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Smallfolk

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Lee-Sensei:

'''Smallfolk''' are the common people of [[Westeros]], akin to peasants. They are at the bottom of the social ladder. Most have to obey their local [[lord]], even though they may never catch a glimpse of him during their life. The nobility of Westeros have great power over the smallfolk.

==About==
Most smallfolk are poor, illiterate, and live very provincial, humble, simple lives. They do not have surnames. They dress in raw wool and dull brown roughspun.{{Ref|aFfC|26}} They use roads which are crooked muddy tracks that do not appear on parchment maps.{{Ref|aFfC|25}} They use [[w:Stick fighting|staffs]] as weapons.{{Ref|affc|28}} They often name their daughters after flowers and herbs.{{Ref|asos|2}} They are far removed from the major players of the game of thrones, but are affected by those decisions, good or bad.

===Rise in social status===
Even though they are born in the lowest social status in Westeros, it is possible for small folk to rise up in social status, by the means of their profession. Below are some examples:
* '''[[Knight|Knighthood]]'''. [[Hedge knight]]s were usually born as smallfolk, though higher positions are also possible. For example, Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], who even rose to the position of [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]] of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].
* '''Guards'''. It is possible for smallfolk to join the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]] in [[King's Landing]] or the [[Night's Watch]] with the possibility to occupy a commanding position.
* Smallfolk are also allowed to join the [[Citadel]] of [[Oldtown]], to study to become a '''maester'''.
* [[The Faith of the Seven]] allows all to become '''Septons''' or '''Septa's'''.
* The [[Poor Fellows]], a military order of the [[Faith Militant]], accept members regardlessly of their inheritance or their sex.

==Some characters popular with the smallfolk==
{{Columns|2|
*King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]
*[[Good Queen Alysanne]]
*King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
*King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
*Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]
*[[Serwyn|Serwyn of the Mirror shield]] {{ref|acok|3}}
*[[Aemon Targaryen|Prince Aemon the Dragonknight]] {{ref|acok|3}}
*King [[Baelor I Targaryen]]
*King [[Aegon V Targaryen]]
*Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
*[[Renly Baratheon]] {{Ref|aCoK|42}}
*[[Robert Baratheon]]
*[[Margaery Tyrell]]
*[[Loras Tyrell]]
*[[Barristan the Bold]]{{ref|acok|3}}
*[[Beric Dondarrion]]
*[[Simon Toyne]]
*[[Arthur Dayne]]
}}

==Some characters unpopular with the smallfolk==
*[[Brynden Rivers]]
*[[Tywin Lannister]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister]] {{Ref|aCoK|41}}
*[[Cersei Lannister]]
*The [[High Septon (Fat One)|fat High Septon]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Thousands of smallfolk streamed out [[King's Landing|the city gates]], carrying their children and worldly possessions on their backs, to seek safety in the countryside. Others dug pits and tunnels under their hovels, dark dank holes where they hoped to hide [[Riot of King's Landing (the Dance of the Dragons)|whilst the city burned]].{{ref|TPATQ}}}} - [[Gyldayn]]

{{Quote|The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. They never are.{{ref|AGOT|23}}}} - [[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]

{{Quote|That was the way of war. The smallfolk were slaughtered, while the highborn were held for ransom.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}}} - thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|Fools love a fool.{{Ref|ACOK|42}}}}
- [[Stannis Baratheon]] on hearing the smallfolk grieve for [[Renly Baratheon]]

{{Quote|They are born, they live, they love, they die.{{ref|AFFC|25}}}} - [[Meribald]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]

{{Quote|If we mingle with the commons, they will love us better.{{Ref|affc|28}}}} - [[Tommen Baratheon]] to [[Cersei Lannister]]

{{quote|It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.{{ref|AFFC|37}}}} - [[Meribald]] to [[Hyle Hunt]]

==References and Notes==
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Bran Stark

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Lee-Sensei: /* A Clash of Kings */

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| image = [[File:Bran stark dreams by teiiku.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Bran dreams of the [[three-eyed crow]]. Artwork by Teiiku©
| Alias = Bran Bran the Broken The Winged Wolf The Bran boy
| Title = Prince
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|290}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Brandon Stark (Bran)|Brandon Stark (Bran)]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (POV) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (POV) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (POV) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Isaac Hempstead-Wright,Bran Stark|Isaac Hempstead-Wright]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
}}
{{See homonyms | Brandon Stark (disambiguation)}}

'''Brandon Stark''', typically called '''Bran''', is the second son of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and Lady [[Catelyn Tully]]. He is one of the major [[POV character]]s in the books. He has four older siblings—[[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Jon Snow|Jon]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], [[Arya Stark|Arya]]—and one younger—[[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. Like his siblings, he is constantly accompanied by his direwolf, [[Summer]], with whom he shares a strong [[skinchanger|warg]] connection.{{Ref|ACoK|21}} He is seven years old at the beginning of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright.<ref name=hbo/>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Bran Stark|Images of Bran Stark]]''
Bran favours [[Catelyn Tully|his mother]]'s side in appearance, having the thick auburn hair and deep blue eyes of the [[House Tully|Tullys]].{{ref|agot|7}}{{ref|agot|14}}

Bran is a sweet and thoughtful boy, well-loved by everyone at [[Winterfell]]. He has a fascination with climbing and exploring along the walls and ramparts of the castle. [[Catelyn Tully|Lady Catelyn]] once jested that Bran could "climb before he could walk", however, his climbing often distresses her.{{ref|agot|6}} Like his siblings, he is also dutiful and tough-minded, as well as possessing a propensity for adventure and excitement. His half-brother Jon fondly thinks to himself that Bran was always "stubborn and curious", and in like manner constantly wanted to join in the play of the older boys, believing himself an adult at seven.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} However, he becomes more serious and contemplative due to his increasingly worsening situation after his fall.

Bran is constantly accompanied by his [[direwolf]], whom he names [[Summer]], with whom he shares a strong [[skinchanger|warg]] connection. He is later revealed to also possess the [[greensight]], meaning he often has dreams that seem to be prophetic.{{Ref|ACoK|21}}

==History==
Born at [[Winterfell]] in {{Date|290}} at the height of summer, Bran is the second son and fourth child of [[Catelyn Tully]] and [[Eddard Stark]], head of [[House Stark]]; and younger brother to Robb Stark, [[King in the North]]. He is the current Lord of Winterfell. He is named after his late uncle, Eddard's elder brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], whose death was one of the major events that led to [[Robert's Rebellion]] in {{Date|282}}.{{ref|acok|69}}

Bran has three older siblings ([[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], and [[Arya Stark|Arya]]) and one younger ([[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]). He also has a [[bastard]] half-brother, [[Jon Snow]]. As a child, Bran was educated by [[Maester]] [[Luwin]] and trained with [[armament|weapons]]. Since he was a babe, Bran would often climb the walls of Winterfell, scaring Lady Catelyn to death. Once, she pleaded for him to stop, and extracted a promise for him to do so, a promise which he kept for barely a fortnight. When Bran, wracked with guilt, confessed this to Lord Eddard, he ordered his son to the [[godswood]], where Bran was eventually found asleep in the tallest sentinel tree. Ned then accepted his climbing, but told him to try to not let his lady mother see him.{{ref|agot|8}}

Bran dreams of becoming a [[knight]] and has asked to hear their stories over and over until their names have become "like music to him". He is enthralled especially by the ideals of the [[Kingsguard]], but is disappointed to be informed by his father that the new Kingsguard's standards have been lowered.{{ref|agot|8}}

==Recent Events==

===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Ned Bran.jpg|thumb|400px|Ned and Bran - by Amok ©]]

Bran is among a group of twenty men who witness Lord [[Eddard Stark]] dispense the king's justice to [[Gared|a deserter]] of the [[Night's Watch]], the first time Bran is allowed to accompany such a group. After the man is executed, Eddard asks Bran if he knows the reason why his father carried out the killing himself; Bran has no answer. Ned then explains that the First Men—of whom the Starks are descendants—believe that the one who pronounces the verdict should perform the execution himself, proclaiming:
{{Quote|The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die...”{{Ref|aGoT|1}}}}
On the way back to the castle, the group finds a dead direwolf and her pups. Lord Eddard states that killing the pups quickly would forestall a painful and slow death but Bran passionately protests. Bran's half-brother Jon points out that there are five pups, one for each of Eddard's legitimate children; since the direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, they must be meant to have the wolves. Bran immediately realizes, along with everyone else, that the comparison only works out because Jon is not claiming a pup for himself. Bran and each of the other Stark siblings receives one of the young animals as a pet.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

Bran's excitement grows at the prospect of seeing the knights and royalty of [[King's Landing]], yet he is still apprehensive about leaving.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} During the royal visit to Winterfell, Bran fights Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]] in the yard under the supervision of master-at-arms Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], which ends in Bran's victory.{{ref|agot|7}}
[[File:Pojypojy Bran falling.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Bran falling from the tower after being pushed by [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] by Pojypojy©]]
When King [[Robert Baratheon]] and the older men leave on a hunting trip, Bran impulsively decides on a climbing expedition. During this expedition he passes a window through which he sees Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] and her brother Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] making love. He is shocked after being spotted and loses his grip, almost falling before being caught by the Kingslayer. Jaime then pushes him from the window, intending to kill him to keep secret the incestuous love affair, but Bran survives and enters a coma.{{Ref|aGoT|8}}

While Bran is comatose, an attempt is made on his life by an unnamed [[catspaw]]. Lady [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] delays the assassin long enough for Bran’s direwolf to arrive and tear out his throat.{{ref|agot|14}} In the meantime, during the coma, Bran has many visions, including a hazy memory of his falling from the tower and a [[three-eyed crow]] that tells him it can teach him to fly. With the crow's guidance, Bran wakes and immediately names his direwolf ''[[Summer]]''.{{Ref|aGoT|17}} Bran is crippled from the fall and unable to walk, but the crow tells him that he is ''the winged wolf'' bound in chains. After he wakes, he learns much northern lore from Maester [[Luwin]] and [[Old Nan]].

When [[Tyrion Lannister]] stops at [[Winterfell]] on his way back from [[the Wall]], he gives schematics for a saddle designed for Bran's crippled form, despite threats from Bran's brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]], acting as Lord of Winterfell, and the direwolves. Bran, however, is overjoyed at the prospect of learning to ride again.{{Ref|aGoT|24}} Later, while testing Tyrion's suggestion out on a ride in the [[wolfswood]], Bran is ambushed by a band of [[free folk|wildlings]] and Night's Watch deserters, but is rescued by Robb, [[Theon Greyjoy]], [[Grey Wind]], and Summer.{{Ref|aGoT|37}}

Afterwards, he begins to bond with the sole survivor of that band, [[Osha]], due to their shared faith in the [[old gods]]. When Robb calls the Northern banners following Lord Eddard's arrest in [[King's Landing]], Bran witnesses the incident with the [[Greatjon]], and is the acting Lord of Winterfell when Robb rides south.{{Ref|aGoT|53}}

Later, Bran has a dream of his father in the [[crypt of Winterfell]]. He ventures there with Osha, finding nothing. Rickon also reveals that he dreamt the same dream last night. Almost immediately after leaving the crypts, Maester Luwin receives a raven-borne message informing Winterfell of Ned's execution by King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]'s command.{{Ref|aGoT|66}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File: MiguelRegodónHarkness_Bran_Hodor.jpg‎|After Bran's accident [[Hodor]] carries him in a basket ‎on his back - © 2012 Miguel Regodón Harkness |thumb|300px|right]]
After [[Robb Stark|Robb]] becomes [[King in the North]], Bran, as Robb's heir, becomes the Prince of [[Winterfell]], and rules the castle in his brother's absence.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} He befriends [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]], children of his father's most trusted friend, [[Howland Reed]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}}

While sleeping, Bran frequently enters [[Summer]]'s mind (though he thinks he is simply dreaming) and begins to become more bestial. Jojen recognizes Bran's ability as [[skinchanger|skinchanging]], and instructs him on how to use it properly. After learning of Bran's visions, Jojen claims that if Bran goes north [[beyond the Wall]], he can find the [[three-eyed crow]] from his dreams.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}

When [[Theon Greyjoy]] [[Capture of Winterfell|captures Winterfell]], Bran and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] hide in the [[crypt of Winterfell|crypts]].{{Ref|aCoK|69}} To hide the truth of their escape, Theon has two other children murdered and skinned by "[[Ramsay Snow|Reek]]" and proclaims them to be Bran and Rickon.{{Ref|aCoK|56}}

Theon is betrayed by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of [[Roose Bolton|Bolton]], who is not acting out of loyalty to the [[House Stark|Starks]]. Outside of Winterfell, men of [[House Bolton]] [[battle at Winterfell|massacre]] those loyal to the Starks, [[sack of Winterfell|burn the castle]], and take the surviving women and children to the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|aCoK|66}}

Bran and his companions emerge from the crypts to find Winterfell in ruins. The brothers find a mortally wounded Maester [[Luwin]], who advises their traveling party to split. Rickon and [[Osha]] set off in the direction of [[White Harbor]]. Bran, [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] set off north to seek the [[three-eyed crow]].{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Queenscrown.jpg|300px|thumb|Bran, Summer, Hodor and the Reeds at the [[Queenscrown]] by Michael Komarck©]]

[[Ramsay Snow]] was in on the trick played by [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] with the miller's children, so Bolton men search for the real Bran and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]].{{Ref|aSoS|24}} Bran, [[Meera Reed|Meera]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], and [[Hodor]] travel in secret to evade them, avoiding the main roads. When the weather turns colder in the [[northern mountains]], Summer finds them shelter where they meet a a [[Liddle]] who shares his food with them. When they ask if they should take the [[kingsroad]], the [[northern mountain clans|clansman]] tells them that it is treacherous for travellers, as [[War of the Five Kings|the war]] has made everywhere dangerous. The group decide to head to [[the Nightfort]] instead of [[Castle Black]] due to Jojen's [[greensight|green dream]]. Meera then tells Bran a story, one to her and Jojen's surprise he has never heard before: the story of the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]].{{Ref|asos|24}}

Enroute to the [[Wall]], the party stop at [[Queenscrown]], an abandoned holdfast surrounded by water, which they are able to get to due to a concealed passageway through the moat remembered by Bran from one of [[Old Nan]]'s stories. While hidden inside the castle they spot men in the village.{{Ref|aSoS|40}} Summer attacks the men, among whom is Bran's half-brother, [[Jon Snow]]. Bran then enters Summer's mind and attacks the men trying to slay his half-brother, giving Jon the opportunity to escape his [[wildling]] companions. Summer is wounded by an arrow in the skirmish, but manages to recover after being treated by Meera.{{Ref|aSoS|41}}

The troop eventually reaches the Wall at the Nightfort, and, while sleeping, Bran is awoken by footsteps. At first, the group are terrified to have been discovered, but as Meera attacks the intruders, Bran recognizes one as a brother of the [[Night's Watch]] and meets [[Samwell Tarly]], accompanied by the wildling [[Gilly]]. Sam leads them through a secret door at the bottom of a well that takes them through to the north side of the Wall. There they meet [[Coldhands]], an enigmatic figure of uncertain allegiance. Bran, Jojen and Coldhands all extract a promise from Samwell that he will tell no one that they are alive. Samwell reluctantly agrees, even keeping the secret from Jon Snow, his sworn brother of the Night's Watch and Bran's half-brother.{{Ref|aSoS|56}}

===''A Feast For Crows''===
At the Wall, Samwell is summoned to Jon and Lord Snow then mentions his message to King [[Tommen Baratheon]] requesting aid for the Watch. He notes bitterly that Bran once bested Tommen at swords in the yard at [[Winterfell]]; now Bran is dead, and Tommen sits upon the [[Iron Throne]]. Sam wants to tell Jon his brother is alive and [[beyond the Wall]], but he keeps his promise and does not say a word.{{Ref|affc|5}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Three eyed crow Marc Simonetti.jpg|300px|thumb|Bran meets the [[three-eyed crow]]. by Marc Simonetti©]]
Bran, [[Meera Reed|Meera]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], [[Hodor]], and [[Coldhands]] continue their journey through the [[haunted forest]] in search of the [[three-eyed crow]]. During his travels with the Reeds, Bran begins to become infatuated with Meera, while Jojen grows thin and weak. The journey is long and cold, and they suffer on the brink of starvation. The group is briefly abandoned by Coldhands, who returns to them after killing oathbreakers of the [[Night's Watch]]. To try and sate his hunger, Bran feasts on human flesh of the deceased [[Night's Watch|crows]] while inside [[Summer]].{{Ref|aDwD|4}}. Returning to his own skin, Bran eats some meat that [[Coldhands]] has brought back with him, which Coldhands claims to be pig.

As they continue their journey into the North, Coldhands' elk collapses and is butchered by the ranger and [[Meera|Meera Reed]] for meat. Despite promising himself he would rather go hungry than feast on a friend, Bran eats the meat twice; once in his own skin,and once in [[Summer|Summer's]]. The steaks of meat from the elk sustain the group for seven days.

In the depths of the haunted forest, they find a hill on top of which lies the dwelling of the three-eyed crow. Coldhands warns them that there are wights or [[Others|White Walkers]] nearby, and Summer seems to sense danger as they climb and finally reach the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]]. The group are ambushed by [[wights]] just outside the cave’s entrance. Bran enters Hodor's mind to fight off the wights, and sees a figure in the cave mouth brandishing a torch, whom he at first believes is his sister, [[Arya]]. Seeing his own body in danger, Bran slips back into his own skin, but blacks out and wakes up again inside the cave. There the group meet a [[children of the forest|child of the forest]], [[Leaf]], who reveals that she has saved them by burning the wights. However, the cave is warded against [[Others|White Walkers]] and wights, so Coldhands cannot accompany them inside. [[Leaf]] takes them deeper into the cave, underneath weirwood roots and across a floor of bones, until they reach a skeletal body sitting on a throne made of roots - the three-eyed crow, the last greenseer. When Bran asks the crow if he can fix his legs, the crow says that that is beyond his power.{{Ref|aDwD|13}} Heartbroken, Bran's eyes begin to fill with tears, but the crow responds:
{{Quote|You will never walk again, Bran... but you will fly.{{Ref|adwd|13}}}}

The three-eyed crow, who Bran learns was named Brynden when he was quick {{Ref|aDwD|34}}, then begins to teach Bran about [[greenseer|greenseeing]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]]. Bran is fed [[weirwood paste]], which awakens his greenseeing gifts. He then enters the weirwood roots around them and sees his father, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], through [[Winterfell]]'s heart tree in the past. Grief-stricken, Bran tries to speak to Ned, but all that is heard is a whisper on the wind.

The three-eyed crow explains that he can look into the past through the weirwoods, but saw only what he wished to see, his father and his home. The crow further says that while Bran can view his father, he cannot speak to him. He says:

{{Quote|I have my own ghosts, Bran. A brother that I loved, a brother that I hated, a woman that I desired. Through the trees, I see them still, but no word of mine has ever reached them. The past remains the past. We can learn from it, but we cannot change it.}}
[[File:Bran Stark and the Children of the Forest.jpg|thumb|400px|right| Depiction of Bran Stark and the Children of the Forest by Conor Campbell ©]]
While inside the cave, Bran continues to enter Hodor to explore the deeper parts of the cave. When the crow sends him to rest, Bran later dreams again through Winterfell's heart tree and sees flashes of the past as far back as the old [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]]:
* His [[Ned Stark|young father]] praying with a bowed head "…let them grow up close as brothers, with only love between them, and let [[Catelyn Tully|my lady wife]] find it in her heart to forgive.";<ref>Probably shortly after his return from [[Robert's Rebellion]], referring to [[Robb]] and [[Jon Snow]]</ref>
* A girl and a younger boy play fighting with branches;<ref>Possibly Bran's uncle [[Benjen Stark]] and late aunt [[Lyanna Stark]]; Bran finds the girl to be alike to his sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]], who is said to remind people of a young Lyanna as per ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 22|Chapter 22]]</ref>
* A pregnant woman coming out of the black pool praying for a son to avenge her;
* A slender girl on her toes kissing a [[knight]] as tall as Hodor;<ref>It is believed to be [[Dunk]] kissing a young woman, likely a young [[Old Nan]], at Winterfell, foreshadowing the next [[Dunk and Egg]] story, which has the working title ''The She-Wolves of Winterfell''.</ref>
* A pale, dark-eyed youth cutting three branches from the weirwood and shaping them into arrows;
* Other lords of Winterfell: tall, hard, stern men in fur and chain mail;
* A bearded man forcing a captive down on his knees, and a white-haired woman killing the captive with a bronze sickle.{{Ref|aDwD|34}}

It is possible, as well, that Bran contacts Theon through the weirwood tree at Winterfell before Theon is forced to help the [[spearwife|spearwives]] rescue "[[Arya Stark]]" ([[Jeyne Poole]]).{{ref|ADWD|46}}

==Quotes by Bran==

{{Quote|'''Bran:''' What are you doing to me?

'''Three-eyed crow:''' Teaching you to fly.

'''Bran:''' I can't fly!

'''Three-eyed crow:''' You're flying right now.

'''Bran:''' I'm falling!

'''Three-eyed crow:''' Every flight begins with a fall. {{Ref|aGoT|17}}}}
— The [[Three-eyed crow]] to Bran in his dreams

{{Quote|They do. They dream tree dreams. I dream of a tree sometimes. A [[weirwood]], like the one in the godswood. It calls to me. The [[warg|wolf dreams]] are better. I smell things, and sometimes I can taste the blood. {{ref|acok|4}}}}
- Bran to Maester [[Luwin]]

{{Quote|The stone is strong. . .The roots of the trees grow deep, and under the ground the [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]] sit their thrones. So long as those remained, [[Winterfell]] remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me... I'm not dead either. {{Ref|aCoK|69}}}}
- Bran's thoughts after the [[Sack of Winterfell]]

{{Quote|Old stories are like old friends. You have to visit them from time to time. {{Ref|aSoS}}}}
— Bran to [[Meera Reed]]

{{Quote|All the tales agreed that the [[greenseer|green men]] had strange magic powers. Maybe they could help him walk again, even turn him into a [[knight]]. They turned the [[Howland Reed|little crannogman]] into a knight, even if it was only for [[Tourney at Harrenhal|a day]], he thought. A day would be enough.}}
— Bran, thinking about the greenseers

==Quotes about Bran==

{{Quote|He is a sweet boy, quick to laugh, easy to love. Let him grow up with the young princes, let him become their friend as [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] became mine.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}}}
— [[Eddard Stark]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|He's our prince.{{Ref|aSoS|56}}}}
— [[Meera Reed]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]

{{Quote|'''Ned:''' [[Gared|The man]] died well, I'll give him that. I was glad for Bran's sake. You would have been proud of him.

'''Catelyn:''' I am always proud of Bran.{{Ref|aGoT|2}}}}
— [[Catelyn Tully]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|I prayed for it. He was my special boy. I went to the [[Winterfell#Inner Castle|sept]] and prayed seven times to [[The Seven|the seven faces of the god]] that [[Eddard Stark|Ned]] would change his mind and leave him [[Winterfell|here]] with me.{{Ref|agot|10}}}}
— [[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Jon Snow]] during Bran's coma

{{Quote|Innocent? The wretched boy was spying on us.{{ref|asos|1}}}}
- [[Jaime Lannister]]

{{Quote|The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.}}
— The [[three-eyed crow]] to Bran

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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War of the Five Kings

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{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict_name = War of the Five Kings
| part_of =
| image = [[File:Zippo514 the war of five kings.jpg|300px]]
| caption = The Five Kings - by Zippo514 ©
| date = {{Date|298}} - {{Date|300}}
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| location = [[Westeros]]
| result = Decisive [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|Baratheon of King's Landing]], [[House Lannister|Lannister]] and [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]]) victory (phase I)
*Scattering of surviving members of [[House Stark]]
*Attainment of [[House Tully]]
*Elevation of House Bolton to Wardens of the North
*Elevation of House Baelish to Lords Paramount of the Riverlands
Ongoing, localized hostilities in the North and the Stormlands (phase II)

| combatant1 = [[Joffrey Baratheon|The King on the Iron Throne]] †
| commander1 = Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], Warden of the West
: Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] (POW)
: Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] †
: Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
: Ser [[Daven Lannister]]
: Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
: Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]
: Lord [[Andros Brax]] †
: Ser [[Forley Prester]]
: Ser [[Addam Marbrand]]
: Lord [[Leo Lefford]] †
: Ser [[Amory Lorch]] †
: Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] (changed side)
: Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] (changed side)
: Lord [[Mathis Rowan]] (changed side)
: Lord [[Roose Bolton]] (changed side)
: Lord [[Walder Frey]] (changed side)
| strength1 = [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]] & [[House Lannister]] Houses sworn to [[King's Landing]] Houses sworn to [[Casterly Rock]] Houses sworn to [[Highgarden]] (changed sides) Houses sworn to [[Storm's End]] (changed sides) Houses formerly sworn to [[Riverrun]] and now to [[Harrenhal]] (under duress) Houses formerly sworn to [[Winterfell]] and now to the [[Dreadfort]] (under duress)
| losses1 =

| combatant2 = [[Robb Stark|The King in the North and the Trident]] †
| commander2 = King [[Robb Stark]] †
: Lord [[Greatjon Umber]]
: Ser [[Brynden Tully]]
: Lord [[Roose Bolton]]
: Ser [[Edmure Tully]] (POW)
: Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] †
: Lady [[Maege Mormont]]
: Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]
: Lord [[Jason Mallister]]
: Lord [[Theon Greyjoy]]
: Ser [[Stevron Frey]] †
: Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]]
: Lord [[Jonos Bracken]]
: Lord [[Galbart Glover]]
: Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] †
: Ser [[Marq Piper]]
| strength2 = [[House Stark]] & [[House Tully]] Houses sworn to [[Winterfell]] and [[Riverrun]]
| losses2 =

| combatant3 = [[Stannis Baratheon|The King in the Narrow Sea]] (lost his [[Storm's End|seat]])
| commander3 = King [[Stannis Baratheon]]
: Lord [[Monford Velaryon]] †
: Lord [[Imry Florent]] †
: Ser [[Axell Florent]] †
: Ser [[Rolland Storm]]
: Lord [[Salladhor Saan]]
: Ser/Lord [[Davos Seaworth]]
: Ser [[Guyard Morrigen]] (changed side) †
: Lord [[Bryce Caron]] (changed side) †
| strength3 = [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]] Houses sworn to [[Dragonstone]] Houses sworn to [[Storm's End]] (changed side) Some houses sworn to [[Highgarden]] (changed side)
| losses3 =

| combatant4 = [[Renly Baratheon|The King in Highgarden]] †
| commander4 = King [[Renly Baratheon]] †
: Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
: Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
: Ser [[Loras Tyrell]]
: Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
: Ser [[Guyard Morrigen]]
: Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]] †
: Lord [[Bryce Caron]]
| strength4 = [[House Baratheon]] of Storm's End & [[House Tyrell]] Houses sworn to [[Storm's End]] and [[Highgarden]]
| losses4 =

| combatant5 = [[Balon Greyjoy|The King of the Iron Islands]] †
| commander5 = King [[Balon Greyjoy]] †
: Prince [[Theon Greyjoy]] (changed side / become [[Reek|captive]])
: Lady [[Asha Greyjoy]]
: Lord [[Victarion Greyjoy]]
: Lord [[Euron Greyjoy]]
: Lord [[Rodrik Harlaw]]
: Priest [[Aeron Greyjoy]]
: Ser [[Harras Harlaw]]
: Captain [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]]
: Lord [[Dunstan Drumm]]
| strength5 = [[House Greyjoy]] Houses sworn to [[Pyke]]
| losses5 =
}}

The '''War of the Five Kings''' is a large, multi-theater conflict fought in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] from {{Date|298}} until {{Date|300}}, though some hostilities have resumed as a [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|new claimant]] to the Iron Throne has arisen as well as a new King of the Iron Islands. As the name implies, over the course of the war five men claim the title of king: [[Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Stannis Baratheon]], and [[Renly Baratheon]] all claim the [[Iron Throne]], whilst the separatists [[Robb Stark]] and [[Balon Greyjoy]] attempt to secede their lands from the rule of the Iron Throne, claiming the titles of [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Iron Islands]] respectively.

The War of the Five Kings is the principal military conflict depicted in the first three novels of the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' series, and its aftermath and successor conflicts continue in the latest two novels. According to Archmaester [[Benedict]], the name of the conflict is incorrect because Renly Baratheon is slain before Balon Greyjoy crowns himself, so there are never technically five kings at once. However, it remains that the war involved a total of five kings.{{ref|aFfC|0}}

==Causes==
Fifteen years prior to the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]] led a successful popular [[Robert's Rebellion|rebellion]] to overthrow the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Following the rebellion, Robert reigned as king over all the [[Seven Kingdoms]], securing his power with a loveless political marriage to [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] of [[House Lannister]]. Within a few years the royal succession was also secured by three heirs: [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]].

However, King Robert’s brother, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], eventually became suspicious of the legitimacy of Robert’s three children and shared his suspicions with Lord [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]]. They investigated and concluded that the children were not Robert's, but the product of incest between Queen Cersei and her twin brother [[knight|Ser]] [[Jaime Lannister]]. Before their evidence could be presented to King Robert, however, Lord Arryn was fatally poisoned. Stannis, fearing for his family’s safety, immediately fled to his stronghold on the island of [[Dragonstone]].

Oblivious, King Robert travels north to offer the office of Hand to his old friend Lord [[Eddard Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. While Eddard is considering his answer, his wife Lady [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] receives a coded letter from her sister [[Lysa Tully|Lysa Arryn]] implicating the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] in her husband Jon’s death. This leads Catelyn to convince Eddard to accept the office of Hand and use his new power to investigate further.

While climbing Winterfell's walls during the king's visit, the Starks' son [[Bran Stark|Bran]] witnesses Queen Cersei and her brother Jaime having sex. Jaime throws the seven-year-old from the tower in an attempt to hide the secret but Bran survives, lingering in a coma. After the king and his party have left for [[King's Landing]], a [[catspaw|hired assassin]] comes to kill the comatose boy but is killed by Bran’s [[Summer|pet direwolf]]. Now certain that her son’s fall was not an accident, Catelyn elects to go south to personally inform her husband of the attack.

Upon arriving in the capital, Catelyn is met by her childhood friend [[Petyr Baelish]], who informs the Starks that the assassin's dagger belonged to [[Tyrion Lannister]], another brother of the queen. This is a lie, but neither Catelyn nor her husband suspect it. While returning north, Catelyn encounters Tyrion at the [[crossroads inn]] and arrests him for the attack on her son. She takes him to her sister Lysa in the [[House Arryn|Arryn]] stronghold of the [[Eyrie]], where Tyrion faces trial for his alleged crimes. Tyrion soon manages to win his freedom, but his arrest has already inflamed tensions between the Starks and the Lannisters.

Meanwhile, Lord Eddard investigates his predecessor’s death and learns the truth about the royal children. He confronts the queen and offers her the chance to go into exile with her children before he informs King Robert. Instead, Cersei has Robert given unusually potent wine while he is on a hunt in the [[kingswood]], and in his inebriated state Robert is mauled by a boar. The dying king orders that Eddard serve as regent until Joffrey comes of age, but Eddard immediately begins organizing to transfer power to the rightful heir, Stannis Baratheon.

Sensing the power struggle to come, Robert’s youngest brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] offers to help Eddard seize the royal children. Eddard refuses, so Renly flees King’s Landing with Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] for his own safety. Later, reconsidering his need for soldiers, Eddard enlists the aid of Petyr Baelish to ensure the support of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]]. However, Baelish betrays Eddard and the City Watch supports the Lannisters. Eddard is imprisoned and Joffrey assumes the throne with his mother, Queen Cersei, as his regent. Learning of his father’s arrest, Eddard’s heir [[Robb Stark]] calls his father's banners together and marches south. With this act, although the newly-crowned King Joffrey is still the only king in the realm, the War of the Five Kings begins.

