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Quincy Cox

2026-01-15T16:39:08Z

Exodianecross: /* A Feast for Crows */ It sounds better this way.

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| Culture = [[Rivermen]]
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'''Quincy Cox''' is the Knight of [[Saltpans]] and the head of [[House Cox]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

==Character==
Quincy is an old man.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
When [[Saltpans]] is raided by a group reportedly led by [[Sandor Clegane]] (actually [[Rorge]] wearing Sandor's signature [[Hound]] helmet), Ser Quincy orders his castle gates shut and never attempts to help the inhabitants of the town. [[raid on Saltpans|Saltpans is burned]] and the smallfolk scatter.{{Ref|AFFC|31}} A dying woman curses Quincy for not preventing her rape by [[Brave Companions]] and mutilation by [[Biter]].{{Ref|AFFC|31}}

==Quotes about Quincy==
{{Quote|'''Meribald''': Ser Quincy is an old man. His sons and good-sons are far away or dead, his grandsons are still boys, and he has two daughters. What could he have done, one man against so many? 
'''Elder Brother''': True words, and wise. When you cross to [[Saltpans]], no doubt Ser Quincy will ask you for forgiveness. I am glad you are here to give it. I could not.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}|[[Meribald]] and the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]]}}

{{Quote|He could have tried. He could have died. Young or old, a [[true knight]] is sworn to protect those who are weaker than himself, or die in the attempt.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

==Family==
{{Cox tree}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Cox]]
[[Category:Characters from the Riverlands|Cox, Quincy]]
[[Category:Knights|Cox, Quincy]]
[[Category:Knights of Saltpans|Cox, Quincy]]
[[Category:Landed knights|Cox, Quincy]]
[[Category:Nobles|Cox, Quincy]]

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[[pt:Quincy Cox]]
[[ru:Квинси Кокс]]

Talk:Widow's Law

2023-11-02T15:52:13Z

Exodianecross:

== Enforcement of the Widow's Law ==

There's one question, how can the "Widow's Law" be enforced or how can a widow claim her rights? My point is that a heir to a noble house could simply force his/her stepmother to give up her rights by threatening her with death if she doesn't accept. Maybe by forcing her to join the "Silent Sisters" immediately after the funeral! Randyll Tarly did something similar to remove his firstborn son, who he considered a disgrace, to replace him as heir with his secondborn son who was in his eyes more suitable. Samwell could nothing else do than to oblige and was rather defenseless. --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 19:04, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

:I suppose enforcing the law is a duty of the major lords in every region, as well as of the Lords Paramount and even the King. --[[User:Somnium Draconis|Somnium Draconis]] ([[User talk:Somnium Draconis|talk]]) 14:51, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

::I can see that. But apparently that's also a matter of power and interest! Samwell could do nothing against his father's decision like appealing to Mace Tyrell. So I'm wondering how a widow, a second or third wife, could do anything against the heir of the house if he/she coerces her out and pretend it's her will to leave, join the Silent Sisters or something else! --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 15:52, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Milk brother

2023-11-02T03:06:35Z

Exodianecross:

== Milk sister ==

Does the term 'milk sister' also exist in the world of Ice and Fire? --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 00:16, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

:It [https://asearchoficeandfire.com/?q=milk%20sister does not exist in the current text], but it likely exists in-world. Can't see any reason why not. --[[User:Mindset|Mindset]] ([[User talk:Mindset|talk]]) 01:30, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Widow's Law

2023-11-01T19:05:36Z

Exodianecross:

Talk:Widow's Law

2023-11-01T19:04:26Z

Exodianecross: Enforcement of the Widow's Law

Talk:Milk brother

2023-10-23T00:16:54Z

Exodianecross: Created page with "== Milk sister == Does the term 'milk sister' also exists in the world of Ice and Fire? --~~~~"

== Milk sister ==

Does the term 'milk sister' also exists in the world of Ice and Fire? --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 00:16, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Joss Stilwood

2023-10-03T22:47:58Z

Exodianecross: minor add

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'''Joss Stilwood''' is one of the [[Mountain's men]] and serves as squire of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]],{{ref|ACOK|30}} along with a [[pimply squire|pimply Sarsfield squire]].{{ref|AWOIAF|Arya Stark}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Joss squires for Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] during the [[Hand's tourney]] in [[King's Landing]].{{ref|ACOK|30}} When Gregor is unhorsed by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], he calls for his squire to bring his sword, which the Mountain then uses to kill the horse.{{ref|AGOT|30}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
According to [[Chiswyck]], an overflowing river detoured the [[Mountain's men]] to a nearby alehouse while they were returning from the tourney. [[Rafford]] urged Joss to loss his virginity to the brewer's young daughter, [[Layna]]. When the brewer objected, Gregor and his men raped the girl. Gregor also stabbed the brewer's son in the belly when he tried to intervene.{{ref|ACOK|30}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Qyburn]] mentions to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] that he questioned Gregor's squire, who informed him that Gregor constantly suffers from extreme headaches and consumes vast quantities of [[milk of the poppy]] to try and dull the pain.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

==References==
{{references}}

[[Category:House Stilwood]]
[[Category:Characters from the Westerlands|Stilwood, Joss]]
[[Category:House Clegane retainers|Stilwood, Joss]]
[[Category:Nobles|Stilwood, Joss]]
[[Category:Squires|Stilwood, Joss]]

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[[ru:Джосс Стилвуд]]

Maiden

2020-08-12T17:19:23Z

Exodianecross: More details

[[File:The North Remembers by Isabel Westling.jpg|Despite being married to [[Tyrion Lannister]], [[Sansa Stark]] has remained a maid. © Isabel Westling |thumb|300px|right]]

A '''maid''' or a '''maiden''' usually refers to a virgin woman. Maidens may be [[Marriage|wedded]] and [[bedded]]; However, many husbands will wait until the bride is fifteen or sixteen before sleeping with them. Very young mothers tend to have significantly higher rates of death in childbirth, as noted by the [[maesters]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P210/ Age of Sexual Relations in Westeros (October 05, 1999)]</ref>

A guarantee of a woman's virginity is normally the presence of a maidenhead. Women are generally expected to be virgins on their wedding night, more so for noblewomen. However, noblewomen are more likely to lose their maidenheads during [[horse]]back riding, it is said, and proof of their maidenhead during the wedding night - a bloody sheet - is therefore not often insisted upon.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Nonetheless, men might refuse a bride if she is no longer chaste.{{Ref|TRP}}

The loss of a noblewoman's virginity can diminish her possibilities for marriage. When Ser [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]] took the virginity of Lady [[Alys Stackspear]], after which she became pregnant, his brother, Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], insisted upon their marriage.<ref>Unabridged edition of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]: [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ The Westerlands (georgerrmartin.com)]</ref> However, Lady [[Delena Florent]], who had been deflowered by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and given birth to his [[bastard]] son [[Edric Storm]], was eventually offered Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s youngest son, the [[dwarf]] [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], as husband. While Lord Tywin himself made the offer, he considered it to be below the standards of his house nonetheless.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

Virginity can also be held in high esteem by the [[Dothraki]]. According to [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]], when Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]] attempted to claim his [[Daenerys Targaryen|sister's]] maidenhead prior to her wedding to ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]], he would have undone years of planning,{{Ref|ADWD|5}} implying that Khal Drogo would not have accepted Princess Daenerys as his bride if she had not come to him a virgin.

A price can be placed upon a girl's maidenhead. For example, [[Emma]], a serving wench at the [[Quill and Tankard]] in [[Oldtown]], determined that [[Rosey|her daughter's]] maidenhead would cost a [[Currency|golden dragon]].{{Ref|AFFC|Prologue}} Other forms of payment can also be used at times.{{Ref|TMK}}

A virgin man can also be referred to as a maiden{{Ref|ASOS|75}} or a man-maid{{Ref|ADWD|68}} on occasion.

In contrast to the rest of Westeros attitudes about sexuality are more relaxed in [[Dorne]]{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}. Therefore it is not expected by the [[Dornishmen]] that a woman stays a maid till marriage. Princess [[Arianne Martell]] lost her virginity to [[Daemon Sand]] when they were both fourteen years old, and their couplings had been both clumsy and ardent. Arianne recalls that it had been sweet.<ref name="twow-arianne">''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref> Although her father [[Doran Martell|Doran]], [[Prince of Dorne]], eventually learned of this, he did not react to it.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}. Arianne continued to have multiple lovers over the years, including at least one of her childhood friends, as well as Ser [[Gerold Dayne]] of [[High Hermitage]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Arianne Martell}}{{ref|ADWD|38}}{{Ref|AFFC|21}}{{ref|affc|40}}

==See also==
*[[Customs#Marriage|Marriage]]
*[[First Night]]
*[[Bedding]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I am still a maid.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|[[Sansa Stark]], to [[Lysa Tully]]}}

{{Quote|[[Randyll Tarly|He]] told me once I was sure to die a maiden.{{Ref|ASOS|75}}|[[Samwell Tarly]], to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|A [[House Frey|Frey]] girl, and not of my choosing, she is [[Amerei Frey|not even a maiden]].{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Lancel Lannister]], on his chosen bride}}

{{Quote|Do you want to die a man-maid?{{Ref|ADWD|68}}|[[Gerris Drinkwater]], to [[Quentyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|[[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] never shed a tear, though it was she who was leaving hearth and home to seal [[House Martell#Recent Events|an alliance]] with her maidenhood.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}|[[Arys Oakheart]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:Terms]]

Talk:Dragonrider

2020-08-09T13:08:16Z

Exodianecross: Created page with "== Daenerys a "true dragonrider"? == Is it sure that Daenerys is a true dragonrider in the sense of the other known Targaryens/Valyrians who used dragons as mounts? As far as..."

== Daenerys a "true dragonrider"? ==

Is it sure that Daenerys is a true dragonrider in the sense of the other known Targaryens/Valyrians who used dragons as mounts? As far as I can see Daenerys didn't use spells or a dragonhorn. --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 13:08, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Maiden

2020-07-31T15:33:09Z

Exodianecross: Correction

[[File:The North Remembers by Isabel Westling.jpg|Despite being married to [[Tyrion Lannister]], [[Sansa Stark]] has remained a maid. © Isabel Westling |thumb|300px|right]]

A '''maid''' or a '''maiden''' usually refers to a virgin woman. Maidens may be [[Marriage|wedded]] and [[bedded]]; However, many husbands will wait until the bride is fifteen or sixteen before sleeping with them. Very young mothers tend to have significantly higher rates of death in childbirth, as noted by the [[maesters]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P210/ Age of Sexual Relations in Westeros (October 05, 1999)]</ref>

A guarantee of a woman's virginity is normally the presence of a maidenhead. Women are generally expected to be virgins on their wedding night, more so for noblewomen. However, noblewomen are more likely to lose their maidenheads during [[horse]]back riding, it is said, and proof of their maidenhead during the wedding night - a bloody sheet - is therefore not often insisted upon.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Nonetheless, men might refuse a bride if she is no longer chaste.{{Ref|TRP}}

The loss of a noblewoman's virginity can diminish her possibilities for marriage. When Ser [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]] took the virginity of Lady [[Alys Stackspear]], after which she became pregnant, his brother, Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], insisted upon their marriage.<ref>Unabridged edition of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]: [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ The Westerlands (georgerrmartin.com)]</ref> However, Lady [[Delena Florent]], who had been deflowered by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and given birth to his [[bastard]] son [[Edric Storm]], was eventually offered Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s youngest son, the [[dwarf]] [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], as husband. While Lord Tywin himself made the offer, he considered it to be below the standards of his house nonetheless.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

Virginity can also be held in high esteem by the [[Dothraki]]. According to [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]], when Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]] attempted to claim his [[Daenerys Targaryen|sister's]] maidenhead prior to her wedding to ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]], he would have undone years of planning,{{Ref|ADWD|5}} implying that Khal Drogo would not have accepted Princess Daenerys as his bride if she had not come to him a virgin.

A price can be placed upon a girl's maidenhead. For example, [[Emma]], a serving wench at the [[Quill and Tankard]] in [[Oldtown]], determined that [[Rosey|her daughter's]] maidenhead would cost a [[Currency|golden dragon]].{{Ref|AFFC|Prologue}} Other forms of payment can also be used at times.{{Ref|TMK}}

A virgin man can also be referred to as a maiden{{Ref|ASOS|75}} or a man-maid{{Ref|ADWD|68}} on occasion.

In contrast to the rest of Westeros attitudes about sexuality are more relaxed in [[Dorne]]{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}, and also genderblind! Therefore it is not expected by the [[Dornishmen]] that a woman stays a maid till marriage. Princess [[Arianne Martell]] lost her virginity to [[Daemon Sand]] when they were both fourteen years old, and their couplings had been both clumsy and ardent. Arianne recalls that it had been sweet.<ref name="twow-arianne">''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref> Although her father [[Doran Martell|Doran]], [[Prince of Dorne]], eventually learned of this, he did not react to it.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}

==See also==
*[[Customs#Marriage|Marriage]]
*[[First Night]]
*[[Bedding]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I am still a maid.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|[[Sansa Stark]], to [[Lysa Tully]]}}

{{Quote|[[Randyll Tarly|He]] told me once I was sure to die a maiden.{{Ref|ASOS|75}}|[[Samwell Tarly]], to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|A [[House Frey|Frey]] girl, and not of my choosing, she is [[Amerei Frey|not even a maiden]].{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Lancel Lannister]], on his chosen bride}}

{{Quote|Do you want to die a man-maid?{{Ref|ADWD|68}}|[[Gerris Drinkwater]], to [[Quentyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|[[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] never shed a tear, though it was she who was leaving hearth and home to seal [[House Martell#Recent Events|an alliance]] with her maidenhood.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}|[[Arys Oakheart]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:Terms]]

Maiden

2020-07-31T15:26:26Z

Exodianecross: Attitudes in Dorne

[[File:The North Remembers by Isabel Westling.jpg|Despite being married to [[Tyrion Lannister]], [[Sansa Stark]] has remained a maid. © Isabel Westling |thumb|300px|right]]

A '''maid''' or a '''maiden''' usually refers to a virgin woman. Maidens may be [[Marriage|wedded]] and [[bedded]]; However, many husbands will wait until the bride is fifteen or sixteen before sleeping with them. Very young mothers tend to have significantly higher rates of death in childbirth, as noted by the [[maesters]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P210/ Age of Sexual Relations in Westeros (October 05, 1999)]</ref>

A guarantee of a woman's virginity is normally the presence of a maidenhead. Women are generally expected to be virgins on their wedding night, more so for noblewomen. However, noblewomen are more likely to lose their maidenheads during [[horse]]back riding, it is said, and proof of their maidenhead during the wedding night - a bloody sheet - is therefore not often insisted upon.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Nonetheless, men might refuse a bride if she is no longer chaste.{{Ref|TRP}}

The loss of a noblewoman's virginity can diminish her possibilities for marriage. When Ser [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]] took the virginity of Lady [[Alys Stackspear]], after which she became pregnant, his brother, Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], insisted upon their marriage.<ref>Unabridged edition of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]: [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ The Westerlands (georgerrmartin.com)]</ref> However, Lady [[Delena Florent]], who had been deflowered by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and given birth to his [[bastard]] son [[Edric Storm]], was eventually offered Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s youngest son, the [[dwarf]] [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], as husband. While Lord Tywin himself made the offer, he considered it to be below the standards of his house nonetheless.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

Virginity can also be held in high esteem by the [[Dothraki]]. According to [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]], when Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]] attempted to claim his [[Daenerys Targaryen|sister's]] maidenhead prior to her wedding to ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]], he would have undone years of planning,{{Ref|ADWD|5}} implying that Khal Drogo would not have accepted Princess Daenerys as his bride if she had not come to him a virgin.

A price can be placed upon a girl's maidenhead. For example, [[Emma]], a serving wench at the [[Quill and Tankard]] in [[Oldtown]], determined that [[Rosey|her daughter's]] maidenhead would cost a [[Currency|golden dragon]].{{Ref|AFFC|Prologue}} Other forms of payment can also be used at times.{{Ref|TMK}}

A virgin man can also be referred to as a maiden{{Ref|ASOS|75}} or a man-maid{{Ref|ADWD|68}} on occasion.

In contrast to the rest of Westeros attitudes about sexuality are more relaxed in [[Dorne]]{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}, and also genderblind! Therefore it is not expected by the [[Dornishmen]] that a woman stays a maid till marriage. Princess [[Arianne Martell]] lost her virginity to [[Daemon Sand]] when they were both fourteen years old, and their couplings had been both clumsy and ardent. Arianne recalls that it had been sweet.<ref name="twow-arianne"/> Although her father [[Doran Martell|Doran]], [[Prince of Dorne]], eventually learned of this, he did not react to it.{{Ref|aFfC|13}}

==See also==
*[[Customs#Marriage|Marriage]]
*[[First Night]]
*[[Bedding]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I am still a maid.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|[[Sansa Stark]], to [[Lysa Tully]]}}

{{Quote|[[Randyll Tarly|He]] told me once I was sure to die a maiden.{{Ref|ASOS|75}}|[[Samwell Tarly]], to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|A [[House Frey|Frey]] girl, and not of my choosing, she is [[Amerei Frey|not even a maiden]].{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Lancel Lannister]], on his chosen bride}}

{{Quote|Do you want to die a man-maid?{{Ref|ADWD|68}}|[[Gerris Drinkwater]], to [[Quentyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|[[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] never shed a tear, though it was she who was leaving hearth and home to seal [[House Martell#Recent Events|an alliance]] with her maidenhood.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}|[[Arys Oakheart]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:Terms]]

Talk:Daemon Sand

2020-07-31T15:05:32Z

Exodianecross:

== What kind of knight? ==

What sort of knight is Daemon Sand? Is he a household knight of House Allyrion or House Martell? Or is he maybe a landed knight? It's certain that he's not a hedge knight! --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 22:13, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

:Daemon is a member of House Allyrion, being a grandson of Delonne Allyrion the Lady of Godsgrace. So I wouldn't put him as an Allyrion household knight. He was once Oberyn's squire and later knighted by him, he is a close friend and former lover of Princess Arianne. I think we can say he is part of the Martell household. [[User:Thomaerys Velaryon|Thomaerys Velaryon]] ([[User talk:Thomaerys Velaryon|talk]]) 15:22, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
::Thank you. Some pictures depict him with the sigill of House Allyrion, which suggests that he is a household knight of them. Wouldn't be uncommon to have a bastardson as a household knight in Dorne. --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 15:05, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Daemon Sand

2020-07-29T22:13:44Z

Exodianecross: What sort of knight

Melara Hetherspoon

2020-07-18T14:25:00Z

Exodianecross: Actress from the TV show listed

{{Character
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| image_caption = Cersei, Melara, and Maggy. Artwork by Cris Urdiales, used with permission.
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|264}} or {{Date|265}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Melara Hetherspoon|Melara Hetherspoon]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|276}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Melara Hetherspoon|Melara Hetherspoon]] calculation.''</ref>
| Books = ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[w:Isabella Steinbarth|Isabella Steinbarth]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]]
}}
'''Melara Hetherspoon''' was a member of [[House Hetherspoon]] and a childhood friend of [[Cersei Lannister]].

==Appearance and Character==
According to [[Cersei Lannister]] Melara contrasted to the "fat" [[Jeyne Farman]]. Melara was pretty, though she had freckles. At the age of eleven, she had been "healthy as a little horse".{{Ref|AFFC|36}}

Cersei thinks of Melara as having been bolder than Jeyne and possibly bolder than Cersei herself.{{Ref|AFFC|36}} Cersei also recalls her as "a greedy little schemer with ideas above her station".{{Ref|AFFC|24}}

==History==
Melara was a close friend to [[Cersei Lannister]] during their youths.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}{{Ref|AFFC|28}} From the serving girls at [[Casterly Rock]], Melara heard that [[Maggy the Frog]] could curse a man, make him fall in love, summon demons, and foretell the future.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} In {{Date|276}}, Melara, [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Jeyne Farman]] slipped from their beds during the [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] and went to see Maggy the Frog, to have their fortunes told. Jeyne fled when Maggy opened her eyes to greet the visitors, but Melara and Cersei stayed and insisted on hearing their futures. Melara was present when Maggy made the prophecy of the ''[[valonqar]]'' ([[High Valyrian]] for "little brother"), to Cersei Lannister.{{Ref|AFFC|12}} Melara asked if she would one day marry [[Jaime Lannister]], but Maggy told her that she would die that night, and her death was close.{{Ref|AFFC|36}} Afterwards, Melara insisted to Cersei that, as long as they remained silent about what they had learned, the prophecies would not come true.{{Ref|AFFC|39}} According to Cersei, Melara fell down a well and drowned not long after hearing the prophecy.{{Ref|AFFC|36}} She recalls that Melara "was not so silent in the well" and that she had "screamed and shouted".{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Cersei Lannister]] recalls Melara and the night they visited [[Maggy the Frog]] and learned about the prophecy concerning Cersei's [[valonqar]].{{Ref|AFFC|17}}{{Ref|AFFC|24}}{{Ref|AFFC|28}}{{Ref|AFFC|36}}{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
During her [[walk of atonement]], [[Cersei Lannister]] sees a young girl in the crowd sitting beneath a fountain, drenched in spray, staring at her with Melara's accusing eyes.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Hetherspoon]]
[[Category:Noblewomen|Hetherspoon, Melara]]
[[Category:Characters from the Westerlands|Hetherspoon, Melara]]
[[Category:Deaths by drowning|Hetherspoon, Melara]]

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Valena Toland

2020-05-06T19:21:04Z

Exodianecross: Mother, not father

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'''Valena Toland''' is the eldest daughter of the Lady [[Nymella Toland]] of [[Ghost Hill]].{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne]]}}

==Appearance and Character==
Valena is tall, beautiful and fierce, with a blaze of bright red hair tumbling about her shoulders.{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne]]}}

==Recent Events==
===''The Winds of Winter''===
She greets [[Arianne Martell]] and their companions when they arrive at [[Ghost Hill]].{{ref|twow||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne]]}}

==Family==
{{Toland tree}}

==References==
{{References}}

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House Hogg

2020-05-01T13:08:16Z

Exodianecross: A boar is more fitting.

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'''House Hogg of Sow's Horn''' is a house of [[landed knight]]s sworn to [[House Hayford]]. [[Sow's Horn]] is located in the [[crownlands]] near the border with the [[riverlands]]; the lands of [[House Wode]] are nearby.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

Their arms have not been mentioned in the books, but it probably displays a [[boar]].<ref group=N name=Arms>Ser Harys Hogg was nicknamed "Harry the Ham" due to his house name and the fact he wore a boar’s head helm at tourneys.</ref>

==History==
[[Jon Hogg]] fought in the [[battle at the Great Fork]] for King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]. He was later killed by members of the [[Warrior's Sons]].{{Ref|TSOTD}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

Ser [[Harys Hogg]] was a favourite of the [[smallfolk]] at [[tourney]]s during the early reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

[[Priscella Hogg]] was a companion to Queen [[Daenaera Velaryon]] who was accused of a [[poison]]ing attempt against members of the royal household. Priscella was deemed to have only played a minor role in the plot, and on account of her sex, Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]] gave her a minor punishment. She was condemned to have her nose cut off, with the understanding that the punishment would be stayed should she give herself to the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], so long as she remained true to her vows.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] leads his force past [[Sow's Horn]]. He meets with Ser [[Roger Hogg]], the head of the household, who tells him that during the [[War of the Five Kings]] he was [[fighting at Sow's Horn|attacked]] by white star wolves (members of [[House Karstark]]) and lions ([[House Lannister|Lannister]] men) under the command of Ser [[Amory Lorch]]. Amory failed in his attempt to [[burning of Sow's Horn|burn down]] Sow's Horn.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

==House Hogg at the end of the third century==
The known Hoggs during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* Ser [[Roger Hogg]], the Knight of Sow's Horn.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

==Historical members==
*[[Jon Hogg]], known as Big Jon Hogg, who fought for the [[Iron Throne]] during the [[Faith Militant uprising]].{{Ref|TSOTD}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
*Ser [[Harys Hogg]], a knight during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
*[[Priscella Hogg]], a companion to Queen [[Daenaera Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

==Behind the Scenes==
House Hogg may be a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to the story [[w:Three Little Pigs|Three Little Pigs]]. The earth and timber halls of the brothers [[House Wode|Wode]] are burned down by raiders, but the stout stone of [[Sow's Horn]] resists [[Amory Lorch]].

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

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

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Mountain's men

2020-04-13T12:14:40Z

Exodianecross: As his squire Joss Stilwood is the only member of the Mountain's men to accompany him to King's Landing

[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] with the Mountain's men, by Nordheimer ©]]
The '''Mountain's men'''{{ref|ASOS|17}}{{ref|ASOS|74}} are men-at-arms of the [[westerlands]] in service to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], the Mountain That Rides.

