Fool
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A fool is a court jester used to entertain nobles and their guests at court. Fools are sometimes lackwits and simpletons.
They often wear brightly colored motley. They use storytelling, japes, juggling, music, acrobatics, and other skills to entertain their audiences.
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Known Fools
Fools at the end of the third century
- Aegon Frey, known as Jinglebells, the son of Ser Stevron Frey. A lackwit fool at the Twins.[1]
- Butterbumps, the fool and jester of House Tyrell.[2]
- Ser Dontos Hollard, a drunken knight made court fool.[3]
- Moon Boy, the royal fool of the court at King's Landing.[4]
- Patchface, a lackwit fool and former slave from Volantis, now serving at Dragonstone.[5]
- Shagwell, a psychotic jester and member of the Brave Companions.[6]
- Wyman Manderly's fool, used by one of Betharios of Braavos's handmaids to gather information for Symond Frey.[7]
- Benjicot, the fool and jester at the Gates of the Moon.[8]
Historical fools
- Florian the Fool, a great fool and a great knight of legend.[9]
- Lord Monkeyface, Queen Visenya Targaryen's fool.[10]
- The Goodwife, the first court fool at the Red Keep.[11]
- Lord Swann's fool.[12]
- Tom Turnip, a court fool during the late reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[13]
- Mushroom, a dwarf fool of the court at King Viserys I Targaryen in King's Landing.[14] Lived through the reign of King Aegon II and Aegon III Targaryen.[15]
- Rodrik Greyjoy, a salt son of Lord Dalton Greyjoy, later court fool at Casterly Rock.[15]
- Lord Toad, a hunchbacked fool at Casterly Rock during the time of Lord Gerold Lannister.[16]
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References
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 2, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 47, Arya IX.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 29, Davos IV.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, Alayne I
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 66, Bran VII.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade.
- ↑ The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: House Lannister under the Dragons.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 52, Sansa IV.