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High Septon (Aenys I)

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| Title = [[High Septon]] His High Holiness Shepherd of the Faithful
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|43}}{{ref|TSotD}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned)
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The '''High Septon''' was [[High Septon]] of the [[Faith of the Seven]] during the [[Faith Militant uprising]] that occurred during the reign's of [[Aenys I Targaryen]] and [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}{{ref|TSotD}}

==Appearance and character==
By the time of his death, at 53, the High Septon was robust, tireless, fearless and renowned for his strenght and sometimes preaching for day and night without sleep or nourishment.{{ref|tsotd}}

==History==
The constant, though largely unintentional, slights suffered by the [[Faith of the Seven]] during the reign of King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] led to a revolt by the Faith against the [[Iron Throne]]. He spoke out against the bigamous marriage of Maegor to [[Alys Harroway]]. To appease him, Aenys exiled Maegor and named [[Septon]] [[Murmison]] as [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|TSotD}}

The final straw was in {{Date|41}} when King Aenys wed his daughter, [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], to his son and heir, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]]. The High Septon expelled Septon Murmison for performing the marriage. Aenys responded by sending a letter to the High Septon, asking for "good Murmison" to be reinstated. The High Septon responded to the king's request with a blistering denunciation to "King Abomination" as a pretender and a tyrant, with no right to rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|TSotD}} Pious [[lord]]s and even [[smallfolk]] who once loved Aenys turned against him, beginning the [[Faith Militant uprising]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} An envoy of the [[Iron Bank]] of [[Braavos]] sent to treat with Lord [[House Hightower|Hightower]], wrote to the bank that the High Septon was "the true king of [[Westeros]], in all but name".{{ref|TSotD}}

The conflict continued during the reign of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]], who burned the [[Sept of Remembrance]] in [[King's Landing]] to the ground.

In {{Date|43}}, Maegor outlawed the Faith Militant and commanded the High Septon to deliver himself to the [[Red Keep]], to stand trial for high treason. In response, His High Holiness commanded the king to present himself to the [[Starry Sept]] in [[Oldtown]], to beg the forgiveness of the gods for his sins and cruelties.{{ref|TSotD}}
That same year,<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' erroneously state that this event and the death of the High Septon took place in {{Date|44}} (''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', The Reach: Oldtown). ''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' gives the correct date of {{Date|43}}. The [[Pater|High Septon]] elected as a replacement dies a year later.</ref> Maegor and his mother, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], atop [[Balerion]] and [[Vhagar]], turned towards Oldtown after burning down the seats of pious lords in the [[westerlands]] and the [[riverlands]]. The High Septon called down the wrath of the gods on the Targaryens, as the [[Warrior's Sons]] of Oldtown, led by Ser [[Morgan Hightower]], surrounded the Starry Sept. By the time the [[dragon]]s arrived, however, the High Septon had died.{{ref|TSotD}}

The cause of his death remains debated, especially as he had been a healthy man. Some believe the High Septon took his own life, either the act of a craven afraid to face the wroth of Maegor or a noble sacrifice to spare the people of Oldtown from [[dragonflame]]. Others claim the Seven struck him down for the sin of pride, for heresy, treason, or arrogance. Many more are certain he was murdered. One of the suspects is Ser Morgan Hightower, at the command of Lord [[Martyn Hightower]], who was seen entering and leaving the High Septon's privy chambers the night of his death and was the only Warrior's Son ever pardoned by Maegor. Others point to [[Patrice Hightower]], Lord Martyn's maiden aunt and reputed witch, who did seek an audience with His High Holiness at dusk, though he was alive when she departed. Other suspects are the [[archmaester]]s of the [[Citadel]], through the use of the dark arts, an assassin or a poisoned scroll; as messages were sent between the Citadel and the Stary Sept during the night of the High Septon's demise. The final suspect is Queen Visenya Targaryen, another reputed sorceress.{{ref|TSotD}}

However, the death of the High Septon and the election of a new, more passive [[Pater|figure]] did not stop the uprising.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}{{ref|TSotD}}

==Behind the Scenes==
In ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', it is stated that ''"The unexpected nature of the High Septon's death in 44 AC aroused much suspicion, however, and whispers of murder persist to this day. Some believe His High Holiness was removed by his own brother, Ser Morgan Hightower, commander of the Warrior's Sons in Oldtown (and it is undeniably true that Ser Morgan was the sole Warrior's Son pardoned by King Maegor)."''{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}} However, it has been confirmed that [[Morgan Hightower]] was not the High Septon's brother, and that the statement was in error.<ref>Westeros.org: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/119534-twoiaf-spoilers-inconsistency-or-intentional/&do=findComment&comment=6420347 (TWOIAF Spoilers) Inconsistency or Intentional?] "Morgan is Martyn's younger brother, not the High Septon's. Small error."</ref>

Additionally, prints of ''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' erroneously state the High Septon died in {{Date|44}} (''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'', The Reach: Oldtown). ''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' gives the correct date of {{Date|43}}. The [[Pater|High Septon]] elected as a replacement dies in {{Date|44}}.

==Notes==
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Kevan Lannister

2018-05-30T16:16:09Z

Foxyboy23: /* Appearance and Character */

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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV)
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Ser '''Kevan Lannister''' is a [[knight]] from [[House Lannister]] and is the younger brother of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Despite being nothing more than a household knight of Tywin, he has two hundred knights under his command, with gold to hire [[sellsword]]s and influence to double his numbers.{{ref|aFfC|7}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is played by [[w:Ian Gelder|Ian Gelder]].<ref>[http://www.liftingfaces.com/2009/09/game-of-thrones-cast-so-far/ Game of Thrones cast so far] on Liftingfaces</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Kevan Lannister|Images of Kevan Lannister]]''
Kevan is described as a thick-waisted man of fifty-five years in {{Date|300}}. He has green eyes, rounded shoulders and fair skin.{{Ref|aFfC|7}} He is portly, balding, with short blond hair. He has a close-cropped, yellow beard that follows the line of his massive jaw.{{ref|aGoT|56}}{{ref|aDwD|54}} He is remembered by his nephew, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], as being a stout man with a sword in his youth.{{ref|affc|16}}

While it is said that Kevan never had a thought that his elder brother [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] did not have first, he is by no means stupid; he simply recognized the superiority of his brother at an early age. Kevan is comfortable doing his duty to realize his brother's wishes, though this means perpetually living in his shadow. Unlike his younger brothers, [[Tygett Lannister|Tygett]] and [[Gerion Lannister|Gerion]], Kevan followed Tywin willingly and without frustration for being subservient. After [[Joanna Lannister]] died, Kevan became Tywin's most trusted captain and confidant.

Kevan is recognized by his niece, [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], for being tireless, prudent and unfailingly obedient to her father, and one of the few men Tywin relied on.{{ref|aFfC|3}} Tyrion thinks of him as solid and steady.{{ref|ASOS|32}}

Kevan has proved himself an able and competent leader in his own right. Despite not being a [[lord]], just a household [[knight]], his strategic thinking, significant retinue and personal wealth made him a man of significant standing.

==History==
Kevan alongside his brothers, fought in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] and won his [[knight]]hood. Upon the return to [[Casterly Rock]], Tywin charged Kevan with the task of ridding the [[westerlands]] of robber knights and bandit outlaws. Tywin then had Kevan collect the outstanding debts owed to Casterly Rock, and those who could not pay immediately had to surrender a family member as a hostage till the debt was settled. As Ser [[Harys Swyft]] not able to pay at the time, he handed his daughter [[Dorna Swyft|Dorna]] into Kevan's custody.{{ref|twoiaf| House Lannister under the Dragons}}

Kevan soon fell in love with Dorna and married her. They would later have four children: [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]], twin boys [[Martyn Lannister|Martyn]] and [[Willem Lannister|Willem]], and a newborn daughter, [[Janei Lannister|Janei]].

In {{Date|274}}, Kevan attended to the entertainment of the [[Princess of Dorne]] and her children, [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] and [[Elia Martell]], during their visit to Casterly Rock to see Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]. Unfortunately, their visit came shortly after Joanna's death and [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s birth. Tywin, in his grief, placed Kevan in charge of attending to their Dornish guests, establishing his trust in his younger brother.{{ref|ASOS|38}}

Kevan soon became Tywin's closest confidant, sharing all of his counsels.{{ref|aFfC|7}} As the second son of a Lord of [[House Lannister]], Kevan became a household knight and served his older brother, though this meant he held no lands of his own. Kevan did hold certain incomes and was frequently rewarded by Tywin for his good service despite his lack of status, and he set aside chests of coin from this and his generous inheritance from his late father, [[Tytos Lannister]].{{ref|aFfC|7}}

Kevan was a noted tourney knight in his youth. He fought in a melee at [[King's Landing]], but was thrown from his horse by [[Thoros of Myr]], whose flaming sword terrified his horse.{{ref|ASOS|34}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Ser Kevan Lannister unknown.jpg|Ser Kevan Lannister - © FFG.|thumb|300px|right]]

Ser Kevan accompanies Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] during his [[War of the Five Kings#War_in_the_Riverlands|campaign in the Riverlands]].{{ref|aGoT|56}} At the [[battle on the Green Fork]], he commands the center, a large mixed force. Tywin intends the left flank to break and for Kevan to wheel around to crush the advancing northmen against the river, but the cautious northern commander, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], withdraws rather than fall into this trap. Following their victory, the Lannisters discover that [[Robb Stark]] was not present in the battle, and they move toward [[Riverrun]].{{ref|aGoT|62}}

However, when word reaches Tywin's host of the defeat at the [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]] and of the capture of his nephew, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Kevan continues with the rest of the army to [[Harrenhal]]. Tywin orders Kevan to command Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], Ser [[Amory Lorch]] and [[Vargo Hoat]] to lead their reavers in setting the [[riverlands]] afire from the [[Gods Eye]] to the [[Red Fork]] while the rest of their host re-deploys at Harrenhal.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Kevan accompanies his brother's attempt to force his way back to the [[westerlands]] and takes part in the [[battle of the Fords]]. He retreats with the army after the defeat at [[Stone Mill]].{{ref|aCoK|38}} Later he takes part in the attack on [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s flank during the [[battle of the Blackwater]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After the [[Battle of the Blackwater|siege on King's Landing]] is lifted, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] appoints Ser Kevan to his [[small council]] as [[master of laws]].{{ref|aSoS|Appendix}} After receiving news of the death of his son [[Willem Lannister|Willem]] at [[Riverrun]], and with his other sons' lives in danger ([[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]]'s wound refuses to heal, and [[Martyn Lannister|Martyn]] remains in [[House Stark|Stark]] captivity), Kevan becomes consumed by worry and grief for a time. As a result, Tywin must rely on Tyrion more than he would prefer.

Kevan attends the wedding of [[Sansa Stark]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]], where he dances with several ladies at the feast, including Sansa. He is present when news of the [[Red Wedding]] is received and is appalled by Joffrey's statement that he wants the head of [[Robb Stark]] so he can serve it to Sansa at his own wedding, a request that Tywin refuses to grant.

Kevan gives Joffrey a magnificent red leather jousting saddle for the [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]], at which Joffrey dies.{{ref|ASOS|59}}{{ref|ASOS|60}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
When the body of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is discovered, Ser Kevan is one of the first to be notified of his brother's death. He prays by the bedside of his brother, evidently shaken by the murder.{{Ref|aFfC|3}}

Following the death of Tywin, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] offers Kevan the position of [[Hand of the King]]. Kevan doubts Cersei's leadership, and reveals Tywin informed him of his plan to send her back to the [[westerlands]] as Lady of [[Casterly Rock]] with a new husband before his death. Kevan states that he will only accept the position if Cersei names him [[regent]] as well as Hand and she return to the Rock. He also advises choosing Lord [[Mathis Rowan]] or Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] as Hand of the King instead. Cersei refuses his demands and throws wine in his face when he insults how she raised Joffrey.{{ref|AFFC|7}}

Cersei later appoints two Lannister cousins in positions for which Kevan was better suited; [[Daven Lannister|Daven]] is made [[Warden of the West]] and [[Damion Lannister|Damion]] is named castellan of [[Casterly Rock]]. Kevan is angered that Daven received the title of warden, though he bears Daven no ill will as he knows Daven never asked for the position. At Tommen's wedding, Cersei suggests that Kevan hunt down [[Rorge|the Hound]], but he rebuffs her.{{ref|affc|12}}

Kevan rides at the head of the escort— 100 crossbowmen, 300 men-at-arms, and the lords of the west—that is to return Tywin's body to the [[westerlands]] to be buried in Casterly Rock. Kevan quickly becomes alienated from his immediate family and comes to believe [[Tyrion Lannister]] to be Joffrey's murderer. He also comes to believe the rumors of incest between Cersei and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], and confronts his nephew with his suspicion during the procession. He leaves to help his son [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] restore [[Darry|Castle Darry]], the estate Kevan had won for him.{{ref|affc|16}} However, Lancel soon devotes himself to the [[Faith Militant]] and abandons Darry.

Kevan refuses to add his forces to his cousin's at the [[siege of Riverrun]], and returns to the west to see his younger son [[Martyn Lannister|Martyn]].{{ref|aFfC|33}} After Cersei's imprisonment, the [[small council]] led by [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] and Ser [[Harys Swyft]] send a raven to Casterly Rock offering him the regency.{{ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Kevan accepts the role of [[regent]] to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], and sets about trying to fix the mess that [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] made. As a concession to [[House Tyrell]], Kevan makes Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] [[Hand of the King]] and raises two of Tyrell's bannerman to the [[small council]]: Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]] is made the [[master of ships]], and Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] the [[master of laws]].

Kevan visits the imprisoned Cersei and confronts her about her affair with his son [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]]. He tells her that regardless of the outcome of her trial, her rule is now at an end.{{ref|aDwD|54}}

Kevan discusses with the [[small council]] how to deal with the crown's crisis of [[Jon Connington]] and his "[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|feigned dragon]]", as well as the crown's financial problems. He later has supper with the freed Cersei and King Tommen.

After dinner, Kevan is told by a servant that Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] is seeking him, and in the maester's chamber he finds a [[white raven]] announcing winter's arrival. [[Varys]] suddenly shoots Kevan in the chest with a crossbow, and the wounded Kevan notices that Pycelle has already been slain. Varys explains he bears Kevan no malice, but he cannot allow Kevan to undo Cersei's misrule. With his death by crossbow, Cersei will believe that Kevan was murdered by [[Tyrion Lannister]] or House Tyrell. The Tyrells, in turn, will suspect Cersei herself, undermining the alliances shoring up Tommen's hold on the [[Iron Throne]]. This would open the way for Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] to take the throne. Varys then commands his "[[little birds]]" to finish Kevan off.{{ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Kevan==
{{Quote|A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.{{ref|agot|69}}}} – Kevan, regarding a [[Tyrosh]]i [[Tyroshi sellsword|sellsword]]

{{Quote|'''Cersei:''' Bring us [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor's]] head, and I know His Grace will be most grateful. [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joff]] may have liked the man, but [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] was always afraid of him... with good reason it would seem. 
'''Kevan:''' When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with his master.{{ref|aFfC|12}}}} – [[Cersei Lannister]] and Kevan

{{Quote|'''Cersei:''' The king is my son. 
'''Kevan:''' Aye, and from what I saw of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], you are as unfit a mother as you are a ruler.{{ref|aFfC|12}}}} – Kevan and [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Quotes about Kevan==
{{Quote|Kevan should be [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen's]] [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. [[Harys Swyft]] is a toad, and [[Cersei Lannister|my sister]] is a fool if she thinks elsewise.{{ref|aFfC|30}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|My uncle Kevan would make a passably good regent if someone pressed the duty on him, but he will never reach for it. The gods shaped him to be a follower, not a leader.{{ref|ADWD|22}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]

{{Quote|This pains me, my lord. You do not deserve to die alone on such a cold dark night. There are many like you, good men in service to bad causes ... but you were threatening to undo all [[Cersei Lannister|the queen's]] good work, to reconcile [[Highgarden]] and [[Casterly Rock]], to bind [[Faith of the Seven|the Faith]] to your little king, unite the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen's]] rule ...{{ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}}} – [[Varys]] to Kevan

==Family==
Kevan Lannister is married to Lady [[Dorna Swyft|Dorna]] of [[House Swyft]], with whom he has three sons, [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]], [[Willem Lannister|Willem]] and [[Martyn Lannister|Martyn]], and a daughter, [[Janei Lannister|Janei]].

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==References==
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==External links==
* See also the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Kevan_Lannister Kevan Lannister article] on the Game of Thrones wiki.

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Faith of the Seven

2018-05-20T12:49:01Z

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The '''Faith of the Seven''', often simply referred to to as '''the Faith''', is the dominant religion in most of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Followers of the Faith in the [[north]] are rare and are generally not found on the [[Iron Islands]], where the religions of the [[old gods]] of the [[First Men]] and of the [[Drowned God]] respectively are still strong. The gods of the Faith are sometimes known as the '''new gods''' to differentiate them from the old gods from the north.
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==The Seven==
Members of the Faith worship the Seven Who Are One, a single deity with seven aspects or faces.{{Ref|acok|10}}{{Ref|affc|25}}{{Ref|affc|28}}{{Ref|ACOK|33}}{{Ref|acok|57}}{{Ref|ASOS|71}} For the less educated, however, this concept is often difficult to grasp, causing them to often believe that there are indeed seven different gods.{{ref|AFFC|25}} Depending on their need, worshippers pray to specific faces of the Seven. The seven faces are:
[[File:Faith seven aspects.jpg|thumb|350px|The seven aspects of one god, with the seven-pointed star in the middle. Supplemental material from ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
*'''The Father''', also referred to as '''the Father Above''',{{Ref|asos|60}}{{Ref|asos|62}}{{Ref|asos|66}}{{Ref|asos|70}} is depicted as a bearded man,{{Ref|acok|33}} with a stern and strong face.{{Ref|asos|46}} Judgement is said to belong to the Father.{{Ref|affc|4}}{{Ref|asos|60}} Additionally, he protects “his children”.{{Ref|asos|5}} He is often prayed to for justice,{{Ref|acok|33}}{{Ref|asos|5}}{{Ref|asos|25}}{{Ref|asos|63}} and the phrase “may the Father judge [him/her/them/you] justly” is often said among followers of the Seven.{{Ref|asos|25}}{{Ref|asos|62}}{{Ref|asos|63}} Additionally, one might pray to the Father asking him to defend someone in battle,{{Ref|acok|57}} the strength to seek justice, and the wisdom to recognize it.{{Ref|acok|33}}
*'''The Mother''', sometimes also called '''the Mother Above''',{{Ref|asos|16}}{{Ref|asos|18}} is a loving and protective{{Ref|acok|33}} aspect of the Seven. She is often asked for mercy,{{ref|asos|5}}{{Ref|acok|57}}{{Ref|asos|25}} and to keep loved ones safe.{{Ref|acok|57}}{{Ref|acok|33}}{{Ref|asos|63}} Offerings can be made to the Mother when a woman becomes pregnant,{{Ref|acok|10}} to praise the Mother for giving the gift of life.{{Ref|asos|46}}
*'''The Warrior''' is always depicted with his sword,{{Ref|acok|33}} and protects followers of the Seven from their foes.{{Ref|asos|46}}{{Ref|affc|4}} The Warrior is often prayed to for courage,{{Ref|acok|57}}{{Ref|acok|48}} as the septons teach.{{Ref|asos|63}} Most men make offerings to the Warrior before battle,{{Ref|acok|10}} while others might say a prayer.{{Ref|acok|57}} Additionally, people might beseech the Warrior for a favorable condition during battle,{{Ref|acok|58}} to watch over soldiers,{{Ref|acok|44}} give them strength,{{Ref|asos|55}}{{Ref|acok|33}}{{Ref|affc|25}} keep them safe, both in battle{{Ref|acok|45}}{{Ref|acok|33}} and outside of battle,{{Ref|affc|16}} and help warriors to victory.{{Ref|acok|45}} He might also be asked to bring peace to the souls of the slain and give comfort to those who are left behind.{{Ref|acok|45}} A septon might ask the Warrior to lend his strength to the arm of the man whose cause is just during a [[trial by battle]],{{Ref|asos|70}} The phrases “may the Warrior defend you”{{Ref|asos|63}} and “may the Warrior give strength to your sword arm”{{Ref|asos|2}} are frequently given.
*'''The Smith''', depicted with his hammer, is the mender of broken things {{Ref|acok|33}} who puts the world of men to right.{{Ref|asos|46}} Septons teach to pray to the Smith for strength,{{Ref|asos|63}} and sailors might make offerings to the Smith prior to launching a ship, as to keep their ships safe.{{Ref|acok|10}} Others might pray to the Warrior for protection.{{Ref|acok|33}} Followers of the Seven can show their devotion to the Smith by wearing a small iron hammer about their neck.{{Ref|asos|39}}
*'''The Maid''', also called '''the Maiden''', is a beautiful,{{Ref|acok|33}} innocent looking{{Ref|affc|2}} young woman. People might pray to the Maiden to keep young women safe.{{Ref|affc|4}}{{Ref|affc|9}} [[Catelyn Stark]] prays to her to lend courage to her daughters and guard them in their innocence,{{Ref|acok|33}} while [[Arianne Martell]] lights candles to the Maid in thanks when a suitable marriage offer for her is made.{{Ref|affc|40}} [[Cersei Lannister]] asks the Maid for forgiveness when admitting to having used sex to convince men to do her bidding.{{Ref|adwd|54}}
*'''The Crone''' is an old, wizened and wise woman,{{Ref|acok|33}}{{Ref|asos|46}} whose statues often show her with a raised lamp in one hand.{{Ref|acok|33}}{{Ref|affc|28}} People pray to the Crone for wisdom{{Ref|asos|63}}{{Ref|affc|16}} and guidance.{{Ref|acok|33}}{{Ref|affc|4}}{{Ref|affc|25}}
*'''The Stranger''' is neither male nor female, yet both at the same time. He is the outcast, the wanderer from far places, less and more than human, unknown and unknowable.{{Ref|acok|33}} His face is the face of death.{{Ref|asos|46}} He leads the newly deceased to the other world.{{Ref|asos|62}} Those who feel like outcasts might light a candle for the Stranger.{{Ref|acok|44}}

==Organization==
===Leadership===
:{{Main|High Septon|Most Devout}}
[[File:HighSepton.jpg|thumb|250px|High Septon by Amok © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The head of the Faith is the [[High Septon]], the Father of the Faithful, the voice of the new gods on earth.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} A council of the highest ranking septons and septas, called the [[Most Devout]], elect the High Septon, usually from among their own ranks,{{Ref|affc|28}} although there have been notable exceptions. The septon who is elected gives up his name, as the Faith believes that the High Septon no longer has any need of a man’s name, since he has become the avatar of the gods.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Typically, the High Septon wears long white robes and a crown.{{ref|agot|65}}{{Ref|ACOK|41}} Septons and Septas from the Most Devout wear robes of cloth-of-silver and crystal coronets.{{Ref|affc|8}}

===Priests===
[[File:Tully Septon.jpg|thumb|350px|right|A septon of [[House Tully]]. Artwork by Nacho Molina © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The male and female godsworn of the Faith are called septons and septas, respectively. Upon taking their vows, they set aside their last names, even if they come from noble families.{{Ref|affc|28}} The septons lead worship with incense and censers, seven-sided crystals and songs,{{Ref|agot|2}} while septas, typically dressed in white robes,{{ref|adwd|61}} may serve as [[w:governesses|governesses]] in noble households; Septa [[Mordane]], for example, serves [[House Stark]].{{ref|agot|7}}

In villages which are too small to support a septon, a septon from a neighboring village might visit twice a year. Other times, a "wandering septon", a septon who travels from village to village without a specific sept at which he serves, might visit these small villages. These septons perform holy services, marriages, and forgive sins. While the septon is visiting the village, the people must provide him with food and a place to sleep.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|affc|25}}

===Silent Sisters===
:{{Main|Silent Sisters}}
The [[silent sisters]] are tasked with preparing deceased for the grave.{{Ref|agot|30}} They dress in grey robes, their faces hooded and shawled so only their eyes remain visible, {{Ref|agot|30}}{{Ref|acok|30}}{{Ref|affc|8}} as it is “ill fortune to look on the face of death”.{{Ref|agot|30}} The silent sisters do not speak to the living,{{Ref|acok|39}} and although some claim that the silent sisters have their tongues cut out,{{Ref|asos|65}} in truth the silent sisters have simply taken a vow of silence.{{Ref|affc|31}}

The silent sisters remove the bowels and organs, and drain the blood from the corpses in their care. They may also stuff the body with fragrant herbs and salts to preserve it and hide the smell of decomposition.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} When the deceased is transported back home, one or more silent sisters might accompany the body.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}{{Ref|ACOK|39}}{{Ref|agot|30}} Due to their task, the silent sisters are also called “death’s handmaidens”{{Ref|affc|8}} and “handmaidens of the Stranger”.{{Ref|affc|42}} Some even say that they are wives to the Stranger.{{Ref|affc|4}}

===Holy brothers & sisters===
Several other lower-ranked monastic orders exist, including both "holy brothers"{{Ref|affc|9}} and "holy sisters".{{ref|tsotd}} Many of the holy brothers wear tonsures, cutting the hair on their scalps as an act of humility and to show the Father that they have nothing to hide.{{Ref|affc|9}}

Brown brothers serve at septries,{{Ref|asos|39}}{{Ref|affc|31}} monastic communities of the Faith similar to [[w:monastery|monasteries]]. The brown brothers live in penitence, quiet contemplation, and prayer at these septries, and often take a vow of silence. The leader of the community bears the title of [[Elder Brother]], and he is assisted by [[proctor]]s.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

Begging brothers are ranked lower still. These men travel from place to place, but are nonetheless not to be confused with wandering septons, as the latter are one rank up in the Faith’s hierarchy. The begging brothers are dressed in threadbare or roughspun robes, and some might go about barefoot. They all wear a bowl on a leather thong around their necks.{{Ref|AFFC|25}} Wandering the realm as a begging brother might be done as a penance.{{Ref|asos|35}}

===Faith Militant===
:{{main|Faith Militant|Warrior's Sons|Poor Fellows}}

The Faith Militant was the military arm of the Faith of the Seven, under the command of the [[High Septon]]. It was composed of two military orders, the [[Warrior's Sons]], an order of knights who gave up their lands and gold, swearing their sword to the High Septon, and the [[Poor Fellows]], made up from [[smallfolk|common men]], hedge knights, and the like,{{Ref|awoiaf| Poor Fellows}} who guarded and escorted travelers.{{Ref|affc|28}} The two orders were also known as the "Swords" and the "Stars" for their respective symbols. The Faith Militant is therefore also known as the ''Swords and Stars''{{ref|AFFC|33}} or ''Stars and Swords''.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
Outlawed during the reign of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] and disbanded by the High Septon during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], the orders of the Faith Militant were only restored more than two centuries later, during the reign of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]].{{fact}}

==Rights and privileges==
The Faith traditionally held several rights. Apart from the right to maintain its own military orders (i.e. the [[Faith Militant]] and its subdivisions, the [[Warrior's Sons]] and the [[Poor Fellows]]), the Faith also had the right to hold its own ecclesiastical courts to try servants of the Faith accused of wrongdoing, who were exempt from being tried in the lordly courts of local monarchs. In addition, the Faith's substantial wealth and properties were exempt from taxation.{{ref|tsotd}}

King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] tread lightly with the Faith and upheld all of these rights during his reign. Aegon's second son, King [[Maegor I Targaryen]], outlawed the Faith Militant during the [[Faith Militant uprising]].{{ref|tsotd}} King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and his [[Hand of the King]], Septon [[Barth]], reconciliated the Iron Throne with the Faith. In exchange for the promise that the [[Iron Throne]] would always protect and defend the Faith, the last few Warrior's Sons and Poor Fellows put down their weapons. Additionally, the Faith agreed to accept justice from the Iron Throne instead of being able to try the faithful themselves.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Whether or not the Faith retained the tax-exemption on its wealth and properties after Jaehaerys I's time hasn't been confirmed.

==Practices==
[[File:The Seven by guad.jpg|thumb|450px|The Seven. Artwork by Guad © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Faith of the Seven is the predominant religion of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. It is practiced in [[Dorne]], the [[Reach]], the [[Stormlands]], the [[Crownlands]], most of the [[riverlands]], the [[westerlands]], and the [[Vale]]. Only on the [[Iron Islands]] and the [[North]]{{Ref|AGOT|53}} are followers of the Faith of the Seven few. Although the [[Law and justice|laws]] of the [[Iron Throne]] and the gods are seen as separate,{{Ref|tss}} teachings of the Faith are a heavy influence on the law and justice of the Kingdoms. The Faith preaches against prostitution,{{Ref|affc|36}} gabling,{{Ref|agot|28}} and [[bastardy]],{{Ref|TSS}} does not recognize [[polygamy|polygamous marriages]],{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}<ref name=sons/> holds [[slavery]] to be an abomination,{{Ref|asos|23}} considers prostitution{{Ref|affc|36}} and incest{{Ref|acok|33}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} as monstrous and vile sins. and considers no man as accursed as the [[kinslayer]]{{Ref|asos|54}} – although the degree of kin and circumstance of killing one’s kin (e.g., in war) hold significant influence.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1162/ Kinslaying In Westeros (May 22, 2001)]</ref>

In association with the seven aspects of their god, the number seven is considered holy,{{Ref|affc|36}} which is demonstrated in numerous aspects. For example, septons speak of the seven aspects of grace during prayer;{{Ref|ASOS|53}} The gods are said to have made seven wonders;{{ref|ADWD|8}} In the night sky, seven "wanderers", held sacred by the Faith, can be seen, each sacred to one of the Seven; The red wanderer is held to be sacred to the Smith.{{Ref|asos|26}} During a child naming ceremony,{{Ref|AGOT|2}} as part of the knighting ceremony,{{Ref|AGOT|29}}{{Ref|AGOT|53}} and when anointing a king,{{Ref|AFFC|28}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} seven oils are used. In numerous other occasions, the number seven reoccurs.

===Worship===
Religious worship is done in buildings with seven walls{{ref|ACOK|33}} called septs.{{Ref|agot|2}}{{Ref|adwd|35}} The wealthier septs have statues and altars for each of the Seven, whereas poorer septs might use carved masks or even only crude charcoal drawings of the Seven.{{Ref|ACOK|33}} The altars are sometimes inlaid richly with mother-of-pearl, onyx, and lapis azuli.{{Ref|acok|18}} Windows are from leaded glass, depicting scenes and pictures,{{Ref|acok|18}} and a great crystal catches light, spreading it in a rainbow of colours.{{Ref|AGOT|48 }} Septs can be found across the Seven Kingdoms, although they are rare in the [[north]] and absent from the [[Iron Islands]].

Some lords might agree to have a sept build upon their lands. If such cases, the septs are the property of the lord in question.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1288/ Boskone (Boston, MA; February 14-16) (February 14, 2003)]</ref>
[[file:Faith by thegryph.jpg|thumb|350px|The Faith. Artwork by Nicole Cardiff © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Prayer in a sept is done to each of the seven faces of the god that one wishes to ask for aid.{{fact}} Holding hands{{Ref|acok|57}} and singing is often part of worship and prayer.{{fact}} Candles can be lit to honor the gods,{{Ref|AGOT|20}} although the Stranger typically receives the fewest candles.{{fact}} People may wear signs of devotion to a particular god, such as a small iron hammer on a thong for the Smith.{{Ref|ASOS|39}}{{Ref|AFFC|8}} Crystals and light are important elements in the Faith.{{Ref|AGOT|2}}

The Faith has a number of holy books.{{Ref|adwd|5}} The most important one is [[The Seven-Pointed Star]], which contains the Maiden’s Book.{{Ref|AFFC|25}} The Seven-Pointed Star tells, among others, about the history of the Faith.{{Ref|adwd|5}} Septons who cannot read or write memorize prayers, rituals, and ceremonies, and are able to recite long passages from The Seven-Pointed Star.{{ref|affc|25}}

Hymn's for a particular god can be sung during prayer.{{Ref|ACOK|57}} There is also a children’s lullaby about the Seven, “The Song of the Seven”, which honors all the gods except for the Stranger, as no one ever sings of him.{{Ref|asos|46}}

===Holy days===
Each of the seven gods of the Faith have their own holy day.<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/451915.html?thread=22952267#t22952267 Books for Brains! (October 31, 2015)]</ref> Only one is currently known by name: Maiden's Day, a day on which maidens of noble houses are required to go to the sept to light tall white candles at the Maiden's feet and hang parchment garlands about her neck. Mothers, [[whore]]s and widows are barred from the sept along with men. Those maidens who enter the sept sing songs of innocence.{{ref|affc|39}}

===Trials===
Both regular trials as well as trials by combat are presided over by a septon. During a regular trial, the septon will begin with a prayer, beseeching the Father Above to guide them towards justice.{{Ref|asos|66}} During the trial itself, the septon will swear a man to honesty before he is to give testimony.{{Ref|ASOS|66}} At the start of a trial by combat, the septon will raise a crystal sphere above his head,{{Ref|agot|40}} He might ask the gods to look down and bear witness upon the trial, and help them find truth in the soul of the accused, granting the accused life and freedom if innocent and death if guilty,{{Ref|agot|40}} or beseech the Father to aid in judgement, and the Warrior to lend strength to the person whose cause is just.{{Ref|asos|70}}

A special form of trial by combat, which is seldom used, is the [[trial of seven]]. The custom originates from the Andals, who believed that the gods would be honored to see seven champions fight on each side, and therefore be more likely to see that justice was done. The accused is to find six others to stand with him in battle. If he is unable to do so, he is considered to be guilty.{{ref|THK}}

===Marriage customs===
:{{Main|marriage}}
A marriage ceremony takes place in a sept.{{Ref|agot|6}} The ceremony is presided over by a [[septon]] and involves prayers, vows, singing, and lighting of candles.{{ref|ASOS|28}} Thus far, all the wedding gowns that have been described during ceremonies performed following the customs of the Faith have been a shade of white – [[Sansa Stark]] wore a gown of ivory samite{{Ref|ASOS|28}} and [[Margaery Tyrell]] wore ivory silk on two occasions.{{Ref|ASOS|60}}{{Ref|affc|12}} The bride also wears a cloak in the colors of her house, called the “maiden's cloak”.{{Ref|ASOS|28}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}} The bride's father, or the person standing in his place (usually kin or whoever else is closest to living kin), will escort the bride to the marriage altar, placed between the statues of the Mother and the Father, where the septon and groom await her.{{Ref|ASOS|28}}{{Ref|asos|60}}

Seven vows are made, seven blessings are invocated, and seven promises are exchanged, after which a wedding song is sung. Next, a challenge is made to speak against the marriage, and if the challenge goes unanswered, the wedding cloaks are exchanged.{{Ref|ASOS|60}} The bride's father, or the person standing in his place, removes the cloak from the bride’s shoulders, so that her husband can place a cloak of his own house colors about her shoulders. This signifies the bride passing from her father's protection into her husband's protection. The bride and groom speak the words “With this kiss I pledge my love”,{{Ref|ASOS|28}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}} potentially followed with an additional “… and take you for my lord and husband” and “ …and take you for my lady and wife” by the bride and groom respectively,{{Ref|ASOS|28}} after which the septon will declare them to be man and wife, stating they are “one flesh, one heart, one soul, now and forever”.{{ref|ASOS|28}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}}

The wedding ceremony is followed by a feast.{{Ref|ASOS|28}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}} A wedding pie will be presented during the feast, which is filled with living birds (e.g., doves, songbirds, bluejays, skylarks, pigeons, doves, mockingbirds, nightingales, sparrows, parrots). The bride and groom cut open the pie, allowing the birds to fly away.{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}} After the feast follows the [[bedding]]. The bride is escorted to her bedroom, usually by the men from the feast, who will undress her along the way while making rude jokes.{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|ASOS|51}}{{Ref|ASOS|28}} The women at the feast will do the groom the same honors.{{Ref|asos|28}}{{Ref|TMK}} Usually, once the bride and groom are in the bedchamber they are left alone, though wedding guests might stand on the other side of the door, shouting suggestions.{{Ref|ASOS|28}} Nonetheless, in some cases, witnesses might be present for the bedding,{{Ref|ACOK|35}} though it is unknown how far this witness duty goes.

A marriage that has not been consummated can be set aside by the High Septon or a Council of Faith.{{Ref|asos|32}}{{Ref|affc|8}} Neither bride nor groom needs to be present for an annulment; However, it must be requested by at least one of the wedded pair.<Ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Minisa_Tully_and_Sansa/ Minisa Tully and Sansa (September 08, 2000)]</Ref> Divorce in [[Westeros]] is not common.<ref name=Asshai>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Interview_in_Barcelona/ Asshai.com Interview in Barcelona (July 28, 2012)]</ref> Nonetheless, a king is able to put his queen aside – even if she has given birth to his children – and marry another.{{Ref|AGOT|8}}{{Ref|AGOT|32}}

===Death===
====Afterlife====
According to the Seven-Pointed Star, lives are like candle flames, easily snuffed out by errant winds.{{Ref|AFFC|30}} The septons teach that afterlife is a sweet surcease, and sing of voyaging to a far sweet land where men and women may laugh and love and feast until the end of days in the Father’s golden hall.{{Ref|affc|26}}{{Ref|AFFC|35}} The Faith holds that there are seven heavens and seven hells.{{Ref|ADWD|52}}{{Ref|agot|29}}{{Ref|affc|27}}{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Each of the seven hells is deeper than the next.{{Ref|acok|55}} Sinners who do not repent their sins go to the seven hells;{{Ref|AFFC|30}} Although [[The Seven-Pointed Star]] states that all sins may be forgiven, crimes must still be punished.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}{{Ref|affc|43}} The Lord of the Seven Hells is said to command demons and practice black arts.{{Ref|TSS}}

====Funeral customs====
[[File:Tristan Denecke Silent Sisters.png|The [[Silent Sisters]] attend to the deceased.|thumb|300px|right]]
The bodies of the deceased are given over to the silent sisters for ritual cleansing.{{Ref|ACOK|3}} They remove the bowels and organs, and drain the blood from the corpses in their care. They may also stuff the body with fragrant herbs and salts to preserve it and hide the smell of decomposition.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} The body of the deceased, especially if it concerns a nobility of high importance, might be placed on a bier. The body of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], [[Hand of the King]] at the time of his death, was placed beneath the [[Iron Throne]], where it remained for seven days.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} The body of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] was placed on a bier beneath the statue of the Stranger in the Great Sept of Baelor,{{Ref|asos|62}} and the body of [[Tywin Lannister]], both grandfather of the King and Hand of the King at the time of his death, was placed on a bier in the Great Sept as well, where he too was supposed to remain for seven days.{{Ref|affc|8}} During such a funeral service, lasting several days, prayers are held on three occasions; While the morning services are open only to nobility, the afternoon prayers are open to the smallfolk, and the evening prayers for all.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} People of lesser importance or status might be placed upon a bier elsewhere (e.g., Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]]).{{Ref|agot|30}} A family member, friend, or even a concerned stranger stands last vigil.{{ref|agot|30}}{{Ref|affc|8}}

When a man is laid in his grave, a septon usually says some prayers for him.{{Ref|thk}} The prayer begins with, "Father Above, judge [person] justly".{{ref|asos|60}} A crystal might be placed upon the grave.{{ref|ACOK|1}}

When the deceased dies far from home, his body will usually be escorted back to his or her family. At least one, and often more, [[silent sisters]] will accompany the body.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}{{Ref|ACOK|39}}{{Ref|agot|30}}

==History==
===Andals===
The Faith of the Seven arose among the [[Andals]] who lived in the hills of [[Andalos]]. It is claimed that the Seven walked there in human form. According to ''[[The Seven-Pointed Star]]'', [[Father (the Seven)|the Father]] brought down seven stars from heaven and placed them on the brow of [[Hugor of the Hill]], the first king of the Andals, to form his crown. [[Maid (the Seven)|The Maid]] brought forth a girl supple as a willow with eyes like deep blue pools that became Hugor his first wife, the Mother made her fertile, who bore him forty-four mighty sons as foretold by [[Crone (the Seven)|the Crone]]. [[Warrior (the Seven)|The Warrior]] gave each son strength of arms and [[Smith (the Seven)|the Smith]] wrought each a suit of iron plate.{{ref|adwd|5}} It is said that when she peered through the door of death, the Crone let the first raven into the world.{{Ref|ASOS|2}}

The Faith was brought to Westeros when the Andals [[Andal invasion|invaded]] from [[Essos]] thousands of years ago, and largely supplanted the local worship of the [[old gods]]. Some of the Andal warriors had the seven-pointed star of the Faith carved into their flesh to show their devotion.{{Ref|AFFC|4}} Although the Andals came late to the [[Reach]],{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Andals in the Reach}} the [[House Hightower|Hightowers]] were among the first Westerosi lords to welcome the Andals, considering war bad for trade. Lord [[Damon Hightower]] was the first to accept the Faith. To honor the Seven, he constructed the first sept in [[Oldtown]], and six more elsewhere in his realm. Following his premature death, Septon [[Robeson]] became regent for Damon’s newborn son, [[Triston Hightower|Triston]]. When Septon Robeson eventually died, Tristane had the Starry Sept raised in his honor.{{ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Oldtown}} Oldtown eventually became the center of the Faith, and the Starry Sept home to the High Septon.

===Aegon the Conqueror===
[[File:MK Aegon I is crowned.jpg|thumb|350px|Aegon I Targaryen is crowned and anointed by the High Septon at the Starry Sept in Oldtown]]
When he learned that [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] had landed in Westeros, the High Septon locked himself in the [[Starry Sept]] for seven days and nights, seeking guidance from the gods. On the seventh day, the High Septon saw a vision given to him by the Crone, showing him that if Oldtown resisted Aegon, the Hightower, Citadel, and Starry Sept would burn. The High Septon warned Lord [[Manfred Hightower]] of what he had seen, after which the Lord of the Hightower decided to offer no resistance to the Targaryens. Aegon dated the start of his reign from the day the High Septon anointed him at the Starry Sept.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Since then, it has been traditional for the High Septon to give their blessing to every new king.{{ref|affc|19}}{{Ref|affc|28}}

The Targaryens had converted to the Faith on [[Dragonstone]] before Aegon’s day,{{Ref|acok|10}} and Aegon himself always treaded lightly with the Faith.{{Ref|affc|33}} When a marriage was proposed between Aegon’s younger son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|the newborn daughter]]<ref group="N">''[[The World of Ice and Fire]]'' states that "[Ceryse Hightower] was advanced by her uncle, the High Septon, after he protested the betrothal of the thirteen-year-old Prince Maegor to Maegor's newborn niece, Princess Rhaena. Ceryse and Maegor were married in 25 AC." (''The World of Ice and Fire'', The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I); However, [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/119534-twoiaf-spoilers-inconsistency-or-intentional/&do=findComment&comment=6434163 it has since been stated] that Maegor was eleven at the suggestion of betrothing him to the newborn Rhaena. [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/137792-small-questions-v-10105/&do=findComment&comment=7914957 Notes taken from a reading] of ''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' state that Maegor had just turned twelve when the betrothal to Rhaena was suggested, placing the attempt in {{Date|24}}</ref> of his [[Aenys I Targaryen|elder son]], the [[High Septon (Aegon I)|High Septon]] protested.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} He suggested his own niece, Lady [[Ceryse Hightower]], as a bride for the young prince. Maegor and Ceryse were subsequently wed in {{Date|25}} at the [[Starry Sept]] in [[Oldtown]],{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}<ref name=sonsextra>[[The Sons of the Dragon]]: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/137792-small-questions-v-10105/&do=findComment&comment=7914957 Loncon 2014 reading - Additional info]</ref> and matters calmed down again.

===Faith Militant uprising===
:{{Main|Faith Militant uprising}}
[[File:Sept of Remembrance.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Maegor I Targaryen]] upon [[Balerion]] [[burning of the Sept of Remembrance|burns down]] the [[Sept of Remembrance]] at the start of his reign.]]
Issues arose during the reign of Aegon I’s heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen]], when Prince Maegor secretly took [[Alys Harroway|a second wife]] in {{Date|39}}. The [[polygamy|polygamous]] marriage angered the Faith, and Aenys felt forced to exile his brother{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} when Maegor refused to set Alys aside.<ref name=sons>[[The Sons of the Dragon]]: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/115696-spoilers-sons-of-the-dragon-reading-at-loncon-today/&do=findComment&comment=6134038 Loncon 2014 reading - Report 1]</ref> Although Maegor left for [[Pentos]],{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} the High Septon was not yet satisfied. As such, Aenys appointed Septon [[Murmison]] as his new [[Hand of the King]], but even he could not heal the rift between the throne and the Faith.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}

However, when Aenys wed his daughter [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] and son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] to one another in {{Date|41}}, the High Septon denounced him, calling him "King Abomination"; This was the start of the [[Faith Militant uprising]], during which even the pious lords and [[smallfolk]] who had loved Aenys turned against the king.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}

The [[Faith Militant uprising]] lasted the remaining year of Aenys I’s reign, and the entire reign of his brother and successor, Maegor I. Maegor placed a bounty on the Faith Militant,{{Ref|AFFC|33}} and put out a decree that prohibited the Faith from arming itself.{{ref|AFFC|28}}{{Ref|affc|30}} During Maegor’s campaigns against the Faith, thousands died. Although Maegor’s death resulted in the end of the campaigns, conflicts between the Crown and the Faith lasted until about a decade<ref group="N">Septon Barth served as Jaehaerys I’s Hand for forty years, until his death in {{Date|99}}. Jaehaerys’s reign began in {{Date|48}}, indicating that Barth became Hand about a decade after Jaehaerys ascended the Iron Throne.</ref> into the reign of Maegor’s successor, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]]. Jaehaerys I eventually resolved the issues between the crown and the Faith by promising that the Crown would always protect and defend the Faith. In return, the last few Stars and Swords were to put down their weapons, and the Faith was to agree to accept justice from the Iron Throne from that moment onwards.

===Baelor the Blessed===
The septon-king [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor I]] assumed the [[Iron Throne]] in {{Date|161}}. The most pious of all Targaryen kings, Baelor’s interests were the Seven. He convinced the High Septon to dissolve his marriage to his sister, [[Daena Targaryen]], arguing that the marriage had been contracted before he had become king, and in addition had never been consummated. Next, Baelor placed all three of his sisters in what would become known as the [[Maidenvault]], where only maidens were allowed to join them. The king stated that he wished to preserve their innocence, but some wondered whether Baelor had done so to because he feared the temptation of their beauty himself.

Baelor’s edicts became more and more concerned with spiritual matters, and grew more and more zealous and erratic as his reign continued. He even took a septon’s vows, preventing himself from ever marrying again. Meanwhile, the High Septon grew more and more influential. When he died, Baelor declared to the Most Devout that the Seven had revealed to him the identity of the new High Septon. The Most Devout elected Baelor’s choice; [[High Septon (stonemason)|A stonemason]] who carved his stonework so beautifully that Baelor was convinced he was the [[Smith (the Seven)| Smith]] in human form. However, the man could neither read nor write, and was unable to recall even the most simplest of prayers. He died of illness after a year, at which point Baelor declared that an eight-year-old boy, whom he claimed to have seen speaking to doves who answered him in the voices of the Seven, should become the new High Septon. The Most Devout once again did as Baelor desired.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}{{Ref|aFfC|28}}
[[File:Great septon of Baelor by MarcSimonetti.jpg|thumb|350px|The [[Great Sept of Baelor]].]]
Baelor also ordered the construction of a new sept atop [[Visenya's Hill]]. Completed many years after Baelor’s death<ref group="N">Although it has not yet been stated when the Great Sept of Baelor was completed exactly, it was completed at least by {{date|187}}, when King Daeron I and Prince Maron Martell visited the sept.</ref> the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] became the new seat of the High Septon and the [[Most Devout]],{{fact}} and a preeminent center of religious education in the realm.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Various_ASoIaF_Questions/ Various ASOIAF Questions (April 21, 2000)]</ref>

===Recent History===
During the [[Great Spring Sickness]], King’s Landing was one of the most affected areas. There, the High Septon, a third of the Most Devout, and nearly all the silent sisters died from the sickness.{{Ref|TSS}}

Following the death of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]], a [[Great Council]] was called to settle the issue of succession. The crown was quietly offered to Maekar’s third son, [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], who had taken his maester’s vows years before. The High Septon himself offered Aemon to absolve him from his vows after Aemon refused to break them. Regardless, Aemon refused.{{Ref|ACOK|6}}

Although King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] left a treasury overflowing with gold upon his death, King [[Robert I Baratheon]] has emptied the treasury, leaving the Crown in debt. The Faith is among those of whom the Crown borrows gold.{{Ref|agot|20}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the new [[Hand of the King]], is informed during his first [[small council]] meeting that the Crown has had to borrow money from multiple factions, including the Faith.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Following the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Eddard is arrested. He is brought to the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to falsely confess his crimes, but King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] unexpectedly orders Eddard’s execution, which is immediately performed upon the steps, to the distress of the High Septon.{{ref|AGOT|65}}

Two hundred jars of [[wildfire]] are discovered in a storeroom beneath the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], leaving the High Septon beside himself with terror until they were safely removed.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After he has crowned himself king, [[Renly Baratheon]] creates the [[Rainbow Guard]], his form of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|acok|Prologue}} Presumably, to honor the Faith, using e.g., the rainbow cloaks of the Warrior’s Sons,{{Ref|AFFC|28}} the rainbow of light the crystals in the septs create, {{Ref|AGOT|48}} and the peace banner of the Faith: a rainbow-striped flag with seven long tails, on a staff topped by a seven-pointed star.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}

The [[High Septon (fat one)|High Septon]] believes that the Crown has profaned the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] by execution [[Eddard Stark]] there, and is convinced that the Lannisters had lied about their intent.{{Ref|ACOK|3}}

As the dissatisfaction grows among the population of King’s Landing, [[Tyrion Lannister]] observes a begging brother preaching that the High Septon has forgotten the gods.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}

When [[Myrcella Baratheon]] leaves for [[Dorne]], the High Septon blesses her before the ship leaves. As the procession, including the High Septon, travels back to the [[Red Keep]], a [[riot of King's Landing|riot]] breaks out, in which the High Septon is killed.{{ref|ACOK|41}} [[Tyrion Lannister]], the acting [[Hand of the King]], appoints the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|new High Septon]].{{Ref|ACOK|49}} Tyrion tells him to tell the people that [[Stannis Baratheon]] has vowed to burn the Great Sept.{{Ref|ACOK|49}}

Following the victory over Stannis at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], the High Septon proclaims to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] that the Faith permits him to break his betrothal to [[Sansa Stark]], arguing that her father’s treason has made the contract invalid.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
The High Septon joins a meeting of the [[small council]], where Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] insists that the High Septon has to be crowned at the king’s wedding, and orders his [[Cersei Lannister|daughter]] to place an order with her goldsmiths to replace the crown which has been missing since the riot.{{Ref|asos|19}}

[[Tyrion Lannister]] marries [[Sansa Stark]] in Baelor’s Sept.{{Ref|ASOS|28}} King Joffrey I later marries [[Margaery Tyrell]] in the Great Sept as well, with the High Septon officiating the wedding.{{Ref|ASOS|60}} He later asks the Father to lead them to justice when Tyrion’s trial begins.{{Ref|ASOS|66}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The death and destruction left behind by the [[War of the Five Kings]], as well as the increasing violence towards the [[smallfolk]], more and more people turn towards the Faith. Thousands travel to King’s Landing, calling themselves "[[sparrows]]" after the most common bird, as they are the most common men and women.{{fact}}

Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] has the High Septon murdered by Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]], as she fears the man was a catspawn of Tyrion.{{ref|AFFC|17}}{{ref|AFFC|43}} During the elections of a new High Septon, the sparrows oust the most likely candidate, leading to the rise of a new, pious High Septon, the so-called [[High Sparrow]].{{fact}} The High Sparrow empties the vaults of the Great Sept of Baelor in order to provide for the poor.{{ref|AFFC|28}} The Faith is angered as the Crown refuses to pay off its loan, leading the High Sparrow to refuse to anoint King Tommen. In an attempt to alleviate the crown's debts, gain the Faith's blessing, and gain more protection from her purported enemies, Queen Regent Cersei allows the High Sparrow to revive the [[Faith Militant]], ignorant of its history of [[Faith Militant uprising|causing trouble]] for monarchs.{{Ref|aFfC|28}} Over a hundred knights pledge their swords and lives to the Warrior's Sons,{{ref|AFFC|36}} including [[Lancel Lannister]], the newly-wed Lord of [[Darry]], who renounces his titles, land, and new [[Amerei Frey|bride]] in order to join the Warrior's Sons in King’s Landing.{{ref|AFFC|30}}

Cersei plots to frame Tommen’s Queen, [[Margaery Tyrell], for adultery and treason. She seduces Osney Kettleblack and has him falsely confess to the High Sparrow that he had intercourse with Margaery and two of her three cousins, [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]] and [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]].{{ref|AFFC|39}} The High Sparrow acts on the information and has Margaery arrested when she visits the Great Sept. Cersei feigns concern publicly and visits the Great Sept in order to appear to the population that she wishes Margaery released. However, the High Sparrow, suspicious of Osney's enthusiastic confession, has had Osney tortured until he spoke the truth. Acting on Ser Osney’s new confession, the High Sparrow has Cersei arrested during her visit for several crimes, including the murder of the previous High Septon.{{ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
The Faith continues to keep Cersei a prisoner in a tower of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], and has her placed under the care of three septas. Cersei confesses to the [[High Sparrow]] that she had relations with her cousin, [[Lancel Lannister]], and all three of the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers, knowing that such sins would not earn her an execution. However, she continues to deny involvement in the death of the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|previous High Septon]] and the death of her late husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|adwd|54}}

Cersei’s uncle, [[Kevan Lannister]], arrives in King’s Landing, and comes to an agreement with the High Septon. Intend on drawing “her fangs”,{{Ref|adwd|epilogue}} Kevan does not protest when the Faith demands Cersei to submit to [[walk of atonement]] from the Great Sept to the [[Red Keep]], escorted by [[Warrior's Sons]], [[Poor Fellows]], and septas.{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

When [[Varys]] later murders Kevan, he states that one of the reasons why is because Kevan was trying to bind to Faith to Tommen’s rule.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R. R. Martin]] based the Faith of the Seven on the medieval [[w:Catholic Church|Catholic Church]], although it borrows other elements as well. The Faith’s central doctrine that there is one God who has seven aspects is partly based on the Catholic belief that there is one God who has three aspects: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. With the Seven, instead, you have The Father, The Mother, The Maiden, The Crone, The Smith, The Warrior, and The Stranger, who's the death figure.<ref>Bullseye: [http://www.maximumfun.org/sound-young-america/george-r-r-martin-author-song-ice-and-fire-series-interview-sound-young-america George R. R. Martin, Author of "A Song of Ice and Fire" Series: Interview on The Sound of Young America] {September 19, 2011}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTW8M_etko Google Talks: George R. R. Martin]</ref>
Martin has also stated that the amount of power the Faith has, similarly to the Catholic Church, in great part depends on who was chosen as High Septon or Pope.<ref name=ssm>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1185/ Direwolves and the Seven (October 29, 2001)]</ref> The Faith Militant is loosely based on crusading orders, e.g. [[w:Knights Templar|Knights Templar]] and [[w:Knights Hospitaller|Knights Hospitaller]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2765 Faith Militant’s Inspiration and Ice and Fire Dream Cast (April 15, 2008)]</ref>

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Even [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon]] tread lightly where the Faith was concerned . . . it was his son [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] who broke their power, but even then the Faith came back under kings like [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]].<ref name=ssm/>}} – [[George R. R. Martin]]

{{Quote|The old High Septon told [[Maekar I Targaryen|my father]] that kings' laws are one thing, and the laws of the gods another.{{Ref|TSS}}}} – Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] to [[Duncan the Tall]]

{{Quote|'''Jaime''': Crippled or whole, a knight of the [[Kingsguard]] serves for life. 
'''Tywin''': [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] ended that when she replaced Ser [[Barristan Selmy|Barristan]] on grounds of age. A suitable gift to the Faith will persuade the [[High Septon]] to release you from your vows.{{ref|ASOS|62}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] and [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{Quote|One god with seven aspects. That's so my lady, and you are right to point it out, but the mystery of the Seven Who Are One is not easy for [[smallfolk|simple folk]] to grasp, and I am nothing if not simple, so I speak of seven gods.{{Ref|aFfC|25}}}} – [[Meribald]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]

{{Quote|'''Lancel''': My faith is all the nourishment I need. 
'''Jaime''': Faith is like porridge. Better with milk and honey.{{Ref|affc|30}}}} – [[Lancel Lannister]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical, the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble.{{ref|aDwD|27}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Haldon]]

{{Quote|Have you ever noticed that septas always look like prunes? That’s what a life of chastity will do to you.{{Ref|adwd|68}}}} – [[Gerris Drinkwater]] to [[Quentyn Martell]]

==Notes==
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Queensguard

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{{Organization
| Name = Queensguard
| image = [[File:Kingsguard_sigil.png|250px|center]]
| image_caption = Standard of the Kingsguard, a crown surrounded by seven white swords.<ref name=TWOW>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Barristan I (The Winds of Winter)|Barristan I]]</ref>
| Symbol =
| Type = Sworn brotherhood Royal bodyguard
| Seat =
| Region =
| Allegiance = [[Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men]]
| Current_Leader = [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] [[Barristan Selmy]]
| Founder = Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Founded = {{date|129}} (to guard Queen Rhaenyra)
| Disbanded = {{date|130}} (upon Rhaenyra's death)
| Reorganized = {{date|298}} (to guard Queen Daenerys)
}}
[[File:Kingsguard.svg|thumb|right|250px|Unadorned white shield of the Queensguard.]]