==Culture==
{{See also|:Category:Images of the Mountain's men|l1=Images of the Mountain's men}}
The Mountain's men are a dangerous, unsavory bunch,{{ref|ACOK|26}} grim and foul mouthed.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

The best that can be said for Gregor's men is that they are not quite as vile a bunch as the [[Brave Companions]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} [[Sandor Clegane]] refers to his brother's soldiers as Gregor's "pet rats". According to Sandor, Gregor once killed one of his men for snoring.{{ref|ASOS|47}} Gregor never brings his men-at-arms to court in [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|aSoS|47}}, the only exception is [[Joss Stilwood]] who serves as his squire.{{ref|ACOK|30}} They often refer to Gregor simply as "Ser".{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|74}}{{ref|AFFC|27}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti War.jpg‎|thumb|350px|Clegane's band foraging, by Marc Simonetti © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After [[Tyrion Lannister]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends the Mountain's men across the [[Red Fork]] into the [[riverlands]] under the guise of brigands. They ravage the holdfasts of [[Sherrer]], [[Wendish Town]], and the [[Mummer's Ford]] and draw [[House Tully]] forces away from [[Riverrun]] and the [[Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

When Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]], dispatches a party of men led by [[Beric Dondarrion]] to execute Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] for his crimes,{{ref|AGOT|43}} Tywin [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushes them]] at the Mummer's Ford. When Beric and his men attempt to retreat across the Red Fork, Gregor's men take them in the rear.{{ref|AGOT|55}}

Thereafter, the Mountain's men join Lord Tywin's host as it marches through the riverlands, and they burn [[burning of Stone Hedge]] and [[burning of Pinkmaiden Castle|Pinkmaiden]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} They fight in the Lannister vanguard on the left flank of the [[battle on the Green Fork]].{{ref|AGOT|62}} After the battle, Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves the Mountain's men and others to raid in the riverlands.{{ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Gregors men.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Ser Gregor's men, by serclegane Left to right: [[Chiswyck]], [[Polliver]], the [[Tickler]], [[Rafford]], the [[pimply squire]], and [[Shitmouth]]]]
Gregor's band [[sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], killing the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]].{{ref|ACOK|7}}

As the band is foraging and raiding, the [[Tickler]] questions various [[smallfolk]] through his torture. Among the people captured are [[Hot Pie]], [[Gendry]], and [[Arya Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], although they are oblivious to her true identity. Raff slays [[Lommy]].{{Ref|aCoK|26}} Arya quickly comes to know Gregor's men. The men-at-arms take their surviving prisoners to serve Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}

Arya hears rumors that Tywin sent Gregor and the [[Brave Companions]] to destroy the [[north]]ern host of Lord [[Roose Bolton]], who has occupied the [[ruby ford]].{{ref|ACOK|30}} The Mountain's men skirmish several times with the [[brotherhood without banners]], and they lose four men to Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]'s night raids before returning to Harrenhal, taking up residence in the [[Wailing Tower]].{{ref|ACOK|30}} While in the guise of a common servant, Arya overhears [[Chiswyck]] speak of the earlier rape of a brewer's daughter, [[Layna]]. Arya orders [[Jaqen H'ghar]] to kill Chiswyck.{{Ref|aCoK|30}} Lord Bolton and [[Vargo Hoat]] of the Brave Companions orchestrate the [[fall of Harrenhal]] after Tywin's departure from the castle.{{ref|ACOK|47}}

Lord Tywin attempts to return to the [[westerlands]] by crossing the [[Red Fork]]. During the [[Battle of the Fords]], Gregor leads the assault at the [[Stone Mill]], where so many of his men fall that the river is nearly dammed. Gregor and a handful of his best soldiers gain the west bank of the river, but they are forced to retreat by the reserves of Ser [[Edmure Tully]].{{ref|ACOK|45}} Messengers from [[Bitterbridge]] inform Tywin of a new alliance with [[House Tyrell]], and he marches his army to [[King's Landing]] for the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{ref|ACOK|62}}{{ref|ASOS|14}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After hearing that Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] has escaped from [[Riverrun]], Tywin has Gregor, [[Samwell Spicer]], and the brothers [[House Plumm|Plumm]] discretely search for his eldest son in the riverlands.{{ref|ASOS|62}}

Lord Bolton orders [[Robett Glover]] and Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] from Harrenhal to attack [[Duskendale]], so Tywin sends Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] to intercept them.{{ref|ASOS|4}} The northern survivors of the [[battle at Duskendale]] are harried in their retreat to the [[kingsroad]] by Gregor's men.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

Lord Bolton leaves Harrenhal to Vargo when he departs for the [[Twins]].{{ref|ASOS|44}} Roose's rearguard is attacked by the Mountain in [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]].{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Following the [[Red Wedding]], Tywin orders Gregor to eliminate the Brave Companions and put Harrenhal to the sword.{{ref|AGOT|53}} Gregor seizes the [[ruby ford]] and then leads the [[capture of Harrenhal]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Roose's rearguard is attacked by the Mountain in [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]].{{ref|ASOS|49}}

Ser Gregor and his men [[capture of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which [[Roose Bolton]] has abandoned to [[Vargo Hoat]]. Inside, Gregor's men slaughter the inhabitants and defenders except for the cook who opens the gate, the castle smith [[Ben Blackthumb]], and some women like [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly.{{ref|ASOS|74}}

Leaving [[Polliver]] as Harrenhal's castellan,{{ref|AFFC|27}} Gregor rides for King's Landing to serve Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]].{{ref|ASOS|70}} When [[Tyrion Lannister]], accused of murdering King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at his [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]], requests [[trial by battle]], Cersei announces that Gregor will be her champion. Gregor is [[poison]]ed with [[manticore]] venom{{ref|AFFC|7}} during his duel with Tyrion's champion, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], who is slain in the fight.{{ref|ASOS|70}}

Polliver and the [[Tickler]] bring a [[pimply squire]] to the [[crossroads inn]] so the youth can sleep with a prostitute. They encounter Arya Stark and [[Sandor Clegane]], Gregor's brother, however, and Sandor accuses them of intending to "[[torture|tickle]] the innkeep". A fight breaks out when they attempt to capture Sandor, and the pair kill the three Mountain's men.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Jake Murray Ser Gregor's DogII.png|thumb|350px|Ser Gregor's Dog, by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Gregor dies in King's Landing while under the care of Qyburn.{{ref|AFFC|17}} The remnants of Gregor's men-at-arms, including [[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]], [[Dunsen]], and [[Shitmouth]], remain stationed at Harrenhal.{{ref|aFfC|Appendix}} When Jaime arrives there on his way to Riverrun, a handful of Gregor's men emerge from the castle's towers to watch him dismount. Shitmouth informs Jaime that Polliver was killed by Sandor at the crossroads inn, leaving no one in charge at Harrenhal.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

When Jaime informs Gregor's men that they can either ride with him to the [[siege of Riverrun]] or join the [[Holy Hundred]] of Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], the men state Gregor promised rich rewards for those that rode with him. Jaime tells them to take any grievances up with Cersei.{{Ref|aFfC|27}} Before he leaves Harrenhal, Jaime orders Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] to behead one of Gregor's men who tried to rape [[Pia]], despite the perplexed man's protests.{{ref|AFFC|27}} Jaime tasks Ser [[Ronnet Connington]], [[Knight of Griffin's Roost]], with bringing the captive Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] to [[Maidenpool]].{{ref|AFFC|30}} Some of Gregor's men, including Dunsen, accompany Red Ronnet.{{ref|AWOIAF|Dunsen}}{{ref|AWOIAF|Ronnet Connington}}

After resolving the [[siege of Riverrun]], Jaime allows Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] to [[take the black]] and journey to the [[Wall]]. A dozen Mountain's men led by Rafford are ordered to escort Robin and Desmond to Maidenpool.{{Ref|aFfC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Twenty men accompany Red Ronnet from Maidenpool to King's Landing, most of them the Mountain's former men.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} Within a day one is accused of murder and another of rape; Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] executes the murderer and gelds the raper.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}} Randyll suggests that Gregor's men be sent to the Wall, and Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], the new [[Hand of the King]], states he would not suffer such men in the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]]. Lord Regent [[Kevan Lannister]] decides not to exile them, however, as the [[Iron Throne]] needs loyal swords against the new threat of the [[Golden Company]] after their [[landing of the Golden Company|invasion of the stormlands]]. Kevan tells Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and Ser [[Harys Swyft]] to hire the Mountain's men if they feel they need guards against [[House Tyrell guards|House Tyrell]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning/twow}}
Raff the Sweetling is among Harys's guard in [[Braavos]], where he is killed by [[Arya Stark|Mercy]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref>

==Known Mountain's men==

{{Columns|1|
* {[[Chiswyck]]}, killed by [[Jaqen H'ghar]]
* [[Dunsen]]
* [[Eggon]]
* a {[[pimply squire]]} from [[House Sarsfield]], killed by Arya Stark
* {[[Polliver]]}, killed by [[Sandor Clegane]]
* {[[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]]}, killed by Arya Stark
* [[Shitmouth]]
* [[Joss Stilwood]], Gregor's squire
* The {[[Tickler]]}, a torturer killed by Arya Stark
* [[Tobbot]]
}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|At [[Wendish Town]], the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|[[Raymun Darry]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Varys''': You are quite certain these were more than brigands? 
'''Raymun''': Brigands, Lord Varys? Oh, they were brigands, beyond a doubt. [[House Lannister|Lannister]] brigands.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|[[Varys]] and [[Raymun Darry]]}}

{{Quote|They rode down my 'prentice boy. Chased him back and forth across the fields on their horses, poking at him with their lances like it was a game, them laughing and the boy stumbling and screaming till the [[Gregor Clegane|big one]] pierced him clean through.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|unnamed smith from [[Sherrer]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Cersei''': And someone needs to set [[Harrenhal]] to rights. We have urgent need of [[Wylis Manderly]], assuming he is still alive and captive, but the garrison has not replied to any of our [[raven]]s. 
'''Jaime''': Those are Gregor's men at Harrenhal. [[Gregor Clegane|The Mountain]] liked them cruel and stupid. Most like they ate your [[raven]]s, messages and all.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|A handful of Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor's]] men emerged from [[Harrenhal|the towers]] to watch him dismount; hard-eyed, hard-mouthed men, the lot of them. They would have to be, to ride beside the Mountain.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|The only peace Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor's]] lot had ever given anyone was the peace of the grave.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|3}}

[[Category:House Clegane retainers]]

[[fr:Catégorie:Maisonnée Clegane]]

Talk:Shella Whent

2019-06-15T22:51:29Z

Exodianecross: History / Lineage

== History / Lineage ==

The history about the lineage of Shella Whent looks a little bit confusing. Could it be that she is indeed a Whent by blood and married her cousin? That's not unusual in Westeros! --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 22:51, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Chain

2019-05-08T02:26:15Z

Exodianecross: One "and" too much

{{Character
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'''Chains''' is a [[sellsword]] in service to the [[Golden Company]]. As a serjeant, he is a high-ranking officer.{{ref|adwd|appendix}} His given name is unknown.

==Character and Appearance==
A brusque man, Chains is taller than [[Young John Mudd]] and wears two rusted chains across his chest. Instead of a blade, he uses five feet of heavy linked iron as a whip.<ref name=Ar2>[[Arianne II (The Winds of Winter)]]</ref>

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Chains, like the rest of the company, swears his allegiance to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] in [[Volon Therys]] before they [[Landing of the Golden Company|invade Westeros]].{{ref|adwd|24}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning/twow}}
Chains and [[Young John Mudd]] hold [[Mistwood]] for the Golden Company. They keep Lady [[Mary Mertyns]] under house arrest and host [[Arianne Martell]]'s party for a night.<ref name=Ar2/>

While escorting Arianne part of the way to [[Griffin's Roost]], Chains reveals that a forefather fought in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] and became a member of [[Aegor Rivers]]' Golden Company of exiles. Raised in [[Essos]], Chains had never been in [[Westeros]] before the invasion.<ref name=Ar2/>

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

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[[Category:Characters from Essos]]
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Talk:Dragonglass

2019-04-27T01:04:27Z

Exodianecross: Created page with "== Obsidian on Skagos == In the article about Skagos was written that they trade with obsidian, shouldn't this be noted in this article --~~~~"

== Obsidian on Skagos ==

In the article about Skagos was written that they trade with obsidian, shouldn't this be noted in this article --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 01:04, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Rhaenyra Targaryen

2019-04-25T21:42:27Z

Exodianecross:

== Claimant or Holder? ==

The PatQ confirms that Rhaenyrs did hold the Iron Throne for brief period of time. It is only by Aegon II's decree that she should not be called Queen. I propose we change her status from claimant to holder. Any thoughts? [[User:LordStoneheart|LordStoneheart]] 17:34, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

==Coat of Arms anyone?==

Rhaenyra's personal arms are described in detail, and if there is any character who needs there own made it is her. I'd like to help but I don't have access to decent image editing software, could anyone do this?

I did cobble together a square-shaped banner: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/File:Rhaenyra_crest.png

But I don't know how to make it shield-shaped.--[[User:The Dragon Demands|The Dragon Demands]] 16:56, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

:See page ;) --[[User:Rhaenys_Targaryen|Rhaenys_Targaryen]] 22:52, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

== Legacy ==

Should it be pointed out in the Legacy-section that the experiences with Rhaenyra enforced the beliefs that women shouldn't rule, in a already patriarchialic society? --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 21:42, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Elia Sand

2018-01-10T20:39:10Z

Exodianecross: /* Quotes by Elia */

{{Character
| Character_name = Elia Sand [[File:House Martell.svg|50px|left]][[File:House Martell.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Elia SandCV II.jpg|350px]]
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[[File:Two Elias by eliyadoodles.png|thumb|350px|right|Elia Sand and her namesake, [[Elia Martell]]. Art by [http://eliyadoodles.tumblr.com/ eliyadoodles] ]]

'''Elia Sand''', known as '''El'''{{ref|ADWD|38}} and '''Lady Lance''',<ref name=sample>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|The Winds of Winter, Arianne I]]</ref> is the oldest bastard daughter of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] by his paramour, [[Ellaria Sand]]. She is one of the [[Sand Snakes]].{{ref|asos|Appendix}}

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Elia Sand|l1=Images of Elia Sand}}
Elia wears her hair in a black braid,<ref name=sample/> and has [[Oberyn Martell|her father's]] eyes.{{ref|AFFC|2}}

Elia has a wild and haughty personality. She is fond of horses and jousting, and her weapon of choice is the lance. Lady Lance rides a black filly.<ref name=sample/>

==History==
Elia is most likely named after her late aunt, [[Elia Martell]]. [[Arianne Martell]] thinks that Elia's father, [[Oberyn Martell]], nicknamed her Lady Lance.<ref name=sample/> Elia and [[Obella Sand|Obella]] worship their eldest sisters—[[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]]—and in turn are worshipped by their younger sisters, [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]] and [[Loreza Sand|Loreza]].{{ref|ADWD|38}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the death in [[King's Landing]] of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], Elia, her mother [[Ellaria Sand]], and six of her seven sisters ([[Sarella Sand]] is outside of Dorne) are taken into custody by [[Areo Hotah]]. While [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], does not think Elia and her younger sisters will be a danger to his rule, he fears they might be used by others in plots.{{Ref|AFFC|2}}

Princess [[Arianne Martell]] mentions to Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] that she is not permitted to see her cousins by her father, Doran.{{Ref|affc|13}} Elia is sent with her mother and three younger sisters to the [[Water Gardens]], where she and [[Obella Sand|Obella]] become the terror of the pools.{{ref|affc|40}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When the [[Mountain's skull]] is delivered to [[Sunspear]], [[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand]] continue to demand more vengeance against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Ellaria worries how the cycle of violence would affect her daughters.{{ref|adwd|38}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning|This information has thus far been released in a sample chapter for ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', and might therefore not be in finalized form. Keep in mind that the content as described below is still subject to change.}}
Now fourteen years old,{{ref|ADWD|38}} Elia joins Arianne on her journey to meet with [[Jon Connington]]. Lady Lance outraces Arianne and [[Valena Toland]] on horses to [[Ghost Hill]], covering herself in chalk and dust. While traveling on ''[[Peregrine]]'', Elia flirts with and challenges Ser [[Joss Hood]] and Ser [[Garibald Shells]], so Arianne sends her below deck to end the conversation.<ref name=sample />

==Quotes by Elia==
{{Quote|'''Valena''': Are you half horse, child? Princess, did you bring a stable girl? 
'''Elia''': I'm Elia. Lady Lance 
'''Valena''': The girl jouster. Yes I've heard of you. Since you were the first to the yard, you've won the honor of watering and bridling the horses. 
'''Arianne''': And after that find the bath house.<ref name=sample />}} - [[Valena Toland]], Elia, and [[Arianne Martell]]

{{Quote|'''Joss''': Someone needs to spank that child. 
'''Elia''': I am almost a woman grown, ser. I'll let you spank me, though ... but first you'll need to tilt with me, and knock me off my horse. 
'''Joss''': We are on a ship, and without horses. 
'''Garibald''': And ladies do not joust. 
'''Elia''': I do. I'm Lady Lance. 
'''Arianne''': You may be a lance, but you are no lady.<ref name=sample />}} - [[Joss Hood]], Elia, [[Garibald Shells]], and [[Arianne Martell]]

==Quotes about Elia==
{{quote|[[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] wanted vengeance for [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. Your sisters. My Elia is fourteen, almost a woman. [[Obella Sand|Obella]] is twelve, on the brink of maidenhood. They worship you, as [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]] and [[Loreza Sand|Loreza]] worship them. If you should die, must El and Obella seek vengeance for you, then Dorea and Loree for them? Is that how it goes, round and round forever? I ask again, where does it end?{{ref|ADWD|38}}}} - [[Ellaria Sand]] to [[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand]]

{{quote|The girl was mad for horses, which might be why she often smelled like one, to the despair of [[Ellaria Sand|her mother]].<ref name=sample/>}} - thoughts of [[Arianne Martell]]

==Family==
{{Martell tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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[[Category:Bastards|Sand, Elia]]
[[Category:Characters from Dorne|Sand, Elia]]
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Elia Sand

2018-01-06T18:04:09Z

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| image = [[File:Elia SandCV II.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Elia Sand by Cristina Vela © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias =El{{Ref|ADWD|38}} Lady Lance<ref name=sample />
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[House Martell]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Dornishmen]]
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| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|285}} or {{date|286}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Elia Sand|Elia Sand]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (appears)
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[[File:Two Elias by eliyadoodles.png|thumb|350px|right|Elia Sand and her namesake, [[Elia Martell]]. Art by [http://eliyadoodles.tumblr.com/ eliyadoodles] ]]

'''Elia Sand''', known as '''El'''{{ref|ADWD|38}} and '''Lady Lance''',<ref name=sample>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|The Winds of Winter, Arianne I]]</ref> is the oldest bastard daughter of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] by his paramour, [[Ellaria Sand]]. She is one of the [[Sand Snakes]].{{ref|asos|Appendix}}

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Elia Sand|l1=Images of Elia Sand}}
Elia wears her hair in a black braid,<ref name=sample/> and has [[Oberyn Martell|her father's]] eyes.{{ref|AFFC|2}}

Elia has a wild and haughty personality. She is fond of horses and jousting, and her weapon of choice is the lance. Lady Lance rides a black filly.<ref name=sample/>

==History==
Elia is most likely named after her late aunt, [[Elia Martell]]. [[Arianne Martell]] thinks that Elia's father, [[Oberyn Martell]], nicknamed her Lady Lance.<ref name=sample/> Elia and [[Obella Sand|Obella]] worship their eldest sisters—[[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]]—and in turn are worshipped by their younger sisters, [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]] and [[Loreza Sand|Loreza]].{{ref|ADWD|38}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the death in [[King's Landing]] of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], Elia, her mother [[Ellaria Sand]], and six of her seven sisters ([[Sarella Sand]] is outside of Dorne) are taken into custody by [[Areo Hotah]]. While [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], does not think Elia and her younger sisters will be a danger to his rule, he fears they might be used by others in plots.{{Ref|AFFC|2}}

Princess [[Arianne Martell]] mentions to Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] that she is not permitted to see her cousins by her father, Doran.{{Ref|affc|13}} Elia is sent with her mother and three younger sisters to the [[Water Gardens]], where she and [[Obella Sand|Obella]] become the terror of the pools.{{ref|affc|40}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When the [[Mountain's skull]] is delivered to [[Sunspear]], [[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand]] continue to demand more vengeance against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Ellaria worries how the cycle of violence would affect her daughters.{{ref|adwd|38}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning|This information has thus far been released in a sample chapter for ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', and might therefore not be in finalized form. Keep in mind that the content as described below is still subject to change.}}
Now fourteen years old,{{ref|ADWD|38}} Elia joins Arianne on her journey to meet with [[Jon Connington]]. Lady Lance outraces Arianne and [[Valena Toland]] on horses to [[Ghost Hill]], covering herself in chalk and dust. While traveling on ''[[Peregrine]]'', Elia flirts with and challenges Ser [[Joss Hood]] and Ser [[Garibald Shells]], so Arianne sends her below deck to end the conversation.<ref name=sample />

==Quotes by Elia==
{{Quote|'''Valena''': Are you half horse, child? Princess, did you bring a stable girl? 
'''Elia''': I'm Elia. Lady Lance 
'''Valena''': The girl jouster. Yes I've heard of you. Since you were the first to the yard, you've won the honor of watering and bridling the horses
'''Arianne''': And after that find the bath house.<ref name=sample />}} - [[Valena Toland]], Elia, and [[Arianne Martell]]

{{Quote|'''Joss''': Someone needs to spank that child. 
'''Elia''': I am almost a woman grown, ser. I'll let you spank me, though ... but first you'll need to tilt with me, and knock me off my horse. 
'''Joss''': We are on a ship, and without horses. 
'''Garibald''': And ladies do not joust. 
'''Elia''': I do. I'm Lady Lance. 
'''Arianne''': You may be a lance, but you are no lady.<ref name=sample />}} - [[Joss Hood]], Elia, [[Garibald Shells]], and [[Arianne Martell]]

==Quotes about Elia==
{{quote|[[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] wanted vengeance for [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. Your sisters. My Elia is fourteen, almost a woman. [[Obella Sand|Obella]] is twelve, on the brink of maidenhood. They worship you, as [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]] and [[Loreza Sand|Loreza]] worship them. If you should die, must El and Obella seek vengeance for you, then Dorea and Loree for them? Is that how it goes, round and round forever? I ask again, where does it end?{{ref|ADWD|38}}}} - [[Ellaria Sand]] to [[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand]]

{{quote|The girl was mad for horses, which might be why she often smelled like one, to the despair of [[Ellaria Sand|her mother]].<ref name=sample/>}} - thoughts of [[Arianne Martell]]

==Family==
{{Martell tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

[[Category:House Martell]]
[[Category:Bastards|Sand, Elia]]
[[Category:Characters from Dorne|Sand, Elia]]
[[Category:Sand Snakes]]

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Sand Snakes

2017-12-02T03:08:51Z

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[[File:MagaliVilleneuve vipers eyesII.png|All of the Sand Snakes are said to have their father's eyes - by Magali Villeneuve. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|350px]]

[[File:SandSnakes1 by Beelphazoar.png|thumb|300px|Obara, Nymeria and Tyene, by Beelphazoar ©]]
[[File:SandSnakes2 by Beelphazoar.png|thumb|300px|Sarella, Elia and Obella, by Beelphazoar ©]]
[[File:SandSnakes3 by Beelphazoar.png|thumb|300px|Dorea and Loreza, by Beelphazoar ©]]
'''Sand Snakes''' is a term used to refer collectively to the [[Bastardy|bastard]] daughters of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]].{{Ref|AFFC|2}} The name references the [[Dorne|Dornish]] bastard surname, Sand, and their father's nickname, ''“the Red Viper”''.

Prince Oberyn's eight daughters have been born to five different mothers,{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} and while they differ in appearance from one another, they are said to all have their father's eyes.{{Ref|AFFC|2}}

==The Sand Snakes==
In birth order, the Sand Snakes are:

*[[Obara Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by a [[whore]] from [[Oldtown]].
*[[Nymeria Sand]], also known as ''Lady Nym'', Prince Oberyn's daughter by a [[Volantis|Volantene]] noblewoman.
*[[Tyene Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by a [[septa]].
*[[Sarella Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by a trader from the [[Summer Isles]].
*[[Elia Sand]], also known as ''Lady Lance'', Prince Oberyn's eldest daughter by his long-time paramour, [[Ellaria Sand]].
*[[Obella Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by his paramour, Ellaria Sand.
*[[Dorea Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by his paramour, Ellaria Sand.
*[[Loreza Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by his paramour, Ellaria Sand.

==Recent events==
===A Feast for Crows===

After the three eldest Sand Snakes try to stir Prince [[Doran Martell]] into declaring war against the [[Iron Throne]] in revenge for the death of Prince Oberyn, Doran orders his [[captain of the guard]]s, [[Areo Hotah]], to take all Sand Snakes into custody. While the youngest Sand Snakes pose no threat, Prince Doran wants to prevent anyone to use them against him. Only Sarella remains free because she's outside of Dorne. {{ref|affc|2}}

Obara, Nymeria and Tyene are confined to cells in the Spear Tower of [[Sunspear]].{{ref|affc|13}} Elia, Obella, Dorea and Loreza are secluded in the [[Water Gardens]] along with their mother.{{ref|affc|40}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
Obara, Nymeria and Tyene are released from captivity and are present at the feast in which [[Gregor Clegane]]'s skull is presented to the [[Dorne|Dornish]] court.{{ref|ADWD|38}}

==Family==
{{Martell tree}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|It would gladden my heart if I could assure you that the Sand Snakes were alone in wanting war, but I will not tell you lies, ser.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}}}
– Prince [[Doran Martell]]

{{Quote|Once I crown Myrcella and free the Sand Snakes, all Dorne will rally to my banners. {{Ref|AFFC|21}}}}
– Princess [[Arianne Martell]]

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Martell]]
[[Category:Characters from Dorne]]
[[Category:Bastards]]

[[fr:Aspics des Sables]]
[[es:Serpientes de Arena]]
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Sand Snakes

2017-12-02T03:04:55Z

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[[File:MagaliVilleneuve vipers eyesII.png|All of the Sand Snakes are said to have their father's eyes - by Magali Villeneuve. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|350px]]

[[File:SandSnakes1 by Beelphazoar.png|thumb|300px|Obara, Nymeria and Tyene, by Beelphazoar ©]]
[[File:SandSnakes2 by Beelphazoar.png|thumb|300px|Sarella, Elia and Obella, by Beelphazoar ©]]
[[File:SandSnakes3 by Beelphazoar.png|thumb|300px|Dorea and Loreza, by Beelphazoar ©]]
'''Sand Snakes''' is a term used to refer collectively to the [[Bastardy|bastard]] daughters of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]].{{Ref|AFFC|2}} The name references the [[Dorne|Dornish]] bastard surname, Sand, and their father's nickname, ''“the Red Viper”''.

Prince Oberyn's eight daughters have been born to five different mothers,{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} and while they differ in appearance from one another, they are said to all have their father's eyes.{{Ref|AFFC|2}}

==The Sand Snakes==
In birth order, the Sand Snakes are:

*[[Obara Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by a [[whore]] from [[Oldtown]].
*[[Nymeria Sand]], also known as ''Lady Nym'', Prince Oberyn's daughter by a [[Volantis|Volantene]] noblewoman.
*[[Tyene Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by a [[septa]].
*[[Sarella Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by a trader from the [[Summer Isles]].
*[[Elia Sand]], also known as ''Lady Lance'', Prince Oberyn's eldest daughter by his long-time paramour, [[Ellaria Sand]].
*[[Obella Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by his paramour, Ellaria Sand.
*[[Dorea Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by his paramour, Ellaria Sand.
*[[Loreza Sand]], Prince Oberyn's daughter by his paramour, Ellaria Sand.

==Recent events==
===A Feast for Crows===

After the three eldest Sand Snakes try to stir Prince [[Doran Martell]] into declaring war against the [[Iron Throne]] in revenge for the death of Prince Oberyn, Doran orders his [[captain of the guard]]s, [[Areo Hotah]], to take all Sand Snakes into custody. While the youngest Sand Snakes pose no threat, Prince Doran wants to prevent anyone to use them against him.{{ref|affc|2}}

Obara, Nymeria and Tyene are confined to cells in the Spear Tower of [[Sunspear]].{{ref|affc|13}} Elia, Obella, Dorea and Loreza are secluded in the [[Water Gardens]] along with their mother.{{ref|affc|40}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
Obara, Nymeria and Tyene are released from captivity and are present at the feast in which [[Gregor Clegane]]'s skull is presented to the [[Dorne|Dornish]] court.{{ref|ADWD|38}}

==Family==
{{Martell tree}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|It would gladden my heart if I could assure you that the Sand Snakes were alone in wanting war, but I will not tell you lies, ser.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}}}
– Prince [[Doran Martell]]

{{Quote|Once I crown Myrcella and free the Sand Snakes, all Dorne will rally to my banners. {{Ref|AFFC|21}}}}
– Princess [[Arianne Martell]]

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Martell]]
[[Category:Characters from Dorne]]
[[Category:Bastards]]

[[fr:Aspics des Sables]]
[[es:Serpientes de Arena]]
[[ru:Песчаные Змейки]]

Paramour

2017-09-30T03:07:36Z

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[[File:Sedone Thongvilay Paramour.jpg‎|thumb|350px|A paramour - by [http://sedone.me/ Sedone Thongvilay]. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Federico Piatti Dornish Paramour.JPG|A [[Dornish]] paramour beckons - by Federico Piatti. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|350px]]
[[File:Xia TaptaraJealousParamour.jpg|A jealous paramour - by Xia Taptara. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|350px]]
A '''paramour''' is the unmarried lover of a noble.

==About==
In [[Dorne]], lords and ladies can have paramours, chosen for love and lust rather than for breeding or alliance. [[Dornishmen]] are not greatly concerned if a [[bastard]] is born to a paramour.{{ref|twoiaf| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}} Dorne gives a degree of social status to paramours, despite the "unchaste" nature of the relationship. Outside of Dorne, a Dornish paramour's status is less certain. They may be afforded the esteem granted in their homeland by the diplomatic-minded, or they may receive treatment ranging from slight social disdain to moral condemnation.{{ref|asos|38}}

That same varying treatment also applies to paramours of non-Dornish nobles, even the mistresses of kings.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} A paramour can be of the same sex as their lover. Each partner in a marriage can have their own paramour, though it depends on the rank of the partners.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1285 ConJose (SAN JOSE, CA; AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 2) (August 29, 2002)]</ref>

The [[Citadel]] does not allow its novices to keep wives or paramours, at least not openly.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}

==History==
It was a closely held secret that Prince [[Lewyn Martell]] kept a paramour despite the [[Kingsguard]] oaths of chastity.{{Ref|aFfC|13}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] and his other sworn brothers were aware of this, but kept his secret.{{Ref|aDwD|59}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
A degree of social deference is given to [[Ellaria Sand]] by virtue of her relationship with Prince [[Oberyn Martell]].{{ref|asos|38}} While esteemed as a high-ranking woman by the [[Dornishmen]], in [[King's Landing]] her presence at the high table at the [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] would be taken as an insult by the noblewomen seated near her. Ellaria is instead placed at a place of honor near the dais.{{ref|asos|38}} [[Olenna Redwyne]] refers to her as a "[[whore]]".{{ref|asos|53}}

==Some known paramours==
*[[Mysaria]], to Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
*Ser [[Harwin Strong]], to Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] (allegedly){{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
*Unnamed paramour, to King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]{{ref|tpatq}}
*[[Sylvenna Sand]], to [[Essie]]{{ref|twoiaf| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}
*The nine mistresses of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Free Cities: Braavos}}
*[[Shiera Seastar]], to Lord [[Brynden Rivers]]{{ref|tss}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
*Several unnamed paramours, to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
*Unnamed paramour, to Prince [[Lewyn Martell]]{{Ref|aFfC|13}}
*Unnamed draper's wife in King's Landing, to Ser [[Preston Greenfield]]{{Ref|aFfC|13}}
*Unnamed paramour, to Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]]{{ref|asos|38}}
*[[Ellaria Sand]], to Prince [[Oberyn Martell]]{{ref|asos|38}}
*[[Daario Naharis]], to Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]{{Ref|aDwD|59}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|And this is [[Ellaria Sand]], mine own paramour.{{ref|asos|38}}}} - [[Oberyn Martell]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Prince [[Lewyn Martell|Lewyn]] was my Sworn Brother. In those days there were few secrets amongst the [[Kingsguard]]. I know he kept a paramour. He did not feel there was any shame in that.{{Ref|aDwD|59}}}} - [[Barristan Selmy]] to [[Quentyn Martell]]

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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[[Category:Dorne]]
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Talk:Nymeria

2017-07-01T23:28:32Z

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== Nymeria the warrior women ==

Just a thought, even if Nymeria wasn't a warrior in the common sense of the word, but surely we can assume that she knew how to handle sword, spear, shield etc. if she would be attacked, right? Even a General who is a good part behind the lines has to fight if the enemy manages it to crush the lines and break through! Right? So the term "warrior queen" isn't wrong! --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 23:28, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Prostitution

2017-06-23T00:45:21Z

Exodianecross: /* Prostitutes in Westeros */

[[File:Tyrion Lannister Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Tyrion Lannister]] with a whore - by Nordheimer ©]]
'''Prostitution''' is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment, most frequently [[Currency|coin]]. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a '''prostitute''' but is also known in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels by the term whore. Prostitutes who follow an army are known as '''camp followers''',{{ref|AGOT|62}}{{ref|ADWD|37}} and some are politely grouped with serving '''washerwomen'''.{{ref|ADWD|37}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} If a camp follower attaches herself to a single man for the duration of a campaign she is referred to as a '''camp bride'''.{{ref|ADWD|37}}

[[File:Tiziano Baracchi brothel madame.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A brothel madame in [[Lannisport]] © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Shore Leave Carlo Bocchio.png|An [[ironborn]] sailor with a whore. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
Some prostitutes cater to highly exclusive clientele, make a good enough living, and may to a certain extent pick and choose their clientele. Others take who they can get and do whatever they have to in order to survive, often living miserable lives. Many prostitutes in [[Essos]] are [[slavery|enslaved]].

