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Margaery Tyrell

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{{Infobox character
| arms = Tyrell
| arms2 = Baratheon
| arms3 = Baratheon of King's Landing
| firstname = Margaery
| lastname = Tyrell
| image = [[File:MargaeryTyrell_by_BellaBergolts.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Margaery by Bella Bergolts
| Alias = Little rose{{ref|ASOS|38}} Little queen{{ref|AFFC|17}} Maid Margaery{{ref|AFFC|12}}
| Title = Lady Queen Consort
| Allegiance = [[House Tyrell]] [[House Baratheon]] [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]
| Race = [[Andal]]
| Culture = [[Reach]]
| Father = Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| Mother = Lady [[Alerie Hightower]]
| Spouse = 1st: King [[Renly Baratheon]] 2nd: King [[Joffrey Baratheon]] 3rd: King [[Tommen Baratheon]]
| Lover = Numerous alleged lovers: Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] Ser [[Tallad the Tall]] Ser [[Lambert Turnberry]] Prince [[Jalabhar Xho]] [[Hugh Clifton]] Ser [[Mark Mullendore]] Ser [[Bayard Norcross]] [[Hamish the Harper]] Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] Ser [[Horas Redwyne]] Ser [[Hobber Redwyne]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Highgarden]]{{ref|awoiaf| Margaery Tyrell}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|283}} (age 16)<ref name=Cal>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Margaery Tyrell|Margaery Tyrell]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Natalie Dormer,Margaery Tyrell|Natalie Dormer]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|6]]
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'''Margaery Tyrell''' is the only daughter of Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and his wife, Lady [[Alerie Hightower]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' she is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Natalie Dormer,Margaery Tyrell|Natalie Dormer]].<ref>[http://natalie-dormer.org/natalie/filmography/game-of-thrones-2012/ Natalie - filmography game-of-thrones-2012]</ref><ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/about/slideshow/season-2-new-photos.html About season 2.] Slideshow with photo's of characters and the name of the actor on HBO.</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Margaery Tyrell|l1=Images of Margaery Tyrell}}

Margaery has thick, softly curling brown hair and large brown eyes.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|AGOT|27}}{{Ref|AFFC|12}} She has a slender{{ref|ASOS|6}} but womanly figure{{Ref|AFFC|12}} with smooth and unblemished{{ref|AFFC|12}} pale skin{{ref|ASOS|66}} and small breasts.{{ref|ASOS|60}} Margaery is fair and lively,{{Ref|AFFC|12}} with a shy and sweet smile.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|ASOS|14}} She is regarded as beautiful{{ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|ASOS|6}}{{Ref|ASOS|16}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}}{{Ref|AFFC|12}} or pretty{{Ref|AFFC|8}}{{Ref|AFFC|12}} by most. [[Tyrion Lannister]] considers her to be just as comely as [[Sansa Stark]].{{Ref|ASOS|63}} Both Sansa and [[Cersei Lannister]] note the similarities in appearance between Margaery and her youngest brother, [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]].{{Ref|ASOS|6}}{{Ref|AFFC|7}} According to Cersei, Margaery and Loras look more alike than Cersei and her twin, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]].{{Ref|AFFC|12}} According to [[Renly Baratheon]], there are people who claim Margaery looks like [[Lyanna Stark]].{{Ref|AGOT|27}}

Margaery is intelligent{{Ref|AFFC|8}} and shrewd,{{Ref|AFFC|39}} taking after her cunning grandmother, Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]].{{Ref|ASOS|16}} Margaery is her protégée, and as such, Olenna has made certain that Margaery is capable of protecting herself from those who might use or abuse her.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Margaery Tyrell}} [[Varys]] describes Margaery as sweet and tractable.{{Ref|AGOT|32}} Sansa considers Margaery to be sweet and gentle,{{Ref|ASOS|16}} while Cersei considers her to be restless, as Margaery often goes for a ride, a trip by boat, or out [[hawk]]ing.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} The generous Margaery is popular with [[smallfolk]].{{Ref|affc|28}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}} She follows the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|AFFC|28}}

Margaery's attire includes a sheer gown of [[ivory]] silk, [[Myr]]ish lace, and seed [[pearl]]s.{{ref|AFFC|12}} She also wears green with a cloak of [[autumn]] flowers,{{ref|ASOS|6}} and a pale green [[w:Samite|samite]] gown with a tight-laced bodice that bares her shoulders and the top of her bosom.{{ref|ASOS|60}}

==History==
Margaery was born at [[Highgarden]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Margaery Tyrell}} in {{Date|283}}<ref name=Cal/> to Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and Lady [[Alerie Hightower]]. She has three older brothers, [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]], Ser [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]], and Ser [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]]. When she was a little girl, Willas used to read to her, and draw her pictures of the [[Astronomy|stars]].{{Ref|ASOS|6}} Margaery has been riding horses since she was old enough to walk.{{Ref|AFFC|28}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Lauren Cannon Margaery TyrellII.png|thumb|Margaery by Lauren Cannon © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] shows Lord [[Eddard Stark]] a rose gold locket with a picture of Margaery inside, painted in the [[Myr]]ish style. Renly hopes Ned would agree she looks like [[Lyanna Stark]], Ned's late sister, but the [[Lord of Winterfell]] disagrees.{{ref|AGOT|27}} Unbeknownst to Eddard, Renly and Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] hope to rid themselves of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] by getting King [[Robert I Baratheon]], who is still in love with Lyanna's memory after fourteen years, to become infatuated with Margaery, as Lord [[Varys]] informs [[Illyrio Mopatis]]. According to Varys, Loras writes his father, Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], urging him to send Margaery to court.{{ref|AGOT|32}} During the [[Hand's tourney]], Robert mentions to Eddard that Renly has been telling him about Loras's sister, a young girl as lovely as a dawn.{{ref|AGOT|30}}

Following Robert's death, Renly and Loras flee [[King's Landing]] for [[Highgarden]], where Renly marries Margaery and is crowned king in opposition to Robert's heir, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|69}}{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Renly Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell by Chillyravenart.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Margaery and [[Renly Baratheon]], by Chillyravenart ©]]
Margaery accompanies Renly and his army on their slow march to King's Landing. At the [[melee at Bitterbridge]], Margaery courteously gives her condolences to [[Catelyn Stark]] for the death of her husband, Eddard. During the feast, Catelyn observes Renly giving more of his attention to Loras than his new bride.{{ref|ACOK|22}} While they are at [[Bitterbridge]], word arrives that [[Stannis Baratheon]] has besieged [[Storm's End]], Renly's seat. Renly departs with his cavalry, leaving Margaery at Bitterbridge with his infantry.{{ref|ACOK|31}}

After hearing Renly has been killed during the [[siege of Storm's End (299)|siege of Storm's End]], the [[small council]] sends Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] as an envoy to Bitterbridge. The Tyrells ally with the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] by planning to wed Margaery to King Joffrey.{{ref|ACOK|36}}{{ref|ACOK|65}} Margaery, who has returned to Highgarden, is sent for by her family.{{ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Margaery Tyrell.jpg|thumb|Margaery by Amok ©]]
Now betrothed to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], Margaery travels to [[King's Landing]]. She is accompanied by a train of ladies, most of whom are either relatives of her or the daughters of her father's bannermen, while others are to be her ladies-in-waiting. Margaery's cousins [[Alla Tyrell|Alla]], [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]], and [[Megga Tyrell]] are among the retinue, as are Lady [[Alysanne Bulwer]], Lady [[Alyce Graceford]], Lady [[Taena Merryweather]], [[Meredyth Crane]], and Septa [[Nysterica]].{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

Prior to Margaery's arrival, wagons of food have been sent to King's Landing for the starving population. As this is done in Margaery's name, she is greeted in the capital by cheering crowds.<ref group="N">Despite the fact that House Tyrell had played a large role in the starvation by closing the [[Roseroad]] off when the war started.</ref> Margaery invites [[Sansa Stark]] to supper. There, she and her grandmother, [[Olenna Tyrell]], make inquiries about Joffrey's nature, until Sansa reveals how Joffrey and Cersei have been treating her. Although Sansa fears the revelation will cause Margaery to refuse the marriage, Margaery and Olenna confide in Sansa that Mace is determined to see Margaery become a queen, while simply calling Joffrey's nature "a pity".{{Ref|ASOS|6}} Margaery and Olenna suggest to Sansa that she travel to [[Highgarden]] after Margaery's wedding, secretly plotting to marry Sansa to Margaery's eldest brother, [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]].{{Ref|ASOS|6}} Margaery and her ladies take Sansa in, taking her hawking, doing needlework with her, and other such pastimes.{{Ref|ASOS|16}} While [[hawk]]ing, Margaery's [[Falcon|peregrine]] takes a heron in full flight.{{Ref|ASOS|16}}

When [[House Lannister|the Lannisters]] discover the Tyrell plot to marry Sansa to Willas, Sansa is quickly married off to [[Tyrion Lannister]]. Although Margaery and the Tyrells are not present for the wedding ceremony, they are present at the feast, where Margaery gives Sansa a sad look. When Tyrion refuses to participate in the first dance with Sansa, Margaery and Joffrey lead in their stead.{{ref|ASOS|28}}

Margaery marries Joffrey on the first day of {{Date|300}} at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], with the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]] officiating.{{ref|ASOS|60}} Following the ceremony, [[Purple wedding|a great feast]] is held in the [[Red Keep]]. [[Hamish the Harper]] brings tears to Margaery's eyes during his performance of "[[Lord Renly's Ride]]". Later in the feast, Joffrey dies after drinking [[Strangler|poisoned wine]].{{ref|ASOS|60}}

Margaery attends the trial of Tyrion, who is charged with the murder, dressed in mourning clothes.{{ref|ASOS|66}} Lord Mace wants Tyrion to die, oft repeating that his daughter had also drank from the [[wedding chalice]].{{ref|ASOS|66}}

Sansa is smuggled out of the city by [[Dontos Hollard]], who brings her to Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] in [[Blackwater Bay]]. Littlefinger reveals that Olenna had poisoned Joffrey to prevent Joffrey from hurting Margaery and Loras from becoming a kingslayer in order to protect his sister. He reasons that, although Mace is insistent on making Margaery queen, Olenna realized that Joffrey was not needed for this. He predicts that Margaery will soon marry Joffrey's younger brother, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]].{{ref|ASOS|68}}

Littlefinger's prediction proves to be correct. The Tyrells soon begin insisting that Tommen should be married to Margaery.{{Ref|ASOS|62}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] suggests to his son [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] that he, as heir to [[Casterly Rock]], could leave the [[Kingsguard]] and marry Margaery, but Jaime is opposed to the idea.{{Ref|ASOS|62}} Jaime sees no harm in the match between Margaery and Tommen, as Tommen, who has been lonely ever since his sister, [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] left for [[Dorne]], likes having Margaery and her ladies around. Cersei, Tommen's mother, is opposed to it, however.{{ref|ASOS|72}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Anders Finer margaery tyrell.jpg|thumb|Margaery by Anders Finer © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Margaery attends several of the services held in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] for the wake of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], placing a bouquet of golden roses at his funeral bier.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}{{Ref|AFFC|8}}

Wearing the same gown as when she wed Joffrey, Margaery marries King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] in a small ceremony in the [[royal sept]]. During the small feast held afterward, Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] is approached by [[Taena of Myr]], who claims that Margaery is paying Cersei's maid [[Senelle]] to spy on Cersei for her.{{ref|AFFC|12}} Following the feast, Margaery accompanies the guests outside to watch the [[pyromancers]] burn down the [[Tower of the Hand]] with [[wildfire]], per Cersei's instructions.{{Ref|AFFC|12}} As the Tyrells have insisted that Margaery and Tommen share a bed during their wedding night, despite the fact that Tommen is too young for consummation, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] escorts them to Tommen's room and stays there all night on the orders of Cersei, to prevent the boy from being left alone with his new wife.{{Ref|AFFC|12}}

When Cersei asks Margaery's leave to take Taena on as her own companion, Margaery reacts thrilled. Both Cersei and Jaime believe Taena to be a spy informing Margaery of Cersei's doings. Cersei gives Taena only the information she wants Margaery to know, with most of it being untrue. Additionally, Taena informs Cersei of everything Margaery does.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} Cersei's hatred for Margaery and her family has been building for years, and after Taena informs Cersei that Ser [[Horas Redwyne|Horas]] and Ser [[Hobber Redwyne]] are in love with Margaery, Cersei begins to plot Margaery's downfall.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} Cersei does not believe that Margaery is still a maiden, as she claims to be.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}{{Ref|AFFC|12}} She convinces Ser [[Osney Kettleblack]] to seduce Margaery, and plans to have Osney's brother [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] catch them abed. She tells Taena to inform Margaery of a secret admirer.{{Ref|AFFC|17}}

Margaery begins to instruct Tommen on his kingship, telling him he should sit on the [[Iron Throne]] and attend the [[small council]] meetings, which annoys Cersei, who plans to rule until Tommen [[age of majority|comes of age]].{{Ref|AFFC|24}} Meanwhile, Cersei names Osney as Tommen's [[sworn shield]], so he can spend more time in Margaery's presence, but Cersei soon grows impatient as Margaery does not respond to Osney's charms as hoped. Osmund insists it is because Osney and Margaery are never alone. Margaery often prays with Septa [[Nysterica]], reads with her cousin [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]], sings with her cousin [[Alla Tyrell|Alla]], sews with her cousin [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]], and plays [[come-into-my-castle]] with [[Alysanne Bulwer]]. Margaery [[hawk]]s with [[Janna Fossoway]] and [[Meredyth Crane]], and she always rides with several companions and at least twelve guards.{{ref|AFFC|24}} She sails the [[Blackwater Rush]], and prays at the Great Sept.{{ref|AFFC|28}} During a trip to the [[kingswood]], Ser [[Tallad the Tall]] teaches Margaery and Tommen how to fight with a staff.{{ref|AFFC|28}}

Osney's mention of men always being around Margaery inspires Cersei,{{Ref|AFFC|24}} who further inquires about them with Taena.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Taena names Ser [[Lambert Turnberry]], Ser [[Bayard Norcross]], Ser [[Courtenay Greenhill]], and Ser [[Portifer Woodwright|Portifer]] and Ser [[Lucantine Woodwright]] as admirers of Margaery, and Lady Merryweather identifies Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] as a frequent visitor as well.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} When Cersei asks about Margaery's wedding night with Renly, Taena claims that even though Margaery insists that Renly had drunk too much wine at the wedding feast to consummate the marriage, his manhood had been anything but weary when she had last seen it. Taena also admits that no bloody sheet was shown the next morning, which Cersei acknowledges means little, as highborn girls often break their [[maiden]]head by horse riding.{{Ref|AFFC|28}}

Margaery gives Tommen three black [[kitten]]s,{{ref|AFFC|24}} which the boy names [[Boots]], [[Lady Whiskers]], and [[Ser Pounce]].{{ref|AFFC|39}} Margaery's frequent invitations to Tommen to accompany her on trips near the city, and Cersei's frequent refusal to allow him to go, make Tommen sullen with Cersei. The Queen Regent believes that Margaery is attempting to steal Tommen from her.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Margaery tells Tommen he should attend court and listen to petitioners, and the boy king starts to openly object to Cersei's hatred for Margaery.{{Ref|AFFC|36}} The young queen gains favor with the residents of King's Landing by visiting local markets to buy fresh fruits, bread, and fish, ordering dresses from local seamstresses, and making great public shows of charity.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Tommen gives the name ''[[Queen Margaery]]'' to one of [[Cersei's dromonds]].{{ref|AFFC|28}}

After the [[taking of the Shields]] by the [[ironborn]], Margaery insists to the small council that her father, Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], and his forces be allowed to return to the [[Reach]], abandoning the [[siege of Storm's End (300)|siege of Storm's End]]. She is shocked when Cersei refers to the [[Shield Islands]] as "rocks" and seems to lack understanding for the threat posed by the ironborn. She is shocked even more when Loras asks permission to take [[Dragonstone]], so the [[Redwyne fleet]] is no longer needed at the island and can return to the Reach to face the ironborn.{{Ref|AFFC|32}}

Although Loras is successful in taking Dragonstone, he is severely injured in the assault. Margaery is tearful when Cersei informs her of Loras's injuries, and when Cersei implies Loras's impending death, Margaery orders her to leave the Maidenvault.{{Ref|AFFC|36}} Margaery remains distraught about Loras and brings Tommen to the sept every day to pray for her brother.{{ref|AFFC|39}}

Cersei questions Pycelle about his frequent visits to Margaery, and has him confess to providing Margaery with [[moon tea]]. She next invites the [[Blue Bard]] over, and questions him about his sexual history with Margaery. Although the Blue Bard denies the claims, Cersei has him arrested and brought to [[Qyburn]]. The master of whisperers tortures the bard until the man claims to have had sex with Margaery's cousins and played music for Margaery while she entertained lovers herself. He names several men, including Horas and Hobber Redwyne, and Loras Tyrell, but Cersei insists they are not to be charged.{{Ref|AFFC|39}}

[[File:Skirts and dignity by cabepfir.jpg|300px|thumb|When [[Cersei Lannister]] visits Margaery after her arrest, Margaery accuses Cersei of involvement in her troubles. Art by Cabepfir©]]

On [[Maiden's Day]], Margaery fasts and purifies herself, as is required of all maidens. This inspires Cersei, who orders Ser Osney Kettleblack to confess to the new High Septon, the so-called [[High Sparrow]], that he had slept with Margaery, Elinor, and Megga while Alla watched.{{Ref|AFFC|39}} Osney goes to falsely confess, and Margaery and her cousins are arrested by the Faith.{{Ref|AFFC|43}} Her clothes are taken, and she is given a roughspun shift to wear. Margaery is separated from her cousins, and visited every hour by a septa, even during the night, who asks Margaery to confess her fornications.{{Ref|AFFC|43}} Margaery is accused of lewdness, fornication, adultery, and high treason. At the behest of the High Septon, Septa [[Moelle]] examines Margaery and finds that her maidenhead has been broken. Moelle reports this at court, where Pycelle adds how he provided moon tea for Margaery on several occasions. Cersei has Ser Tallad, [[Jalabhar Xho]], [[Hamish the Harper]], [[Hugh Clifton]], Ser [[Mark Mullendore]], Bayard, Lambert, Horas and Hobber, and the Blue Bard arrested for having been involved in Margaery's treason. Before the day is over, a mob of [[smallfolk]] forms before the Great Sept to protest Margaery's arrest.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

Cersei goes to visit Margaery the next day, and tells her there is going to be a trial. She suggests that Margaery can chose for a [[trial by battle]] if she wants, in which case a knight of the [[Kingsguard]] is to defend her. Margaery is quick to understand that it would come down to either Ser [[Meryn Trant]] or Ser [[Boros Blount]],<ref group="N">[[Jaime Lannister]] is considered unfit to fight in a trial by battle due to the loss of his sword hand. Loras is still mortally injured on [[Dragonstone]]. [[Balon Swann]] has been sent to Dorne, where [[Arys Oakheart]] is believed to be, as his death is still unknown to those at court. [[Osmund Kettleblack]] is not considered an option, as it is his brother who is the accuser.</ref> neither of whom would probably fare well against Osney Kettleblack. She scolds Cersei for wanting Tommen all for herself, acknowledging that she knows Cersei wants her dead.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

Cersei visits the High Sparrow, who agrees that the Faith will conduct Margaery's trial. However, he refuses to allow Cersei to take custody of Ser Osney, and reveals that, under further questioning and torture, Osney admitted to having slept with Cersei, not Margaery. Cersei is subsequently arrested as well. The mob remains in front of the Great Sept, calling out Margaery's name.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

When news of his daughter's arrest reaches him, Lord Mace abandons his siege of Storm's End to march most of his army back to King's Landing. His bannerman, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], leaves [[Maidenpool]] with his own army to give Margaery his aid.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Randyll Tarly]] is the first to reach [[King's Landing]]. As all the men who stand accused—with the exception of the [[Blue Bard]], who appears to be half-mad—have denied the charges or recanted, the evidence against Margaery and her cousins is weak. As such, the [[High Sparrow]] agrees to hand them over to Lord Tarly's custody, who swears that he will return them for the trial.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

During her [[walk of atonement]], [[Cersei Lannister]] hears some of the angry [[smallfolk]] shout out the names of Margaery and [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|ADWD|65}}

Although the [[stormlands]] are [[landing of the Golden Company|under attack by the Golden Company]], Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] refuses to leave King's Landing with his army until Margaery's trial is over and she is declared innocent.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Margaery plans to let the Faith sit in judgement of her.{{Ref|ADWD|65}} Mace wishes for King Tommen to declare Margaery innocent, but Lord Regent [[Kevan Lannister]] argues against the idea, knowing it would mean that the whispers of accusation would follow Margaery forever. Kevan quietly wonders why Mace insists on having his army present when Margaery faces her accusers, if she is as innocent as Mace would have them all believe.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Margaery==
[[File:MargaeryTyrell.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Natalie Dormer as Margaery in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|'''Margaery''': Grandmother, mind your words, or what will [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] think of us? 
'''Olenna''': She might think we have some wits about us. One of us, at any rate.{{ref|ASOS|6}}|Margaery and [[Olenna Tyrell]]}}

{{Quote|'''Sansa''': You mustn't marry him. He's not like he seems, he's not. He'll hurt you. 
'''Margaery''': I shouldn't think so. It's brave of you to warn me, but you need not fear. [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joff's]] spoiled and vain and I don't doubt that he's as cruel as you say, but [[Mace Tyrell|Father]] forced him to name [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]] to his [[Kingsguard]] before he would agree to the match. I shall have the finest knight in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] protecting me night and day, as Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]] protected [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]]. So our little lion had best behave, hadn't he?{{ref|ASOS|16}}|[[Sansa Stark]] and Margaery}}

{{Quote|I know what a burden you bear. You should let me share the load. There must be some things I could do to help you. It would put to rest all this talk that you and I are rivals for [[Tommen Baratheon|the king]].{{Ref|AFFC|28}}|Margaery to [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|'''Cersei''': You wrong me, daughter. All I want— 
'''Margaery''': —is [[Tommen Baratheon|your son]], all for yourself. He will never have a wife that you don't hate. And I am not your daughter, thank [[Faith of the Seven|the gods]].{{ref|AFFC|43}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and Margaery}}

==Quotes about Margaery==
{{Quote|Ned was not sure what to make of [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], with all his friendly ways and easy smiles. A few days past, he had taken Ned aside to show him an exquisite rose gold locklet. Inside was a miniature painted in the vivid [[Myr]]ish style, of a lovely young girl with doe's eyes and a cascade of soft brown hair.{{Ref|AGOT|27}}|thoughts of [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The girl is a maid of fourteen, sweet and beautiful and tractable, and Lord [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and Ser [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]] intend that [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] should bed her, wed her, and make a new queen.{{Ref|AGOT|32}}|[[Varys]] to [[Illyrio Mopatis]]}}

{{Quote|'''Stannis''': We both know your wedding was a mummer's farce. A year ago you were scheming to make the girl one of [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]]'s whores. 
'''Renly''': A year ago I was scheming to make the girl Robert’s queen.{{Ref|ACOK|31}}|[[Renly Baratheon]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]]}}

{{quote|If you had to fall into [[Jeyne Westerling|a woman's]] arms, [[Robb Stark|my son]], why couldn't they have been Margaery Tyrell's? The wealth and power of [[Highgarden]] could have made all the difference in the fighting yet to come. And perhaps [[Grey Wind]] would have liked the smell of her as well.{{ref|ASOS|14}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Margaery was different, though. Sweet and gentle, yet there was a little of [[Olenna Tyrell|her grandmother]] in her, too.{{ref|ASOS|16}}|thoughts of [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{quote|Her smile was shy and sweet. A lovely girl, thought Tyrion, and a kinder fate than [[Joffrey Baratheon|my nephew]] deserves.{{ref|ASOS|60}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|So the girl is as clever as she is pretty. [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] could do a deal worse for a queen.{{Ref|AFFC|8}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|She is pretty enough, she had to admit, but most of that is youth. Even peasant girls are pretty at a certain age, when they are still fresh and innocent and unspoiled, and most of them have the same brown hair and brown eyes as she does. Only a fool would ever claim she was more beautiful than I. The world was full of fools, however. So was [[Tommen Baratheon|her son's]] court.{{ref|AFFC|12}}|thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

==Family==
{{Tyrell tree}}

==Behind the Scenes==
According to [[George R. R. Martin]], Margaery has similarities with [[w:Anne Boleyn|Anne Boleyn]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1436 Boskone (Boston, MA; February 17-19)], February 17, 2006</ref> Coincidentally, Natalie Dormer portrayed Anne Boleyn in the show "[[w:The Tudors|The Tudors]]" prior to join ''Game of Thrones''.

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
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Stafford Lannister

2023-08-03T13:00:08Z

Karlshammar: /* A Clash of Kings */ Grammar.

{{Character
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| Father = [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]]
| Mother = [[Marla Prester]]
| Spouse = Lady [[Myranda Lefford]]
| Issue = [[Daven Lannister]] [[Cerenna Lannister]] [[Myrielle Lannister]]
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appendix)
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Ser '''Stafford Lannister''' is a [[knight]] of [[House Lannister]]. He is the good-brother to the [[Warden of the West]] as his sister, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]], married their cousin, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|acok|Appendix}}

==Character==
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and Ser [[Brynden Tully]] are both unimpressed by Stafford's martial capacities, with Jaime considering his uncle to be blundering.{{ref|asos|44}}{{ref|acok|7}}

==History==
When he was a young squire, Stafford and two [[House Lannister of Lannisport|Lannisters of Lannisport]] were captured by Lady [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn Tarbeck]] in retaliation for the imprisonment of her husband, Lord [[Walderan Tarbeck]], by Ser [[Tywin Lannister]]. Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] forced the prisoners to be exchanged, however. Hostilities later erupted with the [[Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion]], which Tywin suppressed.{{ref|ASOS|44}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

Stafford has been negotiating to betroth his son, Ser [[Daven Lannister]], to [[Desmera Redwyne]], although an agreement has not been reached with Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]].{{ref|AFFC|33}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
After the capture of Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]] and the defeat of Jaime's host in the [[Battle of the Camps]], Stafford begins raising a new army near [[Lannisport]]. Because the force consists of inexperienced men, it takes a long time to train them.{{ref|acok|7}} Feeling safe in the [[westerlands]], Stafford does not post sentries.{{ref|ACOK|32}}

[[Robb Stark]], the new [[King in the North]], marches west from [[Riverrun]] and avoids the strong [[Golden Tooth]] by using a goat track found by his [[direwolf]].{{ref|ACOK|39}} When Robb's army descends on Stafford's men in the night, the surprised [[House Lannister|Lannister]] host is destroyed in the [[Battle of Oxcross]]. Stafford is lanced by Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] when he tries to reach his horse.{{ref|acok|32}} According to some stories, Robb fed Stafford's heart to [[Grey Wind]] after the battle, which [[Catelyn Stark]] finds ridiculous.{{ref|ACOK|39}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Stafford's more capable son, Ser [[Daven Lannister|Daven]], reforms the survivors from [[Oxcross]] at Lannisport.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Daven had vowed not to cut his hair until he had avenged his father's death,{{ref|AFFC|33}} but Lord Karstark was himself executed by Robb Stark for treason.{{ref|ASOS|20}} Daven, now the [[Warden of the West]], has continued to grow his hair out.{{ref|AFFC|33}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|'''Brynden''': Brother to Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin's]] [[Joanna Lannister|late wife]], so twice related. An old man and a bit of a dullard, but he has a son, Ser [[Daven Lannister|Daven]], who is more formidable.
 '''Catelyn''': Then let us hope it is the father and not the son who takes [[Battle of Oxcross|this army]] into the field.{{Ref|ACOK|7}}|[[Brynden Tully]] and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Do not take [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]] too much to heart, my lady. A battle is not a war, and [[Tywin Lannister|my lord father]] is assuredly not my uncle Stafford. The next time you visit the [[godswood]], pray that [[Robb Stark|your brother]] has the wisdom to bend the knee.{{Ref|ACOK|32}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

==Family==
Stafford has seven siblings: one older [[bastard]] half-sister, [[Lynora Hill]], one older trueborn half-brother, [[Damon Lannister]], one older full sister, [[Joanna Lannister]], two younger full brothers and two younger full sisters. Stafford is married to Lady [[Myranda Lefford]] with whom he has three children, Ser [[Daven Lannister|Daven]], [[Cerenna Lannister|Cerenna]] and [[Myrielle Lannister]].{{Ref|ACOK|Appendix}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Lannister Lineage}}
{{Lannister cadet tree}}

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

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Robett Glover

2022-11-13T05:57:41Z

Karlshammar: /* A Feast for Crows */ Grammar.