The '''Queensguard''' is another term for the [[Kingsguard]], titled such when they serve as royal bodyguards for a [[Queen Regnant]] rather than a king. Supposedly the finest [[knight]]s in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], they are sworn to protect their queen and the royal family with their own lives, to obey her commands, and to keep her secrets. They are sworn for life, and are forbidden from owning land, taking a wife, or fathering children.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} There have been only two known instances in the history of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' that a Queensguard has been implemented: the first under [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]] civil war,{{ref|tpatq}} and more recently under [[Daenerys Targaryen]] after the death of her husband, ''[[Khal]]'' [[Drogo]].

==History==
The first known implementation of the Queensguard was founded by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], as an elite bodyguard for her and her family during the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. [[Daenerys Targaryen]] established her own Queensguard following the death of her husband ''Khal'' [[Drogo]], when she declared herself Queen of [[Westeros]].{{Ref|agot|72}}

Historically composed of seven knights sworn to a lifetime of service, members are to serve unto death despite age or any physical or mental ailments, with an invalid member's duties being taken up by his sworn brothers.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P225/ The Kingsguard (May 22, 1999)]</ref> During his time as a member of the Queensguard, a member is not allowed to hold lands, sire children, marry, or have any worldly allegiance except to his monarch. All members of the Queensguard are traditionally sworn knights, although this is currently not the case under Daenerys.

Of note is that prior to his meeting with [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] thinks that Daenerys Targaryen "had never established a proper Queensguard even for herself."{{Ref|adwd|55}}

==Historical Members==
===Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] ({{date|129}}-{{date|130}})===

The Kingsguard of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] split during the succession war that broke out upon his death, known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Four of them sided with Rhaenyra's half-brother [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]] (including Lord Commander Ser [[Criston Cole]]), but the other three defected to Rhaenyra, forming the core of her new Queensguard: Ser Steffon, Ser Lorent, and Ser Erryk.

*Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]], first Lord Commander, died in an attempt to tame a [[dragon]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
*Ser [[Lorent Marbrand]], second Lord Commander, died in the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|Riot of King's Landing]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
*Ser [[Glendon Goode]], third Lord Commander;{{Ref|TPATQ}} Lord Commander for a day, he died in the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
*Ser [[Erryk Cargyll]],{{Ref|TPATQ}} died in an attempt by the [[greens]] to infiltrate [[Dragonstone]], killed by his twin [[Arryk Cargyll|Arryk]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
*Ser [[Lyonel Bentley]], died after protecting Rhaenyra on the road during their escape from [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
*Ser [[Harrold Darke]], died when attacked by Aegon II's men at Dragonstone.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
*Ser [[Adrian Redfort]], died when attacked by Aegon II's men at Dragonstone.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
*Ser [[Loreth Lansdale]], died when attacked by Aegon II's men at Dragonstone.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Recent Members==
===Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] ({{date|298}}-present)===
*Ser [[Jorah Mormont]],{{Ref|agot|72}}{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} former Lord Commander, banished by Queen Daenerys for treason.{{ref|asos|71}}
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]],{{ref|ADWD|2}} current Lord Commander and [[Hand of the King|Queen's Hand]].
*[[Aggo]],{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} ''[[ko]]'' and [[bloodrider]] to Daenerys.
*[[Jhogo]],{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} ''ko'' and bloodrider to Daenerys.
*[[Rakharo]],{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} ''ko'' and bloodrider to Daenerys.
*[[Belwas|Strong Belwas]],{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} a [[eunuch]] and former [[pit fighter]] sent to Daenerys by [[Illyrio Mopatis]].{{ref|acok|63}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|You are the first of my Queensguard.{{ref|agot|72}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]

{{quote|She still clung to the hope that someone would come after her. Ser [[Barristan Selmy|Barristan]] might come seeking her; he was the first of her Queensguard, sworn to defend her life with his own.{{ref|adwd|71}}}} – thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|If [[Daenerys Targaryen|the queen]] had commanded [[Barristan Selmy|me]] to protect [[Hizdahr zo Loraq|Hizdahr]], I would have had no choice but to obey. But Daenerys Targaryen had never established a proper Queensguard even for herself nor issued any commands in respect to her consort.{{ref|adwd|55}}}} – thoughts of [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{quote|Only Ser [[Loreth Lansdale]] moved quickly enough to strike a blow in [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|the queen's]] defense, cutting down the first two men who came at him before being slain himself. With him died the last of the Queensguard.{{ref|tpatq}}}}

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Sworn shield

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A '''sworn shield''' is a warrior who makes an oath to protect an individual, essentially serving as their personal [[w:bodyguard|bodyguard]]. They are usually, but not always [[knight]]s. The [[Kingsguard]] are a specialized and most prestigious type of sworn shield, sworn to the [[king]] of [[Westeros]].{{ref|acok|31}} However, an individual Kingsguard may be appointed the sworn shield of another member of the royal family,{{ref|acok|20}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{ref|trp}} and a non-Kingsguard may also serve as the king's sworn shield.{{ref|affc|24}}

==Some sworn shields==
*[[Orys Baratheon]], for [[Lord of Dragonstone|Lord]] [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon }}
*Ser [[Criston Cole]], for Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], later Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]
*Ser [[Harwin Strong]], for Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
*Ser [[Erryk Cargyll]], for Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]
*Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], for Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]
*[[Sandor Clegane]], for Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]]
*Ser [[Arys Oakheart]], for Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]]
*Ser [[Gascoyne|Gascoyne of the Greenblood]], for Prince [[Trystane Martell]]
*Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]], for King [[Tommen Baratheon]]
*Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]] and Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]], for Prince [[Quentyn Martell]]
*Ser [[Daemon Sand]], for Princess [[Arianne Martell]]

==Quotes==
{{quote|Ser [[Tommard Heddle|Tommard]], [[Duncan the Tall|this man]] is [[Aegon V Targaryen|the prince's]] sworn shield. He'll kill you!{{ref|tmk}}}} – [[Ambrose Butterwell]], to [[Tommard Heddle]], about [[Duncan the Tall]]

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Rhaella Targaryen

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{{Character
| Character_name = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|left]] Rhaella Targaryen [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Rhaella targaryen by berghots.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Rhaella Targaryen, by Bella Bergolts ©.
| Alias =
| Title = Princess Queen Dowager Queen
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Spouse = King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaella Targaryen}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Dragonstone]]{{Ref|AGOT|3}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|284}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[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)
}}

Queen '''Rhaella Targaryen''' was the sister, wife, and queen of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and the only daughter of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, Queen [[Shaera Targaryen]]. Her grandfather was King [[Aegon V Targaryen]]. Rhaella was the mother of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], and Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]]. She died shortly after Daenerys's birth.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

==Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Rhaella Targaryen|Images of Rhaella Targaryen]]''
Rhaella was said to have always been mindful of her duty.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}

==History==
===Early life===
Rhaella was born in either {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}<ref name=Calculation/> to Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and Princess [[Shaera Targaryen]]. She had an older brother, [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], Rhaella had been in love with Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], a young [[landed knight]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Bonifer Hasty}} from the [[stormlands]], during her youth. Bonifer once named her his [[queen of love and beauty]]. Their affair was a short one, however, as Bonifer was of too low birth to ever be seriously considered a suitor for Rhaella.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}

[[File:Aerys wedding.jpg|thumb|370px|left|Rhaella and [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys's]] unhappy [[Customs#Marriage|wedding]].]]

Rhaella was married at a young age to her older brother,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}} [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], on the command of their father, Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]].{{Ref|ADWD|43}}{{Ref|ADWD|23}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} Jaehaerys had been influenced by a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] brought to court by [[Jenny of Oldstones]]. The [[woods witch]] prophesied that [[the prince that was promised]] would be born from Aerys's and Rhaella's line,{{Ref|ADWD|23}} making Jaehaerys determined to marry his daughter to his son. King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], whilst frustrated with his son's decision, allowed Jaehaerys to do as he wished.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} According to Barristan, there was no fondness between Aerys and Rhaella on the day of their [[Customs#Marriage|wedding]].{{ref|ADWD|23}}

As a princess, and eventual queen, Rhaella had multiple ladies in waiting. At some point, they included the mother of Prince [[Doran Martell]], and, from {{Date|259}} to {{Date|263}}, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]] from [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Married life===
In {{Date|259}}, whilst present at [[Summerhall]], Rhaella gave birth to the first of her children, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], whilst the [[tragedy of Summerhall]] raged.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}}{{Ref|AFFC|35}} During the tragedy, Rhaella's grandfather, King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], died, leading to her own father, ascending the throne as [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}} Following Jaehaerys's own death, in {{Date|262}}, Rhaella's brother and husband ascended the throne as King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], and Rhaella became queen.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
[[File:Marc Simonetti The fire at the summer palace.jpg|thumb|350px|Rhaella giving birth to Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] as [[Summerhall]] [[Tragedy at Summerhall|burns down]].]]
Following Rhaegar's birth, Rhaella and Aerys had multiple trouble where childbirth was concerned. In the seventeen years following Rhaegar's birth, Rhaella went through multiple pregnancies, stillbirths and miscarriages:{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
* miscarriage in {{Date|263}}
* miscarriage in {{Date|264}}
* Princess [[Shaena Targaryen]], born in {{Date|267}}, stillborn
* Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Daeron Targaryen]], born in {{Date|269}}, lived only half a year
* stillbirth in {{Date|270}}, gender and name of child unknown
* miscarriage in {{Date|271}}
* Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Aegon Targaryen]], born in {{Date|272}}, born two months premature, died in {{Date|273}}
* Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]], born in {{Date|274}}, died later that same year

While at first, her brother comforted Rhaella in her grief, the multiple stillbirths, miscarriages and dead children eventually caused Aerys to become suspicious. He accused her of having been unfaithful, and claimed that the dead children had been bastards. Rhaella was confined to [[Maegor's Holdfast]] (roughly around {{date|270}}), and Aerys decreed that two [[septas]] would sleep in Rhaella's bed every night, to ensure she would remain faithful.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The death of Prince Jaehaerys in {{Date|274}} shifted Aerys' suspicions to others. He first blamed Jaehaerys's [[wet nurse]], and had her beheaded in a black rage. He later became convinced that Jaehaerys had been [[poison]]ed by his mistress, and had the girl and her family tortured to death.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys then fasted for a fortnight, made a walk of repentance across the city to the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], and prayed with the [[High Septon]]. Upon his return, he declared that he would only sleep with Rhaella, his wife, from that day forth. As far as is known, Aerys remained true to this vow, no longer taking any mistress from {{Date|275}} forth.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In {{Date|276}}, Rhaella gave birth to Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. While he was small and robust, he was healthy. However, Aerys feared that Viserys would die like his brothers, and so tasked the [[Kingsguard]] to watch over the infant. Even Rhaella was forbidden to be alone with her son. Aerys insisted that his food taster suckle at the breasts of the wet nurse, to be certain that there was no poison on her nipples.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

When Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Hand of the King]], held a [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] at [[Lannisport]] in {{Date|276}}, Rhaella was ordered to remain at [[King's Landing]] with Viserys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} In {{Date|281}}, during the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaella again remained in the capital with Viserys.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

In the later years of the marriage of Aerys and Rhaella, the Mad King's [[Targaryen madness|insanity]] set in. According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], Rhaella did her best to protect Viserys from the worst of Aerys's excesses, keeping her child oblivious to the fact his father was sliding deeper into madness.{{ref|ASOS|71}} According to Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Rhaella's eyes had been closed for years by the time Aerys ordered caches of [[wildfire]] be placed all over King's Landing.{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Aerys grew sexually abusive toward Rhaella, developing a sexual fetish for fire and death and only sleeping with Rhaella after he had executed someone by burning. The last time was during [[Robert's Rebellion]] after Aerys burned his then-Hand, Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], for opposing the Mad King's [[wildfire plot]]. Jaime recalls listening outside Rhaella's bedchamber as she cried as the king raped her; when Jaime protested that the Kingsguard were sworn to defend the queen as well, his sworn brother Ser [[Jonothor Darry]] replied, "We are, but not from him". The queen's maids reported seeing scratches, bruises and bite marks all over her body.{{ref|AFFC|16}}

===Evacuation to Dragonstone===
Soon after the burning of Lord Chelsted,{{ref|AWOIAF| Aerys II Targaryen}} [[King's Landing]] was informed of the death of Rhaegar at the hands of Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] during the [[battle of the Trident]]. Aerys evacuated Queen Rhaella, who was in the early stages of pregnancy, and Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] to [[Dragonstone]]{{ref|ASOS|37}} along with the Red Keep's master-at-arms, Ser [[Willem Darry]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] remembers Rhaella traveling to her ship in the morning,{{ref|AFFC|16}} while Viserys speaks of a midnight flight to Dragonstone.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

Remaining in the capital, Aerys and Rhaegar's family were killed during the [[sack of King's Landing]]. Dragonstone became the last haven of the remaining Targaryens.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

===Pregnancy and Death===
With Aerys, Rhaegar, and Rhaegar's son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] dead, Rhaella crowned Viserys at Dragonstone,{{ref|AWOIAF| Rhaella Targaryen}} although the [[Great Houses]] instead recognized [[Robert I Baratheon]] as the new [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]].

Rhaella spent the duration of her pregnancy on Dragonstone. Nine moons after sailing from King's Landing Rhaella gave birth to her only daughter, whom she named [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]],<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref> while a raging summer storm threatened to rip the island fastness apart. Rhaella died shortly thereafter from complications of childbirth.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

Prior to [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s [[assault on Dragonstone]], Willem Darry fled from Dragonstone with Rhaella's surviving children, Viserys and Daenerys Stormborn, for the [[Free Cities]].{{ref|AGOT|3}} Later, with the exiled siblings living in poverty, Viserys sold Rhaella's [[crown]] to survive.{{ref|ACOK|40}}

==Quotes about Rhaella==
{{Quote|When [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] sold their mother's [[crown]], the last joy had gone from him, leaving only rage.{{ref|ASOS|27}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Whenever [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] gave a man to the flames, Queen Rhaella would have a visitor in the night.{{ref|AFFC|16}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|The queen your mother was always mindful of her duty.{{ref|ADWD|43}}}} – [[Barristan Selmy]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

==Family==
{{Targaryen_tree_now}}

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

{{Royal consorts of Westeros}}

[[Category:House Targaryen]]
[[Category:Characters from the Crownlands|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Members of Aegon V Targaryen's court|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Members of Jaehaerys II Targaryen's court|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Members of Aerys II Targaryen's court|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Noblewomen|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Royal consorts|Targaryen, Rhaella]]

[[es:Rhaella Targaryen]]
[[fr:Rhaella Targaryen]]
[[ru:Рэйла Таргариен]]
[[zh:雷拉·坦格利安]]

Rhaella Targaryen

2018-05-11T18:17:23Z

Foxyboy23: /* Married life */

{{Character
| Character_name = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|left]] Rhaella Targaryen [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Rhaella targaryen by berghots.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Rhaella Targaryen, by Bella Bergolts ©.
| Alias =
| Title = Princess Queen Dowager Queen
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Spouse = King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaella Targaryen}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Dragonstone]]{{Ref|AGOT|3}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|284}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[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)
}}

Queen '''Rhaella Targaryen''' was the sister, wife, and queen of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and the only daughter of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, Queen [[Shaera Targaryen]]. Her grandfather was King [[Aegon V Targaryen]]. Rhaella was the mother of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], and Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]]. She died shortly after Daenerys's birth.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

==Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Rhaella Targaryen|Images of Rhaella Targaryen]]''
Rhaella was said to have always been mindful of her duty.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}

==History==
===Early life===
Rhaella was born in either {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}<ref name=Calculation/> to Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and Princess [[Shaera Targaryen]]. She had an older brother, [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], Rhaella had been in love with Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], a young [[landed knight]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Bonifer Hasty}} from the [[stormlands]], during her youth. Bonifer once named her his [[queen of love and beauty]]. Their affair was a short one, however, as Bonifer was of too low birth to ever be seriously considered a suitor for Rhaella.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}

[[File:Aerys wedding.jpg|thumb|370px|left|Rhaella and [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys's]] unhappy [[Customs#Marriage|wedding]].]]

Rhaella was married at a young age to her older brother,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}} [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], on the command of their father, Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]].{{Ref|ADWD|43}}{{Ref|ADWD|23}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} Jaehaerys had been influenced by a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] brought to court by [[Jenny of Oldstones]]. The [[woods witch]] prophesied that [[the prince that was promised]] would be born from Aerys's and Rhaella's line,{{Ref|ADWD|23}} making Jaehaerys determined to marry his daughter to his son. King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], whilst frustrated with his son's decision, allowed Jaehaerys to do as he wished.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} According to Barristan, there was no fondness between Aerys and Rhaella on the day of their [[Customs#Marriage|wedding]].{{ref|ADWD|23}}

As a princess, and eventual queen, Rhaella had multiple ladies in waiting. At some point, they included the mother of Prince [[Doran Martell]], and, from {{Date|259}} to {{Date|263}}, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]] from [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|ASOS|70}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Married life===
In {{Date|259}}, whilst present at [[Summerhall]], Rhaella gave birth to the first of her children, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], whilst the [[tragedy of Summerhall]] raged.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}}{{Ref|AFFC|35}} During the tragedy, Rhaella's grandfather, King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], died, leading to her own father, ascending the throne as [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}} Following Jaehaerys's own death, in {{Date|262}}, Rhaella's brother and husband ascended the throne as King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], and Rhaella became queen.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
[[File:Marc Simonetti The fire at the summer palace.jpg|thumb|350px|Rhaella giving birth to Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] as [[Summerhall]] [[Tragedy at Summerhall|burns down]].]]
Following Rhaegar's birth, Rhaella and Aerys had multiple trouble where childbirth was concerned. In the seventeen years following Rhaegar's birth, Rhaella went through multiple pregnancies, stillbirths and miscarriages:{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
* miscarriage in {{Date|263}}
* miscarriage in {{Date|264}}
* Princess [[Shaena Targaryen]], born in {{Date|267}}, stillborn
* Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Daeron Targaryen]], born in {{Date|269}}, lived only half a year
* stillbirth in {{Date|270}}, gender and name of child unknown
* miscarriage in {{Date|271}}
* Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Aegon Targaryen]], born in {{Date|272}}, born two months premature, died in {{Date|273}}
* Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]], born in {{Date|274}}, died later that same year

While at first, her brother comforted Rhaella in her grief, the multiple stillbirths, miscarriages and dead children eventually caused Aerys to become suspicious. He accused her of having been unfaithful, and claimed that the dead children had been bastards. Rhaella was confined to [[Maegor's Holdfast]] (roughly around {{date|270}}), and Aerys decreed that two [[septas]] would sleep in Rhaella's bed every night, to ensure she would remain faithful.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The death of Prince Jaehaerys in {{Date|274}} shifted Aerys' suspicions to others. He first blamed Jaehaerys's [[wet nurse]], and had her beheaded in a black rage. He later became convinced that Jaehaerys had been [[poison]]ed by his mistress, and had the girl and her family tortured to death.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys then fasted for a fortnight, made a walk of repentance across the city to the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], and prayed with the [[High Septon]]. Upon his return, he declared that he would only sleep with Rhaella, his wife, from that day forth. As far as is known, Aerys remained true to this vow, no longer taking any mistress from {{Date|275}} forth.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In {{Date|276}}, Rhaella gave birth to Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. While he was small and robust, he was healthy. However, Aerys feared that Viserys would die like his brothers, and so tasked the [[Kingsguard]] to watch over the infant. Even Rhaella was forbidden to be alone with her son. Aerys insisted that his food taster suckle at the breasts of the wet nurse, to be certain that there was no poison on her nipples.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

When Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Hand of the King]], held a [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] at [[Lannisport]] in {{Date|276}}, Rhaella was ordered to remain at [[King's Landing]] with Viserys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} In {{Date|281}}, during the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaella again remained in the capital with Viserys.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

In the later years of the marriage of Aerys and Rhaella, the Mad King's [[Targaryen madness|insanity]] set in. According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], Rhaella did her best to protect Viserys from the worst of Aerys's excesses, keeping her child oblivious to the fact his father was sliding deeper into madness.{{ref|ASOS|71}} According to Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Rhaella's eyes had been closed for years by the time Aerys ordered caches of [[wildfire]] be placed all over King's Landing.{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Aerys grew sexually abusive toward Rhaella, developing a sexual fetish for fire and death and only sleeping with Rhaella after he had executed someone by burning. The last time was during [[Robert's Rebellion]] after Aerys burned his then-Hand, Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], for opposing the Mad King's [[wildfire plot]]. Jaime recalls listening outside Rhaella's bedchamber as she cried as the king raped her; when Jaime protested that the Kingsguard were sworn to defend the queen as well, his sworn brother Ser [[Jonothor Darry]] replied, "We are, but not from him". The queen's maids reported seeing scratches, bruises and bite marks all over her body.{{ref|AFFC|16}}

===Evacuation to Dragonstone===
Soon after the burning of Lord Chelsted,{{ref|AWOIAF| Aerys II Targaryen}} [[King's Landing]] was informed of the death of Rhaegar at the hands of Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] during the [[Battle of the Trident]]. Aerys evacuated Queen Rhaella, who was in the early stages of pregnancy, and Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] to [[Dragonstone]]{{ref|ASOS|37}} along with the Red Keep's master-at-arms, Ser [[Willem Darry]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] remembers Rhaella traveling to her ship in the morning,{{ref|AFFC|16}} while Viserys speaks of a midnight flight to Dragonstone.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

Remaining in the capital, Aerys and Rhaegar's family were killed during the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Dragonstone became the last haven of the remaining Targaryens.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

===Pregnancy and Death===
With Aerys, Rhaegar, and Rhaegar's son [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] dead, Rhaella crowned Viserys at Dragonstone,{{ref|AWOIAF| Rhaella Targaryen}} although the [[Great Houses]] instead recognized [[Robert I Baratheon]] as the new [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]].

Rhaella spent the duration of her pregnancy on Dragonstone. Nine moons after sailing from King's Landing Rhaella gave birth to her only daughter, whom she named [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]],<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref> while a raging summer storm threatened to rip the island fastness apart. Rhaella died shortly thereafter from complications of childbirth.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

Prior to [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s [[assault on Dragonstone]], Willem Darry fled from Dragonstone with Rhaella's surviving children, Viserys and Daenerys Stormborn, for the [[Free Cities]].{{ref|AGOT|3}} Later, with the exiled siblings living in poverty, Viserys sold Rhaella's [[crown]] to survive.{{ref|ACOK|40}}

==Quotes about Rhaella==
{{Quote|When [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] sold their mother's [[crown]], the last joy had gone from him, leaving only rage.{{ref|ASOS|27}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Whenever [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] gave a man to the flames, Queen Rhaella would have a visitor in the night.{{ref|AFFC|16}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|The queen your mother was always mindful of her duty.{{ref|ADWD|43}}}} – [[Barristan Selmy]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

==Family==
{{Targaryen_tree_now}}

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

{{Royal consorts of Westeros}}

[[Category:House Targaryen]]
[[Category:Characters from the Crownlands|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Members of Aegon V Targaryen's court|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Members of Jaehaerys II Targaryen's court|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Members of Aerys II Targaryen's court|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Noblewomen|Targaryen, Rhaella]]
[[Category:Royal consorts|Targaryen, Rhaella]]

[[es:Rhaella Targaryen]]
[[fr:Rhaella Targaryen]]
[[ru:Рэйла Таргариен]]
[[zh:雷拉·坦格利安]]

Brynden Tully

2018-05-04T19:48:22Z

Foxyboy23: /* Appearance and Character */

{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Tully.svg|40px|left]][[File:House Tully (Blackfish).svg|40px]] Brynden Tully [[File:House Arryn.svg|40px]][[File:House Stark.svg|40px|right]]
| image = [[File:Blackfish.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Blackfish by Amok©
| Alias = Blackfish Brynden Blackfish Brynden the Blackfish
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] [[Warden of the Southern Marches]] [[Knight of the Gate]] (formerly) [[Castellan]] of [[Riverrun]] (formerly)
| Allegiance = [[House Tully]] [[House Stark]] [[House Arryn]] (formerly)
| Race =
| Culture = [[Riverlands|Rivermen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Riverrun]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Brynden Tully}}
| Date_of_Birth = or between {{Date|243}} and {{Date|245}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brynden Tully|Brynden Tully]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
| Played_by = Clive Russell
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]]
| coat-of-arms =
}}

Ser '''Brynden Tully''', also known as '''Brynden Blackfish'''{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|AGOT|55}}{{Ref|AGOT|71}}{{Ref|ACOK|7}}{{Ref|ACOK|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|14}}{{Ref|ASOS|20}}{{Ref|AFFC|38}}{{Ref|AFFC|44}}{{Ref|ADWD|34}} or simply '''the Blackfish'''{{Ref|AGOT|55}}{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|AGOT|69}}{{ref|acok|7}}{{ref|asos|14}}{{Ref|ASOS|43}}{{Ref|asos|53}} and '''Brynden the Blackfish''',{{ref|AGOT|18}} is a [[knight]] from [[House Tully]]. He is the younger brother of Lord [[Hoster Tully]]. He has served as the [[Knight of the Gate]] for [[House Arryn]] since [[Robert's Rebellion]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is portrayed by [[w:Clive Russell|Clive Russell]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Brynden Tully|Images of Brynden Tully]]''

Brynden is tall and lean, with a hoarse, smoky voice. He is clean-shaved, and his face is craggy and windburnt, his features are lined and weathered. His once-auburn hair has gone to grey. He has bushy eyebrows and bright blue eyes.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{ref|ACOK|7}}{{Ref|AFFC|38}}

A kind man with the patience to listen, Brynden was always the one the Tully children ran to to tell their tales when their parents were occupied. Brynden is a blunt{{Ref|agot|34}} and stubborn man{{Ref|AFFC|33}} who does not care what others think.{{Ref|ASOS|14}} He is a Tully first and foremost.{{Ref|AGOT|40}} He is a seasoned warrior, a veteran of half a hundred battles,{{ref|ACOK|39}} and precise in his movements.{{Ref|ACOK|7}} He is also a strong swimmer.{{Ref|AFFC|44}} As the [[Knight of the Gate]], Brynden wears a grey heavy plate armor and helm, but when commanding outriders he trades this for mail and leather.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|AGOT|59}} In either suit of armor, Brynden's cloak, in the colors of House Tully, is fastened by an [[obsidian]] clasp in the shape of a black fish, his only concession to ornament.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{ref|AGOT|59}}{{ref|AGOT|40}}{{Ref|affc|38}} Besieged at Riverrun, he wears grey ringmail under blackened steel, and a trout crest adorns his helmet, and rides a chestnut courser decorated in red and blue.{{ref|AFFC|38}}

==History==
===Early Life===
Brynden is the brother of [[Hoster Tully]], younger than him by five years.{{Ref|AGOT|34}} The brothers were close through their childhood.{{ref|acok|7}} Together with [[Norbert Vance]], Brynden squired for [[House Darry|Lord Darry]],{{Ref|AFFC|38}} and was eventually knighted. In {{Date|260}}, Brynden fought in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] against the [[Band of Nine]] on the [[Stepstones]]. There, he proved himself a great and worthy knight, and gained fame and renown throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|affc|33}}

After his father died, his older brother Hoster inherited the rule of [[Riverrun]]. Hoster sought to betroth Brynden to [[Bethany Redwyne]], but Brynden refused, causing a severe strain on their relationship. While other houses made marriage offers as well, including [[House Bracken]] and [[House Frey]], Brynden remained unwed.{{Ref|AGOT|71}} [[George R. R. Martin]] has thus far not shed any light on why Brynden has chosen to remain unwed.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1204 Brynden Tully's Bachelorhood (March 19, 2002)]</ref> However, years later [[Catelyn Tully]] expressed certainty that Brynden would never marry.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

The brothers quarrelled more and more. During one of the louder of such quarrels, Hoster called him the ''"black goat of the Tully flock"''. Brynden pointed out that their sigil was a fish, which made him a black fish instead of a black goat. From that day, Brynden took for his personal sigil the Tully emblem, but with a black trout jumping, instead of a silver trout,{{Ref|aGoT|34}} and became known as the "Blackfish".

While Brynden's relationship with Hoster was strained, his relationship with Hoster's children, [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]] and [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]], as well as Hoster's young ward, [[Petyr Baelish]], was good. At times where Hoster was too busy, and Lady [[Minisa Whent]] too ill, the children would run to their uncle Brynden with their problems and stories, laughing along at their triumphs, and symphathizing with their problems.{{Ref|AGOT|34}} On the night when Catelyn's betrothal to [[Brandon Stark]] was announced, young Petyr Baelish, who had been in love with Catelyn, became drunk after Catelyn rejected a kiss from him, and passed out on the table. In order to prevent Hoster from seeing Petyr like this, Brynden carried the young boy away.{{Ref|ASOS|80}}

Brynden's brother Hoster and Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] were considering betrothing Hoster's younger daughter Lysa to Tywin's heir, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]].{{Ref|Awoiaf| Jaime Lannister}} As such, Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] sent Jaime, who was his squire to [[Riverrun]] with a message. Hoster took a fortnight to write his reply, during which time he sat Jaime next to Lysa with every meal. However, Jaime was much more interested in Brynden, and pressed him for stories about the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], meanwhile ignoring Lysa.{{ref|AFFC|33}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
In {{Date|282}}, [[Robert's Rebellion]] began. While Hoster was at first reluctant to chose a side, he eventually sided with the rebels, and married his daughter [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] to Lord [[Eddard Stark]], and [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]] to Lord [[Jon Arryn]], in a double ceremony. At the wedding feast, Brynden informed his brother that he had taken service with Lord Arryn.{{ref|AGOT|34}} Hoster considered this to be personal rejection.{{Ref|awoiaf| Brynden Tully}} He disowned Brynden{{ref|ACOK|7}} and refused to speak his name for years to follow.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}

Brynden continued to fight in Robert's Rebellion, further increasing his fame.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Brynden Tully}} Following the conclusion of the war, he went to the [[Eyrie]], where he eventually came to serve as [[Knight of the Gate]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Christine Griffin bLACKFISH.jpg|Ser Brynden - C.Griffin ©|thumb|400px]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Brynden serves as [[Knight of the Gate]] when his niece, [[Catelyn Stark]], arrives at the [[Bloody Gate]] with the captive [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|34}} After news of attacks of the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] upon the [[riverlands]] arrive, Brynden quarrels with [[Lysa Arryn]] over her decision to not send aid to [[Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|40}} He resigns his position as [[Knight of the Gate]] and accompanies Catelyn to [[White Harbor]], from where they travel to [[Moat Cailin]].{{ref|AGOT|55}}

Once Brynden meets [[Robb Stark]] at Moat Cailin,{{Ref|agot|55}} he quickly becomes a part of Robb's war council and is assigned as leader of the outriders.{{ref|AGOT|59}} In that capacity he clashes with Lannister cavalry under command of Ser [[Addam Marbrand]]; his repulse of that force allows Robb to cross the [[Green Fork]] undetected.{{Ref|aGoT|59}} He participates in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], commanding the party that draws Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] out of his encampment, and he leads the van at the [[Battle of the Camps]], which lifts the siege of Riverrun.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} While still angry about Brynden's refusal to marry [[Bethany Redwyne]] so many years ago, a dying Hoster Tully agrees to see Brynden, claiming he is too sick to fight.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Brynden and Hoster reconcile after many years, leaving the past behind them.{{ref|ACOK|7}}

Brynden realises that [[Tywin Lannister]] is the true danger for [[House Stark]] and [[House Tully]] in the [[War of the Five Kings]], and knows that Tywin wishes them to march on [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|ACOK|7}} Brynden accompanies [[Robb Stark]], now [[King of the Trident]], to campaign in the [[westerlands]].{{ref|ACOK|39}}

When [[maester]] [[Vyman]] informs [[Catelyn Stark]] that Lord Hoster Tully will soon die, he suggests sending a rider to Brynden, as Brynden would want to be with his brother when he died.{{ref|ACOK|39}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Blackfish Riverlands.jpg|350px|thumb|Blackfish in the Riverlands - by Amok ©]]
Brynden returns to [[Riverrun]] together with King Robb Stark.{{Ref|ASOS|14}} He and Robb angrily explain to [[Edmure Tully]] that the [[Battle of the Fords]] ruined their plan to defeat Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], explaining that Brynden's scouts had found a good spot for an ambush along the [[gold road]].{{ref|ASOS|14}}

When Hoster finally dies, he receives a funeral as per the Tully customs. When Edmure fails to hit Hoster's boat with a fire arrow, Brynden offers to make the shot, though is refused. After Edmure fails twice more, he gives the bow to Brynden, who hits the funerary boat with a fire arrow in one attempt.{{ref|ASOS|35}}

Brynden remains at Riverrun when Robb travels to the [[Twins]] to attend the wedding of Edmure to [[Roslin Frey]], in preparation for the plan to retake Moat Cailin from the [[ironmen]]. In recognition of the Brynden's military contributions, Robb names him [[Warden of the Southern Marches]].{{ref|ASOS|45}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the deaths of Robb and Catelyn and capture of Edmure at the [[Red Wedding]], Brynden, now castellan,{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} continues to hold Riverrun in Robb's name, even as other river lords surrender and bend the knee to the [[Iron Throne]]. Besieged by Lannister and [[House Frey|Frey]] forces, he treats with Ser [[Ryman Frey]] but is unmoved by Ryman's empty daily threats to hang his nephew, Edmure. Brynden refuses to give up Riverrun or Robb's widow, Queen [[Jeyne Westerling]].{{Ref|AFFC|33}}{{Ref|AFFC|38}}

Brynden holds out for several months, until Ser Jaime Lannister comes to resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]]. Brynden parleys with Jaime, but only as an excuse to hear Jaime's reasons for not returning Catelyn's daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], and to see Jaime's stump. Jaime tells Brynden that he will be allowed to [[Night's Watch|take the black]] if he surrenders and mentions that [[Jon Snow]] is now [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. Brynden recalls Catelyn's distrust of Jon and assumes that the boy's new position was given to him by the Lannisters.{{ref|AFFC|38}}

Jaime eventually manages to convince Edmure to surrender Riverrun. However, before Edmure gives the castle up to Jaime, he allows Brynden to escape by swimming under the portcullis that had been slightly raised at the Water Gate.{{Ref|AFFC|44}} Due to his escape, Brynden has been declared an outlaw.{{ref|ADWD|48}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When Jaime resolves the [[siege of Raventree]], he is told by Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] that Brynden has not come to [[Raventree Hall]].{{ref|ADWD|48}}

==Quotes by Brynden==

{{Quote|Remind me not to linger [[Moat Cailin|here]]. Last I looked, I was [[southron]] myself.{{ref|agot|55}}}} – Brynden, to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|Peace. Peace is sweet, my lady ... but on what terms? It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow.{{ref|agot|71}}}} – Brynden, to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|My first rule of war, Cat, is never give the enemy his wish.{{ref|acok|7}}}} – Brynden, to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|You must be blind as well as maimed, Ser. Lift your eyes, and you will see [[House Stark|the direwolf]] still flies above [[Riverrun|our walls]].{{Ref|affc|38}}}} – Brynden, to [[Jaime Lannister]]

==Quotes about Brynden==
{{Quote|Tully had a craggy face, deeply lined and windburnt beneath a shock of stiff grey hair, but Jaime could still see the great knight who once enthralled a squire with tales of the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings|Ninepenny Kings]].{{ref|AFFC|38}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

==Family==
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==References==
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Dothraki

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Foxyboy23: /* Khalasars */

The '''Dothraki''' people are a culture of nomadic warriors in [[Essos]] who range across the vast grasslands of the [[Dothraki sea]] in hordes known as ''[[khalasar]]s''.

==Appearance==
[[File:Khal drogo by reneaigner.jpg|thumb|300px|The Dothraki Khal [[Drogo]] by Rene Aigner©]]
Dothraki typically have a copper-toned skin and dark almond eyes,{{Ref|agot|3}}{{Ref|agot|61}}{{Ref|asos|23}} black hair,{{Ref|agot|3}} and black eyes.{{Ref|agot|46}} Dothraki men wear their hair in long braids, oiled{{Ref|acok|12}} or greased with fat from the rendering pits.{{Ref|agot|11}} Dothraki warriors carry small [[Bells (Dothraki)|bells]] in their braids, which ring softly when they move.{{Ref|agot|3}} They are only allowed to braid their hair after they have won a victory.{{ref|agot|36}} A bell is added to their braid after each victory;{{Ref|acok|63}} The braid is only cut when a Dothraki warrior is defeated in battle,{{Ref|acok|12}} an act through which he lets the world know his shame.{{Ref|Agot|3}} Only few men die with their braids never having been cut off.{{ref|acok|12}} Men further might wear metal rings bound in their mustachios.{{Ref|agot|3}}

Both men and women might wear painted leather vests over bear chests and horsehair leggings cinched by bronze medallion belts,{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|54}} although wealthier Dothraki might also have silver and golden medallions on their belts.{{Ref|agot|46}} Others might wear sandsilk trousers.{{Ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|agot|72}}{{ref|asos|27}} For footwear Dothraki wear leather boots,{{Ref|Agot|68}}, leather sandals which lace up to the knee,{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|agot|64}} or sandals of woven grass.{{Ref|acok|63}} However, when visiting the Free Cities, the Dothraki wear rich fabrics and sweet perfumes.{{Ref|agot|11}}

Being accustomed to riding horses every entire day, Dothraki warriors walk with a bowlegged swagger on the ground.{{Ref|asos|27}}

The Dothraki clean themselves using sand to scrub them.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==Culture & customs==
===Khalasars===
:{{Main|Khalasar}}
Dothraki live in hordes called [[khalasar]]s. Their chieftains are called [[khal]]s, while the wife of a khal is known as a [[khaleesi]].{{Ref|agot|11}} Both have their personal guard; A khal is guarded and accompanied in his daily routine by his kos, also called [[bloodriders]]. These men fulfill the roles of guards, brothers, shadows, and friends to the khal in ways that run deeper than the oath of the [[Kingsguard]] to the king on the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|agot|36}} Ancient traditions proclaim that when a ''khal'' dies, his bloodriders die with him. Should the ''khal'' die in battle, the bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him and then die shortly after. The ''khal'' and his bloodriders commonly refer to each other as "blood of my blood".{{Ref|aGoT|36}} Each Ko has his own khas.{{fact}} The khaleesi is guarded by the young men in her own [[khas]].{{Ref|agot|61}} A khal’s heir is named the khalakka.{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|Agot|61}} Another important position is that of the [[jaqqa rhan]], the mercy men, who move among the corpses in battle fields, cutting off the heads of the death and dying.{{ref|agot|61}} When the khalasar is on the move, scouts range ahead while outriders guard the flanks.{{Ref|agot|23}}

Khalasars keep two sorts of healers. The first are barren women who practice their healing with herbs, potions, and spells, and eunuch slaves, who use knives, needles, and fire.{{Ref|Agot|61}}

===Social status===
The Dothraki consider riding a horse as a basic marker of social status. A ''khal'' who cannot ride cannot rule.{{ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|aGoT|68}} Custom decrees that the ''khaleesi'' must ride a mount worthy of her place by the side of the ''khal''.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth. Doing anything else might be considered weak.{{Ref|Agot|54}} Some women giving birth ride on a cart. A cart is of less prestige, and is further meant for eunuchs, cripples, the very young, and the very old.{{Ref|agot|36}} A man who does not ride is considered the lowest of the low. He is not even seen as a man, and considered to be without honor or pride.{{ref|agot|23}}

Although some are respected, women have a lower social status than men. For example, the bloodriders of a khal will not allow themselves to be commanded by his khaleesi.{{ref|agot|64}} Nonetheless, even the mightiest khal will bow to the wisdom and authority of the [[dosh khaleen]], the widowed khaleesi’s who reside at Vaes Dothrak.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

Most of all, the Dothraki follow strength. Should a khal die without an adult heir, his kos (bloodriders) will fight among themselves to take the place of the fallen khal. In the case that the khal does have a child khalakka (heir), the khalakka will be killed so as not to be a rival.{{Ref|agot|64}}

===Religion===
The Dothraki worship a horse god.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Gods_of_Westeros/ Gods of Westeros (November 18, 1998)]</ref>{{Ref|acok|48}} The Dothraki believe that, when someone dies, the horse god parts the grass and claims the deceased for his starry khalasar, so the deceased can ride the nightlands.{{Ref|adwd|52}}{{Ref|adwd|71}} The Dothraki further believe that the moon is a goddess, and that she is the wife to the sun.{{Ref|agot|23}} In addition, they believe in hell.{{Ref|Acok|12}}{{Ref|acok|63}}

===Language===
:{{Main|Dothraki language}}
The Dothraki have their own [[Dothraki language|language]]. It is known to be a rough, harsh language.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|AGOT|61}} They use descriptive names, e.g. “Rhaesh Andahli”, meaning “the land of the Andals”, for Westeros,{{Ref|agot|3}} "Shierak qiya", literally meaning “bleeding star”, used to describe the [[red comet]],{{Ref|Acok|12}} or the term “Milk Men” for the [[Qarth]]een, pointing towards their paleness.{{Ref|acok|27}}

===Economy===
The Dothraki neither buy nor sell{{ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} and do not really comprehend it.{{Ref|AGOT|56}} Buying and selling is considered to be unmanly.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Instead, the Dothraki use giving and receiving gifts as a common way for doing trade.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|50}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} However, giving a gift in return might not always occur immediately upon receiving a gift.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} This is exemplified by the Dothraki "selling" their captives on occasion to the [[Slaver Cities]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} They call these slaves "gifts", and as payment receive gifts from the slavers.{{Ref|ADWD|50}}

Trade is allowed in the sacred city [[Vaes Dothrak]], where, by the leave of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', merchants and traders gather to exchange goods and gold,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} though they mostly trade with each other, and only little with the Dothraki themselves.{{Ref|agot|54}} Two markets exist in Vaes Dothrak; On the Western Market merchants from the Free Cities come to trade, while on the Eastern Market traders from Yi Ti, Asshai, the Shadow Lands, and the lands from beside the Jade Sea place their caravans.{{ref|agot|36}} The merchants are tolerated provided that they do not break the peace of the city, do not profane the sacred mountain of lake, and honor the dosh khaleen with the traditional gifts of salt, silver, and seed.{{ref|agot|54}}

The Free Cities (like [[Myr]], [[Pentos]], and [[Norvos]]) and the slave cities in Slaver’s Bay deal carefully with the Dothraki. The rulers of the cities give lavishly to every khal who passes with his khalasar, feasting them and giving them gifts, so the khalasar will pass on without sacking then city.{{Ref|asos|23}}

===Culinary customs===
The Dothraki eat horseflesh, which they prefer to beef and pork.{{Ref|agot|31}} They believe horseflesh makes a man strong.{{Ref|agot|36}} They also have black sausages<ref group="N">Similar to [[w:Kishka (food)|''kaszanka'']]</ref>, blood pies and sweetgrass stews.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} They drink a mildly alcoholic beverage derived from fermented mare's milk.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{ref|agot|46}}<ref group="N">Similar to the Central Asian drink [[w:Kumis|''kumýs'']]</ref> They also drink pepper beer.{{Ref|Agot|64}}

===Structures===
[[File:Dothraki Sea2 HBO.jpg|thumb|300px|A Dothraki camp as depicted in [[w:HBO|HBO]]'s TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
The Dothraki do not build.{{Ref|agot|36}} A thousand years before, to build a house they would dig a hole in the earth and raise a grass roof over it.{{Ref|agot|36}} They can raise 'palaces' of woven grass,{{Ref|agot|11}} In Vaes Dothrak, all buildings have been made by the slaves serving there. Since the slaves all originate from different lands, they have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Vaes Dothrak===
The sacred city of Vaes Dothrak is the only city the Dothraki have.{{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Here, only the [[dosh khaleen]] reside permanently, together with their slaves and servants.{{Ref|agot|36}} Regardless, the city is large enough to host all khalasars at one time, as the dosh khaleen have prophesized that one day all Dothraki would return to the city at the same time.{{Ref|agot|36}} Within the city, the khalasars are to set their enmities aside. It is death to draw a blade in Vaes Dothrak or to shed a free man’s blood,{{Ref|agot|36}} – although this does not entirely prevent murders within the city.

Vaes Dothrak is located in the shadow of the [[Mother of Mountains]], {{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} a mountain which only Dothraki men are allowed to ascend.{{Ref|agot|36}}{{Ref|agot|46}} Residing at the edge of the city is the [[Womb of the World]], {{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|tloiaf| The Dothraki Sea}} a large lake from where, the Dothraki believe, the first men emerged a thousand years ago upon the back of the first horse.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

The buildings in Vaes Dothrak are all made by slaves from different lands, who have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Marriage, sexual relations, and childbirth===
:{{See also|Marriage}}
Among the Dothraki, weddings occur beneath the open sky. The ceremony might last the entire day, during which the guest's feast, drink, dance, and fight. The Dothraki mate like the animals in their heads. There is no privacy in the khalasar. During the wedding feast, women dance to drums, while warriors may take them before the watching khalasar freely. If two men take the same woman, they fight to the death. A wedding without at least three deaths is seen as a dull affair.{{ref|agot|11}} During the feast, each dish is offered first to the newlywed pair; All food they refuse is offered to the rest of the participants at the wedding feast.{{ref|agot|11}} Towards the end of the ceremony, the bride is presented with her bride gifts. As is tradition, a [[khaleesi]] will be presented with a gift from each of her husband’s [[bloodrider]]s – a whip, a bow, and an ''[[arakh]]'' – which she is to decline and give to her husband instead. Following the receiving of the gifts, the [[khal]] and khaleesi will consummate their marriage.{{ref|AGOT|11}} After the wedding, the khal is to present his new bride to the [[dosh khaleen]] at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|AGOT|11}}

Polygamy is practiced among the Dothraki; At least the Dothraki ''khals'' [[Jommo]]{{ref|agot|46}} and [[Temmo]]{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} have been known to have had multiple wives. Other ''khals'' might decide to share their wife or wives with his bloodriders.{{ref|agot|36}}

Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth,{{ref|Agot|54}} although some women giving birth might ride on a cart.{{ref|agot|36}} When children are born deformed they are left out for the feral dogs who run behind the khalasar.{{ref|agot|31}}

A pregnant khaleesi might participate in the [[Stallion heart|stallion heart]] ceremony, although it is unknown under what circumstances the ceremony occurs. During the ceremony, the khaleesi will attempt to consume the heart of a stallion under the supervision of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]''. Due to the prohibition on bearing steel in [[Vaes Dothrak]], the mother must tear apart the stallion's heart with her bare teeth and fingernails. If she eats the entire heart, she will bear a son who is strong and swift and fearless; if she chokes on the blood or retches up the flesh, the omens are less favorable — the child might be stillborn, weak, deformed or female.{{ref|agot|46}}

===Death===
The Dothraki believe that the stars in the sky are horses made of fire, and that the starry sky is a great herd of fiery horses racing across the sky.{{ref|agot|46}} The Dothraki further believe that these horses of fire are ridden by deceased Dothraki, and that the more fiercely a person burned in life, the brighter said person’s star will be in death,{{Ref|agot|72}} causing maesters to say that the Dothraki believe the stars are the spirits of the valiant dead.{{Ref|acok|66}} When a horselord dies, a horse is slain so he can mount it in death.{{Ref|acok|12}} The bodies of deceased Dothraki are next burned beneath the open sky.{{Ref|agot|72}} However, when a child dies at an age at which he is too young to ride, the child will not ride in the night lands but instead be reborn to begin life anew.{{Ref|acok|12}}

At least a khal is given a funeral pyre after he dies.{{Ref|agot|72}} A great square is made from wood, in the middle of which the khal’s slain horse is positioned. Over the horse, the platform is constructed on which the khal will be placed. The wood of the platform is laid east to west, from sunrise to sunset.
The platform consists of three levels. The wood of the third of these levels are positioned from north to south. On this level the body of the khal is placed. The khal is placed upon the pyre with his head in the direction of the [[Mother of Mountains]]. His treasures are positioned around him. The pyre is only lit after the first star has been seen in the sky.{{Ref|agot|72}}

Ancient traditions of the Dothraki demand that a khal’s bloodriders die with him, riding the night lands by his side. When a khal is killed by an enemy, his bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The last duty the bloodriders owe their khal is taking the khal's wife or wives to Vaes Dothrak to join the dosh khaleen. After their last duty has been completed, the bloodriders join their khal in death.{{ref|agot|64}}

The Dothraki believe it is bad luck to touch the body of a dead man whom they have not personally killed themselves.{{Ref|adwd|2}}

===Military===
[[File:Jedruszek Dothraki Outriders.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki outriders gallop towards a disturbance with weapons drawn - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Dothraki are nomadic warriors; they ride better than any Westerosi knight.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The Dothraki fight from horseback,{{Ref|agot|36}} with warriors wielding ''[[arakh]]''s, curved bows, and whips.{{ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|acok|63}}{{ref|agot|23}} The bows the Dothraki use outrange the bows used in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|agot|36}} According to [[Jorah Mormont]], the Dothraki are utterly fearless.{{Ref|agot|36}}

The Dothraki ride on small, flat saddles with short stirrups.{{Ref|Agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|23}}

===Miscellaneous beliefs and superstitions===
The Dothraki hate and fear the sea and the ships in it, as they mistrust all water their horses do not drink. They refer to the sea as “the poison water"{{Ref|acok|63}}{{Ref|asos|8}} and the “black salt sea”.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|asos|23}}

Dothraki believe that anything of importance in a man's life must take place beneath the open sky.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

Ancient prophecy of the Dothraki predicts that one day the khal of all khals will rise, called the stallion who mounts the world. This khal is prophecised to unite the Dothraki into a single khalasar and ride to the ends of the earth, making everyone on the world his herd.{{Ref|agot|46}}

The Dothraki believe that someday ghost grass will cover the world, and then all life will end.{{Ref|agot|23}}

The number thirteen is considered to be a bad number.{{Ref|aDwD|17}}

Bloodmagic is forbidden amongst the Dothraki.{{Ref|agot|64}} The Dothraki consider a maegi to be a woman who lays with demons and practices the blackest of sorceries. A Maegi is considered to be a vile thing, evil and soulless.{{ref|agot|61}}

When the gods are gone from a certain place, according to the Dothraki, evil ghosts feast by night. The Dothraki feel it best to shun such places.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==History==
The ancestors of the Dothraki came from the lands beyond the [[Bone Mountains]] in the [[Further East]], leaving behind the bones that give the Bone Mountains their name.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond}}

The nomadic Dothraki do not have a tradition of settlements. To make a house a thousand years ago, they dug a hole in the ground and covered it with a woven grass roof.{{ref|AGOT|36}} Four hundred years ago,{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|asos|8}} the Dothraki rode toward the [[Free Cities]] out of the east, sacking and burning every town and city in their path, including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Qaathi]] cities in the [[Red Waste]],{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and the Ibbenese settlements in the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} Khal [[Temmo]] and his ''khalasar'' of at least fifty-thousand were stopped by the [[Unsullied]] in the [[Battle of Qohor]].{{ref|ASOS|8}} During the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Dothraki drove smallfolk from their hovels and nobles from their estates, until only grass and ruins remained from the [[forest of Qohor]] to the headwaters of the [[Selhoru]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Ruined cities and regions ring the vast plains of the [[Dothraki sea]], including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]], the upper [[Skahazadhan]], and the [[red waste]].{{ref|TLOIAF}} The godsway in [[Vaes Dothrak]] contains monuments the Dothraki have taken from conquered people.{{ref|AGOT|36}}

==Books and scrolls about the Dothraki==
*''[[Fire Upon the Grass]]'' - by [[Terrio Erastes]] who wrote about his time as a guest of ''[[Khal]]'' [[Dhako]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I shall fear the Dothraki the day they teach their horses to run on water.{{ref|aGoT|33}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]], to [[Robert I Baratheon]]

{{Quote|The Dothraki follow only the strong.{{ref|aGoT|68}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|Godless savages.{{ref|aCoK|63}}}} – the owner of the ''[[Lord Faro's Belly]]''

{{Quote|The Dothraki were wise where horses were concerned, but could be utter fools about much else.{{ref|aDwD|2}}}} – thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|The Dothraki are not fond of towns, you will know this even in [[Westeros]].{{ref|aDwD|5}}}} – [[Illyrio Mopatis]], to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|The horselords come, we give them gifts, the horselords go.{{ref|aDwD|22}}}} – [[Qavo Nogarys]], to [[Haldon]]

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R.R. Martin]] has stated that the Dothraki were fashioned as an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures. "''[[w:Mongols|Mongols]] and [[w:Huns|Huns]], certainly, but also [[w:Alans|Alans]], [[w:Sioux|Sioux]], [[w:Cheyenne|Cheyenne]], and various other Amerindian tribes... seasoned with a dash of pure fantasy. So any resemblance to Arabs or Turks is coincidental. Well, except to the extent that the Turks were also originally horsemen of the steppes, not unlike the Alans, Huns, and the rest.''"<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6040/ On Ethnicities (February 04, 2012)]</ref>

==See also==
*[http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Main_Page Dothrawiki], a wiki dedicated to the Dothraki language.

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

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

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Small council

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Foxyboy23: /* Under Aegon V Targaryen */ Duncan the Tall

[[File:Thomas Denmark council.jpg|400px|thumb|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s small council - by [http://thomasdenmarkportfolio.blogspot.com/ Thomas Denmark]. © FFG]]
[[File:Jonny Klein Small Council ChamberII.png|400px|thumb|The small council chamber flanked by a pair of [[Valyrian sphinx]]es. © FFG]]

The '''small council''' is a small group of advisers which advises the [[Iron Throne|king]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] on matters of policy and their areas of expertise. [[Aegon I Targaryen]] relied on councillors after being crowned, but it was not until the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] that the small council was formalized.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

The council is headed by the king, the only one who can make the council's decisions into law. In his absence the role falls to the [[Hand of the King]] or the [[regent]] if the king is too young.

Some council members are called "[[lord]]s" even if not members of nobility.{{ref|agot|18}} They are appointed and dismissed by the king as he wills, a right freely used during times of war and strife. However, it seems that traditionally the council consists of seven permanent members, after the [[Andal]] traditions and the [[Faith of the Seven]], with reserved positions for:

[[File:Small council hbo.jpg|400px|thumb|Small council headed by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] (''[[Game of Thrones]]'').]]

* The [[Hand of the King]]
* The [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]]
* The [[master of coin]]: head of the treasury and finances of the kingdom.
* The [[master of laws]]: overseer of the [[law and justice]] for the kingdom.
* The [[master of whisperers]]: the spymaster and the head of intelligence.
* The [[master of ships]]: overseer of the royal navy.
* [[Maesters#Grand Maester|Grand Maester]]: the head adviser on matters of lore and wisdom.

Although a council seems to always have these seven members, it may include additional members as advisors.

