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Name day

2026-06-03T00:58:53Z

Alt Shift X: Removing odd italicisation of "Khal"

A '''name day''', '''nameday''' or '''name-day''',{{Ref|ASOS|51}} is the [[Westeros]]i equivalent to a [[w:birthday|birthday]].

==Culture==
In Westeros, children are named shortly after their birth.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
A person's age is counted in years since their name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}
Among the [[free folk]], children aren't named until their second or third year – it's considered bad luck to a name a child sooner, because so many infants die young.{{Ref|ASOS|46}}{{Ref|ASOS|75}}

In the [[Faith of the Seven]], newborns are named in a [[sept]] and anointed with the seven oils.{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|48}} Among the [[ironborn]], newborns may be [[Drowned God#Ritual drowning|ritually drowned]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

A person celebrating their name day may receive gifts from friends and family, and a feast may be held for them.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}{{Ref|AGOT|67}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}} A [[tourney]] may be held to celebrate a prince or king or noble's name day.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|25}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}}{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In Westeros, a person reaches their [[age of majority]] on their sixteenth name day, after which they are considered "a man grown" or "a woman grown".<ref name=ageofsexualrelations>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Sexual_Relations_in_Westeros Age of Sexual Relations (October 5, 1999)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Majority/ Age of Majority (November 4, 1999)]</ref>

There are expressions such as "naked as his/her name day"{{Ref|ASOS|26}}{{Ref|ASOS|29}} and "wearing their name day suits"{{Ref|ASOS|51}} or "in her name day gown".{{Ref|ASOS|24}} The latter two phrases are the equivalent of the real-world expression "birthday suit", meaning wearing no clothes at all.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthday%20suit "Birthday suit." Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary]</ref>

There is a song called "[[The Name Day Boy]]".{{Ref|ASOS|43}}

==History==
[[Steffarion Sparr]] and [[Gormond Goodbrother]] were ritually drowned in service to the [[Drowned God]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

[[Edric Storm]] received gifts from his father, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], on his name days.{{Ref|ASOS|10}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On her fourteenth name day, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] realizes she is pregnant by her husband, [[Drogo|Khal Drogo]].{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

Lord [[Walder Frey]] marries his eighth wife, [[Joyeuse Erenford]], on his ninetieth [[name day]].{{Ref|AGOT|28}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Sansa Stark]] claims that it is bad luck to kill a man on your name day, to prevent King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] from executing Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] at the [[Tourney on King Joffrey's name day|tourney for his thirteenth name day]]. She believes she made up the custom, and is surprised to hear the [[Kingsguard]] [[Sandor Clegane]] support the claim.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Three-Finger Hobb]] gives a salted ham to [[Samwell Tarly]] for his name day.{{Ref|AFFC|5}} As the [[Braavos]]i and [[Westeros]]i [[Measurement|measure]] time differently, [[Arya Stark]] does not remember when her name day is.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I'll be fifteen on my name day. Almost a man grown.{{Ref|AGOT|19}}|[[Jon Snow]], to [[Benjen Stark]]}}

{{Quote|My brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] gave me that mare for my twenty-third name day.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Chiggen]]}}

{{Quote|What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|[[Sandor Clegane]], to [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I'd have them all put to death, only it's my name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I am not the frightened girl you met in [[Pentos]]. I have counted only fifteen name days, true... but I am as old as the crones in the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' and as young as my [[dragon]]s, Jorah.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|The bathhouse had been thick with the steam rising off the water, and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] had come walking through that mist naked as his name day, looking half a corpse and half a god.{{Ref|AFFC|9}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

==See also==
*[[Customs]], for additional information on customs and traditions of Westeros.

==References==
{{references}}

[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Terms]]

[[es:Día del nombre]]
[[fr:Anniversaire]]
[[pt:Dia do nome]]
[[zh:命名日]]

Name day

2026-02-25T03:51:38Z

Alt Shift X: Rephrasing ironborn bit

A '''name day''', '''nameday''' or '''name-day''',{{Ref|ASOS|51}} is the [[Westeros]]i equivalent to a [[w:birthday|birthday]].

==Culture==
In Westeros, children are named shortly after their birth.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
A person's age is counted in years since their name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}
Among the [[free folk]], children aren't named until their second or third year – it's considered bad luck to a name a child sooner, because so many infants die young.{{Ref|ASOS|46}}{{Ref|ASOS|75}}

In the [[Faith of the Seven]], newborns are named in a [[sept]] and anointed with the seven oils.{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|48}} Among the [[ironborn]], newborns may be [[Drowned God#Ritual drowning|ritually drowned]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

A person celebrating their name day may receive gifts from friends and family, and a feast may be held for them.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}{{Ref|AGOT|67}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}} A [[tourney]] may be held to celebrate a prince or king or noble's name day.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|25}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}}{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In Westeros, a person reaches their [[age of majority]] on their sixteenth name day, after which they are considered "a man grown" or "a woman grown".<ref name=ageofsexualrelations>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Sexual_Relations_in_Westeros Age of Sexual Relations (October 5, 1999)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Majority/ Age of Majority (November 4, 1999)]</ref>

There are expressions such as "naked as his/her name day"{{Ref|ASOS|26}}{{Ref|ASOS|29}} and "wearing their name day suits"{{Ref|ASOS|51}} or "in her name day gown".{{Ref|ASOS|24}} The latter two phrases are the equivalent of the real-world expression "birthday suit", meaning wearing no clothes at all.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthday%20suit "Birthday suit." Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary]</ref>

There is a song called "[[The Name Day Boy]]".{{Ref|ASOS|43}}

==History==
[[Steffarion Sparr]] and [[Gormond Goodbrother]] were ritually drowned in service to the [[Drowned God]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

[[Edric Storm]] received gifts from his father, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], on his name days.{{Ref|ASOS|10}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On her fourteenth name day, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] realizes she is pregnant by her husband, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]].{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

Lord [[Walder Frey]] marries his eighth wife, [[Joyeuse Erenford]], on his ninetieth [[name day]].{{Ref|AGOT|28}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Sansa Stark]] claims that it is bad luck to kill a man on your name day, to prevent King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] from executing Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] at the [[Tourney on King Joffrey's name day|tourney for his thirteenth name day]]. She believes she made up the custom, and is surprised to hear the [[Kingsguard]] [[Sandor Clegane]] support the claim.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Three-Finger Hobb]] gives a salted ham to [[Samwell Tarly]] for his name day.{{Ref|AFFC|5}} As the [[Braavos]]i and [[Westeros]]i [[Measurement|measure]] time differently, [[Arya Stark]] does not remember when her name day is.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I'll be fifteen on my name day. Almost a man grown.{{Ref|AGOT|19}}|[[Jon Snow]], to [[Benjen Stark]]}}

{{Quote|My brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] gave me that mare for my twenty-third name day.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Chiggen]]}}

{{Quote|What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|[[Sandor Clegane]], to [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I'd have them all put to death, only it's my name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I am not the frightened girl you met in [[Pentos]]. I have counted only fifteen name days, true... but I am as old as the crones in the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' and as young as my [[dragon]]s, Jorah.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|The bathhouse had been thick with the steam rising off the water, and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] had come walking through that mist naked as his name day, looking half a corpse and half a god.{{Ref|AFFC|9}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

==See also==
*[[Customs]], for additional information on customs and traditions of Westeros.

==References==
{{references}}

[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Terms]]

[[es:Día del nombre]]
[[fr:Anniversaire]]
[[pt:Dia do nome]]
[[zh:命名日]]

Name day

2026-02-25T03:50:00Z

Alt Shift X: Rewrote opening sentences to better reflect what's in the books. (The books don't say that children are named on the day of their birth).

A '''name day''', '''nameday''' or '''name-day''',{{Ref|ASOS|51}} is the [[Westeros]]i equivalent to a [[w:birthday|birthday]].

==Culture==
In Westeros, children are named shortly after their birth.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
A person's age is counted in years since their name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}
Among the [[free folk]], children aren't named until their second or third year – it's considered bad luck to a name a child sooner, because so many infants die young.{{Ref|ASOS|46}}{{Ref|ASOS|75}}

In the [[Faith of the Seven]], newborns are named in a [[sept]] and anointed with the seven oils.{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|48}} Newborn children among the [[ironborn]] may be [[Drowned God#Ritual drowning|drowned]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

A person celebrating their name day may receive gifts from friends and family, and a feast may be held for them.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}{{Ref|AGOT|67}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}} A [[tourney]] may be held to celebrate a prince or king or noble's name day.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|25}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}}{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In Westeros, a person reaches their [[age of majority]] on their sixteenth name day, after which they are considered "a man grown" or "a woman grown".<ref name=ageofsexualrelations>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Sexual_Relations_in_Westeros Age of Sexual Relations (October 5, 1999)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Majority/ Age of Majority (November 4, 1999)]</ref>

There are expressions such as "naked as his/her name day"{{Ref|ASOS|26}}{{Ref|ASOS|29}} and "wearing their name day suits"{{Ref|ASOS|51}} or "in her name day gown".{{Ref|ASOS|24}} The latter two phrases are the equivalent of the real-world expression "birthday suit", meaning wearing no clothes at all.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthday%20suit "Birthday suit." Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary]</ref>

There is a song called "[[The Name Day Boy]]".{{Ref|ASOS|43}}

==History==
[[Steffarion Sparr]] and [[Gormond Goodbrother]] were ritually drowned in service to the [[Drowned God]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

[[Edric Storm]] received gifts from his father, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], on his name days.{{Ref|ASOS|10}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On her fourteenth name day, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] realizes she is pregnant by her husband, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]].{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

Lord [[Walder Frey]] marries his eighth wife, [[Joyeuse Erenford]], on his ninetieth [[name day]].{{Ref|AGOT|28}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Sansa Stark]] claims that it is bad luck to kill a man on your name day, to prevent King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] from executing Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] at the [[Tourney on King Joffrey's name day|tourney for his thirteenth name day]]. She believes she made up the custom, and is surprised to hear the [[Kingsguard]] [[Sandor Clegane]] support the claim.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Three-Finger Hobb]] gives a salted ham to [[Samwell Tarly]] for his name day.{{Ref|AFFC|5}} As the [[Braavos]]i and [[Westeros]]i [[Measurement|measure]] time differently, [[Arya Stark]] does not remember when her name day is.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I'll be fifteen on my name day. Almost a man grown.{{Ref|AGOT|19}}|[[Jon Snow]], to [[Benjen Stark]]}}

{{Quote|My brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] gave me that mare for my twenty-third name day.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Chiggen]]}}

{{Quote|What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|[[Sandor Clegane]], to [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I'd have them all put to death, only it's my name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I am not the frightened girl you met in [[Pentos]]. I have counted only fifteen name days, true... but I am as old as the crones in the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' and as young as my [[dragon]]s, Jorah.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|The bathhouse had been thick with the steam rising off the water, and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] had come walking through that mist naked as his name day, looking half a corpse and half a god.{{Ref|AFFC|9}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

==See also==
*[[Customs]], for additional information on customs and traditions of Westeros.

==References==
{{references}}

[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Terms]]

[[es:Día del nombre]]
[[fr:Anniversaire]]
[[pt:Dia do nome]]
[[zh:命名日]]

Name day

2026-02-25T03:24:49Z

Alt Shift X: Added '''nameday'''

A '''name day''', '''nameday''' or '''name-day''',{{Ref|ASOS|51}} is the [[Westeros]]i equivalent to a [[w:birthday|birthday]].

==Culture==
The day a child is born, he or she is also given a name that day, so a person's age is counted with their name day as the start. The only exception is [[free folk]] births, as they consider it bad luck to name their children before the age of two.{{Ref|ASOS|46}}

In the [[Faith of the Seven]], newborns are named in a [[sept]] and anointed with the seven oils.{{Ref|AGOT|2}} Newborn children among the [[ironborn]] may be [[Drowned God#Ritual drowning|drowned]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

A person celebrating their name day may receive gifts from friends and family, and a feast may be held for them.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}{{Ref|AGOT|67}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}} A [[tourney]] may be held to celebrate a prince or king or noble's name day.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|25}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}}{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In Westeros, a person reaches their [[age of majority]] on their sixteenth name day, after which they are considered "a man grown" or "a woman grown".<ref name=ageofsexualrelations>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Sexual_Relations_in_Westeros Age of Sexual Relations (October 5, 1999)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Majority/ Age of Majority (November 4, 1999)]</ref>

There are expressions such as "naked as his/her name day"{{Ref|ASOS|26}}{{Ref|ASOS|29}} and "wearing their name day suits"{{Ref|ASOS|51}} or "in her name day gown".{{Ref|ASOS|24}} The latter two phrases are the equivalent of the real-world expression "birthday suit", meaning wearing no clothes at all.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthday%20suit "Birthday suit." Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary]</ref>

There is a song called "[[The Name Day Boy]]".{{Ref|ASOS|43}}

==History==
[[Steffarion Sparr]] and [[Gormond Goodbrother]] were ritually drowned in service to the [[Drowned God]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

[[Edric Storm]] received gifts from his father, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], on his name days.{{Ref|ASOS|10}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On her fourteenth name day, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] realizes she is pregnant by her husband, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]].{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

Lord [[Walder Frey]] marries his eighth wife, [[Joyeuse Erenford]], on his ninetieth [[name day]].{{Ref|AGOT|28}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Sansa Stark]] claims that it is bad luck to kill a man on your name day, to prevent King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] from executing Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] at the [[Tourney on King Joffrey's name day|tourney for his thirteenth name day]]. She believes she made up the custom, and is surprised to hear the [[Kingsguard]] [[Sandor Clegane]] support the claim.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Three-Finger Hobb]] gives a salted ham to [[Samwell Tarly]] for his name day.{{Ref|AFFC|5}} As the [[Braavos]]i and [[Westeros]]i [[Measurement|measure]] time differently, [[Arya Stark]] does not remember when her name day is.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I'll be fifteen on my name day. Almost a man grown.{{Ref|AGOT|19}}|[[Jon Snow]], to [[Benjen Stark]]}}

{{Quote|My brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] gave me that mare for my twenty-third name day.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Chiggen]]}}

{{Quote|What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|[[Sandor Clegane]], to [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I'd have them all put to death, only it's my name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I am not the frightened girl you met in [[Pentos]]. I have counted only fifteen name days, true... but I am as old as the crones in the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' and as young as my [[dragon]]s, Jorah.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|The bathhouse had been thick with the steam rising off the water, and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] had come walking through that mist naked as his name day, looking half a corpse and half a god.{{Ref|AFFC|9}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

==See also==
*[[Customs]], for additional information on customs and traditions of Westeros.

==References==
{{references}}

[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Terms]]

[[es:Día del nombre]]
[[fr:Anniversaire]]
[[pt:Dia do nome]]
[[zh:命名日]]

Name day

2026-02-25T02:51:08Z

Alt Shift X: Removed incorrect citation -- name days aren't mentioned in Catelyn II, AGOT. Changed {{Ref|AGOT|6}} to {{Ref|AGOT|2}} -- Catelyn I does mention being named in a sept. Removed incorrect apostrophe.

A '''name day''', or '''name-day''',{{Ref|ASOS|51}} is the [[Westeros]]i equivalent to a [[w:birthday|birthday]].

==Culture==
The day a child is born, he or she is also given a name that day, so a person's age is counted with their name day as the start. The only exception is [[free folk]] births, as they consider it bad luck to name their children before the age of two.{{Ref|ASOS|46}}

In the [[Faith of the Seven]], newborns are named in a [[sept]] and anointed with the seven oils.{{Ref|AGOT|2}} Newborn children among the [[ironborn]] may be [[Drowned God#Ritual drowning|drowned]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

A person celebrating their name day may receive gifts from friends and family, and a feast may be held for them.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}{{Ref|AGOT|67}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}} A [[tourney]] may be held to celebrate a prince or king or noble's name day.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|25}}{{Ref|ACOK|2}}{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In Westeros, a person reaches their [[age of majority]] on their sixteenth name day, after which they are considered "a man grown" or "a woman grown".<ref name=ageofsexualrelations>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Sexual_Relations_in_Westeros Age of Sexual Relations (October 5, 1999)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Age_of_Majority/ Age of Majority (November 4, 1999)]</ref>

There are expressions such as "naked as his/her name day"{{Ref|ASOS|26}}{{Ref|ASOS|29}} and "wearing their name day suits"{{Ref|ASOS|51}} or "in her name day gown".{{Ref|ASOS|24}} The latter two phrases are the equivalent of the real-world expression "birthday suit", meaning wearing no clothes at all.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birthday%20suit "Birthday suit." Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary]</ref>

There is a song called "[[The Name Day Boy]]".{{Ref|ASOS|43}}

==History==
[[Steffarion Sparr]] and [[Gormond Goodbrother]] were ritually drowned in service to the [[Drowned God]] on their name day.{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

[[Edric Storm]] received gifts from his father, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], on his name days.{{Ref|ASOS|10}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On her fourteenth name day, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] realizes she is pregnant by her husband, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]].{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

Lord [[Walder Frey]] marries his eighth wife, [[Joyeuse Erenford]], on his ninetieth [[name day]].{{Ref|AGOT|28}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Sansa Stark]] claims that it is bad luck to kill a man on your name day, to prevent King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] from executing Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] at the [[Tourney on King Joffrey's name day|tourney for his thirteenth name day]]. She believes she made up the custom, and is surprised to hear the [[Kingsguard]] [[Sandor Clegane]] support the claim.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Three-Finger Hobb]] gives a salted ham to [[Samwell Tarly]] for his name day.{{Ref|AFFC|5}} As the [[Braavos]]i and [[Westeros]]i [[Measurement|measure]] time differently, [[Arya Stark]] does not remember when her name day is.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I'll be fifteen on my name day. Almost a man grown.{{Ref|AGOT|19}}|[[Jon Snow]], to [[Benjen Stark]]}}

{{Quote|My brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] gave me that mare for my twenty-third name day.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]], to [[Chiggen]]}}

{{Quote|What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|[[Sandor Clegane]], to [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I'd have them all put to death, only it's my name day.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|I am not the frightened girl you met in [[Pentos]]. I have counted only fifteen name days, true... but I am as old as the crones in the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' and as young as my [[dragon]]s, Jorah.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|The bathhouse had been thick with the steam rising off the water, and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] had come walking through that mist naked as his name day, looking half a corpse and half a god.{{Ref|AFFC|9}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

==See also==
*[[Customs]], for additional information on customs and traditions of Westeros.

==References==
{{references}}

[[Category:Culture]]
[[Category:Terms]]

[[es:Día del nombre]]
[[fr:Anniversaire]]
[[pt:Dia do nome]]
[[zh:命名日]]

Lys

2026-01-09T00:37:03Z

Alt Shift X: "Corlys Velaryon visited Myr" changed to "Corlys Velaryon visited Lys"

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lys
| image = [[File:Free Cities.png|300px]]
| image_caption =

| location = [[Free Cities]], [[Essos]]
| settlement_type= City state, one of the [[Free Cities]]
| seat = Conclave of [[magister]]s
| seat_type =

| religion = Mixed [[religion]]s
| population = More populous than [[Astapor]], and may be one of the most populous of the Free Cities
| size =
| founded =
| named_for =

| places = [[Temple of Trade]], [[Perfumed Garden]]
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'''Lys''', known as '''Lys the Lovely''',{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} is one of the nine [[Free Cities]] of [[Essos]]. It is a small city clinging to rocks surrounded by stormy seas.{{ref|AGOT|54}} The city lies off the coast of the [[Disputed Lands]], to the southeast of [[Tyrosh]] and to the west of [[Volantis]].<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref> [[George R. R. Martin]] usually uses "Lyseni" as a noun, both singular{{ref|ACOK|10}} and plural,{{ref|ASOS|31}}{{ref|ASOS|72}} and "Lysene" as an adjective.{{ref|AGOT|23}}{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

==City==
===Location and Layout===
{{See also|:Category:Images of Lys|l1=Images of Lys}}
A mercantile city, Lys is built on a fertile island considered a paradise by [[Valyria]]n [[dragonlord]]s. The sunny island is fertile with palm and fruit trees, and the surrounding blue-green waters are filled with fish.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Lys is protected by high walls and hired [[sellsword]]s. A city dominated by wealth rather than by birth, Lys is where trade is considered a profession more honorable than arms. The city is known for its [[pillow house]]s{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} and pleasure gardens.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Braavos}}

Temples and shrines can be found in the streets and waterfronts of the city,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} including the [[Temple of Trade]],{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} the temple of [[Yndros]],{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} and a [[red temple]] of [[R'hllor]].{{Ref|ACOK|10}} The hulls of Lysene galleys are often striped in bright hues.{{ref|ASOS|10}}{{ref|ADWD|15}}

===People===
[[File:Lyseni_noblewoman.png|thumb|200px|right‎|A Lysene noblewoman, by Magali Villeneuve ©]]
More than anywhere else in the [[known world]], the blood of [[Valyria|Old Valyria]] still runs strong in the Lyseni, who are regarded as beautiful. Even the [[smallfolk]] in Lys have the pale skin, silver-gold hair, and [[purple eyes|purple]], lilac, and pale blue{{ref|ASOS|10}} eyes of the [[dragonlord]]s of old.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Many of the nobility in Lys have produced infamous beauties, and the Lysene nobility values the purity of their blood above all. [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] kings and princes are known to have looked at Lys for wives and paramours, for their blood as well as their beauty.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} The people of Lys are known to curl and perfume their hair.{{ref|AGOT|54}}

The [[Lysene language|Lysene tongue]] is a corruption of [[High Valyrian]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities}} [[George R. R. Martin]] has described the Lysene dialect to be a musical, flowing, liquid tongue.<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/153995.html?thread=10154379#t10154379 A New Daenerys (May 21st, 2010), answer to question (June 1st, 2010)]</ref> Like the [[Braavos]]i and [[Pentos]]hi, the Lyseni are great lovers of song.{{ref|ASOS|32}}

Lys is ruled by conclaves of [[magister]]s, chosen from amongst the wealthiest and noblest men of the city,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} with the [[First Magister]] as the preeminent figure.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} The ''[[gonfaloniere]]'' is an elected military leader.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

Lys is a port city with no established faith. [[Pantera]], [[Yndros of the Twilight]], [[Bakkalon]], [[Saagael]], and [[R'hllor]] are some of the manifold deities of Lys.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}{{ref|ACOK|10}} The city is home to a love goddess{{ref|ASOS|59}} whose naked figure is on Lysene [[currency|coinage]];{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} it is unknown if she is the same as the [[Weeping Lady of Lys]].

The Lyseni fight often with [[Tyrosh]] and [[Myr]] over the [[Disputed Lands]], though they will not risk the lives of their citizens in this, preferring to hire free companies instead.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} Lysene [[pirate]]s often have nests in the [[Stepstones]].{{ref|AFFC|18}}{{ref|AFFC|29}}

===Economy===
[[File:Coin of Lys.png|thumb|right|A [[coin]] of Lys, as depicted by Nutchapol Thitinunthakorn in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]
Lys is deeply involved in the [[slave]] trade, with slaves outnumbering freeborn Lyseni three to one. Lys is most famous for their bed slaves, and Lyseni are known to be famously voracious in their search for comely young boys and fair maids for their [[pillow house]]s. Lys is also known for the breeding of slaves, mating beauty with beauty, hoping to produce the most lovely [[courtesan]]s and bedslaves.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Lysene [[currency|coins]] are oval in shape and have a naked woman stamped on them,{{ref|ADWD|45}} the native love goddess of Lys.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Lys makes red and white [[wine]],{{ref|AGOT|54}} as well as fine tapestries.{{Ref|AGOT|20}} The [[alchemists of Lys]] are known to make [[poison]]s, including the [[strangler]]{{ref|ACOK|0}} and the [[tears of Lys]].{{ref|AGOT|30}} Heady sweet perfumes also come from the city.{{ref|AGOT|54}} The Lyseni also make fine long dirks.{{ref|ASOS|10}}

==History==
===Foundation===
Lys was founded as a colony of the [[Valyrian Freehold]] on an island in the [[Summer Sea]], near the [[Broken Arm]] of [[Dorne]] and the [[Orange Shore]] of [[Essos]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Lys}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Valyria's Children}} Founded by wealthy merchants and nobles, Lys was mostly a trading colony.{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Valyria's Children}} Due to its climate, Lys soon became a resort destination of sorts for the [[dragonlord]]s of old [[Valyria]]. The sunny island is fertile with palm and fruit trees, and the surrounding blue-green waters are filled with fish.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

===After the Doom===
[[File:Martina PilcerovadaLys.jpg|thumb|300px|Lys the Lovely, by Martina Pilcerova © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Some [[dragonlord]]s in Lys survived the [[Doom of Valyria]], but the citizens killed the [[dragon]]s and their [[dragonriders]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}} During the [[Century of Blood]], [[Volantis]] took Lys and [[Myr]], and for two generations all three cities were ruled from within the [[Black Wall]]s of Volantis. When Volantis tried to take [[Tyrosh]], however, [[Pentos]] came into the war on the Tyroshi side and Lys and Myr rose in rebellion. The [[Storm King]], [[Argilac Durrandon]], led a host which defeated Volantenes threatening Myr. Lord [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] flew forth from [[Dragonstone]] on his dragon, [[Balerion]], and defeated a Volantene fleet attacking Lys.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}} The Bleeding Years left the [[Disputed Lands]] a waste and freed Lys and Myr from the yoke of Volantis.{{Ref|ADWD|14}}

Seven maidens and twoscore other beauties traveled from Lysene [[pleasure house]]s for the [[Golden Wedding]] to entertain Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]] and his entourage.{{ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}} Some tales claim [[Coryanne Wylde]] became the mistress of a Lysene pillow house.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} [[Saera Targaryen]] served in a Lysene pleasure garden after fleeing the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], brother to King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], had a paramour from Lys, a dancer named [[Mysaria]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} [[Corlys Velaryon]] visited Lys during his voyages.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

===The Triarchy and the Daughters' War===
After the defeat of [[Volantis]] in the [[Battle of the Borderland]] in {{date|96}}, Lys united with [[Myr]] and [[Tyrosh]] to form the [[Triarchy]], also known as the Kingdom of the Three Daughters. While the Triarchy was initially appreciated for subduing [[pirate]]s from the [[Stepstones]], Lysene captains became particularly resented for claiming women and comely children from passing ships to serve in [[pillow house]]s. These victims included [[Johanna Swann]], whose uncle refused to pay her ransom. Johanna rose to become the Black Swan, a powerful courtesan who practically ruled Lys. The Triarchy fought with Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] during his [[war for the Stepstones]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the [[High Council of the Triarchy]] accepted Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]'s offer of alliance with the [[greens]]. Because most of the Triarchy's losses during the [[Battle of the Gullet]] came from Myrish and Tyroshi ships, their admiral, [[Sharako Lohar]] of Lys, was accused by widows of having held back his own Lysene ships.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} Sharako took Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] into his custody after the battle, but the embattled admiral eventually sold his captive to [[Bambarro Bazanne]], a Lysene magister.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}

The death of Sharako led to the collapse of the Triarchy in {{date|131}}. Although the admiral had actually been killed by a rival for the affections of the [[Johanna Swann|Black Swan]], it was believed that Sharako had been assassinated by [[Myr]]. When Lys declared war on Myr, Tyrosh sent [[Racallio Ryndoon]] to claim the [[Stepstones]]. Racallio declared himself [[King of the Narrow Sea]] instead. An alliance between [[Braavos]], [[Lorath]], and [[Pentos]] also joined the [[Daughters' War]] in the [[narrow sea]] and the [[Disputed Lands]].{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} Many ancient Lysene houses and noble magisters fell or were killed in the fighting. The war eventually ended with the Disputed Lands divided between Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

===Lysene Spring===
[[File:HBO Lys season 2 pleasure house tears of lys.png|thumb|300px|Wine in a [[pillow house]] is poisoned with the [[tears of Lys]], from ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Blu-ray]]
Of ancient lineage, [[House Rogare]] rose to power during the [[Daughters' War]]. [[Lysandro Rogare]], patriarch of the family and head of the [[Rogare Bank]], acquired Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] after the death of his captor, [[Bambarro Bazanne]], in {{date|132}}. Lysandro wed the prince to his beautiful daughter, [[Larra Rogare]]. While in [[Sunspear]] during his return from the [[westerlands]], Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] was informed by Lysandro's brother, [[Drazenko Rogare|Drazenko]], of Viserys's captivity. Alyn Oakenfist sailed ''[[Lady Baela]]'' to Lys and negotiated with Lysandro for the prince's release. Viserys, the younger brother of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]], returned to [[King's Landing]] with Larra and three of her brothers.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}} Drazenko eventually married [[Aliandra Martell]], [[Princess of Dorne]], and was named [[Lord of the Stepstones]] by her.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

The Rogares' connections with the [[Iron Throne]] and [[Dorne]] essentially made them princes of Lys, and the Rogare Bank grew more influential than the rival [[Iron Bank of Braavos]]. Lysandro named himself [[First Magister for Life]]. Trade flourished in the cities of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] during the so-called [[Lysene Spring]] and the "velvet tyranny" of Lysandro the Magnificent.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} Despite living in King's Landing, Larra refused to speak the [[Common Tongue]]. She wore Lysene fashions and was surrounded by Lysene ladies, servants, and protectors, including [[Sandoq the Shadow]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

When Lysandro and Drazenko abruptly died one day apart, the [[Faceless Men]] were widely held responsible. The magisters and merchant princes of Lys began infighting, with [[Torreo Haen]], [[Silvario Pendaerys|Silvario]] and [[Pereno Pendaerys]], [[Moreo Dagareon]], and [[Matteno Orthys]] all falling. Lysandro's eldest son, [[Lysaro Rogare|Lysaro]], attempted to rule Lys, but he was less effective than his father. When rumors spread that the Rogare Bank was unsound, Lysaro fled with its wealth and a thousand [[Unsullied]]. The emptied bank was seized by Lys's magisters, as were the Rogare palace, manses, wharves, storehouses, the [[Perfumed Garden]], and most of their galleys. Several Rogares were sold into [[slavery]], and Lysaro was scourged to death in Lys after being caught in [[Volon Therys]].{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

Disliked by many [[Westeros]]i, the Rogares in the Seven Kingdoms also lost power. [[Lotho Rogare|Lotho]] lost his right hand after having been found guilty of stealing from the King's Landing branch of the Rogare Bank, but he went on to help establish the [[Bank of Oldtown]]. [[Roggerio Rogare|Roggerio]] established the cog ''[[Mermaid's Daughter]]'' as a seaborne pillow house. After receiving gold from the Iron Bank, [[Moredo Rogare]] hired mercenaries in [[Tyrosh]] for an attack on Lys. He eventually buried the remains of Lysaro in the family crypt.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}} Larra gave birth to Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]] and Princess [[Naerys Targaryen]] in Westeros, but eventually returned to her native Lys.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}

===Recent History===
[[File:LyseniCaptain final use web 181.jpg|thumb|300px|Lyseni Captain, by Raymond Bonilla © Fantasy Flight Games]]
King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], half-Lysene through his mother [[Larra Rogare|Larra]], had a Lysene mistress towards the end of his reign: [[Serenei of Lys]], the last daughter of an ancient but impoverished noble family of Valyrian blood. Serenei bore the king one child, the famously beautiful [[Shiera Seastar]], whom Aegon IV legitimized on his deathbed as one of his [[Great Bastards]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

In {{Date|209}}, Prince [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Targaryen]] was temporarily exiled to Lys, following his role in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] which indirectly resulted in the death of his uncle, Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]]. Aerion brightflame stayed in Lys for a few years, and it is possible that he fathered some children while staying there.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Many_Questions/ Many Questions (October 14, 1998)]</ref>

Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] went to Lys during the reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref> Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] was sent to Lys after being suspected of using poison on Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]], but no one dared call it exile.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>

[[Jon Connington]] supposedly drank himself to death in Lys after being driven from the [[Golden Company]] in disgrace for stealing from their war chest.{{Ref|ADWD|24}} When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] was a young girl she and her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] spent some time in Lys when they were wandering from place to place.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] fled in exile to Lys with his wife [[Lynesse Hightower]], after which he began to sell his sword to make coin. By the time Jorah returned to Lys after fighting the [[Braavosi]] on the [[Rhoyne]], his wife had taken [[Tregar Ormollen]] as a lover. She now rules his household as his concubine.{{Ref|ACOK|12}}{{Ref|ADWD|27}}

[[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] has visited Lys.{{Ref|ADWD|2}} [[Varys]], [[master of whisperers]] for King [[Robert I Baratheon]], originates from Lys,{{Ref|AWOIAF|Varys}} and according to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], Varys was born a [[slave]] there.{{Ref|AGOT|25}} Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], Robert's [[master of coin]], trades for Lysene lace.{{ref|ACOK|17}}

[[Asha Greyjoy]] lost her virginity when she was sixteen to a beautiful blond Lysene sailor.{{ref|AFFC|11}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Doreah.jpg|thumb|[[Doreah]] by foolish-arethousa ©]]
One of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s servants is [[Doreah]], whom Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] of [[Pentos]] had found in a Lysene [[pillow house]].{{ref|AGOT|23}}

Daenerys smells sweet perfumes from Lys while at the Western Market of [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|AGOT|54}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
King [[Stannis Baratheon]] brings [[sellsword]]s from Lys and [[Myr]] to [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]].{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] recalls that it was he who journeyed to Lys in order to recruit [[Salladhor Saan]]'s sellsails to Stannis's cause. Salladhor, the self-styled [[Prince of the Narrow Sea]], commands the ''[[Valyrian (ship)|Valyrian]]'' and two dozen smaller Lysene galleys.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
A pale Lyseni, one of the [[Brave Companions]], is killed by [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria's]] wolfpack.{{ref|ASOS|3}}

[[Khorane Sathmantes]], captain of ''[[Shayala's Dance]]'', rescues Davos from [[Blackwater Bay]].{{ref|ASOS|10}} Davos later smuggles [[Edric Storm]] from [[Dragonstone]] aboard a Lysene galley.{{ref|ASOS|63}}

[[Tyrosh]] is on the verge of going to war with Lys.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] claims to have fought with the [[Gallant Men]] in the [[Disputed Lands]], serving Lys and then Tyrosh.{{ref|ASOS|67}}

To prove the discipline of the [[Unsullied]] to Daenerys, [[Kraznys mo Nakloz]] mutilates a Lysene slave in [[Astapor]].{{ref|ASOS|23}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Rafal Hrynkiewicz salladhor.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Salladhor Saan]], by Rafal Hrynkiewicz © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Taena Merryweather]] tells [[Cersei Lannister]] that she has friends in Lys.{{ref|AFFC|7}}

In [[Braavos]], [[Arya Stark]] enjoys the fair-haired Lyseni who try to strike hard bargains.{{ref|AFFC|34}}