==Prostitutes in Westeros==
Prostitutes are normally on the bottom rung of the societal ladder, even the wealthier ones, and are looked down upon by most people because of their trade. [[Tywin Lannister]] is well known for his disdain of whores and those who take advantage of their services.{[ref|ASOS|4}} It is considered dishonorable for a nobleman to openly frequent whores and brothels, hence the secret passageway that runs from [[Chataya's brothel]] in [[King's Landing]] to a nearby stable. Despite these attitudes, [[Westeros]] teems with brothels and whores.

Many of the [[Night's Watch]] visit the whores in the [[Mole's Town brothel]]. Despite their vows to remain celibate, a blind eye is turned to it out of pragmatism.{{Ref|AGOT|70}}

Attitudes about sexuality are more relaxed in [[Dorne]]{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}, so the view of [[Dornishmen]] toward prostitutes may be more liberal.

Some brothels in Westeros cater to more exclusive clientele, such as Chataya's. In contrast, the [[Lazy Eel]] is renowned for offering some of the oldest whores in [[White Harbor]].{{Ref|ADWD|15}} [[Oldtown]] has unsavory black brothels.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

On [[Maiden's Day]] maidens of noble houses are required to go to the sept to light tall white candles at [[Maiden (the Seven)|the Maiden's]] feet and hang parchment garlands about her neck. Mothers, whores, and widows are barred from the sept along with men.{{ref|affc|39}} A virgin prostitute's maidenhead can cost a [[currency|golden dragon]].{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}

Female whores feature most in Westeros, but it is mentioned that [[Satin]] was a boy-whore in Oldtown before joining the Night's Watch,{{Ref|ASOS|55}} and the whore [[Hother Umber|Hother "Whoresbane" Umber]] disemboweled in Oldtown was a man.{{ref|ADWD|17}}

;Known whores in Westeros:
{{Columns|3|
*[[Alayaya]]
*[[Bella]]
*[[Cass]]
*[[Chataya]]
*[[Dick Crabb]]'s sister
*[[Dancy]]
*[[Jayde]]
*[[Leslyn]]
*[[Marei]]
*[[Penny Jenny]]
* The [[queen of whores]]
*[[Shae]]
}}

;Known brothels in Westeros:
{{Columns|3|
*[[Chataya's brothel]]
*[[crossroads inn]] - (briefly)
*[[Lazy Eel]]
*[[Mole's Town brothel]]
*The [[Peach]]
}}

==Whores in Essos==
In the [[Free Cities]] and other places in [[Essos]], the attitude towards prostitution is different, and there appears to be less ignominy in engaging the services of a whore. This may be because many of the Free Cities practice [[slavery]] and where there is slavery there will be sexual abuse and exploitation. Slaves who are whores have tears tattooed beneath their right eye.{{ref|ADWD|22}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Volantis}}

The practice of slavery has created a thriving business in trained male and female bed-slaves, particularly from [[Lys]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} whose [[pillow house]]s and pleasure gardens are famous.{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}} Whether all enslaved whores are also trained bed-slaves is unlikely. Many slaves are forced into prostitution during childhood. Most have little or no hope of escaping this way of life, aside from suicide, and are crushed by the abuse and despair they endure.{{ref|ADWD|22}}

The [[Ghis]]cari [[Red Graces]] are religious prostitutes housed in the [[Temple of the Graces]] in [[Meereen]]. There is no shame in their prostituting themselves, but the same cannot be said of the [[Westeros]]i counterpart, the [[septa]].{{ref|adwd|68}}

In [[Braavos]] there are no slaves, so all the prostitutes are free people. However, there are three classes of prostitutes on Braavos: the highly esteemed professional [[courtesan]]s; whores kept in a brothel; and the lowest street-walking dockside whores. Braavosi courtesans enjoy high status and are renowned worldwide.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Braavos}}

;Known whores in Braavos:
{{Columns|3|
* [[Assadora of Ibben]]
* [[Blushing Bethany]]
* [[Canker Jeyne]]
* [[Meralyn]]
* The [[Drunken Daughter]]
* [[Lanna (Happy Port)|Lanna]]
* The [[Sailor's Wife]]
* [[S'vrone]]
* [[Yna|Yna One-Eye]]
}}

;Known whores in Selhorys:
* The [[sunset girl]]
* The [[silver haired whore in Selhorys|silver haired whore]]

==Summer Isles==
[[Summer Isles|Summer Islanders]] esteem the art of lovemaking; there is no stigma to prostitution there.{{ref|AFFC|35}}

==Known frequenters of prostitutes==
[[File:Ryan Barger city of sin.JPG|City of sin. © FFG|thumb|400px|right]]
{{Columns|2|
*[[Anguy]]
*[[Robert I Baratheon]]
*[[Bronn]]
*[[Sandor Clegane]]
*[[Dareon]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Oberyn Martell]]
*[[Jorah Mormont]]
*[[Ollidor]]
*[[Stalwart Shield]]
*[[Aegon IV Targaryen]]
*[[Hother Umber]]
}}

==History==
The [[ironborn]] reavers of old took captured women to be their whores and [[thrall]]s.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}

King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] attempted to outlaw prostitution in King's Landing, resulting in at least a thousand women and children sent from the capital.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] slept with all types of women, including princesses and whores.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

After the death of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], his heir, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], forced [[Tytos Lannister's mistress|his father's mistress]] to walk through [[Lannisport]] on a [[walk of atonement]] to show the city she was a whore.{{ref|ADWD|65}}
Tywin later had his elder son, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], convince his younger son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], that Tyrion's bride [[Tysha]] was a whore. Tywin forced the crofter's daughter to service his [[House Lannister guards|barracks]], who paid with silver, and forced Tyrion to go last and pay with gold.{{ref|AGOT|42}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Petyr Baelish]], the [[master of coin]] for King [[Robert I Baratheon]], owns many brothels. After Lord [[Eddard Stark]] is imprisoned by the [[Iron Throne]], Petyr hides [[Jeyne Poole]] in one of his establishments.{{ref|AGOT|51}}

The camp follower [[Shae]] becomes the lover of [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|62}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] outlaws prostitution on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]].{{ref|ACOK|10}}

Tyrion brings Shae to [[King's Landing]] against the wishes of his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|ACOK|3}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
The [[dwarf's penny]] is a tax imposed on prostitution in King's Landing.{{ref|ADWD|38}} When Tyrion is on trial for the death of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], Shae claims that she was forced to pleasure him.{{ref|ASOS|70}} After Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] releases his brother from the [[Red Keep]]'s dungeon, Tyrion kills Shae after learning she had been sleeping with Tywin. Having also learned from Jaime that [[Tysha]] had not actually been a prostitute, Tyrion kills Tywin when his father says Tysha went "wherever whores go".{{ref|ASOS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Masha Heddle]]'s nephew briefly has prostitutes working at the [[crossroads inn]].{{ref|AFFC|37}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Tyrion visits a sad, [[sunset girl|scarred prostitute]] in [[Selhorys]].{{ref|ADWD|22}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Brothels are a much sounder investment than ships, I've found. Whores seldom sink, and when they are boarded by [[pirates]], why, the pirates pay good coin like everyone else.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{quote|'''Shagga''': Shagga wants this woman. 
'''Timett''': Shaggs wants every whore in [[King's Landing|this city of whores]].{{ref|acok|25}}}} - [[Timett]] to [[Shagga]]

{{Quote|A whore learns to see the man, not his garb, or she turns up dead in an alley.{{Ref|aCoK|44}}}}
- [[Shae]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Whores did have charms, especially if you had a face like [[Petyr Frey|Petyr's]].{{Ref|asos|Epilogue}}}}
- thought of [[Merrett Frey]]

{{Quote|[[sunset girl|This girl]] is as good as dead. I have just fucked a corpse. Even her eyes are dead. She does not even have the strength to loath me.{{Ref|aDwD|22}}}} - thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Washerwoman. That was the polite way of saying camp follower, which was the polite way of saying whore.
Where they came from Theon could not say. They just seemed to appear, like maggots on a corpse or [[raven]]s after a battle. Every army drew them. Some were hardened whores who could fuck twenty men in a night and drink them all blind. Others looked as innocent as maids, but that was just a trick of their trade. Some were camp brides, bound to soldiers they followed with words whispered to one god or another but doomed to be forgotten once the war was done. They would warm a man's bed by night, patch holes in his boots at morning, cook his supper come dusk, and loot his corpse after the battle. Some even did a bit of washing. With them, oft as not, came [[bastard]] children, wretched, filthy creatures born in one camp or the other.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}} - thoughts of [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Some men keep their whoring secret.<ref>[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)]]</ref>}}
- [[Daemon Sand]] to [[Arianne Martell]]

==References and Notes==
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We shouldn't exclude noble daughters I think. A daughter of a Lord could be sent to another Lord as a ward to prepare a marriage alliance, as a way that the two who shall marry get the chance to know each other better. And regardless of that, a ward is sometimes some kind of a good treated hostage, to secure the alliance of a bannerman. It's not unusual in this way to take the first son and the first daughter as wards because firstborns are always the most valuable children! --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 18:33, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Viserys Targaryen

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| image = [[File:Viserys Targaryen.jpg|350px|]]
| image_caption = Viserys Targaryen - by Amok ©
| Alias = The Beggar King ''Khal Rhae Mhar'' (The Sorefoot King) ''Khal Rhaggat'' (The Cart King)
| Title = [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men]] (claimant) [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] (claimant) [[Protector of the Realm]] (claimant)
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Valyrian]]
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| Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|276}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Place_of_Death = [[Vaes Dothrak]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|298}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Harry Lloyd,Viserys Targaryen|Harry Lloyd]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

{{See homonyms | Viserys Targaryen (disambiguation)}}

Prince '''Viserys Targaryen'''{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}} is the heir of his father, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], following the death of his older brother, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], during [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}} The war turned Viserys and his younger sister, [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], [[Princess of Dragonstone]], into exiles from the [[Seven Kingdoms]] who can only plot to regain control of the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}

He styles himself as "Viserys of the [[House Targaryen]], the Third of His Name, [[King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men]], [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] and [[Protector of the Realm]]", as he had been declared King '''Viserys III Targaryen''' by his mother [[Rhaella Targaryen]] on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] early in his exile.{{Ref|awoiaf| Rhaella Targaryen}} To the rest of the world Viserys is known as "'''the Beggar King'''".{{Ref|AGOT|3}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is portrayed by [[w:Harry Lloyd|Harry Lloyd]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Viserys Targaryen|l1=Images of Viserys Targaryen}}
Viserys looks like a true [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]], with silver-blond hair and [[purple eyes|lilac eyes]]. He has a hard, gaunt face.{{ref|agot|3}}

Viserys is an ambitious man, but also impatient, delusional, and blind to reality. He sees himself as a rightful king due instant respect and admiration, and takes anything less as an insult. He refuses to accept the reality of [[House Targaryen]]'s situation after [[Robert I Baratheon]] took the [[Iron Throne]]. Viserys is violent and abusive, to his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] especially,{{ref|agot|3}} but also to others he tries to intimidate.{{Ref|AGOT|36}} Daenerys believes Viserys has been [[Targaryen madness|driven mad]] by the stress of his exile and the lack of respect he has received,{{Ref|aCoK|40}} but others believe Viserys has inherited the [[Targaryen madness|madness]] of his father, the Mad King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].{{Ref|ASOS|71}}{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

==History==
===Early life===
Prince Viserys was born in [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|276}} to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], their first child to survive in the seventeen years since their son [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]'s birth, after multiple stillbirths, miscarriages, and infant deaths. The celebrated Viserys was small but robust and beautiful.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys's paranoia made him fear for the infant's life beyond reason, however. The [[Kingsguard]] watched him day and night, and Rhaella was forbidden to be alone with her son. Aerys insisted that his food taster drink from the breasts of the prince's [[wet nurse]], to make sure she had not smeared [[poison]] on her nipples. The king burned gifts sent by Westerosi [[lord]]s, thinking they might be [[magic|cursed]]. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] hosted a [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] in [[Lannisport]], but only Aerys and Rhaegar attended from the royal family. When Rhaegar married [[Elia Martell]] in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] in {{Date|280}}, Aerys refused to allow Viserys to attend.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
Viserys was only a young boy at the time of [[Robert's Rebellion]], and Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] sheltered him from King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys's]] madness as much as she could.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} When his brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] was killed at the [[Battle of the Trident]], Viserys was named his father's heir, passing over Rhaegar's infant son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]]. Viserys was sent with the pregnant Rhaella to the fortified island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} After news of Aerys's death and the deaths of Rhaegar's children in the [[Sack of King's Landing]] reached Dragonstone, Viserys was declared king.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaella Targaryen}}

Nine months after they fled King's Landing, Rhaella died while giving birth to Viserys's younger sister, [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], during a storm which destroyed most of the [[royal fleet|Targaryen fleet]], which had been anchored at Dragonstone.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} [[Stannis Baratheon]] was about to set sail with his new fleet for the [[assault on Dragonstone]], and the garrison of Dragonstone was prepared to turn Viserys and his sister over to him, but Ser [[Willem Darry]] and four loyal men smuggled the children to the [[Braavosian coast]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|ACOK|0}}

===Exile===
[[File:Edriss Flight of the Dragoons.jpg‎|thumb|200px|Viserys and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wandering in [[Essos]], by Jacqui Davis ©]]
Viserys and [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] lived under Ser [[Willem Darry]]'s protection in a [[house with a red door]] in [[Braavos]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}} While they lived in Braavos, Willem signed a [[secret marriage pact]] with Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] of [[Dorne]], with the [[Sealord of Braavos]] as a witness, agreeing that Viserys would take Princess [[Arianne Martell]], daughter to [[Doran Martell]], the [[Prince of Dorne]], as his bride in exchange for Dorne supporting his claim for the throne. However, Viserys was never made aware of this pact,{{Ref|AFFC|40}}{{Ref|ADWD|43}} as he was an immature child when it was decided, and he was not ready for the information.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6539 Asshai.com Interview in Barcelona (July 28, 2012)]</ref> Willem fell ill five years after fleeing from Dragonstone, however, and eventually died.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{ref|awoiaf| Daenerys Targaryen}}

After Willem's death, the servants stole what little money the children had, leaving Viserys and his sister impoverished. They were put out of the house in Braavos soon after.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Viserys and Daenerys began to wander the [[Free Cities]] as guests of powerful citizens. From Braavos, they went to [[Myr]], next to [[Tyrosh]], on to [[Qohor]], [[Volantis]], and [[Lys]], never staying long at one location. Viserys was convinced they were being followed by the hired knives of the [[Usurper]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. While originally they were welcomed into the homes of the powerful citizens of the Free Cities, their welcome eventually faded, and they were forced to sell off their last possessions to survive.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Selling Rhaella's crown took the last joy had from Viserys, leaving only rage.{{Ref|ASOS|27}} Over time, men started calling him the Beggar King.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|12}} At some point Viserys feasted the captains of the [[Golden Company]], in hopes they might take up his cause and restore him to the throne of Westeros. They ate his food and heard his pleas, but only laughed at him.{{Ref|ADWD|16}}

While his relationship with his sister was initially warm, Viserys grew to resent Daenerys for the death of their mother during her birth, and began treating her abusively, both with cruel words and with physical assaults. He would frequently warn her not to "wake the [[dragon]]" and incite his anger.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Viserys taught Daenerys all he knew of Westeros history and the history of House Targaryen, teaching her to take pride in her family heritage,{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|46}} though sometimes abusively.{{Ref|ASOS|8}} Daenerys always expected she would marry Viserys when she came of age, as Viserys had often told her the line must be kept pure and that Targaryens did not mingle their blood with that of lesser men.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Aprilis420 targaryen.jpg|You don't want to wake the dragon, do you? - by aprilis420 ©|thumb|350px|right]]
[[File:Viserys targaryen by kim sokol.jpg|Viserys Targaryen, the "Cart King" - by Kim Sokol © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
[[File:HBOGolden Crown.png|thumb|right|350px|Khal [[Drogo]] crowns Viserys with molten gold (''[[Game of Thrones]]'')]]

In [[Pentos]], Viserys and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] are guests for half a year of Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]], who takes an interest in returning Viserys to the [[Iron Throne]] in return for rewards upon his ascension. Illyrio and Viserys arrange a marriage between Daenerys and Khal [[Drogo]], a powerful [[Dothraki]] horselord who promises Viserys an army which he can use to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}} Viserys believes he could conquer Westeros with only ten thousand Dothraki screamers, and that among{{ref|AGOT|3}} the houses that would rise for him upon his landing would be the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], [[House Redwyne|Redwynes]], [[House Darry|Darrys]],<ref>The Darrys still display Targaryen [[tapestries]] fifteen years after Robert's Rebellion, according to [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 30|''A Feast for Crows''-Chapter 30]]</ref> [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]], and [[House Martell|Martells]],<ref>The Martells signed a [[secret marriage pact]] promising to aid Viserys's cause, according to [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 43|''A Dance with Dragons'', Chapter 43]]</ref> and that the [[smallfolk]] cry out for the return of [[House Targaryen]].<ref>A peasant speaks of better days in the past under King Aerys, during the march of captives to [[Harrenhal]] in [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 26|''A Clash of Kings'', Chapter 26]]</ref> Viserys says when he takes Westeros, he will kill the [[Usurper]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]], and also the [[Kingslayer]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

Viserys, while willing to wed Daenerys to Drogo, is resentful of having to give her up, and the night before the wedding tries to enter her room and claim her [[maidenhead]]. Illyrio, however, has the foresight to post guards on her room and ensure the impetuous Viserys does not undo "years of planning".{{Ref|ADWD|5}} At the wedding feast, Viserys meets the exile knight Ser [[Jorah Mormont]],{{Ref|AGOT|3}} who swears himself to his service.{{Ref|AGOT|11}} Viserys gifts his sister with three handmaids, [[Irri]], [[Jhiqui]], and [[Doreah]]. Viserys is angered at having to sit in a place below Dany and at being offered the food that only the ''khal'' and his bride have already refused. Before Daenerys and Drogo leave to consummate the marriage, Viserys warns his sister that she must please Drogo, or else she "will see the dragon wake as it has never woken before."{{Ref|AGOT|11}}

After the wedding, Khal Drogo's ''[[khalasar]]'' leaves for [[Vaes Dothrak]] to present the new ''[[khaleesi]]'' Daenerys to the ''[[dosh khaleen]]''. Viserys insists on traveling along to ensure the ''khal'' honors the agreement of support. Viserys believes that Drogo is delaying fulfillment of his promise, and grows increasingly insistent on making a start to the invasion. He believes he sold Dany to Drogo, and that the ''khal'' has not paid him for her, although Illyrio and Jorah try to explain that the Dothraki do not buy or sell, but rather receive gifts and give gifts back eventually in return.{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

Viserys tries to browbeat Daenerys into persuading Drogo, but with her new position of authority as ''khaleesi'' she begins standing up for herself. When Daenerys wishes to experience the [[Dothraki sea]] in solitude, she requests that Jorah tell Viserys and the rest of her ''[[khas]]'' to stay behind. Viserys becomes infuriated at Daenerys giving him a command, and verbally and physically assaults her. She defends herself, and her ''[[ko]]'' [[Jhaqo]] defends his ''khaleesi'', snapping a whip around Viserys's neck. Daenerys commands that he not be harmed, only that his horse be taken away, forcing Viserys to walk. Viserys demands that Jorah hurt Dany and kill the Dothraki for this insult, but the knight ignores Viserys and enforces Daenerys's orders. Jorah regrets swearing himself to Viserys's service, and intimates to Dany that Viserys would be a terrible king. Daenerys realizes that Viserys will never win the Iron Throne and take her back to Westeros, as he is not respected and could not lead an army even if Khal Drogo gives him one.{{Ref|AGOT|23}}

When Viserys walks back to the ''khalasar'', he is greatly shamed in the eyes of the Dothraki, as they feel a man who does not ride is no man at all, and this earns him the mocking nickname ''Khal Rhae Mhar'', the Sorefoot King. Khal Drogo later offers him a place in a cart and Viserys accepts, in his ignorance believing it the ''khal's'' way of apologizing to him for the wrong Dany did to him. Unknown to Viserys, this is a greater insult than walking on foot — as carts are for cripples, [[eunuch]]s, the very old or very young — which earns Viserys the new nickname ''Khal Rhaggat'', the Cart King.{{Ref|AGOT|36}}

At Vaes Dothrak, Daenerys wishes to reconcile with Viserys, and prepares gifts for him, including new Dothraki-style clothing "fit for a ''khal''" to replace his filthy garments. However, when Dany sends Doreah to request that Viserys join her at dinner, he takes offense that she would send a whore to give him commands and strikes the woman, before angrily approaching Dany. He mocks the clothes and the idea that he should dress like a "savage", and begins to assault Daenerys until she defends herself, hitting him with the belt of bronze medallions she had hoped to give him. Viserys storms off angrily, saying she will rue this day when he regains his kingdom.{{Ref|AGOT|36}}

The day of the ritual ceremony for Daenerys's unborn child, [[Rhaego]], Jorah stops Viserys from stealing Daenerys's [[dragon egg]]s, intending to sell to the traders of Vaes Dothrak for gold to buy himself a [[sellsword]] army. The feasting Dothraki are then greatly offended by a drunken Viserys wielding a sword in Drogo's hall, as blades are banned in the sacred city of Vaes Dothrak and it is forbidden to shed a free man's blood there. Khal Drogo does not let Viserys sit at the high bench but rather tells him to sit with the cripples and boys, and all the Dothraki laugh and mock Viserys. Viserys draws his sword, angering the Dothraki, and threatens Daenerys's unborn child while again insisting that Drogo give him his crown. In response, Drogo has Viserys seized by his [[bloodrider]]s, melts down his belt of golden medallions, and upends the pot over Viserys's head, fatally but bloodlessly "crowning" him with molten gold.{{Ref|AGOT|46}}

After Daenerys is nearly assassinated in the Vaes Dothrak marketplace, she learns that King Robert has offered lands and [[lord]]ships for her death or Viserys's;{{Ref|AGOT|33}} she half-hysterically sobs and tells Jorah that the Usurper owes Drogo a lordship.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Word of Viserys's death reaches Westeros not long after King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s execution of Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

In the [[red waste]], Daenerys remembers that Viserys told her when they were children that only [[dragon]]s and men eat cooked meat, which enables her to finally find a way to feed her newborn [[dragon]]s. Daenerys names her white dragon [[Viserion]] in his memory.{{Ref|ACOK|12}}

In [[Qarth]], after being refused help by the [[Pureborn]], Daenerys remembers how Viserys was forced to survive in order to take care of them, and the negative effect it had on him, and that she has now found herself in the same position. Unlike Viserys, however, Dany has dragons.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===

While traveling to [[Astapor]] by ship, Daenerys recalls a young Viserys telling her tales of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and of how much better their lives would be once he claimed his crown.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

In [[Meereen]] Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] tells Daenerys that Viserys was [[Aerys II Targaryen|his father]]'s son, in ways [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] never was.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
At [[Sunspear]], [[Arianne Martell]] learns from her father, [[Doran Martell|Doran]], of a [[secret marriage pact]] between Houses Targaryen and [[House Martell|Martell]]. While her younger brother [[Quentyn Martell|Quentyn]] was to rule [[Dorne]], Arianne was intended to marry the exiled Viserys. Doran, the [[Prince of Dorne]], had suggested older consorts for her to marry, knowing she would reject them. Doran planned to send Arianne to [[Tyrosh]] to serve as the [[Archon]]'s cupbearer and meet Viserys in secret, but Doran's wife, [[Mellario]], had been so upset by Quentyn's fostering at [[Yronwood]] that Doran could not bear to take another of her children from her, and Arianne was never told of her betrothal to Viserys. With Viserys now dead, Doran intends for Arianne to rule Dorne and sends Quentyn to court Daenerys in Meereen.{{Ref|AFFC|40}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
In Meereen, Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] tells Daenerys that after he was dismissed from the [[Kingsguard]] by [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], he realised that he had to redeem himself by finding the true king, meaning Viserys, and serve him loyally with all the strength that still remained to him.{{Ref|ADWD|11}} Daenerys remembers that Viserys had told her stories of the [[tourney]]s he had witnessed in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|ADWD|30}}

Ser [[Tristan Rivers]] reveals that one of Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]]'s plans was for Viserys to join the [[Golden Company]] with fifty thousand [[Dothraki]] screamers at his back, but then the Beggar King died, putting an end to that plan.{{Ref|aDwD|24}}

Upon [[Quentyn Martell]]'s arrival at Daenerys's court in Meereen, he informs her of the [[secret marriage pact]] concluded by Ser [[Willem Darry]] and [[Oberyn Martell]] with the [[Sealord of Braavos]] as witness, while Viserys and Daenerys were living in [[Braavos]]. It promised that if Viserys wed [[Arianne Martell]] he would receive [[Dorne]]'s aid in placing him upon the [[Iron Throne]]. Dany realizes that if her brother had known that he had a Dornish princess waiting for him, he would have crossed to [[Sunspear]] as soon as he was old enough to wed. Quentyn agrees that this would have brought [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s wrath down on Dorne and that Doran was content to wait until Viserys found an army. Quentyn had been sent to Meereen by his father to fulfill the pact; instead of Viserys marrying Arianne, Quentyn would marry Daenerys and give her the support of Dorne.{{Ref|aDwD|43}} Barristan tells Quentyn that the pact, written by two dead men and referring to a dead man, cannot be enforced for him and Dany.{{Ref|aDwD|59}}

Near "[[Dragonstone (hill)|Dragonstone]]" in the [[Dothraki sea]] after fleeing [[Daznak's Pit]] atop [[Drogon]],{{ref|ADWD|52}} Daenerys dreams of Viserys. Her burnt and gilded brother accuses her of not having mourned him. The siblings argue about Dany's marriage to [[Drogo]], the delay in Viserys receiving a Dothraki ''[[khalasar]]'', and Dany receiving [[dragon egg]]s from Illyrio. Viserys's jaw falls away as he laughs in the dream.{{ref|ADWD|71}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning|This information has thus far been released in a sample chapter for ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', and might therefore not be in finalized form. Keep in mind that the content as described below is still subject to change.}}
[[Stannis Baratheon]] tells Ser [[Justin Massey]] that he will not leave [[Westeros]] to raise an army, as exiles rarely return, using the beggar king Viserys as an example.<ref name="Winds2">''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>

While sailing the [[Sea of Dorne]] to [[Cape Wrath]], Arianne discusses Viserys and his death with Ser [[Daemon Sand]].<ref name=Winds>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref> Near [[Griffin's Roost]], Arianne encounters [[Lysono Maar]] of the [[Golden Company]]. She says the [[Lys]]eni's appearance (long silver-gold hair and pale [[purple eyes|lilac eyes]]) reminds her of a Targaryen, which he finds flattering. She is somewhat unnerved by Lysono, however, and thinks it is perhaps a good thing that Viserys is dead if that is what her betrothed looked like.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne II (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne II]]</ref>