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'''Robett Glover''' is a member of [[House Glover]]. He is the brother of [[Galbart Glover]], the husband of [[Sybelle Glover]], and the father of two children, [[Gawen Glover|Gawen]] and [[Erena Glover|Erena]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} The appendices of ''[[A Clash of Kings-Appendix|A Clash of Kings]]'' and ''[[A Storm of Swords-Appendix|A Storm of Swords]]'' state that Gawen is the heir to [[Deepwood Motte]], while the appendices of ''[[A Feast for Crows-Appendix|A Feast for Crows]]'' and ''[[A Dance with Dragons-Appendix|A Dance with Dragons]]'' state that Robett is the heir of Galbart. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is portrayed by [[w:Tim McInnerny|Tim McInnerny]].

==Appearance and Character==
Robett is tall, with a deeply-lined face and brown-grey hair.{{ref|aDwD|29}} He wears mail beneath a red surcoat,{{ref|ACOK|47}} and his scarlet cloak is clasped with a silver brooch in the shape of a mailed fist.{{ref|aDwD|29}} [[Arya Stark]] believes him to be a [[lord]] when she notices the proud way he holds his head and his whole bearing.{{Ref|aCoK|47}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
When [[Robb Stark]] calls his banners, both Robett and his brother [[Galbart Glover|Galbart]] ride out from [[Deepwood Motte]], leaving it in the hands of Robett's wife, [[Sybelle Glover|Sybelle]], and the castle's steward.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} Robb's lord [[bannermen]] haggle over influence on military decisions at [[Winterfell]], with both Robett and Lord [[Roose Bolton]] demanding a command. Notably, Robett does so with a jest and a smile while Lord Bolton is brusque.{{Ref|aGoT|53}}

At [[Moat Cailin]], Robb and his bannermen consult on military tactics. [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]] argues for riding against the main [[House Lannister|Lannister]] host led by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] while Robett and Galbart, among others, suggest to attack Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]'s force besieging [[Riverrun]]. When Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] arrives at Moat Cailin from [[White Harbor]], Robett is among those kneeling before Catelyn to greet her. When she speaks with Robb alone, Catelyn names Robett as a possible candidate her son could have chosen to lead the northern army, if he had not decided to ride to war himself.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

Robett is accompanying Robb when news arrives from Ser [[Brynden Tully]]'s outriders that Lord [[Walder Frey]] has gathered four thousand men at the [[Twins]] without any apparent indication of moving them south to relieve his besieged liege lord, [[Hoster Tully]], at Riverrun. Robett asks Catelyn whether she believes that Walder will betray them to the Lannisters, receiving the answer that not even Walder himself might know what he is going to do.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}

When Robb's army splits at the Twins after Walder and Catelyn negotiate an alliance, Robett becomes part of Lord Bolton's force that goes on to fight in the [[battle on the Green Fork]] against Tywin's main host.{{Ref|aGoT|62}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Robett is in Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s camp when it is approached by [[Vargo Hoat]], leader of the [[Brave Companions]].{{Ref|aCoK|47}}

[[Arya Stark]] serves incognito at [[Harrenhal]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. After Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] marches from the castle, Vargo brings in a group of ragged prisoners led by Robett and Ser [[Aenys Frey]]. Vargo claims they were captured when the Brave Companions repelled an attempt by Lord Bolton's forces to cross the [[Trident]]. Ser [[Amory Lorch]], left by Tywin as castellan of Harrenhal, orders that the captives be brought to a dungeon, ignoring a protest by Robett that they have been promised honorable treatment by Vargo.{{Ref|aCoK|47}}

Recognizing them as northmen, Arya liberates the captives with the assistance of [[Jaqen H'ghar]], [[Biter]], and [[Rorge]]. Robett congratulates Jaqen on the trick of making the guards defenseless by burning them with hot soup, inquiring whether this was Vargo's idea. The Brave Companions had actually defected from the Lannisters to the [[House Stark|Starks]], and Robett expected to be freed by Vargo's men, not the strangers with Arya. Rorge claims the three men are now Brave Companions, and Robett is disinterested when Arya identifies herself as "Weasel". Having infiltrated Harrenhal's walls, Robett's northmen join the Brave Companions in overpowering Amory's small Lannister garrison. Following the [[fall of Harrenhal]], Robett is among those welcoming Roose Bolton the following evening.{{Ref|aCoK|47}} Robett rides out of the castle soon, leaving Arya not enough time to come to a decision whether she can trust him with her identity.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

Following Tywin's victory over [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Roose orders Robett to join with Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] and march on [[Duskendale]] in the [[crownlands]], rich lands hardly touched by the war so far. The Glovers' seat, [[Deepwood Motte]], has been [[taking of Deepwood Motte|taken]] by [[Asha Greyjoy]]'s [[ironborn]] and Helman has lost his son [[Benfred Tallhart|Benfred]], so Lord Bolton expects that the two will take their vengeance on Duskendale.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] soon finds out about the march of a third of the northmen's strength on [[Duskendale]], led by Robett and Ser [[Helman Tallhart]]. Tywin orders Lord [[Randyll Tarly]], who came into the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] fold as result of the alliance struck with [[House Tyrell]], to march against them. He also commands Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to move up the [[kingsroad]] and cut off their retreat. When Tywin's son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] learns about this, he is surprised, as there seems nothing in Duskendale worth such a risk. Tyrion wonders whether [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]], has finally made a blunder, but his father tells him that it is not a matter he should concern himself with.{{Ref|aSoS|4}}

The [[battle at Duskendale]] turns into a disaster for the northmen. The forces of Lord Tarly catch up with Robett's men outside Duskendale, trapping them against the [[Blackwater Bay]]. Fighting breaks out with heavy losses on both sides, but the forces loyal to the [[Iron Throne]] prevail and Helman is among one thousand northmen killed. Robett leads a chaotic retreat towards [[Harrenhal]], not expecting to be faced with the [[Mountain's men]] along the way.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

When Robb learns about the defeat and Robett's capture, he is bewildered, wondering why his forces marched on Duskendale in the first place and how that campaign justified losing a third of his infantry. Robb intends to exchange Robett for [[Martyn Lannister]], who is the son of Tywin's brother [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], as Martyn's twin brother [[Willem Lannister|Willem]] has already been murdered by Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] while in captivity. It also provides an opportunity for Robb to rid himself of the concern that Martyn will be slaughtered by northmen as well.{{Ref|aSoS|35}} Tywin agrees to Robb's offer and Robett is put on a ship at Duskendale while Martyn is handed over to the Lannisters at the [[Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|aSoS|45}}

When Robb's host gathers at the [[Twins]] for Lord [[Edmure Tully]]'s wedding, Robb meets with Lord [[Roose Bolton]], commanding the remnants of Robb's foot. Robb tells Roose that Robett will have to answer for Duskendale when they meet again. Roose plays into Robb's mistaken belief that the campaign came on Robett's initiative, suggesting that Robett acted out of grief and fear for his wife and children when he heard that Deepwood had been taken by the ironborn.{{Ref|aSoS|49}} Roose then betrays and murders Robb during the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|51}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Asha Greyjoy]] brings Robett's family as hostages when she sails from [[Deepwood Motte]] back to the [[Iron Islands]] for the [[kingsmoot]] to be held after the death of her father, [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]].{{ref|AFFC|11}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
After [[Euron Greyjoy]] is proclaimed [[King of the Isles and the North]] at the kingsmoot, Asha leaves Robett's children, [[Gawen Glover|Gawen]] and [[Erena Glover|Erena]], at [[Ten Towers]] and returns to [[Deepwood Motte]] with his wife, Lady [[Sybelle Glover]].{{ref|ADWD|26}}

[[Davos Seaworth]], an envoy of [[Stannis Baratheon]], learns that Robett arrived in [[White Harbor]] after the prisoner exchange and tried to raise men. However, he had little success as Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] and White Harbor are reportedly weary of war.{{Ref|aDwD|9}} Publicly supporting King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] and [[House Frey]], Wyman has Davos imprisoned in the [[Wolf's Den]].{{ref|ADWD|19}}

A haggard Robett escorts [[Davos Seaworth]] to a secret meeting in the [[New Castle]] with Wyman, however, where the three discuss the possibility of White Harbor aligning itself with Stannis. Robett expresses his gratitude when he learns Stannis defeated Asha in the [[fight by Deepwood Motte]] and returned the castle to [[House Glover]]. He has been teaching [[Wex Pyke]], a survivor of the [[sack of Winterfell]], to read and write, which provides him and Wyman the information that Robb's younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] survived the sack as well, and that Rickon has gone to [[Skagos]].{{Ref|aDwD|29}}

Robett claims he will join Stannis when Davos returns Rickon,{{Ref|aDwD|29}} and Sybelle supplies hunters and trackers to aid the king during his [[march on Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|42}}

==Family==
Robett is the younger brother of [[Galbart Glover]], the [[Master of Deepwood Motte]]. He married [[Sybelle Glover|Sybelle Locke]] and had two children together, [[Gawen Glover|Gawen]] and [[Erena Glover]].
{{Glover tree}}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:House Glover]]
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[[Category:Hostages of House Lannister in the War of the Five Kings|Glover, Robett]]
[[Category:Nobles|Glover, Robett]]
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Holy guard

2021-07-05T00:59:51Z

Karlshammar: /* Quotes about the holy guard */ Fixed typo.

In the [[Free Cities|Free City]] of [[Norvos]], a '''holy guard''' of [[Slavery|slave]] soldiers is charged with enforcing obedience and keeping the peace. They are trained from childhood by the [[bearded priests]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Free Cities: Norvos}}

[[Areo Hotah]] was trained by bearded priests and guarded [[Mellario]].{{ref|AFFC|40}} He accompanied her from [[Norvos]] to [[Sunspear]] when she wed [[Doran Martell]], and Areo now serves as [[captain of the guards]] to the [[Prince of Dorne]].{{Ref|AFFC|2}}

==Training and practices==
The bearded priests buy unwanted children and train them in the use of the longeaxe. By sixteen, the trainees "wed their axes", swearing vows which are said to be simple for the simple men who swear them: "Serve. Obey. Protect." They are branded across their chest with an axe shape to remind them to keep their longaxes sharp.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}{{ref|affc|2}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Free Cities: Norvos}}

They tend to wear heavy horsehair capes and studded leather tunics, along with iron halfhelms crested by iron spikes.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}

==Quotes about the holy guard==
{{Quote|Serve. Obey. Protect. Simple vows for a simple man.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}|Areo Hotah remembers the vows of the holy guard}}

==References==
{{references}}
{{Template:Guards}}
[[Category:Guards]]
[[Category:Norvos]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Slaves and freedmen]]
[[Category:Slave soldiers]]

Holy guard

2021-07-05T00:59:33Z

Karlshammar: Fixed typo.

In the [[Free Cities|Free City]] of [[Norvos]], a '''holy guard''' of [[Slavery|slave]] soldiers is charged with enforcing obedience and keeping the peace. They are trained from childhood by the [[bearded priests]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Free Cities: Norvos}}

[[Areo Hotah]] was trained by bearded priests and guarded [[Mellario]].{{ref|AFFC|40}} He accompanied her from [[Norvos]] to [[Sunspear]] when she wed [[Doran Martell]], and Areo now serves as [[captain of the guards]] to the [[Prince of Dorne]].{{Ref|AFFC|2}}

==Training and practices==
The bearded priests buy unwanted children and train them in the use of the longeaxe. By sixteen, the trainees "wed their axes", swearing vows which are said to be simple for the simple men who swear them: "Serve. Obey. Protect." They are branded across their chest with an axe shape to remind them to keep their longaxes sharp.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}{{ref|affc|2}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Free Cities: Norvos}}

They tend to wear heavy horsehair capes and studded leather tunics, along with iron halfhelms crested by iron spikes.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}

==Quotes about the holy guard==
{{Quote|Serve. Obey. Protect. Simple vows for a simple man.{{Ref|aFfC|2}}|Areo Hotah rembers the vows of the holy guard}}

==References==
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Patrek of King's Mountain

2021-05-24T23:39:57Z

Karlshammar: Grammar.

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Ser '''Patrek of King's Mountain''' is a [[knight]] from [[King's Mountain]] in the service of King [[Stannis Baratheon]]. He is one of the [[queen's men]].{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}}

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Patrek of King's Mountain|Images of Patrek of King's Mountain]]''
Patrek is clean-shaven and windburnt.{{ref|ADWD|44}} The knight is bold and haughty.{{ref|ADWD|44}}

Patrek's cloth-of-silver surcoat is emblazoned with a blue five-pointed star.{{ref|ADWD|44}} He owns a cloak of white fur{{ref|ADWD|44}} as well as a white wool cloak bordered in cloth of silver and patterned with five-pointed stars.{{ref|ADWD|53}}{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Ser Patrek loses [[King's Mountain|his lands]] in southern [[Westeros]] when King [[Stannis Baratheon]] sails for the [[Wall]].{{ref|ADWD|49}} When Stannis marches for the [[battle beneath the Wall]], Ser Patrek remains at [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]] with Queen [[Selyse Florent]]. Patrek accompanies her to [[Castle Black]], is prepared to fight [[Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun]], and escorts Selyse to the [[King's Tower]].{{Ref|aDwD|44}} He commands the [[queen's men]] protecting Selyse at the castle.{{ref|ADWD|53}}

Thinking he would have made a better husband for [[Alys Karstark]] than [[Sigorn]], Patrek is angry during their wedding. He is hostile toward [[Satin]] and has become smitten with [[Val]].{{ref|ADWD|49}}{{ref|ADWD|53}}

When Selyse decides that Patrek should marry Val, [[Jon Snow]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], explains that [[free folk]] must be stolen, showing the man's strength.{{ref|ADWD|69}} Patrek is later slain at [[Hardin's Tower]], where Val is staying, killed by Wun Wun. After tearing off the knight's sword arm, the [[giants|giant]] smashes Patrek's body against the tower, ruining the knight's head. Jon attempts to calm Wun Wun, but the Lord Commander is then stabbed in the [[mutiny at Castle Black]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Behind the Scenes==
Patrek of King's Mountain is named after a friend of [[George R. R. Martin]], Patrick St. Denis of Montreal. Patrick is a fan of the [[w:Dallas Cowboys|Dallas Cowboys]] American football team (whose logo is a blue star), while George supports the rival [[w:New York Giants|New York Giants]].<ref>[http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2012/09/ser-patrek-of-kings-mountain.html Ser Patrek of King's Mountain]</ref>

==Quotes by Patrek==
{{quote|'''Jon''': [[Eddard Stark|My lord father]] used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it. '''Patrek''': Using it was my intent.{{ref|ADWD|44}}|[[Jon Snow]] and Patrek}}

{{quote|No man has ever had cause to question my courage. No woman ever will.{{ref|ADWD|69}}|Patrek to [[Jon Snow]]}}

==Quotes about Patrek==
{{quote|Another bloody [[southron]] fool.{{ref|ADWD|44}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|'''Axell''': Ser Patrek feels he would have made a better match for Lady [[Alys Karstark|Alys]]. [[King's Mountain|His lands]] were lost to him when he came north. '''Jon''': There are many in [[Castle Black|this hall]] who have lost far more than that, and more who have given up their lives in service to [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. Ser Patrek should count himself fortunate.{{ref|ADWD|49}}|[[Axell Florent]] and [[Jon Snow]]}}

==References==
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[[Category:Characters from Westeros]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Landed knights]]
[[Category:Maimed characters]]
[[Category:Members of the queen's men]]
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Lyanna Stark

2021-05-24T23:30:35Z

Karlshammar: It's really just Ned and Kevan, not "most people."

{{Hatnote|"Lyanna" redirects here. For the historical figure, see [[Lyanna Stark (daughter of Cregan)]]. For the daughter of Maege Mormont, see [[Lyanna Mormont]]. For the royal galley, see [[Lady Lyanna]].}}

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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|283}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lyanna Stark|Lyanna Stark]] calculation.''</ref> (aged 16){{Ref|AGOT|4}}
| 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)
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| Played_by = [[w:Aisling Franciosi|Aisling Franciosi]] [[w:Cordelia Hill|Cordelia Hill]] (young Lyanna)
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]]
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'''Lyanna Stark''' was the only daughter of Lord [[Rickard Stark]] and his wife, Lady [[Lyarra Stark]]. She had two older brothers, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] and [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], and one younger brother, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]]. Her abduction by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was the event that ultimately triggered [[Robert's Rebellion]] and led to the downfall of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen dynasty]]. She is portrayed by both [[w:Cordelia Hill|Cordelia Hill]] (as a child) in [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] and [[w:Aisling Franciosi|Aisling Franciosi]] (as a young adult) during [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] and [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]] flashbacks in the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Lyanna Stark|Images of Lyanna Stark]]''

Lyanna is described by a couple of people as beautiful.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}{{Ref|AGOT|22}} Though [[Maester]] [[Yandel]] describes her as "a wild and boyish young thing with none of the Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia's]] delicate beauty",{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} [[Kevan Lannister]] recalls Lyanna having a "wild beauty" about her.{{Ref|ADWD|72}} According to her brother [[Eddard Stark]], Lyanna had been a child-woman of surpassing loveliness.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} She was slim of frame.{{Ref|ACOK|56}} [[Arya Stark]], with her brown hair, long face and grey eyes,{{Ref|AGOT|7}}{{Ref|ADWD|20}} resembles Lyanna in appearance, according to Eddard.{{Ref|AGOT|22}} [[Margaery Tyrell]], also brown of hair,{{Ref|AGOT|27}} is believed by some to resemble Lyanna, though Eddard disagrees.{{Ref|AGOT|27}}

According to Eddard Lyanna had a touch of wildness to her, which was described as "the wolf blood" by her father, [[Rickard Stark]]. Eddard compares her to his tomboyish daughter Arya in personality, adding that Lyanna probably would have carried a [[sword]] if their father had allowed it.{{Ref|AGOT|22}} Lyanna was strong of will.{{Ref|ASOS|24}} While [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], who had been deeply infatuated with Lyanna and remains very much in love with her memory over fifteen years after her death to the point of causing major strain in his marriage to [[Cersei Lannister]],{{Ref|AGOT|4}}{{Ref|AGOT|8}} believes Lyanna would never have publicly shamed him the way Cersei does.{{Ref|AGOT|30}} Lyanna may have been considerably less enthusiastic about the marriage than Robert was, as she commented to Ned that Robert's love for her would not prevent him from being unfaithful after their marriage.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}

Lyanna is noted to have been a skilled rider who loved to ride.{{Ref|ASOS|17}}{{Ref|ADWD|41}} According to [[Harwin]] of [[Winterfell]], Lyanna rode "like a [[northman]]",{{Ref|ASOS|17}} while [[Barbrey Dustin]] describes her as a centaur,{{Ref|ADWD|41}} and [[Roose Bolton]] states that Lyanna was "half a [[horse]] herself".{{Ref|ADWD|32}} According to a semi-canon source, Lyanna also practiced at tilting at rings.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Lyanna Stark}}

Lyanna had been fond of flowers,{{Ref|AGOT|4}} and loved the scent of [[winter rose]]s.{{Ref|AGOT|58}}

==History==
[[File:rhaeg_lyanna-winterfelll.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Lyanna, her brother, and [[Rhaegar]] by M.Luisa Giliberti ©]]
[[File: ‎Enife_Lyanna_Stark.png‎ |Lyanna, wearing a crown of [[blue winter rose]]s – by Enife ©|thumb|300px|right]]
===Early life===
Born at [[Winterfell]],{{Ref|AWOIAF| Lyanna Stark}} Lyanna was the only daughter of Lord [[Rickard Stark]] and Lady [[Lyarra Stark]]. She had two older brothers, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] and [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], and one younger brother, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark lineage}}{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}

Lyanna's brother Eddard was [[fostered]] at the [[Eyrie]] by Lord [[Jon Arryn]] since the age of eight, where he befriended his fellow ward [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|6}} Eddard brought Robert's suit to Winterfell,{{Ref|AWOIAF| Lyanna Stark}} and Rickard agreed to betroth his daughter to the young Lord of [[Storm's End]].{{Ref|AGOT|35}} However, that night Lyanna confided to Eddard that she believed Robert would never be able to keep to one bed. She had heard that Robert had [[Mya Stone|an illegitimate daughter]] in the [[Vale]], which Eddard could not deny. He attempted to persuade her that what Robert had done before their [[betrothal]] was insignificant and that he would love her, but Lyanna informed him that love could not change a man's nature.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}

===The Year of the False Spring===
Lyanna was present at the [[tourney at Harrenhal]] in {{Date|281}}. She happened upon [[Howland Reed]], who was being bullied by three young [[squire]]s, none older than fifteen. She roared "That's my father's man you're kicking" and attacked them with a tourney sword. The bullies scattered and Lyanna took Howland back to her tent, where she cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen. Then she introduced him to her brothers [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], and [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]]. That evening, a feast was held to celebrate the start of the tourney. Lyanna persuaded Howland to attend the feast, as he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. During the feast Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep. However, when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured [[wine]] over his head.{{Ref|ASOS|24}} During the feast, Lyanna recognized the three squires who had bullied Howland and pointed them out to her brothers.{{Ref|ASOS|24}} A [[mystery knight]] known as the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] defeated the knights the three bullies served, and demanded them to be chastised as ransom payment.{{Ref|ASOS|24}} Some fans [[Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories|have suggested Lyanna for the identity]] of the mystery knight.

Prince Rhaegar won the tournament, but instead of crowning his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]], as the [[queen of love and beauty]], Rhaegar shocked those present by presenting the laurel of [[blue winter rose]]s to Lyanna, placing it in her lap with the tip of his lance.{{Ref|AGOT|58}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} At that moment "all the smiles died".{{Ref|AGOT|58}} Brandon Stark believed Rhaegar's action to have been a slight upon Lyanna's honor. Some people say that Robert, Lyanna's betrothed, laughed at Rhaegar's action, claiming that Rhaegar had only paid Lyanna her due; however, those closer to Robert claim that Robert brooded over the insult, and grew resentful of Rhaegar henceforth.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
[[File:Lyanna stark by daenerys mod.jpg|300px|thumb|Lyanna by eliafernandez©]]

The next year, Lyanna came face to face with Rhaegar ten leagues from [[Harrenhal]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} and was taken by him with the help of Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] and Ser [[Oswell Whent]], both of his father's [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}} When her brother Brandon, on his way to [[Riverrun]] for his [[wedding]], learned about Lyanna's disappearance, he changed course towards [[King's Landing]], accompanied by several companions ([[Ethan Glover]], [[Jeffory Mallister]], [[Kyle Royce]] and Ser [[Elbert Arryn]]). At the [[Red Keep]], he roared for Rhaegar "to come out and die". Though Rhaegar was not present, King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] had Brandon and his companions arrested and charged them with treason, accusing them of plotting the murder of the crown prince. Aerys summoned their fathers to court, supposedly to answer the charge against their sons. Lord [[Rickard Stark]] demanded a [[trial by combat]], and though the king granted him the request, he chose "fire" as his champion. Lord Rickard was suspended from rafters over a blazing fire whilst dressed in his armor, while Brandon, attached to a device which tightened a cord around his neck whenever he moved, was forced to watch as his father was slowly cooked inside his armor. Brandon strangled himself in an attempt to get to a [[longsword]] placed just out of his reach, to save his father. When King Aerys next demanded the heads of [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]], Lord [[Jon Arryn]] responded by raising his banners in revolt, starting [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}}{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}

Opinions on Rhaegar's motivation in taking Lyanna differ. According to Robert Baratheon, Rhaegar raped Lyanna "hundreds of times".{{Ref|AGOT|4}} This is repeated by Eddard's young son [[Bran Stark]].{{Ref|AGOT|66}} However, Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] is convinced that "Prince Rhaegar loved his Lady Lyanna".{{Ref|ADWD|67}} [[Daenerys Targaryen]] believes that Rhaegar had stolen Lyanna away from her betrothed,{{Ref|ASOS|42}} and when she is about to marry, she thinks to herself that if [[Daario Naharis|her paramour]] loved her, he would "come and carry you off at swordpoint, as Rhaegar carried off his northern girl".{{Ref|ADWD|43}} According to [[Viserys Targaryen]], Rhaegar had fought and died for "the woman he loved",{{Ref|AGOT|3}} something which his sister Daenerys also believes.{{Ref|AGOT|64}} Additionally, one of the visions Daenerys sees in the [[House of the Undying]] depicts Rhaegar's death, where he whispers Lyanna's name with his last breath.{{Ref|ACOK|48}}{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}} However, Viserys also believes that Rhaegar had simply not been happy with his marriage to Elia, which had led to him taking Lyanna.{{Ref|ASOS|42}} [[Cersei Lannister]], who was infatuated with Rhaegar, has similar beliefs, as she is convinced that Rhaegar would never have looked twice at the "wolf girl" if he had been satisfied in his wife.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} Cersei's uncle Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] believes that, if Aerys had accepted the proposal from Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] to marry Cersei to Rhaegar, the war might have been avoided, as Cersei had been much more beautiful than Lyanna, and would have been able to give Rhaegar the sons he had wanted,{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} something which Princess [[Elia Martell]] could not.{{Ref|ADWD|61}}

[[File:Lyanna stark by dreambeing.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Lyanna Stark by Dreambieng ©]]

The war, led by Lyanna's fiancé Robert, her brother Eddard, and their foster father Jon Arryn, lasted "close to a year".{{Ref|AGOT|12}} Lyanna's exact whereabouts during this time are unknown. Rhaegar himself could not be found, either, for a large part of the war,{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}} though he finally returned "from the south"{{Ref|ASOS|37}} after King Aerys II had dispatched Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], to find him.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}} Robert and Eddard faced Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] and the royal army at [[Battle of the Trident|the Trident]], where Robert slew Rhaegar in single combat and the rebels defeated the royal army.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} A fortnight later, the [[Sack of King's Landing]] officially ended the war,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: The End}} though Lyanna still remained missing and the last opposition still had to be dealt with. From King's Landing, Eddard Stark rode south to the [[stormlands]] to lift the [[siege of Storm's End]]. From there he rode to a place Rhaegar was said to have named the [[tower of joy]], located in the [[Red Mountains]] of [[Dorne]].{{Ref|AGOT|39}}

===Death===
[[File: Asiulus_Promise_Me_Ned.png‎|‎Promise me [[Eddard Stark|Ned]] - by Asiulus ©|thumb|right|300px]]

Eddard brought only six companions with him: [[Martyn Cassel]], [[Theo Wull]], [[Ethan Glover]], Ser [[Mark Ryswell]], [[Howland Reed]] and Lord [[Willam Dustin]]. At the [[tower of joy]], they found the three remaining loyalist members of [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], Ser [[Oswell Whent]], and Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]. The men [[Combat at the tower of joy|met in battle]], and only Eddard and Howland Reed survived.{{Ref|AGOT|39}} Inside the tower, Eddard found Lyanna in a "bed of blood", dying.{{Ref|AGOT|39}}{{Ref|AWOIAF| Lyanna Stark}} Lyanna died in a room that smelled of "blood and roses".{{Ref|AGOT|4}} A fever had taken her strength, and her voice had been faint as a whisper. There was fear in her eyes, while she called for "Ned" to promise her something. When her brother gave his word, the fear left her. She smiled, and her fingers clutched his own in a tight grip.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Lyanna died shortly thereafter.{{Ref|AGOT|35}} Eddard was still holding her as she "gave up her hold on life" and rose petals slipped from her palm, dead and black. Later, [[Howland Reed]] found Eddard still holding the corpse. Howland managed to separate the hands of the living man and the dead girl, though Eddard had no recollection of what happened after Lyanna died.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

It is currently unknown what promise Lyanna extracted from Eddard, and what had caused her fear. Lyanna's last words, "Promise me, Ned", would haunt Eddard, who had to pay a price in order to keep his promises to her,{{Ref|AGOT|35}} for the rest of his life.{{Ref|AGOT|47}}{{Ref|AGOT|58}} When his daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] pleads for the life of her [[direwolf]], [[Lady]], it reminds him of Lyanna's pleading.{{Ref|AGOT|20}}

[[File:Ned_and_Robert_at_tomb.jpg|Ned and Robert visiting Lyanna's tomb - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]

At the time of her death, Lyanna had only been sixteen years old.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Though Eddard buried the bodies of his deceased companions and the three slain Kingsguard [[knight]]s in cairns he created out of the stones from the tower,{{Ref|AGOT|39}} he transported Lyanna's bones from [[Dorne]] back to [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ADWD|41}} According to him, Lyanna had wanted to be buried beside her father and brother.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Her tomb lies in the [[crypts of Winterfell]], beside that of Rickard and Brandon Stark.{{Ref|AGOT|66}} A statue of Lyanna has been carved in the stone of her tomb, though [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] feels the stonemason failed to capture her beauty.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} While only the [[King of Winter|kings]] and [[lords of Winterfell]] are supposed to have statues in their likeness, not their family members, both Lyanna and Brandon were given a statue by Eddard because he wished to honor his beloved siblings.{{Ref|AGOT|66}} Eddard brought flowers to Lyanna's tomb whenever possible, as she had been fond of flowers.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

===Legacy===
King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Lyanna's betrothed, and Eddard, her brother, had had a falling out after Robert was accepting of the manner at which Rhaegar's wife and two young children had been slain during the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|AGOT|12}} Lyanna's death and the grief they shared over her passing eventually reconciled them. Though Robert had no desire to marry after Lyanna's death, he was eventually convinced by Lord [[Jon Arryn]] that the realm needed an heir. As such, Robert was married to [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|AGOT|30}} However, during their wedding night, a drunken Robert called Cersei "Lyanna",{{Ref|AGOT|45}} which began the strains in their marriage. Robert remained in love with Lyanna,{{Ref|AGOT|8}} and named the war galley ''[[Lady Lyanna]]'' in her honor.{{Ref|ACOK|58}}

At [[Bear Island]], Lady [[Maege Mormont]] named her youngest daughter [[Lyanna Mormont|Lyanna]], after Lyanna Stark, which according to [[Stannis Baratheon]] was an attempt to win the favor of Lord Eddard Stark.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Under the influence of [[milk of the poppy]], [[Eddard Stark]] dreams about the [[combat at the tower of joy]]. While Eddard and his six companions battle the three [[Kingsguard]] [[knight]]s in front of the tower, Lyanna is screaming inside the tower.{{Ref|AGOT|39}}

Eddard Stark has a nightmare involving Lyanna and the statue of her placed at her tomb. In the dream, Eddard walks through the [[crypts of Winterfell]]. He can hear the statue of Lyanna whispering: "Promise me, Ned". He notices the statue wearing a garland of [[Winter rose|pale blue roses]], while her eyes weep blood. Eddard immediately wakes with his heart racing.{{Ref|AGOT|47}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Theon Greyjoy]] has a nightmare involving a feast of the dead at [[Winterfell]]. Many of the dead men and women attending are people that Theon knew personally or were slain by his own hand or command. But he also notices faces that he had never known in life. Among them is Lyanna: a slim, sad girl wearing a crown of pale blue roses and a white gown splattered with blood. Her older brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] stands beside her, their father [[Rickard Stark]] just behind them.{{Ref|ACOK|56}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Bran Stark]] witnesses a vision from the past in which he sees a boy and a girl playing with wooden branches in the [[godswood of Winterfell]].{{Ref|ADWD|34}} Several fans believe this to have been [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]] and his older sister, Lyanna, as Bran describes the girl as being the eldest of the two, and states that she looks like his sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]],{{Ref|ADWD|43}} who is said to look like Lyanna had.{{Ref|AGOT|22}} Additionally, the girl refers to [[Old Nan]],{{Ref|ADWD|34}} placing the event Bran witnesses as having taken place in more recent generations.

