanied by his boar. Ghost and this boar seem to be on edge around each other, and it is mentioned that they should be restrained while the wildings are staying at Castle Black. Most of the wildlings will be relocated in the coming weeks.
Later, Jon receives a letter from Cotter Pyke, saying that he is stranded at Hardhome, and calls for help. He also reveals that the Braavosi captains on loan from Tychos would only allow wildling women and children aboard their ships, and that the Woods Witch has taken to calling them slavers. This explains Arya's report that the wildlings from Hardhome had been captured by slavers, as narrated in "The Blind Girl". He also says there are dead things both in the woods and the water, lending a great deal of urgency to his message.
Admiral Groleo's severed head - by Marc Fishman ©
Ser Barristan attends Hizdahr zo Loraq's court under the unease that Daenerys Targaryen's absence brings.
The Brazen Beasts now have a new commander - the king's cousin, Marghaz zo Loraq. Reznak mo Reznak keeps a strong voice in court, counseling the new King.
Harghaz is now acclaimed as a hero after his fight against Drogon.
Ser Barristan notices the presence of Quentyn Martell and his two Dornish companions at court, remembering his former companionship to Prince Lewyn Martell, his Kingsguard colleague and also Quentyn's uncle. He considers the possibility that the poisoned locusts that Strong Belwas ate might have been meant for Hizdhar, as part of a plot to direct Daenerys into marrying Quentyn, given that another of the prince's uncles was notorious for poisoning those who got in his way.
Before he makes up his mind on the matter, three Wise Masters envoys from Yunkai arrive, along with their sellsword Bloodbeard, to talk with Hizdahr. They show Admiral Groleo's severed head as a gesture of intimidation, claiming his death as payback for the death of Yurkhaz zo Yunzak, who was trampled to death during the panic when Drogon attacked the Fighting pits.
Ser Barristan reminds King Hizdahr that Yurkhaz's death was accidental, while the Yunkai representatives free three of the six remaining hostages. They demand that the dragons be destroyed as a condition for the release of the last three hostages. Barristan is also suspicious of Hizdahr's lack of reaction, given that all three of the Westerosi kings he served under- Aerys, Robert and even the supposedly weak Jaehaerys- would have responded to such an insult by ordering every member of the Yunkish delegation killed; he also believe Bloodbeard is trying to start violence in order to get the plunder the peace has denied him.
As the court is ended for further deliberation of the King's council, Ser Barristan decides to counsel the Dornishmen. Despite appearing weak, the King has taken notice of Quentyn, and Ser Barristan considers it dangerous for them to remain in Meereen. He advises them to return immediately to Dorne, going so far as offering the coin for the trip, and reveals that there was an attempt at poisoning either Daenerys or her consort during the fighting pits reopening. Quentyn's shocked reaction reassures Ser Barristan that the Dornishmen had no part in the poisoning, but he still counsels Quentyn and his companions to leave Meereen and return to Dorne, for he considers his prospects of marriage unpromissing and his situation dangerous.
Quentyn Martell, son of the Prince of Dorne, is in Volantis, disguised as a wineseller's servant. He and his servant are attempting to book a passage to Meereen aboard ship, but even in the massive port of Volantis they are unable to find a single ship willing to risk the trip to Slaver's Bay while there is war brewing and the slave trade and fighting pits are both terminated.
Quentyn is accompanied by Gerris Drinkwater, acting as his merchant master, and Archibald Yronwood. On the trip from Dorne aboard the Meadowlark they were attacked by corsairs from the Disputed Lands, losing their Maester Kedry, Willam Wells and his dear friend Cletus Yronwood. Quentyn feels their loss keenly, and feels in dire need of his missing maester's counsel.
Quentyn and Gerris meet with the captain of the *Adventure*, a smuggler's ship, who agrees to take them to Meereen only if they are prepared to pay three times the normal fare - for each of them. Quentyn knows that the man simply plans to take their money and either kill them or enslave them at the first chance he gets.
The pair debate whether they should give up their quest and return to Dorne, or attempt to travel to Meereen overland via the demon road.. Quentyn tells him that they have no choice but to board Adventure - but Archibald says there is another way to Meereen, less honorable, but faster than the demon road...
With Daenerys gone, Quentyn Martell's companions urge him to heed Barristan Selmy's warnings and return to Dorne. Worried that he will lose the respect of his father and his sister if he returns without Daenerys, Quentyn resolves to stay in the East until he finds her.
The three Dornishmen meet with the Tattered Prince with the intention of hiring the Windblown, but the Prince is still resentful of their previous betrayal. Quentyn promises to double the amount being paid to the Windblown by the Yunkai once they arrive in Dorne, but the Tattered Prince is unmoved. Quentyn reveals that he plans to steal one of the two remaining dragons in Meereen, and the Prince names Pentos the price of his allegiance.
Jon Connington has been infected with greyscale. © Fantasy Flight Games
Jon Connington and the Golden Company have landed at Cape Wrath in Westeros, and manage to seize Griffin's Roost and other small castles by taking them unawares. The taking of Griffin's Roost was quite easy; the Golden Company only lost four men in the attack. Any raven trying to leave the castle was shot down, followed shortly by the castle's maester being thrown from his tower. After that, what was left of the garrison surrendered.
Taking his leave of the Golden Company officers by claiming to be going to pray at his father's tomb in the castle sept, Jon instead goes to the battlements and reminisces over the time Rhaegar visited his home and seemed impressed with Connington's lands. Jon then reflects on what happened next to his House; after Aerys exiled Jon, furious at his failure to stop Robert, the lands and title went to his cousin Ronald Connington (who had been Jon's castellan while he was in King's Landing) but after the end of Robert's Rebellion, King Robert stripped Ronald of his lordship and gave most of House Connington's lands to houses that had fought for him. Jon, however, is glad that he will not have to fight his deceased cousin or Ronald's son Ronnet, who is away fighting in the Riverlands, to reclaim Griffin's Roost, not wanting to celebrate his return by killing one of his own kin. Nor does he blame his cousin any longer for taking advantage of his downfall, since as far as Jon is concerned, the one responsible for House Connington's downfall is himself.
Jon's musings then turn to where he lost everything: Stoney Sept. Taking over pursuit of Robert from the Tyrells after the Battle of Ashford, Jon cornered the rebel in the town and began searching for him. But the search yielded nothing, as the townsfolk were protecting Robert, hiding him and constantly moving him. All of Connington's efforts to find Robert- offering bribes for information, taking hostages, threats and pardons- got him nowhere, and the delays bought time for Eddard Stark and Hoster Tully to bring a rebel army to Robert's rescue. The rebels attacked Connington's men at the same time Robert and his followers emerged from the town in a counterattack, and the ensuing battle ended in a rebel victory. For years, Jon reflects that he insisted he did all he could, until Myles Toyne disabused him of that notion by pointing out that Tywin Lannister would have burned Stoney Sept to the ground to kill Robert, then offered pardons to Stark and Tully when they arrived to convince them to give up and go home. Connington, however, knew this would mean killing everyone in the town, and he both didn't want to be branded a murderer and wanted the glory of slaying Robert for himself. Jon reflects that his failure at Stoney Sept led to Rhaegar's death at the Trident and vows not to fail Prince Aegon as he failed his father.
Re-joining his fellows, Jon takes note of the captives, including Ronnet's brother, sister and bastard son. Most of the castle staff swear loyalty to him. Connington pays a visit to Haldon, who is trying to interpret where most of the Golden Company, scattered along the coast by the Volantene ships that transported them from Essos to send a message to Doran Martell to inform him that his nephew Aegon is alive, in order to gain the Dornish alliance. Jon reflects that he could not have expected loyalty from these men if he had reclaimed his home while Robert and Renly still held the Stormlands. Haldon also argues that they need to offer incentives to convince recalcitrant lords to join them-as most of the gold and land will go to the Golden Company officers that was taken from their ancestors, Haldon suggests offering the hands of Prince Aegon and Jon himself for marriage alliances. Jon, however refuses, in the face of his illness and his insistence that Aegon must be free to wed Daenerys Targaryen if she ever returns home. In his chambers, Jon privately treats his greyscale with wine. If his condition became known, he fears that any lords still loyal to House Connington would abandon him.
Four days later, Prince Aegon arrives along with Duck, the first member of his Kingsguard. Jon recalls his disapproval of that choice and how he argued with Aegon that they should leave places in his Kingsguard open to both warriors of great renown or the younger sons of important lords to add lustre to their cause, but Aegon refused, saying all he wanted from his Kingsguard was their willingness to die defending him, pointing out that Jon's criteria for the Kingsguard perfectly fits the Kingslayer. Jon informs him that his men plan to take Storm's End in ten days (he had refused the suggestions of the Golden Company officers to make an alliance with Stannis Baratheon, who holds it, arguing that Stannis is Robert's brother, a rival claimant to the throne and leagues away from them with nothing to offer). Aegon agrees to this plan, and tells him that he intends for the siege to go forward with one change: Aegon will lead the attack himself.
The Four Cannibals - by Marc Fishman
Asha fails to recognize Theon - by Mustamirri ©
Asha Greyjoy is still a prisoner of Stannis Baratheon at the crofters' village between the lakes, being guarded by Alysane Mormont. While they thought they would be only three days from Winterfell, the snows have kept them stranded for nineteen days. Food has become a major concern. The supply of fish from the lake has been diminishing, they have already been relying on their dying horses as a source of food for a while now, and foraging has brought little result. Some men have even begun to resort to cannibalism: four men from House Peasebury were caught eating parts of a dead man from House Fell.
There are growing tensions between the queen's men that Stannis brought with him from Dragonstone and the other people present, both local northerners and the king's men that Stannis brought from Dragonstone and the Stormlands with him.
Fueling those tensions, Ser Godry Farring the Giantslayer, Ser Corliss Penny and Ser Clayton Suggs are about to burn the four cannibals in sacrifice for R'hllor, hoping to stope the snowfall. Northerners Artos Flint and Big Bucket Wull express dislike of the sacrifice. Asha has noticed that Clayton Suggs is a cruel man and fears that he may eventually turn against her.
Stannis himself has been retreating to a tower roof with a perennial flame for four days, since his squire Bryen Farring was given a funeral burning after dying from the cold. He returns now, along with Queen's Man Ser Richard Horpe and Karhold's castellan Arnolf Karstark, whose men joined theirs eight days past. There are rumors that Arnolf may hold Winterfell in Stannis' behest if they are successful at retaking the castle. Stannis authorizes the sacrifice and watches it until its end.
Ser Justin Massey remains close to Asha and protects her from the worst of Clayton Suggs' threats. He also reveals that he is no longer a true believer in R'hllor and hints that he knows more than he is telling.
Justin offers to guard Asha for a while, relieving Aly Mormont from that duty. The two of them eat some roasted horse in the hall. Stannis' knights are however lost by a lack of options, knowing that they are likely to die soon no matter what they do, since they have no food nor are they in any condition to fight Roose Bolton's forces at Winterfell. Talk is tense and frustrated, and eventually Justin leaves the Hall. Attempting to follow him, Asha finds Clayton Suggs instead. He threatens her, but the two of them are surprised to find that riders are coming to Stannis' encampment.
Assuming that this is an attack from the Boltons and Freys, Clayton commands Asha to warn the others while he alone attempts to delay the riders. But there is no immediate danger, for the riders are not hostile. It is instead the group of Tycho Nestoris, representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos, with two men of the Night's Watch and the seven ironmen that he ransomed from Sybelle Locke. Asha recognizes Tristifer Botley among them.
The group has come by way of Winterfell, where they found Crowfood Umber beating drums and blowing horns, and have brought Theon and Jeyne from Winterfell.
Jeyne's nose is black from frostbite, and no one has referred to her by name yet, so it is not clear whether Tycho's group knows that she is not Arya Stark. Asha fails to recognize Theon, who looks decades older than she knows him to be. Theon, however, reveals his identity to Asha, much to her shock.
Victarion Greyjoy continues on his way to Meereen. Despite his crew's unease at Moqorro's continued presence, Victarion insists that the Red God will help them on their journey. Though his arm and hand are now burned, they are stronger than ever. He says, “Two gods are with me now...No foe can stand before two gods.”
The Sacrificial Offering
by Marc Fishman
The Iron Fleet captures a number of trading ships: *Ghiscari Dawn, *Dove, two unnamed ships that he renames as *Ghost* and *Shade, an unnamed fat galleas, an unnamed trading galley, an unnamed fishing ketch, and a slaver galley named the *Willing Maiden. Moqorro's prophecies are instrumental in the capture of these fleets. As a show of his appreciation, Victarion burns seven Lyseni bed slaves as a tribute to both the Drowned God and R'hllor. After this sacrifice, a favourable wind rises for the Iron Fleet, which now numbers 60 ships with the new additions.
That night, Victarion allows Moqorro to inspect the Dragon Horn given to him by his brother Euron. Moqorro reads the Valyrian glyphs displayed on the horn to Victarion, telling him that the horn's name is written as *"I am Dragonbinder."* Moqorro goes on to explain that no mortal man can blow the horn and live. However, he states that *"Who blows the hellhorn matters not. The dragons will come to the horn’s master. You must claim the horn. With blood.”*
Victarion burns the seven Lyseni bed slaves. © Fantasy Flight Games
After a gathering of eleven Faceless Men, Arya is interrogated by plague face and deemed ready for her first assassination. The kindly man informs Arya that she will need a new face for this job, since Cat of the Canals would be easily recognized. He and the waif lead her down into a hidden chamber deep under the House of Black and White. The walls are covered with mask-like faces, which Arya realizes are the faces of people who die at the House of Black and White. The face chosen for Arya is that of a young girl who was abused to the point of permanent disfigurement, and came to the House seeking death.
Arya's blood is used to soften the leathery mask into living skin, which then bonds to her head and becomes her new face. The kindly man warns Arya that she will suffer the nightmares of the girl whose face she has taken, but only for a time. His promise proves to be true, and that night Arya dreams of the abuse that was suffered by the girl at the hands of her father. The next day, Arya is given her first target. He is an elderly man running an insurance scam at a shipyard.
Arya's target bites the poisoned coin. © Fantasy Flight Games
The target is always accompanied by two guards, and the kindly man has forbidden her to kill anyone other than her target, so Arya must stalk the man for several days to find an opportunity. She eventually dispatches him by slipping a poisoned coin into the purse of his client, knowing the man selling insurance will bite into the coin to test its legitimacy. The Kindly Man is pleased by her success, and raises her to the status of an acolyte. He gives her a black and white robe to wear while at the House and restores her face. However, the next day she is to take a new face and leave for her first apprenticeship with someone named Izembaro.
Cersei is forced to walk from the Great Sept of Baelor to the Red Keep, as atonement for her confessed sins; it is the only way to escape the Sept, as her uncle Kevan will not oppose the Faith and Cersei does not not have enough friends in the Sept to risk a trial like Margaery Tyrell - her only hope is a trial by battle. Cersei feels fear at the thought of being paraded through the streets naked, remembering the violence the smallfolk caused during the riot, but reassures herself that no harm will come to her.
When morning arrives, her goalers arrive with a group of Silent Sisters, who strip Cersei naked and shave her of every hair on her body. Cersei is then led by an escort of Warrior's Sons (among them, her cousin Lancel, much to Cersei's disgust) to the courtyard, where Cersei finds herself standing close to the spot where Eddard Stark was executed. As the Septas accompanying her announce her sins to the watching crowd, Cersei muses first on how Joffrey undid all her plans and the work of Varys and Littlefinger; had he done as he was told and sent Stark to the Wall, Ned and his knowledge of Cersei's incest would have been removed and the Lannisters would have had peace with Robb Stark, a hostage in the form of Sansa and the freedom to deal with Stannis and Renly Baratheon, but instead Joffrey demanded Stark's head, and after that everything fell apart. Cersei's thoughts then turn to memories of how her father did away with her grandfather's mistress after his death, having her stripped naked and marched through the streets of Lannisport, but Cersei insists to herself she will not be broken and humiliated so easily.
Cersei is then forced to strip before the crowd and walk to the Red Keep. At first, Cersei walks with dignity, ignoring the insults and worse (such as rotten vegetables and a cat carcass) the crowd throw at her, but as the walk continues and the insults grow worse, mocking her faded beauty and the signs of age on her body, Cersei struggles to maintain her composure. As she walks, Cersei begins to hallucinate, seeing faces of others in the crowd; her father frowning, Ned and Sansa Stark, along with Sansa's wolf staring accusingly at her, Tyrion laughing at her and finally, the face of Maggy the Frog intoning her prophecy: Queen you shall be, until there comes another, younger and more beautiful, to cast you down and take all you hold most dear.
At this, Cersei breaks down in tears and runs for the Red Keep, collapsing as soon as she staggers into the courtyard. Kevan Lannister orders her covered up and removed, at which point Cersei is picked up by an eight-foot-tall giant of a man, clad in the armour and white cloak of a Kingsguard knight. Qyburn appears and introduces Cersei to his champion, Ser Robert Strong and she is most pleased.
