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[[File:Windblown card.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Windblown, © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
[[File:Windblown card.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Windblown, © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''Windblown''' are a mercenary company of two thousand mounted [[horse]] and foot soldiers found in the [[Free Cities]]. They are led by a captain known as the [[Tattered Prince]]. Fork-tailed blue-and-white banners are the standards of the Windblown, streamers of pale blue silk flutter from the Windblown lances.
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The '''Windblown''' are a [[mercenary]] company of two thousand mounted [[horse]] and foot soldiers.{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}} They are found in [[Essos]] near the [[Free Cities]]. They are led by a captain known as the [[Tattered Prince]].{{ref|ADWD|25}}
  
The Windblown command tent is a great grey sailcloth pavilion which the [[Tattered Prince]] likes to call his canvas castle. Some of their tents sleep ten men.  It can take the Windblown less than an hour to strike camp.  
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==Culture==
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The Windblown's standards are fork-tailed blue-and-white banners, with streamers of pale blue silk on their lances. Their command tent is a great grey sailcloth pavilion which the [[Tattered Prince]] calls his canvas castle. It can take the Windblown less than an hour to strike camp.{{ref|ADWD|25}}
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The men of the Windblown chose their own names, and can change them as they wish. The closest thing the Windblown have to a company tongue is classic [[High Valyrian]].{{Ref|aDwD|25}}
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The Tattered Prince takes a dim view of deserters and deals with them harshly by sending hunters after them. If the deserters are caught, a foot might be chopped off to make sure the deserter in question can never run again. The unlucky ones are given to [[Meris]],{{Ref|ADWD|25}} the company torturer.{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The [[Tattered Prince]] established the mercenary company some thirty years before the events in the books.  When the [[Tattered Prince]] was twenty-three the magisters of [[Pentos]] selected him to be their new prince after they had beheaded the preceding one.   Instead of accepting their offer he fled to the [[Disputed Lands]] and never returned to [[Pentos]]. He has ridden with the [[Second Sons]], the [[Iron Shields]], and the [[Maiden's Men]], but later with five other men he established the Windblown. Out of the six founders of the company, he is the only one alive.
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The Windblown were established around {{Date|270}}.{{Ref|ADWD|25}} At the age of twenty-three, a nobleman, now known only as the [[Tattered Prince]], had been selected by the [[magister]]s of [[Pentos]] to become the new [[Prince of Pentos]] in {{Date|262}}, only hours after the previous one had been beheaded. The Tattered Prince refused their offer, however, and fled to the [[Disputed Lands]].{{Ref|ADWD|25}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Pentos}} He never returned to Pentos again,{{Ref|adwd|25}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Pentos}} but has continued to long for the city.{{ref|ADWD|52}}{{Ref|ADWD|60}}{{Ref|ADWD|70}} The Tattered Prince fought in the Disputed Lands as a member of the [[Second Sons]], and later the [[Iron Shields]] and the [[Maiden's Men]].{{Ref|ADWD|25}} Next, together with five brothers-in-arms, the Tattered Prince founded the Windblown. By {{Date|300}}, he was the only one of the founding members still alive.{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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There is enmity between the Windblown and the [[Company of the Cat]]. In {{Date|299}} the two sellsword companies had been on opposite sides of the battle lines in the [[Disputed Lands]], and bad blood continues to linger. [[Bloodbeard]], the leader of the Company of the Cat, has a strong dislike for the Tattered Prince, and makes no secret of this, referring to his Windblown rivals as "old greybeards in rags".{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
  
The [[Tattered Prince]] says to [[Quentyn Martell]] that every turncloak has his tale and others have sworn service to him, taken his coin and run.  One member who fled said that the food made him sick, so the [[Tattered Prince]] had his foot cut off, roasted up, and fed to him.  He then made him camp cook and the meals improved markedly, and when his contract was fulfilled he signed another. [[Hugh Hungerford]] was the company paymaster for a time, but the [[Tattered Prince]] caught him stealing from the coffers and removed three of his fingers and demoted him to serjeant.  
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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The [[Yunkai]]'i contract and bring the Windblown from [[Volantis]] to fight for the Yellow City. The Yunkish Supreme Commander [[Yurkhaz zo Yunzak]] signs the Windblown's contract on behalf of the city of Yunkai.{{Ref|aDwD|60}} 
  