==Small council members==

===Under Aegon I Targaryen===
Although the official small council would only be formed during the reign of Aegon's grandson Jaehaerys I, Aegon had established his councillors early on. The following men are known to have filled the various offices:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|1}} - {{Date|7}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|7}} - {{Date|9}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
| Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|34}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Ser [[Osmund Strong]]
| Although the start of his office as Hand is unknown, Ser Osmund is known to have been Aegon's Hand when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|34}}/{{Date|35}} - {{Date|37}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| Ser Osmund Strong died in {{Date|34}},{{ref|tsotd}} but it is currently unknown whether Alyn succeeded him in the office of Hand the same year, or the next. By {{Date|35}}, however, he is known to have been Hand.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|37}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Although the date of Gawen taking office as Grand Maester is unknown, it is known that Gawen was already Grand Maester when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} Additionally, it is known that Gawen was still the Grand Maester during Aenys I's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| Lord admiral and [[master of ships]]
| [[Aegon's Conquest]]
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (master of ships)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| Unknown
|[[Aethan Velaryon]]
|Although it is unknown when exactly Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon’s master of ships by {{Date|22}},{{Ref|tsotd}} when his daughter married Aenys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} He held the office at least until {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|10}} - Unknown
| Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aenys I Targaryen===

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|37}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|39}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|39}} - {{Date|41}}
| Septon [[Murmison]]
| 

|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| 

|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|}

===Under Maegor I Targaryen===
King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] is the first Targaryen monarch to have been known to have a [[Master of whisperers|spymistress]] in his employment.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|43}} - {{Date|44}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that Lucas died in {{Date|48}}, which has been corrected in later prints to {{Date|44}}.</ref>
| Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|44}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]
| Lord Edwell resigned in {{Date|48}}, shortly before the end of Maegor's reign.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Myres]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|44}}
| [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Benifer]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Master of ships|Admiral of the king's fleet]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (admiral of the king's fleet)|Daemon Velaryon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers|Mistress of whisperers]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Tyanna was executed after the death of Jeyne Westerling in childbirth. Jeyne was married to Maegor in {{Date|47}}; Her pregnancy was announced six months after the wedding, very early on in the pregnancy itself (her belly had not yet begun to swell). She went into labor after six months of pregnancy, placing about a year between Tyanna's death and the wedding.</ref>
| [[Tyanna of the Tower]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Alton Butterwell]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
|Unknown
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys I Targaryen===
King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] officially established the small council. Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]] is known to have served in the small council of Jaehaerys I,{{Ref|tpatq}} although it is unknown what office he held and during which period he served.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|48}} - {{Date|50}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|48}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59}} - {{Date|99}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{ref|asos|54}}{{Ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|99}} - {{Date|100}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|100}} - {{Date|101}}
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101}} - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|}

===Under Viserys I Targaryen===
The small council of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] had the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|109}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|109}} - {{Date|120}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|120}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|112}}{{Ref|trp}}
| [[Runciter]]
| Although it is unknown when Runciter started in the office, he is known to have been in office by {{Date|105}}.{{Ref|trp}}
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|127}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Mellos]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|127}} - {{Date|129}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Orwyle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|104}}{{Ref|trp}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
|Lord Lyman Beesbury had served on the small council under King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] for an unknown period of time, and the entire reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown which office Lord Lyman held prior to becoming master of coin, or when he first sat in the office.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|104}} - {{Date|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|109}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|105}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|112}}
| Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] (called the "[[green council]]" in opposition to [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s [[black council]]), the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| Ser Criston Cole held the office of [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] at the same time.{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|129}} - Unknown
| [[Orwyle]]
| Orwyle was arrested by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s forces when she took [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}} and placed in the black cells.{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown when Orwyle was executed.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon III Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="8" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Only held position for a day.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Died of a winter chill in {{Date|133}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|134}}
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|134}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|136}}
| Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Dismissed from the office by Aegon III when the king [[age of majority|came of age]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|157}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|131}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} - Unknown
| [[Munkun]]
| Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until {{Date|136}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] as grand maester as well,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} and only the [[Citadel]] can name a grand maester, in {{Date|153}} Grand Maester [[Alford]] held the office,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point.
|-
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Alford]]
| In {{Date|153}}, [[Alford]] held the office of [[Grand Maester]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|}

In addition to his small council, King Aegon III had a council of [[regent]]s during his [[age of majority|minority]], who ruled the [[Seven Kingdoms]] in his stead:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
! colspan="3" | The Regents of Aegon III
|-
!width=25% | Name
!width=15% | Duration
! Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died of illness at [[Gulltown]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Died of old age in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Roland Westerling]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Died of the [[Winter Fever]] in {{Date|133}}.
|-
| Lord [[Royce Caron]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died due to old age and illness in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
| {{Date|132}} - {{Date|134}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]
| {{Date|134}} - {{Date|134}}
| Killed by a crossbowman at [[Runestone]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| [[Willam Stackspear]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Marq Merryweather]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Lorent Grandison]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|}

===Under Daeron I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
|[[Master of ships]]
|{{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]
| 
|}

===Under Baelor I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|161}} - {{Date|171}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|171}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| [[Munkun]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon IV Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon VI Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|172}} - Unknown.
| [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{date|178}} - {{Date|178}}
| Lord [[Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|178}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]
| 
|}

===Under Daeron II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]] the small coucil held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| Unknown - {{Date|196}}
| Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Removed from the office by King Daeron II for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}}
| [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}} - {{Date|209}}
| Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[Tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|thk}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|209}}
| (Possibly) Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]{{Ref|TSS}}
| It is currently unknown whether ''"...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand."''{{Ref|tss}} indicates that Valarr was the Hand in {{Date|209}}, or that Valarr and an unnamed Hand are separate individuals.
|-
|[[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| [[Ronnel Penrose]]
| Although Ronnel officially held the office of master of coin, it was widely known that his wife, Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the king's cousin, was the one performing the duties of the office.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|}

===Under Aerys I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|209}} - {{Date|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| 
|}

===Under Maekar I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|221}} - {{Date|233}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aegon V Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|257}}/{{Date|258}}
| [[Kaeth]]
| Named Grand Maester at the age of eighty, Kaeth died within a year of taking the office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|258}}/{{Date|259}}
| [[Ellendor]]
| Nigh on ninety when he was elected, he died within a year of taking office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Merion]]
| Elected at the age of sixty-six, Ellendor died on the road to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Served King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] for a few short months, until the king died.{{Ref|agot|25}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|259}}
| Ser [[Duncan the Tall]]
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|259}} - {{Date|260}}
| Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{date|262}}
| [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|}

===Under Aerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Resigned his post for Aerys's slights against him.
|-
| {{Date|281}} - {{Date|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|282}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|He bravely resigned his position over Aerys's [[wildfire plot|plan]] to burn [[King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.{{Ref|asos|11}}
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|Was Hand for only a fortnight.{{Ref|asos|11}} Named to the office after the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| [[Symond Staunton]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown
| [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ~{{Date|278}} - {{Date|283}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| [[Varys]]
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]
| 
|}

===Under Robert I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|289}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|}

===Under Joffrey I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| During the first year of him holding the office, Tywin has his younger son [[Tyrion Lannister]] serve on the council as acting Hand of the King.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Temporarily removed from his office in {{Date|299}} by acting Hand Tyrion Lannister, and re-instated by Tywin Lannister.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Named master of coin after being relieved from his duties at acting Hand.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Due to his imprisonment during the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jaime is absent from King's Landing during the entire reign of King Joffrey I, and thus does not fulfill his role on the small council.
|-
| Officeless seat
| {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Janos Slynt]]
| Within a few short months removed from the office and sent to the [[Wall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | Advisor
| rowspan="4" | {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Not wanting to travel to King's Landing due to his health, Doran sends his younger brother, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to sit on the council in his place.
|-
|[[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]]{{ref|ASOS|19}}
| 
|}

===Under Tommen I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Regent]]
|{{Date|300}}
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
|Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
|{{date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|[[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of laws]] and justiciar
|{{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] and lord treasurer
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Gyles Rosby]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]] and grand admiral
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Aurane Waters]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Qyburn]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Nymeria Sand]] (acting in place of Doran Martell){{ref|aDwD|38}}
| Still on her way to [[King's Landing]].
|}

==Notes==
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[[File:Thomas Denmark council.jpg|400px|thumb|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s small council - by [http://thomasdenmarkportfolio.blogspot.com/ Thomas Denmark]. © FFG]]
[[File:Jonny Klein Small Council ChamberII.png|400px|thumb|The small council chamber flanked by a pair of [[Valyrian sphinx]]es. © FFG]]

The '''small council''' is a small group of advisers which advises the [[Iron Throne|king]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] on matters of policy and their areas of expertise. [[Aegon I Targaryen]] relied on councillors after being crowned, but it was not until the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] that the small council was formalized.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

The council is headed by the king, the only one who can make the council's decisions into law. In his absence the role falls to the [[Hand of the King]] or the [[regent]] if the king is too young.

Some council members are called "[[lord]]s" even if not members of nobility.{{ref|agot|18}} They are appointed and dismissed by the king as he wills, a right freely used during times of war and strife. However, it seems that traditionally the council consists of seven permanent members, after the [[Andal]] traditions and the [[Faith of the Seven]], with reserved positions for:

[[File:Small council hbo.jpg|400px|thumb|Small council headed by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] (''[[Game of Thrones]]'').]]

* The [[Hand of the King]]
* The [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]]
* The [[master of coin]]: head of the treasury and finances of the kingdom.
* The [[master of laws]]: overseer of the [[law and justice]] for the kingdom.
* The [[master of whisperers]]: the spymaster and the head of intelligence.
* The [[master of ships]]: overseer of the royal navy.
* [[Maesters#Grand Maester|Grand Maester]]: the head adviser on matters of lore and wisdom.

Although a council seems to always have these seven members, it may include additional members as advisors.

==Small council members==

===Under Aegon I Targaryen===
Although the official small council would only be formed during the reign of Aegon's grandson Jaehaerys I, Aegon had established his councillors early on. The following men are known to have filled the various offices:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|1}} - {{Date|7}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|7}} - {{Date|9}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
| Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|34}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Ser [[Osmund Strong]]
| Although the start of his office as Hand is unknown, Ser Osmund is known to have been Aegon's Hand when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|34}}/{{Date|35}} - {{Date|37}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| Ser Osmund Strong died in {{Date|34}},{{ref|tsotd}} but it is currently unknown whether Alyn succeeded him in the office of Hand the same year, or the next. By {{Date|35}}, however, he is known to have been Hand.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|37}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Although the date of Gawen taking office as Grand Maester is unknown, it is known that Gawen was already Grand Maester when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} Additionally, it is known that Gawen was still the Grand Maester during Aenys I's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| Lord admiral and [[master of ships]]
| [[Aegon's Conquest]]
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (master of ships)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| Unknown
|[[Aethan Velaryon]]
|Although it is unknown when exactly Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon’s master of ships by {{Date|22}},{{Ref|tsotd}} when his daughter married Aenys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} He held the office at least until {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|10}} - Unknown
| Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aenys I Targaryen===

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|37}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|39}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|39}} - {{Date|41}}
| Septon [[Murmison]]
| 

|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| 

|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|}

===Under Maegor I Targaryen===
King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] is the first Targaryen monarch to have been known to have a [[Master of whisperers|spymistress]] in his employment.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|43}} - {{Date|44}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that Lucas died in {{Date|48}}, which has been corrected in later prints to {{Date|44}}.</ref>
| Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|44}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]
| Lord Edwell resigned in {{Date|48}}, shortly before the end of Maegor's reign.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Myres]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|44}}
| [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Benifer]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Master of ships|Admiral of the king's fleet]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (admiral of the king's fleet)|Daemon Velaryon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers|Mistress of whisperers]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Tyanna was executed after the death of Jeyne Westerling in childbirth. Jeyne was married to Maegor in {{Date|47}}; Her pregnancy was announced six months after the wedding, very early on in the pregnancy itself (her belly had not yet begun to swell). She went into labor after six months of pregnancy, placing about a year between Tyanna's death and the wedding.</ref>
| [[Tyanna of the Tower]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Alton Butterwell]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
|Unknown
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys I Targaryen===
King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] officially established the small council. Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]] is known to have served in the small council of Jaehaerys I,{{Ref|tpatq}} although it is unknown what office he held and during which period he served.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|48}} - {{Date|50}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|48}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59}} - {{Date|99}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{ref|asos|54}}{{Ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|99}} - {{Date|100}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|100}} - {{Date|101}}
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101}} - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|}

===Under Viserys I Targaryen===
The small council of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] had the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|109}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|109}} - {{Date|120}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|120}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|112}}{{Ref|trp}}
| [[Runciter]]
| Although it is unknown when Runciter started in the office, he is known to have been in office by {{Date|105}}.{{Ref|trp}}
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|127}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Mellos]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|127}} - {{Date|129}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Orwyle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|104}}{{Ref|trp}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
|Lord Lyman Beesbury had served on the small council under King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] for an unknown period of time, and the entire reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown which office Lord Lyman held prior to becoming master of coin, or when he first sat in the office.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|104}} - {{Date|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|109}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|105}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|112}}
| Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] (called the "[[green council]]" in opposition to [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s [[black council]]), the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| Ser Criston Cole held the office of [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] at the same time.{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|129}} - Unknown
| [[Orwyle]]
| Orwyle was arrested by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s forces when she took [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}} and placed in the black cells.{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown when Orwyle was executed.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon III Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="8" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Only held position for a day.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Died of a winter chill in {{Date|133}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|134}}
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|134}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|136}}
| Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Dismissed from the office by Aegon III when the king [[age of majority|came of age]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|157}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|131}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} - Unknown
| [[Munkun]]
| Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until {{Date|136}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] as grand maester as well,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} and only the [[Citadel]] can name a grand maester, in {{Date|153}} Grand Maester [[Alford]] held the office,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point.
|-
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Alford]]
| In {{Date|153}}, [[Alford]] held the office of [[Grand Maester]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|}

In addition to his small council, King Aegon III had a council of [[regent]]s during his [[age of majority|minority]], who ruled the [[Seven Kingdoms]] in his stead:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
! colspan="3" | The Regents of Aegon III
|-
!width=25% | Name
!width=15% | Duration
! Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died of illness at [[Gulltown]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Died of old age in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Roland Westerling]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Died of the [[Winter Fever]] in {{Date|133}}.
|-
| Lord [[Royce Caron]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died due to old age and illness in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
| {{Date|132}} - {{Date|134}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]
| {{Date|134}} - {{Date|134}}
| Killed by a crossbowman at [[Runestone]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| [[Willam Stackspear]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Marq Merryweather]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Lorent Grandison]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|}

===Under Daeron I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
|[[Master of ships]]
|{{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]
| 
|}

===Under Baelor I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|161}} - {{Date|171}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|171}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| [[Munkun]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon IV Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon VI Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|172}} - Unknown.
| [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{date|178}} - {{Date|178}}
| Lord [[Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|178}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]
| 
|}

===Under Daeron II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]] the small coucil held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| Unknown - {{Date|196}}
| Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Removed from the office by King Daeron II for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}}
| [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}} - {{Date|209}}
| Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[Tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|thk}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|209}}
| (Possibly) Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]{{Ref|TSS}}
| It is currently unknown whether ''"...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand."''{{Ref|tss}} indicates that Valarr was the Hand in {{Date|209}}, or that Valarr and an unnamed Hand are separate individuals.
|-
|[[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| [[Ronnel Penrose]]
| Although Ronnel officially held the office of master of coin, it was widely known that his wife, Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the king's cousin, was the one performing the duties of the office.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|}

===Under Aerys I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|209}} - {{Date|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| 
|}

===Under Maekar I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|221}} - {{Date|233}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aegon V Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|257}}/{{Date|258}}
| [[Kaeth]]
| Named Grand Maester at the age of eighty, Kaeth died within a year of taking the office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|258}}/{{Date|259}}
| [[Ellendor]]
| Nigh on ninety when he was elected, he died within a year of taking office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Merion]]
| Elected at the age of sixty-six, Ellendor died on the road to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Served King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] for a few short months, until the king died.{{Ref|agot|25}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|259}}
| Ser [[Duncan]] the Tall
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|259}} - {{Date|260}}
| Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{date|262}}
| [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|}

===Under Aerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Resigned his post for Aerys's slights against him.
|-
| {{Date|281}} - {{Date|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|282}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|He bravely resigned his position over Aerys's [[wildfire plot|plan]] to burn [[King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.{{Ref|asos|11}}
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|Was Hand for only a fortnight.{{Ref|asos|11}} Named to the office after the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| [[Symond Staunton]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown
| [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ~{{Date|278}} - {{Date|283}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| [[Varys]]
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]
| 
|}

===Under Robert I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|289}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|}

===Under Joffrey I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| During the first year of him holding the office, Tywin has his younger son [[Tyrion Lannister]] serve on the council as acting Hand of the King.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Temporarily removed from his office in {{Date|299}} by acting Hand Tyrion Lannister, and re-instated by Tywin Lannister.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Named master of coin after being relieved from his duties at acting Hand.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Due to his imprisonment during the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jaime is absent from King's Landing during the entire reign of King Joffrey I, and thus does not fulfill his role on the small council.
|-
| Officeless seat
| {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Janos Slynt]]
| Within a few short months removed from the office and sent to the [[Wall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | Advisor
| rowspan="4" | {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Not wanting to travel to King's Landing due to his health, Doran sends his younger brother, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to sit on the council in his place.
|-
|[[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]]{{ref|ASOS|19}}
| 
|}

===Under Tommen I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Regent]]
|{{Date|300}}
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
|Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
|{{date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|[[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of laws]] and justiciar
|{{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] and lord treasurer
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Gyles Rosby]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]] and grand admiral
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Aurane Waters]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Qyburn]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Nymeria Sand]] (acting in place of Doran Martell){{ref|aDwD|38}}
| Still on her way to [[King's Landing]].
|}

==Notes==
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Small council

2018-04-20T03:36:58Z

Foxyboy23:

[[File:Thomas Denmark council.jpg|400px|thumb|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s small council - by [http://thomasdenmarkportfolio.blogspot.com/ Thomas Denmark]. © FFG]]
[[File:Jonny Klein Small Council ChamberII.png|400px|thumb|The small council chamber flanked by a pair of [[Valyrian sphinx]]es. © FFG]]

The '''small council''' is a small group of advisers which advises the [[Iron Throne|king]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] on matters of policy and their areas of expertise. [[Aegon I Targaryen]] relied on councillors after being crowned, but it was not until the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] that the small council was formalized.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

The council is headed by the king, the only one who can make the council's decisions into law. In his absence the role falls to the [[Hand of the King]] or the [[regent]] if the king is too young.

Some council members are called "[[lord]]s" even if not members of nobility.{{ref|agot|18}} They are appointed and dismissed by the king as he wills, a right freely used during times of war and strife. However, it seems that traditionally the council consists of seven permanent members, after the [[Andal]] traditions and the [[Faith of the Seven]], with reserved positions for:

[[File:Small council hbo.jpg|400px|thumb|Small council headed by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] (''[[Game of Thrones]]'').]]

* The [[Hand of the King]]
* The [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]]
* The [[master of coin]]: head of the treasury and finances of the kingdom.
* The [[master of laws]]: overseer of the [[law and justice]] for the kingdom.
* The [[master of whisperers]]: the spymaster and the head of intelligence.
* The [[master of ships]]: overseer of the royal navy.
* [[Maesters#Grand Maester|Grand Maester]]: the head adviser on matters of lore and wisdom.

Although a council seems to always have these seven members, it may include additional members as advisors.

==Small council members==

===Under Aegon I Targaryen===
Although the official small council would only be formed during the reign of Aegon's grandson Jaehaerys I, Aegon had established his councillors early on. The following men are known to have filled the various offices:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|1}} - {{Date|7}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|7}} - {{Date|9}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
| Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|34}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Ser [[Osmund Strong]]
| Although the start of his office as Hand is unknown, Ser Osmund is known to have been Aegon's Hand when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|34}}/{{Date|35}} – {{Date|37}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| Ser Osmund Strong died in {{Date|34}},{{ref|tsotd}} but it is currently unknown whether Alyn succeeded him in the office of Hand the same year, or the next. By {{Date|35}}, however, he is known to have been Hand.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|37}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Although the date of Gawen taking office as Grand Maester is unknown, it is known that Gawen was already Grand Maester when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} Additionally, it is known that Gawen was still the Grand Maester during Aenys I's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| Lord admiral and [[master of ships]]
| [[Aegon's Conquest]]
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (master of ships)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| Unknown
|[[Aethan Velaryon]]
|Although it is unknown when exactly Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon’s master of ships by {{Date|22}},{{Ref|tsotd}} when his daughter married Aenys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} He held the office at least until {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|10}} - Unknown
| Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aenys I Targaryen===

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|37}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|39}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|39}} - {{Date|41}}
| Septon [[Murmison]]
| 

|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| 

|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|}

===Under Maegor I Targaryen===
King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] is the first Targaryen monarch to have been known to have a [[Master of whisperers|spymistress]] in his employment.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|43}} - {{Date|44}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that Lucas died in {{Date|48}}, which has been corrected in later prints to {{Date|44}}.</ref>
| Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|44}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]
| Lord Edwell resigned in {{Date|48}}, shortly before the end of Maegor's reign.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Myres]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|44}}
| [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Benifer]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Master of ships|Admiral of the king's fleet]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (admiral of the king's fleet)|Daemon Velaryon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers|Mistress of whisperers]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Tyanna was executed after the death of Jeyne Westerling in childbirth. Jeyne was married to Maegor in {{Date|47}}; Her pregnancy was announced six months after the wedding, very early on in the pregnancy itself (her belly had not yet begun to swell). She went into labor after six months of pregnancy, placing about a year between Tyanna's death and the wedding.</ref>
| [[Tyanna of the Tower]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Alton Butterwell]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
|Unknown
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys I Targaryen===
King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] officially established the small council. Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]] is known to have served in the small council of Jaehaerys I,{{Ref|tpatq}} although it is unknown what office he held and during which period he served.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|48}} - {{Date|50}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|48}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59}} - {{Date|99}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{ref|asos|54}}{{Ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|99}} - {{Date|100}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|100}} - {{Date|101}}
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101}} - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|}

===Under Viserys I Targaryen===
The small council of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] had the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|109}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|109}} - {{Date|120}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|120}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|112}}{{Ref|trp}}
| [[Runciter]]
| Although it is unknown when Runciter started in the office, he is known to have been in office by {{Date|105}}.{{Ref|trp}}
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|127}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Mellos]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|127}} - {{Date|129}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Orwyle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|104}}{{Ref|trp}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
|Lord Lyman Beesbury had served on the small council under King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] for an unknown period of time, and the entire reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown which office Lord Lyman held prior to becoming master of coin, or when he first sat in the office.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|104}} - {{Date|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|109}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|105}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|112}}
| Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] (called the "[[green council]]" in opposition to [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s [[black council]]), the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| Ser Criston Cole held the office of [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] at the same time.{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|129}} - Unknown
| [[Orwyle]]
| Orwyle was arrested by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s forces when she took [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}} and placed in the black cells.{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown when Orwyle was executed.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon III Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="8" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Only held position for a day.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Died of a winter chill in {{Date|133}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|134}}
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|134}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|136}}
| Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Dismissed from the office by Aegon III when the king [[age of majority|came of age]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|157}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|131}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} - Unknown
| [[Munkun]]
| Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until {{Date|136}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] as grand maester as well,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} and only the [[Citadel]] can name a grand maester, in {{Date|153}} Grand Maester [[Alford]] held the office,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point.
|-
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Alford]]
| In {{Date|153}}, [[Alford]] held the office of [[Grand Maester]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|}

In addition to his small council, King Aegon III had a council of [[regent]]s during his [[age of majority|minority]], who ruled the [[Seven Kingdoms]] in his stead:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
! colspan="3" | The Regents of Aegon III
|-
!width=25% | Name
!width=15% | Duration
! Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died of illness at [[Gulltown]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Died of old age in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Roland Westerling]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Died of the [[Winter Fever]] in {{Date|133}}.
|-
| Lord [[Royce Caron]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died due to old age and illness in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
| {{Date|132}} - {{Date|134}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]
| {{Date|134}} - {{Date|134}}
| Killed by a crossbowman at [[Runestone]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| [[Willam Stackspear]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Marq Merryweather]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Lorent Grandison]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|}

===Under Daeron I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
|[[Master of ships]]
|{{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]
| 
|}

===Under Baelor I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|161}} - {{Date|171}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|171}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| [[Munkun]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon IV Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon VI Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|172}} - Unknown.
| [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{date|178}} - {{Date|178}}
| Lord [[Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|178}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]
| 
|}

===Under Daeron II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]] the small coucil held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| Unknown - {{Date|196}}
| Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Removed from the office by King Daeron II for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}}
| [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}} - {{Date|209}}
| Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[Tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|thk}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|209}}
| (Possibly) Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]{{Ref|TSS}}
| It is currently unknown whether ''"...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand."''{{Ref|tss}} indicates that Valarr was the Hand in {{Date|209}}, or that Valarr and an unnamed Hand are separate individuals.
|-
|[[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| [[Ronnel Penrose]]
| Although Ronnel officially held the office of master of coin, it was widely known that his wife, Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the king's cousin, was the one performing the duties of the office.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|}

===Under Aerys I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|209}} - {{Date|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| 
|}

===Under Maekar I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|221}} - {{Date|233}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aegon V Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|257}}/{{Date|258}}
| [[Kaeth]]
| Named Grand Maester at the age of eighty, Kaeth died within a year of taking the office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|258}}/{{Date|259}}
| [[Ellendor]]
| Nigh on ninety when he was elected, he died within a year of taking office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Merion]]
| Elected at the age of sixty-six, Ellendor died on the road to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Served King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] for a few short months, until the king died.{{Ref|agot|25}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|259}}
| Ser [[Duncan]] the Tall
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|259}} - {{Date|260}}
| Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{date|262}}
| [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|}

===Under Aerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Resigned his post for Aerys's slights against him.
|-
| {{Date|281}} - {{Date|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|282}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|He bravely resigned his position over Aerys's [[wildfire plot|plan]] to burn [[King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.{{Ref|asos|11}}
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|Was Hand for only a fortnight.{{Ref|asos|11}} Named to the office after the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| [[Symond Staunton]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown
| [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ~{{Date|278}} - {{Date|283}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| [[Varys]]
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]
| 
|}

===Under Robert I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|289}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|}

===Under Joffrey I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| During the first year of him holding the office, Tywin has his younger son [[Tyrion Lannister]] serve on the council as acting Hand of the King.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Temporarily removed from his office in {{Date|299}} by acting Hand Tyrion Lannister, and re-instated by Tywin Lannister.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Named master of coin after being relieved from his duties at acting Hand.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Due to his imprisonment during the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jaime is absent from King's Landing during the entire reign of King Joffrey I, and thus does not fulfill his role on the small council.
|-
| Officeless seat
| {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Janos Slynt]]
| Within a few short months removed from the office and sent to the [[Wall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | Advisor
| rowspan="4" | {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Not wanting to travel to King's Landing due to his health, Doran sends his younger brother, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to sit on the council in his place.
|-
|[[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]]{{ref|ASOS|19}}
| 
|}

===Under Tommen I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Regent]]
|{{Date|300}}
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
|Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
|{{date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|[[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of laws]] and justiciar
|{{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] and lord treasurer
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Gyles Rosby]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]] and grand admiral
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Aurane Waters]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Qyburn]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Nymeria Sand]] (acting in place of Doran Martell){{ref|aDwD|38}}
| Still on her way to [[King's Landing]].
|}

==Notes==
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Small council

2018-04-20T03:35:11Z

Foxyboy23: /* Under Maegor I Targaryen */ Full stop

[[File:Thomas Denmark council.jpg|400px|thumb|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s small council - by [http://thomasdenmarkportfolio.blogspot.com/ Thomas Denmark]. © FFG]]
[[File:Jonny Klein Small Council ChamberII.png|400px|thumb|The small council chamber flanked by a pair of [[Valyrian sphinx]]es. © FFG]]

The '''small council''' is a small group of advisers which advises the [[Iron Throne|king]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] on matters of policy and their areas of expertise. [[Aegon I Targaryen]] relied on councillors after being crowned, but it was not until the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] that the small council was formalized.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

The council is headed by the king, the only one who can make the council's decisions into law. In his absence the role falls to the [[Hand of the King]] or the [[regent]] if the king is too young.

Some council members are called "[[lords]]" even if not members of nobility.{{ref|agot|18}} They are appointed and dismissed by the king as he wills, a right freely used during times of war and strife. However, it seems that traditionally the council consists of seven permanent members, after the [[Andal]] traditions and the [[Faith of the Seven]], with reserved positions for:

[[File:Small council hbo.jpg|400px|thumb|Small council headed by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] (''[[Game of Thrones]]'')]]

* The [[Hand of the King]]
* The [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]]
* The [[master of coin]]: head of the treasury and finances of the kingdom.
* The [[master of laws]]: overseer of the [[law and justice]] for the kingdom.
* The [[master of whisperers]]: the spymaster and the head of intelligence.
* The [[master of ships]]: overseer of the royal navy.
* [[Maesters#Grand Maester|Grand Maester]]: the head adviser on matters of lore and wisdom.

Although a council seems to always have these seven members, it may include additional members as advisors.

==Small council members==

===Under Aegon I Targaryen===
Although the official small council would only be formed during the reign of Aegon's grandson Jaehaerys I, Aegon had established his councillors early on. The following men are known to have filled the various offices:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|1}} - {{Date|7}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|7}} - {{Date|9}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
| Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|34}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Ser [[Osmund Strong]]
| Although the start of his office as Hand is unknown, Ser Osmund is known to have been Aegon's Hand when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|34}}/{{Date|35}} – {{Date|37}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| Ser Osmund Strong died in {{Date|34}},{{ref|tsotd}} but it is currently unknown whether Alyn succeeded him in the office of Hand the same year, or the next. By {{Date|35}}, however, he is known to have been Hand.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|37}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Although the date of Gawen taking office as Grand Maester is unknown, it is known that Gawen was already Grand Maester when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} Additionally, it is known that Gawen was still the Grand Maester during Aenys I's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| Lord admiral and [[master of ships]]
| [[Aegon's Conquest]]
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (master of ships)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| Unknown
|[[Aethan Velaryon]]
|Although it is unknown when exactly Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon’s master of ships by {{Date|22}},{{Ref|tsotd}} when his daughter married Aenys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} He held the office at least until {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|10}} - Unknown
| Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aenys I Targaryen===

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|37}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|39}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|39}} - {{Date|41}}
| Septon [[Murmison]]
| 

|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| 

|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|}

===Under Maegor I Targaryen===
King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] is the first Targaryen monarch to have been known to have a [[Master of whisperers|spymistress]] in his employment.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|43}} - {{Date|44}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that Lucas died in {{Date|48}}, which has been corrected in later prints to {{Date|44}}.</ref>
| Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|44}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]
| Lord Edwell resigned in {{Date|48}}, shortly before the end of Maegor's reign.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Myres]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|44}}
| [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Benifer]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Master of ships|Admiral of the king's fleet]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (admiral of the king's fleet)|Daemon Velaryon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers|Mistress of whisperers]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Tyanna was executed after the death of Jeyne Westerling in childbirth. Jeyne was married to Maegor in {{Date|47}}; Her pregnancy was announced six months after the wedding, very early on in the pregnancy itself (her belly had not yet begun to swell). She went into labor after six months of pregnancy, placing about a year between Tyanna's death and the wedding.</ref>
| [[Tyanna of the Tower]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Alton Butterwell]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
|Unknown
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys I Targaryen===
King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] officially established the small council. Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]] is known to have served in the small council of Jaehaerys I,{{Ref|tpatq}} although it is unknown what office he held and during which period he served.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|48}} - {{Date|50}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|48}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59}} - {{Date|99}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{ref|asos|54}}{{Ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|99}} - {{Date|100}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|100}} - {{Date|101}}
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101}} - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|}

===Under Viserys I Targaryen===
The small council of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] had the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|109}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|109}} - {{Date|120}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|120}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|112}}{{Ref|trp}}
| [[Runciter]]
| Although it is unknown when Runciter started in the office, he is known to have been in office by {{Date|105}}.{{Ref|trp}}
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|127}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Mellos]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|127}} - {{Date|129}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Orwyle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|104}}{{Ref|trp}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
|Lord Lyman Beesbury had served on the small council under King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] for an unknown period of time, and the entire reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown which office Lord Lyman held prior to becoming master of coin, or when he first sat in the office.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|104}} - {{Date|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|109}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|105}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|112}}
| Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] (called the "[[green council]]" in opposition to [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s [[black council]]), the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| Ser Criston Cole held the office of [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] at the same time.{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|129}} - Unknown
| [[Orwyle]]
| Orwyle was arrested by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s forces when she took [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}} and placed in the black cells.{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown when Orwyle was executed.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon III Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="8" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Only held position for a day.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Died of a winter chill in {{Date|133}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|134}}
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|134}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|136}}
| Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Dismissed from the office by Aegon III when the king [[age of majority|came of age]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|157}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|131}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} - Unknown
| [[Munkun]]
| Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until {{Date|136}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] as grand maester as well,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} and only the [[Citadel]] can name a grand maester, in {{Date|153}} Grand Maester [[Alford]] held the office,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point.
|-
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Alford]]
| In {{Date|153}}, [[Alford]] held the office of [[Grand Maester]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|}

In addition to his small council, King Aegon III had a council of [[regent]]s during his [[age of majority|minority]], who ruled the [[Seven Kingdoms]] in his stead:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
! colspan="3" | The Regents of Aegon III
|-
!width=25% | Name
!width=15% | Duration
! Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died of illness at [[Gulltown]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Died of old age in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Roland Westerling]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Died of the [[Winter Fever]] in {{Date|133}}.
|-
| Lord [[Royce Caron]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died due to old age and illness in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
| {{Date|132}} - {{Date|134}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]
| {{Date|134}} - {{Date|134}}
| Killed by a crossbowman at [[Runestone]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| [[Willam Stackspear]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Marq Merryweather]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Lorent Grandison]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|}

===Under Daeron I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
|[[Master of ships]]
|{{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]
| 
|}

===Under Baelor I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|161}} - {{Date|171}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|171}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| [[Munkun]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon IV Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon VI Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|172}} - Unknown.
| [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{date|178}} - {{Date|178}}
| Lord [[Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|178}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]
| 
|}

===Under Daeron II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]] the small coucil held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| Unknown - {{Date|196}}
| Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Removed from the office by King Daeron II for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}}
| [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}} - {{Date|209}}
| Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[Tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|thk}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|209}}
| (Possibly) Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]{{Ref|TSS}}
| It is currently unknown whether ''"...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand."''{{Ref|tss}} indicates that Valarr was the Hand in {{Date|209}}, or that Valarr and an unnamed Hand are separate individuals.
|-
|[[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| [[Ronnel Penrose]]
| Although Ronnel officially held the office of master of coin, it was widely known that his wife, Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the king's cousin, was the one performing the duties of the office.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|}

===Under Aerys I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|209}} - {{Date|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| 
|}

===Under Maekar I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|221}} - {{Date|233}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aegon V Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|257}}/{{Date|258}}
| [[Kaeth]]
| Named Grand Maester at the age of eighty, Kaeth died within a year of taking the office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|258}}/{{Date|259}}
| [[Ellendor]]
| Nigh on ninety when he was elected, he died within a year of taking office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Merion]]
| Elected at the age of sixty-six, Ellendor died on the road to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Served King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] for a few short months, until the king died.{{Ref|agot|25}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|259}}
| Ser [[Duncan]] the Tall
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|259}} - {{Date|260}}
| Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{date|262}}
| [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|}

===Under Aerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Resigned his post for Aerys's slights against him.
|-
| {{Date|281}} - {{Date|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|282}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|He bravely resigned his position over Aerys's [[wildfire plot|plan]] to burn [[King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.{{Ref|asos|11}}
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|Was Hand for only a fortnight.{{Ref|asos|11}} Named to the office after the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| [[Symond Staunton]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown
| [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ~{{Date|278}} - {{Date|283}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| [[Varys]]
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]
| 
|}

===Under Robert I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|289}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|}

===Under Joffrey I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| During the first year of him holding the office, Tywin has his younger son [[Tyrion Lannister]] serve on the council as acting Hand of the King.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Temporarily removed from his office in {{Date|299}} by acting Hand Tyrion Lannister, and re-instated by Tywin Lannister.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Named master of coin after being relieved from his duties at acting Hand.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Due to his imprisonment during the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jaime is absent from King's Landing during the entire reign of King Joffrey I, and thus does not fulfill his role on the small council.
|-
| Officeless seat
| {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Janos Slynt]]
| Within a few short months removed from the office and sent to the [[Wall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | Advisor
| rowspan="4" | {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Not wanting to travel to King's Landing due to his health, Doran sends his younger brother, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to sit on the council in his place.
|-
|[[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]]{{ref|ASOS|19}}
| 
|}

===Under Tommen I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Regent]]
|{{Date|300}}
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
|Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
|{{date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|[[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of laws]] and justiciar
|{{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] and lord treasurer
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Gyles Rosby]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]] and grand admiral
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Aurane Waters]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Qyburn]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Nymeria Sand]] (acting in place of Doran Martell){{ref|aDwD|38}}
| Still on her way to [[King's Landing]].
|}

==Notes==
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Small council

2018-04-20T03:34:00Z

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[[File:Thomas Denmark council.jpg|400px|thumb|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s small council - by [http://thomasdenmarkportfolio.blogspot.com/ Thomas Denmark]. © FFG]]
[[File:Jonny Klein Small Council ChamberII.png|400px|thumb|The small council chamber flanked by a pair of [[Valyrian sphinx]]es. © FFG]]

The '''small council''' is a small group of advisers which advises the [[Iron Throne|king]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] on matters of policy and their areas of expertise. [[Aegon I Targaryen]] relied on councillors after being crowned, but it was not until the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] that the small council was formalized.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

The council is headed by the king, the only one who can make the council's decisions into law. In his absence the role falls to the [[Hand of the King]] or the [[regent]] if the king is too young.

Some council members are called "[[lords]]" even if not members of nobility.{{ref|agot|18}} They are appointed and dismissed by the king as he wills, a right freely used during times of war and strife. However, it seems that traditionally the council consists of seven permanent members, after the [[Andal]] traditions and the [[Faith of the Seven]], with reserved positions for:

[[File:Small council hbo.jpg|400px|thumb|Small council headed by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] (''[[Game of Thrones]]'')]]

* The [[Hand of the King]]
* The [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]]
* The [[master of coin]]: head of the treasury and finances of the kingdom.
* The [[master of laws]]: overseer of the [[law and justice]] for the kingdom.
* The [[master of whisperers]]: the spymaster and the head of intelligence.
* The [[master of ships]]: overseer of the royal navy.
* [[Maesters#Grand Maester|Grand Maester]]: the head adviser on matters of lore and wisdom.

Although a council seems to always have these seven members, it may include additional members as advisors.

==Small council members==

===Under Aegon I Targaryen===
Although the official small council would only be formed during the reign of Aegon's grandson Jaehaerys I, Aegon had established his councillors early on. The following men are known to have filled the various offices:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|1}} - {{Date|7}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|7}} - {{Date|9}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
| Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|34}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Ser [[Osmund Strong]]
| Although the start of his office as Hand is unknown, Ser Osmund is known to have been Aegon's Hand when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|-
| {{Date|34}}/{{Date|35}} – {{Date|37}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| Ser Osmund Strong died in {{Date|34}},{{ref|tsotd}} but it is currently unknown whether Alyn succeeded him in the office of Hand the same year, or the next. By {{Date|35}}, however, he is known to have been Hand.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|37}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Although the date of Gawen taking office as Grand Maester is unknown, it is known that Gawen was already Grand Maester when Aegon ordered the construction of the walls around King’s Landing in {{Date|19}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} Additionally, it is known that Gawen was still the Grand Maester during Aenys I's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|1}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| Lord admiral and [[master of ships]]
| [[Aegon's Conquest]]
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (master of ships)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| Unknown
|[[Aethan Velaryon]]
|Although it is unknown when exactly Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon’s master of ships by {{Date|22}},{{Ref|tsotd}} when his daughter married Aenys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} He held the office at least until {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|10}} - Unknown
| Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aenys I Targaryen===

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|37}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|39}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|39}} - {{Date|41}}
| Septon [[Murmison]]
| 

|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|37}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| 

|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|}

===Under Maegor I Targaryen===
King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] is the first Targaryen monarch to have been known to have a [[Master of whisperers|spymistress]] in his employment.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|43}} - {{Date|44}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that Lucas died in {{Date|48}}, which has been corrected in later prints to {{Date|44}}</ref>
| Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|44}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]
| Lord Edwell resigned in {{Date|48}}, shortly before the end of Maegor's reign.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Gawen]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|42}}
| [[Myres]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|44}}
| [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]
| Personally executed by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Benifer]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
| [[Master of ships|Admiral of the king's fleet]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (admiral of the king's fleet)|Daemon Velaryon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers|Mistress of whisperers]]
| {{Date|42}} - {{Date|48}}{{Ref|tsotd}}<ref group="N">Tyanna was executed after the death of Jeyne Westerling in childbirth. Jeyne was married to Maegor in {{Date|47}}; Her pregnancy was announced six months after the wedding, very early on in the pregnancy itself (her belly had not yet begun to swell). She went into labor after six months of pregnancy, placing about a year between Tyanna's death and the wedding.</ref>
| [[Tyanna of the Tower]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown - {{Date|48}}
| [[Alton Butterwell]]
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}
|-
|[[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
|Unknown
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys I Targaryen===
King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] officially established the small council. Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]] is known to have served in the small council of Jaehaerys I,{{Ref|tpatq}} although it is unknown what office he held and during which period he served.

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|48}} - {{Date|50}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|48}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Robar Baratheon]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59}} - {{Date|99}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{ref|asos|54}}{{Ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|99}} - {{Date|100}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|100}} - {{Date|101}}
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101}} - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|trp}}
| 
|}

===Under Viserys I Targaryen===
The small council of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] had the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|109}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|109}} - {{Date|120}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|120}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|112}}{{Ref|trp}}
| [[Runciter]]
| Although it is unknown when Runciter started in the office, he is known to have been in office by {{Date|105}}.{{Ref|trp}}
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|127}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Mellos]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|127}} - {{Date|129}}{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| [[Orwyle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|104}}{{Ref|trp}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]
|Lord Lyman Beesbury had served on the small council under King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] for an unknown period of time, and the entire reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown which office Lord Lyman held prior to becoming master of coin, or when he first sat in the office.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|104}} - {{Date|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|109}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| Unknown - {{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|103}} - {{Date|105}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|105}} - {{Date|112}}
| Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|112}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] (called the "[[green council]]" in opposition to [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s [[black council]]), the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| Ser Criston Cole held the office of [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] at the same time.{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|129}} - Unknown
| [[Orwyle]]
| Orwyle was arrested by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s forces when she took [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}} and placed in the black cells.{{Ref|tpatq}} It is unknown when Orwyle was executed.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|{{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|129}} - {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon III Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="8" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|131}}
| Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Only held position for a day.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Died of a winter chill in {{Date|133}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|134}}
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|134}} - Unknown
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|136}}
| Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Dismissed from the office by Aegon III when the king [[age of majority|came of age]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{Date|157}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|131}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} - Unknown
| [[Munkun]]
| Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until {{Date|136}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] as grand maester as well,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} and only the [[Citadel]] can name a grand maester, in {{Date|153}} Grand Maester [[Alford]] held the office,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point.
|-
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Alford]]
| In {{Date|153}}, [[Alford]] held the office of [[Grand Maester]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|}

In addition to his small council, King Aegon III had a council of [[regent]]s during his [[age of majority|minority]], who ruled the [[Seven Kingdoms]] in his stead:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
! colspan="3" | The Regents of Aegon III
|-
!width=25% | Name
!width=15% | Duration
! Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died of illness at [[Gulltown]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Died of old age in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Roland Westerling]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|133}}
| Died of the [[Winter Fever]] in {{Date|133}}.
|-
| Lord [[Royce Caron]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|134}}
| Died due to old age and illness in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]
| {{Date|131}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
| {{Date|132}} - {{Date|134}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
| {{Date|133}} - {{Date|136}}
| 
|-
| Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]
| {{Date|134}} - {{Date|134}}
| Killed by a crossbowman at [[Runestone]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| [[Willam Stackspear]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Marq Merryweather]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| [[Lorent Grandison]]
| {{Date|136}} - {{Date|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|}

===Under Daeron I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
|[[Master of ships]]
|{{Date|157}} - {{Date|161}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]
| 
|}

===Under Baelor I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|161}} - {{Date|171}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - {{Date|171}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| [[Munkun]]
| 
|}

===Under Aegon IV Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon VI Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|172}} - Unknown.
| [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{date|178}} - {{Date|178}}
| Lord [[Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|178}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]
| 
|}

===Under Daeron II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]] the small coucil held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| Unknown - {{Date|196}}
| Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Removed from the office by King Daeron II for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}}
| [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|196}} - {{Date|209}}
| Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[Tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|thk}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|209}}
| (Possibly) Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]{{Ref|TSS}}
| It is currently unknown whether ''"...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand."''{{Ref|tss}} indicates that Valarr was the Hand in {{Date|209}}, or that Valarr and an unnamed Hand are separate individuals.
|-
|[[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| [[Ronnel Penrose]]
| Although Ronnel officially held the office of master of coin, it was widely known that his wife, Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the king's cousin, was the one performing the duties of the office.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|}

===Under Aerys I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|209}} - {{Date|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| 
|}

===Under Maekar I Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|221}} - {{Date|233}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| 
|}

===Under Aegon V Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|257}}/{{Date|258}}
| [[Kaeth]]
| Named Grand Maester at the age of eighty, Kaeth died within a year of taking the office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|258}}/{{Date|259}}
| [[Ellendor]]
| Nigh on ninety when he was elected, he died within a year of taking office.{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Merion]]
| Elected at the age of sixty-six, Ellendor died on the road to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|affc|36}}
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Served King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] for a few short months, until the king died.{{Ref|agot|25}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|259}}
| Ser [[Duncan]] the Tall
| 
|}

===Under Jaehaerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|259}} - {{Date|260}}
| Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - {{date|262}}
| [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|}

===Under Aerys II Targaryen===
During the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Resigned his post for Aerys's slights against him.
|-
| {{Date|281}} - {{Date|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|282}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|He bravely resigned his position over Aerys's [[wildfire plot|plan]] to burn [[King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.{{Ref|asos|11}}
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|Was Hand for only a fortnight.{{Ref|asos|11}} Named to the office after the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| [[Symond Staunton]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown
| [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ~{{Date|278}} - {{Date|283}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| [[Varys]]
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]
| 
|}

===Under Robert I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] the small council held the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|289}} - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|}

===Under Joffrey I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| During the first year of him holding the office, Tywin has his younger son [[Tyrion Lannister]] serve on the council as acting Hand of the King.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Temporarily removed from his office in {{Date|299}} by acting Hand Tyrion Lannister, and re-instated by Tywin Lannister.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Named master of coin after being relieved from his duties at acting Hand.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Due to his imprisonment during the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jaime is absent from King's Landing during the entire reign of King Joffrey I, and thus does not fulfill his role on the small council.
|-
| Officeless seat
| {{Date|299}}
| Lord [[Janos Slynt]]
| Within a few short months removed from the office and sent to the [[Wall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | Advisor
| rowspan="4" | {{Date|299}} - {{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Not wanting to travel to King's Landing due to his health, Doran sends his younger brother, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to sit on the council in his place.
|-
|[[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]]{{ref|ASOS|19}}
| 
|}

===Under Tommen I Baratheon===
During the reign of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] the small council holds the following members:

{| class=wikitable width=80%i
!width=25% | Office
!width=15% | Duration
!width=20% | Name
!Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Regent]]
|{{Date|300}}
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}}
|Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
|{{date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|[[Grand Maester]]
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of laws]] and justiciar
|{{Date|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] and lord treasurer
|{{Date|300}}
|Lord [[Gyles Rosby]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]] and grand admiral
|{{Date|300}}
|[[Aurane Waters]]
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|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
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| rowspan="2" | [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|300}}
| [[Varys]]
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|{{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Qyburn]]
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| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
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| Advisor
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Nymeria Sand]] (acting in place of Doran Martell){{ref|aDwD|38}}
| Still on her way to [[King's Landing]].
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Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)

2018-04-17T17:23:29Z

Foxyboy23: /* History */

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:''Not to be confused with [[Jeyne Westerling]], the wife of Robb Stark.''

Queen '''Jeyne Westerling''' was a member of [[House Westerling]]. She was one of the many wives of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{ref|asos|14}}

==Appearance==
Tall and willowy, Lady Jeyne was a renowned beauty.{{fact}}

==History==
She had been wed to Lord [[Alyn Tarbeck]], who died in {{Date|43}} during the [[battle Beneath the Gods Eye]]. Jeyne was pregnant when her husband died, and gave him a posthumous son.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{ref|tsotd}}

In {{Date|47}}, Jeyne was being courted by the son of the [[Lord of Casterly Rock]] when King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] sent for her to be wed to him along with Lady [[Elinor Costayne]] and Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] in a single ceremony. The three became known as the "[[Black Brides]]", as they were widows. In {{date|47}}, she was with child, but three moons before the child was due her labor began, and from her womb came a stillborn monster. She did not survive the child for long.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{ref|tsotd}}

In {{Date|48}}, [[Tyanna of the Tower]] confessed to having poisoned Jeyne and her child.{{ref|tsotd}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
King [[Robb Stark]] refers to Jeyne Westerling to defend his wife and Jeyne's namesake, [[Jeyne Westerling]], when his mother [[Catelyn Stark]] discusses with him how his marriage to Jeyne has slighted the honor of [[House Frey]], as Robb had been sworn to wed a daughter of Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|aSoS|14}}

==References==
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{{Royal consorts of Westeros}}

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[[Category:House Targaryen]]
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Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)

2018-04-17T17:22:56Z

Foxyboy23: /* History */ Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)

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:''Not to be confused with [[Jeyne Westerling]], the wife of Robb Stark.''

Queen '''Jeyne Westerling''' was a member of [[House Westerling]]. She was one of the many wives of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{ref|asos|14}}

==Appearance==
Tall and willowy, Lady Jeyne was a renowned beauty.{{fact}}

==History==
She had been wed to Lord [[Alyn Tarbeck]], who died in {{Date|43}} during the [[battle Beneath the Gods Eye]]. Jeyne was pregnant when her husband died, and gave him a posthumous son.{{ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{ref|tsotd}}

In {{Date|47}}, Jeyne was being courted by the son of the [[Lord of Casterly Rock]] when King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] sent for her to be wed to him along with Lady [[Elinor Costayne]] and Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] in a single ceremony. The three became known as the "[[Black Brides]]", as they were widows. In {{date|47}}, she was with child, but three moons before the child was due her labor began, and from her womb came a stillborn monster. She did not survive the child for long.{{ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{ref|tsotd}}

In {{Date|48}}, [[Tyanna of the Tower]] confessed to having poisoned Jeyne and her child.{{ref|tsotd}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
King [[Robb Stark]] refers to Jeyne Westerling to defend his wife and Jeyne's namesake, [[Jeyne Westerling]], when his mother [[Catelyn Stark]] discusses with him how his marriage to Jeyne has slighted the honor of [[House Frey]], as Robb had been sworn to wed a daughter of Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|aSoS|14}}

==References==
{{references}}

{{Royal consorts of Westeros}}

[[Category:House Westerling]]
[[Category:House Tarbeck]]
[[Category:House Targaryen]]
[[Category:Characters from the Westerlands|Westerling, Jeyne]]
[[Category:Noblewomen|Westerling, Jeyne]]
[[Category:Royal consorts|Westerling, Jeyne]]
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[[zh:簡妮·維斯特林(梅葛一世之妻)]]

Barristan Selmy

2018-04-12T14:42:26Z

Foxyboy23: /* Quotes by Barristan */

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| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]]
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Ser '''Barristan Selmy''', also called '''Barristan the Bold''', is a [[knight]] from [[House Selmy]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] of [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|agot|appendix}} A celebrated hero, he has served in the [[Kingsguard]] since a time when these knights were still considered to be the greatest of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Barristan becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]''. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Ian McElhinney|Ian McElhinney]].<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Barristan Selmy|Images of Barristan Selmy]]''
Barristan is tall and has blue eyes which some consider to be sad.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}{{Ref|aDwD|30}} He is an older man, with white hair and lined features. Some consider him handsome, at least for his age.{{ref|ADWD|43}}{{ref|ADWD|52}} Despite his advanced age, Barristan looks strong and graceful and every bit the skilled [[knight]] he was in his youth.{{ref|AGOT|15}} He is taller than Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] but less muscular.{{ref|ASOS|8}}

Barristan is considered one of the most skilled and respected [[knight]]s in the [[Seven Kingdoms]],{{Ref|AGOT|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}} considered to be made of the true steel that marks a [[Kingsguard]] knight.{{Ref|AGOT|30}} [[Bran Stark]] believes him to be the greatest living knight.{{ref|AGOT|8}} According to a semi-canon source, he is comparable in skill to the acclaimed Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Sword_of_the_Morning_vs._Barristan_the_Bold The Sword of the Morning vs. Barristan the Bold], September 02, 2011</ref>

A dutiful{{ref|AGOT|45}} and gallant{{ref|ADWD|11}} man, Barristan dislikes tricks{{ref|AGOT|30}} and scheming.{{ref|ADWD|55}}{{ref|ADWD|67}}{{ref|ADWD|70}} Some do not consider him cunning.{{Ref|ADWD|5}} Barristan can speak some of the [[High Valyrian]] of the [[Free Cities]]{{ref|ACOK|63}}{{ref|ASOS|22}} and the mongrel [[Ghiscari]] of [[Slaver's Bay]].{{ref|ADWD|59}}

Like other members of the Kingsguard, Barristan's armor, cloak, and shield are all in white. His enameled scales have silver chasings and clasps.{{Ref|aGoT|15}} He wields a longsword{{ref|ADWD|67}} and a dagger.{{ref|ADWD|55}}

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Ninepenny.png|400px|thumb|right|A young Barristan slaying [[Maelys I Blackfyre]] during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], as depicted by Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''.]]

Barristan was born the first son of Ser [[Lyonel Selmy]], the Knight of [[Harvest Hall]]. He squired for Lord [[Manfred Swann]] in his youth.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}} At the age of ten, Barristan donned the armor of a [[mystery knight]] and entered a [[tourney]] at [[Blackhaven]]. Prince [[Duncan Targaryen]] took pity on the small mystery knight while others laughed. Duncan jousted Selmy when no one else would and it was Duncan who gave Barristan his epithet.{{ref|asos|24}}{{Ref|asos|67}}{{ref|adwd|59}}

Barristan received his knighthood at the age of sixteen from King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] after unhorsing Prince Duncan and Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], at a tourney in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|67}} An eminently successful tourney knight throughout his career, he also proved his worth on the battlefield. During the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] Barristan slew [[Maelys I Blackfyre]] in single combat, ending the male line of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]]. Barristan cut a bloody path through the [[Golden Company]] just to reach Maelys.{{ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}} The remaining members of the [[Band of Nine]] had little to no interest in conquering [[Westeros]], and soon returned to their own domains. Barristan's deeds during the war gained him undying fame and his name was well known throughout the Seven Kingdoms afterwards.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

Barristan was named to the [[Kingsguard]] at the age of twenty-three and swore his vows before Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], while King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] bestowed the white cloak on him.{{Ref|aDwD|55}}{{Ref|ADWD|48}} In joining the Kingsguard, he gave up the claim to his family seat, and the girl he was to wed was married to his cousin instead.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

===Aerys II===
Barristan continued to serve in the [[Kingsguard]] after Jaehaerys died and [[Aerys II Targaryen]] ascended the throne. In {{Date|277}}, during the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], King Aerys had been held hostage inside of the town for half a year. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Hand of the King]], was planning to storm [[Duskendale]], but Barristan offered to personally attempt to retrieve the captive King Aerys himself. Tywin gave him a day.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ADWD|55}}{{Ref|AFFC|9}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

Many songs were later made about Selmy's daring infiltration.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Selmy disguised as a hooded beggar climbed the walls of Duskendale in the dead of night, walking through the town streets cloaked and hooded he approached the Walls of Dunfort, scaling the walls of the castle, and slaying a sentry before the man could raise the alarm. Selmy through stealth and courage found his way to the dungeons and freed Aerys and led him to the upper levels. During the escape attempt, Barristan slew two guards and Ser [[Symon Hollard]], avenging the death of his sworn brother, Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]]. He and the King rushed to the stables, Selmy slaying all those who tried to intervene as the alarm was being raised. Selmy and King Aerys mounted on stolen horses charged out the Dunfort gates before they could be barred and raced through the streets of Duskendale to the town's walls eventually escaping.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{ref|ASOS|67}} Selmy, took an arrow to the chest during the rescue.{{Ref|aSoS|42}} After the defiance Barristan pleaded for the life of the child [[Dontos Hollard]] as a boon, when [[House Hollard]] was destroyed for siding with the [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]] in the Defiance, to which King Aerys acquiesced.{{Ref|aFfC|9}}

In the later years of King Aerys's reign, the band of outlaws known as the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] caused problems, and the king send his Kingsguard on campaign. Barristan rescued Lady [[Jeyne Swann]] and her septa, and he killed the bandits' leader, Ser [[Simon Toyne]], in single combat.{{ref|ASOS|67}}

During a [[tourney at Storm's End]], Barristan defeated Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] in the final joust, winning the tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Like his other sworn brothers of the Kingsguard, Barristan was present at the [[tourney at Harrenhal]]. He was infatuated by the beautiful Lady [[Ashara Dayne]], though he knew nothing could come of his desire for her. He planned on naming her [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tournament, but was unhorsed by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. Rhaegar then crowned [[Lyanna Stark]], setting off a chain of events that led to [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Selmy wonders if he could have averted the war if he had defeated Rhaegar in the tournament. He also fantasizes that, if he had won the tourney and crowned Ashara, perhaps she would have turned to him "instead of Stark." He thinks of the consequences of his unspoken love for Ashara as one of his many failures.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}{{ref|AGOT|58}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
During [[Robert's Rebellion]], after the defeat of Lord [[Jon Connington]] at the [[Battle of the Bells]], Barristan and Ser [[Jonothor Darry]] of the Kingsguard were sent to rally the remnants of Connington's army.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}
Barristan fought in the [[Battle of the Trident]] but was severely wounded. Lord [[Roose Bolton]] counseled that Barristan's throat should be cut, but Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] instead called for his own [[maester]] to attend Barristan.{{ref|AGOT|33}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}} Because he had been wounded so badly, Barristan was not present in [[King's Landing]] when the bodies of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], were presented to Robert.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

===Robert I===
The [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]] came to an end with the rebellion's conclusion, and while Barristan had fought bravely for the old dynasty, he later took King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s pardon, and was named Lord Commander of Robert's Kingsguard.{{Ref|aGoT|33}} Having already had reservations about Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] due to the youth's age and inexperience, Barristan did not approve of Robert allowing Jaime to continue his service after having killed King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] in the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Barristan was known to say that the Kingslayer's white cloak should be traded for a [[Night's Watch|black one]].{{Ref|aDwD|57}}

Barristan had moral reservations about serving Robert, but the knight served loyally nonetheless. He does feel that, if he had seen Robert smile when Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] presented him with the bloody bodies of Rhaegar's children, he would never have served Robert and nothing on earth would have stopped him from killing Robert.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

[[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], knew Barristan when he was younger.{{ref|AGOT|52}} During [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], Barristan led the attack on [[Old Wyk]].{{Ref|aSoS|67}} He has remained a formidable fighter even in his advanced years, winning the championship of a tourney at King's Landing at the age of fifty-seven, and unhorsing [[Sandor Clegane]] in a tilt in the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]] in {{Date|297}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Romain Leguay ser Barristan Selmy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Barristan by Romain Leguay © Fantasy Flight Games]]

As the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], Barristan travels together with Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] to the [[inn at the crossroads]], to serve as an honor guard to the procession led by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and his new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], on their way back to [[King's Landing]] from [[Winterfell]].{{ref|AGOT|15}} He later accompanies the king during his travels through the city.{{ref|agot|20}} During the [[Hand's tourney]], Barristan is only defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] after three tilts, having defeated men thirty and forty years younger in his first two contests.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} When Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] is killed in the tournament by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], Barristan stands vigil over the young knight himself, as the boy had no one else.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} Barristan and Eddard advise Robert against participating in the melee.{{ref|AGOT|30}}

As the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Barristan is present at the [[small council]] meeting when King Robert orders the death of the pregnant [[Daenerys Targaryen]], daughter to the late King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. He and Eddard are the only council members who protest the move.{{Ref|aGoT|33}} He accompanies Robert on his ill-fated boar hunt in the [[kingswood]] which leads to the death of the king.{{Ref|aGoT|47}}

In an unprecedented move, as per Lord [[Varys]]'s suggestion, Barristan is dismissed from the Kingsguard and the small council by the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], on grounds of old age, the implied accusation being that he did not keep King Robert safe. The [[House Lannister|Lannisters']] motivations, however, are to allow Joffrey to give a white cloak to his "dog," [[Sandor Clegane]], and to allow [[Cersei Lannister]] to place her brother Jaime as the new Lord Commander with a seat on the small council. Outraged by his removal, Ser Barristan throws down his sword and leaves the throne room. After Selmy leaves the room the king orders him seized and questioned for a perceived threat uttered in the heat of his dismissal. Selmy enters the [[Red Keep#White Sword Tower|White Sword Tower]] to edit his [[White Book]] entry, dutifully recording his own dismissal.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} Upon leaving the Red Keep, [[Janos Slynt]] orders his men to seize Barristan. Though he does not have his sword, Selmy kills the [[gold cloaks]] sent after him and flees the castle.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}{{Ref|aCoK|3}}{{Ref|aDwD|11}}

While his kin at [[Harvest Hall]] would have welcomed Barristan back home without a doubt, Barristan did not want to inflict Joffrey's displeasure on them. Instead, once outside of the city, Barristan sells his horse and disguises himself as a commoner, cloaked in his old age. He returns to [[King's Landing]] along with the stream of [[smallfolk]] fleeing the war, pretending to be fleeing from the war himself. Having grown a long white beard, he is present in the crowd when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] is executed before the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Following Eddard's death, Barristan goes to the sept to pray for Eddard's soul and thank the gods that he himself had only been dismissed. Reevaluating his years of service in Robert's Kingsguard, he admits that Robert had been a good [[knight]], but a poor king. Barristan decides that he must find his true king and die in his service.{{ref|ADWD|11}}

Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] considers Barristan's dismissal a folly. While Barristan is old, he still commands enough respect to make him a threat in case he chooses to back [[Stannis Baratheon]] or [[Robb Stark]], and he cites it as one reason why he sends his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] as acting Hand to King's Landing to keep Joffrey better in check than Queen Cersei is capable of.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Image:Selmy as Arstan Whitebeard.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Barristan as Arstan Whitebeard, by Amok ©]]

[[Renly Baratheon]] declares himself king and hopes that Ser Barristan's announcement that he is going to serve the true king refers to him. Renly keeps a cloak in his [[Rainbow Guard]] ready for Barristan in case the old knight offers him his sword. When he concludes that his hopes have been futile, Renly gives Barristan's spot on his Kingsguard to [[Brienne of Tarth]], believing that Ser Barristan might have gone to [[Riverrun]] to support [[Robb Stark]] as king.{{Ref|aCoK|22}} However, Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] informs him that Barristan is not with Robb. Renly concludes that Barristan must have decided to support his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], and he orders his knights to spare Barristan's life if it comes to a battle with Stannis.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}

Following his decision to find his true king, [[Viserys Targaryen]], Barristan crosses the [[narrow sea]] and travels to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aDwD|11}} Barristan eventually ends up in contact with Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]], and learns of Viserys's death in [[Vaes Dothrak]]. Illyrio sends Barristan, disguised as the old squire Arstan Whitebeard, alongside the huge eunuch [[Belwas]] to [[Qarth]], with three ships, to bring Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] back to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|ACOK|64}}

They arrive in Qarth and follow Daenerys and Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], when they are walking through the [[port of Qarth|port]], trying to find passage on the ships docked there. Mormont notices them, and becomes suspicious. However, when a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] attempts to assassinate Daenerys by presenting her with a box containing a [[manticore]], Barristan knocks the manticore from her hands and kills it.{{Ref|aCoK|64}} Barristan introduces himself as Arstan Whitebeard, and together with Belwas tell Dany that Illyrio had sent them to serve her, and bring her back to Pentos, as there were four kings in Westeros when they left Pentos, and no justice.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Sara K. Diesel Daenerys's Favor.png|thumb|400px|Arstan Whitebeard kneels at [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s feet, by Sara K. Diesel © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Rather than sail to [[Pentos]], Daenerys chooses to sail to [[Astapor]] to buy [[Unsullied]]. Barristan, still keeping his true identity a secret, discusses with Daenerys her [[dragon]]s, her father King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], and her brother, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] distrusts Barristan and Belwas, pointing out that Barristan speaks out too brazenly for a mere squire.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

Barristan is with Daenerys in the [[Plaza of Pride]] when they meet with the slaver selling Unsullied. Barristan disapproves of buying slaves, and when Daenerys asks how she is to win [[Westeros]] without an army, he replies that half of Westeros would support her because of Rhaegar. When she asks about her father, however, Barristan has little positive to say. He advises Daenerys that she should send envoys, and that even those that opposed her father might support her.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} He also objects to Daenerys's plan to pay for the Unsullied with one of her dragons, but she [[fall of Astapor|conquers Astapor]] by ordering her new Unsullied to attack the slavers,{{Ref|aSoS|27}} after which she frees them from slavery.