Tyrion has made an agreement with Ben Plumm to join the Second Sons. He signs a number of agreements that he will pay about 50 higher ranking members of the company 100 gold dragons. This amount increases for the higher ranking officers, and for Plumm himself, he must sign a contract for 100,000 dragons along with land and a lordship. After this, he signs the register of the Second Sons using his own blood as ink.
After this, he is told to go and find armor for himself and Penny. He returns to where she is sleeping, and there he notices signs that she may have the bloody flux. Regardless, she is distraught over the abandonment of the hog and the dog that were part of her show. Tyrion is hiding from her that the two animals have almost definitely been slaughtered by Yezzan zo Qaggaz's men. While they are looking for armor, they find Jorah Mormont outfitted in a random assortment of armor, which he claims is of decent quality. When Penny tells Tyrion that she dreamt that she was jousting with her brother again, Tyrion slaps her, trying to force her to quit her mooning and to realize that they must wear armor or likely die. Finally, Tyrion says that he will take care of making sure that the Second Sons turn sides again, since Tyrion and Jorah both agree that they are on the losing side of the coming battle.
Ser Barristan meets with Skahaz mo Kandaq again, and they go through with their plan to seize Hizdahr and the city, and have it ruled by a council until Daenerys's return. They decide that their word for going ahead with the plan will be "*Groleo*," in reference to the hostage that was slain by the Yunkai'i. Skahaz reveals that he was present in the throne room when Bloodbeard and the slaver lords made their insult, and that he and every one of the Brazen Beasts present would have killed the Yunkish delegation in an instant had Hizdahr given the command, raging that the Yunkish would never have dared do such a thing to Daenerys. The Shavepate goes on to explain to Ser Barristan that Hizdahr's horrified reaction to Groleo's severed head was a sham and the slavers couldn't care less about Yurkhaz zo Yunzak's death in the pit; the whole thing was arranged so as to give Hizdahr a pretext to kill the queen's dragons before Volantis's fleet arrives.
Despite Skahaz's objections, Barristan insists that after Hizdahr is deposed, they will order the Yunkai'i return their remaining hostage and withdraw their armies from Meereen, only going forth to do battle if they refuse. Selmy is also confident he can overcome Hizdahr's guards, as they are only pit fighters and Barristan believes men like that, who fight for the adulation of the crowd and only when they are called to, are no match for a knight of the Kingsguard who must always be alert and ready to fight and die at a moment's notice to defend their monarch.
Barristan and Skahaz also dispute over trying to rescue the remaining hostages—Jhogo, Hero and Daario—as the Shavepate believes it is too dangerous to try. He is also particularly scathing about Daario, believing it would be better in the long run for Daenerys if the Stormcrows's captain were to die. Though he is aware Daenerys is in love with Daario, Barristan privately agrees as he is well aware from history that the Targaryens have a propensity for choosing poorly in matters of the heart, choices that almost always lead to disaster:
Prine Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna and thousands died for it. Daemon Blackfyre loved the first Daenerys, and rose in rebellion when denied her. Bittersteel and Bloodraven both loved Shiera Seastar and the Seven Kingdoms bled. The Prince of Dragonflies loved Jenny of Oldstones so much he cast aside a crown, and Westeros paid the bride price in corpses. All three of the sons of the fifth Aegon had wed for love in defiance of their father's wishes. And because that unlikely monarch had followed his heart when he chose his queen, he allowed his sons to have their way, making bitter enemies when he might have made fast friends. Treason and turmoil followed, as night follows day, ending at Summerhall in sorcery, fire and grief.
Skahaz also mentions that they have hostages of their own and that they can easily retaliate in kind if the Yunkai'i harm any more of their hostages, but like his queen, Barristan refuses to harm the cupbearers, due to his own aversion to killing children. Though disappointed, the Shavepate agrees and promises that everything will be ready for the plan by nightfall.
For the rest of the day, Barristan makes his rounds about the pyramid and trains with his boys. He thinks to himself that some of them might be ready for knighthood soon. However, as he wrestles with what he is planning to do that night, he decides it would be worse for the boys if they were knighted by an knight without honour just before his death. He lectures the boys about honor and thinks that someday maybe they will understand. He also warns Missandei not to leave the queen's chambers, but refuses to answer her questions about his intentions. He also reflects on his own failures, one in particular; that he didn't defeat Rhaegar at the tourney at Harrenhal. Had he won, he would have crowned Ashara Dayne, who he was enamoured with, as queen of love and beauty and wonders that if he had, would Ashara not have killed herself from grief over a child supposedly fathered on her by a Stark. Barristan considers that his greatest failure.
During the night, after bathing and donning his armour, Ser Barristan goes to confront Hizdahr in his chambers; the Brazen Beasts let him past without incident. Barristan, using the pretext of delivering a message to gain entrance, tries to question Hizdahr, demanding to know if he is in league with the Sons of the Harpy and if he had anything to do with the assassination attempt on Daenerys. Hizdahr's denials of the accusations do not convince Selmy, and when the old knight draws his sword, Hizdahr call for the pit fighter Khrazz, one of his guards, to defend him. Despite Barristan's efforts to convince Khrazz to surrender, the gladiator attacks him; however, Khrazz's inexperience of fighting opponents wearing armour is his downfall, and Selmy kills him quickly. Barristan tells Hizdahr, who desperately begs for his life, that he means to take Hizdahr to a cell, where he will be imprisoned until Daenerys returns. Suddenly, a cup bearer informs them that Reznak wishes to see the king. Barristan, surprised as he and Skahaz had planned to imprison Reznak as well, asks why and is told the dragons (Viserion and Rhaegal) have been loosed upon the city.
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Quentyn goes ahead with his plan to steal the dragons. With the help of the Windblown Company, they make it to the pit where Rhaegal and Viserion are kept. There, however, they use the codeword "dog" on the Brazen Beasts, who are actually part of the scheme to overthrow the king that very night. A fight ensues, and the four guards are slain, although Quentyn is almost slain by a spear. They enter and find that Rhaegal has also broken his chains since he was last in the pit, and that Viserion has created a cave for himself in the ceiling of the pit. Viserion is first attracted to Pretty Meris, as he is looking for Daenerys, but then tries to exit the pit. Throughout this encounter, Quentyn tries to dominate the dragons like he had seen Daenerys do with Drogon, but when he strikes Viserion with a whip, Rhaegal spews fire on him, setting him aflame.
Wun Wun dragging the corpse of Ser Patrek behind him. © FFG
Jon means to lead men to Hardhome to rescue the wildlings and men of the Night's Watch trapped there. Queen Selyse and Melisandre discourage him, and want to leave them to their fate. However, Jon is determined to lead a rescue mission.
While planning the mission with Tormund Giantsbane, Jon receives a letter from Ramsay Bolton. Ramsay claims that King Stannis is dead after a seven day battle, that he captured Mance Rayder and flayed his spear wives, and that he wants his bride back, along with Theon, Melisandre, Val, Mance's presumed son, and Queen Selyse and her daughter
This changes everything, and Jon decides to send the bulk of the Night's Watch to Hardhome with Tormund in command, while he will go to Winterfell himself and make Ramsay answer for his words. Jon knows that doing so will break his vow to not interfere in the wars of the Seven Kingdoms, so he is prepared to go alone. He asks if anyone will ride with him and he gets an overwhelming roar of support from most of the wildlings, though not from his Black Brothers - Yarwyck and Bowen Marsh leave the hall with their men. Jon doesn't mind as he appears to have more than enough men to go with him and none of the Night's Watch will have to break their vows.
When Jon is on his way to inform Queen Selyse, he hears the giant Wun Wun roar and a man scream. When he arrives, a bleeding Wun Wun is smashing dead Ser Patrek against a tower wall. Jon tries to calm the people who come running, when Wick Wittlestick slashes at Jon's throat with a dagger, just barely grazing him. While Jon is still trying to understand, Bowen Marsh and others plant daggers in him, all of them saying, *"For the Watch."* By the time the fourth dagger slashes him, Jon passes out.
This chapter covers the events of Chapter 5 of A Feast for Crows, but from Jon's perspective rather than Samwell Tarly's.
Jon summons Gilly and, despite his own misgivings, forces her to give up her own child and take Mance Rayder's baby away with her, disguised as her own. Gilly is distraught, but Jon tells her that Melisandre will burn the child for the purposes of a spell, as Mance was King-Beyond-The-Wall and the blood of kings has magical powers. Jon warns her that if Mance's son is burned her own will die as well. She leaves wordlessly.
Soon after, Sam arrives. After a brief discussion regarding what they know of the Others and how to stop such monsters, Jon breaks the news that he is sending Sam to the Citadel so he can train to become a maester and replace Maester Aemon. Sam will travel by sea from Eastwatch, along with Gilly, the baby, and Maester Aemon. Sam leaves him, distraught, while Jon remembers something Maester Aemon told him when he became Lord Commander of the Night's Watch:
You will have little joy of your command, but I think you have the strength in you to do the things that must be done. Kill the boy, Jon Snow. Winter is almost upon us. Kill the boy and let the man be born.
Jon makes his inspection of Castle Black, during which he hears a report from Dywen and Kedge Whiteye that two of the queen's men, Ser Richard Horpe and Ser Justin Massey, were seen riding off to the south.
The next morning, Jon wakes early to see off Sam, Gilly, and Maester Aemon, as they depart for Eastwatch. He then meets with ranger Bedwyck. Jon tells Bedwyck that he is putting a garrison in the abandoned way-castle Icemark and giving him command of it. Both of them assert the danger of wildlings climbing over and creating a toehold for the rest, referring to Raymun Redbeard having done just that to bypass the wall. Jon says he is intending to garrison all of the castles on the Wall, but for the time being, only Icemark and Greyguard. When he learns that Janos Slynt is to command Greyguard, Bedwyck urges Jon to choose someone more trustworthy.
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Half the morning passes before Lord Janos reports as commanded, escorted by Kegs and Dolorous Edd. Jon tells him that he is giving him command of Greyguard (partly in light of Slynt's years commanding the City Watch, but primarily to separate Slynt from Alliser Thorne and end their scheming), but Slynt curses him and storms out. The next morning, Jon finds Slynt breaking his fast in the common room and announces that he is giving Slynt one last chance to drop his spoon and report to the stables to depart for Greyguard. After Slynt refuses him again and mocks him in front of his men and Stannis' men, Jon instructs Iron Emmett and Edd to take Slynt to the Wall and hang him. As Slynt is being dragged out, Jon changes his mind and orders a block brought so he can behead Slynt himself with Longclaw. With his head on the block, Slynt desperately begs Jon for mercy. Jon refuses and carries out the execution. Watching from the steps of the King's Tower, Stannis meets Jon's eyes and nods briefly in approval.
Ser Barristan looks at a smouldering Meereen - by Marc Fishman ©
Rhaegal makes his lair on the pyramid of Yherizan - by Ashley Hunter Rice ©
It is raining heavily in Meereen, for which Barristan Selmy is grateful; otherwise the fires caused during Viserion and Rhaegal's rampage might have consumed the entire city. There is no sign of the two dragons: they do not like the rain any more than men. Quentyn Martell is dead; it took three days for him to die. Out of respect for the prince, Ser Barristan had him placed in the queen's bed, the same one he crossed half the world to reach. Missandei is the only one he could get to help tend Quentyn, for none of the cupbearers were willing and the Blue Graces never responded to his summons; he suspects the pale mare has carried them off. Missandei asks what is to be done with Quentyn's body and Barristan replies that they will find a way to send him back to Dorne, though he is unsure how.
He advises Missandei to get some sleep and she urges him to do the same as she has noted that he doesn't sleep very much. Barristan privately thinks it is not just needing less sleep than a younger man, as Grand Maester Pycelle once told him, but having reached the age where he fears to close his eyes in case he never opens them again; Barristan does not consider dying in his sleep a death worthy of a knight of the Kingsguard. For a brief moment, he wonders if Daenerys is dead, but then dismisses the thought, though he notes that each time it becomes harder to convince himself his queen is still alive.
At dawn, Skahaz mo Kandaq comes to speak with him; Skahaz is already aware that Quentyn is dead, and he informs Barristan that the Green Grace, who Barristan sent to treat with the Yunkai'i to make them release the hostages, has not returned to the city. In addition, while the city is secure, an angry mob is gathered outside the pyramid demanding Hizdahr's release and that both dragons be destroyed, and since his arrest, the Sons of the Harpy have resumed their nightly murders with a vengeance; Barristan is shocked to learn they have killed twenty nine in the night, in contrast to nine the previous night and three the night before. However, despite Skahaz's insistence, Barristan still refuses to kill the hostages in retaliation.
The Shavepate tells Barristan (who is now the Queen's Hand, as head of a council ruling the city) that the council is waiting for him. Barristan does not want the position, but in the absence of Daenerys, he doesn't trust any of the others to rule. Grey Worm and the captains of the Stalwart Shields, Mother's Men and Free Brothers, along with Strong Belwas are present. Barristan informs them of Quentyn's death; most of the council express contempt for the prince's actions and many want his companions, who are at present imprisoned, executed for unleashing the dragons on the city. The fighting pits are to remain closed, for fear that the noise and smell of blood will attract the dragons, though Marselen suggests reopening the pits in the hope it lures Drogon back, and Daenerys with him. For the time being, the pits are packed full of livestock, from which the dragons are feeding regularly, and thus far, there has been no further evidence of either Viserion or Rhaegal eating people.
The council are convinced that the Yunkai'i are never going to accept any terms beside the killing of both dragons for the return of the hostages. When asked what he will do when his terms are refused, Barristan replies "Fire and Blood". They quickly grasp his meaning; he intends to do battle with the Yunkish army. A lengthy discussion regarding the battle plan follows, particularly regarding the deployment of troops, targets to attack, how best to use the Unsullied and other such concerns; however, all agree that if they can destroy the slavers, the sellsword companies will abandon their paymasters, and the dragons may make their presence known in the fight, though Barristan cannot say if they will help or just kill indiscriminately, though he does note that if they come, it will help break Yunkish morale.
When the council adjourns, Barristan goes to the cell where the two Dornishmen are being held and informs them of Prince Quentyn's death. Gerris Drinkwater angrily blames Daenerys for it, causing a fierce argument between him and Barristan, who bluntly dismisses Gerris's claims Quentyn came for love and asserts they came because Quentyn's father wanted the backing of House Targaryen before daring to defy the Iron Throne, but Archibald Yronwood angrily tells Gerris to shut up before more can be said. Barristan then makes an arrangement with the two Dornishmen; in exchange for a ship back to Dorne and Quentyn's bones to return to his father, Barristan wants them to go back to the Windblown company and tell the Tattered Prince that they will give him what he wants (namely Pentos) if he can free and protect the hostages during the attack.
The Green Grace returns, telling Barristan that the Yunkai'i have refused his offer, and that the only price they will accept is the death of the dragons. As they speak, the Shavepate runs in and tells them that the six trebuchets have begun flinging not rocks, but corpses into Meereen.
Drogon comes to Daenerys's call - by Marc Fishman ©
Dany and Drogon by Ashley Hunter Rice
Daenerys is walking back south through the Dothraki Sea towards Meereen, following a small rivulet that she thinks will flow into the Skahazadhan. She has spent her time flying Drogon, but could not make him take her back.
Instead, they have been staying at his lair, a small cave in a hill she named Dragonstone as a reference to the place where she was born. She gets sick on the way,, and seem to revolve around the idea of forgetting who she is.
Finally, a single Dothraki scout approaches her, but does not see her. The scout freezes as Drogon approaches, and then flees. Daenerys calls out for Drogon as he flies over, and mounts him. Drogon catches and devours a horse, and Dany joins him. This is how Khal Jhaqo, former ko of Khal Drogo, accompanied by 50 of his warriors, finds her.
As dawn breaks Tyrion awakes to find the litter has stopped. He meets Haldon Halfmaester and Ser Rolly Duckfield, who take on supplies from Illyrio before leaving with Tyrion. Illyrio tells them the dwarf's name is Yollo, although Tyrion, misliking the name, claims it is his name in Pentos and his name is Hugor Hill. The pair tease Tyrion with tales of river pirates and the Shrouded Lord. Tyrion and Haldon test each others' book knowledge while Duck recounts the events that led to his knighting at the hands of Griff and his unusual name. They ride until they reach the Little Rhoyne at Ghoyan Drohe, where a poleboat, the *Shy Maid,* is waiting for them.
On board are the boy, Young Griff, and his father, Griff. The older man reads a letter sent to him by Illyrio, telling of Tyrion's murder of his father. Griff is mistrustful and Tyrion is convinced he is no ordinary sellsword - he can read, and he is a knight, having knighted Duck himself. Tyrion promises to serve Daenerys Targaryen faithfully, but asks "What if we should find the queen and discover that this talk of dragons was just some sailor's drunken fancy? This wide world is full of such mad tales. Grumkins and snarks, ghosts and ghouls, mermaids, rock goblins, winged horses, winged pigs...winged lions." Griff tells him to guard his tongue or lose it.