There is enmity between the Windblown and the [[Company of the Cat]]. A year ago in the [[Disputed Lands]] they had been on opposite sides of the battle lines and bad blood still lingers. [[Bloodbeard]] makes no secret of his disdain for the [[Tattered Prince]] whom he refers to as ''old grey-beards in rags''.
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Before leaving for Yunkai four Windblown serjeants set up a trestle table outside of the [[Merchant's House]] in [[Volantis]], calling to every passing man and boy looking for fresh meat to fill their ranks. Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] and his companions, Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]] and Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]], join the Windblown, pledging their sword and service to the Tattered Prince for a year, as a way to reach Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] in [[Meereen]].{{Ref|aDwD|6}}{{Ref|aDwD|25}}
  
==Culture==
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To get to Yunkai the Windblown sail on an overcrowded ship tossed by wind and sea. They fight during the [[siege of Astapor]] and participate in sacking the city, after which they march for [[Yunkai]].{{Ref|ADWD|25}} The Tattered Prince orders two dozen of his Westerosi sellswords, Quentyn and his two companions among them, to go over to Daenerys, providing him the ability to turn his cloak later on should he wish to do so.{{Ref|aDwD|25}}
The men of the Windblown use what names they would, and change them at a whim.
 
  
The [[Tattered Prince]] takes a dim view of deserters and deals with them harshly. He sends hunters after them and if caught and they are lucky he’ll just chop off a foot to make sure they never run again. If they are unlucky they are given to Pretty [[Meris]].  
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The Westerosi contingent successfully contact [[Daario Naharis]] and offer themselves as recruits for his [[Stormcrows]].{{Ref|aDwD|36}} When Quentyn and his companions are introduced to Daenerys, they reveal their true purpose,{{Ref|ADWD|43}} as well as inform Daenerys that the deserters from the Windblown were ordered to go over to her side, resulting in the arrest of the other fake deserters.{{Ref|aDwD|50}} Daenerys eventually decides to release [[Meris]]{{Ref|aDwD|50}} who, apparently speaking for the Tattered Prince, then offers the Windblown's support for Daenerys if they are given [[Pentos]] as payment.{{Ref|aDwD|50}}{{Ref|aDwD|52}}
  
[[Dick Straw]] claims there are three score [[Westeros]]i in the company. The closest thing they have to a company tongue is classic [[High Valyrian]] {{Ref|aDwD|25}}
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After Daenerys leaves Meereen, Quentyn contacts the Tattered Prince, requesting his aid in stealing one of the two remaining dragons. The Tattered Prince eventually agrees to help Quentyn, in exchange for Pentos.{{Ref|aDwD|60}} Their attempt to steal the dragons coincides with Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]'s plot to capture [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]].{{Ref|ADWD|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|68}} The Windblown arrange for a ship on which to put one of Daenerys's [[dragon]]s.{{Ref|ADWD|70}} The dragons attack Quentyn, however, and the Windblown abandon Quentyn and his companions.{{Ref|ADWD|68}}{{Ref|ADWD|70}} Quentyn dies, and Archibald and Gerris are arrested.{{Ref|ADWD|70}}
  
==Notable Members{{Ref|aDwD|25}}{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}==
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Barristan, acting as [[Hand of the King|Hand of the Queen]] while Daenerys is absent, eventually sends Archibald and Gerrold to the Windblown with an offer of alliance against Yunkai. Barristan plans to release the other feigned deserters of the Windblown as well, so Archibald and Gerrold can go unnoticed in the Yunkish camps, and is willing to promise Pentos to the Tattered Prince in exchange for the safe return of the hostages given to Yunkai by Meereen.{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
===Captain-generals===
 
