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'''Sandoq''', called '''Sandoq the Shadow''', was a former [[pit fighter]] in service to Lady [[Larra Rogare]] during the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen]].
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'''Sandoq the Shadow''' was a former [[pit fighter]] in service to Lady [[Larra Rogare|Larra of Lys]] and [[House Rogare]] during the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]].
  
 
==Appearance and Character==
 
==Appearance and Character==
Sandoq stood nearly seven feet tall, with black skin and hair. His face was horribly disfigured; it bore numerous thin white scars, and his lips and tongue had been removed. He typically hid his disfigurement under a black silk veil.{{ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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Sandoq stood nearly seven feet tall, with black skin and hair. His face was horribly disfigured; it bore numerous thin white scars, and his lips and tongue had been removed. He typically hid his disfigurement under a black silk veil.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
Sandoq was illiterate, but had a gift for music, playing a stringed instrument of [[goldenheart]] and ebony.{{ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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Sandoq the Shadow was illiterate, but had a gift for music, playing a stringed instrument of [[goldenheart]] and ebony.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
He wielded a great curved sword of [[Valyrian steel]] with a [[dragonbone]] hilt, as well as a tall black shield of nightwood, boiled hide, and iron.{{ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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Sandoq wielded a great curved sword of [[Valyrian steel]] with a [[dragonbone]] hilt, as well as a tall black shield of [[nightwood]], boiled hide, and iron.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Sandoq's history before his service to [[House Rogare]] is uncertain, but it is said that he had been a veteran pit fighter in [[Meereen]], with a hundred wins to his name.{{ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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Sandoq's history before his service to [[House Rogare]] is uncertain, but it is said that he had been a veteran [[pit fighter]] in [[Meereen]], with a hundred wins to his name.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
In {{date|135}}, during the plot against the Rogare family, Sandoq protected his lady's husband, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], and his brother, King [[Aegon]], from Ser [[Amaury Peake]] and his guardsmen, slaying them all at the gates of [[Maegor's Holdfast]]. Thus began an [[secret siege|eighteen-day standoff]] before the plot unraveled.{{ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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In {{Date|135}}, during the plot against the Rogare family amidst the [[Lysene Spring]], Sandoq the Shadow protected his lady's husband, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], and his brother, King [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], from Ser [[Amaury Peake]] of the [[Kingsguard]] and a dozen guardsmen, slaying them all on the drawbridge of [[Maegor's Holdfast]]. Thus began an [[Secret siege|eighteen-day standoff]] before the plot unraveled.{{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
  
Sandoq along with several [[Kingsguard]] accompanied King Aegon upon his sixteenth [[nameday]] when he entered the [[small council]] chambers. Sandoq's presence unnerved the [[Hand of the King]] and the [[Regent]]s as the king dismissed them from his service. {{ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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Sandoq, alongside several of the white cloaks, accompanied King Aegon upon his sixteenth [[nameday]] when he entered the [[small council]] chambers. Sandoq's presence unnerved the [[Torrhen Manderly|Hand of the King]] and the [[Regency of Aegon III|regents]] as the king dismissed them from his service.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|Sandoq is no beast. He cannot speak, but he hears and he obeys.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}|[[Aegon III Targaryen]] to [[Marston Waters]]}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Characters from Meereen]]
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[[Category:House Targaryen retainers]]
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[[Category:Members of Aegon III Targaryen's court]]
 
[[Category:Pit fighters]]
 
[[Category:Pit fighters]]
[[Category:House Targaryen retainers]]
 
[[Category:Characters from Meereen]]
 

Revision as of 07:19, 28 April 2019

Sandoq
Sandoq.jpg
Sandoq with young Aegon III Targaryen as depicted by Douglas Wheatley in Fire & Blood.

Alias Sandoq the Shadow
Allegiances
Book Fire & Blood (mentioned)

Sandoq the Shadow was a former pit fighter in service to Lady Larra of Lys and House Rogare during the reign of King Aegon III Targaryen.

Appearance and Character

Sandoq stood nearly seven feet tall, with black skin and hair. His face was horribly disfigured; it bore numerous thin white scars, and his lips and tongue had been removed. He typically hid his disfigurement under a black silk veil.[1]

Sandoq the Shadow was illiterate, but had a gift for music, playing a stringed instrument of goldenheart and ebony.[1]

Sandoq wielded a great curved sword of Valyrian steel with a dragonbone hilt, as well as a tall black shield of nightwood, boiled hide, and iron.[1]

History

Sandoq's history before his service to House Rogare is uncertain, but it is said that he had been a veteran pit fighter in Meereen, with a hundred wins to his name.[1]

In 135 AC, during the plot against the Rogare family amidst the Lysene Spring, Sandoq the Shadow protected his lady's husband, Prince Viserys, and his brother, King Aegon III, from Ser Amaury Peake of the Kingsguard and a dozen guardsmen, slaying them all on the drawbridge of Maegor's Holdfast. Thus began an eighteen-day standoff before the plot unraveled.[1]

Sandoq, alongside several of the white cloaks, accompanied King Aegon upon his sixteenth nameday when he entered the small council chambers. Sandoq's presence unnerved the Hand of the King and the regents as the king dismissed them from his service.[1]

Quotes

Sandoq is no beast. He cannot speak, but he hears and he obeys.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.