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Davos on Sweetsister - by Marc Fishman ©
In the middle of a storm, Davos is marched before Godric Borrell, Lord of Sweetsister, in his castle Breakwater at Sisterton. He was captured by Borrell's men while trying to find passage off the island to White Harbor. Salladhor Saan's fleet had been smashed by storms since heading south from the Wall, until Saan, frustrated by Stannis Baratheon's continual inability to make good on his promises, abandoned his cause, leaving his old friend Davos on Sweetsister after Davos refused to journey south with him. Davos conceals this fact from Borrell, telling him that Saan has traveled south to raid the Lannisters at Stannis' command. Borell informs Davos that Lysa Arryn is dead - and Tywin Lannister, at the hand of his dwarf son. We also learn that a shipload of Freys have reached White Harbor, with its Lord, Wyman Manderly of White Harbor having pledged his allegiance to King Tommen. The news dismays Davos, but he hides his reaction and asks Borrell to help him get to White Harbor.
Borrell tells of his meeting with Eddard Stark during Robert's Rebellion. Ned was attempting to reach Winterfell so he could call his banners and join Robert's Rebellion, while avoiding Gulltown, which was loyal to the Mad King. Stark had arrived at the Three Sisters after crossing the mountains to the Fingers, where he convinced a fisherman to carry him to White Harbor. The fisherman drowned during passage, but the fisherman's daughter got Ned to The Sisters. Lord Godric asserts that Ned left her with a bag of silver and a bastard son, whom she named Jon Snow, after Arryn. Borrell's father decided to let Ned go on his way instead of turning him over to the Targaryens after telling Ned "If you lose, you were never here".
Borrell decides to let Davos go on his way instead of turning him in, just as his father did to Ned Stark. Davos echos the sentiments expressed by Ned Stark and agrees to deny his presence in Sweetsister if Stannis winds up on the losing side of the conflict.
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Lord Regent Kevan Lannister is hosting a small council meeting in the Red Keep's throne room; neither Queen Margaery nor Cersei are present, nor is Tommen, as Kevan thinks it kinder to let him spend as much time as possible with his mother before her trial and possible execution. The lord of Griffin's Roost, Ronnet Connington stands before them, insisting that he is loyal to King Tommen and uninvolved with whoever claims to be his uncle Jon Connington and the Targaryen pretender he has brought with him, who have landed with the Golden Company in the Stormlands, attacking towns and villages as they march on Storm's End..
Kevan has begun to resent the demands of Mace Tyrell as Cersei did, but he realises he cannot openly oppose them; Tyrell and his bannerman Randyll Tarly have both brought armies to King's Landing, while the Lannisters' standing army is still in the Riverlands. Tyrell insists that he will deal with Connington and his boy after Margaery's trial, but both he and Tarly show much reluctance about it; Kevan however chides them. Tyrell then asks why Tommen can't declare Margaery's innocence without a trial, but Kevan insists that defying the Faith will send them straight into the arms of Connington or Stannis Baratheon at a time when the Ironborn are attacking the Western lands as well. Mace Tyrell retorts that Paxter Redwyne will drive the Ironmen back and that Stannis has to face both Roose Bolton and the cold climate of the North. He also dismisses the threat Jon Connington and the exiles of the Golden Company pose but Kevan is unsure; he still remembers when Aerys appointed Connington to the role of Hand, and while Tywin Lannister's assessment of Connington as unsuitable for the post proved true after his failure to kill Robert Baratheon at the Battle of the Bells, Kevan believes age has surely made Connington wiser, more cautious and more dangerous.
The small council all agree that Connington and his pretender must be crushed, lest Daenerys Targaryen receive word and leave Meereen to join forces with them. Pycelle suggests that they buy off the Golden Company, but new Master of Coin Harys Swyft dismisses this idea; thanks to Cersei's economic mismanagement, the treasury is nearly empty, the Iron Bank of Braavos still demanding its money, pledges for new loans from Myr received no favorable response, and their hopes of replenishing the treasuries with the fabled wealth on Dragonstone following Ser Loras's capture of the island have proven in vain. Mace Tyrell reacts angrily to that, arguing that Loras searched the castle and found no trace of gold or gemstones, nor the fabled cache of dragon eggs supposedly kept there; Kevan personally thinks that Loras didn't look very hard, given that he is a young man prone to rash judgments, even more so following his injuries, and the Valyrian sorcery used to construct Dragonstone likely hides many secrets, but Kevan defuses the argument by suggesting Stannis likely took everything of value with him when he fled. Kevan also suggests that Harys try Pentoshi magister moneylenders, or else go to Braavos and deal with the Iron Bank in person.
Next, business turns to the forthcoming trials; Kevan says that Cersei has chosen trial by battle, with Ser Robert Strong to represent her as her champion. Tyrell and Tarly express deep misgivings about the man, which Kevan shares as they have all heard rumours: Meryn Trant says he has never seen Strong eat or drink, and Boros Blount claims to have never seen him use the privy. Kevan muses that *"Dead men don't shit"*, suspecting that he and the others know who Strong really is. However, Kevan silences Mace's protests by arguing that if Cersei loses her trial, the legitimacy of her children, and thus Margaery's claim to the throne as Tommen's queen will be called into question. He also assures the council that even if Cersei proves her innocence, she will be sent back to Casterly Rock afterwards, and play no further part in ruling or Tommen's education.
The meeting adjourns, intending to reconvene in five days' time and leaving for later decisions about an inheritance involving House Rosby and six claims, as well as the preparation for Myrcella's upcoming marriage. Mace Tyrell makes plain his scorn for the marriage, particularly after Myrcella's injuries, and suggests a better match for her; Kevan muses that Mace likely has his son Willas in mind. He dismisses the idea, warning that reneging on Myrcella's betrothal now could be all the cause Doran Martell needs to side with Connington. Harys Swyft suggests that they get the Dornish to deal with Connington and his pretender; Kevan agrees that it would save them a lot of trouble. After Tyrell and Tarly are gone, Pycelle asks Kevan for guards, fearing that Mace Tyrell means to do him harm for his part in Cersei's claims about Margaery, but Kevan dismisses his concerns.
Varys, crossbow in hand. © FFG
It is snowing heavily in King's Landing and Kevan retires to his study for a time to warm up. He muses on the possibility of raising his son Lancel to the Kingsguard to end his newfound piety, before his thoughts turn to Cersei, the charming and sweet girl once was; he believes that, had Aerys accepted Tywin's offer and wed his son to Cersei, Rhaegar would never have looked twice at Lyanna Stark, and perhaps many now dead would still be alive. He then thinks on Cersei's walk of shame and how similar it was to what Tywin did to their father's mistress, but Kevan reassures himself it was necessary; the Faith had to be appeased, and left unchecked, Cersei would have corrupted Tommen as she did Joffrey.
Kevan then goes to Cersei's chambers, where he has dinner with her and Tommen. Cersei is very calm and guarded after her walk of atonement, which Kevan thinks a good sign. She makes a humble request that Taena Merryweather attend on her once more after the trial and that her son be brought to court as a companion for Tommen; she also asks after her brothers, but Kevan has no news of Jaime or Tyrion. He also says that he has imprisoned the remaining Kettleblack brothers for their crimes of fornicating with a Queen; if they confess, he will send them to the Wall. If not, they will face Robert Strong.
A messenger then announces that Grand Maester Pycelle is asking for Kevan's presence. Kevan arrives at the Maester's chambers and enters to find a white raven sitting on the window ledge, a sign from the Citadel that winter has come. Kevan turns to leave, and is hit in the chest by a crossbow bolt. He calls out for help, but then sees Pycelle sat at his table, already dead. For one moment, Kevan calls out to Tyrion, thinking his nephew responsible, but a familiar voice tells him otherwise as the real killer emerges: Varys. Varys explains to the dying Kevan that he bears the man no ill will, that Kevan is simply a good man in service to a bad cause, but he was becoming too successful in uniting the realm behind Tommen and undoing the damage Cersei had caused. The eunuch adds that Cersei will suspect the Tyrells (with help from the Imp) for Kevan's murder, the Tyrells will blame her, someone will blame the Dornish and the alliances shoring up Tommen's hold on the Iron Throne will crumble as Aegon makes his presence known at Storm's End and the realm flocks to the side of the Targaryens.
Kevan insists that Aegon was killed during the Sack of King's Landing but Varys explains otherwise; that Aegon has been groomed since birth to be king, taught not just in skill at arms and ruling, but how to look after himself, what it means to go hungry, to be hunted and most importantly, that it is his duty to rule, not his right, and to put his people first. Varys then summons some of his "little birds" and instructs them to finish the dying Kevan off.
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The Map of the South in *A Dance with Dragons* consists of all the geographical information given south of the Neck. It was drawn by Jeffrey L. Ward.
The skinchanger Varamyr, who has been injured during his flight from the battle beneath the Wall, is plotting to take over another body as he is dying.
The chapter begins from the perspective of a skinchanger in the body of a wolf. The warg leads a small pack on a hunt. They hunt free folk fugitives and kill them.
After the kill the warg returns to his human body. He is Varamyr Sixskins and is seriously wounded. Like other free folk, he had fled after their defeat at Castle Black. Varamyr burned when his eagle was killed and he lost his cloaks and rings. After he robbed a dead woman of her cloak, her son stabbed him. His companion, Thistle, has sewn the wound together but it is too serious and Varamyr knows he is dying.
He thinks back over his youth when he was still called Lump. As a youth he had slipped into one of his father's dogs. The dogs killed Bump, his little brother, and Varamyr remembers his brother looking at him and knowing. Because his father did not know which dog had killed Bump, he killed them all. When the last dog was killed, Lump - who was in him - screamed, which made his father understand his son's ability. His parents then brought Lump to Haggon, another skinchanger. Haggon raised Lump and taught him about skinchangers, although Lump did not adopt his morals, particularly regarding what Haggon describes as abominations: eating the flesh of man while inside an animal, mating with a beast while inside one, and seizing the body of a human. When Haggon died, Varamyr drove him out of his wolf Greyskin to claim the wolf for himself.
Later Varamyr adopted more animals and became Varamyr Sixskins. He established himself as a kind of lord, taking tribute in food and using his animals to bring him women from nearby villages.
Varamyr wakes up from his memories when Thistle returns. As he knows that his body is dying, he turns on his companion to take over her body. She struggles and eventually manages to escape his control. As he dies, he half regrets trying to take over Thistle's body, but also half regrets failing at that. He awakens in the body of one of his wolves. Later his pack discovers Thistle. Frozen blood clings to her - she has become a wight. As her blue eyes stare into his wolf eyes he knows she sees him ...
A Dream of Spring is the planned title of the seventh volume of George R. R. Martin's *A Song of Ice and Fire* series. The book is to follow *The Winds of Winter* and is intended to be the final volume of the series.
See also: Planned novels and future
Initially A Dream of Spring was was given the provisional title A Time For Wolves. However, Martin has changed the title to A Dream of Spring.
A Feast for Crows is the fourth of seven planned novels in *A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin. The novel was first published on October 17 2005 in the United Kingdom, with a United States edition following on November 8 2005; however, it appeared ahead of the publication date in several UK bookshops. Its publication was preceded by a novella named *Arms of the Kraken, which collected the first four Iron Islands chapters together. Arms of the Kraken was published in the August 2002 edition of Dragon Magazine. Another chapbook featuring three Daenerys Targaryen chapters was published for BookExpo 2005, although these chapters were subsequently moved into the fifth volume, *A Dance with Dragons*.
Like its predecessor *A Storm of Swords, *A Feast for Crows was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, one of the two most prestigious awards in science fiction and fantasy publishing, although it lost out the 2006 ballot to Robert Charles Wilson's *Spin. *A Feast for Crows was also the first novel in the sequence to debut at the top of the New York Times bestseller list, a feat among fantasy writers only previously achieved by David Eddings, Robert Jordan and Neil Gaiman.
Due to complexities that arose during the writing process, A Feast for Crows only includes some of the POV characters from the past novels, as well as some new characters who appear only briefly. The remaining characters return in *A Dance with Dragons*, the fifth book.
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A Feast for Crows picks up the tale where *A Storm of Swords* leaves off and runs simultaneously with events in the following novel, *A Dance with Dragons*. The War of the Five Kings seems to be winding down. Robb Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, Renly Baratheon and Balon Greyjoy are dead. King Stannis Baratheon has fled to the Wall, where Jon Snow has become Lord Commander. King Tommen Baratheon, Joffrey's eight-year-old brother, now rules in King's Landing under the watchful eye of his mother, the Queen Regent Cersei Lannister. Lord Tywin Lannister is dead, murdered by his son Tyrion in his flight from the city. Sansa Stark is in hiding in the Vale, protected by Petyr Baelish who has murdered his wife Lysa Arryn and named himself Protector of the Vale and guardian of eight-year-old Lord Robert Arryn.
The novel spans several months of the year 300 AC.
In the city of Oldtown, a young novice of the Citadel named Pate steals a master key from one of the maesters and sells it to a mysterious man calling himself the Alchemist. Shortly after receiving his payment, Pate collapses in the street.
In the city of King's Landing, the funeral of Tywin Lannister is held. To Cersei's distaste, Lord Mace Tyrell tries to use the occasion to put himself forward for the position of Hand of the King and get one of his retainers from Highgarden installed on the small council. Cersei rebuffs him and asks her uncle Kevan to serve as Hand. Kevan says he will accept only if Cersei steps down as Regent and returns to Casterly Rock as Tywin's heir. Cersei furiously refuses him and Kevan leaves to help his son Lancel rule his new castle of Darry in the Riverlands. Eventually, she names the biddable Harys Swyft the Hand and fills the rest of the small council with her minions, including Gyles Rosby as master of coin, the sellsail Aurane Waters as grand admiral, and the disgraced ex-maester Qyburn as master of whisperers.
At the Wall, Samwell Tarly receives a new mission from Jon Snow. He is to take Maester Aemon back to the Citadel in Oldtown by sea and research the Others in the archives there. The information may be essential in a possible war to come. The wildling girl Gilly and the singer Dareon will accompany them as well. Jon is busy rebuilding the Night's Watch following the attack on Castle Black and the battle beneath the Wall, and is concerned over Melisandre's plans to burn the captive Mance Rayder in an attempt to resurrect stone dragons. Sam, Aemon, and Gilly take ship across the narrow sea for the Free City of Braavos, but Aemon's health begins to fail him. Gilly cries throughout the journey, and Aemon reveals that she was forced to swap her baby with Mance's at the Wall (again to avoid Melisandre's fires). In Braavos, Aemon's health takes a turn for the worse and they miss the ship that was supposed to take them south. Dareon makes money singing, but constantly spends it on wine and prostitutes, leaving the group stranded. Dareon also hears rumours in the city of a three-headed dragon in Meereen. After Sam violently confronts Dareon, he meets a Summer Islander who saw Daenerys Targaryen's dragons in Qarth. Aemon comes to believe that Daenerys fulfills the prophecy of the prince that was promised, reasoning that the wording of the prophesy did not specify the gender of the leader. He resolves to travel to Meereen, and the Summer Islanders agree to take them south to Oldtown as part of the journey. At sea, Aemon dies of natural causes. His last instructions to Sam are to tell the maesters of the Citadel what has happened and make them understand they must send aid to Daenerys. Gilly and Sam become lovers along the way.
Brienne of Tarth continues her quest to find Sansa. She is found by Podrick Payne, Tyrion's former squire, and agrees to let him accompany her. They pass north through the town of Duskendale, where they encounter the Tyrell army under Lord Randyll Tarly and are joined by an old acquaintance of Brienne, Ser Hyle Hunt. Brienne's explorations take her along Crackclaw Point, where she kills several of the now-scattered Bloody Mummers, and to a septry in the estuary of the River Trident. The Elder Brother of the septry tells her that he found Sandor Clegane dying under a tree and learned that he had been with Arya Stark, who fled towards the coast. Brienne's pursuit takes her to Maidenpool and the Saltpans, but she can find no sign of Arya. Her group runs across the remnants of the brotherhood without banners, who take her captive. Thoros of Myr tells her that Beric Dondarrion died, giving up his borrowed life to save another. They take her to the undead Catelyn Stark, whom they name 'Lady Stoneheart'. Catelyn believes that Brienne has betrayed her by allowing Jaime to go free without returning with her daughters. She offers Brienne a chance to redeem herself by killing Jaime; when Brienne refuses, Stoneheart orders her, Podrick, and Hunt hanged. As they dangle on the noose, "[Brienne] screamed a word."
Paxter Redwyne's fleet of the Arbor arrives at Dragonstone and the castle is put under siege, whilst Mace Tyrell leads his army south to invest Storm's End and end the pretensions of Stannis's loyalists in the south once and for all. Cersei has the High Septon murdered so that he can be replaced by someone loyal to her, but the newcomer turns out to be a zealous martinet who has the support of the war-refugees that now throng in the city. He offers to speed up Tommen's coronation and forgive the crown its debts to the Faith if Cersei will restore the Faith Militant. Cersei agrees, to the horror of Grand Maester Pycelle.