*The [[Tattered Prince]], captain and founder
 
*[[Caggo]] the Corpsekiller, the [[Tattered Prince]]'s right hand
 
*[[Denzo D'han]] the warrior bard, the [[Tattered Prince]]'s left hand
 
===Members===
 
{{Columns|2|
 
*"Pretty" [[Meris]], the company torturer
 
*[[Quentyn Martell|Frog]]
 
*[[Archibald Yronwood|Greenguts]]
 
*[[Gerris Drinkwater|Dornish Gerrold]], a.k.a. "Drink"
 
*[[Dick Straw]], Westerosi  sellsword
 
*[[Will (of the Woods)|Wil of the Woods]], Westerosi  sellsword
 
*[[Webber]]
 
*[[Beans]], [[Myr]]ish crossbowman, technically known as "Baqq" but more often by this translation of his name
 
*[[Books]], Volantene swordsman and avid reader
 
*[[Bill Bone|Old Bill Bone]], from the [[Summer Islands]]
 
*[[Hugh Hungerford]], serjeant, former company paymaster
 
*Ser [[Orson Stone]], Westerosi  sellsword
 
*Ser [[Lucifer Long]], Westerosi  sellsword
 
*[[Jack|Ginger Jack]], Westerosi  sellsword
 
*[[Myrio Myrakis]], [[Pentos]]hi sellsword
 
*[[Lewis Lanster]] Westerosi archer
 
*[[Gerrold Redback]]
 
*[[Gerrold|Black Gerrold]]
 
}}
 
==Recent Events==
 
===A Dance with Dragons===
 
The [[Yunkai]] contract and bring the Windblown from Old [[Volantis]] to fight for the Yellow City.  Yunkish Supreme Commander [[Yurkhaz zo Yunzak]] signed the Windblow’s contract on behalf of the city of [[Yunkai]].{{Ref|aDwD|60}}
 
  
Before leaving for [[Yunkai]] four Windblown serjeants set up a trestle table outside of the [[Merchant's House]] calling to every passing man and boy looking for fresh meat to fill their ranks. They sing a marching song:
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===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Quote|We are the Windblown.  Blow us east to [[Slaver's Bay]], we’ll kill the butcher king and fuck the [[Dany|dragon queen]]''.{{Ref|aDwD|36}}}}
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{{Warning|This information has thus far been released in a sample chapter for ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', and might therefore not be in finalized form. Keep in mind that the content as described below is still subject to change.}}
Prior to the Windblown leaving Old [[Volantis]] [[Quentyn Martell]] and his companions join the Windblown, pledging the [[Tattered Prince]], by making a mark on a scarp of parchment, their sword and service for a year, as a way to reach the [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. {{Ref|aDwD|6}}{{Ref|aDwD|25}}
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As the [[second siege of Meereen]] begins [[Tyrion Lannister]] surveys the scene and sees a column of mounted men flash past the [[Six sisters|Harridan]] trebuchet, flying the blue banners of the Windblown. Shortly thereafter, while the [[Second Sons]] are in a meeting, they are informed that [[Gorzhak zo Eraz]] has been slain by the [[Tattered Prince]] and the Windblown have gone over to [[Daenerys Targaryen]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Tyrion II (The Winds of Winter)|Tyrion II]]</ref>
  
To get to [[Yunkai]] the Windblown sail on an overcrowded ship tossed by wind and sea, eat hard-bread crawling with weevils and drink [[black tar rum]] to sweet oblivion and sleep on piles of mouldy straw. Thereafter the Windblown were present at the [[Siege of Astapor]] and later [[Meereen]]. Upon commencing the march to [[Meereen]] the [[Tattered Prince]] declares to his sellswords that [[Astapor]] was but a taste, [[Meereen]] will be the feast.  
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==Notable Members==
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The Windblown are comprised out of two thousand men in total, both infantry and cavalry.{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}} According to [[Dick Straw]], there are three score Westerosi in the company.{{ref|ADWD|25}}
  