Lys and Tyrosh are now on the verge of war with [[Myr]].{{ref|AFFC|13}} Myr is then said to be supportive of Tyrosh against Lys,{{ref|AFFC|24}} but the [[Golden Company]] breaks its contract with Myr before war begins.{{ref|AFFC|21}} It is rumored that the [[Archon of Tyrosh]] has offered terms to Lys in an effort to end the trade war.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

[[Euron Greyjoy]] gives a [[dusky woman]] to his brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]], telling the [[Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet]] that he had taken her from a slaving ship sailing for Lys.{{ref|AFFC|29}}

Ser [[Humfrey Hightower]] travels to Lys to recruit sellsails, hoping for assistance from his sister [[Lynesse Hightower|Lynesse]] against the [[ironborn]] attacks against the [[Reach]].{{ref|AFFC|45}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Edric is in hiding in Lys with his guardian and protectors.{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} [[Quentyn Martell]]'s party stops in Lys during their voyage to [[Meereen]],{{ref|ADWD|6}} and the Golden Company takes on water in Lys before continuing on to the [[landing of the Golden Company|stormlands]].{{ref|ADWD|38}} [[Young Griff]] is fluent in the [[Lysene language|low dialect of Lys]],{{ref|ADWD|14}} and Arya also attempts to learn the city's dialect.{{ref|ADWD|45}}

The ''[[Elephant (ship)|Elephant]]'' and the ''[[Goodheart]]'' capture [[free folk]] slaves at [[Hardhome]], but the Lysene pirate ships are damaged by storms. While the ''Goodheart'' is impounded in [[Braavos]], the ''Elephant'' may have returned to Lys.{{ref|ADWD|45}} Victarion sends the slowest and heaviest ships of the [[Iron Fleet]] to Lys to sell slaves from the [[taking of the Shields|Shield Islands]].{{ref|ADWD|56}}

Magister Illyrio sends a [[Girl bought to please the king|bedwarmer trained in Lys]] to serve [[Tyrion Lannister]] while he is in Pentos.{{ref|ADWD|1}} Daenerys sees a youthful Lyseni killed in [[Daznak's Pit]].{{ref|ADWD|52}}

==Quotes==
[[File:Salladhars Crew.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Salladhor Saan]]'s Crew, by Nacho Molina © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{quote|To this day, Lys remains "a feast for the senses, a balm for the soul." Its [[pillow house]]s are famed through [[known world|all the world]], and [[sun]]sets here are said to be more beautiful than anywhere else on earth.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}|writings of [[Yandel]]}}

{{quote|Amongst the Lyseni, it is truly said, wars are fought with plots and [[poison]]s rather than with armies.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{quote|[[Doreah|The Lysene girl]] had hair the color of honey, and eyes like the summer sky.{{ref|AGOT|23}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{quote|Clever, craven Lyseni.{{ref|AFFC|21}}|[[Andrey Dalt]] to [[Sylva Santagar]]}}

{{quote|Cat liked [[Purple Harbor|it]] best of any place in [[Braavos]]. She liked the noise and the strange smells, and seeing what ships had come in on the evening tide and what ships had departed. She liked the sailors too; the boisterous [[Tyrosh]]i with their booming voices and dyed whiskers; the fair-haired Lyseni, always trying to niggle down her prices; the [[Ibbenese|squat, hairy sailors]] from the [[Port of Ibben]], growling curses in low, raspy voices.{{ref|AFFC|34}}|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{quote|[[Girl bought to please the king|She]] was trained in Lys, where they make an art of love.{{ref|ADWD|1}}|[[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

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{{see homonyms|Daeron Targaryen}}
{{Infobox monarch
| arms = Targaryen
| title = King
| firstname = Daeron
| regnalnumber = 2
| lastname = Targaryen
| epithet = the Good
| image = [[Image:DAERON II.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Daeron II by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| reign = {{Date|184|209}}
| coronation = {{Date|184}} [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| othertitles = [[Prince of Dragonstone]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]] [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] [[Protector of the Realm]] (renounced in favor of [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]])
| fullname = Daeron Targaryen the Second of His Name
| alias = Daeron the Good{{Ref|THK}} Daeron the Falseborn{{Ref|TSS}} Good King Daeron{{Ref|TMK}}
| predecessor = [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Aerys I Targaryen]]
| suc-type =
| heir = 1st: [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]] ({{Date|184|209}}) 2nd: [[Valarr Targaryen]] ({{Date|209|209}})
| queen = [[Myriah Martell]]
| consort =
| spouse1 =
| issue = [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]] [[Aerys I Targaryen]] [[Rhaegel Targaryen]] [[Maekar I Targaryen]]
| royalhouse = [[House Targaryen]]
| dynasty =
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| father = [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] (officially) [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]] (rumored)
| mother = [[Naerys Targaryen]]
| dateofbirth = the last day of {{Date|153}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| placeofbirth = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Daeron II Targaryen}}
| dateofdeath = {{Date|209}}
| placeofdeath = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Daeron II Targaryen}} (aged 55)
| dateofburial =
| placeofburial =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
}}

'''Daeron II Targaryen''', known as '''Daeron the Good''', was the twelfth [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] to sit the [[Iron Throne]]. Daeron brought [[Dorne]] peacefully into the realm, uniting all the lands of [[Westeros]] south of [[Wall|the wall]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} His [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], challenged his rule and the result was a terrible civil war, the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]. Daeron died during the [[Great Spring Sickness]] in {{Date|209}}.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Daeron II Targaryen}}

==Appearance and Character==
[[File:Chillyravenart-Daeron-Myriah.jpg|350px|thumb|right|King Daeron II Targaryen and Queen [[Myriah Martell]], by Chillyravenart ©]]
:''See also: [[:Category:Images_of_Daeron_II_Targaryen|Images of Daeron II Targaryen]]''
Daeron was round-shouldered, with thin legs and a small pot belly. However, his kind, thoughtful face had a certain quiet strength, and his eyes were clear and full of resolve. He wore the elaborate dragon [[crown]] of his father, [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_Kings Targaryen Kings (November 1, 2005)]</ref> On his coinage, he was depicted as clean-shaven.{{Ref|TMK}}

Daeron the Good was seen as wise, just, and kind-hearted.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} Not a warrior by any means, he was a cultured, scholarly man who kept company with [[maesters]] and other learned men.{{Ref|TSS}}

==History==
===Early life===
Born on the last day of {{Date|153}} during the final years of the reign of his great-uncle King [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], Daeron was the eldest son of Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]] and Aegon's sister and wife, [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

After the failed [[conquest of Dorne]] during the short reign of [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron the Young Dragon]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}} King [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]] ascended the [[Iron Throne]] and arranged the marriage of his cousin, Prince Daeron, to Princess [[Myriah Martell]] of [[Dorne]] as part of a dual marriage pact between the two kingdoms to make peace.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} In {{Date|170}} Daeron and Myriah had their first son, whom they named [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]] in Baelor the Blessed's honor. Three other sons would later follow.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

===Prince of Dragonstone===
When his father became King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] in {{Date|172}}, Daeron became the heir to the [[Iron Throne]] and the [[Prince of Dragonstone]]. Daeron challenged much of Aegon IV's behavior. He became an obstacle to many of his father's schemes, most notably Aegon's plan to start an unprovoked war on [[Dorne]]. The king ignored Daeron's protests, built a massive fleet, and sent it to invade the Dornish coast in {{Date|174}}. Daeron was relieved when the fleet was scattered and destroyed by a storm en route.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

At about the same time, Daeron's mother, Queen [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]], was suddenly accused of adultery and treason by Ser [[Morgil Hastwyck]], trying to cast doubts on Daeron's parentage. The matter was settled when Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]] defended his sister's honor and slew her accuser in a [[trial by combat]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|AGOT|15}} According to the writings of Maester [[Kaeth]] in ''[[Lives of Four Kings]]'', King Aegon had secretly started the rumors of Naerys's adultery. The king denied rumors he had used Morgil to instigate this tale so he would have reason to disinherit Daeron.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

Late in Aegon's reign, after the deaths of Aemon and Naerys, Aegon began to make thinly-veiled references to Daeron's alleged illegitimacy, insinuating that Daeron was not his son, but the product of an illegitimate union between his wife Naerys and their other brother, Aemon. It was also rumored that Aegon planned to disinherit Daeron in favor of a bastard son, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

Aegon never formally disowned Daeron. Accounts differ as to why, probably because to do so would have meant civil war. Chief among Daeron's supporters was [[House Martell]], due to his marriage to Princess [[Myriah Martell]] of [[Sunspear]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} Daeron spent most of the last years of his father's reign on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] with his wife and children.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

On his deathbed, the spiteful Aegon legitimized all his bastards, with those born to noble mothers being called the [[Great Bastards]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

===Reign===
[[File:Daeron Myriah and family by riotarttherite.png|350px|thumb|right|King Daeron II Targaryen, Queen [[Myriah Martell]], and their sons [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Rhaegel Targaryen|Rhaegel]], and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], by riotarttherite ©]]
Upon learning of his father [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV's]] death, Daeron departed Dragonstone for [[King's Landing]]. He chose to crown himself with his father's crown to quell the doubts and rumors about his parentage. Mindful of his duty to the realm, Daeron acted swiftly to put to right many of the wrongs of his father's reign. He replaced the [[small council]] with his own men, typically selecting wise and capable councillors. It took a year to repair the [[City Watch of King's Landing]], whose officers were just as corrupt as Aegon had been.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Daeron could not undo the legitimization of his father's bastards, but he treated them honorably and continued the incomes bestowed on them. He paid the [[dowry]] Aegon had promised the Archon of [[Tyrosh]] for his daughter, [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]], to wed [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] when Daemon was thirteen.<ref group="N">Daemon's birth seems to have occurred in late {{Date|170}}, as Baelor died in {{Date|171}} following the forty-day fast which he had started following Daemon's birth. Daemon's marriage occurred early in {{Date|184}}, as his eldest children were born that same year.</ref> On Daemon's wedding day, Daeron granted him a tract of land near the [[Blackwater Rush]] so Daemon could build a keep.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Because of Daeron's marriage to [[Myriah Martell]], many noble [[Dornishmen]] and women flocked to Daeron's court, which served to give life in the [[Red Keep]] a foreign flavor, but this also alienated many of Daeron's other nobles and courtiers. Daeron and Myriah's marriage was happy and fruitful.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Daeron began negotiations with his good-brother [[Maron Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], to unite [[Dorne]] with the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. After two years of negotiations an agreement was finalized. Maron was wed to Daeron's sister, Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]], in {{date|188}} and, a year later, the Prince of Dorne swore an oath of fealty before the [[Iron Throne]]. At the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], they placed a golden wreath before the statue of King [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]] and stated, "Baelor, your work is done."{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

[[File:DaeronIIandPrinceMaronMartell MV.jpg|350px|thumb|Daeron II and Prince [[Maron Martell]] pay their respects to the statue of the late King [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]] at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].]]

To celebrate the peaceful joining of Dorne to the realm, Daeron founded [[Summerhall]], a new palace in the [[Dornish Marches]] lightly fortified to represent the new peace. However, other [[Great Houses]] resented special privileges and rights which were allowed to [[House Martell]]. Maron was allowed to keep the royal title "Prince" and could collect taxes for the Iron Throne with less oversight from [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

The king became known as Daeron the Good by [[smallfolk]] and [[lord]]s alike. While he was more scholar than warrior, two of his sons were skilled at arms. The eldest became known as [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Breakspear]] for the incident at the [[tourney]] to celebrate the wedding of Daenerys with Maron of Dorne, in which Baelor unhorsed Daemon Blackfyre in the final tilt. Daeron's youngest son, [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], also proved a formidable fighter.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

[[Ronnel Penrose]] served as Daeron's [[master of coin]]. Ronnel married [[Elaena Targaryen]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}} and Elaena grew influential – Daeron trusted Elaena to help manage the realm.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}

[[Michael Manwoody]] was a trusted servant of Daeron, and was sent to negotiate with the [[Iron Bank]] several times.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}

===First Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{See also|First Blackfyre Rebellion}}

The [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]] broke out in {{date|195}} and engulfed most of Westeros, but had been years in the making. Some lords, especially [[marcher lords]], still hated the [[Dornishmen]] as King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] had, and the peaceful Daeron was disliked for his ties with [[House Martell]]. Some nobles instead looked to [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], a [[Great Bastard]] who had been granted [[Blackfyre]], one of the [[Valyrian steel]] swords of [[House Targaryen]], by Aegon for his martial skill.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} Daemon and Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]] had loved each other, but Daeron had his sister instead wed [[Maron Martell]] to bring Dorne into the realm.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}

Daemon's half brother and fellow Great Bastard [[Aegor Rivers]], known as Bittersteel, motivated Daemon to finally make his claim. With the late King Aegon's rumors of Daeron's parentage in mind, some rebels, such as Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], saw Daeron as falseborn and a usurper of the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|TSS}}

The Blackfyre rebellion broke out with battles in the [[riverlands]], [[Reach]], [[Vale of Arryn]], and [[westerlands]] between those who supported the [[House Blackfyre|Black Dragon]] and those who supported the [[House Targaryen|Red Dragon]]. Daeron was supported by another Great Bastard, [[Brynden Rivers]], who was known as Bloodraven.{{Ref|TSS}} The rebellion ended at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] in {{date|196}} with the death of Daemon and his two eldest sons, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]]. Bittersteel escaped and fled across the [[narrow sea]] with Daemon's surviving sons. The [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] continued to trouble the Seven Kingdoms for generations to come.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

===Later Reign===
After the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], Daeron took lands, castles, and hostages from those lords who fought for [[House Blackfyre]] as punishment.{{Ref|TSS}} The rest of Daeron's reign was peaceful.

Daeron and [[Myriah Martell]] had four sons: [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Rhaegel Targaryen|Rhaegel]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]]. Daeron's eldest son and heir-apparent, Baelor Breakspear, the [[Prince of Dragonstone]], served as his father's [[Hand of the King]] during the later portion of his reign. Baelor served ably as Hand and many saw in Baelor a great man who would become a great king after his father. However, tragedy struck at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{date|209}} when Baelor was accidentally slain by Maekar during a [[trial of seven]] involving Ser [[Duncan the Tall]].{{Ref|THK}}

King Daeron II died the next year in the [[Great Spring Sickness]], along with two of his grandchildren, Princes [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].{{Ref|TSS}} He was succeeded by his second son, [[Aerys I Targaryen]]. Daeron had reigned for twenty five years, and most of the those years had seen peace and plenty for the realm.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

==Quotes by Daeron==
[[File:Daeron_II_Targaryen_%26_Myriah_Martell.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Daeron and his wife [[Myriah Martell]], by Lopata Four ©]]
{{Quote|Too many [[House Targaryen|dragons]] are as dangerous as too few.{{Ref|AFFC|5}}|Daeron to [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]] about sending [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] to the Citadel}}

==Quotes about Daeron==
{{Quote|He was a good king, everybody says so. He brought [[Dorne]] into the realm and made the [[Dornishmen]] our friends.{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Aegon V Targaryen]] to [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{Quote|A king's mercy is a [[poison]]ed gift. Daeron Targaryen left me life, but took my pride and dreams and honor.{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Eustace Osgrey]] to [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{Quote|'''Egg''': King Daeron was a good man. Why would you choose [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]]? 
'''Eustace''': Daeron... Daeron was spindly and round of shoulder, with a little belly that wobbled when he walked. Daemon stood straight and proud, and his stomach was flat and hard as an [[oak]]en shield. And he could ''fight''.{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Egg]] and [[Eustace Osgrey]]}}

{{Quote|You can know a man by his friends, Egg. Daeron surrounded himself with [[maester]]s, [[septon]]s, and singers. Always there were women whispering in his ear, and his court was full of [[Dornishmen]]. How not, when he had taken [[Myriah Martell|a Dornishwoman]] into his bed, and sold [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|his own sweet sister]] to [[Maron Martell|the prince of Dorne]], though it was [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]] that she loved? Daeron bore the same name as [[Daeron I Targaryen|the Young Dragon]], but when his Dornish wife gave him a son he named the child [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], after [[Baelor I Targaryen|the feeblest king]] who ever sat the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Eustace Osgrey]] to [[Egg]]}}

{{Quote|The roads were not so safe as when Good King Daeron sat the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|TMK}}|thoughts of [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{Quote|In King Daeron's day, a man did not have to fear to speak his mind, but now?{{Ref|TMK}}|[[Kyle the Cat]] to [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{Quote|The [[Seven Kingdoms|whole realm]] knew that [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|the girl]] loved Daeron's [[bastard]] brother [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], and was loved by him in turn, but the king was wise enough to see that the good of thousands must come before the desires of two, even if those two were dear to him.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Doran Martell]] to [[Balon Swann]]}}

==Family==
===Ancestors===
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===Descendants===
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==Notes==
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==References==
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Petyr Baelish

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| arms = Baelish
| arms2 = Petyr Baelish
| title = Lord
| firstname = Petyr
| lastname = Baelish
| epithet = Littlefinger
| image = [[File:Knowledge is power by robotdelespacio.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Petyr Baelish, by Josu Hernaiz ©
| Alias = Littlefinger{{ref|AGOT|8}} Lord Littlefinger{{ref|ACOK|3}}
| Title = [[Lord]] [[Master of coin]] (formerly) [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]] [[Lord of Harrenhal]] [[Lord Protector of the Eyrie and the Vale of Arryn]]
| Allegiance = [[House Baelish]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Valemen]]
| Father = Lord [[Baelish (lord)|Baelish]]
| Mother = [[Alayne Baelish|Alayne]]
| Spouse = Lady [[Lysa Arryn]]
| Place_of_Birth = the [[Drearfort|Fingers]], the [[Vale of Arryn]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|268}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Petyr Baelish|Petyr Baelish]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (appears)
| coat-of-arms = A field of silver mockingbirds on green (''Vert, semé of mockingbirds argent'')
| Played_by = [[w:Aidan Gillen|Aidan Gillen]]
| TV_series = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|7]]
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'''Petyr Baelish''' is the [[Lord]] and head of [[House Baelish]].{{Ref|AGOT|18}} He serves as [[master of coin]] on the [[small council]] of King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}} Petyr wears a [[mockingbird]] as his personal sigil instead of that of House Baelish, a titan's head.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|29}}{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

He is commonly known as '''Littlefinger''' since his youth, on account of his short size and slender build as well as the small size and location of his family's holdings on the smallest peninsula of the [[Fingers]].{{Ref|AGOT|8}}{{Ref|AGOT|18}}

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Petyr is portrayed by [[List of actors of Game of Thrones#Aidan Gillen, Petyr Baelish|Aidan Gillen]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Petyr Baelish|l1=Images of Petyr Baelish}}
Petyr had been slight and short for his age as a boy, and nearing his thirties, he is still a short man of slender build. Petyr has sharp features, a small pointed beard on his chin, and dark hair with threads of grey running through it.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|29}} He has laughing gray-green eyes{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|ACOK|15}} like a cat,{{Ref|ACOK|17}} but [[Sansa Stark]] notes that when Petyr laughs, his eyes do not.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} His breath is always fresh,{{Ref|ASOS|68}} smelling like mint,{{Ref|AGOT|29}} which he had enjoyed chewing as a boy.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

Petyr has always been cunning and clever. As a child, he was bold, always getting into trouble,{{Ref|AGOT|71}} but was also capable of looking contrite after his mischiefs.{{Ref|AGOT|18}} While Petyr was born to the small and insignificant [[House Baelish]], he is a subtle and ambitious man{{Ref|ASOS|19}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}} whose intelligence helped him advance in terms of power and status.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} He possesses considerable skill in commerce and [[coin]], as well as manipulation, and has a gift for political improvisation. He is often underestimated by many high lords due to his low birth.{{Ref|ACOK|17}} According to [[George R. R. Martin]], "Everybody trusts him because he seems powerless, and he's very friendly, and he's very helpful."<ref>blastr.com: [http://www.blastr.com/2013-12-2/which-thrones-character-changed-most-book-tv-grrm-explains Which Thrones character changed most from book to TV? GRRM explains (December 02, 2013)]</ref> Despite this, [[Tyrion Lannister]] considers Petyr to be a dangerous man.{{Ref|ACOK|15}}

Petyr owns a slashed velvet doublet in cream-and-silver,{{Ref|AGOT|33}} a plum-colored doublet with a [[mockingbird]] embroidered on the breast in black thread,{{Ref|AGOT|45}} a blue velvet tunic with puffed sleeves,{{Ref|AGOT|47}} and a black velvet doublet with grey sleeves.{{ref|AFFC|10}} He is partial to shades of rose and plum.{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ACOK|65}} His cloaks, which are clasped with a silver mockingbird,{{Ref|AGOT|18}} include grey silk trimmed with black [[fox]],{{Ref|AGOT|33}} stripes of black and white,{{Ref|AGOT|45}} and a pattern of mockingbirds.{{Ref|ACOK|65}} Petyr also owns a yellow satin cape{{Ref|ACOK|17}} and a silver cape{{Ref|AGOT|65}} patterned with mockingbirds.{{Ref|AGOT|47}}{{Ref|AGOT|49}} He also owns a pair of red-dyed leather boots ornamented with black scrollwork.{{Ref|ACOK|17}} Petyr rides a mare{{ref|AGOT|35}} and once owned a [[Littlefinger's blade|Valyrian steel dagger]].{{ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}}

Petyr's chambers in the [[Red Keep]] are located across the Great Yard from the [[Tower of the Hand]].{{Ref|AGOT|30}} He enjoys pomegranates{{ref|ASOS|68}} and drinks [[wine]].{{Ref|AFFC|23}}{{ref|AFFC|41}}

==History==
===Early Life===
[[File:Sardag littlefinger.jpg|thumb|350px|Littlefinger by Sardag ©]]
Petyr's [[Baelish (sellsword)|great-grandfather]] was a [[Braavosi]] [[sellsword]] in the service of Lord [[House Corbray|Corbray]]; when his [[Baelish (hedge knight)|son]] became a [[hedge knight]], he took the stone head of the [[Titan of Braavos]] as his sigil. Petyr's [[Baelish (lord)|father]], in turn, was the smallest of small lords of a few rocky acres on the smallest of the [[Fingers]],{{Ref|ACOK|17}} Petyr's mother was named [[Alayne Baelish|Alayne]].{{ref|ASOS|68}} Petyr's father once took him to a hermit's cave see a man said to have the gift of prophecy. Lord Baelish gave the hermit a skin of [[wine]] after he groped the boy a bit and said he would be a great man.{{ref|ASOS|68}}

Petyr's father befriended [[Hoster Tully]] during his service in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and this friendship led to Petyr being sent to be fostered as a [[ward]] at [[Riverrun]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Half_Moon_Bay_CA/ US Signing Tour (Half Moon Bay, CA) (November 18, 2005)]</ref>

===Riverrun===
Petyr was raised alongside Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s children, [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]], and [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]]. Because of Petyr's family holdings and his short stature, Edmure gave him the nickname "Littlefinger," by which he is still called.{{Ref|AGOT|18}} Petyr grew close to the Tully children,{{Ref|ACOK|17}} and he played with Edmure{{Ref|AFFC|44}} and his sisters. Catelyn recalls how she and Lysa once made mud pies, which Petyr ate, resulting in him being sick for a week.{{Ref|AGOT|28}} When he had a problem, Petyr went to Lord Hoster's brother, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], just as Lord Hoster's children were wont to do.{{Ref|AGOT|34}} Petyr and Edmure once built a castle out of blocks in Hoster's solar.{{Ref|AFFC|44}}

When Catelyn was twelve, Petyr accompanied the Tullys on a journey to [[Seagard]]. They camped at [[Oldstones]], where Catelyn pretended to be [[Jenny of Oldstones]] and Petyr her [[Prince of Dragonflies]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}} Catelyn and Lysa became separated from the rest of their party while riding back from Seagard, but Petyr rode back and found the girls in the fog.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}

As the children grew older, Petyr fell in love with Catelyn,{{Ref|AGOT|29}} who was several years his elder. Catelyn did not reciprocate Petyr's feelings, loving him as a brother instead.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|ACOK|55}} Catelyn's younger sister, Lysa, on the other hand, fell in love with Petyr.{{Ref|ASOS|80}} Petyr would play at kissing with both Catelyn and Lysa in the [[godswood of Riverrun]], attempting to stick his tongue into their mouths. Catelyn stopped Petyr, but Lysa both allowed and enjoyed it.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

When Lords [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]] were at Riverrun to settle a feud with Lord Tully's help, Catelyn and Petyr danced six dances. However, when he tried to kiss her, she pushed him away and laughed at him. Petyr, wounded by the rejection, got drunk, passed out at the table, and was brought to his bed by Brynden Tully. Lysa snuck in after him, and gave Petyr her [[maiden]]head that night. Still drunk, Petyr believed he was having sex with Catelyn, and he called Lysa "Cat" and told her he loved her before falling asleep.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}{{refn|group="N"|The app ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]'' provides a different time frame, stating that Lysa and Petyr had sex on the night Catelyn's betrothal to [[Brandon Stark]] was announced.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} However, it seems unlikely, as Catelyn was 12 at that time, and thus Lysa and Petyr would have been only 10 and 9.{{Ref|AGOT|6}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Catelyn Tully}}}}

In {{Date|282}}, when the date of Catelyn's [[wedding]] was announced,{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} Petyr, scarcely fifteen years old, challenged the twenty-year-old Brandon Stark to a duel for her hand.{{Ref|AGOT|18}} Petyr arrived with only a helm, breastplate and mail, leading to Brandon taking off most of his own armor. Petyr asked Catelyn for her favor to wear, but she refused, giving it to Brandon instead.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}{{Ref|AGOT|40}} Catelyn begged Brandon not to kill Petyr, to which he agreed. While Brandon offered Petyr multiple chances to yield, Petyr refused to give up. In the end, Petyr was staggering and bleeding from a dozen wounds, when Brandon ended the battle with a backhand cut so brutal Catelyn was convinced it was mortal.{{Ref|AGOT|40}}

Petyr was given a fortnight to recover at Riverrun, during which time Lysa helped care for him. Catelyn did not go to see him, and Petyr refused to see Edmure, who had served as Brandon's squire during the duel.{{Ref|AGOT|40}}{{Ref|ACOK|45}} During this fortnight, Petyr slept with Lysa again.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} He would later claim to have taken the maidenhood of both Tully sisters, due to his belief that his first encounter with Lysa had actually been with Catelyn.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ACOK|55}}

When the fortnight had passed and Petyr was strong enough, Lord Hoster sent Petyr away from Riverrun. Catelyn did not say goodbye to him.{{Ref|AGOT|40}} However, Lysa had become pregnant with Petyr's child as a result of their second sexual encounter. After Petyr had been sent away, Lysa revealed her pregnancy to her father, hoping he would relent and allow Lysa and Petyr to marry. Instead, Hoster, who had believed Petyr to be too lowborn,{{Ref|ASOS|68}} forced Lysa to drink [[moon tea]] to abort the pregnancy.{{Ref|ASOS|2}}

Back at the [[Fingers]], Petyr sent Catelyn a single letter after the death of her betrothed, Brandon. However, she burned the letter without reading it.{{Ref|AGOT|18}} Catelyn and Lysa married Lords [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Jon Arryn]], respectively, in a [[Weddings of Catelyn and Lysa Tully|double wedding at Riverrun]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]],{{Ref|AGOT|2}} and Catelyn went north to [[Winterfell]] after the conclusion of the war.{{Ref|AGOT|6}} Petyr used to dream about Winterfell, always imagining it as a dark and cold place.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

===Gulltown and King's Landing===
[[File:Littlefinger.jpg|thumb|350px|Littlefinger by Mike Capprotti © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Lysa Arryn]] convinced [[Jon Arryn]], her new husband and [[Lord of the Eyrie]], to give Petyr a minor sinecure in customs at [[Gulltown]] around {{Date|289}}.{{ref|ACOK|17}} Littlefinger quickly brought in three times as much as other royal collectors,{{ref|ACOK|17}} and, according to Lysa, he increased incomes tenfold.{{ref|ASOS|68}} Lord Arryn, also the [[Hand of the King]] for [[Robert I Baratheon]], rewarded Petyr with other appointments,{{ref|ASOS|68}} and Lysa convinced her husband to bring Petyr to court.{{ref|ASOS|80}} Within three years of coming to [[King's Landing]], Littlefinger had become [[master of coin]] and a member of the [[small council]].{{ref|ACOK|17}}

Petyr increased his influence by moving his own people in place, such as the four [[Keeper of the Keys|Keepers of the Keys]], the [[King's Counter]], and the [[King's Scales]], as well as harbor masters, toll collectors, and [[wine]] factors.{{Ref|ACOK|17}} Meanwhile, he also developed a complex web of loans, transactions, and investments, as to supply the king and the Hand with enough [[Currency|gold]],{{Ref|ACOK|17}} and he bought a number of establishments (including several [[Prostitution|brothels]]).{{Ref|AGOT|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|15}} The crown's revenues have increased tenfold compared to Littlefinger's predecessor as master of coin, although the royal debts of King Robert are vast as well.{{ref|ACOK|17}} The last [[Chief Gaoler]], a former cloth merchant, purchased his position from Petyr.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Petyr bet on Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] during the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]], but he lost [[Littlefinger's blade|his blade]] of [[Valyrian steel]] to King Robert when Jaime was unhorsed by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]].{{ref|ACOK|55}}{{ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} Littlefinger has also boasted at court of having taken [[Catelyn Stark]]'s virginity.{{ref|AGOT|31}} [[Oswell Kettleblack]] has been in Petyr's service for a long time.{{Ref|AFFC|10}}

Living in the capital with the elderly Lord Arryn for years with Petyr nearby has been difficult for Lysa.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} She and Petyr started planning a life together,{{ref|ASOS|80}} and according to a semi-canon source they have begun a secret affair.{{ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}}{{ref|AWOIAF|Lysa Arryn}} When Lysa learned that her husband planned to send their son, [[Robert Arryn]], away to be fostered at [[Dragonstone]] by Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]], Petyr provided her with the [[Tears of Lys|poison]] she used to kill Lord Jon. He also convinced Lysa to send a message to her sister Catelyn at Winterfell, in which she falsely accused Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[House Lannister]] of the murder of her husband.{{Ref|AGOT|6}}{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:City of Lies.png|thumb|350px|[[Eddard Stark]] and Petyr, by Dleoblack © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] travels to [[King's Landing]] to inform her husband, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], about the attempt on the life of their son [[Bran Stark|Bran]]. Petyr, having learned of her arrival despite her efforts to remain unnoticed, intercepts Catelyn and has her brought to the [[Red Keep]]. Catelyn is wary of Petyr and Lord [[Varys]] when she shows them the [[Valyrian steel]] dagger used in the attempt by a [[catspaw]]. Petyr says that he recognizes the dagger, claiming that it was once his but that he lost it to [[Tyrion Lannister]] in a wager during the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]].{{Ref|AGOT|18}} In truth, however, [[Littlefinger's blade]] had been lost to King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}}{{ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} Petyr promises Catelyn he will help her husband investigate the death of Lord [[Jon Arryn]], Lord Stark's predecessor as [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|AGOT|20}}

After a meeting of the [[small council]], Petyr brings Eddard to meet with his wife, whom Littlefinger has hidden at one of his [[Prostitution|brothels]], and Petyr convinces the new Hand, against his inclination, to make no move against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] until they have proof. Catelyn feels she has reconnected with her childhood friend.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Eddard remains wary of Petyr after Catelyn departs the capital, but he becomes more trusting after Littlefinger advises him to investigate Lord Arryn's household. Petyr, however, warns Ned not to trust anyone, including himself.{{Ref|AGOT|25}}

[[File:Petyr baelish sansa stark HBO.jpg|350px|thumb|[[w:Sophie Turner|Sophie Turner]] as [[Sansa Stark]] and Aidan Gillen as Petyr at the [[Hand's tourney]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]

During the [[Hand's tourney]], Petyr loses a hundred [[currency|golden dragons]] to Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] when [[Sandor Clegane]] unhorses Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|30}} Petyr meets [[Sansa Stark]], the eldest daughter of Eddard and Catelyn, during the festivities, and he brushes the girl's cheek while touching her hair.{{ref|AGOT|29}}

Acting on Petyr's lie about the dagger, Catelyn arrests Tyrion at the [[inn at the crossroads]]{{Ref|AGOT|28}} and takes him to the [[Eyrie]].{{ref|AGOT|34}} Tyrion insists the dagger used by the assassin was not his, and he tells Catelyn that Petyr has often claimed at court to have taken her virginity.{{ref|AGOT|31}}

When King Robert learns that the exiled Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is pregnant, Petyr agrees with Robert in advocating her assassination. Ned resigns as Hand in protest of Robert's command, but before he can arrange to travel back to Winterfell, Petyr approaches him with the promise of assistance in his investigation into Jon Arryn's death.{{Ref|AGOT|33}} Littlefinger leads Ned to [[Chataya's brothel|a brothel]] where [[Barra's mother|a young whore]] is raising [[Barra|one of Robert's bastard children]]. When Ned is accosted by [[House Lannister guards|red cloaks]] led by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] while returning from the city shortly thereafter,{{Ref|AGOT|35}} Petyr flees to find [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]], but Lord Stark is wounded and the [[House Stark guards|Hand's guards]] are killed in the meantime.{{ref|AGOT|39}}

Petyr attends court while Eddard sits the [[Iron Throne]] in the Robert's absence, as the king has gone hunting in the [[kingswood]].{{ref|AGOT|43}} Petyr's flight from Jaime's men bothers Lord Stark.{{ref|AGOT|45}}

Robert is mortally wounded hunting a boar, and the dying king names Eddard as [[Regent|Lord Regent]] and [[Protector of the Realm]]. Petyr advises Ned that despite their knowledge that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]'s children are illegitimate and that Robert's brother, Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]], is the legal heir, the wisest course of action is to ensure Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s succession, a maneuver calculated to avoid all-out war and maximize their own power. Eddard refuses the suggestion and instead enlists Petyr's help in securing the allegiance of the gold cloaks for when he moves against Cersei.{{Ref|AGOT|47}} Littlefinger actually bribes the gold cloaks to support the queen in the [[throne room]], however. As he recovers his dagger during the [[arrest of Eddard Stark]], Petyr reminds Ned he had told him not to trust him.{{Ref|AGOT|49}}

Petyr wears black as the small council mourns Robert.{{ref|ASOS|51}} As the majority of Eddard's followers in King's Landing have been killed following his arrest,{{Ref|AGOT|50}} Petyr takes [[Vayon Poole]]'s daughter [[Jeyne Poole|Jeyne]], Sansa's friend, into his custody.{{Ref|AGOT|51}} Littlefinger mocks Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] when the famed knight is publicly dismissed from the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Varys visits Eddard in the [[black cells]] and convinces him to confess treason and [[take the black]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} Petyr attends Ned's confession at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], where King Joffrey unexpectedly orders Lord Stark's execution.{{ref|AGOT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Littlefinger by algesiras.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Littlefinger by Algesiras ©]]
To pay for Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]]'s plans for the defense of [[King's Landing]], Petyr imposes a tax on all who enter the capital.{{ref|ACOK|3}}