In the Eyrie, Littlefinger is confronted by several of the lords of the Vale, who are unhappy with him becoming their de facto ruler after the death of Lady Lysa Arryn. One of the lords, whom Littlefinger bribed ahead of time, breaks custom by baring steel during the meeting. Littlefinger uses the insult to turn the tables on the lords, who eventually allow him to remain Lord Protector of little Lord Robert Arryn for the next year. Afterwards, Littlefinger discusses the deception with Sansa (who is posing as his bastard daughter, Alayne Stone) and is impressed at how quickly she picks up on the subtleties of his scheme. He reveals to her that if something should happen to little Robert, the Eyrie and the name Arryn will pass to Harrold Hardyng, a distant nephew of the house, and if Harry and Sansa were to wed, that would give her an army with which to reclaim Winterfell. Whilst Sansa thinks on this, the weather is worsening, a sure sign that winter is almost upon the Seven Kingdoms, and the household of the Eyrie move to the Gates of the Moon at the base of the mountain the Eyrie rests on. During the move Sansa befriends Mya Stone, one of the late King Robert Baratheon's bastard daughters. Sansa also becomes a new mother figure for sickly Robert Arryn.
Jaime departs King's Landing to help end the siege of Riverrun, where the Frey and Lannister besiegers are still defied by Lord Edmure Tully's uncle and castellan, Brynden the 'Blackfish'. Jaime has the captive Edmure brought down from The Twins and promises not to harm him and to allow the smallfolk of the castle to remain if Brynden surrenders. After a lengthy siege, in which Edmure is made to stand on a gibbet in a failed attempt by the Freys at a threat, Brynden refuses Jaime's terms of surrender. Jaime cuts Edmure down and negotiates a surrender with him, as he is the true lord of the castle. Edmure is returned to Riverrun, but delays his surrender for half a day, slipping his uncle out one of Riverrun's water gates, past the Lannister siege. Furious, Jaime has Edmure sent under heavy guard to Casterly Rock. Emmon Frey takes his appointed place as Lord of Riverrun. Shortly after the siege has ended, snowflakes start falling across the Riverlands. Winter has come. Jaime realizes that there will be no time for another harvest. The Seven Kingdoms will suffer harshly in what is to come.
The ironborn strike hard along the coast of the Reach, conquering the Shield Islands and virtually blockading the mouth of the Honeywine and the route into Oldtown. Furious, Margaery Tyrell and her brother Loras ask Cersei for aid, but Cersei is reluctant to give it. She gives permission for Lord Redwyne to take his fleet home and destroy the ironborn, but only once Dragonstone is taken. Loras leads an assault on the castle and takes it, but is reported grievously injured in the process. Margaery's protestations vex Cersei, causing her to doubt her future role as Tommen's wife. She conceives a plan to ruin Margaery by framing her to the Faith for sleeping with one of Cersei's guardsmen. Unfortunately the plan backfires when the new High Septon has the guardsman scourged to ensure the truth of the matter, and he confesses about Cersei's many improprieties as well. The Faith arrests both Cersei and Margaery. Kevan Lannister is recalled to take over as Regent and Hand. Cersei's summons for Jaime to return and defend her go unanswered. Mace Tyrell lifts the siege of Storm's End barely weeks after it began to race back to the capital and learn the fate of his daughter, whilst Randyll Tarly marches on the city from the north. Meanwhile, Aurane Waters absconds with the newly-rebuilt royal fleet.
Sam's ship reaches Oldtown, barely evading the ironborn reavers. They learn that the ironborn have raided and seized territories on the Arbor and failed an attempt to burn the city harbor of Oldtown. Sam goes to the Citadel, but is intercepted by Archmaester Marwyn. Marwyn reveals that the other archmaesters will not be impressed or moved by Sam's revelations about Daenerys. When Sam asks how Marwyn knows that he was coming, Marwyn reveals that the Citadel has some of the ancient Valyrian obsidian candles, through which they could see things from afar. Marwyn states that nearly two centuries ago the maesters helped kill the last of the dragons to rid the world of magic forever, but now it is returning. Marwyn departs immediately for Slaver's Bay, telling Sam to study hard and fast, for the Wall will need his services. Sam is left in the company of two students, Alleras the Sphinx and a boy named Pate.
Arya Stark finds her way to the House of Black and White, a temple to the Many-Faced God. There Arya is inducted into the ranks of the Faceless Men as a novice. She learns that the Faceless Men are not simply a band of skilled assassins, but also a religious sect dating long before the Doom of Valyria. They consider their assassinations to be holy sacraments to their god of death. As Faceless Men must have no true identity, Arya assumes the role of 'Cat of the Canals' and becomes a familiar sight on the streets of the city. However, her old identity occasionally slips through. She hides her sword Needle rather than discarding it and later kills Dareon for forsaking his vows to the Night's Watch. The priests of the House of Black and White strike her blind by some means, but it is unclear whether this is part of her training or punishment for her transgressions.
Following the death of King Balon Greyjoy, a kingsmoot is summoned by Aeron Damphair, Balon's youngest brother and the most respected priest of the Drowned God. With Theon Greyjoy a prisoner of the Boltons at the Dreadfort, the strongest candidates are Balon's brothers Victarion and Euron Crow's Eye, who has just returned from reaving in the east. Asha Greyjoy, Balon's daughter, also tries to claim the Seastone Chair in spite of her sex. The moot is deadlocked between the three until Euron reveals his plan to seize control of Daenerys's dragons through the use of magic and so rule Westeros. The moot crowns Euron king, and Asha disappears with her ship northwards. Aeron, who considers Euron ungodly, also leaves to gain popular support against him.
Euron launches an ambitious campaign against the Reach, sending ships under his brother Victarion to conquer the Shield Islands and raid the coast. Initial appetites for plunder are sated by the raids in Westeros, however, and both support for Euron's trip across the narrow sea and his hold over the ironmen dwindles. He realizes that he must remain and consolidate his control. Victarion agrees to go to Slaver's Bay and deliver Euron's marriage proposal to Daenerys. However, Victarion hates Euron for sleeping with his wife and decides to get revenge by courting Daenerys himself.
In Sunspear, the capital of Dorne, news is received of the death of Oberyn Martell at the hands of Gregor Clegane, although Gregor was mortally wounded in the same battle. Oberyn's bastard daughters, the Sand Snakes, demand various plans for vengeance, including attacking Oldtown and raiding the Reach. Prince Doran Martell has them locked up to prevent them from doing anything too precipitous, and sends word to King's Landing confirming his loyalty. His eldest daughter and heir (due to Dorne's equal primogeniture), Arianne is disgusted with her father's weakness and suspicious that her father would prefer to supplant her with her brother Quentyn, who she learns has vanished eastwards on unknown business. Princess Myrcella Baratheon, elder sister to King Tommen, is in Sunspear, as she has been betrothed to Trystane Martell, and Arianne hatches a plan to crown Myrcella Queen of the Seven Kingdoms according to Dornish law and reignite the war. Her attempts are thwarted, however. Ser Arys Oakheart, the Kingsguard guarding Myrcella, is killed in a melee and Myrcella is injured. Arianne is imprisoned for her actions.
Prince Doran finally lets his daughter visit him and learns of her grievances. He explains that whilst he had intended Quentyn to follow him as Prince of Dorne, he had a greater role in mind for Arianne: she was to have become Queen of all Westeros. Arianne is confused, but learns that Doran planned to wed her to Viserys Targaryen, but that plan was thwarted when Khal Drogo killed Viserys. Now the plan has changed. Quentyn is on his way to Slaver's Bay to find and win the heart's desire of House Martell: "Fire and Blood."
The tale is told through the point of view of twelve POV characters and, as with previous volumes, a one-off prologue POV.
The novel was published five years and two months after the previous volume in the series, A Storm of Swords. This was due to a series of problems that arose during the writing of the novel. George R. R. Martin originally planned for the fourth book to be called A Dance with Dragons with the story picking up five years after the events of A Storm of Swords (primarily to advance the ages of the younger characters). However, during the writing process it was discovered that this was leading to an overreliance on flashbacks to fill in the gap. After twelve months or so of working on the book, Martin decided to abandon much of what had previously been written and start again, this time picking up immediately after the end of A Storm of Swords. He announced this decision, along with the new title A Feast for Crows, at the World Science Fiction Convention in Philadelphia on 1 September 2001.. He also announced that A Dance with Dragons would now be the fifth book in the sequence.
The reason for the subsequent delays were that the novel grew too long and the format changed from the previous book, with the introduction of short-lived POV characters who only had one or two chapters apiece. Martin also wrote a 250-page prologue to the novel which he then scrapped and scattered throughout the novel. Finally, when the novel was nearing completion his publishers realised it was significantly longer than A Storm of Swords and requested it be split in half for publication. After initially considering publishing it as 'Part 1' and 'Part 2', Martin's friend and fellow author Daniel Abraham suggested splitting it by POV and location instead, which Martin agreed with. Thus A Feast for Crows only contains the POV characters from the South of the Seven Kingdoms and the Iron Islands. The characters in the North, in the Free Cities and in Meereen (including fan-favourites Tyrion Lannister, Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen) will return in the fifth book. The split of the novel also meant that the series would be seven rather than six books long. A Dance with Dragons remains the title of the fifth book.
Martin supplied a note at the end of A Feast for Crows explaining the reason for the split and promising that A Dance with Dragons would follow with the missing POV characters 'next year'. However, subsequently Martin embarked on a four-month signing tour in the US, Canada and Europe at the request of his publishers and lost that time in writing the novel, which was expected some time in 2007 but not published until July 2011.
Bakkalon, the Pale Child, is one of the gods worshipped mostly by soldiers at the House of Black and White. This god appeared already in Martin's 1975 story And Seven Times Never Kill Man (where he is worshipped by a religious sect called Steel Angels), as well as in some other stories of the same era.
In Oldtown, mention is made that Maester Rigney believes that time is a wheel. This could possibly allude to fantasy author Robert Jordan and his popular series, *The Wheel of Time*, as Jordan's true name is James Rigney. Another character, the southern noble Lord Trebor Jordayne of the Tor, is also an allusion to Jordan, Tor Books being Jordan's best-known publisher, and the name Trebor itself being an anagram of Robert.
In the Chapter "Cat of the Canals" a reference is made to a story about the "Lord of the Woeful Countenance," which is believed to be a reference to Don Quixote.
The Appendix is a quick-glance site for information on the characters. Within the appendix is the list of characters and their general associations.
CERSEI LANNISTER, the First of Her Name, widow of {King Robert I Baratheon}, Queen Dowager, Protector of the Realm, Lady of Casterly Rock, and Queen Regent,
Queen Cersei's children:
{KING JOFFREY I BARATHEON}, poisoned at his wedding feast, a boy of twelve
PRINCESS MYRCELLA BARATHEON, a girl of nine, a ward of Prince Doran Martell
KING TOMMEN I BARATHEON, a boy king of eight years,
his kittens, SER POUNCE, LADY WHISKERS, BOOTS,
Queen Cersei's brothers:
Ser JAIME LANNISTER, her twin, called THE KINGSLAYER, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard,
TYRION LANNISTER, called THE IMP, a dwarf, accused and condemned for regicide and kinslaying,
PODRICK PAYNE, Tyrion's squire, a boy of ten,
Queen Cersei's uncles, aunt and cousins:
SER KEVAN LANNISTER, her uncle,
SER LANCEL, Ser Kevan's son, her cousin, formerly King Robert's squire and Cersei's lover, newly raised Lord of Darry,
MARTYN, twin to Willem, a squire,
JANEI, Ser Kevan's daughter, a girl of three,
LADY GENNA LANNISTER, Cersei's aunt, m. Ser Emmon Frey,
{SER CLEOS FREY}, Genna's son, killed by outlaws,
SER TYWIN FREY, called TY, Cleos's son,
WILLEM FREY, Cleos's son, a squire,
SER LYONEL FREY, Lady Genna's second son,
{TION FREY}, Genna's son, murdered at Riverrun,
WALDER FREY, called RED WALDER FREY, Lady Genna's youngest son, a page at Casterly Rock,
TYREK LANNISTER, Cersei's cousin, son of her father's late brother Tygett,
LADY ERMESANDE HAYFORD, Tyrek's child wife,
JOY HILL, bastard daughter of Queen Cersei's lost uncle Gerion, a girl of eleven,
CERENNA LANNISTER, Cersei's cousin, daughter of her late uncle Stafford, her mother's brother,
MYRIELLE LANNISTER, Cersei's cousin and Cerenna's sister, daughter of her late uncle Stafford,
SER DAVEN LANNISTER, her cousin, Stafford's son,
SER DAMION LANNISTER, a more distant cousin, m. Shiera Crakehall,
SER LUCION LANNISTER, their son,
LANNA, their daughter, m. Lord Antario Jast,
LADY MARGOT, a cousin still more distant, m. Lord Titus Peake,
King Tommen's small council:
{LORD TYWIN LANNISTER}, Hand of the King,
SER JAIME LANNISTER, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard,
SER KEVAN LANNISTER, master of laws,
VARYS, master of whisperers,
GRAND MAESTER PYCELLE, counselor and healer,
LORD MACE TYRELL, LORD MATHIS ROWAN, LORD PAXTER REDWYNE
Tommen's Kingsguard:
SER JAIME LANNISTER, Lord Commander,
SER MERYN TRANT,
SER BOROS BLOUNT,
SER BALON SWANN,
SER OSMUND KETTLEBLACK,
SER LORAS TYRELL, the Knight of Flowers,
SER ARYS OAKHEART, with Princess Myrcella in Dorne,
Cersei's household at King's Landing:
LADY JOCELYN SWYFT, her companion,
LUM, RED LESTER, HOKE, called HORSELEG, SHORT-EAR, and PUCKENS, guardsmen,
QUEEN MARGAERY of House Tyrell, a maid of sixteen, widowed bride of King Joffrey I Baratheon and of Lord Renly Baratheon before him,
Margaery's court at King's Landing:
MACE TYRELL, Lord of Highgarden, her father,
LADY ALERIE of House Hightower, her mother,
LADY OLENNA TYRELL, her grandmother, an aged widow called THE QUEEN OF THORNS,
ARRYK and ERRYK, Lady Olenna's guards, twins seven feet tall called LEFT and RIGHT,
SER GARLAN TYRELL, Margaery's brother, THE GALLANT,
LADY LEONETTE of House Fossoway,
SER LORAS TYRELL, her youngest brother, the Knight of Flowers, a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard,
Margaery's lady companions:
her cousins MEGGA, ALLA and ELINOR TYRELL
Elinor's betrothed, ALYN AMBROSE, a squire,
LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, a girl of eight,
MEREDYTH CRANE, called MERRY,
LADY TAENA MERRYWEATHER,
LADY ALYCE GRACEFORD,
PAXTER REDWYNE, Lord of the Arbor,
MAESTER BALLABAR, his healer and counselor,
MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove,
SER WILLAM WYTHERS, Margaery's captain of the guards,
HUGH CLIFTON, a handsome young guardsman,
SER PORTIFER WOODWRIGHT, and his brother, SER LUCANTINE,
Cersei's court at King's Landing,
SER OSFRYD KETTLEBLACK, and SER OSNEY KETTLEBLACK, younger brothers to Ser Osmund Kettleblack,
SER GREGOR CLEGANE, called THE MOUNTAIN THAT RIDES, dying painfully of a poisoned wound,
SER ADDAM MARBRAND, Commander of the City Watch of King's Landing (the "gold cloaks"),
JALABHAR XHO, Prince of the Red Flower Vale, an exile from the Summer Isles,
GYLES ROSBY, Lord of Rosby, troubled by a cough,
ORTON MERRYWEATHER, Lord of Longtable,
LADY TANDA STOKEWORTH,
LADY FALYSE, her elder daughter and heir,
SER BALMAN BYRCH, Lady Falyse's husband,
LADY LOLLYS, her younger daughter, great with child but weak of wit,
SER BRONN OF THE BLACKWATER, Lady Lollys's husband, a former sellsword,
{SHAE}, a camp follower serving as Lollys's bedmaid, strangled in Lord Tywin's bed,
MAESTER FRENKEN, in Lady Tanda's service,
SER ILYN PAYNE, the King's Justice, a headsman,
RENNIFER LONGWATERS, chief undergaoler of the Red Keep's dungeons,
RUGEN, undergaoler for the black cells,
LORD HALLYNE THE PYROMANCER, a Wisdom of the Guild of Alchemists,
NOHO DIMITTIS, envoy from the Iron Bank of Braavos,
QYBURN, a necromancer, once a maester of the Citadel, more recently of the Brave Companions,
MOON BOY, the royal jester and fool,
PATE, a lad of eight, King Tommen's whipping boy,
ORMOND OF OLDTOWN, the royal harper and bard,
SER MARK MULLENDORE, who lost a monkey and half an arm in the Battle of the Blackwater,
AURANE WATERS, the Bastard of Driftmark,
LORD ALESANDER STAEDMON, called PENNYLOVER,
SER RONNET CONNINGTON, called RED RONNET, the Knight of Griffin's Roost,
SER LAMBERT TURNBERRY, SER DERMOT OF THE RAINWOOD, SER TALLAD called THE TALL, SER BAYARD NORCROSS, SER BONIFER HASTY called BONIFER THE GOOD, SER HUGO VANCE, knights sworn to the Iron Throne,
SER LYLE CRAKEHALL, called STRONGBOAR, SER ALYN STACKSPEAR, SER JON BETTLEY called BEARDLESS JON, SER STEFFON SWYFT, SER HUMFREY SWYFT, knights sworn to Casterly Rock,
JOSMYN PECKLEDON, a squire and hero of the Blackwater,
GARRETT PAEGE and LEW PIPER, squires and hostages,
the people of King's Landing:
THE HIGH SEPTON, Father of the Faithful, Voice of the Seven on Earth, an old man and frail,
SEPTON TORBERT, SEPTON RAYNARD, SEPTON LUCEON, SEPTON OLLIDOR, of the Most Devout, serving the Seven at the Great Sept of Baelor,
SEPTA MOELLE, SEPTA AGLANTINE, SEPTA HELICENT, SEPTA UNELLA, of the Most Devout, serving the Seven at the Great Sept of Baelor,
the "sparrows," the humblest of men, fierce in their piety,
CHATAYA, proprietor of an expensive brothel,
ALAYAYA, her daughter,
BRELLA, a servingwoman, lately in the service of Lady Sansa Stark,
TOBHO MOTT, a master armorer,
HAMISH THE HARPER, an aged singer,
ALARIC OF EYSEN, a singer, far-traveled,
WAT, a singer, styling himself THE BLUE BARD,
SER THEODAN WELLS, a pious knight, later called SER THEODAN THE TRUE.