The [[Tattered Prince]], after witnessing the incompetence of the [[Yunkai]] commanders had two dozen of his Westerosi sellswords (among them the disguised [[Quentyn Martell]] and his two Dornish knights) go over to [[Daenerys Targaryen]] in case he wanted to turn his cloak later on.{{Ref|aDwD|25}}
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'''Captain-generals'''
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*The [[Tattered Prince]], captain and founder
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*[[Caggo|Caggo Corpsekiller]], the Tattered Prince's right hand{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Denzo D'han]], the warrior bard, the Tattered Prince's left hand{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
  
The Westerosi contingent succesfully contact [[Daario Naharis]] and offer themselves as recruits for his [[Stormcrows]].{{Ref|aDwD|36}}  After Quentyn and his companions introduce themselves to Daenerys and explain his intentions{{Ref|aDwD|43}}, the other Westerosi Windblown are kept captive.  Daenerys eventually decides to release [[Meris]]{{Ref|aDwD|50}} who, apparently speaking for the [[Tattered Prince]], then offers the Windblown's support for Daenerys if they are given [[Pentos]] as payment.{{Ref|aDwD|50}}{{Ref|aDwD|52}} [[Meris]] and the [[Tattered Prince]] also offer to help Quentyn in capturing a dragon, again in exchange for [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aDwD|60}}{{Ref|aDwD|68}}
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'''Soldiers'''
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{{Columns|2|
  
Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], acting as the Hand for absent Daenerys, eventually recruits the remaining captured Windblown contingent, releasing them back to the [[Tattered Prince]] with an offer of alliance during the coming attack to [[Yunkai]].{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
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*[[Baqq]], a [[Myr]]ish crossbowman, better known as "Beans", which is the translation of his name{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
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*[[Black Gerrold]]{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Old Bill Bone]], from the [[Summer Islands]]{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
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*[[Books]], a Volantene swordsman and avid reader{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
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*[[Gerris Drinkwater]], known amongst the company as "Dornish Gerrold" to distinguish him from other Windblown named Gerrold, and less frequently "Drink"{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Gerrold Redback]]{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Ginger Jack]], a Westerosi sellsword{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
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*[[Hugh Hungerford]], a serjeant, the former company paymaster{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Lewis Lanster]], a Westerosi archer{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*Ser [[Lucifer Long]], a Westerosi sellsword{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*Prince [[Quentyn Martell]], amongst the company known as "Frog"{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Meris]], also known as "Pretty Meris", the company torturer{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Myrio Myrakis]], a [[Pentos]]hi sellsword{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
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*Ser [[Orson Stone]], a Westerosi sellsword{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Dick Straw]], a Westerosi sellsword{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Webber]]
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*[[Will of the Woods]], a Westerosi sellsword{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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*[[Archibald Yronwood]], also known as "Greenguts" among the company{{Ref|ADWD|25}}
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==References and Notes==
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Windblown, © Fantasy Flight Games

The Windblown are a mercenary company of two thousand mounted horse and foot soldiers.[1] They are found in Essos near the Free Cities. They are led by a captain known as the Tattered Prince.[2]

Culture

The Windblown's standards are fork-tailed blue-and-white banners, with streamers of pale blue silk on their lances. Their command tent is a great grey sailcloth pavilion which the Tattered Prince calls his canvas castle. It can take the Windblown less than an hour to strike camp.[2]

The men of the Windblown chose their own names, and can change them as they wish. The closest thing the Windblown have to a company tongue is classic High Valyrian.[2]

The Tattered Prince takes a dim view of deserters and deals with them harshly by sending hunters after them. If the deserters are caught, a foot might be chopped off to make sure the deserter in question can never run again. The unlucky ones are given to Meris,[2] the company torturer.[1]

