Great Spring Sickness

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The Great Spring Sickness was a plague epidemic that followed the Great Spring of 209 AC, killing tens of thousands in the Seven Kingdoms.

The Sickness

The plague killed tens of thousands in the Seven Kingdoms[1] with the major cities affected the most; it was bad in Lannisport, worse in Oldtown, but worst of all in King's Landing, where four in ten succumbed to it.[2] A strong man could wake up healthy in the morning and die by the evening, so swiftly did the plague strike.[3] Dorne and the Vale of Arryn did not suffer from the Great Spring Sickness, as they closed off their access roads and their ports to all travelers.[4][2] Duncan the Tall and his squire, Egg, were in Dorne for the duration of the plague.

The plague did not care for status and killed people high-born or low, including King Daeron the Good,[5][1][2][6] his last Hand of the King[2] and his two most immediate heirs, Princes Valarr[7][2] and Matarys,[1][2][6] as well as the High Septon,[2] a third of the Most Devout,[2] and nearly all of the Silent Sisters in King's Landing.[2] Lord Brynden Rivers, the Hand of the King to Daeron's successor Aerys I Targaryen, ordered the many bodies be brought to the Dragonpit and burned by the pyromancers. The light of their wildfire pyres could be seen as a glow throughout the city during the night.[2][4] Others known to have died of the Sickness were the last husband of Lady Rohanne Webber,[1] Lord Damon Lannister[6] and the heir and eldest son of Lord Bracken.[2]

References and Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Sworn Sword, Legends II, ISBN 978-0345456441, page 112 of 73-152.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 The Sworn Sword, Legends II, ISBN 978-0345456441, page 115 of 73-152.
  3. The Sworn Sword, Legends II, ISBN 978-0345456441, page 114 of 73-152.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Sworn Sword, Graphic Novel, p.121
  5. The Sworn Sword, Legends II, ISBN 978-0345456441, page 93 of 73-152.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Mystery Knight, Warriors 1, ISBN-13 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 294 of 251-394.
  7. The Sworn Sword, Legends II, ISBN 978-0345456441, page 96 of 73-152.