When Daenerys announces her plan to take [[Yunkai]], Barristan agrees with Jorah that she is Rhaegar Targaryen's sister, adding that she is also a queen. While waiting for the results of the battle against the Yunkai'i, Barristan and Daenerys discuss Rhaegar, the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], and [[Summerhall]].{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

When Daenerys besieges [[Meereen]], [[Oznak zo Pahl]] rides out of Meereen on a white charger with a fourteen-foot lance, challenging the besiegers to send forth a champion. Barristan tells Daenerys that this challenge must be met, after which Daenerys decides that [[Belwas]] is the best choice.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Daenerys later decides that she will ride out amongst her people with only a limited guard. She is attacked by [[Mero]], the former commander of the [[Second Sons]], but Barristan is able to easily dispatch him. The sellsword falls into the water and the freemen fall on his body.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} Daenerys wishes that Baristan be knighted in gratitude, but both Barristan and Jorah Mormont refuse this at the same time. Mormont, highly suspicious, questions how an old squire with a stick could have been capable of killing Mero, the Titan's Bastard, and asks Barristan who he is, to which Barristan replies "a better [[knight]] than you, ser".{{Ref|ASOS|57}}

Barristan reveals to Daenerys that, while he never really lied, he did withhold truths from her, and begs her forgiveness. Jorah recognizes Barristan, and informs Daenerys that Barristan had betrayed [[House Targaryen|her family]] to serve [[Robert I Baratheon]]. When Daenerys asks if Barristan is hers or Robert's man, Barristan tells her that he is hers, if she will have him. He also tells how he took Robert's pardon and served with men not worthy of a place in the Kingsguard, and that, when [[Joffrey Baratheon]] had dismissed him aside and sent men to kill him, he had realized that he had to find his true king. He then tells her that he had to keep his identity a secret because he wanted to prevent the Lannisters from learning he had joined her. When he informs her that there had been a spy by her side who has been informing on her ever since she wed Khal [[Drogo]], Daenerys realizes to her horror that he means Jorah, who affirms the accusation is true.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} Barristan later admits that this is only part of the reason why he kept his identity hidden, informing Daenerys that he first wanted to observe her for a while, to be certain that she did not have the taint of madness like her father had.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

Daenerys [[Siege of Meereen|captures Meereen]] by having Barristan, Jorah, and Belwas infiltrate the city through the sewers and release slaves. Afterward, Barristan shaves his beard and looks ten years younger. Daenerys reveals she had hoped that they would die in the sewers. Barristan is forthright, telling her that her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] had more of [[Targaryen madness|a taint]] of her father, the Mad King. Rhaegar did not, and he sees no taint in her. He further tells her that he will do whatever she asks, and if she will not have him he would continue to serve Belwas. Daenerys accepts him in her service, and Barristan receives a sword from her, refusing to take one from anyone else. In contrast, Jorah is exiled from Meereen.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

Daenerys realizes that Barristan had personally known her grandfather, [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], and could tell her more about where she came from. After he has been pardoned, Barristan goes to her on the terrace, and tells her that her father Aerys's secrets, which he had overheard as a Kingsguard knight, now by rights belong to Daenerys. He informs Daenerys that her father had not been mad initially, but that his lapses became worse over time, while her mother [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] did her best to shield Viserys from his father's insanity. Daenerys decides she does not want to hear it at that moment, but that he should tell her more some other time. Barristan is among her advisors when she states she will not leave but stay, rule and be a queen in Meereen.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Daenerys names Barristan the Lord Commander of her [[Queensguard]]{{ref|ADWD|2}} and gives him new gold-and-silver armor.{{ref|ADWD|43}} The mail is gilded and finely wrought, with supple links and hard enamel plates. His longsword hangs from a white leather belt with golden buckles, and he also wields a dagger.{{ref|ADWD|67}} Barristan wears a long white cloak about his shoulders and carries a white shield.{{ref|ADWD|52}} His helm has a narrow eye slit and ornate dragon's wings.{{ref|ADWD|67}} His horse is a dapple grey.{{ref|ADWD|43}}

Barristan attempts to lead his queen down an honorable path towards the safety of [[Meereen]]. Barristan distrusts Daenerys's paramour, [[Daario Naharis]], and he unsuccessfully suggests holding a [[tourney]].{{ref|ADWD|11}} [[Groleo]] and Barristan inspect the ships brought to Meereen by [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]]. Daenerys rejects Barristan's advice to leave Meereen for [[Westeros]].{{ref|ADWD|16}}

Grazhar instructs [[Grazhar zo Galare]] and other [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|other noble boys]] in western chivalry.{{ref|ADWD|23}} The Lord Commander also begins training more than sixty freed [[slaves]], with thirty of them persevering.{{ref|ADWD|55}} The most promising of them become Barristan's squires, including [[Tumco Lho]], [[Larraq]], the [[Red Lamb]], and three [[Ghiscari]] brothers.{{ref|ADWD|67}}{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}}

When [[Yunkai]] marches on Meereen, [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] advises Daenerys to remain within Meereen's strong walls while Barristan suggests defeating the Yunkai'i in the field. Selmy objects to allowing into Meereen refugees from [[Astapor]], because of the danger of the [[bloody flux]],{{ref|ADWD|30}} and the knight also objects when Daenerys meets the refugees outside of the walls.{{ref|ADWD|36}} The Lord Commander does not approve of Daenerys wedding [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], since the man would not be accepted in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|ADWD|23}} Barristan is supportive of [[Quentyn Martell]] when the prince informs Daenerys of the [[secret marriage pact]], but Daenerys weds Hizdahr instead of Quentyn to ensure temporary peace within Meereen.{{ref|ADWD|43}}

When [[Drogon]] begins attacking people in [[Daznak's Pit]], Barristan tries to protect Daenerys by drawing the [[dragon]]'s attention to himself. The queen ends up fleeing Meereen atop Drogon.{{ref|ADWD|52}}

[[File:UrukkiSaki SerBS&BB.jpg|thumb|400px|Barristan and the [[Brazen Beasts]] by Urukki Saki ©]]

After Daenerys's departure, Hizdahr replaces the royal advisors, but Barristan meets with Skahaz and [[Grey Worm]].{{ref|ADWD|55}} He is present when [[Bloodbeard]] presents the court with the head of [[Groleo]], who was slain in response to the death of [[Yurkhaz zo Yunzak]]. Barristan is enraged and wants to kill Bloodbeard, but stops because the act would break his queen's peace. Barristan advises Quentyn and his companions to leave Meereen for their own safety,{{Ref|aDwD|59}} but the [[Dornishmen]] remain in the city.{{ref|ADWD|60}}

Convinced that Hizdahr had attempted to assassinate Daenerys with [[poisoned locusts]],{{ref|ADWD|59}} Barristan decides to work with Grey Worm and Skahaz, despite his loathing of the latter and his own inhibitions about making decisions of state in the absence of his queen.{{Ref|aDwD|55}} Selmy leads with honor and refuses Skahaz's council on killing the Ghiscari child [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|cupbearers]], the sons and daughters of powerful Meereenese nobles. Barristan and the [[Brazen Beasts]] plan to take King Hizdahr hostage, but Selmy fears that if he harms Hizdahr the Yunkai'i will kill their remaining hostages—Daario, [[Jhogo]] and [[Hero]]—just as they killed Groleo. When Barristan goes to capture Hizdahr, he slays the king's protector, the formidable pit fighter [[Khrazz]].{{ref|ADWD|67}} Meanwhile, Quentyn attempts to tame one of dragons, but [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]] break free from their imprisonment and Quentyn is mortally wounded by [[dragonflame]].{{ref|ADWD|68}}{{ref|ADWD|70}}

Barristan assumes the title of [[Hand of the King|Hand]], sending a reluctant [[Galazza Galare]] an envoy to the Yunkai'i and preventing Skahaz from executing hostages. Barristan refuses to hold court, instead holding a council session which plans for battle with Yunkai. A beacon system will be used to call the attack should the fragile peace between the sides be broken.{{ref|ADWD|70}} Barristan discretely meets with Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]] and Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]], the late Quentyn's companions. Tasking them with speaking on his behalf with the [[Tattered Prince]], Barristan offers to grant [[Pentos]] to the sellsword captain if he protects the remaining hostages in the Yunkish camp.{{ref|ADWD|70}} During a meeting between Barristan and Galazza after she returns, Skahaz notifies Barristan that the [[six sisters|Yunkish catapults]] are flinging corpses infected with the [[pale mare]] into the city.{{Ref|aDwD|70}}

===''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.}}
The Yunkish threat in the [[second siege of Meereen]] has been augmented by the presence of the [[bloody flux]]. Ser Barristan notes that under normal circumstances, he would defend Meereen from behind its strong walls. However, because the Yunkish introduced the pale mare into Meereen by catapulting infected corpses over the walls, he resolves to ride out and meet his enemy on the field rather than watch the impending outbreak annihilate Meereen. On the eve of the offensive, he gives a pep talk to his newly anointed knights and soldiers. When his talk is interrupted by the arrival of dawn, Barristan orders the [[Red Lamb]] to "sound the attack".<ref name=winds>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Barristan I (The Winds of Winter)|Barristan I]]</ref>

==Quotes by Barristan==
[[File:Barristan Selmy.png|thumb|[[w:Ian McElhinney|Ian McElhinney]] as Barristan in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]

{{quote|'''Varys:''' We are not unmindful of your service, good ser. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] has generously agreed to grant you a handsome tract of land north of [[Lannisport]], beside [[Sunset Sea|the sea]], with gold and men sufficient to build you a stout keep, and servants to see to your every need. 
'''Barristan:''' A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords, but I spit on your pity ... I am a [[knight]]. I shall die a knight.{{ref|aGoT|57}}}} – [[Varys]] and Barristan

{{quote|Have no fear, sers, your king is safe... no thanks to you. Even now, I could cut through the five of you as easy as a dagger cuts cheese. If you would serve under the [[Kingslayer]], not a one of you is fit to wear the white. Here, [[Joffrey Baratheon|boy]]. Melt it down and [[Iron Throne|add it to the others]], if you like. It will do you more good than the swords in the hands of these five. Perhaps Lord [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] will chance to sit on it when he takes your throne.{{ref|aGoT|57}}}} – Barristan denouncing his former [[Kingsguard|sworn brothers]]

{{quote|I took [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] pardon, aye. I served him in [[Kingsguard]] and [[small council|council]]. Served with the [[Kingslayer]] and others near as bad, who soiled the white cloak I wore. Nothing will excuse that. I might be serving in [[King's Landing]] still if the [[Joffrey Baratheon|vile boy]] upon the [[Iron Throne]] had not cast me aside, it shames me to admit. But when he took the cloak the [[Gerold Hightower|White Bull]] had draped about my shoulders, and sent men to kill me that selfsame day, it was as though he'd ripped a caul off my eyes. That was when I knew I must find my true king, and die in his service...{{ref|aSoS|57}}}} – Barristan to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|'''Daenerys:''' Can we win [[second siege of Meereen|this fight]]? 
'''Barristan:''' Men can always fight, Your Grace. Ask rather if we can win. Dying is easy, but victory comes hard.{{ref|aDwD|30}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and Barristan

{{quote|Some had been heroes, some weaklings, knaves, or cravens. Most were only men-quicker and stronger than most, more skilled with sword and shield, but still prey to pride, ambition, lust, love, anger, jealousy, greed for gold, hunger for power, and all the other failings that afflicted lesser mortals. The best of them overcame their flaws, did their duty, and died with their swords in their hands. The worst ... The worst were those who played the game of thrones.{{ref|aDwD|55}}}} – Barristan reflecting on the history of the [[Kingsguard]]

{{quote|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] loved his Lady [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] and [[Robert's Rebellion|thousands died for it]]. [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] loved the [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|first Daenerys]], and rose in [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rebellion]] when denied her. [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]] and [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] both loved [[Shiera Seastar]] and the [[Seven Kingdoms]] bled. The [[Duncan Targaryen|Prince of Dragonflies]] loved [[Jenny of Oldstones]] so much he cast aside a crown, and [[Westeros]] paid the bride price in corpses. All three of the sons of the [[Aegon V Targaryen|fifth Aegon]] had wed for love in defiance of their father's wishes. And because that unlikely monarch had followed his heart when he chose [[Betha Blackwood|his queen]], he allowed his sons to have their way, making bitter enemies when he might have made fast friends. Treason and turmoil followed, as night follows day, ending at [[Summerhall]] in [[Tragedy at Summerhall|sorcery, fire and grief]].{{ref|aDwD|67}}}} – thoughts of Barristan

{{quote|I am no [[Hand of the King|Hand]], a part of him wanted to cry out. I am only a simple [[knight]], [[Daenerys Targaryen|the queen's]] protector. I never wanted this. But with the queen gone and [[Hizdahr zo Loraq|the king]] in chains, someone had to rule, and Ser Barristan did not trust the [[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shavepate]].{{ref|aDwD|70}}}} – thoughts of Barristan

{{quote|I am an old man, an old [[knight]], and I have seen more battles than most of you have years. Nothing is more terrible upon this earth, nothing more glorious, nothing more absurd. You may retch. You will not be the first. You may drop your sword, your shield, your lance. Others have done the same. Pick it up and go on fighting. You may foul your breeches. I did, in my first battle. No one will care. All battlefields smell of shit. You may cry out for your mother, pray to gods you thought you had forgotten, howl obscenities that you never dreamed could pass your lips. All this has happened too.<ref name=winds/>}} – Barristan addressing his men in the [[second siege of Meereen]]

==Quotes about Barristan==
{{quote|'''Sansa:''' Even in the far [[north]], the singers praise the deeds of Barristan the Bold. 
'''Renly:''' Barristan the Old, you mean. Don't flatter him too sweetly, child, he thinks overmuch of himself already.{{ref|aGoT|15}}}} – [[Sansa Stark]] and [[Renly Baratheon]]

{{quote|'''Eddard:''' Ser Barristan is as valiant and honorable as any man in [[King's Landing]]. 
'''Petyr:''' And as tiresome.{{ref|aGoT|27}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Petyr Baelish]]

{{quote|Of these seven, only Ser Barristan Selmy is made of the true steel.{{ref|aGoT|30}}}} – [[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark]] regarding [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s [[Kingsguard]]

{{quote|And dismissing Selmy, where was the sense in that? Yes, the man was old, but the name of Barristan the Bold still has meaning in [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. He lent honor to any man he served. Can anyone say the same of the [[Sandor Clegane|Hound]]{{ref|aGoT|69}}}} – [[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]] after learning of Barristan's dismissal from the [[Kingsguard]]

{{quote|The [[smallfolk]] talk of him the same way they talk of [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]].{{ref|aCoK|3}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Cersei Lannister]]

{{quote|He has a good face, and great strength to him.{{ref|aSoS|23}}}} – thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|I saw him perhaps a dozen times ... from afar, most often, standing with his brothers or riding in some [[tourney]]. But every man in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] knows Barristan the Bold ... Khaleesi, before you kneels Ser Barristan Selmy, [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], who betrayed [[House Targaryen|your House]] to serve the [[Usurper]] [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]].{{ref|aSoS|57}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|I learned from the [[Gerold Hightower|White Bull]] and Barristan the Bold. I learned from Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]], who could have slain all five of you with his left hand while he was taking a piss with the right. I learned from Prince [[Lewyn Martell|Lewyn of Dorne]] and Ser [[Oswell Whent]] and Ser [[Jonothor Darry]], good men every one.{{ref|aSoS|67}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Loras Tyrell]], [[Osmund Kettleblack]], [[Balon Swann]], [[Meryn Trant]], and [[Boros Blount]]

{{quote|Ser Barristan is a [[True knight|valiant knight and true]]; but none, I think, has ever called him cunning.{{ref|aDwD|14}}}} – [[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{quote|We should be heeding Selmy. When Barristan the Bold tells you to run, a wise man laces up his boots.{{ref|aDwD|60}}}} – [[Gerris Drinkwater]] to [[Quentyn Martell]]

{{quote|[[Hand of the King|Queen's Hand]]. An old woman's hand, I am thinking, wrinkled and feeble.{{ref|aDwD|70}}}} – [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] to Barristan

==Entry in the White Book==
{{Quote|Ser Barristan of [[House Selmy]]. Firstborn son of Ser [[Lyonel Selmy]] of [[Harvest Hall]]. Served as squire to Ser [[Manfred Swann]]. Named "the Bold" in his 10th year, when he donned borrowed armor to appear as a [[mystery knight]] in the [[tourney]] of [[Blackhaven]], where he was defeated and unmasked by [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan, Prince of Dragonflies]]. [[Knight]]ed in his 16th year by King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], after performing great feats of prowess as a mystery knight in the winter tourney at [[King's Landing]], defeating Prince Duncan the small and Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Slew [[Maelys I Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], last of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]], in single combat during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]. Defeated [[Lormelle Long Lance]] and [[Cedrik Storm]], the Bastard of [[Bronzegate]]. Named to the [[Kingsguard]] in his 23rd year, by Lord Commander Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]. Defended the passage against all challengers in the tourney of the [[Silver Bridge]]. Victor in the mêlée at [[Maidenpool]]. Brought King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] to safety during the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] despite an arrow wound in the chest. Avenged the murder of his Sworn Brother, Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]]. Rescued Lady [[Jeyne Swann]] and her [[septa]] from the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], defeating [[Simon Toyne]] and the [[Smiling Knight]], slaying the former. In the [[Oldtown]] tourney, defeated and unmasked the mystery knight, [[Blackshield]] revealing him to be the Bastard of [[Uplands]]. Sole champion of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon|Steffon's]] [[tourney at Storm's End]], whereat he unhorsed Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], Lord [[Leyton Hightower]], Lord [[Jon Connington]], Lord [[Jason Mallister]], and Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. Wounded by arrow, spear, and sword at the [[Battle of the Trident]] whilst fighting beside his Sworn Brothers and Rhaegar [[Prince of Dragonstone]]. Pardoned, and named Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, by King Robert I Baratheon. Served in the honor guard that brought Lady [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] of [[House Lannister]] to King's Landing to wed King Robert. Led the attack on [[Old Wyk]] during [[Greyjoy's Rebellion|Balon Greyjoy's Rebellion]]. Champion of the tourney at King's Landing, in his 57th year. Dismissed by King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] in his 61st year, for reasons of advanced age.{{ref|ASOS|67}}}} – the achievements of Barristan as recorded in the [[White Book]] by [[Gerold Hightower]] and Barristan himself

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Ser '''Barristan Selmy''', also called '''Barristan the Bold''', is a [[knight]] from [[House Selmy]] and the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] of [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|agot|appendix}} A celebrated hero, he has served in the [[Kingsguard]] since a time when these knights were still considered to be the greatest of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Barristan becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]''. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Ian McElhinney|Ian McElhinney]].<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Barristan Selmy|Images of Barristan Selmy]]''
Barristan is tall and has blue eyes which some consider to be sad.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}{{Ref|aDwD|30}} He is an older man, with white hair and lined features. Some consider him handsome, at least for his age.{{ref|ADWD|43}}{{ref|ADWD|52}} Despite his advanced age, Barristan looks strong and graceful and every bit the skilled [[knight]] he was in his youth.{{ref|AGOT|15}} He is taller than Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] but less muscular.{{ref|ASOS|8}}

Barristan is considered one of the most skilled and respected [[knight]]s in the [[Seven Kingdoms]],{{Ref|AGOT|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}} considered to be made of the true steel that marks a [[Kingsguard]] knight.{{Ref|AGOT|30}} [[Bran Stark]] believes him to be the greatest living knight.{{ref|AGOT|8}} According to a semi-canon source, he is comparable in skill to the acclaimed Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Sword_of_the_Morning_vs._Barristan_the_Bold The Sword of the Morning vs. Barristan the Bold], September 02, 2011</ref>

A dutiful{{ref|AGOT|45}} and gallant{{ref|ADWD|11}} man, Barristan dislikes tricks{{ref|AGOT|30}} and scheming.{{ref|ADWD|55}}{{ref|ADWD|67}}{{ref|ADWD|70}} Some do not consider him cunning.{{Ref|ADWD|5}} Barristan can speak some of the [[High Valyrian]] of the [[Free Cities]]{{ref|ACOK|63}}{{ref|ASOS|22}} and the mongrel [[Ghiscari]] of [[Slaver's Bay]].{{ref|ADWD|59}}

Like other members of the Kingsguard, Barristan's armor, cloak, and shield are all in white. His enameled scales have silver chasings and clasps.{{Ref|aGoT|15}} He wields a longsword{{ref|ADWD|67}} and a dagger.{{ref|ADWD|55}}

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Ninepenny.png|400px|thumb|right|A young Barristan slaying [[Maelys I Blackfyre]] during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], as depicted by Jose Daniel Cabrera Pena in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''.]]

Barristan was born the first son of Ser [[Lyonel Selmy]], the Knight of [[Harvest Hall]]. He squired for Lord [[Manfred Swann]] in his youth.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}} At the age of ten, Barristan donned the armor of a [[mystery knight]] and entered a [[tourney]] at [[Blackhaven]]. Prince [[Duncan Targaryen]] took pity on the small mystery knight while others laughed. Duncan jousted Selmy when no one else would and it was Duncan who gave Barristan his epithet.{{ref|asos|24}}{{Ref|asos|67}}{{ref|adwd|59}}

Barristan received his knighthood at the age of sixteen from King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] after unhorsing Prince Duncan and Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], at a tourney in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|67}} An eminently successful tourney knight throughout his career, he also proved his worth on the battlefield. During the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] Barristan slew [[Maelys I Blackfyre]] in single combat, ending the male line of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]]. Barristan cut a bloody path through the [[Golden Company]] just to reach Maelys.{{ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}} The remaining members of the [[Band of Nine]] had little to no interest in conquering [[Westeros]], and soon returned to their own domains. Barristan's deeds during the war gained him undying fame and his name was well known throughout the Seven Kingdoms afterwards.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

Barristan was named to the [[Kingsguard]] at the age of twenty-three and swore his vows before Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], while King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] bestowed the white cloak on him.{{Ref|aDwD|55}}{{Ref|ADWD|48}} In joining the Kingsguard, he gave up the claim to his family seat, and the girl he was to wed was married to his cousin instead.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

===Aerys II===
Barristan continued to serve in the [[Kingsguard]] after Jaehaerys died and [[Aerys II Targaryen]] ascended the throne. In {{Date|277}}, during the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], King Aerys had been held hostage inside of the town for half a year. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Hand of the King]], was planning to storm [[Duskendale]], but Barristan offered to personally attempt to retrieve the captive King Aerys himself. Tywin gave him a day.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ADWD|55}}{{Ref|AFFC|9}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

Many songs were later made about Selmy's daring infiltration.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Selmy disguised as a hooded beggar climbed the walls of Duskendale in the dead of night, walking through the town streets cloaked and hooded he approached the Walls of Dunfort, scaling the walls of the castle, and slaying a sentry before the man could raise the alarm. Selmy through stealth and courage found his way to the dungeons and freed Aerys and led him to the upper levels. During the escape attempt, Barristan slew two guards and Ser [[Symon Hollard]], avenging the death of his sworn brother, Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]]. He and the King rushed to the stables, Selmy slaying all those who tried to intervene as the alarm was being raised. Selmy and King Aerys mounted on stolen horses charged out the Dunfort gates before they could be barred and raced through the streets of Duskendale to the town's walls eventually escaping.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{ref|ASOS|67}} Selmy, took an arrow to the chest during the rescue.{{Ref|aSoS|42}} After the defiance Barristan pleaded for the life of the child [[Dontos Hollard]] as a boon, when [[House Hollard]] was destroyed for siding with the [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]] in the Defiance, to which King Aerys acquiesced.{{Ref|aFfC|9}}

In the later years of King Aerys's reign, the band of outlaws known as the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] caused problems, and the king send his Kingsguard on campaign. Barristan rescued Lady [[Jeyne Swann]] and her septa, and he killed the bandits' leader, Ser [[Simon Toyne]], in single combat.{{ref|ASOS|67}}

During a [[tourney at Storm's End]], Barristan defeated Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] in the final joust, winning the tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Like his other sworn brothers of the Kingsguard, Barristan was present at the [[tourney at Harrenhal]]. He was infatuated by the beautiful Lady [[Ashara Dayne]], though he knew nothing could come of his desire for her. He planned on naming her [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tournament, but was unhorsed by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. Rhaegar then crowned [[Lyanna Stark]], setting off a chain of events that led to [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Selmy wonders if he could have averted the war if he had defeated Rhaegar in the tournament. He also fantasizes that, if he had won the tourney and crowned Ashara, perhaps she would have turned to him "instead of Stark." He thinks of the consequences of his unspoken love for Ashara as one of his many failures.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}{{ref|AGOT|58}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
During [[Robert's Rebellion]], after the defeat of Lord [[Jon Connington]] at the [[Battle of the Bells]], Barristan and Ser [[Jonothor Darry]] of the Kingsguard were sent to rally the remnants of Connington's army.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}
Barristan fought in the [[Battle of the Trident]] but was severely wounded. Lord [[Roose Bolton]] counseled that Barristan's throat should be cut, but Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] instead called for his own [[maester]] to attend Barristan.{{ref|AGOT|33}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}} Because he had been wounded so badly, Barristan was not present in [[King's Landing]] when the bodies of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], were presented to Robert.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

===Robert I===
The [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]] came to an end with the rebellion's conclusion, and while Barristan had fought bravely for the old dynasty, he later took King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s pardon, and was named Lord Commander of Robert's Kingsguard.{{Ref|aGoT|33}} Having already had reservations about Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] due to the youth's age and inexperience, Barristan did not approve of Robert allowing Jaime to continue his service after having killed King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] in the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Barristan was known to say that the Kingslayer's white cloak should be traded for a [[Night's Watch|black one]].{{Ref|aDwD|57}}

Barristan had moral reservations about serving Robert, but the knight served loyally nonetheless. He does feel that, if he had seen Robert smile when Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] presented him with the bloody bodies of Rhaegar's children, he would never have served Robert and nothing on earth would have stopped him from killing Robert.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

[[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], knew Barristan when he was younger.{{ref|AGOT|52}} During [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], Barristan led the attack on [[Old Wyk]].{{Ref|aSoS|67}} He has remained a formidable fighter even in his advanced years, winning the championship of a tourney at King's Landing at the age of fifty-seven, and unhorsing [[Sandor Clegane]] in a tilt in the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]] in {{Date|297}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Romain Leguay ser Barristan Selmy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Barristan by Romain Leguay © Fantasy Flight Games]]

As the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], Barristan travels together with Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] to the [[inn at the crossroads]], to serve as an honor guard to the procession led by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and his new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], on their way back to [[King's Landing]] from [[Winterfell]].{{ref|AGOT|15}} He later accompanies the king during his travels through the city.{{ref|agot|20}} During the [[Hand's tourney]], Barristan is only defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] after three tilts, having defeated men thirty and forty years younger in his first two contests.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} When Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] is killed in the tournament by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], Barristan stands vigil over the young knight himself, as the boy had no one else.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} Barristan and Eddard advise Robert against participating in the melee.{{ref|AGOT|30}}

As the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Barristan is present at the [[small council]] meeting when King Robert orders the death of the pregnant [[Daenerys Targaryen]], daughter to the late King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. He and Eddard are the only council members who protest the move.{{Ref|aGoT|33}} He accompanies Robert on his ill-fated boar hunt in the [[kingswood]] which leads to the death of the king.{{Ref|aGoT|47}}

In an unprecedented move, as per Lord [[Varys]]'s suggestion, Barristan is dismissed from the Kingsguard and the small council by the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], on grounds of old age, the implied accusation being that he did not keep King Robert safe. The [[House Lannister|Lannisters']] motivations, however, are to allow Joffrey to give a white cloak to his "dog," [[Sandor Clegane]], and to allow [[Cersei Lannister]] to place her brother Jaime as the new Lord Commander with a seat on the small council. Outraged by his removal, Ser Barristan throws down his sword and leaves the throne room. After Selmy leaves the room the king orders him seized and questioned for a perceived threat uttered in the heat of his dismissal. Selmy enters the [[Red Keep#White Sword Tower|White Sword Tower]] to edit his [[White Book]] entry, dutifully recording his own dismissal.{{Ref|aSoS|67}} Upon leaving the Red Keep, [[Janos Slynt]] orders his men to seize Barristan. Though he does not have his sword, Selmy kills the [[gold cloaks]] sent after him and flees the castle.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}{{Ref|aCoK|3}}{{Ref|aDwD|11}}

While his kin at [[Harvest Hall]] would have welcomed Barristan back home without a doubt, Barristan did not want to inflict Joffrey's displeasure on them. Instead, once outside of the city, Barristan sells his horse and disguises himself as a commoner, cloaked in his old age. He returns to [[King's Landing]] along with the stream of [[smallfolk]] fleeing the war, pretending to be fleeing from the war himself. Having grown a long white beard, he is present in the crowd when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] is executed before the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Following Eddard's death, Barristan goes to the sept to pray for Eddard's soul and thank the gods that he himself had only been dismissed. Reevaluating his years of service in Robert's Kingsguard, he admits that Robert had been a good [[knight]], but a poor king. Barristan decides that he must find his true king and die in his service.{{ref|ADWD|11}}

Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] considers Barristan's dismissal a folly. While Barristan is old, he still commands enough respect to make him a threat in case he chooses to back [[Stannis Baratheon]] or [[Robb Stark]], and he cites it as one reason why he sends his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] as acting Hand to King's Landing to keep Joffrey better in check than Queen Cersei is capable of.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Image:Selmy as Arstan Whitebeard.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Barristan as Arstan Whitebeard, by Amok ©]]

[[Renly Baratheon]] declares himself king and hopes that Ser Barristan's announcement that he is going to serve the true king refers to him. Renly keeps a cloak in his [[Rainbow Guard]] ready for Barristan in case the old knight offers him his sword. When he concludes that his hopes have been futile, Renly gives Barristan's spot on his Kingsguard to [[Brienne of Tarth]], believing that Ser Barristan might have gone to [[Riverrun]] to support [[Robb Stark]] as king.{{Ref|aCoK|22}} However, Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] informs him that Barristan is not with Robb. Renly concludes that Barristan must have decided to support his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], and he orders his knights to spare Barristan's life if it comes to a battle with Stannis.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}

Following his decision to find his true king, [[Viserys Targaryen]], Barristan crosses the [[narrow sea]] and travels to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aDwD|11}} Barristan eventually ends up in contact with Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]], and learns of Viserys's death in [[Vaes Dothrak]]. Illyrio sends Barristan, disguised as the old squire Arstan Whitebeard, alongside the huge eunuch [[Belwas]] to [[Qarth]], with three ships, to bring Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] back to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|ACOK|64}}

They arrive in Qarth and follow Daenerys and Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], when they are walking through the [[port of Qarth|port]], trying to find passage on the ships docked there. Mormont notices them, and becomes suspicious. However, when a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] attempts to assassinate Daenerys by presenting her with a box containing a [[manticore]], Barristan knocks the manticore from her hands and kills it.{{Ref|aCoK|64}} Barristan introduces himself as Arstan Whitebeard, and together with Belwas tell Dany that Illyrio had sent them to serve her, and bring her back to Pentos, as there were four kings in Westeros when they left Pentos, and no justice.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Sara K. Diesel Daenerys's Favor.png|thumb|400px|Arstan Whitebeard kneels at [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s feet, by Sara K. Diesel © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Rather than sail to [[Pentos]], Daenerys chooses to sail to [[Astapor]] to buy [[Unsullied]]. Barristan, still keeping his true identity a secret, discusses with Daenerys her [[dragon]]s, her father King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], and her brother, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] distrusts Barristan and Belwas, pointing out that Barristan speaks out too brazenly for a mere squire.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

Barristan is with Daenerys in the [[Plaza of Pride]] when they meet with the slaver selling Unsullied. Barristan disapproves of buying slaves, and when Daenerys asks how she is to win [[Westeros]] without an army, he replies that half of Westeros would support her because of Rhaegar. When she asks about her father, however, Barristan has little positive to say. He advises Daenerys that she should send envoys, and that even those that opposed her father might support her.{{Ref|aSoS|23}} He also objects to Daenerys's plan to pay for the Unsullied with one of her dragons, but she [[fall of Astapor|conquers Astapor]] by ordering her new Unsullied to attack the slavers,{{Ref|aSoS|27}} after which she frees them from slavery.

When Daenerys announces her plan to take [[Yunkai]], Barristan agrees with Jorah that she is Rhaegar Targaryen's sister, adding that she is also a queen. While waiting for the results of the battle against the Yunkai'i, Barristan and Daenerys discuss Rhaegar, the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], and [[Summerhall]].{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

When Daenerys besieges [[Meereen]], [[Oznak zo Pahl]] rides out of Meereen on a white charger with a fourteen-foot lance, challenging the besiegers to send forth a champion. Barristan tells Daenerys that this challenge must be met, after which Daenerys decides that [[Belwas]] is the best choice.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Daenerys later decides that she will ride out amongst her people with only a limited guard. She is attacked by [[Mero]], the former commander of the [[Second Sons]], but Barristan is able to easily dispatch him. The sellsword falls into the water and the freemen fall on his body.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} Daenerys wishes that Baristan be knighted in gratitude, but both Barristan and Jorah Mormont refuse this at the same time. Mormont, highly suspicious, questions how an old squire with a stick could have been capable of killing Mero, the Titan's Bastard, and asks Barristan who he is, to which Barristan replies "a better [[knight]] than you, ser".{{Ref|ASOS|57}}

Barristan reveals to Daenerys that, while he never really lied, he did withhold truths from her, and begs her forgiveness. Jorah recognizes Barristan, and informs Daenerys that Barristan had betrayed [[House Targaryen|her family]] to serve [[Robert I Baratheon]]. When Daenerys asks if Barristan is hers or Robert's man, Barristan tells her that he is hers, if she will have him. He also tells how he took Robert's pardon and served with men not worthy of a place in the Kingsguard, and that, when [[Joffrey Baratheon]] had dismissed him aside and sent men to kill him, he had realized that he had to find his true king. He then tells her that he had to keep his identity a secret because he wanted to prevent the Lannisters from learning he had joined her. When he informs her that there had been a spy by her side who has been informing on her ever since she wed Khal [[Drogo]], Daenerys realizes to her horror that he means Jorah, who affirms the accusation is true.{{Ref|aSoS|57}} Barristan later admits that this is only part of the reason why he kept his identity hidden, informing Daenerys that he first wanted to observe her for a while, to be certain that she did not have the taint of madness like her father had.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}

Daenerys [[Siege of Meereen|captures Meereen]] by having Barristan, Jorah, and Belwas infiltrate the city through the sewers and release slaves. Afterward, Barristan shaves his beard and looks ten years younger. Daenerys reveals she had hoped that they would die in the sewers. Barristan is forthright, telling her that her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] had more of [[Targaryen madness|a taint]] of her father, the Mad King. Rhaegar did not, and he sees no taint in her. He further tells her that he will do whatever she asks, and if she will not have him he would continue to serve Belwas. Daenerys accepts him in her service, and Barristan receives a sword from her, refusing to take one from anyone else. In contrast, Jorah is exiled from Meereen.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

Daenerys realizes that Barristan had personally known her grandfather, [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], and could tell her more about where she came from. After he has been pardoned, Barristan goes to her on the terrace, and tells her that her father Aerys's secrets, which he had overheard as a Kingsguard knight, now by rights belong to Daenerys. He informs Daenerys that her father had not been mad initially, but that his lapses became worse over time, while her mother [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] did her best to shield Viserys from his father's insanity. Daenerys decides she does not want to hear it at that moment, but that he should tell her more some other time. Barristan is among her advisors when she states she will not leave but stay, rule and be a queen in Meereen.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Daenerys names Barristan the Lord Commander of her [[Queensguard]]{{ref|ADWD|2}} and gives him new gold-and-silver armor.{{ref|ADWD|43}} The mail is gilded and finely wrought, with supple links and hard enamel plates. His longsword hangs from a white leather belt with golden buckles, and he also wields a dagger.{{ref|ADWD|67}} Barristan wears a long white cloak about his shoulders and carries a white shield.{{ref|ADWD|52}} His helm has a narrow eye slit and ornate dragon's wings.{{ref|ADWD|67}} His horse is a dapple grey.{{ref|ADWD|43}}

Barristan attempts to lead his queen down an honorable path towards the safety of [[Meereen]]. Barristan distrusts Daenerys's paramour, [[Daario Naharis]], and he unsuccessfully suggests holding a [[tourney]].{{ref|ADWD|11}} [[Groleo]] and Barristan inspect the ships brought to Meereen by [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]]. Daenerys rejects Barristan's advice to leave Meereen for [[Westeros]].{{ref|ADWD|16}}

Grazhar instructs [[Grazhar zo Galare]] and other [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|other noble boys]] in western chivalry.{{ref|ADWD|23}} The Lord Commander also begins training more than sixty freed [[slaves]], with thirty of them persevering.{{ref|ADWD|55}} The most promising of them become Barristan's squires, including [[Tumco Lho]], [[Larraq]], the [[Red Lamb]], and three [[Ghiscari]] brothers.{{ref|ADWD|67}}{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}}

When [[Yunkai]] marches on Meereen, [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] advises Daenerys to remain within Meereen's strong walls while Barristan suggests defeating the Yunkai'i in the field. Selmy objects to allowing into Meereen refugees from [[Astapor]], because of the danger of the [[bloody flux]],{{ref|ADWD|30}} and the knight also objects when Daenerys meets the refugees outside of the walls.{{ref|ADWD|36}} The Lord Commander does not approve of Daenerys wedding [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], since the man would not be accepted in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|ADWD|23}} Barristan is supportive of [[Quentyn Martell]] when the prince informs Daenerys of the [[secret marriage pact]], but Daenerys weds Hizdahr instead of Quentyn to ensure temporary peace within Meereen.{{ref|ADWD|43}}

When [[Drogon]] begins attacking people in [[Daznak's Pit]], Barristan tries to protect Daenerys by drawing the [[dragon]]'s attention to himself. The queen ends up fleeing Meereen atop Drogon.{{ref|ADWD|52}}

[[File:UrukkiSaki SerBS&BB.jpg|thumb|400px|Barristan and the [[Brazen Beasts]] by Urukki Saki ©]]

After Daenerys's departure, Hizdahr replaces the royal advisors, but Barristan meets with Skahaz and [[Grey Worm]].{{ref|ADWD|55}} He is present when [[Bloodbeard]] presents the court with the head of [[Groleo]], who was slain in response to the death of [[Yurkhaz zo Yunzak]]. Barristan is enraged and wants to kill Bloodbeard, but stops because the act would break his queen's peace. Barristan advises Quentyn and his companions to leave Meereen for their own safety,{{Ref|aDwD|59}} but the [[Dornishmen]] remain in the city.{{ref|ADWD|60}}

Convinced that Hizdahr had attempted to assassinate Daenerys with [[poisoned locusts]],{{ref|ADWD|59}} Barristan decides to work with Grey Worm and Skahaz, despite his loathing of the latter and his own inhibitions about making decisions of state in the absence of his queen.{{Ref|aDwD|55}} Selmy leads with honor and refuses Skahaz's council on killing the Ghiscari child [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|cupbearers]], the sons and daughters of powerful Meereenese nobles. Barristan and the [[Brazen Beasts]] plan to take King Hizdahr hostage, but Selmy fears that if he harms Hizdahr the Yunkai'i will kill their remaining hostages—Daario, [[Jhogo]] and [[Hero]]—just as they killed Groleo. When Barristan goes to capture Hizdahr, he slays the king's protector, the formidable pit fighter [[Khrazz]].{{ref|ADWD|67}} Meanwhile, Quentyn attempts to tame one of dragons, but [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]] break free from their imprisonment and Quentyn is mortally wounded by [[dragonflame]].{{ref|ADWD|68}}{{ref|ADWD|70}}

Barristan assumes the title of [[Hand of the King|Hand]], sending a reluctant [[Galazza Galare]] an envoy to the Yunkai'i and preventing Skahaz from executing hostages. Barristan refuses to hold court, instead holding a council session which plans for battle with Yunkai. A beacon system will be used to call the attack should the fragile peace between the sides be broken.{{ref|ADWD|70}} Barristan discretely meets with Ser [[Gerris Drinkwater]] and Ser [[Archibald Yronwood]], the late Quentyn's companions. Tasking them with speaking on his behalf with the [[Tattered Prince]], Barristan offers to grant [[Pentos]] to the sellsword captain if he protects the remaining hostages in the Yunkish camp.{{ref|ADWD|70}} During a meeting between Barristan and Galazza after she returns, Skahaz notifies Barristan that the [[six sisters|Yunkish catapults]] are flinging corpses infected with the [[pale mare]] into the city.{{Ref|aDwD|70}}

===''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.}}
The Yunkish threat in the [[second siege of Meereen]] has been augmented by the presence of the [[bloody flux]]. Ser Barristan notes that under normal circumstances, he would defend Meereen from behind its strong walls. However, because the Yunkish introduced the pale mare into Meereen by catapulting infected corpses over the walls, he resolves to ride out and meet his enemy on the field rather than watch the impending outbreak annihilate Meereen. On the eve of the offensive, he gives a pep talk to his newly anointed knights and soldiers. When his talk is interrupted by the arrival of dawn, Barristan orders the [[Red Lamb]] to "sound the attack".<ref name=winds>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Barristan I (The Winds of Winter)|Barristan I]]</ref>

==Quotes by Barristan==
[[File:Barristan Selmy.png|thumb|Ian McElhinney as Barristan in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|'''Varys''': We are not unmindful of your service, good ser. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] has generously agreed to grant you a handsome tract of land north of [[Lannisport]], beside [[Sunset Sea|the sea]], with gold and men sufficient to build you a stout keep, and servants to see to your every need. 
'''Barristan''': A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords, but I spit on your pity ... I am a [[knight]]. I shall die a knight.{{ref|aGoT|57}}}} - [[Varys]] and Barristan

{{Quote|Have no fear, sers, your king is safe... no thanks to you. Even now, I could cut through the five of you as easy as a dagger cuts cheese. If you would serve under the [[Kingslayer]], not a one of you is fit to wear the white. Here, [[Joffrey Baratheon|boy]]. Melt it down and [[Iron Throne|add it to the others]], if you like. It will do you more good than the swords in the hands of these five. Perhaps Lord [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] will chance to sit on it when he takes your throne.{{ref|aGoT|57}}}} – Barristan denouncing his former [[Kingsguard|sworn brothers]]

{{Quote|I took [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] pardon, aye. I served him in [[Kingsguard]] and [[small council|council]]. Served with the [[Kingslayer]] and others near as bad, who soiled the white cloak I wore. Nothing will excuse that. I might be serving in [[King's Landing]] still if the [[Joffrey Baratheon|vile boy]] upon the [[Iron Throne]] had not cast me aside, it shames me to admit. But when he took the cloak the [[Gerold Hightower|White Bull]] had draped about my shoulders, and sent men to kill me that selfsame day, it was as though he'd ripped a caul off my eyes. That was when I knew I must find my true king, and die in his service...{{ref|aSoS|57}}}} – Barristan to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|'''Daenerys''': Can we win [[second siege of Meereen|this fight]]? 
'''Barristan''': Men can always fight, Your Grace. Ask rather if we can win. Dying is easy, but victory comes hard.{{ref|ADWD|30}}}} - [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and Barristan

{{Quote|Some had been heroes, some weaklings, knaves, or cravens. Most were only men-quicker and stronger than most, more skilled with sword and shield, but still prey to pride, ambition, lust, love, anger, jealousy, greed for gold, hunger for power, and all the other failings that afflicted lesser mortals. The best of them overcame their flaws, did their duty, and died with their swords in their hands. The worst ... The worst were those who played the game of thrones.{{ref|aDwD|55}}}} – Barristan reflecting on the history of the [[Kingsguard]]

{{Quote|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] loved his Lady [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] and [[Robert's Rebellion|thousands died for it]]. [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] loved the [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|first Daenerys]], and rose in [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rebellion]] when denied her. [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]] and [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] both loved [[Shiera Seastar]] and the [[Seven Kingdoms]] bled. The [[Duncan Targaryen|Prince of Dragonflies]] loved [[Jenny of Oldstones]] so much he cast aside a crown, and [[Westeros]] paid the bride price in corpses. All three of the sons of the [[Aegon V Targaryen|fifth Aegon]] had wed for love in defiance of their father's wishes. And because that unlikely monarch had followed his heart when he chose [[Betha Blackwood|his queen]], he allowed his sons to have their way, making bitter enemies when he might have made fast friends. Treason and turmoil followed, as night follows day, ending at [[Summerhall]] in [[Tragedy at Summerhall|sorcery, fire and grief]].{{ref|aDwD|67}}}} – thoughts of Barristan

{{quote|I am no [[Hand of the King|Hand]], a part of him wanted to cry out. I am only a simple [[knight]], [[Daenerys Targaryen|the queen's]] protector. I never wanted this. But with the queen gone and [[Hizdahr zo Loraq|the king]] in chains, someone had to rule, and Ser Barristan did not trust the [[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shavepate]].{{ref|ADWD|70}}}} - thoughts of Barristan

{{Quote|I am an old man, an old [[knight]], and I have seen more battles than most of you have years. Nothing is more terrible upon this earth, nothing more glorious, nothing more absurd. You may retch. You will not be the first. You may drop your sword, your shield, your lance. Others have done the same. Pick it up and go on fighting. You may foul your breeches. I did, in my first battle. No one will care. All battlefields smell of shit. You may cry out for your mother, pray to gods you thought you had forgotten, howl obscenities that you never dreamed could pass your lips. All this has happened too.<ref name=winds/>}} – Barristan addressing his men in the [[second siege of Meereen]]

==Quotes about Barristan==
{{quote|'''Sansa:''' Even in the far [[north]], the singers praise the deeds of Barristan the Bold. 
'''Renly:''' Barristan the Old, you mean. Don't flatter him too sweetly, child, he thinks overmuch of himself already.{{ref|aGoT|15}}}} – [[Sansa Stark]] and [[Renly Baratheon]]

{{quote|'''Eddard:''' Ser Barristan is as valiant and honorable as any man in [[King's Landing]]. 
'''Petyr:''' And as tiresome.{{ref|aGoT|27}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Petyr Baelish]]

{{quote|Of these seven, only Ser Barristan Selmy is made of the true steel.{{ref|aGoT|30}}}} – [[Varys]] to [[Eddard Stark]] regarding [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s [[Kingsguard]]

{{quote|And dismissing Selmy, where was the sense in that? Yes, the man was old, but the name of Barristan the Bold still has meaning in [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. He lent honor to any man he served. Can anyone say the same of the [[Sandor Clegane|Hound]]{{ref|aGoT|69}}}} – [[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]] after learning of Barristan's dismissal from the [[Kingsguard]]

{{quote|The [[smallfolk]] talk of him the same way they talk of [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]].{{ref|aCoK|3}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Cersei Lannister]]

{{quote|He has a good face, and great strength to him.{{ref|aSoS|23}}}} – thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|I saw him perhaps a dozen times ... from afar, most often, standing with his brothers or riding in some [[tourney]]. But every man in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] knows Barristan the Bold ... Khaleesi, before you kneels Ser Barristan Selmy, [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], who betrayed [[House Targaryen|your House]] to serve the [[Usurper]] [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]].{{ref|aSoS|57}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{quote|I learned from the [[Gerold Hightower|White Bull]] and Barristan the Bold. I learned from Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]], who could have slain all five of you with his left hand while he was taking a piss with the right. I learned from Prince [[Lewyn Martell|Lewyn of Dorne]] and Ser [[Oswell Whent]] and Ser [[Jonothor Darry]], good men every one.{{ref|aSoS|67}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Loras Tyrell]], [[Osmund Kettleblack]], [[Balon Swann]], [[Meryn Trant]], and [[Boros Blount]]

{{quote|Ser Barristan is a [[True knight|valiant knight and true]]; but none, I think, has ever called him cunning.{{ref|aDwD|14}}}} – [[Illyrio Mopatis]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{quote|We should be heeding Selmy. When Barristan the Bold tells you to run, a wise man laces up his boots.{{ref|aDwD|60}}}} – [[Gerris Drinkwater]] to [[Quentyn Martell]]

{{quote|[[Hand of the King|Queen's Hand]]. An old woman's hand, I am thinking, wrinkled and feeble.{{ref|aDwD|70}}}} – [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]] to Barristan

==Entry in the White Book==
{{Quote|Ser Barristan of [[House Selmy]]. Firstborn son of Ser [[Lyonel Selmy]] of [[Harvest Hall]]. Served as squire to Ser [[Manfred Swann]]. Named "the Bold" in his 10th year, when he donned borrowed armor to appear as a [[mystery knight]] in the [[tourney]] of [[Blackhaven]], where he was defeated and unmasked by [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan, Prince of Dragonflies]]. [[Knight]]ed in his 16th year by King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], after performing great feats of prowess as a mystery knight in the winter tourney at [[King's Landing]], defeating Prince Duncan the small and Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]. Slew [[Maelys I Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], last of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]], in single combat during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]. Defeated [[Lormelle Long Lance]] and [[Cedrik Storm]], the Bastard of [[Bronzegate]]. Named to the [[Kingsguard]] in his 23rd year, by Lord Commander Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]. Defended the passage against all challengers in the tourney of the [[Silver Bridge]]. Victor in the mêlée at [[Maidenpool]]. Brought King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] to safety during the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] despite an arrow wound in the chest. Avenged the murder of his Sworn Brother, Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]]. Rescued Lady [[Jeyne Swann]] and her [[septa]] from the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], defeating [[Simon Toyne]] and the [[Smiling Knight]], slaying the former. In the [[Oldtown]] tourney, defeated and unmasked the mystery knight, [[Blackshield]] revealing him to be the Bastard of [[Uplands]]. Sole champion of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon|Steffon's]] [[tourney at Storm's End]], whereat he unhorsed Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], Lord [[Leyton Hightower]], Lord [[Jon Connington]], Lord [[Jason Mallister]], and Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. Wounded by arrow, spear, and sword at the [[Battle of the Trident]] whilst fighting beside his Sworn Brothers and Rhaegar [[Prince of Dragonstone]]. Pardoned, and named Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, by King Robert I Baratheon. Served in the honor guard that brought Lady [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] of [[House Lannister]] to King's Landing to wed King Robert. Led the attack on [[Old Wyk]] during [[Greyjoy's Rebellion|Balon Greyjoy's Rebellion]]. Champion of the tourney at King's Landing, in his 57th year. Dismissed by King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] in his 61st year, for reasons of advanced age.{{ref|ASOS|67}}}} – the achievements of Barristan as recorded in the [[White Book]] by [[Gerold Hightower]] and Barristan himself

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{{Organization
| Name = Kingsguard
| image = [[File:Kingsguard_sigil.png|250px|center]]
| image_caption = Standard of the Kingsguard, a crown surrounded by seven white swords.<ref name=TWOW>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Barristan I (The Winds of Winter)|Barristan I]]</ref>
| Symbol =
| Type = Sworn brotherhood Royal bodyguard
| Seat = [[White Sword Tower]], [[Red Keep]], [[King's Landing]]
| Region = [[Seven Kingdoms]]
| Allegiance = [[Iron Throne]]
| Current_Leader = [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Founder = King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
| Founded =
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[[File:Kingsguard.svg|thumb|right|250px|Unadorned white shield of the Kingsguard.]]

The '''Kingsguard''', also known poetically as the '''White Swords'''{{ref|AGOT|30}} or '''white cloaks''',{{ref|TPATQ}} are the royal bodyguards of the [[Iron Throne]]. Regarded as the finest [[knight]]s in the [[Seven Kingdoms]],{{ref|AGOT|8}}{{ref|AFFC|21}} they are sworn to protect their king and the royal family with their own lives, to obey his commands, and to keep his secrets.{{ref|ADWD|55}} The Kingsugard are sworn for life and are forbidden from owning land, taking a wife, or fathering children,{{ref|aGoT|6}} although they can have non-hereditary commands, such as being [[warden]]{{ref|AGOT|12}} or [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|TPATQ}}

Some monarchs, such as Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] ({{Date|129}}-{{Date|130}}), have operated with a [[Queensguard]] instead of a Kingsguard.

==Customs==
===Duties===
The Kingsguard is composed of seven men,{{ref|agot|8}} all of them sworn [[knight]]s.{{ref|aGoT|57}} A Kingsguard knight serves for life,{{ref|asos|12}}{{ref|asos|44}} regardless of age or any physical or mental ailments.{{ref|asos|62}} When an invalid Kingsguard knight is incapable of performing his duties, they are taken up by his sworn brothers.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Kingsguard The Kingsguard (May 22, 1999)]</ref> The knights of the Kingsguard are forbidden to marry, father children, and to hold land.{{ref|asos|4}} Regardless, the White Swords may retain or be granted certain titles. [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]] and [[Lewyn Martell]] continued to use the style of "prince",{{ref|agot|8}}{{ref|agot|57}} while Lords Commander [[Ryam Redwyne]] and [[Criston Cole]] have also acted as [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|asos|54}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}{{ref|tpatq}}

The first duty of the Kingsguard is defending the king from harm. Sworn to obey the king's commands, to keep his secrets, to counsel him when requested and to keep silent when not, and to defend his name and honor.{{ref|adwd|55}} The king can decide to extend the protection offered by the Kingsguard to others. Some kings have chosen to extend this protection to their wives, children, and other relatives, and some have even chosen to grant this protection to their lovers, mistresses, and bastards.{{ref|adwd|55}}

In order to protect the king and the royal family night and day, the seven-man Kingsguard must rely to some degree on others. Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] has [[Sandor Clegane]] as his sworn shield,{{ref|agot|33}} other knights are trusted with the king's security when the entire Kingsguard meets in [[White Sword Tower]],{{ref|asos|67}} and the queen may be guarded by household knights (e.g., Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], who is protected by [[Vylarr]] and his [[House Lannister guards|red cloaks]]).{{ref|acok|25}}

The Lord Commander of the Kingsguard serves on the king's [[small council]].{{ref|asos|8}} When the small council is in session, one of the Kingsguard always stands guard outside the council chambers, while another is usually posted at the end of the bridge into [[Maegor's Holdfast]].{{ref|acok|3}}{{ref|affc|17}}

===Equipment===
The Kingsguard wear all white cloaks and intricate suits of white enameled scales, their fastenings for breastplate and other pieces made of silver.{{ref|AGOT|15}}{{ref|aGoT|57}} They alone bear the right to carry a pure white unemblazoned shield.{{ref|aGoT|30}} Their white armor has little decoration, although some members wear decorative brooches or gaudy helms.{{ref|AGOT|39}}{{ref|AGOT|51}}{{ref|AGOT|67}} According to a semi-canon source, the Kingsguard's standard depicts seven silver swords encircling a golden crown.<ref name=TWOW/>

===Appointments===
The rite for making a new member of the White Swords can vary. In common there seems to be the fact that it is a solemn and formal event, in which the knight kneels as he makes his vows before the king, and he receives the white cloak of the Kingsguard from the Hand of the King or the Lord Commander himself.{{ref|aGoT|58}}{{ref|aCoK|49}} The Lord Commander is always chosen by the king, with seniority and ability only playing parts in the decision.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Archon_Meeting_October_5_73/ Archon Meeting (October 5, 2001)]</ref> Also the Lord Commander is generally chosen from the existing pool of the Kingsguard.