==Factions==
* '''The King on the [[Iron Throne]]''': [[Joffrey Baratheon]], the ostensible heir of King [[Robert Baratheon]]. Joffrey is initially supported by the [[Westerlands]] under [[House Lannister]] and by the royal [[Crownlands]] sworn directly to the [[Iron Throne]].

* '''The King in [[Highgarden]]''': [[Renly Baratheon]], the youngest brother of King Robert. Despite possessing no rightful claim to the throne, as lord of [[Storm's End]], Renly commands the loyalty of the [[Stormlands]] and earns the support of [[the Reach]] by marrying [[Margaery Tyrell]] of Highgarden.

* '''The King in the [[North]] and the [[Trident]]''': [[Robb Stark]], the heir of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] of [[Winterfell]]. Proclaimed king by his bannermen, Robb is supported by his own northern lords and by the [[Riverlands|river lords]] sworn to his mother [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn's]] family, [[House Tully]].

* '''The King in the [[narrow sea|Narrow Sea]]''': [[Stannis Baratheon]], the elder of King Robert’s younger brothers. Initially supported at [[Dragonstone]] only by the lords of the narrow sea, Stannis gains the loyalty of the majority of the [[Stormlands|storm lords]] as well as [[House Florent]] and briefly both branches of [[House Fossoway]].

* '''The King of the [[Iron Islands]]''': [[Balon Greyjoy]]. Having failed in a [[Greyjoy's Rebellion|previous attempt]] at independence, the war gives Balon another opportunity. He is supported by the lords and captains of the Iron Islands.

==The Course of the War==
===The War in the Riverlands===
[[File:War in the North1.png|thumb|300px|The Lannister's Riverland campaign: 1.[[Battle of the Golden Tooth]], 2.[[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]], 3.[[Battle of Riverrun]], 4.Conquering the Riverlands]]

The War of the Five Kings begins as a local conflict when [[Catelyn Stark]] seizes [[Tyrion Lannister]] for the attempted murder of her son [[Bran Stark|Bran]]. Although he bears no special love for his son, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] refuses to allow the slight to his family’s honor to go unpunished. In response, he masses two hosts at [[Casterly Rock]] in preparation for an invasion of Catelyn’s homeland, the [[Riverlands]]. One host of 20,000 men is to be commanded by Lord Tywin himself, while the other 15,000 men are to be commanded by his son [[knight|Ser]] [[Jaime Lannister]].

Hostilities begin when Lord Tywin dispatches his bannerman Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] to raid the Riverlands disguised as a common brigand. The raids create chaos and force many river lords to return to their own keeps rather than attend the general muster at [[Riverrun]]. At the same time, Lord Tywin hopes the raids will lure Catelyn’s husband, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], into the Riverlands where he can be captured, bringing a swift conclusion to the conflict. However, Tywin’s plan is unknowingly foiled by his son Jaime, whose ambush of Eddard in the streets of King's Landing results in a broken leg which prevents Eddard from travelling. The wounded [[Hand of the King]] thus sends Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]] to stop Gregor Clegane in his stead.

When Ser [[Edmure Tully]] discovers that the Lannisters are raising a host, he demands that Lord Tywin proclaim his intent. When no response comes, the [[House Tully|Tully]] banners are called to Riverrun but this proves difficult with Tywin's raiders harassing the border. Only 4,000 men under the command of Lords [[House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest|Vance]] and [[Clement Piper|Piper]] can be spared to guard the main pass between the [[Westerlands]] and the Riverlands at the [[Golden Tooth]].

In the midst of this crisis, King [[Robert Baratheon]] dies after a drunken hunting accident, naming Eddard Stark as [[Regent|Lord Regent]] until his supposed son, Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], grows to manhood. Eddard secretly changes the king’s will to read “rightful heir,” intending to offer the throne to Robert’s rightful heir, [[Stannis Baratheon]]. However, when Eddard attempts to take Joffrey into custody as a false claimant he is betrayed by Petyr Baelish and arrested. By this time, King Robert’s youngest brother, [[Renly Baratheon]], has fled the city to gather his own army.

When word of Lord Eddard’s arrest arrives in [[Winterfell]], [[Robb Stark]] calls his father’s bannermen together and marches south with a hastily assembled host of 12,000 men, planning to gather more as he moves south. At the same time, Lord Tywin launches his planned invasion of the Riverlands.

:* '''[[Battle of the Golden Tooth]].''' The Lannister invasion of the Riverlands begins when Ser Jaime Lannister descends on the Riverlands with 15,000 men. Attacking from the west, Jaime is tasked with capturing Riverrun, the seat of House Tully and the capital of the Riverlands. In the opening battle of the war, Jaime easily breaks the 4,000 men under Lords Vance and Piper guarding the border near the Golden Tooth. Lord Vance is slain and Lord Piper is forced to retreat back to Riverrun with the Lannisters on his heels.

:* '''[[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]].''' While crossing the [[Mummer's Ford]], Lord Beric Dondarrion's force of around 100 men, sent to bring Gregor Clegane to justice, is ambushed by Clegane and Lord Tywin. Dondarrion’s force is nearly wiped out; Lord Beric, Lord [[Lothar Mallery]], Ser [[Raymun Darry]], and Ser [[Gladden Wylde]] are all killed, as are most of the Stark guardsmen sent along by Eddard Stark. Victorious, Lord Tywin closes off the [[Goldroad]] and continues his march north into the Riverlands. Meanwhile, [[Thoros of Myr]] and [[Alyn]] of Winterfell rally the survivors and manage to escape. Later, Thoros inadvertently resurrects Beric Dondarrion while performing last rites for him. They continue to lead the remaining men against the Lannisters, harassing Lord Tywin’s supply lines. When they learn King Joffrey has declared them outlaws, Dondarrion’s band forms the core of the outlaw organization called the [[brotherhood without banners]].

:* '''[[Battle of Riverrun]].''' After his victory at the Golden Tooth, Jaime Lannister advances to meet the massed power of House Tully outside the walls of Riverrun. The overwhelming number of Lannisters puts the river lords to rout and Ser Edmure Tully and many others are taken captive. However, Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] manages to lead some of the survivors back within Riverrun, forcing the Lannisters to lay siege to the castle.

:* Conquering the Riverlands. After defeating Dondarrion, Lord Tywin leads his 20,000 men northeast toward the [[ruby ford]], conquering the Riverlands south of the [[Trident]]. With Lord Blackwood besieged in Riverrun, Tywin takes [[Raventree Hall]]. Lady [[Shella Whent]] surrenders [[Harrenhal]] due to a lack of defenders. Meanwhile, Ser Gregor Clegane burns out the [[House Piper|Pipers]] and [[House Bracken|Brackens]].

With its armies broken and scattered, its capital besieged, and its heir [[Edmure Tully]] captured, the war is essentially lost for House Tully. Although Ser [[Marq Piper]] and Lord [[Karyl Vance]] begin guerrilla raids and Lord [[Jason Mallister]] falls back to his stronghold at [[Seagard]], the only hope for the Tullys lies with the northmen, who are held in check by the [[Green Fork]] and the second Lannister host under Lord Tywin.

===The Wolf and the Lion===
[[File:War in the North3.png|thumb|300px|Robb's Riverland campaign: 1.Camp at [[Moat Cailin]] 2.Advance to [[the Twins]] 3.[[Battle of the Green Fork]] 4.[[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] 5.[[Battle of the Camps]]]]

The [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] meet their first real opposition when [[House Stark]] enters the war on behalf of [[House Tully]]. After assembling his force on the march, [[Robb Stark]] arrives at [[Moat Cailin]], where he is joined by his mother [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] and a final 1,750 men from [[White Harbor]], bringing his total to 20,000. Moat Cailin is a formidable defensive position that has defeated countless southron invaders in the past. Here Robb garrisons a small force, consisting mostly of archers, to hold the ruin. Additionally, Robb sends word to [[Howland Reed]] to have the [[crannogmen]] bleed any Lannister attempt to come north. However, Robb knows Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] is too smart to try and will stay close to the [[Trident]], taking castles one by one.

Robb has no choice but to move south, but his options are limited. To relieve Riverrun, he must cross the [[Green Fork]] either at [[the Twins]] (where [[House Frey]] has remained decidedly neutral) or at the [[ruby ford]] (which Lord Tywin can easily seal off). Eventually, Robb decides to do both. Splitting his horse and foot, Robb sends the foot with Lord [[Roose Bolton]] down the [[kingsroad]] to engage Lord Tywin, while secretly crossing with his horse at the Twins to race to [[Riverrun]] and surprise the besiegers. In exchange for his crossing and the support of the Freys (who provide 4,000 men), Robb agrees to marry one of Lord [[Walder Frey]]’s daughters.

:* '''[[Battle of the Green Fork]].''' After parting with Robb at the Twins, Roose Bolton marches down the kingsroad with roughly 18,000 men, mostly infantry, to engage Lord Tywin. He plans a night attack to catch the Lannisters off-guard, but Ser [[Addam Marbrand]]’s outriders discover them and rouse Lord Tywin’s army in time for battle. The Lannisters win an easy victory, but Lord Tywin learns from the prisoners that Robb Stark has tricked him and is riding to relieve Riverrun. Rather than pursue the remnants of Bolton’s army, Tywin sets a grueling pace back toward Riverrun. This allows Bolton to reform his army and retreat to the Twins.

:* '''[[Battle of the Whispering Wood]].''' After secretly crossing at the Twins with his cavalry, Robb Stark rides hard for Riverrun in hopes of surprising Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and lifting the siege before Lord Tywin can reinforce them. Along the way, Robb is bolstered by [[House Mallister|Mallister]] forces from [[Seagard]]. Unaware of the danger and bored with the sedentary siege, Jaime Lannister frequently rides out on sorties against [[Marq Piper]] and [[Karyl Vance]] with only a few hundred men. After eliminating the Lannister outriders, Robb baits Jaime with a small force into a trap in the [[Whispering Wood]], north of Riverrun. The ambush is a complete success for the Starks, who capture Jaime and nearly a hundred other knights and a dozen lords bannermen. However, in a last-ditch attempt to turn the battle, Jaime charges Robb and kills several prominent nobles of his bodyguard, including [[Torrhen Karstark|Torrhen]] and [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard Karstark]], sons of Lord [[Rickard Karstark]].

:* '''[[Battle of the Camps]].''' The night after the Whispering Wood, Robb is able to catch the Lannister forces besieging Riverrun completely off-guard. In order to besiege Riverrun properly the Lannister force has been divided into three camps separated by the rivers, leaving them vulnerable. The attack begins when Ser [[Brynden Tully]] leads the Stark vanguard to overrun the north camp. Lord [[Andros Brax]] attempts to aid the beleaguered camp, but the river carries his rafts into range of Riverrun’s walls. Soon most of the rafts are flipped, killing Lord Brax and many others. The west camp then comes under attack with Robb leading the charge. The Lannisters there form a shieldwall but are taken in the rear by a sortie from Riverrun led by Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]]. Blackwood and his men manage to liberate many prisoners, including Ser [[Edmure Tully]]. The remaining camp, containing roughly 2,000 spearmen and as many bowmen, is left unmolested and retreats in good order back to the [[Golden Tooth]] under the command of Ser [[Forley Prester]].

:* '''The Execution of [[Eddard Stark]].''' [[Cersei Lannister]]’s greatest fear at the outbreak of the war is that [[Stannis Baratheon]] will capture [[King's Landing]] before the Lannisters can consolidate their position. To prevent this, she needs peace with the Starks and is willing to make a deal: if Eddard will confess to treason, order Robb to make peace, and declare [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] the true heir, he will be allowed to [[Night's Watch|take the black]]. To ensure Eddard’s compliance, the spymaster [[Varys]] points out that Eddard’s daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] (now a ward of the crown) is also liable to be executed if he refuses. On the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], Eddard Stark publicly makes his false confession. However, instead of honoring the agreement, King Joffrey arbitrarily orders that Eddard be beheaded, destroying any chance of peace between Stark and Lannister.

:* '''Retreat to [[Harrenhal]]'''. News of Eddard Stark’s execution, his son Jaime’s [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|capture]], and Renly Baratheon’s coronation is discussed by Lord Tywin at the [[crossroads inn]] as he is retreating from his victory on the Green Fork. His army is now in a very precarious position: Robb Stark sits to the west across his supply lines, [[Roose Bolton]] has reformed his army to the north, and Renly Baratheon in marching up from the south. Meanwhile, Stannis Baratheon lurks on Dragonstone, within striking distance of the capital. In response, Lord Tywin retreats south to Harrenhal and dispatches three raiding parties under Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], Ser [[Amory Lorch]], and [[Vargo Hoat]] to set the Riverlands afire from [[Gods Eye]] to the [[Red Fork]]. To prevent any more political blunders like the execution of Eddard Stark, Tywin dispatches his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] to King’s Landing to serve as [[Hand of the King]] in his place.

:* '''Reclaiming the [[Trident]].''' When news of Eddard Stark’s death reaches Riverrun, his son Robb is proclaimed [[King in the North]] by his northern bannermen as well as the river lords. Following his coronation, King Robb gives his river lords leave to disperse and reclaim their lands individually as the Lannisters retreat toward Harrenhal. [[Tytos Blackwood]] reclaims [[Raventree Hall]] and [[Jonos Bracken]] reclaims [[Stone Hedge]] after a fierce battle that costs the life of his nephew and heir [[Hendry Bracken]]. [[Darry|Castle Darry]] is also reclaimed for young Lord [[Lyman Darry]]. Meanwhile, Lord [[Karyl Vance]] and [[Marq Piper]] take their raiding parties on the offensive against Lord Tywin’s foragers.

:* '''[[Sack of Darry]].''' The recapture of Darry does not last long. Before the castle can be properly repaired, Ser Gregor Clegane attacks the castle with his fierce [[The Mountain's men|company]]. After his victory over the garrison, Clegane has the entire household put to the sword, including the young Lord Lyman, which ends the male line of [[House Darry]].

===The Crowning of the Kings===

With the deaths of King [[Robert Baratheon]] and Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the realm saw the rise of multiple kings trying to fill the void. Robert’s supposed son [[Joffrey Baratheon]] assumes the [[Iron Throne]] in [[King’s Landing]]. Unable or unwilling to accept Joffrey as king, four rival kings soon arise to contest for power in Westeros. In order of proclamation, the kings are:

:*'''King [[Renly Baratheon]]''', the youngest brother of the late King Robert. After failing to convince Eddard Stark to seize power while Robert lies dying, Renly flees to [[Highgarden]]. There, with the help of his lover Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], Renly is able to secure the support of [[House Tyrell]] by wedding Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]’s daughter [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]]. With the strength of both the [[Reach]] and the [[Stormlands]] behind him, Renly declares himself King of the Seven Kingdoms. He assembles a massive army of 100,000 men and begins marching slowly on [[King's Landing]], letting the Lannisters and Starks bleed each other while his new father-in-law Lord Mace Tyrell continues assembling a reserve host at [[Highgarden]].

:*'''King [[Robb Stark]]''', the eldest son of Lord Eddard Stark of [[Winterfell]]. Following the execution of his father, Robb Stark is proclaimed the [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident]] by his bannermen. In hopes of gaining further support, Robb sends messages to neutral [[House Arryn]] and dispatches his foster-brother [[Theon Greyjoy]] and his mother [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] to negotiate with [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Renly Baratheon]] respectively. Meanwhile, Robb takes the initiative and strikes at the Lannister power base in the [[Westerlands]], hoping for [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] support.

:*'''King [[Stannis Baratheon]]''', the eldest living brother of King Robert. Having fled to [[Dragonstone]] following [[Jon Arryn]]’s death, Stannis has been gathering his strength. Knowing the illegitimacy of Robert’s children, Stannis proclaims himself the rightful heir, believing it is his duty to overthrow all usurpers. As [[master of ships]], Stannis's army is too small to be a threat but his fleet is considerable. However, Stannis is counseled by a priestess of [[R'hllor]] named [[Melisandre]], who has prophesied that Renly will die and that his army will flock to join Stannis. Encouraged by this prediction, Stannis sails for his brother Renly’s seat at [[Storm's End]] with his 5,000 men.

:*'''King [[Balon Greyjoy]]''', Lord of the [[Iron Islands]]. As soon as word of unrest within the [[Seven Kingdoms]] reaches Lord Balon, he begins calling his banners and seizing every ship in the Iron Islands in preparation for a second rebellion. When his son Theon arrives bearing an offer of alliance from King Robb, Balon dismisses it, declaring that [[Casterly Rock]] is too strong. In addition, as Lord Reaper of [[Pyke]] and a proponent of the [[Old Way]], Balon will not suffer to be given a crown; he must “pay the [[iron price]]” and take it by force. Balon has his own plan: with the northmen fighting in the south their homelands are poorly garrisoned and vulnerable. With his only surviving son no longer a captive of the Starks, there is now nothing to deter Balon from declaring himself [[King of the Iron Islands]].

===The Rise of the Kraken===

[[File:War in the North2.png|thumb|300px|Ironborn Campaign: In black: the Ironmen forces.In Blue: Stark Loyalists. In Red: Bolton forces. 1.[[Battle of Moat Cailin]]. 2.[[Battle of Deepwood Motte]]. 3.[[Battle of the Stony Shore|Battle of Stony Shore]] 4.[[Battle of Torrhen's Square]] 5.[[Capture of Winterfell]] 6.[[Battle at Winterfell]] 7.[[Sack of Winterfell]]]]

Having set his sights on [[the North]], King [[Balon Greyjoy]] plans three main strikes for his initial invasion. He sends his brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] with the [[Iron Fleet]] to seize [[Moat Cailin]], which has protected the North from southern invasion for thousands of years, in order to cut off the northmen from their lands. He sends his daughter and preferred heir [[Asha Greyjoy]] with a dozen ships to take [[Deepwood Motte]]. His recently-returned son [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] he sends to raid the [[Stony Shore]] as a distraction for his main strikes. With these moves, Balon believes the whole western coast of the North will fall into [[ironborn]] hands.

:* '''[[Battle of Moat Cailin]].''' Victarion Greyjoy leads the entire Iron Fleet of a hundred ships up the [[Saltspear]] to attack the 400 men King Robb left to defend Moat Cailin. By attacking from the north, Victarion is able to bypass the natural defenses of the fortress and easily defeat the northmen. By capturing Moat Cailin, the Greyjoys control the route home for the Stark host, stranding Robb in the Riverlands and allowing Balon to execute the rest of his plan.

:* '''[[Battle of Deepwood Motte]].''' Asha Greyjoy leads a dozen ships around [[Sea Dragon Point]] to attack the small wooden keep of [[House Glover]] located just off the coast. The keep is easily overrun by the ironmen, making captives of Lady [[Sybelle Glover]], her young children, and [[Galbart Glover]]’s young ward [[Larence Snow]].

:* '''[[Battle of the Stony Shore]].''' Theon Greyjoy, under the supervision of [[Aeron Greyjoy]] and [[Dagmer Cleftjaw]], leads eight ships along the Stony Shore to burn fishing villages and take [[salt wives]]. These raids prompt young [[Benfred Tallhart]] to lead his “[[Wild Hares]]” against them. Theon ambushes this band and kills them all, losing only [[Todric]], whom Theon accidentally kills after the battle. Theon feels these insignificant raids are beneath him and devises a new plan. He gives Aeron six longships to continue the raiding and gives Dagmer most of the remaining men to besiege [[Torrhen's Square]]. Theon knows that this attack will draw the levies from [[Winterfell]] so that he himself can capture the defenseless castle with only a handful of men.

:* '''[[Battle of Torrhen's Square]].''' On Theon’s orders, Dagmer Cleftjaw besieges the small keep of [[Torrhen's Square]] in a ruse to draw out Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] and the household guard of Winterfell. As planned, [[Leobald Tallhart]] requests aid and Ser Rodrik arrives as planned with 600 men, as does [[Cley Cerwyn]] with another 300. Ser Rodrik has the advantage of familiar ground and the ironborn are not disciplined enough to stand a charge by mounted horsemen. Dagmer and his ironmen are easily defeated and driven back to the Stony Shore.

:* '''[[Capture of Winterfell]].''' With the garrison absent, Theon storms Winterfell at night with about thirty men, overwhelming the few remaining guards and conquering the mighty castle with ease. After convincing the young Prince [[Bran Stark]] to yield, Theon declares himself the Prince of Winterfell and takes [[Ramsay Snow]], disguised as "[[Reek]],” as a retainer. Bran and [[Rickon Stark]], [[Little Walder Frey|Little Walder]] and [[Big Walder Frey]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]], and [[Beth Cassel]] are all kept as hostages. However, the Starks and the Reeds soon escape. To avoid embarrassment, Ramsay convinces Theon to kill two peasant boys in place of the Starks and announce to the world that they are dead.

:* '''[[Sack of Torrhen's Square]].''' Dagmer Cleftjaw returns to Torrhen’s Square after Rodrik Cassel and Leobald Tallhart depart to retake Winterfell. The sparsely defended keep is easily stormed by the ironmen, who take the [[House Tallhart|Tallhart]] household captive.

:* '''[[Battle at Winterfell]]''' and '''[[Sack of Winterfell]].''' Theon Greyjoy’s occupation of Winterfell hinges on his sister arriving with reinforcements from Deepwood Motte. However, Asha fails to bring the requested men. Instead, she berates Theon for attempting to hold a castle so far from resupply by sea and for killing Bran and Rickon Stark rather than keeping them as hostages. Then she urges him to burn the castle and return to Deepwood with her, but Theon refuses. Ser Rodrik Cassel returns from Torrhen's Square to besiege Winterfell with 2,000 men. Despite having only 17 men, Theon delays the attack by threatening Rodrik’s daughter until Ramsay Snow returns with 600 [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men from [[the Dreadfort]]. Believing them to be allies, Ser Rodrik and his men are taken completely by surprise when they are attacked. Rodrik, Cley Cerwyn, and Leobald Tallhart are killed and their leaderless host is routed by the Bolton men, who lose only 20 or 30 men. Believing them to be allies, Theon allows Ramsay's men into Winterfell, where they quickly turn on the ironmen as well, killing them all except Theon. The castle is then put to the torch and many inhabitants are killed, including [[Maester]] [[Luwin]]. Theon, Little Walder, Big Walder, [[Kyra]], [[Old Nan]], and Beth Cassel are all taken back to the Dreadfort as captives.

===The Clash of Kings===

In the [[Riverlands]] there is a short lull in the fighting after the [[Battle of the Camps]]. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] is content to wait at [[Harrenhal]], providing for his forces by pillaging the Riverlands while Ser [[Stafford Lannister]] raises a new army near [[Lannisport]]. [[Robb Stark]] does not have the luxury of waiting. He knows that the longer he sits in [[Riverrun]], the more time his enemies have to gather their forces and surround him. He also knows that he will be perceived as weak and that his army will begin wishing for home the longer he avoids battle. However, Robb also knows that many still misjudge him as an immature boy. To mislead his enemies, Robb sends Ser [[Cleos Frey]] to [[King's Landing]] to offer peace terms, but then immediately invades the [[Westerlands]] with his northmen.

:* '''[[Battle of Oxcross]].''' Marching west with his northmen, Robb bypasses the [[Golden Tooth]] using a secret mountain path discovered by his [[direwolf]] [[Grey Wind]]. He surprises Stafford Lannister’s newly-raised host near Lannisport when they neglect to post enough sentries. The easy victory devastates Lannister power in the region and allows Robb to ride at will through the Westerlands. Ser Stafford is killed by vengeful Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], who lost two sons in the Whispering Wood; [[Rupert Brax]] is also killed and several Lannister bannermen are captured. On the Stark side, Ser [[Stevron Frey]] is wounded and dies three days later. [[Rymund the Rhymer]] commemorates Robb’s victory with the song “[[Wolf in the Night]]”.

:* '''[[Battle of Ashemark|Scouring of the Westerlands]].''' After Oxcross, Robb’s army attacks the nearby castle of [[Ashemark]]. The keep is easily sacked and the castellan is killed. Lacking the strength to capture [[Casterly Rock]] or Lannisport without support from [[House Greyjoy]], Robb and his host continue to scour the Westerlands: [[Galbart Glover]] and Rickard Karstark raid along the coast, [[Maege Mormont]] captures thousands of livestock, and [[Greatjon Umber]] captures the gold mines at [[Castamere]], [[Nunn's Deep]], and [[Pendric Hills]].

:* '''[[Siege of Storm's End (299)|Siege of Storm's End]].''' King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] arrives in the [[Stormlands]] with his 5,000 men and lays siege to [[Storm's End]], the seat of his brother, King [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. When the news reaches his camp at [[Bitterbridge]], Renly splits his forces and rides with his 20,000 cavalry to break the siege. After a failed parlay in which neither brother will yield, the battle is set at dawn. However, that night Renly is killed by a [[shadow assassin]] summoned by the red priestess [[Melisandre]]. With Renly dead, the majority of the [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] bannermen swear allegiance to Stannis. [[House Florent]] and both branches of [[House Fossoway]] also defect to Stannis, but the majority of the lords of [[the Reach]] flee with Renly’s lover Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] back to Bitterbridge. Additionally, Storm’s End’s castellan, Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]], refuses to yield the castle to Stannis because the safety of King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]’s bastard [[Edric Storm]] cannot be assured. To end the siege quickly, Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] smuggles Melisandre under the castle by boat, where she summons another shadow to assassinate Ser Cortnay. After Ser Cortnay’s death, the castle yields, leaving Stannis free to advance on [[King's Landing]].

:* '''[[Bitterbridge]].''' When news of Renly’s death reaches the remaining 80,000 men still camped at Bitterbridge, fighting breaks out between Stannis supporters and Renly loyalists led by the vengeful Loras Tyrell. [[Parmen Crane]] and [[Erren Florent]]—the two knights sent to retrieve the army for Stannis—are taken prisoner by Loras Tyrell while Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] seizes the supplies and puts many men, mostly Florents, to death. Although many men return to their homes and others flee to join Stannis, Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] brings up his second host of 10,000 men from [[Highgarden]]. Soon after, [[Petyr Baelish]], representing King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], wins the allegiance of [[House Tyrell]]. Riders are sent north to warn Lord Tywin of Stannis's threat to the capital.

:* '''[[Battle of the Fords]].''' Intent on defending his lands from King [[Robb Stark]], Lord Tywin marches west from [[Harrenhal]] with his 20,000 men. This fits perfectly with Robb’s plan to lure Lord Tywin away from [[King's Landing]] while King Stannis attacks the city from the south. Stannis's victory would mean the end of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], and acting [[Hand of the King|Hand]] [[Tyrion Lannister]] in one red stroke. Unaware of this plan, Ser [[Edmure Tully]] does not wish the Lannisters to cross the [[Trident]] unbloodied and places an army of 11,000 men at the key fords along the [[Red Fork]]. After several probing attacks, Lord Tywin attempts to force a crossing in a dozen places. The most heated battle is at [[Stone Mill]] where Edmure turns back [[Gregor Clegane]]’s men. Clegane is wounded by a dozen arrows and [[Leo Lefford]] drowns. The other Lannister attacks are also defeated, during which [[Robert Brax]] is killed and [[Lyle Crakehall]] is captured. Unable to cross the river, Tywin is forced to retreat.

:* '''The [[House Lannister|Lannister]]-[[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] Alliance.''' The Battle of the Fords has great influence on the outcome of the war. Edmure Tully’s tactical victory soon proves to be a huge strategic loss. Lord Tywin’s advance is delayed just long enough for riders out of Bitterbridge to reach him with word of Stannis's threat to King’s Landing. Lord Tywin immediately turns his host south to join up with Lords [[Mathis Rowan]] and [[Randyll Tarly]] near the headwaters of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. From there a forced march takes them to [[Tumbler's Falls]], where Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and his sons wait with their huge host and a fleet of barges. Together, the Lannisters and Tyrells float down the river to disembark half a day’s ride from the capital.

:* '''[[Sack of Harrenhal]].''' Having advanced to the [[crossroads inn]] along with [[Helman Tallhart]]’s garrison from [[the Twins]], [[Roose Bolton]] advances on Harrenhal. With Lord Tywin on the march, Harrenhal is held by only 200 men under Ser [[Amory Lorch]]. At the [[ruby ford]], [[Vargo Hoat]] and his [[Brave Companions]] reportedly battle Bolton’s vanguard and capture [[Robett Glover]], Ser [[Aenys Frey]], and 100 other prisoners. However, when these prisoners reach Harrenhal they are quickly freed by [[Arya Stark]] with the help of the criminals [[Jaqen H'ghar]], [[Rorge]], and [[Biter]]. As they are being freed, Glover mentions Vargo Hoat coming to Bolton’s camp, suggesting that rather than capture the prisoners, Hoat took 100 men disguised as prisoners to help him capture Harrenhal for Roose Bolton. As the prisoners are being freed, the Brave Companions turn on the Lorch’s men and surrender the castle to Bolton. Lorch is killed for sport in a bear pit soon after and Hoat is rewarded with the lordship of Harrenhal for his betrayal.

[[File:Stannis' wars1.png|thumb|300px|In Blue: Stannis and allies. In Red: Lannisters and allies. In green: Renly and allies. 1.[[Siege of Storm's End]]. 2.Battle of [[Bitterbridge]]. 3.[[Battle of the Fords]] 4.[[Battle of the Blackwater]]]]

:* '''[[Battle of the Crag]].''' Back in the Westerlands, Robb assaults the half-ruined castle of [[the Crag]] and conquers it with ease. During the battle, Robb takes a wound in the arm. During his recovery, news arrives of Theon’s supposed murder of his brothers and Robb finds comfort in the arms of [[Jeyne Westerling]], the daughter of Lord [[Gawen Westerling]] of the Crag. Choosing Jeyne’s honor over his own, Robb marries the girl the next day, breaking his betrothal pact with [[House Frey]]. Consequently, the Frey forces abandon Robb and return to the Twins in protest. Having lost his Frey allies, his castle, his brothers, and part of his homeland, Robb abandons his Westerlands campaign and retreats to Riverrun with the intention of returning north to drive out the [[ironmen]].

:* '''[[Battle of the Blackwater]].''' In preparation for the coming siege of King’s Landing, [[Cersei Lannister]] arranges for the production of vast amounts of [[wildfire]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]] commissions a great chain boom across the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. The battle opens when Stannis's admiral, Ser [[Imry Florent]], leads his fleet up the river to engage Joffrey’s. However, Tyrion has ordered several ships to be filled with wildfire. The resultant firestorm sets the river afire and destroys nearly every ship in both fleets, which cannot escape because the great chain has been raised behind them. Despite this, many of Stannis's troops are able to cross the river on the remaining ships or across a bridge of burning wreckage caught on the chain. A desperate sortie commanded by Tyrion fails and Stannis is on the verge of taking the city when his forces are taken from behind and smashed by the combined Lannister-Tyrell army led by Tywin Lannister and Mace Tyrell. To sow confusion and terror amongst Stannis's men, Ser [[Garlan Tyrell]] wears Renly Baratheon’s distinctive green armor and antlered helm, which leads many to mistake him for Renly’s ghost. Although Stannis himself is able to escape to [[Dragonstone]], the majority of his army is destroyed.

In the aftermath of the Battle of the Blackwater, hundreds of new knights are made and several new lords are created to replace those killed in the battle. All those who fought for Stannis and do not repent are attainted and their lands are given to men loyal to the Iron Throne. In this way, the Lannisters and Tyrells take control of the Stormlands with the exception of Storm’s End, which holds out for Stannis.

The Lannister-Tyrell alliance is formalized by the betrothal of King Joffrey to Margaery Tyrell, the widow of King Renly Baratheon. As reward for his part in brokering the alliance, Petyr Baelish is promoted to the lordship of Harrenhal and declared [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]].

===The War Winds Down===

The [[Battle of the Blackwater]] proves to be the deciding battle of the war. King [[Stannis Baratheon]] no longer has the strength to press his claim while King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]’s power is cemented by the new [[House Lannister|Lannister]]-[[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] alliance. In addition, [[Tyrion Lannister]], acting [[Hand of the King]], has bound [[Dorne]] to Joffrey’s cause by betrothing Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to [[Trystane Martell]]. This brings nearly all Westeros south of the Riverlands under the control of the Lannisters and their allies.

