Master-at-arms
Master-at-arms is a position charged with training garrisons, as well as noble children, in fighting skills.[1][2][3] Masters-at-arms are often deadly warriors or knights.[4][5][6] They can provide blunted weapons for training instead of live steel.[7] Masters-at-arms are present at most castles in the Seven Kingdoms, including the Night's Watch,[8] although they are not used by the crannogmen.[9]
Contents
History
Ser Quentyn Ball, a master-at-arms at the Red Keep, supported Daemon I Blackfyre during the First Blackfyre Rebellion.[5]
Ser Willem Darry helped train Prince Rhaegar Targaryen,[10] and he later helped Prince Viserys and Princess Daenerys Targaryen escape for Braavos before the assault on Dragonstone.[11]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Jon Snow has a contentious relationship with the master-at-arms of Castle Black, Ser Alliser Thorne.[8][12]
A Clash of Kings
Dagmer Cleftjaw, the master-at-arms of Pyke,[13] joins Theon Greyjoy in the harrying of the Stony Shore.[6]
A Feast for Crows
With Ser Aron Santagar dead, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister refuses to name Ser Loras Tyrell as the new master-at-arms of the Red Keep.[3]
A Dance with Dragons
Jon, now Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, names the wildling Leathers as the new master-at-arms for Castle Black.[14]
Quotes
Your squire looks in need of sustenance as well. He is so scrawny that all his hair has fallen out. We'll have him share a cell with other boys of his own age. He'll like that. My master-at-arms can train him in all the arts of war.[15]
Ser Quentyn Ball was the master-at-arms at the Red Keep. He taught my father and my uncles how to fight. The Great Bastards too.[5]
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard VII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 66, Theon VI.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 24, Cersei V.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 37, Theon III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 7, Arya I.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 19, Jon III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 28, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 8, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 3, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 26, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 58, Jon XII.
- ↑ The Sworn Sword.