==Quotes by Viserys==
[[File:Viserys Targaryen.PNG|250px|thumb|Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen (''[[Game of Thrones]]'')]]
{{Quote|We go [[Westeros|home]] with an army, sweet sister. With Khal [[Drogo]]'s army, that is how we go home. And if you must wed him and bed him for that, you will. I'd let his whole [[khalasar]] fuck you if need be, sweet sister, all forty thousand men, and their horses too if that was what it took to get my army.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}}} - Viserys to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|'''Daenerys''': [[Drogo|He]] says you shall have a splendid golden crown that men shall tremble to behold. 
'''Viserys''': That was all I wanted. What was promised.{{ref|AGOT|46}}}} - [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and Viserys

{{quote|No, you cannot touch me, I am the [[dragon]], the '''dragon''', and I will be '''crowned'''!{{Ref|AGOT|46}}}} - Viserys to [[Drogo]]'s [[bloodrider]]s

{{quote|'''Viserys''': You were supposed to be my wife, to bear me children with silver hair and [[purple eyes]], to keep the [[House Targaryen|blood of the dragon]] pure. I took care of you. I taught you who you were. I fed you. I sold [[Rhaella Targaryen|our mother's]] crown to keep you fed. 
'''Daenerys''': You hurt me. You frightened me. 
'''Viserys''': Only when you woke the dragon. I loved you. 
'''Daenerys''': You sold me. You betrayed me. 
'''Viserys''': No. You were the betrayer. You turned against me, against your own blood. They cheated me. Your [[Drogo|horsey husband]] and his [[Dothraki|stinking savages]]. They were cheats and liars. They promised me a golden crown and gave me [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 46|this]]. 
'''Daenerys''': You could have had your crown. My [[Drogo|sun-and-stars]] would have won it for you if only you had waited.{{ref|ADWD|71}}}} - Viserys in a dream of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

==Quotes about Viserys==
{{Quote|Viserys is less than the shadow of a snake.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|My mother died giving me birth, and my father and my brother Rhaegar even before that. I would never have known so much as their names if Viserys had not been there to tell me. He was the only one left. The only one. He is all I have.{{Ref|agot|46}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]

{{quote|He was no [[dragon]]. Fire cannot kill a dragon.{{Ref|AGOT|46}}}} - thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|The Beggar King is dead. Viserys. The last son of Mad King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]]. He's been going about the [[Free Cities]] since before I was born, calling himself a king. Well, [[Cersei Lannister|Mother]] says the [[Dothraki]] finally crowned him. With molten gold.{{Ref|acok|2}}}} – [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{quote|The cream-and-gold I call [[Viserion]]. Viserys was cruel and weak and frightened, yet he was my brother still. His [[dragon]] will do what he could not.{{ref|ACOK|12}}}} - [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to her [[Queensguard]]

{{Quote|Even as a child, your brother Viserys oft seemed to be [[Aerys II Targaryen|his father]]'s son, [[Targaryen madness|in ways]] [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] never did.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}}} – [[Barristan Selmy]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|'''Arianne''': Who is it? Who have I been betrothed to, all these years? 
'''Doran''': It makes no matter. He is dead. 
'''Arianne''': The old ones are so frail. Was it a broken hip, a chill, the gout? 
'''Doran''': It was a pot of molten gold. We princes make our careful plans and the gods smash them all awry.{{ref|AFFC|40}}}} - [[Arianne Martell]] and [[Doran Martell]]

{{Quote|Words are wind, and the wind that blows exiles across the [[narrow sea]] seldom blows them back. That boy Viserys Targaryen spoke of return as well. He slipped through my fingers at [[assault on Dragonstone|Dragonstone]], only to spend his life wheedling after sellswords. "The Beggar King," they called him in the [[Free Cities]].<ref name="Winds2" />}} – [[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Justin Massey]]

==Family==
{{Targaryen_tree_now}}

==References and Notes==

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{{Kings of Westeros}}

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[[Category:Characters from the Crownlands|Targaryen, Viserys]]
[[Category:Claimants to the Iron Throne|Targaryen, Viserys]]
[[Category:Exiles|Targaryen, Viserys]]
[[Category:Members of Aerys II Targaryen's court|Targaryen, Viserys]]
[[Category:Nobles|Targaryen, Viserys]]
[[Category:Princes of Dragonstone|Targaryen, Viserys]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Drogo|Targaryen, Viserys]]

[[es:Viserys Targaryen]]
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[[fr:Viserys III Targaryen]]
[[ru:Визерис III Таргариен]]
[[zh:韦赛里斯·坦格利安]]

A Feast for Crows-Chapter 2

2017-04-19T15:56:45Z

Exodianecross: /* Synopsis */

{{Infobox Chapter AFfC
| pov = [[Areo Hotah]]
| title = The Captain of the Guards
| place = [[Water Gardens]] - [[Sunspear]]
| page = 30
| previous = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 1|The Prophet]]
| current = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 2|The Captain of Guards]]
| next = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 3|Cersei I]]
| arc previous =
| arc next =
}}

==Synopsis==

Prince [[Doran Martell|Doran]] has been at the [[Water Gardens]] for nearly two years now, watching the children play in the pools while trying to deal with his gout. Captain [[Areo Hotah]] hears the approach of [[Obara Sand]], eldest of the [[Oberyn Martell|Red Viper]]'s [[Sand Snakes|bastard daughters]], and bars her from disturbing Prince Doran's rest. Deadly as she may be, she is no match for the Captain, but the Prince calls her into his presence before they come to blows. Obara demands justice for her father, imploring Prince Doran to marshal the Dornish army and give half to her so she might march on [[Oldtown]] and burn it to the ground, and the other half to her half-sister Lady [[Nymeria Sand|Nym]] to march up the Kingsroad. Doran tells her that his brother was not murdered, but died in single combat, and that Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] has promised them Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]]'s head. Unappeased, Obara mocks her uncle for his meekness and stalks off after he tells her to await his word in [[Sunspear]]. Fearing an uprising in Sunspear incited by the Sand Snakes, Prince Doran tells Hotah that he must return to his seat at the Palace of the Sun. The Captain reminds him that Princess Myrcella is there, and that Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] sends letters to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. Hotah thinks that he and the [[Kingsguard]] will eventually cross swords, and when that occurs the Captain will kill him.

The next morning, the prince and his retinue begin the journey back to Sunspear, but along the way they come upon another of the Sand Snakes. The beautiful [[Nymeria Sand|Lady Nym]] is far more tactful than her older half-sister, but no less resolved to seek vengeance for her father. Scoffing at Obara's demand to go to war, Lady Nym tells her uncle that she needs only her sister [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]], and the two will assassinate Cersei, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], Lord Tywin and King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. Stating that his brother was only to take the measure of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s court and not seek revenge for [[Elia Martell|Elia]] despite the seventeen years that have passed, Nymeria responds in parting, "My sisters and I shall not wait ten-and-seven years for our vengeance."

Arriving in [[Sunspear]], the prince's retinue is accosted by townspeople calling for vengeance for the Red Viper. In the [[Old Palace]], Princess [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]] greets her father and tells him that Tyene Sand awaits him in the throne room. The third of the Sand Snakes is embroidering when the captain encounters her while bearing Prince Doran to his high seat. Tyene offers her uncle the cloth she is knitting, which shows her father mounted on a sand steed, so that he will not forget the Red Viper. Prince Doran responds, "I am not like to forget your father." Tyene counsels her uncle to wed his son [[Trystane Martell|Trystane]] to [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] now, and then crown the princess as is the [[Dorne|Dornish]] way. This would incite the Queen Regent and [[Highgarden]] to march on Dorne, where the prince's armies could bleed them in the high passes and treacherous deserts. When she calls her uncle fearful, Doran advises her, "There is a difference between fear and caution." Tyene raises her hand to touch her uncle, but Hotah brings the butt of his longaxe down on the marble floor, and cautions her, "My lady, you presume. Step from the dais, if it please you." The Sand Snake replies that she meant no harm and loves her uncle, he loved his brother. After she takes her leave, Maester [[Caleotte]] rushes to the Prince's side to make sure he was not pricked by one of Tyene's needles.

Shortly after, Prince Doran commands the captain to round up and confine all the Sand Snakes, including [[Ellaria Sand|Ellaria's]] young daughters. Obara, Nymeria and Tyene are locked up in cells at the top of the Spear Tower, but with no blood spilled, the younger Sand Snakes are restricted together with their mother to the Water Gardens. When Hotah tells him that the common folk will howl when they find out, the [[Prince of Dorne]] replies, "All Dorne will howl. I only pray Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] hears them...so he might know what a loyal friend he has in Sunspear."

==Character List==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|- valign="top"
| style="width:25%;" |
'''Appearing:'''
*[[Areo Hotah]]
*[[Doran Martell]]
*[[Obara Sand]]
*[[Nymeria Sand]]
*[[Tyene Sand]]
| style="width:25%;" |
'''Appearing:'''
*[[Arianne Martell]]
*Maester [[Caleotte]]
*Maester [[Myles]]
*[[Ricasso]]
*[[Manfrey Martell]]
| style="width:25%;" |

'''Mentioned:'''
*[[Oberyn Martell]]
*[[Trystane Martell]]
*[[Mellario]]
*[[Sarella Sand]]
*[[Mors Martell]]
*[[Olyvar Martell]]
*[[Elia Martell]]
| style="width:25%;" |
'''Mentioned:'''
*[[Myriah Martell]]
*[[Daeron II Targaryen]]
*[[Daemon Sand]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Tommen Baratheon]]
*[[Myrcella Baratheon]]
*[[Fowler Twins]]
|}

==Martell family tree==
{{Martell_tree}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-feast-for-crows-part-2 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 2]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Feast for Crows: Chapter 02]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Areo Hotah|A Feast for Crows: Chapter 02]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Dorne]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Sunspear]]

[[es:Festín de Cuervos-Capítulo 2]]
[[fr:A Feast for Crows, Chapitre 03, Le Capitaine des Gardes]]

A Feast for Crows-Chapter 2

2017-04-19T15:54:24Z

Exodianecross: /* Synopsis */ more details, the older Sand Snakes were brought in cells while the younger ones were sent to the Water Gardens

{{Infobox Chapter AFfC
| pov = [[Areo Hotah]]
| title = The Captain of the Guards
| place = [[Water Gardens]] - [[Sunspear]]
| page = 30
| previous = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 1|The Prophet]]
| current = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 2|The Captain of Guards]]
| next = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 3|Cersei I]]
| arc previous =
| arc next =
}}

==Synopsis==

Prince [[Doran Martell|Doran]] has been at the [[Water Gardens]] for nearly two years now, watching the children play in the pools while trying to deal with his gout. Captain [[Areo Hotah]] hears the approach of [[Obara Sand]], eldest of the [[Oberyn Martell|Red Viper]]'s [[Sand Snakes|bastard daughters]], and bars her from disturbing Prince Doran's rest. Deadly as she may be, she is no match for the Captain, but the Prince calls her into his presence before they come to blows. Obara demands justice for her father, imploring Prince Doran to marshal the Dornish army and give half to her so she might march on [[Oldtown]] and burn it to the ground, and the other half to her half-sister Lady [[Nymeria Sand|Nym]] to march up the Kingsroad. Doran tells her that his brother was not murdered, but died in single combat, and that Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] has promised them Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]]'s head. Unappeased, Obara mocks her uncle for his meekness and stalks off after he tells her to await his word in [[Sunspear]]. Fearing an uprising in Sunspear incited by the Sand Snakes, Prince Doran tells Hotah that he must return to his seat at the Palace of the Sun. The Captain reminds him that Princess Myrcella is there, and that Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] sends letters to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. Hotah thinks that he and the [[Kingsguard]] will eventually cross swords, and when that occurs the Captain will kill him.

The next morning, the prince and his retinue begin the journey back to Sunspear, but along the way they come upon another of the Sand Snakes. The beautiful [[Nymeria Sand|Lady Nym]] is far more tactful than her older half-sister, but no less resolved to seek vengeance for her father. Scoffing at Obara's demand to go to war, Lady Nym tells her uncle that she needs only her sister [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]], and the two will assassinate Cersei, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], Lord Tywin and King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]. Stating that his brother was only to take the measure of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s court and not seek revenge for [[Elia Martell|Elia]] despite the seventeen years that have passed, Nymeria responds in parting, "My sisters and I shall not wait ten-and-seven years for our vengeance."

Arriving in [[Sunspear]], the prince's retinue is accosted by townspeople calling for vengeance for the Red Viper. In the [[Old Palace]], Princess [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]] greets her father and tells him that Tyene Sand awaits him in the throne room. The third of the Sand Snakes is embroidering when the captain encounters her while bearing Prince Doran to his high seat. Tyene offers her uncle the cloth she is knitting, which shows her father mounted on a sand steed, so that he will not forget the Red Viper. Prince Doran responds, "I am not like to forget your father." Tyene counsels her uncle to wed his son [[Trystane Martell|Trystane]] to [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] now, and then crown the princess as is the [[Dorne|Dornish]] way. This would incite the Queen Regent and [[Highgarden]] to march on Dorne, where the prince's armies could bleed them in the high passes and treacherous deserts. When she calls her uncle fearful, Doran advises her, "There is a difference between fear and caution." Tyene raises her hand to touch her uncle, but Hotah brings the butt of his longaxe down on the marble floor, and cautions her, "My lady, you presume. Step from the dais, if it please you." The Sand Snake replies that she meant no harm and loves her uncle, he loved his brother. After she takes her leave, Maester [[Caleotte]] rushes to the Prince's side to make sure he was not pricked by one of Tyene's needles.

Shortly after, Prince Doran commands the captain to round up and confine all the Sand Snakes, including [[Ellaria Sand|Ellaria's]] young daughters. Obara, Nymeria and Tyene are locked up in cells at the top of the Spear Tower, but with no blood spilled, the younger Sand Snakes are restricted together with their mother in the Water Gardens. When Hotah tells him that the common folk will howl when they find out, the [[Prince of Dorne]] replies, "All Dorne will howl. I only pray Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] hears them...so he might know what a loyal friend he has in Sunspear."

==Character List==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|- valign="top"
| style="width:25%;" |
'''Appearing:'''
*[[Areo Hotah]]
*[[Doran Martell]]
*[[Obara Sand]]
*[[Nymeria Sand]]
*[[Tyene Sand]]
| style="width:25%;" |
'''Appearing:'''
*[[Arianne Martell]]
*Maester [[Caleotte]]
*Maester [[Myles]]
*[[Ricasso]]
*[[Manfrey Martell]]
| style="width:25%;" |

'''Mentioned:'''
*[[Oberyn Martell]]
*[[Trystane Martell]]
*[[Mellario]]
*[[Sarella Sand]]
*[[Mors Martell]]
*[[Olyvar Martell]]
*[[Elia Martell]]
| style="width:25%;" |
'''Mentioned:'''
*[[Myriah Martell]]
*[[Daeron II Targaryen]]
*[[Daemon Sand]]
*[[Jaime Lannister]]
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Tommen Baratheon]]
*[[Myrcella Baratheon]]
*[[Fowler Twins]]
|}

==Martell family tree==
{{Martell_tree}}

==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]
*[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/02/a-read-of-ice-and-fire-a-feast-for-crows-part-2 A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 2]. Analyses and summary of the chapter by Leigh Butler.

[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters|A Feast for Crows: Chapter 02]]
[[Category: A Song of Ice And Fire chapters--POV Areo Hotah|A Feast for Crows: Chapter 02]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Dorne]]
[[Category:Chapters which take place in Sunspear]]

[[es:Festín de Cuervos-Capítulo 2]]
[[fr:A Feast for Crows, Chapitre 03, Le Capitaine des Gardes]]

Polygamy

2017-02-10T17:09:58Z

Exodianecross: /* Polygamy in Westeros */

[[File:Amok-Aegon and his sisters.jpg|thumb|right|400px|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] had taken both of his sisters to wife. Artwork by Amok©]]
'''Polygamy''' can be defined as a marriage which includes more than two partners.<ref>[[w:Polygamy|Wikipedia: Polygamy]]</ref>

==Polygamy in [[Westeros]]==
In [[Westeros]], for both the highborn and lowborn, marriage is chiefly between two people, a man and a woman. The [[Faith of the Seven]] does not permit polygamy and considers it a sin.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}

During the [[Age of Heroes]], the legendary [[Florys the Fox]], cleverest of the children of [[Garth Greenhand]], kept three husbands, each ignorant of the existence of the others.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}

King [[Garland II Gardener|Garland II "The Bridegroom" Greenhand]], [[King of the Reach]] in the time before the [[Andals]] came to Westeros, had multiple wives. In order to marry the daughter of Lord [[Lymond Hightower]], Lord of [[Oldtown]], he put aside his other wives. This union, combined with the marriage of Lord Lymond and King Garland's daughter, brought [[Oldtown]] into the kingdom of [[House Gardener]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: The Gardener Kings}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}

According to the songs, [[Storm King]] [[Ronard Storm|Ronard "the Bastard"]] of [[Storm's End]] had twenty-three wives.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Stormlands: House Durrandon}}

In [[Valyria]], the [[dragonlords]] and sorcerer princes took more than one wife when it pleased them, though this was less common than incestuous marriages.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] took multiple wives with him when he left [[Valyria]] for [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} His descendant, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], took to wife both his sisters, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]]. This was unusual, as per tradition he was expected to wed only his older sister, but not without precedent. It was said by some that Aegon wed Visenya out of duty and Rhaenys out of desire.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

During the [[Aegon's Conquest|Conquest]], Aegon received a proposal from the Storm King, [[Argilac Durrandon]], who offered his daughter [[Argella Durrandon|Argella]] as a wife to Aegon. Stating he did not need a third wife, Aegon refused the suggestion. Queen Regent [[Sharra Arryn]] of the [[Kingdom of Mountain and Vale]] offered herself in marriage to Aegon, but Aegon refused her offer as well.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Aegon I's younger son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] is the last Targaryen currently known to have had multiple wives. He had been married to Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]] in {{date|25}}. In {{date|39}}, he took [[Alys Harroway]] to wife in a Valyrian ceremony led by his mother, Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} after they could not find a [[septon]] to perform the marriage.<ref name=Sons>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/115696-spoilers-sons-of-the-dragon-reading-at-loncon-today/&do=findComment&comment=6134038 The Sons of the Dragon] reading, Loncon 2014</ref> This marriage upset the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], especially the [[High Septon (Maegor I)|High Septon]]. When Maegor refused to set Alys aside, King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] sent them into exile in [[Pentos]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}<ref name=Sons/>

When Aenys died in {{Date|42}}, Maegor returned from Pentos, and a courtesan named [[Tyanna]] arrived not much later together with Queen Alys. Maegor took Tyanna to wife that same year. In {{Date|45}}, Maegor's first wife, Ceryse, died due to sudden illness. Two years later, Maegor married his three [[Black Brides]], widowed women of proven fertility, in a single ceremony.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

With the death of their [[dragon]]s, House Targaryen saw a decrease in their power and threat that they needed to be able to get away with committing the sin of polygamy in [[Westeros]]. According to [[George R. R. Martin]],
{{Quote|[[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]] has multiple wives, from lines outside his own, so there was and is precedent. However, the extent to which the Targaryen kings could defy convention, the Faith, and the opinions of the other lords decreased markedly after they no longer had dragons. If you have a [[dragon]], you can have as many wives as you want, and people are less likely to object.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2997 Asshai.com Forum Chat (July 27, 2008)]</ref>}}

Despite the lack of dragons, it is possible that King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] promised his [[bastard]] son [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] that he could marry both [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]] and Aegon's daughter Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]]. King Aegon's successor, King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], however, did not permit the second marriage.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

There has been no mention of a Targaryen or Valyrian woman ever having more than one husband at a time. Nonetheless, in {{Date|299}} Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] proposes the idea to Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] as a possible meaning for "the dragon has three heads",{{ref|asos|8}} which Daenerys had heard in her visions at the [[House of the Undying]].{{ref|acok|48}} Daenerys speaks of the possibility to Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] a year later, suggesting that her marriage to [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] need not be the end of Quentyn's hope to marry her, but his reaction to her [[dragon]]s causes her to dismiss the idea.{{ref|adwd|50}}

In the era of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], there was a [[Kingsguard]] [[knight]] named Ser [[Lucamore Strong]], called "Lucamore the Lusty", who had three wives and sixteen children. Knights of the Kingsguard are not allowed to have wives or children, so when Lucamore's deceit was discovered, his own brothers of the Kingsguard gelded him, and the king sent him to the [[Wall]].{{ref|affc|13}}

On the [[Iron Islands]], a man can have one true- and freeborn "[[rock wife]]". However, he can also have "[[salt wife|salt wives]]", usually women captured on raids. Salt wives are considered more than mere concubines, and any sons born of such unions are not considered [[bastard]]s, but can inherit should their father have no surviving sons by his rock wife. The number of salt wives a man can support is considered to be an indication of his power, wealth, and virility.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}{{ref|acok|11}}

In [[Dorne]], it is not uncommon for a nobleman or a noblewoman to have a spouse for political reasons and a [[paramour]] for love. While the Dornish are not very concerned if a child is born out of marriage, children by paramours are nevertheless considered to be [[Bastardy|bastards]], and thus have to use the surname "Sand", while the children by the spouse use the family name and inherit.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}} But to have bastardchildren and being a bastard himself/herself isn't considered shameful in Dorne.

==Polygamy [[Beyond the Wall]]==
North of the [[Wall]], the [[wildling]] [[Craster]] has [[Craster's wives|multiple wives]]. By {{Date|299}}, he is married to nineteen women, many of whom are also his daughters.{{ref|acok|23}} [[Ygon Oldfather]] has eighteen wives.{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Polygamy in [[Essos]]==
The [[Lys]]eni pirate [[Salladhor Saan]] claims to have multiple wives{{Ref|aCoK|10}}{{Ref|asos|54}} and concubines,{{Ref|asos|54}} although [[Davos Seaworth]] says they are only concubines.{{Ref|aCoK|10}}

Amongst the [[Dothraki]], ''[[khal]]s'' can have more than one wife, such as Khal [[Jommo]], who has four wives,{{ref|agot|46}} or Khal [[Temmo]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

In [[Astapor]], [[Cleon]] the Great had multiple wives, which he said he would put aside if Daenerys Targaryen would marry him.{{ref|asos|71}}

At [[Port of Qarth|the docks of Qarth]], a brass merchant refers to his wives.{{ref|acok|63}}

The emperors of [[Yi Ti]] may have multiple wives, such as the last indigo emperor [[Choq Choq]], who had a hundred wives and a thousand concubines.{{ref|twoiaf| The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

In [[Leng]], the first god-empress of the current dynasty, [[Khiara|Khiara the Great]], took two husbands, one [[Lengii]] and one [[YiTish]] - a customary pattern followed by her daughters and their daughters in turn.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond: Leng}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

[[Category:Terms]]

Elia Sand

2017-02-10T17:06:14Z

Exodianecross:

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| image = [[File:Elia SandCV II.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Elia Sand. © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias =El{{Ref|ADWD|38}} Lady Lance<ref name=sample />
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[House Martell]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Dornishmen]]
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| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|285}} or {{date|286}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Elia Sand|Elia Sand]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (appears)
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[[File:Two Elias by eliyadoodles.png|thumb|350px|right|Elia Sand and her namesake [[Elia Martell]]. Art by [http://eliyadoodles.tumblr.com/ eliyadoodles] ]]

'''Elia Sand''' is the oldest bastard daughter of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] by his paramour [[Ellaria Sand]]. She is one of the famous '[[Sand Snakes]]'.{{ref|asos|Appendix}} She's fond of horses and jousting, her weapon of choice is the lance.<ref name=sample>[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|The Winds of Winter, Arianne I]], sample chapter</ref> Elia was most likely named after her late aunt, [[Elia Martell]].

==Appearance==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Elia Sand|l1=Images of Elia Sand}}
Elia wears her hair in a black braid, and has her father's eyes. She often smells like a horse, to her mother's despair.<ref name=sample />

==Recent Events==
===A Feast for Crows===
After the death of Prince Oberyn, Elia, her mother and six of her seven sisters ([[Sarella Sand]] is outside of Dorne) are all taken into custody. While Prince [[Doran Martell]] does not think Elia and her younger sisters will be a danger to his rule, he fears they might be used by others in plots.{{Ref|AFFC|2}} Princess [[Arianne Martell]] later mentions to Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] that she is not permitted to see her cousins by her father.{{Ref|affc|13}} Elia is sent to the [[Water Gardens]] with her mother and three younger sisters where, along with [[Obella Sand|Obella]], she becomes the terror of the pools.{{ref|affc|40}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
When the head of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] is delivered to [[Sunspear]], [[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]] and [[Tyene Sand]] continue to demand more justice against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. [[Ellaria Sand]], Elia's mother, mentions how Elia and Obella worship the elder [[Sand Snakes]], and how Elia and Obella are in turn worshipped by [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]] and [[Loreza Sand|Loreza]], their younger sisters. She asks the three eldest Sand Snakes that, if they die, whether or not Elia and Obella should seek vengeance for them, and Dorea and Loreza for them in turn.{{ref|adwd|38}}

===The Winds of Winter===
Elia joins her cousin, Princess [[Arianne Martell]], on her journey to meet with [[Jon Connington]]. While traveling on the ship the ''[[Peregrine]]'', [[Joss Hood]] finds Elia to be too precocious for his liking and states that someone should spank her. Elia both flirts with and challenges him, saying that he must joust her first if he wishes to punish her. While [[Garibald Shells]] claims that women should not joust, Elia claims that she is "Lady Lance". Arianne sends her below deck to end the conversation.<ref name=sample />

==Quotes by Elia==
{{Quote|I’m Elia. Lady Lance.<ref name=sample />}}

==Quotes about Elia==
{{Quote|Someone needs to spank that child.}} - [[Joss Hood]]

{{Quote|You may be a lance, but you are no lady.<ref name=sample />}} - [[Arianne Martell]]

{{Quote|Oberyn wanted vengeance for Elia. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. Your sisters. My Elia is fourteen, almost a woman. Obella is twelve, on the brink of maiden-hood. They worship you, as Dorea and Loreza worship them. If you should die, must El and Obella seek vengeance for you, then Dorea and Loree for them? Is that how it goes, round and round forever? I ask again, where does it end?{{Ref|ADWD|38}}}} - [[Ellaria Sand]]

==Family==
{{Martell tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

[[Category:House Martell]]
[[Category:Bastards|Sand, Elia]]
[[Category:Characters from Dorne|Sand, Elia]]
[[Category:Sand Snakes]]

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Talk:Master of whisperers

2017-01-26T17:28:10Z

Exodianecross: Created page with "== Mistresses in politics (or the small council) == I assume that the article Master of whisperers has also the title "Mistress of whisperers" because there was once a woman..."

== Mistresses in politics (or the small council) ==

I assume that the article Master of whisperers has also the title "Mistress of whisperers" because there was once a woman who hold this position, right? Just a thought now, a theory. Maybe every "master"-position could also be held by a woman if she has the abilities and the backup by the king or queen, whoever is sitting on the throne, right? --[[User:Exodianecross|Exodianecross]] ([[User talk:Exodianecross|talk]]) 17:28, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

Valonqar/Theories

2017-01-21T14:57:47Z

Exodianecross: /* Loras Tyrell */

{{Theory_Policy}}
In her youth, [[Cersei Lannister]] received a prophecy from [[Maggy]] the frog that she would die at the hands of the "valonqar", which is the word for "little brother" in [[High Valyrian]]. No one person has been confirmed to fill this role.

''Female valonqar'': Several of the people hypothesized as the valonqar are females. As [[Maester]] [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] informs [[Samwell Tarly]] that the word used to indicate the Prince that was Promised in the [[Prince that was promised|prophecy]] concerning this prince could have been indicating a "princess" as well, it has been speculated that there might be more gender-neutral words in High Valyrian. As such, it has been speculated that "valonqar" cannot only mean "little brother", but also "little sister", or "little sibling".

Other, less frequently used arguments, are that possibly, High Valyrian uses the male gender when gender is actually unknown, that Maggy is not fluent enough in High Valyrian to know or to correctly employ the gender differentiation, or that she is actually speaking one of the dialects of the [[Free Cities]] that might not completely agree with High Valyrian regarding this word. Although [[Septa]] [[Saranella]]'s translation of "little brother"{{ref|affc|39}} might have been wrong, a Tyroshi who brings Cersei a dwarf's head claiming it to be [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion's]] refers to him as her 'valonqar'.{{ref|affc|36}} Because of this, the valonqar is generally considered to be slightly more likely to be a man than it is to be a woman. It is worth noting that the name "Maggy" is itself suspected to be a misrepresentation of the title of [[Maegi]].