King Tommen's banner shows the crowned stag of Baratheon, black on gold, and the lion of Lannister, gold on crimson, combatant.
STANNIS BARATHEON, the First of His Name, second son of Lord Steffon Baratheon and Lady Cassana of House Estermont, Lord of Dragonstone, styling himself King of Westeros,
QUEEN SELYSE of House Florent, his wife, presently at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea,
PRINCESS SHIREEN, their daughter, a girl of eleven,
PATCHFACE, Shireen's lackwit fool,
EDRIC STORM, his bastard nephew, King Robert's son by Lady Delena Florent, a boy of twelve, sailing the narrow sea on the *Mad Prendos*,
SER ANDREW ESTERMONT, King Stannis's cousin, a king's man, commanding Edric's escort,
SER GERALD GOWER, LEWYS called THE FISHWIFE, SER TRISTON OF TALLY HILL, OMER BLACKBERRY, king's men, Edric's guards and protectors,
Stannis's court at Castle Black:
LADY MELISANDRE OF ASSHAI, called THE RED WOMAN, a priestess of R'hllor, the Lord of Light,
MANCE RAYDER, King Beyond-the-Wall, a captive condemned to death,
Rayder's son by his wife, {DALLA}, a newborn as yet unnamed, "the wildling prince,"
GILLY, the babe's wet nurse, a wildling girl,
her son, another newborn as yet unnamed, fathered by her father {CRASTER},
SER RICHARD HORPE, SER JUSTIN MASSEY, SER CLAYTON SUGGS, Ser GODRY FARRING, called GIANTSLAYER, LORD HARWOOD FELL, SER CORLISS PENNY, queen's men and knights,
DEVAN SEAWORTH and BRYEN FARRING, royal squires,
Stannis's court at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea:
SER DAVOS SEAWORTH, called THE ONION KNIGHT, Lord of the Rainwood, Admiral of the Narrow Sea, and Hand of the King,
SER AXELL FLORENT, Queen Selyse's uncle, foremost of the queen's men,
SALLADHAR SAAN of Lys, a pirate and sellsail, master of the *Valyrian* and a fleet of galleys,
Stannis's garrison at Dragonstone:
SER ROLLAND STORM, called THE BASTARD OF NIGHTSONG, a king's man, castellan of Dragonstone,
MAESTER PYLOS, healer, tutor, counselor,
"PORRIDGE" and "LAMPREY", two gaolers,
lords sworn to Dragonstone:
MONTERYS VELARYON, Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark, a boy of six,
DURAM BAR EMMON, Lord of Sharp Point, a boy of fifteen years,
Stannis's garrison at Storm's End:
SER GILBERT FARRING, castellan of Storm's End,
LORD ELWOOD MEADOWS, Ser Gilbert's second,
MAESTER JURENE, Ser Gilbert's counselor and healer,
lords sworn to Storm's End:
ELDON ESTERMONT, Lord of Greenstone, uncle to King Stannis, great uncle to King Tommen, a cautious friend to both,
SER AEMON, Lord Eldon's son and heir, with King Tommen in King's Landing,
SER ALYN, Ser Aemon's son, likewise with King Tommen in King's Landing,
SER LOMAS, brother of Lord Eldon, uncle and supporter of King Stannis, at Storm's End,
SER ANDREW, Ser Lomas's son, protecting Edric Storm upon the narrow sea,
LESTER MORRIGEN, Lord of Crows Nest,
LORD LUCOS CHYTTERING, called LITTLE LUCOS, a youth of sixteen,
DAVOS SEAWORTH, Lord of the Rainwood,
MARYA, his wife, a carpenter's daughter,
{DALE, ALLARD, MATTHOS, MARIC}, their four eldest sons, lost in the Battle of the Blackwater,
DEVAN, a squire with King Stannis at Castle Black,
STANNIS, a boy of ten years, with Lady Marya on Cape Wrath,
STEFFON, a boy of six years, with Lady Marya on Cape Wrath.
Stannis has taken for his banner the fiery heart of the Lord of Light; a red heart surrounded by orange flames upon a yellow field. Within the heart is the crowned stag of House Baratheon, in black.
The Greyjoys of Pyke claim descent from the Grey King of the Age of Heroes. Legend says the Grey King ruled the sea itself and took a mermaid to wife. Aegon the Dragon ended the line of the last King of the Iron Islands, but allowed the ironborn to revive their ancient custom and choose who should have the primacy among them. They chose Lord Vickon Greyjoy of Pyke. The Greyjoy sigil is a golden kraken upon a black field. Their words are We Do Not Sow.
Balon Greyjoy's first rebellion against the Iron Throne was put down by King Robert I Baratheon and Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell, but in the chaos following Robert's death Lord Balon named himself king once more, and sent his ships to attack the north.
{BALON GREYJOY}, the Ninth of His Name Since the Grey King, King of the Iron Islands and the North, King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, and Lord Reaper of Pyke, killed in a fall,
King Balon's widow, QUEEN ALANNYS, of House Harlaw,
their children,
{RODRIK}, slain during Balon's first rebellion,
{MARON}, slain during Balon's first rebellion,
ASHA, their daughter, captain of the *Black Wind* and conqueror of Deepwood Motte,
THEON, styling himself the Prince of Winterfell, called by northmen THEON TURNCLOAK,
King Balon's brothers and half brothers:
{HARLON}, died of greyscale in his youth,
{QUENTON}, died in infancy,
{DONEL}, died in infancy,
VICTARION, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, master of the *Iron Victory*,
{URRIGON}, died of a wound gone bad,
AERON, called DAMPHAIR, a priest of the Drowned God,
RUS and NORJEN, two of his acolytes, the "drowned men,"
{ROBIN}, died in infancy,
King Balon's household on Pyke:
MAESTER WENDAMYR, healer and counselor,
HELYA, keeper of the castle,
King Balon's warriors and sworn swords:
DAGMER called CLEFTJAW, captain of *Foamdrinker*, commanding the ironborn at Torrhen's Square,
BLUETOOTH, a longship captain,
CLAIMANTS TO THE SEASTONE CHAIR AT THE KINGSMOOT ON OLD WYK:
GYLBERT FARWYND, Lord of the Lonely Light,
ERIK IRONMAKER, called ERIK ANVIL-BREAKER and ERIK THE JUST, an old man, once a famed captain and raider,
DUNSTAN DRUMM, The Drumm, the Bone Hand, Lord of Old Wyk,
Dunstan's champions: his sons DENYS and DONNEL, and ANDRIK THE UNSMILING, a giant of a man,
ASHA GREYJOY, only daughter of Balon Greyjoy, a captain of the Black Wind,
Asha's champions: QARL THE MAID, TRISTIFER BOTLEY, and SER HARRAS HARLAW,
Asha's captains and supporters: LORD RODRIK HARLAW, LORD BAELOR BLACKTYDE, LORD MELDRED MERLYN, HARMUND SHARP,
VICTARION GREYJOY, brother to Balon Greyjoy, master of the Iron Victory and Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet,
Victarion's champions: RED RALF STONEHOUSE, RALF THE LIMPER and NUTE THE BARBER,
Victarion's captains and supporters: HOTHO HARLAW, ALVYN SHARP, FRALEGG THE STRONG, ROMNY WEAVER, WILL HUMBLE, LITTLE LENWOOD TAWNEY, RALF KENNING, MARON VOLMARK, GOROLD GOODBROTHER,
Victarion's crewmen: WULF ONE-EAR, RAGNOR PYKE,
Victarion's bedmate, a certain dusky woman, mute and tongueless, a gift from his brother Euron,
EURON GREYJOY, called THE CROW'S EYE, brother to Balon Greyjoy and captain of the Silence,
Euron's champions: GERMUND BOTLEY, LORD ORKWOOD of ORKMONT, DONNOR SALTCLIFFE,
Euron's captains and supporters: TORWOLD BROWNTOOTH, PINCHFACE JON MYRE, RODRIK FREEBORN, THE RED OARSMAN, LEFT-HAND LUCAS CODD, QUELLON HUMBLE, HARREN HALF-HOARE, KEMMETT PYKE THE BASTARD, QARL THE THRALL, STONEHAND, RALF THE SHEPHERD, RALF OF LORDSPORT,
Euron's crewmen: CRAGORN,
Balon's bannermen, the Lords of the Iron Islands:
ON PYKE
{SAWANE BOTLEY}, Lord of Lordsport, drowned by Euron Crow's Eye,
{HARREN}, his eldest son, killed at Moat Cailin,
TRISTIFER, his second son and rightful heir, dispossessed by his uncle,
SYMOND, HARLON, VICKON, and BENNARION, his younger sons, likewise dispossessed,
GERMUND, his brother, made Lord of Lordsport,
WEX, a mute boy of twelve years, bastard son of Sargon, squire to Theon Greyjoy,
WALDON WYNCH, Lord of Iron Holt,
ON HARLAW
RODRIK HARLAW, called THE READER, Lord of Harlaw, Lord of Ten Towers, Harlaw of Harlaw,
LADY GWYNESSE, his elder sister,
LADY ALANNYS, his younger sister, widow of King Balon Greyjoy,
SIGFRYD HARLAW, called SIGFRYD SILVERHAIR, his great uncle, master of Harlaw Hall,
HOTHO HARLAW, called HOTHO HUMPBACK, of the Tower of Glimmering, a cousin
SER HARRAS HARLAW, called THE KNIGHT, the Knight of Grey Garden, a cousin
BOREMUND HARLAW, called BOREMUND THE BLUE, master of Harridan Hill, a cousin
Lord Rodrik's bannermen and sworn swords:
MARON VOLMARK, Lord of Volmark,
Lord Rodrik's household:
THREE-TOOTH, his steward, a crone,
ON BLACKTYDE
BAELOR BLACKTYDE, Lord of Blacktyde, captain of the *Nightflyer*,
BLIND BEN BLACKTYDE, a priest of the Drowned God,
ON OLD WYK
DUNSTAN DRUMM, The Drumm, captain of the *Thunderer*,
TARLE, called TARLE THE THRICE-DROWNED, a priest of the Drowned God,
ON GREAT WYK
GOROLD GOODBROTHER, Lord of Hammerhorn,
MAESTER MURENMURE, tutor, healer, and counselor,
TRISTON FARWYND, Lord of Sealskin Point,
his son and heir, STEFFARION,
MELDRED MERLYN, Lord of Pebbleton,
ON ORKMONT
LORD TAWNEY,
ON SALTCLIFFE
LORD DONNOR SALTCLIFFE,
LORD SUNDERLY,
ON THE LESSER ISLANDS AND ROCKS
GYLBERT FARWYND, Lord of the Lonely Light,
THE OLD GREY GULL, a priest of the Drowned God.
The Arryns are descended from the Kings of Mountain and Vale. Their sigil is a white moon-and-falcon upon a sky-blue field. House Arryn has taken no part in the War of the Five Kings. Their Arryn words are As High as Honor.
ROBERT ARRYN, Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, styled by his mother True Warden of the East, a sickly boy of eight years, sometimes called SWEETROBIN,
his mother, {LADY LYSA of House Tully}, widow of Lord Jon Arryn, pushed from the Moon Door to her death,
his stepfather, PETYR BAELISH, called LITTLEFINGER, Lord of Harrenhal, Lord Paramount of the Trident, and Lord Protector of the Vale,
ALAYNE STONE, Lord Petyr's natural daughter, a maid of three-and-ten, actually Sansa Stark,
SER LOTHOR BRUNE, a sellsword in Lord Petyr's service, the Eyrie's captain of the guards,
OSWELL, a grizzled man-at-arms in Lord Petyr's service, sometimes called KETTLEBLACK,
Lord Robert's household at the Eyrie:
MARILLION, a handsome young singer much favored by Lady Lysa and accused of her murder,
MAESTER COLEMON, counselor, healer, and tutor,
MORD, a brutal gaoler with teeth of gold,
Lord Robert's bannermen, the Lords of the Vale:
LORD NESTOR ROYCE, High Steward of the Vale and castellan of the Gates of the Moon,
SER ALBAR, Lord Nestor's son and heir,
MYRANDA, called RANDA, Lord Nestor's daughter, a widow, but scarce used,
Lord Nestor's household:
SER MARWYN BELMORE, captain of the guards,
MYA STONE, a mule tender and guide, bastard daughter of King Robert I Baratheon,
LORD LYONEL CORBRAY, Lord of Heart's Home,
SER LYN CORBRAY, his brother and heir, who wields the famed blade Lady Forlorn,
SER LUCAS CORBRAY, his younger brother,
JON LYNDERLY, Lord of the Snakewood,
TERRANCE, his son and heir, a young squire,
EDMUND WAXLEY, the Knight of Wickenden,
GEROLD GRAFTON, the Lord of Gulltown,
GYLES GRAFTON, his youngest son, a squire
TRISTON SUNDERLAND, Lord of the Three Sisters,
GODRIC BORRELL, Lord of Sweetsister,
ROLLAND LONGTHORPE, Lord of Longsister,
ALESANDOR TORRENT, Lord of Littlesister,
the Lords Declarant, bannermen of House Arryn joined together in defense of young Lord Robert:
YOHN ROYCE, called BRONZE YOHN, Lord of Runestone, of the senior branch of House Royce,
SER ANDAR, Bronze Yohn's sole surviving son, and heir to Runestone,
Bronze Yohn's household:
MAESTER HELLIWEG, tutor, healer, counselor,
SEPTON LUCOS,
SER SAMWELL STONE, called STRONG SAM STONE, master-at-arms,
Bronze Yohn's bannermen and sworn swords:
ROYCE COLDWATER, Lord of Coldwater Burn,
SER DAMON SHETT, Knight of Gull Tower,
UTHOR TOLLETT, Lord of the Grey Glen,
ANYA WAYNWOOD, Lady of Ironoaks Castle,
SER MORTON, her eldest son and heir,
SER DONNEL, her second son, the Knight of the Gate,
WALLACE, her youngest son,
HARROLD HARDYNG, her ward, a squire oft called HARRY THE HEIR,
BENEDAR BELMORE, Lord of Strongsong,
SER SYMOND TEMPLETON, the Knight of Ninestars,
{EON HUNTER}, Lord of Longbow Hall, recently deceased,
SER GILWOOD, Lord Eon's eldest son and heir, now called YOUNG LORD HUNTER,
SER EUSTACE, Lord Eon's second son,
SER HARLAN, Lord Eon's youngest son,
Young Lord Hunter's household:
MAESTER WILLAMEN, counselor, healer, tutor,
HORTON REDFORT, Lord of Redfort, thrice wed,
SER MYCHEL, his youngest son, a new-made knight, M. Ysilla Royce of Runestone,
clan chiefs from the Mountains of the Moon,
SHAGGA SON OF DOLF, OF THE STONE CROWS, presently leading a band in the kingswood,
TIMETT SON OF TIMETT, OF THE BURNED MEN,
CHELLA DAUGHTER OF CHEYK, OF THE BLACK EARS,
CRAWN SON OF CALOR, OF THE MOON BROTHERS.
The Florents of Brightwater Keep are bannermen of Highgarden. At the outset of the War of the Five Kings, Lord Alester Florent followed his liege lord in declaring for King Renly while his brother Ser Axell chose Stannis, husband to his niece Selyse. After Renly's death, Lord Alester went over to Stannis as well, with all the strength of Brightwater. Stannis made Lord Alester his Hand, and gave command of his fleet to Ser Imry Florent, his wife's brother. The fleet and Ser Imry both were lost in the Battle of Blackwater, and Lord Alester's efforts to negotiate a peace after the defeat were regarded by King Stannis as treason. He was given to the red priestess Melisandre, who burned him as a sacrifice to R'hllor.