Meanwhile, despite never losing a battle himself, King [[Robb Stark]]’s cause is faltering. A large part of Robb’s homeland and his own castle of [[Winterfell]] have fallen to the [[ironmen]] of King [[Balon Greyjoy]]. In addition, Robb’s ill-advised marriage to [[Jeyne Westerling]] and his mother [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn's]] insubordinate release of [[Jaime Lannister]] lose him the support of Houses [[House Frey|Frey]] and [[House Karstark|Karstark]]. To restore his power, Robb is forced to return north and risk an assault on [[Moat Cailin]] to free his homeland, but once again the cooperation of Lord [[Walder Frey]] is essential to his plan.

:* '''Siege of [[Darry]].''' Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] retakes Darry from the Lannister army, which surrenders after a brief siege. A short time later, Lord [[Roose Bolton]] sends a letter ordering Ser Helman to put all captives to the sword and the castle to the torch by command of the King in the North.

:* '''[[Battle of Duskendale]].''' Roose Bolton sends [[Robett Glover]] and 3,000 men east from [[Harrenhal]] to attack the town of [[Duskendale]]. However, news of Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]’s great victory at [[King's Landing]] has convinced Bolton to change his allegiance, and the attack is a trap designed to dispose of the staunchest Stark bannermen. Glover’s force arrives at Duskendale to find [[Randyll Tarly]] waiting with a larger army. Following their defeat, Glover’s retreating men are attacked by another force under Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. Robett Glover and [[Harrion Karstark]] are captured and Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] is killed.

:* '''The Beheading of [[Rickard Karstark]].''' Upon Robb’s return to [[Riverrun]], he pardons his mother Lady Catelyn for releasing Jaime Lannister. Angered and emboldened by this decision, Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] takes his revenge on the Lannisters by murdering the captive squires [[Willem Lannister]] and [[Tion Frey]]. As punishment, Robb orders the perpetrators executed and beheads Lord Rickard himself. This action deprives Robb of even more sorely-needed troops when his Karstark troops abandon him.

:* '''Battle of the Burning Septry.''' The [[brotherhood without banners]] attack a town near Harrenhal held by the [[Brave Companions]]. Most of the [[sellsword]]s are cornered inside a septry, which the brotherhood set on fire. Those who try to escape are killed and those who surrender are given show trials before being hanged. Among them is the child-killing [[Septon]] [[Utt]]. The brotherhood also liberates a group of brown brothers that had been taken captive.

:* '''The Death of [[Balon Greyjoy]].''' During a fierce storm at [[Pyke]], King Balon Greyjoy falls from one of the rope bridges that connect the towers of his castle. His body washes up two days later, bloated and broken. Within hours, Balon’s exiled brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow’s Eye]] sails into [[Lordsport]] and seats himself on the [[Seastone Chair]]. When Lord [[Sawane Botley]] protests, Euron has him drowned in a cask of seawater.

:* '''[[Battle of the Ruby Ford]].''' As part of Robb’s plan to retake the north, Roose Bolton abandons Harrenhal and marches his forces slowly north, allowing Gregor Clegane to catch up to him. As the northmen are crossing the [[ruby ford]], Clegane overruns their rearguard, where Bolton has intentionally placed 2,000 loyal northmen under Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]. Clegane wins an easy victory and captures Manderly. Bolton leaves the remaining 600 loyal northmen led by [[Kyle Condon]] and [[Ronnel Stout]] to defend the ford.

:* '''[[Retaking of Harrenhal]].''' After the victory at the ruby ford, Gregor Clegane and his men double back to retake Harrenhal, which Roose Bolton has left in the hands of [[Vargo Hoat]] and the [[Brave Companions]]. However, by the time they arrive, Hoat has been driven mad by an infected wound and nearly all the Brave Companions have abandoned the indefensible ruin and scattered. A cook opens a postern gate for Clegane’s men, who put all but three inhabitants of the castle to the sword. Vargo Hoat is slowly butchered alive and fed to himself and the other prisoners as “roast goat.”

:* '''[[Oldstones]].''' Lord Walder Frey agrees to reconcile with Robb on the condition that Robb apologize in person and that Lord [[Edmure Tully]] marry his daughter [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]] in place of Robb. Robb moves north with the 3,500 men who have followed him since the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], leaving Ser [[Brynden Tully]] and the river lords to defend the [[Trident]]. When [[Jason Mallister]] meets him at Oldstones with word of King Balon’s death, Robb’s hopes for victory increase. He dispatches Lady [[Maege Mormont]] and [[Galbart Glover]] to find [[Howland Reed]] to aid in the retaking of the North. Knowing the danger he is to face at Moat Cailin, Robb makes out a will that declares his bastard brother [[Jon Snow]] his heir to prevent the Lannisters claiming the North through his sister [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], who has been forcibly married to [[Tyrion Lannister]].

:* '''The [[Red Wedding]].''' At the Twins, Robb is joined by Roose Bolton and his remaining men. Edmure Tully weds Roslin Frey and all seems to be well, but in the midst of the wedding feast Robb is betrayed by the Freys and Boltons. Robb, his mother Catelyn, his [[direwolf]] [[Grey Wind]], and most of his loyal bannermen are murdered along with most of his army, who are trapped in burning feast tents. Edmure Tully, [[Patrek Mallister]], and [[Greatjon Umber]] are among those taken captive. In mockery of Robb, the Freys sew Grey Wind's head to his decapitated body and nail a crown to it. Catelyn Stark’s mutilated body is stripped naked and tossed into the river in mockery of Tully funeral rituals.

For his part in the Red Wedding, which was orchestrated by Tywin Lannister, Roose Bolton is appointed [[Warden of the North|Warden]] by King Joffrey. To cement his position, Roose's bastard son [[Ramsay Snow]] is legitimized and betrothed to an [[Jeyne Poole|imposter]] forced to pose as [[Arya Stark]]. Walder Frey is rewarded with several satisfying marriage pacts and the castle of Riverrun for his second son [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]] (who is married to Tywin's sister [[Genna Lannister|Genna]]), but the title of [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]] remains with Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] of [[Harrenhal]].

===The Feasting Crows===

With three of the five kings dead and [[Stannis Baratheon]] soundly defeated, nearly all of [[Westeros]] submits to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. Houses [[House Tully|Tully]], [[House Mallister|Mallister]], and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]] hold out for a time in the [[Riverlands]] but no longer pose a serious threat. Likewise, Stannis remains in possession of [[Dragonstone]] and [[Storm's End]] but lacks the strength for open war.

For a time, the important events of the war move from the battlefields to the [[Red Keep]] itself. The [[House Lannister|Lannister]] victory seems secure, but the crucial relationship between the Lannisters and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] quickly begins to fray. Several sudden deaths further upset the balance of power. Meanwhile, new conflicts arise from the ashes of the war. Stannis Baratheon and [[Roose Bolton]] both arrive in [[the North]] to carve out new power bases in the vacuum left by the downfall of [[House Stark]], and [[Euron Greyjoy]] embarks upon an even more ambitious conquest than his brother [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]].

:*'''The [[Purple Wedding]].''' On the first day of the [[300 AC|new century]], King Joffrey Baratheon weds Lady [[Margaery Tyrell]] of [[Highgarden]] in a lavish affair. Following the ceremony there is a great feast in the throne room of the [[Red Keep]] that features a pious seventy-seven courses. Extravagant entertainment is provided throughout, but when Joffrey insists that his uncle [[Tyrion Lannister]] join a folly of jousting dwarfs, an argument breaks out. To punish his uncle, Joffrey makes him his cupbearer. Soon after, the young king drinks poisoned wine and collapses, causing chaos to descend on the feast. After Joffrey’s death is confirmed, [[Cersei Lannister]] orders the arrest of Tyrion and his wife [[Sansa Stark]], though in truth the poison was supplied by [[Petyr Baelish]] via [[Dontos Hollard]] and administered by [[Olenna Tyrell]].

:*'''Trial of [[Tyrion Lannister]].''' The night of Joffrey’s death, Sansa Stark disappears without a trace to join Petyr Baelish in the [[Vale of Arryn]], leaving only Tyrion to stand trial for Joffrey’s murder. A seemingly endless parade of witnesses comes forward to testify against him, including his own mistress, [[Shae]]. Facing sure conviction, Tyrion insists on a [[trial by battle]] with Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] of [[Dorne]] as his champion. Prince Oberyn, known as “the Red Viper,” seeks vengeance against the royal champion [[Gregor Clegane]] for the murder of his sister Princess [[Elia of Dorne|Elia]], who was the wife of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], during the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. The duel is a close one, but in the end Oberyn is killed and Tyrion is condemned to death.

:*'''Death of [[Tywin Lannister]].''' Unwilling to see his brother executed, [[Jaime Lannister]]—who is newly returned to the capital—forces the spymaster [[Varys]] to assist him in freeing Tyrion. Jaime also reveals to Tyrion that his first wife, [[Tysha]], was not a whore as he had been led to believe. In a rage, Tyrion swears vengeance against his family, Jaime included. Before departing, Tyrion pays a final visit to the [[Tower of the Hand]]. There he finds [[Shae]] naked in his father’s bed and murders her. Lord Tywin he finds in the privy. When Tyrion asks for Tysha’s whereabouts, Lord Tywin only replies, “Wherever whores go,” and Tyrion shoots him in the groin with a crossbow.

:*'''The [[Cersei Lannister|Queen Regent]].''' Following the deaths of King Joffrey and Lord Tywin, the young Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]] is crowned king with Cersei as [[regent|Queen Regent]]. However, the very deaths which bring Cersei to power also drive her to paranoia. Her chief apprehension is that young Margaery Tyrell, who soon marries Tommen, is seeking to usurp her authority and seize power. This distrust puts further strain on the crucial Lannister-Tyrell alliance. To ensure her power, Cersei fills the [[small council]] with lickspittles. When she offers her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], the position of [[Hand of the King]] she is surprised to find Kevan has serious doubts about her leadership and feels he should be Regent. Out of spite, Cersei appoints two Lannister cousins to positions that Kevan is better suited for; [[Daven Lannister|Daven]] is made [[Warden of the West]] and [[Damion Lannister|Damion]] is named castellan of [[Casterly Rock]].

:*'''Attacks of [[Lady Stoneheart]].''' Several days after being tossed in river, Catelyn Stark’s body is drawn from the river by her daughter [[Arya]]’s [[direwolf]] [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]]. There it is discovered by [[Beric Dondarrion]], who sacrifices his own life to resurrect her. The resurrected Catelyn takes control of the [[brotherhood without banners]] as “Lady Stoneheart” and leads them on a merciless vendetta against those responsible for the [[Red Wedding]], particularly [[House Frey]]. Among their victims are [[Petyr Frey]], [[Merrett Frey]], and Lord Walder’s heir [[Ryman Frey]].

:*'''Siege of Seagard.''' After the Red Wedding, [[Black Walder Frey]] leads a host to besiege the defiant forces of [[Jason Mallister]]. The siege is quickly resolved when Black Walder threatens to hang Mallister’s heir [[Patrek Mallister|Patrek]], who was taken prisoner at the Twins. The Mallisters then become prisoners in their own keep.

:*'''[[Battle of Castle Black]].''' After receiving a plea from the [[Night's Watch]], [[Davos Seaworth]] (now [[Hand of the King|Hand]] to King Stannis) convinces his king to concentrate on his duties, rather than his rights. Stannis takes his meager forces north by ship and arrives at [[Castle Black]] just in time to defeat the army of [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]]. Having scattered the [[wildlings]], Stannis seeks the support of the northern lords by offering to legitimize [[Eddard Stark]]’s bastard son [[Jon Snow]] as Lord of [[Winterfell]]. However, Jon insists on holding to his vows and is quickly elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander, Jon asserts that the Night's Watch will take no part in Stannis's war but does furnish supplies and counsel. He suggests that Stannis could win the support of the [[northern mountain clans]] by appealing to them in person and leading them against the [[ironborn]] at [[Deepwood Motte]].

:*'''[[Kingsmoot]].''' In an attempt to unseat his brother King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] from the [[Seastone Chair]], the prophet [[Aeron Greyjoy]] preaches a kingsmoot election as the proper way to raise the next king. Several [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoys]] put themselves forward as candidates including Euron, [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]], and the late King [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]]’s daughter [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]]. Despite strong support for both Victarion and Asha, Euron wins the election with his vast wealth and a promise to conquer all of [[Westeros]] with the aid of [[dragons]]. Victarion, who has been trained for obedience all his life, grudgingly accepts the decision, but Aeron and Asha refuse and manage to slip away.

:*'''[[Siege of Moat Cailin]].''' While Victarion is absent to attend the kingsmoot, the ironborn-occupied fortress of Moat Cailin is approached from the north by the army of the now-legitimized [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] and from the south by Roose Bolton. Ramsay sends [[Theon Greyjoy]] (whom he has brainwashed to be his faithful servant Reek) to offer terms of safe passage if the ironborn surrender. When they do surrender, Ramsay has all sixty-three flayed alive and impales their skinless bodies on pikes along the road.

:*'''[[Sack of Saltpans]].''' After the [[retaking of Harrenhal]] and the death of [[Vargo Hoat]], the [[Brave Companions]] disband and scatter into several lesser bands. One such group, led by the psychopath [[Rorge]], sacks the town of [[Saltpans]] while Ser [[Quincy Cox]] cowers inside his castle. A dozen women are raped, including holy women and a twelve-year-old girl. Because Rorge wears the helm of [[Sandor Clegane]], the raid is attributed to Clegane and the [[brotherhood without banners]].

:*'''Rebirth of the [[Faith Militant]].''' In the aftermath of the War of the Five Kings, religious fervor in the Seven Kingdoms sees an increase. Many pilgrims and refugees, who call themselves “[[sparrows]],” congregate at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] in King's Landing. A sparrow leader is elected as the new High Septon and is called the [[High Sparrow]]. At his urging, [[Cersei Lannister]] allows the [[Faith of the Seven]] to rearm as repayment for the royal debt, leading to the rebirth of the [[Warrior's Sons]] and the [[Poor Fellows]]. Overnight, the militant orders make the Faith a formidable military power in the Seven Kingdoms. The Faith later imprisons Cersei Lannister and Margaery Tyrell for the alleged crimes of treason and adultery.

:*'''[[Retaking of Deepwood Motte]].''' Following the kingsmoot, Asha Greyjoy flees back to [[Deepwood Motte]] to escape her uncle, King Euron. She has not been there long when Stannis Baratheon's forces, bolstered by the mountain clans, attack in the dead of night and return it to [[House Glover]]. Several ironborn including Asha and [[Tristifer Botley]] escape the castle but are apprehended in the forest soon after.

:*'''[[Battle of the Shield Islands]].''' The newly elected King Euron of the [[Iron Islands]] begins a campaign to conquer the Seven Kingdoms by sailing 1,000 ships to attack the [[Shield Islands]] which guard access to the mainland of the [[Reach]]. Sending two ships up the [[Mander]] River to draw away most of the fleet, the remaining defenders find themselves vastly outnumbered as [[Victarion Greyjoy]] leads an attack. Euron storms [[Lord Hewett's castle]] on [[Oakenshield]]. Ser [[Harras Harlaw]] is given [[Grimston]] after defeating seven knights of [[House Grimm]] in single combat on the Isle of [[Greyshield]]. The islands of [[Greenshield]] and [[Southshield]] are also taken. Ser [[Talbert Serry]] is killed by Victarion and Lord [[Moribald Chester]] is also killed. Lord [[Garlan Tyrell]] breaks off his plans to take [[Brightwater Keep]] and marches to [[Highgarden]] to defend the Reach should the ironmen sail upriver.

:*'''Invasion of [[Ryamsport]], [[Vinetown]], and [[Starfish Harbor]].''' Following the conquest of the Shield Islands, the ironborn sack the port town of Ryamsport and invade Vinetown and Starfish Harbor. These are then used as bases to prey on ships bound for [[Oldtown]]. One such ship is the ''[[Cinnamon Wind]]'', which is carrying [[Samwell Tarly]] of the [[Night's Watch]]. [[Kojja Mo]] and her archers are easily able to drive them away, however.

:*'''[[Siege of Storm's End (300)|Second Siege of Storm's End]].''' To remove him from the capital, Cersei Lannister commands Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] to lay siege to the castle of Storm’s End, which remains loyal to Stannis Baratheon. However, shortly after arriving, Lord Tyrell hears that his daughter [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]] has been imprisoned at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] by the [[High Sparrow]]. Leaving a token force, he marches on King's Landing and orders [[Randyll Tarly]] to return from [[Maidenpool]] and join him there.

[[File:Stannis' wars3.png|thumb|300px|Stannis' northern campaign: In Blue: Stannis and allies. In Red: Boltons and allies. 1.[[Battle of Castle Black]] 2.[[Siege of Moat Cailin]]. 3.Joint march on [[Barrowton]]. 4.[[Retaking of Deepwood Motte]] 5.[[Siege of Winterfell]]]]

:*'''[[Siege of Dragonstone]].''' After hearing of the Battle of the Shields, Cersei Lannister refuses to release the [[House Redwyne|Redwyne]] fleet to defend the Reach until the siege of [[Dragonstone]] is resolved. Desperate to aid his homeland, Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] pledges to take command of the siege in order to speed its conclusion. Upon his arrival, Loras launches an immediate attack. Suffering heavy losses, Loras successfully captures both the castle and the keep. Loras himself is reportedly severely wounded and burned with boiling oil during the battle.

:*'''[[Siege of Riverrun]].''' Ser [[Brynden Tully]] holds the castle of Riverrun in defiance of a large host of Freys, Lannisters, and subjugated river lords. [[Edmure Tully]] is displayed daily on a gibbet by Ser [[Ryman Frey]], but Brynden does not surrender and exposes the display as an empty threat. The besiegers bicker and make no progress until [[Jaime Lannister]] is sent to expedite the fall of the castle. Upon arriving, Jaime dismisses Ryman Frey and releases Edmure. However, Jaime takes the time to threaten that if Edmure does not yield Riverrun the castle with be obliterated and his unborn child killed. Edmure soon surrenders the castle, but not before aiding Ser Brynden in escaping capture. The castle is then left in the care of its new lord, [[Emmon Frey]], with 300 guards.

:*'''[[Siege of Raventree]].''' Having submitted to the [[Iron Throne]], Lord [[Jonos Bracken]] is commanded to besiege the castle of his nemesis, Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]], who remains defiant. Fighting is fierce at [[Raventree Hall]] and the Brackens are unable to capture it. Tytos Blackwood steadfastly refuses to surrender to Bracken, but agrees to surrender to Jaime Lannister. Jaime offers reasonable terms: Blackwood forfeits several lands to Bracken and gives up his son [[Hoster Blackwood|Hoster]] as a hostage. However, Jaime also takes a hostage from House Bracken. The surrender of Raventree marks the end of open war in the Riverlands.

:*'''[[Siege of Winterfell]].''' After retaking [[Deepwood Motte]], the northmen who have joined Stannis Baratheon insist that they retake [[Winterfell]] and rescue "[[Eddard Stark|the Ned]]'s [[Arya Stark|girl]]", who they do not know is actually [[Jeyne Poole]]. Unfortunately, Stannis's mismatched army of southron knights and northern clansmen suffers badly from snowstorms on the 100 league march through the [[wolfswood]] from Deepwood Motte to Winterfell, and they shelter at a [[crofters' village]]. Meanwhile, the forces of [[Roose Bolton]], who have occupied the ruin, suffer from divided loyalties, infighting, and a series of mysterious murders. Among the victims is [[Little Walder Frey]]. Finally the situation becomes untenable and Roose Bolton orders the [[House Frey|Freys]] and [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] out to bring the battle to Stannis. According to a [[Bastard Letter|letter]] send to [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jon Snow]] at [[Castle Black]], Stannis's army was defeated and Stannis killed. However, the veracity of the letter remains unconfirmed.

===Aftermath===

The War of the Five Kings results in vast devastation and death. The burning of crops and food supplies by rival armies means that with winter now engulfing [[Westeros]] as of {{Date|300}}, many more will starve and die. The [[Riverlands]] have borne the brunt of the fighting but [[the North]], the [[Westerlands]], and the [[Stormlands]] have been hit hard by the war as well. While the [[Reach]] did not suffer land hostilities, its resources have been used to supply the armies supported by [[House Tyrell]] and it is now suffering raiding and invasions by the [[ironborn]]. The only two regions to so far to stay out of the war and keep their armies and food supplies intact are the [[Vale]] and [[Dorne]].

==New hostilities==

[[File:Aegon's wars1.png|thumb|300px|In Yellow: Forces of the [[Golden Company]]. 1.Arrival from [[Volantis]] and the [[Stepstones]]. 2.Invasion and conquest of several castles, including [[Taking of Griffin's Roost|Griffin's Roost]]. 3. March on [[Storm's End]]]]

:*'''[[Landing of the Golden Company]].''' The long-secret exiles [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]] and [[Jon Connington]] cross the [[narrow sea]] with the [[Golden Company]], a [[sellsword]] company of 10,000 men with a tradition of loyalty to [[House Blackfyre]], a cadet branch of [[House Targaryen]]. The company lands in [[Estermont]], [[Crow's Nest]], the [[rainwood]], and several other places in the [[Stormlands]] and takes possession of several castles, including Connington's former seat of [[Taking of Griffin's Roost|Griffin's Roost]]. Their next plan is to take [[Storm's End]] to use as a base of operations. Their goal is to crown "Aegon VI."

:*'''Assassination of Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and Regent [[Kevan Lannister]].''' Varys infiltrates the chambers of Grand Maester Pycelle and murders him. Afterward he has one of his "little birds" send for Regent Kevan Lannister and shoots him with a crossbow. Varys admits he seeks to further destabilize the realm after Cersei's poor rule and drive a wedge in the Lannister-Tyrell alliance to prepare the way for Aegon to take the Iron Throne.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[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 bend ''my'' knee to, m'lords: The [[King in the North]]!{{Ref|aGoT|71}}}}
- [[Greatjon Umber]] proclaiming [[Robb Stark]] as his king.

{{Quote|All sorts of people are calling themselves kings these days. {{ref|acok|2}}}}
- [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|'''Robb:''' I can’t release [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]], not even if I wanted to. My lords would never abide it. 
'''Catelyn:''' Your lords made you their king. 
'''Robb:''' And can unmake me just as easy.{{ref|acok|7}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|I am [[House Greyjoy|the Greyjoy]], Lord Reaper of [[Pyke]], [[King of the Iron Islands|King of Salt and Rock]], Son of the Sea Wind, and no man gives me a crown. I pay the [[iron price]]. I will take my crown, as [[Urron Redhand]] did five thousand years ago.{{Ref|aCoK|11}}}}
- [[Balon Greyjoy]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Why the [[Stannis Baratheon|oldest son]], and not the best-fitted? The crown will suit me, as it never suited [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] and would not suit Stannis.{{Ref|aCoK|31}}}}
- [[Renly Baratheon]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|Gallant, yes, and charming, and very clean. He knew how to dress and he knew how to smile and he knew how to bathe, and somehow he got the notion that this made him fit to be king.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}}}
- [[Olenna Tyrell]]'s opinion of [[Renly Baratheon]].

{{Quote|It is not a question of wanting. [[Iron Throne|The throne]] is mine, as [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s heir. That is law.{{Ref|aSoS|36}}}}
- [[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{Quote|Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king at all.{{ref|aSoS|53}}}}
- [[Tywin Lannister]] to [[Joffrey Baratheon]]

{{Quote|One little [[dragon]] could end this great big war.{{Ref|asos|54}}}}
- [[Salladhor Saan]] to [[Davos Seaworth]]

{{quote|We had one king, then five. Now all I see are crows, squabbling over the corpse of [[Westeros]].{{ref|AFFC|11}}}}
- [[Rodrik Harlaw]] to [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|When [[Robb Stark]] took up arms against the bastard [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]-called-Baratheon, [[White Harbor]] marched with him. Lord Stark has fallen, but his war goes on.{{Ref|adwd|19}}}}
- [[Davos Seaworth]] to [[House Manderly|the Manderlys]]

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Harrying of the Stony Shore

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Lee-Sensei: /* Prelude */

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The '''Battle of the Stony Shore''' is the opening fight between [[House Greyjoy]] and the [[Seven Kingdoms]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]].

==Prelude==
[[Theon Greyjoy]] is sent to [[Pyke]] as an envoy of King [[Robb Stark]], offering Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] an an alliance and a strike against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]]. Balon turns it down and instead plans to strike at the vulnerable [[North]].{{ref|ACOK|11}} As part of the plan Theon, accompanied by [[Aeron Greyjoy]] and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], is to take eight longships and harry the [[Stony Shore]], sinking any ship chance met.{{ref|ACOK|24}}

==Battle==
Theon and his party lands on the Stony Shore. When news of [[ironborn]] raiding reaches [[Torrhen's Square]], [[Leobald Tallhart]] sends [[Benfred Tallhart]] and his [[Wild Hares]] to investigate.{{ref|ACOK|35}} Expecting no trouble from the ironmen, Benfred and his party approach the Stony Shore without scouts, singing and talking loudly. In a crook of a road, the ironborn fall on the party, first loosing a flight of arrows from concealed positions. Theon leads the men-at-arms into hand-to-hand combat and massacres the northerners, capturing Benfred.{{ref|ACOK|37}}

==Aftermath==
Benfred is hauled away for questioning, but refuses to answer and insults the [[Drowned God]] within [[Aeron Greyjoy]]'s hearing. He is put to death by on Theon's command.{{ref|ACOK|37}} By killing Benfred's party, the true size of the assault by the ironmen is kept secret a little longer, which allows the seizure of [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]] and an attack on [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|Torrhen's Square]].

==References and Notes==
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House Targaryen

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Lee-Sensei: House Baratheon isn't a cadet branch of House Targaryen.

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| House_name = House Targaryen of [[King's Landing]]
| image = [[File:House Targaryen crest.PNG|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = Sable, a dragon thrice-headed gules
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] (formerly) [[Dragonstone]] (formerly) [[Summerhall]] (formerly)
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[The Crownlands]] [[Valyria]] (formerly)
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent) [[Prince of Summerhall]]
| Overlord = None
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]]
| Founded_in = House Targaryen: >[[Years before Aegon's Conquest|114BC]] House Targaryen of King's Landing:{{Date|1}}
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[[File:House_Targaryen_Family_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|House Targaryen Family tree]]

'''House Targaryen''' is a noble family of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] descent that escaped the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]]. They lived for centuries on the island of [[Dragonstone]] until [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and his sisters rode their [[dragon]]s in the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings on the [[Iron Throne]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Their seats were the [[Red Keep]] in the capital city of [[King's Landing]], the island castle of Dragonstone, and the summer residence of [[Summerhall]].{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

==Culture==

===Customs===
House Targaryen's sigil is a three-headed [[dragon]] breathing flames, red on black. The three-headed dragon represents [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his two sisters, [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}}{{ref|aCoK|63}} Their house words are "Fire and Blood."{{Ref|aSoS|23}} Although the Targaryen [[Iron Throne|kings]] took their seat at [[King's Landing]], the place where Aegon and his army first landed in Westeros and made their first fort, [[Dragonstone]] remained the traditional seat of the heir-apparent to the throne, who was known as the [[Prince of Dragonstone]]. Younger siblings of the heir could receive [[Summerhall]] and be known as the [[Prince of Summerhall]].<ref>''[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]''</ref>

House Targaryen historically followed the gods of [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]]. Sometime before the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, the Targaryens abandoned the Valyrian gods and converted to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the predominant religion in Westeros. However, they continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, wedding brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece and aunt to nephew, holding themselves apart from and above the noble Westerosi families.

Deceased Targaryens are traditionally cremated.<ref>So Spake Martin: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat Asshai.com Forum Chat], July 27, 2008</ref>

===Traits===

The phrase "blood of the dragon" refers to what are considered typical Targaryen features: silvery-gold (or platinum) hair and [[violet eyes]]. The Targaryens can tolerate a bit more heat than most ordinary people, though they are by no means immune to fire.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>

Another trait typical to Targaryens, and one that was passed on to the cadet branch, [[House Blackfyre]], was the ability to have [[dragon dreams|premonition-like dreams]].{{Ref|TMK}} Before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], a noble in Valyria called [[Aenar Targaryen]] had a [[Daenys Targaryen|maiden daughter]] whose visions moved him to relocate his family to [[Dragonstone]], twelve years before the Doom. Her visions were written down and published in a book called ''[[Signs and Portents]]'', which is now lost.

Probably due to their incestuous practices, the Targaryens are [[Targaryen madness|prone to madness]]; King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] said that with the birth of a new Targaryen, the gods tossed a coin to decide whether the child would be a genius or a lunatic.

===Dragons===
:{{See also|Dragons}}

The Targaryens are known as [[dragonlords]], and seem to be closer to dragons than other men are. Aegon I introduced dragons to Westeros when he conquered it, and dragons were kept and ridden by the Targaryens until the [[last dragon|last one]] perished in the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] the Dragonbane.

The Targaryens kept [[dragon]]s for much of their reign in Seven Kingdoms. To house them they built an immense domed structure in King's Landing called the [[Dragonpit]]. New dragons were bred from Aegon's original three: [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]], and the dreaded [[Balerion]]. However, violent deaths in battle and a growing infirmity in each following generation caused the family's stable to dwindle. The [[last Targaryen dragon]] was a deformed and sterile creature that died very young. It is not clearly understood what caused the last dragons to die out. A legend holds that Aegon III poisoned them, but Archmaester [[Marwyn]] suggested that the [[maesters]] were somehow responsible. Others have also claimed that raising dragons in enclosed spaces, even the Dragonpit, was unnatural and stunted their growth.

==History==
A complete history of House Targaryen is planned for ''[[Fire and Blood]]'', to be published several years after the completion of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.
===Origins and Conquests===
House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient noble houses known as [[dragonlords]] who ruled the [[Valyrian Freehold]], a great empire spanning most of the [[Essos|eastern continent]]. They were traditionally not one of the most important of these families, however. [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]], the daughter of the head of House Targaryen, [[Aenar Targaryen|Aenar]], had visions of a cataclysm that would come over Valyria. Aenar led House Targaryen and their five dragons, including [[Balerion]], to the westernmost outpost of Valyrian influence, the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]] in [[Years before Aegon's Conquest#Year 114 Before the Conquest|114BC]]. Twelve years later the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] descended on the city of [[Valyria]], leading to the collapse of the Freehold. The Targaryens were one of the few families to survive the destruction of their home and were the only dragonriders of Valyria to survive. Thereafter four of the five dragons of House Targaryen died under unknown circumstances, but two more were born from eggs, [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].

Following the Doom, there was pressure for the Targaryens to go east and ally themselves with [[Volantis]], who attempted to restore the Freehold by conquering the rest of the Valyrian colonies to survive the Doom, now known as the [[Free Cities]]. However, the Targaryens remained on Dragonstone for another century. After flying to the [[Disputed Lands]] and joining an alliance to crush Volantene aspirations, the young [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] developed ambitions toward Westeros.

Aegon aspired to unite the seven Westerosi kingdoms under one ruler, himself. A hundred years after the Doom, Aegon set forth from Dragonstone with his sister/wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]], their dragons, and a small force, landing at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and beginning the [[Wars of Conquest]]. During his campaigns, Aegon was anointed king by the [[High Septon]] in [[Oldtown]], leading to the unification of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] under Targaryen rule from the [[Iron Throne]], starting a dynasty that lasted nearly 300 years. The area where the Targaryens began their conquest became the site of their new capital, [[King's Landing]]. Dragonstone was used as the seat of the heir to the throne. The region around these strongholds became known as the [[Crownlands]], and several houses of the area, such as the [[House Velaryon|Velaryons]], [[House Darklyn|Darklyns]], and the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]], were among the staunchest Targaryen loyalists. Another close ally was [[House Baratheon]]; Aegon had installed his bastard brother [[Orys Baratheon]] to rule the [[Stormlands]].