History

The Windblown were established around 270 AC.[2] At the age of twenty-three, a nobleman, now known only as the Tattered Prince, had been selected by the magisters of Pentos to become the new Prince of Pentos in 262 AC, only hours after the previous one had been beheaded. The Tattered Prince refused their offer, however, and fled to the Disputed Lands.[2][3] He never returned to Pentos again,[2][3] but has continued to long for the city.[4][5][6] The Tattered Prince fought in the Disputed Lands as a member of the Second Sons, and later the Iron Shields and the Maiden's Men.[2] Next, together with five brothers-in-arms, the Tattered Prince founded the Windblown. By 300 AC, he was the only one of the founding members still alive.[2]

There is enmity between the Windblown and the Company of the Cat. In 299 AC the two sellsword companies had been on opposite sides of the battle lines in the Disputed Lands, and bad blood continues to linger. Bloodbeard, the leader of the Company of the Cat, has a strong dislike for the Tattered Prince, and makes no secret of this, referring to his Windblown rivals as "old greybeards in rags".[2]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

The Yunkai'i contract and bring the Windblown from Volantis to fight for the Yellow City. The Yunkish Supreme Commander Yurkhaz zo Yunzak signs the Windblown's contract on behalf of the city of Yunkai.[5]

Before leaving for Yunkai four Windblown serjeants set up a trestle table outside of the Merchant's House in Volantis, calling to every passing man and boy looking for fresh meat to fill their ranks. Prince Quentyn Martell and his companions, Ser Archibald Yronwood and Ser Gerris Drinkwater, join the Windblown, pledging their sword and service to the Tattered Prince for a year, as a way to reach Queen Daenerys Targaryen in Meereen.[7][2]

To get to Yunkai the Windblown sail on an overcrowded ship tossed by wind and sea. They fight during the siege of Astapor and participate in sacking the city, after which they march for Yunkai.[2] The Tattered Prince orders two dozen of his Westerosi sellswords, Quentyn and his two companions among them, to go over to Daenerys, providing him the ability to turn his cloak later on should he wish to do so.[2]

The Westerosi contingent successfully contact Daario Naharis and offer themselves as recruits for his Stormcrows.[8] When Quentyn and his companions are introduced to Daenerys, they reveal their true purpose,[9] as well as inform Daenerys that the deserters from the Windblown were ordered to go over to her side, resulting in the arrest of the other fake deserters.[10] Daenerys eventually decides to release Meris[10] who, apparently speaking for the Tattered Prince, then offers the Windblown's support for Daenerys if they are given Pentos as payment.[10][4]

After Daenerys leaves Meereen, Quentyn contacts the Tattered Prince, requesting his aid in stealing one of the two remaining dragons. The Tattered Prince eventually agrees to help Quentyn, in exchange for Pentos.[5] Their attempt to steal the dragons coincides with Ser Barristan Selmy's plot to capture Hizdahr zo Loraq.[11][12] The Windblown arrange for a ship on which to put one of Daenerys's dragons.[6] The dragons attack Quentyn, however, and the Windblown abandon Quentyn and his companions.[12][6] Quentyn dies, and Archibald and Gerris are arrested.[6]

Barristan, acting as Hand of the Queen while Daenerys is absent, eventually sends Archibald and Gerrold to the Windblown with an offer of alliance against Yunkai. Barristan plans to release the other feigned deserters of the Windblown as well, so Archibald and Gerrold can go unnoticed in the Yunkish camps, and is willing to promise Pentos to the Tattered Prince in exchange for the safe return of the hostages given to Yunkai by Meereen.[6]

The Winds of Winter

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Warning
This information has thus far been released in a sample chapter for The Winds of Winter, and might therefore not be in finalized form. Keep in mind that the content as described below is still subject to change.

As the second siege of Meereen begins Tyrion Lannister surveys the scene and sees a column of mounted men flash past the Harridan trebuchet, flying the blue banners of the Windblown. Shortly thereafter, while the Second Sons are in a meeting, they are informed that Gorzhak zo Eraz has been slain by the Tattered Prince and the Windblown have gone over to Daenerys Targaryen.[13]

Notable Members

The Windblown are comprised out of two thousand men in total, both infantry and cavalry.[1] According to Dick Straw, there are three score Westerosi in the company.[2]

Captain-generals

Soldiers


References