===White Book===
The white cloaks' uninterrupted history since its creation during the reign of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] is recorded in the [[White Book]], formally named ''The Book of the Brothers''. The White Book is kept in the [[White Sword Tower]], the tower of the [[Red Keep]] in [[King's Landing]] which is home to the Kingsguard. Every knight who has ever served in the Kingsguard has a page in the book, on which his deeds are recorded. The Lord Commander of the Kingsguard is tasked with keeping the entries up to date, while from the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] [[septon]]s come three times a year to add heraldic drawings and illuminations.{{ref|asos|67}}

==History==
The Kingsguard was founded during the reign of the first [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] king on the [[Iron Throne]], [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]]. The first Kingsguard was created at the suggestion of [[Visenya Targaryen]], after a [[Dorne|Dornish]] assassination attempt on Aegon and herself in the streets of [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|10}}. She self-consciously modeled the Kingsguard vows of holding no lands or title on the ancient vows of the [[Night's Watch]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

When Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys Targaryen]] put forth his claim to the [[Iron Throne]], two Kingsguard of the reigning King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] abandoned him.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} According to some, Maegor was killed by a member of the Kingsguard who could no longer abide his tyranny.{{ref|aSoS|36}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the Kingsguard split between knights serving King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and [[Queensguard]] serving Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|TPATQ}}

A [[hedge knight]], Ser [[Duncan the Tall]],{{ref|THK}} rose to become Lord Commander for King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{ref|ASOS|67}}

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], [[Jonothor Darry]] and [[Lewyn Martell]] were killed during the [[battle of the Trident]], while [[Arthur Dayne]], [[Oswell Whent]], and Lord Commander [[Gerold Hightower]] died in [[combat at the tower of joy]]. [[Jaime Lannister]] slew his charge, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], during the [[sack of King's Landing]], earning himself the "Kingslayer" sobriquet. The new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], allowed Jaime to remain in the Kingsguard and elevated the other surviving member of the Mad King's white cloaks, Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], to the position of Lord Commander.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After the death of Lord [[Jon Arryn]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] names Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] the new [[Warden of the East]], even though [[Eddard Stark]] speaks of Jaime also being in line to inherit the title of [[Warden of the West]].{{ref|agot|12}} Robert later threatens to name Jaime his [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|AGOT|39}}

Robert dies after being gored by a boar, and his successor, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], dismisses the aged [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]. This breaks tradition, as all previous Kingsguard served for life. Joffrey elevates his uncle, Jaime, to Lord Commander and adds to the Kingsguard [[Sandor Clegane]], who is not a [[knight]].{{ref|AGOT|57}} Jaime is captured by [[Robb Stark]] during the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]].{{ref|AGOT|63}} Robb, who is proclaimed [[King in the North]] at [[Riverrun]],{{ref|AGOT|71}} is protected by a group of [[Robb Stark's personal guard|personal guards]].{{ref|AGOT|63}}

[[Daenerys Targaryen]] names Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] as the first member of her [[Queensguard]].{{ref|AGOT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
During the [[War of the Five Kings]], [[Renly Baratheon]] is protected by his [[Rainbow Guard]].{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Joffrey has his Kingsguard beat [[Sansa Stark]]. Ser [[Preston Greenfield]] is killed during the [[riot of King's Landing]]{{ref|ACOK|41}} and replaced by Ser [[Balon Swann]].{{ref|ACOK|49}} Ser [[Boros Blount]], who is removed from the white cloaks for not protecting Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]], is replaced with Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]].{{ref|ACOK|49}}

Ser [[Mandon Moore]] drowns during the [[battle of the Blackwater]],{{ref|ACOK|61}} while Sandor flees the battlefield.{{ref|ASOS|62}} Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] joins the Kingsguard after the battle.{{ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Boros is restored to the Kingsguard.{{ref|ACOK|12}} In return for Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] returning to the king's peace, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], Joffrey's Hand, names Lord [[Robert Arryn]] the Warden of the East instead of Jaime.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

Jaime, released from imprisonment at Riverrun by [[Catelyn Stark]],{{ref|ASOS|1}} returns to King's Landing.{{ref|ASOS|62}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Jaime, standing vigil for his father, Lord Tywin, wears a long hauberk, its scales mother-of-pearl chased with gold.{{ref|affc|7}}

During the failed plot to crown Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]], Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] is killed by [[Areo Hotah]] at the [[Greenblood]] in [[Dorne]].{{ref|AFFC|21}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
In [[Meereen]], Barristan becomes the Lord Commander of Daenerys's Queensguard.{{ref|ADWD|2}}

Against the wishes of Lord [[Jon Connington]], [[Rolly Duckfield]] is named the first of the Kingsguard of [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]].{{ref|ADWD|61}}

Ser [[Robert Strong]] is named to the Kingsguard of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]].{{ref|ADWD|65}}

==Historical Members==
===Lord Commanders===
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===Unknown Reign===
It is unknown under which king the following knights served in the Kingsguard:
* Ser [[Robert Flowers]], Lord Commander, known as ''Red Robert Flowers''.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* Ser [[Alyn Connington]], Lord Commander, called the ''Pale Griffin''.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* The [[Demon of Darry]], Lord Commander.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* The [[Greatheart]], a famous member.{{ref|affc|16}}
* Ser [[Gyles]], better known as ''Gyles Greycloak''. He was a traitor.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* Ser [[Jeffory Norcross]], called ''Neveryield''.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* Ser [[Michael Mertyns]], the ''White Owl''.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* Ser [[Orivel]], the ''Open-Handed''. He was a coward.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* Unknown knight of [[House Cave]].{{ref|aFfC|20}}
* Unknown knight of [[House Hardy]].{{ref|aFfC|20}}
* Unknown knight of [[House Pyne]].{{ref|aFfC|20}}
* Ser [[Rupert Crabb]].{{ref|aFfC|20}}
* Ser [[Clarence Crabb (Short)|Clarence Crabb]], the ''Short''.{{ref|aFfC|20}}
* Ser [[Rolland Darklyn]], he was the youngest member to join the Kingsguard until Ser Jaime Lannister. He died just an hour after entering the Kingsguard. One of the seven [[House Darklyn|Darklyn]] knights to join the order over the years.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* Ser [[Tom Costayne]], he was called ''Long Tom Costayne'' and was in the Kingsguard for sixty years.{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]]. A legendary hero; said in some tales to have been a [[knight]] of the Kingsguard but in fact lived in the days of the [[First Men]], long before there were knights or a Kingsguard.{{ref|acok|3}}{{ref|agot|8}}

===[[Aegon I Targaryen]] ({{Date|10}}-{{Date|37}})===
* Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]], first Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Ser [[Robin Darklyn]], known as ''Darkrobin''.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Ser [[Richard Roote]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Ser [[Gregor Goode]], brother to Ser Griffith.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Ser [[Griffith Goode]], brother to Ser Gregor.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Ser [[Humfrey the Mummer|Humfrey]], better known as ''Humfrey the Mummer''. A [[hedge knight]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Ser [[Addison Hill]], the ''Bastard of Cornfield''. Later became Lord Commander. It is unknown whether this occurred during Aegon I's reign.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}{{ref|aFfC|16}}

Two members of Aegon's Kingsguard died defending him.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}

===[[Aenys I Targaryen]] ({{Date|37}}-{{Date|42}})===
* Ser [[Raymont Baratheon]]; prevented an assassination attempt on King Aenys I during the [[Faith Militant uprising]].{{ref|TSotD}}

===[[Maegor I Targaryen]] ({{Date|42}}-{{Date|48}})===
* Ser [[Davos Darklyn]].{{ref|TSotD}}
* Ser [[Owen Bush]].{{ref|TSotD}}
* Ser [[Maladon Moore]].{{ref|TSotD}}

Two members of Maegor's Kingsguard were slain by Lord [[Rupert Falwell]], famed as the ''Fighting Fool'', in the [[Battle at the Great Fork|battle at the Great Fork of the Blackwater]] in {{Date|42}}.{{ref|TSotD}} 
Two members of Maegor's Kingsguard abandoned him when Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] made his claim in {{Date|48}}.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{ref|TSotD}}

===[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] ({{Date|48}}-{{Date|103}})===
* Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]], Lord Commander, thought to be one of the best knights Westeros has ever seen. Served shortly and poorly as [[Hand of the King]].{{ref|trp}}
* Ser [[Clement Crabb]].{{ref|aFfC|20}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
* Ser [[Lucamore Strong]], who broke his vows by secretly taking three wives and fathering numerous children. As punishment, he was gelded by his sworn brothers and sent to the [[Wall]] by his king. Known as ''Lucamore the Lusty'' ever since.{{Ref|aFfC|16}}

===[[Viserys I Targaryen]] ({{Date|103}}-{{Date|129}})===
* Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]], Lord Commander until his death in {{Date|105}}.{{ref|trp}}
* Ser [[Harrold Westerling]], served as Lord Commander until his own death in {{Date|112}}.{{ref|trp}}
* Ser [[Erryk Cargyll]], twin to Ser Arryk.{{ref|TRP}}
* Ser [[Arryk Cargyll]], twin to Ser Erryk.{{ref|TRP}}
* Ser [[Criston Cole]], joined in {{Date|105}}, became the Lord Commander in {{Date|112}}.{{ref|TRP}}
* Ser [[Willis Fell]].{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Rickard Thorne]].{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]].{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Lorent Marbrand]].{{ref|TPATQ}}

===[[Dance of the Dragons]] ({{Date|129}}-{{Date|131}})===
The reign of King Aegon II covered the war of succession known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. During this war, both the eldest living son of late King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]], and the eldest living child of King Viserys I, the daughter he had proclaimed his heir, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], were crowned.

'''[[Aegon II Targaryen]]'''
* Ser [[Criston Cole]], the ''Kingmaker'', remained Lord Commander for King Aegon II until his death in {{Date|130}}. Was active part of the [[greens]], and placed the crown on King Aegon's head himself. Later also served as Hand of the King for King Aegon II. He is remembered as a controversial figure in history.{{ref|tpatq}}
* Ser [[Arryk Cargyll]], twin to Ser Erryk.{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Rickard Thorne]].{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Willis Fell]].{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Marston Waters]].{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Gyles Belgrave]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings:Aegon III}}

'''[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'''
:''Main: [[Queensguard]]
* Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]], her first Lord Commander.{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Lorent Marbrand]], her second Lord Commander.{{ref|TPATQ}}
* Ser [[Erryk Cargyll]], twin to Ser Arryk.{{ref|TPATQ}}

===[[Aegon III Targaryen]] ({{Date|131}}-{{Date|157}})===
* Ser [[Marston Waters]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
* Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
* Ser [[Joffrey Staunton]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]], also known as the ''Dragonknight''. Nephew of King Aegon III, who joined the Kingsguard in {{Date|153}}.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} Hailed as the greatest knight of his generation.{{ref|ASOS|12}}<ref>Born in 136 AC, Aemon was 17 years old when he took his vows, shortly after the wedding of Aegon and Naerys in 153 AC</ref>

===[[Daeron I Targaryen]] ({{Date|157}}-{{Date|161}})===
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]], also known as the ''Dragonknight''. Participated in the [[conquest of Dorne]]. Became a captive of the Dornish after the conquest was undone in the Dornish rebellion in {{Date|161}}.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
* Ser [[Olyvar Oakheart]], the ''Green Oak''. Participated in the conquest of Dorne. Died beside King Daeron I in [[Dorne]].{{ref|aFfC|13}}

Three Kingsguard knights died trying to protect King Daeron I in Dorne, and one threw down his sword and yielded, in {{Date|161}}.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}} It is currently unknown if Olyvar Oakheart was one of the three to die in {{Date|161}}, or whether he died earlier during Daeron's reign.

===[[Baelor I Targaryen]] ({{Date|161}}-{{Date|171}})===
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]], Lord Commander, also known as the ''Dragonknight''. Rescued by King Baelor I from the Dornish.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}

===[[Viserys II Targaryen]] ({{Date|171}}-{{Date|172}})===
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]], Lord Commander, also known as the ''Dragonknight''.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}

===[[Aegon IV Targaryen]] ({{Date|172}}-{{Date|184}})===
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]], Lord Commander, also known as the ''Dragonknight''. Killed defending his brother King Aegon IV from an assassination attempt by two brothers of [[House Toyne]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{ref|awoiaf| Aegon IV Targaryen}}
* Ser [[Terrence Toyne]], executed on the orders of King Aegon IV in {{Date|178}} after he was discovered to have an affair with Lady [[Bethany Bracken]], Aegon IV's mistress.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

===[[Daeron II Targaryen]] ({{Date|184}}-{{Date|209}})===
* Ser [[Gwayne Corbray]].{{ref|TSS}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Vale: House Arryn}}
* Ser [[Donnel of Duskendale]].{{ref|aFfC|16}}
* Ser [[Willem Wylde]].{{ref|THK}}
* Ser [[Roland Crakehall (Kingsguard)|Roland Crakehall]].{{ref|THK}}

===[[Aerys I Targaryen]] ({{Date|209}}-{{Date|221}})===
* Ser [[Roland Crakehall (Kingsguard)|Roland Crakehall]].{{ref|TMK}}

===[[Aegon V Targaryen]] ({{Date|233}}-{{Date|259}})===
* Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], Lord Commander,{{ref|aSoS|67}} a famed knight of humble origins, and close friend to King Aegon V. Died in the [[tragedy at Summerhall]] in {{Date|259}}.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

===[[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] ({{Date|259}}-{{Date|262}})===
* Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], also known as the ''White Bull''.{{ref|ASOS|67}} Lord Commander after the death of Duncan the Tall.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
* Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called ''Barristan the Bold''.{{ref|ASOS|67}}

===[[Aerys II Targaryen]] ({{Date|262}}-{{Date|283}})===
* Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], Lord Commander, also known as the ''White Bull''. [[Combat at the tower of joy|Died in battle]] at the [[tower of joy]] in {{Date|283}}.{{ref|aGoT|39}}
* Prince [[Lewyn Martell]], killed by Ser [[Lyn Corbray]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]], in the [[battle of the Trident]] in {{Date|283}}.{{ref|aFfC|23}}
* Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called ''Barristan the Bold''. Fought in and survived the battle of the Trident.{{ref|AGOT|33}}{{ref|ADWD|67}}
* Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]], killed by Ser [[Symon Hollard]] during the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] in {{Date|277}}.{{ref|asos|67}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
* Ser [[Oswell Whent]], died at the tower of joy in {{Date|283}}.{{ref|AGOT|39}}
* Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the ''[[Sword of the Morning]]''. Deadliest of the Kingsguard in his time. Died at the tower of joy in {{Date|283}}.{{ref|aGoT|39}}
* Ser [[Jonothor Darry]], died in the battle of the Trident in {{Date|283}}.{{ref|affc|8}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert’s Rebellion}}
* Ser [[Harlan Grandison]]. Died in his sleep in {{Date|281}}.{{ref|asos|11}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Harlan Grandison's replacement. Survived the [[sack of King's Landing]] of {{Date|283}}, where he killed King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{ref|aSoS|37}} Known as the ''[[Kingslayer]]'' ever since.{{ref|aGoT|5}}

==Recent Members==
===[[Robert I Baratheon]] ({{Date|283}}-{{Date|298}})===
[[File:Kings guard by JasonEngle.jpg|600px|right|thumb|Left to right in order: Jaime Lannister, Preston Greenfield, Mandon Moore, Barristan Selmy, Meryn Trant, Boros Blount, and Arys Oakheart.]]
After [[Robert's Rebellion]] had concluded, the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], had multiple positions to fill at once as five of the members ([[Gerold Hightower]], [[Arthur Dayne]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Oswell Whent]], [[Jonothor Darry]]) of the Kingsguard of his predecessor, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], had died during the war. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] and Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], the two surviving knights of the Kingsguard of King Aerys II, were pardoned by King Robert. They swore loyalty to the new king and served as members of his Kingsguard throughout his reign. The other five vacancies had yet to be filled, and over the years Robert's queen, [[Cersei Lannister]], exercised her influence regarding the naming of new Kingsguard members as well.{{ref|ADWD|17}}

* Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], also known as ''Barristan the Bold'', Lord Commander.{{ref|aGoT|15}}
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], also known as the ''Kingslayer''.{{ref|aGoT|4}}
* {Unknown}, Arys Oakheart's predecessor.{{ref|aFfC|13}}
* Ser [[Arys Oakheart]],{{ref|aGoT|57}} named to the Kingsguard in {{Date|290}}.{{ref|aFfC|13}}
* Ser [[Boros Blount]].{{ref|aGoT|8}}
* Ser [[Mandon Moore]],{{ref|aGoT|51}} regarded by Jaime Lannister as the most dangerous of the Kingsguard after himself.{{ref|ACOK|3}} Brought to [[King's Landing]] by Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{ref|ASOS|12}}
* Ser [[Meryn Trant]].{{ref|aGoT|8}}
* Ser [[Preston Greenfield]].{{ref|aGoT|43}}

Ser [[Richard Horpe]] dreamed of a white cloak, but Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] spoke against him, and Horpe was passed over.{{ref|ADWD|17}}

===[[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] ({{Date|298}}-{{Date|300}})===
[[File:Kings guard2.jpg|thumb|350px|Kingsguard in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
Upon the ascension of the young king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], Lord Commander [[Barristan Selmy]] was dismissed, the first time ever in history. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] was named Lord Commander in Selmy's stead, while the unanointed warrior [[Sandor Clegane]] was appointed the empty position, marking the first moment a member of the Kingsguard was not a dubbed knight.

* Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], Lord Commander, also known as ''Barristan the Bold''. Dismissed by King Joffrey I on the grounds of old age.{{ref|aGoT|57}}
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], also known as the ''Kingslayer'', elevated to Lord Commander after Selmy's dismissal.{{ref|aGoT|57}} Spent most of King Joffrey I's reign as a prisoner of King [[Robb Stark]] at [[Riverrun]], until his release by Lady [[Catelyn Stark]].{{ref|aSoS|1}}
* [[Sandor Clegane]], also known as the ''[[Hound]]'', raised to the Kingsguard following Barristan Selmy's dismissal.{{ref|aGoT|57}} He deserted his position during the [[battle of the Blackwater]].{{ref|aCoK|59}}
* Ser [[Meryn Trant]].
* Ser [[Arys Oakheart]], sent to [[Dorne]] as Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]]'s sworn shield.{{ref|aCoK|41}}
* Ser [[Boros Blount]], mocked as ''Boros the Belly'', removed for surrendering Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]] when ambushed on the [[Rosby road|road]] to [[Rosby]].{{ref|aCoK|49}} Later reinstated by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|aSoS|12}}
* Ser {[[Preston Greenfield]]}, killed during a [[riot of King's Landing|riot]] in [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|299}}.{{ref|aCoK|41}}
* Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]], a former [[Mercenary|sellsword]].{{ref|aSoS|67}} Raised to the Kingsguard after the dismissal of Boros Blount.{{ref|aCoK|49}}
* Ser [[Balon Swann]], raised to the Kingsguard after the death of Preston Greenfield.{{ref|aCoK|49}}
* Ser {[[Mandon Moore]]}, killed during the battle of the Blackwater in {{Date|299}}.{{ref|aCoK|61}}
* Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], also known as the ''Knight of Flowers''. Raised to the Kingsguard after the death of Mandon Moore.{{ref|aCoK|65}}

===[[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] ({{Date|300}})===
* Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Lord Commander, also known as the ''Kingslayer''. Sent to pacify the [[riverlands]],{{ref|aFfC|27}} peacefully lifts the sieges of [[Siege of Riverrun|Riverrun]]{{ref|aFfC|44}} and [[Siege of Raventree|Raventree]]. Reportedly last seen camped at [[Pennytree]].{{ref|aDwD|48}}
* Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], also known as the ''Knight of Flowers''. Sent to end the [[siege of Dragonstone]],{{ref|aFfC|32}} leads the successful but bloodthirsty assault on the castle.{{ref|aFfC|36}} Reportedly gravely injured in the taking of [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|aDwD|54}}
* Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]], imprisoned by the [[Faith of the Seven]] in ({{Date|300}}).{{ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}
* Ser [[Balon Swann]], sent to [[Dorne]] with [[Gregor Clegane]]'s [[Mountain's skull|skull]] and to escort Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]] back to [[King's Landing]].{{ref|aFfC|17}}
* Ser [[Meryn Trant]].
* Ser [[Boros Blount]], mocked as ''Boros the Belly'', named food taster for King Tommen I.{{ref|aSoS|67}}
* Ser {[[Arys Oakheart]]}, killed by [[Areo Hotah]] in Dorne at the [[Greenblood]] in {{Date|300}} after participating in a failed coup by Princess [[Arianne Martell]].{{ref|aFfC|21}}
* Ser [[Robert Strong]], raised to the Kingsguard after Arys Oakheart's death.{{ref|aDwD|65}} Rumors about his true identity have arisen amongst those at court.{{ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

==Claimants to the [[Iron Throne]]==
===[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon VI]] ({{Date|300}})===
Upon landing in [[Westeros]] with the [[Golden Company]], Aegon named his friend [[Rolly Duckfield]] the first of his new Kingsguard. Lord [[Jon Connington]] did not approve of the choice and asked Aegon to leave the other six slots open for knights of renown and sons of great lords which would add luster to their cause.{{ref|aDwD|61}}

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* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]].
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==Quotes==
{{quote|[[Old Nan]] said they were the finest swords in all [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. There were only seven of them, and they wore white armor and had no wives or children, but lived only to serve the king. Bran knew all their stories. Their names were like music to him.{{ref|aGoT|8}}}} – [[Bran Stark]]'s thoughts

{{quote|'''Eddard:''' The Kingsguard— 
'''Varys:''' A paper shield. Try not to look so shocked, Lord Stark. [[Jaime Lannister]] is himself a Sworn Brother of the White Swords, and we all know what his oath is worth. The days when men like [[Ryam Redwyne]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]] wore the white cloak are gone to dust and song. Of these seven, only Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] is made of the true steel, and Selmy is old. Ser [[Boros Blount|Boros]] and Ser [[Meryn Trant|Meryn]] are [[Cersei Lannister|the queen's]] creatures to the bone, and I have deep suspicions of the others. No, my lord, when the swords come out in earnest, you will be the only true friend [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] will have.{{ref|aGoT|30}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Varys]]

{{quote|'''Oswell:''' Ser [[Willem Darry|Willem]] is a good man and true. 
'''Gerold:''' The Kingsguard does not flee.{{ref|aGoT|39}}}} – [[Oswell Whent]] and [[Gerold Hightower]] in [[Eddard Stark]]'s dream

{{quote|Something his father had told him once when he was little came back to him suddenly. He had asked Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] if the Kingsguard were truly the finest [[knight]]s in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. "No longer," he answered, "but once they were a marvel, a shining lesson to the world."{{ref|ACOK|21}}}} – [[Bran Stark]]'s thoughts

{{quote|It is a rare and precious gift to be a [[knight]], and even more so a knight of the Kingsguard. It is a gift given to few, a gift you scorned and sullied.{{ref|aSoS|11}}}} – [[Brienne of Tarth]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{quote|'''Jaime:''' Once a man puts on that cloak, it changes him. 
'''Cersei:''' It certainly changed you, and not for the better.{{ref|affc|12}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] and [[Cersei Lannister]]

{{quote|He wondered what Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] would have to say of [[Kingsguard#Tommen I Baratheon (300 AC)|this lot]]. "How is it that the Kingsguard have fallen so low," most like. "It was my doing," I would have to answer. "I opened the door, and did nothing when the vermin began to crawl inside."{{ref|asos|67}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{quote|'''Sansa:''' So one of the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]] put the [[Purple Wedding|poison in Joff's cup]]?
'''Petyr:''' Did I say that? The lads are far too treacherous to be part of any such scheme ... and [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] has become especially unreliable since he joined the Kingsguard. That white cloak does things to a man, I find. Even a man like him.{{ref|aSoS|68}}}} – [[Sansa Stark]] and [[Petyr Baelish]]

{{quote|'''Arianne:''' Do you think you are the only Kingsguard who ever loved a woman? 
'''Arys:''' There have always been men who found it easier to speak vows than to keep them.{{ref|AFFC|13}}}} – [[Arianne Martell]] and [[Arys Oakheart]]

{{quote|'''Daenerys:''' [[Viserys Targaryen|My brother]] once told me a [[Westeros]]i riddle. Who listens to everything yet hears nothing? 
'''Barristan:''' A knight of the Kingsguard.{{ref|ADWD|16}}}} – [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Barristan Selmy]]

==See also==
* [[Queensguard]]
* [[Rainbow Guard]]
* [[Robb Stark's personal guard]]

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Alicent Hightower

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'''Alicent Hightower''' was a member of [[House Hightower]] who became the second wife to King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. She was the daughter of Ser [[Otto Hightower]], who had been [[Hand of the King]] to [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]], and later Viserys I. She was the mother of King [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], Prince [[Aemond Targaryen|Aemond]], Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron]], and Queen [[Helaena Targaryen|Helaena]].

==Appearance and Character==
Alicent was described as clever and lovely at the age of eighteen. After having given birth four times, Alicent remained as slender and graceful as before the first pregnancy.{{Ref|TRP}}

==History==
===Arrival at court===
Alicent arrived at the [[King's Landing|court]] of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] when she was fifteen years old, in {{date|101}}, when her father, Ser [[Otto Hightower]], was named [[Hand of the King]]. Alicent would become the constant companion of the Old King, whose health was failing. She would fetch his meals, help him wash and dress him, and read to him. In the end, King Jaehaerys would sometimes mistake her for his daughter, [[Saera Targaryen]]. King Jaehaerys eventually died in {{date|103}}, while Alicent was reading to him.{{Ref|TRP}}

Alicent stayed at court, as her father continued to occupy the position as Hand under Jaehaerys' successor, King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. Already early in the reign of Viserys, Ser Otto and Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] were at odds with each other, and the [[Fool|court fool]] [[Mushroom]] has suggested that the quarrel between the two men began when Daemon deflowered Alicent. The truths of these tales has never been uncovered.{{Ref|TRP}}

===Marriage===
In the years that followed, Alicent caught the eye of King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], whose first wife, Queen [[Aemma Arryn]], had died, and whose [[small council]] was urging him to wed again. Ignoring all advice from his council, Viserys choose Alicent as his wife. They married in {{date|106}}, despite the whispers of people who believed that the [[Hand of the King|Hand]] had risen above himself. Some people even doubted Alicents virtue, as rumors began circling that she had given her maidenhead to Prince [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]], and had later even slept with King Viserys while Queen Aemma was still alive. Nonetheless, Alicent was wed to the king.{{Ref|TRP}}

Originally, Queen Alicent had a good relationship with her step-daughter, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]. But when Alicent gave birth to a son, Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]], a daughter, Princess [[Helaena Targaryen|Helaena]], and another son, Prince [[Aemond Targaryen|Aemond]], in rapid succession, and Rhaenyra remained Viserys' heir, those feelings started to change. Both women wanted to be the first lady of the realm, but there could only be one.{{Ref|TRP}}

Alicent's biggest supporter was her own father, Ser [[Otto Hightower]]. He eventually pushed too far on the matter, and was stripped of his position as Hand. Having no place at court anymore, Ser Otto returned to [[Oldtown]]. A "Queen's party", a group of powerful lords who were friends with Queen Alicent, remained, who supported the rights of Alicent's sons.{{Ref|TRP}}

In {{date|111}}, a great tourney was held at [[King’s Landing]] on the fifth anniversary of the king’s marriage to Queen Alicent. At the opening feast, Alicent wore a green gown, whilst Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] dressed in [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] red and black. Note was taken, and thereafter it became the custom to refer to “[[greens]]” and “[[blacks]]” when talking of the queen’s party and the party of the princess, respectively. In the tourney itself, the greens were defeated by the blacks, when Ser [[Criston Cole]], wearing Princess Rhaenyra’s favor, unhorsed all of the queen’s champions, including two of her cousins and her youngest brother, Ser [[Gwayne Hightower]].{{ref|tpatq}}

Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] was opposed to Alicent and her sons, and after his return to King's Landing, he made fun of Alicent, Aegon and Aemond, and the other greens, to entertain Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]. It is said he acted cool towards the princes [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]] and [[Aemond Targaryen|Aemond]], because they had pushed him even lower in the line of succession.{{Ref|TRP}}

When Princess Rhaenyra turned sixteen, the [[small council]] started looking for a suitable husband. Alicent had her own choice: her eldest son, Prince Aegon, who, while the Princess was sixteen years old, was only 6 years old himself. Viserys argued that the siblings had never gotten along, but Alicent urged her husband that was all the more reason to wed the two. Viserys refused, believing that Alicent only made the suggestion to get her own blood on the throne.{{Ref|TRP}}

By the time Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] got married, in {{date|114}}, Queen Alicent had found a new member for her greens: Ser [[Criston Cole]], former companion to Princess Rhaenyra. Cole fought in the tourney for Rhaenyra's wedding with Alicent's favor, and was named Alicents personal sworn shield soon thereafter.{{Ref|TRP}}

By {{date|115}}, the enmity between the greens and the blacks had grown deep. Whilst Alicent had given birth to Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron]], who, just like his brothers and sister, looked unmistakably like a Targaryen, Princess Rhaenyra had given birth to princes [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]] and [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]], who both looked nothing like either Rhaenyra or her husband, Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]. Whilst Alicent was convinced the children had actually been fathered by Ser [[Harwin Strong]], King Viserys did not share these feelings.{{Ref|TRP}}

In {{date|120}}, Alicent's second son got involved in an incident where Rhaenyra's son [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]] took out Aemonds right eye. Alicent, angered, demanded that to Lucerys the same would be done. After this incident, King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] declared that Alicent and her children would remain at court in [[King's Landing]], whilst Rhaenyra and her family remained at [[Dragonstone]]. Later that year, as Rhaenyra gave birth to her first son by Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], Alicent grew wroth upon learning the child had been named [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon]], believing it to be a slight against her own firstborn, who had also been named [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]].{{Ref|TRP}}

===The Dance of the Dragons===
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When King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] died in his sleep, on the third day of the third moon in {{date|129}}, a servant warned Queen Alicent as instructed, without telling anyone else. Alicent warned Ser [[Criston Cole]], now [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander of the]] [[Kingsguard]], and together, they called the [[small council]], where plans were made to crown Alicent's son Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]], instead of Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], who had been Viserys' heir. At the coronation ceremony held for [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]] and [[Helaena Targaryen|Helaena]], Aegon's sister-wife, in the [[Dragonpit]], Alicent placed her own crown upon the head of Helaena and addressed her as "my queen."{{ref|tpatq}}

After the coronation she moved her chambers to the [[Tower of the Hand]], where her father resided. Every evening before bed, Queen Helaena would bring her children to see their grandmother. Because the Tower of the Hand was less secure than [[Maegor's Holdfast]], [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] and [[Cheese (the rat-catcher)|Cheese]] were able to take advantage of this custom. They stole into Alicent's chambers, slew her bedmaid, and bound and gagged her. When Helaena arrived with the children, they slew Prince Jaehaerys, Aegon's heir, as revenge for the death of Rhaenyra's son [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]]. Helaena subsequently went mad with grief.{{ref|tpatq}}

When Rhaenyra [[Fall of King's Landing|took King's Landing]], Alicent was forced to yield. She was bound in golden fetters, but while her [[Otto Hightower|father]] and co-conspirators on the small council were beheaded for treason, Rhaenyra spared her life "for the sake of our father, who loved you once." When Helaena's madness led her to commit suicide by jumping from her window, Alicent cursed her rival.{{ref|tpatq}}

Alicent outlived Rhaenyra, but her son lived only half a year after triumphing over his half-sister. Both of his brothers had already died in the war. Alicent's remaining grandson, Prince [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]], had died as well, leaving only her granddaughter Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]], who married Rhaenyra's son [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

===Further life===
Alicent was imprisoned after the [[Dance of the Dragons]], and remained a captive for the remainder of her life. She eventually died in {{date|133}}, during the outbreak of [[Winter Fever]].<ref name=Ran>Westeros.org: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/119671-what-do-you-wish-was-more-elaborated/#comment-6398776 Ran's comment (October 29, 2014)]</ref>

==Quotes about Alicent==
{{Quote|The [[Aegon II Targaryen|boy]] is Alicent’s [[House Hightower|own blood]]. She wants him on the [[Iron Throne|throne]].{{Ref|TRP}}}} – [[Viserys I Targaryen]] on Alicent's scheming

==Family==
Alicent was the daughter of Ser [[Otto Hightower]]. She had an unknown number of elder brothers, and one younger brother, Ser [[Gwayne Hightower]]. Alicent had four children and three grandchildren.

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House Estermont

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'''House Estermont of Greenstone''' is a noble house from [[Greenstone]] in the [[stormlands]] and is one of the principal houses sworn to [[House Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}} They rule the small island of [[Estermont]] east of [[Cape Wrath]].

Their arms depict a dark green sea [[turtle]] on pale green.{{ref|aCoK|22}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/8/ Houses from the Stormlands]</ref> Their motto is unknown.

==History==
It is as yet unconfirmed if the Estermonts are of [[First Men]] or [[Andal]] ancestry. During the [[Andal invasion]], the [[Storm King]]s from [[House Durrandon]] and many of their bannermen intermarried with Andals.{{ref|twoiaf| The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands}}

Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] spotted the Estermont turtle among the heraldry present at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{Date|209}}. Ser [[Gunthor Estermont]] rode in the lists.{{ref|THK}}

Lady [[Cassana Estermont]] wed Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]] and had three sons by him; [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. Both Cassana and Steffon drowned on the ''[[Windproud]]'' when caught in a severe storm in [[Shipbreaker Bay]], after an unsuccessful quest to the [[Free Cities]] to find a bride for King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s son, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Two of King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] Estermont uncles remained at court in [[King's Landing]] for half a year following his [[Marriage|wedding]] to Lady [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] of [[House Lannister]]. Robert insisted on repaying the visit, with Queen Cersei and members of his court accompanying him for a two-week stay at [[Greenstone]]. While there, Cersei suspected that Robert was bedding a widowed cousin he used to play with as a child, and had her twin brother Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] of the [[Kingsguard]] follow Robert to confirm her suspicions. Cersei and Jaime slept together on Greenstone, and Cersei likes to believe that was the night their eldest child Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] was conceived.{{ref|aFfC|24}}

Old Lord Estermont was one of the insulting matches [[Doran Martell]], the [[Prince of Dorne]], proposed to his daughter Princess [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]].{{ref|aFfC|40}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
On the outset of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Lord Estermont declares for his grandson and liege lord, King [[Renly Baratheon]].{{ref|aCoK|Appendix}} The Estermonts' sea turtle is seen by Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] in Renly's camp. When he is preparing for battle against his brother [[Stannis Baratheon]], Renly decides Lord Estermont would command the reserve of his army.{{ref|aCoK|31}} The Estermonts turn to King Stannis after [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Renly's death]], however, along with most other storm lords.

Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]] acknowledges the presence of the great lords Estermont, [[House Errol|Errol]] and [[House Varner|Varner]] during his parley with Stannis. Lord Estermont recommends against storming the walls of [[Storm's End]], believing it would cost too many lives. He suggests a duel against Cortnay, or a long siege to starve them. He refuses to turn to the religion of the [[R'hllor|Lord of Light]], and asks to fight under the [[House Baratheon|crowned stag banner]] instead of the [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone|flaming heart]].{{ref|aCoK|42}}

The banner of House Estermont is spotted in the van of Stannis's army as it approaches [[King's Landing]].{{ref|aCoK|52}} Lord Estermont and his men fight in the [[battle of the Blackwater]]. Ser [[Aemon Estermont|Aemon]], Ser [[Alyn Estermont|Alyn]], and Lord Estermont are made prisoners and bend the knee to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] after Stannis's defeat.{{ref|aCoK|57}} Ser [[Lomas Estermont|Lomas]] and Ser [[Andrew Estermont]] escape the battle, and lead part of the [[Greenstone]] men in remaining loyal to Stannis after the [[Blackwater Rush]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord Estermont is a guest at King Joffrey's [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]] to Lady [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] of [[House Tyrell]]. He declares at [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s trial that he saw Tyrion pick up the chalice as Joffrey was dying and poured the remaining wine onto the floor.{{ref|aSoS|66}}

Ser [[Andrew Estermont]] helps Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] smuggle [[Edric Storm]] out of [[Dragonstone]]. He sails away with the boy, commanding his escort.{{ref|aSoS|63}}

The Estermont banner is seen at [[Castle Black]] after Stannis's arrival.{{ref|aSoS|75}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lord [[Qyburn]] reports to Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] that Lord [[Eldon Estermont]] has married [[Sylva Santagar]]{{ref|aFfC|24}} - unknown to those in King's Landing, this was punishment for Sylva's part in Princess [[Arianne Martell]]'s attempted coup to place Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]] on the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|aFfC|21}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Marq Mandrake]] takes the island of [[Estermont]] during the [[landing of the Golden Company]].{{ref|aDwD|61}}{{ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}{{ref|AWOIAF| Estermont}}

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

* {Lord Estermont}, former Lord of [[Greenstone]]. An ancient man. Old-fashioned and cautious. Would have died in {{Date|300}}.<ref>''[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 42|A Clash of Kings]]'' and ''[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 36|A Storm of Swords]]'' state ancient Lord Estermont is the grandfather of the Baratheon brothers, but ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]'' indicates this is [[Eldon Estermont]], listed as an uncle in ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' and a great-uncle in ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]''.</ref>
* Lord [[Eldon Estermont]], Lord of Greenstone.{{ref|aFfC|Appendix}}
** Ser [[Aemon Estermont]], Eldon's son and heir.
*** Ser [[Alyn Estermont]], Aemon's son.
* Ser [[Lomas Estermont]], in some sources Eldon's brother, in others Eldon's son.{{ref|aFfC|Appendix}}{{ref|aDwD|Appendix}}
** Ser [[Andrew Estermont]], Lomas's son.
* Lady {[[Cassana Estermont]]}, wife to Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] and the mother of, [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. Killed in a [[Windproud|shipwreck]] during a storm in [[Shipbreaker Bay]] along with her husband.

''Because of contradictory information, there are different possibilities for the Estermont family tree; see [[House Estermont/Family Trees]].''
It can be said with certainty that Cassana Estermont had at least two brothers.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch of the house there is also:

* An unnamed female cousin, a chunky little widow with breasts as big as melons, whose father and husband died during the [[siege of Storm's End]]. She was of an age with her cousin [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], with whom she would play when they were both still very young. During the early years of Robert's and [[Cersei Lannister]]'s marriage, the king and queen visited Greenstone for a fortnight and while there Robert slept with his cousin.{{ref|aFfC|24}}

==Historical Estermonts==
* Ser [[Gunthor Estermont]], a [[knight]] and the son and heir of Lord Estermont in {{Date|209}}, was present at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{ref|thk}}

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Dothraki

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The '''Dothraki''' people are a culture of nomadic warriors in [[Essos]] who range across the vast grasslands of the [[Dothraki sea]] in hordes known as ''[[khalasar]]s''.

==Appearance==
[[File:Khal drogo by reneaigner.jpg|thumb|300px|The Dothraki Khal [[Drogo]] by Rene Aigner©]]
Dothraki typically have a copper-toned skin and dark almond eyes,{{Ref|agot|3}}{{Ref|agot|61}}{{Ref|asos|23}} black hair,{{Ref|agot|3}} and black eyes.{{Ref|agot|46}} Dothraki men wear their hair in long braids, oiled{{Ref|acok|12}} or greased with fat from the rendering pits.{{Ref|agot|11}} Dothraki warriors carry small [[Bells (Dothraki)|bells]] in their braids, which ring softly when they move.{{Ref|agot|3}} They are only allowed to braid their hair after they have won a victory.{{ref|agot|36}} A bell is added to their braid after each victory;{{Ref|acok|63}} The braid is only cut when a Dothraki warrior is defeated in battle,{{Ref|acok|12}} an act through which he lets the world know his shame.{{Ref|Agot|3}} Only few men die with their braids never having been cut off.{{ref|acok|12}} Men further might wear metal rings bound in their mustachios.{{Ref|agot|3}}

Both men and women might wear painted leather vests over bear chests and horsehair leggings cinched by bronze medallion belts,{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|54}} although wealthier Dothraki might also have silver and golden medallions on their belts.{{Ref|agot|46}} Others might wear sandsilk trousers.{{Ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|agot|72}}{{ref|asos|27}} For footwear Dothraki wear leather boots,{{Ref|Agot|68}}, leather sandals which lace up to the knee,{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|agot|64}} or sandals of woven grass.{{Ref|acok|63}} However, when visiting the Free Cities, the Dothraki wear rich fabrics and sweet perfumes.{{Ref|agot|11}}

Being accustomed to riding horses every entire day, Dothraki warriors walk with a bowlegged swagger on the ground.{{Ref|asos|27}}

The Dothraki clean themselves using sand to scrub them.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==Culture & customs==
===Khalasars===
:{{Main|Khalasar}}
Dothraki live in hordes called [[khalasar]]s. Their chieftains are called [[khal]]s, while the wife of a khal is known as a [[khaleesi]].{{Ref|agot|11}} Both have their personal guard; A khal is guarded and accompanied in his daily routine by his kos, also called [[bloodriders]]. These men fulfill the roles of guards, brothers, shadows, and friends to the khal in ways that run deeper than the oath of the [[Kingsguard]] to the king on the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|agot|36}}. Ancient traditions proclaim that when a ''khal'' dies, his bloodriders die with him. Should the ''khal'' die in battle, the bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him and then die shortly after. The ''khal'' and his bloodriders commonly refer to each other as "blood of my blood".{{Ref|aGoT|36}} Each Ko has his own khas.{{fact}} The khaleesi is guarded by the young men in her own [[khas]].{{Ref|agot|61}} A khal’s heir is named the khalakka.{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|Agot|61}} Another important position is that of the [[jaqqa rhan]], the mercy men, who move among the corpses in battle fields, cutting off the heads of the death and dying.{{ref|agot|61}} When the khalasar is on the move, scouts range ahead while outriders guard the flanks.{{Ref|agot|23}}

Khalasars keep two sorts of healers. The first are barren women who practice their healing with herbs, potions, and spells, and eunuch slaves, who use knives, needles, and fire.{{Ref|Agot|61}}

===Social status===
The Dothraki consider riding a horse as a basic marker of social status. A ''khal'' who cannot ride cannot rule.{{ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|aGoT|68}} Custom decrees that the ''khaleesi'' must ride a mount worthy of her place by the side of the ''khal''.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth. Doing anything else might be considered weak.{{Ref|Agot|54}} Some women giving birth ride on a cart. A cart is of less prestige, and is further meant for eunuchs, cripples, the very young, and the very old.{{Ref|agot|36}} A man who does not ride is considered the lowest of the low. He is not even seen as a man, and considered to be without honor or pride.{{ref|agot|23}}

Although some are respected, women have a lower social status than men. For example, the bloodriders of a khal will not allow themselves to be commanded by his khaleesi.{{ref|agot|64}} Nonetheless, even the mightiest khal will bow to the wisdom and authority of the [[dosh khaleen]], the widowed khaleesi’s who reside at Vaes Dothrak.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

Most of all, the Dothraki follow strength. Should a khal die without an adult heir, his kos (bloodriders) will fight among themselves to take the place of the fallen khal. In the case that the khal does have a child khalakka (heir), the khalakka will be killed so as not to be a rival.{{Ref|agot|64}}

===Religion===
The Dothraki worship a horse god.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Gods_of_Westeros/ Gods of Westeros (November 18, 1998)]</ref>{{Ref|acok|48}} The Dothraki believe that, when someone dies, the horse god parts the grass and claims the deceased for his starry khalasar, so the deceased can ride the nightlands.{{Ref|adwd|52}}{{Ref|adwd|71}} The Dothraki further believe that the moon is a goddess, and that she is the wife to the sun.{{Ref|agot|23}} In addition, they believe in hell.{{Ref|Acok|12}}{{Ref|acok|63}}

===Language===
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The Dothraki have their own [[Dothraki language|language]]. It is known to be a rough, harsh language.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|AGOT|61}} They use descriptive names, e.g. “Rhaesh Andahli”, meaning “the land of the Andals”, for Westeros,{{Ref|agot|3}} "Shierak qiya", literally meaning “bleeding star”, used to describe the [[red comet]],{{Ref|Acok|12}} or the term “Milk Men” for the [[Qarth]]een, pointing towards their paleness.{{Ref|acok|27}}

===Economy===
The Dothraki neither buy nor sell{{ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} and do not really comprehend it.{{Ref|AGOT|56}} Buying and selling is considered to be unmanly.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Instead, the Dothraki use giving and receiving gifts as a common way for doing trade.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|50}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} However, giving a gift in return might not always occur immediately upon receiving a gift.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} This is exemplified by the Dothraki "selling" their captives on occasion to the [[Slaver Cities]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} They call these slaves "gifts", and as payment receive gifts from the slavers.{{Ref|ADWD|50}}

Trade is allowed in the sacred city [[Vaes Dothrak]], where, by the leave of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', merchants and traders gather to exchange goods and gold,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} though they mostly trade with each other, and only little with the Dothraki themselves.{{Ref|agot|54}} Two markets exist in Vaes Dothrak; On the Western Market merchants from the Free Cities come to trade, while on the Eastern Market traders from Yi Ti, Asshai, the Shadow Lands, and the lands from beside the Jade Sea place their caravans.{{ref|agot|36}} The merchants are tolerated provided that they do not break the peace of the city, do not profane the sacred mountain of lake, and honor the dosh khaleen with the traditional gifts of salt, silver, and seed.{{ref|agot|54}}

The Free Cities (like [[Myr]], [[Pentos]], and [[Norvos]]) and the slave cities in Slaver’s Bay deal carefully with the Dothraki. The rulers of the cities give lavishly to every khal who passes with his khalasar, feasting them and giving them gifts, so the khalasar will pass on without sacking then city.{{Ref|asos|23}}

===Culinary customs===
The Dothraki eat horseflesh, which they prefer to beef and pork.{{Ref|agot|31}} They believe horseflesh makes a man strong.{{Ref|agot|36}} They also have black sausages<ref group="N">Similar to [[w:Kishka (food)|''kaszanka'']]</ref>, blood pies and sweetgrass stews.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} They drink a mildly alcoholic beverage derived from fermented mare's milk.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{ref|agot|46}}<ref group="N">Similar to the Central Asian drink [[w:Kumis|''kumýs'']]</ref> They also drink pepper beer.{{Ref|Agot|64}}

===Structures===
[[File:Dothraki Sea2 HBO.jpg|thumb|300px|A Dothraki camp as depicted in [[w:HBO|HBO]]'s TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
The Dothraki do not build.{{Ref|agot|36}} A thousand years before, to build a house they would dig a hole in the earth and raise a grass roof over it.{{Ref|agot|36}} They can raise 'palaces' of woven grass,{{Ref|agot|11}} In Vaes Dothrak, all buildings have been made by the slaves serving there. Since the slaves all originate from different lands, they have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Vaes Dothrak===
The sacred city of Vaes Dothrak is the only city the Dothraki have.{{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Here, only the [[dosh khaleen]] reside permanently, together with their slaves and servants.{{Ref|agot|36}} Regardless, the city is large enough to host all khalasars at one time, as the dosh khaleen have prophesized that one day all Dothraki would return to the city at the same time.{{Ref|agot|36}} Within the city, the khalasars are to set their enmities aside. It is death to draw a blade in Vaes Dothrak or to shed a free man’s blood,{{Ref|agot|36}} – although this does not entirely prevent murders within the city.

Vaes Dothrak is located in the shadow of the [[Mother of Mountains]], {{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} a mountain which only Dothraki men are allowed to ascend.{{Ref|agot|36}}{{Ref|agot|46}} Residing at the edge of the city is the [[Womb of the World]], {{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|tloiaf| The Dothraki Sea}} a large lake from where, the Dothraki believe, the first men emerged a thousand years ago upon the back of the first horse.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

The buildings in Vaes Dothrak are all made by slaves from different lands, who have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Marriage, sexual relations, and childbirth===
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Among the Dothraki, weddings occur beneath the open sky. The ceremony might last the entire day, during which the guest's feast, drink, dance, and fight. The Dothraki mate like the animals in their heads. There is no privacy in the khalasar. During the wedding feast, women dance to drums, while warriors may take them before the watching khalasar freely. If two men take the same woman, they fight to the death. A wedding without at least three deaths is seen as a dull affair.{{ref|agot|11}} During the feast, each dish is offered first to the newlywed pair; All food they refuse is offered to the rest of the participants at the wedding feast.{{ref|agot|11}} Towards the end of the ceremony, the bride is presented with her bride gifts. As is tradition, a [[khaleesi]] will be presented with a gift from each of her husband’s [[bloodrider]]s – a whip, a bow, and an ''[[arakh]]'' – which she is to decline and give to her husband instead. Following the receiving of the gifts, the [[khal]] and khaleesi will consummate their marriage.{{ref|AGOT|11}} After the wedding, the khal is to present his new bride to the [[dosh khaleen]] at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|AGOT|11}}

Polygamy is practiced among the Dothraki; At least the Dothraki ''khals'' [[Jommo]]{{ref|agot|46}} and [[Temmo]]{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} have been known to have had multiple wives. Other ''khals'' might decide to share their wife or wives with his bloodriders.{{ref|agot|36}}

Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth,{{ref|Agot|54}} although some women giving birth might ride on a cart.{{ref|agot|36}} When children are born deformed they are left out for the feral dogs who run behind the khalasar.{{ref|agot|31}}

A pregnant khaleesi might participate in the [[Stallion heart|stallion heart]] ceremony, although it is unknown under what circumstances the ceremony occurs. During the ceremony, the khaleesi will attempt to consume the heart of a stallion under the supervision of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]''. Due to the prohibition on bearing steel in [[Vaes Dothrak]], the mother must tear apart the stallion's heart with her bare teeth and fingernails. If she eats the entire heart, she will bear a son who is strong and swift and fearless; if she chokes on the blood or retches up the flesh, the omens are less favorable — the child might be stillborn, weak, deformed or female.{{ref|agot|46}}

===Death===
The Dothraki believe that the stars in the sky are horses made of fire, and that the starry sky is a great herd of fiery horses racing across the sky.{{ref|agot|46}} The Dothraki further believe that these horses of fire are ridden by deceased Dothraki, and that the more fiercely a person burned in life, the brighter said person’s star will be in death,{{Ref|agot|72}} causing maesters to say that the Dothraki believe the starts are the spirits of the valiant dead.{{Ref|acok|66}} When a horselord dies, a horse is slain so he can mount it in death.{{Ref|acok|12}} The bodies of deceased Dothraki are next burned beneath the open sky.{{Ref|agot|72}} However, when a child dies at an age at which he is too young to ride, the child will not ride in the night lands but instead be reborn to begin life anew.{{Ref|acok|12}}

At least a khal is given a funeral pyre after he dies.{{Ref|agot|72}} A great square is made from wood, in the middle of which the khal’s slain horse is positioned. Over the horse, the platform is constructed on which the khal will be placed. The wood of the platform is laid east to west, from sunrise to sunset.
The platform consists of three levels. The wood of the third of these levels are positioned from north to south. On this level the body of the khal is placed. The khal is placed upon the pyre with his head in the direction of the [[Mother of Mountains]]. His treasures are positioned around him. The pyre is only lit after the first star has been seen in the sky.{{Ref|agot|72}}

Ancient traditions of the Dothraki demand that a khal’s bloodriders die with him, riding the night lands by his side. When a khal is killed by an enemy, his bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The last duty the bloodriders owe their khal is taking the khal's wife or wives to Vaes Dothrak to join the dosh khaleen. After their last duty has been completed, the bloodriders join their khal in death.{{ref|agot|64}}

The Dothraki believe it is bad luck to touch the body of a dead man whom they have not personally killed themselves.{{Ref|adwd|2}}

===Military===
[[File:Jedruszek Dothraki Outriders.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki outriders gallop towards a disturbance with weapons drawn - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Dothraki are nomadic warriors; they ride better than any Westerosi knight.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The Dothraki fight from horseback,{{Ref|agot|36}} with warriors wielding ''[[arakh]]''s, curved bows, and whips.{{ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|acok|63}}{{ref|agot|23}} The bows the Dothraki use outrange the bows used in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|agot|36}} According to [[Jorah Mormont]], the Dothraki are utterly fearless.{{Ref|agot|36}}

The Dothraki ride on small, flat saddles with short stirrups.{{Ref|Agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|23}}

===Miscellaneous beliefs and superstitions===
The Dothraki hate and fear the sea and the ships in it, as they mistrust all water their horses do not drink. They refer to the sea as “the poison water"{{Ref|acok|63}}{{Ref|asos|8}} and the “black salt sea”.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|asos|23}}

Dothraki believe that anything of importance in a man's life must take place beneath the open sky.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

Ancient prophecy of the Dothraki predicts that one day the khal of all khals will rise, called the stallion who mounts the world. This khal is prophecised to unite the Dothraki into a single khalasar and ride to the ends of the earth, making everyone on the world his herd.{{Ref|agot|46}}

The Dothraki believe that someday ghost grass will cover the world, and then all life will end (I: 190).

The number thirteen is considered to be a bad number.{{Ref|aDwD|17}}

Bloodmagic is forbidden amongst the Dothraki.{{Ref|agot|64}} The Dothraki consider a maegi to be a woman who lays with demons and practices the blackest of sorceries. A Maegi is considered to be a vile thing, evil and soulless.{{ref|agot|61}}

When the gods are gone from a certain place, according to the Dothraki, evil ghosts feast by night. The Dothraki feel it best to shun such places.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==History==
The ancestors of the Dothraki came from the lands beyond the [[Bone Mountains]] in the [[Further East]], leaving behind the bones that give the Bone Mountains their name.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond}}

The nomadic Dothraki do not have a tradition of settlements. To make a house a thousand years ago, they dug a hole in the ground and covered it with a woven grass roof.{{ref|AGOT|36}} Four hundred years ago,{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|asos|8}} the Dothraki rode toward the [[Free Cities]] out of the east, sacking and burning every town and city in their path, including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Qaathi]] cities in the [[Red Waste]],{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and the Ibbenese settlements in the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} Khal [[Temmo]] and his ''khalasar'' of at least fifty-thousand were stopped by the [[Unsullied]] in the [[Battle of Qohor]].{{ref|ASOS|8}} During the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Dothraki drove smallfolk from their hovels and nobles from their estates, until only grass and ruins remained from the [[forest of Qohor]] to the headwaters of the [[Selhoru]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Ruined cities and regions ring the vast plains of the [[Dothraki sea]], including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]], the upper [[Skahazadhan]], and the [[red waste]].{{ref|TLOIAF}} The godsway in [[Vaes Dothrak]] contains monuments the Dothraki have taken from conquered people.{{ref|AGOT|36}}

==Books and scrolls about the Dothraki==
*''[[Fire Upon the Grass]]'' - by [[Terrio Erastes]] who wrote about his time as a guest of ''[[Khal]]'' [[Dhako]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I shall fear the Dothraki the day they teach their horses to run on water.{{ref|aGoT|33}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]], to [[Robert I Baratheon]]

{{Quote|The Dothraki follow only the strong.{{ref|aGoT|68}}}} – [[Jorah Mormont]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|Godless savages.{{ref|aCoK|63}}}} – the owner of the ''[[Lord Faro's Belly]]''

{{Quote|The Dothraki were wise where horses were concerned, but could be utter fools about much else.{{ref|aDwD|2}}}} – thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|The Dothraki are not fond of towns, you will know this even in [[Westeros]].{{ref|aDwD|5}}}} – [[Illyrio Mopatis]], to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|The horselords come, we give them gifts, the horselords go.{{ref|aDwD|22}}}} – [[Qavo Nogarys]], to [[Haldon]]

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R.R. Martin]] has stated that the Dothraki were fashioned as an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures. "''[[w:Mongols|Mongols]] and [[w:Huns|Huns]], certainly, but also [[w:Alans|Alans]], [[w:Sioux|Sioux]], [[w:Cheyenne|Cheyenne]], and various other Amerindian tribes... seasoned with a dash of pure fantasy. So any resemblance to Arabs or Turks is coincidental. Well, except to the extent that the Turks were also originally horsemen of the steppes, not unlike the Alans, Huns, and the rest.''"<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6040/ On Ethnicities (February 04, 2012)]</ref>

==See also==
*[http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Main_Page Dothrawiki], a wiki dedicated to the Dothraki language.

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

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

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Dothraki

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The '''Dothraki''' people are a culture of nomadic warriors in [[Essos]] who range across the vast grasslands of the [[Dothraki sea]] in hordes known as ''[[khalasar]]s''.