==Quotes by Lyanna==
{{Quote|Love is sweet, dearest Ned, but it cannot change a [[Robert I Baratheon|man's nature]].{{Ref|AGOT|35}}|Lyanna, to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Lyanna==
[[File:Lyanna_Stark.jpg|Ned remembering Lyanna - by Voyagehour ©|thumb|300px|right]]

{{Quote|She was more beautiful than that. Ah, damn it, Ned, did you have to bury her in [[crypt of Winterfell|a place like this]]? She deserved more than darkness ...{{Ref|AGOT|4}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]], to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Beautiful, and willful, and dead before her time.{{Ref|AGOT|22}}|[[Eddard Stark]], to [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|You never knew Lyanna as I did, Robert. You saw her beauty, but not the iron underneath.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}|[[Eddard Stark]], to [[Robert I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|'''Eddard''': A thousand other women might have loved him with all their hearts. What did [[Robert I Baratheon|he]] do to make you hate him so? 
'''Cersei''': The night of our [[wedding]] feast, the first time we shared a bed, he called me by your sister's name. He was on top of me, in me, stinking of [[wine]], and he whispered Lyanna.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}|[[Eddard Stark]] and [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|You ride like a [[north]]man, milady. Your aunt was the same.{{Ref|ASOS|17}}|[[Harwin]], to [[Arya Stark]]}}

==Family==
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==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Lyanna_Stark Lyanna Stark] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].

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Randyll Tarly

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| Title = [[Lord of Horn Hill]] [[Justiciar]] [[Master of laws]]
| Allegiance = [[House Tarly]]
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| Culture = [[Dornish Marches|Marcher]]
| Spouse = Lady [[Melessa Florent]]
| Issue = [[Samwell Tarly]] [[Talla Tarly]] Two daughters [[Dickon Tarly]]
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| Played_by = [[w:James Faulkner (actor)|James Faulkner]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]]
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[[File:Randyll Tarly TheMico.jpg|Randyll Tarly - © TheMico|250px|thumb|right]]

'''Randyll Tarly''' is Lord of [[Horn Hill]] and head of [[House Tarly]]. He is married to Lady [[Melessa Florent]], and is the father of the [[POV character]] [[Samwell Tarly]]. Randyll wields the Tarly ancestral blade [[Heartsbane]], a [[Valyrian steel]] greatsword, in battle. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is portrayed by [[w:James Faulkner (actor)|James Faulkner]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Randyll Tarly|Images of Randyll Tarly]]''
Randyll is a lean and balding man with a short, bristly grey beard.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}{{Ref|ACOK|65}} He is a narrow man but iron willed, shrewd and capable,{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} and is considered one of the finest battle commanders in [[Westeros]].{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Randyll prizes courage and martial ability, which causes him to despise his eldest son, [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]] because of his cowardice and softness, and strongly favor his younger son, [[Dickon Tarly|Dickon]], who is much more fierce and robust.{{Ref|AGOT|26}}

In the field Randyll wears mail and boiled leather with a breastplate of grey steel.{{Ref|AFFC|14}} He carries the ancestral [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Heartsbane]] across his back in a jeweled scabbard.{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

==History==
Randyll was married to Lady [[Melessa Florent]]. Their first-born child, [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]], was born in {{Date|283}}.<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Samwell Tarly|Samwell Tarly]] calculation.''</ref> They would later have three daughters, born within three years time, and a second son, [[Dickon Tarly|Dickon]].{{Ref|AGOT|26}}

As one of [[Mace Tyrell]]'s bannermen, Randyll fought in [[Robert's Rebellion]] on the side of [[House Targaryen]]. He defeated [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]]'s forces at the [[Battle of Ashford]],{{Ref|ASOS|78}} and cut down Lord [[House Cafferen|Cafferen]] during the battle.{{Ref|ASOS|36}}

A martinet, Randyll became disappointed in his gentle, timid firstborn son [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]] and made several harsh attempts to engage him in manly, martial pursuits, but all to no effect.{{Ref|AGOT|26}} Once, he brought his son with him to the [[Arbor]], but Samwell was mocked endlessly while there, and despite the fact that he had planned to leave his son at the Arbor as Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]'s page and squire, he brought Samwell back home with him.{{Ref|AFFC|15}} After his wife, [[Melessa Florent|Melessa]], gave birth to their second son, [[Dickon Tarly|Dickon]], Randyll began to ignore Samwell, leaving Samwell to his own devices until the boy turned fifteen. Lord Randyll summoned Samwell the day of his fifteenth nameday, and threatened to end Samwell's life if he did not join the [[Night's Watch]], thereby nullifying his claim to Horn Hill, allowing Dickon to become Randyll's lawfull heir.{{Ref|AGOT|26}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Samwell Tarly]] tells [[Jon Snow]] how Randyll gave him the choice between joining the [[Night's Watch]] and death, shortly after his arrival at the [[Wall]].{{Ref|AGOT|26}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
When [[Renly Baratheon]] calls his banners, Randyll joins with [[House Tyrell]] in supporting Renly.{{Ref|ACOK|22}} Randyll is hosting Renly at [[Horn Hill]] when they receive [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s letter claiming that the late [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s children are [[bastard]]s.{{Ref|ACOK|31}} While at the camp by [[Highgarden]], Randyll is told by his son and heir, [[Dickon Tarly|Dickon]], of a cruel game that several of the knights are playing on [[Brienne of Tarth]]. Randyll summons Brienne and tells her that some of the men laid wagers on the first to claim her [[maidenhead]]. He then tersely advises her that women have no place on the battlefield.{{Ref|AFFC|14}} Randyll accompanied Renly's army to [[Bitterbridge]], where he meets [[Catelyn Tully]] when she arrives during the [[melee at Bitterbridge|melee]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}}

After the parley with Stannis beneath the walls of [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Storm's End]], Lord Randyll counsels attacking Stannis to make sure he gains no strength while Renly is away.{{Ref|ACOK|31}} Randyll and Lord [[Mathis Rowan]] discuss tactics for the upcoming battle. Before it can take place, however, [[shadow assassin|Renly is assassinated]].{{Ref|ACOK|33}} Afterwards, Randyll continues to follow the Tyrells in forsaking Stannis's cause.{{Ref|ACOK|36}} He captures Renly's stores at Bitterbridge and puts a great many men to death, mainly those sworn to [[House Florent]], his wife's family.{{Ref|ACOK|44}}

Randyll is sent out with Lord Rowan to find Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and bring him to [[Tumbler's Falls]] where Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] is waiting with a huge host and a fleet of barges.{{Ref|ASOS|14}} Once again following the lead of his liege lord, he joins with the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] and fights against Stannis, commanding the center at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{Ref|ACOK|62}} For this, he receives a commendation for his services - although the abandoned Florent seat at [[Brightwater Keep]] is awarded to [[Garlan Tyrell]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Randyll [[battle at Duskendale|destroys]] a [[north]]ern force attacking the town of [[Duskendale]], resulting in the capture of [[Harrion Karstark]] and [[Robett Glover]] and the death of [[Helman Tallhart]].{{Ref|ASOS|4}} Afterwards, he takes the town of [[Maidenpool]] with Lord [[Renfred Rykker]], locks Lord [[William Mooton]] of Maidenpool in a tower, and secures the [[kingsroad]].{{Ref|ASOS|60}}{{Ref|ASOS|74}}{{Ref|AFFC|9}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Randyll, along with Lord [[Mathis Rowan]], is named by Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] as a good candidate for [[Hand of the King]], but Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] refuses to name a [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] bannerman as Hand, failing to understand that such a move would actually weaken the Tyrells by placing one of their most powerful bannermen in a position of authority higher than the Warden of the South.{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

Randyll takes his forces and begins reconstruction of Maidenpool. His son Dickon is married to [[Eleanor Mooton]], the daughter of the pardoned Lord William.{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}} Brienne encounters Randyll again while he is dispensing harsh but fair justice in the market square. He extracts her business from her, but allows her to leave.{{Ref|AFFC|14}} After Brienne returns with the heads of several [[Brave Companions]], Randyll complains that he has executed many outlaws, but cannot find their leaders.{{Ref|AFFC|25}} When word of the imprisonment of [[Margaery Tyrell]] reaches Randyll, he marches his army to King's Landing.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:RandyllTarly_by_Kevin_McCoy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Randyll Tarly with Heartsbane - by Kevin McCoy ©]]
Randyll's army reaches [[King's Landing]] before his liege lord, [[Mace Tyrell]]. The [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]] releases [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] and her cousins into his custody after Lord Tarly swears a holy oath to return them for trial. To try and undo the damage [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] did to the Tyrell and Lannister alliance, [[Kevan Lannister]], now the Lord Regent, makes Tarly the new [[justiciar]] - and restores the title of [[master of laws]] - on King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]]'s [[small council]].{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

When news of the [[taking of Griffin's Roost]] and the [[landing of the Golden Company]] arrive to the capital, Randyll expresses doubts about the identity of [[Jon Connington]] as well as that of his [[Young Griff|Targaryen pretender]], dismissing him as a "feigned boy". Ser Kevan thinks that Randyll is more dangerous than Mace Tyrell, the new [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Randyll==
{{Quote|'''Randyll''': No disrespect to you, Lady Stark, but it would have been more seemly had Lord [[Robb Stark|Robb]] come to pay homage to [[Renly Baratheon|the king]] himself, rather than hiding behind his mother's skirts.
 '''Catelyn''': [[King in the North|King]] Robb is warring, my lord, not playing at [[melee at Bitterbridge|tourney]].{{Ref|ACOK|22}}|Randyll and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I say that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] is a danger to you, leave him unblooded and he will only grow stronger, while your own power is diminished by battle. The [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] will not be beaten in a day. By the time you are done with them, Lord Stannis may be as strong as you ... or stronger.{{Ref|ACOK|31}}|Randyll, to [[Renly Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|It takes more than a [[Rainbow Guard|pretty cloak]] to charge a shield wall. [[Battle of Ashford|I was leading]] [[Mace Tyrell]]'s van when you were still sucking on your mother’s teat, [[Guyard Morrigen|Guyard]].{{Ref|ACOK|31}}|Randyll, to [[Guyard Morrigen]]}}

{{Quote|[[Faith of the Seven|The gods]] made men to fight, and women to bear children. A woman's war is in the birthing bed.{{Ref|AFFC|14}}|Randyll, to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

==Quotes about Randyll==
{{Quote|Randyll Tarly is the finest soldier in the realm. A poor [[Hand of the King|Hand]] for peacetime, but with [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] dead there's no better man to finish [[War of the Five Kings|this war]].{{Ref|AFFC|7}}|[[Kevan Lannister]], to [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Tarly is the real danger. A narrow man, but iron-willed and shrewd, and as good a soldier as the [[Reach]] could boast.{{Ref|ADWD|epilogue}}|[[Kevan Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

==Family==
{{Tarly tree}}

==References==
{{References}}

{{Master of laws}}
{{Tommen I small council}}

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Jon Umber

2020-11-19T20:18:45Z

Karlshammar: Fixed typo.

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| image_caption = Greatjon Umber by amok©
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| Title = [[Lord of the Last Hearth]]
| Allegiance = [[House Umber]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Father = Son of [[Hoarfrost Umber]]
| Mother =
| Spouse = Unknown
| Issue = [[Smalljon Umber]] Son(s) Daughters
| Place_of_Birth = the [[Last Hearth]]{{ref|awoiaf| Jon Umber (Greatjon)}}
| Date_of_Birth =
| 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]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[w:Clive Mantle|Clive Mantle]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

{{hatnote|See also [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)]] or [[Jon Umber (husband of Serena)]].}}

'''Jon Umber''', known as '''Greatjon Umber'''{{ref|AGOT|71}} and '''the Greatjon''',{{ref|ASOS|14}} is Lord of the [[Last Hearth]] and head of [[House Umber]], a vassal family to the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|53}} His eldest son, also named Jon, is called [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|the Smalljon]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' the Greatjon is played by [[w:Clive Mantle|Clive Mantle]].<ref>[http://www.liftingfaces.com/2009/09/game-of-thrones-cast-so-far/ Game of Throne cast so far] on Liftingfaces</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Images of Jon Umber (Greatjon)]]''

Jon is a large man, nearly seven feet tall and twice as wide as [[Hodor]]. He is heavily muscled and is a formidable warrior with fists as large as hams.{{ref|ACOK|7}} [[Jaime Lannister]] regards him as one of the strongest living men in [[Westeros]] when thinking of who could match him in a fight.{{ref|ASOS|21}}

The Greatjon is proud, boisterous, and fierce,{{ref|AGOT|71}} and impressed only by those who earn his respect.{{ref|AGOT|53}} He does not often respect decorum{{ref|ASOS|14}} and he believes that women should not be on a battlefield.{{ref|ASOS|45}} Jon's speaking voice is a bass rumble,{{ref|AGOT|55}} but he surprisingly has a decent singing voice.{{ref|ASOS|51}} The Greatjon is a prodigious drinker{{ref|ASOS|51}} considered a sweaty oaf by some.{{ref|AGOT|53}}

Jon wields the biggest, ugliest greatsword that [[Bran Stark]] has ever seen, which makes it bigger than [[Ice]].{{ref|AGOT|53}} He wears mail{{ref|ASOS|14}} and carries a warhorn.{{ref|AGOT|63}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:John Matson greatjon.jpg|thumb|The Greatjon by John Matson © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Jon leads his men when [[Robb Stark]] calls the bannermen of [[House Stark]] to [[Winterfell]]. At first he challenges the young lord's authority, threatening to take his forces home if he is placed behind Lords [[Halys Hornwood]] or [[Medger Cerwyn]] in the order of march. After being called out by Robb, the Greatjon draws his sword, only to have the [[direwolf]] [[Grey Wind]] bite off two of his fingers. Impressed with Robb's courage, the Greatjon makes a joke of it instead of becoming angry and becomes Robb's greatest champion.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} Jon shoves [[Osha]] out of the way when the [[wildling]] servant talks to Robb.{{ref|AGOT|53}}

The Umbers reside at the [[Children's Tower]] when Robb's host camps at [[Moat Cailin]].{{ref|AGOT|55}}{{ref|ADWD|20}} Jon suggests that Robb take the fight to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Robb decides to split his host in two, with his horse marching southwest to relieve [[Riverrun]] and his foot marching south to confront Tywin. Robb considers giving command of the infantry to Jon, but he instead chooses Lord [[Roose Bolton]] to lead them after [[Catelyn Stark]] suggests using a more cautious man than the Greatjon.{{ref|AGOT|55}}

When the northern host splits at the [[Twins]], Greatjon goes south with Robb's force along with his son, [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|the Smalljon]], who is one of [[Robb Stark's personal guard]]. The Umber lances participate in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], and a captured Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] is dragged by the Greatjon and [[Theon Greyjoy]].{{ref|AGOT|63}}

While Ser [[Brynden Blackfish]] attacks Jaime's host at Riverrun from the north during the [[Battle of the Camps]], Umbers are among the armored horse who attack from the west. The Greatjon sets fire to the siege towers being built by outside the castle.{{ref|AGOT|69}}

After Riverrun is relieved and news of Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s death arrives, the Greatjon prays in the castle's [[godswood]] with other followers of the [[old gods]]. The Greatjon and Theon sit closest to Robb during their war council in Riverrun's Great Hall. He calls Ser [[Stevron Frey]] a craven for suggesting caution, and he is dismissive of Catelyn's call for peace. The Greatjon is the first of the assembled nobles to declare Robb the [[King in the North]].{{Ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord Jon is present when [[Robb Stark]] explains his terms for peace with the [[Iron Throne]] in the Great Hall of [[Riverrun]]. He barks at Ser [[Cleos Frey]] when the envoy does not initially acknowledge Robb as a king. Jon believes that the [[red comet]] is a symbol of [[north]]ern vengeance for the execution of Robb's father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]],{{ref|ACOK|7}} and he believes that [[direwolves]] were sent to the [[House Stark|Stark]] children by the old gods.{{ref|ACOK|45}} Robb convinces Catelyn to treat with [[Renly Baratheon]] by threatening to send the bombastic Greatjon instead.{{ref|AGOT|22}}

Jon's uncles, [[Mors Umber|Mors Crowfood]] and [[Hother Umber|Hother Whoresbane]], remained at the [[Last Hearth]] as the castle's castellans. During the [[harvest feast]], Hother complains that the Greatjon took too many soldiers south and the Last Hearth lacks men to gather the harvest.{{ref|ACOK|16}}

After participating in the [[Battle of Oxcross]] with Robb, the Greatjon goes on to capture the gold mines at [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and the [[Pendric Hills]].{{Ref|aCoK|39}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:GreatjonUmberJason Engle.jpg|thumb|Jon by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games]]
While at the [[Crag]], the Greatjon informs Robb of the [[capture of Winterfell|supposed deaths]] of his brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. Robb then sleeps with [[Jeyne Westerling]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} When Robb breaks his marriage contract with the [[House Frey|Freys]] by wedding Jeyne, the Freys in his host angrily depart the Crag. The Greatjon urges Robb to attack them, but the king declines. The Greatjon offers to make marriage contracts for his uncles, Mors and Hother, in Robb's place.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}

The Greatjon returns to Riverrun with Robb after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. While a vengeful Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] is outraged that Catelyn released Jaime from imprisonment at Riverrun, the Greatjon is more understanding and attributes Catelyn's actions to a mother's folly.{{ref|ASOS|14}} The Greatjon threatens to kill Rickard with a spear after the Lord of [[Karhold]] murders [[Tion Frey]] and [[Willem Lannister]], prisoners of Robb. The king orders Jon to hang Rickard's accomplices, and Robb beheads Lord Karstark personally.{{ref|ASOS|20}}

Lord Umber attends the funeral of [[Hoster Tully]], [[Lord of Riverrun]].{{ref|ASOS|35}}

The Greatjon leads the van on the march to the [[Twins]] for the wedding of Lord [[Edmure Tully]] and [[Roslin Frey]]. In Robb's plan to retake [[siege of Moat Cailin|Moat Cailin]] from the [[ironborn]], the Greatjon is given command of the van and told to make his diversionary attack convincing, as Robb's own force is to circle behind Moat Cailin with the guidance of the [[crannogmen]].{{ref|ASOS|45}}

During the wedding feast at the Twins, the Greatjon drunkenly sings "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]" while musicians perform "[[Flowers of Spring]]", and he then sings "[[The Lusty Lad]]" when the musician play "[[Iron Lances]]". Jon carries a crying Roslin over his shoulder and takes her from the hall as part of the [[bedding]] customs.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

In preparation for the Freys' betrayal of House Stark, [[Petyr Frey|Petyr]], [[Merrett Frey|Merrett]], and Ser [[Whalen Frey]] were tasked with getting the Greatjon too drunk to fight. Despite consuming enough [[wine]] to kill three normal men, when the [[Red Wedding]] begins eight men are needed to subdue the Greatjon in chains. He takes the sword of the first man to attack him, kills one, wounds two others, and bites off half the ear of Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]].{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}} The Greatjon's son and heir, [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|the Smalljon]], is slain during the massacre.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The Greatjon is held captive at the Twins.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Following the [[siege of Riverrun]], Jaime informs Ser [[Edwyn Frey]] and [[Walder Rivers]] that King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] requires the transfer of all captives taken by House Frey in the Red Wedding.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord Umber continues to be a prisoner at the Twins.{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} Half of [[House Umber]] under [[Hother Umber|Hother Whoresbane]] swears fealty to [[Roose Bolton]], the new [[Warden of the North]], though [[Jon Snow]] and [[Barbrey Dustin]] think this is only because the Greatjon is still held captive.{{ref|ADWD|17}}{{ref|ADWD|41}} The other half of the Umbers, under [[Mors Umber|Mors Crowfood]], take up the cause of [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|ADWD|17}}{{ref|ADWD|62}}

==Quotes by Jon==
{{Quote|'''Robb''': [[Eddard Stark|My lord father]] taught me that it was death to bare steel against your liege lord, but doubtless you only meant to cut my meat. 
'''Jon''': Your meat is bloody tough.{{Ref|aGoT|53}}|Greatjon to [[Robb Stark]] after [[Grey Wind]] bites off two fingers}}

{{Quote|We'll shove our swords up [[Tywin Lannister]]'s bunghole soon enough, begging your pardons, and then it's on to the [[Red Keep]] to free [[Eddard Stark|Ned]].{{Ref|aGoT|55}}|Jon to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|MY LORDS! Here is what I say to these two kings! [[Renly Baratheon]] is nothing to me, nor [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] neither. Why should they rule over me and mine, from some flowery seat in [[Highgarden]] or [[Dorne]]? What do they know of the [[Wall]] or the [[wolfswood]] or the [[barrowlands|barrows]] of the [[First Men]]? Even [[Faith of the Seven|their gods]] are wrong. The [[Others]] take the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] too, I've had a bellyful of them. Why shouldn't we rule ourselves again? It was the [[House Targaryen|dragons]] we married, and the dragons are all dead! There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m'lords. The [[King in the North]]!{{Ref|aGoT|71}}|Jon at [[Riverrun]]}}

{{Quote|Leave off, Karstark, it was a mother's folly. Women are made that way.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}|Jon to [[Rickard Karstark]]}}

{{Quote|Your [[Crannogmen|creepers]] best come fast, or my men will swarm those walls and win the [[Moat Cailin|Moat]] before you show your face. I'll make a gift of it to you when you come dawdling up.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}|Jon to [[Robb Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Jon==
{{Quote|I thought he was going to kill me. Did you see the way he threw down [[Hallis Mollen|Hal]], like he was no bigger than [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]? Gods, I was so scared.{{ref|agot|53}}|[[Robb Stark]] to [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn''': [[Eddard Stark|Your father]] once told me that the Greatjon was as fearless as any man he had ever known. 
'''Robb''': [[Grey Wind]] ate two of his fingers, and he laughed about it.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] and [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{quote|The Greatjon's the [[Robb Stark|Young Wolf's]] strong right hand, all know that to be true.{{ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Mors Umber]] to [[Luwin]]}}

{{quote|Amongst the living, Greatjon Umber was stronger, [[Lyle Crakehall|Strongboar]] of [[Crakehall]] most likely, both [[House Clegane|Cleganes]] for a certainty. [[Gregor Clegane|The Mountain's]] strength was like nothing human. It did not matter. With speed and skill, Jaime could beat them all.{{ref|ASOS|21}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{quote|Catelyn would sooner Lord Umber had seen fit to stay sober, but telling the Greatjon not to drink was like telling him not to breathe for a few hours.{{ref|ASOS|51}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|You shall have one task and one task only, Merrett, but I believe you are well suited to it. I want you to see to it that Greatjon Umber is so bloody drunk that he can hardly stand, let alone fight.{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}|[[Lothar Frey]] to [[Merrett Frey]]}}

==Family==
Jon is mentioned as having "sons and brothers" with him when he answers Robb's calling of the banners.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} He also has daughters.{{Ref|aDwD|17}} His eldest son and heir, [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|Smalljon Umber]], is killed during the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|AGOT|51}}

{{Umber tree}}

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

==External Links==
[http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Greatjon_Umber Greatjon Umber] on the Game of Thrones wiki.

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[[es:Gran Jon Umber]]
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[[ru:Большой Джон Амбер]]
[[zh:琼恩·安柏(大琼恩)]]

Jon Umber

2020-11-19T20:15:06Z

Karlshammar: Better grammar.

