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The '''Rhoynar''' are a culture of river-faring people who dwelt on the banks of the immense River [[Rhoyne]], in [[Essos]] and were forced to flee to [[Dorne]] during the war with [[Valyria]].
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[[File:Johnathan Standing Rhoynish Steed.JPG|thumb|Rhoynish Steed by Jonathan Standing © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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The '''Rhoynar''' are one of the three major ethnic groups from which the humans of [[Westeros]] descend, the others being the [[Andals]] and the [[First Men]]. They were a culture of river-faring people who dwelt on the banks of the immense river [[Rhoyne]] in [[Essos]]. After being forced to flee in [[ten thousand ships]] during the [[Rhoynish Wars]] with [[Valyria]], the surviving Rhoynar eventually settled in [[Dorne]] in southern Westeros.{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}
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While most Rhoynar integrated into Dornish society, especially into the so-called "salty [[Dornishmen]]", the [[orphans of the Greenblood]] have retained their Rhoynish heritage and language.{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}} The [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], who sits [[Iron Throne]], claims the title of [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]].{{ref|AGOT|1}}
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==Appearance==
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[[File:Rhoyne Poleman Raymond Bonilla.png|thumb|A poleman on the [[Rhoyne]] by Raymond Bonilla © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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The Rhoynar were a slender people with smooth olive skin, black hair, and dark eyes.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Some [[maesters]] have controversially theorized that the people of [[Myr]] are related to the Rhoynar because of their similar olive skin.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}
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==Culture==
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The Rhoynar practiced a number of customs that differ from mainstream [[Andal]] culture. These included equal primogeniture, granting inheritances to the eldest child regardless of gender. They also tolerated homosexuality. Due to their origin in city-states, the Rhoynar titled their rulers [[Prince of Dorne|Princes and Princesses]]. Their influence made these customs standard in Dorne as well.
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The Rhoynar worshiped a number of river-themed nature gods. Their primary god was [[Mother Rhoyne]], or Mother River, the personification of the river Rhoyne itself. Other gods include the [[Old Man of the River]], a turtle god, and his adversary, the [[Crab King]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The Rhoynar lived in city-states along the vast network of the river [[Rhoyne]] until 700 years before [[Aegon's Landing]], when the [[Valyrian Freehold]] expansion from the east threatened to overtake them. Prince [[Garin (Prince)|Garin]] led 250,000 Rhoynar to their deaths trying to defeat them.
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===Ancient Rhoynar===
A warrior-queen named [[Nymeria]] united the city-states to flee across the [[narrow sea]] to [[Westeros]]. According to myth, she guided ten thousand ships out of the Rhoyne Delta, into the Summer Sea, west along the coast and through the Stepstones, to finally land in Dorne along the coast and the banks of the [[Greenblood|Greenblood River]].{{Citation needed}}
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The Rhoynar lived in city-states along the vast network of the river Rhoyne, including [[Ar Noy]], [[Chroyane]], [[Ghoyan Drohe]], [[Ny Sar]], [[Sar Mell]], and [[Sarhoy]].{{ref|TLOIAF| The Free Cities}}
Nymeria married Dornish lord, [[Mors Martell]] of [[Sunspear]] and helped him consolidate Dorne under his rule.
 
The Rhoynar have lived and intermingled with the Dornish since that time.{{Ref|aFfC|21}}Before their flight from their homeland, they taught the [[Andals]] how to work iron,<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Tyrion II (A Dance with Dragons)|Tyrion II]]</ref> though in Westeros, the Faith of the Seven teaches that the Andals received this gift from the Smith in a vision. {{Citation needed}}
 
  
During and after the Rhoynar evacuation, the Valyrians destroyed the Rhoynish capital, [[Ny Sar]], and many of the other great cities of the kingdom, including [[Sorrows|Chroyane]], [[Ar Noy]], and [[Ghoyan Drohe]]; their massive ruins are still easily observed from the Rhoyne
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The Rhoynar taught the [[Andals]] how to work iron, although the ''[[Seven-Pointed Star]]'' of the [[Faith of the Seven]] teaches that the Andals received this gift from [[Smith (the Seven)|the Smith]].{{ref|ADWD|5}} The Rhoynar used [[water magic]] to defend themselves from enemies.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} [[Garris the Grey]], Prince of Ny Sar, is said to have driven [[hairy men]] from the [[Noyne]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Norvos}}
  