{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

===Early Dynasty and the Faith Militant Uprising===
Despite converting to the [[Faith of the Seven]], the Targaryens held themselves apart from the laws of gods and men, and continued to follow the Valyrian practice of incestuous marriage, which was a sin in the eyes of the Seven. Indeed, Aegon had been married to both of his sisters before the Conquest. When Aegon died 37 years after the end of his Conquest and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is known as the [[Faith Militant uprising]]. Early Targaryen kings often appointed those of the blood royal to act as their [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. Such was the case with Aenys, who was served by his brutal half-brother and cousin, Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]]. Maegor conducted the suppression of these revolts, and seized the throne for himself after Aenys's death, going on to earn the moniker "the Cruel" in his attempts to crush the rebellion. Construction of the [[Red Keep]] in King's Landing was finished during Maegor's reign. After his mysterious death in {{date|48}} he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was wise and long, lasting 55 years.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Jaehaerys I|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the reign of Jaehaerys I, and the early part of the reign of Viserys I (click show to Expand)}}

===Death of the Dragons===
:{{See also|The Dance of the Dragons}}

After his death in {{date|103}}, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who had been chosen as heir in the [[Great Council of 101]]. Viserys ruled well except in marriage. He raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of [[Kingsguard#Kingsguard during the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen (103AC-129AC)|his Kingsguard]], Ser [[Criston Cole|Criston the Kingmaker]], who earned his epithet by crowning [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], a son of a second marriage. In the resulting war of succession, called the [[Dance of the Dragons]] ({{date|129|131}}), Rhaenyra was devoured by [[Sunfyre]], the dragon of Aegon II, while her son [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]] looked on. However, Aegon II was grievously injured and he too died soon after, due to causes unknown, causing Rhaenyra's son Aegon III to take the throne. Many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons also perished in the war. During the reign of Aegon III, the son of Rhaenyra who held the Iron Throne at the war's conclusion, the last dragon died, earning him the nickname "Dragonbane." The loss of their signature war mounts and the deaths of so many family members severely weakened the Targaryens' grip on the Seven Kingdoms.

{{Template:Targaryen tree Dance|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Dance of Dragons (click show to Expand)}}

Since the Dance, House Targaryen has practiced a highly modified version of agnatic primogeniture, placing female claimants in the line of succession behind all possible male ones, even collateral relations.

===Incorporating Dorne===
Since resisting the conquest of Aegon I, the [[House Martell|Martell]] princes of [[Dorne]] had ruled their land as a sovereign realm. Upon assuming the throne in {{date|157}}, Aegon III's fourteen-year old son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, decided to end that. Despite his youth and lack of dragons, Daeron [[Conquest of Dorne|defeated the Dornishmen]] in a successful invasion. His rule of Dorne did not last, however, and he and 40,000 men died trying to defeat an uprising. Dead at eighteen without issue, the Young Dragon was succeeded by his brother [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], who was in training to become a [[septon]]. One of Baelor's first acts was to make peace with Dorne by marrying his cousin, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], to [[Myriah Martell]]. Baelor is well-remembered by the smallfolk, but maesters and others learned in history recall his piety as his undoing. As his Hand, Baelor retained his uncle [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], who had also served Daeron and Aegon III. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed, it is said. During his reign, Baelor locked his three sisters in the "Maidenvault" of the Red Keep to avoid carnal thoughts. One, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]], carried on an affair with their cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]], which resulted in a child named [[Daemon Blackfyre|Daemon]]. When Baelor died childless as well in {{date|171}}, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign of only a year, Viserys was succeeded by his son Aegon, who reigned as Aegon IV and was called "the Unworthy". It was during the reign of Aegon's son Daeron II that Dorne finally joined the Targaryen empire, after Daeron's sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV]], wed Prince [[Maron Martell]].

===The Blackfyre Pretenders===
:{{See also|House Blackfyre|Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellion|Second Blackfyre Rebellion|War of the Ninepenny Kings}}

[[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon IV]] kept many mistresses and sired several bastards by them. The oldest of them, by Princess Daena, had strong Targaryen features; he grew up to be a promising young knight and was granted [[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] blade of Aegon the Conqueror. He became known as [[Daemon Blackfyre]]. Before his death in {{date|184}}, Aegon IV legitimized all of his natural children, placing them in the succession, albeit behind his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Nobles such as [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]], one of Aegon IV's [[Great Bastards]], did not care for Daeron's bookish nature or the Dornish flavor of his court, and whispered that Daeron was not the son of Aegon IV, but of his brother, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon "the Dragonknight"]], casting doubts over Daeron's right to rule. Finally, Daemon Blackfyre was bitter over the loss of Princess [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]], Daeron's sister, whom he had promised to Prince [[Maron Martell]]. For these reasons, Daemon and his supporters launched the First [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] against Daeron's rule. This was crushed by Daeron's sons, [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor "Breakspear"]] and [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], and his bastard brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]], Bittersteel's rival for the affections of their half-sister [[Shiera Seastar]]. Daemon was killed by Bloodraven in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], and Bittersteel was driven into exile across the [[narrow sea]], where he founded the [[Golden Company]], a sellsword army bent on naming a Blackfyre son as King of Westeros. Prince Baelor was named his father's Hand as well as heir, but died in {{date|209}} in a [[trial of seven]] at the [[Ashford Tourney]] fighting opposite his brother Maekar for the honor of a hedge knight called [[Dunk]]. Maekar's son, [[Aerion Brightflame]], was sent into exile after the trial, and Maekar allowed another son, nicknamed "[[Aegon V Targaryen|Egg]]", to continue squiring for Dunk in order to teach him humility and honor. During Daeron's reign, the third major Targaryen palace was built at [[Summerhall]], in the [[Dornish Marches]].

{{Template:Blackfyre_tree|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree and the Blackfyre Pretenders (click show to Expand)}}

===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of {{date|209}} killed King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] and several of his grandchildren. His equally bookish son [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]] took the throne, appointing his uncle [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] as Hand. Aerys ignored the realm's problems (including plague, drought, dwindling trade, rising banditry, and the reaving of [[Dagon Greyjoy]]) as Bloodraven focused on dealing with minor Blackfyre rebellions instigated by [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], who had expected to be named Aerys's Hand, succeeded his brother on the throne in {{date|221}} and had Bloodraven thrown into the Red Keep's dungeons. Across the Narrow Sea, House Blackfyre continued to be a distant threat to the main Targaryen line. In {{date|233}} King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in {{date|233}}. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron's]] lackwit daughter and the infant son of the dead and mad [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]], leading to the crowning of Maekar's son "Egg" as [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], called “The Unlikely” for being the fourth son of a fourth son. Aegon's elder brother, [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], had been quietly offered the throne before him, but Aemon refused the crown since he had taken a [[maester]]'s vows, forswearing his inheritance and going on to join the [[Night's Watch]] lest he be used in plots against Aegon. The new king emptied the dungeons to accompany Aemon to the [[Wall]], including their great-uncle Bloodraven, who went on to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]. As Lord Commander of his Kingsguard, Aegon V appointed Ser [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]], the hedge knight Dunk for whom he had squired in his youth.

{{Template:Targaryen_tree_Daeron_II|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Great Council (click show to Expand)}}

In the latter part of Aegon's reign, he sent a host to the [[Stepstones]] to defeat [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], the last Blackfyre. The Blackfyre pretender and his supporters were defeated in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and Maelys slain. Hearing a prophecy from a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]] that their line would bear [[the prince that was promised]] to defeat the [[Others]], Egg arranged the marriage of his grandchildren [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Since he had done so, Aegon allowed his children to marry for love, earning him bitter enemies instead of friends. His daughter [[Rhaelle Targaryen|Rhaelle]] married into [[House Baratheon]]. His son [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan the Small]], Prince of Dragonflies, "cast aside a crown" for [[Jenny of Oldstones]], leading in some way to the [[Tragedy of Summerhall]], where Aegon V and both Duncans lost their lives in {{date|259}}. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in {{date|262}}. Amiable, clever, and able, he nonetheless was seen as weak by those martial lords prejudiced against his frail constitution. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Aerys II.

===Downfall===
:{{See also|Robert's Rebellion}}

Aided by his able [[Hand of the King|Hand]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] began his reign with promise, but became paranoid and increasingly mad after being abducted during a [[Defiance of Duskendale|failed revolt]] of the longtime Targaryen loyalists of [[House Darklyn]] and Tywin's cautious response. His heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], resolved to be a better monarch and set forth to prove himself, and to fulfill the prophecy of [[the prince that was promised]]. Aerys chose Tywin's heir, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], for his Kingsguard, robbing Tywin of his heir and provoking him to resignation because the king had also rejected Tywin's proposal of a marriage between Rhaegar and Jaime's twin sister, [[Cersei Lannister]]. Also during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], Rhaegar offended [[Robert Baratheon]] by naming his betrothed, [[Lyanna Stark]], as [[queen of love and beauty]] rather than his own wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]].

{{Targaryen tree now|state=hidden|title=Targaryen Family Tree, during the Downfall (click show to Expand)}}

A while after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar disappeared with Lyanna Stark. Lyanna's brotehr [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] went to [[King's Landing]] and threatened Prince Rhaegar's life. Though Prince Rhaegar was not present, King Aerys had Brandon arrested, and his father, Lord [[Rickard Stark|Rickard]] summoned for a triel. At that "trial", Aerys had both men killed, and demanded the heads of Lord [[Robert Baratheon]], Lyanna's betrothed, and [[Eddard Stark]], Lyanna's younger brother. Their foster father, [[Jon Arryn]], refused Aerys' commands and raised his banners, thereby starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar eventually took command of the royal troops, leading them to defeat in the [[Battle of the Trident]], where he was killed by Robert Baratheon. Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and the pregnant Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] fled to Dragonstone. Perfidious Lannisters killed Aerys, Elia, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], and the infant [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] in King's Landing. On Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], who was spirited to the [[Free Cities]] along with Viserys by the loyal Ser [[Willem Darry]]. Robert Baratheon was crowned king, partially due to his having a Targaryen [[Rhaelle Targaryen|grandmother]].

King Aerys II Targaryen was the last king in a dynasty which had held for nearly 300 years of unbroken rule. Where the Targaryens had begun as untouchable demigods atop fire-breathing dragons, their power had fallen noticeably since the time of those beasts, with many more large-scale civil wars featuring pitched battles. In the short term, Aerys's madness had provoked the nobles to action, but such open defiance would not have occurred if his family's prestige had not been in decline for some time. This loss of influence is perhaps shown by the fact that Aegon V was invited to rule by a council rather than claiming a divine right. The [[Defiance of Duskendale]] by [[House Darklyn]], one of the staunchest traditional royal allies, is another sign of the house's loss of influence.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Daenerys_Targaryen.jpg‎ |[[Daenerys]] and her three fledgling [[dragons]]‎ - © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Across the [[Narrow Sea]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]]'s surviving son claims legitimacy as "[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]." He and his sister [[Daenerys Targaryen]] wander the [[Free Cities]], seeking aid from various merchant princes to restore House Targaryen. Few take his claim seriously, calling him the Beggar King.

In 297AC, Viserys betroths his sister to [[Drogo]], a mighty ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]], hoping to use his horde to retake the Seven Kingdoms. Viserys alienates the horselord with his arrogance and is eventually killed. After the death of Khal Drogo, Daenerys takes command of the ''[[khalasar]]'''s ragged remnants, and is able to hatch three [[dragon]] eggs, the first in a century and a half.

At the [[Wall]], the century-old Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], brother to King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], imparts wisdom to a new recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], [[Jon Snow]], regarding the conflict of loyalty between family and duty.

===''A Clash of Kings''===

Daenerys nurtures her young dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]], and her people, bringing them through the [[Red Waste]] to the strange city of [[Qarth]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Traveling to [[Slaver's Bay]], Daenerys conquers the cities of [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]], and [[Meereen]]. However, her campaign of liberation seems to cause more conflict than it solves, so she decides to remain in Meereen to bring order and to learn to rule. One of her officers, [[Ben Plumm]], claims to have Targaryen ancestry.

Maester Aemon pushes Jon Snow to take command of [[Castle Black]] when the Wall is [[Battle of Castle Black|besieged by wildlings]]. Jon is subsequently elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===

Lord Commander Snow orders Maester Aemon to [[Oldtown]] to avoid the red sorceress [[Melisandre]], who might wish to sacrifice him to [[R'hllor]] for his kingsblood. Unfortunately, Aemon does not survive the voyage, leaving the lore of the Night's Watch in the hands of [[Samwell Tarly]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

As she hones her skills of leadership in Meereen, Daenerys tries to tell good counsel from bad and how to make decisions of dubious morality. She refuses a marriage proposal from [[Quentyn Martell]], whose father, [[Doran Martell]], is attempting to honor a secret pact made to wed Viserys to [[Arianne Martell]]. Daenerys's control of Meereen is threatened by a coalition led by Yunkai. She flees from [[Daznak's Pit]] on the back of her dragon [[Drogon]] and ends up in the [[Dothraki Sea]], where she encounters the ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Jhaqo]]. Meanwhile, her other dragons, [[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]], are released and wreak havoc upon Meereen.

It is claimed that, unbeknownst to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], Crown Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] infant son [[Aegon Targaryen]], Daenerys's nephew, survived the [[Sack of King's Landing]] thanks to [[Varys]], who had a peasant baby killed in his place. The purported Aegon was raised in secret across the narrow sea by Rhaegar's friend [[Jon Connington]], who nicknamed the youth Young Griff. He lands in the [[Stormlands]] with the [[Golden Company]] at his back, calling himself Aegon VI.

[[Beyond the Wall]], the [[three-eyed crow]] who has been appearing to [[Bran Stark]] in his dreams is strongly implied to be none other than Bloodraven, [[Brynden Rivers]], kept alive by sorcery and living in a [[cave of the three-eyed crow|cave]].

==Timeline==
{{See also|Timeline of major events}}
{| class="wikitable" ALIGN="right"
|+Targaryen kings
|-
| [[Aegon I]] || {{date|1–37}}
|-
| [[Aenys I]] || {{date|37–42}}
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || {{date|42–48}}
|-
| [[Jaehaerys I]] || {{date|48–103}}
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || {{date|103–129}}
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || {{date|129–131}}
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || {{date|131-157}}
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || {{date|157-161}}
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || {{date|161-171}}
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || {{date|171-172}}
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || {{date|172-184}}
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || {{date|184-209}}
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || {{date|209-221}}
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || {{date|221-233}}
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || {{date|233-259}}
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || {{date|259-262}}
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || {{date|262-283}}
|}
All dates are given relative to years after Aegon's Conquest (AC).

;Flight from Valyria (114BC): House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (102BC): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (2BC-1AC): Aided by his two sisters and their dragons Vhagar, Meraxes, and Balerion, the armies of Aegon the Conqueror invade the seven kingdoms of Westeros, sparking the Wars of Conquest. In the battle known as the "[[Field of Fire]]," Aegon's army conquers the combined forces of the [[Kingdom of the Rock|Rock]] and of the [[Reach]]; the three dragons kill nearly four thousand men. Many other kings bend the knee to Aegon, and in the end, only Dorne remains unconquered.
; [[First Dornish War]] (4-13AC)
: The Targaryens attempt to complete the Conquest and conquer [[Dorne]] the only one of the Seven Kingdoms that successfully resisted the War of Conquest, but fail and Dorne remains independent.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (41-48AC)
: The two armed wings of the church rise against Aegon's incest-born son [[Aenys I]]. Aenys's half-brother and Hand, [[Maegor I]] seizes the throne after his death and fails to crush the rebels. Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I]] succeeds and outlaws both military orders.
;[[The Dance of the Dragons]] (129-131AC), the Targaryen civil war.
: [[Aegon II]]'s claim to the throne is disputed by his elder sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]]; both perish in the resulting war. Several dragons and lesser branches of the house are extinguished.
;[[Conquest of Dorne]] (157-161AC)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [orne, but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]] (196AC): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel [[Daemon Blackfyre]]'s forces are defeated in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (209AC)
: [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209-210AC)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;The [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]] (211AC) : Daemon II Blackfyre attempts to gather support for his Rebellion, but his support is undone when [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] has him arrested at [[Whitewalls]].
;The [[Third Blackfyre Rebellion]] (219AC): The third Blackfyre Rebellion, in which the Pretender [[Haegon I Blackfyre]] is slain.
;[[Great Council]] (233AC)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the lackwit daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V Targaryen]], the Unlikely.
;The [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]] (236AC): The fourth Blackfyre Rebellion, in which the Pretender [[Daemon III Blackfyre]] is killed by Ser Duncan the Tall.
;[[Tragedy at Summerhall]] (259AC)
:A great fire destroys the Targaryen summer seat of [[Summerhall]], killing King [[Aegon V Targaryen]], his eldest son Prince [[Duncan Targaryen]], and the Lord Commander of the [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], amongst others. Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] is born on the same day.
;The Fifth Blackfyre Rebellion ([[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]) (260AC)
:[[Maelys I Blackfyre]] tries to invade Westeros together with the [[Band of Nine]]. Maelys, the last Blackfyre Pretender, dies at the [[Stepstones]].
;[[Defiance of Duskendale]] (277AC)
:Kimg Aerys was kept captive for six months, leading to a change in his already erratic behavior.
;[[Robert's Rebellion]] (282-283AC)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] after King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], during [[Robert's Rebellion]], also known as the War of the Usurper.

==House Targaryen at the end of the third century==

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
*King {[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys III]]}, called "the Beggar King", ''Khal Rhae Mhar'' (The Sorefoot King), and ''Khal Rhaggat'' (The Cart King) and self-proclaimed King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, in exile. Fatally "crowned" in [[Vaes Dothrak]].
*Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys I]], called, Daenerys Stormborn, Mother of Dragons, sister of Viserys and last known Targaryen heir, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, ''Khaleesi'' of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Shackles/Chains, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon]], [[Viserion]], [[Rhaegal]],
**Khal {[[Drogo|Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**King [[Hizdahr zo Loraq|Hizdahr zo Loraq XIV]], her second husband, King of Meereen, Scion of Ghis, Octarch of the Old Empire, Master of the Skahazadhan, Consort to Dragons, Blood of the Harpy. A Ghiscari noble of Meereen.
*Maester {[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]}, sworn to the Night's Watch. Great-granduncle to the Mad King. Died of a chill at sea, at the age of one hundred and two.

*Prince [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]], Rhaegar's son. Believed to have died at Gregor Clegane's hand in the Sack of King's Landing, but is purported by some to be alive under the identity of Young Griff and with the [[Golden Company]]. If true his claim supersedes his aunt Daenerys's, and he is Aegon VI.

===Daenerys' Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]] and Hand of the Queen.
**his two known knights:
***Ser [[Tumco Lho]], of the [[Basilisk Isles]], a newly-made knight.
***"[[The Red Lamb]]", a [[Lhazar]]ene freedman and newly-made knight.
**his lads, squires training for knighthood:
***[[Larraq]], called 'The Lash', of Meereen.
***the Boys, three Ghiscari brothers and freedmen.
*[[Belwas]], called Strong Belwas, eunuch and former pit fighter.
*her [[Dothraki]] bloodriders:
**[[Jhogo]], the whip, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Currently a hostage of the Yunkish
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''. Away from Meereen seeking Daenerys.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished. Currently with the [[Second Sons]].

====The Queen's captains and commanders:====
*[[Grey Worm]], a eunuch, commander of the [[Unsullied]], a company of eunuch infantry.
**[[Hero]], an Unsullied captain, second-in-command.
**{[[Stalwart Shield]]}, an Unsullied spearman, murdered by the [[Sons of the Harpy]].
*{[[Mollono Yos Dob]]}, commander of the [[Stalwart Shields]], a company of freedmen named for the martyred Unsullied. Died of the Pale Mare.
**[[Tal Toraq]], new commander of the Stalwart Shields.
*[[Symon Stripeback]], commander of [[Free Brothers]], a company of freedmen.
*[[Marselen]], commander of the [[Mother's Men]], a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei.
*{[[Groleo]]} of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog ''Saduleon'', made an admiral without a fleet. Executed by the Yunkai'i.
*[[Rommo]], a ''jaqqa rhan'' of the Dothraki, he represents Daenerys' khalasar at council.
*[[Daario Naharis]], a [[Tyrosh]]i sellsword, captain of the [[Stormcrows]], a free company.
**[[Widower|The Widower]], second in command and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
**[[Jokin]], commander of the archers and acting joint-commander of the Stormcrows.
*[[Ben Plumm]], called 'Brown Ben', a mongrel sellsword, captain of the [[Second Sons]], a free company. Defected to Yunkai.

====The Queen's Meereenese court:====
*[[Reznak mo Reznak|Reznak mo Reznak]], her seneschal, bald and unctuous.
*[[Skahaz mo Kandaq|Shahaz mo Kandaq]], called 'The Shavepate', shaven-headed commander of the [[Brazen Beasts]], Meereen's city watch.

====The Queen's handmaids and servants:====
*[[Irri|Irri]] and [[Jhiqui|Jhiqui]], young women of the Dothraki, handmaidens.
*[[Missandei|Missandei]], a [[Naath]]i scribe and translator.
*[[Grazdar|Grazdar]], [[Qezza|Qezza]], [[Mezzara|Mezzara]], [[Kezmya|Kezmya]], [[Azzak|Azzak]], [[Bhakaz|Bhakaz]], [[Miklaz|Miklaz]], [[Dhazzar|Dhazzar]], [[Draqaz|Draqaz]], [[Jhezane|Jhezane]], children of the pyramids of Meereen, her cupbearers and pages.
*{[[Doreah]]}, a Lysene handmaiden and former bedslave. Perished to sickness in the [[Red Waste]].

===Young Griff/Prince Aegon's followers===
* '[[Jon Connington|Griff]]', a sellsword late of the [[Golden Company]]. Actually [[Jon Connington]], exiled Lord of [[Griffin's Roost]] and [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aerys II]].
* Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], called 'Duck', a [[knight]]. Pronounced the first of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]].
* Septa [[Lemore]], called 'Lady Lemore', a woman of the [[Faith of the Seven]].
* [[Haldon]], called 'the Halfmaester', Aegon's tutor.
* [[Yandry]], master and captain of the ''[[Shy Maid]]''
** [[Ysilla]], his wife.
* The [[Golden Company]], a famous sellsword company founded by the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] to the [[Iron Throne]].

==Historical Members==
===On [[Dragonstone]]===
* [[Aenar Targaryen]], known as '''Aenar the Exile'''. First Lord of Dragonstone.
** [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Aenar)|Gaemon Targaryen]], Aenar's son. Known as '''Gaemon the Glorious'''. Second Lord of Dragonstone.
** [[Daenys Targaryen]], Aenar's daughter. Known as '''Daenys the Dreamer'''. Sister-wife to Gaemon.
*** [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Gaemon)|Aegon Targaryen]], Gaemon's son by Daenys. Third Lord of Dragonstone.
*** [[Elaena Targaryen (daughter of Gaemon)|Elaena Targaryen]], Gaemon's daughter by Daenys. Sister-wife to Aegon.
**** [[Maegon Targaryen]], Aegon's son by Elaena.
**** [[Aerys Targaryen (son of Aegon)|Aerys Targaryen]], Aegon's son by Elaena.
***** [[Aelyx Targaryen]], Aerys' son.
***** [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Aerys)|Baelon Targaryen]], Aerys' son.
***** [[Daemion Targaryen]], Aerys' son. Fifth Lord of Dragonstone.
****** [[Aerion Targaryen (son of Daemion)|Aerion Targaryen]], Daemion's son. Married to Lady [[Valaena Velaryon]].
******* [[Visenya Targaryen]], sister-wife to Aegon.
******* [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], who would become known as '''King Aegon I Targaryen''', '''Aegon the Conquerer''' and '''Aegon the Dragon'''. Last Lord of Dragonstone.
******* [[Rhaenys Targaryen]], sister-wife to Aegon.

===Targaryen Dynasty===
'''The Sons of the Dragon'''
* King '''[[Aegon I Targaryen]]''', known as '''Aegon the Conqueror''' and '''Aegon the Dragon'''. First King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
* Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]], sister-wife to Aegon.
** Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]], also known as '''Maegor the Cruel'''. The younger son of Aegon I by his elder sister-wife Visenya. Third King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Maegor I Targaryen]]'''.
* Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]], sister-wife to Aegon.
** [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys Targaryen]], the elder son of Aegon I by his younger sister-wife Rhaenys. Married to Lady [[Alyssa Velaryon]]. Second King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Aenys I Targaryen]]'''.
*** Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]], sister-wife to Aegon.
*** Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]], brother-husband to Rhaena.
****Princess [[Aerea Targaryen]], twin to Rhalla.
****Princess [[Rhalla Targaryen]], twin to Aerea.
*** Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys Targaryen]].
*** Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys Targaryen]], also known as '''Jaehaerys the Conciliator''', '''The Old King''' and '''Jaehaerys the Wise'''. Fourth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]'''.
*** Princess [[Alysanne Targaryen]]. Sister-wife of Jaehaerys I. Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
*** Princess [[Vaella Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Vaella Targaryen]].

'''Era of the Old King'''
* King '''[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]''', also known as '''Jaehaerys the Conciliator''', '''The Old King''' and '''Jaehaerys the Wise'''. Fourth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Married to his sister-wife, Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]].
** Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aegon Targaryen]], died young.
** Princess [[Alyssa Targaryen]], sister-wife to her brother Baelon, and the mother of his children.
** Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]. Married to Lady [[Jocelyn Baratheon]].
*** Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], also known as '''The Queen who Never Was'''. Married to Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]. Rhaenys and Corlys had two children: [[Laena Velaryon|Laena]] and [[Laenor Velaryon]].
** Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]].
*** Prince [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]. Fifth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Viserys I Targaryen]]'''. Viserys was married twice: his first marriage was to his cousin, Lady [[Aemma Arryn]] (the daughter of Princess Daella), his second marriage to Lady [[Alicent Hightower]].
*** Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]. Married trice: first to Lady [[Rhea Royce]], second to his cousin, Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], third to his niece, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].
**** Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], Daemon's daughter by [[Laena Velaryon]]. Twin to Rhaena. Formerly betrothed to Prince Jacaerys Velaryon. Married to Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]].
***** Unknown offspring, [[House Velaryon]].
**** Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], Daemon's daughter by [[Laena Velaryon]]. Twin to Baela. Once betrothed to Prince Lucerys Velaryon. Married to Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]] (no issue) until his death, married next to [[Garmund Hightower]].
***** Six unknown daughters by Garmund Hightower.
**** Unnamed son, died shortly after birth.
*** Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Baelon)|Aegon Targaryen]].
** Princess [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Jaehaerys I)|Daella Targaryen]]. Married to Lord [[Rodrik Arryn]].
***Lady [[Aemma Arryn]], their daughter, married to her cousin, Prince Viserys, who later became King Viserys I.
** Prince [[Aeryn Targaryen]], died young.
** Prince [[Vaegon Targaryen]], later Archmaester Vaegon, called '''the Dragonless'''
** Princess [[Maegelle Targaryen]], later Septa Maegelle.
** Prince [[Valerion Targaryen]], died young.
** Princess [[Viserra Targaryen]]
** Prince [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Gaemon Targaryen]], died young.
** Princess [[Saera Targaryen]].
** Princess [[Gael Targaryen]]

'''Descendants of King Viserys I Targaryen'''
* Viserys' children by his first wife, Lady [[Aemma Arryn]];
** An unknown son, died in infancy.
** Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Baelon Targaryen]], also known as the '''heir for a day'''. Died a day after birth.
** Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], also known as '''The Realms Delight''' and '''The Half-Year Queen'''.
*** Rhaenyra's children by her first husband, Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]];
**** Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], also known as "Jace", Rhaenyra's eldest son by Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]. Betrothed to his cousin, Lady [[Baela Targaryen]].
**** Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]], also known as "Luke", Rhaenyra's second son by Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]. Betrothed to his cousin, Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]].
**** Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]], Rhaenyra's youngest son by Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]].
*** Rhaenyra's children by her second husband, her uncle Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]];
**** Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]. Later ruled as King '''[[Aegon III Targaryen]]'''.
**** Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]. Later ruled as King '''[[Viserys II Targaryen]]'''.
**** Princess [[Visenya Targaryen (daughter of Rhaenyra)|Visenya Targaryen]]. Stillborn.
* Viserys' children by his second wife, Lady [[Alicent Hightower]];
** Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], also known as '''Aegon the Elder''', and later as '''Aegon the Usurper'''. Sixth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Aegon II Targaryen]]'''.
** Princess [[Helaena Targaryen]]. Sister-wife to Aegon II. Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
*** Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]]. Twin to Jaehaera.
*** Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen]]. Twin to Jaehaerys. Later Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as the wife to King [[Aegon III Targaryen]].
*** Prince [[Maelor Targaryen]].
*** Unknown bastard, a son, by a whore on the [[Street of Silk]].
*** Unknown bastard, a girl, by a maidservant of [[Alicent Hightower]]
** Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]], also known as '''Aemond One-Eye''' and '''Aemond the Kinslayer'''.
*** An unknown bastard by [[Alys Rivers]].
** Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]], also known as '''Daeron the Daring'''.

'''After the Dragons Danced'''
* King '''[[Aegon III Targaryen]]''', also known as '''Aegon the Younger''' and '''Aegon the Dragonbane''', seventh King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. First married to his cousin, Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen]]. That marriage ended childless. Married to Lady [[Daenaera Velaryon]] after Jaehaera's death.
** Prince [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron Targaryen]], also known as '''The Young Dragon'''. Aegon III's son by Daenaera Velaryon. Eighth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Daeron I Targaryen]]'''.
** Prince [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor Targaryen]], also known as '''Baelor the Blessed''' and '''Baelor the Beloved'''. Aegon III's son by Daenaera Velaryon. Ninth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Baelor I Targaryen]]'''.
** Princess [[Daena Targaryen]], also known as '''Daena the Defiant'''. Aegon III's daughter by Daenaera Velaryon. Sister-wife to King Baelor I.
** Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena Targaryen]]. Aegon III's daughter by Daenaera Velaryon.
** Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]]. Aegon III's daughter by Daenaera Velaryon.
*** [[Jon Waters]], Elaena's bastard by Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]].
*** [[Jeyne Waters]], Elaena's bastard by Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]].
*** [[Viserys Plumm]], Elaena's son by Ossifer Plumm
*** [[Robin Penrose]], Elaena's son by her second husband, Ronnel Penrose
*** [[Laena Penrose]], Elaena's daughter by her second husband, Ronnel Penrose
*** [[Jocelyn Penrose]], Elaena's daughter by her second husband, Ronnel Penrose
*** [[Joy Penrose]], Elaena's daughter by her second husband, Ronnel Penrose
* King '''[[Viserys II Targaryen]]''', tenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
** Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], also known as '''Aegon the Unworthy''', eleventh King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Aegon IV Targaryen]]'''.
*** Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron Targaryen]], also known as '''Daeron the Good'''. Twelfth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Daeron II Targaryen]]'''. Aegon's son by his sister-wife, Princess [[Naerys Targaryen]].
*** Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]]. Aegon's daughter by his sister-wife, Princess [[Naerys Targaryen]]. The current ruling line of [[House Martell]] descents from Daenerys, through her son by her husband, Prince [[Maron Martell]].
*** [[Daemon Blackfyre|Daemon Waters]], later legitimized as Daemon Blackfyre, also known as '''The Black Dragon''' and '''The Pretender''', Aegon's bastard son by his cousin, Princess [[Daena Targaryen]]; founder of [[House Blackfyre]]
*** [[Aegor Rivers]], also known as '''Bittersteel''', Aegon's bastard by [[Barba Bracken]].
*** [[Brynden Rivers]], also known as '''Bloodraven''', Aegon's bastard by [[Melissa Blackwood]].
*** [[Shiera Seastar]], Aegon's bastard by [[Serenei of Lys]].
** Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]], also known as '''Aemon the Dragonknight'''.
** Princess [[Naerys Targaryen]]. Sister-wife to King Aegon IV. Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].