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| Character_name = [[file:umbercrest.png|50px|left]] Jon Umber [[file:umbercrest.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Greatjon_Umber_by_amoka.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Greatjon Umber by amok©
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| Title = [[Lord of the Last Hearth]]
| Allegiance = [[House Umber]]
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| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Father = Son of [[Hoarfrost Umber]]
| Mother =
| Spouse = Unknown
| Issue = [[Smalljon Umber]] Son(s) Daughters
| Place_of_Birth = the [[Last Hearth]]{{ref|awoiaf| Jon Umber (Greatjon)}}
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death =
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| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[w:Clive Mantle|Clive Mantle]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]
}}

{{hatnote|See also [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)]] or [[Jon Umber (husband of Serena)]].}}

'''Jon Umber''', known as '''Greatjon Umber'''{{ref|AGOT|71}} and '''the Greatjon''',{{ref|ASOS|14}} is Lord of the [[Last Hearth]] and head of [[House Umber]], a vassal family to the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aGoT|53}} His eldest son, also named Jon, is called [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|the Smalljon]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' the Greatjon is played by [[w:Clive Mantle|Clive Mantle]].<ref>[http://www.liftingfaces.com/2009/09/game-of-thrones-cast-so-far/ Game of Throne cast so far] on Liftingfaces</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Images of Jon Umber (Greatjon)]]''

Jon is a large man, nearly seven feet tall and twice as wide as [[Hodor]]. He is heavily muscled and is a formidable warrior with fists as large as hams.{{ref|ACOK|7}} [[Jaime Lannister]] regards him as one of the strongest living men in [[Westeros]] when thinking of who could match him in a fight.{{ref|ASOS|21}}

The Greatjon is proud, boisterous, and fierce,{{ref|AGOT|71}} and impressed only by those who earn his respect.{{ref|AGOT|53}} He does not often respect decorum{{ref|ASOS|14}} and he believes that women should not be on a battlefield.{{ref|ASOS|45}} Jon's speaking voice is a bass rumble,{{ref|AGOT|55}} but he surprisingly has a decent singing voice.{{ref|ASOS|51}} The Greatjon is a prodigious drinker{{ref|ASOS|51}} considered a sweaty oaf by some.{{ref|AGOT|53}}

Jon wields the biggest, ugliest greatsword that [[Bran Stark]] has ever seen, which makes it bigger than [[Ice]].{{ref|AGOT|53}} He wears mail{{ref|ASOS|14}} and carries a warhorn.{{ref|AGOT|63}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:John Matson greatjon.jpg|thumb|The Greatjon by John Matson © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Jon leads his men when [[Robb Stark]] calls the bannermen of [[House Stark]] to [[Winterfell]]. At first he challenges the young lord's authority, threatening to take his forces home if he is placed behind Lords [[Halys Hornwood]] or [[Medger Cerwyn]] in the order of march. After being called out by Robb, the Greatjon draws his sword, only to have the [[direwolf]] [[Grey Wind]] bite off two of his fingers. Impressed with Robb's courage, the Greatjon makes a joke of it instead of becoming angry and becomes Robb's greatest champion.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} Jon shoves [[Osha]] out of the way when the [[wildling]] servant talks to Robb.{{ref|AGOT|53}}

The Umbers reside at the [[Children's Tower]] when Robb's host camps at [[Moat Cailin]].{{ref|AGOT|55}}{{ref|ADWD|20}} Jon suggests that Robb take the fight to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Robb decides to split his host in two, with his horse marching southwest to relieve [[Riverrun]] and his foot marching south to confront Tywin. Robb considers giving command of the infantry to Jon, but he instead chooses Lord [[Roose Bolton]] to lead them after [[Catelyn Stark]] suggests using a more cautious man than the Greatjon.{{ref|AGOT|55}}

When the northern host splits at the [[Twins]], Greatjon goes south with Robb's force along with his son, [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|the Smalljon]], who is one of [[Robb Stark's personal guard]]. The Umber lances participate in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]], and a captured Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] is dragged by the Greatjon and [[Theon Greyjoy]].{{ref|AGOT|63}}

While Ser [[Brynden Blackfish]] attacks Jaime's host at Riverrun from the north during the [[Battle of the Camps]], Umbers are among the armored horse whoa attack from the west. The Greatjon sets fire to the siege towers being built by outside the castle.{{ref|AGOT|69}}

After Riverrun is relieved and news of Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s death arrives, the Greatjon prays in the castle's [[godswood]] with other followers of the [[old gods]]. The Greatjon and Theon sit closest to Robb during their war council in Riverrun's Great Hall. He calls Ser [[Stevron Frey]] a craven for suggesting caution, and he is dismissive of Catelyn's call for peace. The Greatjon is the first of the assembled nobles to declare Robb the [[King in the North]].{{Ref|aGoT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Lord Jon is present when [[Robb Stark]] explains his terms for peace with the [[Iron Throne]] in the Great Hall of [[Riverrun]]. He barks at Ser [[Cleos Frey]] when the envoy does not initially acknowledge Robb as a king. Jon believes that the [[red comet]] is a symbol of [[north]]ern vengeance for the execution of Robb's father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]],{{ref|ACOK|7}} and he believes that [[direwolves]] were sent to the [[House Stark|Stark]] children by the old gods.{{ref|ACOK|45}} Robb convinces Catelyn to treat with [[Renly Baratheon]] by threatening to send the bombastic Greatjon instead.{{ref|AGOT|22}}

Jon's uncles, [[Mors Umber|Mors Crowfood]] and [[Hother Umber|Hother Whoresbane]], remained at the [[Last Hearth]] as the castle's castellans. During the [[harvest feast]], Hother complains that the Greatjon took too many soldiers south and the Last Hearth lacks men to gather the harvest.{{ref|ACOK|16}}

After participating in the [[Battle of Oxcross]] with Robb, the Greatjon goes on to capture the gold mines at [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and the [[Pendric Hills]].{{Ref|aCoK|39}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:GreatjonUmberJason Engle.jpg|thumb|Jon by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games]]
While at the [[Crag]], the Greatjon informs Robb of the [[capture of Winterfell|supposed deaths]] of his brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. Robb then sleeps with [[Jeyne Westerling]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} When Robb breaks his marriage contract with the [[House Frey|Freys]] by wedding Jeyne, the Freys in his host angrily depart the Crag. The Greatjon urges Robb to attack them, but the king declines. The Greatjon offers to make marriage contracts for his uncles, Mors and Hother, in Robb's place.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}

The Greatjon returns to Riverrun with Robb after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]. While a vengeful Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] is outraged that Catelyn released Jaime from imprisonment at Riverrun, the Greatjon is more understanding and attributes Catelyn's actions to a mother's folly.{{ref|ASOS|14}} The Greatjon threatens to kill Rickard with a spear after the Lord of [[Karhold]] murders [[Tion Frey]] and [[Willem Lannister]], prisoners of Robb. The king orders Jon to hang Rickard's accomplices, and Robb beheads Lord Karstark personally.{{ref|ASOS|20}}

Lord Umber attends the funeral of [[Hoster Tully]], [[Lord of Riverrun]].{{ref|ASOS|35}}

The Greatjon leads the van on the march to the [[Twins]] for the wedding of Lord [[Edmure Tully]] and [[Roslin Frey]]. In Robb's plan to retake [[siege of Moat Cailin|Moat Cailin]] from the [[ironborn]], the Greatjon is given command of the van and told to make his diversionary attack convincing, as Robb's own force is to circle behind Moat Cailin with the guidance of the [[crannogmen]].{{ref|ASOS|45}}

During the wedding feast at the Twins, the Greatjon drunkenly sings "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]" while musicians perform "[[Flowers of Spring]]", and he then sings "[[The Lusty Lad]]" when the musician play "[[Iron Lances]]". Jon carries a crying Roslin over his shoulder and takes her from the hall as part of the [[bedding]] customs.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

In preparation for the Freys' betrayal of House Stark, [[Petyr Frey|Petyr]], [[Merrett Frey|Merrett]], and Ser [[Whalen Frey]] were tasked with getting the Greatjon too drunk to fight. Despite consuming enough [[wine]] to kill three normal men, when the [[Red Wedding]] begins eight men are needed to subdue the Greatjon in chains. He takes the sword of the first man to attack him, kills one, wounds two others, and bites off half the ear of Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]].{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}} The Greatjon's son and heir, [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|the Smalljon]], is slain during the massacre.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The Greatjon is held captive at the Twins.{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}} Following the [[siege of Riverrun]], Jaime informs Ser [[Edwyn Frey]] and [[Walder Rivers]] that King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] requires the transfer of all captives taken by House Frey in the Red Wedding.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord Umber continues to be a prisoner at the Twins.{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} Half of [[House Umber]] under [[Hother Umber|Hother Whoresbane]] swears fealty to [[Roose Bolton]], the new [[Warden of the North]], though [[Jon Snow]] and [[Barbrey Dustin]] think this is only because the Greatjon is still held captive.{{ref|ADWD|17}}{{ref|ADWD|41}} The other half of the Umbers, under [[Mors Umber|Mors Crowfood]], take up the cause of [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|ADWD|17}}{{ref|ADWD|62}}

==Quotes by Jon==
{{Quote|'''Robb''': [[Eddard Stark|My lord father]] taught me that it was death to bare steel against your liege lord, but doubtless you only meant to cut my meat. 
'''Jon''': Your meat is bloody tough.{{Ref|aGoT|53}}|Greatjon to [[Robb Stark]] after [[Grey Wind]] bites off two fingers}}

{{Quote|We'll shove our swords up [[Tywin Lannister]]'s bunghole soon enough, begging your pardons, and then it's on to the [[Red Keep]] to free [[Eddard Stark|Ned]].{{Ref|aGoT|55}}|Jon to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|MY LORDS! Here is what I say to these two kings! [[Renly Baratheon]] is nothing to me, nor [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] neither. Why should they rule over me and mine, from some flowery seat in [[Highgarden]] or [[Dorne]]? What do they know of the [[Wall]] or the [[wolfswood]] or the [[barrowlands|barrows]] of the [[First Men]]? Even [[Faith of the Seven|their gods]] are wrong. The [[Others]] take the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] too, I've had a bellyful of them. Why shouldn't we rule ourselves again? It was the [[House Targaryen|dragons]] we married, and the dragons are all dead! There sits the only king I mean to bow my knee to, m'lords. The [[King in the North]]!{{Ref|aGoT|71}}|Jon at [[Riverrun]]}}

{{Quote|Leave off, Karstark, it was a mother's folly. Women are made that way.{{Ref|aSoS|14}}|Jon to [[Rickard Karstark]]}}

{{Quote|Your [[Crannogmen|creepers]] best come fast, or my men will swarm those walls and win the [[Moat Cailin|Moat]] before you show your face. I'll make a gift of it to you when you come dawdling up.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}|Jon to [[Robb Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Jon==
{{Quote|I thought he was going to kill me. Did you see the way he threw down [[Hallis Mollen|Hal]], like he was no bigger than [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]? Gods, I was so scared.{{ref|agot|53}}|[[Robb Stark]] to [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn''': [[Eddard Stark|Your father]] once told me that the Greatjon was as fearless as any man he had ever known. 
'''Robb''': [[Grey Wind]] ate two of his fingers, and he laughed about it.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] and [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{quote|The Greatjon's the [[Robb Stark|Young Wolf's]] strong right hand, all know that to be true.{{ref|ACOK|16}}|[[Mors Umber]] to [[Luwin]]}}

{{quote|Amongst the living, Greatjon Umber was stronger, [[Lyle Crakehall|Strongboar]] of [[Crakehall]] most likely, both [[House Clegane|Cleganes]] for a certainty. [[Gregor Clegane|The Mountain's]] strength was like nothing human. It did not matter. With speed and skill, Jaime could beat them all.{{ref|ASOS|21}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{quote|Catelyn would sooner Lord Umber had seen fit to stay sober, but telling the Greatjon not to drink was like telling him not to breathe for a few hours.{{ref|ASOS|51}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|You shall have one task and one task only, Merrett, but I believe you are well suited to it. I want you to see to it that Greatjon Umber is so bloody drunk that he can hardly stand, let alone fight.{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}|[[Lothar Frey]] to [[Merrett Frey]]}}

==Family==
Jon is mentioned as having "sons and brothers" with him when he answers Robb's calling of the banners.{{Ref|aGoT|53}} He also has daughters.{{Ref|aDwD|17}} His eldest son and heir, [[Jon Umber (son of Jon)|Smalljon Umber]], is killed during the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|AGOT|51}}

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==References==
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==External Links==
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Varys

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'''Varys''', also known as the '''Spider''', is the [[master of whisperers]] on the [[small council]] of King [[Robert I Baratheon]],{{ref|agot|appendix}} a position he previously held for King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|agot|12}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is played by [[w:Conleth Hill|Conleth Hill]].<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 Varys|Images of Varys]]''

Varys is a plump, bald, and effeminate [[eunuch]]. He has soft white hands. He powders his face and smells of lavender, lilacs, and rosewater.{{Ref|aCoK|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}}{{ref|ACOK|8}}{{ref|ASOS|66}}

When at court, Varys wears rich silks, velvets, and damasks and soft slippers.{{ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|AGOT|65}} His outward manner is obsequious, mysterious, and squeamish. However, he is a master of disguise and can change his appearance, gait, smell, and costume to become unrecognizable.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}{{Ref|aCoK|44}}{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

Secrets are Varys's trade, and his skill at acquiring them has earned him a reputation for being seemingly omniscient. Crucial to his trade is a spy network of children that he refers to as his little mice (in [[Pentos]]){{ref|ADWD|5}} or [[little birds]] (in [[Westeros]]).{{ref|AGOT|18}}

Varys's history of providing information to all sides, of aiding enemies, of pitting rivals against one another, and of manipulation to achieve his ends has earned him a reputation of being distasteful and untrustworthy among the nobles at court.{{ref|AGOT|25}}{{ref|ACOK|8}} In private, however, he claims to value order, stability, and peace above all, and professes loyalty to those who work for those goals as well.{{ref|AGOT|58}}{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Lord Varys is not a true [[lord]], but he is addressed as such as a courtesy for being a member of the [[small council]].{{ref|AGOT|18}}{{ref|ACOK|65}} As the [[master of whisperers]], he has the task of fostering division amongst the enemies of the [[Iron Throne]],{{Ref|adwd|70}} and gathering information on all that happens in the realm.

==History==
[[File:Pojypojy_young_Illyrio_&_Varys.jpg‎‎|In [[Pentos]], young Varys befriended a poor sellsword named [[Illyrio Mopatis]] - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]
===Free Cities===
According to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], Varys was born as a [[slave]] in [[Lys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Varys says he was apprenticed as an orphan to a troupe of [[mummers]] who worked the [[Free Cities]], [[Oldtown]], and occasionally [[King's Landing]]. During their stay in [[Myr]], [[a certain man]] offered a large sum of money for Varys, an offer his master found too tempting to refuse. The man gave Varys a potion that made him powerless to move or speak, but did nothing to dull his senses as his manhood was cut off at the stem, then burnt in a brazier in a [[blood magic]] ritual. The man had no further use for Varys and tossed him out on the streets alone to die, Varys out of spite for the sorcerer vowed to live. Varys claims to have held a hatred for all things [[magic]]al ever since.{{Ref|aCoK|44}} He resorted to begging, [[prostitution]], and thievery, eventually becoming the best thief in Myr, until a rival forced him out and he fled to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aCoK|44}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}

Impoverished and despised in Pentos, Varys made an agreement with a poor sellsword, [[Illyrio Mopatis]]. Varys would steal objects from lesser thieves and Illyrio would get the objects back for their original owners for a small fee. Soon, everyone in Pentos who ever had valuables stolen from them knew who to ask to get their belongings back. Varys and Illyrio quickly grew rich. Realizing the value of information, Varys began training his spy network to acquire the information, letters, ledgers and charts of the wealthy and powerful. The [[little mice]] were agile orphans purchased by Varys.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

===Westeros===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Varys.JPG|300px|thumb|Varys and the [[Iron Throne]] - by Mike Capprotti ©]]
These secrets increased Varys and Illyrio's wealth tenfold, and in time Varys became so infamous that word of his talents reached the ears of the [[Westeros]]i King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] across the [[narrow sea]]. In his growing paranoia, Aerys no longer trusted his son, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], his wife, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]], or his [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{Ref|aDwD|5}} Varys was brought to Aerys's court at some point after the death of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] in {{Date|278}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} As a spymaster in [[King's Landing]], Varys's influence grew with Aerys's increasing paranoia. According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], "the rot in King Aerys's reign began with Varys".{{Ref|asos|36}} Varys was always quick to point out any traitors Aerys might have missed.{{Ref|asos|37}} He used the crown's gold to create his spy network,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} who he called his "[[little birds]]". Varys furthermore mastered the [[secret passages]] within the [[Red Keep]]. Varys alerted Aerys to the possibility that his son Rhaegar was using attendance at the [[tourney at Harrenhal]] as a pretext to rally lords to his cause in removing Aerys as king.{{Ref|adwd|67}} This caused Aerys to attend the tournament, the first time he had left the Red Keep since the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], four years prior.{{ref|adwd|67}}

Following Rhaegar's defeat during the [[Battle of the Trident]] at the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]], Varys counseled [[Aerys II Targaryen]] against opening the city gates{{Ref|asos|37}} when [[Tywin Lannister]] appeared at King's Landing with an army of twelve thousand men strong.{{Ref|agot|12}} Aerys, however, decided to listen to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and opened his gates to the Lannister forces, who sacked the city.{{ref|ASOS|37}} Varys was pardoned by the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], together with Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and [[Kingsguard]] knight [[Jaime Lannister]].{{Ref|acok|55}} Varys was allowed to remain master of whisperers to Robert I.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Whisper Campaign.JPG|300px|thumb|Varys whispers to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] © Mike Capprotti]]
One of Varys's spies, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], sends word from [[Essos]] that the exiled Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] has wed Khal [[Drogo]]. Varys sends a rider to inform King [[Robert I Baratheon]], who is returning from [[Winterfell]] with his new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{ref|AGOT|12}} Varys does not recognize the [[Valyrian steel dagger]] used to attack [[Bran Stark]], but Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] claims to have once owned it.{{ref|AGOT|18}}

After the [[Hand's tourney]], Varys disguises himself and comes to meet Eddard at his chambers. He warns Eddard that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] is trying to kill King Robert. He states that his goal is peace and stability and professes to assist Lord Eddard in his investigations against [[House Lannister]]. Varys also reveals that the former hand, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], was poisoned with the [[tears of Lys]].{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

A disguised Varys meets [[Illyrio Mopatis]] to delay a war between Houses [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] until the right time.{{Ref|aGoT|32}} Varys brings Jorah's report of Daenerys being pregnant to the [[small council]], which results in Robert's command to assassinate both her and her unborn child.{{ref|AGOT|33}}

When King Robert is wounded while hunting in the [[kingswood]], Eddard orders Varys to halt the attempts on Daenerys's life.{{ref|AGOT|47}} Varys is in attendance when Cersei has Eddard arrested.{{ref|AGOT|49}}

[[File:Eeba-ism Varys&LF.jpg|310px|thumb|Varys and [[Petyr Baelish]] - by Eeba-ism ©]]

After Robert dies, Varys remains master of whisperers for the new king [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]. When Joffrey demands that someone take the blame for his father's death, Varys suggests Ser [[Barristan Selmy]].{{ref|acok|3}} Joffrey and Cersei dismiss Barristan, a move many outside the council see as a folly.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}

After Eddard is imprisoned, Varys visits him disguised as a gaoler. Varys persuades Ned that for the sake of his daughter, [[Sansa Stark]], he must falsely confess to treason so Cersei will allow him to [[take the black]], thus delaying a war between Stark and Lannister.{{Ref|aGoT|58}} Despite Varys's intentions to spare Lord Stark's life, however, King Joffrey goes against the council's wishes and decides at the last minute to have Ned executed, much to the shock of Varys and the other onlookers at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{Ref|aGoT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Ryan Barger city of spidersI.jpg|350px|thumb|Varys gathering intelligence. © FFG]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]] acts as [[Hand of the King]] while his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], is on campaign during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. Varys helps Tyrion hide his lover, [[Shae]], in [[King's Landing]].{{ref|ACOK|3}}

An uneasy alliance forms between Varys and Tyrion, with the master of whisperers providing the Hand with information. Varys assists Tyrion in gaining control of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] and informs him that Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] was sleeping with his cousin, Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]].{{Ref|aCoK|8}}{{Ref|aCoK|29}}

Varys assists Tyrion in protecting Shae, setting a up a secret route through which he can visit her and keep her true identity secret from Tyrion's sister, Cersei.{{Ref|aCoK|8}} During their work together, Varys reveals to Tyrion the origins of how he became castrated.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} It is also revealed that Varys was the one who sent [[Gendry]] with [[Yoren]] to join the [[Night's Watch]], so the boy would not be killed by Cersei's agents simply for the crime of being the late King Robert's bastard.{{ref|ACOK|8}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:MarcSimonetti Varys the spider.jpg|300px|thumb|Varys ushering someone into one of his clandestine entrances. © MarcSimonetti]]
After [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s recovers from the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], he resumes his alliance with Varys, which includes assistance in continuing Tyrion's trysts with [[Shae]].{{ref|ASOS|12}} Tywin resumes the position of [[Hand of the King]] and Tyrion instead becomes [[master of coin]].{{ref|AGOT|19}}

Tyrion is put on trial for the murder of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at his [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]]. Varys testifies against Tyrion, providing notes on conversations between the two and a great deal of seemingly-damning evidence.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

After Tyrion is condemned to die, Varys is forced at swordpoint by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] to release his brother, Tyrion. During the trip through the secret tunnels beneath the Red Keep, Varys leads Tyrion past a ladder that the dwarf recognizes as leading to the chamber of the Hand of the King. Tyrion ascends the ladder to kill his father, Tywin.{{ref|ASOS|77}}

During the [[siege of Meereen]], Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] reveals to Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s horror that Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] has been spying on her on behalf of Varys and the [[small council]] for gold and in hopes of gaining a royal pardon. Barristan tells her that she is watched and since the day of her wedding to Khal [[Drogo]] there has been an informer at her side.{{Ref|asos|57}} After [[Meereen]] is taken, Jorah confesses he took the eunuch's gold and learned some ciphers and wrote some letters. He admits to Daenerys he had suspected that the wine intended for her in [[Vaes Dothrak]] had been poisoned after reading a letter from Varys brought there by caravan. He tells her that Varys wanted her watched, but not harmed. Daenerys banishes Jorah for his betrayal.{{Ref|asos|71}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Lord Varys.jpg|350px|thumb|The Spider - by Amok ©]]
After Varys's part in Tyrion's escape and Tywin's murder, he vanishes without a trace. A dungeon turnkey named [[Rugen]] disappears as well.{{ref|AFFC|3}} In Rugen's living space a [[House Gardener|Gardener]] coin is discovered and shown to Cersei, increasing her mistrust of [[House Tyrell]].{{ref|AFFC|7}} Rugen is one of Varys's disguises.{{Ref|HboGoT|s01e08|DVD Commentary}}

Cersei, now ruling in King's Landing as Queen Regent to her son, King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], appoints [[Qyburn]] to fill the position of [[master of whisperers]]. Qyburn notes that many of Varys's spies came to him with secrets to sell, reinforcing Cersei's belief that Varys had always oversold his value.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] begins to suspect that Varys might have had a hand in the disappearance of [[Tyrek Lannister]], once one of King Robert's squires, during the [[riot of King’s Landing]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Varys has [[Tyrion Lannister]] smuggled across the [[narrow sea]] to [[Pentos]], where Tyrion meets Varys's old friend, Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]].{{ref|ADWD|1}} Tyrion learns that during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Varys, a [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] loyalist, allegedly switched the baby [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] with that of a [[pisswater prince|peasant baby]]. With the realm believing the prince had died during the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Varys had Aegon smuggled to [[Essos]] to be raised by Lord [[Jon Connington]], the exiled Hand of the King and the friend of Aegon's father, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. To conceal Jon's activities, Varys concocted the false story that Jon had drank himself to death in [[Lys]] after being caught stealing from the [[Golden Company]].{{ref|ADWD|22}}{{ref|ADWD|24}} Varys, Illyrio, and the Golden Company now plot to wed the teenaged Aegon to [[Daenerys Targaryen]], Queen of [[Mereen]], and place him on the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|ADWD|1}}{{ref|ADWD|5}}{{ref|ADWD|24}} The [[landing of the Golden Company]] begins in the [[stormlands]].{{ref|ADWD|63}}

Varys employs the secret passages of the [[Red Keep]] to enter the chambers of Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and kill him. He then dispatches one of his little birds to fetch Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], now Lord Regent after Cersei's disgrace, under the pretext that the Grand Maester has a message for him. Varys [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|shoots]] Kevan with a crossbow, going on to apologize and note that his actions are not out of malice but rather because Kevan's competent leadership threatens to undo Cersei's follies and years of Varys's careful planning. Kevan's death will sow further dissent between the Lannisters and Tyrells, making the realm easy prey for Aegon to arrive and be proclaimed king, for the good of the realm. Varys then summons several of his little birds to end Kevan's suffering.{{ref|adwd|72}}

==Known Disguises==
Varys employs the use of various disguises to go about unnoticed. These include:
*As a stout man in a heavy brown robe in roughspun, with cracked, mud-caked boots smelling of sweat. His face is hidden by a cowl, and his hands are drawn up into voluminous sleeves. At first he speaks in a strange low voice. [[Eddard Stark]] notices Varys's usual cloying tones are gone and his voice is a thin and sharp as a whip.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

*As a [[begging brother]] in filthy patched robes, bare feet crusty with dirt, a bowl about his neck on a leather thong where a [[septon]] would have worn a crystal. He stinks and his mouth is full of rotted teeth.{{Ref|aCoK|44}}

*As a plump, soft, matronly woman with a round pin moon of a face and heavy dark curls. [[Tyrion Lannister]] briefly thinks it is [[Lollys Stokeworth]].{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

*As [[Rugen]], a dungeon turnkey.{{Ref|HboGoT|s01e08|DVD Commentary}}

==Quotes by Varys==
{{Quote|A eunuch has no honor, and a spider does not enjoy the luxury of scruples, my lord.{{ref|agot|58}}|Varys to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{quote|'''Eddard''': Tell me, Lord Varys, who do you truly serve? 
'''Varys''': Why, [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], my good lord, how ever could you doubt that? I swear it by my lost manhood. I serve the realm, and the realm needs peace.{{ref|AGOT|58}}|[[Eddard Stark]] and Varys}}

{{Quote|Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?{{Ref|aGoT|58}}|Varys to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling.{{Ref|aCoK|8}}|Varys to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.{{Ref|aCoK|8}}|Varys to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{quote|'''Tyrion''': Lord Varys, sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in [[King's Landing]], and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy. 
'''Varys''': How odd. I think quite the same of you.{{ref|ACOK|15}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Varys}}

{{Quote|Secrets are worth more than silver or sapphires.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}|Varys to [[Illyrio Mopatis]]}}

{{quote|Ser Kevan. Forgive me if you can. I bear you no ill will. This was not done from malice. It was for [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. For the children ... There are many like you, good men in service to bad causes ...{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}|Varys to [[Kevan Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Varys==
{{Quote|He smelled as foul and sweet as flowers on a grave.{{Ref|aGoT|20}}|[[Eddard Stark]]'s thoughts}}

{{quote|Lord Varys knows all.{{ref|AGOT|18}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|The title was but a courtesy due him as a [[small council|council member]]; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none but his whisperers.{{ref|AGOT|18}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|But Varys has ways of learning things that no man could know. He has some [[magic|dark art]], Ned, I swear it.{{Ref|aGoT|20}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{quote|The Lord Varys was born a [[slave]] in [[Lys]], did you know? Put not your trust in spiders, my lord.{{ref|AGOT|25}}|[[Pycelle]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Lord Varys, sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in [[King's Landing]] and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy.{{ref|ACOK|15}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Varys}}

{{Quote|Birds are lost, messages stolen or sold ... there are things I might tell you of that eunuch that would chill your blood ...{{Ref|aCoK|25}}|[[Pycelle]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{quote|'''Shae''': It's still him. Only dressed different. 
'''Tyrion''': A different look, a different smell, a different way of walking. Most men would be deceived. 
'''Shae''': And most women, maybe. But not whores.{{ref|ACOK|44}}|[[Shae]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|You think you're the only one he whispers secrets to? He gives each of us just enough to convince us that we'd be helpless without him.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Ser [[Barristan Selmy|Barristan]] once told me the rot in King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]]'s reign began with Varys. The eunuch should never have been pardoned.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

==References==
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==External Links==
* See also the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Varys article on Varys] on the Game of Thrones wiki.

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Hour of the Wolf

2020-10-04T04:38:39Z

Karlshammar: Grammar.