The Iron Throne has also named the Florents traitors for their support of Stannis and his rebellion. They were attainted, and Brightwater Keep and its lands were awarded to Ser Garlan Tyrell.
The sigil of House Florent shows a fox head in a circle of flowers.
{ALESTER FLORENT}, Lord of Brightwater, burned as a traitor,
his wife, LADY MELARA, of House Crane,
their children,
ALEKYNE, attainted Lord of Brightwater, fled to Oldtown to seek refuge at the Hightower,
LADY MELESSA, wed to Lord Randyll Tarly,
LADY RHEA, wed to Lord Leyton Hightower,
his siblings,
SER AXELL, a queen's man, in service to his niece, Queen Selyse at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea,
{SER RYAM}, died in a fall from a horse,
SELYSE, his daughter, wife and queen to King Stannis I Baratheon,
SHIREEN BARATHEON, her only child,
{SER IMRY}, his eldest son, killed in the Battle of the Blackwater,
SER ERREN, his second son, a captive at Highgarden,
SER COLIN, castellan at Brightwater Keep,
DELENA, his daughter, m. SER HOSMAN NORCROSS,
her natural son, EDRIC STORM, father by King Robert I Baratheon,
ALESTER NORCROSS, her eldest trueborn son, a boy of nine,
RENLY NORCROSS, her second trueborn son, a boy of three,
MAESTER OMER, Ser Colin's eldest son, in service at Old Oak,
RYLENE, Lord Alester's sister, m. Ser Rycherd Crane.
The Freys are bannermen to House Tully, but have not always been diligent in their duty. At the onset of the War of the Five Kings, Robb Stark won Lord Walder's allegiance by pledging to marry one of his daughters or granddaughters. When he wed Lady Jeyne Westerling instead, the Freys conspired with Roose Bolton and murdered the Young Wolf and his followers at what became known as the Red Wedding.
WALDER FREY, Lord of the Crossing,
by his first wife {LADY PERRA, of House Royce}:
{SER STEVRON}, died after the Battle of Oxcross,
m. {Corenna Swann}, died of a wasting illness,
Ryman's son, EDWYN, wed to Janyce Hunter,
Edwyn's daughter, WALDA, a girl of nine,
Ryman's son, WALDER, called BLACK WALDER,
Ryman's son, {PETYR}, called PETYR PIMPLE, hanged at Oldstones, m. Mylenda Caron,
Petyr's daughter, PERRA, a girl of five,
m. {Jeyne Lydden}, died in a fall from a horse,
Stevron's son, {AEGON}, called JINGLEBELL, killed at the Red Wedding by Catelyn Stark,
Stevron's daughter, {MAEGELLE}, died in childbed, m. Ser Dafyn Vance,
Maegelle's daughter MARIANNE VANCE, a maiden,
Maegelle's son, WALDER VANCE, a squire,
Maegelle's son, PATREK VANCE,
m. {Marsella Waynwood}, died in childbed,
Stevron's son, WALTON, m. Deana Hardyng,
Walton's son, STEFFON, called THE SWEET,
Walton's daughter, WALDA, called FAIR WALDA,
Walton's son, BRYAN, a squire,
SER EMMON, Lord Walder's second son, m. Genna Lannister,
Emmon's son, {SER CLEOS}, killed by outlaws near Maidenpool, m. Jeyne Darry,
Cleos's son, TYWIN, a squire of twelve,
Emmon's son, SER LYONEL, m. Melesa Crakehall,
Emmon's son, {TION}, a squire, murdered by Rickard Karstark while a captive at Riverrun,
Emmon's son, WALDER, called RED WALDER, fourteen, a page at Casterly Rock,
SER AENYS, Lord Walder's third son, m. {Tyana Wylde}, died in childbed,
Aenys's son, AEGON BLOODBORN, an outlaw,
Aenys's son, RHAEGAR, m. {Jeyne Beesbury}, died of a wasting illness,
Rhaegar's son, ROBERT, a boy of thirteen,
Rhaegar's daughter WALDA, a girl of eleven, called WHITE WALDA,
Rhaegar's son, JONOS, a boy of eight,
PERRIANE, Lord Walder's daughter, m. Ser Leslyn Haigh,
Perriane's son, SER HARYS HAIGH,
Harys's son, WALDER HAIGH, a boy of five,
Perriane's son, SER DONNEL HAIGH,
Perriane's son, ALYN HAIGH, a squire
by his second wife, {LADY CYRENNA, of House Swann}:
Jared's son, {SER TYTOS}, slain by Sandor Clegane during the Red Wedding, m. Zhoe Blanetree,
Tytos's daughter, ZIA, a maid of fourteen,
Tytos's son, ZACHERY, a boy of twelve sworn to the Faith, training at the Sept of Oldtown,
Jared's daughter, KYRA, m. {Ser Garse Goodbrook}, slain during the Red Wedding,
Kyra's son, WALDER GOODBROOK, a boy of nine,
Kyra's daughter, JEYNE GOODBROOK, six
SEPTON LUCEON, in service at the Great Sept of Baelor,
by his third wife, {LADY AMAREI of House Crakehall},
SER HOSTEEN, m. Bellena Hawick,
Hosteen's son, SER ARWOOD, m. Ryella Royce,
Arwood's daughter, RYELLA, a girl of five,
Arwood's daughter, HOSTELLA, a newborn babe,
LYENTHE, Lord Walder's daughter, m. Lord Lucias Vypren,
Elyana's son, RICKARD WYLDE, four,
Lythene's son, SER DAMON VYPREN,
Symond's son, ALESANDER, a singer,
Symond's daughter, ALYX a maid of seventeen,
Symond's son, BRADAMAR, a boy of ten, a ward of Oro Tendyris, a merchant of Braavos,
SER DANWELL, Lord Walder's eighth son, m. Wynafrei Whent,
{many stillbirths and miscarriages},
{MERRETT}, hanged at Oldstones, m. Mariya Darry,
Merrett's daughter, AMEREI, called AMI, m. {Ser Pate of the Blue Fork, slain by Ser Gregor Clegane},
Merrett's daughter, WALDA, called FAT WALDA, m. Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort,
Merrett's daughter, MARISSA, a maid of thirteen,
Merrett's son WALDER, called LITTLE WALDER, eight, a squire in service to Ramsay Bolton,
SER {GEREMY}, drowned, m. Carolei Waynwood,
Geremy's son, SANDOR, a boy of twelve, a squire,
Geremy's daughter, CYNTHEA, a girl of nine, a ward of Lady Anya Waynwood,
SER RAYMUND, m. Beony Beesbury,
Raymund's daughter, CERSEI, called LITTLE BEE,
by his fourth wife, {LADY ALYSSA, of House Blackwood},
LOTHAR, Lord Walder's twelfth son, called LAME LOTHAR, m. Leonella Lefford,
Lothar's daughter, TYSANE, a girl of seven,
Lothar's daughter, WALDA, a girl of five,
Lothar's daughter, EMBERLEI, a girl of three,
Lothar's daughter, LEANA, a newborn babe,
SER JAMMOS, Lord Walder's thirteenth son, m. Sallei Paege,
Jammos's son, WALDER, called BIG WALDER, eight, a squire in service to Ramsay Bolton,
SER WHALEN, Lord Walder's fourteenth son, m. Sylwa Paege,
Whalen's son, HOSTER, a squire of twelve, in service to Ser Damon Paege,
Whalen's daughter, MERIANNE, called MERRY, eleven,
MORYA, Lord Walder's daughter, m. Ser Flement Brax,
Morya's son, ROBERT BRAX, nine, a page at Casterly Rock,
Morya's son, WALDER BRAX, a boy of six,
Morya's son, JON BRAX, a babe of three,
TYTA, Lord Walder's daughter, called TYTA THE MAID,
by his fifth wife, {LADY SARYA of House Whent}:
no progeny,
by his sixth wife, {LADY BETHANY of House Rosby}:
SER PERWYN, Lord Walder's fifteenth son,
{SER BENFREY}, Lord Walder's sixteenth son, died of a wound received at the Red Wedding, m. Jyanna Frey, a cousin,
Benfrey's daughter, DELLA, called DEAF DELLA, a girl of three,
Benfrey's son, OSMUND, a boy of two,
MAESTER WILLAMEN, Lord Walder's seventeenth son, in service at Longbow Hall,
OLYVAR, Lord Walder's eighteenth son, formerly a squire to Robb Stark,
ROSLIN, sixteen, m. Lord Edmure Tully at the Red Wedding,
his eighth wife, LADY JOYEUSE of House Erenford,
presently with child,
Lord Walder's natural children, by sundry mothers,
WALDER RIVERS, called BASTARD WALDER,
Bastard Walder's son, SER AEMON RIVERS,
Bastard Walder's daughter WALDA RIVERS,
JEYNE RIVERS, MARTYN RIVERS, RYGER RIVERS, RONEL RIVERS, MELLARA RIVERS, others,
The Hightowers of Oldtown are among the oldest and proudest of the Great Houses of Westeros, tracing their descent back to the First Men. Once kings, they have ruled Oldtown and its environs since the Dawn of Days, welcoming the Andals rather than resisting them, and later bending the knee to the Kings of the Reach and giving up their crowns whilst retaining all their ancient privileges. Though powerful and immensely wealthy, the Lords of the High Tower have traditionally preferred trade to battle, and have seldom played a large part in the wars of Westeros. The Hightowers were instrumental in the founding of the Citadel and continue to protect it to this day. Subtle and sophisticated, they have always been great patrons of learning and the Faith, and it is said that certain of them have also dabbled in alchemy, necromancy, and other sorcerous arts.
The arms of House Hightower show a stepped white tower crowned with fire on a smoke-grey field. The House words are We Light the Way.
LEYTON HIGHTOWER, Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port, Lord of the High Tower, Defender of the Citadel, Beacon of the South, called THE OLD MAN OF OLDTOWN,
LADY RHEA of House Florent, his fourth wife,
Lord Leyton's eldest son and heir, SER BAELOR, called BAELOR BRIGHTSMILE, m. Rhonda Rowan,
Lord Leyton's daughter, MALORA, called THE MAD MAID,
Lord Leyton's daughter, ALERIE, m. Lord Mace Tyrell,
Lord Leyton's son, SER GARTH, called GREYSTEEL,
Lord Leyton's daughter, DENYSE, m. Ser Desmond Redwyne,
her son, DENYS, a squire,
Lord Leyton's daughter, ALYSANNE, m. Lord Arthur Ambrose,
Lord Leyton's daughter, LYNESSE, m. Lord Jorah Mormont, presently chief concubine to Tregar Ormollen of Lys,
Lord Leyton's son, SER GUNTHOR, m. Jeyne Fossoway, of the green apple Fossoways,
Lord Leyton's youngest son, SER HUMFREY,
Lord Leyton's bannermen:
TOMMEN COSTAYNE, Lord of the Three Towers,
ALYSANNE BULWER, Lady of Blackcrown, a girl of eight,
MARTYN MULLENDORE, Lord of Uplands,
WARRYN BEESBURY, Lord of Honeyholt,
BRANSTON CUY, Lord of Sunflower Hall,
the people of Oldtown:
EMMA, a serving wench at the Quill and Tankard, where the women are willing and the cider is fearsomely strong,
ROSEY, her daughter, a girl of five-and-ten whose maidenhead will cost a golden dragon,
the Archmaesters of the Citadel:
ARCHMAESTER NORREN, Seneschal for the waning year, whose ring and rod and mask are electrum,
ARCHMAESTER THEOBALD, Seneschal for the coming year, whose ring and rod and mask are lead,
ARCHMAESTER EBROSE, the healer, whose ring and rod and mask are silver,
ARCHMAESTER MARWYN, called MARWYN THE MAGE, whose ring and rod and mask are Valyrian steel,
ARCHMAESTER PERESTAN, the historian, whose ring and rod and mask are copper,
ARCHMAESTER VAELLYN, called VINEGAR VAELLYN, the stargazer, whose ring and rod and mask are bronze,
ARCHMAESTER RYAM, whose ring and rod and mask are yellow gold,
ARCHMAESTER WALGRAVE, an old man of uncertain wit, whose ring and rod and mask are black iron,
GALLARD, CASTOS, ZARABELO, BENEDICT, GARIZON, NYMOS, CETHERES, WILLIFER, MOLLOS, HARODON, GUYNE, AGRIVANE, OCLEY, archmaesters all,
maesters, acolytes, and novices of the Citadel:
MAESTER GORMON, who oft serves in Walgrave's stead,
ARMEN, an acolyte of four links, called THE ACOLYTE,
ALLERAS, called THE SPHINX, an acolyte of three links, a devoted archer,
ROBERT FREY, sixteen, an acolyte of two links,
LORCAS, an acolyte of nine links, in service to the Seneschal,
LEO TYRELL, called LAZY LEO, a highborn novice,
MOLLANDER, a novice, born with a club foot,
PATE, who tends Archmaester Walgrave's ravens, a novice of little promise,
ROONE, a young novice.
The Lannisters of Casterly Rock remain the principal support of King Tommen's claim to the Iron Throne. They boast of descent from Lann the Clever, the legendary trickster of the Age of Heroes. The gold of Casterly Rock and the Golden Tooth has made them the wealthiest of the Great Houses. The Lannister sigil is a golden lion upon a crimson field. Their words are Hear Me Roar!
{TYWIN LANNISTER}, Lord of Casterly Rock, Shield of Lannisport, Warden of the West, and Hand of the King, murdered by his dwarf son in his privy,
Lord Tywin's children:
CERSEI, twin to Jaime, now Lady of Casterly Rock,
SER JAIME, twin to Cersei, called THE KINGSLAYER,
TYRION, called THE IMP, dwarf and kinslayer,
Lord Tywin's siblings and their offspring:
SER KEVAN LANNISTER, m. Dorna of House Swyft,
LADY GENNA, m. Ser Emmon Frey, now Lord of Riverrun,
Genna's eldest son, {SER CLEOS FREY}, m. Jeyne of House Darry, killed by outlaws,
Cleos's eldest son, SER TYWIN FREY, called TY, now heir to Riverrun,
Cleos's second son, WILLEM FREY, a squire,
Genna's second son, SER LYONEL FREY,
Genna's third son, {TION FREY}, a squire, murdered while a captive at Riverrun,
Genna's youngest son, WALDER FREY, called RED WALDER, a page at Casterly Rock,
WHITESMILE WAT, a singer in service to Lady Genna,
{SER TYGETT LANNISTER}, died of a pox,
TYREK, Tygett's son, missing and feared dead,
LADY ERMESANDE HAYFORD, Tyrek's child wife,
{GERION LANNISTER}, lost at sea,
JOY HILL, Gerion's bastard daughter, eleven,
Lord Tywin's other close kin:
{SER STAFFORD LANNISTER}, a cousin and brother to Lord Tywin's wife, slain in battle at Oxcross,
SER DAVEN LANNISTER, Stafford's son,
SER DAMION LANNISTER, a cousin, m. Lady Shiera Crakehall,
their son, SER LUCION,
their daughter, LANNA, m. Lord Antario Jast,
LADY MARGOT, a cousin, m. Lord Titus Peake,
the household at Casterly Rock:
MAESTER CREYLEN, healer, tutor, counselor,
VYLARR, captain of the guards,
SER BENEDICT BROOM, master-at-arms,
WHITESMILE WAT, a singer,
bannermen and sworn swords, Lords of the West,
DAMON MARBRAND, Lord of Ashemark,
SER ADDAM MARBRAND, his son and heir, Commander of the City Watch of King's Landing,
ROLAND CRAKEHALL, Lord of Crakehall,
Roland's brother, {SER BURTON}, slain by outlaws,
Roland's son and heir, SER TYBOLT,
Roland's son, SER LYLE, called STRONGBOAR,
Roland's youngest son, SER MERLON,
SEBASTON FARMAN, Lord of Fair Isle,
JEYNE, his sister, m. SER GARETH CLIFTON,
TYTOS BRAX, Lord of Hornvale,
SER FLEMENT BRAX, his brother and heir,
QUENTEN BANEFORT, Lord of Banefort,
SER HARYS SWYFT, good-father to Ser Kevan Lannister,
Ser Harys's son, SER STEFFON SWYFT,
Ser Steffon's daughter, JOANNA,
Ser Harys's daughter SHIERLE, m. Ser Melwyn Sarsfield,
REGENARD ESTREN, Lord of Wyndhall,
GAWEN WESTERLING, Lord of the Crag,
his wife, LADY SYBELL, of House Spicer,
her brother, SER ROLPH SPICER, newly raised to Lord of Castamere,
her cousin, SER SAMWELL SPICER,
their children:
SER RAYNALD WESTERLING,
JEYNE, widowed wife of Robb Stark,
ELEYNA, a girl of twelve,
ROLLAM, a boy of nine,
LORD SELMOND STACKSPEAR,
his son, SER STEFFON STACKSPEAR,
his younger son, SER ALYN STACKSPEAR,
TERRENCE KENNING, Lord of Kayce,
SER KENNOS OF KAYCE, a knight in his service,
LORD ANTARIO JAST,
LORD ROBIN MORELAND,
LADY ALYSANNE LEFFORD,
LEWYS LYDDEN, Lord of the Deep Den,
LORD PHILIP PLUMM,
his sons, SER DENNIS PLUMM, SER PETER PLUMM, and SER HARWYN PLUMM, called HARDSTONE,
LORD GARRISON PRESTER,
SER FORLEY PRESTER, his cousin,
SER GREGOR CLEGANE, called THE MOUNTAIN THAT RIDES,
SANDOR CLEGANE, his brother,
SER LORENT LORCH, a landed knight,
SER GARTH GREENFIELD, a landed knight,
SER LYMOND VIKARY, a landed knight,
SER RAYNARD RUTTIGER, a landed knight,
SER MANFRYD YEW, a landed knight,
SER TYBOLT HETHERSPOON, a landed knight,
{MELARA HETHERSPOON}, his daughter, drowned in a well while a ward at Casterly Rock.