'''The Good'''
* King '''[[Daeron II Targaryen]]''', also known as '''Daeron the Good'''. Twelfth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Married to Princess [[Mariah Martell]].
** Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]], also known as '''Baelor Breakspear'''.
*** Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]], also known as '''The Young Prince'''. Married to [[Keira of Tyrosh]].
**** Stillborn son.
**** Stillborn son.
*** Prince [[Matarys Targaryen]], also known as '''The Even Younger Prince'''.
** Prince [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys Targaryen]]. Thirteenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Aerys I Targaryen]]'''. Married to a cousin, [[Aelinor Penrose]].
** Prince [[Rhaegel Targaryen]]
*** Prince [[Aelor Targaryen]], twin and broher-husband to Princess Aelora.
*** Princess [[Aelora Targaryen]], twin and sister-wife to Prince Aelor.
*** Princess [[Daenora Targaryen]], married to her cousin, Prince Aerion.
** Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar Targaryen]]. Fourteenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Maekar I Targaryen]]'''.
*** Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron Targaryen]], also known as '''Daeron the Drunken'''.
**** Princess [[Vaella Targaryen (daughter of Daeron)|Vaella Targaryen]]
*** Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]], also known as '''Aerion Brightflame''', '''The Bright Prince''' and '''Aerion the Monstrous'''. Married to his cousin, Princess Daenora.
**** Prince [[Maegor Targaryen (son of Aerion)|Maegor Targaryen]], their son.
*** Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon Targaryen]], known as '''Maester Aemon'''. A maester of the Citadel.
*** Princess [[Daella Targaryen (daughter of Maekar I)|Daella Targaryen]].
*** Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], also known as '''Aegon the Unlikely''', '''Aegon the Fortunate''' and '''Egg'''. Fifteenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Aegon V Targaryen]]'''.
*** Princess [[Rhae Targaryen]].

'''Descendants of King Aegon V Targaryen'''
* King '''[[Aegon V Targaryen]]''', also known as '''Aegon the Unlikely''', '''Aegon the Fortunate''' and '''Egg'''. Fifteenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
** Prince [[Duncan Targaryen]], also known as '''Duncan the Small''' and '''The Prince of Dragonflies'''. Married to [[Jenny of Oldstones]].
** Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys Targaryen]]. Sixteenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]]'''.
** Princess [[Shaera Targaryen]], sister-wife, to Jaehaerys.
*** Prince [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys Targaryen]], also known as '''The Mad King'''. Seventeenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as King '''[[Aerys II Targaryen]]'''.
*** Princess [[Rhaella Targaryen]], sister-wife to Prince Aerys. Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
** Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aegon V)|Daeron Targaryen]].
** Princess [[Rhaelle Targaryen]]. Married to Lord Baratheon. Mother of [[Steffon Baratheon]], grandmother of [[Robert Baratheon]], [[Stannis Baratheon]] and [[Renly Baratheon]].

'''The Last Dragons'''
* King '''[[Aerys II Targaryen]]''', also known as '''The Mad King'''. Seventeenth King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].
** Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen]], sister-wife to King Aerys II.
*** Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], also known as '''The Last Dragon'''. Married to Princess [[Elia Martell]]. Eldest son of Aerys II by Rhaella.
**** Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], Rhaegar's daughter by [[Elia Martell]].
**** Prince [[Aegon Targaryen]], Rhaegar's son by [[Elia Martell]].
** Princess [[Shaena Targaryen]]
** Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Daeron Targaryen]]
** Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Aegon Targaryen]]
** Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]]
** Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]], also known as '''The Beggar King''', '''Khal Rhae Mhar''' and '''Khal Rhaggat'''. Crowned as King '''[[Viserys III Targaryen]]''' by his mother, Dowager Queen Rhaella, on [[Dragonstone]]. Youngest son of Aerys II by Rhaella.
** Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]], also known as '''Daenerys Stormborn'''. Daughter of Aerys II by Rhaella.

===Targaryen Family Tree===
{{Targaryen tree|state=hidden|title=Complete Targaryen Family Tree (click show to Expand)}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Like their [[dragon]]s the Targaryens answered to neither gods nor men.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}
- Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]

{{Quote|Treachery was a coin the Targaryens knew well.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|I will kill every [[Targaryen]] I can get my hands on, until they are as dead as their dragons, and then I will piss on their graves.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|What did any Targaryen ever know of honor? Go down into your crypt and ask [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] about the dragon’s honor!{{Ref|AGOT|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

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Farlen

2014-08-30T01:59:44Z

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'''Farlen''' is the kennelmaster at [[Winterfell]].{{ref|agot|appendix}}{{ref|agot|37}}

==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
Farlen and Maester [[Luwin]] taught [[Bran Stark]] how to tell the differences between [[direwolf|direwolves]] and regular wolves.{{ref|agot|37}}>

===A Clash of Kings===
Farlen is injured when [[Theon Greyjoy]] captures [[Winterfell]].{{ref|acok|46}} Theon forces Farlen to accompany his search party when [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] disappear, by holding[[Palla]] hostage.{{ref|acok|50}} After three of Theon's men who had been part of the search party died mysteriously ([[Gelmarr]], [[Aggar]] and [[Gynir]]), Farlen is blamed by Theon and put to death. As he was about to be executed, Farlen pointed out to Theon that [[Eddard Stark|Lord Eddard]] did his own killings, forcing Theon to do the deed himself.{{ref|acok|56}}

While Farlen was blamed for the deaths, the truth was that the men were murdered by [[Ramsay Bolton|Ramsay]] (with Theon's knowledge), as all three knew the truth about the two bodies Theon brought back to Winterfell and claimed were Bran and Rickon. Theon then used Farlen as a scapegoat for the murders.

==References and Notes==
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House Belmore

2014-08-30T00:34:30Z

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Belmore of Strongsong
| image = [[File:Belmore.PNG| 250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Purpure, six bells argent
| Words =
| Seat = [[Strongsong]]
| Current_Lord = Lord [[Benedar Belmore]]
| Region = [[The Vale]]
| Title = Lord of Strongsong
| Heir =
| Overlord = [[House Arryn]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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'''House Belmore of Strongsong''' is a noble house from [[Strongsong]] in the [[Vale]]. They are one of the more powerful noble houses sworn to [[House Arryn]]. Their arms are six silver bells on purple, 3-2-1.{{ref|AFFC|23}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/5/ Houses in the Vale]</ref> Their words do not appear in the books.

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
The Belmores support Lord [[Yohn Royce]] in pressuring Lady [[Lysa Tully|Lysa Arryn]] to enter the [[War of the Five Kings]].

Ser [[Marwyn Belmore]] is Lysa's captain of the guards at the [[Eyrie]], and he is mocked by [[Marillion]], who names him Ser Ding-Dong. When [[Petyr Baelish]] marries Lysa, he replaces Marwyn with Ser [[Lothor Brune]] as the captain of the guards.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Marwyn goes to the [[Eyrie]] with Lord [[Nestor Royce|Nestor]] and Ser [[Albar Royce]] to question Petyr and [[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]] about Lysa's death.

Lord [[Benedar Belmore]] is one of the six [[Lords Declarant]]. He is the first to arrive at the [[Gates of the Moon]] and blocks the food supplies. Petyr does not consider Lord Belmore as a threat, since he is corrupt and can be bought. After the parley at the Eyrie, Lord Belmore befriends Petyr and attends the wedding of Lord [[Lyonel Corbray]] in [[Gulltown]] that most of the other Lords Declarant shun.

Ser Marwyn is now the captain of the guards at the Gates of the Moon.

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

* Lord [[Benedar Belmore]], Lord of Strongsong. A fat grey-bearded man.

With unspecified familiar relationship with the lord of the house there is also:
* Ser [[Marwyn Belmore]], a knight. Captain of the guards at the [[Eyrie]].
* The mother of Ser [[Elbert Arryn]] was a Belmore.

==References and Notes==
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House Waynwood

2014-08-30T00:32:05Z

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Waynwood of Ironoaks
| image = [[File:House Waynwood.PNG|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = A black broken wheel on green
| Words =
| Seat = [[Ironoaks]]
| Current_Lord = Lady [[Anya Waynwood]]
| Region = [[The Vale]]
| Title = Lord (Lady) of Ironoaks Castle
| Heir = Ser [[Morton Waynwood]]
| Overlord = [[House Arryn]]
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'''House Waynwood of Ironoaks''' is a noble house from [[Ironoaks]] in the [[Vale]]. They are one of the great noble families sworn to [[House Arryn]]. They are known for their insistence on ceremony.{{ref|AGOT|34}}

They blazon their arms with a black broken wheel on green.{{ref|AFFC|23}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/5/ Houses in the Vale]</ref> Their words do not appear in the books.

==History==
Wild [[Wyl Waynwood]] was a part of Lord [[House Arryn|Arryn]]'s van during the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] and was cut down by [[Daemon Blackfyre]] himself.{{ref|tss}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lady [[Anya Waynwood]]'s heir, Ser [[Morton Waynwood]], is a suitor to Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] after Lord [[Jon Arryn]]'s death. When [[Catelyn Tully]] reaches the [[Bloody Gate]] with [[Tyrion Lannister]], their group is saved by a sortie led by Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]]. While riding up to the gate, Donnel ceremonially asks permission to enter the Vale.

Lady Anya is at the [[Eyrie]] during Tyrion's [[trial by battle]] with both her sons, and predicts an easy victory for Ser [[Vardis Egen]] over [[Bronn]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser Donnel becomes [[Knight of the Gate]] after Ser [[Brynden Tully]] left the post vacant.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
When discussing King [[Robb Stark]]'s succession, his mother [[Catelyn Tully]] recalls that Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s grandfather had a sister who married a younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]] and had three daughters, one of whom married a Waynwood.{{ref|asos|45}}

The Waynwoods support Lord [[Yohn Royce]] when he pressures Lady Lysa to enter to the [[War of the Five Kings]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lady [[Anya Waynwood]] is one of the [[Lords Declarant]] who try to depose [[Petyr Baelish]], the Lord Protector of the Vale.
Petyr doubts about being able to turn Lady Anya to his side, but considers her too old to pose a threat. To everyone's astonishment, Anya attends the wedding of [[Lyonel Corbray]] orchestrated by Petyr in [[Gulltown]]. In exchange for the purchase of her debts, Anya agrees to betroth her ward, [[Harrold Hardyng|Harry the Heir]], to Petyr's bastard daughter, [[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]], and risk Lord Royce's wrath.

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

* Lady [[Anya Waynwood]], Lady of Ironoaks. An elderly woman.
** Ser [[Morton Waynwood]], her eldest son and heir.
** Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]], her second son. [[Knight of the Gate]].
** [[Wallace Waynwood]], her youngest son.
* Ser {[[Elys Waynwood]]}, Anya's uncle. Married [[Alys Arryn]] and had nine children.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:

* [[Carolei Waynwood]], married to Ser [[Geremy Frey]].
* {[[Marsella Waynwood]]}, the third wife of Ser [[Stevron Frey]]. Died in childbed.

{{Waynwood tree}}

===Household===
*[[Sandor Frey]], squire to Ser Donnel.
*[[Cynthea Frey]], ward to Lady Waynwood
*[[Harrold Hardyng]], ward to Lady Waynwood

==Historical Members==
*Wild [[Wyl Waynwood]], killed by [[Daemon Blackfyre]] during the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].{{ref|tss}}

==Sworn Houses==
{{COA|hardyng|small}} '''[[House Hardyng]]'''.

==References and Notes==
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House Royce

2014-08-30T00:30:39Z

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| House_name = House Royce of Runestone
| image = [[file:Royce.png|250px|center]]
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| Coat_of_arms = Black iron studs on bronze, bordered with runes
| Words = ''We Remember''
| Seat = [[Runestone]]
| Current_Lord = [[Yohn Royce]]
| Region = [[the Vale]]
| Title = Lord of Runestone
| Heir = [[Andar Royce]]
| Overlord = [[House Arryn]]
| Ancestral_weapon =
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'''House Royce of Runestone''' are an old and powerful noble house of the [[Vale]], sworn to [[House Arryn]]. Lord [[Yohn Royce]]'s seat is the ancestral castle [[Runestone]], located on the coast of the narrow sea north of [[Gulltown]]. Lord [[Nestor Royce]] heads a [[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon|cadet branch]] occupying the non-hereditary seat of the [[Gates of the Moon]], located on the path that leads to the [[Eyrie]].

The Royces of Runestone blazon their arms with black iron studs on bronze, bordered with runes <ref name=CitadelHouses /> and their motto, is "We Remember".<ref name=CitadelMottoes/>

==History==
The Royces are an old house in the vale. They predate [[House Arryn|Arryn]] rule and trace their blood to the days of the [[First Men]], who once populated the Vale, although no doubt they have since been heavily intermarried with the [[Andal]]s who [[Andal invasion|conquered]] the Vale millenia ago. They have several sets of ancient bronze plate armor inscribed with runes that are thought to make their wearers immune to injury.{{Ref|aGoT|28}} The truth of this claim has been called into question.

Lord Royce competed in the [[Tourney of Maidenpool]] where he was defeated by Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]].{{ref|THK}}

Lady [[Perra Royce]] was the first wife of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. It is not known of which branch she was from.{{Ref|aCoK|Appendix}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offered [[Tyrion Lannister]] for marriage to one of Lord [[Yohn Royce]]'s daughters, but was rejected.

[[Kyle Royce]] was a member of [[Brandon Stark]]'s party when he went to [[King's Landing]] to demand Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s head for kidnapping his sister, [[Lyanna Stark]]. It is not known from which branch Kyle came.

When Lord Yohn went north with his son Ser [[Waymar Royce|Waymar]] to the [[Wall]], they stopped at [[Winterfell]]. There they hunted and in the training yard, Yohn fought and defeated both Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser [[Waymar Royce]], a ranger of the [[Night's Watch]], is killed by the [[Others]]. His body turns into a [[wight]] and kills [[Will]].

Lord [[Yohn Royce]] and his two other sons, [[Andar Royce|Andar]] and [[Robar Royce|Robar]], participate in the [[Tourney of the Hand]] in [[King's Landing]]. They rode in the tourney despite Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] forbidding her knights from fighting in that tourney.{{ref|agot|34}}}} Later Lord Yohn goes hunting with King Robert in the [[Kingswood]], and his son Ser Robar is sent there by Lord [[Hand of the King|Hand]] [[Eddard Stark]] to tell them of his tacit declaration of war against [[House Lannister]]. In [[Joffrey]]'s first session of court, both Lord Royces and their sons are among the nobles commanded to do him fealty or be labelled as traitors.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Robar becomes a member of [[Renly Baratheon]]'s [[Rainbow Guard]] and is known as Ser Robar the Red. He allows [[Catelyn Tully]] and [[Brienne of Tarth]] to escape after the [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|assassination of Renly]]. Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] kills Robar in a red rage after he learns of Renly's death.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Lord Yohn is one of the lords of the Vale who wishes Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] to ally with [[Robb Stark]].{{Ref|aSoS|68}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the death of Lysa, Lord Yohn is one of the [[Lords Declarant]] demanding the removal of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], the Lord Protector of the Vale. The Lords Declarant sign and issue their statement of demands from [[Runestone]].

Petyr grants the [[Gates of the Moon]] to Lord [[Nestor Royce]] in perpetuity, creating [[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon]].

Yohn holds a small melee at Runestone for squires only that [[Harrold Hardyng]] wins. Yohn knights Harry as his reward.

Ser [[Mychel Redfort]] is forced by his father, Lord [[Horton Redfort]], to marry one of Lord Yohn's daughters, [[Ysilla Royce|Ysilla]].{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}

==House Royce at the end of the third century==

The known Royces during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* [[Yohn Royce]], also called 'Bronze Yohn', Lord of Runestone
** Ser [[Andar Royce]], eldest son and heir.
** Ser {[[Robar Royce]]}, known as 'Robar the Red'. Slain by Ser [[Loras Tyrell]].
** Ser {[[Waymar Royce]]}, a ranger of the [[Night's Watch]], who was killed while ranging [[beyond the Wall]] by the [[Others]]
** At least one daughter{{Ref|aSoS|19}}
** [[Ysilla Royce]], married to Ser [[Mychel Redfort]]{{Ref|aFfC|41}}{{Ref|aFfC|Appendix}}

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
* {[[Perra Royce]]}, the first wife of Lord [[Walder Frey]].
* [[Ryella Royce]], married to Ser [[Arwood Frey]].
* {[[Kyle Royce]]}, a member of [[Brandon Stark]]'s party that went to [[King's Landing]].

{{Royce tree}}

===Household===
* [[Maester]] [[Helliweg]], tutor, healer and counselor.
* Septon [[Lucos]], a man of the Faith.
* Ser [[Samwell Stone]], called 'Strong Sam Stone', master-at-arms of Runestone.

==Historical Members==
* Lady [[Rhea Royce]], Lady of Runestone and first wife of Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{ref|trp}}
* Lady [[Jeyne Royce]], the first wife of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].

==Sworn Houses==
{{COA|coldwater|small}} [[House Coldwater|'''Coldwater''']] of Coldwater Burn 
{{COA|shett|small}} [[House Shett|'''Shett''']] of Gull Tower 
{{COA|tollett|small}} [[House Tollett|'''Tollett''']] of Grey Glen 

==References and Notes==
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<ref name=CitadelMottoes>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>
<ref name=CitadelHouses>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/5/ Houses in the Vale]</ref>
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House Templeton

2014-08-30T00:29:09Z

Lee-Sensei: /* A Storm of Swords */

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| Coat_of_arms = Nine stars, one of 7 points and eight of 6 points, upon a gold saltire on black
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| Current_Lord = [[Knight|Ser]] [[Symond Templeton]]
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'''House Templeton''' is a noble house from [[Ninestars]] in the [[Vale of Arryn]]. They are one of the great [[knight]]ly houses sworn to [[House Arryn]]. The head of the House is given the title 'Knight of Ninestars'.{{Ref|ADWD|27}} Its current head is Ser [[Symond Templeton]].

Although they are a knightly house, they are very powerful, and their strength and influence are comparable to many [[lord]]s. It is said they can easily raise a thousand men.{{Ref|ADWD|27}} House Templeton may be related to the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]].

They blazon their arms with nine stars, one of 7 points and eight of 6 points, upon a gold saltire on black. {{Ref|AFFC|23}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/5/ Houses in the Vale]</ref> Their motto does not appear in the books.

==History==
At the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], the Knight of Ninestars, part of the loyalist army commanded by [[House Arryn|Lord Arryn]], was slain by [[Daemon Blackfyre]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
When discussing King [[Robb Stark]]'s succession, his mother [[Catelyn Tully]] recalls that Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s grandfather had a sister who married a younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]] and had three daughters. Each married Vale lords, one of whom Catelyn vaguely remembers as a Templeton.{{Ref|ASOS|45|Page 419}}

The Templetons give support to [[Yohn Royce]] when pressuring Lady [[Lysa Tully|Lysa Arryn]] to enter to the [[War of the Five Kings]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Ser [[Symond Templeton]], the Knight of Ninestars, joins the [[Lords Declarant]] in opposing [[Petyr Baelish]].{{ref|AFFC|23}}

==House Templeton at the end of the third century==

The known Templetons during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Ser [[Symond Templeton]], the Knight of Ninestars.

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

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House Redfort

2014-08-30T00:26:39Z

Lee-Sensei: /* A Storm of Swords */

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| Coat_of_arms = Argent, a castle gules within a bordure embattled of the same
| Words = ''As Strong as Stone''
| Seat = [[Redfort]]
| Current_Lord = [[Horton Redfort]]
| Region = [[the Vale]]
| Title = Lord of Redfort
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'''House Redfort of Redfort''' is one of the principal noble houses in the [[Vale of Arryn]].{{ref|agot|Appendix}}

They blazon their arms with a red castle on a white field within a red embattled border.{{ref|AFFC|23}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/5/ Houses in the Vale]</ref> Their motto does not appear in the books, but according to semi-canon sources it is ''As Strong as Stone''.<ref>The Citadel. [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Mottoes/ House Mottoes]</ref>

==History==
The Redforts trace their descent to the [[First Men]] that inhabited the Vale before the coming of the [[Andals]].{{ref|AGOT|34}}

Ser [[Adrian Redfort]] was a member of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s [[Queensguard]].{{ref|tpatq}}

[[Domeric Bolton]] squired for three years with the Redforts.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Mya Stone]] tells [[Catelyn Stark]] that she is in love with [[Mychel Redfort]], one of the best young swordsmen in the Vale. Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] considers Lord [[Horton Redfort]] to be a dangerous man and a suitor to Lady [[Lysa Tully]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
House Redfort is one of the houses from the Vale who want to go to war against the Lannisters as an ally of [[Robb Stark]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lord Horton is one of the six [[Lords Declarant]] that demand [[Petyr Baelish]]'s resignation as Protector of the Vale. Lord Horton forces Mychel to marry [[Ysilla Royce]].

==House Redfort at the end of the third century==
The known Redforts during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
* Lord [[Horton Redfort]], Lord of Redfort. He was married three times.
** Ser [[Jasper Redfort]], his son.
** Ser [[Creighton Redfort]], his son.
** Ser [[Jon Redfort]], his son.
** Ser [[Mychel Redfort]], a new-made knight. Lord Horton's youngest son.

{{Redfort tree}}

==Historical Members==
*Ser [[Adrian Redfort]], a [[knight]] of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s [[Queensguard]].{{ref|tpatq}}

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

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Theon Greyjoy

2014-06-09T01:07:27Z

Lee-Sensei: /* A Clash of Kings */

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| Alias = Theon Turncloak Reek
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| Allegiance = [[House Greyjoy]]
| Race =
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| Place_of_Birth = [[Pyke]]
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| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (POV) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (POV) [[The Winds of Winter]] (POV)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
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'''Theon Greyjoy''' is a member of [[House Greyjoy]] and is the sole surviving son and heir apparent of Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]]. At the end of the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], Theon was taken as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. He becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Clash of Kings]]''. In the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]].<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Game of Thrones/Cast and crew]</ref>

==Character and Appearance==
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Theon Greyjoy|this collection of images]].
Theon is known for his arrogance and his cocky smile. He is promiscuous and vain, but behind his arrogant exterior hides insecurities relating to his uncertain familial and social identity, that start to surface during his POVs in the second novel. He is a lean, dark, handsome youth of 19 years {{Ref|aGoT|1}} and a skilled archer.

==History==
Theon was a young boy of ten when his [[Greyjoy Rebellion|father's rebellion]] was crushed and his two brothers, [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were killed, making him the heir to [[House Greyjoy]] and the Iron Islands. He was taken as a hostage and ward by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and has been raised at [[Winterfell]] for nine years since.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} He was raised with the [[House Stark|Stark]] children and tutored along with them in all disciplines. His relationship with the Starks is respectful, while he considers [[Robb Stark]] a close friend and brother. He feuds, however, with [[Jon Snow]], the other outsider of the family. Theon seeks approval from the Starks, but usually feels unsatisfied. He is a skilled bowman.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Christine Griffin theon.jpg|300px|thumb|left|A handsome and confident Theon Greyjoy – by C.Griffin ©]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Theon is present when the Stark boys witness the execution of [[Gared]], kicking the head afterwards.{{ref|agot|1}} He remains in [[Winterfell]] after Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] leaves for [[King's Landing]] to assume the position of [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. During this time, Theon saves [[Bran Stark]] from a group of [[wildlings]] and [[Night's Watch]] deserters, but [[Robb Stark]] criticizes him for risking Bran's life.{{ref|agot|37}} This event wounds Theon. After the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], however, Theon becomes Robb's trusted battle companion. He fights at Robb's side at the [[Battle of the Camps]] and at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], where he takes pride in coming very close to [[Jaime Lannister]] during the fighting.{{ref|asos|45}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Mark Evans Theon.jpg|thumb|350px|Theon returns to [[Pyke]] – by Mark Evans ©]]
[[File:Sacha Angel Diener Theon.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Theon Greyjoy in [[Winterfell]] – by Diener ©]]
[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who is now [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]], sends Theon home to the [[Iron Islands]] to forge an alliance with his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]], if he ravages the [[House Lannister|Lannisters']] [[Westerlands|coast]] with his longships. Balon and [[Aeron Greyjoy]] criticize Theon's mainland, northern ways and reject Robb's proposal.{{Ref|ACOK|11}} Later, Theon meets his sister, [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who flirts with him under an assumed identity and humiliates him. Theon learns of Balon's plans to ravage [[the North]], but receives a position of minor authority.{{Ref|ACOK|24}}

Under the supervision of Aeron and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], Theon commands eight longships charged with reaving the [[Stony Shore]]. Captaining the ''[[Sea Bitch]]'', he raids several villages and has some difficulty controlling his men. When [[Benfred Tallhart]]'s [[Wild Hares]] march to intercept him, Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ambushes the party]]. At Aeron's insistence, he drowns the survivors as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] of the Iron Islands. Dissatisfied with his duties and jealous of Asha's acquisition of [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]], Theon formulates a plan to go against orders and capture [[Winterfell]] itself. He convinces Dagmer Cleftjaw to march on [[Torrhen's Square]] to draw out Winterfell's garrison.{{Ref|ACOK|37}} With a small party, Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|raids Winterfell]] and overwhelms its remaining guards.{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

With Winterfell under his control, Theon takes [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] hostage. Theon has difficulty controlling Winterfell's population, many of whom are known to him. He frees "[[Ramsay Snow|Reek]]" from the castle's dungeon and takes him into his service. Maester [[Luwin]] also serves Theon, and pleads for him to show mercy and tolerance. Bran and Rickon Stark manage to escape with the help of [[Osha]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]]. Theon fails to track the boys down, however. Following the advice of "Reek", he kills two boys around the same age from the [[Acorn Water]] mill and presents their preserved corpses as the Starks'.{{Ref|ACOK|50}}

When mysterious deaths start happening to those of Theon's men who had been part of the search party ([[Gelmarr]], [[Aggar]] and [[Gynir]]), [[Farlen]] is blamed by Theon without evidence. As he is about to be executed Farlen points out to Theon that Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] did his own killings, forcing Theon to do the deed himself. Theon, however, knows Farlen did not commit the murders, but it was in fact "Reek", who with Theon's knowledge killed the three ironborn to keep the secret of the "Stark bodies" more secure.{{ref|ACOK|56}}

Meanwhile, Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] has [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|repulsed]] Dagmer Cleftjaw from Torrhen's Square. As the return of Winterfell's garrison looms, Theon reaches out to Asha for help. She arrives with her men, but tells Theon that the [[ironborn]] will never succeed in holding landlocked castles. After leaving behind a token group of men, she abandons Winterfell and advises Theon to do the same. Theon rages that even his greatest achievement has earned him no respect from either the northmen or the ironborn, and sinks into despair.

Theon frees "Reek" to seek help at the [[Dreadfort]] before the garrison returns under the command of Rodrik.{{Ref|ACOK|56}} At the start of the parlay with Rodrik Theon learns that he has acquired the moniker "Theon Turncloak". As a final gambit, Theon threatens to hang Rodrik's daughter, [[Beth Cassel|Beth]], if Winterfell is attacked. As Theon awaits Rodrik's decision, Luwin convinces Theon to join the [[Night's Watch]], where his crimes will be forgiven and he can earn respect. Before Theon can surrender, however, [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men arrive and [[Sack of Winterfell|surprise attack]] Rodrik's forces, annihilating them. As Theon attempts to thank "Reek", the servant reveals his true identity as [[Ramsay Snow]], takes Theon prisoner and burns Winterfell to the ground.{{Ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Roose Bolton]] delivers a piece of Theon's skin to King [[Robb Stark]] and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully]], shortly before the [[Red Wedding]]. Theon is reportedly being flayed alive by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, at the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Most of the [[ironborn]], including his sister [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], believe Theon to be dead.{{Ref|AFFC|12}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:NotanerArt Metamorphosis.jpg|Theon before and after his torture by [[Ramsay Snow]] - © Sardag|thumb|400px|right]]
Theon has been tortured repeatedly by Ramsay, who has since been legitimized as [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Ramsay removes the skin on several of Theon's toes and fingers, leaving him in agony for days before removing the joints but only after Theon begs him to remove them. He broke and removed several of Theon's teeth because Ramsay hated his smiles. It is also implied, but not confirmed, that Ramsay removes Theon's genitals as well{{Ref|ADWD|37}} (Though this is only referenced covertly in the novel, the fact that Theon loses his penis in the HBO show, in an episode written by George RR Martin, has tended to be looked at in fandom as a confirmation of these hints). Theon is forced to take on the guise of [[Reek]], Ramsay's former serving man. Theon is forbidden to bathe and is caked from head to toe in filth and excrement.

Due to the torture he endured at Ramsay's hands, Theon's appearance has dramatically changed. He looks like he has aged forty years and several of his teeth have been knocked out; many more are loose meaning Theon cannot eat without suffering agony. Theon has lost three stone in weight, his skin has turned pasty, and his hair is white and brittle. He can no longer use a bow due to the loss of some fingers and he hobbles like an old man due to the loss of several toes.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}
[[File:Marc Fishman TheonReek.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Reek – by Marc Fishman ©]]
Before he endures the worst of Ramsay's tortures, Theon once escaped with the help of [[Kyra]], his former bedwarmer at [[Winterfell]]. It turns out, though, that they were allowed to escape by Ramsay. His captor lets them get a day's head start before hunting them with his [[Hunting Hounds of Ramsay Bolton|hounds]]. Theon is taken back to the [[Dreadfort]] dungeon and Kyra meets a cruel and grisly death at the hands of Ramsay and his hounds. Theon is mentally and physically broken by Ramsay and lives in great fear of him.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}

After Ramsay's father, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], announces his return to the North, Ramsay has Theon washed and properly clothed, and sends him to deliver peace terms to the [[ironborn]] occupying [[Moat Cailin]], promising them food and safe passage if they surrender. When they do surrender, Ramsay has them all flayed alive and displays their skinless bodies along the road to the ruined castle. Theon is present when Ramsay is introduced to his bride "[[Arya Stark]]", whom Theon instantly recognizes as [[Jeyne Poole]].{{Ref|ADWD|20}}

Because Theon was a ward of Winterfell for ten years and is the closest thing to kin "Arya" has, he gives the bride away at the wedding in Winterfell. Jeyne pleads with Theon several times before the wedding to help rescue her, but Theon refuses.