People suspected of being the Valonqar include:

==[[Tyrion Lannister]]==
Tyrion Lannister is the youngest brother of Cersei. Cersei treated Tyrion poorly from shortly after his birth, and suspects him of being the valonqar. Tyrion blames Cersei for [[Mandon Moore]]'s attempt on his life and for the slanderous testimonies during his trial.

==[[Jaime Lannister]]==
Jaime is Cersei's twin brother, but was born after her, and is therefore her younger brother. They have shared an incestuous relationship since youth, but drifted apart after Tyrion's trial.

==[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]==
Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell, was the younger brother of his sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Rhaenys and Elia died at hands of Lannister forces. If the person claiming to be Aegon Targaryen really is Aegon Targaryen, he has plenty of reasons to want to kill Cersei.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen]]==
Daenerys Targaryen was the younger sister to her brothers Rhaegar and Viserys and as one of the contenders for the Iron Throne also has plenty of reasons to kill Cersei.

==The surviving Stark-children==
After the death of their parents and older brother Robb all of the Stark children ([[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]]) have reasons enough to kill Cersei. Arya has gone as far as to include Cersei on a list of people she wishes to kill. [[Jon Snow]] calls Arya "little sis" repeatedly, and they both think of it throughout the series whenever they recall each other. ''If'' "valonqar" can indeed refer to a female younger sibling as well, the repeated use of "little sister" for Arya could point to her as a candidate.

Though Bran is crippled, his warging ability means he could kill Cersei. Because of his youth Rickon seems unlikely, but it's also possible that he could kill her through his direwolf.

==[[Stannis Baratheon]]==
Stannis is the younger brother of Cersei's former husband, King Robert. He is attempting to overthrow Cersei.

==[[Brynden Rivers]]==
Brynden Rivers was a younger brother to a few siblings, the [[Great Bastards]], but unlike the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] he was a Targaryen-Loyalist. Still alive beneath the [[Wall]] he could also be the Valonqar.

==[[Tommen Baratheon]]==
The valonqar passage was a fragment of Maggy's response to Cersei's third question, regarding her, and king's, children. Thus it could be read as "you will see all your children die, and then the youngest will kill you". That would require Tommen to die, rise from dead and only then strangle someone to death, like Ser [[Waymar Royce]] in the series' prologue.

==The [[Sand Snakes]] (except Obara)==
The Sand Snakes are the daughters of [[Oberyn Martell]] and nieces to [[Elia Martell]], both were killed by the hands of the Lannister-man [[Gregor Clegane]]. All Sand Snakes have reasons enough to kill Cercei but because of the circumstance that Obara isn't a younger sibling to anyone she won't fit the prophecy. Her younger sisters Nymeria, Tyene, Sarella or possibly Elia could be candidates, the other three Sand Snakes seem unlikely because of their youth.

==[[Sandor Clegane]]==
Sandor Clegane is the younger brother to his sibling [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]] and was for a very long time in service for House Lannister, at least as [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s sworn shield and member of the [[Kingsguard]]. During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] he deserted and encountered [[Arya Stark]]. He travelled together with her through the devastated [[Riverlands]] until he was left behind by Arya after he was badly wounded. His fate is unknown until now. Some believe that he is still alive. If he is, he could also be the Valonquar because of his despise for the Lannisters.

==[[Trystane Martell]]==
Trystane is the younger brother to [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]] and [[Quentyn Martell]]. As part of a marriage pact orchestrated by Tyrion Lannister, he was betrothed to [[Myrcella Baratheon]]. Cersei planned to kill him as part of a plot to get her daughter back to King's Landing. If Trystane would get knowledge of this he has another reason for revenge besides the fact that his uncle and aunt died by the hands of the Lannisters.

==[[Brienne Tarth]]==
Brienne was the younger sister to her brother [[Galladon of Tarth|Galladon]] and in the service of [[Renly Baratheon]], who challenged the Lannisters, and [[Catelyn Stark]] who was murdered in an [[Red Wedding|assassination]] orchestrated by Tywin Lannister. Tasked to find the daughters of Lady Catelyn and to protect them she could decide to kill Cersei as a kind of protection.

==[[Loras Tyrell]]==
Loras is the younger brother to his siblings [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]] and [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]]. He and Cersei have a rivalry at court, as he is a champion of Queen Margaery, a likely candidate for the "young queen" mentioned earlier in Maggy's prophecy, and Tommen's favourite among the Kingsguard. Cersei sent him to lead the battle for Dragonstone, hoping he would die in the attempt; he is reported to be alive but badly burned.

==[[Garlan Tyrell]]==
Garlan is the younger brother to [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], the heir to [[Highgarden]], and the older one to Margaery and Loras. Because of the mistreatment of his sister (humiliated by the [[Faith Militant]]) and younger brother (badly injured during a attack on [[Dragonstone]]), both events caused by Cersei, he has good reasons to kill her.

==[[Gendry]]/[[Edric Storm]]==
Gendy and Edric Storm are the bastard-children of Robert Baratheon and younger siblings to others, for example [[Mya Stone]], who was the first bastard Robert sired. They both survived the purge of Roberts several bastards in King's Landing because they were not present. But as long Cersei is alive, she could pose a danger to them, so killing her could be a goal for both of them to protect themselves.

==See Also==
* [[Dreams and prophecies]]

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
[[Category:Theories]]

Polygamy

2017-01-18T16:28:00Z

Exodianecross: /* Polygamy in Westeros */

[[File:Amok-Aegon and his sisters.jpg|thumb|right|400px|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] had taken both of his sisters to wife. Artwork by Amok©]]
'''Polygamy''' can be defined as a marriage which includes more than two partners.<ref>[[w:Polygamy|Wikipedia: Polygamy]]</ref>

==Polygamy in [[Westeros]]==
In [[Westeros]], for both the highborn and lowborn, marriage is chiefly between two people, a man and a woman. The [[Faith of the Seven]] does not permit polygamy and considers it a sin.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}

During the [[Age of Heroes]], the legendary [[Florys the Fox]], cleverest of the children of [[Garth Greenhand]], kept three husbands, each ignorant of the existence of the others.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Garth Greenhand}}

King [[Garland II Gardener|Garland II "The Bridegroom" Greenhand]], [[King of the Reach]] in the time before the [[Andals]] came to Westeros, had multiple wives. In order to marry the daughter of Lord [[Lymond Hightower]], Lord of [[Oldtown]], he put aside his other wives. This union, combined with the marriage of Lord Lymond and King Garland's daughter, brought [[Oldtown]] into the kingdom of [[House Gardener]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: The Gardener Kings}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}

According to the songs, [[Storm King]] [[Ronard Storm|Ronard "the Bastard"]] of [[Storm's End]] had twenty-three wives.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Stormlands: House Durrandon}}

In [[Valyria]], the [[dragonlords]] and sorcerer princes took more than one wife when it pleased them, though this was less common than incestuous marriages.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] took multiple wives with him when he left [[Valyria]] for [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} His descendant, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], took to wife both his sisters, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]]. This was unusual, as per tradition he was expected to wed only his older sister, but not without precedent. It was said by some that Aegon wed Visenya out of duty and Rhaenys out of desire.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

During the [[Aegon's Conquest|Conquest]], Aegon received a proposal from the Storm King, [[Argilac Durrandon]], who offered his daughter [[Argella Durrandon|Argella]] as a wife to Aegon. Stating he did not need a third wife, Aegon refused the suggestion. Queen Regent [[Sharra Arryn]] of the [[Kingdom of Mountain and Vale]] offered herself in marriage to Aegon, but Aegon refused her offer as well.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Aegon I's younger son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] is the last Targaryen currently known to have had multiple wives. He had been married to Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]] in {{date|25}}. In {{date|39}}, he took [[Alys Harroway]] to wife in a Valyrian ceremony led by his mother, Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} after they could not find a [[septon]] to perform the marriage.<ref name=Sons>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/115696-spoilers-sons-of-the-dragon-reading-at-loncon-today/&do=findComment&comment=6134038 The Sons of the Dragon] reading, Loncon 2014</ref> This marriage upset the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], especially the [[High Septon (Hightower)|High Septon]], who was the uncle of Maegor's first wife, Ceryse. When Maegor refused to set Alys aside, King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] sent them into exile in [[Pentos]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}<ref name=Sons/>

When Aenys died in {{Date|42}}, Maegor returned from Pentos, and a courtesan named [[Tyanna]] arrived not much later together with Queen Alys. Maegor took Tyanna to wife that same year. In {{Date|45}}, Maegor's first wife, Ceryse, died due to sudden illness. Two years later, Maegor married his three [[Black Brides]], widowed women of proven fertility, in a single ceremony.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

With the death of their [[dragon]]s, House Targaryen saw a decrease in their power and threat that they needed to be able to get away with committing the sin of polygamy in [[Westeros]]. According to [[George R. R. Martin]],
{{Quote|[[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]] has multiple wives, from lines outside his own, so there was and is precedent. However, the extent to which the Targaryen kings could defy convention, the Faith, and the opinions of the other lords decreased markedly after they no longer had dragons. If you have a [[dragon]], you can have as many wives as you want, and people are less likely to object.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2997 Asshai.com Forum Chat (July 27, 2008)]</ref>}}

Despite the lack of dragons, it is possible that King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] promised his [[bastard]] son [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] that he could marry both [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]] and Aegon's daughter Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]]. King Aegon's successor, King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], however, did not permit the second marriage.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

There has been no mention of a Targaryen or Valyrian woman ever having more than one husband at a time. Nonetheless, in {{Date|299}} Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] proposes the idea to Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] as a possible meaning for "the dragon has three heads",{{ref|asos|8}} which Daenerys had heard in her visions at the [[House of the Undying]].{{ref|acok|48}} Daenerys speaks of the possibility to Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] a year later, suggesting that her marriage to [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] need not be the end of Quentyn's hope to marry her, but his reaction to her [[dragon]]s causes her to dismiss the idea.{{ref|adwd|50}}

In the era of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], there was a [[Kingsguard]] [[knight]] named Ser [[Lucamore Strong]], called "Lucamore the Lusty", who had three wives and sixteen children. Knights of the Kingsguard are not allowed to have wives or children, so when Lucamore's deceit was discovered, his own brothers of the Kingsguard gelded him, and the king sent him to the [[Wall]].{{ref|affc|13}}

On the [[Iron Islands]], a man can have one true- and freeborn "[[rock wife]]". However, he can also have "[[salt wife|salt wives]]", usually women captured on raids. Salt wives are considered more than mere concubines, and any sons born of such unions are not considered [[bastard]]s, but can inherit should their father have no surviving sons by his rock wife. The number of salt wives a man can support is considered to be an indication of his power, wealth, and virility.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}{{ref|acok|11}}

In [[Dorne]], it is not uncommon for a nobleman or a noblewoman to have a spouse for political reasons and a [[paramour]] for love. While the Dornish are not very concerned if a child is born out of marriage, children by paramours are nevertheless considered to be [[Bastardy|bastards]], and thus have to use the surname "Sand", while the children by the spouse use the family name and inherit.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}} But to have bastardchildren and beeing a bastard himself/herself isn't considered shameful in Dorne.

==Polygamy [[Beyond the Wall]]==
North of the [[Wall]], the [[wildling]] [[Craster]] has [[Craster's wives|multiple wives]]. By {{Date|299}}, he is married to nineteen women, many of whom are also his daughters.{{ref|acok|23}} [[Ygon Oldfather]] has eighteen wives.{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Polygamy in [[Essos]]==
The [[Lys]]eni pirate [[Salladhor Saan]] claims to have multiple wives{{Ref|aCoK|10}}{{Ref|asos|54}} and concubines,{{Ref|asos|54}} although [[Davos Seaworth]] says they are only concubines.{{Ref|aCoK|10}}

Amongst the [[Dothraki]], ''[[khal]]s'' can have more than one wife, such as Khal [[Jommo]], who has four wives,{{ref|agot|46}} or Khal [[Temmo]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

In [[Astapor]], [[Cleon]] the Great had multiple wives, which he said he would put aside if Daenerys Targaryen would marry him.{{ref|asos|71}}

At [[Port of Qarth|the docks of Qarth]], a brass merchant refers to his wives.{{ref|acok|63}}

The emperors of [[Yi Ti]] may have multiple wives, such as the last indigo emperor [[Choq Choq]], who had a hundred wives and a thousand concubines.{{ref|twoiaf| The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

In [[Leng]], the first god-empress of the current dynasty, [[Khiara|Khiara the Great]], took two husbands, one [[Lengii]] and one [[YiTish]] - a customary pattern followed by her daughters and their daughters in turn.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond: Leng}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

[[Category:Terms]]

Prostitution

2017-01-18T16:24:48Z

Exodianecross: /* Prostitutes in Westeros */ Paramours aren't prostitutes, they are the unmarried lovers of dornish lords and ladies.

[[File:Tyrion Lannister Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Tyrion Lannister]] with a whore - by Nordheimer ©]]
'''Prostitution''' is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment, most frequently [[Currency|coin]]. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a '''prostitute''' but is also known in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels by the term whore. Prostitutes who follow an army are known as '''camp followers''',{{ref|AGOT|62}}{{ref|ADWD|37}} and some are politely grouped with serving '''washerwomen'''.{{ref|ADWD|37}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} If a camp follower attaches herself to a single man for the duration of a campaign she is referred to as a '''camp bride'''.{{ref|ADWD|37}}

[[File:Tiziano Baracchi brothel madame.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A brothel madame in [[Lannisport]] © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Shore Leave Carlo Bocchio.png|An [[ironborn]] sailor with a whore. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
Some prostitutes cater to highly exclusive clientele, make a good enough living, and may to a certain extent pick and choose their clientele. Others take who they can get and do whatever they have to in order to survive, often living miserable lives. Many prostitutes in [[Essos]] are [[slavery|enslaved]].

==Prostitutes in Westeros==
Prostitutes are normally on the bottom rung of the societal ladder, even the wealthier ones, and are looked down upon by most people because of their trade. [[Tywin Lannister]] is well known for his disdain of whores and those who take advantage of their services.{[ref|ASOS|4}} It is considered dishonorable for a nobleman to openly frequent whores and brothels, hence the secret passageway that runs from [[Chataya's brothel]] in [[King's Landing]] to a nearby stable. Despite these attitudes, [[Westeros]] teems with brothels and whores.

Many of the [[Night's Watch]] visit the whores in the [[Mole's Town brothel]]. Despite their vows to remain celibate, a blind eye is turned to it out of pragmatism.{{Ref|AGOT|70}}

Attitudes about sexuality are more relaxed in [[Dorne]],{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}, so the view of [[Dornishmen]] toward prostitutes may be more liberal.

Some brothels in Westeros cater to more exclusive clientele, such as Chataya's. In contrast, the [[Lazy Eel]] is renowned for offering some of the oldest whores in [[White Harbor]].{{Ref|ADWD|15}} [[Oldtown]] has unsavory black brothels.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

On [[Maiden's Day]] maidens of noble houses are required to go to the sept to light tall white candles at [[Maiden (the Seven)|the Maiden's]] feet and hang parchment garlands about her neck. Mothers, whores, and widows are barred from the sept along with men.{{ref|affc|39}} A virgin prostitute's maidenhead can cost a [[currency|golden dragon]].{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}

Female whores feature most in Westeros, but it is mentioned that [[Satin]] was a boy-whore in Oldtown before joining the Night's Watch,{{Ref|ASOS|55}} and the whore [[Hother Umber|Hother "Whoresbane" Umber]] disemboweled in Oldtown was a man.{{ref|ADWD|17}}

;Known whores in Westeros:
{{Columns|3|
*[[Alayaya]]
*[[Bella]]
*[[Cass]]
*[[Chataya]]
*[[Dick Crabb]]'s sister
*[[Dancy]]
*[[Jayde]]
*[[Leslyn]]
*[[Marei]]
*[[Penny Jenny]]
* The [[queen of whores]]
*[[Shae]]
}}

;Known brothels in Westeros:
{{Columns|3|
*[[Chataya's brothel]]
*[[crossroads inn]] - (briefly)
*[[Lazy Eel]]
*[[Mole's Town brothel]]
*The [[Peach]]
}}

==Whores in Essos==
In the [[Free Cities]] and other places in [[Essos]], the attitude towards prostitution is different, and there appears to be less ignominy in engaging the services of a whore. This may be because many of the Free Cities practice [[slavery]] and where there is slavery there will be sexual abuse and exploitation. Slaves who are whores have tears tattooed beneath their right eye.{{ref|ADWD|22}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Volantis}}

The practice of slavery has created a thriving business in trained male and female bed-slaves, particularly from [[Lys]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} whose [[pillow house]]s and pleasure gardens are famous.{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}} Whether all enslaved whores are also trained bed-slaves is unlikely. Many slaves are forced into prostitution during childhood. Most have little or no hope of escaping this way of life, aside from suicide, and are crushed by the abuse and despair they endure.{{ref|ADWD|22}}

The [[Ghis]]cari [[Red Graces]] are religious prostitutes housed in the [[Temple of the Graces]] in [[Meereen]]. There is no shame in their prostituting themselves, but the same cannot be said of the [[Westeros]]i counterpart, the [[septa]].{{ref|adwd|68}}

In [[Braavos]] there are no slaves, so all the prostitutes are free people. However, there are three classes of prostitutes on Braavos: the highly esteemed professional [[courtesan]]s; whores kept in a brothel; and the lowest street-walking dockside whores. Braavosi courtesans enjoy high status and are renowned worldwide.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: Braavos}}

;Known whores in Braavos:
{{Columns|3|
* [[Assadora of Ibben]]
* [[Blushing Bethany]]
* [[Canker Jeyne]]
* [[Meralyn]]
* The [[Drunken Daughter]]
* [[Lanna (Happy Port)|Lanna]]
* The [[Sailor's Wife]]
* [[S'vrone]]
* [[Yna|Yna One-Eye]]
}}

;Known whores in Selhorys:
* The [[sunset girl]]
* The [[silver haired whore in Selhorys|silver haired whore]]

==Summer Isles==
[[Summer Isles|Summer Islanders]] esteem the art of lovemaking; there is no stigma to prostitution there.{{ref|AFFC|35}}

==Known frequenters of prostitutes==
[[File:Ryan Barger city of sin.JPG|City of sin. © FFG|thumb|400px|right]]
{{Columns|2|
*[[Anguy]]
*[[Robert I Baratheon]]
*[[Bronn]]
*[[Sandor Clegane]]
*[[Dareon]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]
*[[Oberyn Martell]]
*[[Jorah Mormont]]
*[[Ollidor]]
*[[Stalwart Shield]]
*[[Aegon IV Targaryen]]
*[[Hother Umber]]
}}

==History==
The [[ironborn]] reavers of old took captured women to be their whores and [[thrall]]s.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}

King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] attempted to outlaw prostitution in King's Landing, resulting in at least a thousand women and children sent from the capital.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] slept with all types of women, including princesses and whores.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

After the death of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]], his heir, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], forced [[Tytos Lannister's mistress|his father's mistress]] to walk through [[Lannisport]] on a [[walk of atonement]] to show the city she was a whore.{{ref|ADWD|65}}
Tywin later had his elder son, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], convince his younger son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], that Tyrion's bride [[Tysha]] was a whore. Tywin forced the crofter's daughter to service his [[House Lannister guards|barracks]], who paid with silver, and forced Tyrion to go last and pay with gold.{{ref|AGOT|42}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Petyr Baelish]], the [[master of coin]] for King [[Robert I Baratheon]], owns many brothels. After Lord [[Eddard Stark]] is imprisoned by the [[Iron Throne]], Petyr hides [[Jeyne Poole]] in one of his establishments.{{ref|AGOT|51}}

The camp follower [[Shae]] becomes the lover of [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|62}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] outlaws prostitution on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]].{{ref|ACOK|10}}

Tyrion brings Shae to [[King's Landing]] against the wishes of his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|ACOK|3}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
The [[dwarf's penny]] is a tax imposed on prostitution in King's Landing.{{ref|ADWD|38}} When Tyrion is on trial for the death of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], Shae claims that she was forced to pleasure him.{{ref|ASOS|70}} After Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] releases his brother from the [[Red Keep]]'s dungeon, Tyrion kills Shae after learning she had been sleeping with Tywin. Having also learned from Jaime that [[Tysha]] had not actually been a prostitute, Tyrion kills Tywin when his father says Tysha went "wherever whores go".{{ref|ASOS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Masha Heddle]]'s nephew briefly has prostitutes working at the [[crossroads inn]].{{ref|AFFC|37}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Tyrion visits a sad, [[sunset girl|scarred prostitute]] in [[Selhorys]].{{ref|ADWD|22}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Brothels are a much sounder investment than ships, I've found. Whores seldom sink, and when they are boarded by [[pirates]], why, the pirates pay good coin like everyone else.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}}}
- [[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{quote|'''Shagga''': Shagga wants this woman. 
'''Timett''': Shaggs wants every whore in [[King's Landing|this city of whores]].{{ref|acok|25}}}} - [[Timett]] to [[Shagga]]

{{Quote|A whore learns to see the man, not his garb, or she turns up dead in an alley.{{Ref|aCoK|44}}}}
- [[Shae]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Whores did have charms, especially if you had a face like [[Petyr Frey|Petyr's]].{{Ref|asos|Epilogue}}}}
- thought of [[Merrett Frey]]

{{Quote|[[sunset girl|This girl]] is as good as dead. I have just fucked a corpse. Even her eyes are dead. She does not even have the strength to loath me.{{Ref|aDwD|22}}}} - thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Washerwoman. That was the polite way of saying camp follower, which was the polite way of saying whore.
Where they came from Theon could not say. They just seemed to appear, like maggots on a corpse or [[raven]]s after a battle. Every army drew them. Some were hardened whores who could fuck twenty men in a night and drink them all blind. Others looked as innocent as maids, but that was just a trick of their trade. Some were camp brides, bound to soldiers they followed with words whispered to one god or another but doomed to be forgotten once the war was done. They would warm a man's bed by night, patch holes in his boots at morning, cook his supper come dusk, and loot his corpse after the battle. Some even did a bit of washing. With them, oft as not, came [[bastard]] children, wretched, filthy creatures born in one camp or the other.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}} - thoughts of [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Some men keep their whoring secret.<ref>[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)]]</ref>}}
- [[Daemon Sand]] to [[Arianne Martell]]

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}

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Rhaegar Frey

2017-01-13T20:05:48Z

Exodianecross: /* Quotes by Rhaegar */

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| Spouse = [[Jeyne Beesbury]]
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| Date_of_Birth = or between {{date|269}} and {{Date|273}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar Frey]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = the [[north]]
| Date_of_Death = {{date|300}} (suspected)
| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
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'''Rhaegar Frey''' is a member of [[House Frey]] and the second son of Ser [[Aenys Frey]] and [[Tyana Wylde]], who died in childbirth. A widower, Rhaegar was married to [[Jeyne Beesbury]] and had three children with her, [[Robert Frey|Robert]], [[Walda Frey (daughter of Rhaegar)|Walda]], and [[Jonos Frey|Jonos]].{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}

==Appearance==
Around thirty years wold, Rhaegar is round shouldered and kettle-bellied. He has a silky beard and a sardonic smile.{{ref|ADWD|19}} Rhaegar's grey lambskin doublet is trimmed with silver, and his silver cloak is clasped with a brooch depicting the [[Twins]].{{ref|ADWD|19}} He is named after [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], the [[Prince of Dragonstone]].{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Along with Ser [[Jared Frey]] and [[Symond Frey]], Rhaegar travels on the ''[[Lionstar]]'' to [[White Harbor]] via [[Sisterton]] to return the bones of Ser [[Wendel Manderly]], who was killed in the [[Red Wedding]], to his father, Lord [[Wyman Manderly]].{{ref|ADWD|9}} The Freys also want to ensure White Harbor bends the knee to the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|AFFC|17}}

The widower Rhaegar is betrothed to Lord Wyman's granddaughter, [[Wynafryd Manderly|Wynafryd]]. They also offer Wyman a Frey bride and the betrothal of [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]] to Wyman's other granddaughter, [[Wylla Manderly]].{{ref|ADWD|19}}

When Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] arrives in White Harbor to persuade [[House Manderly]] to support [[Stannis Baratheon]], the three Freys are already present. The Freys insult Davos and the memory of [[Robb Stark]], the [[King in the North]]. Rhaegar explains that Robb abandoned the [[north]] and the [[riverlands]], and that all must support King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]].{{ref|ADWD|19}}

The angered Wyman pretends to agree with Rhaegar, as the Iron Throne holds hostage his surviving son and heir, Ser [[Wylis Manderly]], at [[Harrenhal]]. Wyman fakes Davos's death by having a criminal with similar features executed and his head dipped in tar so the Freys falsely believe him to be Davos.{{ref|ADWD|29}} As a reward for proving his loyalty, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] has Wylis returned to White Harbor via [[Maidenpool]].{{ref|AFFC|30}}

Wyman gives Rhaegar, Jared, and Symond palfreys as "guest gifts"<ref>Guest gifts are usually given when a guest leaves, making them no longer under the protection of [[guest right]].</ref> when the three Freys depart White Harbor for the wedding of "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]" to [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]].{{ref|ADWD|29}} They disappear while traveling to [[Barrowton]], however, despite the search efforts of Ramsay.{{ref|ADWD|32}}

At [[Winterfell]] after Ramsay's wedding, Wyman presents [[Frey Pies/Theories|three huge pies]] at the wedding feast while requesting a song from the singer [[Mance Rayder|Abel]] about the [[Rat Cook]].{{ref|ADWD|37}} Ser [[Aenys Frey]], Rhaegar's father, and Ser [[Hosteen Frey]] suspect Wyman of foul play.{{ref|ADWD|46}}

==Quotes by Rhaegar==
{{quote|The [[Robb Stark|Young Wolf]]? He was a vile dog and died like one.{{ref|ADWD|19}}}} - Rhaegar to the [[Merman's Court]]

{{Quote|Robb Stark betrayed us all. He abandoned the north to the cruel mercies of the [[Ironmen|ironmen]] to carve out a fairer kingdom for himself along the Trident. Then he abandoned the Riverlords who had risked much and more for him, breaking his marriage pact with my grandfather to wed the first [[Jeyne Westerling|western wench]] who caught his eye".{{ref|ADWD|19}}}} - Rhaegar to the [[Merman's Court]]

{{Quote|'''Wynafryd''': [[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]] has always been a willful child. I fear that she will make a willful wife. 
'''Rhaegar''': Marriage will soften her, I have no doubt. A firm hand and a quiet word.{{ref|adwd|19}}}} - [[Wynafryd Manderly]] and Rhaegar

==Quotes about Rhaegar==
{{Quote|That smirking worm who wears [[Rhaegar Targaryen|a dragon's name]].{{ref|adwd|29}}}} – [[Wyman Manderly]], to [[Davos Seaworth]]

==Family==
{{Frey_tree_Aenys Frey}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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House Reyne

2016-12-16T19:26:38Z

Exodianecross: /* The Rains of Castamere */ I think wrath is the right word

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Reyne of [[Castamere]]
| image = [[File:House_Reyne.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A red lion rampant regardant with a forked tail, with gold teeth and claws, on a silver field (''Argent, a lion rampant regardant queue-fourché gules, armed and langued or'')
| Words =
| Seat = [[Castamere]]
| Current_Lord = Extinct
| Region = [[Westerlands]]
| Title = Lord of [[Castamere]]
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Lannister]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Vikary]] (possibly)<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Entry/House_Vikary/ House Vikary] on the [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/ Heraldry section on Westeros]</ref>
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'''House Reyne of Castamere''' was a noble house from [[Castamere]] in the [[westerlands]]. They blazoned their arms with a red lion rampant regardant with a forked tail, armed and langued gold, on silver.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/6/ Houses in the Westerlands]</ref>{{ref|twoiaf| The Westerlands}}

==History==
===Age of Heroes===
House Reyne was a family of [[First Men]] who made their subterranean seat at [[Castamere]]. The mine's silver and gold made them wealthy, much like the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. The Reynes joined the [[Kingdom of the Rock]] when King [[Loreon I Lannister]] wed a Reyne daughter.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands}}

===Targaryen Era===
During the civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the Reynes sided with the [[greens]]. Lord Reyne was killed during the [[Battle by the Lakeshore]] in {{Date|130}}.{{ref|tpatq}}

During the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], Ser [[Robb Reyne]] sided with [[Daemon I Blackfyre]]. Robb was considered one of the finest [[knight]]s of his age.{{ref|tss}}

===The Rains of Castamere===
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The downfall of the house had its origins in the time of Lord [[Robert Reyne]]. He arranged the betrothal of his daughter [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn]] to [[Tywald Lannister]], the son and heir of Lord [[Gerold Lannister]]. Tywald served Robert as a squire during the [[Peake Uprising]], but Robert and Tywald were killed in battle at [[Starpike]] in {{Date|233}}.{{ref|twoiaf}} Lady Ellyn, who had long anticipated becoming the Lady of [[Casterly Rock]], was unwilling to forsake that dream. She persuaded Tywald's twin, [[Tion Lannister|Tion]], to set aside his own fiancé and espouse her instead. During this time, Lady Ellyn held a splendid court at the Rock, staging magnificent tourneys and balls and filling the Rock with musicians, mummers and Reynes. She bestowed honors, offices and lands on her brothers, [[Roger Reyne|Roger]] and [[Reynard Reyne|Reynard]], and other relatives. An acerbic hunchback, [[Lord Toad]], was heard saying, "Lady Ellyn must be a sorceress, for she has made it rain inside the Rock all year".{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

The death of Ser Tion Lannister in the [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]] roused his father Gerold, who took firm control over the [[westerlands]]. The "Reign of the Reynes" was over. In {{Date|239}} Ellyn was accused of trying to bed the third son of Lord Gerold, [[Tytos Lannister]], which resulted in her removal from Casterly Rock and marriage to Lord [[Walderan Tarbeck]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

Roger Reyne, who succeeded Robert, was the Lord of [[Castamere]] during the rule of Gerold's successor, Lord [[Tytos Lannister]]. The Reynes had prospered greatly under Tytos's misrule. Both Roger and Ser Reynard extracted large amounts of gold from Tytos. After the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], Tytos's son and heir, Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], demanded repayment of the gold that was lent out, but Roger reportedly laughed and told his vassals to do nothing. This eventually led Tywin to summon the Reynes and the Tarbecks to answer for their crimes. They chose defiance instead and with it, started the [[Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion]] against their [[House Lannister|Lannister]] overlords.