==Appearance==
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However, the [[Valyrian Freehold]]'s expansion from the east threatened to overtake the Rhoynar hundreds of years before [[Aegon's Landing]]. For some two and a half centuries, the [[Rhoynish Wars]] were fought between the Valyrians and the Rhoynar. In the last of the these, [[Garin (prince)|Garin the Great]], Prince of Chroyane, led two hundred and fifty thousand Rhoynar to their deaths in battle against the Valyrians. [[Nymeria]], Princess of Ny Sar, led the surviving Rhoynar, mostly women and children, in fleeing Essos in [[ten thousand ships]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} During and after the Rhoynar evacuation, the Valyrians destroyed the great cities of the Rhoynish realm; their massive ruins are still easily observed from the Rhoyne.{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{ref|ADWD|18}}
The Rhoynar were a slender people with smooth olive skin, black hair, and dark eyes.
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===Rhoynar in Dorne===
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[[File:Nymeriaandmors Karla Ortiz.jpg|thumb|350px|Princess [[Nymeria]] wed Lord [[Mors Martell]], art by Karla Ortiz]]
  
==Culture==
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Nymeria led her followers on dangerous journeys to the [[Basilisk Isles]], [[Sothoryos]], [[Naath]], the [[Summer Isles]], the [[Stepstones]], and finally [[Dorne]] in southern [[Westeros]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}{{ref|AFFC|13}} Nymeria married a Dornish lord, [[Mors Martell]] of the [[Sandship]], and helped him consolidate Dorne under his rule through [[Nymeria's War]].{{ref|AFFC|40}} Under the rule of [[House Martell|House Nymeros Martell]] of [[Sunspear]], the Rhoynar have lived and intermingled with the native Dornish since that time.{{Ref|aFfC|21}}
The Rhoynar practiced a number of customs that differ from mainstream [[Andal]] culture. They practiced equal primogeniture, granting inheritances to the eldest child regardless of gender. They also tolerated homosexuality. Due to their origin in city-states, the Rhoynar titled their rulers Princes and Princesses. Their influence made these customs standard in Dorne as well.
 
  
Other aspects of Rhoynish customs were abandoned in favor of Dorne's Andal culture. The Rhoynar originally worshiped a number of river-themed nature gods. Their primary god was [[Rhoyne|Mother Rhoyne]], or Mother River, the personification of the river Rhoyne itself. Other gods include the [[Old Man of the River]], a turtle god, and his adversary the [[Crab King]]. Having abandoned their river, however, the Rhoynar adopted the [[Faith of the Seven]].
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Having abandoned the Rhoyne, most Rhoynar adopted the [[Faith of the Seven]] in Westeros. In ''[[The Conquest of Dorne]]'', King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] differentiated between three sorts of [[Dornishmen]], so-called stony, sandy, and salty Dornishmen.{{ref|ASOS|38}} The salty Dornishmen are held to have the most Rhoynish blood, being dark haired, olive skinned, and living close to the shore. The salty Dornishmen no longer speak the language of the ancient Rhoynar,{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}} although they do speak the [[Common Tongue]] with a distinctive drawl.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} Unlike the rest of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], equal primogeniture is practiced in Dorne as it was along the Rhoyne.
  
Some descendants of the Rhoynar did not assimilate and continue to practice the traditions of their ancestors. Called the "[[Greenblood#Orphans of the Greenblood|orphans of the Greenblood]]", these individuals live on rafts along the river [[Greenblood]] and consider themselves orphaned from their Mother Rhoyne.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 21|Chapter 21]], The Queenmaker</ref>
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Some descendants of the Rhoynar did not assimilate and continue to practice the traditions of their ancestors, however. Called the "[[orphans of the Greenblood]]", these individuals live on rafts along the river [[Greenblood]] and consider themselves orphaned from their Mother Rhoyne.{{ref|AFFC|21}} They are of pure Rhoynar blood and still speak the Rhoynish language in secret.{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}
  
 
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Revision as of 22:23, 19 July 2017

Rhoynish Steed by Jonathan Standing © Fantasy Flight Games

The Rhoynar are one of the three major ethnic groups from which the humans of Westeros descend, the others being the Andals and the First Men. They were a culture of river-faring people who dwelt on the banks of the immense river Rhoyne in Essos. After being forced to flee in ten thousand ships during the Rhoynish Wars with Valyria, the surviving Rhoynar eventually settled in Dorne in southern Westeros.[1]