During the wedding banquet held in Winterfell's hall Theon is reviled by those in attendance. Theon thinks to himself:

{{Quote|Let them laugh. His pride had perished here at [[Winterfell]]; there was no place for such in the dungeons of the [[Dreadfort]]. When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh looses all its power to hurt you.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}}

During the bedding Ramsay has Theon strip his bride for him and makes Theon watch as he humiliates and degrades Jeyne. {{Ref|ADWD|37}} Theon silently hopes that when [[Stannis Baratheon]] comes he will kill Ramsay.
[[File:Mustamirri AshaTheon meeting.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Theon reunited with Asha – by mustamirri ©]]
When several [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men are murdered at Winterfell, Theon is thought a suspect, although he wonders if a [[hooded man]] he meets is instead to blame. The idea of Theon being the murderer is quickly dismissed by Roose, who claims that Theon is too broken and weak to have carried out the murders.{{ref|ADWD|46}} The murders cause tension in the castle between the [[House Frey|Freys]], Boltons, [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] and other northern houses, finally erupting into a brawl.{{Ref|ADWD|51}}

Theon flees to the godswood, seeing hints of [[Bran Stark]]'s face in the weirwood, hearing it whisper his name and temporarily restoring his sanity.{{ref|adwd|46}}

He is then summoned by the musician at Winterfell, "[[Mance Rayder|Abel]]", and six wilding spearwives disguised as maids are actually responsible for some of the deaths and use the confusion in the castle to free "Arya Stark", enlisting the help of a reluctant Theon. However reluctant on account of his fear, Theon has already heard from one of Ramsay's men that Ramsay plans to cut off his lips if he stays in Winterfell, as 'punishment' for his intimacy with the fake 'Arya' when forced to act as a fluffer during Ramsay and Jeyne's bedding rite. In the end, Theon and Jeyne manage to escape and are caught by [[Mors Umber]], who sends them to rendezvous with Stannis's army at a [[crofters' village]] a few days ride away.{{Ref|ADWD|51}} [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who is a captive with Stannis's army, barely recognizes Theon due to his torture at the hands of Ramsay.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Theon is now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]], who plans to have Theon eventually executed in order to placate the northern lords who want Theon dead for his murder of [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]]. Stannis intends to keep Theon alive for the time being as he might have useful information about Roose and Ramsay Bolton. After [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]]'s attempts to ransom him fail, she urges Stannis to execute Theon as [[Eddard Stark]] would have - by beheading him in front of a [[heart tree]]. This is likely done in an attempt to spare Theon the agony of being burned alive as a sacrifice to [[R'hllor]].{{ref|twow||[[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]}}

==Quotes by Theon==

{{Quote|Stark is grey and Greyjoy's black, but it seems we're both windy. {{ref|acok|11}}}}

{{Quote|Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. {{ref|acok|24}}}}

{{Quote|The boar can keep his tusks, and the bear his claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather. {{Ref|ASOS|55}}}}

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==Quotes by Theon in the Persona of Reek==

{{Quote|I'm not him, I'm not the turncloak, [[Prince of Winterfell (Theon Greyjoy)|he died at Winterfell]]. My name is [[Reek]], It rhymes with freak. {{Ref|ADWD|32}}}}
- Theon to [[Barbrey Ryswell]]

{{Quote|Theon found himself wondering if he should say a prayer. Will the [[old gods]] hear me if I do? They were not his gods, had never been his gods. He was ironborn, a son of [[Pyke]], his god was the [[Drowned God]] of the islands … but [[Winterfell]] was long leagues from the sea. It had been a lifetime since any god had heard him. He did not know who he was, or what he was, why he was still alive, why he had ever been born.
“Theon,” a voice seemed to whisper. His head snapped up. “Who said that?” All he could see were the trees and the fog that covered them. The voice had been as faint as rustling leaves, as cold as hate. A god’s voice, or a ghost’s. How many died [[Battle of Winterfell|the day]] that he took Winterfell? How many more [[Sack of Winterfell|the day]] he lost it? The day that Theon Greyjoy died, to be reborn as Reek. Reek, Reek, it rhymes with shriek. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon's thoughts before the [[heart tree]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by the [[House Frey|Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon remembering

==Quotes about Theon==
{{Quote|She studied Theon Greyjoy's sly smile, wondering what it meant. That young man had a way of looking as though he knew some secret jest that only he was privy to; Catelyn had never liked it.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Asha:''' You’d do well to heed what I told you about choosing a crew. If you had troubled to learn the first thing of [[Sigrin]], I could never have fooled you. Ten years [[House Stark|a wolf]], and you land here and think to prince about [[Iron Islands|the islands]], but you know nothing and no one. Why should men fight and die for you? 
'''Theon:''' I am their lawful prince. 
'''Asha:''' By the laws of the [[green lands]], you might be. But we make our own laws here, or have you forgotten?{{Ref|aCoK|24}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] and Theon

{{Quote|Your [[Eddard Stark|lord father]] did what he could to gentle Theon, but I fear it was too little and too late.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}}} - Maester [[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]

{{Quote|Well, I’m no great warrior like you, brother, I saw the heads above your gates. Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, [[Bran Stark|the cripple]] or [[Rickon Stark|the babe]]?{{Ref|aCoK|56}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] to Theon

{{Quote|'''Rodrik:''' For ten years you have been a ward of [[House Stark|Stark]]. 
'''Theon:''' Hostage and prisoner, I call it. 
'''Rodrik:''' Then perhaps Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] should have kept you chained to a dungeon wall. Instead he raised you among his own sons, the sweet boys you have butchered, and to my undying shame I trained you in the arts of war. Would that I had thrust a sword through your belly instead of placing one in your hand.{{Ref|aCoK|66}}}}
- Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] and Theon

{{Quote|When they told me [[Winterfell]] had fallen, I wanted to go north at once, I wanted to free [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], but I thought ... I never dreamed that Theon could harm them, truly. If I had ...{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If Theon had died in place of Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]]’s sons, how much ill would have been undone?{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}} - [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Oh, it was cleverly done, I'll grant you. If only you'd had the good sense to raze the castle and carry the two little princelings back to Pyke as hostages, you might have won the war in a stroke.}} - [[Asha]] on conquering Winterfell

{{Quote|He had only the vaguest memory of Theon Greyjoy from his time with the Starks. A callow youth, always smiling, skilled with a bow; it was hard to imagine him as Lord of Winterfell.}} - [[Tyrion]]'s thoughts

==Family==
{{Greyjoy tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|3}}
{{EnWP|House Greyjoy|small=yes}}

{{POV Characters}}

[[Category:POV characters|Greyjoy, Theon]]
[[Category:Nobles|Greyjoy, Theon]]
[[Category:Characters from the Iron Islands|Greyjoy, Theon]]
[[Category:House Greyjoy]]
[[Category:eunuchs]]


[[fr:Theon Greyjoy]]
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Theon Greyjoy

2014-06-02T08:06:15Z

Lee-Sensei: That's not really an alias. It was a one off insult.

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| image_caption = Theon Greyjoy by Amok©
| Alias = Theon Turncloak Reek
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| Allegiance = [[House Greyjoy]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Ironmen]]
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| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (POV) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (POV) [[The Winds of Winter]] (POV)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
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'''Theon Greyjoy''' is a member of [[House Greyjoy]] and is the sole surviving son and heir apparent of Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]]. At the end of the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], Theon was taken as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. He becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Clash of Kings]]''. In the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]].<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Game of Thrones/Cast and crew]</ref>

==Character and Appearance==
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Theon Greyjoy|this collection of images]].
Theon is known for his arrogance and his cocky smile. He is promiscuous and vain, but behind his arrogant exterior hides insecurities relating to his uncertain familial and social identity, that start to surface during his POVs in the second novel. He is a lean, dark, handsome youth of 19 years {{Ref|aGoT|1}} and a skilled archer.

==History==
Theon was a young boy of ten when his [[Greyjoy Rebellion|father's rebellion]] was crushed and his two brothers, [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were killed, making him the heir to [[House Greyjoy]] and the Iron Islands. He was taken as a hostage and ward by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and has been raised at [[Winterfell]] for nine years since.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} He was raised with the [[House Stark|Stark]] children and tutored along with them in all disciplines. His relationship with the Starks is respectful, while he considers [[Robb Stark]] a close friend and brother. He feuds, however, with [[Jon Snow]], the other outsider of the family. Theon seeks approval from the Starks, but usually feels unsatisfied. He is a skilled bowman.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Christine Griffin theon.jpg|300px|thumb|left|A handsome and confident Theon Greyjoy – by C.Griffin ©]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Theon is present when the Stark boys witness the execution of [[Gared]], kicking the head afterwards.{{ref|agot|1}} He remains in [[Winterfell]] after Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] leaves for [[King's Landing]] to assume the position of [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. During this time, Theon saves [[Bran Stark]] from a group of [[wildlings]] and [[Night's Watch]] deserters, but [[Robb Stark]] criticizes him for risking Bran's life.{{ref|agot|37}} This event wounds Theon. After the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], however, Theon becomes Robb's trusted battle companion. He fights at Robb's side at the [[Battle of the Camps]] and at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], where he takes pride in coming very close to [[Jaime Lannister]] during the fighting.{{ref|asos|45}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Mark Evans Theon.jpg|thumb|350px|Theon returns to [[Pyke]] – by Mark Evans ©]]
[[File:Sacha Angel Diener Theon.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Theon Greyjoy in [[Winterfell]] – by Diener ©]]
[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who is now [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]], sends Theon home to the [[Iron Islands]] to offer his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]], a kingship over the Iron Islands if he ravages the [[House Lannister|Lannisters']] [[Westerlands|coast]] with his longships. Balon and [[Aeron Greyjoy]] criticize Theon's mainland, northern ways and reject Robb's proposal.{{Ref|ACOK|11}} Later, Theon meets his sister, [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who flirts with him under an assumed identity and humiliates him. Theon learns of Balon's plans to ravage [[the North]], but receives a position of extremely minor authority.{{Ref|ACOK|24}}

Under the supervision of Aeron and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], Theon commands eight longships charged with reaving the [[Stony Shore]]. Captaining the ''[[Sea Bitch]]'', he raids several villages and has some difficulty controlling his men. When [[Benfred Tallhart]]'s [[Wild Hares]] march to intercept him, Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ambushes the party]]. At Aeron's insistence, he drowns the survivors as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] of the Iron Islands. Dissatisfied with his duties and jealous of Asha's acquisition of [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]], Theon formulates a plan to go against orders and capture [[Winterfell]] itself. He convinces Dagmer Cleftjaw to march on [[Torrhen's Square]] to draw out Winterfell's garrison.{{Ref|ACOK|37}} With a small party, Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|raids Winterfell]] and overwhelms its remaining guards.{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

With Winterfell under his control, Theon takes [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] hostage. Theon has difficulty controlling Winterfell's population, many of whom are known to him. He frees "[[Ramsay Snow|Reek]]" from the castle's dungeon and takes him into his service. Maester [[Luwin]] also serves Theon, and pleads for him to show mercy and tolerance. Bran and Rickon Stark manage to escape with the help of [[Osha]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]]. Theon fails to track the boys down, however. Following the advice of "Reek", he kills two boys around the same age from the [[Acorn Water]] mill and presents their preserved corpses as the Starks'.{{Ref|ACOK|50}}

When mysterious deaths start happening to those of Theon's men who had been part of the search party ([[Gelmarr]], [[Aggar]] and [[Gynir]]), [[Farlen]] is blamed by Theon without evidence. As he is about to be executed Farlen points out to Theon that Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] did his own killings, forcing Theon to do the deed himself. Theon, however, knows Farlen did not commit the murders, but it was in fact "Reek", who with Theon's knowledge killed the three ironborn to keep the secret of the "Stark bodies" more secure.{{ref|ACOK|56}}

Meanwhile, Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] has [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|repulsed]] Dagmer Cleftjaw from Torrhen's Square. As the return of Winterfell's garrison looms, Theon reaches out to Asha for help. She arrives with her men, but tells Theon that the [[ironborn]] will never succeed in holding landlocked castles. After leaving behind a token group of men, she abandons Winterfell and advises Theon to do the same. Theon rages that even his greatest achievement has earned him no respect from either the northmen or the ironborn, and sinks into despair.

Theon frees "Reek" to seek help at the [[Dreadfort]] before the garrison returns under the command of Rodrik.{{Ref|ACOK|56}} At the start of the parlay with Rodrik Theon learns that he has acquired the moniker "Theon Turncloak". As a final gambit, Theon threatens to hang Rodrik's daughter, [[Beth Cassel|Beth]], if Winterfell is attacked. As Theon awaits Rodrik's decision, Luwin convinces Theon to join the [[Night's Watch]], where his crimes will be forgiven and he can earn respect. Before Theon can surrender, however, [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men arrive and [[Sack of Winterfell|surprise attack]] Rodrik's forces, annihilating them. As Theon attempts to thank "Reek", the servant reveals his true identity as [[Ramsay Snow]], takes Theon prisoner and burns Winterfell to the ground.{{Ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Roose Bolton]] delivers a piece of Theon's skin to King [[Robb Stark]] and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully]], shortly before the [[Red Wedding]]. Theon is reportedly being flayed alive by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, at the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Most of the [[ironborn]], including his sister [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], believe Theon to be dead.{{Ref|AFFC|12}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:NotanerArt Metamorphosis.jpg|Theon before and after his torture by [[Ramsay Snow]] - © Sardag|thumb|400px|right]]
Theon has been tortured repeatedly by Ramsay, who has since been legitimized as [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Ramsay removes the skin on several of Theon's toes and fingers, leaving him in agony for days before removing the joints but only after Theon begs him to remove them. He broke and removed several of Theon's teeth because Ramsay hated his smiles. It is also implied, but not confirmed, that Ramsay removes Theon's genitals as well{{Ref|ADWD|37}} (Though this is only referenced covertly in the novel, the fact that Theon loses his penis in the HBO show, in an episode written by George RR Martin, has tended to be looked at in fandom as a confirmation of these hints). Theon is forced to take on the guise of [[Reek]], Ramsay's former serving man. Theon is forbidden to bathe and is caked from head to toe in filth and excrement.

Due to the torture he endured at Ramsay's hands, Theon's appearance has dramatically changed. He looks like he has aged forty years and several of his teeth have been knocked out; many more are loose meaning Theon cannot eat without suffering agony. Theon has lost three stone in weight, his skin has turned pasty, and his hair is white and brittle. He can no longer use a bow due to the loss of some fingers and he hobbles like an old man due to the loss of several toes.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}
[[File:Marc Fishman TheonReek.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Reek – by Marc Fishman ©]]
Before he endures the worst of Ramsay's tortures, Theon once escaped with the help of [[Kyra]], his former bedwarmer at [[Winterfell]]. It turns out, though, that they were allowed to escape by Ramsay. His captor lets them get a day's head start before hunting them with his [[Hunting Hounds of Ramsay Bolton|hounds]]. Theon is taken back to the [[Dreadfort]] dungeon and Kyra meets a cruel and grisly death at the hands of Ramsay and his hounds. Theon is mentally and physically broken by Ramsay and lives in great fear of him.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}

After Ramsay's father, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], announces his return to the North, Ramsay has Theon washed and properly clothed, and sends him to deliver peace terms to the [[ironborn]] occupying [[Moat Cailin]], promising them food and safe passage if they surrender. When they do surrender, Ramsay has them all flayed alive and displays their skinless bodies along the road to the ruined castle. Theon is present when Ramsay is introduced to his bride "[[Arya Stark]]", whom Theon instantly recognizes as [[Jeyne Poole]].{{Ref|ADWD|20}}

Because Theon was a ward of Winterfell for ten years and is the closest thing to kin "Arya" has, he gives the bride away at the wedding in Winterfell. Jeyne pleads with Theon several times before the wedding to help rescue her, but Theon refuses.

During the wedding banquet held in Winterfell's hall Theon is reviled by those in attendance. Theon thinks to himself:

{{Quote|Let them laugh. His pride had perished here at [[Winterfell]]; there was no place for such in the dungeons of the [[Dreadfort]]. When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh looses all its power to hurt you.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}}

During the bedding Ramsay has Theon strip his bride for him and makes Theon watch as he humiliates and degrades Jeyne. {{Ref|ADWD|37}} Theon silently hopes that when [[Stannis Baratheon]] comes he will kill Ramsay.
[[File:Mustamirri AshaTheon meeting.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Theon reunited with Asha – by mustamirri ©]]
When several [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men are murdered at Winterfell, Theon is thought a suspect, although he wonders if a [[hooded man]] he meets is instead to blame. The idea of Theon being the murderer is quickly dismissed by Roose, who claims that Theon is too broken and weak to have carried out the murders.{{ref|ADWD|46}} The murders cause tension in the castle between the [[House Frey|Freys]], Boltons, [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] and other northern houses, finally erupting into a brawl.{{Ref|ADWD|51}}

Theon flees to the godswood, seeing hints of [[Bran Stark]]'s face in the weirwood, hearing it whisper his name and temporarily restoring his sanity.{{ref|adwd|46}}

He is then summoned by the musician at Winterfell, "[[Mance Rayder|Abel]]", and six wilding spearwives disguised as maids are actually responsible for some of the deaths and use the confusion in the castle to free "Arya Stark", enlisting the help of a reluctant Theon. However reluctant on account of his fear, Theon has already heard from one of Ramsay's men that Ramsay plans to cut off his lips if he stays in Winterfell, as 'punishment' for his intimacy with the fake 'Arya' when forced to act as a fluffer during Ramsay and Jeyne's bedding rite. In the end, Theon and Jeyne manage to escape and are caught by [[Mors Umber]], who sends them to rendezvous with Stannis's army at a [[crofters' village]] a few days ride away.{{Ref|ADWD|51}} [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who is a captive with Stannis's army, barely recognizes Theon due to his torture at the hands of Ramsay.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Theon is now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]], who plans to have Theon eventually executed in order to placate the northern lords who want Theon dead for his murder of [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]]. Stannis intends to keep Theon alive for the time being as he might have useful information about Roose and Ramsay Bolton. After [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]]'s attempts to ransom him fail, she urges Stannis to execute Theon as [[Eddard Stark]] would have - by beheading him in front of a [[heart tree]]. This is likely done in an attempt to spare Theon the agony of being burned alive as a sacrifice to [[R'hllor]].{{ref|twow||[[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]}}

==Quotes by Theon==

{{Quote|Stark is grey and Greyjoy's black, but it seems we're both windy. {{ref|acok|11}}}}

{{Quote|Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. {{ref|acok|24}}}}

{{Quote|The boar can keep his tusks, and the bear his claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather. {{Ref|ASOS|55}}}}

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==Quotes by Theon in the Persona of Reek==

{{Quote|I'm not him, I'm not the turncloak, [[Prince of Winterfell (Theon Greyjoy)|he died at Winterfell]]. My name is [[Reek]], It rhymes with freak. {{Ref|ADWD|32}}}}
- Theon to [[Barbrey Ryswell]]

{{Quote|Theon found himself wondering if he should say a prayer. Will the [[old gods]] hear me if I do? They were not his gods, had never been his gods. He was ironborn, a son of [[Pyke]], his god was the [[Drowned God]] of the islands … but [[Winterfell]] was long leagues from the sea. It had been a lifetime since any god had heard him. He did not know who he was, or what he was, why he was still alive, why he had ever been born.
“Theon,” a voice seemed to whisper. His head snapped up. “Who said that?” All he could see were the trees and the fog that covered them. The voice had been as faint as rustling leaves, as cold as hate. A god’s voice, or a ghost’s. How many died [[Battle of Winterfell|the day]] that he took Winterfell? How many more [[Sack of Winterfell|the day]] he lost it? The day that Theon Greyjoy died, to be reborn as Reek. Reek, Reek, it rhymes with shriek. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon's thoughts before the [[heart tree]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by the [[House Frey|Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon remembering

==Quotes about Theon==
{{Quote|She studied Theon Greyjoy's sly smile, wondering what it meant. That young man had a way of looking as though he knew some secret jest that only he was privy to; Catelyn had never liked it.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Asha:''' You’d do well to heed what I told you about choosing a crew. If you had troubled to learn the first thing of [[Sigrin]], I could never have fooled you. Ten years [[House Stark|a wolf]], and you land here and think to prince about [[Iron Islands|the islands]], but you know nothing and no one. Why should men fight and die for you? 
'''Theon:''' I am their lawful prince. 
'''Asha:''' By the laws of the [[green lands]], you might be. But we make our own laws here, or have you forgotten?{{Ref|aCoK|24}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] and Theon

{{Quote|Your [[Eddard Stark|lord father]] did what he could to gentle Theon, but I fear it was too little and too late.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}}} - Maester [[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]

{{Quote|Well, I’m no great warrior like you, brother, I saw the heads above your gates. Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, [[Bran Stark|the cripple]] or [[Rickon Stark|the babe]]?{{Ref|aCoK|56}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] to Theon

{{Quote|'''Rodrik:''' For ten years you have been a ward of [[House Stark|Stark]]. 
'''Theon:''' Hostage and prisoner, I call it. 
'''Rodrik:''' Then perhaps Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] should have kept you chained to a dungeon wall. Instead he raised you among his own sons, the sweet boys you have butchered, and to my undying shame I trained you in the arts of war. Would that I had thrust a sword through your belly instead of placing one in your hand.{{Ref|aCoK|66}}}}
- Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] and Theon

{{Quote|When they told me [[Winterfell]] had fallen, I wanted to go north at once, I wanted to free [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], but I thought ... I never dreamed that Theon could harm them, truly. If I had ...{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If Theon had died in place of Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]]’s sons, how much ill would have been undone?{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}} - [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Oh, it was cleverly done, I'll grant you. If only you'd had the good sense to raze the castle and carry the two little princelings back to Pyke as hostages, you might have won the war in a stroke.}} - [[Asha]] on conquering Winterfell

{{Quote|He had only the vaguest memory of Theon Greyjoy from his time with the Starks. A callow youth, always smiling, skilled with a bow; it was hard to imagine him as Lord of Winterfell.}} - [[Tyrion]]'s thoughts

==Family==
{{Greyjoy tree}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|3}}
{{EnWP|House Greyjoy|small=yes}}

{{POV Characters}}

[[Category:POV characters|Greyjoy, Theon]]
[[Category:Nobles|Greyjoy, Theon]]
[[Category:Characters from the Iron Islands|Greyjoy, Theon]]
[[Category:House Greyjoy]]
[[Category:eunuchs]]


[[fr:Theon Greyjoy]]
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[[ru:Теон Грейджой]]
[[zh:席恩·葛雷乔伊]]

Theon Greyjoy

2014-06-01T03:58:08Z

Lee-Sensei: /* Quotes about Theon */

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'''Theon Greyjoy''' is a member of [[House Greyjoy]] and is the sole surviving son and heir apparent of Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]]. At the end of the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], Theon was taken as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. He becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Clash of Kings]]''. In the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]].<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Game of Thrones/Cast and crew]</ref>

==Character and Appearance==
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Theon Greyjoy|this collection of images]].
Theon is known for his arrogance and his cocky smile. He is promiscuous and vain, but behind his arrogant exterior hides insecurities relating to his uncertain familial and social identity, that start to surface during his POVs in the second novel. He is a lean, dark, handsome youth of 19 years {{Ref|aGoT|1}} and a skilled archer.

==History==
Theon was a young boy of ten when his [[Greyjoy Rebellion|father's rebellion]] was crushed and his two brothers, [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were killed, making him the heir to [[House Greyjoy]] and the Iron Islands. He was taken as a hostage and ward by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and has been raised at [[Winterfell]] for nine years since.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} He was raised with the [[House Stark|Stark]] children and tutored along with them in all disciplines. His relationship with the Starks is respectful, while he considers [[Robb Stark]] a close friend and brother. He feuds, however, with [[Jon Snow]], the other outsider of the family. Theon seeks approval from the Starks, but usually feels unsatisfied. He is a skilled bowman.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Christine Griffin theon.jpg|300px|thumb|left|A handsome and confident Theon Greyjoy – by C.Griffin ©]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Theon is present when the Stark boys witness the execution of [[Gared]], kicking the head afterwards.{{ref|agot|1}} He remains in [[Winterfell]] after Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] leaves for [[King's Landing]] to assume the position of [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. During this time, Theon saves [[Bran Stark]] from a group of [[wildlings]] and [[Night's Watch]] deserters, but [[Robb Stark]] criticizes him for risking Bran's life.{{ref|agot|37}} This event wounds Theon. After the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], however, Theon becomes Robb's trusted battle companion. He fights at Robb's side at the [[Battle of the Camps]] and at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], where he takes pride in coming very close to [[Jaime Lannister]] during the fighting.{{ref|asos|45}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Mark Evans Theon.jpg|thumb|350px|Theon returns to [[Pyke]] – by Mark Evans ©]]
[[File:Sacha Angel Diener Theon.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Theon Greyjoy in [[Winterfell]] – by Diener ©]]
[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who is now [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]], sends Theon home to the [[Iron Islands]] to offer his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]], a kingship over the Iron Islands if he ravages the [[House Lannister|Lannisters']] [[Westerlands|coast]] with his longships. Balon and [[Aeron Greyjoy]] criticize Theon's mainland, northern ways and reject Robb's proposal.{{Ref|ACOK|11}} Later, Theon meets his sister, [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who flirts with him under an assumed identity and humiliates him. Theon learns of Balon's plans to ravage [[the North]], but receives a position of extremely minor authority.{{Ref|ACOK|24}}

Under the supervision of Aeron and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], Theon commands eight longships charged with reaving the [[Stony Shore]]. Captaining the ''[[Sea Bitch]]'', he raids several villages and has some difficulty controlling his men. When [[Benfred Tallhart]]'s [[Wild Hares]] march to intercept him, Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ambushes the party]]. At Aeron's insistence, he drowns the survivors as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] of the Iron Islands. Dissatisfied with his duties and jealous of Asha's acquisition of [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]], Theon formulates a plan to go against orders and capture [[Winterfell]] itself. He convinces Dagmer Cleftjaw to march on [[Torrhen's Square]] to draw out Winterfell's garrison.{{Ref|ACOK|37}} With a small party, Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|raids Winterfell]] and overwhelms its remaining guards.{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

With Winterfell under his control, Theon takes [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] hostage. Theon has difficulty controlling Winterfell's population, many of whom are known to him. He frees "[[Ramsay Snow|Reek]]" from the castle's dungeon and takes him into his service. Maester [[Luwin]] also serves Theon, and pleads for him to show mercy and tolerance. Bran and Rickon Stark manage to escape with the help of [[Osha]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]]. Theon fails to track the boys down, however. Following the advice of "Reek", he kills two boys around the same age from the [[Acorn Water]] mill and presents their preserved corpses as the Starks'.{{Ref|ACOK|50}}

When mysterious deaths start happening to those of Theon's men who had been part of the search party ([[Gelmarr]], [[Aggar]] and [[Gynir]]), [[Farlen]] is blamed by Theon without evidence. As he is about to be executed Farlen points out to Theon that Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] did his own killings, forcing Theon to do the deed himself. Theon, however, knows Farlen did not commit the murders, but it was in fact "Reek", who with Theon's knowledge killed the three ironborn to keep the secret of the "Stark bodies" more secure.{{ref|ACOK|56}}

Meanwhile, Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] has [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|repulsed]] Dagmer Cleftjaw from Torrhen's Square. As the return of Winterfell's garrison looms, Theon reaches out to Asha for help. She arrives with her men, but tells Theon that the [[ironborn]] will never succeed in holding landlocked castles. After leaving behind a token group of men, she abandons Winterfell and advises Theon to do the same. Theon rages that even his greatest achievement has earned him no respect from either the northmen or the ironborn, and sinks into despair.

Theon frees "Reek" to seek help at the [[Dreadfort]] before the garrison returns under the command of Rodrik.{{Ref|ACOK|56}} At the start of the parlay with Rodrik Theon learns that he has acquired the moniker "Theon Turncloak". As a final gambit, Theon threatens to hang Rodrik's daughter, [[Beth Cassel|Beth]], if Winterfell is attacked. As Theon awaits Rodrik's decision, Luwin convinces Theon to join the [[Night's Watch]], where his crimes will be forgiven and he can earn respect. Before Theon can surrender, however, [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men arrive and [[Sack of Winterfell|surprise attack]] Rodrik's forces, annihilating them. As Theon attempts to thank "Reek", the servant reveals his true identity as [[Ramsay Snow]], takes Theon prisoner and burns Winterfell to the ground.{{Ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Roose Bolton]] delivers a piece of Theon's skin to King [[Robb Stark]] and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully]], shortly before the [[Red Wedding]]. Theon is reportedly being flayed alive by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, at the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Most of the [[ironborn]], including his sister [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], believe Theon to be dead.{{Ref|AFFC|12}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:NotanerArt Metamorphosis.jpg|Theon before and after his torture by [[Ramsay Snow]] - © Sardag|thumb|400px|right]]
Theon has been tortured repeatedly by Ramsay, who has since been legitimized as [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Ramsay removes the skin on several of Theon's toes and fingers, leaving him in agony for days before removing the joints but only after Theon begs him to remove them. He broke and removed several of Theon's teeth because Ramsay hated his smiles. It is also implied, but not confirmed, that Ramsay removes Theon's genitals as well{{Ref|ADWD|37}} (Though this is only referenced covertly in the novel, the fact that Theon loses his penis in the HBO show, in an episode written by George RR Martin, has tended to be looked at in fandom as a confirmation of these hints). Theon is forced to take on the guise of [[Reek]], Ramsay's former serving man. Theon is forbidden to bathe and is caked from head to toe in filth and excrement.

Due to the torture he endured at Ramsay's hands, Theon's appearance has dramatically changed. He looks like he has aged forty years and several of his teeth have been knocked out; many more are loose meaning Theon cannot eat without suffering agony. Theon has lost three stone in weight, his skin has turned pasty, and his hair is white and brittle. He can no longer use a bow due to the loss of some fingers and he hobbles like an old man due to the loss of several toes.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}
[[File:Marc Fishman TheonReek.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Reek – by Marc Fishman ©]]
Before he endures the worst of Ramsay's tortures, Theon once escaped with the help of [[Kyra]], his former bedwarmer at [[Winterfell]]. It turns out, though, that they were allowed to escape by Ramsay. His captor lets them get a day's head start before hunting them with his [[Hunting Hounds of Ramsay Bolton|hounds]]. Theon is taken back to the [[Dreadfort]] dungeon and Kyra meets a cruel and grisly death at the hands of Ramsay and his hounds. Theon is mentally and physically broken by Ramsay and lives in great fear of him.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}

After Ramsay's father, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], announces his return to the North, Ramsay has Theon washed and properly clothed, and sends him to deliver peace terms to the [[ironborn]] occupying [[Moat Cailin]], promising them food and safe passage if they surrender. When they do surrender, Ramsay has them all flayed alive and displays their skinless bodies along the road to the ruined castle. Theon is present when Ramsay is introduced to his bride "[[Arya Stark]]", whom Theon instantly recognizes as [[Jeyne Poole]].{{Ref|ADWD|20}}

Because Theon was a ward of Winterfell for ten years and is the closest thing to kin "Arya" has, he gives the bride away at the wedding in Winterfell. Jeyne pleads with Theon several times before the wedding to help rescue her, but Theon refuses.