[[Tarbeck Hall]] was the first to feel Tywin's wrath and [[House Tarbeck]] was exterminated, including Ellyn. After an unsuccessful battle against the Lannister host led by Tywin, Ser Reynard and the wounded Lord Roger took refuge in the mines underneath Castamere. Reynard, once his folk were safe, offered terms to Tywin. Instead Tywin ordered the sealing of Castamere's entrances and the diverting of nearby water into the mine, causing the deaths of all within.{{ref|twoiaf|The Westerlands}}

The downfall of the Reynes is popularized in "[[The Rains of Castamere]]", a song which Tywin Lannister sometimes uses for intimidation.{{ref|ASOS|19}}{{ref|ASOS|39}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
Following the [[Red Wedding]], Ser [[Rolph Spicer]] is awarded the Reynes' ruined seat of [[Castamere]].{{ref|ASOS|72}}

==Historical Members==
* Lord Reyne, who sided with King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Killed at the [[Battle by the Lakeshore]].{{ref|tpatq}}
* Ser [[Robb Reyne]], a [[knight]] during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{ref|tss}}
* Lord [[Robert Reyne]], who supported King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] during the [[Peake Uprising]]. Killed in battle at [[Starpike]] in {{Date|233}}.{{ref|twoiaf}}
** Lord [[Roger Reyne]], known as the ''Red Lion of Castamere'', eldest son of Lord Robert. The last Lord Reyne.{{ref|twoiaf}}
** Ser [[Reynard Reyne]], his younger son.{{ref|twoiaf}}
** Lady [[Ellyn Reyne]], his daughter, married firstly Ser [[Tion Lannister]] and secondly Lord [[Walderan Tarbeck]].{{ref|twoiaf}}

{{Reyne tree}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|'''Roose''': The curse of [[Tywin Lannister]]. [[Vargo Hoat|Our goat]] should have consulted the [[House Tarbeck|Tarbecks]] or the Reynes. They might have warned him how your lord father deals with betrayal. 
'''Jaime''': There are no Tarbecks or Reynes. 
'''Roose''': My point precisely.{{ref|ASOS|37}}}} - [[Roose Bolton]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{quote|Every great lord has unruly bannermen who envy him his place. [[Tywin Lannister|My father]] had the Reynes and the [[House Tarbeck|Tarbecks]], the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] have the [[House Florent|Florents]], [[Hoster Tully]] had [[Walder Frey]]. Only strength keeps such men in their place.{{ref|ASOS|62}}}} - [[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]

==Behind the Scenes==
* The sigil of House Reyne is a reversed color scheme of the coat of arms of [[w:Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester|Simon de Montfort]].<ref>See [[w:Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester]] on [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia]].</ref> De Montfort rebelled against the ineffectual King [[w:Henry III of England|Henry III of England]]. He held power for a short time until he was killed in battle by Henry's heir, Prince [[w:Edward I of England|Edward I "Longshanks"]]. The latter may be a possible inspiration for [[Tywin Lannister]].

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

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House Tyrell

2016-12-10T23:58:38Z

Exodianecross: /* House Tyrell at the end of the third century */ detail, he's not crippled in a way like Bran Stark, able to walk with a cane!

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Tyrell of [[Highgarden]]
| image = [[File:House Tyrell.svg|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A golden rose, on a green field (''Vert, a rose or'')
| Words = ''Growing Strong''
| Seat = [[Highgarden]]
| Current_Lord = [[Mace Tyrell]]
| Region = [[Reach]]
| Title = Lord of [[Highgarden]] [[Defender of the Marches]] [[High Marshal of the Reach]] [[Warden of the South]] [[Lord Paramount of the Mander]] [[High Steward of Highgarden]] (pre-Conquest)
| Heir = [[Willas Tyrell]]
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep]]
| Founded_in =
| Founder = Ser [[Alester Tyrell]]
| Died_out =
}}

'''House Tyrell of Highgarden''' is one of the [[Great Houses]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], being [[Lords Paramount of the Mander]] and the liege lords of the [[Reach]]. A large, wealthy house, its wealth is only surpassed among the Great Houses by [[House Lannister]], and the Tyrells can field the greatest armies. Additionally, if they call the ships of the [[Redwyne fleet]], the lords of the [[Shield Islands]], and the coastal lords, they can command a navy that equals if not surpasses the [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|royal fleet]] of [[King's Landing]].

[[Highgarden]] is an ancient seat of rule and the heart of chivalry in the Seven Kingdoms;{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach}} the Tyrells style themselves '[[Defender of the Marches|Defenders of the Marches]]' and 'High Marshals of the Reach', and traditionally, they have been [[Warden of the South|Wardens of the South]] and [[Lord Paramount of the Mander|Lords Paramount of the Mander]]. Their sigil is a golden rose on a green field, and their words are "Growing Strong."{{Ref|aCoK|22}} Members of the family tend to have curly brown hair and brown or golden eyes.

==History==
===Kingdom of the Reach===
The Tyrells trace their line of descent through the female line to the legendary [[Garth the Gardener]], the mythical first [[King of the Reach]] reigning in the [[Age of Heroes]], and the son of the equally mythic [[Garth Greenhand]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Garth Greenhand}} Unlike other Great Houses, the Tyrells never ruled as kings. The Tyrells were [[High Steward of Highgarden|stewards]] to [[House Gardener]], the ancient ruling line of the [[King of the Reach|Kings of the Reach]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}} who periodically intermarried with lower ranking houses of the Reach such as House Tyrell or [[House Florent]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}}

Ser [[Alester Tyrell]], the founder of the house, was an [[Andal]] [[knight]] and adventurer who showed such prowess at arms that he was named the champion and sword shield of King [[Gwayne V Gardener]], the last of the [[Three Sage Kings]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}} Ser Alester's eldest son also became a notable knight, but died in a tourney. Alester's second son, [[Gareth Tyrell|Gareth]], was of a more bookish bent and never achieved knighthood, choosing instead to serve as a royal steward. He and his son [[Leo Tyrell (son of Gareth)|Leo]] performed their duties so well, the Gardeners made the office of [[High Steward of Highgarden|High Steward]] hereditary. It is from Gareth that today’s Tyrells descend.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}}

During the minority of King [[Garland VI Gardener]], a member of House Tyrell ruled the [[Reach]] in his name as [[Regent]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}}

When Lords [[House Manderly|Manderly]] and [[House Peake|Peake]] instigated a civil war to see their respective wives, both daughters to the senile old King [[Garth X Gardener]], succeed as Queen of the Reach, Ser [[Osmund Tyrell]], the [[High Steward of Highgarden]], led an alliance of twoscore houses to put down the rebels and reclaimed the ruins of [[Highgarden]] which had been sacked by a [[Dorne|Dornish]] king and his raiders. Ser Osmund placed a second cousin of the late Garth X, who has been killed by the raiders, upon the new throne as King [[Mern VI Gardener]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}

Relying on the able counsel of Ser Osmund, and later Osmund's son Ser [[Robert Tyrell]], and finally Robert's son [[Lorent Tyrell (steward)|Lorent Tyrell]], King Mern ruled well, rebuilding [[Highgarden]] and doing much and more to restore the power of the [[Reach]] and House Gardener.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}} Mern VI was so pleased with them that he gave Ser Robert the hand of his youngest daughter in marriage, thereby allowing the following generations of Tyrells to claim decent from [[Garth Greenhand]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}} That was the first marriage between the two houses, and nine more unions followed in the passing centuries.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}}

===Targaryen Era===
[[File:T Jedruszek HighgardenHonorGuard.jpg|thumb|350px|Highgarden Honor Guard by artist Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Following the defeat and death of King [[Mern IX Gardener]] and his other kin, at the [[Field of Fire]] during the [[War of Conquest]], [[Harlen Tyrell]], hereditary high steward of the Reach, surrendered [[Highgarden]] and was granted the castle along with dominion of the Reach as [[Lord Paramount of the Mander]] by [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]]. As Wardens of the South they frequently warred with the [[Dornishmen]], who remained independent. Harlen disappeared in the Dornish sands during the [[First Dornish War]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}

During the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], the Tyrells hosted the famed [[Tourney of the Field of Roses]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Highgarden}}

As the [[Dance of the Dragons]] began, Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] was an infant, and his regent mother was judged likely to align the Reach with the House's "overmighty" bannermen, the [[House Hightower|Hightowers]], and [[the greens]].{{Ref|tpatq}} However, House Tyrell decided to take no part in the war.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}} The Tyrell bannermen, on the other hand, were split during the war, with men of the Reach fighting on both sides. Later Ser [[Ulf the White]] would attempt to claim Highgarden for himself, as House Tyrell had taken no part in the Dance and he believed they should be considered traitors.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

When [[Daeron I Targaryen]], the Young Dragon, attempted the [[conquest of Dorne]], Lord Lyonel commanded the army that invaded via [[Prince's Pass]]. After the initial victory, Daeron appointed Lord Tyrell as governor of Dorne. Lord Tyrell liked Dornish women and one night he pulled the rope that would signal for a wench to come to his bed, and a hundred scorpions fell from the canopy instead. His death sparked new revolts, and the conquest was undone in a fortnight.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: House Tyrell}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}}

Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo "Longthorn" Tyrell]] participated in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]], beginning the tourney as one of the champions. Both Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and Ser [[Duncan]] recognized him as a formidable opponent, one that Duncan would better avoid.{{ref|THK}}

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], House Tyrell stayed loyal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]'s forces achieved victory against [[Robert Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of Ashford]], dealing the future king his only defeat of the war at the cost of Ser [[Quentin Tyrell]]'s life. Mace likes to take credit for the success, but it was the van under command of Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] that put Robert to flight. Mace went on to [[Siege of Storm's End|besiege]] Robert's brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] at [[Storm's End]], but bent the knee after the Targaryens were all but wiped out in the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Robert Baratheon, king by conquest, forgave them and accepted them as sworn vassals.

==Recent Events==
[[File:Zippo514 Highgarden.jpg|[[Highgarden]] - by Zippo514 ©|thumb|350px|right]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
House Tyrell is among the houses that [[Viserys Targaryen]] believes will rise for him if he lands in [[Westeros]].

Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], the Knight of Flowers, rides in [[the Hand's tourney]], defeating Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] but yielding the final tilt to [[Sandor Clegane]] after the Hound rescues him from the Mountain. He is upset when the [[Hand of the King]], [[Eddard Stark]], does not send him to bring Gregor to justice for pillaging the [[riverlands]]. As King [[Robert Baratheon]] lays dying, Loras supports [[Renly Baratheon]]'s desire to take the crown before either Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] or Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] can claim it, and flees the city with him when Lord Stark rebuffs Renly's request for his aid. Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and his brothers (of which he has none), uncles, and sons (and Ser Loras specifically) are named among the nobles whom the new King Joffrey decrees must swear fealty to him or be attainted as traitors.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
House Tyrell declares for King Renly. [[Margaery Tyrell]] is to be his queen, his ex-squire and secret lover Ser Loras the Lord Commander of his [[Rainbow Guard]], and Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] his Hand. With the backing of the Tyrells and almost all of their bannermen, Renly has the strongest army in the [[War of the Five Kings]]. After a failed parley with his brother Stannis, Renly's host seems sure to win the coming battle. When he is [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|murdered that night]], an enraged Loras kills the two knights who were guarding him.

Renly's assassination sees many of the Reach's soldiers defect to Stannis's cause. The Tyrells and their leal bannermen (including [[Paxter Redwyne]], [[Randyll Tarly]] and [[Mathis Rowan]]) plot their next move at [[Bitterbridge]], where they receive a visit from [[Petyr Baelish]]. He extends an offer of alliance with Houses [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|Baratheon]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]]. The Tyrells join with [[Tywin Lannister]], marching on [[King's Landing]] in time to save the city and King Joffrey and rout Stannis's forces in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. Mace's second son, Ser [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan the Gallant]], fights in Renly's armor, frightening the smallfolk into believing the king had risen from the grave.

After the battle, Mace is rewarded with the [[small council]] post of [[master of ships]], while Lords Redwyne and Rowan are given advisory seats. Garlan is made [[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep|Lord of Brightwater Keep]], since [[House Florent|the Florents]] now serve Stannis's cause. Loras joins the [[Kingsguard]], and Margaery is betrothed to King Joffrey.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Prior to Margaery's arrival in King's Landing, Tyrell men with food carts succor the starving residents, creating wild popularity for her and her house despite the fact that it was the Tyrell embargo that created the shortage in the first place.

A Tyrell man-at-arms is killed and two [[House Gargalen|Gargalen]] man-at-arms are scalded in a fight in [[Flea Bottom]].

Mace's mother, Lady [[Olenna Redwyne]], arranges to meet with [[Sansa Stark]]. Talking to Sansa about Joffrey, Olenna decides she does not care for the match between he and Margaery and conspires with Petyr Baelish to poison Joffrey at his own [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]]. [[Tyrion Lannister]] is falsely accused of the murder, and Mace is one of the judges at his trial. He wants the Imp dead because Margaery was drinking from the same cup, unaware that it was his mother who perpetrated the poisoning, but Tyrion eventually escapes the city.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek HouseTyrell Bannermen.jpg|350px|thumb|right|House Tyrell Bannermen – by Tomasz Jedruszek]. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Tyrells come to dominate their tenuous alliance with the Lannisters despite the paranoid meddling of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. After the death of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], her father and the Hand of the King, Cersei resumes her regency and removes Mace and his favored bannermen from the small council. Meanwhile, Margaery is wed to the new king, Joffrey's brother [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], releasing Mace from his vow not to leave the city until Margaery is wed. Margaery makes a point to win the love of the people and to try and prepare Tommen for kingship; she is baffled by Cersei's refusal of all her suggestions and apparent lack of understanding regarding dire military threats. She resists the attempted seductions of Cersei's agent, [[Osney Kettleblack]].

Cersei sends Loras to [[Siege of Dragonstone|besiege Dragonstone]] and Mace to besiege [[Siege of Storm's End (300)|Storm's End]] to remove them from the capital and place them in danger. Loras is badly wounded while seizing the island, and Mace quickly returns when he hears that Margaery has been imprisoned by the [[High Sparrow]], she and Cersei exchanging mutual accusations of immorality. By the time he arrives, however, he finds [[Randyll Tarly]] has already secured her release; Lord Tarly is to hold them until their trial. Mace again vows to remain in the city, this time until Margaery is acquitted in her upcoming trial.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
With Cersei imprisoned, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] is named Lord Regent over Tommen, and he takes several steps to smooth over Cersei's actions. Mace Tyrell is finally made Hand, and his bannermen Randyll Tarly and Paxter Redwyne are made masters of [[Master of laws|laws]] and [[Master of ships|ships]], respectively. Lord Mace has a hundred Highgarden men added to the [[City Watch of King's Landing]], further consolidating power in the capital. However, Ser Kevan is killed by [[Varys]], which the Spider hopes will lead to continued fracturing of the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.

==House Tyrell at the end of the third century==
[[File:House tyrell by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|350px|Back row, left to right: [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]], [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]. Front: [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], [[Mace Tyrell|Mace]], [[Alerie Hightower]].Art by Cabepfir©]]

The known Tyrells during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], Lord of [[Highgarden]], [[Defender of the Marches]], High Marshal of the [[Reach]], [[Warden of the South]] and [[Hand of the King]].
** Lady [[Alerie Hightower]], his wife.
*** [[Willas Tyrell]], his eldest son and heir. He has a crippled leg.
*** Lord [[Garlan Tyrell]], his second son. Called Garlan the Gallant. Married to [[Leonette Fossoway]]. Titular Lord of [[Brightwater Keep]].
*** Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], his third son. Called the Knight of Flowers. A brother of the [[Kingsguard]].
*** Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]], his daughter, Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Widow of [[Renly Baratheon|Renly I]] and [[Joffrey I]], now married to King [[Tommen I]].
* Lady [[Olenna Redwyne]], his mother. She is known as the 'Queen of Thorns.'
* Lady [[Mina Tyrell]], his sister. Married to Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]].
* Lady [[Janna Tyrell]], his sister. Married to Ser [[Jon Fossoway]].
* [[Garth Tyrell]], his uncle. Called 'Garth the Gross'. Lord Seneschal of Highgarden.
** [[Garse Flowers]], Garth's bastard son.
** [[Garrett Flowers]], Garth's bastard son.
* Ser [[Moryn Tyrell]], his uncle. Lord Commander of the [[City Watch of Oldtown]].
** Ser {[[Luthor Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Luthor Tyrell]]}, Moryn's eldest son. Married to [[Elyn Norridge]].
*** Ser [[Theodore Tyrell]], Luthor's eldest son. Married to [[Lia Serry]].
**** [[Elinor Tyrell]], Theodore's daughter. Handmaiden to Queen Margaery.
**** [[Luthor Tyrell (son of Theodore)|Luthor Tyrell]], Theodore's son. A squire.
*** Maester [[Medwick Tyrell|Medwick]], Luthor's second son. A [[Maester]].
*** [[Olene Tyrell]], Luthor's daughter. Married to Ser [[Leo Blackbar]].
** [[Leo Tyrell]], Moryn's second son. Called 'Leo the Lazy'. Studying at the [[Citadel]].
* Maester [[Gormon Tyrell|Gormon]], his uncle. A Maester.

Distant relations of the main branch are:
* Ser {[[Quentin Tyrell]]}, a cousin of Lord Mace. Slain at the [[Battle of Ashford]].
** Ser [[Olymer Tyrell]], Quentin's son. Married to [[Lysa Meadows]].
*** [[Raymund Tyrell]], Olymer's eldest son.
*** [[Rickard Tyrell]], Olymer's second son.
*** [[Megga Tyrell]], Olymer's daughter. Handmaiden to Queen Margaery.
* Maester [[Normund Tyrell|Normund]], a cousin of Lord Mace. He is in service at [[Blackcrown]].
* Ser {[[Victor Tyrell]]}, a cousin of Lord Mace. Slain by the [[Smiling Knight]] of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]].
** [[Victaria Tyrell]], Victor's daughter. Widow of Lord [[Jon Bulwer]].
*** [[Alysanne Bulwer]], Victaria's daughter. The Lady of [[Blackcrown]].
** Ser [[Leo Tyrell (son of Victor)|Leo Tyrell]], Victor's son. Married to [[Alys Beesbury]].
*** [[Alla Tyrell]], Leo's eldest daughter. Handmaiden to Queen Margaery.
*** [[Leona Tyrell]], Leo's second daughter.
*** [[Lyonel Tyrell (son of Leo)|Lyonel Tyrell]], Leo's eldest son.
*** [[Lucas Tyrell]], Leo's second son.
*** [[Lorent Tyrell]], Leo's third son.

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===Household===
====Margaery's companions and ladies-in-waiting:====
* [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]], [[Alla Tyrell|Alla]], and [[Elinor Tyrell]], Margaery's cousins.
** Elinor's betrothed, [[Alyn Ambrose]], a squire.
* Lady [[Alysanne Bulwer]], a girl, [[Meredyth Crane]], called 'Merry', Lady [[Alyce Graceford]], Lady [[Taena Merryweather]], late of [[Myr]] and wife of Lord [[Orton Merryweather]], Lady [[Leonette Fossoway]], wife of Lord [[Garlan Tyrell]].
* Septa [[Nysterica]], a sister of the Faith.

====At Highgarden:====

* Maester [[Lomys]], counselor, healer, and tutor.
* [[Igon Vyrwel]], captain of the guard.
* Ser [[Vortimer Crane]], master-at-arms.
* [[Butterbumps]], fool and jester, hugely fat.
* [[Arryk]] and [[Erryk]], called 'Left' and 'Right', twin guardsmen to Lady Olenna.

====Knights and sworn swords:====
* Ser [[Mark Mullendore]], a knight. Crippled during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
* Ser [[Willam Wythers]], captain of Queen Margaery's guard in King's Landing.
* Ser [[Bayard Norcross]] and Ser [[Hugh Clifton]], household knights in King's Landing.

====At King's Landing====
*The '[[Blue Bard]]', whose real name is Wat, a singer. Gone mad from torture at the hands of [[Qyburn]] and, later, the [[Faith of the Seven]].

==Historical Members==
* Ser [[Alester Tyrell]], founder of the House. An [[Andal]] knight and sworn shield to King [[Gwayne V Gardener]].
** [[Gareth Tyrell]], Alester's second son.
*** [[Leo Tyrell (son of Gareth)|Leo Tyrell]], Gareth's son.
* Ser [[Osmund Tyrell]], High Steward of Highgarden during the reign of King [[Garth X Gardener]].
** Ser [[Robert Tyrell]], his son, High Steward to King [[Mern VI Gardener]]
***[[Lorent Tyrell (steward)|Lorent Tyrell]], his grandson, High Steward to Mern VI
* Lord [[Harlen Tyrell]], first Tyrell Lord of Highgarden.
** Lord [[Theo Tyrell]], Harlen's son and successor. Consolidated Tyrell power over the Reach.
* Lord [[Matthos Tyrell]], Lord of Highgarden during the [[Great Council]] of {{date|101}}.
* When Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] toured the south in {{date|112}}, she was courted by the son of Lord Tyrell, among many others.{{ref|trp}}
* Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]], Lord of Highgarden during the [[Dance of the Dragons]] and a major participant serving under King [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]] in the [[Conquest of Dorne]].
* Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo Tyrell]], known as "Leo Longthorn", a renowned jouster and participant in the [[Ashford Tourney]]; head of the House during the reigns of kings [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]].
* Lord [[Luthor Tyrell]], father of [[Mace Tyrell]]. He rode off a cliff to his death while hawking.

==Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Ambrose|Ambrose]]'''.
* '''[[House Appleton|Appleton]]''' of [[Appleton]].
* '''[[House Ashford|Ashford]]''' of [[Ashford]].
* '''[[House Ball|Ball]]'''.
* '''[[House Blackbar|Blackbar]]''' of [[Bandallon]].
* '''[[House Bridges|Bridges]]'''.
* '''[[House Bushy|Bushy]].
* '''[[House Caswell|Caswell]]''' of [[Bitterbridge]].
* [[House Chester|'''Chester''']]. The head of House Chester is given the title of Lord of [[Greenshield]].
* '''[[House Cockshaw|Cockshaw]]'''.
* '''[[House Conklyn|Conklyn]]'''.
* '''[[House Cordwayner|Cordwayner]]''' of [[Hammerhal]].
* [[House Crane|'''Crane''']] of [[Red Lake]].
* '''[[House Dunn|Dunn]]'''.
* '''[[House Durwell|Durwell]]'''.
* '''[[House Florent|Florent]]''' of [[Brightwater Keep]].
* '''[[House Footly|Footly]]''' of [[Tumbleton]].
* [[House Fossoway|'''Fossoway''']]. Two branches exist —
** The "red apple" '''[[House Fossoway of Cider Hall|Fossoways of Cider Hall]]'''.
** The "green apple" '''[[House Fossoway of New Barrel|Fossoways of New Barrel]]''', a cadet branch descending from [[Raymun Fossoway]]. The house's creation is described in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
* '''[[House Graceford|Graceford]]''' of [[Holyhall]].
* '''[[House Graves|Graves]]'''.
* [[House Grimm|'''Grimm''']] of [[Grimston]]. The head of House Grimm is given the title of Lord of [[Greyshield]].
* '''[[House Hastwyck|Hastwyck]]'''.
* [[House Hewett|'''Hewett''']] of [[Hewett Castle]]. The head of House Hewett is given the title of Lord of [[Oakenshield]].
* '''[[House Hightower|Hightower]]''' of the [[Hightower]]. They reside in [[Oldtown]], and are very rich and influential. Lady [[Alerie Hightower]] is the wife of Lord Mace and mother of his four children: [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]], [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]] and [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]].
* '''[[House Hutcheson|Hutcheson]]'''.
* '''[[House Inchfield|Inchfield]]'''.
* '''[[House Kidwell|Kidwell]]''' of [[Ivy Hall]].
* '''[[House Leygood|Leygood]]'''.
* '''[[House Lowther|Lowther]]'''.
* '''[[House Lyberr|Lyberr]]'''.
* '''[[House Meadows|Meadows]]''' of [[Grassy Vale]].
* '''[[House Merryweather|Merryweather]]''' of [[Longtable]].
* '''[[House Middlebury|Middlebury]]'''.
* '''[[House Norcross|Norcross]]'''.
* '''[[House Norridge|Norridge]].
* '''[[House Oakheart|Oakheart]]''' of [[Old Oak]].
* '''[[House Oldflowers|Oldflowers]].
* '''[[House Orme|Orme]].
* '''[[House Peake|Peake]]''' of [[Starpike]].
* '''[[House Pommingham|Pommingham]]'''.
* '''[[House Redding|Redding]]'''.
* '''[[House Redwyne|Redwyne]]''' of the [[Arbor]], a large island off of Westeros proper. The Redwynes are cousins of the Tyrell family. The Lord of the House, [[Paxter Redwyne]], is Lord Mace's cousin and married to Mace's sister [[Mina Tyrell]]. His elderly aunt, [[Olenna Redwyne]], the "Queen of Thorns", is the mother of Mace and Mina.
* '''[[House Rhysling|Rhysling]]'''.
* '''[[House Risley|Risley]]'''.
* '''[[House Rowan|Rowan]]''' of [[Goldengrove]].
* '''[[House Roxton|Roxton]]''' of the [[Ring]].
* '''[[House Serry|Serry]]'''. The head of House Serry is given the title of Lord of [[Southshield]].
* '''[[House Shermer|Shermer]]''' of [[Smithyton]].
* '''[[House Sloane|Sloane]]'''.
* '''[[House Stackhouse|Stackhouse]]'''.
* '''[[House Tarly|Tarly]]''' of [[Horn Hill]].
* '''[[House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep|Tyrell of Brightwater Keep]]''', a newly made cadet branch of House Tyrell.
* '''[[House Uffering|Uffering]]'''.
* '''[[House Varner|Varner]]'''.
* [[House Vyrwel|'''Vyrwel''']] of [[Darkdell]].
* '''[[House Westbrook|Westbrook]]'''.
* '''[[House Willum|Willum]]'''.
* '''[[House Woodwright|Woodwright]]'''.
* '''[[House Wythers|Wythers]]'''.
* '''[[House Yelshire|Yelshire]]'''.

==Quotes==

{{Quote|My Most leal servants.{{ref|TWOIAF| House Tyrell}}}} - King [[Gyles III Gardener]].