Upon arriving at King's Landing to serve as [[Hand of the King]] while Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is in the field, [[Tyrion Lannister]] realizes Petyr is more dangerous than he had previously known.{{Ref|ACOK|15}} [[Varys]] hints to Tyrion that Littlefinger might have been the one who whispered in [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s ear about his brother [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] bastards not resembling his royal children with Cersei.{{ref|ACOK|15}}

Tyrion investigates Petyr's past, learning how Petyr came to be on the small council, naming Petyr a "master juggler" when referring to his skill at finances, and noting on the fact that Petyr, due to his low birth and the way he presents himself, is not seen as a threat by anyone.{{Ref|ACOK|17}} Realizing Petyr has many of his own men placed into multiple positions, Tyrion decides not to make a move against Petyr concerning the lie he told about Tyrion's involvement in the attack on [[Bran Stark]]'s life, until he can find a way to replace those men with his own.{{Ref|ACOK|17}}

During a meeting of the small council, following the proclamation of King Stannis Baratheon that Cersei's children were born out of [[incest]], Petyr proposes they fight Stannis's claims by spreading rumors of their own. Littlefinger suggests they spread the claim that Stannis's daughter, [[Shireen Baratheon]], was fathered by [[Patchface]], Stannis's fool at [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|AGOT|15}}

Littlefinger boasts to Tyrion of having taken the virginities of both [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] and [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]]. The Hand suggests sending Petyr to Lysa in the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]] to gain [[House Arryn]] for King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], and in return Littlefinger might be rewarded with [[Harrenhal]] and named liege lord of the [[Trident]].{{ref|ACOK|17}}

After [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|the assassination]] of King [[Renly Baratheon]], Petyr and Tyrion plot to form an alliance with [[House Tyrell]] to win over any lords of the [[Reach]] or the [[stormlands]] that did not immediately declare for Stannis. Petyr volunteers to travel to [[Bitterbridge]] to meet the angry Ser [[Loras Tyrell]].{{Ref|ACOK|36}} At [[Highgarden]] Petyr negotiates successfully with Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and his mother, [[Olenna Tyrell]],{{Ref|ASOS|68}} forging a Lannister-Tyrell alliance through the engagement of King Joffrey and [[Margaery Tyrell]], Mace's daughter.{{Ref|ACOK|41}}{{Ref|ACOK|54}}

Petyr returns to King's Landing with Tyrell forces alongside those of Tywin Lannister. The allied Lannister and Tyrell armies are able to take Stannis's forces in the rear in the last hours of the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], with Petyr providing the idea to dress Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] in King Renly's armor during the battle so as to frighten Stannis's men-at-arms.{{Ref|ASOS|67}} After the battle, Petyr is rewarded with the title [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]] and is named [[Lord of Harrenhal]], despite the fact that the castle is still held by Lord [[Roose Bolton]] for [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]]. The titles give Petyr nominal control over the war-torn [[riverlands]] and makes him a high lord.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Sansa Stark]] discretely meets with Ser [[Dontos Hollard]], who vaguely tells the girl of a plan to return her home and gives her a silver hair net.{{Ref|ACOK|65}} Unbeknownst to Sansa, however, the [[fool]] is secretly in Littlefinger's employ.{{ref|ASOS|61}} Petyr also acquires key informants in the crown's inner circle in Ser [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack|Osfryd]], and Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]],{{ref|ACOK|41}} who had been hired to guard Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] after [[Tyrion Lannister]] sent [[Vylarr]] and his [[red cloaks]] away.{{ref|ACOK|25}} Tyrion believes that the Kettleblack brothers are in his pay,{{ref|ACOK|41}} when in truth their allegiance is to Petyr.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

[[File:Brittmartin Littlefinger.jpg|thumb|350px|Littlefinger by BrittMartin © Green Ronin Publishing]]

During a session of the [[small council]], Petyr informs Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of the [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] plot to spirit [[Sansa Stark]] to [[Highgarden]] and marry her to [[Willas Tyrell]], giving Tywin the necessary time to wed her in haste to his son Tyrion instead.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

Petyr's newfound status as a high lord gives him the necessary standing to be considered by Tywin for a marriage to the widowed [[Lysa Arryn]] with the intent of delivering the [[Vale of Arryn]], which has remained neutral, to the crown without violence. Petyr agrees with the plan and is sent to the [[Eyrie]] to woo Lysa, believing that to be an easy task given their history. Tyrion is appointed as [[master of coin]] upon Petyr's departure. He warns Tywin, Cersei, and Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] that Petyr's scheming and wealth makes him dangerous even to their family, despite the Lannisters' [[gold]].{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

Though Petyr has left King's Landing, he does not go immediately to the Vale, and instead secretly remains near the city.{{ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}} [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] marries [[Margaery Tyrell]], the boy king [[Purple Wedding|chokes to death]] at their wedding feast.{{Ref|ASOS|60}} In the ensuing chaos, Sansa Stark is spirited out of the city by a drunken Dontos Hollard, and [[Oswell Kettleblack]] rows them to a ship on [[Blackwater Bay]] where Petyr awaits. When Ser [[Lothor Brune]]'s crossbowmen kill Dontos, Petyr explains to Sansa that she will be wanted in connection with Joffrey's death and that Dontos's death is the only sure way to know he will remain silent. Petyr also brags of his involvement in arranging a set of [[Penny|jousting dwarfs]] as entertainment, which he explains were calculated to bring Tyrion Lannister into conflict with Joffrey just prior to the king's death. Confident that Tyrion will be executed, he notes to Sansa that widowhood will become her.{{Ref|ASOS|61}}

Petyr and Sansa travel on the ''[[Merling King]]'' to the Vale. Instead of continuing on to [[White Harbor]] so that Sansa can be returned to the [[north]], they disembark near Petyr's "[[Drearfort]]", his ancestral home on the [[Fingers]]. Petyr gives Sansa the assumed identity of "Alayne Stone", his [[bastard]] daughter named after [[Alayne Baelish|his own mother]], and he decides that "Alayne's" mother was a gentlewoman of [[Braavos]] who died in childbirth.{{Ref|ASOS|68}} Petyr explains his role in Joffrey's murder, having plotted it with [[Olenna Tyrell]]. He reveals the involvement of the hair net laced with black [[amethyst]]s that Dontos had insisted Sansa wear to the feast. The amethysts were in reality the [[strangler]], the poison used to kill Joffrey; Sansa had unwittingly smuggled them into the feast.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

Lysa arrives at Petyr's tower and insists upon marrying him immediately instead of having a grander wedding at the Eyrie. He reluctantly agrees, and Lysa's ladies convince Sansa to help undress Petyr during the [[customs|bedding custom]]. As they have sex, Lysa yells out that she wants Petyr to give her a child.{{Ref|ASOS|68}} Littlefinger tasks Ser Lothar Brune with protecting Sansa.{{Ref|ASOS|68}} Petyr informs Lysa that "Alayne" is actually her niece Sansa, so Lysa has the girl's hair darkened to help hide her identity. Lysa decides to name Petyr as [[Lord Protector of the Vale]] and to betroth Sansa to her own son, Lord [[Robert Arryn]].{{ref|ASOS|68}}

They travel to the Eyrie after the wedding, but Petyr spends much of his time at the [[Gates of the Moon]] trying to asserting his authority. Lysa convinces him to shave off his beard. Many lords of the Vale resent Petyr for his marriage and title.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

While helping Sansa build a snow castle of her family's ancestral home, [[Winterfell]], Petyr kisses the girl in the [[godswood of the Eyrie]]. When Sansa objects, Petyr notes that Sansa is growing into a beautiful young woman and that she looks much like her mother [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] did at that age. Young Lord Robert arrives and destroys the snow castle.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

Lysa witnessed the kiss, and in a fit of jealous rage attempts to kill Sansa in the [[High Hall]] later that day, nearly shoving her out the [[Moon Door]]. Petyr arrives in time to intervene, at which point Lysa breaks down crying. She accuses Petyr of not loving her despite all she had done for him. She reveals in Sansa's hearing that it had been Petyr who had convinced her to [[tears of Lys|poison]] her previous husband, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], to prevent him from sending Robert away to be fostered. Lysa also admits that it had been Petyr who had convinced her to write a letter to her sister Catelyn, stating that Jon had been poisoned and that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were responsible. Petyr temporarily soothes Lysa, assuring her that he has only ever loved one woman. He then adds "only Cat" and shoves Lysa out the Moon Door to her death. The killing is blamed on the singer [[Marillion]].{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Kings of Mountain and Vale.jpg|350px|thumb|Petyr and [[Sansa Stark]] with the lords of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], by Mike Capprotti © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Following Lysa's death, Petyr remains Lord Protector of the Vale, with Lord [[Robert Arryn]] as his ward. When Lord [[Nestor Royce]], [[High Steward of the Vale]] and [[Keeper of the Gates of the Moon]], arrives at the [[Eyrie]], Sansa, disguised as "Alayne", verifies Petyr's claim that [[Marillion]] murdered Lady [[Lysa Arryn]]. Petyr gains Nestor as an ally by granting him the [[Gates of the Moon]], stating it had been the desire of the late Lysa.{{Ref|AFFC|10}}

Six of the most powerful lords of the Vale gather at [[Runestone]], planning on removing Petyr as Lord Protector. In [[King's Landing]], Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] decides that these [[Lords Declarant]] can participate in deciding who rules over the [[Vale of Arryn]] during Robert's minority, but Petyr is not to be harmed.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} Littlefinger asks Cersei to send him tapestries owned by her late husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|AFFC|17}}{{ref|AFFC|23}}

The levies of the Lords Declarant surround the Gates of the Moon,{{ref|AFFC|23}} and the rebel lords ascend the [[Giant's Lance]] for a parley. Petyr refuses their demand to leave the Vale and assume rule over [[Harrenhal]] in the war-torn [[riverlands]], and Nestor Royce defends Petyr during the meeting. Ser [[Lyn Corbray]] behaves belligerently, going so far as to draw his [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Lady Forlorn]], breaching [[guest right]]. Now holding leverage over the Lords Declarant, Petyr successfully demands he be given a year to set the Vale to rights. After the Lords Declarant depart, Petyr notes to Sansa how fortuitous Lyn's action was, and Sansa correctly guesses that Lyn must be on his payroll. Petyr plans to use his time as Lord Robert's regent to eliminate, win over, or marginalize the lords who are currently against him. He will allow Lyn to use his supposed disgust for him to facilitate his joining, and covertly informing on, any conspiracy against the Lord Protector.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}

Petyr arranges a marriage between Lyn's elder brother, Lord [[Lyonel Corbray]], and a [[Lady Corbray|merchant's daughter]], and he then attends their wedding in [[Gulltown]]. With winter approaching, the Arryn court departs the Eyrie for the Gates of the Moon. Petyr returns from Gulltown with three [[hedge knight]]s he has hired, Ser [[Byron the Beautiful]], Ser [[Morgarth the Merry]], and Ser [[Shadrich of the Shady Glen]].{{ref|AFFC|41}} Unbeknownst to the Arryn court, Shadrich has been searching for Sansa because of the [[gold]] offered as a reward for finding her by [[Varys]].{{ref|AFFC|4}}

When they are alone, Petyr tells Sansa that Cersei's leadership in King's Landing is bringing the [[Seven Kingdoms]] to ruin faster than he had anticipated. He informs Sansa that he means to marry her to Ser [[Harrold Hardyng]], the heir of the young and sickly Lord Robert. Once the deaths of Robert and [[Tyrion Lannister]] are confirmed, Sansa's true identity can be revealed at her wedding with Lord Harrold and the [[knights of the Vale]] will help her regain [[Winterfell]] in the [[north]]. Littlefinger then asks Sansa for another kiss.{{Ref|AFFC|41}}

During the [[siege of Riverrun]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] reminds [[Emmon Frey]] that although he was named [[Lord of Riverrun]], Littlefinger is his liege as the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]].{{ref|AFFC|33}} After resolving the siege, Jaime considers Petyr as a possible [[Hand of the King]] for [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]].{{ref|AFFC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Following the [[Red Wedding]], the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] produce a girl whom they claim to be the missing [[Arya Stark]]. They send the girl to marry [[Roose Bolton]]'s son, [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay]], helping to cement the alliance between [[House Bolton]] and the crown.{{Ref|ASOS|53}}{{Ref|ASOS|72}} [[Theon Greyjoy]] later learns that the girl sent by the Lannisters to marry Ramsay Bolton is not Arya, but a disguised [[Jeyne Poole]],{{Ref|ADWD|20}} who had been whipped and trained while being kept in one of Petyr's brothels.{{Ref|ADWD|37}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Jeyne Poole}}

While mulling over [[Sansa Stark]], [[Cersei Lannister]] recalls that before the Lannisters married her to [[Tyrion Lannister]], Petyr had offered to marry Sansa himself, but his offer was rejected on account of his low birth.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

With the crown having huge financial problems due to the follies of Cersei, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] wishes that Petyr was back in [[King's Landing]] as master of coin.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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After Sansa makes the suggestions, Petyr arranges for a tourney to be held at the [[Gates of the Moon]] to choose the [[Brotherhood of Winged Knights]]. Littlefinger gives King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s tapestries to Lord [[Nestor Royce]], and he advises Lords [[Benedar Belmore]] and [[Gerold Grafton]] to hoard their harvests until the price of grain goes up.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]</ref>

==Quotes by Petyr==
[[File:Mark Evans Littlefinger.jpg|thumb|350px|Littlefinger by Mark Evans © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|'''Catelyn''': I will not forget the help you gave me, Petyr. When your men came for me, I did not know whether they were taking me to a friend or an enemy. I have found you more than a friend. I have found a brother I'd thought lost. 
'''Petyr''': I am desperately sentimental, sweet lady. Best not tell anyone. I have spent years convincing the court that I am wicked and cruel, and I should hate to see all that hard work go for naught.{{ref|AGOT|20}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] and Petyr}}

{{Quote|'''Eddard''': I ... am grateful for your help. Perhaps I was wrong to distrust you. 
'''Petyr''': You are slow to learn, Lord Eddard. Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed down off your horse.{{Ref|AGOT|25}}|[[Eddard Stark]] and Petyr}}

{{Quote|[[Catelyn Stark|Your mother]] was my [[queen of beauty]] once. You have her hair.{{ref|AGOT|29}}|Petyr to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Petyr''': Do you perchance recall what I said to you that day [[Eddard Stark|your father]] sat the [[Iron Throne]]? 
'''Sansa''': You told me that life was not a song. That I would learn that one day, to my sorrow. Is it all lies, forever and ever, everyone and everything? 
'''Petyr''': Almost everyone. Save you and I, of course.{{Ref|ASOS|61}}|Petyr and [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Petyr''': Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game. 
'''Sansa''': What... what game? 
'''Petyr''': The only game. The game of thrones.{{Ref|ASOS|61}}|Petyr and [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|Petyr to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|You could turn [[King's Landing]] upside down and not find a single man with a [[mockingbird]] sewn over his heart, but that does not mean I am friendless.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|Petyr to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your hands are clean.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|Petyr to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Petyr''': My sweet silly jealous wife. I've only loved one woman, I promise you. 
'''Lysa''': Only one? Oh, Petyr, do you swear it? Only one? 
'''Petyr''': Only [[Catelyn Stark|Cat]].{{Ref|ASOS|80}}|[[Lysa Arryn]] and Petyr}}

{{Quote|Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves.{{Ref|AFFC|10}}|Petyr to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own. Sometimes they refuse to make the moves you've planned for them. Mark that well, Alayne. It's a lesson that [[Cersei Lannister]] still has yet to learn.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}|Petyr to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Petyr==
[[File:Petyr baelish varys HBO.jpg|350px|thumb|[[w:Conleth Hill|Conleth Hill]] as [[Varys]] and [[w:Aidan Gillen|Aidan Gillen]] as Petyr in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|'''Rodrik''': Littlefinger sits on the [[small council]] now. 
'''Catelyn''': I knew he would rise high. He was always clever, even as a boy, but it is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}|[[Rodrik Cassel]] and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|He had grey-green eyes that did not smile when his mouth did.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}|[[Sansa Stark]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn''': Why would Petyr lie to me? 
'''Tyrion''': Why does a bear shit in the woods? Because it is his nature. Lying comes as easily as breathing to a man like Littlefinger. You ought to know that, you of all people. 
'''Catelyn''': And what does that mean, Lannister? 
'''Tyrion''': Why, every man at court has heard him tell how he took your [[maidenhead]], my lady. 
'''Catelyn''': That is a lie!{{ref|AGOT|31}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Littlefinger... the gods only know what game Littlefinger is playing.{{Ref|AGOT|32}}|[[Varys]] to [[Illyrio Mopatis]]}}

{{Quote|Something about the way the small man looked at her made Sansa feel as though she had no clothes on.{{ref|AGOT|51}}|[[Sansa Stark]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|Littlefinger is the second most devious man in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|AGOT|58}}|[[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Littlefinger was no threat to anyone. A clever, smiling, genial man, everyone's friend, always able to find whatever gold [[Robert I Baratheon|the king]] or [[Jon Arryn|his Hand]] required, and yet of such undistinguished birth, one step up from a [[hedge knight]], he was not a man to fear. He had no banners to call, no army of retainers, no great stronghold, no holdings to speak of, no prospects of a great marriage.{{ref|ACOK|17}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|Littlefinger's [[gold]] is made from thin air, with a snap from his fingers.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Kevan Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I shall make him [[Lord Protector of the Vale]]. He many not look as tall or as strong as some, but he is worth more than all of them. Trust in him and do as he says.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|[[Lysa Arryn]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|He was Petyr, her protector, warm and funny and gentle ... but he was also Littlefinger, the lord she'd known at [[King's Landing]], smiling slyly and stroking his beard as he whispered in Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei's]] ear. And Littlefinger was no friend of hers.{{Ref|AFFC|10}}|[[Sansa Stark]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|Littlefinger was as amiable as he was clever, but too lowborn to threaten any of the great lords, with no swords of his own. The perfect [[Hand of the King|Hand]].{{ref|AFFC|44}}|[[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

==Family==
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==Behind the Scenes==
The character [[w:Jay Gatsby|Jay Gatsby]] from ''[[w:The Great Gatsby|The Great Gatsby]]'', one of [[George R. R. Martin]]'s favorite books,<ref>''Entertainment Weekly'': [https://ew.com/books/2018/06/28/george-rr-martin-summer-book-suggestions/ George R.R. Martin suggests 9 books to read this summer], June 28, 2018</ref> is an inspiration for Petyr.<ref>[[Not A Blog]]: [https://grrm.livejournal.com/324330.html?thread=17747434#t17747434 The Great Gatsby], May 21, 2013</ref> Another partial inspiration is [[w:Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall|Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall]].{{ref|rpg|guardiansorder|Deluxe Limited Edition}}

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Lion

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{{For|the garrison of the City Watch of King's Landing at the Lion Gate|Lions}}
[[File:House Lannister.svg|thumb|The [[sigil]] of [[House Lannister]] depicts a golden lion.]]
The '''lion''' is an animal, similar to real-life [[w:Lion|lions]], known to inhabit both [[Essos]] and the [[westerlands]] of [[Westeros]]. A ''[[hrakkar]]'' is a great white lion found in the [[Dothraki sea]] of Essos.

==Culture==
[[Westeros]]i [[sigil]]s depicting lions or lion heads include those of Houses [[House Casterly|Casterly]],<ref>[[Not A Blog]]: ''[https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/12/23/a-couple-of-rocks/ A Couple of Rocks]'' (December 23, 2022)</ref> [[House Grandison|Grandison]], [[House Jast|Jast]], [[House Lannister|Lannister]], [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]], [[House Parren|Parren]], [[House Polander|Polander]], [[House Reyne|Reyne]], [[House Vikary|Vikary]], and [[House Wydman|Wydman]].

Because of the Lannisters' sigil, men of the [[westerlands]] can be called lions.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}{{Ref|FAB|16}}{{Ref|FAB|20}} The [[Lion Gate]] at [[King's Landing]] opens to the [[Goldroad]], which leads to the westerlands.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} The garrison of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] stationed at the Lion Gate is called the "[[Lions]]".{{Ref|FAB|17}} At sunset, [[Casterly Rock]] is believed to resemble a lion in repose.{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|6|2}}

The [[Lion of Night]] is a [[deity]] of [[Yi Ti]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|8|4|1}}{{Ref|AFFC|34}} also worshipped in other parts of [[Essos]], including [[Braavos]]{{Ref|AFFC|13}} and [[Asshai]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|8|4|4}} In the [[House of Black and White]] in Braavos, there is an [[ebony]] statue of the Lion of Night, depicted as a man with a lion's head seated on a throne.{{Ref|AFFC|6}}

The [[Prince of Pentos]] keeps a pride of lions in his menagerie.{{Ref|ADWD|1}}

==History==
[[File:Unknowclegane.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Clegane (founder)|The kennelmaster]], founder of [[House Clegane]], saves Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] from the lioness. Art by tumcolho ©]]
The [[wood dancer]]s of the [[children of the forest]] are said to have called upon cave lions to fight on their behalf.{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|2}}

Lions inhabited the [[westerlands|western hills]] of [[Westeros]]. In antiquity, lions made dens in [[Casterly Rock]] itself.{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|6}}{{Ref|SSM|1379}} According to legend, the founder of House Casterly was the huntsman [[Corlos]], son of [[Caster]], who lived in a village near where [[Lannisport]] eventually sprang up. When a lion began preying upon the village's sheep, Corlos tracked him back to his den, a cave in the base of the [[Casterly Rock|nearby mountain]]. Armed only with a spear, Corlos slew the lion and his mate, but spared her newborn cubs. This act of mercy pleased the [[old gods]], who took favor on Corlos and sent a shaft of sunlight deep into the cave, which shone upon a huge vein of [[gold]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|6}}

Later, lions were owned by the [[Kings of the Rock]]. According to a semi-canon source, some of King [[Loreon I Lannister]]'s lions broke free and slew three of his sons, some say as a curse from [[Morgon Banefort]].<ref>georgerrmartin.com: ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'', [https://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ The Westerlands (unabridged)]</ref>

[[Sandoq the Shadow]] is said to have slain lions, [[bear]]s, [[wolves]], and [[wyvern]]s in the [[fighting pits of Meereen]].{{Ref|FAB|23}}

Wild lions were seen during the reign of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], as the first [[knight]] of [[House Clegane]], [[Clegane (founder)|the kennelmaster]] at the Rock, saved Tytos from a lioness and lost a leg and three [[dog]]s in the effort.{{Ref|ACOK|18}} Several caged lions were kept in the bowels of Casterly Rock during the childhood of [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and [[Cersei Lannister]], a legacy of their grandfather Tytos's time.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Khal [[Drogo]] hunts and slays a ''[[hrakkar]]'' of the [[Dothraki sea]].{{Ref|AGOT|54}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Pojypojy LionPelt.jpg|thumb|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] wearing her ''[[hrakkar]]'' pelt, by Pojypojy ©]]
The [[handmaid]]s of [[Daenerys Targaryen]] make her a cloak from the ''hrakkar'''s pelt, to cover her bald head.{{Ref|ACOK|12}}

Within the [[House of the Undying]] in [[Qarth]], Daenerys has a series of [[vision]]s, one of which features a white lion.{{Ref|ACOK|48}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
In [[Pentos]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] refers to himself as a lion, which amuses Illyrio Mopatis. He offers to take Tyrion to the [[Prince of Pentos]]'s menagerie so that he can share a cage with a pride of real lions, but Tyrion demurs.{{Ref|ADWD|1}}

In {{Date|300}}, [[Leaf]], one of the [[children of the forest]], tells [[Bran Stark]] that the great lions of the western hills have all been slain.{{Ref|ADWD|34}} According to a semi-canon source, a few lions survive in the outlying hills of the [[westerlands]], but they mostly have been hunted to extinction.{{Ref|SSM|1379}}

[[Cersei Lannister]] remembers the restless caged lions of her youth, kept in the bowels of [[Casterly Rock]], and how she worked up the courage to touch one, while her brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] pulled her away.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

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Arya Stark

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| lastname = Stark
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| Father = Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| Mother = Lady [[Catelyn Tully]]
| Spouse = Lord [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] (allegedly)
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|289}} (age 11)<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Arya Stark|Arya Stark]] calculation.''</ref>
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'''Arya Stark''' is the third child and second daughter of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]]. A member of [[House Stark]], she has five siblings: brothers [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], half-brother [[Jon Snow]], and older sister [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]. Arya is one of the major [[POV character]] in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Arya is portrayed by [[w:Maisie Williams|Maisie Williams]].

Like some of her siblings, Arya sometimes dreams that she is a [[direwolf]].{{ref|ASOS|3}} Her own direwolf is [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], who is named in reference to the [[Rhoynar]] warrior-queen [[Nymeria|of the same name]].

==Appearance and Character==
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[[File:Arya Stark Ammotu.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Arya Stark - by Ammotu ©]]
Nine years old at the start of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', Arya's appearance is more [[House Stark|Stark]] than [[House Tully|Tully]], with a long face,{{ref|AGOT|7}} grey eyes,{{ref|ADWD|37}} and brown hair.{{ref|AGOT|7}} She is skinny and athletic. She is bullied over her looks by her sister and the other girls at Winterfell who call her "Arya Horseface",{{ref|AGOT|7}} and is often mistaken for a boy.{{ref|AGOT|32}}{{ref|ACOK|1}} However, other characters like [[Ravella Smallwood]] and the [[kindly man]] describe her as pretty.{{ref|ASOS|22}}{{ref|ADWD|64}} Eddard says Arya looks like her beautiful late aunt, [[Lyanna Stark]]{{Ref|AGOT|22}} and when [[Bran Stark]] sees a vision of a girl who could be Lyanna, he describes her as looking like Arya.{{ref|ADWD|34}}

Arya is a spirited girl interested in fighting and exploration, unlike her older sister, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]]. Arya wants to learn how to fight with a sword, to the horror of Sansa, who enjoys the more traditional pursuits of a noblewoman. Arya is particularly close to her half brother, [[Jon Snow]], who encourages her martial pursuits. She is said to take after the fiery Lyanna in temperament.{{Ref|aGoT|22}} Arya often bites her lip.{{ref|AGOT|7}}{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ADWD|64}}

Arya is left-handed, quick, and dexterous.{{ref|AGOT|22}} She received a noble's education from Maester [[Luwin]] at [[Winterfell]] and is said to excel at mathematics, household management, and horseback riding.{{Ref|AGOT|7}} She knows at least a bit of [[High Valyrian]].{{ref|ADWD|64}}

==History==
Born in {{Date|289}}<ref name=Calculation /> at [[Winterfell]],{{Ref|AWOIAF|Arya Stark}} Arya is the youngest daughter and third child of Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the head of [[House Stark]] and [[Warden of the North]], and Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Stark Lineage}} Arya has an older sister, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]],{{Ref|AGOT|5}} an older brother, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], and two younger brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. She also has an older [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}

Arya has spent her entire life at Winterfell, though she did accompany her father on two occasions to [[White Harbor]].{{Ref|AFFC|22}} Arya has been tutored by Septa [[Mordane]] in the womanly arts (including needlework),{{Ref|AGOT|7}} and received lessons from Maester [[Luwin]] as well.{{Ref|AFFC|6}} Arya was also taught to ride a horse, but due to being called "Arya Horseface" by [[Jeyne Poole]] because of her long face, she could not enjoy the fact that riding horses was one of the few things she was better at than her older sister.{{Ref|AGOT|7}} The [[House Stark guards]] call her "Arya Underfoot".{{Ref|AGOT|22}}{{ref|ACOK|47}}

[[Jon Snow]], having covered himself with flour to appear as a ghost, once tried to scare his younger siblings in the [[crypt of Winterfell]]. While Sansa and Bran were frightened, Arya instead punched her half brother.{{ref|AGOT|50}}

Lord Eddard often eats in the same hall as his staff, and always keeps a seat next to him reserved, inviting a different servant or advisor to dine with him each night. Arya loves listening to their stories.{{Ref|AGOT|22}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Arya and nymeria by vvjonez-d370kfi.jpg|thumb|350px|Arya Stark and Nymeria - by artist Veronica V. Jones. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
When her brothers [[Robb Stark|Robb]] and [[Jon Snow|Jon]] find six [[direwolf]] pups,{{Ref|AGOT|1}} Arya adopts one of them,{{Ref|AGOT|2}} whom she names [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], in reference to the [[Rhoynar|Rhoynish]] warrior-queen [[Nymeria|of the same name]].{{Ref|AGOT|7}}

Arya and her sister, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], travel with their father, Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], to [[King's Landing]] when he is made [[Hand of the King]]. Before she leaves, Arya's half-brother Jon gives her a sword called [[Needle]], after her least favorite ladylike activity, as a parting gift. He tells her she will need to practice, but that the first lesson is to "stick 'em with the pointy end".{{ref|AGOT|10}} On the way south, she befriends a [[peasant]] boy named [[Mycah]], and they often play at swords.{{ref|AGOT|15}}

While walking near the [[ruby ford]], Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and Sansa happen upon Arya and Mycah "battling" in the woods. Arya defends Mycah from Joffrey's torments, and Nymeria helps Arya fight off Joffrey, wounding his arm in the process. Knowing that Joffrey will likely want retribution, [[Jory Cassel]] helps Arya chase the direwolf away when he finds them.{{Ref|AGOT|15}} Arya is brought to [[Darry]] before King [[Robert I Baratheon]], who counsels Eddard to discipline Arya. Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] is not satisfied with this, however, and orders Sansa's direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], to be killed in Nymeria's place. Mycah, having fled, is tracked and killed by Joffrey's "dog," [[Sandor Clegane]].{{Ref|AGOT|16}} From this moment, Arya harbors enmity for the [[Hound]].