==Appearance==
[[File:Khal drogo by reneaigner.jpg|thumb|300px|The Dothraki Khal [[Drogo]] by Rene Aigner©]]
Dothraki typically have a copper-toned skin and dark almond eyes,{{Ref|agot|3}}{{Ref|agot|61}}{{Ref|asos|23}} black hair,{{Ref|agot|3}} and black eyes.{{Ref|agot|46}} Dothraki men wear their hair in long braids, oiled{{Ref|acok|12}} or greased with fat from the rendering pits.{{Ref|agot|11}} Dothraki warriors carry small [[Bells (Dothraki)|bells]] in their braids, which ring softly when they move.{{Ref|agot|3}} They are only allowed to braid their hair after they have won a victory.{{ref|agot|36}} A bell is added to their braid after each victory;{{Ref|acok|63}} The braid is only cut when a Dothraki warrior is defeated in battle,{{Ref|acok|12}} an act through which he lets the world know his shame.{{Ref|Agot|3}} Only few men die with their braids never having been cut off.{{ref|acok|12}} Men further might wear metal rings bound in their mustachios.{{Ref|agot|3}}

Both men and women might wear painted leather vests over bear chests and horsehair leggings cinched by bronze medallion belts,{{Ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|54}} although wealthier Dothraki might also have silver and golden medallions on their belts.{{Ref|agot|46}} Others might wear sandsilk trousers.{{Ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|agot|72}}{{ref|asos|27}} For footwear Dothraki wear leather boots,{{Ref|Agot|68}}, leather sandals which lace up to the knee,{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|agot|64}} or sandals of woven grass.{{Ref|acok|63}} However, when visiting the Free Cities, the Dothraki wear rich fabrics and sweet perfumes.{{Ref|agot|11}}

Being accustomed to riding horses every entire day, Dothraki warriors walk with a bowlegged swagger on the ground.{{Ref|asos|27}}

The Dothraki clean themselves using sand to scrub them.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==Culture & customs==
===Khalasars===
:{{Main|Khalasar}}
Dothraki live in hordes called [[khalasar]]s. Their chieftains are called [[khal]]s, while the wife of a khal is known as a [[khaleesi]].{{Ref|agot|11}} Both have their personal guard; A khal is guarded and accompanied in his daily routine by his kos, also called [[bloodriders]]. These men fulfill the roles of guards, brothers, shadows, and friends to the khal in ways that run deeper than the oath of the [[Kingsguard]] to the king on the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|agot|36}}. Ancient traditions proclaim that when a ''khal'' dies, his bloodriders die with him. Should the ''khal'' die in battle, the bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him and then die shortly after. The ''khal'' and his bloodriders commonly refer to each other as "blood of my blood".{{Ref|aGoT|36}} Each Ko has his own khas.{{fact}} The khaleesi is guarded by the young men in her own [[khas]].{{Ref|agot|61}} A khal’s heir is named the khalakka.{{Ref|agot|46}}{{Ref|Agot|61}} Another important position is that of the [[jaqqa rhan]], the mercy men, who move among the corpses in battle fields, cutting off the heads of the death and dying.{{ref|agot|61}} When the khalasar is on the move, scouts range ahead while outriders guard the flanks.{{Ref|agot|23}}

Khalasars keep two sorts of healers. The first are barren women who practice their healing with herbs, potions, and spells, and eunuch slaves, who use knives, needles, and fire.{{Ref|Agot|61}}

===Social status===
The Dothraki consider riding a horse as a basic marker of social status. A ''khal'' who cannot ride cannot rule.{{ref|agot|64}}{{Ref|aGoT|68}} Custom decrees that the ''khaleesi'' must ride a mount worthy of her place by the side of the ''khal''.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth. Doing anything else might be considered weak.{{Ref|Agot|54}} Some women giving birth ride on a cart. A cart is of less prestige, and is further meant for eunuchs, cripples, the very young, and the very old.{{Ref|agot|36}} A man who does not ride is considered the lowest of the low. He is not even seen as a man, and considered to be without honor or pride.{{ref|agot|23}}

Although some are respected, women have a lower social status than men. For example, the bloodriders of a khal will not allow themselves to be commanded by his khaleesi.{{ref|agot|64}} Nonetheless, even the mightiest khal will bow to the wisdom and authority of the [[dosh khaleen]], the widowed khaleesi’s who reside at Vaes Dothrak.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

Most of all, the Dothraki follow strength. Should a khal die without an adult heir, his kos (bloodriders) will fight among themselves to take the place of the fallen khal. In the case that the khal does have a child khalakka (heir), the khalakka will be killed so as not to be a rival.{{Ref|agot|64}}

===Religion===
The Dothraki worship a horse god.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Gods_of_Westeros/ Gods of Westeros (November 18, 1998)]</ref>{{Ref|acok|48}} The Dothraki believe that, when someone dies, the horse god parts the grass and claims the deceased for his starry khalasar, so the deceased can ride the nightlands.{{Ref|adwd|52}}{{Ref|adwd|71}} The Dothraki further believe that the moon is a goddess, and that she is the wife to the sun.{{Ref|agot|23}} In addition, they believe in hell.{{Ref|Acok|12}}{{Ref|acok|63}}

===Language===
:{{Main|Dothraki language}}
The Dothraki have their own [[Dothraki language|language]]. It is known to be a rough, harsh language.{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|AGOT|61}} They use descriptive names, e.g. “Rhaesh Andahli”, meaning “the land of the Andals”, for Westeros,{{Ref|agot|3}} "Shierak qiya", literally meaning “bleeding star”, used to describe the [[red comet]],{{Ref|Acok|12}} or the term “Milk Men” for the [[Qarth]]een, pointing towards their paleness.{{Ref|acok|27}}

===Economy===
The Dothraki neither buy nor sell{{ref|ADWD|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} and do not really comprehend it.{{Ref|AGOT|56}} Buying and selling is considered to be unmanly.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Instead, the Dothraki use giving and receiving gifts as a common way for doing trade.{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|ADWD|50}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}} However, giving a gift in return might not always occur immediately upon receiving a gift.{{Ref|ADWD|36}} This is exemplified by the Dothraki "selling" their captives on occasion to the [[Slaver Cities]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}} They call these slaves "gifts", and as payment receive gifts from the slavers.{{Ref|ADWD|50}}

Trade is allowed in the sacred city [[Vaes Dothrak]], where, by the leave of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'', merchants and traders gather to exchange goods and gold,{{Ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} though they mostly trade with each other, and only little with the Dothraki themselves.{{Ref|agot|54}} Two markets exist in Vaes Dothrak; On the Western Market merchants from the Free Cities come to trade, while on the Eastern Market traders from Yi Ti, Asshai, the Shadow Lands, and the lands from beside the Jade Sea place their caravans.{{ref|agot|36}} The merchants are tolerated provided that they do not break the peace of the city, do not profane the sacred mountain of lake, and honor the dosh khaleen with the traditional gifts of salt, silver, and seed.{{ref|agot|54}}

The Free Cities (like [[Myr]], [[Pentos]], and [[Norvos]]) and the slave cities in Slaver’s Bay deal carefully with the Dothraki. The rulers of the cities give lavishly to every khal who passes with his khalasar, feasting them and giving them gifts, so the khalasar will pass on without sacking then city.{{Ref|asos|23}}

===Culinary customs===
The Dothraki eat horseflesh, which they prefer to beef and pork.{{Ref|agot|31}} They believe horseflesh makes a man strong.{{Ref|agot|36}} They also have black sausages<ref group="N">Similar to [[w:Kishka (food)|''kaszanka'']]</ref>, blood pies and sweetgrass stews.{{Ref|aGoT|11}} They drink a mildly alcoholic beverage derived from fermented mare's milk.{{Ref|agot|11}}{{ref|agot|46}}<ref group="N">Similar to the Central Asian drink [[w:Kumis|''kumýs'']]</ref> They also drink pepper beer.{{Ref|Agot|64}}

===Structures===
[[File:Dothraki Sea2 HBO.jpg|thumb|300px|A Dothraki camp as depicted in [[w:HBO|HBO]]'s TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
The Dothraki do not build.{{Ref|agot|36}} A thousand years before, to build a house they would dig a hole in the earth and raise a grass roof over it.{{Ref|agot|36}} They can raise 'palaces' of woven grass,{{Ref|agot|11}} In Vaes Dothrak, all buildings have been made by the slaves serving there. Since the slaves all originate from different lands, they have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Vaes Dothrak===
The sacred city of Vaes Dothrak is the only city the Dothraki have.{{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} Here, only the [[dosh khaleen]] reside permanently, together with their slaves and servants.{{Ref|agot|36}} Regardless, the city is large enough to host all khalasars at one time, as the dosh khaleen have prophesized that one day all Dothraki would return to the city at the same time.{{Ref|agot|36}} Within the city, the khalasars are to set their enmities aside. It is death to draw a blade in Vaes Dothrak or to shed a free man’s blood,{{Ref|agot|36}} – although this does not entirely prevent murders within the city.

Vaes Dothrak is located in the shadow of the [[Mother of Mountains]], {{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} a mountain which only Dothraki men are allowed to ascend.{{Ref|agot|36}}{{Ref|agot|46}} Residing at the edge of the city is the [[Womb of the World]], {{ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|tloiaf| The Dothraki Sea}} a large lake from where, the Dothraki believe, the first men emerged a thousand years ago upon the back of the first horse.{{Ref|Agot|46}}

The buildings in Vaes Dothrak are all made by slaves from different lands, who have built after the fashion of their own people. As a result, Vaes Dothrak consists of many different types of buildings, including carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, and log halls open to the sky.{{Ref|agot|36}}

===Marriage, sexual relations, and childbirth===
:{{See also|Marriage}}
Among the Dothraki, weddings occur beneath the open sky. The ceremony might last the entire day, during which the guest's feast, drink, dance, and fight. The Dothraki mate like the animals in their heads. There is no privacy in the khalasar. During the wedding feast, women dance to drums, while warriors may take them before the watching khalasar freely. If two men take the same woman, they fight to the death. A wedding without at least three deaths is seen as a dull affair.{{ref|agot|11}} During the feast, each dish is offered first to the newlywed pair; All food they refuse is offered to the rest of the participants at the wedding feast.{{ref|agot|11}} Towards the end of the ceremony, the bride is presented with her bride gifts. As is tradition, a [[khaleesi]] will be presented with a gift from each of her husband’s [[bloodrider]]s – a whip, a bow, and an ''[[arakh]]'' – which she is to decline and give to her husband instead. Following the receiving of the gifts, the [[khal]] and khaleesi will consummate their marriage.{{ref|AGOT|11}} After the wedding, the khal is to present his new bride to the [[dosh khaleen]] at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|AGOT|11}}

Polygamy is practiced among the Dothraki; At least the Dothraki ''khals'' [[Jommo]]{{ref|agot|46}} and [[Temmo]]{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} have been known to have had multiple wives. Other ''khals'' might decide to share their wife or wives with his bloodriders.{{ref|agot|36}}

Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth,{{ref|Agot|54}} although some women giving birth might ride on a cart.{{ref|agot|36}} When children are born deformed they are left out for the feral dogs who run behind the khalasar.{{ref|agot|31}}

A pregnant khaleesi might participate in the [[Stallion heart|stallion heart]] ceremony, although it is unknown under what circumstances the ceremony occurs. During the ceremony, the khaleesi will attempt to consume the heart of a stallion under the supervision of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]''. Due to the prohibition on bearing steel in [[Vaes Dothrak]], the mother must tear apart the stallion's heart with her bare teeth and fingernails. If she eats the entire heart, she will bear a son who is strong and swift and fearless; if she chokes on the blood or retches up the flesh, the omens are less favorable — the child might be stillborn, weak, deformed or female.{{ref|agot|46}}

===Death===
The Dothraki believe that the stars in the sky are horses made of fire, and that the starry sky is a great herd of fiery horses racing across the sky.{{ref|agot|46}} The Dothraki further believe that these horses of fire are ridden by deceased Dothraki, and that the more fiercely a person burned in life, the brighter said person’s star will be in death,{{Ref|agot|72}} causing maesters to say that the Dothraki believe the starts are the spirits of the valiant dead.{{Ref|acok|66}} When a horselord dies, a horse is slain so he can mount it in death.{{Ref|acok|12}} The bodies of deceased Dothraki are next burned beneath the open sky.{{Ref|agot|72}} However, when a child dies at an age at which he is too young to ride, the child will not ride in the night lands but instead be reborn to begin life anew.{{Ref|acok|12}}

At least a khal is given a funeral pyre after he dies.{{Ref|agot|72}} A great square is made from wood, in the middle of which the khal’s slain horse is positioned. Over the horse, the platform is constructed on which the khal will be placed. The wood of the platform is laid east to west, from sunrise to sunset.
The platform consists of three levels. The wood of the third of these levels are positioned from north to south. On this level the body of the khal is placed. The khal is placed upon the pyre with his head in the direction of the [[Mother of Mountains]]. His treasures are positioned around him. The pyre is only lit after the first star has been seen in the sky.{{Ref|agot|72}}

Ancient traditions of the Dothraki demand that a khal’s bloodriders die with him, riding the night lands by his side. When a khal is killed by an enemy, his bloodriders live only long enough to avenge him.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The last duty the bloodriders owe their khal is taking the khal's wife or wives to Vaes Dothrak to join the dosh khaleen. After their last duty has been completed, the bloodriders join their khal in death.{{ref|agot|64}}

The Dothraki believe it is bad luck to touch the body of a dead man whom they have not personally killed themselves.{{Ref|adwd|2}}

===Military===
[[File:Jedruszek Dothraki Outriders.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki outriders gallop towards a disturbance with weapons drawn - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Dothraki are nomadic warriors; they ride better than any Westerosi knight.{{Ref|Agot|36}} The Dothraki fight from horseback,{{Ref|agot|36}} with warriors wielding ''[[arakh]]''s, curved bows, and whips.{{ref|agot|11}}{{Ref|acok|63}}{{ref|agot|23}} The bows the Dothraki use outrange the bows used in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|agot|36}} According to [[Jorah Mormont]], the Dothraki are utterly fearless.{{Ref|agot|36}}

The Dothraki ride on small, flat saddles with short stirrups.{{Ref|Agot|11}}{{Ref|agot|23}}

===Miscellaneous beliefs and superstitions===
The Dothraki hate and fear the sea and the ships in it, as they mistrust all water their horses do not drink. They refer to the sea as “the poison water"{{Ref|acok|63}}{{Ref|asos|8}} and the “black salt sea”.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}{{Ref|asos|23}}

Dothraki believe that anything of importance in a man's life must take place beneath the open sky.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

Ancient prophecy of the Dothraki predicts that one day the khal of all khals will rise, called the stallion who mounts the world. This khal is prophecised to unite the Dothraki into a single khalasar and ride to the ends of the earth, making everyone on the world his herd.{{Ref|agot|46}}

The Dothraki believe that someday ghost grass will cover the world, and then all life will end (I: 190).

The number thirteen is considered to be a bad number.{{Ref|aDwD|17}}

Bloodmagic is forbidden amongst the Dothraki.{{Ref|agot|64}} The Dothraki consider a maegi to be a woman who lays with demons and practices the blackest of sorceries. A Maegi is considered to be a vile thing, evil and soulless.{{ref|agot|61}}

When the gods are gone from a certain place, according to the Dothraki, evil ghosts feast by night. The Dothraki feel it best to shun such places.{{Ref|acok|12}}

==History==
The ancestors of the Dothraki came from the lands beyond the [[Bone Mountains]] in the [[Further East]], leaving behind the bones that give the Bone Mountains their name.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Bones and Beyond}}

The nomadic Dothraki do not have a tradition of settlements. To make a house a thousand years ago, they dug a hole in the ground and covered it with a woven grass roof.{{ref|AGOT|36}} Four hundred years ago,{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}}{{Ref|asos|8}} the Dothraki rode toward the [[Free Cities]] out of the east, sacking and burning every town and city in their path, including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Qaathi]] cities in the [[Red Waste]],{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands}} and the Ibbenese settlements in the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} Khal [[Temmo]] and his ''khalasar'' of at least fifty-thousand were stopped by the [[Unsullied]] in the [[Battle of Qohor]].{{ref|ASOS|8}} During the [[Century of Blood]] after the [[Doom of Valyria]], the Dothraki drove smallfolk from their hovels and nobles from their estates, until only grass and ruins remained from the [[forest of Qohor]] to the headwaters of the [[Selhoru]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Ruined cities and regions ring the vast plains of the [[Dothraki sea]], including the [[Kingdom of Sarnor]], the [[Kingdom of the Ifequevron]], the upper [[Skahazadhan]], and the [[red waste]].{{ref|TLOIAF}} The godsway in [[Vaes Dothrak]] contains monuments the Dothraki have taken from conquered people.{{ref|AGOT|36}}

==Books and scrolls about the Dothraki==
*''[[Fire Upon the Grass]]'' - by [[Terrio Erastes]] who wrote about his time as a guest of ''[[Khal]]'' [[Dhako]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I shall fear the Dothraki the day they teach their horses to run on water.{{Ref|AGOT|33}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]], to [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|The Dothraki follow only the strong.{{Ref|agot|68}}}} - [[Jorah Mormont]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|Godless savages.{{ref|ACOK|63}}}} - The owner of the ''[[Lord Faro's Belly]]''

{{Quote|The Dothraki were wise where horses were concerned, but could be utter fools about much else.{{Ref|aDwD|2}}}} - thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|The Dothraki are not fond of towns, you will know this even in [[Westeros]].{{Ref|aDwD|5}}}} - [[Illyrio Mopatis]], to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|The horselords come, we give them gifts, the horselords go.{{Ref|aDwD|22}}}} - [[Qavo Nogarys]], to [[Haldon]]

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R.R. Martin]] has stated that the Dothraki were fashioned as an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures. "''[[w:Mongols|Mongols]] and [[w:Huns|Huns]], certainly, but also [[w:Alans|Alans]], [[w:Sioux|Sioux]], [[w:Cheyenne|Cheyenne]], and various other Amerindian tribes... seasoned with a dash of pure fantasy. So any resemblance to Arabs or Turks is coincidental. Well, except to the extent that the Turks were also originally horsemen of the steppes, not unlike the Alans, Huns, and the rest.''"<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6040/ On Ethnicities (February 04, 2012)]</ref>

==See also==
*[http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Main_Page Dothrawiki], a wiki dedicated to the Dothraki language.

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

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

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Edwyn Tarth

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'''Edwyn Tarth''', known as '''Edwyn Evenstar''', was a King of [[Tarth]] from [[House Tarth]].

==History==
[[Maesters]] believe the island kingdom of [[Tarth]] became part of the dominion of [[Storm's End]] when Edwyn's daughter married a [[Storm King]], [[Durran Durrandon (the Fair)|Durran the Fair]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Stormlands: House Durrandon}}

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Selwyn Tarth

2018-01-11T17:30:23Z

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'''Selwyn Tarth''', is the Lord of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]] and the [[Evenstar]], and the head of [[House Tarth]]. He has one daughter, [[Brienne Tarth]].

==Character==
Selwyn according to [[Randyll Tarly]] is a good man.{{ref|aFfC|25}}

==History==
Selwyn is remembered by Brienne as having a new woman every year. He kept a singer every year of Brienne's childhood, allowing her to memorize all the songs.{{ref|aCoK|45}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
When [[Davos Seaworth]] is sent to ask after the allegiance of the [[stormlords]], Lord Selwyn only agrees to a midnight meeting in a grove with Davos, where the Evenstar informs him of his refusal to join [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|aCoK|0}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Upon learning that Brienne has been captured by Lord [[Roose Bolton]] and the [[Brave Companions]], who send a [[raven]] demanding a ransom, Lord Selwyn sends a return raven offering three hundred [[currency|dragons]] for Brienne's safe return. [[Vargo Hoat]] rejects the offer, believing Selwyn is trying to cheat him by withholding sapphires.{{ref|aSoS|44}}

==Family==
{{Tarth tree}}

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

[[Category:House Tarth]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Tarth, Selwyn]]
[[Category:Nobles|Tarth, Selwyn]]
[[Category:Neutrals in the War of the Five Kings|Tarth, Selwyn]]

[[es:Selwyn Tarth]]
[[fr:Selwyn de Torth]]
[[ru:Селвин Тарт]]
[[zh:塞尔温·塔斯]]

Alysanne Tarth

2018-01-11T17:29:28Z

Foxyboy23:

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'''Alysanne Tarth''' was a daughter of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]]. She died while still in the cradle.{{ref|aFfC|31}}

==Family==
{{Tarth tree}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Tarth]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Tarth, Alysanne]]
[[Category:Noblewomen|Tarth, Alysanne]]

[[es:Alysanne de Tarth]]
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[[zh:塔斯的亚莉珊]]

Arianne Tarth

2018-01-11T17:29:22Z

Foxyboy23:

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'''Arianne Tarth''' was a daughter of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]]. She died while still in the cradle.{{ref|aFfC|31}}

==Family==
{{Tarth tree}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Tarth]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Tarth, Arianne]]
[[Category:Noblewomen|Tarth, Arianne]]

[[es:Arianne de Tarth]]
[[fr:Arianne de Torth]]
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Galladon Tarth

2018-01-11T17:25:35Z

Foxyboy23:

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'''Galladon Tarth''' was the only son of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]]. He drowned when he was eight years old.{{ref|aFfC|31}}

==Family==
{{Tarth tree}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Tarth]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Tarth, Galladon]]
[[Category:Nobles|Tarth, Galladon]]

[[es:Galladon de Tarth]]
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Quentyn Tarth

2018-01-11T17:22:53Z

Foxyboy23:

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Ser '''Quentyn Tarth''' was a [[knight]] of [[House Tarth]] during the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]].

==History==
Quentyn was listed as a participant of the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] of {{Date|209}}.{{ref|thk| [[The Hedge Knight (comics)|Graphic Novel]]}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Tarth]]
[[Category:Nobles|Tarth, Quentyn]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Tarth, Quentyn]]

[[fr:Quentyn Torth]]
[[zh:昆廷·塔斯]]

Selwyn Tarth

2018-01-11T17:21:06Z

Foxyboy23:

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}}

'''Selwyn Tarth''', is the Lord of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]] and the [[Evenstar]], and the head of [[House Tarth]]. He has one daughter, [[Brienne Tarth]].

==Character==
Selwyn according to Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] is a good man.{{ref|aFfC|25}}

==History==
Selwyn is remembered by Brienne as having a new woman every year. He kept a singer every year of Brienne's childhood, allowing her to memorize all the songs.{{ref|aCoK|45}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
When [[Davos Seaworth]] is sent to ask after the allegiance of the [[stormlords]], Lord Selwyn only agrees to a midnight meeting in a grove with Davos, where the Evenstar informs him of his refusal to join [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|aCoK|0}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Upon learning that Brienne has been captured by Lord [[Roose Bolton]] and the [[Brave Companions]], who send a [[raven]] demanding a ransom, Lord Selwyn sends a return raven offering three hundred [[currency|dragons]] for Brienne's safe return. [[Vargo Hoat]] rejects the offer, believing Selwyn is trying to cheat him by withholding sapphires.{{ref|aSoS|44}}

==Family==
{{Tarth tree}}

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

[[Category:House Tarth]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Tarth, Selwyn]]
[[Category:Nobles|Tarth, Selwyn]]
[[Category:Neutrals in the War of the Five Kings|Tarth, Selwyn]]

[[es:Selwyn Tarth]]
[[fr:Selwyn de Torth]]
[[ru:Селвин Тарт]]
[[zh:塞尔温·塔斯]]

House Tarth

2018-01-11T17:18:50Z

Foxyboy23:

{{Noble House
| House_name = House Tarth of [[Evenfall Hall]]
| image = [[File:House Tarth.PNG|center|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Quartered, yellow sun on a rose-coloured field and white crescents on a blue field ''(Quarterly, first and fourth rose, a sun-in-splendour or, second and third azure, a moon increscent argent)''
| Words =
| Seat = [[Evenfall Hall]]
| Current_Lord = [[Selwyn Tarth]]
| Region = The [[Stormlands]]
| Title = [[King of Tarth]] (formerly) [[Lord of Evenfall]] The [[Evenstar]]
| Heir = [[Brienne Tarth]]
| Overlord = [[House Baratheon]]
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'''House Tarth of Evenfall Hall''' is a noble house from [[Evenfall Hall]] in the [[stormlands]]. The family rules [[Tarth]], a beautiful island northeast of [[Shipbreaker Bay]] that controls the [[Straits of Tarth]] between the island and mainland [[Westeros]]. They are one of the main houses sworn to [[House Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}}

Their blazon is quartered with yellow suns on rose and white crescents and azure.{{ref|ACOK|22}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/8/ Houses from the Stormlands]</ref> Their words are not known. Lord Tarth is sometimes called '''the Evenstar'''.{{ref|tpatq}}{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}

==History==
Ancestors of House Tarth were once kings, and the head of the family is known as ''"the Evenstar"'', which they claim dates back to the [[Dawn Age|dawn of days]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Men of the Stormlands}} The island of [[Tarth]] came under the dominion of the [[House Durrandon]] when the [[Storm King]] [[Durran Durrandon (the Fair)|Durran the Fair]] married the daughter of Tarth's king, [[Edwyn Evenstar]].{{ref|TWOIAF| House Durrandon}}

Tarth was the first region of the [[stormlands]] conquered during the [[Andal invasion]], but peace between the [[Andals]] and [[First Men]] was eventually achieved when the [[Storm King]]s and their bannermen intermarried with the Andals.{{ref|TWOIAF| Andals in the Stormlands}} The Tarths have Andal ancestry and have ties with Houses [[House Durrandon|Durrandon]], [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], and [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Men of the Stormlands}}

At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Ser [[Otto Hightower]] believed that the Evenstar of Tarth would be among the [[narrow sea]] powers who would support [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|TPATQ}}

Ser [[Quentyn Tarth]] participated in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{Date|209}}.{{ref|THK}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser [[Endrew Tarth]], stationed in the [[Shadow Tower]], is recalled to [[Castle Black]] to train the new recruits as master-at-arms after Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] is sent away.{{ref|AGOT|60}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
When [[Stannis Baratheon]] sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to rally the stormlords, the Tarths only agree to a midnight meeting in a grove.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} They instead declare for [[Renly Baratheon]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]].{{ref|ACOK|31}}

Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]]'s daughter, [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne]], wins the [[melee at Bitterbridge]], defeating Ser [[Ronnet Connington]] and Ser [[Loras Tyrell]]. As a reward King Renly grants her a place in his [[Rainbow Guard]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} Brienne is forced to flee with Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] when she is suspected as the [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|killer of Renly]], who dies in her arms.{{ref|ACOK|33}} She then goes into Catelyn's service.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Following Catelyn's orders, Brienne escapes with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and Ser [[Cleos Frey]] from [[Riverrun]].{{ref|ASOS|1}}

Ser Endrew Tarth dies fighting the [[Weeper]]'s [[wildlings]] at the [[fight at the Bridge of Skulls|Bridge of Skulls]].{{Ref|aSoS|69}}

In [[King's Landing]] Brienne is entrusted by Jaime to look for Catelyn's daughters, and he gives her a [[Valyrian steel]] sword named [[Oathkeeper]].{{ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Brienne unsuccessfully searches the [[crownlands]] and [[riverlands]] for [[Sansa Stark]]. While following [[Arya Stark]]'s track, Brienne is captured by the [[brotherhood without banners]] and is sentenced to death by Lady Stoneheart, the revived Catelyn Tully.{{ref|AFFC|42}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Brienne recruits Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] at [[Pennytree]], ostensibly to help in saving Sansa Stark from [[Sandor Clegane]].{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

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

* Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]]: Lord of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]] and ''the [[Evenstar]]''.
** {[[Galladon Tarth]]}: His son. He died as a boy, drowned.
** {[[Arianne Tarth]]}: His daughter. She died as an infant.
** {[[Alysanne Tarth]]}: His daughter. She died as an infant.
** [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]]: His sole surviving daughter. Known as the ''Maid of Tarth'' and sometimes mocked as ''Brienne the Beauty''. Known as ''Brienne the Blue'' during her time in [[Renly Baratheon]]'s [[Rainbow Guard]].

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there is also:

* Ser {[[Endrew Tarth]]}, a [[knight]] and black brother of the [[Night's Watch]]. Slain in the [[fight at the Bridge of Skulls]].

{{Tarth tree}}

===Household===
* Ser {[[Goodwin]]}, a knight and the former [[master-at-arms]] at Evenfall Hall.
* [[Septa]] [[Roelle]].

==Historical Members==
* [[Edwyn Tarth]], known as ''Edwyn Evenstar'', [[King of Tarth]]. Edwyn's daughter married the [[Storm King]] [[Durran Durrandon (the Fair)|Durran the Fair]].{{ref|TWOIAF| House Durrandon}}
* Ser [[Quentyn Tarth]], a knight during the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], present at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{Date|209}}.{{ref|thk}}

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

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[[zh:塔斯家族]]

House Tarth

2018-01-11T17:15:23Z

Foxyboy23:

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| Coat_of_arms = Quartered, yellow sun on a rose-coloured field and white crescents on a blue field ''(Quarterly, first and fourth rose, a sun-in-splendour or, second and third azure, a moon increscent argent)''
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'''House Tarth of Evenfall Hall''' is a noble house from [[Evenfall Hall]] in the [[stormlands]]. The family rules [[Tarth]], a beautiful island northeast of [[Shipbreaker Bay]] that controls the [[Straits of Tarth]] between the island and mainland [[Westeros]]. They are one of the main houses sworn to [[House Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}}

Their blazon is quartered with yellow suns on rose and white crescents and azure.{{ref|ACOK|22}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/8/ Houses from the Stormlands]</ref> Their words are not known. Lord Tarth is sometimes called '''the Evenstar'''.{{ref|tpatq}}{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}

==History==
Ancestors of House Tarth were once kings, and the head of the family is known as ''"the Evenstar"'', which they claim dates back to the [[Dawn Age|dawn of days]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Men of the Stormlands}} The island of [[Tarth]] came under the dominion of the [[House Durrandon]] when the [[Storm King]] [[Durran Durrandon (the Fair)|Durran the Fair]] married the daughter of Tarth's king, [[Edwyn Evenstar]].{{ref|TWOIAF| House Durrandon}}

Tarth was the first region of the [[stormlands]] conquered during the [[Andal invasion]], but peace between the [[Andals]] and [[First Men]] was eventually achieved when the [[Storm King]]s and their bannermen intermarried with the Andals.{{ref|TWOIAF| Andals in the Stormlands}} The Tarths have Andal ancestry and have ties with Houses [[House Durrandon|Durrandon]], [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], and [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Men of the Stormlands}}

At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Ser [[Otto Hightower]] believed that the Evenstar of Tarth would be among the [[narrow sea]] powers who would support [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|TPATQ}}

Ser [[Quentyn Tarth]] participated in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{Date|209}}.{{ref|THK}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser [[Endrew Tarth]], stationed in the [[Shadow Tower]], is recalled to [[Castle Black]] to train the new recruits as master-at-arms after Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] is sent away.{{ref|AGOT|60}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
When [[Stannis Baratheon]] sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to rally the stormlords, the Tarths only agree to a midnight meeting in a grove.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} They instead declare for [[Renly Baratheon]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]].{{ref|ACOK|31}}

Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]]'s daughter, [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne]], wins the [[melee at Bitterbridge]], defeating Ser [[Ronnet Connington]] and Ser [[Loras Tyrell]]. As a reward King Renly grants her a place in his [[Rainbow Guard]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} Brienne is forced to flee with Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] when she is suspected as the [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|killer of Renly]], who dies in her arms.{{ref|ACOK|33}} She then goes into Catelyn's service.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Following Catelyn's orders, Brienne escapes with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and Ser [[Cleos Frey]] from [[Riverrun]].{{ref|ASOS|1}}

Ser Endrew Tarth dies fighting the [[Weeper]]'s [[wildlings]] at the [[fight at the Bridge of Skulls|Bridge of Skulls]].{{Ref|aSoS|69}}

In [[King's Landing]] Brienne is entrusted by Jaime to look for Catelyn's daughters, and he gives her a [[Valyrian steel]] sword named [[Oathkeeper]].{{ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Brienne unsuccessfully searches the [[crownlands]] and [[riverlands]] for [[Sansa Stark]]. While following [[Arya Stark]]'s track, Brienne is captured by the [[brotherhood without banners]] and is sentenced to death by Lady Stoneheart, the revived Catelyn Tully.{{ref|AFFC|42}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Brienne recruits Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] at [[Pennytree]], ostensibly to help in saving Sansa Stark from [[Sandor Clegane]].{{Ref|aDwD|48}}

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

* Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]]: Lord of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]] and ''the [[Evenstar]]''.
** {[[Galladon Tarth]]}: His son. He died as a boy, drowned.
** {[[Arianne Tarth]]}: His daughter. She died as an infant.
** {[[Alysanne Tarth]]}: His daughter. She died as an infant.
** [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne of Tarth]]: His sole surviving daughter. Known as the ''Maid of Tarth'' and sometimes mocked as ''Brienne the Beauty''. Known as ''Brienne the Blue'' during her time in [[Renly Baratheon]]'s [[Rainbow Guard]].

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there is also:

* Ser {[[Endrew Tarth]]}, a [[knight]] and black brother of the [[Night's Watch]]. Slain in the [[fight at the Bridge of Skulls]].

{{Tarth tree}}

===Household===
* Ser {[[Goodwin]]}, a knight and the former [[master-at-arms]] at Evenfall Hall.
* [[Septa]] [[Roelle]].

==Historical Members==
* [[Edwyn Tarth]], known as ''Edwyn Evenstar'', [[King of Tarth]]. Edwyn's daughter married the [[Storm King]] [[Durran Durrandon (the Fair)|Durran the Fair]].{{ref|TWOIAF| House Durrandon}}
* Ser [[Quentyn Tarth]], a knight during the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], present at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{Date|209}}.{{ref|thk}}

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

{{Template:HousesStormlands}}

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[[Category:Noble houses|Tarth]]

[[es:Casa Tarth]]
[[fr:maison Torth]]
[[ru:Тарт]]
[[zh:塔斯家族]]

Goodwin

2018-01-11T16:57:18Z

Foxyboy23: /* Quotes by Goodwin */

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Ser '''Goodwin''' was a [[knight]] and the [[master-at-arms]] at [[Evenfall Hall]], in service to [[House Tarth]]. He taught [[Brienne Tarth]] how to fight.{{ref|aFfC|9}} He has been dead for a long time.{{ref|aFfC|37}}

==History==
Ser Goodwin fought in the [[Stepstones]]. He had a friend during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], a fierce warrior in the yard who died young when he hesitated in killing a man.{{ref|aFfC|20}}

==Quotes by Goodwin==
{{Quote|Men will always underestimate you,[...], and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, let it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own. Wait and watch, girl, wait and watch.{{ref|aFfC|37}}}} – one of Goodwin's lessons to [[Brienne Tarth]]

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:House Tarth retainers]]
[[Category:Masters-at-arms]]
[[Category:Veterans of the War of the Ninepenny Kings]]

[[es:Goodwin]]
[[fr:Bonvainc]]

Goodwin

2018-01-11T16:34:48Z

Foxyboy23:

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Ser '''Goodwin''' was a [[knight]] and the [[master-at-arms]] at [[Evenfall Hall]], in service to [[House Tarth]]. He taught [[Brienne Tarth]] how to fight.{{ref|aFfC|9}} He has been dead for a long time.{{ref|aFfC|37}}

==History==
Ser Goodwin fought in the [[Stepstones]]. He had a friend during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], a fierce warrior in the yard who died young when he hesitated in killing a man.{{ref|aFfC|20}}

==Quotes by Goodwin==
{{Quote|Men will always underestimate you,[...], and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, let it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own. Wait and watch, girl, wait and watch.{{ref|aFfC|37}}}} – one of Goodwin's lesson to [[Brienne Tarth]]

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:House Tarth retainers]]
[[Category:Masters-at-arms]]
[[Category:Veterans of the War of the Ninepenny Kings]]

[[es:Goodwin]]
[[fr:Bonvainc]]

Goodwin

2018-01-11T16:30:16Z

Foxyboy23:

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Ser '''Goodwin''' was a [[knight]] and the the [[master-at-arms]] at [[Evenfall Hall]], in service to [[House Tarth]]. He taught [[Brienne Tarth]] how to fight.{{ref|affc|9}} He has been dead for a long time.{{ref|aFfC|37}}

==History==
Ser Goodwin fought in the [[Stepstones]]. He had a friend during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], a fierce warrior in the yard who died young when he hesitated in killing a man.{{ref|aFfC|20}}

==Quotes by Goodwin==
{{Quote|Men will always underestimate you,[...], and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, let it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own. Wait and watch, girl, wait and watch.{{ref|aFfC|37}}}} – one of Goodwin's lesson to [[Brienne Tarth]]

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Brienne Tarth

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| Alias = Brienne of Tarth{{ref|ACOK|22}} Brienne the Beauty{{ref|ACOK|22}} Brienne the Blue{{ref|ACOK|22}} The Maid of Tarth{{ref|ASOS|44}}
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| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (POV) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
| Played_by = [[w:Gwendoline Christie|Gwendoline Christie]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]]
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'''Brienne Tarth''',{{ref|AWOIAF| Brienne Tarth}} commonly called '''Brienne of Tarth''' after her [[Tarth|island home]],{{ref|ACOK|22}} is the only living child and heir of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]].{{ref|acok|appendix}} Brienne is sometimes called '''the Maid of Tarth'''{{ref|ASOS|72}} and mocked as '''Brienne the Beauty'''.{{ref|AFFC|14}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' she is portrayed by [[w:Gwendoline Christie|Gwendoline Christie]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Brienne of Tarth|Images of Brienne of Tarth]]''

[[File:Chris Dien Brienne.jpg|thumb|Brienne, by Chris Dien - © Fantasy Flight Games.]]

Brienne is unfeminine in appearance and is considered unattractive by [[Westeros]]i standards.{{ref|ACOK|22}} She is tall, muscular, flat-chested, and ungainly,{{ref|ACOK|22}} with long, shoulder-length brittle straw-colored hair{{ref|AFFC|4}} and broad, coarse features that are covered in freckles. Brienne's teeth are prominent and crooked. Her mouth is wide, her lips are swollen, and her nose has been broken more than once.{{ref|ACOK|22}} She has large, beautiful blue eyes.{{ref|ACOK|45}}{{ref|ASOS|1}}

When asked about her height, [[George R. R. Martin]] replied:
{{Quote|Brienne is well over six feet tall, but not close to seven, no. Just off the top of my head, I would say Brienne is taller than [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and significantly heavier than either, but nowhere near the size of [[Gregor Clegane]], who is the true giant in [[A Song of Ice and Fire|the series]]. Shorter than [[Hodor]] and the [[Jon Umber|Greatjon]], maybe a bit shorter than the [[Sandor Clegane|Hound]], maybe roughly the same height as [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]].''<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1147/ Brienne of Tarth], January 31, 2001</ref>}}

Brienne has spent most of her life as the object of scorn, rejection and—at best—pity. When she tried to dress and act like a proper lady, she was met with mockery and disdain for her unattractive appearance and lack of feminine social graces; when she turned to a career more suited to her talents as a warrior, she received only contempt and resentment for her gender despite her considerable skill.{{ref|AFFC|9}} Perhaps because of this background, Brienne is as awkward in personality as she is in appearance. Unlike Lady [[Maege Mormont|Maege]] or [[Dacey Mormont]], Brienne seems uncomfortable as a warrior or a woman.{{ref|ASOS|45}} She yearns for respect and acceptance from others, and easily gives her love and loyalty to the few people who treat her with any degree of genuine courtesy.{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|AFFC|1}}

Brienne can be headstrong and judgmental, but she is also honest, straightforward, loyal and determined. Although she has received poor treatment from most [[knight]]s, Brienne clings to a naively idealized concept of knighthood. Despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that she has no expectation of ever being recognized by society for her accomplishments, she nevertheless strives to live up to the ideal of a [[true knight]] at all times.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

Brienne's dented steel armor is a brilliant, deep blue cobalt. She wears a velvet doublet quartered rose-and-azure, breeches and boots and a fine-tooled swordbelt. Her horse is barded with the quartered sun-and-moon heraldry of [[House Tarth]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} Brienne wields a blunt morningstar during melees.{{ref|ACOK|22}}

==History==
Brienne was born the eldest daughter of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]], Lord of [[Evenfall Hall]], on the island of [[Tarth]]. Her mother died when she was so young that she does not remember her.{{ref|ACOK|45}} She had a single older brother, [[Galladon Tarth|Galladon]], who drowned when she was eight, and two younger sisters, both of whom died in the cradle. This makes her the only living offspring of Lord Selwyn, a fact that naturally encouraged him to find a suitable match for her. Given her ugly and ungainly appearance and attitude, however, the task was a difficult one, especially since Brienne was bent on a martial life rather than a marital one, more comfortable with a sword than in the company of court society. She was tutored by her [[septa]], [[Roelle]], and had the equivalent of a knight's training by a master-at-arms, Ser [[Goodwin]].

[[File:Brienne of tarth by reneaigner.jpg|350px|thumb|Brienne of Tarth, by Rene Aigner ©.]]

Brienne's father successfully found three men willing to betroth her, for her father's wealthy lands, though they all fell through. A younger son of Lord [[Bryen Caron]] was Brienne's first betrothed. They met only once, on the occasion of their betrothal, when she was seven and he was ten. The boy died two years later from a chill, along with his father, mother and sisters. Had he not died, Brienne would have been wed to him within the year of her first flowering.{{ref|AFFC|4}} The second betrothal was to Ser [[Ronnet Connington]], who was six years older than her. On their meeting, Red Ronnet gave her a rose, and told her it was all she would have of him, breaking the betrothal.{{ref|aFfC|27}} The last man Brienne was betrothed to, Ser [[Humfrey Wagstaff]], warned her he would insist she act womanly once they were wed. Though only sixteen, Brienne replied she would only accept such a demand from a man who could beat her in combat. In the effort, Humfrey ended up with three broken bones and a broken betrothal.{{ref|AFFC|9}}

After that, Lord Selwyn stopped trying to arrange a marriage for Brienne.{{ref|AFFC|9}} Brienne's only positive encounter with a man occurred when [[House Tarth]]'s liege, Lord [[Renly Baratheon]], visited their island during his [[Customs#Age of majority|coming of age]] tour. He crossed paths with Brienne and treated her courteously, and she fell in love with him.{{ref|AFFC|4}} Sometime later, Lord Selwyn sent her to [[Storm's End]].{{ref|ACOK|42}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Tizianobaracchibrienneoftarth.jpg|300px|thumb|Brienne the Blue from [[Renly Baratheon]]'s [[Rainbow Guard]], by Tizianobaracchi ©.]]

When [[Renly Baratheon]] declares himself [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms|king]] at [[Highgarden]], Brienne joins him in his march to [[King's Landing]].{{ref|aCoK|22}} She also attends his marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell]], which greatly saddens her.{{ref|aFfC|31}} In Renly's camp, Brienne is continuously mocked. Some of the young knight's wager on who will be the first to get her [[maidenhead]], until Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] puts an end to it, warning Brienne that her presence is the cause of the problem.{{ref|aFfC|14}}

Later in the march, Brienne proves her mettle with a morningstar in a [[melee at Bitterbridge]], defeating Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], the Knight of Flowers, as well as many of her mocking suitors. She asks to join the [[Rainbow Guard]] as her prize, becoming Brienne the Blue. She sharply reminds [[Catelyn Stark]] of the courtesy due a king, and is later dismayed when Renly denies the need for an escort for a stroll after the night's feast.{{ref|aCoK|22}}

At Renly's parley with his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] at the [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|siege of Storm's End]], Brienne is his standard-bearer. After the negotiations fail, she is assigned to do the same in the upcoming clash, riding in the vanguard alongside Loras.{{ref|aCoK|31}} The next day at dawn, she is arming Renly for battle against his brother when a [[shadow assassin|shadow]] enters his tent and assassinates him. Brienne is accused of the murder, but Catelyn is able to convince those present that she is innocent and takes Brienne with her when she flees the camp.{{ref|aCoK|33}}

When they arrive at [[Riverrun]], Brienne wants to leave to take revenge with Renly's sword on Stannis for Renly's death, but Catelyn convinces Brienne to enter her service instead.{{ref|aCoK|39}} Brienne is present when Lady Stark speaks with the Kingslayer, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], in his cell, and grants Catelyn her sword when it is asked for.{{ref|aCoK|55}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Harrenhal bath by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Brienne and [[Jaime Lannister]] in the baths at [[Harrenhal]], by Cabepfir ©.]]

At [[Riverrun]], after receiving news that her sons [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] have been [[capture of Winterfell|killed]], Catelyn decides to free Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], making Brienne escort him to King's Landing to fulfill the promise made by the [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]], to return her daughters [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] if the Kingslayer were freed. Ser [[Cleos Frey]], Jaime's cousin, accompanies them as an envoy.{{ref|aSoS|2}}

Brienne defends Jaime ably. She learns much of his history that is little known to Westeros at large and the two develop a grudging respect for each other. They make for the city by boat, throwing off pursuit from Riverrun when Brienne scales a cliff and rolls boulders onto Ser [[Robin Ryger]]'s pursuing galley,{{ref|aSoS|1}} after which they continue by land. At the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]], Brienne's wariness prevents the group from taking the [[Husband|innkeeper's]] travel advice, as he is in league with bandits and is attempting to lead them into ambush.{{ref|ASOS|11}}

Later, they are ambushed by different outlaws near [[Maidenpool]]. Cleos is killed and Jaime tries to escape, dueling Brienne with Cleos's sword. Manacled and out of practice, Jaime cannot defeat Brienne, who holds his head underwater. Their fighting is interrupted by the [[Brave Companions]], however. Four Bloody Mummers beat Brienne, knocking out two of her teeth. The unscrupulous sellswords then chop off Jaime's sword hand.{{ref|asos|21}} His fighting ability gone, Jaime despairs for his life, but Brienne convinces him to live for revenge. In turn, Jaime prevents [[Zollo]], [[Rorge]], and [[Shagwell]], three of the Mummers, from raping Brienne.{{ref|asos|31}} The Brave Companions confiscate Brienne's armor and sword.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

[[File:Marc Simonetti Bear Brienne Jaime.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Jaime Lannister]] rescues Brienne from the bear pit of [[Harrenhal]], by Marc Simonetti ©.]]

At [[Harrenhal]], the two share a bath and Jaime reveals he stopped the [[wildfire plot]] of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. [[Qyburn]] brings her a pink gown, which Jaime thinks she looks ridiculous wearing. Lord [[Roose Bolton]] sends Jaime on his way, but keeps Brienne as [[Vargo Hoat]]'s prize.{{ref|asos|37}} Jaime returns after dreaming of her, however, and rescues her from the bear pit of Harrenhal.{{ref|asos|44}} Brienne bites [[Vargo Hoat]]'s ear,{{ref|ASOS|44}} which leaves him delirious from infection.{{ref|ASOS|62}} [[Walton|Steelshanks Walton]] escorts Brienne and Jaime toward King's Landing, and Brienne is shocked when Ser [[Bertram Beesbury]] informs them at [[Brindlewood]] of Catelyn's death in the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|62}}

After their arrival in King's Landing, the pair are confronted by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], who still believes Brienne guilty of Renly's regicide. Jaime has Brienne arrested for her own protection,{{ref|asos|62}} and he arranges for Loras to speak to her; this finally dispels Brienne's blame.{{ref|asos|67}}

Jaime entrusts Brienne with the [[Valyrian steel]] longsword given to him by his father [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], naming it [[Oathkeeper]]. He sends her to seek the vanished [[Sansa Stark]], to fulfill his promise to Catelyn. As Oathkeeper was forged from the metal of [[Eddard Stark]]'s greatsword, [[Ice]], Brienne is using Stark steel to rescue the Stark girl. Along with this, Jaime gives her two bags full of coin, a mail hauberk, a [[House Lothston|Lothston]] shield, and a letter signed by King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] saying that she is on a royal mission.{{ref|aSoS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Mustamirri ser my lady.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Podrick Payne]] and Brienne, by mustamirri ©.]]

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] is sent by his sister, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], to subdue the remaining rebels in the [[riverlands]]. At [[Harrenhal]] he strikes [[Ronnet Connington]] for mocking Brienne.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Unbeknownst to Brienne, [[Sansa Stark]] is hiding at the [[Eyrie]] under the assumed name of Alayne Stone with Lord [[Petyr Baelish]].{{ref|AFFC|10}} Brienne searches for Sansa along the [[Rosby road]] in the [[crownlands]], meeting [[Illifer]], [[Creighton Longbough]], and [[Shadrich]].{{ref|AFFC|4}} She visits the [[Dun Fort]] in [[Duskendale]] and has her shield repainted to the arms of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]]. [[Podrick Payne]], once the squire of Sansa's husband [[Tyrion Lannister]], tries to discretely follow her, and Brienne allows the boy to join her quest.{{ref|AFFC|9}}

Brienne's next stop is at [[Maidenpool]], which she only enters with the unwanted aid of Ser [[Hyle Hunt]], one of the knights who had mockingly courted her in Renly's camp. There she finds Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] dispensing justice; he begrudgingly allows her to continue her search. At the [[Stinking Goose]] she meets [[Dick Crabb|Nimble Dick Crabb]], who leads her after a fool, whom she believes is [[Dontos Hollard]], who might have Sansa with him.{{ref|AFFC|14}}

Traveling through [[Crackclaw Point]], the trio arrive at the [[Whispers]], the ruined hall of Nimble Dick's ancestors from [[House Crabb]]. They meet a band of [[Brave Companions]] remnants led by the fool [[Shagwell]], the psychotic jester. Shagwell kills Dick, but Brienne then kills [[Pyg]] and [[Timeon]] with [[Oathkeeper]]. She forces Shagwell to dig a grave for Dick and then kills him as well when the fool turns on her. Hyle joins her party, having followed her from Maidenpool.{{ref|aFfC|20}}

Following the [[sellsword]]s' information, Brienne heads back to the [[riverlands]] to find [[Sandor Clegane]], who was reported to be with a girl, unbeknownst to her to be [[Arya Stark|the wrong daughter]]. At Maidenpool they join with [[Meribald]], an itinerant septon, who accompanies them to [[Saltpans]]. From there she visits the nearby [[Quiet Isle]], where the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] assures her that the [[Hound]] is dead.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

At the [[inn at the crossroads]] near the [[Trident]], Brienne encounters another group of former Brave Companions led by [[Rorge]], who has been masquerading as Sandor while raping and murdering in the riverlands. Defending the orphans at the inn, the outnumbered Brienne kills Rorge but is grievously wounded by [[Biter]], who chews the flesh off her cheek.{{ref|aFfC|37}} After [[Gendry]] rescues her from Biter, he and the remaining members of the [[brotherhood without banners]] take her captive, along with Podrick and Hyle.{{ref|AFFC|42}}

The undead [[Catelyn Stark]], now leading the brotherhood as "Lady Stoneheart", does not believe Brienne's explanation of her search for Sansa and instead judges her to be a traitor who is serving [[House Lannister]], due to her sword with a golden lion's head as its pommel, and the letter signed and sealed by King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] stating that Brienne is "about his business".{{Ref|affc|42}} Brienne is given the choice of "sword or noose" — either prove her loyalty by killing Jaime Lannister, or hang. Brienne refuses to choose and is sentenced to hang, along with her two companions, Podrick and Ser Hyle.{{ref|AFFC|42}} According to a semi-canon source, when she sees Podrick choking, she shouts "sword" to save him.{{ref|aFfC|42}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6425/ Miscon Report (June 03, 2012)]</ref>

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Having been spared by the brotherhood, Brienne appears briefly at [[Pennytree]] when Jaime camps there. She asks Jaime to help her save [[Sansa Stark]] from the [[Hound]], claiming they are a day's ride away. She tells Jaime, however, that he must go with her alone, or the Hound will kill Sansa.{{ref|aDwD|48}} Cersei is skeptical when she is informed that her twin, Jaime, disappeared with a woman in the riverlands.{{ref|ADWD|54}}

==Quotes by Brienne==
[[File:Brienne of Tarth HBO.jpg|thumb|[[w:Gwendoline Christie|Gwendoline Christie]] as Brienne in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]

{{Quote|Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it's always summer in the songs. In the songs all [[knight]]s are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.{{ref|ACOK|22}}}} – Brienne to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Brienne:''' Fighting is better than this waiting. You don't feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a horse, sometimes an axe. When you're armored it's hard for anyone to hurt you. 
'''Catelyn:''' [[Knight]]s die in battle. 
'''Brienne:''' As ladies die in childbed. No one sings songs about them.{{ref|ACOK|45}}}} – Brienne and [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|[[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], though ... I will find her, my lady, Brienne swore to Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn's]] restless shade. I will never stop looking. I will give up my life if need be, give up my honor, give up all my dreams, but I will find her.{{ref|affc|9}}}} – thoughts of Brienne

{{Quote|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

{{Quote|I have to find [[Sansa Stark|her]]. There are others looking, all wanting to capture her and sell her to [[Cersei Lannister|the queen]]. I have to find her first. I promised [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. [[Oathkeeper]], he named the sword. I have to try to save her... or die in the attempt.{{ref|AFFC|31}}}} – Brienne to the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]]

{{Quote|Leave [[Willow Heddle|her]] be. If you want to rape someone, try me.{{ref|AFFC|37}}}} – Brienne to [[Rorge]]

==Quotes about Brienne==
{{Quote|Brienne the Beauty, they name her ... though not to her face, lest they be called upon to defend those words with their bodies.{{ref|ACOK|22}}}} – [[Colen of Greenpools]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|I knew Brienne when she was no more than a girl playing at [[Selwyn Tarth|her father]]’s feet in [[Evenfall Hall]], and I knew her still better when the Evenstar sent her here to [[Storm's End]]. She loved [[Renly Baratheon]] from the first moment she laid eyes on him, a blind man could see it.{{ref|aCoK|42}}}} – [[Cortnay Penrose]] to [[Guyard Morrigen]]

{{Quote|There is a sweet innocence about you, child.{{ref|acok|55}}}} – [[Catelyn Stark]] to Brienne

{{Quote|The light was so dim that Jaime could scarcely see her, though they stood a scant few feet apart. In this light she could almost be a beauty, he thought. In this light she could almost be a [[knight]].{{ref|ASOS|44}}}} – dream of [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|'''Loras:''' Draw your sword, woman! 
'''Jaime:''' Best hope she doesn't. Or it's like to be your corpse we carry out. The wench is as strong as [[Gregor Clegane]], though not so pretty.{{ref|asos|62}}}} – [[Loras Tyrell]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Brienne's ugly, and pighead stubborn. But she lacks the wits to be a liar, and she is loyal past the point of sense.{{ref|asos|67}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Loras Tyrell]]

{{Quote|'''Loras:''' [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] thought she was absurd. A woman dressed in man's mail, pretending to be a knight. 
'''Jaime:''' If he'd ever seen her in pink satin and [[Myr]]ish lace, he would not have complained. 
'''Loras:''' I asked him why he kept her close, if he thought her so grotesque. He said that all his other knights wanted things of him, castles or honors or riches, but all that Brienne wanted was to die for him.{{ref|asos|67}}}} – [[Loras Tyrell]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Blue is a good color on you, my lady. It goes well with your eyes.{{ref|ASOS|72}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] to Brienne

{{Quote|You have a man’s strength in your arms, but your heart is as soft as any maid's. It is one thing to train in the yard with a blunted sword in hand, and another to drive a foot of sharpened steel into a man’s gut and see the light go out of his eyes.{{ref|AFFC|20}}}} – [[Goodwin]] to Brienne

{{Quote|It is said that [[Selwyn Tarth|your father]] is a good man. If so, I pity him. Some men are blessed with sons, some with daughters. No man deserves to be cursed with such as you.{{ref|AFFC|25}}}} – [[Randyll Tarly]] to Brienne

{{Quote|The queen remembered the Maid of Tarth, a huge, ugly, shambling thing who dressed in man's mail. [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] would never abandon me for such a creature.{{ref|ADWD|54}}}} – thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Family tree==
{{Tarth tree}}

===Descent===
Previous speculation on Brienne's descent included that Brienne descends from Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], a former [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]] during the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]]. An argument often raised was that a shield bearing [[:File:Dunk.png|Duncan's personal arms]] was in the armory at [[Evenfall Hall]], and that Brienne later used these arms while traveling in the [[crownlands]] and [[riverlands]].{{ref|aFfC|9}} Though [[George R. R. Martin]] initially only confirmed that a descendant of Duncan appears in the books,<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]:[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Dayton_OH/ US Signing Tour (Dayton, OH) (November 10, 2005)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]:[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Mysterious_Galaxy_Signing_San_Diego/ Mysterious Galaxy Signing (San Diego, CA) (November 08, 2000)]</ref> in 2016 at Balticon, Martin confirmed Brienne's descent, stating that the exact relation between Duncan and Brienne would be "''revealed in time''".<ref>The Wertzone: [http://thewertzone.blogspot.nl/2016/05/george-rr-martin-confirms-game-of.html George R.R. Martin confirms GAME OF THRONES/SONG OF ICE AND FIRE fan theory (29 May, 2016)]</ref>

==External links==
* [[Brienne of Tarth/Theories]]

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

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[[es:Brienne de Tarth]]
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[[ru:Бриенна Тарт]]
[[zh:塔斯的布蕾妮]]

Brienne Tarth

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| Books = ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (POV) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
| Played_by = [[w:Gwendoline Christie|Gwendoline Christie]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]]
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'''Brienne Tarth''',{{ref|AWOIAF| Brienne Tarth}} commonly called '''Brienne of Tarth''' after her [[Tarth|island home]],{{ref|ACOK|22}} is the only living child and heir of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]].{{ref|acok|appendix}} Brienne is sometimes called '''the Maid of Tarth'''{{ref|ASOS|72}} and mocked as '''Brienne the Beauty'''.{{ref|AFFC|14}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' she is portrayed by [[w:Gwendoline Christie|Gwendoline Christie]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Brienne of Tarth|Images of Brienne of Tarth]]''

[[File:Chris Dien Brienne.jpg|thumb|Brienne, by Chris Dien - © Fantasy Flight Games.]]