During the wedding banquet held in Winterfell's hall Theon is reviled by those in attendance. Theon thinks to himself:

{{Quote|Let them laugh. His pride had perished here at [[Winterfell]]; there was no place for such in the dungeons of the [[Dreadfort]]. When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh looses all its power to hurt you.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}}

During the bedding Ramsay has Theon strip his bride for him and makes Theon watch as he humiliates and degrades Jeyne. {{Ref|ADWD|37}} Theon silently hopes that when [[Stannis Baratheon]] comes he will kill Ramsay.
[[File:Mustamirri AshaTheon meeting.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Theon reunited with Asha – by mustamirri ©]]
When several [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men are murdered at Winterfell, Theon is thought a suspect, although he wonders if a [[hooded man]] he meets is instead to blame. The idea of Theon being the murderer is quickly dismissed by Roose, who claims that Theon is too broken and weak to have carried out the murders.{{ref|ADWD|46}} The murders cause tension in the castle between the [[House Frey|Freys]], Boltons, [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] and other northern houses, finally erupting into a brawl.{{Ref|ADWD|51}}

Theon flees to the godswood, seeing hints of [[Bran Stark]]'s face in the weirwood, hearing it whisper his name and temporarily restoring his sanity.{{ref|adwd|46}}

He is then summoned by the musician at Winterfell, "[[Mance Rayder|Abel]]", and six wilding spearwives disguised as maids are actually responsible for some of the deaths and use the confusion in the castle to free "Arya Stark", enlisting the help of a reluctant Theon. However reluctant on account of his fear, Theon has already heard from one of Ramsay's men that Ramsay plans to cut off his lips if he stays in Winterfell, as 'punishment' for his intimacy with the fake 'Arya' when forced to act as a fluffer during Ramsay and Jeyne's bedding rite. In the end, Theon and Jeyne manage to escape and are caught by [[Mors Umber]], who sends them to rendezvous with Stannis's army at a [[crofters' village]] a few days ride away.{{Ref|ADWD|51}} [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who is a captive with Stannis's army, barely recognizes Theon due to his torture at the hands of Ramsay.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Theon is now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]], who plans to have Theon eventually executed in order to placate the northern lords who want Theon dead for his murder of [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]]. Stannis intends to keep Theon alive for the time being as he might have useful information about Roose and Ramsay Bolton. After [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]]'s attempts to ransom him fail, she urges Stannis to execute Theon as [[Eddard Stark]] would have - by beheading him in front of a [[heart tree]]. This is likely done in an attempt to spare Theon the agony of being burned alive as a sacrifice to [[R'hllor]].{{ref|twow||[[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]}}

==Quotes by Theon==

{{Quote|Stark is grey and Greyjoy's black, but it seems we're both windy. {{ref|acok|11}}}}

{{Quote|Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. {{ref|acok|24}}}}

{{Quote|The boar can keep his tusks, and the bear his claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather. {{Ref|ASOS|55}}}}

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==Quotes by Theon in the Persona of Reek==

{{Quote|I'm not him, I'm not the turncloak, [[Prince of Winterfell (Theon Greyjoy)|he died at Winterfell]]. My name is [[Reek]], It rhymes with freak. {{Ref|ADWD|32}}}}
- Theon to [[Barbrey Ryswell]]

{{Quote|Theon found himself wondering if he should say a prayer. Will the [[old gods]] hear me if I do? They were not his gods, had never been his gods. He was ironborn, a son of [[Pyke]], his god was the [[Drowned God]] of the islands … but [[Winterfell]] was long leagues from the sea. It had been a lifetime since any god had heard him. He did not know who he was, or what he was, why he was still alive, why he had ever been born.
“Theon,” a voice seemed to whisper. His head snapped up. “Who said that?” All he could see were the trees and the fog that covered them. The voice had been as faint as rustling leaves, as cold as hate. A god’s voice, or a ghost’s. How many died [[Battle of Winterfell|the day]] that he took Winterfell? How many more [[Sack of Winterfell|the day]] he lost it? The day that Theon Greyjoy died, to be reborn as Reek. Reek, Reek, it rhymes with shriek. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon's thoughts before the [[heart tree]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by the [[House Frey|Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon remembering

==Quotes about Theon==
{{Quote|She studied Theon Greyjoy's sly smile, wondering what it meant. That young man had a way of looking as though he knew some secret jest that only he was privy to; Catelyn had never liked it.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Asha:''' You’d do well to heed what I told you about choosing a crew. If you had troubled to learn the first thing of [[Sigrin]], I could never have fooled you. Ten years [[House Stark|a wolf]], and you land here and think to prince about [[Iron Islands|the islands]], but you know nothing and no one. Why should men fight and die for you? 
'''Theon:''' I am their lawful prince. 
'''Asha:''' By the laws of the [[green lands]], you might be. But we make our own laws here, or have you forgotten?{{Ref|aCoK|24}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] and Theon

{{Quote|Your [[Eddard Stark|lord father]] did what he could to gentle Theon, but I fear it was too little and too late.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}}} - Maester [[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]

{{Quote|Well, I’m no great warrior like you, brother, I saw the heads above your gates. Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, [[Bran Stark|the cripple]] or [[Rickon Stark|the babe]]?{{Ref|aCoK|56}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] to Theon

{{Quote|'''Rodrik:''' For ten years you have been a ward of [[House Stark|Stark]]. 
'''Theon:''' Hostage and prisoner, I call it. 
'''Rodrik:''' Then perhaps Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] should have kept you chained to a dungeon wall. Instead he raised you among his own sons, the sweet boys you have butchered, and to my undying shame I trained you in the arts of war. Would that I had thrust a sword through your belly instead of placing one in your hand.{{Ref|aCoK|66}}}}
- Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] and Theon

{{Quote|When they told me [[Winterfell]] had fallen, I wanted to go north at once, I wanted to free [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], but I thought ... I never dreamed that Theon could harm them, truly. If I had ...{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If Theon had died in place of Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]]’s sons, how much ill would have been undone?{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}} - [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Oh, it was cleverly done, I'll grant you. If only you'd had the good sense to raze the castle and carry the two little princelings back to Pyke as hostages, you might have won the war in a stroke.}} - [[Asha]] on conquering Winterfell

{{Quote|He had only the vaguest memory of Theon Greyjoy from his time with the Starks. A callow youth, always smiling, skilled with a bow; it was hard to imagine him as Lord of Winterfell.}} - [[Tyrion]]'s thoughts

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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'''Theon Greyjoy''' is a member of [[House Greyjoy]] and is the sole surviving son and heir apparent of Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]]. At the end of the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], Theon was taken as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. He becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Clash of Kings]]''. In the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]].<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Game of Thrones/Cast and crew]</ref>

==Character and Appearance==
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Theon Greyjoy|this collection of images]].
Theon is known for his arrogance and his cocky smile. He is promiscuous and vain, but behind his arrogant exterior hides insecurities relating to his uncertain familial and social identity, that start to surface during his POVs in the second novel. He is a lean, dark, handsome youth of 19 years {{Ref|aGoT|1}} and a skilled archer.

==History==
Theon was a young boy of ten when his [[Greyjoy Rebellion|father's rebellion]] was crushed and his two brothers, [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were killed, making him the heir to [[House Greyjoy]] and the Iron Islands. He was taken as a hostage and ward by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and has been raised at [[Winterfell]] for nine years since.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} He was raised with the [[House Stark|Stark]] children and tutored along with them in all disciplines. His relationship with the Starks is respectful, while he considers [[Robb Stark]] a close friend and brother. He feuds, however, with [[Jon Snow]], the other outsider of the family. Theon seeks approval from the Starks, but usually feels unsatisfied. He is a skilled bowman.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Christine Griffin theon.jpg|300px|thumb|left|A handsome and confident Theon Greyjoy – by C.Griffin ©]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Theon is present when the Stark boys witness the execution of [[Gared]], kicking the head afterwards.{{ref|agot|1}} He remains in [[Winterfell]] after Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] leaves for [[King's Landing]] to assume the position of [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. During this time, Theon saves [[Bran Stark]] from a group of [[wildlings]] and [[Night's Watch]] deserters, but [[Robb Stark]] criticizes him for risking Bran's life.{{ref|agot|37}} This event wounds Theon. After the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], however, Theon becomes Robb's trusted battle companion. He fights at Robb's side at the [[Battle of the Camps]] and at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], where he takes pride in coming very close to [[Jaime Lannister]] during the fighting.{{ref|asos|45}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Mark Evans Theon.jpg|thumb|350px|Theon returns to [[Pyke]] – by Mark Evans ©]]
[[File:Sacha Angel Diener Theon.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Theon Greyjoy in [[Winterfell]] – by Diener ©]]
[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who is now [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]], sends Theon home to the [[Iron Islands]] to offer his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]], a kingship over the Iron Islands if he ravages the [[House Lannister|Lannisters']] [[Westerlands|coast]] with his longships. Balon and [[Aeron Greyjoy]] criticize Theon's mainland, northern ways and reject Robb's proposal.{{Ref|ACOK|11}} Later, Theon meets his sister, [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who flirts with him under an assumed identity and humiliates him. Theon learns of Balon's plans to ravage [[the North]], but receives a position of extremely minor authority.{{Ref|ACOK|24}}

Under the supervision of Aeron and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], Theon commands eight longships charged with reaving the [[Stony Shore]]. Captaining the ''[[Sea Bitch]]'', he raids several villages and has some difficulty controlling his men. When [[Benfred Tallhart]]'s [[Wild Hares]] march to intercept him, Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ambushes the party]]. At Aeron's insistence, he drowns the survivors as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] of the Iron Islands. Dissatisfied with his duties and jealous of Asha's acquisition of [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]], Theon formulates a plan to go against orders and capture [[Winterfell]] itself. He convinces Dagmer Cleftjaw to march on [[Torrhen's Square]] to draw out Winterfell's garrison.{{Ref|ACOK|37}} With a small party, Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|raids Winterfell]] and overwhelms its remaining guards.{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

With Winterfell under his control, Theon takes [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] hostage. Theon has difficulty controlling Winterfell's population, many of whom are known to him. He frees "[[Ramsay Snow|Reek]]" from the castle's dungeon and takes him into his service. Maester [[Luwin]] also serves Theon, and pleads for him to show mercy and tolerance. Bran and Rickon Stark manage to escape with the help of [[Osha]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]]. Theon fails to track the boys down, however. Following the advice of "Reek", he kills two boys around the same age from the [[Acorn Water]] mill and presents their preserved corpses as the Starks'.{{Ref|ACOK|50}}

When mysterious deaths start happening to those of Theon's men who had been part of the search party ([[Gelmarr]], [[Aggar]] and [[Gynir]]), [[Farlen]] is blamed by Theon without evidence. As he is about to be executed Farlen points out to Theon that Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] did his own killings, forcing Theon to do the deed himself. Theon, however, knows Farlen did not commit the murders, but it was in fact "Reek", who with Theon's knowledge killed the three ironborn to keep the secret of the "Stark bodies" more secure.{{ref|ACOK|56}}

Meanwhile, Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] has [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|repulsed]] Dagmer Cleftjaw from Torrhen's Square. As the return of Winterfell's garrison looms, Theon reaches out to Asha for help. She arrives with her men, but tells Theon that the [[ironborn]] will never succeed in holding landlocked castles. After leaving behind a token group of men, she abandons Winterfell and advises Theon to do the same. Theon rages that even his greatest achievement has earned him no respect from either the northmen or the ironborn, and sinks into despair.

Theon frees "Reek" to seek help at the [[Dreadfort]] before the garrison returns under the command of Rodrik.{{Ref|ACOK|56}} At the start of the parlay with Rodrik Theon learns that he has acquired the moniker "Theon Turncloak". As a final gambit, Theon threatens to hang Rodrik's daughter, [[Beth Cassel|Beth]], if Winterfell is attacked. As Theon awaits Rodrik's decision, Luwin convinces Theon to join the [[Night's Watch]], where his crimes will be forgiven and he can earn respect. Before Theon can surrender, however, [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men arrive and [[Sack of Winterfell|surprise attack]] Rodrik's forces, annihilating them. As Theon attempts to thank "Reek", the servant reveals his true identity as [[Ramsay Snow]], takes Theon prisoner and burns Winterfell to the ground.{{Ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Roose Bolton]] delivers a piece of Theon's skin to King [[Robb Stark]] and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully]], shortly before the [[Red Wedding]]. Theon is reportedly being flayed alive by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, at the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Most of the [[ironborn]], including his sister [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], believe Theon to be dead.{{Ref|AFFC|12}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:NotanerArt Metamorphosis.jpg|Theon before and after his torture by [[Ramsay Snow]] - © Sardag|thumb|400px|right]]
Theon has been tortured repeatedly by Ramsay, who has since been legitimized as [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Ramsay removes the skin on several of Theon's toes and fingers, leaving him in agony for days before removing the joints but only after Theon begs him to remove them. He broke and removed several of Theon's teeth because Ramsay hated his smiles. It is also implied, but not confirmed, that Ramsay removes Theon's genitals as well{{Ref|ADWD|37}} (Though this is only referenced covertly in the novel, the fact that Theon loses his penis in the HBO show, in an episode written by George RR Martin, has tended to be looked at in fandom as a confirmation of these hints). Theon is forced to take on the guise of [[Reek]], Ramsay's former serving man. Theon is forbidden to bathe and is caked from head to toe in filth and excrement.

Due to the torture he endured at Ramsay's hands, Theon's appearance has dramatically changed. He looks like he has aged forty years and several of his teeth have been knocked out; many more are loose meaning Theon cannot eat without suffering agony. Theon has lost three stone in weight, his skin has turned pasty, and his hair is white and brittle. He can no longer use a bow due to the loss of some fingers and he hobbles like an old man due to the loss of several toes.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}
[[File:Marc Fishman TheonReek.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Reek – by Marc Fishman ©]]
Before he endures the worst of Ramsay's tortures, Theon once escaped with the help of [[Kyra]], his former bedwarmer at [[Winterfell]]. It turns out, though, that they were allowed to escape by Ramsay. His captor lets them get a day's head start before hunting them with his [[Hunting Hounds of Ramsay Bolton|hounds]]. Theon is taken back to the [[Dreadfort]] dungeon and Kyra meets a cruel and grisly death at the hands of Ramsay and his hounds. Theon is mentally and physically broken by Ramsay and lives in great fear of him.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}

After Ramsay's father, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], announces his return to the North, Ramsay has Theon washed and properly clothed, and sends him to deliver peace terms to the [[ironborn]] occupying [[Moat Cailin]], promising them food and safe passage if they surrender. When they do surrender, Ramsay has them all flayed alive and displays their skinless bodies along the road to the ruined castle. Theon is present when Ramsay is introduced to his bride "[[Arya Stark]]", whom Theon instantly recognizes as [[Jeyne Poole]].{{Ref|ADWD|20}}

Because Theon was a ward of Winterfell for ten years and is the closest thing to kin "Arya" has, he gives the bride away at the wedding in Winterfell. Jeyne pleads with Theon several times before the wedding to help rescue her, but Theon refuses.

During the wedding banquet held in Winterfell's hall Theon is reviled by those in attendance. Theon thinks to himself:

{{Quote|Let them laugh. His pride had perished here at [[Winterfell]]; there was no place for such in the dungeons of the [[Dreadfort]]. When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh looses all its power to hurt you.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}}

During the bedding Ramsay has Theon strip his bride for him and makes Theon watch as he humiliates and degrades Jeyne. {{Ref|ADWD|37}} Theon silently hopes that when [[Stannis Baratheon]] comes he will kill Ramsay.
[[File:Mustamirri AshaTheon meeting.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Theon reunited with Asha – by mustamirri ©]]
When several [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men are murdered at Winterfell, Theon is thought a suspect, although he wonders if a [[hooded man]] he meets is instead to blame. The idea of Theon being the murderer is quickly dismissed by Roose, who claims that Theon is too broken and weak to have carried out the murders.{{ref|ADWD|46}} The murders cause tension in the castle between the [[House Frey|Freys]], Boltons, [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] and other northern houses, finally erupting into a brawl.{{Ref|ADWD|51}}

Theon flees to the godswood, seeing hints of [[Bran Stark]]'s face in the weirwood, hearing it whisper his name and temporarily restoring his sanity.{{ref|adwd|46}}

He is then summoned by the musician at Winterfell, "[[Mance Rayder|Abel]]", and six wilding spearwives disguised as maids are actually responsible for some of the deaths and use the confusion in the castle to free "Arya Stark", enlisting the help of a reluctant Theon. However reluctant on account of his fear, Theon has already heard from one of Ramsay's men that Ramsay plans to cut off his lips if he stays in Winterfell, as 'punishment' for his intimacy with the fake 'Arya' when forced to act as a fluffer during Ramsay and Jeyne's bedding rite. In the end, Theon and Jeyne manage to escape and are caught by [[Mors Umber]], who sends them to rendezvous with Stannis's army at a [[crofters' village]] a few days ride away.{{Ref|ADWD|51}} [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who is a captive with Stannis's army, barely recognizes Theon due to his torture at the hands of Ramsay.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Theon is now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]], who plans to have Theon eventually executed in order to placate the northern lords who want Theon dead for his murder of [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]]. Stannis intends to keep Theon alive for the time being as he might have useful information about Roose and Ramsay Bolton. After [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]]'s attempts to ransom him fail, she urges Stannis to execute Theon as [[Eddard Stark]] would have - by beheading him in front of a [[heart tree]]. This is likely done in an attempt to spare Theon the agony of being burned alive as a sacrifice to [[R'hllor]].{{ref|twow||[[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]}}

==Quotes by Theon==

{{Quote|Stark is grey and Greyjoy's black, but it seems we're both windy. {{ref|acok|11}}}}

{{Quote|Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. {{ref|acok|24}}}}

{{Quote|The boar can keep his tusks, and the bear his claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather. {{Ref|ASOS|55}}}}

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==Quotes by Theon in the Persona of Reek==

{{Quote|I'm not him, I'm not the turncloak, [[Prince of Winterfell (Theon Greyjoy)|he died at Winterfell]]. My name is [[Reek]], It rhymes with freak. {{Ref|ADWD|32}}}}
- Theon to [[Barbrey Ryswell]]

{{Quote|Theon found himself wondering if he should say a prayer. Will the [[old gods]] hear me if I do? They were not his gods, had never been his gods. He was ironborn, a son of [[Pyke]], his god was the [[Drowned God]] of the islands … but [[Winterfell]] was long leagues from the sea. It had been a lifetime since any god had heard him. He did not know who he was, or what he was, why he was still alive, why he had ever been born.
“Theon,” a voice seemed to whisper. His head snapped up. “Who said that?” All he could see were the trees and the fog that covered them. The voice had been as faint as rustling leaves, as cold as hate. A god’s voice, or a ghost’s. How many died [[Battle of Winterfell|the day]] that he took Winterfell? How many more [[Sack of Winterfell|the day]] he lost it? The day that Theon Greyjoy died, to be reborn as Reek. Reek, Reek, it rhymes with shriek. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon's thoughts before the [[heart tree]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by the [[House Frey|Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon remembering

==Quotes about Theon==
{{Quote|She studied Theon Greyjoy's sly smile, wondering what it meant. That young man had a way of looking as though he knew some secret jest that only he was privy to; Catelyn had never liked it.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Asha:''' You’d do well to heed what I told you about choosing a crew. If you had troubled to learn the first thing of [[Sigrin]], I could never have fooled you. Ten years [[House Stark|a wolf]], and you land here and think to prince about [[Iron Islands|the islands]], but you know nothing and no one. Why should men fight and die for you? 
'''Theon:''' I am their lawful prince. 
'''Asha:''' By the laws of the [[green lands]], you might be. But we make our own laws here, or have you forgotten?{{Ref|aCoK|24}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] and Theon

{{Quote|Your [[Eddard Stark|lord father]] did what he could to gentle Theon, but I fear it was too little and too late.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}}} - Maester [[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]

{{Quote|Well, I’m no great warrior like you, brother, I saw the heads above your gates. Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, [[Bran Stark|the cripple]] or [[Rickon Stark|the babe]]?{{Ref|aCoK|56}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] to Theon

{{Quote|'''Rodrik:''' For ten years you have been a ward of [[House Stark|Stark]]. 
'''Theon:''' Hostage and prisoner, I call it. 
'''Rodrik:''' Then perhaps Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] should have kept you chained to a dungeon wall. Instead he raised you among his own sons, the sweet boys you have butchered, and to my undying shame I trained you in the arts of war. Would that I had thrust a sword through your belly instead of placing one in your hand.{{Ref|aCoK|66}}}}
- Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] and Theon

{{Quote|When they told me [[Winterfell]] had fallen, I wanted to go north at once, I wanted to free [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], but I thought ... I never dreamed that Theon could harm them, truly. If I had ...{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If Theon had died in place of Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]]’s sons, how much ill would have been undone?{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}} - [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

{{Quote|Oh, it was cleverly done, I'll grant you. If only you'd had the good sense to raze the castle and carry the two little princelings back to Pyke as hostages, you might have won the war in a stroke.}} - Asha on conquering Winterfell

{{Quote|He had only the vaguest memory of Theon Greyjoy from his time with the Starks. A callow youth, always smiling, skilled with a bow; it was hard to imagine him as Lord of Winterfell.}} - Tyrion's thoughts

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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House Stark

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Stark of [[Winterfell]]
| image = [[File:House_Stark.PNG|250px|center]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = White, a direwolf courant argent
| Words = ''Winter is Coming''
| Seat = Scattered (formerly [[Winterfell]])
| Current_Lord = [[Rickon Stark]] (lost)
| Region = [[The North]]
| Title = [[King in the North]] [[Warden of the North]] Lord of [[Winterfell]] [[King of the Trident]]
| Overlord = None (formerly [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
| Ancestral_weapon = [[Ice]] (destroyed)
| Cadet_branch = [[House Greystark]] [[House Karstark]]
| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]
| Founder = [[Bran the Builder]]
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'''House Stark of Winterfell''' is one of the great houses of [[Westeros]] and the principal noble house of [[the North]]; many lesser houses are sworn to them. In days of old they ruled as [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]]; since the [[Wars of Conquest|Targaryen Conquest]] they have been [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]]. Their seat, [[Winterfell]], is an ancient castle renowned for its strength.

Their sigil is a grey [[direwolf]] racing across a field of white, and their words are "Winter Is Coming", one of only a few house mottoes to be a warning rather than a boast.{{Ref|aGoT|1}} Members of the family tend to be lean of build and long of face, with dark brown hair and grey eyes. Several of the main point of view characters of the series are members of this house. Aside from the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]] of [[Karhold]], the Starks of Winterfell may have distant relatives elsewhere in the North, possibly in [[White Harbor]] and [[Barrowton]].<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1239/ So Spake Martin:] The Stark Family, June 10, 2003</ref>

==History==
The Starks are an ancient house, descended from [[Bran the Builder]], a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]], who raised their ancestral home at [[Winterfell]] thousands of years in the past, as well as [[the Wall]]. They are descendants of the [[First Men]]{{Ref|aGoT|1}} and still follow some of their ancient traditions and the [[old gods]] of the forest. The Starks were [[King In The North|Kings of Winter]] in the North for many thousands of years from the Age of Heroes, possibly beginning with Bran the Builder. Ever since Bran constructed the Wall, the Starks have been friends of the [[Night's Watch]], and have manned the Wall for thousands of years. The [[Night's King]], the attainted 13th [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], is said to have been a Stark, among his many possible origins. The Starks also helped repel several major [[wildling]] invasions, such as when they and their [[House Umber|Umber]] bannermen defeated the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-Beyond-the-Wall]] like the brothers [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]], as well as [[Bael|Bael the Bard]], who both sired and fought a Stark.

For several millennia, the Starks were not the uncontested Kings in the North, but their primary antagonists, the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] of the [[Dreadfort]], swore fealty some 1,000 years ago, ending their flesh-flaying ways. Meanwhile, King [[Jon Stark]] drove pirates from the [[White Knife]], and the [[Wolf's Den]] was built at its mouth. This stronghold and the city which grew up around it, [[White Harbor]], was often granted to sons and grandsons of the King in the North or other bannermen before finally being granted to the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], a house exiled from [[the Reach]] and taken in by the Starks. King Jon's son, [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], defeated the [[Marsh King]] and married his daughter, bringing [[the Neck]] into Winterfell's realm under the lordship of [[House Reed]]. The [[House Karstark|Karstarks]] were founded when [[Karlon Stark]], brother to the reigning king, helped crush a rebel lord and was granted [[Karhold|a keep]] for his service. Finally, the [[House Mormont|Mormonts]] were granted [[Bear Island]] when King [[Rodrik Stark]] won it from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match. The Starks fought the [[House Arryn|Arryns]] of the [[Vale]] for the [[Three Sisters]], eventually ceding control of the islands.

The last Stark King in the North was [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], who submitted to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] at the end of the [[War of Conquest]]. Since that time the Starks have held the North for the kings of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]].{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}

In {{date|129}}, as the [[Dance of the Dragons]] began, Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] recruited Lord [[Cregan Stark]]'s aid for [[the blacks]], although the war was hoped to be short and the North judged to be too remote to be of import.

Around {{date|213}}, House Stark faced a difficult succession. Several Lords of Winterfell had perished fighting wars in the North against rebellious [[Skagos|Skagosi]], the wildling king [[Raymun Redbeard]] and other threats, leaving [[Beron Stark]] as the lord of the house. As he too lay slowly succumbing to wounds he received fighting [[Dagon Greyjoy]] and his [[ironborn]], his wife and four other recent Stark widows struggled over who would succeed him. There were a number of potential heirs, with some ten Stark children about.<ref>So Spake Martin [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1408/ 1] and [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1409/ 2] February 17, 2006</ref> <ref>George R. R. Martin [http://grrm.livejournal.com/225206.html?thread=14021558 Not A Blog] July 2, 2012</ref>

===Recent Background===
Lord [[Rickard Stark]] and his maester, [[Walys Flowers]], sought to further southron alliances by betrothing Rickard's heir, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], to [[Catelyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]]. [[Petyr Baelish]], a ward of [[Hoster Tully|Catelyn's father]] nicknamed Littlefinger, loved Catelyn and challenged Brandon to a duel for her hand. Brandon won their duel, but did not kill Petyr in concession to Catelyn's pleas. Meanwhile, [[Lyanna Stark]] was betrothed to Lord [[Robert Baratheon]], who was infatuated with her from a distance. Lyanna, however, was not as ardent in her love for Robert, and was fully aware of his philandering ways. Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], after winning the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], crowned her Queen of Love and Beauty, passing over his wife, the [[Dorne|Dornish]] princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]], in her favor. The exact nature of her relationship with Rhaegar is not presently clear, but shortly thereafter she disappeared in Rhaegar's company and Robert and her brother Brandon Stark believed that Lyanna had been taken against her will. Brandon was on his way to Riverrun to wed Catelyn Tully when he heard this news. He and four companions rode to [[King's Landing]] to seek her return, but both he and Lord Rickard were executed on the order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to hand his wards, [[Eddard Stark]] and Robert Baratheon, over when Aerys demanded their heads, and [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]] broke out.

During its course, Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] honored his late brother Brandon's betrothal to Catelyn Tully as part of an alliance to bring [[House Tully]] into the rebel fold. He was one of the principal commanders in the war, but had a falling out with Robert after he accepted the treacherous aid of [[House Lannister]] and condoned the brutal murders of Rhaegar's [[Elia Martell|wife]], [[Aegon Targaryen|son]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|daughter]] out of his hatred for the Targaryen prince. After the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Eddard and six companions went to retrieve Lyanna at the fortress Rhaegar had named the [[Tower of Joy]]. They fought three [[Kingsguard]] knights stationed there, who killed all but Eddard and [[Howland Reed]]. Eddard found Lyanna dying in a bed of blood and clutching a withered wreath of blue roses. She forced him to make a promise to her, the contents of which are unknown, but which haunted Eddard for the rest of his life. She was sixteen years old at the time of her death and was buried in the Stark family crypt in Winterfell beside her father, Rickard, and brother, Brandon.

Ned and Robert were reconciled in their shared grief, but Ned still disdained the court since Robert, the new king, married [[Cersei Lannister]] and allowed her brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], to remain a Kingsguard even after slaying his liege, Aerys. Ned returned from the war to be presented with his trueborn son, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], but he carried the infant [[Jon Snow]], whom he presented as his bastard son. Six years later, Ned helped his foster brother, Robert, crush [[Balon Greyjoy]]'s [[Greyjoy Rebellion|rebellion]], taking [[Theon Greyjoy]] as a ward of Winterfell. Lord Rickard's youngest child, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], joined the [[Night's Watch]], eventually becoming First Ranger. Eddard ruled the North in Robert's name, keeping distant from the intrigue-ridden, Lannister-infested politics of King's Landing.

==Recent Events==
[[File: John_Picacio_Ned_Stark.jpg‎|Eddard Stark ‎- © 2012 John Picacio|thumb|300px|right]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
King [[Robert Baratheon]] visits [[Winterfell]] to offer Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] the position of [[Hand of the King]], recently empty due to the death of their foster father, Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. A letter arrives from [[Lysa Arryn]], Jon's widow and Ned's wife [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]]'s sister, who claims the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were behind Lord Arryn's sudden death. At Catelyn's urging, Ned grudgingly accepts the Handship and a betrothal of their daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] to Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. During the royal party's stay, Ned's second son, [[Bran Stark|Bran]], spies Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] having sex with her twin brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]; he is thrown from a tower in hopes the fall would kill him, but survives, crippled and comatose. Ned rides to [[King's Landing]] along with his daughters, Sansa and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], while Catelyn remains at Winterfell with their sons. Meanwhile, Ned's bastard son, [[Jon Snow]], rides north with his uncle, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], to join the [[Night's Watch]]. Catelyn is inconsolable in her worry for Bran, ignoring her duties as steward, but is jolted back to reality by an attempt on his life thwarted only by [[Summer (direwolf)|his direwolf]]. As Bran lies comatose, he begins to have visions of a [[three-eyed crow]].

Near the [[ruby ford]] and the [[crossroads]], Arya defends her friend [[Mycah]] from the aggressions of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], upsetting Sansa. This is exacerbated when Sansa's direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], is ordered dead in place of Arya's, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], which has escaped. In [[King's Landing]], Eddard is outraged to find that the crown is heavily in debt (largely to Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]) and that Robert intends to throw a [[Tourney of the Hand|lavish tourney]] in his honor. After taking up his duties as Hand, Eddard assigns twenty of Winterfell's household guard to assist the gold cloaks in keeping order in King's Landing.

Ned investigates the death of Jon Arryn, determining that he was looking into the king's bastard brood. When Robert holds a [[small council]] meeting to arrange the death of the exiled [[Daenerys Targaryen]], who has wed [[Drogo|a mighty Dothraki khal]], Ned refuses to condone the assassination and resigns the Handship. In the streets of the capital, he is waylaid by Lannister men in retaliation for Catelyn's abduction of [[Tyrion Lannister]], whom her foster-brother, [[Petyr Baelish]], had told her was responsible for the attempt on Bran's life. Ned's leg is broken and his best men slain, but Ned survives and Robert re-confirms his appointment as Hand before going on a hunt and leaving Ned to sit the [[Iron Throne]]. In this capacity he sends men, including twenty Stark guards, to stop Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] from raiding the [[Riverlands]]. Gregor's attacks were ordered by Lord Lannister; since Lord Stark was wounded he was not lured into the field and thus could not be captured and traded for Tyrion. The men sent after Gregor are [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushed]] and many are slain.

On the [[Wall]], Jon Snow deals with the cruel tutelage of Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] while making friends such as [[Samwell Tarly]] and learning lessons from his elders. He also encounters a hint of the evil that supposedly lies [[beyond the Wall]] when the corpses of two of his uncle's men [[Wight|rise from the dead]] and go on the rampage at [[Castle Black]]; Jon saves the Watch's commander, [[Jeor Mormont]], from being killed by [[Othor|one of the wights]].

Eventually, Ned arrives at the same conclusion at which Jon Arryn did: that Queen Cersei's children are not Robert's, but bastards born of incest between the Lannister twins, and determines that it is this secret for which Jon was murdered. He approaches Cersei with this truth, warning her to flee the city. Enlisting Lord Baelish to recruit the [[Gold Cloaks]], Ned confronts Cersei after Robert's death from a hunting accident, insisting that [[Stannis Baratheon]] is now king by rights. Baelish betrays Ned - his men are slaughtered by [[Janos Slynt]]'s Gold Cloaks and he is thrown into a black cell. Sansa is held hostage in the [[Red Keep]], but Arya manages to escape thanks to [[Syrio Forel]], the fencing master Ned had hired to train her in swordplay.

[[Robb Stark]], upon hearing this news, calls the banners of Winterfell and marches south. Catelyn arranges a marriage alliance with [[House Frey]] to negotiate a crossing of the [[Trident]], and Robb [[War of the Five Kings#The North Joins the War|breaks Lannister hegemony]] in the [[Riverlands]] and captures [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]]. Ned initially refuses to name Joffrey as the true king, but in the end agrees in order to ensure the safety of Sansa. When he publicly announces this support, however, the capricious boy king orders Ned's execution rather than allow him to join the Night's Watch. The lords at Robb's war council in [[Riverrun]] proclaim him [[King in the North]] and of the Trident, seceding from the realm of the [[Iron Throne]]. Meanwhile, Benjen has gone missing [[beyond the Wall]], and Jon Snow, after briefly contemplating deserting the Watch to join his half-brother's army, rides as part of [[the Great Ranging]] meant to determine his fate and the threats of the [[Others]] and [[wildlings]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Battle for Westeros.jpg|400px|thumb|King Robb launched a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]] – by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Leaving Lord [[Roose Bolton]] in command of the northmen around the Trident, King Robb launches a wildly successful invasion of the [[Westerlands]], winning a string of victories against Lannister bannermen. In an effort to gain allies, he sends his father's ward, [[Theon Greyjoy]], and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], as envoys to [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Renly Baratheon]], respectively. However, Theon joins [[House Greyjoy|his family]] in [[War of the Five Kings#Rise of the Kraken|attacking the North]], while Catelyn's diplomatic progress is shattered when Renly is assassinated by the red sorceress, [[Melisandre]]. Renly's sworn shield, [[Brienne of Tarth]], takes up service with Catelyn.

Arya journeys north with [[Yoren]] and his new recruits for the Night's Watch, including King Robert's bastard [[Gendry]], but their band is ambushed by westermen and she is taken into captivity. At [[Harrenhal]], she is witness to myriad atrocities, but remains strong, orchestrating several deaths of her tormentors via the assassin [[Jaqen H'ghar]] and freeing a band of northmen prisoners. When the castle is taken by Roose Bolton, the incognito Arya is named his cupbearer, but does not trust her father's bannerman and flees the castle. Meanwhile, Sansa remains in custody at the Red Keep, betrothed to King Joffrey. She suffers abuse at his hands, but makes tenuous relationships with [[Sandor Clegane]] and [[Dontos Hollard]].