While in King's Landing, after Arya fights with Sansa, their father discovers Needle. Questioned how Arya gained possession of the sword, she refuses to give up Jon's name as the gift giver. Eddard realizes that she must be trained if she is entertaining ideas about swordsmanship, and hires [[Syrio Forel]], a celebrated [[Braavos]]i swordsman, under whom Arya begins her training. Under his strict, but creative, tutelage, Arya learns to fight in the Braavosi [[water dancer]] style with Needle.{{Ref|aGoT|22}}

[[File:Arya stark by teiiku.jpg|thumb|350px|Arya exploring in the vaults under [[King's Landing]]. Art by TeiIku©]]
Arya spends most of her time doing balancing and swordplay exercises as Syrio instructed her. During one of these she discovers a [[secret passage]] in the [[Red Keep]]. She overhears two men, who by description seem to be [[Varys]] and [[Illyrio Mopatis]], speaking about her father, Cersei, and [[little birds|spies]].{{Ref|aGoT|32}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1214 Eastern Cities and Peoples], June 12, 2002</ref>

When tensions heighten in the capital, Ned intends for Sansa and Arya to return to the north via the ''[[Wind Witch]]''.{{ref|AGOT|45}} His plans are halted by the Robert's death, however, and the succession of King Joffrey I. During the purge of [[House Stark]] from the Red Keep, Ser [[Meryn Trant]] and [[House Lannister guards]] attempt to take Arya into custody, but Syrio holds off Arya's attackers with a practice sword so she can flee.{{Ref|aGoT|50}} Arya kills a stableboy with Needle and escapes the castle using the passage she found earlier,{{ref|AGOT|50}} but Sansa is captured by the Lannisters{{ref|AGOT|51}} and Septa [[Mordane]] is slain.{{ref|AGOT|67}}

Arya cannot leave King's Landing since the city gates are heavily guarded, so she lives on the streets of [[Flea Bottom]], catching pigeons and rats to trade for food. Arya witnesses her father's public condemnation at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. She is found in the crowd by [[Yoren]] of the [[Night's Watch]], who saves her from the sight of Eddard's execution and drags her from King's Landing.{{Ref|AGOT|65}}

Cersei has Sansa send letters to Winterfell, but Arya's mother, [[Catelyn Stark]], notices that no mention is made of Arya.{{ref|AGOT|55}} Catelyn negotiates an alliance between Robb, her eldest son, and Lord [[Walder Frey]] at the [[Twins]], and the agreement calls for Arya to wed one of Walder's sons, [[Elmar Frey]].{{ref|AGOT|59}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Jonathan_Standing_AryaS.jpg|thumb|350px|Arya practices with a stick at Harrenhal - by Jonathan Standing © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Arya escapes [[King's Landing]] with [[Yoren]] and his party of [[Night's Watch]] recruits, with Yoren planning to return her to [[Winterfell]] on his way back the [[Wall]]. Yoren shaves her head and makes Arya assume the identity of "Arry", a boy recruit traveling with Yoren to the Wall.{{Ref|ACOK|1}} They make it as far as a [[Gods Eye town|deserted town]] near the [[Gods Eye]] lake, where they are [[Storming of the Gods Eye town holdfast|attacked]] by [[House Lannister]] raiders led by Ser [[Amory Lorch]]. Yoren is killed and Arya is one of the few to escape alive, along with [[Gendry]], [[Hot Pie]], [[Lommy Greenhands]], and [[Weasel]]. Before escaping the burning town, she saves the lives of three chained Night's Watch prisoners: [[Jaqen H'ghar]], [[Rorge]], and [[Biter]].{{Ref|ACOK|15}}

Arya heads out with the survivors until they are captured by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and the [[Mountain's men]] in a village, where they are held for eight days, while the [[Tickler]] tortures the villagers.{{Ref|ACOK|19}} [[Rafford]] kills Lommy{{ref|ASOS|47}} and [[Polliver]] takes [[Needle]] from Arya.{{ref|ACOK|26}} During the journey to [[Harrenhal]], Arya creates a prayer of those she hates and wants to kill. These include Gregor Clegane, [[Dunsen]], Polliver, [[Chiswyck]], Raff the Sweetling, the Tickler, [[Sandor Clegane]], Amory Lorch, [[Ilyn Payne]], [[Meryn Trant]], [[Joffrey Baratheon]], and [[Cersei Lannister]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

At Harrenhal Arya is assigned to the steward [[Weese]] to work at the [[Wailing Tower]].{{Ref|aCoK|26}} Several days later, Arya reunites with Jaqen, Rorge, and Biter, who are now in the employ of Amory. Jaqen comes to her at night and offers her three deaths for the three lives—Rorge, Biter, and himself—she saved from burning at the Gods Eye. After several days Arya names [[Chiswyck]], after she overhears him boast at how he participated in a gang rape, and he dies three days later. Next she names [[Weese]], for striking her. Weese's death is untraceable, apparently linked to his small dog that he raised from a pup. While trying to figure out the last name to say, Arya realizes she should have said a more important name, such as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] or Amory Lorch. Finally, she names Jaqen himself. To make her unsay his name, Jaqen agrees to help her free [[Robett Glover]]'s and Ser [[Aenys Frey]]'s men in the dungeon and stage an uprising.{{ref|ACOK|47}}

Unbeknownst to Arya, Robett is already conspiring with [[Vargo Hoat]] against Amory. During the [[fall of Harrenhal]], Arya obtains soup which Jaqen, Rorge, and Biter then use to scald the Lannister guards. To Arya's amazement, Jaqen changes his face and manner in front of her, saying it was time for that person to die. Before departing, he gives Arya an iron coin and tells her to repeat the phrase ''[[valar morghulis]]'' to any man of [[Braavos]].{{ref|ACOK|47}}

The next morning, Lord [[Roose Bolton]] arrives to take charge of the castle. Arya, now calling herself "Nymeria", or "Nan" for short, is named Roose's cupbearer for her role in the freeing of the prisoners. She inadvertently meets [[Elmar Frey]], the squire she would have to marry under Robb's agreement with the Freys, though they remain unknown to each other.{{Ref|ACOK|47}} Lord Bolton has Arya help him with leechings and orders her to burn his wife [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda]]'s letter. Due to her participation in the "weasel soup" plot, many of the servants in Harrenhal, including [[Gendry]], blame her for the executions ordered by Lord Bolton on the castle servants that collaborated with House Lannister.{{ref|ACOK|64}}

[[File:Valar Morghulis by Tim Tsang II.jpg|thumb|350px|Arya kills the [[House Bolton guards|Bolton guard]] at [[Harrenhal]] and whispers ''[[valar morghulis]]'' - by Tim Tsang ©]]
Arya asks to accompany Roose when he leaves Harrenhal, but Lord Bolton is shocked by his servant's insolence and announces she will be left behind at the castle with Vargo's [[Brave Companions]]. Arya, however, escapes with Gendry and [[Hot Pie]], killing a [[House Bolton guards|Bolton guard]] at the gate.{{Ref|ACOK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
While Arya and her companions travel north from [[Harrenhal]], Arya enters Nymeria during a dream as a [[skinchanger]] and sees Nymeria kill members of the [[Brave Companions]] sent in pursuit.{{Ref|ASOS|3}} Not long afterwards, she and her companions are discovered by a group of the [[brotherhood without banners]] and taken to the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]], where she is recognized by one of her father's former guards, [[Harwin]].{{Ref|ASOS|13}} While [[Hot Pie]] remains at the inn,{{ref|ASOS|17}} Arya and [[Gendry]] journey with the brotherhood and visit Lord [[Lymond Lychester]], the [[Lady of the Leaves]], the [[ghost of High Heart]], and Lady [[Ravella Swann|Ravella Smallwood]] at [[Acorn Hall]].{{ref|ASOS|22}} Arya stays at the [[Peach]] in [[Stoney Sept]], where the [[outlaws]] take custody of [[Sandor Clegane]].{{ref|ASOS|29}}

At Harrenhal, Lord [[Roose Bolton]] informs Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] that Arya has been found and that he intends to return her to the north.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

Arya travels with the brotherhood to their hideout in a [[hollow hill]]. She accuses Sandor of murdering [[Mycah]], earning him a [[trial by combat]] with Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]. Sandor survives, however, and so is set free by the outlaws.{{Ref|ASOS|34}} Arya witnesses the [[battle at the burning septry]] between the brotherhood and Brave Companions.{{ref|ASOS|39}} Although Thoros has been able to revive Beric several times, Arya learns that it would not be possible to revive her beheaded father, [[Eddard Stark]]. Beric [[knight]]s Gendry, who decides to remain with the outlaw brotherhood.{{ref|ASOS|39}} The ghost of High Heart is disturbed by Arya when the outlaws return to [[High Heart|her hill]]. Disappointed that the brotherhood intends to ransom her to her brother Robb, now the [[King in the North]], and feeling alone, Arya attempts to flee but ends up captured by [[Sandor Clegane]], who was trailing the group.{{Ref|ASOS|43}}

Sandor plans to return Arya to Robb and win a place in his service, but they are delayed by flooding along the [[Trident]], including at [[Lord Harroway's Town]].{{Ref|aSoS|47}} They reach the [[Twins]], where Robb has gathered hosts for the wedding of Lord [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Roslin Frey]]. Arya does not recognize men outside the castles, however.{{ref|ASOS|50}} When the slaughter of the [[Red Wedding]] begins, Sandor prevents Arya from running into the castle and certain danger by knocking her out with the flat of his axe.{{Ref|aSoS|52}} Robb and Catelyn are slain inside the Twins, betrayed by Houses Bolton and Frey.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

[[File:Mathia Arkoniel thetickler arya sandor.jpg|thumb|350px|Arya stabs the [[Tickler]] over and over again in a rage until [[Sandor Clegane]] stops her - by Mathia Arkoniel]]

Sandor decides that the only place left to take Arya is to the [[Vale of Arryn]], which is ruled by Arya's aunt, the widowed [[Lysa Arryn]]. On the way east, Arya finds a saddled horse which she takes as her mount and names [[Craven (horse)|Craven]]. Sandor gives the [[gift of mercy]] to a [[House Piper|Piper]] bowman, and Arya dreams of [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]] dragging [[Lady Stoneheart|a body]] from a river.{{ref|ASOS|65}} They briefly stay at a village in the foothills of the [[Mountains of the Moon]], but learn they cannot take the [[high road]] to Lysa at the [[Eyrie]]. Sandor decides to head back towards [[Riverrun]] to instead ransom Arya to her great uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]].{{Ref|ASOS|65}}

On their way Arya and Sandor stop at the [[crossroads inn]]. They meet the [[Tickler]] and [[Polliver]], two of the men in Arya's prayer, as well as a young squire. Arya is confused when Polliver mentions that Lord Bolton's bastard, [[Ramsay Snow]], is to marry Sansa's sister. Sandor gets drunk and a fight ensues. Arya takes a dagger from the squire and stabs him in the belly while Sandor kills Polliver, though he is badly wounded in the fight. As the Tickler closes in on Sandor, Arya sneaks behind and repeatedly stabs the torturer with his own dagger while echoing the questions he asked of his victims on their journey to Harrenhal. Sandor directs her to finish off the squire, who is dying of his wound. Arya reclaims [[Needle]] from Polliver's corpse and stabs the squire in the heart.{{Ref|ASOS|74}}

Arya and Sandor head towards the town of [[Saltpans]], but Sandor is too weak to continue due to his injuries. Arya realizes she left Sandor off her list that night, and wonders why. She adds him back, but thinks maybe he will die before morning. The next day, Arya draws Needle, intending to kill Sandor, after thinking maybe if she rides off, he will die on his own. Sandor sees her indecision and tries to goad her into killing him, but she decides to leave him to die instead of administering the mercy of a quick death. She sells Craven at Saltpans and gains passage on the ''[[Titan's Daughter]]'', a ship headed to [[Braavos]], by using the coin that [[Jaqen H'ghar]] had given her, along with the [[High Valyrian]] phrase ''[[valar morghulis]]''.{{Ref|ASOS|74}}

Jaime Lannister sees [[Steelshanks Walton]], Roose Bolton's captain, depart [[King's Landing]] with a northern girl who claims to be Arya. Jaime thinks the real Arya is dead.{{ref|ASOS|71}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File: Marc_Simonetti_HouseofB&W.jpg|Arya in the [[House of Black and White]] - by Marc Simonetti ©|thumb|350px]]
During the voyage to [[Braavos]] on the ''[[Titan's Daughter]]'' Arya uses the name "Salty". Captain [[Ternesio Terys]] and many of the sailors ask Arya to learn and remember their names, and many seem afraid of her. The captain has his older son [[Yorko Terys|Yorko]] row Arya to shore so as to get her off the ship before customs came aboard.{{ref|AFFC|6}}

In Braavos, Arya finds her way to the [[House of Black and White]], where a [[kindly man|kindly old man]] initiates her into the guild of the [[Faceless Men]].{{Ref|AFFC|6}} She is required to discard her old personality, including her belongings, to begin the training. She does this, except for [[Needle]], which she hides in a safe location. {{Ref|AFFC|22}} She speaks the Braavosi tongue with a strong accent.{{ref|AFFC|22}}

Arya's training requires her to go out into the city under the identity of "Cat of the Canals", a street urchin, to learn secrets and report them to the kindly man. She also begins learning the art of lying from the [[waif]].<ref group="N">When put together, the alias "Cat" used by Arya and the alias "Alayne" used by her sister [[Sansa Stark]], they form the first name of their mother, [[Catelyn Stark]].</ref> During this time, she kills a deserter from the [[Night's Watch]] named [[Dareon]], and she briefly meets [[Samwell Tarly]], a friend of her half brother [[Jon Snow]], though they do not introduce themselves to each other. After these incidents, she accepts milk meant for "Arya". When she wakes the next morning, she is blind.{{Ref|AFFC|34}}

[[Brienne of Tarth]] visits the [[Quiet Isle]] during her search for [[Sansa Stark]]. She learns from the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] that Sansa's sister Arya had been in the company of [[Sandor Clegane]], but she may have been killed in the [[raid on Saltpans]].{{ref|AFFC|31}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Thaldir the Blind Girl.jpg|A blinded Arya in the service of the [[House of Black and White]] in [[Braavos]] - art by Tiziano Baracchi. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|350px]]

Arya remains blind and in the service of the [[House of Black and White]] in [[Braavos]]. The blindness is induced by the milk she drinks every night. She continues to dream through the eyes of her [[direwolf]], [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], but speaks of it to no one. She still struggles with leaving her identity as Arya Stark behind. While she is blind, Arya wears the guise of "Beth", a beggar girl. She wanders the streets of Braavos, begging for money and listening for bits and pieces of information. She becomes better at lying and detecting the lies of others.{{ref|ADWD|45}}

Arya receives her sight again after she is able to identify the [[kindly man]] and hit him with a stick when he sneaks up on her. It is implied, however, that she does not simply sense his presence (as he assumes) but sees him through the eyes of a cat hiding in the rafters.{{ref|ADWD|45}}

Arya attends a meeting of eleven priests and speaks privately with [[plague face]], who gives Arya her first assassination assignment. She is asked to give "the gift" to an [[old man]] who sells a type of insurance for ships. The kindly man takes her to the secret lower chambers of the House of Black and White, where thousands of faces are hung on the walls. Arya is given the face of an ugly, broken girl who had been beaten by her father and came to the House of Black and White to seek the gift. Arya watches her target carefully for days. She notices that the old man has guards with him wherever he goes, and always tests the coin he is given with his teeth. While watching him, she attempts to find ways to justify his fate, but the kindly man tells her it is not for her to judge the old man.{{ref|ADWD|64}}

In the end, Arya feigns stealing a bag of coins from a captain on his way to meet with the old man. She splits the bag in the attempt, and switches one of the captain's coins with one of her own, coated in [[poison]]. After the switch, she escapes. Later, the old man's heart mysteriously gives out. The kindly man then gives Arya an acolyte's robe and assigns her to begin her first apprenticeship with [[Izembaro]].{{Ref|aDwD|64}}

Following the [[siege of Moat Cailin]], [[Theon Greyjoy]] learns that [[House Bolton]] are claiming [[Jeyne Poole]] to be Arya.{{ref|ADWD|20}} [[Jon Snow]], now [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], is shocked when [[Castle Black]] is informed that [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] is to marry his sister.{{ref|ADWD|28}} [[Melisandre]] tells Jon she saw a vision in her flames of a girl, Arya, fleeing a wedding,{{ref|ADWD|28}} but it is [[Alys Karstark]] who arrives at Castle Black seeking protection from Jon against [[Cregan Karstark]].{{ref|ADWD|44}} Ramsay marries Jeyne at Winterfell,{{ref|ADWD|37}} and the [[northern mountain clans]] agree to support [[Stannis Baratheon]] so they can rescue [[Eddard Stark|the Ned's]] girl.{{ref|ADWD|42}} As Stannis's host approaches Winterfell, Theon helps Jeyne escape the castle{{ref|ADWD|51}} and they are brought to Stannis in a [[crofters' village]].{{ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning/twow}}
Theon convinces Jeyne that for her own safety she should continue impersonating Arya. Stannis orders Ser [[Justin Massey]] to bring the girl to Castle Black.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>

Under the identity of "Mercedene" or "Mercy", Arya is now a [[mummer]] at a playhouse called [[the Gate]], owned by Izembaro. She is still experiencing wolf dreams, the latest with a tree watching her.<ref name=Mercy/>

When Ser [[Harys Swyft]] arrives in Braavos on a mission to negotiate with the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] on behalf of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], the mummers of the Gate perform the play ''[[The Bloody Hand]]'' in which Arya plays a [[maiden]], presumably [[Shae]] or Sansa, who is raped by [[Tyrion Lannister]], played by a dwarf named [[Bobono]].<ref name=Mercy/>

However, as the play is about to begin, Arya notices that one of Harys's guards is [[Rafford]], also called Raff the Sweetling, one of the [[Mountain's men]]. She seduces him and takes him to her room. She tires him out by running there, and thus she is able to stab him in his thigh, cutting his femoral artery and rendering him unable to walk. Raff pleads to have him carried to a healer, but Arya replies: "Think so?" and stabs him in the throat, just as Raff did to the disabled [[Lommy]]. Arya throws his corpse in a canal and heads back to the Gate before she is due to come on stage.<ref name=Mercy/>

==Syrio's teachings==
In ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', Arya spends most of her time at court learning the [[water dance]], a Braavosi fighting style, under the tutelage of the [[bravo]] and former [[First Sword]], [[Syrio Forel]]. Arya often remembers Syrio's teachings to give herself courage, even after his death. Those teachings take the form of short comparisons:
* Swift as a [[deer]].{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|38}}{{Ref|ASOS|17}}
* Quiet as a shadow.{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|5}}{{Ref|ACOK|9}}{{Ref|ACOK|19}}{{Ref|ACOK|38}}{{Ref|ACOK|47}}{{Ref|ACOK|64}}{{Ref|ASOS|47}}<ref name=Mercy/>
* Fear cuts deeper than swords.{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|5}}{{Ref|ACOK|14}}{{Ref|ACOK|19}}{{Ref|ACOK|26}}{{Ref|ACOK|30}}{{Ref|ASOS|3}}{{Ref|ASOS|43}}{{Ref|ASOS|50}}{{Ref|ASOS|52}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}{{Ref|AFFC|6}}
* Quick as a [[snake]].{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|14}}{{Ref|ACOK|38}}{{Ref|ASOS|13}}{{Ref|ASOS|17}}{{Ref|ASOS|43}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}
* Calm as still water.{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|1}}{{Ref|ACOK|5}}{{Ref|ACOK|14}}{{Ref|ASOS|17}}{{Ref|ASOS|34}}
* Strong as a [[bear]].{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|50}}
* Fierce as a wolverine.{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|5}}{{Ref|ACOK|9}}
* Smooth as summer [[silk]].{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|ACOK|64}}{{Ref|ASOS|13}}{{Ref|ASOS|34}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}

[[File:Arya tickler by tribemun.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The [[Tickler]]'s death by [http://www.nickalcorn.com/ Nick Alcorn©].]]
==Arya and death==
===Arya's prayer===
During her journey, Arya is subjected to many hard situations in the war-torn [[riverlands]]. Her fiery personality prompts her to take the initiative and fight back, and so she is led to kill and ultimately wishes to murder specific characters herself. This course of action is supposed to end as of ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' with her being an assassin trainee in [[Braavos]], as the leader stresses becoming indifferent to death and killing. She continues, however, to repeat to herself the names of the people she wishes dead. Some names are added as she goes, and others are dropped when the character dies or becomes closer to her. She calls it a prayer,{{ref|ACOK|26}}{{ref|ACOK|30}} and ends it with the words ''[[valar morghulis]]''.{{ref|ASOS|3}}{{ref|AFFC|22}} The names are:

{| class="wikitable"
! Person
! Reason
! Status
! Fate
|-
| King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]
| Ordered the execution of [[Eddard Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Poisoned with the [[strangler]] at his own [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]] by [[Olenna Tyrell]] in co-operation with [[Petyr Baelish]]{{ref|ASOS|60}}{{ref|ASOS|68}}
|-
| [[Chiswyck]]
| Boasted of his participation in the gang rape of [[Layna]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Pushed off a wall by [[Jaqen H'ghar]] at [[Harrenhal]] on the orders of Arya{{ref|ACOK|30}}
|-
| Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]
| The [[Mountain's men]] captured Arya and other smallfolk{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Stabbed by [[Oberyn Martell]] with a poisoned spear during [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s trial of combat at [[King's Landing]]{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{ref|AFFC|17}} (Arya currently is unaware of his death and Gregor is still on her list){{ref|ADWD|64}}
|-
| [[Sandor Clegane]]
| Killed [[Mycah]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Succumbed to his infected wounds after the fight at the [[crossroads inn]]{{ref|AFFC|31}} (Arya had removed his name from her list before he died, but did not grant him the mercy of a quick death){{ref|ASOS|74}}
|-
| [[Dunsen]]
| Stole [[Gendry]]'s horned helmet{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Alive
| <abbr title="to be determined">TBD</abbr>
|-
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| Involved in the death of [[Eddard Stark]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Alive
| <abbr title="to be determined">TBD</abbr>
|-
| Ser [[Amory Lorch]]
| Killed [[Yoren]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Killed by [[Vargo Hoat]]'s bear in the bear pit after the [[fall of Harrenhal]]{{ref|ACOK|47}}
|-
| Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]
| Beheaded [[Eddard Stark]] on the orders of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Alive
| <abbr title="to be determined">TBD</abbr>
|-
| [[Polliver]]
| Stole [[Needle]] from Arya{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Killed by [[Sandor Clegane]] at the crossroads inn{{ref|ASOS|74}}
|-
| [[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]]
| Killed [[Lommy Greenhands]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Killed by Arya under the identity of Mercy in [[Braavos]]<ref name=Mercy/>
|-
| The [[Tickler]]
| Tortured captives during questioning{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Dead
| Killed by Arya at the crossroads inn{{ref|ASOS|74}}
|-
| Ser [[Meryn Trant]]
| Killed [[Syrio Forel]]{{ref|ACOK|26}}
| Alive
| <abbr title="to be determined">TBD</abbr>
|-
| [[Weese]]
| Violently abused Arya{{ref|ACOK|30}}
| Dead
| Killed by his own dog under Jaqen H'ghar's influence on the orders of Arya{{ref|ACOK|38}}
|}

Arya wants to add [[House Frey]] to the prayer after the [[Red Wedding]], but she does not know the names of those responsible.{{ref|AFFC|22}}

===Others===
Arya also kills a number of people who were not in her prayer:
*a Red Keep stableboy, during the purge of the Stark household{{ref|AGOT|50}}
*at least one soldier of [[Amory Lorch]], during the attack on Yoren's recruits at the [[Gods Eye town]]{{ref|ACOK|14}}
*a [[House Bolton guards|Bolton guard]] at Harrenhal, to escape the castle{{ref|ACOK|64}}
*a [[Sarsfield squire]], during the fight at the crossroads inn{{ref|ASOS|74}}
*[[Dareon]], in Braavos after noticing he was a deserter from the [[Night's Watch]]{{ref|AFFC|34}}
*a [[Braavosi]] insurance salesman, under orders of the [[kindly man]]{{Ref|aDwD|64}}

Arya initiates and, along with [[Jaqen H'ghar]], [[Rorge]], and [[Biter]], takes part in the killing of eight of Amory's men during the [[fall of Harrenhal]],{{Ref|ACOK|47}} an event that would be remembered for its "weasel soup," from the nickname she used at the time.{{ref|ACOK|64}}{{ref|ASOS|43}}

==Quotes by Arya==
{{Quote|I'm the ghost in [[Harrenhal]], she thought. And that night, there was one less name to hate.{{Ref|ACOK|30}}|Arya after the killing of [[Chiswyck]]}}

{{Quote|Yes, it's you who ought to run, you and Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and [[Gregor Clegane|the Mountain]] and Ser [[Addam Marbrand|Addam]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch|Amory]] and stupid Ser [[Lyonel (knight)|Lyonel]] whoever he is, all of you better run or [[Robb Stark|my brother]] will kill you, he’s a [[House Stark|Stark]], he’s more wolf than man, and so am I.{{Ref|ACOK|38}}|thoughts of Arya}}

{{Quote|A long time ago, she remembered [[Eddard Stark|her father]] saying that when the cold wind blows the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. He had it all backwards. Arya, the lone wolf, still lived, but [[House Stark#House Stark at the end of the third century|the wolves of the pack]] had been taken and slain and skinned.{{Ref|AFFC|6}}|thoughts of Arya}}

{{Quote|Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]]. [[Dunsen]], [[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]], Ser [[Ilyn Payne|Ilyn]], Ser [[Meryn Trant|Meryn]], Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. [[Valar morghulis]], valar morghulis, valar morghulis.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}|Arya to herself}}

{{Quote|He killed the slave? He should have killed the masters!{{Ref|AFFC|22}}|Arya to the kindly man}}

{{Quote|'''plague face''': Who are you? '''Arya''': No one. '''plague face''': Not so. You are Arya of [[House Stark]], who bites her lip and cannot tell a lie. '''Arya''': I was. I'm not now.{{Ref|ADWD|64}}|[[plague face]] and Arya}}

==Quotes about Arya==
{{Quote|Ah, Arya. You have a wildness in you, child. The 'wolf blood,' [[Rickard Stark|my father]] used to call it. [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] had a touch of it, and my brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] more than a touch. It brought them both to an early grave. Lyanna might have carried a sword, if my lord father had allowed it. You remind me of her sometimes. You even look like her.{{Ref|aGoT|22}}|[[Eddard Stark]] to Arya}}

{{Quote|A boy has more courage than sense.{{Ref|aCoK|5}}|[[Jaqen H'ghar]] to Arya}}

{{Quote|Arya had always been harder to tame.{{Ref|aCoK|45}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|And Arya, well... [[Eddard Stark|Ned's]] visitors would oft mistake her for a stableboy if they rode into the yard unannounced. Arya was a trial, it must be said. Half a boy, half a wolf pup. Forbid her anything and it became her heart's desire. She had Ned's long face, and brown hair that always looked as though a bird had been nesting in it. I despaired of ever making a lady of her. She collected scabs as other girls collected dolls, and would say anything that came into her head.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Arya Underfoot, he almost said. Arya Horseface. [[Robb Stark|Robb]]'s younger sister, brown-haired, long-faced, skinny as a stick. Always dirty.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}|thoughts of [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

{{Quote|The girl dipped before [[Ramsay Snow|him]]. That was wrong as well. The real Arya Stark would have spat in his face.{{Ref|ADWD|20}}|[[Theon Greyjoy]] recognizing [[Jeyne Poole]]}}

==Family==
{{Stark tree}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
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==External links==
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Timeline of major events

2023-10-05T07:03:11Z

Alt Shift X: Rewrote the Night's King section to more closely reflect the info in the books.

This '''timeline of major events''' attempts to lay out the most important points in the history of [[Westeros]] and [[Essos]], based on dates and information given in the novels and supporting material. For further detail, see [[years before Aegon's Conquest]] and [[years after Aegon's Conquest]].

According to tradition, the known history of Westeros extends back over twelve thousand years,{{ref|AGOT|66}} and its [[maesters]] speculate that the [[known world|world itself]] may be forty thousand years old (or older, possibly five hundred thousand years or more).{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}} However, the oldest historic recounts in [[Westeros]] were written after the [[Andal invasion|Andals' arrival]] to the continent, as the [[First Men]] used [[runes]] for carving on stone. Everything written about the [[Age of Heroes]], the [[Dawn Age]], and the [[Long Night]] originates from stories written down by [[Faith of the Seven|septons]] thousands of years later. The accuracy of the legends and myths that recount much of this history is openly questioned by the maesters of the [[Citadel]], amongst others.{{ref|AFFC|5}} Additionally, [[George R. R. Martin]] is sometimes intentionally imprecise with dates or distances.<ref group=N>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Date_of_The_Hedge_Knight_and_Tyrions_Age Date of The Hedge Knight and Tyrion's Age], May 09, 1999. 'When we talk, we tend to be imprecise about such things, saying something happened "in the sixties" or "at the turn of the century," or that World War II was "fifty years ago." It's no different in the Seven Kingdoms. And that goes for distances as well as dates. A phrase like "a thousand leagues" is not meant to be a precise measure of distance, only the equivalent of "a million miles away," ie, "a very long way."'</ref>

==Timeline==
All dates are in relation to the Conquest of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], using negative numbers for events before [[Aegon's Conquest]]. Note, that 'ca' is an abbreviation for the Latin word 'circa', meaning around, or approximately.

===Dawn Age===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|Prehistory
| '''Before the coming of men''': The lands of [[Westeros]] are inhabited in the [[Dawn Age]] by a mysterious race of diminutive humanoid creatures known as the [[children of the forest]], as well as [[giants]] and other magical [[Bestiary|creatures]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}}
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| ca. {{date|-12000}}
| '''The [[First Men]] invade Westeros''': A human ethnic group from [[Essos]], the First Men, invades [[Westeros]] by crossing the [[Arm of Dorne]], bearing weapons of bronze. In a futile attempt to end the invasion, the children use the [[hammer of the waters]] to shatter the land bridge, creating the [[Broken Arm]] and the island chain known as the [[Stepstones]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}

The First Men are more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced than the children, who try to resist the invaders using their [[magic]] and [[obsidian]] weapons. It proves unsuccessful, however, and the First Men gradually push deeper and deeper into Westeros, establishing hundreds of petty kingdoms.{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}
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| ca. {{date|-10000}}
| '''Signing of the [[Pact]]''': After years of warfare, the First Men and children of the forest come to a standstill and finally agree to a peaceful coexistence, signing the Pact on the [[Isle of Faces]]. This pact gives the First Men dominion over the open lands and lets the children keep control over the forested areas. In time, the First Men adopt the worship of the [[old gods|old gods of the forest]].
|}

===Age of Heroes===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{date|-10000}}
| '''[[Age of Heroes]]''': An era during the history of [[Westeros]], which would be named so later for the great men and women who live in the years of peace and prosperity following the forging of the [[Pact]]. The Pact endures for nearly four thousand years, and in that time, the children of the forest and the First Men grow closer. In time, the First Men set aside many of their cultural differences to embrace the ways and customs of the children of the forest. With the exception of the [[Drowned God]] of the [[Iron Islands]] and the [[Lady of the Waves]] and [[Lord of the Skies]] of the [[Three Sisters]], the [[old gods|gods of the children]] become those of the First Men.

Many of the noble houses of Westeros today trace their lineage back to the Age of Heroes. This was the time when grand historical figures are said to have lived, such as [[Brandon the Builder]], founder of [[House Stark]] in the [[north]]; [[Lann the Clever]], founder of [[House Lannister]], who winkles [[Casterly Rock]] from the [[House Casterly|Casterlys]] in the [[westerlands]]; or [[Garth the Gardener]], founder of [[House Gardener]] in the [[Reach]]. Also during this the [[Storm King]]s of [[House Durrandon]] arise in the [[stormlands]]—a line with figures such as the founding [[Durran Godsgrief]], supposed builder of [[Storm's End]]—and the [[Grey King]] rules the [[ironborn]] of the [[Iron Islands]].
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| ca. {{date|-8000}} or {{date|-6000}}
|'''The [[Long Night]]''': In this time, night seems to last for a generation, and the longest, coldest and darkest winter descends on Westeros. The ice spreads down from the north, and under the cover of darkness, the [[Others]] invade Westeros from the [[Lands of Always Winter|uttermost north]], marching, killing and raising up the dead to be their [[Wight|servants]] in unlife and nearly destroying all men in Westeros. The Long Night comes to an end with the [[Battle for the Dawn]]. The children and the First Men unite to defeat the Others with [[dragonglass]] weapons, with the [[Night's Watch]] pushing them back into the frozen reaches of the far north.{{ref|ACOK|21}} Legendary figures from this time include the [[last hero]] and [[Azor Ahai]], who wields a great sword of fire, [[Lightbringer]]. These events are believed to have occurred between eight thousand and six thousand years ago.{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Long Night}}<hr>

'''Building of the [[Wall]]''': With the Others defeated, [[Bran the Builder]], with the aid of giants, the First Men, and perhaps the children of the forest, raises the Wall, a monumental fortification of ice and ancient [[magic]], to shelter the realms of men from the menaces of the north. The Sworn Brotherhood of the [[Night's Watch]] guards the Wall. It is said that Bran the Builder also builds [[Winterfell]], becomes the first [[King in the North|King of Winter]], and founds [[House Stark]].<hr>

'''[[Night's King]]''': According to legend, the thirteenth Lord Commander of the Night's Watch took a [[Corpse queen|mysterious pale woman]] as his lover. He declared her his queen, and himself a king. They controlled the Night's Watch with sorcery, and sacrificed to the [[Others]]. They ruled at the [[Nightfort]] for thirteen years, until [[Brandon Stark (Breaker)|King Brandon Stark]] and the wildling king [[Joramun]] cast down the Night's King, and the name of the Night's King was forbidden. Maesters largely dismiss this tale as myth.{{ref|ASOS|56}}{{ref|AFFC|5}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Night's Watch}}
|}

===Coming of the Andals===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|ca. {{date|-6000}}, {{date|-4000}}, or {{date|-2000}}
| '''Foundation of the Faith''': In the hills of [[Andalos]] on [[Essos]], a new religion takes shape, the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Supposedly, seven deities appear to [[Hugor of the Hill]], inspiring the [[Andals]] for their invasion of [[Westeros]].<hr>

'''The [[coming of the Andals]]''': The [[Andals]] cross the [[narrow sea]] and make landfall on its eastern shore at the [[Fingers]] in the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]]. They come under the banner of the [[Faith of the Seven]], with seven-pointed stars carved into their chests, wielding [[Armament|weapons]] of steel. They fight both the First Men and the children of the forest, sweeping the land much like the First Men did thousands of years before. When the Andals crossed the narrow sea from Essos is disputed; some sources indicate six thousand years ago,<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>{{ref|AGOT|40}} the ''[[True History]]'' states it was four thousand years ago,{{ref|ADWD|48}} and some [[maesters]] claim it was two thousand years ago.{{ref|ADWD|48}}

For centuries the Andals war with the First Men and the children in an attempt to drive them out. One by one, the six [[southron]] kingdoms fall and most of the [[weirwood]]s are destroyed. Only the [[north]] remains under the rule of the First Men, in large part due to the strategically-located fortress of [[Moat Cailin]] resisting multiple attempts to take it and thereafter serving as the door between north and south. Though the north remains secure, the children of the forest begin their slow withdrawal from the lands of men, retreating deeper into their forests and [[beyond the Wall|north of the Wall]].

