Balerion (cat)

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Balerion is a black cat with a torn ear. As a kitten, he was owned by Rhaenys Targaryen, who liked to pretend he was the dragon Balerion. After her death, the whereabouts of the cat are unknown,^[1] though many readers believe he is the vicious one-eyed cat Arya Stark chases in A Game of Thrones and who pesters Tommen Baratheon and his kittens in A Dance with Dragons and who has been known to attack ravens in the rookery.

Quotes

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That’s the real king of this castle right there … Older than sin and twice as mean. One time, the king was feasting the queen’s father, and that black bastard hopped up on the table and snatched a roast quail right out of Lord Tywin’s fingers. Robert laughed so hard he like to burst. You stay away from that one, child.

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- a Gold Cloak, to Arya

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