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The '''Hour of the Wolf'''{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} or the '''Judgment of the Wolf'''{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} is a term coined by [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]] in his book ''[[The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling]]''.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} It refers to the six days in {{Date|131}} when [[Cregan Stark]], [[Lord of Winterfell]] and [[Warden of the North]], governed in [[King's Landing]], at the end of the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aegon III}}

It is named after the [[Named hours|hour of the wolf]], which is believed to be the blackest part of nighttime.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

==Prelude==
Despite the [[Flight to Dragonstone|death]] of Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] at [[Flight to Dragonstone|Dragonstone]] in the tenth moon of {{Date|130}}, and the [[greens]] retaking [[King's Landing]] after the [[Moon of the Three Kings]], Rhaenyra's supporters, the [[blacks]], continued to fight in her name against King [[Aegon II Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

Indeed in {{Date|131}}, three blacks armies were marching on King's Landing: from [[Winterfell]] an army of northmen led by Lord [[Cregan Stark]], from [[Riverrun]] an army of rivermen led by Lord [[Elmo Tully]] and from [[Gulltown]] an army of valemen commanded by Lord [[Leowyn Corbray]] and his brother Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]] in the name of Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

Lord Elmo died during the march, the command of the army was assured by his sons, Lord [[Kermit Tully|Kermit]] and [[Oscar Tully]], as well as the young Lord [[Benjicot Blackwood]]. After their victory in the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]] against Lord [[Borros Baratheon]], Oscar was [[knight]]ed and the three young lordlings were called the "[[Lads]]" by their men.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

As the Lads' [[rivermen]] and Cregan's [[north]]men approached [[King's Landing]], King [[Aegon II Targaryen]], who had been urged by his councillors to surrender and [[Night's Watch|take the black]], was found [[poison]]ed.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

==The False Dawn==
The Lads arrived at King's Landing first, they met with Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] and Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] outside of the [[Gate of the Gods]], who announced them the death of Aegon II. The rivermen were welcomed by [[smallfolk]] and the [[City Watch of King's Landing|gold cloaks]] when they enter the city. The remaining loyalists of Aegon II throughout the [[Crownlands]] bent the knee to the advancing army of valemen. A strange euphoria took hold of King's Landing, which Grand Maester [[Munkun]] coined the "False Dawn".{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

==Judgment of the Wolf==
The euphoria quickly wore off with the arrival of Lord Cregan Stark. Lord Cregan brought his army into the city and took control of it. He intended to continue hostilities by carrying out reprisals against the main supporters of Aegon II ([[House Lannister|Lannisters]], [[House Hightower|Hightowers]] and [[House Baratheon|Baratheons]]) in the name of the new king, the son of Rhaenyra, Prince Aegon. However, Lord Corlys had already sent envoys to [[Casterly Rock]], [[Oldtown]] and [[Storm's End]] in order to negotiate peace. If the terms of peace are rejected, the war can continue, like Cregan wanted. On the other hand, if they are accepted, attacking the former partisans of Aegon II would be considered as perjury and a breach of the [[King's Peace]]. Lord Cregan must therefore wait for their answers. The waiting lasted six days, during which Lord Cregan held the court in check thanks to his army. The [[Three Widows]] accepted the peace, preventing Lord Cregan from continuing hostilities.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Lord Cregan still intended to do [[Laws and justice of the Seven Kingdoms|justice]], by condemning those who are guilty or let commit the regicide of Aegon II. Lord Cregan arrested twenty-two men, including Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], Lord [[Larys Strong]], Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] and Ser [[Gyles Belgrave]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. Intimidating the young Prince Aegon, he was named [[Hand of the King]] and presided over the trials.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Aegon was convinced by his half-sisters, [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], to restore Corlys to his office. To ensure the edict would stand, [[Alysanne Blackwood]] agreed to marry Cregan and Lord Velaryon thus avoided trial. Nineteen of the remaining accused agreed to take the black, while only Lord Larys and Ser Gyles accepted execution. Following the traditions of [[House Stark]], Lord Cregan beheaded them both himself with [[Ice]], the [[Valyrian steel]] [[greatsword]] of the Starks.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

==Aftermath==
Lord Cregan resigned the day after the executions, having been Hand for only a day. He returned to the North, although not all of his army did. Many were surplus men whose return might cause their families to starve during winter. [[Widow Fairs]] in the riverlands helped hundreds of northerners meet women who had lost husbands during the Dance.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

Lords and ladies came from all of [[Westeros]] to attend the [[wedding]] and coronation of Prince Aegon. On the seventh day of the seventh moon of {{Date|131}}, the [[High Septon (Regency of Aegon III)|High Septon]] wed Prince Aegon to Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen]] in a ceremony at the top of [[Visenya's Hill]]. Later that same day, Aegon was coronated at the [[Red Keep]] and proclaimed "Aegon of House Targaryen, the Third of His Name, [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]] and [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]]".{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

Though officially crowned, Aegon was eleven years old at the start of his reign. A [[Regency of Aegon III|council of regents]] was established to rule in his place during his [[Customs#Age of majority|minority]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

==References==
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Blood (butcher)

2020-10-04T04:34:22Z

Karlshammar: Grammar.

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'''Blood''' is the alias of a butcher who, during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], slew six-year-old Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]], King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]'s firstborn son and the heir to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|TPATQ}} Blood's true name is lost to history.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Blood (the butcher)|Images of Blood (the butcher)]]''
Blood was a big, brutal hulking swordsman and most likely a rapist.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==History==
Blood was a serjeant in the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]]. He lost his gold cloak for beating a [[whore]] to death whilst in a drunken rage. He spent time in [[Flea Bottom]]. After the death of Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]], Blood, along with [[Cheese (the rat-catcher)|Cheese]] was employed by [[Mysaria]], Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]'s spymaster, to slay one of [[Aegon II Targaryen]]' sons.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Once Blood and Cheese confronted Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] in the [[Tower of the Hand]] they told her to name which son she wanted them to kill. Helaena offered herself but they refused, stating it had to be a son. Although Helaena eventually named her youngest son [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]] (after Cheese threatened that Blood would rape her daughter [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]] if she did not choose one now), they killed [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]] instead. It was Blood who slew Jaehaerys, striking the boy's head off with a single blow. After killing Jaehaerys, Blood and Cheese did no further harm to Helaena or her surviving children and fled with the prince's head in hand.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Blood was seized two days later at the [[Gate of the Gods]]. He was tortured and died on the thirteenth day of torture.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|It has to be a boy.{{Ref|TPATQ}}|Blood to [[Helaena Targaryen]]}}

==References==
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Walder Frey (son of Jammos)/Theories

2020-08-09T18:49:15Z

Karlshammar: Fixed typo.

{{Theory_Policy}}

[[Big Walder Frey]] is theorized to have murdered his cousin, [[Little Walder Frey]] during the string of murders at [[Winterfell]] following the marriage of [[Ramsay Bolton]] and "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]".

==Supporting evidence==
*Big Walder is blood-splattered after the murder.
*Little Walder is ahead of Big Walder in the line of succession for the [[Twins]]. When Little Walder notes that neither of them will ever hold the Twins, Big Walder insists he will.{{ref|ACOK|4}}
*Due to the large number of Freys, [[Merrett Frey]] reflects that only full-blood siblings can be trusted at the Twins, but only so far,{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} indicating the cutthroat nature of relationships at the Twins.
*When [[Theon Greyjoy]] accuses [[Rowan]] and the rest of [[Mance Rayder|Abel]]'s "washerwomen" of the murders at Winterfell, Rowan implies they may have murdered the rest of the victims, but insists they didn't murder Little Walder.{{ref|ADWD|51}}

==References==
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Dreams and prophecies

2020-08-09T18:46:25Z

Karlshammar: Fixed typo.

[[File:Morgaine le Fee Rhaego TargaryenIIII.jpg|400px|right|thumb|''[[Daenerys Targaryen|Dany]] knew how it went [[Stallion Who Mounts the World|with prophecies]]. They were made of words, and words were wind.''{{Ref|adwd|23}} © Morgainelefee.]]

'''Prophecies, visions and prophetic dreams''' are featured prominently in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. They may deal with either the past, the present, or the future.

==Types of prophetic dreams==
The wise men of the [[children of the forest]] were called greenseers, and their powers included having the [[greensight]]: the ability to have prophetic dreams.{{Ref|acok|28}} They were marked with eyes "as red as blood, or green as the moss on a tree in the heart of the forest".{{Ref|adwd|34}} Beside the children's wise men, at least one [[crannogman]], [[Jojen Reed]], and one [[northman]], [[Bran Stark]], is known to have the greensight.{{Ref|acok|28}}{{Ref|adwd|34}}

Some members of [[House Targaryen]], as well as [[House Blackfyre]],{{Ref|tmk}} are known to have [[dragon dreams]].

==History==
===Ancient prophecy===
====Azor Ahai====
According to prophecy as written down in ancient books of [[Asshai]]{{Ref|aCoK|10}} from over five thousand years ago, the legendary hero [[Azor Ahai]]] is to be reborn again as a champion sent by [[R'hllor]].{{ref|ADWD|10}} The prophecy claims that Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt,{{Ref|asos|25}}{{Ref|Adwd|22}} to wake [[dragon]]s out of stone.{{Ref|adwd|49}} This will occur after a long summer when an evil, cold darkness descends upon the world{{Ref|aCoK|10}} and the red star bleeds.{{Ref|asos|25}} It is said that wielding Lightbringer once again, Azor Ahai will stand against the [[Others]],{{Ref|aCoK|10}} and deliver the world from darkness.{{Ref|adwd|27}}

The [[red priest]]ess [[Melisandre]] used the name Azor Ahai and the term "[[the prince that was promised]]"{{Ref|aSoS|54}} interchangeably, although she tends to use the name Azor Ahai far more often.

===Century of Blood===
====Daenys Targaryen====
[[Daenys Targaryen]], also called "Daenys the Dreamer", was the daughter of Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] of [[Dragonstone]]. Daenys is reputed to have had a gift of prophecy; She wrote the book ''[[Signs and Portents]]'' in which she detailed her visions.{{Ref|AFFC|11}} Aenar and his family survived the [[Doom of Valyria]] because they sold all of their holdings and belongings twelve years before the Doom and left Valyria, moving instead to the [[Dragonstone (island)|island of Dragonstone]] where they claimed the [[Dragonstone|castle by the same name]]. It is believed by scholars that Aenar's decision to relocate his family was based on one of Daenys's visions, in which she predicted the Doom.{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===High Septon during Aegon's Conquest===
During the [[Aegon's Conquest|Conquest]] of [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] of [[Oldtown]] locked himself within the [[Starry Sept]]. He prayed for seven days and nights, and took only bread and water for nourishment. When he emerged from the sept seven days later, he announced that the [[Faith of the Seven]] would not oppose Aegon and his sisters, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]]. The High Septon stated that the [[Crone (Seven)|Crone]] had show him that, if Oldtown were to take up arms against the Targaryens, the city would burn and be destroyed. After hearing this prophecy, Lord [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]] refused to march out with his strength, and even opened his gates to Aegon at Aegon's approach. The city was subsequently spared.{{Ref|affc|28}}

===After Aegon's Conquest===
====Children of Maekar I Targaryen====
King [[Maekar I Targaryen]] had six children with his wife, Lady [[Dyanna Dayne]]: [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]], [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]], [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Maekar I)|Daella]], [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]], and [[Rhae Targaryen|Rhae]]. Of these six, at least one son was known to have had prophetic dreams,{{Ref|thk}} although all four brothers might have had the ability.

Prince Daeron claimed to consistently dream of events that indeed came to pass. In {{Date|209}}, he confronted Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] before he was to battle Duncan with his father and brother in a [[trial of seven]], and claimed that "''I dreamed of you and a dead dragon, you see. A great beast, huge, with wings so large they could cover this meadow. It had fallen on top of you, but you were alive and the dragon was dead.''" Daeron, considering the possibility that this dream was a prediction of his own death, feared Duncan for it and promised to stay on the ground if struck down during the trial.{{Ref|thk}} While Daeron, Aerion, and Maekar survived the trial, Daeron's dream came true when Maekar's brother [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], who had fought on Duncan's side, removed his helm following the battle and revealed parts of his skull missing due to a blow given to him during the battle. As in Daeron's dream ("''[the dragon] had fallen on top of you''"), Baelor (the dragon) towered over Duncan and fell down, with the hedge knight catching him.{{Ref|Thk}}

According to Daeron's brother Aemon, all four brothers dreamt of dragons one time or another.

{{Quote|"The last dragon died before you were born," said Sam. "How could you remember them?" "I see them in my dreams, Sam. I see a red star bleeding in the sky. I still remember red. I see their shadows on the snow, hear the crack of leathern wings, feel their hot breath. My brothers dreamed of dragons too, and the dreams killed them, every one."{{Ref|affc|35}}}}

Although Daeron died from a pox caught from a [[prostitute|whore]],{{Ref|acok|6}} his dreams have been implied<ref group="N">"Never you mind that one, ser. All he does is drink and talk about his dreams."</ref> to have influenced his life-style{{Ref|thk}} (e.g., [[alcoholism]]). His brother Aerion died after drinking a cup of [[wildfire]], believing that doing so would transform him into a dragon,{{fact}} while the youngest sibling Aegon died in a [[Tragedy at Summerhall|fire]] at [[Summerhall]] which Maester [[Yandel]] has linked to Aegon's dream of having dragons fly over Westeros once again.{{Ref|Twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

Although Aegon's dreams of dragons might not have been prophetic, Daeron at least is known to have dreamed that one day the [[dragon]]s, who at the time had been extinct for almost sixty years, would someday return.{{Ref|tmk}} King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] read a prophecy stating the same thing.{{Ref|tmk}} Although Daeron did not live to see it, nearly a hundred and fifty years after the death of the [[last dragons]], three [[dragon eggs]] were hatched in the [[Dothraki Sea]] by [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{Ref|agot|72}} Aemon's believe that dreaming of dragons is what killed his brothers offer the possibility that Aerion, Aegon, or both, might have had a prophetic dream.

====House Blackfyre====
[[Daemon II Blackfyre]], the third-born son of [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], had prophetic dreams that he considered to be completely reliable. He predicted the deaths of his two older brothers, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]], in his dreams, although they did not believe him. He further dreamt about the future membership of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] in the [[Kingsguard]], and the hatching of a [[dragon's egg]] at a white castle that he believed to be [[House Butterwell]]'s [[Whitewalls]].{{Ref|TMK}}

Although Daemon was correct about his brothers, who both died during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]] at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|Redgrass Field]], and about Duncan becoming a [[knight]] of the Kingsguard later in life, his interpretation of the hatching of a dragon's egg at Whitewalls was false. Daemon had been convinced that his dream meant that an actual egg would hatch, and thus expected to soon have a real dragon. Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], however, offered a different interpretation, stating that the dream referred to Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], who had accompanied Ser Duncan the Tall to Whitewalls disguised as the squire Egg and who had taken out a ring with his father's sigil on it when troubles began, thereby announcing his identity.{{Ref|tmk}}

====Maggy====
In {{date|276}}, during the [[tourney for King Aerys II]] at [[Lannisport]], the maegi [[Maggy]], also called Maggy the Frog, prophecized the futures of [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Melara Hetherspoon]]. Both girls were allowed to ask three questions, with Cersei going first. In response to Cersei's first question ("''When will I wed the prince''"), Maggy replied that she would never be wed to the prince, but instead be wed to "the king". Although Cersei believed this to mean that she would wed "the prince", [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], only after he had ascended the [[Iron Throne]] following the death of his father, King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], in fact Maggy's first prophecy came true when Cersei was wed in {{Date|284}} to King [[Robert I Baratheon]], who had won the throne during [[Robert's Rebellion|a war]] in which both Aerys and Rhaegar had been killed. Cersei's second question was a confirmation ("''I will be queen, though?''"), which Maggy confirmed before warning her that she would one day be replaced by a younger, more beautiful queen who would "''cast you down and take all that you hold dear''". Cersei's last question was whether she and the king would have children, to which Maggy replied that the king would have sixteen children, while Cersei would have three.{{Ref|affc|36}} Maggy's prediction on Cersei's children has thus far proven correct. Cersei has given birth to three children during her marriage (none of them fathered by King Robert).{{Ref|agot|Appendix}} The one time Cersei became pregnant by Robert, she had her brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] find a woman to cleanse her, refusing to give birth to Robert's child.{{ref|AGOT|45}} With regards to Cersei's children, Maggy further prophecized that "''gold shall be their crowns and gold their shrouds''" and claimed that "''when your tears have drowned you, the valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you''".{{Ref|affc|36}} Maggy's prediction on Robert's children is still unclear. Robert is known to have fathered many [[bastard]]s throughout the realm, although only seven bastard children have thus far been identified in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', while Lord [[Varys]], the [[master of whisperers]], claims to have knowledge of eight.{{Ref|acok|15}} Regardless, it is generally believed by the fandom that Maggy's prediction is indeed correct, and that Robert has had, in total, sixteen children.

When Melara asked whether she would someday marry Cersei's brother Jaime, Maggy prophecized that she would wed no one, going as far as to say that "''Your death is here tonight, little one. Can you smell her breath? She is very close.''".{{Ref|affc|36}} According to Cersei, this prophecy of Maggy's quickly came true. She tells [[Taena of Myr]] that Melara drowned in a well.{{ref|AFFC|36}} It has been implied that Cersei herself was responsible for Melara's death by pushing her into the well and leaving her there to drown.{{ref|AFFC|39}}

==Recent Events==
===Bran Stark===
While in a coma after he has been thrown from a tower by [[Jaime Lannister]], [[Bran Stark]] begins to experience a prescient dream. The dream depicts both current events (Lady [[Catelyn Stark]]'s journey to King's Landing by ship with Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] pleading with King [[Robert I Baratheon]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] reacting to the deaths of the direwolf [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and the boy [[Mycah]]), as well as more prophetic elements, including the "gathering storm" resulting from Catelyn's visit to the south, shadows around Sansa and Arya (one as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound, one armoured like the sun, golden and beautiful, and one a giant in armour made of stone with only darkness and thick black blood in his visor looming over them).{{Ref|aGoT|17}}

Bran's dream ends with a view of the Wall, his [[bastard]] brother [[Jon Snow]], and the lands north of the Wall, and the three-eyed crow telling Bran that he now knows why he has to survive his coma.{{Ref|aGoT|17}}

===Daenerys Targaryen===
[[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s first known experience with a prophetic dream happens a few days before her wedding to Khal [[Drogo]]. The dream starts off with [[Viserys Targaryen]] hitting her, but quickly turns prophetic as she witnesses the hatching of a [[dragon]].
{{Quote|Her thighs were slick with blood. She closed her eyes and whimpered. As if in answer, there was a hideous ripping sound and the crackling of some great fire. When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}}}

Later, when Daenerys is pregnant with her child from Drogo, the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' crones predict her to be the eventual mother of the [[stallion who mounts the world]].{{Ref|aGoT|46}}

====Mirri Maz Duur====
After the stillbirth of her child and the practice of [[bloodmagic]] by [[Mirri Maz Duur]] on [[Drogo]] resulting in an apallic state, Daenerys asks Mirri when Drogo will he as he was. Mirri's reply is considered a prophecy:

{{Quote|When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.{{Ref|aGoT|68}}}}

====Quaithe====
[[Quaithe]] has made prophecies to Daenerys on two separate occasions. The first is an instruction on where Daenerys should go:
{{quote|To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.}}
Daenerys interprets this to mean that Quaithe wants her to go to [[Asshai]]. She asks Quaithe what she can find in Asshai that cannot be found in Qarth, and Quaithe replies "truth".{{Ref|aCoK|40}} A year later, after Daenerys has departed [[Meereen]] on [[Drogon]]'s back,{{ref|adwd|52}} Daenerys considers staying at [[Dragonstone (hill)|the hill]] in the [[Dothraki sea]] on which the [[dragon]] has made his lair. Recalling Quaithe's words ("to go forward you must go back"), which provides her with the resolve to walk back towards Meereen.{{ref|adwd|71}} After Daenerys gets sick and begins to hallucinate, she envisions Quaithe repeating part of her instructions, and adds another: "''Remember who you are, Daenerys. The dragons know. Do you?''"{{Ref|aDwD|71}}

The second is a warning of dangers Daenerys is to face in the near future.
{{quote|"No. Hear me, Daenerys Targaryen. The glass candles are burning. Soon comes the [[Bloody flux|pale mare]], and after her the others. [[Victarion Greyjoy|Kraken]] and [[Moqorro|dark flame]], [[Tyrion Lannister|lion]] and [[Jon Connington|griffin]], the [[Doran Martell|sun's]] [[Quentyn Martell|son]] and the [[Varys|mummer's]] [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|dragon]]. Trust none of them. Remember the [[Undying Ones|Undying]]. Beware the perfumed seneschal."{{Ref|aDwD|11}}}}

====House of the Undying====
Daenerys experiences numerous visions while in the [[House of the Undying]]:{{Ref|acok|48}}

{{quote|"Farther on she came upon a feast of corpses. Savagely slaughtered, the feasters lay strewn across overturned chairs and hacked trestle tables, asprawl in pools of congealing blood. Some had lost limbs, even heads. Savaged limbs clutched bloody cups, wooden spoons, roast fowl, heels of bread. On a throne above them sat [[Robb Stark|a dead man with the head of a wolf]]. He wore an iron crown and held a leg of lamb in one hand as a king might hold a sceptre, and his eyes followed Dany with mute appeal."{{Ref|aCoK|48}}}}

# A beautiful, naked woman being ravished by four of the dwarfs who serve the house.
# A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a [[Direwolf|wolf's]] [[Grey Wind|head]] sitting on a throne wearing an [[King in the North|iron crown]].
# [[House with the red door|Daenerys's childhood home with the red door]] in [[Braavos]].
# A large stone hall in which dragon skulls hang on the walls. On a towering barbed throne, an old man dressed in rich robes, with dark eyes and long silver-grey hair, telling a man standing below the throne "''Let him be king over charred bones and cooked meat. Let him be the king of ashes''"
# A room where [[Rhaegar Targaryen|a silver-haired man]] resembling [[Viserys Targaryen]] tells [[Elia Martell|the woman]] nursing a child in a bed that their son shall be named [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], and tells her that the child is [[the prince that was promised]] and that his is [[the song of ice and fire]].
# A "splendor of wizards" who falsely claim to be the Undying of [[Qarth]] and offer to teach [[Daenerys Targaryen]] the secret speech of [[dragon]]kind.

Upon reaching the chamber of the Undying Ones, Daenerys is spoken to in a barely perceptible whisper. The Undying call her "mother of dragons" and "child of three" and tell her some prophesies, saying "three fires must you light... one for life and one for death and one to love... three mounts must you ride... one to bed and one to dread and one to love... three treasons will you know... once for blood and once for gold and once for love..."

The Undying show Daenerys many more visions before attacking her and being slain by [[Drogon]]:{{Ref|aCoK|48}}
# Viserys's gruesome death.
# A tall lord with [[copper]]-skin and [[silver]]-[[gold]] hair beneath a banner of a fiery stallion, with a burning city in the background.
# A dying prince with rubies flying from his chest, mutters a woman's name with his last breath.
# A blue-eyed king who casts no shadow raises a red sword in his hand.
# A cloth dragon swaying on poles amidst a cheering crowd.
# A great stone beast takes wing from a smoking tower, breathing shadows.
# Daenerys's [[The Silver|silver]] troting through grass to a darkling stream under a sea of stars.
# A corpse standing at the prow of a ship with bright eyes and grey smiling lips.
# A blue flower growing from a chink in a [[Wall|wall of ice]], filling the air with sweetness.

===Jojen Reed===
[[Jojen Reed]] has the [[greensight]], the ability to have prophetic dreams. Although his sister [[Meera Reed|Meera]] believes that the dreams “sometimes” come true, Jojen claims they always do.{{Ref|acok|28}} The green dreams can take strange shapes,{{Ref|acok|35}} making them difficult to interpret.

Jojen has described several of his green dreams. At [[Winterfell]] he told Bran Stark that he had a green dream in which Bran was sitting at supper, with Maester [[Luwin]] bringing the food instead of a servant. While Bran received the king's cut of the roast, the tastiest piece there was, in the dream Bran was able to enjoy his food as much as [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]] were, despite the fact that they had been served meat that was "old and grey and dead".{{Ref|aCoK|28}} Later, Bran learns from Maester Luwin of [[Robb Stark]]'s victory over Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] in the [[Battle of Oxcross]], and the death of Ser [[Stevron Frey]]. While Bran is happy for the victory, he knows that only Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] matters. In contrast, neither Big Walder nor Little Walder seem bothered by their uncle Stevron's death, instead being more concerned about their improved positions in the Frey line of succession.{{ref|ACOK|35}}

One of Jojen's dreams predicts Theon Greyjoy's capture of Winterfell, in which the ironborn are depicted as waves of the sea, while the slain of Winterfell are depicted as drowned men.{{Ref|aCoK|35}}

In another one of Jojen's green dreams, he sees [[Ramsay Snow|Reek]] skinning the faces of Bran and Rickon, who laid dead at his feet.{{ref|acok|35}} After a fashion, this dream later comes true as well, when "Reek" (actually [[Ramsay Snow]]) advices Tywin Greyjoy to kill two boys from the [[Acorn Water]] mill, who are around the same age as the missing Bran and Rickon, and presents their corpses as the bodies of the two Stark children. Ramsay later skins the two bodies so the ruse will not be discovered.{{ref|acok|56}}

Jojen further claims to know the date of his death.{{ref|acok|28}}

===The Ghost of High Heart===
The [[ghost of High Heart]], a mysterious dwarf woman, sometimes tells of the future to the [[brotherhood without banners]]. She has shown knowledge of the deaths of [[Renly Baratheon]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Tully]], and even of the coming of Lady Stoneheart.{{Ref|aSoS|22}}
{{quote|"I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief," the dwarf woman was saying. "I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells."{{ref|ASOS|43}}|the ghost of High Heart, relating a vision of the [[Red Wedding]], including the playing of [[the Rains of Castamere]], the death of [[Grey Wind]], and the death of [[Aegon Frey (Jinglebell)|Jinglebell]]}}

===Red priests===
The [[red priests]], priests of [[R'hllor]], are trained to see visions in the flames of their nightfires. These visions can be about the past, the future, or things happening far away from the location of the priest.{{Ref|asos|43}} It is not always easy to see visions in the flames, however,{{Ref|asos|36}} and the priests do not always succeed.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}{{Ref|asos|43}}{{Ref|acok|10}}

It takes years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even longer to learn to distinguish visions about the past from visions about a certain future and a possible future.{{Ref|asos|63}} Even after such long training, it remains difficult,{{Ref|asos|63}} and even though the visions are never wrong,{{Ref|asos|25}} priests might still err in their interpretation;{{Ref|asos|54}}{{Ref|ADWD|49}} many priests have been brought down by such incorrect interpretations.{{ref|adwd|31}}

====Melisandre====
The priestess [[Melisandre]] claims to be able to see the future by watching flames.{{fact}} In search of a prophecized prince, she travels to [[Dragonstone]], believing [[Stannis Baratheon]] fits the prophecy.{{fact}} On Dragonstone, Melisandre tells Stannis of two futures she has seen in her flames; One in which Stannis is defeated in [[King's Landing]] by his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], and one in which he sails to Renly's seat, [[Storm's End]], where his brother shall die, and his men will flock to Stannis.{{Ref|ACOK|42}} Both visions come true; Renly is slain by an [[shadow assassin|animated shadow]] conjured by Melisandre near Storm's End.{{Ref|aCoK|33}} During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], fought between Stannis's forces and the forces of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at [[King's Landing]], the Iron Throne receives aid from Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and the forces from the [[Reach]]. During the battle, Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]], dressed in the recognizable armor of the deceased Renly, leads the vanguard and plunges through Stannis's army. Renly's former supporters who had joined Stannis after Renly's death, become convinced that their dead lord has returned and abandon Stannis by the hundreds.{{Ref|ACOK|62}} "Renly's shade" kills Ser [[Guyard Morrigen]], who leads Stannis' van.{{Ref|ACOK|62}}

Melisandre accompanies Stannis to the [[Wall]] in the [[north]]. There, her powers are much stronger, and she constantly searches her fires for visions. When she looks into the flames, she sees a "wooden face, corpse white" with a thousand red eyes, accompanied by a boy with a wolf's face. She asks to see Azor Ahai, hoping for Stannis, but sees only [[Jon Snow]] surrounded by skulls, his face changing between that of a man and that of a wolf.{{Ref|aDwD|31}} Shortly after Jon Snow receives a letter announcing the upcoming [[wedding]] of [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] to [[Arya Stark]], Melisandre informs him that she has seen Arya in her flames, a grey girl, fleeing from her marriage on a dying horse.{{fact}} However, when the girl arrives at [[Castle Black]], it becomes apparent that, while the girl indeed was fleeing from a marriage on a dying horse, the girl is not Arya Stark, but [[Alys Karstark]], attempting to escape a marriage to her cousin [[Cregan Karstark|Cregan]].{{fact}}

At Castle Black, Melisandre warns Jon that she has seen that three of the nine [[rangers]] he has sent out will die and that she has seen their pale faces with empty sockets, weeping blood in her flames.{{Ref|ADWD|28}} She seems them again later, shortly before the dead rangers are found.{{Ref|adwd|31}} She sees several other visions as well, forming, melting and dissolving into one another: towers by the sea, submerged beneath a black and bloody tide; Skull-shaped shadows that turned to mist; bodies locked together in lust; and great winged shadows wheeled against a blue sky, through curtains of fire.{{Ref|adwd|31}}

====Moqorro====
When asked by [[Tyrion Lannister]] what he sees in the flames of his night fire, the [[red priest]] [[Moqorro]] states that he sees "''Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.''"{{ref|adwd|33}} Moqorro’s claim appears to foreshadow that Tyrion Lannister will play an important role in the conflicts to come involving dragons, whether literal dragons, or figurative dragons. The possible identities of the "old dragon", "young dragon", "true dragon", "false dragon", "bright dragon", and "dark dragon" have been a heavily debated topic in the fandom.