The [[Iron Islands]] fall to the Andals a thousand years after the beginning of their invasion of Westeros,{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} ending the line of [[Kings of the Iron Islands]] which originated from [[Urron Greyiron]]. Unlike in the other regions, however, Andals are assimilated to the native beliefs of the [[Old Way]] and the [[Drowned God]].
|}

===Age of Valyria===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{date|-8000|-4700}}
| '''Rise of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]''': While Westeros was recovering from the Long Night, in [[Essos]], the peaceful sheep-herding folk of the [[Valyrian peninsula]] find [[dragon]]s lairing in the [[Fourteen Flames]], an immense chain of volcanoes extending across the neck of the peninsula. The Valyrians tame the dragons with [[magic]], which gives them the means to gain influence over the area. The Valyrian Freehold is established. In its capital, [[Valyria]], magic flourishes, topless towers rise toward the heavens where dragons soar, stone sphinxes gaze down through eyes of garnet, and smiths forge swords of legendary strength and sharpness.<hr>

'''[[Ghiscari wars]]:''' Five wars are fought between the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the greatest empire on the eastern continent, and the Freehold — wars which Valyria wins with the help of its dragons. The Valyrians practice [[slavery]] learned from the [[Ghiscari]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Valyria's Children}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-4700}}
| '''Fifth Ghiscari War''': The Ghiscari wars end with the fifth war in which [[Old Ghis]] is utterly destroyed by the Freehold, as to ensure there would not be a sixth war. The Valyrians destroy the city's walls and streets with [[dragonflame]], and salt and sulfur the fields. With the Ghiscari empire shattered, the Valyrian Freehold expands its influence over the surviving [[Slaver Cities]] of [[Slaver's Bay]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}{{Ref|ASOS|23}}<ref>Some five thousand years ago in 299 AC, placing its occurrence roughly around 4700 BC</ref>
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Following the defeat of the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the Freehold seeks to expand their territories. The Andals, who had been living in [[Andalos]], travel west to flee the upcoming Valyrians and prevent slavery. They first land in the [[Fingers]] in the [[Vale of Arryn]]. From there, they spread all across Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-3700}}
| After a thousand years, the Andals who invaded Westeros look towards the [[Iron Islands]]. There, they extinguish [[House Greyiron]], who had ruled the Iron Islands for "a thousand years".{{ref|AFFC|11}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}
|-
| {{date|-1436}}
| '''[[Lorath]]''': A sect of religious dissidents leave the Freehold to establish a temple upon Lorath's main isle, becoming the first inhabitants of the city that becomes the Free City of Lorath.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Lorath}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-950|-700}}
| '''The [[Rhoynish Wars]]''': With the destruction of Old Ghis, the Valyrian Freehold's slow westward expansion brings it into conflict with the Rhoynish cities along the great [[Rhoyne]], a vast waterway. This series of wars between the Freehold and the [[Rhoynar]], starting around 950 BC with the [[First Turtle War]], lasts for some two hundred and fifty years and ends with the [[Second Spice War]].<ref>The series of conflicts known as the [[Rhoynish Wars]] ended a thousand years before the main series in ~300 AC, and had lasted roughly two and a half centuries</ref>{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|14}}{{ref|ADWD|18}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-700}}
| '''The Rhoynar migration''': Prince [[Garin the Great]] raises an army a quarter-million strong to oppose the Valyrians, but fails utterly against their dragons. Following the defeat of the Rhoynar in the [[Second Spice War]], [[Nymeria]], a Rhoynish warrior-queen, evacuates the survivors of Garin's war, mostly women and children, on [[ten thousand ships]], eventually seeking refuge in [[Dorne]] in southern Westeros. There, Nymeria forms a marriage alliance with Lord [[Mors Martell]] and together they finally organize the land into one realm, establishing [[House Martell]] as the ruling house of Dorne after [[Nymeria's War]]. Mors adopts many Rhoynish [[customs]]. The unification of Dorne under Nymeria and Mors leads to new conflicts with the [[Kings of the Reach]] and the [[Storm Kings]], expressed through raids, skirmishes, and the occasional wars over the centuries.
|-
| ca. {{date|-314}}
| The Valyrian Freehold annexes a small island at the mouth of [[Blackwater Bay]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Using [[magic|arcane arts]], they build a castle whose towers are shaped to look like [[dragon]]s, giving it its name: [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}
|-
| {{date|-114}}
| '''Migration of the Targaryens''': Following a prophetic dream of his daughter [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys]], Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] decides to leave Valyria with his family and all their belongings. The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] settle on [[Dragonstone]].
|-
| {{date|-102}}
| '''The [[Doom of Valyria]]''': The nature of the Doom is unclear, save that heavy volcanic and seismic activity are involved, likely due to the [[Fourteen Flames]], the mountains where the dragons were first discovered. The Valyrian peninsula is shattered and the city of Valyria is laid waste, although not completely destroyed. The dragons of Valyria are virtually wiped out and the Valyrian Freehold crumbles apart in the [[Century of Blood]]. Its various city-states break apart, asserting their independence and surviving to this day as the [[Free Cities]] and the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]].
|}

===The Seven Kingdoms===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{Date|-3000}}
|Over the centuries following the Andal invasions, the southern kingdoms of the First Men fall, and eventually the Andals raise up six powerful kingdoms of their own.
|-
| ca. {{Date|-3000}}
| '''Wildling invasion''': The [[free folk]] (wildlings) unite under the brother [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-beyond-the-Wall]], [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]]. They manage to evade the [[Night's Watch]] and bypass the [[Wall]] in great numbers using a network of tunnels that extend under the Wall. However, they are met by the [[King in the North]] from [[House Stark]] on the other side and are eventually thrown back.{{ref|ASOS|26}}
|-
| ca. {{Date|-700}}
| "A thousand years ago", [[House Stark]] subdues [[House Bolton]], their primary antagonists for dominance in the north, and end the practice of [[flaying]].{{ref|ACOK|50}} Also "a thousand years ago", [[Karlon Stark]] defeats a rebel lord, and his descendants become known as [[House Karstark]].{{ref|ASOS|20}}<hr>
The [[Rhoynar]], fleeing the Valyrians after the [[Second Spice War]], [[ten thousand ships|migrate to Dorne]] "a thousand years ago".{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} This is the last major migration into Westeros.
|-
| ca. {{Date|-400}}
| '''[[Battle of Six Kings]]''': Fall of [[House Teague]] and annexation of the riverlands by King [[Arlan III Durrandon]] of the [[Stormlands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
|-
| ca. {{Date|-100}}
| '''[[Battle at Fairmarket]]''': [[Harwyn Hoare]] conquers the riverlands from King [[Arrec Durrandon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
|-
| ca. {{Date|-42}}
| '''Harrenhal''': [[Harren Hoare]], [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], begins the construction of the castle [[Harrenhal]], which takes forty years to complete.{{ref|ACOK|7}}
|}

===Targaryen Dynasty===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|-2|1}}
| '''[[Aegon's Conquest]]''': [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] invades [[Westeros]]. In two years' time he subdues and unites six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros under his banner and constructs a new capital city at [[King's Landing]]. [[Dorne]] remains independent, however. With the destruction of the [[Storm King]], [[Argilac Durrandon|Argilac the Arrogant]], and the death of the last [[King of the Reach]], control of the castle of [[Storm's End]] passes to Aegon's bastard half-brother [[Orys Baratheon]], and of [[Highgarden]] to [[Harlen Tyrell]]. [[Edmyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]] is named [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]]. The day of Aegon's coronation by the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]] becomes the first day of Aegon's reign, beginning {{Date|1}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
|-
| {{Date|2|13}}
| The '''[[Dragon's wars]]''': Continuing the [[Wars of Conquest]], Aegon I Targaryen [[Invasion of the Iron Islands|invades]] the [[Iron Islands]] in {{Date|2}}. [[Vickon Greyjoy]] of [[Pyke]] becomes [[Lord of the Iron Islands]]. In the meantime, Queen Visenya put an end to the [[Sistermen's Rebellion|uprising]] of the [[Three Sisters]]. The Targaryens launch an invasion of Dorne in {{Date|4}} that escalates into the [[First Dornish War]].{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|4|13}}
| '''[[First Dornish War]]''': Aegon I Targaryen invades Dorne but the [[Dornishmen]] successfully resist. Aegon's sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] is presumed dead after disappearing at the [[Hellholt]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}
|-
| {{Date|13|37}}
| The '''[[Dragon's Peace]]''': After the [[Dragon's wars]], the realm is at peace until Aegon's death.{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|41|48}}
| '''The [[Faith Militant uprising]]''': Upon Aegon I's death, his son [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] takes the throne. He angers the Faith when he marries his [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|eldest daughter]] to his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|eldest son]], leading to an uprising against the Targaryens. Aenys is incapable of dealing with the crisis, and eventually dies of a short [[illness]] on [[Dragonstone]] in {{Date|42}}. Dowager Queen Visenya, leading the care for Aenys, brings her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], Aenys' brother, back from his exile, and Maegor is crowned king, despite Aenys having three sons all before Maegor in the line of succession. Maegor's response to the Faith's uprising is ruthless and brutal, resulting in the deaths of thousands in battle, through slaughter and by dragonfire. Besides the Faith's uprising, Maegor also has to deal with Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], Aenys I's eldest son, battling him for the throne, and later Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], who makes his claim known towards the end of Maegor's reign. {{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
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| {{Date|48}}
| '''[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]]''': King Jaehaerys I succeeds King Maegor the Cruel. He declares a truce and agrees to end the slaughter in return for the [[Faith Militant]] disbanding and submitting to the Targaryens. The rule of Jaehaerys the Conciliator brings decades of peace and prosperity to the realm.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|49}}
| The '''Year of the Three Brides''': A year in the early reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] marked by three [[wedding]]s: Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] wed [[Androw Farman]]; Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]] wed Queen Regent [[Alyssa Velaryon]]; King Jaehaerys I Targaryen wed his sister [[Alysanne Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
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| {{Date|54}}
| The '''Year of the Stranger''': A year marked by the deaths and tragedies that befell House Targaryen and the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|92}}
| '''Choosing of {{Date|92}}''': With the death of King Jaehaerys I's eldest son and heir, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]], Jaehaerys needs to name a new heir, choosing between Aemon’s only child, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]], and Jaehaerys's own second son, Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. Jaehaerys eventually names Baelon.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
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| {{Date|96}}
| '''Rise of the Triarchy''': After defeating [[Volantis]] at the [[Battle of the Borderland]] by uniting their forces, the Free Cities of [[Myr]], [[Lys]], and [[Tyrosh]] ally together to form the [[Triarchy]], also known in [[Westeros]] as the Kingdom of the Three Daughters. The Triarchy lasts for several decades, during which they find themselves in conflict with the Targaryens on occasion.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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| {{Date|101}}
| '''The [[Great Council#Great Council of 101 AC|Great Council]] of {{Date|101}}''': After Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]'s death, King Jaehaerys I needs to name a new heir once again. The king calls for the first Great Council, so the lords of Westeros can decide between Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]'s only son, [[Laenor Velaryon]], and Prince Baelon's eldest son, Prince [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]]. The latter is chosen with a majority of votes.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
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| {{Date|106|115}}
| '''Conquest of the Stepstones''': Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] allies with Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] to conquest the [[Stepstones]], a conflict eventually involving the [[Triarchy]] and [[Dorne]]. Daemon names himself [[King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea]] in {{Date|109}}. He abandons the Stepstones in {{Date|115}}, when marrying [[Laena Velaryon]]. Five more Kings of the Narrow Sea follow him in a short period of time, before Daemon's kingdom falls.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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| {{Date|120}}
| The '''Year of the Red Spring''': A year in the reign of Viserys I marked by four great tragedies. The deaths of both [[Laena Velaryon|Laena]] and [[Laenor Velaryon]], the former in childbirth, the latter murdered in [[Spicetown]], were the first two tragedies. Thirdly, Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] lost his eye in a fight against his young cousin, Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. Lastly, a great fire at [[Harrenhal]] claims the lives of Lord [[Lyonel Strong]], [[Hand of the King]], and his heir, Ser [[Harwin Strong|Harwin]]. Each of these events influences the events which lead to the ''[[Dance of the Dragons]]''.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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| {{Date|129|131}}
| '''The [[Dance of the Dragons]]''': The first major civil war in the history of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], the Dance is a war of succession between [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]] and his half-sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] over their father's throne. It consumes them both, as well as most of the Targaryen family and their remaining dragons. The war ends with [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], eldest surviving son of Rhaenyra, being crowned.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath: The Hour of the Wolf}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} The [[Triarchy]] collapses with the outbreak of the [[Daughters' War]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
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| {{Date|153}}
| '''Death of the last dragon''': King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] struggles to breed healthy dragons - those he had managed to produce are born weak and sickly. He is unable to prevent the death of the last one, earning himself the title Dragonbane. The [[last dragon]] dies in {{Date|153}}, and all that is left behind are several eggs which the Targaryens fail to hatch.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{ref|THK}}{{ref|AGOT|13}}
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| {{Date|157|161}}
| '''[[Conquest of Dorne]]''': Upon taking the throne at age fourteen, King [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]] decides to finish Aegon the Conqueror's work and launches a successful invasion of Dorne. Following the [[Submission of Sunspear]], the Young Dragon leaves Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] to govern Dorne. After Daeron returns to [[King's Landing]], however, the [[Dornishmen]] kill Lyonel to an uprising against the [[Iron Throne]]. When Daeron I returns with a fresh army, he is killed while meeting under a peace banner and his cousin, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], is captured.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}} Daeron is said to have lost ten thousand men conquering Dorne and fifty thousand while failing to hold it.{{ref|AGOT|5}} King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] travels to Dorne to negotiate.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
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| {{Date|170}}
| Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], second cousin of Baelor I, and Princess [[Myriah Martell]] of Dorne have their first son, Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]]. Later that year, Princess [[Daena Targaryen]] gives birth to Daemon Waters, her bastard son by Aegon IV Targaryen, who would later become known as [[Daemon I Blackfyre]].<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
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| {{Date|187}}
| [[Dorne]] formally joins the Seven Kingdoms through the marriage of King Daeron II's younger sister [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]] to [[Maron Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]]. After his wedding, Maron swears his fealty to the Iron Throne.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
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| {{Date|196}}
| '''The [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': The second major civil war of Westeros erupts after [[Daemon I Blackfyre]] puts a claim on the Iron Throne based on Daeron II's illegitimacy. With many lords declaring for him, Daemon marches his forces on King's Landing but is defeated in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. He is killed by his half-brother, [[Brynden Rivers]], yet several of his sons escape to the [[Free Cities]] with [[Aegor Rivers]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|awoiaf|Maekar I Targaryen}}
|-
| {{Date|209}}
| The events of ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' take place. Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]], the heir to the throne, is killed in a mishap at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]]. A few months later, King Daeron II and Baelor's two sons die in the [[Great Spring Sickness]]. Daeron II's second son, [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]], becomes king. Baelor Breakspear's nephew, Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], becomes squire to a hedge knight, Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], in the hope of improving his mettle.{{Ref|THK}}
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| rowspan="2"| {{Date|211}}
| As depicted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'', Houses [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]] and [[House Webber|Webber]] of the Reach become allies. [[Brynden Rivers]], called Lord Bloodraven, has become the King's Hand by this time, angering Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], brother to Aerys and the late Baelor.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}
|-
| '''The [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': Blackfyre loyalists attempt to launch a second rebellion during the [[wedding tourney at Whitewalls]], but Bloodraven exposes the plan and the Pretender [[Daemon II Blackfyre]]. Many of the conspirators are executed before a battle needs to be fought. These events are depicted in ''[[The Mystery Knight]]''.{{Ref|TMK}}
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| {{Date|219}}
| '''The [[Third Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': [[Haegon I Blackfyre]], [[Aegor Rivers]], and the [[Golden Company]] invade Westeros. In the end, Haegon is killed after his surrender. Aegor is arrested, but allowed to go to the [[Wall]] by King [[Aerys I Targaryen]]. On his way there, Bittersteel's ship is intercepted, and he is freed by his own men. Before the year ends, Aegor crowns Haegon's son, [[Daemon III Blackfyre|Daemon]], the new Blackfyre king.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|226}}
| '''Beyond the Wall''': The free folk unite under [[Raymun Redbeard]], King-Beyond-the-Wall. Taking the Night's Watch unawares, they scale the [[Wall]] and invade the [[north]]. They are eventually stopped at the [[Battle of Long Lake]] by a Stark host led by Lord [[Willam Stark]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Lords of Winterfell}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Wall and Beyond: The Wildlings}}
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| {{Date|233}}
| '''[[Great Council#Great Council of 233 AC|Great Council of 233 AC]]:''' During King [[Maekar I Targaryen]]'s reign, his eldest son [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]] dies of the pox and his second son [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]] dies after drinking [[wildfire]]. His third son, [[Maester Aemon|Aemon]], has already taken his [[maesters]] vows. Maekar dies battling an [[outlaw]] lord in the [[Peake Uprising]]. Without a clear heir, [[Brynden Rivers]], the [[Hand of the King]], calls for a Great Council, where the claims of Maekar's children and grandchildren are discussed. Aemon refuses the crown and removes himself to the [[Wall]]. [[Aenys Blackfyre]], son of [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], wishes to put forward his claim, and is invited by Bloodraven to come to King's Landing. Upon Aenys's arrival, however, he is arrested and executed by order of Brynden to remove the threat of another Blackfyre Pretender. Prince Aegon becomes [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], the Unlikely, as he is the fourth son of a fourth son.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|ACOK|6}} Bloodraven is exiled to the Wall by King Aegon, and he becomes [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] in {{date|239}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}
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| {{Date|236}}
| '''The [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': [[Daemon III Blackfyre]] and the Golden Company invade [[Westeros]]. The rebellion is a short one, with Daemon III slain by Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} This year is also remembered as the '''Red Spring'''.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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| {{Date|259}}
| '''The [[tragedy of Summerhall]]''': King Aegon V and his heir, Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], are killed in a great fire at the Targaryen's summer palace, [[Summerhall]]. The fire is triggered by an unsuccessful attempt to hatch the last three [[dragon egg]]s left in the west, and it heralds or directly contributes to Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s birth.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|awoiaf|Rhaegar Targaryen}}
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| {{Date|260}}
| '''The [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]''': War erupts when the [[Band of Nine]], including [[Maelys Blackfyre]], after having conquered the Free City of [[Tyrosh]] and the [[Stepstones]], begin to move towards the Seven Kingdoms. King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] calls his banners to bring the attack to the Stepstones. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] kills Maelys. Ser [[Brynden Tully]] also distinguishes himself in the war. Prince [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys Targaryen]] is knighted by Ser [[Tywin Lannister]]. Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]], the [[Hand of the King]], dies in the hands of his son, Ser [[Steffon Baratheon|Steffon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
|-
| {{Date|261}}
| '''[[Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion]]''': After years of friction, Houses [[House Reyne|Reyne]] and [[House Tarbeck|Tarbeck]] rise in rebellion against their overlords of [[House Lannister]]. In the resulting conflict, Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], heir to Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], obliterates both rebel houses.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] names Tywin his [[Hand of the King]] after succeeding to the [[Iron Throne]] the following year.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: AerysOO}}
|-
| {{Date|276}}
| '''Birth of Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]]''': After many years, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]] finally gives birth to a healthy son who will survive infancy.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|-
| {{Date|277}}
| '''The [[Defiance of Duskendale]]''': Lord [[Denys Darklyn]] refuses to pay taxes to the Iron Throne. King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], eager to sort out the situation himself, goes to [[Duskendale]] and is taken prisoner. Duskendale is besieged for six months before Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] manages to free the king. Houses [[House Darklyn]] and [[House Hollard|Hollard]] are destroyed and [[House Rykker]] takes over the town. It is said that it was the Defiance which begins Aerys's descent into madness. Aerys does not leave the [[Red Keep]] until {{Date|281}} because of this event.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|-
| {{Date|280}}
| '''Marriage of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen''': After having been betrothed in early {{Date|279}}, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] marries Princess [[Elia Martell]] of [[Dorne]] in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] early in the year. Towards year's end, their first child, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], is born.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|}

===The Fall of the Dragons===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|281}}
| '''Resolution of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]''': The band of outlaws called the Kingswood Brotherhood is defeated by a royal force commanded by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]]. A young squire, [[Jaime Lannister]], distinguishes himself and is [[knight]]ed by Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]]. Jaime discards his claim as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s heir by being named by King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to the [[Kingsguard]]. Tywin resigns as [[Hand of the King]] in angry protest and returns to [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|31}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}}<hr>
'''The [[Year of the False Spring]]''': Lord [[Walter Whent]] holds a great [[tourney at Harrenhal]]. Prince Rhaegar distinguishes himself in the lists, but he names [[Lyanna Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], who is betrothed to Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], as the [[queen of love and beauty]] rather than his own wife, [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. [[Eddard Stark]] meets and befriends [[Howland Reed]] of [[Greywater Watch]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| {{Date|282|283}}
| '''[[Robert's Rebellion]]''': Rhaegar Targaryen abducts Lyanna Stark. Lyanna's brother, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], and father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], demand that Aerys discipline his son, but instead the Mad King kills them both. Aerys demands the heads of Lords [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]] from their guardian, [[Jon Arryn]]. Instead, Houses [[House Arryn|Arryn]], [[House Stark|Stark]], and [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] raise their banners in open rebellion, signifying the start of the war, which is also known as the '''War of the Usurper''', which will last close to a year. Lord [[Hoster Tully]] agrees to join the rebellion as well. The [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] remain loyal to the king and besiege Robert's castle of [[siege of Storm's End|Storm's End]], held by his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. The new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Jon Connington]], is defeated in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and is sent into exile in the [[Free Cities]]. The rebel army defeats the royalists at the [[Battle of the Trident]], where Prince Rhaegar is killed. The [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] apparently march to the aid of King Aerys, but instead turn against him with the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Aerys is killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], one of his [[Kingsguard]], to prevent the [[wildfire plot]]. Princess [[Elia Martell]] and her children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], are murdered by Lannister bannermen, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch]]. Robert's approval of their deaths leads to a rift with Eddard. Following [[combat at the tower of joy]] with three Kingsguard, Lord Stark find Lyanna dying. Robert, who can trace his descent back to King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], is crowned [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], and he weds Tywin's daughter, [[Cersei Lannister]]. With the war at an end, Eddard returns home to [[Winterfell]] with his bastard son, [[Jon Snow]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}
|}

===King Robert's Reign===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|284}}
| '''[[Assault on Dragonstone]]''': [[Stannis Baratheon]], at the command of [[Robert I Baratheon]], his brother and the new king, builds a new [[royal fleet]] to take [[Dragonstone]], the last Targaryen holdfast left after the rebellion. Dowager Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]] dies in childbirth, giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] during a summer storm. With the garrison of Dragonstone prepared to surrender, Ser [[Willem Darry]] spirits away Rhaella and Aerys's two youngest children, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and Princess Daenerys, to safety in the Free City of [[Braavos]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}
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| {{Date|289}}
| '''[[Greyjoy's Rebellion]]''': [[Balon Greyjoy]] names himself [[King of the Iron Islands]]. He is defeated and two of his sons are killed in the war, however. King Robert accepts his surrender, and Balon's remaining son, [[Theon Greyjoy]], becomes a ward and hostage of Lord [[Eddard Stark]].
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| {{Date|297}}
| Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] invites [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to stay in his manse in [[Pentos]] and offers to help them reclaim the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}
|}

===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|298}}
| The events of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' begin. (The Prologue of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes place in {{Date|297}}, and quite possibly the first few Daenerys chapters as well.)<hr>
In the north, after thousands of years without encounter, the [[Others]] reappear in an attack on rangers from the [[Night's Watch]] and a group of [[free folk]].
The [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], is poisoned after learning that [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s heirs to the [[Iron Throne]] are bastards.<hr>
Following the death of Robert, the [[Seven Kingdoms]] are engulfed in the [[War of the Five Kings]], a central conflict that spans through all five published books.
|-
|{{Date|299}}
| '''Beyond the Wall''': With the disturbing news of a [[conflict beyond the Wall]], the [[Night's Watch]] leaves in force on a [[great ranging]] into the far north.<hr>
'''In [[Essos]]''': After having hatched three [[dragon egg]]s, bringing [[dragon]]s back to the world once again, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] conquers the great cities of [[Slaver's Bay]], setting their slaves free and throwing the region into [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|chaos]].
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| '''In Westeros''': After a decade-long [[Summer (season)|summer]] and brief [[autumn]], [[winter]] finally engulfs [[Westeros]]. The long-believed-dead Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] starts [[Landing of the Golden Company|his invasion]] of [[Westeros]], landing in the [[stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]].<hr>
'''In Essos''': Daenerys Targaryen rules [[Meereen]] as its queen.
|}

==Quotes==
{{quote|I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.{{ref|AFFC|11}}|[[Rodrik Harlaw]] to [[Asha Greyjoy]]}}

{{quote|Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend.{{ref|ADWD|48}}|[[Hoster Blackwood]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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Timeline of major events

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Alt Shift X: Changed "corpse queen" to "pale woman". It's kinda misleading to introduce her as "corpse queen", because she wasn't yet a "queen" when they met.

This '''timeline of major events''' attempts to lay out the most important points in the history of [[Westeros]] and [[Essos]], based on dates and information given in the novels and supporting material. For further detail, see [[years before Aegon's Conquest]] and [[years after Aegon's Conquest]].

According to tradition, the known history of Westeros extends back over twelve thousand years,{{ref|AGOT|66}} and its [[maesters]] speculate that the [[known world|world itself]] may be forty thousand years old (or older, possibly five hundred thousand years or more).{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}} However, the oldest historic recounts in [[Westeros]] were written after the [[Andal invasion|Andals' arrival]] to the continent, as the [[First Men]] used [[runes]] for carving on stone. Everything written about the [[Age of Heroes]], the [[Dawn Age]], and the [[Long Night]] originates from stories written down by [[Faith of the Seven|septons]] thousands of years later. The accuracy of the legends and myths that recount much of this history is openly questioned by the maesters of the [[Citadel]], amongst others.{{ref|AFFC|5}} Additionally, [[George R. R. Martin]] is sometimes intentionally imprecise with dates or distances.<ref group=N>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Date_of_The_Hedge_Knight_and_Tyrions_Age Date of The Hedge Knight and Tyrion's Age], May 09, 1999. 'When we talk, we tend to be imprecise about such things, saying something happened "in the sixties" or "at the turn of the century," or that World War II was "fifty years ago." It's no different in the Seven Kingdoms. And that goes for distances as well as dates. A phrase like "a thousand leagues" is not meant to be a precise measure of distance, only the equivalent of "a million miles away," ie, "a very long way."'</ref>

==Timeline==
All dates are in relation to the Conquest of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], using negative numbers for events before [[Aegon's Conquest]]. Note, that 'ca' is an abbreviation for the Latin word 'circa', meaning around, or approximately.

===Dawn Age===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|Prehistory
| '''Before the coming of men''': The lands of [[Westeros]] are inhabited in the [[Dawn Age]] by a mysterious race of diminutive humanoid creatures known as the [[children of the forest]], as well as [[giants]] and other magical [[Bestiary|creatures]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-12000}}
| '''The [[First Men]] invade Westeros''': A human ethnic group from [[Essos]], the First Men, invades [[Westeros]] by crossing the [[Arm of Dorne]], bearing weapons of bronze. In a futile attempt to end the invasion, the children use the [[hammer of the waters]] to shatter the land bridge, creating the [[Broken Arm]] and the island chain known as the [[Stepstones]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}

The First Men are more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced than the children, who try to resist the invaders using their [[magic]] and [[obsidian]] weapons. It proves unsuccessful, however, and the First Men gradually push deeper and deeper into Westeros, establishing hundreds of petty kingdoms.{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-10000}}
| '''Signing of the [[Pact]]''': After years of warfare, the First Men and children of the forest come to a standstill and finally agree to a peaceful coexistence, signing the Pact on the [[Isle of Faces]]. This pact gives the First Men dominion over the open lands and lets the children keep control over the forested areas. In time, the First Men adopt the worship of the [[old gods|old gods of the forest]].
|}

===Age of Heroes===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{date|-10000}}
| '''[[Age of Heroes]]''': An era during the history of [[Westeros]], which would be named so later for the great men and women who live in the years of peace and prosperity following the forging of the [[Pact]]. The Pact endures for nearly four thousand years, and in that time, the children of the forest and the First Men grow closer. In time, the First Men set aside many of their cultural differences to embrace the ways and customs of the children of the forest. With the exception of the [[Drowned God]] of the [[Iron Islands]] and the [[Lady of the Waves]] and [[Lord of the Skies]] of the [[Three Sisters]], the [[old gods|gods of the children]] become those of the First Men.

Many of the noble houses of Westeros today trace their lineage back to the Age of Heroes. This was the time when grand historical figures are said to have lived, such as [[Brandon the Builder]], founder of [[House Stark]] in the [[north]]; [[Lann the Clever]], founder of [[House Lannister]], who winkles [[Casterly Rock]] from the [[House Casterly|Casterlys]] in the [[westerlands]]; or [[Garth the Gardener]], founder of [[House Gardener]] in the [[Reach]]. Also during this the [[Storm King]]s of [[House Durrandon]] arise in the [[stormlands]]—a line with figures such as the founding [[Durran Godsgrief]], supposed builder of [[Storm's End]]—and the [[Grey King]] rules the [[ironborn]] of the [[Iron Islands]].
|-
| ca. {{date|-8000}} or {{date|-6000}}
|'''The [[Long Night]]''': In this time, night seems to last for a generation, and the longest, coldest and darkest winter descends on Westeros. The ice spreads down from the north, and under the cover of darkness, the [[Others]] invade Westeros from the [[Lands of Always Winter|uttermost north]], marching, killing and raising up the dead to be their [[Wight|servants]] in unlife and nearly destroying all men in Westeros. The Long Night comes to an end with the [[Battle for the Dawn]]. The children and the First Men unite to defeat the Others with [[dragonglass]] weapons, with the [[Night's Watch]] pushing them back into the frozen reaches of the far north.{{ref|ACOK|21}} Legendary figures from this time include the [[last hero]] and [[Azor Ahai]], who wields a great sword of fire, [[Lightbringer]]. These events are believed to have occurred between eight thousand and six thousand years ago.{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Long Night}}<hr>

'''Building of the [[Wall]]''': With the Others defeated, [[Bran the Builder]], with the aid of giants, the First Men, and perhaps the children of the forest, raises the Wall, a monumental fortification of ice and ancient [[magic]], to shelter the realms of men from the menaces of the north. The Sworn Brotherhood of the [[Night's Watch]] guards the Wall. It is said that Bran the Builder also builds [[Winterfell]], becomes the first [[King in the North|King of Winter]], and founds [[House Stark]].<hr>

'''The [[Night's King]]''': Not long after the Wall is complete, the thirteenth [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] breaks his oath. He is seduced by a mysterious [[Corpse queen|pale woman]], declares himself the Night's King, and rises in rebellion with the Watch as his personal army. During the dark years of his reign, horrific atrocities are committed, of which tales are still told in the [[north]] even after several millennia. The [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] and the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]], [[Joramun]], join forces to defeat the Night's King and thus restore honor to the Watch. This is the same Joramun who also finds the [[Horn of Winter]], which he is said to use to awaken [[giants]] from the earth.
|}

===Coming of the Andals===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|ca. {{date|-6000}}, {{date|-4000}}, or {{date|-2000}}
| '''Foundation of the Faith''': In the hills of [[Andalos]] on [[Essos]], a new religion takes shape, the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Supposedly, seven deities appear to [[Hugor of the Hill]], inspiring the [[Andals]] for their invasion of [[Westeros]].<hr>

'''The [[coming of the Andals]]''': The [[Andals]] cross the [[narrow sea]] and make landfall on its eastern shore at the [[Fingers]] in the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]]. They come under the banner of the [[Faith of the Seven]], with seven-pointed stars carved into their chests, wielding [[Armament|weapons]] of steel. They fight both the First Men and the children of the forest, sweeping the land much like the First Men did thousands of years before. When the Andals crossed the narrow sea from Essos is disputed; some sources indicate six thousand years ago,<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>{{ref|AGOT|40}} the ''[[True History]]'' states it was four thousand years ago,{{ref|ADWD|48}} and some [[maesters]] claim it was two thousand years ago.{{ref|ADWD|48}}

For centuries the Andals war with the First Men and the children in an attempt to drive them out. One by one, the six [[southron]] kingdoms fall and most of the [[weirwood]]s are destroyed. Only the [[north]] remains under the rule of the First Men, in large part due to the strategically-located fortress of [[Moat Cailin]] resisting multiple attempts to take it and thereafter serving as the door between north and south. Though the north remains secure, the children of the forest begin their slow withdrawal from the lands of men, retreating deeper into their forests and [[beyond the Wall|north of the Wall]].

The [[Iron Islands]] fall to the Andals a thousand years after the beginning of their invasion of Westeros,{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} ending the line of [[Kings of the Iron Islands]] which originated from [[Urron Greyiron]]. Unlike in the other regions, however, Andals are assimilated to the native beliefs of the [[Old Way]] and the [[Drowned God]].
|}

===Age of Valyria===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{date|-8000|-4700}}
| '''Rise of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]''': While Westeros was recovering from the Long Night, in [[Essos]], the peaceful sheep-herding folk of the [[Valyrian peninsula]] find [[dragon]]s lairing in the [[Fourteen Flames]], an immense chain of volcanoes extending across the neck of the peninsula. The Valyrians tame the dragons with [[magic]], which gives them the means to gain influence over the area. The Valyrian Freehold is established. In its capital, [[Valyria]], magic flourishes, topless towers rise toward the heavens where dragons soar, stone sphinxes gaze down through eyes of garnet, and smiths forge swords of legendary strength and sharpness.<hr>