Dorne was the last of the Seven Kingdoms to swear fealty to the Iron Throne. Blood, custom, geography, and history all helped to set the Dornishmen apart from the other kingdoms. At the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings Dorne took no part, but when Myrcella Baratheon was betrothed to Prince Trystane, Sunspear declared its support for King Joffrey. The Martell banner is a red sun pierced by a golden spear. Their words are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.
DORAN NYMEROS MARTELL, Lord of Sunspear, Prince of Dorne,
their children:
PRINCESS ARIANNE, heir to Sunspear,
GARIN, Arianne's milk brother and companions, of the orphans of the Greenblood,
PRINCE QUENTYN, a new-made knight, long fostered by Lord Yronwood of Yronwood,
PRINCE TRYSTANE, betrothed to Myrcella Baratheon,
Prince Doran's siblings:
{PRINCESS ELIA, raped and murdered during the Sack of King's Landing},
{RHAENYS TARGARYEN}, her young daughter, murdered during the Sack of King's Landing,
{AEGON TARGARYEN}, a babe at the breast, murdered during the Sack of King's Landing,
{PRINCE OBERYN}, called THE RED VIPER, slain by Ser Gregor Clegane during a trial by combat,
ELLARIA SAND, Prince Oberyn's paramour, natural daughter of Lord Harmen Uller,
THE SAND SNAKES, Oberyn's bastard daughters:
OBARA, eight-and-twenty, Oberyn's daughter by an Oldtown whore,
NYMERIA, called LADY NYM, five-and-twenty, his daughter by a noblewomen of Volantis,
TYENE, three-and-twenty, Oberyn's daughter by a septa,
SARELLA, nineteen, his daughter by a trader, captain of the *Feathered Kiss*,
ELIA, fourteen, his daughter by Ellaria Sand,
OBELLA, twelve, his daughter by Ellaria Sand,
DOREA, eight, his daughter by Ellaria Sand,
LOREZA, six, his daughter by Ellaria Sand,
Prince Doran's court, at the Water Gardens:
AREO HOTAH, of Norvos, captain of the guards,
MAESTER CALEOTTE, counselor, healer, and tutor,
threescore children of both high and common birth, sons and daughters of lords, knights, orphans, merchants, craftsmen, and peasants, his wards,
Prince Doran's court, at Sunspear,
PRINCESS MYRCELLA BARATHEON, his ward, betrothed to Prince Trystane,
SER ARYS OAKHEART, Myrcella's sworn shield,
ROSAMUND LANNISTER, Myrcella's bedmaid and companion, a distant cousin,
SEPTA EGLANTINE, Myrcella's confessor,
MAESTER MYLES, counselor, healer, and tutor,
RICASSO, Seneschal of Sunspear, old and blind,
SER MANFREY MARTELL, castellan of Sunspear,
LADY ALYSE LADYBRIGHT, lord treasurer,
SER GASCOYNE of the Greenblood, Prince Trystane's sworn shield,
BELANDRA, CEDRA, the sisters MORRA and MELLEI, servingwomen at Sunspear,
Prince Doran's bannermen, the Lords of Dorne:
ANDERS YRONWOOD, Lord of Yronwood, Warden of the Stone Way, the Bloodroyal,
SER CLETUS, his son, known for a lazy eye,
MAESTER KEDRY, healer, tutor, and counselor,
HARMEN ULLER, Lord of Hellholt,
ELLARIA SAND, his natural daughter,
SER ULLWYCK ULLER, his brother,
DELONNE ALLYRION, Lady of Godsgrace,
SER RYON, her son and heir,
SER DAEMON SAND, Ryon's natural son, the Bastard of Godsgrace,
DAGOS MANWOODY, Lord of Kingsgrave,
SER MYLES, his brother,
LARRA BLACKMONT, Lady of Blackmont,
JYNESSA, her daughter and heir,
PERROS, her son, a squire,
NYMELLA TOLAND, Lady of Ghost Hill,
QUENTYN QORGYLE, Lord of Sandstone,
SER GULIAN, his eldest son and heir,
SER ARRON, his second son,
SER DEZIEL DALT, the Knight of Lemonwood,
SER ANDREY DALT, his brother and heir, called DREY,
FRANKLYN FOWLER, Lord of Skyreach, called THE OLD HAWK, the Warden of the Prince's Pass,
SER SYMON SANTAGAR, the Knight of Spottswood,
SYLVA, his daughter and heir, called SPOTTED SYLVA for her freckles,
EDRIC DAYNE, Lord of Starfall, a squire,
SER GEROLD DAYNE, called DARKSTAR, the Knight of High Hermitage, his cousin and bannerman,
TREBOR JORDAYNE, Lord of the Tor,
MYRIA, his daughter and heir,
TREMOND GARGALEN, Lord of Salt Shore,
The Starks trace their descent from Brandon the Builder and the Kings of Winter. For thousands of years, they ruled from Winterfell as Kings in the North, until Torrhen Stark, the King Who Knelt, chose to swear fealty to Aegon the Dragon rather than give battle. When Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell was executed by King Joffrey, the northmen foreswore their loyalty to the Iron Throne and proclaimed Lord Eddard's son Robb as King in the North. During the War of the Five Kings, he won every battle, but was betrayed and murdered by the Freys and Boltons at the Twins during his uncle's wedding.
{ROBB STARK}, King in the North, King of the Trident, Lord of Winterfell, eldest son of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn of House Tully, a youth of sixteen called THE YOUNG WOLF, murdered at the Red Wedding,
{GREY WIND}, his direwolf, killed at the Red Wedding,
his trueborn siblings:
SANSA, his sister, m. Tyrion of House Lannister,
{LADY}, her direwolf, killed at Castle Darry,
ARYA, a girl of eleven, missing and thought dead,
NYMERIA, her direwolf, prowling the riverlands,
BRANDON, called BRAN, a crippled boy of nine, heir to Winterfell, believed dead,
SUMMER, his direwolf
Bran's companions and protectors:
MEERA REED, a maid of sixteen, daughter of Lord Howland Reed of Greywater Watch,
JOJEN REED, her brother, thirteen,
HODOR, a simple boy, seven feet tall,
RICKON, a boy of four, believed dead,
SHAGGYDOG, his direwolf, black and savage,
Rickon's companion, OSHA, a wildling once captive at Winterfell,
his bastard half brother, JON SNOW, of the Night's Watch,
GHOST, Jon's direwolf, white and silent,
Robb's sworn swords:
{DONNEL LOCKE, OWEN NORREY, DACEY MORMONT, SER WENDEL MANDERLY, ROBIN FLINT}, slain at the Red Wedding,
HALLIS MOLLEN, captain of the guards, escorting Eddard Stark's bones back to Winterfell,
Robb's uncles and cousins:
BENJEN STARK, his father's younger brother, lost ranging beyond the Wall, presumed dead,
{LYSA ARRYN}, his mother's sister, Lady of the Eyrie, m. Lord Jon Arryn, slain with a shove,
their son, ROBERT ARRYN, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale, a sickly boy,
EDMURE TULLY, Lord of Riverrun, his mother's brother, taken captive at the Red Wedding,
LADY ROSLIN, of House Frey, Edmure's bride,
SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called the BLACKFISH, his mother's uncle, castellan of Riverrun,
the Young Wolf's bannermen, the Lords of the North:
ROOSE BOLTON, Lord of the Dreadfort, the turncloak,
{DOMERIC}, his trueborn son and heir, died of a bad belly,
RAMSAY BOLTON (formerly RAMSAY SNOW), Roose's natural son, called THE BASTARD OF BOLTON, castellan of the Dreadfort,
WALDER FREY and WALDER FREY, called BIG WALDER and LITTLE WALDER, Ramsay's squires,
{REEK}, a man-at-arms infamous for his stench, slain while posing as Ramsay,
"ARYA STARK," Lord Roose's captive, a feigned girl betrothed to Ramsay,
WALTON, called STEELSHANKS, Roose's captain,
BETH CASSEL, KYRA, TURNIP, PALLA, BANDY, SHYRA, PALLA and OLD NAN, women of Winterfell held captive at the Dreadfort,
JON UMBER, called THE GREATJON, Lord of the Last Hearth, a captive at the Twins,
{JON}, called THE SMALLJON, the Greatjon's eldest son and heir, slain at the Red Wedding,
MORS, called CROWFOOD, uncle to the Greatjon, castellan at the Last Hearth,
HOTHER, called WHORESBANE, uncle to the Greatjon, likewise castellan at the Last Hearth,
{RICKARD KARSTARK}, Lord of Karhold, beheaded for treason and murder of prisoner,
{EDDARD}, his son, slain in the Whispering Wood,
{TORRHEN}, his son, slain in the Whispering Wood,
HARRION, his son, a captive at Maidenpool,
ALYS, Lord Rickard's daughter, a maid of fifteen,
Rickard's uncle, ARNOLF, castellan of Karhold,
GALBART GLOVER, Master of Deepwood Motte, unwed,
ROBETT GLOVER, his brother and heir,
Robett's wife, SYBELLE of House Locke,
their children:
GAWEN, a boy of three,
ERENA, a babe at the breast,
Galbart's ward, LARENCE SNOW, a natural son of {Lord Halys Hornwood}, a boy of thirteen,
HOWLAND REED, Lord of Greywater Watch, a crannogman,
his wife, JYANA, of the crannogmen,
their children:
MEERA, a young huntress,
JOJEN, a boy blessed with green sight,
WYMAN MANDERLY, Lord of White Harbor, vastly fat,
SER WYLIS MANDERLY, his eldest son and heir, very fat, a captive at Harrenhal,
Wylis's wife, LEONA of House Woolfield,
WYNAFRYD, their daughter, a maid of nineteen years,
WYLLA, their daughter, a maid of fifteen years,
{SER WENDEL MANDERLY}, his second son, slain at the Red Wedding,
SER MARLON MANDERLY, his cousin, commander of the garrison at White Harbor,
MAESTER THEOMORE, counselor, tutor, healer,
MAEGE MORMONT, Lady of Bear Island,
{DACEY}, her eldest daughter and heir, slain at the Red Wedding,
{JEOR MORMONT}, her brother, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, slain by own men,
SER JORAH MORMONT, Lord Jeor's son, once Lord of Bear Island in his own right, a knight condemned and exiled,
{SER HELMAN TALLHART}, Master of Torrhen's Square, slain at Duskendale,
{BENFRED}, his son and heir, slain by ironmen on the Stony Shore,
EDDARA, his daughter, captive at Torrhen's Square,
{LEOBALD}, his brother, killed at Winterfell,
Leobald's wife, BERENA of House Hornwood, captive at Torrhen's Square,
their sons, BRANDON and BEREN, likewise captives at Torrhen's Square,
RODRIK RYSWELL, Lord of the Rills,
BARBREY DUSTIN, his daughter, Lady of Barrowton, widow of {Lord Willam Dustin}
HARWOOD STOUT, her liege man, a petty lord at Barrowton,
{BETHANY BOLTON}, his daughter, second wife of Lord Roose Bolton, died of a fever,
ROGER RYSWELL, RICKARD RYSWELL, ROOSE RYSWELL, his quarrelsome cousins and bannermen,
{CLEY CERWYN}, Lord of Cerwyn, killed at Winterfell,
JONELLE, his sister, a maid of two-and-thirty,
LYESSA FLINT, Lady of Widow's Watch,
ONDREW LOCKE, Lord of Oldcastle, an old man,
HUGO WULL, called BIG BUCKET, chief of his clan,
BRANDON NORREY, called THE NORREY, chief of his clan,
TORREN LIDDLE, called THE LIDDLE, chief of his clan.
The Stark arms show a grey direwolf racing across an ice-white field. The Stark words are Winter Is Coming.
Lord Edmyn Tully of Riverrun was one of the first of the river lords to swear fealty to Aegon the Conqueror. King Aegon rewarded him by raising House Tully to dominion over all the lands of the Trident. The Tully sigil is a leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red. The Tully words are Family, Duty, Honor.
EDMURE TULLY, Lord of Riverrun, taken captive at his wedding and held prisoner by the Freys,
LADY ROSLIN of House Frey, Edmure's young bride,
{LADY CATELYN STARK}, his sister, widow of Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell, slain at the Red Wedding,
{LADY LYSA ARRYN}, his sister, widow of Lord Jon Arryn of the Vale, pushed to her death from the Eyrie,
SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called THE BLACKFISH, Edmure's uncle, castellan of Riverrun,
Lord Edmure's household at Riverrun:
MAESTER VYMAN, counselor, healer, and tutor,
SER DESMOND GRELL, master-at-arms,
SER ROBIN RYGER, captain of the guard,
UTHERYDES WAYN, steward of Riverrun,
Edmure's bannermen, the Lords of the Trident,
TYTOS BLACKWOOD, Lord of Raventree Hall,
{LUCAS}, his son, slain at the Red Wedding,
JONOS BRACKEN, Lord of the Stone Hedge,
JASON MALLISTER, Lord of Seagard, a prisoner in his own castle,
PATREK, his son, imprisoned with his father,
SER DENYS MALLISTER, Lord Jason's uncle, a man of the Night's Watch,
CLEMENT PIPER, Lord of Pinkmaiden Castle,
his son and heir, SER MARQ PIPER, taken captive at the Red Wedding,
KARYL VANCE, Lord of Wayfarer's Rest,
his elder daughter and heir, LIANE,
NORBERT VANCE, the blind Lord of Atranta,
his eldest son and heir, SER RONALD VANCE, called THE BAD,
his younger sons, SER HUGO, SER ELLERY, SER KIRTH and MAESTER JON,
THEOMAR SMALLWOOD, Lord of Acorn Hall,
his wife, LADY RAVELLA, of House Swann,
their daughter, CARELLEN,
WILLIAM MOOTON, Lord of Maidenpool,
SHELLA WHENT, dispossessed Lady of Harrenhal,
SER WILLIS WODE, a knight in her service,
SER HALMON PAEGE,
LORD LYMOND GOODBROOK.
The Tyrells rose to power as stewards to the Kings of the Reach, though they claim descent from Garth Greenhand, gardener king of the First Men. When the last king of House Gardener was slain on the Field of Fire, his steward Harlen Tyrell surrendered Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror. Aegon granted him the castle and dominion over the Reach. Mace Tyrell declared his support for Renly Baratheon at the onset of the War of the Five Kings, and gave him the hand of his daughter Margaery. Upon Renly's death, Highgarden made alliance with House Lannister, and Margaery was betrothed to King Joffrey.