Moqorro further claims to have seen other people in his flames who are searching for [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and although he has seen only their shadows, he identifies one more clearly, describing this person as "''A tall and twisted thing with one black eye and ten long arms, sailing on a sea of blood.''"{{ref|adwd|33}} Many readers have identified this person as [[Euron Greyjoy]], based on the fact that the [[kraken]] is the sigil of [[House Greyjoy]], and on the fact that Euron wears an eye-patch over his left eye,{{fact}} which according to Euron's nephew, [[Theon Greyjoy]], is a "black eye shining with malice".<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref> Euron indeed eventually sends out his brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] to find Daenerys and bring her to Westeros.{{fact}}

Moqorro later encounters Victarion, and claims to him that he has seen Victarion and "the glory that awaits you" every night in his fires.{{ref|adwd|67}}

===Jon Snow===
[[Jon Snow]] reveals to [[Samwell Tarly]] while at [[Castle Black]] that he has frequently had a dream in which he is walking through an empty hall, calling out, but unable to find anyone. He says that most nights, he is searching for [[Eddard Stark]] in his dream, though during others, he's looking for [[Robb Stark]], or [[Arya Stark]], or even his uncle, [[Benjen Stark]]. However, the castle is always empty, the ravens have gone from the rookery, and the stables are full of bones. He always ends up in front of the door to the [[crypt of Winterfell|crypts]] of [[Winterfell]]. Although Jon knows that he has to go down the steps, he does not want to as he is afraid what awaits him below. In the dream Jon screams that he is not a [[House Stark|Stark]] and that the crypts are not his place, but he still has to walk down without something to light his way. As he descends, it gets darker and darker.{{ref|agot|26}}

=== Patchface===
:''See also: [[Patchface/Theories]]''

The [[fool]] [[Patchface]], who resides at [[Dragonstone]], recites cryptic jingles that seem to often have prophetic meaning. Examples include:
*"''It is always summer under the sea. The merwives wear nennymoans in their hair and weave gowns of silver seaweed. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh.''"{{ref|acok|prologue}}
*"''The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. "The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.''"{{ref|acok|prologue}}
*"''Fool's blood, king's blood, blood on the maiden’s thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye.''"{{ref|asos|10}}

===Tyrion Lannister===
While travelling in the litter with [[Illyrio]] on their way to the [[Rhoyne]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] has a peculiar dream, although it is unclear whether the dream is prophetic. In the dream, Tyrion he fights in [[Westeros]] besides Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] and Ser [[Aegor Rivers]] while [[dragon]]s fly over the scene. He kills both is father, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], and brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. When killing Jaime, Tyrion laughs at every blow he gives his brother. But, he has two heads, and by the time the fight is done, Tyrion realises that his second head is weeping.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

===Jaime Lannister===
[[Jaime Lannister]] has two seemingly prophetic dreams over the course of the series. The first of these dreams takes place after Jaime has left [[Harrenhal]], while he sleeps with his head on a [[weirwood]] stump. He dreams he is in the deepness of [[Casterly Rock]]. He is naked and alone, but has both his hands again. A dozen tall dark figures in cowled robes, who are hiding their faces, hold spears, and refuse to answer Jaime when he demands to know who they are. Instead, with their spears, they force him to descent into the deepness. In his dream, Jaime knows that his doom, which he describes as "something dark and terrible", awaits him below. Jaime eventually reaches a watery cavern deep below Casterly Rock. When he wonders out loud where he is, the voices of all [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] answer that it is his "place". Jaime sees his father, his sister, and his eldest son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. Cersei is holding a torch, which is the only source of light in the cavern. Jaime pleads for her not to leave him alone, and requests a sword when they do turn to leave. His father replies that he has given him a sword, and Jaime sees it under the water. When he holds the sword, the sword catches fire. Brienne appears from the darkness, her hands bound in chains. She is also naked, and asks Jaime to undo her chains. When she asks, a sword appears, which subsequently catches fire as well. From afar, Jaime hears Cersei say that when the flames on the swords go out, they will die, after which she leaves. Brienne questions what lives in the darkness, offering the suggestions of a bear, a cave lion, and direwolves, which Jaime all rejects. They ponder on what to do next, as shadows appear. Jaime recognizes [[Oswell Whent]], [[Jon Darry]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Arthur Dayne]] and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. While Brienne repeatedly states how she swore to keep Jaime safe, the shadow of Arthur Dayne tells her that they all swore an oath, and the shadows blame Jaime for the deaths of Aerys, Elia, Rhaenys and Aegon. That is when the fire of Jaime´s sword starts going out.
{{Ref|aSoS|44}}

Jaime's second dream occurs after [[Siege of Riverrun|Riverrun]] has been handed over to his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], and uncle, [[Emmon Frey]]. He dreams of his mother, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]], although at first he does not recognize her. Joanna asks him if he will forget Tywin as well, and tells her son that Tywin hated being laughed at most of all. Joanna asks Jaime who he is, and tells him that they all dreams of things they cannot have. She tells him "''Tywin dreamed that his son would be a great knight, that his daughter would be a queen. He dreamed they would be so strong and brave and beautiful that no one would ever laugh at them."'' When Jaime insists that he is a knight and Cersei a queen, a tear rolls down Joanna's cheek. She pulls her hood over her head and walks away, while Jaime calls after her.{{Ref|affc|44}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Prophecy can be a tricky business. <ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P60/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

{{Quote|Prophecies are, you know, a double edge sword. You have to handle them very carefully; I mean, they can add depth and interest to a book, but you don’t want to be too literal or too easy ... <ref>George R. R. Martin: "Trying to please everyone is a horrible mistake" [http://www.adriasnews.com/2012/10/george-r-r-martin-interview.html Adria's News]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

{{quote|[[Gorghan]] of [[Old Ghis]] once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is . . . and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.{{ref|affc|45}}|[[Marwyn]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}

{{quote|Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.{{ref|ADwD|40}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

==See Also==
*[[Dragon dreams]]
* [[Greensight]]
* The complete list at the [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Prophecies/Category/C138/ Citadel]

==Notes==
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==References==
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Varys

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'''Varys''', also known as '''"the Spider"''', is the [[master of whisperers]] on the [[small council]] of King [[Robert I Baratheon]],{{ref|agot|appendix}} a position he previously held for King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|agot|12}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is played by [[w:Conleth Hill|Conleth Hill]].<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 Varys|Images of Varys]]''

Varys is a plump, bald, and effeminate [[eunuch]]. He has soft white hands. He powders his face and smells of lavender, lilacs, and rosewater.{{Ref|aCoK|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|30}}{{ref|ACOK|8}}{{ref|ASOS|66}}

When at court, Varys wears rich silks, velvets, and damasks and soft slippers.{{ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|AGOT|65}} His outward manner is obsequious, mysterious, and squeamish. However, he is a master of disguise and can change his appearance, gait, smell, and costume to become unrecognizable.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}{{Ref|aCoK|44}}{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

Secrets are Varys's trade, and his skill at acquiring them has earned him a reputation for being seemingly omniscient. Crucial to his trade is a spy network of children that he refers to as his little mice (in [[Pentos]]){{ref|ADWD|5}} or [[little birds]] (in [[Westeros]]).{{ref|AGOT|18}}

Varys's history of providing information to all sides, of aiding enemies, of pitting rivals against one another, and of manipulation to achieve his ends has earned him a reputation of being distasteful and untrustworthy among the nobles at court.{{ref|AGOT|25}}{{ref|ACOK|8}} In private, however, he claims to value order, stability, and peace above all, and professes loyalty to those who work for those goals as well.{{ref|AGOT|58}}{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

Lord Varys is not a true [[lord]], he's addressed as such as a courtesy for being a member of the [[small council]].{{ref|AGOT|18}}{{ref|ACOK|65}} As the [[master of whisperers]], he has the task of fostering division amongst the enemies of the [[Iron Throne]],{{Ref|adwd|70}} and gathering information on all that happens in the realm.

==History==
[[File:Pojypojy_young_Illyrio_&_Varys.jpg‎‎|In [[Pentos]], young Varys befriended a poor sellsword named [[Illyrio Mopatis]] - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]
===Free Cities===
According to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], Varys was born as a [[slave]] in [[Lys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} Varys says he was apprenticed as an orphan to a troupe of [[mummers]] who worked the [[Free Cities]], [[Oldtown]], and occasionally [[King's Landing]]. During their stay in [[Myr]], [[a certain man]] offered a large sum of money for Varys, an offer his master found too tempting to refuse. The man gave Varys a potion that made him powerless to move or speak, but did nothing to dull his senses as his manhood was cut off at the stem, then burnt in a brazier in a [[blood magic]] ritual. The man had no further use for Varys and tossed him out on the streets alone to die, Varys out of spite for the sorcerer vowed to live. Varys claims to have held a hatred for all things [[magic]]al ever since.{{Ref|aCoK|44}} He resorted to begging, [[prostitution]], and thievery, eventually becoming the best thief in Myr, until a rival forced him out and he fled to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aCoK|44}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}

Impoverished and despised in Pentos, Varys made an agreement with a poor sellsword, [[Illyrio Mopatis]]. Varys would steal objects from lesser thieves and Illyrio would get the objects back for their original owners for a small fee. Soon, everyone in Pentos who ever had valuables stolen from them knew who to ask to get their belongings back. Varys and Illyrio quickly grew rich. Realizing the value of information, Varys began training his spy network to acquire the information, letters, ledgers and charts of the wealthy and powerful. The [[little mice]] were agile orphans purchased by Varys.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

===Westeros===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Varys.JPG|300px|thumb|Varys and the [[Iron Throne]] - by Mike Capprotti ©]]
These secrets increased Varys and Illyrio's wealth tenfold, and in time Varys became so infamous that word of his talents reached the ears of the [[Westeros]]i King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] across the [[narrow sea]]. In his growing paranoia, Aerys no longer trusted his son, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], his wife, Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]], or his [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{Ref|aDwD|5}} Varys was brought to Aerys's court at some point after the death of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]] in {{Date|278}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} As a spymaster in [[King's Landing]], Varys's influence grew with Aerys's increasing paranoia. According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], "the rot in King Aerys's reign began with Varys".{{Ref|asos|36}} Varys was always quick to point out any traitors Aerys might have missed.{{Ref|asos|37}} He used the crown's gold to create his spy network,{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} who he called his "[[little birds]]". Varys furthermore mastered the [[secret passages]] within the [[Red Keep]]. Varys alerted Aerys to the possibility that his son Rhaegar was using attendance at the [[tourney at Harrenhal]] as a pretext to rally lords to his cause in removing Aerys as king.{{Ref|adwd|67}} This caused Aerys to attend the tournament, the first time he had left the Red Keep since the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], four years prior.{{ref|adwd|67}}

Following Rhaegar's defeat during the [[Battle of the Trident]] at the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]], Varys counseled [[Aerys II Targaryen]] against opening the city gates{{Ref|asos|37}} when [[Tywin Lannister]] appeared at King's Landing with an army of twelve thousand men strong.{{Ref|agot|12}} Aerys, however, decided to listen to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and opened his gates to the Lannister forces, who sacked the city.{{ref|ASOS|37}} Varys was pardoned by the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], together with Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and [[Kingsguard]] knight [[Jaime Lannister]].{{Ref|acok|55}} Varys was allowed to remain master of whisperers to Robert I.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Whisper Campaign.JPG|300px|thumb|Varys whispers to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] © Mike Capprotti]]
One of Varys's spies, Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], sends word from [[Essos]] that the exiled Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] has wed Khal [[Drogo]]. Varys sends a rider to inform King [[Robert I Baratheon]], who is returning from [[Winterfell]] with his new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{ref|AGOT|12}} Varys does not recognize the [[Valyrian steel dagger]] used to attack [[Bran Stark]], but Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] claims to have once owned it.{{ref|AGOT|18}}

After the [[Hand's tourney]], Varys disguises himself and comes to meet Eddard at his chambers. He warns Eddard that Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] is trying to kill King Robert. He states that his goal is peace and stability and professes to assist Lord Eddard in his investigations against [[House Lannister]]. Varys also reveals that the former hand, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], was poisoned with the [[tears of Lys]].{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

A disguised Varys meets [[Illyrio Mopatis]] to delay a war between Houses [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] until the right time.{{Ref|aGoT|32}} Varys brings Jorah's report of Daenerys being pregnant to the [[small council]], which results in Robert's command to assassinate both her and her unborn child.{{ref|AGOT|33}}

When King Robert is wounded while hunting in the [[kingswood]], Eddard orders Varys to halt the attempts on Daenerys's life.{{ref|AGOT|47}} Varys is in attendance when Cersei has Eddard arrested.{{ref|AGOT|49}}

[[File:Eeba-ism Varys&LF.jpg|310px|thumb|Varys and [[Petyr Baelish]] - by Eeba-ism ©]]

After Robert dies, Varys remains master of whisperers for the new king [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]. When Joffrey demands that someone take the blame for his father's death, Varys suggests Ser [[Barristan Selmy]].{{ref|acok|3}} Joffrey and Cersei dismiss Barristan, a move many outside the council see as a folly.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}

After Eddard is imprisoned, Varys visits him disguised as a gaoler. Varys persuades Ned that for the sake of his daughter, [[Sansa Stark]], he must falsely confess to treason so Cersei will allow him to [[take the black]], thus delaying a war between Stark and Lannister.{{Ref|aGoT|58}} Despite Varys's intentions to spare Lord Stark's life, however, King Joffrey goes against the council's wishes and decides at the last minute to have Ned executed, much to the shock of Varys and the other onlookers at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{Ref|aGoT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Ryan Barger city of spidersI.jpg|350px|thumb|Varys gathering intelligence. © FFG]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]] acts as [[Hand of the King]] while his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], is on campaign during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. Varys helps Tyrion hide his lover, [[Shae]], in [[King's Landing]].{{ref|ACOK|3}}

An uneasy alliance forms between Varys and Tyrion, with the master of whisperers providing the Hand with information. Varys assists Tyrion in gaining control of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] and informs him that Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] was sleeping with his cousin, Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]].{{Ref|aCoK|8}}{{Ref|aCoK|29}}

Varys assists Tyrion in protecting Shae, setting a up a secret route through which he can visit her and keep her true identity secret from Tyrion's sister, Cersei.{{Ref|aCoK|8}} During their work together, Varys reveals to Tyrion the origins of how he became castrated.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} It is also revealed that Varys was the one who sent [[Gendry]] with [[Yoren]] to join the [[Night's Watch]], so the boy would not be killed by Cersei's agents simply for the crime of being the late King Robert's bastard.{{ref|ACOK|8}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:MarcSimonetti Varys the spider.jpg|300px|thumb|Varys ushering someone into one of his clandestine entrances. © MarcSimonetti]]
After [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s recovers from the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], he resumes his alliance with Varys, which includes assistance in continuing Tyrion's trysts with [[Shae]].{{ref|ASOS|12}} Tywin resumes the position of [[Hand of the King]] and Tyrion instead becomes [[master of coin]].{{ref|AGOT|19}}

Tyrion is put on trial for the murder of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at his [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]]. Varys testifies against Tyrion, providing notes on conversations between the two and a great deal of seemingly-damning evidence.{{ref|ASOS|66}}

After Tyrion is condemned to die, Varys is forced at swordpoint by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] to release his brother, Tyrion. During the trip through the secret tunnels beneath the Red Keep, Varys leads Tyrion past a ladder that the dwarf recognizes as leading to the chamber of the Hand of the King. Tyrion ascends the ladder to kill his father, Tywin.{{ref|ASOS|77}}

During the [[siege of Meereen]], Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] reveals to Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s horror that Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] has been spying on her on behalf of Varys and the [[small council]] for gold and in hopes of gaining a royal pardon. Barristan tells her that she is watched and since the day of her wedding to Khal [[Drogo]] there has been an informer at her side.{{Ref|asos|57}} After [[Meereen]] is taken, Jorah confesses he took the eunuch's gold and learned some ciphers and wrote some letters. He admits to Daenerys he had suspected that the wine intended for her in [[Vaes Dothrak]] had been poisoned after reading a letter from Varys brought there by caravan. He tells her that Varys wanted her watched, but not harmed. Daenerys banishes Jorah for his betrayal.{{Ref|asos|71}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Lord Varys.jpg|350px|thumb|The Spider - by Amok ©]]
After Varys's part in Tyrion's escape and Tywin's murder, he vanishes without a trace. A dungeon turnkey named [[Rugen]] disappears as well.{{ref|AFFC|3}} In Rugen's living space a [[House Gardener|Gardener]] coin is discovered and shown to Cersei, increasing her mistrust of [[House Tyrell]].{{ref|AFFC|7}} Rugen is one of Varys's disguises.{{Ref|HboGoT|s01e08|DVD Commentary}}

Cersei, now ruling in King's Landing as Queen Regent to her son, King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], appoints [[Qyburn]] to fill the position of [[master of whisperers]]. Qyburn notes that many of Varys's spies came to him with secrets to sell, reinforcing Cersei's belief that Varys had always oversold his value.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] begins to suspect that Varys might have had a hand in the disappearance of [[Tyrek Lannister]], once one of King Robert's squires, during the [[riot of King’s Landing]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Varys has [[Tyrion Lannister]] smuggled across the [[narrow sea]] to [[Pentos]], where Tyrion meets Varys's old friend, Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]].{{ref|ADWD|1}} Tyrion learns that during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Varys, a [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] loyalist, allegedly switched the baby [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] with that of a [[pisswater prince|peasant baby]]. With the realm believing the prince had died during the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Varys had Aegon smuggled to [[Essos]] to be raised by Lord [[Jon Connington]], the exiled Hand of the King and the friend of Aegon's father, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. To conceal Jon's activities, Varys concocted the false story that Jon had drank himself to death in [[Lys]] after being caught stealing from the [[Golden Company]].{{ref|ADWD|22}}{{ref|ADWD|24}} Varys, Illyrio, and the Golden Company now plot to wed the teenaged Aegon to [[Daenerys Targaryen]], Queen of [[Mereen]], and place him on the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|ADWD|1}}{{ref|ADWD|5}}{{ref|ADWD|24}} The [[landing of the Golden Company]] begins in the [[stormlands]].{{ref|ADWD|63}}

Varys employs the secret passages of the [[Red Keep]] to enter the chambers of Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and kill him. He then dispatches one of his little birds to fetch Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], now Lord Regent after Cersei's disgrace, under the pretext that the Grand Maester has a message for him. Varys [[Assassinations of Pycelle and Kevan Lannister|shoots]] Kevan with a crossbow, going on to apologize and note that his actions are not out of malice but rather because Kevan's competent leadership threatens to undo Cersei's follies and years of Varys's careful planning. Kevan's death will sow further dissent between the Lannisters and Tyrells, making the realm easy prey for Aegon to arrive and be proclaimed king, for the good of the realm. Varys then summons several of his little birds to end Kevan's suffering.{{ref|adwd|72}}

==Known Disguises==
Varys employs the use of various disguises to go about unnoticed. These include:
*As a stout man in a heavy brown robe in roughspun, with cracked, mud-caked boots smelling of sweat. His face is hidden by a cowl, and his hands are drawn up into voluminous sleeves. At first he speaks in a strange low voice. [[Eddard Stark]] notices Varys's usual cloying tones are gone and his voice is a thin and sharp as a whip.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

*As a [[begging brother]] in filthy patched robes, bare feet crusty with dirt, a bowl about his neck on a leather thong where a [[septon]] would have worn a crystal. He stinks and his mouth is full of rotted teeth.{{Ref|aCoK|44}}

*As a plump, soft, matronly woman with a round pin moon of a face and heavy dark curls. [[Tyrion Lannister]] briefly thinks it is [[Lollys Stokeworth]].{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

*As [[Rugen]], a dungeon turnkey.{{Ref|HboGoT|s01e08|DVD Commentary}}

==Quotes by Varys==
{{Quote|A eunuch has no honor, and a spider does not enjoy the luxury of scruples, my lord.{{ref|agot|58}}|Varys to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{quote|'''Eddard''': Tell me, Lord Varys, who do you truly serve? 
'''Varys''': Why, [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]], my good lord, how ever could you doubt that? I swear it by my lost manhood. I serve the realm, and the realm needs peace.{{ref|AGOT|58}}|[[Eddard Stark]] and Varys}}

{{Quote|Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?{{Ref|aGoT|58}}|Varys to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling.{{Ref|aCoK|8}}|Varys to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less.{{Ref|aCoK|8}}|Varys to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{quote|'''Tyrion''': Lord Varys, sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in [[King's Landing]], and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy. 
'''Varys''': How odd. I think quite the same of you.{{ref|ACOK|15}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and Varys}}

{{Quote|Secrets are worth more than silver or sapphires.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}|Varys to [[Illyrio Mopatis]]}}

{{quote|Ser Kevan. Forgive me if you can. I bear you no ill will. This was not done from malice. It was for [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]]. For the children ... There are many like you, good men in service to bad causes ...{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}|Varys to [[Kevan Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Varys==
{{Quote|He smelled as foul and sweet as flowers on a grave.{{Ref|aGoT|20}}|[[Eddard Stark]]'s thoughts}}

{{quote|Lord Varys knows all.{{ref|AGOT|18}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|The title was but a courtesy due him as a [[small council|council member]]; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none but his whisperers.{{ref|AGOT|18}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|But Varys has ways of learning things that no man could know. He has some [[magic|dark art]], Ned, I swear it.{{Ref|aGoT|20}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{quote|The Lord Varys was born a [[slave]] in [[Lys]], did you know? Put not your trust in spiders, my lord.{{ref|AGOT|25}}|[[Pycelle]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Lord Varys, sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in [[King's Landing]] and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy.{{ref|ACOK|15}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Varys}}

{{Quote|Birds are lost, messages stolen or sold ... there are things I might tell you of that eunuch that would chill your blood ...{{Ref|aCoK|25}}|[[Pycelle]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{quote|'''Shae''': It's still him. Only dressed different. 
'''Tyrion''': A different look, a different smell, a different way of walking. Most men would be deceived. 
'''Shae''': And most women, maybe. But not whores.{{ref|ACOK|44}}|[[Shae]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|You think you're the only one he whispers secrets to? He gives each of us just enough to convince us that we'd be helpless without him.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Ser [[Barristan Selmy|Barristan]] once told me the rot in King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]]'s reign began with Varys. The eunuch should never have been pardoned.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

==References==
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==External Links==
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House Dayne

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Karlshammar: /* Appearance */ The source neither says yes or no to Valyrian descent for House Dayne, but rather leaves the question without direct answer.

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| Seat = [[Starfall]]
| Current_Lord = [[Edric Dayne]]
| Region = [[Dorne]]
| Title = [[Lord of Starfall]] [[Sword of the Morning]] [[King of the Torrentine]] (historical)
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| Overlord = [[House Martell]]
| Ancestral_weapon = [[Dawn]]
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'''House Dayne of Starfall''' is a noble house from [[Starfall]] in [[Dorne]]. They are among the principal houses sworn to [[House Martell]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}} The [[Sword of the Morning]] is a title given to a Dayne [[knight]] who is considered worthy of wielding the greatsword [[Dawn]], a blade said to be created from the heart of falling star. Their blazon is a white sword and a falling star, crossing on a lavender background.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/9/ Houses from Dorne]</ref> A cadet branch of the family are the [[House Dayne of High Hermitage|Daynes]] of [[High Hermitage]].

==Appearance==
The Daynes, who originate in the western [[Red Mountains]],{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: The Kingdoms of the First Men}} would be considered "stony" [[Dornishmen]] by [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne}} Their hair has been described as pale blond ([[Edric Dayne|Edric]]), dark ([[Ashara Dayne|Ashara]]), and silver with a streak of black ([[Gerold Dayne|Gerold]]). Daynes have been observed with dark blue (Edric) or [[purple eyes]] (Ashara and Gerold). Their purple eyes do not necessarily indicate [[Valyria]]n descent according to [[George R. R. Martin]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://web.archive.org/web/20001210110800/http://www.eventhorizon.com:80/sfzine/chats/transcripts/031899.html Event Horizon Chat], March 18, 1999</ref>

==History==
===Kings of the Torrentine===
[[File:T Jedruszek HorseMenStarfall.jpg|thumb|350px|Horsemen of Starfall by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
House Dayne is one of the most ancient houses in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], claiming [[First Men]] ancestry{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Kingdoms of the First Men}} dating back ten thousand years to the [[Dawn Age|dawn of days]].{{ref|AFFC|21}} The first Dayne is said to have raised [[Starfall]] on an island at the mouth of the [[Torrentine]], having tracked a falling star there and found a stone of magical powers. His descendants became [[Kings of the Torrentine]] and [[Lord of Starfall|Lords of Starfall]].{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: Kingdoms of the First Men}} Along with the [[House Fowler|Fowlers]] and [[House Yronwood|Yronwoods]], the Daynes were among the most powerful and prestigious houses of ancient [[Dorne]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Kingdoms of the First Men}} The Daynes are also famed for [[Dawn]], their ancestral sword made from the fallen star, and the men who wield it, the [[Swords of the Morning]].{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: The Andals Arrive}}

The Daynes have taken part in many conflicts between Dorne and the [[Reach]], including battles against [[House Oakheart]].{{ref|AFFC|21}} King [[Samwell Dayne]], called the Starfire, once burned [[Oldtown]].{{ref|twoiaf|The Reach: Oldtown}}

The last Dayne King, [[Vorian Dayne|Vorian]], known as the Sword of the Evening, was defeated in [[Nymeria's War]] and sent to the [[Wall]]. Afterwards the Daynes supported [[Nymeria]] against King [[Yorick V Yronwood]]. Nymeria's third husband was Ser [[Davos Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]]. Nymeria, [[Princess of Dorne]], was later succeeded by her eldest daughter by her first husband, [[Mors Martell]], not her son by Davos.{{ref|twoiaf}}

===Targaryen Era===
In {{date|10}} during the [[First Dornish War]], Ser [[Joffrey Dayne]] led a [[Dorne|Dornish]] army to the walls of [[Oldtown]], razing the fields and villages outside it.{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: Dorne against the Dragons}} Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] retaliated by burning [[Starfall]] with [[Vhagar]].{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

In {{date|47}} Lady [[Clarisse Dayne]] was suggested as a potential wife for King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]. Grand Maester [[Benifer]] wanted to detach Starfall from Dorne, which was then still independent from the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

[[Ulrick Dayne]], a [[Sword of the Morning]], was considered an exceptional knight by Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], comparable as a swordsman to [[Daemon I Blackfyre]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]].{{ref|tss}} [[Dyanna Dayne]], who died before her husband became King [[Maekar I Targaryen]], was the mother of Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] and King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

===Recent History===
[[File:T Jedruszek starfall knights.jpg|thumb|350px|Knights of Starfall by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
While journeying to [[Casterly Rock]] for the possible brokerage of their marriages, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] and Princess [[Elia Martell]] visited [[Starfall]].{{ref|ASOS|70}} Elia, who eventually married Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{ref|AGOT|3}} had the beautiful Lady [[Ashara Dayne]] as one of her companions.{{ref|ADWD|67}}

Ashara's brother was Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]] and the deadliest knight in the [[Kingsguard]] of [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{ref|AGOT|6}} Arthur led the campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], winning over the [[smallfolk]] of [[kingswood|the forest]] and rooting out the bandits.{{ref|AFFC|30}} During the climactic skirmish, Arthur killed the psychotic [[Smiling Knight]] in a duel.{{ref|ASOS|67}} Arthur also knighted [[Jaime Lannister]] on the battlefield.{{ref|ASOS|11}} Arthur broke twelve lances against his good friend, Rhaegar, in a [[tourney at Storm's End]].{{ref|ASOS|42}}

At the great [[tourney at Harrenhal]], Ashara danced with Lord [[Jon Connington]], [[Eddard Stark]], and a member of the Kingsguard.{{ref|ASOS|24}} In the jousting, Arthur lost to Prince Rhaegar, the eventual champion.{{ref|AGOT|58}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] was infatuated with Ashara, and he planned to name her [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tourney.{{ref|ADWD|67}} According to [[Allyria Dayne]], Ashara fell in love with Eddard at [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|ASOS|43}}

In the aftermath of [[Robert's Rebellion]], Arthur died at the [[combat at the tower of joy|tower of joy]], slain in single combat by Eddard.{{ref|AGOT|6}} Afterward, Lord Stark returned Arthur's famous sword, [[Dawn]], to Starfall and informed Ashara of her brother's death.{{ref|AGOT|6}}{{ref|ASOS|43}} Ashara threw herself into the [[Summer Sea]] from the Palestone Sword of Starfall, although her body was never recovered.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1116 Some Questions], August 23, 2000</ref> Many believe Ashara or Starfall's wet-nurse, [[Wylla]], to be the mother of Eddard's bastard, [[Jon Snow]].{{ref|AGOT|6}}{{ref|ACOK|45}}{{ref|ASOS|43}}

[[Edric Dayne]], the current [[Lord of Starfall]], is the nephew of Arthur. Edric was sent to squire for [[Beric Dondarrion]] after the betrothal of the Lord of [[Blackhaven]] to Edric's aunt, Allyria.{{ref|ASOS|39}}{{ref|asos|43}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Maids and soldiers at [[Winterfell]] tell stories about Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] and his sister, Lady [[Ashara Dayne]].{{ref|AGOT|6}}