'''[[Ghiscari wars]]:''' Five wars are fought between the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the greatest empire on the eastern continent, and the Freehold — wars which Valyria wins with the help of its dragons. The Valyrians practice [[slavery]] learned from the [[Ghiscari]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Valyria's Children}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-4700}}
| '''Fifth Ghiscari War''': The Ghiscari wars end with the fifth war in which [[Old Ghis]] is utterly destroyed by the Freehold, as to ensure there would not be a sixth war. The Valyrians destroy the city's walls and streets with [[dragonflame]], and salt and sulfur the fields. With the Ghiscari empire shattered, the Valyrian Freehold expands its influence over the surviving [[Slaver Cities]] of [[Slaver's Bay]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}{{Ref|ASOS|23}}<ref>Some five thousand years ago in 299 AC, placing its occurrence roughly around 4700 BC</ref>
<hr>
Following the defeat of the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the Freehold seeks to expand their territories. The Andals, who had been living in [[Andalos]], travel west to flee the upcoming Valyrians and prevent slavery. They first land in the [[Fingers]] in the [[Vale of Arryn]]. From there, they spread all across Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-3700}}
| After a thousand years, the Andals who invaded Westeros look towards the [[Iron Islands]]. There, they extinguish [[House Greyiron]], who had ruled the Iron Islands for "a thousand years".{{ref|AFFC|11}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}
|-
| {{date|-1436}}
| '''[[Lorath]]''': A sect of religious dissidents leave the Freehold to establish a temple upon Lorath's main isle, becoming the first inhabitants of the city that becomes the Free City of Lorath.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Lorath}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-950|-700}}
| '''The [[Rhoynish Wars]]''': With the destruction of Old Ghis, the Valyrian Freehold's slow westward expansion brings it into conflict with the Rhoynish cities along the great [[Rhoyne]], a vast waterway. This series of wars between the Freehold and the [[Rhoynar]], starting around 950 BC with the [[First Turtle War]], lasts for some two hundred and fifty years and ends with the [[Second Spice War]].<ref>The series of conflicts known as the [[Rhoynish Wars]] ended a thousand years before the main series in ~300 AC, and had lasted roughly two and a half centuries</ref>{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|14}}{{ref|ADWD|18}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-700}}
| '''The Rhoynar migration''': Prince [[Garin the Great]] raises an army a quarter-million strong to oppose the Valyrians, but fails utterly against their dragons. Following the defeat of the Rhoynar in the [[Second Spice War]], [[Nymeria]], a Rhoynish warrior-queen, evacuates the survivors of Garin's war, mostly women and children, on [[ten thousand ships]], eventually seeking refuge in [[Dorne]] in southern Westeros. There, Nymeria forms a marriage alliance with Lord [[Mors Martell]] and together they finally organize the land into one realm, establishing [[House Martell]] as the ruling house of Dorne after [[Nymeria's War]]. Mors adopts many Rhoynish [[customs]]. The unification of Dorne under Nymeria and Mors leads to new conflicts with the [[Kings of the Reach]] and the [[Storm Kings]], expressed through raids, skirmishes, and the occasional wars over the centuries.
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| ca. {{date|-314}}
| The Valyrian Freehold annexes a small island at the mouth of [[Blackwater Bay]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Using [[magic|arcane arts]], they build a castle whose towers are shaped to look like [[dragon]]s, giving it its name: [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}
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| {{date|-114}}
| '''Migration of the Targaryens''': Following a prophetic dream of his daughter [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys]], Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] decides to leave Valyria with his family and all their belongings. The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] settle on [[Dragonstone]].
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| {{date|-102}}
| '''The [[Doom of Valyria]]''': The nature of the Doom is unclear, save that heavy volcanic and seismic activity are involved, likely due to the [[Fourteen Flames]], the mountains where the dragons were first discovered. The Valyrian peninsula is shattered and the city of Valyria is laid waste, although not completely destroyed. The dragons of Valyria are virtually wiped out and the Valyrian Freehold crumbles apart in the [[Century of Blood]]. Its various city-states break apart, asserting their independence and surviving to this day as the [[Free Cities]] and the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]].
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===The Seven Kingdoms===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{Date|-3000}}
|Over the centuries following the Andal invasions, the southern kingdoms of the First Men fall, and eventually the Andals raise up six powerful kingdoms of their own.
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| ca. {{Date|-3000}}
| '''Wildling invasion''': The [[free folk]] (wildlings) unite under the brother [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-beyond-the-Wall]], [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]]. They manage to evade the [[Night's Watch]] and bypass the [[Wall]] in great numbers using a network of tunnels that extend under the Wall. However, they are met by the [[King in the North]] from [[House Stark]] on the other side and are eventually thrown back.{{ref|ASOS|26}}
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| ca. {{Date|-700}}
| "A thousand years ago", [[House Stark]] subdues [[House Bolton]], their primary antagonists for dominance in the north, and end the practice of [[flaying]].{{ref|ACOK|50}} Also "a thousand years ago", [[Karlon Stark]] defeats a rebel lord, and his descendants become known as [[House Karstark]].{{ref|ASOS|20}}<hr>
The [[Rhoynar]], fleeing the Valyrians after the [[Second Spice War]], [[ten thousand ships|migrate to Dorne]] "a thousand years ago".{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} This is the last major migration into Westeros.
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| ca. {{Date|-400}}
| '''[[Battle of Six Kings]]''': Fall of [[House Teague]] and annexation of the riverlands by King [[Arlan III Durrandon]] of the [[Stormlands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
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| ca. {{Date|-100}}
| '''[[Battle at Fairmarket]]''': [[Harwyn Hoare]] conquers the riverlands from King [[Arrec Durrandon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
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| ca. {{Date|-42}}
| '''Harrenhal''': [[Harren Hoare]], [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], begins the construction of the castle [[Harrenhal]], which takes forty years to complete.{{ref|ACOK|7}}
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===Targaryen Dynasty===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|-2|1}}
| '''[[Aegon's Conquest]]''': [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] invades [[Westeros]]. In two years' time he subdues and unites six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros under his banner and constructs a new capital city at [[King's Landing]]. [[Dorne]] remains independent, however. With the destruction of the [[Storm King]], [[Argilac Durrandon|Argilac the Arrogant]], and the death of the last [[King of the Reach]], control of the castle of [[Storm's End]] passes to Aegon's bastard half-brother [[Orys Baratheon]], and of [[Highgarden]] to [[Harlen Tyrell]]. [[Edmyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]] is named [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]]. The day of Aegon's coronation by the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]] becomes the first day of Aegon's reign, beginning {{Date|1}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
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| {{Date|2|13}}
| The '''[[Dragon's wars]]''': Continuing the [[Wars of Conquest]], Aegon I Targaryen [[Invasion of the Iron Islands|invades]] the [[Iron Islands]] in {{Date|2}}. [[Vickon Greyjoy]] of [[Pyke]] becomes [[Lord of the Iron Islands]]. In the meantime, Queen Visenya put an end to the [[Sistermen's Rebellion|uprising]] of the [[Three Sisters]]. The Targaryens launch an invasion of Dorne in {{Date|4}} that escalates into the [[First Dornish War]].{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
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| {{Date|4|13}}
| '''[[First Dornish War]]''': Aegon I Targaryen invades Dorne but the [[Dornishmen]] successfully resist. Aegon's sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] is presumed dead after disappearing at the [[Hellholt]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}
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| {{Date|13|37}}
| The '''[[Dragon's Peace]]''': After the [[Dragon's wars]], the realm is at peace until Aegon's death.{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
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| {{Date|41|48}}
| '''The [[Faith Militant uprising]]''': Upon Aegon I's death, his son [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] takes the throne. He angers the Faith when he marries his [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|eldest daughter]] to his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|eldest son]], leading to an uprising against the Targaryens. Aenys is incapable of dealing with the crisis, and eventually dies of a short [[illness]] on [[Dragonstone]] in {{Date|42}}. Dowager Queen Visenya, leading the care for Aenys, brings her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], Aenys' brother, back from his exile, and Maegor is crowned king, despite Aenys having three sons all before Maegor in the line of succession. Maegor's response to the Faith's uprising is ruthless and brutal, resulting in the deaths of thousands in battle, through slaughter and by dragonfire. Besides the Faith's uprising, Maegor also has to deal with Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], Aenys I's eldest son, battling him for the throne, and later Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], who makes his claim known towards the end of Maegor's reign. {{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
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| {{Date|48}}
| '''[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]]''': King Jaehaerys I succeeds King Maegor the Cruel. He declares a truce and agrees to end the slaughter in return for the [[Faith Militant]] disbanding and submitting to the Targaryens. The rule of Jaehaerys the Conciliator brings decades of peace and prosperity to the realm.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
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| {{Date|49}}
| The '''Year of the Three Brides''': A year in the early reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] marked by three [[wedding]]s: Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] wed [[Androw Farman]]; Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]] wed Queen Regent [[Alyssa Velaryon]]; King Jaehaerys I Targaryen wed his sister [[Alysanne Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
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| {{Date|54}}
| The '''Year of the Stranger''': A year marked by the deaths and tragedies that befell House Targaryen and the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|92}}
| '''Choosing of {{Date|92}}''': With the death of King Jaehaerys I's eldest son and heir, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]], Jaehaerys needs to name a new heir, choosing between Aemon’s only child, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]], and Jaehaerys's own second son, Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. Jaehaerys eventually names Baelon.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
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| {{Date|96}}
| '''Rise of the Triarchy''': After defeating [[Volantis]] at the [[Battle of the Borderland]] by uniting their forces, the Free Cities of [[Myr]], [[Lys]], and [[Tyrosh]] ally together to form the [[Triarchy]], also known in [[Westeros]] as the Kingdom of the Three Daughters. The Triarchy lasts for several decades, during which they find themselves in conflict with the Targaryens on occasion.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
|-
| {{Date|101}}
| '''The [[Great Council#Great Council of 101 AC|Great Council]] of {{Date|101}}''': After Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]'s death, King Jaehaerys I needs to name a new heir once again. The king calls for the first Great Council, so the lords of Westeros can decide between Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]'s only son, [[Laenor Velaryon]], and Prince Baelon's eldest son, Prince [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]]. The latter is chosen with a majority of votes.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
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| {{Date|106|115}}
| '''Conquest of the Stepstones''': Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] allies with Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] to conquest the [[Stepstones]], a conflict eventually involving the [[Triarchy]] and [[Dorne]]. Daemon names himself [[King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea]] in {{Date|109}}. He abandons the Stepstones in {{Date|115}}, when marrying [[Laena Velaryon]]. Five more Kings of the Narrow Sea follow him in a short period of time, before Daemon's kingdom falls.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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| {{Date|120}}
| The '''Year of the Red Spring''': A year in the reign of Viserys I marked by four great tragedies. The deaths of both [[Laena Velaryon|Laena]] and [[Laenor Velaryon]], the former in childbirth, the latter murdered in [[Spicetown]], were the first two tragedies. Thirdly, Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] lost his eye in a fight against his young cousin, Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. Lastly, a great fire at [[Harrenhal]] claims the lives of Lord [[Lyonel Strong]], [[Hand of the King]], and his heir, Ser [[Harwin Strong|Harwin]]. Each of these events influences the events which lead to the ''[[Dance of the Dragons]]''.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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| {{Date|129|131}}
| '''The [[Dance of the Dragons]]''': The first major civil war in the history of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], the Dance is a war of succession between [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]] and his half-sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] over their father's throne. It consumes them both, as well as most of the Targaryen family and their remaining dragons. The war ends with [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], eldest surviving son of Rhaenyra, being crowned.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath: The Hour of the Wolf}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} The [[Triarchy]] collapses with the outbreak of the [[Daughters' War]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
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| {{Date|153}}
| '''Death of the last dragon''': King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] struggles to breed healthy dragons - those he had managed to produce are born weak and sickly. He is unable to prevent the death of the last one, earning himself the title Dragonbane. The [[last dragon]] dies in {{Date|153}}, and all that is left behind are several eggs which the Targaryens fail to hatch.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{ref|THK}}{{ref|AGOT|13}}
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| {{Date|157|161}}
| '''[[Conquest of Dorne]]''': Upon taking the throne at age fourteen, King [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]] decides to finish Aegon the Conqueror's work and launches a successful invasion of Dorne. Following the [[Submission of Sunspear]], the Young Dragon leaves Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] to govern Dorne. After Daeron returns to [[King's Landing]], however, the [[Dornishmen]] kill Lyonel to an uprising against the [[Iron Throne]]. When Daeron I returns with a fresh army, he is killed while meeting under a peace banner and his cousin, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], is captured.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}} Daeron is said to have lost ten thousand men conquering Dorne and fifty thousand while failing to hold it.{{ref|AGOT|5}} King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] travels to Dorne to negotiate.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
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| {{Date|170}}
| Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], second cousin of Baelor I, and Princess [[Myriah Martell]] of Dorne have their first son, Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]]. Later that year, Princess [[Daena Targaryen]] gives birth to Daemon Waters, her bastard son by Aegon IV Targaryen, who would later become known as [[Daemon I Blackfyre]].<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
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| {{Date|187}}
| [[Dorne]] formally joins the Seven Kingdoms through the marriage of King Daeron II's younger sister [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]] to [[Maron Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]]. After his wedding, Maron swears his fealty to the Iron Throne.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
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| {{Date|196}}
| '''The [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': The second major civil war of Westeros erupts after [[Daemon I Blackfyre]] puts a claim on the Iron Throne based on Daeron II's illegitimacy. With many lords declaring for him, Daemon marches his forces on King's Landing but is defeated in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. He is killed by his half-brother, [[Brynden Rivers]], yet several of his sons escape to the [[Free Cities]] with [[Aegor Rivers]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|awoiaf|Maekar I Targaryen}}
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| {{Date|209}}
| The events of ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' take place. Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]], the heir to the throne, is killed in a mishap at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]]. A few months later, King Daeron II and Baelor's two sons die in the [[Great Spring Sickness]]. Daeron II's second son, [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]], becomes king. Baelor Breakspear's nephew, Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], becomes squire to a hedge knight, Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], in the hope of improving his mettle.{{Ref|THK}}
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| rowspan="2"| {{Date|211}}
| As depicted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'', Houses [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]] and [[House Webber|Webber]] of the Reach become allies. [[Brynden Rivers]], called Lord Bloodraven, has become the King's Hand by this time, angering Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], brother to Aerys and the late Baelor.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}
|-
| '''The [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': Blackfyre loyalists attempt to launch a second rebellion during the [[wedding tourney at Whitewalls]], but Bloodraven exposes the plan and the Pretender [[Daemon II Blackfyre]]. Many of the conspirators are executed before a battle needs to be fought. These events are depicted in ''[[The Mystery Knight]]''.{{Ref|TMK}}
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| {{Date|219}}
| '''The [[Third Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': [[Haegon I Blackfyre]], [[Aegor Rivers]], and the [[Golden Company]] invade Westeros. In the end, Haegon is killed after his surrender. Aegor is arrested, but allowed to go to the [[Wall]] by King [[Aerys I Targaryen]]. On his way there, Bittersteel's ship is intercepted, and he is freed by his own men. Before the year ends, Aegor crowns Haegon's son, [[Daemon III Blackfyre|Daemon]], the new Blackfyre king.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
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| {{Date|226}}
| '''Beyond the Wall''': The free folk unite under [[Raymun Redbeard]], King-Beyond-the-Wall. Taking the Night's Watch unawares, they scale the [[Wall]] and invade the [[north]]. They are eventually stopped at the [[Battle of Long Lake]] by a Stark host led by Lord [[Willam Stark]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Lords of Winterfell}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Wall and Beyond: The Wildlings}}
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| {{Date|233}}
| '''[[Great Council#Great Council of 233 AC|Great Council of 233 AC]]:''' During King [[Maekar I Targaryen]]'s reign, his eldest son [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]] dies of the pox and his second son [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]] dies after drinking [[wildfire]]. His third son, [[Maester Aemon|Aemon]], has already taken his [[maesters]] vows. Maekar dies battling an [[outlaw]] lord in the [[Peake Uprising]]. Without a clear heir, [[Brynden Rivers]], the [[Hand of the King]], calls for a Great Council, where the claims of Maekar's children and grandchildren are discussed. Aemon refuses the crown and removes himself to the [[Wall]]. [[Aenys Blackfyre]], son of [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], wishes to put forward his claim, and is invited by Bloodraven to come to King's Landing. Upon Aenys's arrival, however, he is arrested and executed by order of Brynden to remove the threat of another Blackfyre Pretender. Prince Aegon becomes [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], the Unlikely, as he is the fourth son of a fourth son.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|ACOK|6}} Bloodraven is exiled to the Wall by King Aegon, and he becomes [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] in {{date|239}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}
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| {{Date|236}}
| '''The [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': [[Daemon III Blackfyre]] and the Golden Company invade [[Westeros]]. The rebellion is a short one, with Daemon III slain by Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} This year is also remembered as the '''Red Spring'''.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
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| {{Date|259}}
| '''The [[tragedy of Summerhall]]''': King Aegon V and his heir, Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], are killed in a great fire at the Targaryen's summer palace, [[Summerhall]]. The fire is triggered by an unsuccessful attempt to hatch the last three [[dragon egg]]s left in the west, and it heralds or directly contributes to Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s birth.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|awoiaf|Rhaegar Targaryen}}
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| {{Date|260}}
| '''The [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]''': War erupts when the [[Band of Nine]], including [[Maelys Blackfyre]], after having conquered the Free City of [[Tyrosh]] and the [[Stepstones]], begin to move towards the Seven Kingdoms. King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] calls his banners to bring the attack to the Stepstones. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] kills Maelys. Ser [[Brynden Tully]] also distinguishes himself in the war. Prince [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys Targaryen]] is knighted by Ser [[Tywin Lannister]]. Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]], the [[Hand of the King]], dies in the hands of his son, Ser [[Steffon Baratheon|Steffon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
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| {{Date|261}}
| '''[[Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion]]''': After years of friction, Houses [[House Reyne|Reyne]] and [[House Tarbeck|Tarbeck]] rise in rebellion against their overlords of [[House Lannister]]. In the resulting conflict, Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], heir to Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], obliterates both rebel houses.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] names Tywin his [[Hand of the King]] after succeeding to the [[Iron Throne]] the following year.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: AerysOO}}
|-
| {{Date|276}}
| '''Birth of Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]]''': After many years, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]] finally gives birth to a healthy son who will survive infancy.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
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| {{Date|277}}
| '''The [[Defiance of Duskendale]]''': Lord [[Denys Darklyn]] refuses to pay taxes to the Iron Throne. King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], eager to sort out the situation himself, goes to [[Duskendale]] and is taken prisoner. Duskendale is besieged for six months before Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] manages to free the king. Houses [[House Darklyn]] and [[House Hollard|Hollard]] are destroyed and [[House Rykker]] takes over the town. It is said that it was the Defiance which begins Aerys's descent into madness. Aerys does not leave the [[Red Keep]] until {{Date|281}} because of this event.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
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| {{Date|280}}
| '''Marriage of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen''': After having been betrothed in early {{Date|279}}, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] marries Princess [[Elia Martell]] of [[Dorne]] in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] early in the year. Towards year's end, their first child, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], is born.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|}

===The Fall of the Dragons===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|281}}
| '''Resolution of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]''': The band of outlaws called the Kingswood Brotherhood is defeated by a royal force commanded by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]]. A young squire, [[Jaime Lannister]], distinguishes himself and is [[knight]]ed by Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]]. Jaime discards his claim as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s heir by being named by King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to the [[Kingsguard]]. Tywin resigns as [[Hand of the King]] in angry protest and returns to [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|31}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}}<hr>
'''The [[Year of the False Spring]]''': Lord [[Walter Whent]] holds a great [[tourney at Harrenhal]]. Prince Rhaegar distinguishes himself in the lists, but he names [[Lyanna Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], who is betrothed to Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], as the [[queen of love and beauty]] rather than his own wife, [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. [[Eddard Stark]] meets and befriends [[Howland Reed]] of [[Greywater Watch]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
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| {{Date|282|283}}
| '''[[Robert's Rebellion]]''': Rhaegar Targaryen abducts Lyanna Stark. Lyanna's brother, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], and father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], demand that Aerys discipline his son, but instead the Mad King kills them both. Aerys demands the heads of Lords [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]] from their guardian, [[Jon Arryn]]. Instead, Houses [[House Arryn|Arryn]], [[House Stark|Stark]], and [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] raise their banners in open rebellion, signifying the start of the war, which is also known as the '''War of the Usurper''', which will last close to a year. Lord [[Hoster Tully]] agrees to join the rebellion as well. The [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] remain loyal to the king and besiege Robert's castle of [[siege of Storm's End|Storm's End]], held by his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. The new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Jon Connington]], is defeated in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and is sent into exile in the [[Free Cities]]. The rebel army defeats the royalists at the [[Battle of the Trident]], where Prince Rhaegar is killed. The [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] apparently march to the aid of King Aerys, but instead turn against him with the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Aerys is killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], one of his [[Kingsguard]], to prevent the [[wildfire plot]]. Princess [[Elia Martell]] and her children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], are murdered by Lannister bannermen, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch]]. Robert's approval of their deaths leads to a rift with Eddard. Following [[combat at the tower of joy]] with three Kingsguard, Lord Stark find Lyanna dying. Robert, who can trace his descent back to King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], is crowned [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], and he weds Tywin's daughter, [[Cersei Lannister]]. With the war at an end, Eddard returns home to [[Winterfell]] with his bastard son, [[Jon Snow]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}
|}

===King Robert's Reign===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|284}}
| '''[[Assault on Dragonstone]]''': [[Stannis Baratheon]], at the command of [[Robert I Baratheon]], his brother and the new king, builds a new [[royal fleet]] to take [[Dragonstone]], the last Targaryen holdfast left after the rebellion. Dowager Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]] dies in childbirth, giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] during a summer storm. With the garrison of Dragonstone prepared to surrender, Ser [[Willem Darry]] spirits away Rhaella and Aerys's two youngest children, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and Princess Daenerys, to safety in the Free City of [[Braavos]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}
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| {{Date|289}}
| '''[[Greyjoy's Rebellion]]''': [[Balon Greyjoy]] names himself [[King of the Iron Islands]]. He is defeated and two of his sons are killed in the war, however. King Robert accepts his surrender, and Balon's remaining son, [[Theon Greyjoy]], becomes a ward and hostage of Lord [[Eddard Stark]].
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| {{Date|297}}
| Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] invites [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to stay in his manse in [[Pentos]] and offers to help them reclaim the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}
|}

===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|298}}
| The events of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' begin. (The Prologue of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes place in {{Date|297}}, and quite possibly the first few Daenerys chapters as well.)<hr>
In the north, after thousands of years without encounter, the [[Others]] reappear in an attack on rangers from the [[Night's Watch]] and a group of [[free folk]].
The [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], is poisoned after learning that [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s heirs to the [[Iron Throne]] are bastards.<hr>
Following the death of Robert, the [[Seven Kingdoms]] are engulfed in the [[War of the Five Kings]], a central conflict that spans through all five published books.
|-
|{{Date|299}}
| '''Beyond the Wall''': With the disturbing news of a [[conflict beyond the Wall]], the [[Night's Watch]] leaves in force on a [[great ranging]] into the far north.<hr>
'''In [[Essos]]''': After having hatched three [[dragon egg]]s, bringing [[dragon]]s back to the world once again, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] conquers the great cities of [[Slaver's Bay]], setting their slaves free and throwing the region into [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|chaos]].
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| '''In Westeros''': After a decade-long [[Summer (season)|summer]] and brief [[autumn]], [[winter]] finally engulfs [[Westeros]]. The long-believed-dead Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] starts [[Landing of the Golden Company|his invasion]] of [[Westeros]], landing in the [[stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]].<hr>
'''In Essos''': Daenerys Targaryen rules [[Meereen]] as its queen.
|}

==Quotes==
{{quote|I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.{{ref|AFFC|11}}|[[Rodrik Harlaw]] to [[Asha Greyjoy]]}}

{{quote|Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend.{{ref|ADWD|48}}|[[Hoster Blackwood]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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Timeline of major events

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Alt Shift X: Changed "Other woman" to "corpse queen". The text never says she's an Other. (A wight would make more sense, since she's a "corpse"). "corpse queen" is the term used.

This '''timeline of major events''' attempts to lay out the most important points in the history of [[Westeros]] and [[Essos]], based on dates and information given in the novels and supporting material. For further detail, see [[years before Aegon's Conquest]] and [[years after Aegon's Conquest]].

According to tradition, the known history of Westeros extends back over twelve thousand years,{{ref|AGOT|66}} and its [[maesters]] speculate that the [[known world|world itself]] may be forty thousand years old (or older, possibly five hundred thousand years or more).{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}} However, the oldest historic recounts in [[Westeros]] were written after the [[Andal invasion|Andals' arrival]] to the continent, as the [[First Men]] used [[runes]] for carving on stone. Everything written about the [[Age of Heroes]], the [[Dawn Age]], and the [[Long Night]] originates from stories written down by [[Faith of the Seven|septons]] thousands of years later. The accuracy of the legends and myths that recount much of this history is openly questioned by the maesters of the [[Citadel]], amongst others.{{ref|AFFC|5}} Additionally, [[George R. R. Martin]] is sometimes intentionally imprecise with dates or distances.<ref group=N>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Date_of_The_Hedge_Knight_and_Tyrions_Age Date of The Hedge Knight and Tyrion's Age], May 09, 1999. 'When we talk, we tend to be imprecise about such things, saying something happened "in the sixties" or "at the turn of the century," or that World War II was "fifty years ago." It's no different in the Seven Kingdoms. And that goes for distances as well as dates. A phrase like "a thousand leagues" is not meant to be a precise measure of distance, only the equivalent of "a million miles away," ie, "a very long way."'</ref>

==Timeline==
All dates are in relation to the Conquest of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], using negative numbers for events before [[Aegon's Conquest]]. Note, that 'ca' is an abbreviation for the Latin word 'circa', meaning around, or approximately.

===Dawn Age===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|Prehistory
| '''Before the coming of men''': The lands of [[Westeros]] are inhabited in the [[Dawn Age]] by a mysterious race of diminutive humanoid creatures known as the [[children of the forest]], as well as [[giants]] and other magical [[Bestiary|creatures]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-12000}}
| '''The [[First Men]] invade Westeros''': A human ethnic group from [[Essos]], the First Men, invades [[Westeros]] by crossing the [[Arm of Dorne]], bearing weapons of bronze. In a futile attempt to end the invasion, the children use the [[hammer of the waters]] to shatter the land bridge, creating the [[Broken Arm]] and the island chain known as the [[Stepstones]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}

The First Men are more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced than the children, who try to resist the invaders using their [[magic]] and [[obsidian]] weapons. It proves unsuccessful, however, and the First Men gradually push deeper and deeper into Westeros, establishing hundreds of petty kingdoms.{{ref|AGOT|66}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-10000}}
| '''Signing of the [[Pact]]''': After years of warfare, the First Men and children of the forest come to a standstill and finally agree to a peaceful coexistence, signing the Pact on the [[Isle of Faces]]. This pact gives the First Men dominion over the open lands and lets the children keep control over the forested areas. In time, the First Men adopt the worship of the [[old gods|old gods of the forest]].
|}

===Age of Heroes===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{date|-10000}}
| '''[[Age of Heroes]]''': An era during the history of [[Westeros]], which would be named so later for the great men and women who live in the years of peace and prosperity following the forging of the [[Pact]]. The Pact endures for nearly four thousand years, and in that time, the children of the forest and the First Men grow closer. In time, the First Men set aside many of their cultural differences to embrace the ways and customs of the children of the forest. With the exception of the [[Drowned God]] of the [[Iron Islands]] and the [[Lady of the Waves]] and [[Lord of the Skies]] of the [[Three Sisters]], the [[old gods|gods of the children]] become those of the First Men.

Many of the noble houses of Westeros today trace their lineage back to the Age of Heroes. This was the time when grand historical figures are said to have lived, such as [[Brandon the Builder]], founder of [[House Stark]] in the [[north]]; [[Lann the Clever]], founder of [[House Lannister]], who winkles [[Casterly Rock]] from the [[House Casterly|Casterlys]] in the [[westerlands]]; or [[Garth the Gardener]], founder of [[House Gardener]] in the [[Reach]]. Also during this the [[Storm King]]s of [[House Durrandon]] arise in the [[stormlands]]—a line with figures such as the founding [[Durran Godsgrief]], supposed builder of [[Storm's End]]—and the [[Grey King]] rules the [[ironborn]] of the [[Iron Islands]].
|-
| ca. {{date|-8000}} or {{date|-6000}}
|'''The [[Long Night]]''': In this time, night seems to last for a generation, and the longest, coldest and darkest winter descends on Westeros. The ice spreads down from the north, and under the cover of darkness, the [[Others]] invade Westeros from the [[Lands of Always Winter|uttermost north]], marching, killing and raising up the dead to be their [[Wight|servants]] in unlife and nearly destroying all men in Westeros. The Long Night comes to an end with the [[Battle for the Dawn]]. The children and the First Men unite to defeat the Others with [[dragonglass]] weapons, with the [[Night's Watch]] pushing them back into the frozen reaches of the far north.{{ref|ACOK|21}} Legendary figures from this time include the [[last hero]] and [[Azor Ahai]], who wields a great sword of fire, [[Lightbringer]]. These events are believed to have occurred between eight thousand and six thousand years ago.{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Long Night}}<hr>

'''Building of the [[Wall]]''': With the Others defeated, [[Bran the Builder]], with the aid of giants, the First Men, and perhaps the children of the forest, raises the Wall, a monumental fortification of ice and ancient [[magic]], to shelter the realms of men from the menaces of the north. The Sworn Brotherhood of the [[Night's Watch]] guards the Wall. It is said that Bran the Builder also builds [[Winterfell]], becomes the first [[King in the North|King of Winter]], and founds [[House Stark]].<hr>

'''The [[Night's King]]''': Not long after the Wall is complete, the thirteenth [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] breaks his oath. He is seduced by a mysterious [[Corpse queen|"corpse queen"]], declares himself the Night's King, and rises in rebellion with the Watch as his personal army. During the dark years of his reign, horrific atrocities are committed, of which tales are still told in the [[north]] even after several millennia. The [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]] and the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]], [[Joramun]], join forces to defeat the Night's King and thus restore honor to the Watch. This is the same Joramun who also finds the [[Horn of Winter]], which he is said to use to awaken [[giants]] from the earth.
|}

===Coming of the Andals===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|ca. {{date|-6000}}, {{date|-4000}}, or {{date|-2000}}
| '''Foundation of the Faith''': In the hills of [[Andalos]] on [[Essos]], a new religion takes shape, the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Supposedly, seven deities appear to [[Hugor of the Hill]], inspiring the [[Andals]] for their invasion of [[Westeros]].<hr>

'''The [[coming of the Andals]]''': The [[Andals]] cross the [[narrow sea]] and make landfall on its eastern shore at the [[Fingers]] in the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]]. They come under the banner of the [[Faith of the Seven]], with seven-pointed stars carved into their chests, wielding [[Armament|weapons]] of steel. They fight both the First Men and the children of the forest, sweeping the land much like the First Men did thousands of years before. When the Andals crossed the narrow sea from Essos is disputed; some sources indicate six thousand years ago,<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>{{ref|AGOT|40}} the ''[[True History]]'' states it was four thousand years ago,{{ref|ADWD|48}} and some [[maesters]] claim it was two thousand years ago.{{ref|ADWD|48}}

For centuries the Andals war with the First Men and the children in an attempt to drive them out. One by one, the six [[southron]] kingdoms fall and most of the [[weirwood]]s are destroyed. Only the [[north]] remains under the rule of the First Men, in large part due to the strategically-located fortress of [[Moat Cailin]] resisting multiple attempts to take it and thereafter serving as the door between north and south. Though the north remains secure, the children of the forest begin their slow withdrawal from the lands of men, retreating deeper into their forests and [[beyond the Wall|north of the Wall]].

The [[Iron Islands]] fall to the Andals a thousand years after the beginning of their invasion of Westeros,{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} ending the line of [[Kings of the Iron Islands]] which originated from [[Urron Greyiron]]. Unlike in the other regions, however, Andals are assimilated to the native beliefs of the [[Old Way]] and the [[Drowned God]].
|}

===Age of Valyria===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{date|-8000|-4700}}
| '''Rise of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]''': While Westeros was recovering from the Long Night, in [[Essos]], the peaceful sheep-herding folk of the [[Valyrian peninsula]] find [[dragon]]s lairing in the [[Fourteen Flames]], an immense chain of volcanoes extending across the neck of the peninsula. The Valyrians tame the dragons with [[magic]], which gives them the means to gain influence over the area. The Valyrian Freehold is established. In its capital, [[Valyria]], magic flourishes, topless towers rise toward the heavens where dragons soar, stone sphinxes gaze down through eyes of garnet, and smiths forge swords of legendary strength and sharpness.<hr>

'''[[Ghiscari wars]]:''' Five wars are fought between the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the greatest empire on the eastern continent, and the Freehold — wars which Valyria wins with the help of its dragons. The Valyrians practice [[slavery]] learned from the [[Ghiscari]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Valyria's Children}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-4700}}
| '''Fifth Ghiscari War''': The Ghiscari wars end with the fifth war in which [[Old Ghis]] is utterly destroyed by the Freehold, as to ensure there would not be a sixth war. The Valyrians destroy the city's walls and streets with [[dragonflame]], and salt and sulfur the fields. With the Ghiscari empire shattered, the Valyrian Freehold expands its influence over the surviving [[Slaver Cities]] of [[Slaver's Bay]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}}{{Ref|ASOS|23}}<ref>Some five thousand years ago in 299 AC, placing its occurrence roughly around 4700 BC</ref>
<hr>
Following the defeat of the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the Freehold seeks to expand their territories. The Andals, who had been living in [[Andalos]], travel west to flee the upcoming Valyrians and prevent slavery. They first land in the [[Fingers]] in the [[Vale of Arryn]]. From there, they spread all across Westeros.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-3700}}
| After a thousand years, the Andals who invaded Westeros look towards the [[Iron Islands]]. There, they extinguish [[House Greyiron]], who had ruled the Iron Islands for "a thousand years".{{ref|AFFC|11}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}
|-
| {{date|-1436}}
| '''[[Lorath]]''': A sect of religious dissidents leave the Freehold to establish a temple upon Lorath's main isle, becoming the first inhabitants of the city that becomes the Free City of Lorath.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Lorath}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-950|-700}}
| '''The [[Rhoynish Wars]]''': With the destruction of Old Ghis, the Valyrian Freehold's slow westward expansion brings it into conflict with the Rhoynish cities along the great [[Rhoyne]], a vast waterway. This series of wars between the Freehold and the [[Rhoynar]], starting around 950 BC with the [[First Turtle War]], lasts for some two hundred and fifty years and ends with the [[Second Spice War]].<ref>The series of conflicts known as the [[Rhoynish Wars]] ended a thousand years before the main series in ~300 AC, and had lasted roughly two and a half centuries</ref>{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|14}}{{ref|ADWD|18}}
|-
| ca. {{date|-700}}
| '''The Rhoynar migration''': Prince [[Garin the Great]] raises an army a quarter-million strong to oppose the Valyrians, but fails utterly against their dragons. Following the defeat of the Rhoynar in the [[Second Spice War]], [[Nymeria]], a Rhoynish warrior-queen, evacuates the survivors of Garin's war, mostly women and children, on [[ten thousand ships]], eventually seeking refuge in [[Dorne]] in southern Westeros. There, Nymeria forms a marriage alliance with Lord [[Mors Martell]] and together they finally organize the land into one realm, establishing [[House Martell]] as the ruling house of Dorne after [[Nymeria's War]]. Mors adopts many Rhoynish [[customs]]. The unification of Dorne under Nymeria and Mors leads to new conflicts with the [[Kings of the Reach]] and the [[Storm Kings]], expressed through raids, skirmishes, and the occasional wars over the centuries.
|-
| ca. {{date|-314}}
| The Valyrian Freehold annexes a small island at the mouth of [[Blackwater Bay]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. Using [[magic|arcane arts]], they build a castle whose towers are shaped to look like [[dragon]]s, giving it its name: [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}
|-
| {{date|-114}}
| '''Migration of the Targaryens''': Following a prophetic dream of his daughter [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys]], Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] decides to leave Valyria with his family and all their belongings. The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] settle on [[Dragonstone]].
|-
| {{date|-102}}
| '''The [[Doom of Valyria]]''': The nature of the Doom is unclear, save that heavy volcanic and seismic activity are involved, likely due to the [[Fourteen Flames]], the mountains where the dragons were first discovered. The Valyrian peninsula is shattered and the city of Valyria is laid waste, although not completely destroyed. The dragons of Valyria are virtually wiped out and the Valyrian Freehold crumbles apart in the [[Century of Blood]]. Its various city-states break apart, asserting their independence and surviving to this day as the [[Free Cities]] and the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]].
|}

===The Seven Kingdoms===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca. {{Date|-3000}}
|Over the centuries following the Andal invasions, the southern kingdoms of the First Men fall, and eventually the Andals raise up six powerful kingdoms of their own.
|-
| ca. {{Date|-3000}}
| '''Wildling invasion''': The [[free folk]] (wildlings) unite under the brother [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-beyond-the-Wall]], [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]]. They manage to evade the [[Night's Watch]] and bypass the [[Wall]] in great numbers using a network of tunnels that extend under the Wall. However, they are met by the [[King in the North]] from [[House Stark]] on the other side and are eventually thrown back.{{ref|ASOS|26}}
|-
| ca. {{Date|-700}}
| "A thousand years ago", [[House Stark]] subdues [[House Bolton]], their primary antagonists for dominance in the north, and end the practice of [[flaying]].{{ref|ACOK|50}} Also "a thousand years ago", [[Karlon Stark]] defeats a rebel lord, and his descendants become known as [[House Karstark]].{{ref|ASOS|20}}<hr>
The [[Rhoynar]], fleeing the Valyrians after the [[Second Spice War]], [[ten thousand ships|migrate to Dorne]] "a thousand years ago".{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} This is the last major migration into Westeros.
|-
| ca. {{Date|-400}}
| '''[[Battle of Six Kings]]''': Fall of [[House Teague]] and annexation of the riverlands by King [[Arlan III Durrandon]] of the [[Stormlands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
|-
| ca. {{Date|-100}}
| '''[[Battle at Fairmarket]]''': [[Harwyn Hoare]] conquers the riverlands from King [[Arrec Durrandon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}
|-
| ca. {{Date|-42}}
| '''Harrenhal''': [[Harren Hoare]], [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], begins the construction of the castle [[Harrenhal]], which takes forty years to complete.{{ref|ACOK|7}}
|}

