Jet
Jet is a dark gemstone created through the high-pressure decomposition of wood.
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Culture
Lord Tytos Blackwood owns bright yellow armor inlaid with jet in elaborate vine-and-leaf patterns.[1] The helm of Ser Marlon Manderly depicts the merling king with a beard of jade and jet.[2]
The broken wheel of House Waynwood is picked out in beads of jet on the green mantle of Lady Anya Waynwood.[3]
Bran Stark has a wolf's-head brooch of silver and polished jet.[4] One of the brooches of Ser Brynden Tully is a black fish wrought in jet and gold.[5]
Illyrio Mopatis has jet among his various rings.[6]
Oznak zo Pahl wears armor with copper and jet scales.[7]
The dark hair of characters like Boremund Baratheon,[8] Renly Baratheon,[9] Edric Storm,[10] Alleras,[11] and Arianne Martell[12] can be called jet black.
Some Westerosi compare the dark skin of Summer Islanders like Alayaya,[13] Quhuru Mo,[14] and Kojja Mo[15] to polished jet.
History
Jet and jade were among the goods on the Treasure when it reached Pentos after a voyage to the Jade Sea.[16]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Renly Baratheon wears a cloth-of-gold cape with the black stag of House Baratheon picked out in flakes of jet.[17]
A Dance with Dragons
Victarion Greyjoy thinks of the skin of Moqorro as even blacker than jet.[18]
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 19, Davos III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 21, Bran III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 38, Jaime VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 1, Tyrion I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 57, Daenerys V.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 15, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 10, Davos II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 15, Tyrion III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 35, Samwell IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 56, The Iron Suitor.
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