Brienne is unfeminine in appearance and is considered unattractive by [[Westeros]]i standards.{{ref|ACOK|22}} She is tall, muscular, flat-chested, and ungainly,{{ref|ACOK|22}} with long, shoulder-length brittle straw-colored hair{{ref|AFFC|4}} and broad, coarse features that are covered in freckles. Brienne's teeth are prominent and crooked. Her mouth is wide, her lips are swollen, and her nose has been broken more than once.{{ref|ACOK|22}} She has large, beautiful blue eyes.{{ref|ACOK|45}}{{ref|ASOS|1}}

When asked about her height, [[George R. R. Martin]] replied:
{{Quote|Brienne is well over six feet tall, but not close to seven, no. Just off the top of my head, I would say Brienne is taller than [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and significantly heavier than either, but nowhere near the size of [[Gregor Clegane]], who is the true giant in [[A Song of Ice and Fire|the series]]. Shorter than [[Hodor]] and the [[Jon Umber|Greatjon]], maybe a bit shorter than the [[Sandor Clegane|Hound]], maybe roughly the same height as [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]].''<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1147/ Brienne of Tarth], January 31, 2001</ref>}}

Brienne has spent most of her life as the object of scorn, rejection and—at best—pity. When she tried to dress and act like a proper lady, she was met with mockery and disdain for her unattractive appearance and lack of feminine social graces; when she turned to a career more suited to her talents as a warrior, she received only contempt and resentment for her gender despite her considerable skill.{{ref|AFFC|9}} Perhaps because of this background, Brienne is as awkward in personality as she is in appearance. Unlike Lady [[Maege Mormont|Maege]] or [[Dacey Mormont]], Brienne seems uncomfortable as a warrior or a woman.{{ref|ASOS|45}} She yearns for respect and acceptance from others, and easily gives her love and loyalty to the few people who treat her with any degree of genuine courtesy.{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|AFFC|1}}

Brienne can be headstrong and judgmental, but she is also honest, straightforward, loyal and determined. Although she has received poor treatment from most [[knight]]s, Brienne clings to a naively idealized concept of knighthood. Despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that she has no expectation of ever being recognized by society for her accomplishments, she nevertheless strives to live up to the ideal of a [[true knight]] at all times.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

Brienne's dented steel armor is a brilliant, deep blue cobalt. She wears a velvet doublet quartered rose-and-azure, breeches and boots and a fine-tooled swordbelt. Her horse is barded with the quartered sun-and-moon heraldry of [[House Tarth]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} Brienne wields a blunt morningstar during melees.{{ref|ACOK|22}}

==History==
Brienne was born the eldest daughter of Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]], Lord of [[Evenfall Hall]], on the island of [[Tarth]]. Her mother died when she was so young that she does not remember her.{{ref|ACOK|45}} She had a single older brother, [[Galladon Tarth|Galladon]], who drowned when she was eight, and two younger sisters, both of whom died in the cradle. This makes her the only living offspring of Lord Selwyn, a fact that naturally encouraged him to find a suitable match for her. Given her ugly and ungainly appearance and attitude, however, the task was a difficult one, especially since Brienne was bent on a martial life rather than a marital one, more comfortable with a sword than in the company of court society. She was tutored by her [[septa]], [[Roelle]], and had the equivalent of a knight's training by a master-at-arms, Ser [[Goodwin]].

[[File:Brienne of tarth by reneaigner.jpg|350px|thumb|Brienne of Tarth, by Rene Aigner ©.]]

Brienne's father successfully found three men willing to betroth her, for her father's wealthy lands, though they all fell through. A younger son of Lord [[Bryen Caron]] was Brienne's first betrothed. They met only once, on the occasion of their betrothal, when she was seven and he was ten. The boy died two years later from a chill, along with his father, mother and sisters. Had he not died, Brienne would have been wed to him within the year of her first flowering.{{ref|AFFC|4}} The second betrothal was to Ser [[Ronnet Connington]], who was six years older than her. On their meeting, Red Ronnet gave her a rose, and told her it was all she would have of him, breaking the betrothal.{{ref|aFfC|27}} The last man Brienne was betrothed to, Ser [[Humfrey Wagstaff]], warned her he would insist she act womanly once they were wed. Though only sixteen, Brienne replied she would only accept such a demand from a man who could beat her in combat. In the effort, Humfrey ended up with three broken bones and a broken betrothal.{{ref|AFFC|9}}

After that, Lord Selwyn stopped trying to arrange a marriage for Brienne.{{ref|AFFC|9}} Brienne's only positive encounter with a man occurred when [[House Tarth]]'s liege, Lord [[Renly Baratheon]], visited their island during his [[Customs#Age of majority|coming of age]] tour. He crossed paths with Brienne and treated her courteously, and she fell in love with him.{{ref|AFFC|4}} Sometime later, Lord Selwyn sent her to [[Storm's End]].{{ref|ACOK|42}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Tizianobaracchibrienneoftarth.jpg|300px|thumb|Brienne the Blue from [[Renly Baratheon]]'s [[Rainbow Guard]], by Tizianobaracchi ©.]]

When [[Renly Baratheon]] declares himself [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms|king]] at [[Highgarden]], Brienne joins him in his march to [[King's Landing]].{{ref|aCoK|22}} She also attends his marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell]], which greatly saddens her.{{ref|aFfC|31}} In Renly's camp, Brienne is continuously mocked. Some of the young knight's wager on who will be the first to get her [[maidenhead]], until Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] puts an end to it, warning Brienne that her presence is the cause of the problem.{{ref|aFfC|14}}

Later in the march, Brienne proves her mettle with a morningstar in a [[melee at Bitterbridge]], defeating Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], the Knight of Flowers, as well as many of her mocking suitors. She asks to join the [[Rainbow Guard]] as her prize, becoming Brienne the Blue. She sharply reminds [[Catelyn Stark]] of the courtesy due a king, and is later dismayed when Renly denies the need for an escort for a stroll after the night's feast.{{ref|aCoK|22}}

At Renly's parley with his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] at the [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|siege of Storm's End]], Brienne is his standard-bearer. After the negotiations fail, she is assigned to do the same in the upcoming clash, riding in the vanguard alongside Loras.{{ref|aCoK|31}} The next day at dawn, she is arming Renly for battle against his brother when a [[shadow assassin|shadow]] enters his tent and assassinates him. Brienne is accused of the murder, but Catelyn is able to convince those present that she is innocent and takes Brienne with her when she flees the camp.{{ref|aCoK|33}}

When they arrive at [[Riverrun]], Brienne wants to leave to take revenge with Renly's sword on Stannis for Renly's death, but Catelyn convinces Brienne to enter her service instead.{{ref|aCoK|39}} Brienne is present when Lady Stark speaks with the Kingslayer, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], in his cell, and grants Catelyn her sword when it is asked for.{{ref|aCoK|55}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Harrenhal bath by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Brienne and [[Jaime Lannister]] in the baths at [[Harrenhal]], by Cabepfir ©.]]

At [[Riverrun]], after receiving news that her sons [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] have been [[capture of Winterfell|killed]], Catelyn decides to free Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], making Brienne escort him to King's Landing to fulfill the promise made by the [[Hand of the King]], [[Tyrion Lannister]], to return her daughters [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] if the Kingslayer were freed. Ser [[Cleos Frey]], Jaime's cousin, accompanies them as an envoy.{{ref|aSoS|2}}

Brienne defends Jaime ably. She learns much of his history that is little known to Westeros at large and the two develop a grudging respect for each other. They make for the city by boat, throwing off pursuit from Riverrun when Brienne scales a cliff and rolls boulders onto Ser [[Robin Ryger]]'s pursuing galley,{{ref|aSoS|1}} after which they continue by land. At the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]], Brienne's wariness prevents the group from taking the [[Husband|innkeeper's]] travel advice, as he is in league with bandits and is attempting to lead them into ambush.{{ref|ASOS|11}}

Later, they are ambushed by different outlaws near [[Maidenpool]]. Cleos is killed and Jaime tries to escape, dueling Brienne with Cleos's sword. Manacled and out of practice, Jaime cannot defeat Brienne, who holds his head underwater. Their fighting is interrupted by the [[Brave Companions]], however. Four Bloody Mummers beat Brienne, knocking out two of her teeth. The unscrupulous sellswords then chop off Jaime's sword hand.{{ref|asos|21}} His fighting ability gone, Jaime despairs for his life, but Brienne convinces him to live for revenge. In turn, Jaime prevents [[Zollo]], [[Rorge]], and [[Shagwell]], three of the Mummers, from raping Brienne.{{ref|asos|31}} The Brave Companions confiscate Brienne's armor and sword.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

[[File:Marc Simonetti Bear Brienne Jaime.jpg|350px|thumb|[[Jaime Lannister]] rescues Brienne from the bear pit of [[Harrenhal]], by Marc Simonetti ©.]]

At [[Harrenhal]], the two share a bath and Jaime reveals he stopped the [[wildfire plot]] of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. [[Qyburn]] brings her a pink gown, which Jaime thinks she looks ridiculous wearing. Lord [[Roose Bolton]] sends Jaime on his way, but keeps Brienne as [[Vargo Hoat]]'s prize.{{ref|asos|37}} Jaime returns after dreaming of her, however, and rescues her from the bear pit of Harrenhal.{{ref|asos|44}} Brienne bites [[Vargo Hoat]]'s ear,{{ref|ASOS|44}} which leaves him delirious from infection.{{ref|ASOS|62}} [[Walton|Steelshanks Walton]] escorts Brienne and Jaime toward King's Landing, and Brienne is shocked when Ser [[Bertram Beesbury]] informs them at [[Brindlewood]] of Catelyn's death in the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|62}}

After their arrival in King's Landing, the pair are confronted by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], who still believes Brienne guilty of Renly's regicide. Jaime has Brienne arrested for her own protection,{{ref|asos|62}} and he arranges for Loras to speak to her; this finally dispels Brienne's blame.{{ref|asos|67}}

Jaime entrusts Brienne with the [[Valyrian steel]] longsword given to him by his father [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], naming it [[Oathkeeper]]. He sends her to seek the vanished [[Sansa Stark]], to fulfill his promise to Catelyn. As Oathkeeper was forged from the metal of [[Eddard Stark]]'s greatsword, [[Ice]], Brienne is using Stark steel to rescue the Stark girl. Along with this, Jaime gives her two bags full of coin, a mail hauberk, a [[House Lothston|Lothston]] shield, and a letter signed by King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] saying that she is on a royal mission.{{ref|aSoS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Mustamirri ser my lady.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Podrick Payne]] and Brienne, by mustamirri ©.]]

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] is sent by his sister, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], to subdue the remaining rebels in the [[riverlands]]. At [[Harrenhal]] he strikes [[Ronnet Connington]] for mocking Brienne.{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Unbeknownst to Brienne, [[Sansa Stark]] is hiding at the [[Eyrie]] under the assumed name of Alayne Stone with Lord [[Petyr Baelish]].{{ref|AFFC|10}} Brienne searches for Sansa along the [[Rosby road]] in the [[crownlands]], meeting [[Illifer]], [[Creighton Longbough]], and [[Shadrich]].{{ref|AFFC|4}} She visits the [[Dun Fort]] in [[Duskendale]] and has her shield repainted to the arms of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]]. [[Podrick Payne]], once the squire of Sansa's husband [[Tyrion Lannister]], tries to discretely follow her, and Brienne allows the boy to join her quest.{{ref|AFFC|9}}

Brienne's next stop is at [[Maidenpool]], which she only enters with the unwanted aid of Ser [[Hyle Hunt]], one of the knights who had mockingly courted her in Renly's camp. There she finds Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] dispensing justice; he begrudgingly allows her to continue her search. At the [[Stinking Goose]] she meets [[Dick Crabb|Nimble Dick Crabb]], who leads her after a fool, whom she believes is [[Dontos Hollard]], who might have Sansa with him.{{ref|AFFC|14}}

Traveling through [[Crackclaw Point]], the trio arrive at the [[Whispers]], the ruined hall of Nimble Dick's ancestors from [[House Crabb]]. They meet a band of [[Brave Companions]] remnants led by the fool [[Shagwell]], the psychotic jester. Shagwell kills Dick, but Brienne then kills [[Pyg]] and [[Timeon]] with [[Oathkeeper]]. She forces Shagwell to dig a grave for Dick and then kills him as well when the fool turns on her. Hyle joins her party, having followed her from Maidenpool.{{ref|aFfC|20}}

Following the [[sellsword]]s' information, Brienne heads back to the [[riverlands]] to find [[Sandor Clegane]], who was reported to be with a girl, unbeknownst to her to be [[Arya Stark|the wrong daughter]]. At Maidenpool they join with [[Meribald]], an itinerant septon, who accompanies them to [[Saltpans]]. From there she visits the nearby [[Quiet Isle]], where the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] assures her that the [[Hound]] is dead.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

At the [[inn at the crossroads]] near the [[Trident]], Brienne encounters another group of former Brave Companions led by [[Rorge]], who has been masquerading as Sandor while raping and murdering in the riverlands. Defending the orphans at the inn, the outnumbered Brienne kills Rorge but is grievously wounded by [[Biter]], who chews the flesh off her cheek.{{ref|aFfC|37}} After [[Gendry]] rescues her from Biter, he and the remaining members of the [[brotherhood without banners]] take her captive, along with Podrick and Hyle.{{ref|AFFC|42}}

The undead [[Catelyn Stark]], now leading the brotherhood as "Lady Stoneheart", does not believe Brienne's explanation of her search for Sansa and instead judges her to be a traitor who is serving [[House Lannister]], due to her sword with a golden lion's head as its pommel, and the letter signed and sealed by King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] stating that Brienne is "about his business".{{Ref|affc|42}} Brienne is given the choice of "sword or noose" — either prove her loyalty by killing Jaime Lannister, or hang. Brienne refuses to choose and is sentenced to hang, along with her two companions, Podrick and Ser Hyle.{{ref|AFFC|42}} According to a semi-canon source, when she sees Podrick choking, she shouts "sword" to save him.{{ref|aFfC|42}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/6425/ Miscon Report (June 03, 2012)]</ref>

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Having been spared by the brotherhood, Brienne appears briefly at [[Pennytree]] when Jaime camps there. She asks Jaime to help her save [[Sansa Stark]] from the [[Hound]], claiming they are a day's ride away. She tells Jaime, however, that he must go with her alone, or the Hound will kill Sansa.{{ref|aDwD|48}} Cersei is skeptical when she is informed that her twin, Jaime, disappeared with a woman in the riverlands.{{ref|ADWD|54}}

==Quotes by Brienne==
[[File:Brienne of Tarth HBO.jpg|thumb|[[w:Gwendoline Christie|Gwendoline Christie]] as Brienne in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]

{{Quote|Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it's always summer in the songs. In the songs all [[knight]]s are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.{{ref|ACOK|22}}}} – Brienne to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Brienne:''' Fighting is better than this waiting. You don't feel so helpless when you fight. You have a sword and a horse, sometimes an axe. When you're armored it's hard for anyone to hurt you. 
'''Catelyn:''' [[Knight]]s die in battle. 
'''Brienne:''' As ladies die in childbed. No one sings songs about them.{{ref|ACOK|45}}}} – Brienne and [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|[[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], though ... I will find her, my lady, Brienne swore to Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn's]] restless shade. I will never stop looking. I will give up my life if need be, give up my honor, give up all my dreams, but I will find her.{{ref|affc|9}}}} – thoughts of Brienne

{{Quote|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

{{Quote|I have to find [[Sansa Stark|her]]. There are others looking, all wanting to capture her and sell her to [[Cersei Lannister|the queen]]. I have to find her first. I promised [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. [[Oathkeeper]], he named the sword. I have to try to save her... or die in the attempt.{{ref|AFFC|31}}}} – Brienne to the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]]

{{Quote|Leave [[Willow|her]] be. If you want to rape someone, try me.{{ref|AFFC|37}}}} – Brienne to [[Rorge]]

==Quotes about Brienne==
{{Quote|Brienne the Beauty, they name her ... though not to her face, lest they be called upon to defend those words with their bodies.{{ref|ACOK|22}}}} – [[Colen of Greenpools]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|I knew Brienne when she was no more than a girl playing at [[Selwyn Tarth|her father]]’s feet in [[Evenfall Hall]], and I knew her still better when the Evenstar sent her here to [[Storm's End]]. She loved [[Renly Baratheon]] from the first moment she laid eyes on him, a blind man could see it.{{ref|aCoK|42}}}} – [[Cortnay Penrose]] to [[Guyard Morrigen]]

{{Quote|There is a sweet innocence about you, child.{{ref|acok|55}}}} – [[Catelyn Stark]] to Brienne

{{Quote|The light was so dim that Jaime could scarcely see her, though they stood a scant few feet apart. In this light she could almost be a beauty, he thought. In this light she could almost be a [[knight]].{{ref|ASOS|44}}}} – dream of [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|'''Loras:''' Draw your sword, woman! 
'''Jaime:''' Best hope she doesn't. Or it's like to be your corpse we carry out. The wench is as strong as [[Gregor Clegane]], though not so pretty.{{ref|asos|62}}}} – [[Loras Tyrell]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Brienne's ugly, and pighead stubborn. But she lacks the wits to be a liar, and she is loyal past the point of sense.{{ref|asos|67}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Loras Tyrell]]

{{Quote|'''Loras:''' [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] thought she was absurd. A woman dressed in man's mail, pretending to be a knight. 
'''Jaime:''' If he'd ever seen her in pink satin and [[Myr]]ish lace, he would not have complained. 
'''Loras:''' I asked him why he kept her close, if he thought her so grotesque. He said that all his other knights wanted things of him, castles or honors or riches, but all that Brienne wanted was to die for him.{{ref|asos|67}}}} – [[Loras Tyrell]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|Blue is a good color on you, my lady. It goes well with your eyes.{{ref|ASOS|72}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]] to Brienne

{{Quote|You have a man’s strength in your arms, but your heart is as soft as any maid's. It is one thing to train in the yard with a blunted sword in hand, and another to drive a foot of sharpened steel into a man’s gut and see the light go out of his eyes.{{ref|AFFC|20}}}} – [[Goodwin]] to Brienne

{{Quote|It is said that [[Selwyn Tarth|your father]] is a good man. If so, I pity him. Some men are blessed with sons, some with daughters. No man deserves to be cursed with such as you.{{ref|AFFC|25}}}} – [[Randyll Tarly]] to Brienne

{{Quote|The queen remembered the Maid of Tarth, a huge, ugly, shambling thing who dressed in man's mail. [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] would never abandon me for such a creature.{{ref|ADWD|54}}}} – thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]

==Family tree==
{{Tarth tree}}

===Descent===
Previous speculation on Brienne's descent included that Brienne descends from Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], a former [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]] during the reign of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]]. An argument often raised was that a shield bearing [[:File:Dunk.png|Duncan's personal arms]] was in the armory at [[Evenfall Hall]], and that Brienne later used these arms while traveling in the [[crownlands]] and [[riverlands]].{{ref|aFfC|9}} Though [[George R. R. Martin]] initially only confirmed that a descendant of Duncan appears in the books,<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]:[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Dayton_OH/ US Signing Tour (Dayton, OH) (November 10, 2005)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]:[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Mysterious_Galaxy_Signing_San_Diego/ Mysterious Galaxy Signing (San Diego, CA) (November 08, 2000)]</ref> in 2016 at Balticon, Martin confirmed Brienne's descent, stating that the exact relation between Duncan and Brienne would be "''revealed in time''".<ref>The Wertzone: [http://thewertzone.blogspot.nl/2016/05/george-rr-martin-confirms-game-of.html George R.R. Martin confirms GAME OF THRONES/SONG OF ICE AND FIRE fan theory (29 May, 2016)]</ref>

==External links==
* [[Brienne of Tarth/Theories]]

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

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Lord Penrose

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'''Lord Penrose''', also known as '''old Penrose''', is the Lord of [[Parchments]] and the head of [[House Penrose]]. His given name is unknown. He is the father of Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], [[castellan]] of [[Storm's End]].{{ref|aCoK|42}}

==Character==
Old Penrose is sickly and failing.{{ref|aCoK|42}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Although he has raised his banners for King [[Renly Baratheon]], Lord Penrose breaks bread with Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] when he comes as a messenger from his liege lord, [[Stannis Baratheon]],{{ref|aCoK|Prologue}} treating the Onion Knight courteously.{{ref|aCoK|42}} The banners of House Penrose are seen in Renly's camp beneath [[Bitterbridge]].{{ref|aCoK|22}}

During the [[siege of Storm's End (299)|siege of Storm's End]], Lord [[Alester Florent]] urges Stannis to bring Lord Penrose to the castle and hang him in order to force the surrender of Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], the castellan of Storm's End and old Penrose's son.{{ref|aCoK|42}} [[Melisandre]] instead sends a [[shadow assassin|shadow]] to assassinate Cortnay.{{ref|aCoK|42}}

==References==
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Stannis Baratheon

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{{Hatnote|"Stannis" redirects here. See also [[Stannis Seaworth]]}}
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| image_caption = Stannis Baratheon, art by Joshua Cairos ©.
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| father = [[Steffon Baratheon]]
| mother = [[Cassana Estermont]]
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (appears)
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Stephen Dillane, Stannis Baratheon|Stephen Dillane]]
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'''Stannis Baratheon''' is the head of [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]] and the [[Lord of Dragonstone]]. He is the secondborn son of [[Steffon Baratheon]], [[Lord of Storm's End]], and Lady [[Cassana Estermont]].{{ref|agot|appendix}} He has an older brother, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], and a younger brother, Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]. Stannis serves on Robert's [[small council]] as the [[master of ships]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Stannis is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Stephen Dillane, Stannis Baratheon|Stephen Dillane]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Stannis Baratheon|Images of Stannis Baratheon]]''
Like his brothers, [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], Stannis is a large man - tall, broad-shouldered and sinewy.{{Ref|acok|prologue}} [[Jon Snow]] notes that Stannis towers over him.{{Ref|ASOS|76}} Stannis has dark blue eyes and a heavy brow. His head has only a fringe of black hair "like the shadow of a crown", and he has a close-cropped beard across his large jaw.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} His face has a tightness to it like cured leather, and he has hollow cheeks, and thin, pale lips.{{Ref|ACOK|prologue}}

Stannis is a serious, stubborn, rarely-forgiving, hard man with a strong sense of duty and justice.{{Ref|AGOT|27}}{{Ref|AGOT|58}}{{Ref|AGOT|47}}{{Ref|ACOK|42}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}{{Ref|ACOK|10}}{{Ref|ASOS|72}} He grinds his teeth regularly.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}{{Ref|acok|10}}{{Ref|ACOK|25}} He is an accomplished commander, sailor, and warrior,{{ref|AGOT|58}} with no thirst for battle, commanding from the rear.{{Ref|ACOK|59}} He has never had the affection of nobles or smallfolk alike.{{ref|acok|prologue}}{{Ref|ACOK|10}}{{Ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|ACOK|36}} In his adult life, he is increasingly embittered by the lack of affection he receives from Robert, even though he serves Robert as well as he can.{{Ref|ACOK|prologue}}{{Ref|AWOIAF| Stannis Baratheon}}

Stannis is not a man for easy courtesies,{{Ref|ACOK|31}} and has always been uncomfortable around women, even his own wife, Lady [[Selyse Florent|Selyse]] of [[House Florent]]. During the years he served on the [[small council]] in [[King's Landing]], he left his wife on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]]. He wrote to her, but only occasionally. His visits were even fewer, and he did his duty in the marriage bed only once or twice a year, and took no joy in it.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Though he once hoped for sons, he would only have one daughter, [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]].{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Influenced by [[Melisandre]], Stannis adopts a new sigil which depicts the [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] stag enclosed within a red heart surrounded by orange flame.{{ref|ACOK|31}} Unlike many of his noble peers, Stannis dresses plainly.{{ref|ACOK|31}} He sometimes wears a grey wool tunic, a dark red mantle, and a plain black leather belt from which hang his sword and dagger.{{ref|ASOS|36}} On campaign he wears a studded leather jerkin over quilted doublet, worn boots, breeches of brown roughspun, and a belt studded with garnets and yellow topaz.{{ref|ACOK|31}} Other armor includes wool and boiled leather{{ref|ACOK|42}} or grey plate inlaid with a flaming heart.{{ref|ADWD|10}}

==History==
===Early Life===
Born in {{Date|264}},<ref name=Cal></ref> Stannis was the second son of Lady [[Cassana Estermont]] and Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]]. He had an older brother, [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], and a younger brother, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

When Stannis was no more than four years old, his father took him and his brother Robert to court. There, Stannis believed he saw King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] on the [[Iron Throne]], holding court. Stannis was impressed, and he and Robert agreed that the king had been as noble as the [[dragon]]s were fearsome. It was years later that Steffon told him that it had been [[Hand of the King]] [[Tywin Lannister]] whom they had seen, as King Aerys had cut himself on the throne earlier that day and Tywin had taken over for him.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}

As a lad, Stannis found an injured goshawk, and nursed it back to health. He named the bird [[Proudwing]], but his brother Robert called it Weakwing, as it would never fly higher than the treetops, and never soared. (Robert himself owned a gyrfalcon named [[Thunderclap]], who never missed a strike). Eventually, Stannis's great-uncle, [[Harbert]], convinced him to abandon the bird, stating that Stannis was making a fool of himself with it.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

Growing up, Stannis always stood in the shadow of his older brother. Whatever Stannis did, Robert had done first and better.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} These feelings remained until adulthood.{{Ref|ADWD|42}} [[Maester]] [[Cressen]], the maester at [[Storm's End]], came to care deeply for Stannis, moreso than for his brothers, as he felt Stannis was the one who needed him the most, as the most unloved of the three.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Even in his youth, Stannis had been an introverted child, who was mature beyond his years, solemn and joyless.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Stannis Baratheon}}

In {{Date|278}}, Stannis's parents were sent on a mission by King Aerys II to [[Volantis]] to find a bride for Stannis's cousin, Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. They were unsuccessful.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Maester Cressen remembers how Lord Steffon had written to him a fortnight before his return, stating that he had found a [[Patchface|splendid fool]] in Volantis who would delight Robert and who might even teach Stannis how to laugh, in time.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Stannis and Robert were both present at [[Storm's End]] when Steffon and Cassana were expected to return from their voyage, looking on from the parapets of the castle. When the ''[[Windproud]]'' came in sight of Storm's End, the two brothers witnessed how the ship was smashed against the rocks in [[Shipbreaker Bay]] and swallowed by the sea. Both Steffon and Cassana drowned.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} According to Stannis, he lost his faith in the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]] that day.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
When King Aerys II Targaryen demanded the heads of Robert and [[Eddard Stark]] after the executions of [[Rickard Stark|Rickard]] and [[Brandon Stark]], Lord [[Jon Arryn]] raised his banners in revolt, and both Eddard and Robert returned home to call their own banners. The resulting decision that Stannis faced — whether to be loyal to his older brother and liege, Robert, or to his king, Aerys II Targaryen — was a difficult one.{{Ref|ASOS|36}} Stannis was at [[Storm's End]] when Robert returned from the [[battles at Summerhall]] with his prisoners, whom he kept at Storm's End, and eventually befriended. Stannis warned his brother that the men he had befriended were men who had wanted to deliver him to Aerys to be burned; while Stannis would have thrown them in a dungeon, Robert made them his allies.{{Ref|ACOK|36}}

Stannis remained behind at Storm's End when Robert marched again. After Robert was defeated at [[Ashford]], forces from the [[Reach]] besieged the Baratheon castle. Stannis successfully held against the [[siege of Storm's End]] by Lords [[Mace Tyrell]] and [[Paxter Redwyne]],{{Ref|aGoT|27}} which lasted a major part of the war. His garrison held under desperate conditions, only avoiding starvation by the timely intervention of a notorious smuggler, [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]]. His cargo of onions and salt fish allowed them to hold the fortress. After the siege was lifted by Lord [[Eddard Stark]], Stannis [[knight]]ed Davos and, taking him into his service, allowed the [[landed knight]] to choose the name Seaworth for his new house.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} True to Stannis's sense of justice, he also punished Davos for his crimes as a smuggler by removing the first joint from each finger of Davos's left hand, as payment for his past crimes. Davos accepted the punishment on the condition that Stannis carry out the sentence himself, which Stannis did, using a cleaver for a cleaner cut.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

===Lord of Dragonstone===
Following the [[Sack of King's Landing]] and the surrender of the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] at [[Storm's End]], the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], charged his brother Stannis with building a new fleet to seize the [[Dragonstone (island)|island of Dragonstone]], the last stronghold in the possession of [[House Targaryen]]. A fierce storm destroyed the Targaryen fleet which had been protecting the island, while Dowager Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]] died in labor at the [[Dragonstone|castle of Dragonstone]]. Targaryen loyalists smuggled the two Targaryen children, [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] from the island before Stannis's [[assault on Dragonstone]]. Robert blamed Stannis for letting the Targaryen heirs escape, although the two children had been spirited to safety by Targaryen loyalists shortly before Stannis had even set sail.{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}{{Ref|AGOT|3}}{{ref|ACOK|25}}

Stannis was displeased to discover that King Robert had named him Lord of Dragonstone, instead of the wealthier Storm's End, which was given to their younger brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], who was only a young child at the time. Stannis resented this and believed it to be an intentional slight,{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} which Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] agrees with.{{ref|ACOK|25}} According to [[George R. R. Martin]], however, Robert had not necessarily meant it as such.<ref name=Baratheonbrothers>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Baratheon_Brothers/ The Baratheon Brothers (September 11, 1999)]</ref> The castle had traditionally been the seat of the heir to the Iron Throne, the [[Prince of Dragonstone]], during most of the Targaryen Dynasty, so the then-childless Robert was granting it to his heir at that time, Stannis.<ref name=Baratheonbrothers></ref> Now the [[Lord of Dragonstone]], Stannis became the head of [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]].

[[File:Stannis Baratheon Greyjoy Rebellion.png|450px|thumb|Stannis Baratheon leading the attack on [[Great Wyk]] during [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]].]]

Stannis was appointed to Robert's [[small council]] as the [[master of ships]].{{Ref|aGoT|27}}{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} A few years later, he wed Lady [[Selyse Florent|Selyse]] of [[House Florent]]. During the wedding, King Robert deflowered [[Delena Florent]], a cousin of Selyse, on the wedding bed. This coupling led to the birth of [[Edric Storm]], the only officially acknowledged [[bastard]] of the king. Stannis insisted that the boy was a slight upon the honor of his wife's house and promptly shipped him off to his brother Renly at Storm's End.{{Ref|aGoT|35}}

In {{Date|289}}, during [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], Stannis commanded the [[royal fleet]] and trapped and destroyed much of the [[Iron Fleet]] in a [[sea battle off Fair Isle]]. Afterwards, he subdued [[Great Wyk]] in his brother's name.{{ref|ADWD|26}} He also once led a fleet to [[Sisterton]], to suppress smuggling from the [[Three Sisters]].{{ref|ADWD|9}} Ser [[Axell Florent]] served as Stannis's castellan of Dragonstone for ten years, while Stannis was away at [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

Despite his loyalty and service to his brother Robert, Stannis always felt underappreciated by Robert. Instead of thanking Stannis for holding Storm's End against the Tyrells during [[Robert's Rebellion |the rebellion]], Robert thanked [[Eddard Stark]] for lifting the siege. Instead of thanking Stannis for capturing Dragonstone for him, Robert blamed Stannis for the escape of the Targaryen children, even though they left Dragonstone before Stannis had set sail.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} Stannis helped [[Jon Arryn]], Robert's [[Hand of the King]], in ruling the kingdom but received little or no acknowledgment or thanks from his elder brother, who spent his time hunting, drinking, and whoring. And when Arryn died, Robert turned for help to his friend Eddard instead of Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Stannis felt that Storm's End, the ancestral seat of House Baratheon, was his by rights after Robert took the throne, and told Robert so on multiple occasions. In due time, Storm's End was given to Renly instead.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}

King Robert once rejected Stannis's proposal to outlaw brothels.{{Ref|AGOT|27}} Stannis has outlawed [[prostitution]] on his island of Dragonstone.{{ref|ACOK|10}}

Eventually, Stannis began to suspect that the children of Queen Cersei Lannister were not actually Robert's. Convinced that Robert would not believe him, he confided his suspicions to Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{Ref|ACOK|31}} Together, they investigated the matter, visiting several of Robert's [[Bastardy|baseborn]] children in the city.{{Ref|AGOT|28}}{{Ref|AGOT|30}} Jon had begun to gather proof when he suddenly died.{{Ref|ACOK|31}} Stannis believed Cersei had Jon killed,{{Ref|ACOK|31}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}} and when Robert left for the [[north]] to name Eddard Stark as his new Hand of the King, Stannis left for Dragonstone.{{Ref|AGOT|18}}{{Ref|AGOT|20}}{{Ref|AGOT|27}} As his maester, [[Cressen]] was old and ailing, Stannis sent to the [[Citadel]] for a new maester, and [[Pylos]] arrived mere days before Stannis closed Dragonstone off.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

During their investigations, Jon Arryn had agreed with Stannis that his young son, [[Robert Arryn]], would be fostered with Stannis on Dragonstone.{{Ref|AGOT|27}}{{Ref|AGOT|40}}{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|ACOK|25}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}} However, this did not come to pass, as Jon's wife [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]] fled back to the [[Vale]] with her son after Jon's death.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After the death of [[Jon Arryn]], Stannis flees to [[Dragonstone]] to gather his strength, including most of the [[royal fleet]],{{ref|ACOK|41}} and plan his next move,{{Ref|aGoT|20}} believing Cersei poisoned Jon.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} Lord [[Eddard Stark]] wonders why Stannis left, believing it was due to the discovery of whatever secret Jon Arryn was allegedly murdered for, although not realizing that Stannis was also slighted by King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s selection of Eddard as his new [[Hand of the King]]. Ned, via Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], sends a raven with a polite letter requesting Lord Stannis to return to his seat on the [[small council]].{{ref|AGOT|33}} During Eddard's investigation of Jon's death, he discovers that Stannis and Jon had spent a great deal of time together. When he is told Stannis and Jon visited a brothel, when Stannis is normally so righteous to the point of prudish, he gets closer to the truth.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}

Robert dies after a boar hunt and is succeeded by his son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|49}} Eddard has been selected by Robert to rule as regent, though plans to bring Stannis to the throne. However, he is outmaneuvered by Robert's widow, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]. The boy king Joffrey subsequently has Eddard executed.{{ref|AGOT|64}}

Lord [[Varys]] reports to the [[small council]] that Stannis is said to be building ships, hiring sellswords, and bringing a [[shadowbinder]] from [[Asshai]] to Dragonstone.{{ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Stannis Melisandre Lightbringer Dragonstone.jpg|300px|thumb|Stannis Baratheon holding [[Lightbringer]] with [[Melisandre]] at [[Dragonstone]], by Amok ©.]]

Stannis declares himself king on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]]. He sends Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] to gather support for him among the stormlords, but none are willing to join him. His [[maester]], [[Cressen]], suggests to Stannis that he makes an alliance against the Lannisters with [[Robb Stark]], who has been declared [[King in the North]], but Stannis objects to ruling only half a kingdom. Cressen then proposes that Stannis sends [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]], his only child and heir, to the [[Eyrie]], to make an alliance with Lady [[Lysa Arryn]], but Stannis's wife, [[Selyse Florent]], objects, stating that Stannis should not have to beg for help, and Stannis sides with her.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

Selyse has converted to the faith of [[R'hllor]], the Lord of Light, giving the priestess [[Melisandre]] a base of power on Dragonstone. Selyse tells Stannis that the [[red comet]] is a sign that Stannis's time has come, and that he must sail from Dragonstone now to conquer.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Selyse claims that Renly's men will join Stannis once Renly dies, and that Melisandre has seen Renly dead in her flames. Cressen is horrified by the thought of fratricide and objects, but Stannis dismisses him.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} Though Stannis is not a follower of [[R'hllor]],{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}} he denounces the [[Faith of the Seven]] for the Lord of Light, burning the carvings of the seven gods from the Faith as a sacrifice. During this sacrifice, Melisandre proclaims that Stannis is [[Azor Ahai]] reborn, and has him pull a sword out of the burning carvings: [[Lightbringer]]. With [[Davos Seaworth]]'s help, Stannis has recruited [[Salladhor Saan]] for his cause. In private, Sallador tells Davos that the sword is not the real Lightbringer.{{Ref|ACOK|10}} Stannis writes a letter announcing his claim to the throne and the [[bastardy]] of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrecella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], which he plans to send to the lords of the Seven Kingdoms by raven, and to the ports of Westeros and the Free Cities by ship.{{Ref|ACOK|10}} Davos tells Stannis that he has no proof of the incest, but Stannis claims that at [[Storm's End]] there is [[Edric Storm|proof]], though he does not have access. Davos further informs Stannis that it would be unwise to declare for the Lord of Light, if he wishes to win over the followers of the [[Faith of the Seven]], but Stannis rejects the notion, as he believes Melisandre has power.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

While his brother Renly is slowly marching from [[Highgarden]] to [[King's Landing]] by the [[Roseroad]],{{Ref|ACOK|10}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}} Stannis sails for [[Storm's End]] and [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|besieges the castle]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}} Renly rushes to Storm's End with ten thousand{{Ref|ACOK|33}} of his host to meet Stannis, claiming that he has another hundred thousand on their way.{{Ref|ACOK|31}} Stannis and Renly parley, and Renly offers Stannis a chance to swear him his fealty, which Stannis angrily rejects. He calls Renly a traitor, as well as threatens [[Robb Stark]] to Lady [[Catelyn Stark]]. When it becomes clear that Renly, who does not care about Stannis's letter and is confident in his own strength, will not swear to Stannis, Stannis leaves, promising a battle at dawn.{{Ref|ACOK|31}} Catelyn informs Renly about the murder attempt on her son [[Bran Stark|Bran]]'s life, which she blames on the Lannisters. She now believes that Bran saw Cersei and Jaime having sex, and asks leave to go to Stannis to tell him of her suspicions, suggesting that Stannis, Renly and Robb all cast aside their crowns to call a [[Great Council]]. Renly refuses, and is about to continue preparing for battle when [[shadow assassin|a shadow]] kills him. Stannis's shadow, according to Catelyn Stark.{{Ref|ACOK|33}} Most of the forces Renly had brought with him to Storm's End join Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|36}}

Following Renly's death, Stannis is troubled by terrible nightmares, and only Melisandre, who now shares his pavillon, can soothe him to sleep.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} He confides in Davos that he sometimes dreams of Renly's death, but that he is innocent, as he had been in his bed when Renly was slain, and that his [[squire]], [[Devan Seaworth]], had been unable to wake him.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} Stannis has surrounded Storm's End by land and sea, and promises that the garrison might go free unharmed is the castle is yielded up to him in a fortnight.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]] continues to refuse, however, even during the last parley a fortnight later, as yielding require giving Stannis Robert's bastard son, [[Edric Storm]]. Cortnay challenges Stannis to single combat to decide the matter, but Stannis refuses. Unwilling to leave Storm's End untaken out of fear that it will be viewed as a defeat, and determined to get a hold of Robert's bastard to proof the incest, Stannis orders Davos to land a small boat beneath the castle, unseen in the black of the night, without anyone else knowing about it, taking Melisandre with him.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} Davos brings Melisandre beneath the castle, where she gives birth to a [[shadow assassin|Stannis's shadow]] which enters the castle.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} That same night, Cortnay falls off a tower of the castle to his death, and the castle yields to Stannis,{{Ref|ACOK|44}} who subsequently burns the [[godswood]] of Storm's End.{{Ref|acok|49}} It is said that Cortnay threw himself off of the tower, and his guards could not find anyone else in the room, nor had they seen anyone else enter. However, Lord [[Varys]] believes Cortnay to have been killed with magic.{{Ref|ACOK|44}}

[[File:Stannis Baratheon with Lightbrighter at Blackwater by WillHarrisArt.jpg|380px|thumb|Stannis Baratheon at the [[battle of the Blackwater]], by Will Harris ©.]]

With Storm's End fallen, Stannis is free to march for King's Landing, which has been preparing for his arrival.{{Ref|ACOK|49}} [[Tyrion Lannister]] has the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]] spread the news that Stannis means to burn to [[Great Sept of Baelor]], to prevent people in the city from joining Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|49}} Tyrion Lannister has ordered his men from the [[Vale mountain clans]] to light fires to burn the grass, while killing his scouts and raiding his baggage train. In response, Stannis's vanguard sets the [[kingswood]] afire, to smoke the clansmen out.{{Ref|ACOK|52}}

Stannis attacks King's Landing during the [[battle of the Blackwater]]. Most of Stannis's ships enter the harbor, but the Lannisters light [[wildfire]], and when a chain prevents the ships from sailing out of the harbor again, most of them are destroyed. Stannis's forces are close to victory, when Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and the forces of [[House Tyrell]] arrive, led by the "ghost" of Renly Baratheon, who is later revealed to have been [[Garlan Tyrell]], dressed in Renly's armor.{{Ref|acok|62}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Defeated during the [[battle of the Blackwater]], Stannis returns to Dragonstone on the ships of the [[Lys]]eni [[Salladhor Saan]]{{Ref|asos|4}} with the few men that remain to him, most of them the [[queen's men]].{{Ref|ASOS|10}} He names Lord [[Alester Florent]] as his [[Hand of the King]], but refuses to see anyone but Melisandre, brooding in the [[Stone Drum]] instead. He does not eat, and tales are told claiming that Stannis and Melisandre go down into the [[Dragonmont]] to watch the fires inside.{{Ref|ASOS|10}} After [[Davos Seaworth]] is arrested for his plan to kill Melisandre{{Ref|ASOS|10}} Melisandre visits him, and informs him that she dare not make another shadow son with Stannis as his "fires burn so low" that doing to might kill him.{{Ref|ASOS|25}} Stannis's Hand, Alester, loses faith in Stannis's chances for success, and prepares to offer peace to [[House Lannister]], to be sealed with the promise that Stannis gives up his claim to the Iron Throne and retracts all he said regarding the [[bastardy]] of [[Cersei Lannister]]'s children in exchange for being accepted back into the King's peace and being allowed to rule as [[Lord of Dragonstone]] and [[Lord of Storm's End]]. Alester wishes to seal the bargain by offering [[Shireen Baratheon|Shireen]] in marriage to [[Tommen Baratheon]]. However, before he can send his letter to King's Landing, he is arrested for treason.{{Ref|ASOS|25}}

Stannis has Davos brought before him. While escorting Davos to Stannis in the [[Chamber of the Painted Table]], Ser [[Axell Florent]] tries to make Davos tell Stannis that Axell should be named the King's Hand. Stannis informs Davos that Axell wishes to resume the war, and has Axell put his plans to sack [[Claw Isle]] to Davos. Stannis wishes to know Davos's opinion on the plans, and sends Axell away when the conversation turns badly, while asking for Melisandre. Davos shares his suspicions about Melisandre with Stannis, but Stannis states he does not believe Renly's death was Melisandre's doing. He shares Davos's opinion on Axell's plans, however, and raises Davos up to be the [[Lord of the Rainwood]], [[Admiral of the Narrow Sea]], and his Hand of the King. Stannis reveals that he has seen [[Fist of the First Men|a high hill in a forest]], where [[Night's Watch|men in black]] had made a ring of torches, and where [[Others|shapes]] were [[Fight at the Fist|moving through the snow]]. Though Melisandre has been trying to convince him to sacrifice [[Edric Storm]], Robert's acknowledged [[bastardy|bastard]], Stannis refuses, ordering her to use leeches instead. Stannis throws the three leeches into the fire one by one, stating the names of the other three kings ([[Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Balon Greyjoy]], and [[Robb Stark]]).{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

Both Balon and Robb die not long after, leading to a discussion among Stannis's counselors whether Edric should be sacrificed to wake a dragon from stone, as Melisandre claims will happen. Davos attempts to convince Stannis not to sacrifice Edric once they are alone, but Stannis admits that, should Joffrey die as well, he is willing to consider doing it.{{ref|ASOS|54}} Upon hearing the news of [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's death]], Stannis is willing to sacrifice Edric, though he still does not like the idea.{{Ref|ASOS|63}} However, [[king's men|several of the men still loyal to him]] have forsaken R'hllor and returned to the Faith again,{{Ref|ASOS|54}} and Davos has found several of them willing to help him smuggle the boy to safety under the care of Ser [[Andrew Estermont]].{{Ref|ASOS|63}} Stannis is furious, but Davos urges Stannis to sail for the [[Wall]], claiming that "a king protects his people, or he is no king at all", and presents his king with [[Maester]] [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]'s letter asking for aid.{{Ref|ASOS|63}}

[[File:Stannis at dragonstone.jpg|thumb|500px|Stannis and [[Melisandre]] sail from [[Dragonstone]] to the [[Wall]], by Tomasz Jedruszek ©.]]

Melisandre sacrifices a man to R'hllor to gain favorable winds and sails north. He leaves Selyse and Shireen at [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]] while marching west with all his forces.{{Ref|ASOS|75}} They arrive in time to defeat [[Mance Rayder]]'s [[free folk|wildling]] army during the [[battle of Castle Black]].{{Ref|aSoS|73}} Stannis occupies the [[King's Tower]] at [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|ASOS|75}} Though he plans to burn Mance Rayder, he is willing to allow the other free folk through the Wall if they swear to R'hllor, settling them in the [[Gift]]. He has [[Jon Snow]] brought to him, and offers to legitimize him and name him [[Lord of Winterfell]] in exchange for Jon's help in winning the [[north]] to his side. He allows Jon time to think about the offfer.{{Ref|ASOS|76}} As Stannis needs to negotiate with the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], he is displeased that after ten days of voting, the black brothers still have not yet chosen a new commander, and calls several of the higher ranking men to him to inform them that he will choose a Lord Commander for them, if they do not come to a decision that same day.{{Ref|ASOS|78}} Stannis informs maester Aemon and [[Samwell Tarly]] that he has sent word to his castellan to begin mining [[dragonglass]] at Dragonstone to fight the [[Others]], and confirms that he is aware of Aemon's ancestry. Aemon requests to see Lightbringer, and Stannis grants the request.{{Ref|ASOS|78}} Thanks to Samwell's involvement,{{Ref|ASOS|78}} Jon Snow is elected as Lord Commander,{{Ref|aSoS|79}} preventing him from accepting Stannis's offer.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Stannis, the self-styled [[King of Westeros]],{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} remains at the [[King's Tower]] of [[Castle Black]]. He plans to use [[Val]], whom his men call the "wildling princess", to seal the peace between the northmen and the free folk.{{Ref|AFFC|5}} Lord Commander Jon Snow has given Stannis food, shelter, the [[Nightfort]], and leave to settle some free folk in the Gift. Stannis has sent out ravens to the northern lords, demanding their fealty, but thus far only [[House Karstark]] has replied, swearing Stannis their allegiance.{{Ref|AFFC|5}}

Before blaming [[Tyrion Lannister]] for [[Tywin Lannister]]'s death, [[Cersei Lannister]] suspects Stannis's involvement.{{Ref|AFFC|3}} She is giddy as a maiden when she learns that Stannis has left Dragonstone, and believes that Stannis has finally admitted defeat and gone into exile. When news reaches King's Landing that he is now in the north, Cersei is furious.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} She sends two thousand Lannister soldiers to [[Dragonstone]] to defeat the small garrison Stannis had left behind and take the castle.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} Meanwhile, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], now [[Warden of the North]], and two thousand soldiers from [[House Frey]] are to deal with Stannis and his few thousand soldiers.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

Cersei wishes to deal with the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]] only after Stannis has been defeated.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} News reaches King's Landing that the [[Golden Company]] has broken its contract with [[Myr]], and it is being said that they have been hired by Stannis instead.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} The [[small council]] receives reports that Stannis's [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Davos Seaworth]], has traveled to [[White Harbor]] and that he had been arrested by Lord [[Wyman Manderly]]. Cersei orders him to execute Davos.{{Ref|AFFC|17}}

In [[Braavos]], Maester Aemon becomes convinced that Melisandre has misread the signs that had convinced her that Stannis is [[Azor Ahai]] reborn.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Stannis and his sword.jpg|350px|thumb|left|King Stannis with [[Lightbringer]], by Ming1918 ©.]]

Stannis keeps his wildling prisoners [[beyond the Wall]]. He rides down the [[kingsroad]] almost as far as [[Queenscrown]], prowles through the empty hovels of [[Mole's Town]], inspects the ruins at [[Queensgate]] and [[Oakenshield]], and walks atop the [[Wall]] each night with Melisandre, while selecting prisoners for questioning during the day.{{Ref|ADWD|3}} [[House Mormont]] has refused to join Stannis, whereas [[House Manderly]]'s reply to Stannis's letter only made excuses. Jon Snow refuses to give Stannis ownership of the sixteen castles at the Wall that are unoccupied by the black brothers, and asks Stannis for men instead to serve under the command of his own commanders.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}

Stannis sends [[Davos Seaworth]] to [[White Harbor]] to treat with Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] on his behalf,{{Ref|ADWD|7}}{{Ref|aDwD|15}} as well sends [[Richard Horpe]] and [[Justin Massey]] as envoys south.{{ref|ADWD|7}} Stannis approves of the execution of [[Janos Slynt]],{{Ref|ADWD|7}} and has [[Mance Rayder]] burned in sacrifice to R'hllor as punishment for having deserted the Watch.{{Ref|aDwD|10}} In reality, however, Stannis has unknowingly burned [[Rattleshirt]], who had secretly been glamoured by Melisandre to look like Mance.{{Ref|ADWD|31}} He offers the remaining [[free folk]] the choice between bending the knee or returning beyond the Wall to die. Most of the free folk bend the knee and are allowed south of the Wall.{{Ref|aDwD|10}}

Stannis wins the support of half of the forces of [[House Umber]], commanded by [[Mors Umber]]. The remainder of the Umber forces have marched for House Bolton, under the command of [[Hother Umber]], as the [[Jon Umber|Greatjon]] remains a captive of the Lannisters.{{ref|ADWD|17}} Stannis plans to march with the wildlings on the [[Dreadfort]], as [[Ramsay Bolton]] has marched south to [[siege of Moat Cailin|Moat Cailin]]. Jon Snow tells him his plan will never succeed. The Dreadfort will learn of his approach long before he can ever reach the castle, and [[Moat Cailin]] will fall quickly, which means that Ramsay and [[Roose Bolton]] are free to march against Stannis with their entire force. Additionally, marching with the wildlings will only serve to turn the northmen against Stannis. Instead, Jon proposes that Stannis visit the [[northern mountain clans|mountain clans]], including the [[House Flint of the mountains|Flints]], [[House Wull|Wulls]], [[House Norrey|Norreys]] and [[House Liddle|Liddles]]. Instead of the Dreadfort, Jon suggests marching against [[Deepwood Motte]] to fight the [[ironborn]]. In exchange, the wildlings remain at the Wall.{{Ref|aDwD|17}}

At [[White Harbor]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] arrests Stannis's envoy and Hand, Davos Seaworth, and fakes his execution. In secret, he promises to swear loyalty to Stannis if Davos can bring him [[Rickon Stark]].{{Ref|ADWD|29}}

Stannis follows the advice of Jon Snow and wins over several of the moutain clans, gathering an additional three thousand men for his army. Stannis then [[fight by Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]] from the [[ironborn]],{{Ref|aDwD|26}} returning the castle to [[House Glover]].{{Ref|ADWD|29}} The [[House Mormont|Mormonts]], as well as [[smallfolk]] fleeing from the ironborn and survivors from the battle outside of Winterfell, once sworn to [[House Hornwood]], [[House Cerwyn]], and [[House Tallhart]], join Stannis.{{Ref|ADWD|35}} [[Asha Greyjoy]] and several ironborn are taken captive at Deepwood Motte.{{Ref|ADWD|26}} Stannis and his army [[march on Winterfell]], taking Asha with them, but they are slowed by heavy snows, and Stannis is forced to encamp at a small [[crofters' village]] three days west of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ADWD|37}}{{Ref|ADWD|41}}{{Ref|ADWD|42}} [[Arnolf Karstark]] and [[Mors Umber]] have begun to march as well, and plan to join Stannis near Winterfell.{{Ref|ADWD|35}}{{Ref|ADWD|37}} Arnolf eventually finds Stannis at the crofters' village.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

At the [[Wall]], [[Tycho Nestoris]], an emissary from the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]], arrives. As the [[Iron Throne]] has ceased payments of the loans, the Iron Bank wishes to broach the subject to Stannis. Jon Snow receives Tycho and realises that if Stannis gives in to the demands of the Iron Bank, the Braavosi will give him their support, which might win him the Iron Throne.{{Ref|ADWD|44}} [[Alys Karstark]] arrives at [[Castle Black]], and warns Jon that her uncle, [[Arnolf Karstark]], is only feigning loyalty to Stannis. In truth he sides with the Boltons, and is planning to betray Stannis at the oppertune moment. Jon sends a message to Deepwood Motte in an attempt to warn Stannis.{{Ref|ADWD|44}} Tycho travels to Deepwood Motte in search of Stannis, and from there continues to the crofters' village as well. Near Winterfell, Tycho finds Mors Umber with a captive [[Theon Greyjoy]] and "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]", who he brings with him to Stannis.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

Jon Snow receives a [[Bastard Letter|taunting letter]] at Castle Black from Ramsay, stating that Stannis was killed along with most of his army in seven days of battle.{{ref|ADWD|69}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Stannis is actively and efficiently preparing for the looming battle against the [[House Bolton|Boltons]]. He signs a contract with the [[Braavos]]i [[Iron Bank of Braavos|banker]] [[Tycho Nestoris]], and plans to send Tycho back to the Wall for safety. Tycho brought a message from Jon Snow informing Stannis of [[Arnolf Karstark]]'s planned treachery, after which Stannis arrests Arnolf, his son [[Arthor Karstark|Arthor]], and his three grandsons arrested and plans to execute them. He sends Ser [[Justin Massey]] to escort "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]" back to Castle Black to reunite her with Jon Snow, in gratitude for Jon's counsel of gathering the [[northern mountain clans]]. Massey is to then travel to Braavos and use money from the Iron Bank to hire twenty thousand sellswords for Stannis. Stannis tells Massey that he may hear of Stannis' death in Braavos, but even if that news is true, Massey is to follow the orders as to seat Shireen on the Iron Throne. Stannis next receives Asha Greyjoy, and informs her that her brother Theon must be executed, as showing him mercy would mean losing all of the northmen.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>

==Quotes by Stannis==
{{Quote|Kings have no friends, only subjects and enemies.{{ref|aCoK|31}}}} – Stannis, to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|These pardoned lords would do well to reflect on that. Good men and true will fight for [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], wrongly believing him the true king. A [[north]]man might even say the same of [[Robb Stark]]. But these lords who flocked to [[Renly Baratheon|my brother's]] banners knew him for a usurper. They turned their backs on their rightful king for no better reason than dreams of power and glory, and I have marked them for what they are. Pardoned them, yes. Forgiven. But not forgotten.{{ref|aCoK|42}}}} – Stannis, to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|It is not a question of wanting. The throne is mine, as [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] heir. That is law. After me, it must pass to my daughter, unless [[Selyse Florent|Selyse]] should finally give me a son. I am king. Wants do not enter into it. I have a duty to my daughter. To the realm. Even to Robert. He loved me but little, I know, yet he was my brother. The [[Cersei Lannister|Lannister woman]] gave him horns and made a motley fool of him. She may have murdered him as well, as she murdered [[Jon Arryn]] and [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]]. For such crimes there must be justice. Starting with Cersei and her abominations. But only starting. I mean to scour that court clean. As Robert should have done after the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]].{{ref|aSoS|36}}}} – Stannis, to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|I never asked for this, no more than I asked to be king. Yet dare I disregard [[Melisandre|her]]? We do not choose our destinies. Yet we must ... we must do our duty, no? Great or small, we must do our duty.{{ref|aSoS|54}}}} – Stannis, to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|I know the cost! Last night, gazing into that hearth, I saw things in the flames as well. I saw a king, a crown of fire on his brows, burning… burning, Davos. His own crown consumed his flesh and turned him into ash. Do you think I need [[Melisandre]] to tell me what that means? Or you?{{ref|aSoS|54}}}} – Stannis, to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|I never asked for this crown. Gold is cold and heavy on the head, but so long as I am the king, I have a duty … If I must sacrifice [[Edric Storm|one child]] to the flames to save a million from the dark... Sacrifice... is never easy, Davos. Or it is no true sacrifice.{{ref|aSoS|63}}}} – Stannis, to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|Lord [[Davos Seaworth|Seaworth]] is a man of humble birth, but he reminded me of my duty, when all I could think of was my rights. I had the cart before the horse, Davos said. I was trying to win the throne to save the kingdom, when I should have been trying to save the kingdom to win the throne.{{ref|aSoS|76}}}} – Stannis, to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|[[Others|Demons made of snow and ice and cold]]. The ancient enemy. The only enemy that matters.{{ref|aSoS|78}}}} – Stannis, to [[Samwell Tarly]], [[Melisandre]], and [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]

{{Quote|'''Stannis:''' I thought the wet nurse was this man [[Craster]]'s daughter? 
'''Melisandre:''' Wife and daughter both, Your Grace. Craster married all his daughters. [[Gilly]]'s boy was the fruit of their union. 
'''Stannis:''' Her own father got this child on her? We are well rid of her, then. I will not suffer such abominations here. This is not [[King's Landing]].{{ref|aDwD|3}}}} – Stannis and [[Melisandre]]

==Quotes about Stannis==
{{Quote|I have felt from the beginning that Stannis was a greater danger than [[War of the Five Kings|all the others combined]].{{ref|agot|69}}}} – [[Tywin Lannister]], to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Ned found it hard to imagine what could frighten Stannis Baratheon, who had once held [[Storm's End]] through a [[Siege of Storm's End|year of siege]], surviving on rats and boot leather while the Lords [[Mace Tyrell|Tyrell]] and [[Paxter Redwyne|Redwyne]] sat outside with their hosts, banqueting in sight of his walls.{{ref|aGoT|58}}}} – thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|His claim is the true one, he is known for his prowess as a battle commander, and he is utterly without mercy. There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.{{ref|aGoT|58}}}} – [[Varys]], to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|[[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], that one, he’s copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.{{ref|ACOK|6}}}} – [[Donal Noye]], to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|And Stannis has always felt he was cheated of [[Storm's End]]. The ancestral seat of [[House Baratheon]], his by rights... if you knew how many times he came to [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] singing that same dull song in that gloomy aggrieved tone he has. When Robert gave the place to [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], Stannis clenched his jaw so tight I thought his teeth would shatter.{{ref|ACOK|25}}}} – [[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Were it anyone else outside the gates, I might hope to beguile him. But this is Stannis Baratheon. I'd have a better chance of seducing his horse.{{ref|acok|60}}}} – Cersei Lannister to [[Sansa Stark]]

{{Quote|This is Stannis Baratheon. The man will fight to the bitter end and then some.{{ref|aSoS|72}}}} – [[Tywin Lannister]], to [[Pycelle]]

{{Quote|Stannis Baratheon with a grievance was like a mastiff with a bone; he gnawed it down to splinters.{{ref|ADWD|3}}}} – thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|What does Stannis offer you? Vengeance. Vengeance for my sons and yours, for your husbands and your fathers and your brothers. Vengeance for your murdered lord, your murdered king, your butchered princes. Vengeance!{{ref|ADwD|19}}}} – [[Davos Seaworth]], to the [[Merman's Court]]

{{Quote|His eyes were sunk in deep pits, his close-cropped beard no more than a shadow across his hollow cheeks and bony jawbone. Yet there was power in his stare, an iron ferocity that told Asha this man would never, ever turn back from his course.{{ref|ADwD|42}}}} – [[Asha Greyjoy]]

==Family==
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==Behind the Scenes==
According to [[George R. R. Martin]], Stannis is partially inspired by [[w:Tiberius|Tiberius Caesar]], particularly the portrayal by [[w:George Baker (actor)|George Baker]] in ''[[w:I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]''.<ref>[[w:92nd Street Y|92nd Street Y]]: [http://92yondemand.org/george-r-r-martin-world-ice-fire Game of Thrones Mastermind George R. R. Martin: The World of Ice and Fire], Oct 26, 2014</ref><ref>[[Not A Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/310379.html?thread=17203563 It's the Pits (Jan. 21st, 2013)]</ref>

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Torrhen Manderly

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Ser '''Torrhen Manderly''' was a [[knight]] and son of Lord [[House Manderly|Manderly]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}} He later became Lord of [[White Harbor]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==History==
===The Dance of the Dragons===
Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] visited [[White Harbor]] and [[Winterfell]] and enlisted [[the North]] for [[the blacks]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. Lord Manderly sent his sons, Ser [[Medrick Manderly|Medrick]] and the clever, corpulent Ser Torrhen, to aid [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. After Rhaenyra lost two [[dragon]]s to the [[Two Betrayers]], the Manderly brothers argued that [[Addam Velaryon]] and [[Nettles]] were also untrustworthy.{{ref|tpatq}}

During the [[Riot of King's Landing (the Dance of the Dragons)|riots at King's Landing]], Torrhen's northmen found [[Fishmonger's Square|Fishermonger's Square]] and [[River Row]] to be swarming with the gutter knights of Ser [[Perkin]]. Torrhen's force lost a quarter of their men while retreating back to the [[Red Keep]]. The Manderly brothers accompanied Rhaenyra when she fled the capital after the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]]. Medrick asked Rhaenyra to travel to White Harbor, but she insisted on sailing instead to [[Dragonstone]] without the Manderlys.{{ref|tpatq}}

===Regency of Aegon III Targaryen===
Ser Torrhen was named as one of [[Aegon III Targaryen]]'s original seven regents, but eventually gave up his position in {{date|132}} to take up the Lordship of [[White Harbor]] after the death of his father and brother from winter fever. Lord Torrhen eventually returned to [[King's Landing]] and became [[Hand of the King]] during the [[regency of Aegon III]] until the king became of age and sacked all his regents and Hand.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

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Aegon III Targaryen

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{{See homonyms | Aegon Targaryen}}

'''Aegon III Targaryen''', also known as '''Aegon the Younger''', and later '''Aegon the Dragonbane''', was the seventh [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] king to sit the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|agot|appendix}} He succeeded his uncle, [[Aegon II Targaryen]], at the conclusion of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], which saw the victorious supporters of his late mother [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] install him on the throne. When he was a child, his [[dragon]] was [[Stormcloud]].{{ref|tpatq}} Aegon kept the kingdoms united following the divisions of the civil war with the aid of his brother, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], whom he named [[Hand of the King]] when he came of age.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Appearance and Character==
Aegon had dark [[purple eyes]] and pale silvery hair.{{ref|trp}} He was pale, lean, and never smiled, because of the grief he carried from seeing his mother [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] devoured by [[Sunfyre]], the dragon of his uncle, [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon the Elder]]. Aegon the Younger wore a short beard but no mustache. His [[crown]] was a slender gold band.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_Kings Targaryen Kings (November 1, 2005)]</ref>

After the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Aegon became brooding, cold, and melancholy. He always dressed in black.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Biography==
===Youth===
Born in the last days of {{Date|120}}, Aegon was the first-born son of his father, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], and the fourth-born son of his mother, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. As per [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] tradition, a [[dragon's egg]] was placed in his cradle, and [[Stormcloud]] eventually hatched from this egg.