{{Quote|Tyrell swords will make me king.{{ref|ACOK|22}}}} - [[Renly Baratheon]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]]

{{Quote|The Tyrells were only [[High Steward of Highgarden|stewards]] that the [[House Targaryen|dragon-kings]] had upjumped far above their station. Their vanity was exceeded only by their ambition.{{ref|AFFC|3}}}}
– thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]

{{Quote|The more we give these Tyrells, the more they demand of us.{{Ref|affc|12}}}} – thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]

{{Quote|Kevan Lannister was beginning to understand why Cersei had grown so resentful of the Tyrells.{{Ref|adwd|Epilogue}}}} - thoughts of [[Kevan Lannister]]

==References and Notes==
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Ellyn Reyne

2016-11-29T21:55:32Z

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| image = [[File:Ellyn Reyne.jpg]]
| image_caption = Ellyn Reyne, as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]''
| Alias =
| Title = Lady of [[Tarbeck Hall]]
| Allegiance = [[House Reyne]] [[House Lannister]] [[House Tarbeck]]
| Race =
| Culture =
| Spouse = 1st: Ser [[Tion Lannister]] 2nd: Lord [[Walderan Tarbeck]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Castamere]]
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = [[Tarbeck Hall]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|261}}
| Books = ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (mentioned)
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'''Ellyn Reyne''', also known as '''Ellyn Tarbeck''', was a member of [[House Reyne]] who married into first [[House Lannister]] and later [[House Tarbeck]]. She was the daughter of Lord [[Robert Reyne]] and the sister of Lord [[Roger Reyne]], the Red Lion of Castemere, and [[Reynard Reyne]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

==History==
===Early Life===
Ellyn was described as a strong-willed, hot-tempered, and ambitious woman who dreamed of not only marrying into the wealthy [[House Lannister]], but of also making herself the Lady of [[Casterly Rock]].

Due to [[House Reyne]]'s position and wealth, Lord [[Robert Reyne]] had little trouble arranging his daughter's betrothal to Ser [[Tywald Lannister]], the heir of [[Gerold Lannister|Gerold the Golden]], Lord of [[Casterly Rock]]. However, Ellyn's betrothed and father were slain during the [[Peake Uprising]] in {{Date|233}}. Ellyn seduced the new heir, [[Tion Lannister|Tion]], even though Tion was betrothed to a daughter of Lord [[House Rowan|Rowan]]. Gerold, having witnessed how quickly Ellyn acted after the deaths of Robert and Tywald, opposed this match, but the ailing lord eventually let his son follow his heart.

===House Lannister===
Lady Ellyn married [[Tion Lannister]] in {{date|235}}. With Lord [[Gerold Lannister]] twice widowed and refusing to remarry, Ellyn became the Lady of Casterly Rock in all but name. As Gerold became less involved with ruling, Ellyn became a rival of [[Jeyne Marbrand]], the wife of the thirdborn son of Gerold, [[Tytos Lannister]]. Ellyn hosted [[tourney]]s and balls, and her splendid court was filled with musicians, artists, and mummers. She also used her new position to empower [[House Reyne]]. Ellyn lavished her kin—including her brothers [[Roger Reyne|Roger]] and [[Reynard Reyne|Reynard]]—with offices, honors and lands.

Tion perished fighting in the [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]], dying without issue. To prepare Tytos for rule, Gerold became involved in the affairs of the [[westerlands]] again and most of the Reynes departed for [[Castamere]]. Ellyn remained at the Rock, but her influence declined in favor of Tytos's wife, Jeyne. According to Maester [[Beldon]], Ellyn unsuccessfully attempted to bed Tytos.

===House Tarbeck===
Lord [[Gerold Lannister]] had Ellyn hastily wed to the widowed [[Walderan Tarbeck]], the fifty-five-year-old Lord of [[Tarbeck Hall]]. [[Lord Toad]], the [[fool]] at [[Casterly Rock]], called the rivalry between Ellyn and Jeyne the [[War of the Wombs]]. According to a semi-canon source,<ref>''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'': The Westerlands. [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref> Ellyn had with Walderan two daughters, [[Rohanne Tarbeck|Rohanne]] and [[Cyrelle Tarbeck|Cyrelle]], and a son, [[tion Tarbeck|Tion]].

Ellyn was present at the feast in the westerlands when the betrothal of Tytos's daughter, [[Genna Lannister]], to [[Emmon Frey]] was announced. Ellyn laughed, probably because she did not find it a good match.{{ref|affc|33}} Ellyn used [[House Lannister]]'s wealth to rebuild Tarbeck Hall.{{ref|twoiaf| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

When Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], the heir of Lord Tytos, demanded that debts owed to Casterly Rock be repaid, Walderan tried to intimidate Tytos but was subsequently imprisoned by Tywin. Ellyn took hostage two [[House Lannister of Lannisport|Lannisters]] of [[Lannisport]], as well as [[Stafford Lannister]], whose sister [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]] was betrothed to Tywin.{{ref|affc|33}} Ellyn let Tytos know that she would kill the Lannisters if he harmed her husband Walderan. Although Tywin advised to send Lord Tarbeck back in three pieces, an exchange was arranged.{{ref|asos|44}}

Ellyn was killed in {{date|261}} during the [[Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion]]. A boulder from a trebuchet collapsed the keep of Tarbeck Hall upon Ellyn and her son Tion the Red. Tywin then had the castle put to the torch.{{ref|affc|33}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

==Family==
{{Reyne tree}}

==Quotes about Ellyn==
{{quote|Lady Ellyn must surely be a sorceress, for she made it [[House Reyne|rain]] inside the [[Casterly Rock|Rock]] all year.{{ref|twoiaf| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}}} - [[Lord Toad]]

{{Quote|When [[Tarbeck Hall]] came crashing down on Lady Ellyn, that scheming bitch, [[Tygett Lannister|Tyg]] claimed [[Tywin Lannister|he]] smiled then ...{{ref|AFFC|33}}}} – [[Genna Lannister]], to [[Jaime Lannister]]

==References and Notes==
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[[Category:House Reyne]]
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[[Category:Noblewomen|Reyne, Ellyn]]

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Janna Fossoway

2016-11-14T21:36:54Z

Exodianecross:

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| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
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Lady '''Janna Tyrell''' is the sister of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]. She is buxom{{ref|ASOS|6}} and married to Ser [[Jon Fossoway]].{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
Janna is among [[Margaery Tyrell]]'s retinue when she comes to [[King's Landing]]. She shares gossip with [[Sansa Stark]].{{ref|ASOS|6}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lady Janna remains in King's Landing after the departure of most of the lords and ladies from the [[Reach]]. She hawks with Queen Margaery.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

==Family==
{{Tyrell tree 2}}

==References and Notes==
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Vhagar

2016-11-08T10:36:42Z

Exodianecross: /* Known dragonriders of Vhagar */

{{Infobox character
| Character_name= Vhagar
| image = [[File:Burning Arryn fleet.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = [[Visenya Targaryen]] riding Vhagar into battle]]
| Alias =
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Visenya Targaryen]] [[Laena Velaryon]] [[Aemond Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Dragon]]
| Culture =
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth= [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth = [[Years before Aegon's Conquest#Year 52 Before the Conquest|52 BC]]<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Vhagar|Vhagar]] calculation''</ref>
| Place_of_Death= the [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|Gods Eye]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) 
}}
:''For other uses, see [[Vhagar (disambiguation)]].''
'''Vhagar''' was one of the [[dragon]]s used by [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and his sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], during the [[War of Conquest]]. She was named for one of the gods of Old [[Valyria]].{{Ref|aSoS|57}} Vhagar was ridden by Visenya during the Conquest.{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

==Description==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Vhagar|Images of Vhagar]]''
Vhagar's breath was so hot that it could melt the armour of a knight and cook him inside.{{Ref|aCoK|12}} The color of Vhagar's scales, horns, wing bones and spinal crest is unknown, as is the color of her flame.

By the time of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Vhagar was the hardened survivor of a hundred battles, had grown almost as large as [[Balerion]] and was the oldest and largest of the dragons in [[Westeros]]. Her roar was so powerful that it could shake the very foundations of [[Storm's End]]. No living dragon could match her for size or ferocity.{{ref|tpatq}}

One could ride a horse down Vhagar's gullet, according to [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

==History==
Vhagar was named after a god of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. She was born on [[Dragonstone]] from a [[dragon egg|dragon's egg]].

===War of Conquest===
[[File:The queen and vhagar by silvaticus-d94j1f8.jpg|thumb|450px|Vhagar and her rider, Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] By [http://silvaticus.deviantart.com Silvaticus].]]
During the [[War of Conquest]], [[Aegon I Targaryen]] sent his fleet, commanded by [[Daemon Velaryon (master of ships)|Daemon Velaryon]], to take [[Gulltown]]. Daemon and the fleet were accompanied by [[Visenya Targaryen]], on Vhagar. In the [[battle in the waters off Gulltown]], the [[House Arryn|Arryn]] fleet was able to defeat the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] fleet and Daemon Velaryon was killed. Visenya recovered what she could of the situation, using Vhagar to burn the surviving Arryn ships. The loss of the Arryn fleet caused the Sistermen on the [[Three Sisters]] to revolt against House Arryn. In addition, with their fleet destroyed, the Vale lacked the ability to attack the Targaryens by sea.

Visenya flew Vhagar to [[Stoney Sept]] to link up again with other Targaryen armies and dragons. They advanced south, where all three dragons took part in the decisive [[Field of Fire]] - the only battle in which all three of the Targaryen dragons during the Conquest took to the sky at the same time. Together, Vhagar, [[Meraxes]] and [[Balerion]] killed four thousand men, burning them alive. King [[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]] died, and with him [[House Gardener]]. The army was broken and House Targaryen was victorious.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

Afterwards, Visenya flew Vhagar back to the Vale. Just as Aegon had flown Balerion directly over the massive walls of [[Harrenhal]], Visenya simply flew Vhagar directly over the impassable mountains to reach the [[Eyrie]]. Upon her arrival, Dowager Queen [[Sharra Arryn]] came outside to find her son, King [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]] with Visenya. The young king begged his mother for a ride on Vhagar's back. Sharra bent her knee and surrendered, and King Ronnel rode on Vhagar with Visenya. Sharra's surrender of the Vale made Ronnel the last [[King of Mountain and Vale]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

It is currently unknown who Vhagar's rider was after Visenya's death. After Balerion died of old age in {{date|94}}, Vhagar became the last of the three Targaryen dragons who had fought in the Conquest.

===Reign of King Viserys I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], Vhagar's rider was Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], who rode her as young as twelve. When Laena wed her husband, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], they flew across the [[narrow sea]] to [[Pentos]], [[Volantis]], [[Qohor]], and [[Norvos]]. In each of the [[Free Cities]] crowds came to see Vhagar and Daemon's [[Caraxes]]. After returning to [[Driftmark]], Vhagar, Caraxes, and [[Syrax]] often flew together with their riders, Laena, Daemon, and Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]].{{ref|trp}}

Shortly after the death of Lady Laena in {{Date|120}}, Vhagar was claimed by ten-year old Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]].{{Ref|TRP}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
:{{main|Dance of the Dragons}}
[[File:Deaths of Lucerys and Arrax.jpg|right|thumb|Vhagar kills [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys ]] and [[Arrax]].]]
By {{Date|129}}, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during the [[War of Conquest]], and had become the largest living dragon of her time.{{Ref|aDwD|8}} Prince Aemond flew on Vhagar to [[Storm's End]], so they could win the support of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] for King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. There Aemond met with Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. Aemond was forbidden from attacking Lucerys while both were in Borros's castle, Aemond was allowed to follow Lucerys outside. Thus, when Lucerys had risen into the sky on his dragon [[Arrax]], Aemond mounted Vhagar and followed the young [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] prince. The two dragons fought during a great storm over [[Shipbreaker Bay]], and Vhagar quickly overcame Arrax, whose severed head would wash ashore days later, along with the corpse of Lucerys.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Aemond would continue to use Vhagar in battle during the civil war between King Aegon II and Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. During the [[battle at Rook's Rest]], Vhagar and [[Sunfyre]] ambushed the dragon [[Meleys]] and her rider Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Meleys was an old and large dragon and may have stood a chance against Vhagar alone, but died from the combined assault. Vhagar was the only dragon who left the battle reasonably unharmed.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

The battle against Meleys left Aegon II severely injured, leaving him incapable of rule. Prince Aemond was appointed regent until such a time when Aegon himself could rule again. Aemond decided that the main threat in the war was Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], who was massing armies at [[Harrenhal]]. Aemond took Vhagar and most of the green forces from [[King's Landing]] north to attack Harrenhal, leaving King's Landing with very little defense. When Aemond and Vhagar arrived at Harrenhal, they found the castle undefended and empty, as Daemon had left some time before, to attack King's Landing, after having lured Aemond and Vhagar away from the capital.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Here, Prince Aemond and [[Hand of the King]] [[Criston Cole]] no longer agreed on how to proceed during the war. Aemond took Vhagar on a one-man war of revenge. They burned much of the [[riverlands]], starting with every wooden structure in Harrenhal. Vhagar caused more destruction than an entire army, and severely harmed Rhaenyra's supporters in the riverlands - though Aemond's decision to abandon the army under Criston proved to a strategic blunder. Without Vhagar to protect them, Cole's army in the east was later surrounded and destroyed in the [[Butcher's Ball]], leaving the east wide open to Rhaenyra's forces.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Aemond and Vhagar continued the destruction of the riverlands and they became the terror of the [[Trident]]. Daemon Targaryen, on his dragon [[Caraxes]], and the [[dragonseed]] [[Nettles]], on the dragon [[Sheepstealer]], were sent to hunt Aemond. They were allowed to use [[Maidenpool]] as their base, as Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]] feared an attack from Vhagar, and found himself safer this way. Daemon and Nettles unsuccessfully searched together for Vhagar, who continued to terrorize the riverlands.

After the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], Prince Daemon Targaryen said his goodbyes to Lord Mooton and Nettles, and had word sent out that he and Caraxes would await Aemond and Vhagar at Harrenhal. After thirteen days, Vhagar appeared in the sky, carrying Aemond and his lover [[Alys Rivers]] on her back. The [[Battle Above the Gods Eye]] between Vhagar and Caraxes ended with Aemond dead, as Prince Daemon had put [[Dark Sister]] through his eye. Both Caraxes and Vhagar died as well. Vhagar died in the water, and her body was recovered only years after the Dance, with Aemond's armored bones still chained to the saddle. Vhagar was one hundred and eighty-one years old when she died, on the twenty-second day of the fifth moon of {{Date|130}}.{{ref|tpatq}}

===Legacy===
Along with eighteen other Targaryen [[Dragon skulls (Targaryen)|dragon skulls]], Vhagar's skull used to hang on a wall in the [[Red Keep]]'s throne room.{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|12}} After [[Robert's Rebellion]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] had Vhagar's skull removed and stored in a dank cellar along with the others.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

==Known dragonriders of Vhagar==
* Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
* Lady [[Laena Velaryon]]
* Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]]

'''Trivia''': Ronnel Arryn was never a dragonrider in the sense like the Targaryens or Velaryons, but he's currently the only known person who rode on a dragon as a guest!

==Quotes about Vhagar==
{{Quote|The peril posed by Queen [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya's]] mount could not be gainsaid.{{ref|tpatq}}}} – [[Gyldayn]]

{{Quote|That hoary old bitch.{{ref|tpatq}}}} – [[Jacaerys Velaryon]]

{{Quote|[[Aemond Targaryen|Prince Aemond]]'s mighty dragon Vhagar sensed [[Lucerys Velaryon|his]] coming first. Guardsman walking the battlements of the castle's mighty curtain walls clutched their spears in sudden terror when she woke, with a roar that shook the very foundations of [[Durran's Defiance]].{{ref|tpatq}}}}

{{Quote|On the fourteenth day of [[Daemon Targaryen|the prince's]] vigil, a shadow swept over [[Harrenhal|the castle]], blacker than any passing cloud. All the birds of the godswood took to the air in fright, and a hot wind whipped the fallen leaves across the yard. Vhagar had come at last, and on her back rode the one-eyed prince [[Aemond Targaryen]], clad in night-black armor chased with gold.{{ref|tpatq}}}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

{{Dragons}}

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[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]

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Vhagar

2016-11-08T10:32:53Z

Exodianecross: Ronnel Arryn was at least a "guest rider" on Vhagar

{{Infobox character
| Character_name= Vhagar
| image = [[File:Burning Arryn fleet.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = [[Visenya Targaryen]] riding Vhagar into battle]]
| Alias =
| Title =
| Allegiance = [[Visenya Targaryen]] [[Laena Velaryon]] [[Aemond Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Dragon]]
| Culture =
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth= [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth = [[Years before Aegon's Conquest#Year 52 Before the Conquest|52 BC]]<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Vhagar|Vhagar]] calculation''</ref>
| Place_of_Death= the [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|Gods Eye]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) 
}}
:''For other uses, see [[Vhagar (disambiguation)]].''
'''Vhagar''' was one of the [[dragon]]s used by [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and his sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], during the [[War of Conquest]]. She was named for one of the gods of Old [[Valyria]].{{Ref|aSoS|57}} Vhagar was ridden by Visenya during the Conquest.{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

==Description==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Vhagar|Images of Vhagar]]''
Vhagar's breath was so hot that it could melt the armour of a knight and cook him inside.{{Ref|aCoK|12}} The color of Vhagar's scales, horns, wing bones and spinal crest is unknown, as is the color of her flame.

By the time of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Vhagar was the hardened survivor of a hundred battles, had grown almost as large as [[Balerion]] and was the oldest and largest of the dragons in [[Westeros]]. Her roar was so powerful that it could shake the very foundations of [[Storm's End]]. No living dragon could match her for size or ferocity.{{ref|tpatq}}

One could ride a horse down Vhagar's gullet, according to [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

==History==
Vhagar was named after a god of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. She was born on [[Dragonstone]] from a [[dragon egg|dragon's egg]].

===War of Conquest===
[[File:The queen and vhagar by silvaticus-d94j1f8.jpg|thumb|450px|Vhagar and her rider, Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] By [http://silvaticus.deviantart.com Silvaticus].]]
During the [[War of Conquest]], [[Aegon I Targaryen]] sent his fleet, commanded by [[Daemon Velaryon (master of ships)|Daemon Velaryon]], to take [[Gulltown]]. Daemon and the fleet were accompanied by [[Visenya Targaryen]], on Vhagar. In the [[battle in the waters off Gulltown]], the [[House Arryn|Arryn]] fleet was able to defeat the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] fleet and Daemon Velaryon was killed. Visenya recovered what she could of the situation, using Vhagar to burn the surviving Arryn ships. The loss of the Arryn fleet caused the Sistermen on the [[Three Sisters]] to revolt against House Arryn. In addition, with their fleet destroyed, the Vale lacked the ability to attack the Targaryens by sea.

Visenya flew Vhagar to [[Stoney Sept]] to link up again with other Targaryen armies and dragons. They advanced south, where all three dragons took part in the decisive [[Field of Fire]] - the only battle in which all three of the Targaryen dragons during the Conquest took to the sky at the same time. Together, Vhagar, [[Meraxes]] and [[Balerion]] killed four thousand men, burning them alive. King [[Mern IX Gardener|Mern IX]] died, and with him [[House Gardener]]. The army was broken and House Targaryen was victorious.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

Afterwards, Visenya flew Vhagar back to the Vale. Just as Aegon had flown Balerion directly over the massive walls of [[Harrenhal]], Visenya simply flew Vhagar directly over the impassable mountains to reach the [[Eyrie]]. Upon her arrival, Dowager Queen [[Sharra Arryn]] came outside to find her son, King [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]] with Visenya. The young king begged his mother for a ride on Vhagar's back. Sharra bent her knee and surrendered, and King Ronnel rode on Vhagar with Visenya. Sharra's surrender of the Vale made Ronnel the last [[King of Mountain and Vale]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

It is currently unknown who Vhagar's rider was after Visenya's death. After Balerion died of old age in {{date|94}}, Vhagar became the last of the three Targaryen dragons who had fought in the Conquest.

===Reign of King Viserys I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], Vhagar's rider was Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], who rode her as young as twelve. When Laena wed her husband, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], they flew across the [[narrow sea]] to [[Pentos]], [[Volantis]], [[Qohor]], and [[Norvos]]. In each of the [[Free Cities]] crowds came to see Vhagar and Daemon's [[Caraxes]]. After returning to [[Driftmark]], Vhagar, Caraxes, and [[Syrax]] often flew together with their riders, Laena, Daemon, and Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]].{{ref|trp}}

Shortly after the death of Lady Laena in {{Date|120}}, Vhagar was claimed by ten-year old Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]].{{Ref|TRP}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
:{{main|Dance of the Dragons}}
[[File:Deaths of Lucerys and Arrax.jpg|right|thumb|Vhagar kills [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys ]] and [[Arrax]].]]
By {{Date|129}}, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during the [[War of Conquest]], and had become the largest living dragon of her time.{{Ref|aDwD|8}} Prince Aemond flew on Vhagar to [[Storm's End]], so they could win the support of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] for King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. There Aemond met with Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]. Aemond was forbidden from attacking Lucerys while both were in Borros's castle, Aemond was allowed to follow Lucerys outside. Thus, when Lucerys had risen into the sky on his dragon [[Arrax]], Aemond mounted Vhagar and followed the young [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] prince. The two dragons fought during a great storm over [[Shipbreaker Bay]], and Vhagar quickly overcame Arrax, whose severed head would wash ashore days later, along with the corpse of Lucerys.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Aemond would continue to use Vhagar in battle during the civil war between King Aegon II and Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. During the [[battle at Rook's Rest]], Vhagar and [[Sunfyre]] ambushed the dragon [[Meleys]] and her rider Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Meleys was an old and large dragon and may have stood a chance against Vhagar alone, but died from the combined assault. Vhagar was the only dragon who left the battle reasonably unharmed.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

The battle against Meleys left Aegon II severely injured, leaving him incapable of rule. Prince Aemond was appointed regent until such a time when Aegon himself could rule again. Aemond decided that the main threat in the war was Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], who was massing armies at [[Harrenhal]]. Aemond took Vhagar and most of the green forces from [[King's Landing]] north to attack Harrenhal, leaving King's Landing with very little defense. When Aemond and Vhagar arrived at Harrenhal, they found the castle undefended and empty, as Daemon had left some time before, to attack King's Landing, after having lured Aemond and Vhagar away from the capital.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Here, Prince Aemond and [[Hand of the King]] [[Criston Cole]] no longer agreed on how to proceed during the war. Aemond took Vhagar on a one-man war of revenge. They burned much of the [[riverlands]], starting with every wooden structure in Harrenhal. Vhagar caused more destruction than an entire army, and severely harmed Rhaenyra's supporters in the riverlands - though Aemond's decision to abandon the army under Criston proved to a strategic blunder. Without Vhagar to protect them, Cole's army in the east was later surrounded and destroyed in the [[Butcher's Ball]], leaving the east wide open to Rhaenyra's forces.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Aemond and Vhagar continued the destruction of the riverlands and they became the terror of the [[Trident]]. Daemon Targaryen, on his dragon [[Caraxes]], and the [[dragonseed]] [[Nettles]], on the dragon [[Sheepstealer]], were sent to hunt Aemond. They were allowed to use [[Maidenpool]] as their base, as Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]] feared an attack from Vhagar, and found himself safer this way. Daemon and Nettles unsuccessfully searched together for Vhagar, who continued to terrorize the riverlands.

After the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], Prince Daemon Targaryen said his goodbyes to Lord Mooton and Nettles, and had word sent out that he and Caraxes would await Aemond and Vhagar at Harrenhal. After thirteen days, Vhagar appeared in the sky, carrying Aemond and his lover [[Alys Rivers]] on her back. The [[Battle Above the Gods Eye]] between Vhagar and Caraxes ended with Aemond dead, as Prince Daemon had put [[Dark Sister]] through his eye. Both Caraxes and Vhagar died as well. Vhagar died in the water, and her body was recovered only years after the Dance, with Aemond's armored bones still chained to the saddle. Vhagar was one hundred and eighty-one years old when she died, on the twenty-second day of the fifth moon of {{Date|130}}.{{ref|tpatq}}

===Legacy===
Along with eighteen other Targaryen [[Dragon skulls (Targaryen)|dragon skulls]], Vhagar's skull used to hang on a wall in the [[Red Keep]]'s throne room.{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|12}} After [[Robert's Rebellion]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] had Vhagar's skull removed and stored in a dank cellar along with the others.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

==Known dragonriders of Vhagar==
* Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
* Lady [[Laena Velaryon]]
* Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]]

'''Trivia''': Ronnel Arryn was never a dragonrider in the sense like the Targaryens or Velaryons, but he's currently the only one known who rode on a dragon as a guest!

==Quotes about Vhagar==
{{Quote|The peril posed by Queen [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya's]] mount could not be gainsaid.{{ref|tpatq}}}} – [[Gyldayn]]

{{Quote|That hoary old bitch.{{ref|tpatq}}}} – [[Jacaerys Velaryon]]

{{Quote|[[Aemond Targaryen|Prince Aemond]]'s mighty dragon Vhagar sensed [[Lucerys Velaryon|his]] coming first. Guardsman walking the battlements of the castle's mighty curtain walls clutched their spears in sudden terror when she woke, with a roar that shook the very foundations of [[Durran's Defiance]].{{ref|tpatq}}}}

{{Quote|On the fourteenth day of [[Daemon Targaryen|the prince's]] vigil, a shadow swept over [[Harrenhal|the castle]], blacker than any passing cloud. All the birds of the godswood took to the air in fright, and a hot wind whipped the fallen leaves across the yard. Vhagar had come at last, and on her back rode the one-eyed prince [[Aemond Targaryen]], clad in night-black armor chased with gold.{{ref|tpatq}}}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}

{{Dragons}}

[[Category:Dragons]]
[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]

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[[zh:瓦格哈尔]]

Willas Tyrell

2016-10-11T16:50:03Z

Exodianecross: /* Recent Events */

{{Infobox character
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| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
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'''Willas Tyrell''' is a member of [[House Tyrell]] and the eldest son of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and Lady [[Alerie Hightower]]. He is the heir to [[Highgarden]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Willas Tyrell|Images of Willas Tyrell]]''
Willas is crippled with a bad leg. He is often noted as studious, educated, and kind, and is renowned for breeding the finest hawks, hounds, and horses in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|aSoS|16}}{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

==History==
Willas was born the eldest son Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and Lady [[Alerie Hightower]]. During his first [[tourney]], he competed against Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] of [[Dorne]], who knocked Willas from his horse. Unfortunately, his foot caught in his stirrup as he fell, and Willas pulled his horse on top of him, crushing his leg and leaving him a cripple.{{ref|ASOS|38}}

Though the incident fanned the flames of the considerable and historical enmity between Houses [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] and [[House Martell|Martell]], Willas bore Oberyn no personal ill will and the two long remained in correspondence, sharing a passion for horseflesh.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} Ever since his accident, Willas has occupied himself with scholarly studies. Willas's grandmother, [[Olenna Tyrell]], despite having a low opinion of her son Mace, has a high opinion of her grandson.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}

Willas gave his younger brother [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] his nickname, "Garlan the Gallant".{{Ref|aSoS|28}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:House tyrell by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Back row, left to right: Willas, [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]], [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]. Front: [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], [[Mace Tyrell|Mace]], [[Alerie Hightower|Alerie]]. Art by Cabepfir©]]

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]] plots to have [[Sansa Stark]] married to Willas.{{Ref|aSoS|6}} Sansa readily accepts the offer, but it is foiled after she reveals the plot to [[Dontos Hollard]] in the godswood of the [[Red Keep]]. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] learns of the plot from Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] and hastily marries Sansa to his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Tywin offers his daughter, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]], to be married to Willas, which would quieten rumors of her incest with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], but the Tyrells refuse the offer.{{Ref|aSoS|32}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the [[taking of the Shields]], Willas reportedly sends messengers to Lord [[Leyton Hightower]] ordering him to strengthen his defences in [[Oldtown]]. Willas also guesses correctly that the [[ironborn]] did not follow the coast when attacking the [[Shield Islands]] so the ambush would take the lords of the Shields off guard.{{Ref|aFfC|32}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], the regent of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], thinks that Mace wants to marry Willas to Tommen's sister, the wounded Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]].{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes about Willas==
{{Quote|We were speaking of my grandson Willas. He is a bit old for you, to be sure, but a dear boy for all that. Not the least bit oafish, and heir to [[Highgarden]] besides.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}}} – [[Olenna Tyrell]] to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{quote|Willas has a bad leg but a good heart.{{ref|ASOS|6}}}} - [[Margaery Tyrell]] to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|The [[Mace Tyrell|Fat Flower]] thrust him into [[tourney]]s at too tender an age, just as he did the other two. He wanted another [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo Longthorn]], and made himself a cripple.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}}} – [[Oberyn Martell]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{quote|Gentle, pious, good-hearted Willas Tyrell. Be grateful you were spared, he would have bored you spitless.{{ref|ASOS|68}}}} - [[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Valonqar/Theories

2016-10-11T16:41:28Z

Exodianecross: /* Garlan Tyrell */

{{Theory_Policy}}
In her youth, [[Cersei Lannister]] received a prophecy from [[Maggy]] the frog that she would die at the hands of the "Valonqar", which is the word for "little brother" in High Valyrian. No one person has been confirmed to fill this role; given the circumstances, it could refer to anyone who is a younger sibling.