While at [[King's Landing]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] has a fevered dream involving Arthur at the [[tower of joy]].{{ref|AGOT|39}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Bran Stark]] recalls that Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]], was the finest knight ever seen by his father, Eddard.{{ref|ACOK|21}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Fallen and reborn by jenzee.jpg|thumb|350px|Fallen and Reborn by Jen Zee ©]]
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] discusses Arthur with [[Arstan Whitebeard]]; [[Viserys Targaryen]] had told her that Arthur was the only knight in the realm who was the peer of their brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]].{{ref|ASOS|8}}

Traveling through the [[riverlands]], [[Arya Stark]] meets the [[brotherhood without banners]]. She learns that Lord [[Edric Dayne]] accompanied Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] in his mission to bring Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to justice. When their band was ambushed at the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|Mummer's Ford]], Beric was killed. Edric defended his body, however, allowing it to be recovered and later accidentally revived by [[Thoros of Myr]]. Edric has accompanied his fellow survivors, constituting an [[outlaw]] fellowship dedicated to guarding the [[smallfolk]] of the riverlands from the cruelties of war.{{ref|ASOS|43}}

While reading the [[White Book]] in the [[Red Keep]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] recalls Arthur with great respect.{{ref|ASOS|67}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Princess [[Arianne Martell]] enlists Ser [[Gerold Dayne]] of the [[House Dayne of High Hermitage|High Hermitage branch]] for her plot to crown [[Myrcella Baratheon]]. Gerold, called Darkstar, resents that he is not regarded as highly as Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]]. When Arianne's plan collapses at the [[Greenblood]], Gerold wounds Myrcella and flees.{{ref|affc|21}}{{ref|AFFC|40}}

When [[Catelyn Stark|Lady Stoneheart]] takes command of the brotherhood without banners after Beric dies his final death, Edric and a group of others leave the brotherhood. Their whereabouts are unknown.{{ref|affc|42}}{{ref|affc|Appendix}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], tasks [[Obara Sand]] with leading Ser [[Balon Swann]] to [[High Hermitage]] to hunt Darkstar, who is also accused of killing Ser [[Arys Oakheart]].{{ref|adwd|38}}

Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] counts his loss to Prince Rhaegar in the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], and [[Robert's Rebellion|the war]] that resulted from the prince's actions thereafter, to be his greatest failure. Barristan wanted to name Ashara [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tourney, but the victorious Rhaegar chose [[Lyanna Stark]] instead of his own wife, [[Elia Martell]].{{ref|adwd|67}}

==House Dayne at the end of the third century==
[[File:Ryan M Barger House Dayne Reserves.jpg|thumb|350px|House Dayne Reserves by Ryan Barger © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The known Daynes during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* The former [[Lord of Starfall]] and elder brother of Arthur, Ashara and Allyria.
** Lord [[Edric Dayne]], his son and current Lord of Starfall.
* Ser {[[Arthur Dayne]]}, the last Dayne to bear the title [[Sword of the Morning]]. A [[Kingsguard]] of great renown, he died in [[combat at the tower of joy]].{{ref|acok|21}}{{ref|asos|67}}
* {[[Ashara Dayne]]}, Edric's aunt. She is said to have jumped from Starfall.{{ref|asos|43}}
* [[Allyria Dayne]], Edric's aunt. She was betrothed to Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]].{{ref|asos|43}}

{{Dayne tree}}

==Historical Members==
* King [[Samwell Dayne]], called the Starfire, who sacked [[Oldtown]].{{ref|twoiaf|The Reach: Oldtown}}
* King [[Vorian Dayne]], called the Sword of the Evening, who was the last king of House Dayne.{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: The Coming of the Rhoynar}}
* Ser [[Davos Dayne]], a [[Sword of the Morning]] and a husband of Princess [[Nymeria]].{{ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}
* Ser [[Joffrey Dayne]], a knight during the reign of [[Aegon I Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Lady [[Clarisse Dayne]], a Lady of Starfall considered a potential wife for King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
* Ser [[Ulrick Dayne]], a previous Sword of the Morning.{{ref|tss}}
* Lady [[Dyanna Dayne]], the wife of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|The wielder of [[Dawn]] is always given the title of [[Sword of the Morning]], and only a knight of House Dayne who is deemed worthy can carry it.{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: The Andals Arrive}}|writings of [[Yandel]]}}

{{quote|'''Gerold''': What I know is that Daynes have been killing [[House Oakheart|Oakhearts]] for several thousand years. 
'''Arianne''': It seems to me that Oakhearts have been killing Daynes for just as long.{{ref|AFFC|21}}|[[Gerold Dayne]] and [[Arianne Martell]]}}

==Behind the Scenes==
House Dayne may be a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to [[w:Black Knight (Dane Whitman)|Dane Whitman]], a comic book superhero known as the Black Knight and the wielder of the [[w:Ebony Blade|Ebony Blade]], a sword carved from a fallen meteor.

==See also==
:*[[:Category:Images of Knights of House Dayne|Images of Knights of House Dayne]]
:*[[Jon Snow/Theories]]''

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

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Lord Belgrave

2020-05-12T15:44:44Z

Karlshammar: Two changes in meaning here. First, the chapter only tells us that he was commanded, not that he made a face. Davos thinks of the look that he "must have worn" because of pride. Second, it's beggar in singular, not plural.

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'''Lord Belgrave''' was head of [[House Belgrave]] during the reign of [[Baelor I Targaryen]]. His given name has not been published.

==History==
History recorded Lord Belgrave as being a proud man. He was known to have been commanded by King [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]] to wash the ulcerous feet of a beggar.{{ref|asos|36}}

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House Dayne

2020-05-05T19:36:11Z

Karlshammar: /* Appearance */ The source states that they are not related to the Targaryens (Aegon the Conqueror), but it says nothing of other Valyrians.

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'''House Dayne of Starfall''' is a noble house from [[Starfall]] in [[Dorne]]. They are among the principal houses sworn to [[House Martell]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}} The [[Sword of the Morning]] is a title given to a Dayne [[knight]] who is considered worthy of wielding the greatsword [[Dawn]], a blade said to be created from the heart of falling star. Their blazon is a white sword and a falling star, crossing on a lavender background.<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/9/ Houses from Dorne]</ref> A cadet branch of the family are the [[House Dayne of High Hermitage|Daynes]] of [[High Hermitage]].

==Appearance==
The Daynes, who originate in the western [[Red Mountains]],{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: The Kingdoms of the First Men}} would be considered "stony" [[Dornishmen]] by [[Daeron II Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne}} Their hair has been described as pale blond ([[Edric Dayne|Edric]]), dark ([[Ashara Dayne|Ashara]]), and silver with a streak of black ([[Gerold Dayne|Gerold]]). Daynes have been observed with dark blue (Edric) or [[purple eyes]] (Ashara and Gerold). Despite their purple eyes, the Daynes are not related to the [[Targaryen]]s.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://web.archive.org/web/20001210110800/http://www.eventhorizon.com:80/sfzine/chats/transcripts/031899.html Event Horizon Chat], March 18, 1999</ref>

==History==
===Kings of the Torrentine===
[[File:T Jedruszek HorseMenStarfall.jpg|thumb|350px|Horsemen of Starfall by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
House Dayne is one of the most ancient houses in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], claiming [[First Men]] ancestry{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Kingdoms of the First Men}} dating back ten thousand years to the [[Dawn Age|dawn of days]].{{ref|AFFC|21}} The first Dayne is said to have raised [[Starfall]] on an island at the mouth of the [[Torrentine]], having tracked a falling star there and found a stone of magical powers. His descendants became [[Kings of the Torrentine]] and [[Lord of Starfall|Lords of Starfall]].{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: Kingdoms of the First Men}} Along with the [[House Fowler|Fowlers]] and [[House Yronwood|Yronwoods]], the Daynes were among the most powerful and prestigious houses of ancient [[Dorne]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Kingdoms of the First Men}} The Daynes are also famed for [[Dawn]], their ancestral sword made from the fallen star, and the men who wield it, the [[Swords of the Morning]].{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: The Andals Arrive}}

The Daynes have taken part in many conflicts between Dorne and the [[Reach]], including battles against [[House Oakheart]].{{ref|AFFC|21}} King [[Samwell Dayne]], called the Starfire, once burned [[Oldtown]].{{ref|twoiaf|The Reach: Oldtown}}

The last Dayne King, [[Vorian Dayne|Vorian]], known as the Sword of the Evening, was defeated in [[Nymeria's War]] and sent to the [[Wall]]. Afterwards the Daynes supported [[Nymeria]] against King [[Yorick V Yronwood]]. Nymeria's third husband was Ser [[Davos Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]]. Nymeria, [[Princess of Dorne]], was later succeeded by her eldest daughter by her first husband, [[Mors Martell]], not her son by Davos.{{ref|twoiaf}}

===Targaryen Era===
In {{date|10}} during the [[First Dornish War]], Ser [[Joffrey Dayne]] led a [[Dorne|Dornish]] army to the walls of [[Oldtown]], razing the fields and villages outside it.{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: Dorne against the Dragons}} Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] retaliated by burning [[Starfall]] with [[Vhagar]].{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

In {{date|47}} Lady [[Clarisse Dayne]] was suggested as a potential wife for King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]. Grand Maester [[Benifer]] wanted to detach Starfall from Dorne, which was then still independent from the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

[[Ulrick Dayne]], a [[Sword of the Morning]], was considered an exceptional knight by Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]], comparable as a swordsman to [[Daemon I Blackfyre]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]].{{ref|tss}} [[Dyanna Dayne]], who died before her husband became King [[Maekar I Targaryen]], was the mother of Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] and King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

===Recent History===
[[File:T Jedruszek starfall knights.jpg|thumb|350px|Knights of Starfall by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
While journeying to [[Casterly Rock]] for the possible brokerage of their marriages, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] and Princess [[Elia Martell]] visited [[Starfall]].{{ref|ASOS|70}} Elia, who eventually married Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{ref|AGOT|3}} had the beautiful Lady [[Ashara Dayne]] as one of her companions.{{ref|ADWD|67}}

Ashara's brother was Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]] and the deadliest knight in the [[Kingsguard]] of [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{ref|AGOT|6}} Arthur led the campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], winning over the [[smallfolk]] of [[kingswood|the forest]] and rooting out the bandits.{{ref|AFFC|30}} During the climactic skirmish, Arthur killed the psychotic [[Smiling Knight]] in a duel.{{ref|ASOS|67}} Arthur also knighted [[Jaime Lannister]] on the battlefield.{{ref|ASOS|11}} Arthur broke twelve lances against his good friend, Rhaegar, in a [[tourney at Storm's End]].{{ref|ASOS|42}}

At the great [[tourney at Harrenhal]], Ashara danced with Lord [[Jon Connington]], [[Eddard Stark]], and a member of the Kingsguard.{{ref|ASOS|24}} In the jousting, Arthur lost to Prince Rhaegar, the eventual champion.{{ref|AGOT|58}} Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] was infatuated with Ashara, and he planned to name her [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tourney.{{ref|ADWD|67}} According to [[Allyria Dayne]], Ashara fell in love with Eddard at [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|ASOS|43}}

In the aftermath of [[Robert's Rebellion]], Arthur died at the [[combat at the tower of joy|tower of joy]], slain in single combat by Eddard.{{ref|AGOT|6}} Afterward, Lord Stark returned Arthur's famous sword, [[Dawn]], to Starfall and informed Ashara of her brother's death.{{ref|AGOT|6}}{{ref|ASOS|43}} Ashara threw herself into the [[Summer Sea]] from the Palestone Sword of Starfall, although her body was never recovered.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1116 Some Questions], August 23, 2000</ref> Many believe Ashara or Starfall's wet-nurse, [[Wylla]], to be the mother of Eddard's bastard, [[Jon Snow]].{{ref|AGOT|6}}{{ref|ACOK|45}}{{ref|ASOS|43}}

[[Edric Dayne]], the current [[Lord of Starfall]], is the nephew of Arthur. Edric was sent to squire for [[Beric Dondarrion]] after the betrothal of the Lord of [[Blackhaven]] to Edric's aunt, Allyria.{{ref|ASOS|39}}{{ref|asos|43}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Maids and soldiers at [[Winterfell]] tell stories about Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] and his sister, Lady [[Ashara Dayne]].{{ref|AGOT|6}}

While at [[King's Landing]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] has a fevered dream involving Arthur at the [[tower of joy]].{{ref|AGOT|39}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Bran Stark]] recalls that Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]], was the finest knight ever seen by his father, Eddard.{{ref|ACOK|21}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Fallen and reborn by jenzee.jpg|thumb|350px|Fallen and Reborn by Jen Zee ©]]
[[Daenerys Targaryen]] discusses Arthur with [[Arstan Whitebeard]]; [[Viserys Targaryen]] had told her that Arthur was the only knight in the realm who was the peer of their brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]].{{ref|ASOS|8}}

Traveling through the [[riverlands]], [[Arya Stark]] meets the [[brotherhood without banners]]. She learns that Lord [[Edric Dayne]] accompanied Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] in his mission to bring Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to justice. When their band was ambushed at the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|Mummer's Ford]], Beric was killed. Edric defended his body, however, allowing it to be recovered and later accidentally revived by [[Thoros of Myr]]. Edric has accompanied his fellow survivors, constituting an [[outlaw]] fellowship dedicated to guarding the [[smallfolk]] of the riverlands from the cruelties of war.{{ref|ASOS|43}}

While reading the [[White Book]] in the [[Red Keep]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] recalls Arthur with great respect.{{ref|ASOS|67}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Princess [[Arianne Martell]] enlists Ser [[Gerold Dayne]] of the [[House Dayne of High Hermitage|High Hermitage branch]] for her plot to crown [[Myrcella Baratheon]]. Gerold, called Darkstar, resents that he is not regarded as highly as Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]]. When Arianne's plan collapses at the [[Greenblood]], Gerold wounds Myrcella and flees.{{ref|affc|21}}{{ref|AFFC|40}}

When [[Catelyn Stark|Lady Stoneheart]] takes command of the brotherhood without banners after Beric dies his final death, Edric and a group of others leave the brotherhood. Their whereabouts are unknown.{{ref|affc|42}}{{ref|affc|Appendix}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], tasks [[Obara Sand]] with leading Ser [[Balon Swann]] to [[High Hermitage]] to hunt Darkstar, who is also accused of killing Ser [[Arys Oakheart]].{{ref|adwd|38}}

Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] counts his loss to Prince Rhaegar in the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], and [[Robert's Rebellion|the war]] that resulted from the prince's actions thereafter, to be his greatest failure. Barristan wanted to name Ashara [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tourney, but the victorious Rhaegar chose [[Lyanna Stark]] instead of his own wife, [[Elia Martell]].{{ref|adwd|67}}

==House Dayne at the end of the third century==
[[File:Ryan M Barger House Dayne Reserves.jpg|thumb|350px|House Dayne Reserves by Ryan Barger © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The known Daynes during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* The former [[Lord of Starfall]] and elder brother of Arthur, Ashara and Allyria.
** Lord [[Edric Dayne]], his son and current Lord of Starfall.
* Ser {[[Arthur Dayne]]}, the last Dayne to bear the title [[Sword of the Morning]]. A [[Kingsguard]] of great renown, he died in [[combat at the tower of joy]].{{ref|acok|21}}{{ref|asos|67}}
* {[[Ashara Dayne]]}, Edric's aunt. She is said to have jumped from Starfall.{{ref|asos|43}}
* [[Allyria Dayne]], Edric's aunt. She was betrothed to Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]].{{ref|asos|43}}

{{Dayne tree}}

==Historical Members==
* King [[Samwell Dayne]], called the Starfire, who sacked [[Oldtown]].{{ref|twoiaf|The Reach: Oldtown}}
* King [[Vorian Dayne]], called the Sword of the Evening, who was the last king of House Dayne.{{ref|twoiaf|Dorne: The Coming of the Rhoynar}}
* Ser [[Davos Dayne]], a [[Sword of the Morning]] and a husband of Princess [[Nymeria]].{{ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}
* Ser [[Joffrey Dayne]], a knight during the reign of [[Aegon I Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
* Lady [[Clarisse Dayne]], a Lady of Starfall considered a potential wife for King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
* Ser [[Ulrick Dayne]], a previous Sword of the Morning.{{ref|tss}}
* Lady [[Dyanna Dayne]], the wife of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf|Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|The wielder of [[Dawn]] is always given the title of [[Sword of the Morning]], and only a knight of House Dayne who is deemed worthy can carry it.{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: The Andals Arrive}}|writings of [[Yandel]]}}

{{quote|'''Gerold''': What I know is that Daynes have been killing [[House Oakheart|Oakhearts]] for several thousand years. 
'''Arianne''': It seems to me that Oakhearts have been killing Daynes for just as long.{{ref|AFFC|21}}|[[Gerold Dayne]] and [[Arianne Martell]]}}

==Behind the Scenes==
House Dayne may be a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to [[w:Black Knight (Dane Whitman)|Dane Whitman]], a comic book superhero known as the Black Knight and the wielder of the [[w:Ebony Blade|Ebony Blade]], a sword carved from a fallen meteor.

==See also==
:*[[:Category:Images of Knights of House Dayne|Images of Knights of House Dayne]]
:*[[Jon Snow/Theories]]''

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

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Old Way

2019-04-25T02:50:00Z

Karlshammar: Fixed typo.

The '''Old Way''' is a term used by the [[ironborn]] when discussing their ancient tradition of reaving and plunder.

==Customs==
===Plunder===
In the Old Way, only women were allowed to buy ornaments (e.g., jewelry), whereas warriors were only allowed to wear the jewelry if they had paid the [[iron price]] for it, i.e. if they had acquired it from the corpses of enemies they had slain himself.{{ref|ACOK|11}}

===Labor===
Under the Old Way, farming and mining are derided as unsuitable for free men, but fishing is respected.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}

===Military===
Under the Old Way, the ironborn lived by the axe{{Ref|acok|11}} and the sword.{{Ref|acok|37}} Under the Old Way, the usage of catapults and siege engines, with the goal of starving a castle out, was considered to be without glory.{{Ref|acok|37}}

===Execution===
The Old Way dictated that a captive would have to be executed by giving him to the [[Drowned God]], thus drowning him in salt water.{{Ref|acok|37}}

===Thralldom===
The Old Way allowed the ironborn to capture men and women on their raids, bringing them back to the Iron Islands. These captive thralls{{Ref|acok|37}} were put to work on the isles. When a warrior wished it so, he could take one of his female thralls to wife in a ceremony preformed by a priest of the Drowned God.{{Ref|acok|11}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Iron Islands}} A man can join himself to multiple salt wives, the number of which speaks to his power, wealth, and virility.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Iron Islands}} The children born from such a [[marriage]] are not considered to be [[bastard]]s, but can inherit should their father have no surviving sons by his true, freeborn [[rock wife]] from the Iron Islands.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}}

While thralls are made to perform labor on the Iron Islands for those by whom they have been captured,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands}} they are not considered to be slaves. Taking slaves is not considered to be the Old Way.{{Ref|affc|29}}

===Medicine===
Healing a person's wounds the Old Way meant healing the wound with fire and seawater.{{Ref|affc|1}}

==History==
Under the Old Way, many a [[kingsmoot]] was held to elect the [[King of the Iron Islands]].{{Ref|affc|1}}

During [[Aegon's Conquest|his Conquest]], [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] pacified the ironborn and outlawed the custom, at least within Westeros, as the ironmen were allowed to prey on the shipping and settlements of the Free Cities and far away places. Those that continue to act in such a manner are said to be keeping to the Old Way.{{ref|ACOK|24}}

Stealing women was made a crime throughout the Seven Kingdoms by Aegon, and reavers were forbidden to pray upon the king's domains, although these prohibitions have only been sporadically enforced by Aegon's successors.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Iron Islands}} Thralls are still present on the Iron Islands today.{{Ref|acok|11}} Regardless, following the acquisition of primacy on the Iron Islands, the lords of [[House Greyjoy]] would not allow reaving close to home.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke}}

Although sporadic attempts have been made by the ironborn to restore the Old Way to the islands (e.g., by [[Dagon Greyjoy]]{{Ref|adwd|63}} and [[Balon Greyjoy]]{{Ref|acok|11}}), all have failed. According to [[Asha Greyjoy]], the Old Way served the [[Iron Islands]] well back when they were only one small kingdom amongst many, but Aegon's Conquest, in which the many small kingdoms were united into one large kingdom, put an end to that advantage.{{Ref|affc|11}}

==References==
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Lands of the Long Summer

2019-01-29T17:45:29Z

Karlshammar: Fixed spelling error.

{{Location map|Slavers Bay |long=-90 |lat=0|label=Lands of the Long Summer| caption = [[Slaver's Bay]] and the location of the Lands of the Long Summer}}
The '''Lands of the Long Summer''' is a region located in the southern part of central [[Essos]]. To the northwest is the [[Sea of Sighs]]. Directly to the north lie the city [[Mantarys]] and the Valyrian [[demon road]]. To the south is the [[Smoking Sea]] and the ruined [[Valyrian peninsula]]. A [[Valyrian road]] runs through the Lands of the Long Summer, running south from Mantarys to the ruined city of [[Oros]], from where it runs westward along the coast past another ruined city back to the demon road.<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[Map of Valyria (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of Valyria]]</ref>

==History==
The Lands of the Long Summer were once part of the fabled [[Valyrian Freehold]].{{ref|awoiaf| Lands of the Long Summer}} All [[Free Cities]], except for [[Braavos]], looked to the Lands of the Long Summer for leadership in times of crisis.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Free Cities}} In the centuries after the fall of the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], the adventurers, exiles and traders from the Freehold of Valyria began to expand beyond the Lands of the Long Summer, towards the lands of the [[Rhoynar]].{{Ref|Twoiaf| Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

Some Valyrians of the Freehold, like Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]], had holdings in the Lands of the Long Summer. When [[House Targaryen]] moved to [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] in [[126 BC]], Lord Aenar sold his holdings.{{ref|twoiaf| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

The Lands of the Long Summer were once the most fertile in all the world.{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}} However, in [[114 BC]], the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] fell on the Lands of the Long Summer,{{Ref|agot|3}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Free Cities: Volantis}} during which they became scorched, drowned and blighted.{{Ref|ADWD|33}}{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}} Now, the way across these once so fertile lands is considered to be "long and grueling".{{Ref|ASOS|57}}

==References==
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Heart of winter

2019-01-04T01:45:26Z

Karlshammar: Word choice fixed.

The '''heart of winter''' is a place glimpsed by [[Bran Stark]] when he is lying in a coma after his fall. Bran looks [[beyond the Wall]], and beyond the curtain of light (possibly an [[w:Aurora|Aurora Borealis]]) at the edge of the world, into what he calls the ''heart of winter''. What he sees there makes him cry. The [[three-eyed crow]] tells Bran that now he knows why he must live: because winter is coming. {{ref|aGoT|17}}

Bran then sees spires of ice rising up to impale him and the bodies of a thousand dreamers before him. The crow tells Bran that he must choose: fly or die. Bran spreads his arms and flies.

Many readers have theorised that the heart of winter is where the [[Others]] or the [[Great Other]] come from.

==References and Notes==
{{References}}

[[Category:Beyond the Wall]]

Lancel Lannister

2018-12-19T00:30:09Z

Karlshammar: This is an inner thought of Cersei's, and not something Tywin ever says explicitly.

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| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] Lord of [[Darry]]
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| Spouse = [[Amerei Frey]]
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|282}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Lancel Lannister|Lancel Lannister]] calculation.''</ref>
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| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
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| Played_by = [[w:Eugene Simon|Eugene Simon]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]]
}}

{{See homonyms | Lancel Lannister (disambiguation)}}

'''Lancel Lannister''' is a member of [[House Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and the eldest son of Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]. Lancel and his cousin, [[Tyrek Lannister]], are squires to King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{ref|AGOT|Appendix}}

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Lancel Lannister|Images of Lancel Lannister]]''
A young, strong, handsome blond-haired youth, Lancel is said to closely resemble his cousin, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. He has green eyes and sandy hair.{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Lancel is humorless, self-assured, arrogant, and impatient.{{Ref|aCoK|25}}{{Ref|aCoK|29}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Alongside his cousin [[Tyrek Lannister|Tyrek]], Lancel serves as squire to King [[Robert I Baratheon]], and is directly responsible for his death. On the request of another cousin, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], Lancel provides the king with a large dose of strongwine as Robert tracks an enormous boar while hunting in the [[kingswood]].{{Ref|aCoK|29}} The boar mortally wounds Robert.{{Ref|aGoT|47}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Agot Ser Lancel Lannister.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Ser Lancel Lannister - by Henning Ludvigsen ©]]
In payment for his service, Cersei has Lancel [[knight]]ed and takes him into her bed.{{ref|ACOK|20}} Although the affair elicits strong emotions from Lancel, Cersei eventually grows bored and rebuffs him. Cersei's brother, [[Tyrion Lannister]], suspects the affair and gets Lancel to admit to it, blackmailing him into spying on Cersei for him.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} Lancel survives the [[riot of King's Landing]].{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

Lancel fights in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], though he is severely injured. For his services, Lancel's uncle and [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], names him the new Lord of [[Darry]] in the [[riverlands]], which Cersei believes is a sop to his brother and Lancel's father, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]].{{Ref|aCoK|65}}{{Ref|aFfC|7}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lancel recovers from the injuries he sustained at the Blackwater, but his appearance is substantially changed in the process. No longer comely, he looks like a much older man and his hair has turned white and brittle. The [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]] is instrumental in his recovery and Lancel develops a new-found piety to the [[Faith of the Seven]]. As part of the pact between Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and Lord [[Walder Frey]] concerning the betrayal of [[Robb Stark]], Lancel is wed to [[Amerei Frey]], a granddaughter of Walder's.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lancel, the head of [[House Lannister of Darry]], reluctantly takes his lordship of the lands of [[Darry]] and is ambivalent as to rumors of his new wife's promiscuity. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] visits Lancel at Darry and, under questioning, Lancel admits to having slept with [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] as well as to having supplied [[Robert I Baratheon]] with the strongwine. Shortly afterwards, Lancel leaves his wife and castle in order to swear service as part of the newly-reformed [[Faith Militant]].{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lancel is seen having joined the [[Warrior's Sons]], a division of highborn knights devoted to the Seven. Under the command of Ser [[Theodan Wells|Theodan the True]], he makes up part of Cersei's escort in her [[walk of atonement]].{{Ref|aDwD|65}}

==Quotes about Lancel==
{{Quote|Look at him. Not quite so tall, his features not so fine, and his hair is sand instead of spun gold, yet still … even a poor copy of Jaime is sweeter than an empty bed, I suppose.{{Ref|acok|29}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Have you given any thought to what Joffrey will do when I tell him you murdered his father to bed his mother?{{Ref|aCoK|29}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]] to Lancel

{{Quote|[[Knight]]ing him was a mistake, and bedding him was a bigger one.{{Ref|aFfC|7}}}} – [[Cersei Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|He may be Kevan's son, but he has milk in his veins. Tyrion was lying to me. His words were meant to wound.{{ref|aFfC|16}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|The Imp was lying. [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] would sooner have [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]]'s corpse between her legs than a pious fool like Lancel. [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], you evil bastard, you should have lied about someone more likely.{{Ref|aFfC|16}}}} – [[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts

==Family==
{{Lannister tree}}

==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Lancel_Lannister Lancel Lannister] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].

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Second Blackfyre Rebellion

2018-11-27T19:18:39Z

Karlshammar: Fixed incorrect word choice.