MACE TYRELL, Lord of Highgarden, Warden of the South, Defender of the Marches, and High Marshal of the Reach,
his wife, LADY ALERIE, of House Hightower of Oldtown,
their children,
WILLAS, their eldest son, heir to Highgarden,
SER GARLAN, called THE GALLANT, their second son, newly raised to Lord of Brightwater,
Garlan's wife, LADY LEONETTE, of House Fossoway,
SER LORAS, the Knight of Flowers, their youngest son, a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard,
MARGAERY, their daughter, twice wed and twice widowed,
MEGGA, ALLA and ELINOR TYRELL,
Elinor's betrothed, ALYN AMBROSE, squire,
LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, LADY ALYCE GRACEFORD, LADY TAENA MERRYWEATHER, MEREDYTH CRANE, called MERRY, SEPTA NYSTERICA, her companions,
Mace's widowed mother, LADY OLENNA of House Redwyne, called THE QUEEN OF THORNS,
ARRYK and ERRYK, her guardsmen, twins seven feet tall called LEFT and RIGHT,
Mace's sisters:
LADY MINA, wed to Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor,
their children:
SER HORAS REDWYNE, twin to Hobber, called HORROR,
SER HOBBER REDWYNE, twin to Horas, called SLOBBER,
DESMERA REDWYNE, a maid of sixteen,
LADY JANNA, wed to Ser Jon Fossoway,
Mace's uncles and cousins:
Mace's uncle, GARTH, called THE GROSS, Lord Seneschal of Highgarden,
Garth's bastard sons, GARSE and GARRETT FLOWERS,
Mace's uncle, SER MORYN, Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown,
Moryn's son, {SER LUTHOR}, m. Lady Elyn Norridge,
Theodore's daughter, ELINOR,
Thedoroe's son, LUTHOR, a squire,
Luthor's son, MAESTER MEDWICK,
Luthor's daughter, OLENE, m. Ser Leo Blackbar,
Moryn's son LEO, called LEO THE LAZY, a novice at the Citadel of Oldtown,
Mace's uncle, MAESTER GORMON, serving at the Citadel,
Quentin's son, SER OLYMER, m. Lady Lysa Meadows,
Olymer's daughter, MEGGA,
Mace's cousin, MAESTER NORMUND, in service at Blackcrown,
Mace's cousin, {SER VICTOR}, slain by the Smiling Knight of the Kingswood Brotherhood,
Victor's daughter, VICTARIA, m. {Lord Jon Bulwer}, died of a summer fever,
their daughter, LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, eight,
Victor's son, SER LEO, m. Lady Alys Beesbury,
Leo's daughters, ALLA and LEONA,
Mace's household at Highgarden:
MAESTER LOMYS, counselor, healer, and tutor,
IGON VYRWEL, captain of the guard,
SER VORTIMER CRANE, master-at-arms,
BUTTERBUMPS, fool and jester, hugely fat,
his bannermen, the Lords of the Reach:
RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill,
PAXTER REDWYNE, Lord of the Arbor,
SER HORAS and SER HOBBER, his twin sons,
Lord Paxter's healer, MAESTER BALLABAR,
ARWYN OAKHEART, Lady of Old Oak,
Lady Arwyn's youngest son, SER ARYS, a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard,
MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove, m. Bethany of House Redwyne,
LEYTON HIGHTOWER, Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port,
HUMFREY HEWETT, Lord of Oakenshield,
FALIA FLOWERS, his bastard daughter,
OSBERT SERRY, Lord of Southshield,
SER TALBERT, his son and heir,
GUTHOR GRIMM, Lord of Greyshield,
MORIBALD CHESTER, Lord of Greenshield,
ORTON MERRYWEATHER, Lord of Longtable,
LADY TAENA, his wife, a woman of Myr,
RUSSELL, her son, a boy of eight,
LORD ARTHUR AMBROSE, m. Lady Alysanne Hightower,
his knights and sworn swords:
SER JON FOSSOWAY, of the green-apple Fossoways,
SER TANTON FOSSOWAY, of the red-apple Fossoways.
The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a green-grass field. Their words are Growing Strong.
SER CREIGHTON LONGBOUGH and SER ILLIFER THE PENNILESS, hedge knight and companions,
HIBALD, a merchant fearful and niggardly,
SER SHADRICK OF THE SHADY GLEN, called THE MAD MOUSE, a hedge knight in Hibald's service,
BRIENNE, THE MAID OF TARTH, also called BRIENNE THE BEAUTY, a maiden on a quest,
LORD SELWYN THE EVENSTAR, Lord of Tarth, her father,
{BIG BEN BUSHY}, SER HYLE HUNT, SER MARK MULLENDORE, SER EDMUND AMBROSE, {SER RICHARD FARROW}, {WILL THE STORK}, SER HUGH BEESBURY, SER RAYMOND NAYLAND, HARRY SAWYER, SER OWEN INCHFIELD, ROBIN POTTER, her onetime suitors,
RENFRED RYKKER, Lord of Duskendale,
SER RUFUS LEEK, a one-legged knight in his service, castellan of the Dun Fort at Duskendale,
WILLIAM MOOTON, Lord of Maidenpool,
ELEANOR MOOTON, eldest daughter and heir, thirteen,
RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill, commanding King Tommen's forces along the Trident,
DICKON, his son and heir, a young squire,
SER HYLE HUNT, sworn to service of House Tarly,
SER ALYN HUNT, Ser Hyle's cousin, likewise in Lord Randyll's service,
DICK CRABB, called NIMBLE DICK, a Crabb of Crackclaw Point,
EUSTACE BRUNE, Lord of the Dyre Den,
BENNARD BRUNE, the Knight of Brownhollow, his cousin,
SER ROGER HOGG, the Knight of Sow's Horn,
SEPTON MERIBALD, a barefoot septon,
his dog, DOG,
THE ELDER BROTHER, of the Quiet Isle,
BROTHER NARBERT, BROTHER GILLAM, BROTHER RAWNEY, penitent brothers of the Quiet Isle,
SER QUINCY COX, the Knight of Saltpans, an old man in his dotage,
at the old crossroads inn:
JEYNE HEDDLE, called LONG JEYNE, innkeep, a tall young wench of eighteen years,
WILLOW, her sister, stern with a spoon,
GENDRY, an apprentice smith and bastard son of King Robert I Baratheon, ignorant of his birth,
at Harrenhal:
RAFFORD, called RAFF THE SWEETLING, SHITMOUTH, DUNSEN, men of the garrison,
BEN BLACKTHUMB, a smith and armourer,
PIA, a serving wench, once pretty,
MAESTER GULIAN, healer, tutor, counselor,
at Darry:
LADY AMEREI FREY, called GATEHOUSE AMI, an amorous young widow betrothed to Lord Lancel Lannister,
Lady Amerei's mother, LADY MARIYA of House Darry, widowed wife of Merrett Frey,
Lady Amerei's sister, MARISSA, a maid of thirteen,
SER HARWYN PLUMM, called HARDSTONE, commander of the garrison,
MAESTER OTTOMORE, healer, tutor, and advisor,
at the Inn of the Kneeling Man:
SHARNA, the innkeep, a cook and midwife,
her husband, called HUSBAND,
BOY, an orphan of the war,
HOT PIE, a baker's boy, now orphaned.
{BERIC DONDARRION}, once Lord of Blackhaven, six times slain,
LADY STONEHEART, a hooded woman, sometimes called MOTHER MERCY, THE SILENT SISTER, and THE HANGWOMAN,
SANDOR CLEGANE, called THE HOUND, once King Joffrey's sworn shield, later a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard, last seen feverish and dying beside the Trident,
{VARGO HOAT} of the Free City of Qohor, called THE GOAT, a sellsword captain of slobbery speech, slain at Harrenhal by Ser Gregor Clegane,
his Brave Companions, also called the Bloody Mummers:
URSWYCK called FAITHFUL, his lieutenant,
{SEPTON UTT}, hanged by Lord Beric Dondarrion,
TIMEON OF DORNE, FAT ZOLLO, RORGE, BITER, PYG, SHAGWELL THE FOOL, TOGG JOTH of Ibben, THREE TOES, scattered and running,
at the Peach, a brothel in Stoney Sept:
TANSY, the red-haired proprietor,
ALYCE, CASS, LANNA, JYZENE, HELLY, BELLA, some of her peaches,
at Acorn Hall, the seat of House Smallwood,
LADY RAVELLA, formerly of House Swann, wife to Lord Theomar Smallwood,
here and there and elsewhere:
LORD LYMOND LYCHESTER, an old man of wandering wit who once held Ser Maynard at the bridge,
his young caretaker, MAESTER ROONE,
the ghost of High Heart,
the Lady of the Leaves,
the septon of Sallydance.
JON SNOW, the Bastard of Winterfell, nine-hundred-and-ninety-eighth Lord Commander of the Night's Watch,
THE MEN OF CASTLE BLACK
BENJEN STARK, First Ranger, long missing, presumed dead,
SER WYNTON STOUT, an aged ranger, feeble of wit,
KEDGE WHITEYE, BEDWYCK called GIANT, MATTHAR, DYWEN, GARTH GREYFEATHER, ULMER OF THE KINGSWOOD, ELRON, PYPAR called PYP, GRENN called AUROCHS, BERNARR called BLACK BERNARR, GOADY, TIM STONE, BLACK JACK BULWER, GEOFF called THE SQUIRREL, BEARDED BEN, rangers,
BOWEN MARSH, Lord Steward,
THREE-FINGER HOBB, steward and chief cook,
{DONAL NOYE}, one-armed armorer and smith, slain at the gate by Mag the Mighty,
OWEN called THE OAF, TIM TANGLETONGUE, MULLY, CUGEN, DONNEL HILL called SWEET DONNEL, LEFT HAND LEW, JEREN, WICK WHITTLESTICK, stewards,
OTHELL YARWYCK, First Builder,
SPARE BOOT, HALDER, ALBETT, KEGS, builders
SEPTON CELLADOR, a drunken devout,
SER ALLISER THORNE, former master-at-arms,
LORD JANOS SLYNT, former commander of the City Watch of King's Landing, briefly Lord of Harrenhal,
MAESTER AEMON (TARGARYEN), healer and counselor, a blind man, one hundred and two years old,
Aemon's steward, CLYDAS
Aemon's steward, SAMWELL TARLY, fat and bookish,
IRON EMMETT, formerly of Eastwatch, master-at-arms,
HARETH called HORSE, the twins ARRON and EMRICK, SATIN, HOP-ROBIN, recruits in training,
THE MEN OF THE SHADOW TOWER
SER DENYS MALLISTER, Commander, Shadow Tower,
his steward and squire, WALLACE MASSEY,
MAESTER MULLIN, healer and counselor,
{QHORIN HALFHAND}, chief ranger, slain by Jon Snow beyond the Wall,
brothers of the Shadow Tower:
{SQUIRE DALLBRIDGE, EGGEN}, rangers, slain in the Skirling Pass,
STONESNAKE, a ranger, lost afoot in Skirling Pass,
THE MEN OF EASTWATCH-BY-THE-SEA
COTTER PYKE, Commander
MAESTER HARMUNE, healer and counselor,
OLD TATTERSALT, captain of the *Blackbird*,
SER GLENDON HEWETT, master-at-arms,
brothers of Eastwatch:
DAREON, steward and singer,
AT CRASTER'S KEEP (THE BETRAYERS)
MANCE RAYDER, King-beyond-the-Wall, a captive at Castle Black,
his wife {DALLA}, died in childbirth,
their newborn son, born in battle, not yet named,
VAL, Dalla's youngest sister, "the wildling princess," a captive at Castle Black,
wildling chiefs and captains:
HALLECK, her brother,
THE LORD OF BONES, mocked as RATTLESHIRT, a raider and leader of a war band, captive at Castle Black,
{YGRITTE}, a young spearwife, Jon Snow's lover, killed during the attack on Castle Black,
RYK, called LONGSPEAR, a member of his band,
SIGORN, Styr's son, the new Magnar of Thenn,
TORMUND, Mead-King of Ruddy Hall, called GIANTSBANE, TALL-TALKER, HORN-BLOWER, and BREAKER OF ICE, also THUNDERFIST, HUSBAND TO BEARS, SPEAKER TO GODS, and FATHER OF HOSTS,
Tormund's sons, TOREGG THE TALL, TORWYND THE TAME, DORMUND, and DRYN, his daughter MUNDA,
THE WEEPER, a raider and leader of a war band,
{ALFYN CROWKILLER}, a raider, slain by Qhorin Halfhand of the Night's Watch,
{ORELL}, called ORELL THE EAGLE, a skinchanger slain by Jon Snow in the Skirling Pass,
{MAG MAR TUN DOH WEG}, called MAG THE MIGHTY, a giant, slain by Donal Noye at the gate of Castle Black,
VARAMYR called SIXSKINS, a skinchanger, master of three wolves, a shadowcat, and snow bear,
{JARL}, a young raider, Val's lover, killed in a fall from the Wall,
GRIGG THE GOAT, ERROK, BODGER, DEL, BIG BOIL, HEMPEN DAN, HENK THE HELM, LENN, TOEFINGER, wildlings and raiders,
{CRASTER}, master of Craster's Keep, slain by Dirk of the Night's Watch, a guest beneath his roof,
GILLY, his daughter and wife,
Gilly's newborn son, not yet named,
DAENERYS TARGARYEN, the First of Her Name, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, called DAENERYS STORMBORN, the UNBURNT, MOTHER OF DRAGONS,
her brother, {RHAEGAR}, Prince of Dragonstone, slain by Robert Baratheon on the Trident,
Rhaegar's daughter, {RHAENYS}, murdered during the Sack of King's Landing,
Rhaegar's son, {AEGON}, a babe in arms, murdered during the Sack of King's Landing,
her brother {VISERYS}, the Third of His Name, called THE BEGGAR KING, crowned with molten gold,
her lord husband, {DROGO}, a khal of the Dothraki, died of a wound gone bad,
her stillborn son by Drogo, {RHAEGO}, slain in the womb by the maegi Mirri Maz Duur,
her Queensguard,
SER BARRISTAN SELMY, called BARRISTAN THE BOLD, once Lord Commander of King Robert's Kingsguard,
JHOGO, ko and bloodrider, the whip,
AGGO, ko and bloodrider, the bow,
RAKHARO, ko and bloodrider, the arakh,
STRONG BELWAS, eunuch and former fighting slave,
her captains and commanders:
DAARIO NAHARIS, a flamboyant Tyroshi sellsword, commanding the company of Stormcrows,
BEN PLUMM, called BROWN BEN, a mongrel sellsword, commanding the company of Second Sons,
GREY WORM, a eunuch, commanding the Unsullied, a company of eunuch infantry,
GROLEO of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog *Saduleon*, now an admiral without a fleet,
her handmaids:
her known and suspected enemies:
GRAZDAN MO ERAZ, a nobleman of Yunkai,
KHAL PONO, once ko to Khal Drogo,
KHAL JHAQO, once ko to Khal Drogo,
MAGGO, his bloodrider,
THE UNDYING OF QARTH, a band of warlocks,
THE SORROWFUL MEN, a guild of Qartheen assassins,
SER JORAH MORMONT, formerly Lord of Bear Island,
{MIRRI MAZ DUUR}, godswife and maegi, a servant of the Great Shepherd of Lhazar,
her uncertain allies, past and present:
XARO XHOAN DAXOS, a merchant prince of Qarth,
QUAITHE, a masked shadowbinder from Asshai,
ILLYRIO MOPATIS, a magister of the Free City of Pentos, who brokered her marriage to Khal Drogo,
CLEON THE GREAT, butcher king of Astapor,
KHAL MORO, sometime ally of Khal Drogo,
RHOGORO, his son and khalakka,
KHAL JOMMO, sometime ally of Khal Drogo.
The Targaryens are the blood of the dragon, descended from the high lords of the ancient Freehold of Valyria, their heritage marked by lilac, indigo, and violet eyes and hair of silver-gold. To preserve their blood and keep it pure, House Targaryen has oft wed brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece. The founder of the dynasty, Aegon the Conqueror, took both his sisters to wife and fathered sons on each. The Targaryen banner is a three-headed dragon, red on black, the three heads representing Aegon and his sisters. The Targaryen words are Fire and Blood.
FERREGO ANTARYON, Sealord of Braavos,
QARRO VOLENTIN, First Sword of Braavos, his protector
BELLEGERE OTHERYS, called THE BLACK PEARL, a courtesan descended from a pirate queen of the same name,
THE VEILED LADY, THE MERLING QUEEN, THE MOONSHADOW, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DUSK, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE POETESS, famous courtesans,
TERNESIO TERYS, Merchant-Captain of the *Titan's Daughter*,
MOREDO PRESTAYN, Merchant-Captain of the *Vixen*,
LOTHO LORNEL, a dealer in old books and scrolls,
EZZELYNO, a red priest, oft drunk,
SEPTON EUSTACE, disgraced and defrocked,
BLIND BEQQO, a fishmonger,
BRUSCO, a fishmonger,
MERALYN, called MERRY, proprietor of the Happy Port, a brothel near Ragman's Harbor,
THE SAILOR'S WIFE, a whore at the Happy Port,
LANNA her daughter, a young whore,
BLUSHING BETHANY, YNA ONE-EYE, ASSADORA OF IBBEN, the whores of Happy Port,
RED ROGGO, GYLORO DOTHARE, GYLENO DOTHARE, a scribbler called QUILL, COSSOMO THE CONJURER, patrons of the Happy Port,
TAGGANARO, a dockside cutpurse and thief,
CASSO, KING OF THE SEALS, his trained seal,
LITTLE NARBO, his sometime partner,
MYRMELLO, JOSS THE GLOOM, QUENCE, ALLAQUO, SLOEY, mummers performing nightly on the Ship,
S'VRONE, a dockside whore of a murderous bent,
THE DRUNKEN DAUGHTER, a whore of uncertain temper,
CANKER JEYNE, a whore of uncertain sex,
THE KINDLY MAN and THE WAIF, servants of the Many-Faced God at the House of Black and White,
UMMA, the temple cook,
THE HANDSOME MAN, THE FAT FELLOW, THE LORDLING, THE STERN FACE, THE SQUINTER and THE STARVED MAN, secret servants of Him of Many Faces,
ARYA of House Stark, a girl with an iron coin, also known as ARRY, NAN, WEASEL, SQUAB, SALTY, and CAT,
QUHURU MO, of Tall Trees Town in the Summer Isles, master of the merchantman *Cinnamon Wind*,
KOJJA MO, his daughter, the red archer,
XHONDO DHORU, mate on the Cinnamon Wind.