While most Rhoynar integrated into Dornish society, especially into the so-called "salty Dornishmen", the orphans of the Greenblood have retained their Rhoynish heritage and language.[2] The Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, who sits Iron Throne, claims the title of King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men.[3]

Appearance

A poleman on the Rhoyne by Raymond Bonilla © Fantasy Flight Games

The Rhoynar were a slender people with smooth olive skin, black hair, and dark eyes.[4] Some maesters have controversially theorized that the people of Myr are related to the Rhoynar because of their similar olive skin.[4]

Culture

The Rhoynar practiced a number of customs that differ from mainstream Andal culture. These included equal primogeniture, granting inheritances to the eldest child regardless of gender. They also tolerated homosexuality. Due to their origin in city-states, the Rhoynar titled their rulers Princes and Princesses. Their influence made these customs standard in Dorne as well.

The Rhoynar worshiped a number of river-themed nature gods. Their primary god was Mother Rhoyne, or Mother River, the personification of the river Rhoyne itself. Other gods include the Old Man of the River, a turtle god, and his adversary, the Crab King.

History

Ancient Rhoynar

The Rhoynar lived in city-states along the vast network of the river Rhoyne, including Ar Noy, Chroyane, Ghoyan Drohe, Ny Sar, Sar Mell, and Sarhoy.[5]

The Rhoynar taught the Andals how to work iron, although the Seven-Pointed Star of the Faith of the Seven teaches that the Andals received this gift from the Smith.[6] The Rhoynar used water magic to defend themselves from enemies.[1] Garris the Grey, Prince of Ny Sar, is said to have driven hairy men from the Noyne.[7]

However, the Valyrian Freehold's expansion from the east threatened to overtake the Rhoynar hundreds of years before Aegon's Landing. For some two and a half centuries, the Rhoynish Wars were fought between the Valyrians and the Rhoynar. In the last of the these, Garin the Great, Prince of Chroyane, led two hundred and fifty thousand Rhoynar to their deaths in battle against the Valyrians. Nymeria, Princess of Ny Sar, led the surviving Rhoynar, mostly women and children, in fleeing Essos in ten thousand ships.[1] During and after the Rhoynar evacuation, the Valyrians destroyed the great cities of the Rhoynish realm; their massive ruins are still easily observed from the Rhoyne.[8][9]

Rhoynar in Dorne

Princess Nymeria wed Lord Mors Martell, art by Karla Ortiz

Nymeria led her followers on dangerous journeys to the Basilisk Isles, Sothoryos, Naath, the Summer Isles, the Stepstones, and finally Dorne in southern Westeros.[1][10] Nymeria married a Dornish lord, Mors Martell of the Sandship, and helped him consolidate Dorne under his rule through Nymeria's War.[11] Under the rule of House Nymeros Martell of Sunspear, the Rhoynar have lived and intermingled with the native Dornish since that time.[12]

Having abandoned the Rhoyne, most Rhoynar adopted the Faith of the Seven in Westeros. In The Conquest of Dorne, King Daeron I Targaryen differentiated between three sorts of Dornishmen, so-called stony, sandy, and salty Dornishmen.[13] The salty Dornishmen are held to have the most Rhoynish blood, being dark haired, olive skinned, and living close to the shore. The salty Dornishmen no longer speak the language of the ancient Rhoynar,[2] although they do speak the Common Tongue with a distinctive drawl.[14] Unlike the rest of the Seven Kingdoms, equal primogeniture is practiced in Dorne as it was along the Rhoyne.

Some descendants of the Rhoynar did not assimilate and continue to practice the traditions of their ancestors, however. Called the "orphans of the Greenblood", these individuals live on rafts along the river Greenblood and consider themselves orphaned from their Mother Rhoyne.[12] They are of pure Rhoynar blood and still speak the Rhoynish language in secret.[2]

References and Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The World of Ice & Fire, Dorne: Queer Customs of the South.
  3. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran I.
  4. 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh.
  5. The Lands of Ice and Fire, The Free Cities.
  6. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
  7. The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Norvos.
  8. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 8, Tyrion III.
  9. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 18, Tyrion V.
  10. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight.
  11. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 40, Princess In The Tower.
  12. 12.0 12.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 21, The Queenmaker.
  13. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.
  14. A Feast for Crows, Prologue.