{{Conspiracy
| image =
| caption =
| name =Second Blackfyre Rebellion Part of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellions]]
| conflict =
| date = {{Date|211}}
| place =[[Whitewalls]]
| participants =Lord [[Gormon Peake]], Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]], [[Daemon II Blackfyre]], Ser [[Tommard Heddle]], Lord [[Alyn Cockshaw]]
| goal =Ignite a Second Blackfyre Rebellion
| result =Failed; conspiracy exposed and stopped by Lord [[Bloodraven]]
| casualties =Lord Gormon Peake Lord [[Alyn Cockshaw]]
| captives =Daemon II Blackfyre
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The '''Second Blackfyre Rebellion''' was the second attempt of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to claim the [[Iron Throne]]. The failed plot which took place in {{date|211}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}} began at [[Whitewalls]], where the [[hedge knight]] known as Ser John the Fiddler was revealed to be [[Daemon II Blackfyre]] during a [[Wedding tourney at Whitewalls|wedding tourney]].{{Ref|TMk}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| Aerys I}}

==The Tourney==
The marriage of Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] to a daughter of Lord [[House Frey|Frey]] was used by some of those who had sided with [[House Blackfyre]] during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]] to come together along with those who resented the rule of [[Hand of the King]], [[Brynden Rivers]], and join their forces. Most of those who had fought for [[Daemon I Blackfyre|the Black Dragon]] in the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|original rebellion]] had their children taken as hostages, but most of those hostages had died during the [[Great Spring Sickness]], which allowed their families to plot once more.{{Ref|TMK}}

The organizers of the tourney, mainly Ser [[Tommard Heddle]] and Lord [[Gormon Peake]], convinced Lord Butterwell to name his dragon egg as the prize for the winner of the tourney. They attempted to rig the tourney so that [[Daemon II Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] would win. The plot was foiled by the intervention of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] and the prowess of Ser [[Glendon Flowers]] in tourney. The dragon egg had been stolen and Ser Glendon was framed for the deed, due to his refusal to lose from Daemon in the lists. The missing egg was even found to be in his possessions. He was arrested and thrown in a cell. However, Duncan slew Tommard in single combat and revealed the egg that had been 'found' in Glendon's saddlebags was a painted stone. The real dragon egg was still missing. Daemon had been unaware of the plots, and was unsure who to believe. He ordered a trial by joust, during which Glendon unhorsed Daemon on the first pass.{{ref|tmk}}

==The Rebellion==
[[File:Da91fd562144b8d819be0b940788d940.jpg|[[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] takes [[Daemon II Blackfyre]] prisioner - by Marc Simonetti © |thumb|550px|right]]
News spread throughout the castle that Lord [[Brynden Rivers]] was marching on the castle with three of the [[Kingsguard]], his three hundred [[Raven's Teeth]], and five hundred knights and five thousand infantry from the [[crownlands]] and [[riverlands]]. These were drawn from Houses [[House Darklyn|Darklyn]], [[House Hayford|Hayford]], [[House Massey|Massey]], [[House Rosby|Rosby]], [[House Stokeworth|Stokeworth]], [[House Mooton|Mooton]], [[House Lothston|Lothston]], and [[House Blackwood]], the house of Brynden's mother, [[Melissa Blackwood|Melissa]].{{ref|tmk}}

Daemon called for those within the castle to fight to the death but was laughed off by the fighting men. Daemon then marched out and offered single combat, but was promptly taken prisoner by Lord Rivers, thus ending the Second Rebellion before it actually began.{{ref|tmk}}

==Aftermath==
Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] kept only a tenth of his fortune and the castle [[Whitewalls]] was forfeit to the [[Iron Throne]]. The castle would be razed to the ground. Ser [[Tommard Heddle]] died at the hands of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] and Lord [[Gormon Peake]] was executed for his part in the rebellion. Others were executed for their parts as well. Daemon was kept as a prisoner to prevent [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]] (who had refused to give Daemon the sword [[Blackfyre]], nor had taken part in the rebellion) from crowning Daemon's younger brother, [[Haegon I Blackfyre|Haegon]].{{ref|tmk}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]] had perished on the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|Redgrass Field]] in blood and glory. The Second Blackfyre Rebellion, ended with a whimper. {{ref|tmk}}}} - [[Duncan the Tall]]'s thoughts

==Lords attending the wedding==
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*Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]], the groom.
*Lord [[House Frey|Frey]], the father of the bride.
*Lord [[Gormon Peake]], the leader of the intrigue. Had two of his three castles taken away for supporting the Black Dragon in the First Blackfyre Rebellion.
*Lord [[Alyn Cockshaw]], Daemon's childhood friend.
*Lord [[House Costayne|Costayne]], Lord Butterwell's son-in-law. Fought for the Black Dragon on the Redgrass Field.
*Lord [[House Risley|Risley]], Lord Butterwell's son-in-law.
*Lord [[House Shawney|Shawney]], who fought for the Black Dragon on the Redgrass Field.
*Lord and Lady [[House Smallwood|Smallwood]]
*Lord [[Joffrey Caswell]]
*Lord and Lady [[House Vyrwel|Vyrwel]]
*Lord [[House Sunderland|Sunderland]]
}}

==References==
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High Valyrian

2018-11-21T02:43:46Z

Karlshammar: Added a sic to GRRM referring to himself as a "novel." I thought it was an error in the Wiki and had to go to the original source to verify that he really did do this.

'''High Valyrian''' is a language originating from [[Valyria]] and the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. It is no longer widely spoken due to the [[Doom of Valyria]], although there are songs and books still sung and read in it. In [[Westeros]], highborn children, specifically the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]], are taught Valyrian as a sign of their noble education.{{ref|AGOT|11}}{{ref|ASOS|60}} Corrupted dialects known as '''bastard Valyrian''' are spoken in the [[Free Cities]] and [[Slaver's Bay]].

According to [[George R. R. Martin]],
{{Quote|[[w:Tolkien|Tolkien]] was a philologist, and an Oxford don, and could spend decades laboriously inventing [[w:Elvish languages (Middle-earth)|Elvish]] in all its detail. I, alas, am only a hardworking SF and fantasy novel[sic], and I don't have his gift for languages. That is to say, I have not actually created a Valyrian language. The best I could do was try to sketch in each of the chief tongues of my imaginary world in broad strokes, and give them each their characteristic sounds and spellings.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1250/ Yet More Questions], July 22, 2001</ref>}}

[[w:David J. Peterson|David J. Peterson]] further developed High Valyrian for the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.

==Language==
[[House Targaryen]] came from [[Valyria]] and thus most of its members can be considered to have High Valyrian names. These include:
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*Aegon
*Aelor
*Aelora
*Aelyx
*Aemon
*Aemond
*Aenar
*Aenys
*Aerea
*Aerion{{ref|ACOK|6}}
*Aeryn
*Aerys
*Alysanne{{ref|ASOS|40}}
*Ayrmidon{{ref|AGOT|9}}
*Baela
*Baelon
*Baelor
*Daella
*Daemion
*Daemon
*Daena
*Daenerys{{ref|ADWD|15}}
*Daenora
*Daenys
*Daeron
*Elaena
*Gael
*Gaemon
*Helaena
*Jaehaera
*Jaehaerys
*Maegelle
*Maegon
*Maegor
*Maekar
*Maelys{{ref|ASOS|67}}
*Naerys
*Rhae
*Rhaegar
*Rhaegel
*Rhaella
*Rhaelle
*Rhaena
*Rhaenyra
*Rhaenys
*Rhalla
*Saera
*Shaena
*Shaera
*Vaegon
*Vaella
*Valarr
*Valerion
*Visenya
*Viserra
*Viserys
}}
Houses [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], [[House Celtigar|Celtigar]], [[House Qoherys|Qoherys]], and [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] are of Valyrian descent, and thus these names are possibly Valyrian as well.<ref>Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/1/#In%20the%20area%20of%20King's%20Landing/ In the area of King's Landing]</ref><ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/4/ Houses in the Riverlands]</ref>

Velaryon first names include:
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*Aethon
*Corlys
*Daenaera
*Jacaerys
*Laena
*Laenor
*Lucerys
*Monterys
*Vaemond
*Valaena
}}

[[Jaenara Belaerys]] was a Valyrian explorer{{ref|TWOIAF| Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}} and [[Aurion]] was a would-be emperor.{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}}

The Valyrians most likely gave Valyrian names to their [[dragons]], as the dragons [[Balerion]], [[Meraxes]], [[Vhagar]], and [[Syrax]] were named after Valyrian gods.{{Ref|TRP}}"{{ref|ACOK|12}} However, not all dragons of [[House Targaryen]] had Valyrian names (e.g., Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]'s dragon, [[Silverwing]]{{ref|ASOS|40}}).

Eight of the nine [[Free Cities]] were founded as colonies of the [[Valyrian Freehold]], and are thus likely to bear Valyrian names as well:
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*[[Lorath]]
*[[Lys]]
*[[Myr]]
*[[Norvos]]
*[[Pentos]]
*[[Qohor]]
*[[Tyrosh]]
*[[Volantis]]
}}

Volantis's satellite towns of [[Selhorys]], [[Valysar]], and [[Volon Therys]] likely have Valyrian names as well. It is also probable that [[Elyria]], [[Mantarys]], [[Oros]], [[Tolos]], [[Tyria]], and [[Velos]] are Valyrian in name, being cities close to Old Valyria.<ref>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', [[A Dance with Dragons-Map of Valyria|Map of Valyria]]</ref>

The High Valyrian phrase ''[[valar morghulis‎]]''{{ref|ACOK|47}} is translated as "all men must die."{{ref|ASOS|27}} A counterpart phrase, ''[[valar dohaeris]]'',{{ref|AFFC|6}} is translated as "all men must serve."{{ref|AFFC|34}}

The word ''dracarys'' is translated as meaning "[[dragonfire]]."{{ref|ASOS|8}} Obsidian is called "[[dragonglass]]" in the [[Common Tongue]], but "frozen fire" in High Valyrian.{{ref|ASOS|78}} ''[[Valonqar]]'' is the word for "little brother."{{ref|AFFC|39}} High Valyrian is the most likely source language for ''[[maegi]]'' (pronounced differently from 'Maggy'),{{ref|AFFC|36}} which means "wise".{{ref|AGOT|72}}

The Valyrian writing system, or at least a Valyrian writing system, is described as involving glyphs.{{ref|AGOT|3}} It was also probably standard practice to write on scrolls, and not in books.{{ref|ACOK|6}} The glyphs can also be inscribed, as on an old Valyrian [[dragon horn]], which, when sounded, had "every line and letter shimmering with white fire."{{ref|AFFC|19}}

[[Valyrian steel]] is forged with [[spells]], as well as hammers.{{ref|AGOT|1}} Some smiths still know them, although not entirely.{{ref|ASOS|32}}

==Bastard Valyrian==
===Free Cities===
Bastard Valyrian includes the languages of the nine [[Free Cities]].{{ref|AGOT|11}} Each of the cities has its own dialect, and each dialect likely has its own separate derived vocabulary. [[Syrio Forel]] has an accent, the lilt of the [[Free Cities]], [[Braavos]] perhaps, or [[Myr]]."{{ref|AGOT|22}} One of the [[Brave Companions]] is described as having a "thick [[Myr]]ish accent."{{ref|ASOS|39}}

The Free Cities use glyphs to write Valyrian.{{ref|AGOT|65}} Valyrian is described as sounding "liquid".{{ref|ACOK|27}}

===Slaver Cities===
The [[Old Empire of Ghis]] was conquered by the [[Valyrian Freehold]] five thousand years ago, and the [[Ghiscari]] have since spoken High Valyrian. The [[Slaver's Bay]] cities of [[Yunkai]], [[Meereen]], and [[Astapor]] have their own versions of bastard Valyrian, which have been influenced mainly by [[Old Ghiscari]], the ancient language of [[Old Ghis]]. Like the [[Free Cities]], the people of the [[Slaver Cities]] use glyphs to write Valyrian.{{ref|ASOS|23}}

Astapori Valyrian is described as having a "characteristic growl," influenced by Ghiscari.{{ref|ASOS|23}} The dialect of Yunkai is close enough to that of Astapor to be mutually intelligible.{{ref|ASOS|42}}

Yunkai used to be part of the [[Old Empire of Ghis]], and has multiple languages spoken in the city. ''[[Mhysa]], Maela, Aelalla, Qathei,'' and ''Tato'' are given as words for "mother", but which tongue fits which word is unknown (excepting the first, which is Ghiscari).{{ref|ASOS|42}}

Some slavers speak a mongrel tongue,{{ref|ADWD|59}} a blend of Old Ghiscari and High Valyrian.{{Ref|ADWD|60}}

==Characters familiar with High Valyrian==
*[[Gerris Drinkwater]] speaks a halting approximation of High Valyrian.{{Ref|ADWD|6}}
*[[Haldon|Haldon Halfmaester]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]] learned to read High Valyrian on his [[maester]]'s knee.
*[[Quentyn Martell]] can read and write High Valyrian but has little practice speaking it.{{Ref|ADWD|6}}
*[[Melisandre]] is known to pray in High Valyrian.{{Ref|aCoK|10|p 146}}
*[[Missandei]]
*Septa [[Saranella]] tells [[Cersei Lannister]] the meaning of ''[[valonqar]]''.{{Ref|aFfC|39}}
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] has some High Valyrian, though not as much as Daenerys.{{Ref|ASOS|23}}
*[[Arya Stark]] was taught High Valyrian by Maester [[Luwin]] but in [[Braavos]] the [[kindly man]] insists that she improve it.
*[[Sweets]] is fluent in High Valyrian{{Ref|ADWD|47}}
*[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] is fluent in High Valyrian.{{Ref|ADWD|6}}
*[[Daenerys Targaryen]]{{Ref|ASOS|23}}
*[[Samwell Tarly]] only has a little High Valyrian.{{Ref|aFfC|26}}
*The [[Tattered Prince]] says "and now we ride" to his men in a classic High Valyrian.{{Ref|aDwD|25}}
*The closest thing the [[Windblown]] have to a company tongue is classic High Valyrian.{{Ref|aDwD|25}}

== References==
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==External Links==
* [[w:Valyrian languages|Valyrian languages]] on Wikipedia.
* [http://www.makinggameofthrones.com/production-diary/2014/5/8/high-valyrian-101-learn-and-pronounce-common-phrases/ High Valyrian 101: Learn and Pronounce Common Phrases] By Katie M. Lucas

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Corlys Velaryon

2018-11-15T22:21:25Z

Karlshammar: Fixed spelling error.

{{Hatnote|For the Kingsguard knight from the reign of Aegon I Targaryen, see [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)]]. "Sea Snake" redirects here. For the ship, see ''[[Sea Snake]]''}}

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| Character_name = [[File:House Velaryon.svg|50px|left]] Corlys Velaryon [[File:House Velaryon.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Sea Snake.jpeg]]
| image_caption = Art by [http://enife.deviantart.com/art/The-Princess-and-the-Queen-431753079 Enife]
| Alias = The Sea Snake
| Title = [[Lord of the Tides]] [[Master of Driftmark]] [[Hand of the King|Hand of the Queen]] [[Regent|Lord Regent]] [[Master of ships]]
| Allegiance = [[House Velaryon]] [[Blacks]] [[Greens]]
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture = [[crownlands]]
| Spouse = Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]
| Issue = Ser [[Laena Velaryon]] Lady [[Laenor Velaryon]]
| Father =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|53}}<ref name=Cal>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Corlys Velaryon|Corlys Velaryon]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|132}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
}}
'''Corlys Velaryon''', known as the '''Sea Snake''', was a fabled [[Lord of the Tides]], [[Master of Driftmark|Master]] of [[Driftmark]], and head of [[House Velaryon]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Red Kraken}} He was the husband of Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]. During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], he became [[Hand of the King|Hand]] to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|tpatq}}

==Appearance and Character==
During his elder years, Corlys liked to say that he was clinging to life "like a drowning sailor clinging to the wreckage of a sunken ship."

==History==
===Early life===
Corlys was born in {{Date|53}}.<ref name=Cal/> He was named after Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]], the first [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] who served King [[Aegon I Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Corlys was a seafaring man. He made multiple voyages, both to the north and the south. He once sailed his ''[[Ice Wolf]]'' [[beyond the Wall]], but was unsuccessful in find a northerly route around [[Westeros]]. He then sailed aboard his ''[[Sea Snake]]'' on nine great voyages to [[Essos]], accumulating wealth from visits to [[Qarth]], [[Yi Ti]], and [[Leng]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Corlys was the first [[Westeros]]i to visit [[Nefer]] in [[N'Ghai]] and to navigate the [[Thousand Islands]].{{ref|awoiaf| Nefer}}{{Ref|awoiaf| The Thousand Islands}} During his last travel, Corlys filled the ''Sea Snake'''s hold with gold and bought twenty more ships at Qarth, loading them with spices, elephants, and silk. Corlys took his nickname, "the Sea Snake", from his famous ship. His expeditions on the ''Sea Snake'' have been described by [[Maester]] [[Mathis]] in his book ''[[The Nine Voyages]]''.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

Corlys became head of [[House Velaryon]] after the death of his grandsire. Richer than Lords [[House Lannister|Lannister]] or [[House Hightower|Hightower]] through his expeditions, Corlys used his great wealth to construct a new seat, [[High Tide]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} where he stored his eastern treasures.{{ref|TPATQ}} Because of the trade at the newly build High Tide, new towns on Driftmark sprung up, and became the chief ports of trade for a while, drawing even more business than the ports of [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

===Late reign of Jaehaerys I and reign of Viserys I===
Corlys had been married to Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], the only child of Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]], who in turn was the eldest son of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineages}} When Prince Aemon died in {{Date|92}}, King Jaehaerys named his second son, Prince [[Baelon Targaryen|Baelon]], heir to the throne over Corlys's wife, Rhaenys.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

Corlys and Rhaenys had two children, Laena, born in {{Date|93}}, and Laenor, born in {{Date|94}}. Upon the death of Prince Baelon in {{Date|101}}, a [[Great Council]] was called at [[Harrenhal]] to determine the new heir of King Jaehaerys I. There, Corlys defended the claim of his son Laenor.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} It was rumored that Corlys had been readying a fleet for that purpose.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} Corlys's fame, reputation, and wealth did much to support Laenor's claim, but in the end, Baelon's son [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys]] received the majority of the votes, and was named [[Prince of Dragonstone]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Viserys would inherit the throne in {{Date|103}}

Following the death of Queen [[Aemma Arryn]], in {{Date|105}}, [[Grand Maester]] [[Runciter]] suggested to King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] that he take Corlys's twelve-year old daughter, Laena, to wife. King Viserys, however, chose [[Alicent Hightower]]. Angered by the third time his wife and children had been scorned by [[House Targaryen]], Corlys and his family did not attend the wedding in {{Date|106}}.{{Ref|TRP}} Instead, he made an alliance with Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], King Viserys's younger brother, equally angered by the King's marriage. Corlys had suffered from the [[Triarchy]]'s rule over the [[Stepstones]], and together with Daemon was determined to conquer the Stepstones for themselves. While Daemon would lead their army, Corlys would lead their fleet. They began their battles in {{Date|106}}. Winning many victories in the first few years, by {{Date|109}} all but two of the islands, and the waters in between were firmly under Daemon and Corlys's control. When Daemon declared himself [[King of the Stepstones and the Narrow Sea]], it was Corlys who placed the crown upon the new king's head.{{ref|TRP}} Daemon gave up his crown in {{date|111}}{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} (though he returned to battle there the next year),{{Ref|TRP}} and no further involvement of Corlys in the conflicts have been reported after {{Date|109}}.

In {{Date|113}}, King Viserys I and his [[small council]] began discussions concerning a betrothal for Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], Viserys's heir. They eventually agreed on Corlys's son, Laenor. They were married in {{Date|114}}. When Rhaenyra gave birth late that same year, Corlys overruled his son's wish and insisted that the child would be given a traditional Velaryon name. The boy was named [[Jacaerys Velaryon|Jacaerys]].{{ref|TRP}} Two more sons, [[Lucerys Velaryon|Lucerys]], in {{Date|115}}, and [[Joffrey Velaryon|Joffrey]], in {{Date|117}}, would follow.{{Ref|TRP}}

In {{Date|115}}, the newly widowed Prince Daemon visited High Tide, where he conceived the idea to marry Corlys's daughter, Laena. While Laena had been betrothed for nearly a decade to the son of a former [[Sealord of Braavos]]. However, Laena's betrothed had proved to be a wastrel and a fool after the death of his father. Eventually, he had turned up on Driftmark after losing all of his family's wealth and power. Though Corlys lacked a graceful way to get rid of the betrothal, he was not willing to let the marriage occur, and postponed the wedding on multiple occasions. When Daemon asked for Laena's hand in marriage, he mocked her betrothed until the latter demanded a trial by combat, which he lost. A fortnight later, Corlys saw his daughter wed to Prince Daemon.{{ref|TRP}} Through this marriage, Corlys would have two more grandchildren: the twin girls [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], born in {{Date|116}}.{{Ref|TRP}}

The year {{Date|120}} was less joyful for Corlys and his wife, however. In the first few days of the year, their daughter Laena died several days after giving birth to her third child. The child, malformed, had already died an hour after birth. Their son Laenor died not long after, stabbed to death by Ser [[Qarl Correy]] while attending a fair in [[Spicetown]]. Laena's husband, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], and Laenor's wife, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], married each other within six months of the deaths of their spouses.{{Ref|TRP}}

Lord [[Lyonel Strong]] and his son, Ser [[Harwin Strong|Harwin]], died during a fire at Harrenhal in {{Date|120}}. While there are many stories concerning this fire, the court fool [[Mushroom]] claims Corlys had been involved in the fire, as revenge on Harwin cuckolding his son.{{ref|TRP}}

When Corlys fell ill with a sudden fever in {{Date|126}}, the issue of the succession of [[Driftmark]] arose. As both of his children were dead, according to law Laenor's eldest son Jacaerys stood to inherit. However, Jacaerys, as the eldest son to the [[Princess of Dragonstone]], already stood to inherit the [[Iron Throne]] after his mother, and as such, Corlys was being urged by Rhaenyra to name her second son by Laenor, Lucerys, as his heir. However, the eldest of Corlys's six nephews, Ser [[Vaemond Velaryon]], insisted that he should be proclaimed heir, insisting that Rhaenyra's three sons by Laenor had in truth been fathered by the late Ser [[Harwin Strong]]. Prince Daemon seized and executed Vaemond, and Vaemond's wife,children and siblings were punished by King Viserys I for repeating the rumours.{{Ref|TRP}} By {{Date|129}}, Corlys had recovered from his illness.

===Dance of the Dragons===
Lord Corlys Velaryon sat on [[black council|Rhaenyra's council]] during the civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]; he was the greatest lord to pledge his strength to the cause of Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], when her claim to the throne following King Viserys I's death was opposed by her half-brother, King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. More than half of Rhaenyra's army was made up of men sworn to [[House Velaryon]]. Corlys's fleets also gave [[the blacks]] superiority at sea.{{ref|tpatq}}

When Lord [[Bartimos Celtigar]] urged the princess to fly from [[Dragonstone]] to [[King's Landing]] at once and reduce the city to ash and bone, Corlys demanded to know how that would serve them, telling him "we want to rule the city, not burn it to the ground".{{ref|tpatq}} Corly had command over the Velaryon fleet when it closed off the [[Gullet]] and sailed back and forth from Dragonstone and [[Driftmark]], blocking all ships from entering or leaving [[Blackwater Bay]], thereby choking off trade to and from King's Landing. Eventually, the Velaryon blockade was broken by the [[Battle of the Gullet]] and [[High Tide]] was sacked. All of the treasures Corlys had gathered in the east were destroyed.{{ref|tpatq}}

Corlys's wife, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], had gone to give aid to Lord [[House Staunton|Staunton]] at [[Rook's Rest]], where she [[Battle of Rook's Rest|battled]] Aegon II, Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]], and their dragons [[Sunfyre]] and [[Vhagar]]. Rhaenys and her own dragon [[Meleys]] died in battle, and when news reached Dragonstone, Corlys blamed Rhaenyra for Rhaenys's death, as she had forbidden her sons from going to Rook's Rest with Rhaenys. Corlys was brought back into the fold when Prince Jacaerys named him [[Hand of the Queen]]. Together, they planned an assault on [[King's Landing]]. For his plans, Jacaerys offered lands, riches and knighthood to anyone who could mount one of the riderless dragons. A fifteen year old [[Addam of Hull]] managed to claim [[Seasmoke]], formerly ridden by Corlys's late son Laenor. Addam's mother [[Marilda of Hull|Marilda]] proclaimed that Addam and his younger brother [[Alyn of Hull|Alyn]] had both been fathered by Laenor, and, apparently accepting this fact, Corlys petitioned Rhaenyra to legitimize them both, naming Addam his new heir.{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Marilda's proposed parentage for her sons was found remarkable by many, due to the rumours concerning Laenor's sexuality. The court fool [[Mushroom]], however, proposed another possibility, suggesting that that Addam and Alyn had both been fathered by Corlys himself, and that he had kept them far from court whilst his wife was still alive, but took the oppertunity, after her death, to acknowledge them after a fashion.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Rhaenyra [[fall of King's Landing|took King's Landing]], though Aegon II and his remaining two children, [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]] and [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]] had escaped capture. Though her forces were victorious in the [[Butcher's Ball]], in which Ser [[Criston Cole]] died, the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]] resulted in a loss for the blacks. Prince Aemond was terrorizing the [[riverlands]] with [[Vhagar]], and Lord [[Ormund Hightower]]'s host, with Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron]] and his dragon [[Tessarion]], was slowly advancing on the city. With these threats in mind, Lord Corlys suggested to Rhaenyra that she should offer pardons to Lord [[Borros Baratheon]], [[Ormund Hightower]] and [[House Lannister]], send Queen [[Alicent Hightower]] and Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] to the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]], to make Aegon II's daughter Jaehaera Corlys's ward, as to marry her to [[Aegon III Targaryen|her own son Aegon]] in due time, and to allow her half-brothers to [[Night's Watch|take the black]]. Rhaenyra, however, insisted that her half-brothers had broken their vows before, and that the vows of the Night's Watch would mean little to them. Prince Daemon proposed to destroy both [[House Lannister]] and [[House Baratheon]], and granting their seats to [[Ulf the White]] and [[Hugh Hammer]], two of the four [[dragonseeds]], but Corlys, horrified by this suggestion, insisted that half of the Westerosi lords would turn against them if they were to destroy two ancient and noble houses.{{ref|tpatq}}

After Hugh Hammer and Ulf the White, the [[Two Betrayers]], switched sides during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]], Lord Corlys was the only person on the black council to speak in defense of [[Nettles]] and his own heir [[Addam Velaryon|Addam]], the two remaining dragonseeds. He remarked that Addam and Alyn were "true heirs" and worthy of Driftmark, and that [[Nettles]] had fought valiantly in the [[Battle in the Gullet]]. His protests were in vain, however, and Rhaenyra commanded Ser [[Luthor Largent]] to arrest Addam in the [[Dragonpit]]. Corlys warned Addam, who made his escape on Seasmoke's back. Confronted by an angry Ser Luthor, Corlys did not deny the accusations of treachery. Corlys remained silent, though he was bound and beaten before he was taken down into the [[Red Keep]]'s dungeons and thrown into a [[black cell]] to await trial and execution.{{Ref|TPATQ}} Some of Corlys's men joined the mob in [[Cobbler's Square]] that had gathered for [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|the Riot of King's Landing]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}{{Ref|TPATQ}} Others attempted to scale the walls and free him,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} and yet others fled the city.{{Ref|TPATQ}} Half of Rhaenyra's army that had left from Dragonstone had been made up of Velaryon men, and following Corlys's imprisonment, they began to abandon her by the hundreds, and those who remained could not be trusted.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Rhaenyra was eventually forced to flee the city, and King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]'s men took the city back. Corlys was freed from the dungeons.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} In return for being pardoned,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} Corlys would use his wealth and power to support King Aegon II. However, he refused to accept the execution of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon the Younger]], and insisted that Aegon should be betrothed to King Aegon II's only remaining child, Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]], as a requirement for his support of Aegon II.<ref>asoiaf.westeros.org: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/139166-aegon-ii-and-aegon-iii/&do=findComment&comment=7552930 Aegon II and Aegon III (April 23) - post 1]</ref> King Aegon agreed, and his nephew, Aegon the Younger, was betrothed to Princess Jaehaera.<ref>asoiaf.westeros.org [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/139166-aegon-ii-and-aegon-iii/&do=findComment&comment=7552965 Aegon II and Aegon III (April 23) - post 2]</ref>

Corlys served Aegon II on his [[small council]] during the short remainder of Aegon's reign. Following the defeat of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]], with an army of [[riverlands|riverlanders]] near the city, and a second host, led by Lord [[Cregan Stark]], coming down the [[kingsroad]], he advised King Aegon II to join the [[Night's Watch]]. The king refused, but was poisoned soon after, thereby ending the war.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

===Reign of Aegon III===
Following the death of Aegon II, Corlys sent envoys to [[Casterly Rock]], [[Storm's End]] and [[Oldtown]], who had been Aegon II's main supporters, suing for peace. When Lord [[Cregan Stark]] arrived in [[King's Landing]], he took power over the court and, insisting that the poisoners of Aegon II were punished, had twenty-two men arrested, including Corlys. This time became known as the [[Hour of the Wolf]]. Corlys was spared a trial. Instead, he was freed thanks to an edict of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] that [[Baela Targaryen|Baela]] and [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] had persuaded him to issue. [[Alysanne Blackwood]] promised Lord Cregan her hand in marriage if he would honor the edict, which he did.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Corlys served as one of the [[regent]]s for [[Aegon III Targaryen]] during from {{Date|131}} until his death in {{Date|132}}. Corlys was regarded as the most powerful of the regents. When he died of old age, at the age of seventy-nine, his body was placed beneath the [[Iron Throne]] for a week.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Mayhaps [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] have preserved me for this fight.{{ref|tpatq}}}} - Corlys at the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]]

==Family==
{{Velaryon tree Dance}}

==References==
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