===Targaryen Dynasty===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|-2|1}}
| '''[[Aegon's Conquest]]''': [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] invades [[Westeros]]. In two years' time he subdues and unites six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros under his banner and constructs a new capital city at [[King's Landing]]. [[Dorne]] remains independent, however. With the destruction of the [[Storm King]], [[Argilac Durrandon|Argilac the Arrogant]], and the death of the last [[King of the Reach]], control of the castle of [[Storm's End]] passes to Aegon's bastard half-brother [[Orys Baratheon]], and of [[Highgarden]] to [[Harlen Tyrell]]. [[Edmyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]] is named [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]]. The day of Aegon's coronation by the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]] becomes the first day of Aegon's reign, beginning {{Date|1}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
|-
| {{Date|2|13}}
| The '''[[Dragon's wars]]''': Continuing the [[Wars of Conquest]], Aegon I Targaryen [[Invasion of the Iron Islands|invades]] the [[Iron Islands]] in {{Date|2}}. [[Vickon Greyjoy]] of [[Pyke]] becomes [[Lord of the Iron Islands]]. In the meantime, Queen Visenya put an end to the [[Sistermen's Rebellion|uprising]] of the [[Three Sisters]]. The Targaryens launch an invasion of Dorne in {{Date|4}} that escalates into the [[First Dornish War]].{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|4|13}}
| '''[[First Dornish War]]''': Aegon I Targaryen invades Dorne but the [[Dornishmen]] successfully resist. Aegon's sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] is presumed dead after disappearing at the [[Hellholt]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}
|-
| {{Date|13|37}}
| The '''[[Dragon's Peace]]''': After the [[Dragon's wars]], the realm is at peace until Aegon's death.{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|41|48}}
| '''The [[Faith Militant uprising]]''': Upon Aegon I's death, his son [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] takes the throne. He angers the Faith when he marries his [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|eldest daughter]] to his [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|eldest son]], leading to an uprising against the Targaryens. Aenys is incapable of dealing with the crisis, and eventually dies of a short [[illness]] on [[Dragonstone]] in {{Date|42}}. Dowager Queen Visenya, leading the care for Aenys, brings her son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], Aenys' brother, back from his exile, and Maegor is crowned king, despite Aenys having three sons all before Maegor in the line of succession. Maegor's response to the Faith's uprising is ruthless and brutal, resulting in the deaths of thousands in battle, through slaughter and by dragonfire. Besides the Faith's uprising, Maegor also has to deal with Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]], Aenys I's eldest son, battling him for the throne, and later Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], who makes his claim known towards the end of Maegor's reign. {{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
|-
| {{Date|48}}
| '''[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]]''': King Jaehaerys I succeeds King Maegor the Cruel. He declares a truce and agrees to end the slaughter in return for the [[Faith Militant]] disbanding and submitting to the Targaryens. The rule of Jaehaerys the Conciliator brings decades of peace and prosperity to the realm.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|49}}
| The '''Year of the Three Brides''': A year in the early reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] marked by three [[wedding]]s: Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] wed [[Androw Farman]]; Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]] wed Queen Regent [[Alyssa Velaryon]]; King Jaehaerys I Targaryen wed his sister [[Alysanne Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
|-
| {{Date|54}}
| The '''Year of the Stranger''': A year marked by the deaths and tragedies that befell House Targaryen and the Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|92}}
| '''Choosing of {{Date|92}}''': With the death of King Jaehaerys I's eldest son and heir, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]], Jaehaerys needs to name a new heir, choosing between Aemon’s only child, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]], and Jaehaerys's own second son, Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]. Jaehaerys eventually names Baelon.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|96}}
| '''Rise of the Triarchy''': After defeating [[Volantis]] at the [[Battle of the Borderland]] by uniting their forces, the Free Cities of [[Myr]], [[Lys]], and [[Tyrosh]] ally together to form the [[Triarchy]], also known in [[Westeros]] as the Kingdom of the Three Daughters. The Triarchy lasts for several decades, during which they find themselves in conflict with the Targaryens on occasion.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
|-
| {{Date|101}}
| '''The [[Great Council#Great Council of 101 AC|Great Council]] of {{Date|101}}''': After Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]]'s death, King Jaehaerys I needs to name a new heir once again. The king calls for the first Great Council, so the lords of Westeros can decide between Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys]]'s only son, [[Laenor Velaryon]], and Prince Baelon's eldest son, Prince [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]]. The latter is chosen with a majority of votes.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|106|115}}
| '''Conquest of the Stepstones''': Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] allies with Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] to conquest the [[Stepstones]], a conflict eventually involving the [[Triarchy]] and [[Dorne]]. Daemon names himself [[King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea]] in {{Date|109}}. He abandons the Stepstones in {{Date|115}}, when marrying [[Laena Velaryon]]. Five more Kings of the Narrow Sea follow him in a short period of time, before Daemon's kingdom falls.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
|-
| {{Date|120}}
| The '''Year of the Red Spring''': A year in the reign of Viserys I marked by four great tragedies. The deaths of both [[Laena Velaryon|Laena]] and [[Laenor Velaryon]], the former in childbirth, the latter murdered in [[Spicetown]], were the first two tragedies. Thirdly, Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] lost his eye in a fight against his young cousin, Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. Lastly, a great fire at [[Harrenhal]] claims the lives of Lord [[Lyonel Strong]], [[Hand of the King]], and his heir, Ser [[Harwin Strong|Harwin]]. Each of these events influences the events which lead to the ''[[Dance of the Dragons]]''.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
|-
| {{Date|129|131}}
| '''The [[Dance of the Dragons]]''': The first major civil war in the history of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], the Dance is a war of succession between [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]] and his half-sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] over their father's throne. It consumes them both, as well as most of the Targaryen family and their remaining dragons. The war ends with [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], eldest surviving son of Rhaenyra, being crowned.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath: The Hour of the Wolf}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} The [[Triarchy]] collapses with the outbreak of the [[Daughters' War]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
|-
| {{Date|153}}
| '''Death of the last dragon''': King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] struggles to breed healthy dragons - those he had managed to produce are born weak and sickly. He is unable to prevent the death of the last one, earning himself the title Dragonbane. The [[last dragon]] dies in {{Date|153}}, and all that is left behind are several eggs which the Targaryens fail to hatch.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{ref|THK}}{{ref|AGOT|13}}
|-
| {{Date|157|161}}
| '''[[Conquest of Dorne]]''': Upon taking the throne at age fourteen, King [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]] decides to finish Aegon the Conqueror's work and launches a successful invasion of Dorne. Following the [[Submission of Sunspear]], the Young Dragon leaves Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] to govern Dorne. After Daeron returns to [[King's Landing]], however, the [[Dornishmen]] kill Lyonel to an uprising against the [[Iron Throne]]. When Daeron I returns with a fresh army, he is killed while meeting under a peace banner and his cousin, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], is captured.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}} Daeron is said to have lost ten thousand men conquering Dorne and fifty thousand while failing to hold it.{{ref|AGOT|5}} King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] travels to Dorne to negotiate.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|-
| {{Date|170}}
| Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], second cousin of Baelor I, and Princess [[Myriah Martell]] of Dorne have their first son, Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]]. Later that year, Princess [[Daena Targaryen]] gives birth to Daemon Waters, her bastard son by Aegon IV Targaryen, who would later become known as [[Daemon I Blackfyre]].<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|-
| {{Date|187}}
| [[Dorne]] formally joins the Seven Kingdoms through the marriage of King Daeron II's younger sister [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]] to [[Maron Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]]. After his wedding, Maron swears his fealty to the Iron Throne.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
|-
| {{Date|196}}
| '''The [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': The second major civil war of Westeros erupts after [[Daemon I Blackfyre]] puts a claim on the Iron Throne based on Daeron II's illegitimacy. With many lords declaring for him, Daemon marches his forces on King's Landing but is defeated in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. He is killed by his half-brother, [[Brynden Rivers]], yet several of his sons escape to the [[Free Cities]] with [[Aegor Rivers]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|awoiaf|Maekar I Targaryen}}
|-
| {{Date|209}}
| The events of ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' take place. Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]], the heir to the throne, is killed in a mishap at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]]. A few months later, King Daeron II and Baelor's two sons die in the [[Great Spring Sickness]]. Daeron II's second son, [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]], becomes king. Baelor Breakspear's nephew, Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], becomes squire to a hedge knight, Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], in the hope of improving his mettle.{{Ref|THK}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| {{Date|211}}
| As depicted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'', Houses [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]] and [[House Webber|Webber]] of the Reach become allies. [[Brynden Rivers]], called Lord Bloodraven, has become the King's Hand by this time, angering Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], brother to Aerys and the late Baelor.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}
|-
| '''The [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': Blackfyre loyalists attempt to launch a second rebellion during the [[wedding tourney at Whitewalls]], but Bloodraven exposes the plan and the Pretender [[Daemon II Blackfyre]]. Many of the conspirators are executed before a battle needs to be fought. These events are depicted in ''[[The Mystery Knight]]''.{{Ref|TMK}}
|-
| {{Date|219}}
| '''The [[Third Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': [[Haegon I Blackfyre]], [[Aegor Rivers]], and the [[Golden Company]] invade Westeros. In the end, Haegon is killed after his surrender. Aegor is arrested, but allowed to go to the [[Wall]] by King [[Aerys I Targaryen]]. On his way there, Bittersteel's ship is intercepted, and he is freed by his own men. Before the year ends, Aegor crowns Haegon's son, [[Daemon III Blackfyre|Daemon]]], the new Blackfyre king.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
|-
| {{Date|226}}
| '''Beyond the Wall''': The free folk unite under [[Raymun Redbeard]], King-Beyond-the-Wall. Taking the Night's Watch unawares, they scale the [[Wall]] and invade the [[north]]. They are eventually stopped at the [[Battle of Long Lake]] by a Stark host led by Lord [[Willam Stark]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Lords of Winterfell}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Wall and Beyond: The Wildlings}}
|-
| {{Date|233}}
| '''[[Great Council#Great Council of 233 AC|Great Council of 233 AC]]:''' During King [[Maekar I Targaryen]]'s reign, his eldest son [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]] dies of the pox and his second son [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]] dies after drinking [[wildfire]]. His third son, [[Maester Aemon|Aemon]], has already taken his [[maesters]] vows. Maekar dies battling an [[outlaw]] lord in the [[Peake Uprising]]. Without a clear heir, [[Brynden Rivers]], the [[Hand of the King]], calls for a Great Council, where the claims of Maekar's children and grandchildren are discussed. Aemon refuses the crown and removes himself to the [[Wall]]. [[Aenys Blackfyre]], son of [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], wishes to put forward his claim, and is invited by Bloodraven to come to King's Landing. Upon Aenys's arrival, however, he is arrested and executed by order of Brynden to remove the threat of another Blackfyre Pretender. Prince Aegon becomes [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], the Unlikely, as he is the fourth son of a fourth son.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|ACOK|6}} Bloodraven is exiled to the Wall by King Aegon, and he becomes [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] in {{date|239}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}
|-
| {{Date|236}}
| '''The [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': [[Daemon III Blackfyre]] and the Golden Company invade [[Westeros]]. The rebellion is a short one, with Daemon III slain by Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} This year is also remembered as the '''Red Spring'''.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| '''The [[tragedy of Summerhall]]''': King Aegon V and his heir, Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], are killed in a great fire at the Targaryen's summer palace, [[Summerhall]]. The fire is triggered by an unsuccessful attempt to hatch the last three [[dragon egg]]s left in the west, and it heralds or directly contributes to Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s birth.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|awoiaf|Rhaegar Targaryen}}
|-
| {{Date|260}}
| '''The [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]''': War erupts when the [[Band of Nine]], including [[Maelys Blackfyre]], after having conquered the Free City of [[Tyrosh]] and the [[Stepstones]], begin to move towards the Seven Kingdoms. King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] calls his banners to bring the attack to the Stepstones. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] kills Maelys. Ser [[Brynden Tully]] also distinguishes himself in the war. Prince [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys Targaryen]] is knighted by Ser [[Tywin Lannister]]. Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]], the [[Hand of the King]], dies in the hands of his son, Ser [[Steffon Baratheon|Steffon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
|-
| {{Date|261}}
| '''[[Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion]]''': After years of friction, Houses [[House Reyne|Reyne]] and [[House Tarbeck|Tarbeck]] rise in rebellion against their overlords of [[House Lannister]]. In the resulting conflict, Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], heir to Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], obliterates both rebel houses.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] names Tywin his [[Hand of the King]] after succeeding to the [[Iron Throne]] the following year.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: AerysOO}}
|-
| {{Date|276}}
| '''Birth of Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]]''': After many years, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]] finally gives birth to a healthy son who will survive infancy.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|-
| {{Date|277}}
| '''The [[Defiance of Duskendale]]''': Lord [[Denys Darklyn]] refuses to pay taxes to the Iron Throne. King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], eager to sort out the situation himself, goes to [[Duskendale]] and is taken prisoner. Duskendale is besieged for six months before Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] manages to free the king. Houses [[House Darklyn]] and [[House Hollard|Hollard]] are destroyed and [[House Rykker]] takes over the town. It is said that it was the Defiance which begins Aerys's descent into madness. Aerys does not leave the [[Red Keep]] until {{Date|281}} because of this event.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|-
| {{Date|280}}
| '''Marriage of Prince Rhaegar Targaryen''': After having been betrothed in early {{Date|279}}, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] marries Princess [[Elia Martell]] of [[Dorne]] in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] early in the year. Towards year's end, their first child, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], is born.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|}

===The Fall of the Dragons===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|281}}
| '''Resolution of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]''': The band of outlaws called the Kingswood Brotherhood is defeated by a royal force commanded by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]]. A young squire, [[Jaime Lannister]], distinguishes himself and is [[knight]]ed by Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]]. Jaime discards his claim as Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s heir by being named by King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] to the [[Kingsguard]]. Tywin resigns as [[Hand of the King]] in angry protest and returns to [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|31}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}}<hr>
'''The [[Year of the False Spring]]''': Lord [[Walter Whent]] holds a great [[tourney at Harrenhal]]. Prince Rhaegar distinguishes himself in the lists, but he names [[Lyanna Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], who is betrothed to Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], as the [[queen of love and beauty]] rather than his own wife, [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. [[Eddard Stark]] meets and befriends [[Howland Reed]] of [[Greywater Watch]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| {{Date|282|283}}
| '''[[Robert's Rebellion]]''': Rhaegar Targaryen abducts Lyanna Stark. Lyanna's brother, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], and father, Lord [[Rickard Stark]], demand that Aerys discipline his son, but instead the Mad King kills them both. Aerys demands the heads of Lords [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]] from their guardian, [[Jon Arryn]]. Instead, Houses [[House Arryn|Arryn]], [[House Stark|Stark]], and [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] raise their banners in open rebellion, signifying the start of the war, which is also known as the '''War of the Usurper''', which will last close to a year. Lord [[Hoster Tully]] agrees to join the rebellion as well. The [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] remain loyal to the king and besiege Robert's castle of [[siege of Storm's End|Storm's End]], held by his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. The new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Jon Connington]], is defeated in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and is sent into exile in the [[Free Cities]]. The rebel army defeats the royalists at the [[Battle of the Trident]], where Prince Rhaegar is killed. The [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] apparently march to the aid of King Aerys, but instead turn against him with the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Aerys is killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], one of his [[Kingsguard]], to prevent the [[wildfire plot]]. Princess [[Elia Martell]] and her children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], are murdered by Lannister bannermen, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch]]. Robert's approval of their deaths leads to a rift with Eddard. Following [[combat at the tower of joy]] with three Kingsguard, Lord Stark find Lyanna dying. Robert, who can trace his descent back to King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], is crowned [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], and he weds Tywin's daughter, [[Cersei Lannister]]. With the war at an end, Eddard returns home to [[Winterfell]] with his bastard son, [[Jon Snow]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}
|}

===King Robert's Reign===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|284}}
| '''[[Assault on Dragonstone]]''': [[Stannis Baratheon]], at the command of [[Robert I Baratheon]], his brother and the new king, builds a new [[royal fleet]] to take [[Dragonstone]], the last Targaryen holdfast left after the rebellion. Dowager Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]] dies in childbirth, giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] during a summer storm. With the garrison of Dragonstone prepared to surrender, Ser [[Willem Darry]] spirits away Rhaella and Aerys's two youngest children, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and Princess Daenerys, to safety in the Free City of [[Braavos]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}
|-
| {{Date|289}}
| '''[[Greyjoy's Rebellion]]''': [[Balon Greyjoy]] names himself [[King of the Iron Islands]]. He is defeated and two of his sons are killed in the war, however. King Robert accepts his surrender, and Balon's remaining son, [[Theon Greyjoy]], becomes a ward and hostage of Lord [[Eddard Stark]].
|-
| {{Date|297}}
| Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] invites [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to stay in his manse in [[Pentos]] and offers to help them reclaim the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}
|}

===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|298}}
| The events of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' begin. (The Prologue of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' takes place in {{Date|297}}, and quite possibly the first few Daenerys chapters as well.)<hr>
In the north, after thousands of years without encounter, the [[Others]] reappear in an attack on rangers from the [[Night's Watch]] and a group of [[free folk]].
The [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], is poisoned after learning that [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s heirs to the [[Iron Throne]] are bastards.<hr>
Following the death of Robert, the [[Seven Kingdoms]] are engulfed in the [[War of the Five Kings]], a central conflict that spans through all five published books.
|-
|{{Date|299}}
| '''Beyond the Wall''': With the disturbing news of a [[conflict beyond the Wall]], the [[Night's Watch]] leaves in force on a [[great ranging]] into the far north.<hr>
'''In [[Essos]]''': After having hatched three [[dragon egg]]s, bringing [[dragon]]s back to the world once again, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] conquers the great cities of [[Slaver's Bay]], setting their slaves free and throwing the region into [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|chaos]].
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| '''In Westeros''': After a decade-long [[Summer (season)|summer]] and brief [[autumn]], [[winter]] finally engulfs [[Westeros]]. The long-believed-dead Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] starts [[Landing of the Golden Company|his invasion]] of [[Westeros]], landing in the [[stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]].<hr>
'''In Essos''': Daenerys Targaryen rules [[Meereen]] as its queen.
|}

==Quotes==
{{quote|I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.{{ref|AFFC|11}}|[[Rodrik Harlaw]] to [[Asha Greyjoy]]}}

{{quote|Past a certain point, all the dates grow hazy and confused, and the clarity of history becomes the fog of legend.{{ref|ADWD|48}}|[[Hoster Blackwood]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{EnWP|Westeros|small=yes}}

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Varamyr

2023-07-05T04:35:46Z

Alt Shift X: Re-adding citation for Varamyr appearance

{{Character
| Character_name = Varamyr
| image = [[File:Varamyr.jpg|400px]]
| image_caption = Varamyr riding his snow bear - by Alex Aparin, © FFG
| Alias = Varamyr Sixskins{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} Haggon{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} Lump{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} Varamyr Threeskins{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Mance Rayder]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Free folk]]
| Spouse =
| Issue = At least one son{{Ref|ADWD|58}}
| Place_of_Birth = a village [[beyond the Wall]]{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = a village [[beyond the Wall]]{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Books = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV)
| Coat-of-arms =
}}

'''Varamyr''', better known as '''Varamyr Sixskins''', is a member of the [[free folk]], and a [[skinchanger]] who controls three wolves, a [[snow bear]], a [[shadowcat]], and an eagle.{{Ref|ASOS|15}} He was known as '''Lump''' until he took the name Varamyr.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Varamyr|Images of Varamyr]]''
Varamyr is small, grey-faced, and bald, with round shoulders.{{Ref|ASOS|73}} His three wolves are named [[One Eye]], [[Stalker]] and [[Sly]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

==History==
[[File:Elena-maria-vacas-varamyrsixskins.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Varamyr Sixskins and his animals, by [https://www.artstation.com/artist/ab3nd Elena María Vacas]]]
The man who would eventually call himself Varamyr was born the second child of a [[wildling]] family [[beyond the Wall]], and nicknamed "Lump" by his older sister [[Meha]] per [[Free folk#Naming|wildling tradition]]. As he was born a month premature, and often ill, his mother waited until he was four to name him properly, by which time it was too late and everyone in his village only called him Lump. When Lump was six, he was jealous of his two-year-old brother [[Bump]], who was much more vigorous and healthy, and [[skinchanger|skinchanged]] into one of his family's dogs ([[Loptail]], [[Sniff]], or [[Growler]]) to kill him. When Lump's father came upon Bump's body, the dogs were sniffing around it. Not knowing which dog had killed his son, he put down all three, killing them with an axe. Right before he split Loptail's skull, Lump slipped inside the dog's skin and felt his death. His reaction, a scream, informed Lump's parents that he was a [[warg]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

Lump's father dragged him through the woods until he came to [[Haggon]], an elderly warg who informed Lump that he belonged with his own kind. Haggon taught him how to skinchange properly and the rules of the ability, and introduced him to other skinchangers. He also instructed him on the strengths and weaknesses of different animals, and gave him rudimentary survival skills. Haggon often traded with the [[Night's Watch]], and it was on one of those trips where Lump began to dream of living south of the [[Wall]]. He named himself Varamyr when he was ten years old.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

When Haggon lay dying, Varamyr, resentful, stole his wolf, [[Greyskin]], who Haggon had intended as his second life. At that point Varamyr was calling himself Varamyr Threeskins, and then Fourskins after taking Greyskin. Over the years, Varamyr died eight more times while wearing the skins of other creatures. However, his power grew and he was known to ride into battle on the back of a 13-foot tall female [[snow bear]]. He had a hall of moss, mud, and hewn logs, which had been Haggon's before he died. He became a lord, with a dozen villages paying him homage. When he wanted to have sex with a woman from the villages, he would send his [[shadowcat]] to stalk her until she came to him, whether she wanted to or not. A few of the women had relatives who would try to save them by slaying the warg; Varamyr killed them, but claimed not to harm the women, only taking a hank of hair from each. Some of the women became pregnant, but all of Varamyr's children were small and weak, and none had the ability to skinchange. Eventually [[Mance Rayder]] sought an alliance with Varamyr. Varamyr agreed and was a part of Mance's host beneath the [[Wall]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
After the death of the skinchanger [[Orell]], Varamyr takes control of his [[eagle]], which still has a [[Second life|remnant]] of Orell's consciousness inside of it. Varamyr encounters [[Jon Snow]] in Mance Rayder's camp, and the part of Orell inside him hates the man who had killed him, so much that Varamyr hates Jon as well.{{Ref|ASOS|73}} He also instantly recognizes Jon as another warg the moment he sees the [[direwolf]] [[Ghost]] by his side.{{Ref|aDwD|Prologue}} Jon finds that he bristles at the mere sight of Varamyr, just as Ghost bristles at the sight of Varamyr's snow bear and shadowcat.{{Ref|ASOS|15}} It is learned later that Varamyr had wanted to take Ghost from Jon Snow, believing that a second life in the direwolf would have been worthy of a king, but Mance had refused him.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

Varamyr uses Orell's eagle to scout [[Castle Black]] during the [[battle beneath the Wall]]. He takes early notice of [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s arrival at the Wall thanks to the eagle.{{Ref|ASOS|73}} [[Melisandre]] burns the eagle with her magic, causing Varamyr to briefly go insane and lose control of all his animals. The beasts then rampage through the camp and flee.{{Ref|ASOS|73}}{{Ref|ASOS|76}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After the defeat of the [[wildlings]] at the [[battle beneath the Wall]], Varamyr has lost all his possessions in his madness from experiencing the eagle's death; he has also lost control of his snow bear and shadowcat, but his wolves remain. Varamyr flees together with a small group, hiding his real identity from them and calling himself Haggon. One by one they leave, until only the [[spearwife]] [[Thistle]] stays with him. Varamyr is stabbed by a boy when he attempts to take a squirrel-skin cloak off the dead body of the boy's mother, and while Thistle treats his wound, he knows he is dying. He considers skinchanging into another human, taking over their body, but worries he does not have the strength. When Thistle comes to warn him that an army of [[Others]] and [[wights]] is near and they have to leave, Varamyr tries to take over her body. However, she reacts madly, screaming, tearing out her eyes and biting her own tongue off, expelling him from her mind. Varamyr's body dies, but his mind lives on in his wolf [[One Eye]]. From a distance away, he sees that Thistle has become a wight.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

A rat-faced son of Varamyr is made a hostage of the Night's Watch.{{Ref|ADWD|58}}

==Quotes by Varamyr==
{{Quote|Once a horse is broken to the saddle, any man can mount him. Once a beast’s been joined to a man, any [[skinchanger]] can slip inside and ride him. [[Orell]] was withering inside his feathers, so I took the eagle for my own. But the joining works both ways, [[warg]]. Orell lives inside me now, whispering how much he hates you. And I can soar above the Wall, and see with eagle eyes.|Varamyr, to [[Jon Snow]]{{Ref|aSoS|73}}}}

{{Quote|[[Mance Rayder|Mance]] should have let me take the [[Ghost|direwolf]]. There would be a second life worthy of a king.|Varamyr's thoughts{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}}}

==Quotes about Varamyr==
{{Quote|A vicious little runt.|[[Tormund]]{{Ref|ADWD|58}}}}

==Family==
{{Varamyr tree}}

==References==
{{References|2}}

{{POV Characters}}

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Varamyr

2023-07-05T04:26:25Z

Alt Shift X: The books don't say that Varamyr wears a shadowskin cloak. When Tormund says "might be I’ll take me that shadowskin cloak I been wanting", he's threatening to kill and skin Varamyr's shadowcat -- it doesn't mean that Varamyr has a shadowskin cloak.

{{Character
| Character_name = Varamyr
| image = [[File:Varamyr.jpg|400px]]
| image_caption = Varamyr riding his snow bear - by Alex Aparin, © FFG
| Alias = Varamyr Sixskins{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} Haggon{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} Lump{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}} Varamyr Threeskins{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Mance Rayder]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Free folk]]
| Spouse =
| Issue = At least one son{{Ref|ADWD|58}}
| Place_of_Birth = a village [[beyond the Wall]]{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = a village [[beyond the Wall]]{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}
| Books = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV)
| Coat-of-arms =
}}

'''Varamyr''', better known as '''Varamyr Sixskins''', is a member of the [[free folk]], and a [[skinchanger]] who controls three wolves, a [[snow bear]], a [[shadowcat]], and an eagle.{{Ref|ASOS|15}} He was known as '''Lump''' until he took the name Varamyr.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Varamyr|Images of Varamyr]]''
Varamyr is small, grey-faced, and bald, with round shoulders. His three wolves are named [[One Eye]], [[Stalker]] and [[Sly]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

==History==
[[File:Elena-maria-vacas-varamyrsixskins.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Varamyr Sixskins and his animals, by [https://www.artstation.com/artist/ab3nd Elena María Vacas]]]
The man who would eventually call himself Varamyr was born the second child of a [[wildling]] family [[beyond the Wall]], and nicknamed "Lump" by his older sister [[Meha]] per [[Free folk#Naming|wildling tradition]]. As he was born a month premature, and often ill, his mother waited until he was four to name him properly, by which time it was too late and everyone in his village only called him Lump. When Lump was six, he was jealous of his two-year-old brother [[Bump]], who was much more vigorous and healthy, and [[skinchanger|skinchanged]] into one of his family's dogs ([[Loptail]], [[Sniff]], or [[Growler]]) to kill him. When Lump's father came upon Bump's body, the dogs were sniffing around it. Not knowing which dog had killed his son, he put down all three, killing them with an axe. Right before he split Loptail's skull, Lump slipped inside the dog's skin and felt his death. His reaction, a scream, informed Lump's parents that he was a [[warg]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

Lump's father dragged him through the woods until he came to [[Haggon]], an elderly warg who informed Lump that he belonged with his own kind. Haggon taught him how to skinchange properly and the rules of the ability, and introduced him to other skinchangers. He also instructed him on the strengths and weaknesses of different animals, and gave him rudimentary survival skills. Haggon often traded with the [[Night's Watch]], and it was on one of those trips where Lump began to dream of living south of the [[Wall]]. He named himself Varamyr when he was ten years old.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

When Haggon lay dying, Varamyr, resentful, stole his wolf, [[Greyskin]], who Haggon had intended as his second life. At that point Varamyr was calling himself Varamyr Threeskins, and then Fourskins after taking Greyskin. Over the years, Varamyr died eight more times while wearing the skins of other creatures. However, his power grew and he was known to ride into battle on the back of a 13-foot tall female [[snow bear]]. He had a hall of moss, mud, and hewn logs, which had been Haggon's before he died. He became a lord, with a dozen villages paying him homage. When he wanted to have sex with a woman from the villages, he would send his [[shadowcat]] to stalk her until she came to him, whether she wanted to or not. A few of the women had relatives who would try to save them by slaying the warg; Varamyr killed them, but claimed not to harm the women, only taking a hank of hair from each. Some of the women became pregnant, but all of Varamyr's children were small and weak, and none had the ability to skinchange. Eventually [[Mance Rayder]] sought an alliance with Varamyr. Varamyr agreed and was a part of Mance's host beneath the [[Wall]].{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
After the death of the skinchanger [[Orell]], Varamyr takes control of his [[eagle]], which still has a [[Second life|remnant]] of Orell's consciousness inside of it. Varamyr encounters [[Jon Snow]] in Mance Rayder's camp, and the part of Orell inside him hates the man who had killed him, so much that Varamyr hates Jon as well.{{Ref|ASOS|73}} He also instantly recognizes Jon as another warg the moment he sees the [[direwolf]] [[Ghost]] by his side.{{Ref|aDwD|Prologue}} Jon finds that he bristles at the mere sight of Varamyr, just as Ghost bristles at the sight of Varamyr's snow bear and shadowcat.{{Ref|ASOS|15}} It is learned later that Varamyr had wanted to take Ghost from Jon Snow, believing that a second life in the direwolf would have been worthy of a king, but Mance had refused him.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

Varamyr uses Orell's eagle to scout [[Castle Black]] during the [[battle beneath the Wall]]. He takes early notice of [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s arrival at the Wall thanks to the eagle.{{Ref|ASOS|73}} [[Melisandre]] burns the eagle with her magic, causing Varamyr to briefly go insane and lose control of all his animals. The beasts then rampage through the camp and flee.{{Ref|ASOS|73}}{{Ref|ASOS|76}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After the defeat of the [[wildlings]] at the [[battle beneath the Wall]], Varamyr has lost all his possessions in his madness from experiencing the eagle's death; he has also lost control of his snow bear and shadowcat, but his wolves remain. Varamyr flees together with a small group, hiding his real identity from them and calling himself Haggon. One by one they leave, until only the [[spearwife]] [[Thistle]] stays with him. Varamyr is stabbed by a boy when he attempts to take a squirrel-skin cloak off the dead body of the boy's mother, and while Thistle treats his wound, he knows he is dying. He considers skinchanging into another human, taking over their body, but worries he does not have the strength. When Thistle comes to warn him that an army of [[Others]] and [[wights]] is near and they have to leave, Varamyr tries to take over her body. However, she reacts madly, screaming, tearing out her eyes and biting her own tongue off, expelling him from her mind. Varamyr's body dies, but his mind lives on in his wolf [[One Eye]]. From a distance away, he sees that Thistle has become a wight.{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

A rat-faced son of Varamyr is made a hostage of the Night's Watch.{{Ref|ADWD|58}}

==Quotes by Varamyr==
{{Quote|Once a horse is broken to the saddle, any man can mount him. Once a beast’s been joined to a man, any [[skinchanger]] can slip inside and ride him. [[Orell]] was withering inside his feathers, so I took the eagle for my own. But the joining works both ways, [[warg]]. Orell lives inside me now, whispering how much he hates you. And I can soar above the Wall, and see with eagle eyes.|Varamyr, to [[Jon Snow]]{{Ref|aSoS|73}}}}

{{Quote|[[Mance Rayder|Mance]] should have let me take the [[Ghost|direwolf]]. There would be a second life worthy of a king.|Varamyr's thoughts{{Ref|ADWD|Prologue}}}}

==Quotes about Varamyr==
{{Quote|A vicious little runt.|[[Tormund]]{{Ref|ADWD|58}}}}

==Family==
{{Varamyr tree}}

==References==
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Patchface

2023-06-01T01:27:47Z

Alt Shift X: Removed "and bald head". The books don't say Patchface is bald. ACOK says he has a "piebald head", which means "having irregular patches of two colours", not baldness.

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'''Patchface''', nicknamed '''Patches''',{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}{{ref|ASOS|10}} is Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s court [[fool]] and jester at [[Dragonstone]]. His face is tattooed in motley, earning his name.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} His given name is unknown.

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Patchface|Images of Patchface]]''
Patchface takes his name from the tattoos covering his broad face, marked in a pattern of green and red squares.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}{{Ref|ASOS|54}} This is the fashion in the Free City of [[Volantis]] for [[slave]]s who serve as [[jester]]s.{{ref|AWOIAF|Patchface}} The obese fool is dough-soft and slump-shouldered.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}{{ref|ASOS|54}}

Patchface has lost his memory and much of his wits. The [[fool]] suffers from twitches and trembles, and he is often incoherent. He has an unusual sideways walk.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Some consider him a [[lackwit|simpleton]].{{ref|ADWD|44}}

The fool wears a mock helm fashioned from an old [[tin]] bucket, with a rack of [[deer]] antlers strapped to the crown and hung with cowbells.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} The bells ring frequently, as Patchface seldom remains still{{ref|ASOS|54}} and often hops back and forth.{{ref|ASOS|10}}

Some of Patchface's rhymes seem to be of prophetic nature, though none of his listeners understand them (see [[Patchface/Theories]]).