Several of the people hypothesized as the Valonqar are younger sisters, because it is not solidly established that the word must refer to a male sibling. It is entirely possible that Valonqar is a gender-neutral term; that High Valyrian uses the male gender when gender is actually unknown; that Maggy is not fluent enough in High Valyrian to know or to correctly employ the gender differentiation; that she is actually speaking one of the dialects of the [[Free Cities]] that might not completely agree with High Valyrian regarding this word; although Septa [[Saranella]]'s translation {{ref|affc|39}} may have been wrong, a Tyroshi who brings Cersei a dwarf's head claiming it to be [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion's]] refers to him as her 'valonqar' {{ref|affc|36}}, it is still possible from this that valonqar may be gender neutral, but it's meaning of 'younger sibling' at least is confirmed. As a result, the Valonqar is generally considered to be only slightly more likely to be a man than it is to be a woman. It is worth noting that the name "Maggy" is itself suspected to be a misrepresentation of the title of [[Maegi]].

People suspected of being the Valonqar include:

==[[Tyrion Lannister]]==
Tyrion Lannister is the youngest brother of Cersei. Cersei treated Tyrion poorly from shortly after his birth, and suspects him of being the valonqar. Tyrion blames Cersei for [[Mandon Moore]]'s attempt on his life and for the slanderous testimonies during his trial.

==[[Jaime Lannister]]==
Jaime is Cersei's twin brother, but was born after her, and is therefore her younger brother. They have shared an incestuous relationship since youth, but drifted apart after Tyrion's trial.

==[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]==
Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell, was the younger brother of his sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Rhaenys and Elia died at hands of Lannister forces. If the person claiming to be Aegon really is Aegon, he has plenty of reasons to want to kill Cersei.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen]]==

Daenerys Targaryen was the younger sister to her brothers Rhaegar and Viserys and as one of the contenders for the Iron Throne also has plenty of reasons to kill Cersei.

==The surviving Stark-children==

After the death of their parents and older brother Robb all of the Stark Children (Bran, Sansa, Rickon and Arya) have reasons enough to kill Cersei. Arya has gone as far as to include Cersei on a list of people she wishes to kill. Valonqar means Little Brother in High Valyrian, but Maester Aemon tells Samwell that he was a fool when thinking of the Prince Who Was Promised Prophecy. He should have remembered that High Valyrian is gender neutral and it could have been Princess Who Was Promised. Valonqar is no different. It doesn't mean Little Brother. It means Little Sibling. Jon Snow calls Arya "little sis" repeatedly. They both think of it throughout the series whenever they recall each other. Also, Arya is being trained in the ways of the Faceless Men. The Strangler is a poison they use regularly and Arya has already used it. Prophecies are rarely direct. If Little Sis uses the Strangler to kill Cersei it will be a fulfillment of Maggy's prophecy.

Though Bran is crippled, his warging ability means he could kill Cersei. Because of his youth Rickon seems unlikely, but it's also possible that he could kill her through his direwolf.

==[[Stannis Baratheon]]==

Stannis is the younger brother of Cersei's former husband, King Robert. He is attempting to overthrow Cersei.

==[[Brynden Rivers]]==

Brynden Rivers was a younger brother to a few siblings, the [[Great Bastards]], but unlike the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] he was a Targaryen-Loyalist. Still alive beneath the [[Wall]] he could also be the Valonqar.

==[[Tommen Baratheon]]==

The valonqar passage was a fragment of Maggy's response to Cersei's third question, regarding her, and king's, children. Thus it could be read as "you will see all your children die, and then the youngest will kill you". That would require Tommen to die, rise from dead and only then strangle someone to death, like Ser [[Waymar Royce]] in the series' prologue.

==The [[Sand Snakes]] (except Obara)==

The Sand Snakes are the daughters of [[Oberyn Martell]] and nieces to [[Elia Martell]], both were killed by the hands of the Lannister-man [[Gregor Clegane]]. All Sand Snakes have reasons enough to kill Cercei but because of the circumstance that Obara isn't a younger sibling to anyone she won't fit the prophecy. Her younger sisters Nymeria, Tyene, Sarella or possibly Elia could be candidates, the other three Sand Snakes seem unlikely because of their youth.

==[[Sandor Clegane]]==

Sandor Clegane is the younger brother to his sibling [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]] and was for a very long time in service for House Lannister, at least as [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s sworn shield and member of the [[Kingsguard]]. During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] he deserted and encountered [[Arya Stark]]. He travelled together with her through the devastated [[Riverlands]] until he was left behind by Arya after he was badly wounded. His fate is unknown until now. Some believe that he is still alive. If he is, he could also be the Valonquar because of his despise for the Lannisters.

==[[Trystane Martell]]==

Trystane is the younger brother to [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]] and [[Quentyn Martell]]. As part of a marriage pact orchestrated by Tyrion Lannister, he was betrothed to [[Myrcella Baratheon]]. Cersei planned to kill him as part of a plot to get her daughter back to King's Landing. If Trystane would get knowledge of this he has another reason for revenge besides the fact that his uncle and aunt died by the hands of the Lannisters.

==[[Brienne of Tarth]]==

Brienne was the younger sister to her brother [[Galladon of Tarth|Galladon]] and in the service of [[Renly Baratheon]], who challenged the Lannisters, and [[Catelyn Stark]] who was murdered in an [[Red Wedding|assassination]] orchestrated by Tywin Lannister. Tasked to find the daughters of Lady Catelyn and to protect them she could decide to kill Cersei as a kind of protection.

==[[Loras Tyrell]]==

Loras is the younger brother of Margaery, a likely candidate for the "young queen" mentioned earlier in Maggy's prophecy. He and Cersei have a rivalry at court, as he is a champion of Queen Margaery and Tommen's favourite among the Kingsguard. Cersei sent him to lead the battle for Dragonstone, hoping he would die in the attempt; he is reported to be alive but badly burned.

==[[Garlan Tyrell]]==

Garlan is the younger brother to [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], the heir to [[Highgarden]], and the older one to Margaery and Loras. Because of the mistreatment of his sister (humiliated by the [[Faith Militant]]) and younger brother (badly injured during a attack on [[Dragonstone]]), both events caused by Cersei, he has good reasons to kill her.

==[[Gendry]]/[[Edric Storm]]==

Gendy and Edric Storm are the bastard-children of Robert Baratheon and younger siblings to others, for example [[Mya Stone]] who was the first bastard Robert sired. They both survived the purge of Roberts several bastards in King's Landing because they were not present. But as long Cersei is alive, no one of both would be ever safe, so killing her could be a goal for both of them to protect themselve.

==See Also==
* [[Dreams and prophecies]]

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
[[Category:Theories]]

Valonqar/Theories

2016-10-08T02:07:54Z

Exodianecross:

{{Theory_Policy}}
In her youth, [[Cersei Lannister]] received a prophecy from [[Maggy]] the frog that she would die at the hands of the "Valonqar", which is the word for "little brother" in High Valyrian. No one person has been confirmed to fill this role; given the circumstances, it could refer to anyone who is a younger sibling.

Several of the people hypothesized as the Valonqar are younger sisters, because it is not solidly established that the word must refer to a male sibling. It is entirely possible that Valonqar is a gender-neutral term; that High Valyrian uses the male gender when gender is actually unknown; that Maggy is not fluent enough in High Valyrian to know or to correctly employ the gender differentiation; that she is actually speaking one of the dialects of the [[Free Cities]] that might not completely agree with High Valyrian regarding this word; although Septa [[Saranella]]'s translation {{ref|affc|39}} may have been wrong, a Tyroshi who brings Cersei a dwarf's head claiming it to be [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion's]] refers to him as her 'valonqar' {{ref|affc|36}}, it is still possible from this that valonqar may be gender neutral, but it's meaning of 'younger sibling' at least is confirmed. As a result, the Valonqar is generally considered to be only slightly more likely to be a man than it is to be a woman. It is worth noting that the name "Maggy" is itself suspected to be a misrepresentation of the title of [[Maegi]].

People suspected of being the Valonqar include:

==[[Tyrion Lannister]]==
Tyrion Lannister is the youngest brother of Cersei. Cersei treated Tyrion poorly from shortly after his birth, and suspects him of being the valonqar. Tyrion blames Cersei for [[Mandon Moore]]'s attempt on his life and for the slanderous testimonies during his trial.

==[[Jaime Lannister]]==
Jaime is Cersei's twin brother, but was born after her, and is therefore her younger brother. They have shared an incestuous relationship since youth, but drifted apart after Tyrion's trial.

==[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]==
Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell, was the younger brother of his sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Rhaenys and Elia died at hands of Lannister forces. If the person claiming to be Aegon really is Aegon, he has plenty of reasons to want to kill Cersei.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen]]==

Daenerys Targaryen was the younger sister to her brothers Rhaegar and Viserys and as one of the contenders for the Iron Throne also has plenty of reasons to kill Cersei.

==The surviving Stark-children==

After the death of their parents and older brother Robb all of the Stark Children (Bran, Sansa, Rickon and Arya) have reasons enough to kill Cersei. Arya has gone as far as to include Cersei on a list of people she wishes to kill. Valonqar means Little Brother in High Valyrian, but Maester Aemon tells Samwell that he was a fool when thinking of the Prince Who Was Promised Prophecy. He should have remembered that High Valyrian is gender neutral and it could have been Princess Who Was Promised. Valonqar is no different. It doesn't mean Little Brother. It means Little Sibling. Jon Snow calls Arya "little sis" repeatedly. They both think of it throughout the series whenever they recall each other. Also, Arya is being trained in the ways of the Faceless Men. The Strangler is a poison they use regularly and Arya has already used it. Prophecies are rarely direct. If Little Sis uses the Strangler to kill Cersei it will be a fulfillment of Maggy's prophecy.

Though Bran is crippled, his warging ability means he could kill Cersei. Because of his youth Rickon seems unlikely, but it's also possible that he could kill her through his direwolf.

==[[Stannis Baratheon]]==

Stannis is the younger brother of Cersei's former husband, King Robert. He is attempting to overthrow Cersei.

==[[Brynden Rivers]]==

Brynden Rivers was a younger brother to a few siblings, the [[Great Bastards]], but unlike the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] he was a Targaryen-Loyalist. Still alive beneath the [[Wall]] he could also be the Valonqar.

==[[Tommen Baratheon]]==

The valonqar passage was a fragment of Maggy's response to Cersei's third question, regarding her, and king's, children. Thus it could be read as "you will see all your children die, and then the youngest will kill you". That would require Tommen to die, rise from dead and only then strangle someone to death, like Ser [[Waymar Royce]] in the series' prologue.

==The [[Sand Snakes]] (except Obara)==

The Sand Snakes are the daughters of [[Oberyn Martell]] and nieces to [[Elia Martell]], both were killed by the hands of the Lannister-man [[Gregor Clegane]]. All Sand Snakes have reasons enough to kill Cercei but because of the circumstance that Obara isn't a younger sibling to anyone she won't fit the prophecy. Her younger sisters Nymeria, Tyene, Sarella or possibly Elia could be candidates, the other three Sand Snakes seem unlikely because of their youth.

==[[Sandor Clegane]]==

Sandor Clegane is the younger brother to his sibling [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]] and was for a very long time in service for House Lannister, at least as [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s sworn shield and member of the [[Kingsguard]]. During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] he deserted and encountered [[Arya Stark]]. He travelled together with her through the devastated [[Riverlands]] until he was left behind by Arya after he was badly wounded. His fate is unknown until now. Some believe that he is still alive. If he is, he could also be the Valonquar because of his despise for the Lannisters.

==[[Trystane Martell]]==

Trystane is the younger brother to [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]] and [[Quentyn Martell]]. As part of a marriage pact orchestrated by Tyrion Lannister, he was betrothed to [[Myrcella Baratheon]]. Cersei planned to kill him as part of a plot to get her daughter back to King's Landing. If Trystane would get knowledge of this he has another reason for revenge besides the fact that his uncle and aunt died by the hands of the Lannisters.

==[[Brienne of Tarth]]==

Brienne was the younger sister to her brother [[Galladon of Tarth|Galladon]] and in the service of [[Renly Baratheon]], who challenged the Lannisters, and [[Catelyn Stark]] who was murdered in an [[Red Wedding|assassination]] orchestrated by Tywin Lannister. Tasked to find the daughters of Lady Catelyn and to protect them she could decide to kill Cersei as a kind of protection.

==[[Loras Tyrell]]==

Loras is the younger brother of Margaery, a likely candidate for the "young queen" mentioned earlier in Maggy's prophecy. He and Cersei have a rivalry at court, as he is a champion of Queen Margaery and Tommen's favourite among the Kingsguard. Cersei sent him to lead the battle for Dragonstone, hoping he would die in the attempt; he is reported to be alive but badly burned.

==[[Garlan Tyrell]]==

Garlan is the younger brother to [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], the heir to [[Highgarden]], and the older one to Margaery and Loras. Because of the mistreatment of his sister (humiliated by the [[Faith Militant]]) and younger (badly injured during a attack on [[Dragonstone]]), both events caused by Cersei, he has good reasons to kill her.

==[[Gendry]]/[[Edric Storm]]==

Gendy and Edric Storm are the bastard-children of Robert Baratheon and younger siblings to others, for example [[Mya Stone]] who was the first bastard Robert sired. They both survived the purge of Roberts several bastards in King's Landing because they were not present. But as long Cersei is alive, no one of both would be ever safe, so killing her could be a goal for both of them to protect themselve.

==See Also==
* [[Dreams and prophecies]]

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
[[Category:Theories]]

Valonqar/Theories

2016-09-14T23:52:23Z

Exodianecross: Gendry / Edric Storm

{{Theory_Policy}}
In her youth [[Cersei Lannister]] received a prophecy from [[Maggy]] the frog that she would die at the hands of the "Valonqar", which is the word for "little brother" in High Valyrian. No one person has been confirmed to fill this role; given the circumstances, it could refer to anyone who is a younger sibling.

Several of the people hypothesized as the Valonqar are younger sisters, because it is not solidly established that the word must refer to a male sibling. It is entirely possible that Valonqar is a gender-neutral term; that High Valyrian uses the male gender when gender is actually unknown; that Maggy is not fluent enough in High Valyrian to know or to correctly employ the gender differentiation; that she is actually speaking one of the dialects of the [[Free Cities]] that might not completely agree with High Valyrian regarding this word; although Septa [[Saranella]]'s translation {{ref|affc|39}} may have been wrong, a Tyroshi who brings Cersei a dwarf's head claiming it to be [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion's]] refers to him as her 'valonqar' {{ref|affc|36}}, it is still possible from this that valonqar may be gender neutral, but it's meaning of 'younger sibling' at least is confirmed. As a result, the Valonqar is generally considered to be only slightly more likely to be a man than it is to be a woman. It is worth noting that the name "Maggy" is itself suspected to be a misrepresentation of the title of [[Maegi]].

People suspected of being the Valonqar include:

==[[Tyrion Lannister]]==
Tyrion Lannister is the youngest brother of Cersei. Cersei treated Tyrion poorly from shortly after his birth, and suspects him of being the valonqar. Tyrion blames Cersei for [[Mandon Moore]]'s attempt on his life and for the slanderous testimonies during his trial.

==[[Jaime Lannister]]==
Jaime is Cersei's twin brother, but was born after her, and is therefore her younger brother. They have shared an incestuous relationship since youth, but drifted apart after Tyrion's trial.

==[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]==
Aegon Targaryen, son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell, was the younger brother of his sister [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. Rhaenys and Elia died at hands of Lannister forces. If the person claiming to be Aegon really is Aegon, he has plenty of reasons to want to kill Cersei.

==[[Daenerys Targaryen]]==

Daenerys Targaryen was the younger sister to her brothers Rhaegar and Viserys and as one of the contenders for the Iron Throne also has plenty of reasons to kill Cersei.

==The surviving Stark-children==

After the death of their parents and older brother Robb all of the Stark Children (Bran, Sansa, Rickon and Arya) have reasons enough to kill Cersei. Arya has gone as far as to include Cersei on a list of people she wishes to kill. Valonqar means Little Brother in High Valyrian, but Maester Aemon tells Samwell that he was a fool when thinking of the Prince Who Was Promised Prophecy. He should have remembered that High Valyrian is gender neutral and it could have been Princess Who Was Promised. Valonqar is no different. It doesn't mean Little Brother. It means Little Sibling. Jon Snow calls Arya "little sis" repeatedly. They both think of it throughout the series whenever they recall each other. Also, Arya is being trained in the ways of the Faceless Men. The Strangler is a poison they use regularly and Arya has already used it. Prophecies are rarely direct. If Little Sis uses the Strangler to kill Cersei it will be a fulfillment of Maggy's prophecy.

Though Bran is crippled, his warging ability means he could kill Cersei. Because of his youth Rickon seems unlikely, but it's also possible that he could kill her through his direwolf.

==[[Stannis Baratheon]]==

Stannis is the younger brother of Cersei's former husband, King Robert. He is attempting to overthrow Cersei.

==[[Brynden Rivers]]==

Brynden Rivers was a younger brother to a few siblings, the [[Great Bastards]], but unlike the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyres]] he was a Targaryen-Loyalist. Still alive beneath the [[Wall]] he could also be the Valonqar.

==[[Tommen Baratheon]]==

The valonqar passage was a fragment of Maggy's response to Cersei's third question, regarding her, and king's, children. Thus it could be read as "you will see all your children die, and then the youngest will kill you". That would require Tommen to die, rise from dead and only then strangle someone to death, like Ser [[Waymar Royce]] in the series' prologue.

==The [[Sand Snakes]] (except Obara)==

The Sand Snakes are the daughters of [[Oberyn Martell]] and nieces to [[Elia Martell]], both were killed by the hands of the Lannister-man [[Gregor Clegane]]. All Sand Snakes have reasons enough to kill Cercei but because of the circumstance that Obara isn't a younger sibling to anyone she won't fit the prophecy. Her younger sisters Nymeria, Tyene, Sarella or possibly Elia could be candidates, the other three Sand Snakes seem unlikely because of their youth.

==[[Sandor Clegane]]==

Sandor Clegane is the younger brother to his sibling [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor]] and was for a very long time in service for House Lannister, at least as [[Joffrey Baratheon]]'s sworn shield and member of the [[Kingsguard]]. During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] he deserted and encountered [[Arya Stark]]. He travelled together with her through the devastated [[Riverlands]] until he was left behind by Arya after he was badly wounded. His fate is unknown until now. Some believe that he is still alive. If he is, he could also be the Valonquar because of his despise for the Lannisters.

==[[Trystane Martell]]==

Trystane is the younger brother to [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]] and [[Quentyn Martell]]. As part of a marriage pact orchestrated by Tyrion Lannister, he was betrothed to [[Myrcella Baratheon]]. Cersei planned to kill him as part of a plot to get her daughter back to King's Landing. If Trystane would get knowledge of this he has another reason for revenge besides the fact that his uncle and aunt died by the hands of the Lannisters.

==[[Brienne of Tarth]]==

Brienne was the younger sister to her brother [[Galladon of Tarth|Galladon]] and in the service of [[Renly Baratheon]], who challenged the Lannisters, and [[Catelyn Stark]] who was murdered in an [[Red Wedding|assassination]] orchestrated by Tywin Lannister. Tasked to find the daughters of Lady Catelyn and to protect them she could decide to kill Cersei as a kind of protection.

==[[Loras Tyrell]]==

Loras is the younger brother of Margaery, a likely candidate for the "young queen" mentioned earlier in Maggy's prophecy. He and Cersei have a rivalry at court, as he is a champion of Queen Margaery and Tommen's favourite among the Kingsguard. Cersei sent him to lead the battle for Dragonstone, hoping he would die in the attempt; he is reported to be alive but badly burned.

==[[Gendry]]/[[Edric Storm]]==

Gendy and Edric Storm are the bastard-children of Robert Baratheon and younger siblings to others, for example [[Mya Stone]] who was the first bastard Robert sired. They both survived the purge of Roberts several bastards in King's Landing because they were not present. But as long Cersei is alive, no one of both would be ever safe, so killing her could be a goal for both of them to protect themselve.

==See Also==
* [[Dreams and prophecies]]

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
[[Category:Theories]]

Aegon Targaryen/Theories

2016-07-13T16:39:12Z

Exodianecross: /* A Blackfyre descendant */

{{Theory_Policy}}
A source of speculation that has existed for years within the fandom is whether or not [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] survived. ''A Dance With Dragons'' reveals that the character is alive and living under the false name of Young Griff in order to hide his true identity. A number of fans believe the character to be a fraud.

==Did Aegon survive?==
Fans have wondered for years whether or not Aegon survived which was spurred on by George Martin not confirming that the character died in one of his communications. He did confirm that there was no doubt that Aegon's sister died. <ref>Westeros. "Elia’s Children." (August 6, 2000). [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Elias_Children So Spake Martin]</ref>

In ''A Dance With Dragons,'' [[Tyrion Lannister]] discovers that a youth going by the name of Young Griff is truly Aegon Targaryen in disguise. A story is given of how Aegon was [[pisswater prince|switched with another baby]] by [[Varys]] and spirited away to be raised in secret until he could claim the Iron Throne. He fits the description of a Targaryen with purple eyes and silver blond hair that he dyes blue.

==Possible identities==
===The son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell===
The circumstance that the switch occurred during of the Sack of King's Landing has brought up the question whether Varys would have had enough time to switch the children. However, it is important to know that King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] had already planned the [[Wildfire plot]], the destruction of King's Landing through wildfire, prior to the Sack. Knowledge of the Wildfire Plot could have given the spymaster enough time to find a suitable baby to switch Aegon with, giving the Targartyen dynasty a chance to survive. Additionally, Varys might have foreseen the possibility that King's Landing would, eventually, fall, and thus prepared for the situation by finding suitable child.

It may also be the case that [[Gregor Clegane]] or his party learned of the switch, so Clegane opted to destroy the boy's head to prevent a proper identification. This being so, it also became necessary to kill Elia, if she also knew of the switch.

In {{Date|300}}, Varys murdered [[Kevan Lannister]], who was [[Regent|Lord Regent]] at this time, in order to prevent him from clearing up the mess caused by his niece, [[Cersei Lannister]], and to secure the campaign of the [[Golden Company]]. While Kevan was dying, Varys revealed that Aegon is the son of Rhaegar.

{{Quote|''"Aegon has been shaped for rule before he could walk. He has been trained in arms, as befits a knight to be, but that was not the end of his education. He reads and writes, he speaks several tongues, he has studied history and law and poetry. A septa has instructed him in the mysteries of the Faith since he was old enough to understand them. He has lived with fisherfolk, worked with his hands, swum in rivers and mended nets and learned to wash his own clothes at need. He can fish and cook and bind up a wound, he knows what it is like to be hungry, to be hunted, to be afraid. [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] has been taught that kingship is his right. Aegon knows kingship is his duty, that a king must put his people first, and live and rule for them".''{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}}}

Because Varys told this to a dying man, it is believed he had no reason to lie.

===Not the son of Rhaegar and Elia===
A prominent theory is that Varys is presenting a false [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] in order to place an imposter on the [[Iron Throne]]. Varys's speech to Kevan Lannister does not conclusively imply that Aegon is a Targaryen, but instead that he is simply well-qualified for the throne (based on his qualities if not by blood), as [[Tyrion Lannister]] remarks to himself "'' the perfect prince''".

[[Quaithe]] told [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to beware "the mummer's dragon". Either this refers to Aegon being under the control of "the mummer" - Varys was a mummer in his childhood and is a master actor - or that he's a false dragon, a fake Targaryen.

At the [[House of the Undying]], Daenerys is referred to as the ''Slayer of Lies'' while she sees 3 visions. The second vision is of ''A cloth dragon swayed on poles amid a cheering crowd''. This could mean that she will encounter a fake Targaryen.

The fact that it should not have been possible for [[Varys]] to know in advance that Aegon would be killed in such a manner as to leave him unrecognizable is often seen as a key problem with the [[pisswater prince]] story. If the pisswater prince's face had remained intact after his death (as [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]]' was), no one would have been fooled. Moreover, the Valyrian features of silver-gold hair and purple eyes are rare in [[Westeros]], making it is unlikely that the pisswater prince could have had them. Pale blond hair may pass for silver-gold if there is very little left and it's covered in blood, but Varys could not have known in advance that Aegon's whole head would be smashed. While possible explanations can be given (e.g. Varys's knowledge of Aerys's wildfire plot made him certain that the pisswater prince would become unidentifiable; or, Varys had not been planning to fool the rebels into thinking Aegon had died, but needed a substitute child in place only long enough to have sufficient time to smuggle the real Aegon out of King's Landing), part of the readers see the issue as an argument ''against'' Varys's story. In their opinions, the pisswater prince plot only makes sense retrospectively, knowing that the baby presented by [[Tywin Lannister]] was not recognizable as Aegon. They feel it seems more likely that Varys cooked up this plot after the real Aegon had died to exploit the shred of doubt that the corpse's condition had created.

As such, multiple possible theories have arisen to explain who Aegon is, summarized below.

====A Blackfyre descendant====
Some readers have the theory that Aegon is in truth a [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]], a descendant of a legitimized branch of [[House Targaryen]] which contested the succession to the [[Iron Throne]]. Officially, the male line of the Blackfyres was wiped out when Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] killed [[Maelys I Blackfyre]], but Aegon could be related to this House. Bookreaders have theorized that the [[Golden Company]] would never back a Targaryen after they have fought against them for generations. Illyrio told [[Tyrion Lannister]] that the Blackfyres are extinct in the male line, which could imply that there are still female-line descendants. Or that Maelys I had a wife and children, in secret. In this case, because of his age, Aegon could be his grandson. Or he is in a similar way related to another Blackfyre; [[Daemon I Blackfyre]] had seven sons and an unknown number of daughters. While three of his sons ([[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]], [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]] and [[Daemon II Blackfyre|Daemon]]) presumably died without issue, at least one of Daemon's sons ([[Haegon I Blackfyre|Haegon]]) fathered issue, and several other of his children lived until adulthood. A cousin of Maelys I, another [[Daemon Blackfyre (cousin of Maelys I)|Daemon Blackfyre]], lived during the same timespan as Maelys; his ancestry, as well as any possible descendants, is equally unknown.

====Son of Illyrio Mopatis====
[[Illyrio Mopatis]] is noted to have had a wife with Valyrian features in the past,{{ref|adwd|5}} and it may be that Aegon is her son by Illyrio. Illyrio may have even married a Blackfyre descendant who would have been a granddaughter or great-granddaughter of Daemon (whose heirs besides his first few children and his grandson Maelys are unknown). This would explain why Illyrio was seemingly eager to help Viserys and Daenerys to make their claim for the Iron Throne, yet apparently wanted nothing in return. He and Varys may have had no real intention of crowning either, but they needed Viserys's claim to build an army in advance of crowning Aegon. They may have intended to kill Viserys and Daenerys, or they may have expected them to be killed by one of Viserys's many enemies.

====Just a boy with the right age and look====
Shortly before his death Kevan Lannister mentioned in a [[Small Council]] meeting that Aegon isn't Aegon, just a boy as part of a plot to gain support for the Golden Company. That's also possible because in Essos, in the [[Free Cities]], are people who descend from [[Valyria]], with the purple eyes and the hair of silver-gold or platinum white. It is known that Targaryen kings looked for brides in the Free Cities like [[Lys]] to find right matches for their sons, especially when there were no other girls available, like sisters/cousins of House Targaryen or daughters of other Valyrian families, like [[House Velaryon]]. Varys and [[Illyrio Mopatis]] could have found a boy with the right age and look to portray him as Aegon, so that he can gain support. Varys is originally from Lys and had as spymaster still contacts to all Free Cities, including his hometown so that he could arrange such a scheme. Ironically this could mean that even if Aegon is really just a boy of right look and age, he could still have Targaryen-blood in his veins because [[Aerion Targaryen]], who was called "Brightflame", has spent time in Lys, rode with the [[Second Sons]] and could have fathered a few children during his time there.

==References and Notes==
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