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Ice is the ancestral [[Valyrian steel]] greatsword of [[House Stark]].
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[[File:Ice, Sword of Eddard Stark.jpg|thumb|100px|Ice by John Goodenough © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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'''Ice''' is the ancestral [[greatsword]] of [[House Stark]]. It is made of [[Valyrian steel]].{{ref|AGOT|2}}
  
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
Ice is a greatsword, as wide across as a man's hand and taller than an adolescent [[Robb Stark]]. As a Valyrian steel blade, its metal has a dark and smokey appearance.
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Ice|Images of Ice]]''
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Ice is a greatsword, as wide across as a man's hand and taller than an adolescent [[Robb Stark]]. Its [[Valyrian steel]] blade has a dark and smokey appearance.{{ref|AGOT|1}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The name "Ice" is a legacy from the [[Age of Heroes]], and predates the sword. About four hundred years before [[Robert Baratheon]]'s reign, the Starks acquired the Valyrian steel greatsword and named it after that legacy. It became the sword of the Lord of Winterfell. Eddard Stark used the sword in battle and execute condemned prisoners. After his capture, [[Ilyn Payne]] seized the sword and used it to execute Eddard himself. Ilyn carried the blade for a short time until Tywin Lannister took it from him and had Ice re-forged into two longswords, [[Widow's Wail]], and the longsword later called [[Oathkeeper]].  
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The name "Ice" is a legacy from the [[Age of Heroes]], and predates the current sword. About four hundred years before King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s reign, the [[Valyrian steel]] greatsword was spell-forged in [[Valyria]] and acquired by [[House Stark]], who named it after that legacy.{{Ref|AGOT|2}}
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In {{Date|50}} Lord [[Walton Stark (son of Brandon)|Walton Stark]] used Ice to execut Ser [[Olyver Bracken]] who rebelled against the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
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Lord [[Cregan Stark]] used Ice to behead Ser [[Gyles Belgrave]] and Lord [[Larys Strong]] in [[King's Landing]] during the [[Hour of the Wolf]].{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
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[[File:Ned_&_Ice.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Eddard Stark]] cleaning Ice in the [[godswood of Winterfell]] by Michael Komarck ©]]
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Lord [[Eddard Stark]] uses Ice to execute [[Gared]], a deserter from the [[Night's Watch]].{{ref|AGOT|1}} Ned then cleans the blade in the [[godswood of Winterfell]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}
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After Eddard is arrested for treason in [[King's Landing]], Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], the [[King's Justice]], uses the blade to execute Eddard himself at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{Ref|AGOT|65}}
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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Ilyn carries the blade until Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] takes it from him and has [[Tobho Mott]] re-forge Ice into two longswords, [[Widow's Wail]], and the longsword later called [[Oathkeeper]].{{Ref|ASOS|32}}{{Ref|ASOS|72}}
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==Known wielders==
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* Lord [[Walton Stark]]{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
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* Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
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* Lord [[Eddard Stark]]{{Ref|AGOT|2}}
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* Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]{{Ref|AGOT|65}}
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* [[Brienne Tarth]], wielder of [[Oathkeeper]] the first half of the re-forged Ice{{Ref|ASOS|72}}
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* King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], wielder of [[Widow's Wail]] the second half of the re-forged Ice{{Ref|ASOS|59}}
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==Quotes==
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[[File:Ice, Sword of Eddard Stark.jpg|thumb|50px|Depiction of Ice]]
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{{quote|The blade was [[Valyrian steel]], spell-forged and dark as smoke. Nothing held an edge like Valyrian steel.{{ref|AGOT|1}}|thoughts of [[Bran Stark]]}}
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{{quote|What has Ser [[Ilyn Payne|Ilyn]] done with [[Eddard Stark|my father's]] sword?{{ref|ASOS|60}}|[[Sansa Stark]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
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==References==
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Revision as of 22:19, 9 February 2019

Ice by John Goodenough © Fantasy Flight Games

Ice is the ancestral greatsword of House Stark. It is made of Valyrian steel.[1]

Appearance

See also: Images of Ice

Ice is a greatsword, as wide across as a man's hand and taller than an adolescent Robb Stark. Its Valyrian steel blade has a dark and smokey appearance.[2]

History

The name "Ice" is a legacy from the Age of Heroes, and predates the current sword. About four hundred years before King Robert I Baratheon's reign, the Valyrian steel greatsword was spell-forged in Valyria and acquired by House Stark, who named it after that legacy.[1]

In 50 AC Lord Walton Stark used Ice to execut Ser Olyver Bracken who rebelled against the Night's Watch.[3]

Lord Cregan Stark used Ice to behead Ser Gyles Belgrave and Lord Larys Strong in King's Landing during the Hour of the Wolf.[4]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Eddard Stark cleaning Ice in the godswood of Winterfell by Michael Komarck ©

Lord Eddard Stark uses Ice to execute Gared, a deserter from the Night's Watch.[2] Ned then cleans the blade in the godswood of Winterfell.[1]

After Eddard is arrested for treason in King's Landing, Ser Ilyn Payne, the King's Justice, uses the blade to execute Eddard himself at the Great Sept of Baelor.[5]

A Storm of Swords

Ilyn carries the blade until Lord Tywin Lannister takes it from him and has Tobho Mott re-forge Ice into two longswords, Widow's Wail, and the longsword later called Oathkeeper.[6][7]

Known wielders

Quotes

Depiction of Ice

The blade was Valyrian steel, spell-forged and dark as smoke. Nothing held an edge like Valyrian steel.[2]

—thoughts of Bran Stark

What has Ser Ilyn done with my father's sword?[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran I.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fire & Blood, A Surfeit of Rulers.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Fire & Blood, Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf.
  5. 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
  6. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 32, Tyrion IV.
  7. 7.0 7.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
  8. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa IV.
  9. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.