Aegon was named after [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]].{{Ref|tpatq}} Queen [[Alicent Hightower]], the second wife of his grandfather King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], took offense to Aegon's name, since she had a son named [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]] herself, and felt that Rhaenyra and Daemon were trying to use the name as a slight against her. Due to the fact that the royal family now contained two young Targaryens named Aegon, Alicent's son came to be known as Aegon the Elder, whereas Rhaenyra's son was called Aegon the Younger.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|tpatq}}

Aegon the Younger had three older half-brothers, Princes [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]], [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]], and [[Joffrey Velaryon]], from his mother's first marriage, to Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]], and two older half-sisters, Princesses [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], from his mother's second marriage, to Prince Daemon. Two years after Aegon's birth, Rhaenyra gave birth to another boy, [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], named after the boys' grandfather.{{Ref|tpatq}}

Aegon lived with his mother, father, brothers, and half-sisters on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]], the ancestral seat of [[House Targaryen]] and his mother's seat as the [[Prince of Dragonstone|Princess of Dragonstone]]. When his grandfather died in early {{Date|129}}, Aegon and his family were away from the capital, as Rhaenyra was pregnant for the sixth time. This led to the birth of Aegon's sister, [[Visenya Targaryen (daughter of Rhaenyra)|Visenya]], but the girl was stillborn.{{Ref|tpatq}}

===The Dance of the Dragons===
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A war of succession began with the death of Aegon's grandfather, King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. Though Aegon's mother, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], had been named heir to the [[Iron Throne]] by Viserys, Aegon the Younger's half-uncle, Aegon the Elder, was crowned King [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]] in [[King's Landing]]. This resulted in the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}}

In {{date|129}}, at the behest of their half-brother [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], Aegon and his younger brother [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] were sent to [[Essos]] while their mother Rhaenyra secured the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|tpatq}} During the journey their ship, the ''[[Gay Abandon]]'', was captured by ships of the [[Triarchy]]. Aegon escaped by flying on his dragon [[Stormcloud]] for the first time, but Viserys was captured by [[Sharako Lohar]]. Aegon clung to Stormcloud's neck to reach [[Dragonstone]], where he shared the news of what had befallen the fleet. The experience of his first flight was so frightening that Aegon returned to Dragonstone pale, shaking, and having lost control of his bladder. Stormcloud shortly died from the wounds he had received during the flight, and Aegon never rode a dragon again.{{ref|tpatq}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Upon learning what had happened, fearing for the life of their brother Viserys, Prince Jacaerys flew to the fleet on his dragon, [[Vermax]], but both died in the [[Battle of the Gullet]] that ensued.{{Ref|tpatq}}

When Queen Rhaenyra [[Fall of King's Landing|took King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}}, she named Aegon the Younger her cupbearer after he joined her from Dragonstone. Aegon hardly spoke a word during this time. After the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]], he and Rhaenyra were forced to flee the capital. Rhaenyra, nearly mad with grief from losing her dragon [[Syrax]] and all her children except Aegon, refused to be parted from him at any time, and he became a "small pale shadow" to his mother.{{ref|tpatq}}

Unaware of the [[fall of Dragonstone]], mother and son returned to see the charred corpses of the castellan, Ser [[Robert Quince]], and some others who had been loyal to Rhaenyra hanging from the gates. Aegon was the first to realize what it meant and cried ''"Mother, flee!"'' but it was too late. They were brought into the courtyard, where Aegon II was waiting. Young Aegon watched in horror as his uncle's dragon, [[Sunfyre]], devoured his mother.{{ref|tpatq}} Aegon was forever mentally scarred, and this event cemented his later fierce hatred for and terror of dragons. After Rhaenyra's execution, Ser [[Alfred Broome]] advised King Aegon II to kill the young Aegon, but the king decided to keep his nephew captive in the dungeon of Dragonstone.

The death of Rhaenyra did not end the war. Following the victory of Lord [[Kermit Tully]] and the [[Lads]] over the [[greens]] of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]] half a year later, Aegon II was murdered by his own men.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} Aegon the Younger inherited the throne as Aegon III in {{date|131}}.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

===Reign===
:{{see also|Regency of Aegon III}}

Since Aegon came to the [[Iron Throne]] aged eleven, several [[regent]]s and [[Hand of the King|Hands]] ruled in his name at the beginning of his reign. Numerous political schemes, plots, and assassinations happened in [[Regency of Aegon III|those five years]] as the regents fought one another for political power. Aegon's only companion in these first years was [[Gaemon Palehair]], a former pretender to the throne, and now Aegon's servant, friend, whipping boy, and eventual food taster.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Aegon was married to his cousin, Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen]], in {{date|131}}. As Jaehaera was the only surviving child of the late [[Aegon II Targaryen]], the match was a political one, so both bloodlines could be seen to hold the throne in the hope of uniting the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the factions who fought for each side. Since Jaehaera was eight years old at the time of the marriage, and Aegon was eleven, it was not consummated. Two years later, the marriage ended childless when Jaehaera died, of suicide or perhaps murder.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Aegon later married Lady [[Daenaera Velaryon]]. She was only six years old when Aegon's half-sisters, Rhaena and Baela, presented her to him, the last of a thousand maids at the great ball of {{date|133}}. This ball had been declared by the Hand, Lord [[Unwin Peake]], after the regents stopped his efforts to betroth his own daughter to the king. However, Lord Peake did not give up his attempts, and was greatly frustrated by Aegon's choice of Daenaera. His efforts to have the marriage put aside were opposed by both Aegon and the other regents, and resulted in his resignation as Hand in {{date|134}}. Later, an attempted poisoning was made on Aegon and Daenaera, which resulted in the death of Aegon's friend and food taster Gaemon Palehair.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Aegon had only one true joy during the years of his regency: the return of his younger brother, Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], in {{date|134}} or {{date|135}}. It was thought that Viserys had been killed at the [[Battle of the Gullet]], and Aegon had never forgiven himself for abandoning his brother when he fled on [[Stormcloud]]. Viserys was eventually recovered from [[Lys]] by Admiral [[Alyn Velaryon]], where he had been held in secret by merchant princes. The ransom was enormous, but Viserys's release was a joy regardless, and for the rest of his days he was the only person Aegon ever fully trusted.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

Viserys came to King's Landing with his new wife [[Larra Rogare]] and several of her kin. The ambitious [[Rogare family]] soon became embroiled in the conflicts of Aegon's regency. Although the Rogares at the [[Red Keep]] were apparently guilty of some crimes, their rivals in [[King's Landing]] blamed them for many more. In {{date|135}}, Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]] was tortured in an attempt to find evidence against the Rogares, and Ser [[Marston Waters]], the [[Hand of the King]], sent men to capture Larra after arresting her brothers. Aegon and Viserys refused to surrender Larra, however, and the case against the Rogares collapsed.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

After Aegon came of age in {{date|136}}, he dismissed the [[regent]]s and his [[Hand of the King]], and named Prince Viserys as his Hand. Viserys served as Hand during the remaining years of Aegon's reign, and during the reigns of both of Aegon's sons. The crown dealt with several pretenders claiming to be [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], who perished during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] but whose body had never been found or identified.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

As king, Aegon III strove to give the realm peace and plenty, but his coldness kept him from courting his lords and people. Aegon is often blamed for the death of the [[last dragon]], having had a great distaste for dragons after the tragic death of [[Stormcloud]] and because he witnessed [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|his mother]] being devoured by [[Sunfyre]].{{Ref|aGoT|23}} Although the [[maesters]] may have played a part in the death of the last dragons,{{ref|affc|45}} Aegon III became known as "Aegon the Dragonbane". At the urging of his brother, Prince Viserys, Aegon brought nine mages from [[Essos]] to attempt to hatch a clutch of [[dragon eggs]] with [[magic]], but this ended in failure.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|aSoS|54}}

Aegon was regarded as a broken king who ruled over a broken reign. His brother Viserys did the majority of the ruling as his Hand. Aegon was melancholy to the end of his days, found pleasure in almost nothing, and locked himself in his room to brood for days on end. He likewise came to dislike being touched, even by his beautiful wife and queen, Daenaera. Though their marriage was eventually fruitful, it was said Aegon took a long time to come to her bed, even after she flowered. His marriage to Daenaera gave him two sons, [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron]] (born {{date|143}}) and [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor]] (born {{date|144}}), and three daughters, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] (born {{date|145}}), [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]] (born {{date|147}}), and [[Elaena Targaryen|Elaena]] (born {{date|150}}).{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

The reign of the Broken King ended with the Aegon the Younger's death at thirty-six years of age, from [[w:consumption|consumption]], in {{Date|157}}. Many of his subjects thought him far older, for his boyhood had been cut short, and the melancholy king is not remembered fondly.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Legacy==
Aegon III was succeeded by his fourteen-year-old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron]]. Aegon was said to have always walked with a great grief, and the folly of his sons nearly tore the realm apart. After both Daeron and Baelor died childless, Aegon's brother [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys II]] was crowned king. Viserys was followed by his own son, [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].

Aegon's line did not discontinue altogether. Aegon's daughter, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] the Defiant, had a bastard child, with her cousin, Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]]. This bastard, eventually known as [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], became the first of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]], and contested his cousin [[Daeron II Targaryen]], the legitimate son of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], for the [[Iron Throne]]. Daemon created his own House, [[House Blackfyre]], and had seven sons and at least two daughters. The Blackfyre line continued for quite some time, until [[Maelys I Blackfyre|Maelys Blackfyre]] was slain during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] in {{Date|260}}.

Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]] also continued Aegon's line. She was married three times, and gave birth to seven children. Her first two children were illegitimate, fathered by Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]: [[Jon Waters|Jon]] and [[Jeyne Waters]]. Descendants of Jon live until this day, under the name [[House Longwaters|Longwaters]]. Subsequently she married Lord [[Ossifer Plumm]], by whom she had one child, [[Viserys Plumm]] (though he is rumored to have actually been fathered by King Aegon IV); and Lord [[Ronnel Penrose]], by whom she had four children ([[Robin Penrose]], [[Laena Penrose]], [[Jocelyn Penrose]], and [[Joy Penrose]]). Her third and final marriage, to Ser [[Michael Manwoody]], was childless.

==Small Council under Aegon III==
During the reign of King Aegon his [[small council]] had the following known members:{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Cregan Stark]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Unwin Peake]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Ser [[Marston Waters]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Grand Maester [[Munkun]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]
* [[Hand of the King]] - Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]
* [[Grand Maester]] - [[Munkun]]

===Council of Regents===
The [[Regency of Aegon III|regency council]] of Aegon III, as originally constituted, consisted of:{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

* Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]] (131-134 AC)
* Lord [[Royce Caron]] (131-132 AC)
* Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]] (131-133 AC)
* Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]] (131-134 AC)
* Grand Maester [[Munkun]] (131-136 AC)
* Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] (131-132 AC)
* Lord [[Roland Westerling]] (131-133 AC)

Subsequent replacements:{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

* Lord [[Unwin Peake]], replaced Lord Corlys (132-134 AC)
* Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]], replaced Lord Roland (133-136 AC)
* Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]], replaced Lord Manfryd (134 AC)

Regents chosen by lot at the [[Great Council]] of {{date|136}}:{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

* [[Willam Stackspear]]
* [[Marq Merryweather]]
* [[Lorent Grandison]]

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On the [[Dothraki sea]], [[Daenerys Targaryen]] thinks about [[dragons]] and what her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] told her of the [[last dragon]]s. He had said that they died during the reign of Aegon III, the Dragonbane, no more than a century and a half ago, which does not seem so long ago to Daenerys.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] has ended his betrothal to [[Sansa Stark]] and has become engaged to [[Margaery Tyrell]], he informs Sansa that he can still sleep with her, if he wants to. He tells her that ''"One of the Aegons"'' had a lot of whores, but fails to remember [[Aegon IV Targaryen|which Aegon]] it was, exactly, causing him to (incorrectly) list Aegon III as a possibility.{{Ref|ASOS|28}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
While discussing dragons, the acolyte [[Armen]] tells the nocive [[Roone]] that the last dragon died during the reign of King Aegon III Targaryen. However, [[Mollander]], another novice, insists it was only the last dragon in [[Westeros]] who had died during Aegon's reign, against which Armen argues that the last dragon in Westeros had been the last dragon anywhere.{{Ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Daenerys Targaryen remembers the stories her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] had told her, including the story about how Aegon III had seen his own mother, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], devoured by the [[Sunfyre|dragon]] of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]].{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

==Quotes by Aegon==
{{Quote|I mean to give the [[smallfolk]] peace and food and [[Law and justice|justice]]. If that will not suffice to win their love, let [[Mushroom]] make a progress. Or perhaps we might send a dancing bear. Someone once told me that the commons love nothing half so much as dancing bears. You may call a halt to this feast tonight as well. Send the [[lord]]s home to their own keeps and give the food to the hungry. Full bellies and dancing bears shall be my policy.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}}} – the account of [[Munkun|Grand Maester Munkun]] on the king's words to [[Torrhen Manderly]] upon ending the [[Regency of Aegon III|regency]]

==Family==
===Ancestors===
{{Targaryen tree Dance}}

===Descendants===
{{Targaryen tree Aegon III}}

==References==
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Mushroom

2018-01-07T16:08:31Z

Foxyboy23: /* Quotes */

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'''Mushroom''' was a [[dwarf]] [[fool]] at the courts of [[Viserys I Targaryen]], [[Aegon II Targaryen]], [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], and [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. He was believed to be a [[lackwit]], which caused nobles to speak freely around him. His tales of plots, murders, trysts, and debaucheries were recorded in ''[[The Testimony of Mushroom]]'' by an unknown scribe.{{ref|TWOIAF}}

==Appearance==
Mushroom was three feet tall, with a very large head. He also claimed to have a large penis to match the size of his head.{{ref|TWOIAF}}

==History==
Mushroom made various claims, and is cited in several history books, where his record of events is included along with the views of somewhat more accurate historians. [[Septon]] [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]]'s account often disputes many of his wild claims.{{ref|TWOIAF}}{{ref|TRP}}{{ref|TPATQ}}

An example of a claim made by Mushroom: he claimed Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] took the maidenhead of Lady [[Alicent Hightower]].{{ref|TRP}}

Copies of ''[[The Testimony of Mushroom]]'' were burned on orders of King [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} but some must have survived to be referred to in [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]]'s histories.{{ref|TWOIAF}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|'''Joffrey:''' Mother, what if they kill [[Tyraxes]]? 
'''Rhaenyra:''' They are vermin. Drunks and fools and gutter rats. One taste of [[dragonflame]] and they will run. 
'''Mushroom:''' Drunks they may be, but a drunken man knows not fear. Fools, aye, but a fool can kill a king. Rats, that too, but a thousand rats can bring down a bear. I saw it happen once, down there in [[Flea Bottom]].{{ref|tpatq}}}} – [[Joffrey Velaryon]], [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], and Mushroom on the [[storming of the Dragonpit]]

{{Quote|I mean to give the [[smallfolk]] peace and food and [[Law and justice|justice]]. If that will not suffice to win their love, let Mushroom make a progress.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}}} – [[Aegon III Targaryen]]

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Steffon Baratheon

2018-01-05T18:44:49Z

Foxyboy23: /* History */

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'''Steffon Baratheon''' was a Lord of [[Storm's End]] and head of [[House Baratheon]]. The Father of [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]], [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], and [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. He perished at sea in sight of his castle, along with his wife Lady [[Cassana Estermont]], while returning from a trip to the [[Free Cities]]. He was the first cousin of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

==History==
Steffon served as a page in [[King's Landing]], where he became good friends with Prince [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys Targaryen]] and [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Steffon participated as a squire in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]. He became [[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands]] once his father, Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]], was struck down by [[Maelys I Blackfyre]] in {{Date|260}}, with Ormund dying in his son's arms.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

Steffon once hosted{{ref|ASOS|67}} a [[tourney at Storm's End]], but he was defeated in the tilts by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{ref|asos|42}}

In the wake of the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], Steffon's old friend, now King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], summoned Steffon to court and named him to the [[small council]]. In {{Date|278}} Aerys sent Steffon to [[Volantis]] to find a bride ''"of noble birth from an old [[Valyria]]n bloodline"'' for Prince Rhaegar, and it was rumored that Aerys intended to replace Tywin as [[Hand of the King]] with Steffon upon the latter's return.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Steffon failed to find a suitable bride for Rhaegar, but he did send a message to Storm's End saying that he had found a very good [[fool]]. According to him the fool was so funny he would teach Steffon's second son, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], how to laugh.{{ref|acok|0}}

On the return voyage Steffon's ship, the ''[[Windproud]]'', was caught in a storm while in [[Shipbreaker Bay]] and sank within sight of [[Storm's End]], killing Steffon along with his wife, Lady [[Cassana Estermont]], and one hundred men. The only survivor was the fool, [[Patchface]], who had lost his wits.{{ref|acok|0}} According to [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]], Aerys was enraged by Steffon's death and believed it had been arranged by Tywin for fear of being replaced as Hand.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Steffon was succeeded as Lord of Storm's End by his eldest son, [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]].

==Family==
{{Baratheon tree}}

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

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Mandon Moore

2018-01-04T09:07:41Z

Foxyboy23: /* Quotes */

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Ser '''Mandon Moore''' is a [[knight]] of [[House Moore]]. He is a member of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s [[Kingsguard]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is played by James Doran.

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Mandon Moore|Images of Mandon Moore]]''
He has pale grey eyes, oddly flat and lifeless.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} [[Bronn]] thinks that he has the eyes of a fish. Wearing the white raiment of the Kingsguard makes him look like a corpse in a shroud.{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

He is described as a skilled warrior, but is not loved by the [[smallfolk]] despite his prowess, nor is he close to any of his fellow brothers of the Kingsguard. [[Barristan Selmy]] says about him that he has no friend but his sword and no life but duty.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} [[Jaime Lannister]] considers him the most dangerous of the Kingsguard after himself, as his face doesn't give away what he will do next.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} [[Tyrion Lannister]] notes that Mandon is a man others would not follow.{{Ref|aCoK|59}}

==History==
He came from the [[Vale of Arryn]] and was brought to [[King's Landing]] by Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. King [[Robert I Baratheon]] made him a member of the [[Kingsguard]]. Neither of the two loved him very much, though.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser Mandon guards the door of the council chambers when [[Sansa Stark]] is summoned to the [[small council]] in relation to [[Eddard Stark|her father's]] arrest as a traitor and is brought there by Ser [[Boros Blount]]. He ushers the two into the room. He later escorts Sansa back to the high tower of [[Maegor's Holdfast]].{{Ref|aGoT|51}}

He is present in the [[Red Keep#Great Hall|throne room]] when Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] is dismissed, and, together with the other members of the Kingsguard, laughs at his former sworn brother's shame.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser Mandon's strange dead eyes make [[Sansa Stark]] uneasy.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

He is on guard outside the chambers of the [[small council]] when [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives with [[Bronn]] and [[Timett]], carrying a message by his lord father, [[Tywin Lannister]]. He refuses to let Tyrion in, since Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] has ordered them not to be disturbed. That Tyrion has a letter from his father has no effect, neither does the threat of Tyrion’s companions, even when Ser Mandon is told that Bronn killed Ser [[Vardis Egen]], whom Mandon knew. After a bit of delay, during which Tyrion thinks about forcing his way through, Ser Mandon allows only Tyrion to pass.{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

Ser Mandon is among the escort for the party that sees Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] off to [[Dorne]]. He guards King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]] when the mob [[Riot of King's Landing|attacks the royal party]], abandoning Sansa Stark, though he is her sworn shield. Someone from the crowd manages to grab the king's leg, but Ser Mandon's sword slashes down, cutting the hand from the wrist. He later helps the shaken king off his horse after they have reached the safety of the [[Red Keep]]. When a furious Tyrion attacks King Joffrey for his actions in the streets, slapping, shoving and kicking his nephew, Ser Mandon pulls him off a howling Joffrey. Tyrion then berates him about his failure to protect Sansa, but he remains untroubled and declares that, when the mob began attacking [[Sandor Clegane|the Hound]], his first thought was to protect the king, a rationale seconded by Cersei who states Ser Mandon did right.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

During the [[battle of the Blackwater]], Ser Mandon is assigned to guard King Joffrey and Tyrion Lannister. However, when the king leaves for the [[Three Whores]], Ser Mandon stays with Tyrion and accompanies him and [[Podrick Payne]] on the way from the [[River Gate|Mud Gate]] to the [[King's Gate]], after information has been received that [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone|enemy forces]] intend to batter down the King's Gate with a ram. Tyrion tries to talk [[Sandor Clegane]], who is in charge at the King's Gate, into leading his men in a sortie against the enemies, receiving a dismissive answer. When Ser Mandon tells the Hound that the [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]] commands him, the answer is: "Bugger the King's Hand."{{Ref|aCoK|57}} While the fighting outside the walls is underway, Ser Mandon attempts to kill Tyrion, managing to cause a severe injury to his face, but Podrick pushes him into the [[Blackwater Rush]], where he drowns under the weight of his armor.{{Ref|aCoK|61}}

Tyrion is later convinced that Ser Mandon tried to kill him on Queen Cersei's orders.{{Ref|aCoK|67}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] asks Ser [[Bronn]] what he knows about Ser Mandon, arguing that he owes the man a great deal and wants to repay his debt, yet knows precious little about him. But all Bronn can tell him is that Ser Mandon has drowned, had eyes like a fish and wore a white cloak. As Tyrion wants to establish a link between Ser Mandon and his sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] to prove that she was behind Ser Mandon's attempt on his life, seeing no reason the [[Kingsguard]] member should have wished him dead on his own, he offers to pay Bronn for making inquiries into Ser Mandon's background. However, he is not sharing his real motives with the newly [[knight]]ed [[sellsword]].{{Ref|aSoS|4}}

Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], advising his son that his brother Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] would have never been so foolish to remove his helmet during a battle, asks Tyrion whether he at least killed the man who cut him, receiving the answer: "Oh, the wretch is dead enough." Yet Tyrion doesn't share with his father his suspicion that Cersei gave the order for making sure that he would not survive the [[battle of the Blackwater]], as Lord Tywin would never listen to such allegations without proof.{{Ref|aSoS|4}}

Tyrion meets [[Varys]] for the first time since his injury and the Spider asks him whether the visit has to do with the inquiries Ser Bronn has been making about "the gallant Ser Mandon Moore." Tyrion prompts Varys to share information about Ser Mandon, including that he was brought to [[King's Landing]] by Lord [[Jon Arryn]] and made a member of the Kingsguard by King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert I]], although both didn't love him much, that his brothers in the Kingsguard didn't warm up to him and that he wasn't the kind of man the [[smallfolk]] cheered for in a [[tourney]], his considerable prowess notwithstanding. Varys quotes Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] saying once that "Ser Mandon had no friend but his sword and no life but his duty", and Varys suspects that this wasn't meant altogether as praise, although it would sound like Ser Mandon represented the exact qualities sought in members of the Kingsguard. However, nothing of this is new to Tyrion, as Bronn's inquiries have yielded the same results. Tyrion wonders whether Varys knows more than he is prepared to say.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

When Ser Jaime Lannister assumes his duties as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], he notices that in his absence the [[White Book]] has not been updated, as that is the Lord Commander's duty, and that the death of Ser Mandon has yet to be recorded.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

==Quotes about Mandon==
{{Quote|...Ser Mandon flashed [[Tyrion Lannister|past him]], death in snow-white silk.{{ref|acok|61}}}} – thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]] during the [[battle of the Blackwater]]

==References and Notes==
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Jon Arryn

2018-01-03T07:55:36Z

Foxyboy23: /* Hand of the King */

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'''Jon Arryn''' was a head of [[House Arryn]] whose titles included [[Lord of the Eyrie]], [[Defender of the Vale]], and [[Warden of the East]]. He served as [[Hand of the King]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]] from {{Date|283}} until his unexpected death in {{Date|298}}.{{Ref|aGoT|25}}

Jon was the husband of Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] and father of Lord [[Robert Arryn]], and he acted as a second father to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and King Robert.{{ref|AGOT|2}}

==Appearance and Character==
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Jon had broad shoulders.{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Half of his teeth had fallen out by the time he married [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]].{{Ref|aSoS|68}} As a younger man he resembled [[Harrold Hardyng]], who has blue eyes, blonde hair, and an aquiline nose.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]</ref> Lysa resented his poor breath.{{ref|ASOS|80}}

Jon had a reputation for being prudent,{{ref|AGOT|20}} calming and wise,{{ref|AGOT|12}} and kindly and trusting.{{ref|AGOT|30}} He was cordial but not friendly toward Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|27}}

While in [[King's Landing]], Lysa commissioned a double-edged longsword for Jon which he carried while sitting the [[Iron Throne]] in place of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Jon's blade has wings on its crossguard, a falcon-head pommel, and is engraved in silver to resemble mountain sky.{{ref|AGOT|40}} Jon preferred functional armor, rather than jeweled and silvered plate.{{ref|AGOT|27}}

==History==
===Youth===
Jon was born as the eldest son of Lord [[Jasper Arryn]]. Not much is known about his youth or his parents. He had a younger brother, [[Ronnel Arryn (son of Jasper)|Ronnel]], and a sister, [[Alys Arryn|Alys]], who married Ser [[Elys Waynwood]]. Jon was Keeper of the [[Gates of the Moon]] while his father lived, and after his father's death he named his brother Ronnel and later his cousin [[Denys Arryn|Denys]] to that position.{{Ref|aFfC|10}} Because of the [[Vale mountain clans]], Jon always traveled in strength when crossing the [[Mountains of the Moon]].{{ref|AGOT|28}}

Jon's first wife was [[Jeyne Royce]], but she died in childbed, their daughter stillborn. His second marriage was to [[Rowena Arryn]], a cousin, who died of a winter chill during a childless marriage.{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}} Because he had no children, Jon's heir became his nephew, [[Elbert Arryn|Elbert]], the son of Ronnel.{{ref|ASOS|41}}

Jon fostered [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] as his wards in the [[Vale of Arryn]]. As they grew, the two boys became close companions and regarded the childless Jon as a second father.{{ref|AGOT|2}} The only blade used by Robert was a hunting knife he received from Jon as a boy.{{ref|ASOS|32}} Jon declined to foster the grandsons of Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{ref|ASOS|14}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
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Jon's heir, [[Elbert Arryn]], was murdered by King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] in [[King's Landing]],{{ref|ACOK|55}} and the Mad King then demanded that Jon execute his wards, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]]. Jon refused, however, and raised his banners in revolt,{{ref|AGOT|2}} beginning what would become known as [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Vale: House Arryn}}

While Ned Stark returned to the [[north]] to call his banners, Jon and Robert led the [[taking of Gulltown]], allowing Robert to return to the [[stormlands]].{{ref|ADWD|9}} In order to gain Lord [[Hoster Tully]] for the rebels, Eddard and Jon agreed to marry Hoster's daughters, [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] and [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]].{{ref|ASOS|2}} Ser [[Denys Arryn]], Jon's cousin and new heir, was slain by Lord [[Jon Connington]] during the [[Battle of the Bells]].{{ref|ASOS|29}} Because Lysa was proven fertile, Jon hoped to secure a new heir for the failing Arryn line, and so Jon and Eddard married the Tully sisters at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|ASOS|2}}

Jon participated in the [[Battle of the Trident]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Vale: House Arryn}} during which Robert killed Aerys's son, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. During the [[Sack of King's Landing]], not only the Mad King but also Rhaegar's wife, [[Elia Martell]], and children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], were killed. Eddard was appalled by the brutality of the acts but Robert's hatred for the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] made him consider the murders necessary, creating a temporary rift between the two that even Lord Arryn was unable to breach.{{Ref|aGoT|12}} When Robert Baratheon ascended to the [[Iron Throne]], he appointed Jon as his [[Hand of the King|Hand]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

===Hand of the King===
[[File:King Robert Baratheon Hand Jon Arryn.jpg|thumb|350px|Jon as [[Hand of the King|Hand]] for King [[Robert I Baratheon]].]]

The first task Jon undertook was making peace with [[Dorne]]. The southern region was incensed by the deaths of Prince [[Lewyn Martell|Lewyn]] and Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]] during the war, and Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] tried to raise the kingdom to support [[Viserys Targaryen]], the surviving son of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]]. The year after [[Robert I Baratheon]] took the throne ({{Date|284}}), Jon returned the bones of Lewyn to [[Sunspear]] and brokered a peace with [[Doran Martell]], the [[Prince of Dorne]].{{ref|aSoS|38}} However, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch]], who had killed Elia and her children, went unpunished by Robert, creating a persistent bone of contention between the [[Iron Throne]] and Dorne.{{ref|aSoS|53}}

To strengthen Robert's hold on the throne, Jon negotiated the king's marriage with [[Cersei Lannister]]{{ref|aGoT|30}} and advised that he retain her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], on the [[Kingsguard]], thereby opposing Lord [[Eddard Stark]], who proposed sending Jaime to the [[Wall]] for his killing of King Aerys.{{ref|aSoS|36}} Robert also considered the assassinations of Viserys and [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], believed to be the last two [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] and thus possible threats, but Jon dissuaded the king from the idea.{{ref|aGoT|12}}

Robert left Jon with much of the responsibility of running the [[Seven Kingdoms]], but Jon could not stop Robert from spending huge amounts of money on tournaments and excess, putting the realm in serious debt.{{ref|aGoT|20}} While he was at court, [[Nestor Royce]] ruled as [[High Steward of the Vale]].{{ref|aGoT|34}}

[[File:House arryn by jubah.png|thumb|Jon and his son [[Robert Arryn|Robert]], art by [http://jubah.deviantart.com/ Juliana Pinho] ©.]]

Jon's marriage with Lysa was loveless, with Lysa finding Jon to be too old and hating his bad breath. After three girls and two boys miscarried, Lysa gave Jon a sickly son and heir, [[Robert Arryn]].{{ref|aSoS|68}} Lysa organized for her childhood friend, [[Petyr Baelish]], to administer the customs at [[Gulltown]] and later convinced her husband to bring him to the court in [[King's Landing]]. Petyr was made [[master of coin]] under Jon as Hand.{{ref|aSoS|80}} [[Hugh]] became Jon's squire.{{ref|aGoT|30}} Jon brought Ser [[Mandon Moore]] to King's Landing and King Robert made him a member of his [[Kingsguard]], though neither of the two loved him very much.{{ref|aSoS|12}}

===Death===
Jon was considered robust for his age, but he became ill the night after he borrowed [[Grand Maester]] [[Malleon]]'s [[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms|book]], and quickly wasted away. Jon's maester, [[Colemon]], tried treating an assumed stomach illness by purging the body. The moribund Jon kept mentioning the name Robert, and his final words to his wife [[Lysa Arryn]] and King [[Robert I Baratheon]] were "the seed is strong".{{Ref|aGoT|25}}{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Lysa believes this to be a reference to their own son, [[Robert Arryn]], but it is more likely that Jon was referring to what he had learned about the [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] lineage while studying Malleon's book.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Afterwards, his speech became too slurred to comprehend and he died the following morning.{{Ref|aGoT|25}}

After Jon's death, King Robert suggested to Lysa that her young son Robert should become a ward of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and be sent to [[Casterly Rock]], as he feared that being raised by his mother would make his namesake weak. Lysa refused the suggestion brusquely and, against the wishes of the king, one night fled from [[King's Landing]] with her son and returned to the [[Vale of Arryn]].{{Ref|aGoT|4}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Jon Arryn TheMico.jpg|thumb|200px|Jon Arryn by TheMico ©.]]
King [[Robert I Baratheon]] decides that Lord [[Eddard Stark]] should succeed Jon as [[Hand of the King]], which angers both Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], who had hoped her brother Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] would assume the position and fears that Eddard would move to curb [[House Lannister|Lannister]] influence, and [[Stannis Baratheon]], who thinks he is owed the position through his fifteen years of service on the [[small council]].{{Ref|aGoT|8}}{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}} Shortly after Robert and his entourage leave for [[Winterfell]] to ask Eddard to become his Hand, Stannis goes back to [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|aGoT|20}}

Lysa writes a coded letter to her sister [[Catelyn Stark]], in which she claims that Jon was murdered by Queen Cersei. This convinces Catelyn and eventually Eddard, who had been inclined to refuse King Robert's offer, that he must assume the position of Hand, so that he can find out the truth about Jon's death and expose those responsible.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}{{Ref|aSoS|80}}

However, when Eddard arrives at the [[Red Keep]], he realizes that Lysa's return to the [[Eyrie]] with most of the Arryn household and Stannis's departure to Dragonstone prevent him from questioning crucial witnesses about the circumstances and background of Jon's death. Left without other options, he begins to rely on information provided by Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] and [[Varys]]. Petyr, known as Littlefinger, feeds Eddard largely useless information, while Varys suggests Jon might have been poisoned by his squire, the now-knighted Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]], who is killed in the [[Hand's tourney]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}}{{Ref|aGoT|27}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

Eddard learns that Stannis began to suspect Queen Cersei's children had been fathered not by King Robert but by her brother Ser Jaime, the [[Kingslayer]], which would make them illegitimate and Stannis therefore Robert's rightful heir. Concerned that such a suggestion coming from him would be seen as motivated by his own ambitions, Stannis did not confide in the king but rather raised the issue with Jon Arryn, whom Robert would be more inclined to believe.{{Ref|aCoK|31}}

Jon and Stannis began to investigate the matter secretly by seeking out [[bastard]]s Robert had begotten. Together they visited the armory of [[Tobho Mott]] where [[Gendry]] was employed, one of Robert's offspring who bore a striking resemblance to his father. They also visited [[Chataya's brothel]], where Robert had fathered a girl, [[Barra]], who also clearly had the king's features.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}} The increased contact with Stannis apparently also contributed to Jon's planning to send his son [[Robert Arryn]] to be fostered by Stannis at Dragonstone.{{Ref|aGoT|40}}

Jon was seeking further proof that Cersei's children could not be Robert's in [[Grand Maester]] [[Malleon]]'s book ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms]]'', a ponderous tome lent to him by Grand Maester [[Pycelle]]. The book would have informed him, as it later informs Lord Eddard Stark, that whenever members of houses [[House Lannister|Lannister]] and [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] wed, their offspring always bore clear Baratheon features (unlike Cersei's children [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], who more closely resemble the Lannisters).{{Ref|aGoT|25}}{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Jon's investigation became known to a number of people at the court, including Pycelle, Varys, Cersei, and Littlefinger. Varys saw Jon's life in danger and begged him to employ a taster, but Jon dismissed the suggestion that anyone would try to poison him.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

Meanwhile, Eddard's wife Catelyn takes [[Tyrion Lannister]] captive at the [[crossroads inn]] for his assumed role in plotting her son [[Bran Stark|Bran's]] death.{{ref|AGOT|28}} Catelyn brings Tyrion to the Eyrie, where her sister Lysa accuses him of having poisoned Lord Jon. Ser [[Vardis Egen]] wields Jon's falcon sword during Tyrion's [[trial by combat]], but he is slain by Tyrion's representative, [[Bronn]], and Tyrion is set free.{{ref|AGOT|40}}

By the time Eddard finds out what Jon had been investigating and what had provided the likely cause for his death, it is too late to inform King Robert, as the king goes hunting in the [[kingswood]] and fighting breaks out in the [[riverlands]] in response to Tyrion's abduction by Catelyn.{{Ref|aGoT|39}}{{Ref|aGoT|43}}{{Ref|aGoT|45}}

Stannis remains at Dragonstone, which keeps him from sharing his suspicions about Cersei's children with Lord Eddard and from directly challenging the legitimacy of Joffrey when he assumes the throne after King Robert dies from being gored in the kingswood.{{ref|AGOT|47}} Eddard, betrayed by Littlefinger,{{ref|AGOT|49}} is later executed by order of the new king.{{ref|AGOT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] forces [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]], a staunch supporter of Lannister interests, to confess he believed that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] wanted Jon dead. Cersei considered Jon a threat to her plan of putting her son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] on the [[Iron Throne]] after her husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], had been disposed of.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Pycelle believed that Jon was about to act on his knowledge by making preparations to send his wife, [[Lysa Arryn]], to the [[Eyrie]] and his son, [[Robert Arryn]], to [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Although Cersei had not given him explicit orders in this regard and was not even in [[King's Landing]] at the time, Pycelle assumed responsibility for the treatment and thereby assured that Jon died, despite the efforts by Maester [[Colemon]] - who Pycelle sent away - to save him.{{ref|ACOK|25}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Sansa Stark]] learns that unbeknownst to Jon, [[Lysa Arryn]] and [[Petyr Baelish]] had maintained a relationship since their youth. She had convinced Jon to bring Petyr to court in [[King's Landing]] so that they could be close together.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} Littlefinger had persuaded Lysa to poison Jon's wine with [[tears of Lys]], suggesting to her that this would both remove the obstacle to their marriage and prevent Jon from sending [[Robert Arryn]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]]. Lysa did as she was bidden.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} Petyr also encouraged the widowed Lysa to write the letter to her sister [[Catelyn Stark]] claiming the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were behind Jon's death, which contributed to the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]]. Littlefinger's motivations are not clear, but he evidently saw the chance of exploiting the death of Jon to increase the animosity between the Lannisters and the [[House Stark|Starks]] for his own ends.{{Ref|aSoS|80}} It is also possible that he saw Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and her tendency to act hastily and irrationally as crucial to his own strategy in the "game of thrones" and wanted to prevent her untimely removal from the game.{{Ref|aFfC|23}}

==Family Tree==
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==Quotes==
{{Quote|I need good men about me. Men like Jon Arryn.{{ref|AGOT|4}}}} – [[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Jon Arryn was a wise man and a good [[Hand of the King|Hand]].{{ref|AGOT|12}}}} – [[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]]

{{Quote|I loved that old man, I swear it, but now I think he was a bigger fool than [[Moon Boy]].{{ref|AGOT|30}}}} – [[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|The seed is strong, Jon Arryn had cried on his deathbed, and so it was.{{ref|AGOT|45}}}} – thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|[[Lysa Arryn|Lysa's]] match with Lord Arryn had been hastily arranged, and Jon was an old man even then, older than [[Hoster Tully|their father]]. An old man without an heir. His first two wives had left him childless, [[Elbert Arryn|his brother's son]] had been murdered with [[Brandon Stark]] in [[King's Landing]], [[Denys Arryn|his gallant cousin]] had died in the [[Battle of the Bells]]. He needed a young wife if [[House Arryn]] was to continue ... a young wife known to be fertile.{{ref|ASOS|2}}}} – thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|The death of the noble [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Jon Arryn, has unleashed a [[War of the Five Kings|madness on the land]], a madness of pride and violence.{{ref|TWOIAF| Afterward}}}} – writings of [[Yandel]]

==References==
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{{Small council}}

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Ethan Glover

2018-01-03T05:26:37Z

Foxyboy23:

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'''Ethan Glover''' was a member of [[House Glover]]. He was the former [[squire]] to [[Brandon Stark]].{{ref|aGoT|39}}

==History==
When the news of [[Lyanna Stark]]'s abduction at the hands of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] reached her brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], Brandon took off for [[King's Landing]] with several companions, including Ethan. King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] had all men arrested at the [[Red Keep]] for threatening the life of the crown prince after Brandon had demanded that Rhaegar ''"come out and die"''. The fathers of Brandon and his companions were called to King's Landing to answer for the crimes of their sons. All but Ethan were executed.{{ref|aGoT|55}}

[[Robert's Rebellion]] started shortly thereafter. At the end of the war, Ethan joined Lord [[Eddard Stark]], Brandon's younger brother, when he marched south to lift the [[Siege of Storm's End|siege]] at [[Storm's End]]. From there, he accompanied Eddard to the [[tower of joy]]. He was slain at the tower of joy [[Combat at the tower of joy|during a fight]] with the last three members of King Aerys II's [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|aGoT|39}}

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Endrew Tarth

2017-12-31T06:47:06Z

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Ser '''Endrew Tarth''' is a [[knight]] from [[House Tarth]] and member of the [[Night's Watch]]. His relation to Lord [[Selwyn Tarth]] of [[Evenfall Hall|Evenfall]] is unknown.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser Endrew serves at the [[Shadow Tower]] until [[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], reassigns him to [[Castle Black]] as the replacement for Ser [[Alliser Thorne]].{{ref|aGoT|60}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Jon Snow]] observes Endrew working with some new recruits brought to the [[Wall]] by [[Conwy]]. Among the recruits are [[Satin]], [[Hop-Robin]], and the brothers [[Arron]] and [[Emrick]]. Jon thinks Endrew's training is gentler than Alliser's, yet still bruising.{{ref|aCoK|6}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Endrew is slain in the [[fight at the Bridge of Skulls]].{{ref|aSoS|69}} Jon trains recruits in Endrew's absence.{{ref|aSoS|75}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Jon, now Lord Commander, names [[Leathers]] of the [[free folk]] as Endrew's replacement.{{ref|aDwD|39}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Ser Endrew Tarth, a good man.{{ref|aGoT|60}}}} – [[Jeor Mormont]] to [[Jon Snow]]

==References==
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House Stokeworth

2017-12-31T04:48:00Z

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| Seat = [[Stokeworth]]
| Current_Lord = Lady [[Lollys Stokeworth]]
| Region = The [[Crownlands]]
| Title = [[Lady of Stokeworth]]
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'''House Stokeworth of Stokeworth''' is a noble house from the [[Crownlands]]. Sworn to [[King's Landing]], they live at nearby [[Stokeworth|Castle Stokeworth]] north of the capital.{{ref|acok|17}}

They blazon their arms with a white lamb holding a golden goblet on a green field.{{ref|affc|24}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/1/#In the area of King's Landing]</ref> Their motto is "Proud to be Faithful".{{ref|affc|24}}<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>

==History==
House Stokeworth ruled over Castle Stokeworth since at least the time of [[Aegon's Conquest]]. Stokeworth and [[Rosby]] were the first castles that [[Aegon I Targaryen]]'s army encountered as it marched north, after landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. At Stokeworth a few crossbowmen loosed some arrows at [[Vhagar]], but after the dragon set the roofs of the castle ablaze, the Stokeworths surrendered.{{ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]] was named [[Hand of the King]] in {{date|34}}. When Aegon ordered the [[Aegonfort]] torn down and a stone castle to be built in its place in {{Date|35}}, he assigned the task to Lord Alyn and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]].{{ref|TSOTD}} Alyn continued to serve as Hand for King [[Aenys I Targaryen]], and led a force into the [[riverlands]] to hunt down the rebel [[Harren the Red]]. He was slain by Harren.{{ref|tsotd}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}

Lady [[Falena Stokeworth]] was the first of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]'s mistresses.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

In {{Date|193}}, Lord Stokeworth was overthrown in a melee at [[King's Landing]] by Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree]].{{ref|thk}} In {{Date|209}}, Ser [[Samwell Stokeworth]] participated in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]],{{ref|thk| [[The Hedge Knight (comics)|Graphic Novel]]}} his arms spotted by Ser [[Duncan the Tall]].{{ref|thk}}

When Lord [[Brynden Rivers]] marched on [[Whitewalls]] to quash the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]], House Stokeworth marched with him in support.{{ref|tmk}}

[[Manly Stokeworth]] was a Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]]. Upon his death [[Janos Slynt]] was made the new commander.{{ref|adwd|7}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], known as Littlefinger, is often invited to dine with Lady [[Tanda Stokeworth]] and her daughters. Littlefinger thinks she hopes to marry him to [[Lollys Stokeworth]]. Tanda is considered by Littlefinger as a possible ally for him and Lord [[Eddard Stark]] to depose the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] from power, just after King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s death.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
From the time [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives at King's Landing, Lady Tanda invites him to several banquets, hoping to arrange a marriage with Lollys.

During the [[riot of King's Landing]] the day [[Myrcella Baratheon]] departs to [[Dorne]], Lollys is knocked from her saddle and left behind. She is found walking naked after being raped by half a hundred men, who have left her pregnant.

[[Falyse Stokeworth]] arrives the day before the [[battle of the Blackwater]] with a small troop of men from [[Castle Stokeworth]]. Lady Tanda, Falyse and Lollys spend the battle holed up in [[Maegor's Holdfast]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lady Tanda offers Lollys to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] as a possible wife for Tyrion. Tanda gave a pair of leather boots to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] as a wedding present. Tanda flees from the Red Keep when Joffrey chokes to death at [[Purple Wedding|his wedding feast]].

After being [[knight]]ed, Ser [[Bronn]] of the Blackwater accepts to wed Lollys.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
After being forbidden by [[Cersei Lannister]] to name Lollys's son Tywin, Bronn decided to name him [[Tyrion Tanner|Tyrion]] in a move that is considered by many a defiance of the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]].

Should Lord [[Gyles Rosby]] die, according to Falyse, [[Rosby]] would come to Stokeworth, since Lady Tanda was an aunt to Lord Gyles's second wife and is a third cousin herself.

Cersei enlists the help of Falyse and her husband Ser [[Balman Byrch]] in eliminating Bronn. However, the plan goes awry; Bronn kills Balman and orders Falyse to leave the castle. She flees back to Cersei begging for men to retake Stokeworth from Bronn, who claims to be Lord Stokeworth. Cersei refuses Falyse and instead gives her to [[Qyburn]] for use in his experiments.{{ref|AFFC|32}} Lollys succeeds Tanda and Falyse as Lady of Stokeworth, with Bronn as her lord.{{ref|AFFC|36}}

==House Stokeworth at the end of the third century==
The known Stokeworths during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lady {[[Tanda Stokeworth]]}, Lady of [[Stokeworth]], an old woman.{{ref|acok|appendix}}{{ref|asos|appendix}}{{ref|affc|appendix}} Died from a broken hip after a fall.{{ref|adwd|appendix}}
** Lady {[[Falyse Stokeworth]]}, her eldest daughter and heir.{{ref|acok|appendix}} Married for many years, but still barren. Died screaming in the [[black cells]].{{ref|adwd|appendix}}
*** Ser {[[Balman Byrch]]}, Falyse's husband.{{ref|asos|appendix}}{{ref|affc|appendix}} Rumored to shun his wife, preferring virgins instead. Killed by Ser Bronn in a duel.{{ref|adwd|appendix}}
** Lady [[Lollys Stokeworth]], her second daughter{{ref|acok|appendix}}{{ref|asos|appendix}}{{ref|affc|appendix}} and now Lady of Stokeworth. Past thirty, feeble of wits.{{ref|adwd|appendix}}
*** Ser [[Bronn|Bronn of the Blackwater]], Lollys's husband,{{ref|affc|appendix}}{{ref|adwd|appendix}} now Lord of Stokeworth.
**** [[Tyrion Tanner]], of the hundred fathers, Lollys's son of rape and sole heir.{{ref|adwd|appendix}}

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===Household===
* [[Maester]] [[Frenken]], Lady Tanda's healer.{{ref|asos|appendix}}{{ref|affc|appendix}}{{ref|adwd|appendix}}
* {[[Shae]]}, camp follower serving as Lollys' bedmaid.{{ref|asos|appendix}} Strangled by [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|affc|appendix}}

==Historical Members==
* Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]], [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aegon I Targaryen]] late in his reign, and at the beginning of the reign of his successor, [[Aenys I Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
* [[Maia Stokeworth]], who began the rumors that [[Viserys I Targaryen]] had poisoned [[Baelor I Targaryen]].
* Lady [[Falena Stokeworth]], one of [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]'s mistresses.
* Ser [[Samwell Stokeworth]], a [[knight]] and participant in the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{Date|209}}.{{ref|thk| [[The Hedge Knight (comics)|Graphic Novel]]}}
* [[Manly Stokeworth]], former commander of [[City Watch of King's Landing]].

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

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House Rosby

2017-12-31T04:38:26Z

Foxyboy23: /* A Feast for Crows */

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'''House Rosby of Rosby''' is a noble house from the [[Crownlands]].{{ref|acok|17}} They rule the castle of [[Rosby]] and its village,{{ref|AFFC|4}} which are located just northeast of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|TLOIAF}} The Rosbys are not known for their robustness.{{ref|asos|49}}

Their blazon consists into three red chevronels on ermine.{{ref|affc|4}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/1/#In the area of King's Landing]</ref> Their motto is not mentioned in the books.

==History==
House Rosby was one of the first houses to yield peacefully to [[House Targaryen]] during the [[War of Conquest]], surrendering to [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] and [[Meraxes]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Lord [[Lord Rosby (Warden of the Sands)|Rosby]] was named King Aegon's [[Warden of the Sands]] during the [[First Dornish War]], but he was killed in the [[Defenestration of Sunspear]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}

The Rosbys supported the [[blacks]] and then the [[greens]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] had Lord Rosby executed during the [[fall of King's Landing]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

When Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] marched on [[Whitewalls]] to quash the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]], among the houses who came in support was House Rosby.{{ref|tmk}}

Lord [[Gyles Rosby]] was among those offered as possible matches by [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], to his daughter Princess [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]].{{ref|AFFC|40}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord [[Gyles Rosby]] is frequently seen at the court of [[King's Landing]], always coughing. He conspires with Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] to take Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]] out of the city and keep him safe at [[Rosby]] disguised as a page. [[Tyrion Lannister]] considers Gyles ''"too sickly to run and too craven to fight"''. Ser [[Jacelyn Bywater]] lays a trap along the [[Rosby road]], and Gyles is captured, along with Tommen and his guard. While Tommen is held under house arrest by Tyrion's men instead of Cersei's at Rosby, Ser [[Boros Blount]] of the [[Kingsguard]] is imprisoned in its dungeon.{{ref|ACOK|49}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord Gyles is among the gathered nobility to welcome the [[Dorne|Dornish]] party, headed by Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to King's Landing.{{ref|asos|38}}

Gyles testifies at Tyrion's trial for the death of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at his [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]], stating that he had seen him filling Joffrey's wedding chalice.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lord Gyles is named [[master of coin]] (under the title of [[lord treasurer]]) by Queen Regent Cersei. He promises Cersei that he will have a statue made of the deceased Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] to be placed by the [[Lion Gate]] in King's Landing.{{ref|aFfC|7}} Gyles attends the wedding of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]].

The [[ward of Lord Gyles Rosby]] refuses Lady [[Falyse Stokeworth]] and her husband Ser [[Balman Byrch]] shelter at Rosby when they are on their way to King's Landing. According to Falyse, should Lord Gyles die, Rosby should come to [[House Stokeworth]], since Lady [[Tanda Stokeworth]] was an aunt to Lord Gyles's second wife and is a third cousin herself.{{ref|aFfC|24}}

Lord Gyles dies at King's Landing from his cough. He has no immediate heir, but his ward, who is not of his blood, has a claim on Rosby.{{ref|aFfC|39}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
When the issue of succession at [[Rosby]] is raised at the [[small council]], [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] states there are six claimants. However, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] tables the issue.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==House Rosby at the end of the third century==
The known Rosbys during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lord {[[Gyles Rosby]]}, Lord of [[Rosby]]. A sickly old man who coughs frequently. Named [[master of coin]] by Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]], after the death of her [[Tywin Lannister|lord father]].{{ref|aFfC|7}} Died of his sickness at the [[Red Keep]] in {{Date|300}}.{{ref|aFfC|39}}
** Lord Gyles has had at least two unnamed wives but has remained childless.{{ref|aFfC|24}}{{ref|aFfC|39}}

With unknown familiar relationship with the main branch, other Rosbys include:
* Lady {[[Bethany Rosby]]}. Deceased sixth wife of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. Mother to five Freys: [[Perwyn Frey|Perwyn]], [[Benfrey Frey|Benfrey]], [[Willamen Frey|Willamen]], [[Olyvar Frey|Olyvar]] and [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]].{{ref|aCoK|appendix}}

===Household===
* [[Maester]] [[Melwys Rivers|Melwys]], counselor, healer, and tutor. A [[bastard]] son of Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{ref|aCoK|Appendix}}
* An unnamed [[ward of Lord Gyles Rosby|ward of Lord Gyles Rosby]].{{ref|aFfC|24}}

==Historical Members==
* Lord [[Lord Rosby (Warden of the Sands)|Rosby]], [[Warden of the Sands]] and [[Castellan]] of [[Sunspear]].{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne Against the Dragons}}
* Ser [[Rayford Rosby]], a [[knight]] and one of the champions of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] in his [[trial of seven]] in {{Date|42}}.{{ref|TSotD}}

==References==
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Selwyn Tarth

2017-12-31T04:34:04Z

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'''Selwyn Tarth''', is the Lord of [[Evenfall Hall]] and the [[Evenstar]], and the head of [[House Tarth]]. He has one daughter, [[Brienne Tarth]]. According to Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] he is a good man.{{ref|aFfC|25}}

==History==
Selwyn is remembered by Brienne as having a new woman every year. He kept a singer every year of Brienne's childhood, allowing her to memorize all the songs.{{ref|aCoK|45}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
When [[Davos Seaworth]] is sent to ask after the allegiance of the [[stormlords]], Lord Selwyn only agrees to a midnight meeting in a grove with Davos, where the Evenstar informs him of his refusal to join [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|aCoK|0}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Upon learning that Brienne has been captured by Lord [[Roose Bolton]] and the [[Brave Companions]], who send a [[raven]] demanding a ransom, Lord Selwyn sends a return raven offering three hundred [[currency|dragons]] for Brienne's safe return. [[Vargo Hoat]] rejects the offer, believing Selwyn is trying to cheat him by withholding sapphires.{{ref|aSoS|44}}

==Family==
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==References==
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