==History==
[[File:Patchface Amok.jpg|350px|thumb|Patchface - by Amok ©]]
Patchface was a jester [[Slavery|slave]] in [[Volantis]]. He was a clever and skilled boy with astonishing wit. His freedom was bought by [[Steffon Baratheon]], [[Lord of Storm's End]], who was impressed with the boy during his trip to the [[Free Cities]]. While returning to [[Westeros]], however, Steffon's ship, ''[[Windproud]]'', broke up in [[Shipbreaker Bay]] while his eldest sons, [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], watched from the parapets of [[Storm's End]]. All onboard were believed killed, including Lord Steffon, his wife [[Cassana Estermont|Cassana]], and over a hundred soldiers and sailors.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Patchface washed up among the dead three days later, his naked skin white and wrinkled; [[Jommy]] swore the boy's flesh was clammy cold. The fool was taken for dead, but then he coughed up water and sat up. Patchface had survived the shipwreck, albeit broken in mind and body; the ordeal had taken his memories, and half his wit. What happened to him during the two days is unknown, but the fisherfolk like to say "a [[mermaid]] had taught him to breathe water in return for his seed." It was suggested by Ser [[Harbert]], the castellan of Storm’s End, that it would be kindest for [[Cressen]] to let the mad boy die from [[milk of the poppy]], but the maester refused to do so.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Patchface is employed as court fool and jester at Dragonstone. He spends most of his time with [[Shireen Baratheon]], Lord Stannis's daughter. He offers strange insights and stranger songs, sometimes touching upon what may have really happened to the boy at the bottom of the bay.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Patchface accompanies [[Shireen Baratheon]] when she visits Maester [[Cressen]] in his chamber at [[Dragonstone]] to see the [[white raven]]. When Cressen arrives at the castle's feast, a dancing Patchface accidentally collides with the maester and knocks him over. [[Melisandre]] places Patchface's [[tin]] helm on Cressen's head. The maester returns the helm to the fool, but [[Selyse Florent]] commands Cressen to continue wearing it. Cressen attempts to kill Melisandre with poisoned wine, but [[strangler|the poison]] does not affect the [[red priest]]ess. Cressen drinks what is left, and dies.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Patchface is in attendance when [[Stannis Baratheon]] burns the statues of [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone's]] beach.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

During a [[small council]] meeting in the [[Red Keep]], Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] suggests spreading the tale that Shireen, whose face is disfigured by [[greyscale]], was fathered by Patchface instead of Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|15}} [[Renly Baratheon]] insults Stannis by mentioning the rumor during their parley at [[siege of Storm's End (299)|Storm's End]].{{ref|ACOK|31}} The insinuation also casts doubt on Stannis's proclamation that the children of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] were fathered by her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], instead of the late King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|ACOK|42}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
When [[Davos Seaworth]] returns to Dragonstone, he finds Patches playing [[monsters and maidens]] with Shireen and her cousin, [[Edric Storm]].{{Ref|ASOS|10}}

Maester [[Pylos]] prevents the loud fool from attending Shireen's lessons.{{ref|ASOS|54}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Patches accompanies Shireen and Selyse to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], and [[Cotter Pyke]] writes to [[Jon Snow]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], that the fool is a [[lackwit|simpleton]]. Patchface receives a motley cloak of beaver pelts, sheepskins, and rabbit fur. His hat sports antlers hung with bells and long brown flaps of squirrel fur which hang down over his ears.{{ref|ADWD|44}}

Selyse does not introduce Patchface to Jon when the entourage arrives at [[Castle Black]]. [[Wun Wun]] is fascinated with the fool, and the [[giant]] laughs loudly after Patchface falls into a snowdrift.{{Ref|ADWD|44}}

Patchface attends the wedding of [[Alys Karstark]] and [[Sigorn]], and [[Owen the Oaf]] dances with him during the feast. Melisandre tells Jon that she has glimpsed the fool [[vision|in her flames]] and considers him dangerous.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}

When Jon announces a ranging to rescue [[free folk]] at [[Hardhome]], Patchface enthusiastically volunteers to lead it.{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Quotes by Patchface==
[[File:Patchface TheMico.jpg|thumb|Patchface by The Mico ©]]
{{Quote|The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord. The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}|Patchface to [[Cressen]]}}

{{Quote|Under the sea, smoke rises in bubbles, and flames burn green and blue and black. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}|Patchface during the burning of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] on [[Dragonstone]]}}

{{Quote|Fool's blood. King's blood, blood on the maiden's thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye, aye, aye.{{Ref|ASOS|10}}|Patchface to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|Under the sea the old fish eat the young fish. Up here the young fish teach the old fish.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}|Patchface to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|In the dark the dead are dancing. I know, I know, oh oh oh.{{ref|ADWD|44}}|Patchface at [[Castle Black]]}}

{{Quote|Under the sea the [[mermen]] feast on starfish soup, and all the serving men are crabs.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}|Patchface at [[Castle Black]]}}

{{Quote|The crow, the crow. Under the sea the crows are white as snow, I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.{{Ref|ADWD|53}}|Patchface to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|'''Malegorn''': Lord Snow, who will lead this ranging? 
'''Jon''': Are you offering yourself, ser? 
'''Malegorn''': Do I look so foolish? 
'''Patchface''': I will lead it! We will march into the sea and out again. Under the waves we will ride seahorses, and mermaids will blow seashells to announce our coming, oh, oh, oh.{{Ref|ADWD|69}}|[[Malegorn]], [[Jon Snow]], and Patchface}}

==Quotes about Patchface==
{{Quote|[[Shireen Baratheon|The girl]] was the only one who laughed at him now, the only one who cared if he lived or died.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}|thoughts of [[Cressen]]}}

{{Quote|We have found the most splendid fool. Only a boy, yet nimble as a [[monkey]] and witty as a dozen courtiers. He juggles and riddles and does [[magic]], and he can sing prettily in four tongues. We have bought his freedom and hope to bring him home with us. [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] will be delighted with him, and perhaps in time he will even teach [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] how to laugh.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}|[[Steffon Baratheon]] writing to [[Cressen]]}}

{{Quote|The wretch is mad, and in pain, and no use to anyone, least of all himself. The kindest thing you could do for that one is fill his cup with the [[milk of the poppy]]. A painless sleep, and there's an end to it. He'd bless you if he had the wit for it.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}|[[Harbert]] to [[Cressen]]}}

{{Quote|Davos was reminded of Patchface, Princess [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen's]] lackwit fool. He had gone into the sea as well, and when he came out he was mad. Am I mad as well?{{ref|ASOS|10}}|thoughts of [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|That creature is dangerous. Many a time I have glimpsed him in my flames. Sometimes there are skulls about him, and his lips are red with blood.{{Ref|ADWD|49}}|[[Melisandre]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

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Sansa Stark

2021-08-13T17:22:42Z

Alt Shift X: "vivid blue eyes" to "deep blue eyes" as per Tyrion VIII, ASOS

{{Hatnote|For the historical figure, see [[Sansa Stark (daughter of Rickon)]]}}

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| Alias = Wolf girl{{Ref|AGOT|15}} Little bird{{Ref|AGOT|29}} Jonquil{{ref|AGOT|54}} Alayne Stone{{Ref|ASOS|68}} Lady Lannister{{Ref|ADWD|3}}
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| Mother = Lady [[Catelyn Tully]]
| Spouse = [[Tyrion Lannister]]
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|286}} (age 13)<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Sansa Stark|Sansa Stark]] calculation.''</ref>
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'''Sansa Stark''' is a member of [[House Stark]] and is the elder daughter of Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] and Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. She has three brothers: [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]; a younger sister: [[Arya Stark|Arya]]; and a half-brother: [[Jon Snow]]. Sansa Stark is one of the major [[POV character]]s in the books. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', she is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Sophie Turner,Sansa Stark|Sophie Turner]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Sansa Stark|l1=Images of Sansa Stark}}
Sansa is traditionally beautiful, taking after her mother's family ([[House Tully]]) with her high cheekbones,{{ref|AGOT|7}} deep blue eyes,{{ref|ASOS|60}} and thick auburn hair.{{ref|ASOS|60}} She is eleven years old at the start of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.{{ref|AGOT|4}} As she has grown up, her figure has been described as tall,{{ref|affc|23}} graceful,<ref name="twow">''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]</ref> and womanly.{{ref|asos|16}} Sansa is described as soft-spoken and sweet-smelling.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

Raised as a lady, Sansa possesses the traditional feminine graces of her milieu, with a keen interest in music, poetry, singing, dancing, embroidery, and other traditional feminine activities. Like many girls her age, Sansa is enthralled by songs and stories of romance{{ref|ADWD|34}} and adventure, particularly those depicting handsome princes, honorable [[knight]]s, chivalry, and love.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} She keeps faith with both the [[old gods]] and the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]].{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Sansa's relationship with her sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]] is often strained, and the two are opposites in most respects.{{ref|AGOT|7}} Her dearest friend is [[Jeyne Poole]], the daughter of [[Vayon Poole]], the steward of [[Winterfell]].{{ref|AGOT|7}} Sansa is fond of [[lemon cake]]s,{{ref|ASOS|6}} with [[Gage]] making the treats whenever possible.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>

==History==
Sansa was born at [[Winterfell]],{{ref|AWOIAF| Sansa Stark}} with [[Maester]] [[Luwin]] aiding [[Catelyn Stark]] during the delivery.{{ref|AGOT|6}} In her eleven years, she has been tutored by [[Septa]] [[Mordane]] in the traditional womanly activities.{{ref|AGOT|7}} Luwin has also educated the Stark children.{{ref|AFFC|6}}

[[Jon Snow]], having covered himself with flour to appear as a ghost, once tried to scare his younger siblings in the [[crypt of Winterfell]]. While Sansa and [[Bran Stark|Bran]] were frightened, [[Arya Stark|Arya]] instead punched their half-brother.{{ref|AGOT|50}}

Sansa became infatuated with Ser [[Waymar Royce]] when the young man stopped at Winterfell on his way to [[Castle Black]].{{ref|AFFC|23}} [[Theon Greyjoy]], the ward of Lord [[Eddard Stark]], has pondered wedding Sansa and being accepted by Eddard as a son.{{ref|ADWD|12}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Lady by smirtouille.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa with [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]]. Illustrated by Smirtouille © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Sansa names her [[direwolf]] pup [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]].{{ref|AGOT|7}} With her father [[Eddard Stark]]'s appointment as [[Hand of the King]], Sansa is delighted at the prospect of life at court in [[King's Landing]] and is thrilled by her [[marriage|betrothal]] to the handsome Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|7}}

On their journey to the capital, Sansa is frightened when she meets Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], the [[King's Justice]], at the [[crossroads inn]]. Joffrey courts Sansa at the insistence of his mother, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. The two are walking together near the [[ruby ford]] when they come upon her sister, [[Arya Stark|Arya]], playing at swords with the boy [[Mycah]]. Joffrey draws his sword, [[Lion's Tooth]], and threatens Mycah, but Arya fights with him; her direwolf [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]] disarms and superficially wounds him.{{Ref|aGoT|15}}

Later recounting the tale to Joffrey's father, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], at [[Darry]], Arya tells the truth while Joffrey lies, saying that Mycah, Arya, and Nymeria attacked him without provocation. Sansa, not wishing to betray her future husband, lies and refuses to verify either story, pleading that she does not remember. Cersei uses the opportunity to insist that the direwolf that attacked her son be killed. Arya, having anticipated this, had driven Nymeria away. To assuage the queen, Sansa's direwolf Lady is killed by Eddard instead.{{Ref|aGoT|16}}

Sansa feuds with Arya in King's Landing, placing the majority of the blame on her sister for Lady's death. Sansa remains infatuated with Joffrey, largely overlooking his violent mood swings, and she develops a close relationship with Queen Cersei as well. Attending the [[Hand's tourney]] celebrating her father's appointment, Sansa finds many of her notions of [[knight]]ly valor and chivalry reinforced, seeing the events as worthy of one of her favored stories. To warn Sansa about dangers she faces, [[Sandor Clegane]] tells the girl how his brother, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], burned his face. She also develops a crush on Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], the Knight of Flowers; when he gives her a red rose, she is certain she is living in a romantic song.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}

[[File:Sansa-ANobleCause-DrazenkaKimpel.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa kneels before the [[Iron Throne]], pleading for the life of her father, [[Eddard Stark]]. Illustrated by Drazenka Kimpel © Fantasy Flight Games]]

After Eddard discovers the truth of Joffrey's parentage and tells his daughters that he is returning them to [[Winterfell]] on the ''[[Wind Witch]]'', Sansa, in an act of defiance, runs to the queen and tells her of her father's plans, pleading that she might be allowed to stay and marry Joffrey. Her doing so unwittingly aids Cersei's plot against her father.{{Ref|aGoT|44}}{{Ref|aGoT|50}} After Eddard's arrest, Sansa is detained in [[Maegor's Holdfast]], and her friend [[Jeyne Poole]] is taken away by Lord [[Petyr Baelish]].{{ref|AGOT|51}} Sansa is forced to call her father a traitor. She pleads in front of the king and his retainers for mercy. Joffrey, now king after Robert's death, promises to be merciful,{{ref|AGOT|57}} but on the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] he orders Ilyn to execute Eddard as Sansa helplessly looks on.{{ref|AGOT|65}}

[[File:Cersei and Sansa.png|thumb|250px|Sansa sending a letter to her family at the behest of Cersei Lannister. Illustrated by Magali Villeneuve © Penguin Random House]]

Even after Eddard's beheading, Cersei declares that Joffrey should still be married to Sansa upon her flowering. Sansa, horrified at the prospect and only wanting to return home, has no choice but to remain in King's Landing during the deteriorating situation, as a hostage, and denounce her father and brother as traitors. Joffrey shows Sansa her father's head, which has been placed on a spike in the [[Red Keep]]. Sansa briefly considers pushing the prince to his death, even if it means she will die as well, but Sandor subtly stops her.{{ref|AGOT|67}}

After the [[Battle of the Camps]], Sansa's brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] is proclaimed [[King in the North]] at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Mathia_Arkoniel_the_riot.jpg|thumb|350px|The Hound rescued Sansa Stark during the Riot of King’s Landing. - by Mathia Arkoniel ©]]
Now effectively a hostage in the [[Red Keep]], Sansa armors herself in her lady's courtesies as she dutifully goes through the motions of denouncing her family as traitors and pleading to them for peace. King [[Joffrey I Baratheon]] frequently orders her to be beaten by his [[Kingsguard]]{{ref|ACOK|2}} as punishment for actions taken by her rebellious brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]].{{ref|ACOK|32}} At the [[tourney on King Joffrey's name day]], Sansa realizes she has lost her romantic notions about knightly and courtly love. Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] disgraces himself by showing up too drunk to compete. Joffrey decides he should be killed, causing a horrified Sansa to make up a convincing lie which [[Sandor Clegane]] backs up. Sansa pleads successfully with the king to spare Dontos, and a placated Joffrey instead strips him of his knighthood and makes him a court [[fool]], as Sansa suggested.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

When [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives in [[King's Landing]] and assumes the position of acting [[Hand of the King]], he sees an end to the more overt abuses directed at Sansa, including stopping Ser [[Meryn Trant]] from stripping the girl naked and beating her.{{ref|ACOK|32}} Sansa develops a unique relationship with Sandor, who despite his brusque words and hideous demeanor treats her gently, protects her, and refuses to beat her at Joffrey's command. He privately mocks her for her naive nature but also displays sympathy for her predicament.{{ref|ACOK|18}}

One night Sansa finds a note in her room, directing her to come to the [[godswood]] if she wants to go home. It is from Dontos, who promises that a plan is in place to free her from the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] and bring her to [[Winterfell]]. Wary of a trap, she agrees to Dontos's promise, who in turn counsels patience and perseverance. Feigning a newfound piety to the [[old gods]], Sansa makes frequent trips to the godswood to meet with Dontos, at first seeing him as a gallant rescuer who seeks redemption for the shame he brought upon himself, though she eventually comes to doubt his competence. They refer to each other as [[Florian the Fool|Florian]] and [[Jonquil]].{{Ref|aCoK|18}}{{Ref|ACOK|52}}

During the [[riot of King's Landing]] after the departure of Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]] to [[Dorne]], Ser [[Mandon Moore]] abandons Sansa to protect Joffrey and the girl is separated from the royal party. Sandor rescues the wounded Sansa from the mob and returns her to the Red Keep.{{ref|ACOK|41}}

[[File:Luaprata91 sandor sansa eve of battle.JPG|thumb|350px|Sandor takes a song from Sansa during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Illustrated by © Luaprata91]]

As [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s army approaches the city, Sansa experiences her first [[flowering]], making her officially a woman.{{Ref|aCoK|52}} During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] Sansa takes refuge with many of the other ladies of the court in the sept of the Red Keep and the Queen's Ballroom. She remains strong and attempts to calm many of the other frightened women, despite the bitter and cynical words of a drunk Cersei, who spends her time sniping at Sansa and the other attendant ladies before storming out.{{ref|AGOT|57}}{{ref|ACOK|60}}{{ref|ACOK|62}}

When Sansa returns to her chambers, she finds Sandor hidden in her room, broken from the threat of [[wildfire]]. He drunkenly offers to take Sansa with him as he flees the city. She refuses, and he makes her sing for him at knifepoint.{{Ref|aCoK|62}} After he leaves, Sansa puts on Sandor's bloody cloak, then keeps it in a chest with her summer dresses. Later on, Sansa remembers [[UnKiss|something more]] happening, she believes Sandor kissed her that night. Dontos later informs Sansa that Stannis was defeated by the arrival of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and [[House Tyrell]].{{ref|ACOK|62}}

After the Lannister victory, it is announced that Sansa's betrothal to Joffrey is at an end, for the Crown's alliance with the Tyrells includes a marriage pact between Joffrey and Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]'s daughter, [[Margaery Tyrell]]. Joffrey assures Sansa he will still get to have her sexually, stating as a king he can take whomever he wants to bed. Sansa remains in King's Landing, still a hostage to the Lannisters; Dontos assures her the plan to get her home is still in place after the wedding, giving her a hairnet adorned with dark purple [[amethyst]]s.{{Ref|aCoK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Natascha Roeoesli Sansa hairnet.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa Stark with her amethyst hairnet. Illustrated by Natascha Röösli © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Since [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] are believed to have been murdered by [[Theon Greyjoy]], Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] releases Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] from captivity at [[Riverrun]], in return for his promise to return with her daughters, Sansa and [[Arya Stark]].{{ref|ASOS|1}}{{ref|ASOS|2}}

Sansa remembers the night Sandor left, and she wishes he was still there. Sansa is asked to sup with [[Margaery Tyrell]] and her grandmother [[Olenna Redwyne]]. Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] takes her breath away with his beauty and compliments, but he does not appear to remember her or the rose from the [[Hand's tourney]]. When Olenna tries to find out more about Joffrey, Sansa confesses that the king is a monster and begs Margaery not to marry him. Margaery insists that she will be safe with her brother Loras's addition to the [[Kingsguard]], and brushes off the concerns. The Tyrell women raise the possibility of Sansa being taken to [[Highgarden]] to be married to the Tyrell heir, [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], who is crippled, but kind, intelligent, and capable. Sansa readily agrees, anxious to be free of the Lannisters, and she becomes friends with Margaery for a time.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}

Sansa shares with Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] the Tyrell plot, but the fool advises against it, fearfully noting that the Tyrells are not as gentle as they seem. Sansa, frustrated with the apparent lack of progress in Dontos's own plans, disregards his warnings.{{ref|ASOS|16}} However, he informs his employer, Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], of the plot, who in turn informs the Lannisters.{{ref|ASOS|19}}{{ref|ASOS|61}}

[[File:Flawed by algesiras.jpg|thumb|300px|Sansa's wedding to the Imp, [[Tyrion Lannister]]. Illustrated by © Algesiras]]

Not wishing to lose their hostage, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] acts quickly to marry Sansa to [[Tyrion Lannister]] against the wishes of both parties.{{ref|ASOS|19}} Sansa, now thirteen, does her best to hide her feelings toward her disfigured [[dwarf]] husband, remaining courteous despite her disgust with his appearance and her deep unhappiness with the marriage. Tyrion does not require that she consummate the marriage, for which Sansa is grateful,{{ref|asos|28}} particularly after learning of the deaths of her mother, Catelyn, and brother, King [[Robb Stark|Robb]], at the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|asos|59}} Sansa's maids include [[Brella]] and [[Shae]], the latter of whom is Tyrion's secret lover.{{ref|AGOT|58}}

Sansa wears the hairnet she had received from Dontos to the wedding between Joffrey and Margaery. When Joffrey [[Purple Wedding|chokes and dies]] at the wedding feast, Sansa flees and meets with Dontos. He escorts her to a boat that takes her to a ship in [[Blackwater Bay]], where she is greeted by Lord Baelish, known as Littlefinger. He explains that Joffrey's death was due to [[strangler|a poison]] that had been smuggled into the feast, disguised as the amethysts on her hairnet, and shares with Sansa some of the details of the plot between himself and Lady Olenna to kill Joffrey. Littlefinger also has Dontos killed and dumped overboard, explaining that while he had played his part well, a drunk such as Dontos could never be entrusted to keep such sensitive information secret for long.{{ref|asos|61}}

Tyrion is arrested for Joffrey's death and put on trial.{{ref|ASOS|66}} With Sansa having disappeared, it is widely believed that she conspired with her husband. One rumor states she vanished in a puff of brimstone after helping Tyrion murder the king, with a ghostly [[direwolf]] with bloody jaws then haunting the [[Red Keep]],{{ref|ASOS|62}} while another rumor claims that Sansa killed Joffrey with [[magic]], changed into a wolf with the wings of a bat, and flew from the castle.{{ref|ASOS|74}} Queen Cersei places Sansa's maids in a tower cell,{{ref|ASOS|62}} and Loras thinks that Sansa attempted to poison his sister Margaery as well as Joffrey.{{ref|ASOS|67}} Jaime Lannister tasks [[Brienne of Tarth]] with finding Sansa and bringing her to safety.{{ref|ASOS|72}}

The ''[[Merling King]]'' takes Sansa to [[Drearfort|Petyr's tower]] at the [[Fingers]] in the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]]. Petyr coaches her on a story to pass her off as his bastard daughter, '''Alayne Stone''', to avoid detection.<ref group="N">When put together, the alias "Alayne" used by Sansa and the alias "Cat" used by her sister [[Arya Stark]], they form the first name of their mother, [[Catelyn Stark]].</ref> Sansa's aunt, Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], meets with them and weds Petyr at the tower. Upon returning to her bed for the night, Sansa is accosted by Lysa's singer, [[Marillion]], who tries to rape her. Sansa is saved by the intervention of Ser [[Lothor Brune]], Littlefinger's personal guard. After briefly thinking that it is Sandor and not Lothor who rescued her, Sansa dreams of Sandor in her marriage bed, as well as the deaths of Joffrey and Robb. In the morning, Lysa reveals she knows Sansa is her niece. Lysa agrees to assist in the deception, providing the girl with [[hair dye]] to color her most obvious [[House Tully|Tully]] feature, her auburn hair. Lysa also proposes to wed Sansa to her sickly son, Lord [[Robert Arryn]]. Sansa is appalled by this, but keeps her true feelings to herself.{{ref|asos|68}}

[[File:MKomarck SansaEyrie.jpg|thumb|300px|Sansa as Alayne Stone, building a snow [[Winterfell]] in the gardens of the [[Eyrie]]. Illustrated by Michael Komarck © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Later in the [[Eyrie]], Sansa finds herself having to comfort young Robert, who is no longer able to share his mother's bed, since Petyr is in it. Robert frequently crawls into her bed and she is disgusted by his [[shaking sickness]], which often leads him to wet her bed. Increasingly resembling a grown woman, she denies the sexual advances of Marillion. Sansa is homesick in the Eyrie, and when snow falls in the courtyard where the [[godswood]] would not grow, she makes an elaborate snow fort, which eventually takes the shape of [[Winterfell]]. She is surprised when Lord Baelish helps her and kisses her, which is witnessed by Lysa. Before Sansa has time to digest what happened, Robert comes out and destroys the castle which upsets her even more. She rips his doll and he goes into a shaking spell.{{ref|asos|80}}

A jealous Lysa accuses Sansa of trying to seduce her new husband, and she threatens to shove the girl through the [[Moon Door]]. Littlefinger arrives in time to intervene, however. After Lysa drunkenly confesses to having poisoned her first husband, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], on Petyr's orders, Littlefinger shoves Lysa out of the Moon Door to her death, framing Marillion for the murder.{{ref|asos|80}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Drazenka KimpelAlayne Stone.png|thumb|350px|Alayne Stone. Illustrated by Drazenka Kimpel © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Brienne of Tarth]] searches the [[crownlands]] and the [[riverlands]] for Sansa, whom she claims is her sister.{{ref|AFFC|4}}{{ref|AFFC|14}} Along the road to [[Duskendale]], Brienne meets Ser [[Shadrich|Shadrich of the Shady Glen]], a hedge knight seeking the girl for a gold bounty.{{ref|AFFC|4}} Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] regrets having followed King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s commands to beat Sansa.{{ref|AFFC|13}}

During a meeting of the new [[small council]] of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] is angered that Sansa, whom Cersei believes she tried to mentor, helped to [[Purple Wedding|murder her son]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Sansa, still in the guise of "Alayne Stone", becomes the ''de facto'' Lady of the [[Eyrie]], comforting her sickly young cousin, Lord [[Robert Arryn]], while being tutored by [[Petyr Baelish]], [[Lord Protector of the Vale]], in some of the finer points of courtly intrigue. She tells Lord [[Nestor Royce]] that [[Marillion]] killed [[Lysa Arryn]], not Littlefinger, and she deduces that Petyr grants the [[Gates of the Moon]] to Nestor to gain his political support.{{ref|AFFC|10}} Lysa's jewels and wardrobe of silks, satins, velvets, and furs are given by Petyr to Alayne, although most of the clothing is too large for her.{{ref|AFFC|23}}

When Ser [[Lyn Corbray]] draws his sword during a parlay at the Eyrie between Petyr and the [[Lords Declarant]], Littlefinger leverages the breach of etiquette to demand a trial period of [[regency]] over the little Lord Robert, whom Alayne calls Sweetrobin. She correctly surmises that Lyn is under Petyr's employ, which Littlefinger confirms.{{ref|AFFC|23}}

The Arryn court departs the Eyrie for the Gates of the Moon because of the onset of winter. Preparing for departure, Alayne lets Sweetrobin kiss her, but when his lips touch hers, she remembers Sandor kissing her. Alayne befriends Lord Nestor's daughter, [[Myranda Royce]], and helps Robert during the journey down the [[Giant's Lance]]. Alayne tells Myranda that she is fourteen, a year older than Sansa actually is at the time. Once at the Gates of the Moon, Alayne is introduced to three hedge knights, among which is Ser Shadrich. Petyr later reveals his plan to Alayne for the eventual marriage of Sansa to the heir of the Vale of Arryn, Ser [[Harrold Hardyng]], and to reveal her true identity to the Lords of the Vale and to reclaim [[Winterfell]] in her name.{{ref|affc|41}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Stannis Baratheon]] wants to bestow [[Winterfell]] on [[Jon Snow]], now [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], but Jon insists the castle is his half-sister Sansa's birthright.{{ref|ADWD|3}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Finding a means of meeting her betrothed, Alayne suggests that a personal guard be formed to protect Lord [[Robert Arryn]], named the [[Brotherhood of Winged Knights]], whose initial members would be selected in a tourney. She meets the newly-knighted [[Harrold Hardyng]] when he comes to the [[Gates of the Moon]] to compete for a position in the brotherhood. When he first meets Alayne he treats her with contempt for her [[bastard]] status. Sansa remembers that [[Joffrey Baratheon]] was attractive as well, but cruel, while the ugly [[Tyrion Lannister]] was kinder. She attempts to beguile Harrold during a feast held that evening at the behest of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]].<ref name="twow"/>

==Quotes by Sansa==
{{Quote|There are no heroes ... In life, the monsters win.{{Ref|aGoT|67}}|Sansa's thoughts after the execution of [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Maybe my brother will give me your head.{{Ref|agot|67}}|Sansa to Joffrey}}

{{Quote|The [[Hound]] is right ... I am only a little bird, repeating the words they taught me.{{Ref|aGoT|67}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{Quote|Once, she had loved Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] with all her heart, and admired and trusted his mother, [[Cersei Lannister|the queen]]. They had repaid that love and trust with [[Eddard Stark|her father]]'s head. Sansa would never make that mistake again.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{Quote|''"I will remember, Your Grace,"'' said Sansa, though she had always heard that love was a surer route to the people's loyalty than fear. ''"If I am ever a queen, I'll make them love me."''{{Ref|acok|60}}|Sansa in response to [[Cersei Lannister]]'s advice}}

{{Quote|I would be gladder if it were the [[Hound]], Sansa thought. Harsh as he was, she did not believe [[Sandor Clegane]] would let any harm come to her.{{Ref|acok|57}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{Quote|I wish the [[Hound]] were here. The night of the battle, [[Sandor Clegane]] had come to her chambers to take her from the city, but Sansa had refused. Sometimes she lay awake at night, wondering if she'd been wise. She had his stained white cloak hidden in a cedar chest beneath her summer silks. She could not say why she'd kept it. The Hound had turned craven, she heard it said; at the height of the battle, he got so drunk [[Tyrion Lannister|the Imp]] had to take his men. But Sansa understood. She knew the secret of his burned face. It was only the fire he feared. That night, the wildfire had set the river itself ablaze, and filled the very air with green flame. Even in the castle, Sansa had been afraid. Outside... she could scarcely imagine it.{{Ref|asos|6}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{quote|They are children, Sansa thought. They are silly little girls, even Elinor. They’ve never seen a battle, they’ve never seen a man die, they know nothing. Their dreams were full of songs and stories, the way hers had been before Joffrey cut her fathers head off. Sansa pitied them. Sansa envied them.{{ref|ASOS|16}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{quote|Brave. Sansa took a deep breath. I am a Stark, yes, I can be brave.{{ref|asos|28}}|Sansa's thoughts during her wedding to Tyrion}}

{{quote|'''Tyrion''': I know I am not the sort of husband young girls dream of, Sansa, but neither am I [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. '''Sansa''': No. You were kind to me. I remember.{{ref|ASOS|28}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Sansa}}

{{quote|Is it all lies, forever and ever, everyone and everything?{{ref|asos|61}}|Sansa}}

{{Quote|My skin has turned to porcelain, to [[ivory]], to [[steel]].{{ref|aSoS|61}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{Quote|The memory of her own wedding night with Tyrion was much with her. In the dark, I am the Knight of Flowers, he had said. I could be good to you. But that was only another Lannister lie. A dog can smell a lie, you know, the Hound had told her once. She could almost hear the rough rasp of his voice. Look around you, and take a good whiff. They're all liars here, and every one better than you. She wondered what had become of [[Sandor Clegane]].{{Ref|asos|68}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{Quote|No one will ever marry me for love. But lying came easy to her now.{{Ref|asos|68}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{quote|A pure world, Sansa thought. I do not belong here. Yet she stepped out all the same... She could feel the snow on her lashes, taste it on her lips. It was the taste of Winterfell. The taste of innocence. The taste of dreams... Another new day. It was the old days she hungered for. Prayed for. But who could she pray to? The garden had been meant for a godswood once, she knew, but the soil was too thin and stony for a weirwood to take root. A godswood without gods, as empty as me.{{ref|asos|80}}|Sansa in the snow at the Eyrie}}

{{quote|She wondered where this courage had come from, to speak to him so frankly. ''From Winterfell'', she thought. ''I am stronger within the walls of Winterfell''.{{ref|asos|80}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{quote|Sansa Stark went up the mountain, but Alayne Stone is coming down. It was a strange thought. Coming up, [[Mya Stone|Mya]] had warned her to keep her eyes on the path ahead, she remembered. “Look up, not down,” she said… but that was not possible on the descent. ''I could close my eyes. The mule knows the way, he has no need of me.'' But that seemed more something Sansa would have done, that frightened girl. Alayne was an older woman, and bastard brave.{{ref|affc|41}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{Quote|I am not [[Petyr Baelish|your]] daughter, she thought. I am Sansa Stark, Lord Eddard’s daughter and Lady Catelyn’s, the blood of Winterfell. She did not say it, though.{{ref|affc|10}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{quote|'''Petyr''': Trust no one, I once told [[Eddard Stark]], but he would not listen. You are Alayne, and you must be Alayne all the time. Even here. In your heart. Can you do that? Can you be my daughter in your heart? '''Sansa''': I... ''(I do not know, my Lord, she almost said, but that was not what he wanted to hear. Lies and Arbor Gold, she thought.'') I am Alayne, Father. Who else would I be? '''Petyr''': With my wits and [[Catelyn Stark|Cat's]] beauty, the world will be yours, sweetling.{{ref|affc|10}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] and Sansa}}

{{quote|[[Jon Snow]] was the only brother that remained to her. ''I am a bastard too now, just like him. Oh, it would be so sweet to see him once again.'' But of course that could never be. Alayne Stone had no brothers, baseborn or otherwise.{{ref|affc|41}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

{{Quote|As [[Robert Arryn|the boy's]] lips touched her own she found herself thinking of [[UnKiss|another kiss]]. She could still remember how it felt, when [[Sandor Clegane|his cruel mouth]] pressed down on her own. He had come to Sansa in the darkness as [[wildfire|green fire]] filled the sky. He took a song and a kiss, and left me nothing but a bloody cloak.{{Ref|aFfC|41}}|Sansa's thoughts}}

==Quotes about Sansa==
[[File:Magali Villeneuve Sansa StarkII.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa Stark. Illustrated by Magali Villeneuve, © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{quote|She blushed prettily. She did everything prettily, Arya thought with dull resentment.{{ref|AGOT|7}}|[[Arya Stark]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|You're like one of those birds from the [[Summer Isles]], aren’t you? A pretty little talking bird, repeating all the pretty little words they taught you to recite.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to Sansa}}

{{Quote|Life is not a song, sweetling. Someday you may learn that, to your sorrow.{{ref|agot|44}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to Sansa}}

{{Quote|Sansa was a lady at three, always so courteous and eager to please. She loved nothing so well as tales of [[knight]]ly valor. Men would say she had my look, but she will grow into a woman far more beautiful than I ever was, you can see that. I often sent away her maid so I could brush her hair myself. She had auburn hair, lighter than mine, and so thick and soft... the red in it would catch the light of the torches and shine like [[copper]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{quote|The man who weds Sansa Stark can claim [[Winterfell]] in her name.{{ref|ASOS|28}}|[[Kevan Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|And she sang for me. You didn’t know that, did you? Your sister sang me a sweet little song.{{Ref|aSoS|47}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|She is just as comely as [[Margaery Tyrell|the Tyrell girl]]. Her hair was a rich [[autumn]] auburn, her eyes a deep [[House Tully|Tully]] blue. Grief had given her a haunted, vulnerable look; if anything, it had only made her more beautiful. He wanted to reach her, to break through the armor of her courtesy.{{ref|asos|60}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|'''Sandor''': The little bird flew away, did she? Well, bloody good for her. She shit on [[Tyrion Lannister|the Imp's]] head and flew off. '''Polliver''': They'll find her. If it takes half the gold in [[Casterly Rock]]. '''Tickler''': A pretty girl, I hear. Honey sweet. '''Sandor''': And courteous. A proper little lady. Not like [[Arya Stark|her bloody sister]].{{Ref|aSoS|74}}|[[Sandor Clegane]], [[Polliver]], and the [[Tickler]]}}

{{quote|'''Shadrich''': A little lost sister, is it? With blue eyes and auburn hair? You are not the only hunter in the woods. I seek for Sansa Stark as well. '''Brienne''': Who is this Sansa Stark, and why do you seek her? '''Shadrich''': For love, why else? '''Brienne''': Love? '''Shadrich''': Aye, love of gold.{{ref|AFFC|4}}|[[Shadrich]] and [[Brienne]]}}

{{quote|You have [[Catelyn Stark|your mother's]] eyes. Honest eyes, and innocent. Blue as a sunlit sea. When you are a little older, many a man will drown in those eyes.{{ref|AFFC|10}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to Sansa}}

{{quote|I ought to have shown her to the [[black cells]] as the daughter of [[Eddard Stark|a traitor]], but instead I made her part of mine own household. She shared my hearth and hall, played with my own children. I fed her, dressed her, tried to make her a little less ignorant about the world, and how did she repay me for my kindness? She helped [[Purple Wedding|murder my son]]. When we find [[Tyrion Lannister|the Imp]], we will find the Lady Sansa too. She is not dead ... but before I am done with her, I promise you, she will be singing to the [[Stranger (the Seven)|Stranger]], begging for his kiss.{{ref|AFFC|17}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to the [[small council]]}}

{{quote|When [[Robert Arryn|Robert]] dies, Harry the Heir becomes Lord [[Harrold Hardyng|Harrold]], [[Defender of the Vale]] and [[Lord of the Eyrie]]. [[Jon Arryn]]'s bannermen will never love me, nor our silly, shaking Robert, but they will love their Young Falcon ... and when they come together for his wedding, and you come out with your long auburn hair, clad in a maiden's cloak of white and grey with a [[direwolf]] emblazoned on the back ... why, every [[knights of the Vale|knight in the Vale]] will pledge his sword to win you back your birthright. So those are your gifts from me, my sweet Sansa ... Harry, the [[Eyrie]], and [[Winterfell]]. That's worth another kiss now, don't you think?{{ref|AFFC|42}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to Sansa}}

{{quote|A thousand years ago, she had known a girl who loved lemon cakes.{{ref|adwd|64}}|[[Arya Stark|Arya]] thinks of Sansa}}

{{quote|Winterfell belongs to my sister, Sansa.{{ref|adwd|17}}|[[Jon Snow]]}}

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