At Winterfell, Bran enjoys titular reign while Maester [[Luwin]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] deal with such issues as the [[harvest feast]], the [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] inheritance, and the atrocities of [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton. With the guidance of the [[House Reed|Reed]] children, [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed|Meera]], Bran hones his gift for [[greensight]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]]. When Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] leads six hundred Winterfell men, among others, to [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|battle]] the ironborn under [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], Theon Greyjoy [[Battle of Winterfell|seizes Winterfell]]. On his return to Winterfell, Rodrik and his men mean to liberate the castle from Theon, but are [[Sack of Winterfell|betrayed and routed]] by Ramsay. Luwin and Rodrik are slain by Ramsay's men, and Theon is captured. Bran and Rickon are thought dead, but split up and flee towards remote northern havens. Ramsay blames the slaughter on the [[ironborn]].

Benjen remains lost beyond the Wall. Jon Snow joins [[Qhorin Halfhand]] on a scouting mission in the [[Skirling Pass]], during which he refuses an order to execute a [[spearwife]] named [[Ygritte]]. On their return to Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]], the pair encounter a wildling band led by [[Rattleshirt]]. Jon, on orders from Qhorin, joins the wildlings as a double agent, and is forced to kill the Halfhand to prove his earnestness. Ygritte, now with Rattleshirt, vouches for Jon.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
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With [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s power broken by the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] and [[House Martell|Martells]] allied with the Lannisters, the Stark-Tully forces stand alone against their foes in the south, and the Greyjoys threaten the North.

News of Bran's and Rickon's alleged deaths drive two fateful decisions. Catelyn is confined to [[Riverrun]] for freeing Jaime Lannister in a desperate attempt to trade him for her daughters, sending Brienne to accompany him to King's Landing. Robb returns from his Westerlands campaign having wed the daughter of a minor Lannister bannerman, [[Jeyne Westerling]], who had comforted him in his grief. This brings House Stark's alliance with the Freys into question.

Meanwhile, Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] kills two Lannister prisoners in place of Jaime, and is in turn executed by Robb, alienating a loyal bannerhouse. Lord [[Walder Frey]] offers to forgive Robb's breach of marriage contract by having his uncle, Lord [[Edmure Tully]], stand in his place. Robb and Catelyn ride with 3,500 veteran northmen to attend the wedding.

Bran journeys north with [[Hodor]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] and [[Meera Reed]], and his direwolf [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]]. They pass through the Wall at the [[Nightfort]] with the aid of Sam Tarly and [[Coldhands]].

Further north, Jon Snow ingratiates himself with the [[free folk]], beginning a romance with [[Ygritte]] and befriending [[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-beyond-the-Wall]], and other wildling leaders. He scales the Wall with [[Styr]], the Magnar of [[Thenn (region)|Thenn]], and escapes to [[Castle Black]] in time to help prepare for the assault. When it comes, command falls to Jon after the death of [[Donal Noye]]. Ygritte is killed during the fighting. Jon does well until his rivals, [[Alliser Thorne]] and [[Janos Slynt]], arrive and imprison him for allegedly betraying his vows. They send him to assassinate Mance Rayder under a flag of parley, but [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s arrival breaks the wildling host before the deed is carried out. After [[Battle of Castle Black|the battle]], Jon is elected [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] thanks to the maneuverings of his friend, Sam Tarly.

Sansa's engagement to King Joffrey is ended by his betrothal to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. She begins to mingle with the Tyrell women in King's Landing and is nearly betrothed to [[Willas Tyrell]], but is wed to [[Tyrion Lannister]] instead; they never consummate their match. The pair are blamed for [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's murder]] at his wedding feast; in truth it was orchestrated by Petyr Baelish and [[Olenna Tyrell]]. Petyr smuggles Sansa out of the capitol, murdering his pawn and her friend, Dontos Hollard. He brings Sansa to the [[Eyrie]], where he marries her aunt, [[Lysa Tully]]. Littlefinger keeps her hidden by presenting her as his natural daughter, Alayne; when Lysa drunkenly accuses Sansa of trying to steal Petyr, and reveals that she and Baelish had in fact killed Jon Arryn, Petyr throws her from the [[Moon Door]].

Arya traverses the Riverlands, unknowingly entering the mind of her lost direwolf, Nymeria, and killing several sellswords of the [[Brave Companions]] chasing her. She joins with the [[brotherhood without banners]], whose founding members included the Winterfell guards [[Alyn]] and [[Harwin]]. However, Arya is abducted by the Hound, [[Sandor Clegane]], who hopes to ransom her at Edmure's wedding. Robb designates his heir (believed to be Jon Snow, in spite of the Night's Watch vows) and resolves to march north to reclaim his homeland from the Greyjoys and attend Edmure's wedding at [[the Twins]] along the way. Lord Frey, however, has been conspiring with [[Tywin Lannister]] and the traitorous Roose Bolton - Robb, Catelyn, and many of their bannermen are murdered under [[guest right]] in the [[Red Wedding]] at the Twins.

With Bran and Rickon thought dead and Sansa and Arya missing, House Stark is all but extinguished in the eyes of the world. They are supplanted as [[Warden of the North|Wardens of the North]] by [[House Bolton]]. The rivermen return to the king's peace, and the northern lords grudgingly accept Dreadfort authority. The Hound brings Arya toward the [[Eyrie]] in an attempt to ransom her to Lady Lysa, but they are attacked by [[the Mountain's men]] and Sandor is stabbed. Arya leaves the Hound to die and uses the iron coin given to her by [[Jaqen H'ghar]], and books passage across the [[narrow sea]] on the galleas ''[[Titan's Daughter]]''.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Sansa remains in the [[Vale]], where she takes on a maternal role for her cousin, [[Robert Arryn]]. Littlefinger plots to reveal her identity, wed her to Robert's heir, [[Harrold Hardyng]], and use the knights of the Vale to retake the North in her name.

Arya arrives in [[Braavos]], where she takes up training at the [[House of Black and White]] to become a [[Faceless Man]].

Soldiers bearing the colors of House Stark have washed up on the shores of the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried alongside their enemies.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord Commander Jon Snow begins an uneasy alliance with the free folk, executes the recalcitrant [[Janos Slynt]], and tactfully deals with the imperious [[Stannis Baratheon]]. While refusing the king's offer to be legitimized as Jon Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and wed the "wildling princess", [[Val]], Jon offers Stannis advice that helps him in his campaign against the Boltons and Greyjoys.

At [[Winterfell]], Sansa's friend [[Jeyne Poole]] is wed to [[Ramsay Bolton]] in the guise of "Arya Stark" in an effort to legitimize Bolton overlordship. A disguised [[Mance Rayder]], sent by Jon Snow, recruits a broken-willed Theon Greyjoy to rescue the girl and deliver her to Stannis. When Jon gives orders to retake Winterfell from Ramsay after receiving an [[Bastard Letter|inflammatory letter]], the senior officers of the Watch turn on Jon for allying with wildlings and meddling in the affairs of the realm; it is not clear if he has survived their assassination attempt.

Bran arrives at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]], where he meets the last [[three-eyed crow|greenseer]] and [[children of the forest]] and begins perfecting the advanced arts of greensight. Rickon, [[Osha]], and [[Shaggydog]] are said to be on [[Skagos]], where Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] has requested that [[Davos Seaworth]] search for Rickon, so that Stannis can rally the northmen to fight in his name.

==House Stark at the end of the third century==
The known Starks during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
*{[[Brandon Stark]]}, eldest son and heir of Lord {[[Rickard Stark]]}. He was slain along with his father by order of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].
*{[[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]]}, middle son of Lord Rickard Stark. Ned served as Lord of Winterfell and [[Warden of the North]] until his execution in [[King's Landing]], several months after taking office as [[Hand of the King]].
**{[[Catelyn Tully]]}, Lord Eddard's wife. She is the mother of [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], [[Arya Stark|Arya]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]], and [[Rickon Stark]]. She is killed during the [[Red Wedding]], but is later resurrected by [[Beric Dondarrion]] and is known as "Lady Stoneheart".
***{[[Robb Stark]]}, Lord Eddard's eldest trueborn son and heir, also known as "the Young Wolf". He takes his father's position as Lord Stark and is later crowned [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]] by his bannermen, prior to his death in the [[Red Wedding]]. His direwolf is named [[Grey Wind]] and is killed along with him at [[the Twins]].
****[[Jeyne Westerling]], Robb's widow.
***[[Sansa Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's elder daughter. Her direwolf is named [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] and is killed under Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei's]] orders in retribution for Arya's direwolf savaging her son [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. She is currently hiding in the [[Vale of Arryn]] as "Alayne Stone".
****[[Tyrion Lannister]], Sansa's estranged husband.
***[[Arya Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's younger daughter. She is publicly known to have married [[Ramsay Bolton]], but Ramsay has instead married [[Jeyne Poole]], who was forced to pose as the Stark girl. Arya is instead in [[Braavos]] among the [[Faceless Men]]. Her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], leads a wolfpack roaming the Riverlands.
***[[Bran Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's second son. Bran becomes crippled and learns how to become a [[skinchanger|warg]]. he is believed to have been killed by [[Theon Greyjoy]], but is actually [[beyond the Wall]] at the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]]. His direwolf is named [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]].
***[[Rickon Stark]], Eddard and Catelyn's youngest child, only three years old when the series begins. He is also believed dead at the hands of Theon, though actually Rickon is in [[Skagos]] with [[Osha]]. His direwolf is [[Shaggydog]].
***{[[Jon Snow]]}, Eddard's bastard son by an unspecified mother. Jon was raised at Winterfell alongside his Stark half-siblings. Having joined the [[Night's Watch]], he has risen to the rank of [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]. His direwolf is [[Ghost]]. Presumably killed by his own men.
*{[[Lyanna Stark]]}, only daughter of Lord Rickard. Once betrothed to [[Robert Baratheon]], Lyanna died after being spirited away by [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].
*[[Benjen Stark]], the youngest son of Lord Rickard and the last surviving sibling of Ned. He is First Ranger of the [[Night's Watch]] and brings Jon Snow to the [[Wall]] when he wants to join the order. Benjen is missing in the lands [[beyond the Wall]].

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===Household===

* [[Theon Greyjoy]], known as "Theon Turncloak" and "Rrince of Winterfell", Lord Eddard's ward and hostage. Fought with Robb Stark in the [[War of the Five Kings]], betrayed him for his own House, [[House Greyjoy]], seized Winterfell until betrayed by [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Imprisoned and tortured. Fled with Jeyne Poole. Now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]].
* [[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne, the Maid of Tarth]], sworn sword to Lady Catelyn. Sent to rescue Sansa and Arya, and keeping to that quest even after Catelyn's death and the seeming destruction of House Stark.
* [[Walder Frey (Big)|Walder Frey]], called "Big Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Now a squire of [[Ramsay Bolton]].
* {[[Walder Frey (Little)|Walder Frey]]}, called "Little Walder", a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age. Made a squire of Ramsay Bolton. Killed by the 'Ghost of Winterfell', presumably Theon Greyjoy, or Mance Rayder and his spearwives.
* Maester {[[Luwin]]}, counselor, healer and tutor. Perished to wounds sustained during the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
* {[[Vayon Poole]]}, steward of Winterfell. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** [[Jeyne Poole]], his daughter. Forced to impersonate [[Arya Stark]] and marry [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Escaped Winterfell with [[Theon Greyjoy]]. Now in custody of Stannis Baratheon.
* Ser {[[Rodrik Cassel]]}, master-at-arms and castellan of Winterfell. Killed by Ramsay Snow prior to the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Beth Cassel]], his daughter. Imprisoned at the [[Dreadfort]].
* {[[Jory Cassel]]}, Captain of Lord Eddard's guards. Killed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]'s men.
** {[[Alyn]]}, guardsman, founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Now dead.
** {[[Tomard]]}, guardsman. Called "Fat Tom". Killed by [[City Watch of King's Landing|goldcloaks]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[TomToo]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Wyl (guard)|Wyl]]} and {[[Heward]]}, guardsmen. Killed by Jaime Lannister's men.
** {[[Desmond]]}, guardsman. Killed during the arrest of Ned Stark.
** {[[Cayn]]}, guardsman. Killed by Sandor Clegane during the arrest of Ned Stark.
*** [[Calon]], his son. Fate unknown.
** {[[Porther]]}, guardsman. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].
** {[[Varly]]}, guardsman. Killed by [[Janos Slynt]] during the arrest of Ned Stark.
* [[Hallis Mollen]], Jory's successor as captain of guards. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** [[Quent]], [[Jacks]] and [[Shadd]], guardsmen. Fate unknown since being sent escorting Lord Eddard's bones to Winterfell.
** {[[Alebelly]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Battle of Winterfell]].
** {[[Hayhead]]}, {[[Skittrick]]}, {[[Wayn (guard)|Wayn]]}, guardsmen. Fate unknown. Likely killed during the [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** {[[Poxy Tym]]}, a guardsman. Killed during the [[Sack of Winterfell]]
* {[[Hullen]]}, master of horse. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
** [[Harwin]], his son, a guardsman. Founding member of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. Currently with Lady Stoneheart's band.
** {[[Joseth]]}, Hullen's successor as master of horse. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
*** [[Bandy]] and [[Shyra]], his twin daughters, now imprisoned at [[the Dreadfort]].
* Septa {[[Mordane]]}, tutor to Lord Eddard's daughters. Killed during the purge of the Stark household in the Red Keep.
* Septon {[[Chayle]]}, keeper of Winterfell's sept and library. Drowned as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] after the Fall of Winterfell
* {[[Mikken]]}, blacksmith and armorer. Killed by [[Stygg]] after the [[Battle of Winterfell|Fall of Winterfell]].
* {[[Farlen]]}, kennelmaster of Winterfell. Killed by Theon Greyjoy.
** [[Palla]], his daughter, a kennelgirl. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
* [[Nan]], known as "Old Nan", storyteller and once a wet-nurse. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort, possibly dead.
** [[Hodor|Walder]], known as "Hodor", a simpleminded stableboy. Now with Bran Stark [[beyond the Wall]].
* {[[Gage]]}, the cook. Fate unknown. Likely killed during [[Sack of Winterfell]].
** [[Turnip]], his child. Imprisoned at the Dreadfort.
** [[Osha]], of the [[Free Folk]], imprisoned and serving as kitchen drudge. Now with [[Rickon Stark]] at [[Skagos]].
* {[[Syrio Forel]]}, Arya's fencing instructor and former [[First Sword of Braavos]]. Presumed killed in [[King's Landing]] by Ser [[Meryn Trant]] during the purge of the Stark household in the [[Red Keep]].

==Historical Members==
No precise lineage of House Stark is known, but the individuals listed below are supposed to be in rough chronological order.

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* [[Bran the Builder]], founder of House Stark and the first [[King in the North]], builder of Winterfell and the Wall.
* King [[Theon Stark|Theon]], the Hungry Wolf
* King [[Brandon Stark (Shipwright)|Brandon the Shipwright]], who loved sailing and built up a mighty northern fleet.
* King [[Brandon Stark (Burner)|Brandon the Burner]], who burned the entire northern fleet after the disappearance of his father on the [[Sunset Sea]].
* King [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* King [[Dorren Stark|Dorren]]
* King [[Jon Stark|Jon]], who built the [[Wolf's Den]] at [[White Harbor]] after driving away sea raiders.
* King [[Rickard Stark (King)|Rickard]], who defeated the Marsh King, extending their kingdom to include [[the Neck]].
* King [[Rodrik Stark|Rodrik]], who won [[Bear Island]] from the [[ironborn]] in a wrestling match and granted it to [[House Mormont]].
* King [[Edrick Stark|Edrick Snowbeard]]
* King [[Brandon Stark (Ice Eyes)|Brandon Ice Eyes]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Bitter)|Benjen the Bitter]]
* King [[Benjen Stark (Sweet)|Benjen the Sweet]]
* King [[Eyron Stark|Eyron]]
* King [[Edderion Stark|Edderion]], the Bridegroom
* King [[Walton Stark|Walton]], the Moonking
* King [[Brandon Stark (Bad)|Brandon the Bad]]
* [[Karlon Stark|Karlon]], a younger brother of the king and founder of the [[House Karstark|Karstarks]].
* King [[Jorah Stark|Jorah]]
* King [[Jonos Stark|Jonos]]
* King [[Edwyn Stark|Edwyn]], the Spring King
* King [[Brandon Stark (the daughterless)|Bran the Daughterless]]
* [[Osric Stark|Osric]], son or brother of the King in the North, the youngest Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, who served for 60 years.
* [[Rodrik Stark (Wandering Wolf)|Rodrik]], known as the Wandering Wolf. He served in the [[Second Sons]]. It is not clear if he is the same Rodrik as [[Rodrik Stark|King Rodrik Stark]]
* King [[Harlon Stark|Harlon]], who defeated rebellious [[House Bolton]] centuries ago
* King [[Torrhen Stark|Torrhen]], the King Who Knelt, the last [[King in the North]], who bent the knee to [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], making the North owe allegiance to [[House Targaryen]].
* [[Brandon Snow]], King Torrhen's bastard brother.
* Lord [[Cregan Stark|Cregan]], who fought Aemon the Dragonknight
* Lord [[Brandon Stark (Lord)|Brandon]]
* Lord [[Barth Stark|Barth]]
* Lord [[Jonnel Stark|Jonnel]]
* Lord [[Rodwell Stark|Rodwell]]
* Lord [[Donnor Stark|Donnor]]
* Lord [[Willam Stark|Willam]]
* [[Artos Stark|Artos the Implacable]]
* Lord [[Beron Stark|Beron]]
* Lord [[Edwyle Stark|Edwyle]]
* Unnamed sister of Edwyle who married a younger son of Lord [[Raymar Royce]] of the cadet branch. [[Catelyn Tully]] considers making one of their descendants heir apparent for Robb.{{ref|ASOS|45}}
* Lord [[Rickard Stark|Rickard]], killed by order of King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] shortly before [[Robert's Rebellion]].
}}

==Sworn Houses==
*{{COA|Reed|small}}'''[[House Reed]]''' of [[Greywater Watch]]. [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] are with [[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Summer]] and [[Hodor]] [[beyond the Wall]].
*{{COA|Glover|small}}'''[[House Glover]]''' of [[Deepwood Motte]]. Allied with [[Stannis Baratheon]] against [[House Bolton]].
*{{COA|Mormont|small}}'''[[House Mormont]]''' of [[Bear Island]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*{{COA|umber|small}}'''[[House Umber]]''' of [[Last Hearth]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*{{COA|manderly|small}}'''[[House Manderly]]''' of [[White Harbor]]. [[Wyman Manderly]] has sent [[Davos Seaworth]] to find his [[Rickon Stark|liege lord]] in [[Skagos]].
*{{COA|Unknown|small}}'''[[House Flint of the mountains|House Flint]]''' of the [[northern mountain clans]]. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*{{COA|wull|small}}'''[[House Wull]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*{{COA|norrey|small}}'''[[House Norrey]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*{{COA|liddle|small}}'''[[House Liddle]]''' of the northern mountain clans. Allied with Stannis Baratheon against House Bolton.
*{{COA|Tully|small}}'''[[House Tully]]''' of [[Riverrun]]. Swears allegiance when Robb is named King in the North and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]]. Now stripped of lands and titles by the Iron Throne.
*{{COA|Westerling|small}}'''[[House Westerling]]''' of [[the Crag]]. Joins Robb's cause after he marries [[Jeyne Westerling]]. Now accepted back into the king's peace.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The winters are hard, but the Starks will endure. We always have.{{Ref|aGoT|4}}}} - [[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert Baratheon]]

{{Quote|'''Tyrion:''' You Starks are hard to kill. 
'''Robb:''' You [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] had best remember that.{{Ref|agot|24}}}} – [[Robb Stark]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{Quote|The Starks look for courage and loyalty and honor in the men they choose to serve them.{{ref|agot|42}}}} – [[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]

{{Quote|'''Liddle''': When there was a Stark in [[Winterfell]], a maiden girl could walk down the [[kingsroad]] in her name-day gown and still go unmolested, and travelers could find fire, bread, and salt at many an inn and holdfast. But the nights are colder now, and doors are closed ... It was different when there was a Stark in Winterfell. But [[Eddard Stark|the old wolf's]] dead and [[Robb Stark|young one's]] gone south to play the game of thrones, and all that's left us is the ghosts. 
'''Jojen''': The wolves will come again.{{ref|ASOS|24}}}} – a [[House Liddle|Liddle]] and [[Jojen Reed]]

{{Quote|[[Bear Island]] knows no king but the [[King in the North]], whose name is STARK.{{Ref|adwd|3}}}} – [[Lyanna Mormont]] to [[Stannis Baratheon]]

{{Quote|Maester [[Theomore]], tell them! A thousand years before [[War of Conquest|the Conquest]], a promise was made, and oaths were sworn in the [[Wolf's Den]] before the [[old gods]] and the [[Faith of the Seven|new]]. When we were sore beset and friendless, hounded from our homes and in peril of our lives, the wolves took us in and nourished us and protected us against our enemies. [[White Harbor|The city]] is built upon the land they gave us. In return we swore that we should always be their men. STARK men!{{Ref|adwd|19}}}} – [[Wylla Manderly]] to the [[Merman's Court]]

==References and Notes==
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Robb Stark's battle guard

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When [[Robb Stark]] rides to war against the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], he surrounds himself with highborn warriors. Unlike the [[Kingsguard]], this is not an official order with any sworn vows, but an informal group of battle companions. Just as he rides with a different lord at the head of his army every day in order to know and honor his bannermen, Robb's choice of bodyguards serves to honor the houses from which they are picked. Even there was no enemy in back of them for hundreds of leagues, but Robb would take no chances. {{ref|Asos|45}}

Most of these fighters are young men, although Dacey Mormont is female, and Wendel Manderly, Robin Flint, and Perwyn Frey are all mature men. At his side during the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]] are thirty young sons of lords, three of whom are killed by [[Jaime Lannister]]. Robb's companions continue to fight bravely during his invasion of the [[Westerlands]] and to serve him in other critical capacities. When Robb is betrayed at the [[Red Wedding]], his personal guard is killed along with him.

Among the thirty are:

* [[Smalljon Umber]] : slain by [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men at the [[Red Wedding]].

* Ser [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel Manderly]] : slain by a crossbowman at the Red Wedding.

* [[Patrek Mallister]] : captured at the Red Wedding. Perhaps the sole non-Frey survivor of Robb's guard other than Theon Greyjoy.

* [[Robin Flint]] : slain by [[House Frey|Freys]] at the Red Wedding.

* [[Dacey Mormont]] : the only woman of the group. Slain by [[Ryman Frey]] at the Red Wedding.

* [[Owen Norrey]] : He is one of the [[Northern mountain clans|mountain clan]] members. Slain at the Red Wedding.

* Ser [[Raynald Westerling|Raynald Westerling]] : Robb's banner-bearer. Joined Robb's cause when his sister [[Jeyne Westerling|Jeyne]] married him. Shot with Frey arrows at the Red Wedding, presumed dead.

*Ser [[Perwyn Frey]] : During the Battle of the Whispering Wood and the Battle of the Camps

* [[Olyvar Frey]] : Robb's squire. Sent away from the [[Twins]] before the Red Wedding, being judged as too loyal to Robb's cause.

* [[Torrhen Karstark]] : Slain by [[Jaime Lannister]] at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood]].

* [[Eddard Karstark]] : Slain by Jaime Lannister at the Battle of the Whispering Wood.

* [[Daryn Hornwood]] : Slain by Jaime Lannister at the Battle of the Whispering Wood.

==Betrayers==

* [[Theon Greyjoy]] : He betrays Robb for his father and [[Battle of Winterfell|captures Winterfell]] when sent to form an alliance with his [[Balon Greyjoy|father]].

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I have fought beside the Young Wolf in every battle, he has not lost one yet. {{ref|Asos|45}}}}
- [[Dacey Mormont]]

==References and Notes==
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Theon Greyjoy

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| image_caption = Theon Greyjoy by Amok©
| Alias = Theon Turncloak Reek Prince of Fools{{Ref|acok|56}}
| Title = Prince of Winterfell Captain of ''Sea Bitch'' Lord of the Iron Islands (by law of the [[green lands]])
| Allegiance = [[House Greyjoy]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Ironmen]]
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| Place_of_Birth = [[Pyke]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|279}}<ref>He was taken from Pyke when he was ten and spent ten years as a ward.</ref>
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| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (POV) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (POV) [[The Winds of Winter]] (POV)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
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'''Theon Greyjoy''' is a member of [[House Greyjoy]] and is the sole surviving son and heir apparent of Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]]. At the end of the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], Theon was taken as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]]. He becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Clash of Kings]]''. In the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Alfie Allen,Theon Greyjoy|Alfie Allen]].<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= Game of Thrones/Cast and crew]</ref>

==Character and Appearance==
:''See also'' [[:Category:Images of Theon Greyjoy|this collection of images]].
Theon is known for his arrogance and his cocky smile. He is promiscuous and vain, but behind his arrogant exterior hides insecurities relating to his uncertain familial and social identity, that start to surface during his POVs in the second novel. He is a lean, dark, handsome youth of 19 years {{Ref|aGoT|1}} and a skilled archer.

==History==
Theon was a young boy of ten when his [[Greyjoy Rebellion|father's rebellion]] was crushed and his two brothers, [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were killed, making him the heir to [[House Greyjoy]] and the Iron Islands. He was taken as a hostage and ward by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and has been raised at [[Winterfell]] for nine years since.{{Ref|aGoT|4}} He was raised with the [[House Stark|Stark]] children and tutored along with them in all disciplines. His relationship with the Starks is respectful, while he considers [[Robb Stark]] a close friend and brother. He feuds, however, with [[Jon Snow]], the other outsider of the family. Theon seeks approval from the Starks, but usually feels unsatisfied. He is a skilled bowman.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Christine Griffin theon.jpg|300px|thumb|left|A handsome and confident Theon Greyjoy – by C.Griffin ©]]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Theon is present when the Stark boys witness the execution of [[Gared]], kicking the head afterwards.{{ref|agot|1}} He remains in [[Winterfell]] after Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard "Ned" Stark]] leaves for [[King's Landing]] to assume the position of [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. During this time, Theon saves [[Bran Stark]] from a group of [[wildlings]] and [[Night's Watch]] deserters, but [[Robb Stark]] criticizes him for risking Bran's life.{{ref|agot|37}} This event wounds Theon. After the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], however, Theon becomes Robb's trusted battle companion. He fights at Robb's side at the [[Battle of the Camps]] and at the [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], where he takes pride in coming very close to [[Jaime Lannister]] during the fighting.{{ref|asos|45}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Mark Evans Theon.jpg|thumb|350px|Theon returns to [[Pyke]] – by Mark Evans ©]]
[[File:Sacha Angel Diener Theon.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Theon Greyjoy in [[Winterfell]] – by Diener ©]]
[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who is now [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident|of the Trident]], sends Theon home to the [[Iron Islands]] to offer his father, Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]], a kingship over the Iron Islands if he ravages the [[House Lannister|Lannisters']] [[Westerlands|coast]] with his longships. Balon and [[Aeron Greyjoy]] criticize Theon's mainland, northern ways and reject Robb's proposal.{{Ref|ACOK|11}} Later, Theon meets his sister, [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who flirts with him under an assumed identity and humiliates him. Theon learns of Balon's plans to ravage [[the North]], but receives a position of extremely minor authority.{{Ref|ACOK|24}}

Under the supervision of Aeron and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], Theon commands eight longships charged with reaving the [[Stony Shore]]. Captaining the ''[[Sea Bitch]]'', he raids several villages and has some difficulty controlling his men. When [[Benfred Tallhart]]'s [[Wild Hares]] march to intercept him, Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ambushes the party]]. At Aeron's insistence, he drowns the survivors as a sacrifice to the [[Drowned God]] of the Iron Islands. Dissatisfied with his duties and jealous of Asha's acquisition of [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]], Theon formulates a plan to go against orders and capture [[Winterfell]] itself. He convinces Dagmer Cleftjaw to march on [[Torrhen's Square]] to draw out Winterfell's garrison.{{Ref|ACOK|37}} With a small party, Theon [[Battle of Winterfell|raids Winterfell]] and overwhelms its remaining guards.{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

With Winterfell under his control, Theon takes [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] hostage. Theon has difficulty controlling Winterfell's population, many of whom are known to him. He frees "[[Ramsay Snow|Reek]]" from the castle's dungeon and takes him into his service. Maester [[Luwin]] also serves Theon, and pleads for him to show mercy and tolerance. Bran and Rickon Stark manage to escape with the help of [[Osha]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]]. Theon fails to track the boys down, however. Following the advice of "Reek", he kills two boys around the same age from the [[Acorn Water]] mill and presents their preserved corpses as the Starks'.{{Ref|ACOK|50}}

When mysterious deaths start happening to those of Theon's men who had been part of the search party ([[Gelmarr]], [[Aggar]] and [[Gynir]]), [[Farlen]] is blamed by Theon without evidence. As he is about to be executed Farlen points out to Theon that Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] did his own killings, forcing Theon to do the deed himself. Theon, however, knows Farlen did not commit the murders, but it was in fact "Reek", who with Theon's knowledge killed the three ironborn to keep the secret of the "Stark bodies" more secure.{{ref|ACOK|56}}

Meanwhile, Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] has [[Battle of Torrhen's Square|repulsed]] Dagmer Cleftjaw from Torrhen's Square. As the return of Winterfell's garrison looms, Theon reaches out to Asha for help. She arrives with her men, but tells Theon that the [[ironborn]] will never succeed in holding landlocked castles. After leaving behind a token group of men, she abandons Winterfell and advises Theon to do the same. Theon rages that even his greatest achievement has earned him no respect from either the northmen or the ironborn, and sinks into despair.

Theon frees "Reek" to seek help at the [[Dreadfort]] before the garrison returns under the command of Rodrik.{{Ref|ACOK|56}} At the start of the parlay with Rodrik Theon learns that he has acquired the moniker "Theon Turncloak". As a final gambit, Theon threatens to hang Rodrik's daughter, [[Beth Cassel|Beth]], if Winterfell is attacked. As Theon awaits Rodrik's decision, Luwin convinces Theon to join the [[Night's Watch]], where his crimes will be forgiven and he can earn respect. Before Theon can surrender, however, [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men arrive and [[Sack of Winterfell|surprise attack]] Rodrik's forces, annihilating them. As Theon attempts to thank "Reek", the servant reveals his true identity as [[Ramsay Snow]], takes Theon prisoner and burns Winterfell to the ground.{{Ref|ACOK|66}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Lord [[Roose Bolton]] delivers a piece of Theon's skin to King [[Robb Stark]] and his mother, [[Catelyn Tully]], shortly before the [[Red Wedding]]. Theon is reportedly being flayed alive by [[Ramsay Snow]], the Bastard of Bolton, at the [[Dreadfort]].{{Ref|ASOS|49}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Most of the [[ironborn]], including his sister [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], believe Theon to be dead.{{Ref|AFFC|12}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:NotanerArt Metamorphosis.jpg|Theon before and after his torture by [[Ramsay Snow]] - © Sardag|thumb|400px|right]]
Theon has been tortured repeatedly by Ramsay, who has since been legitimized as [[Ramsay Bolton]]. Ramsay removes the skin on several of Theon's toes and fingers, leaving him in agony for days before removing the joints but only after Theon begs him to remove them. He broke and removed several of Theon's teeth because Ramsay hated his smiles. It is also implied, but not confirmed, that Ramsay removes Theon's genitals as well{{Ref|ADWD|37}} (Though this is only referenced covertly in the novel, the fact that Theon loses his penis in the HBO show, in an episode written by George RR Martin, has tended to be looked at in fandom as a confirmation of these hints). Theon is forced to take on the guise of [[Reek]], Ramsay's former serving man. Theon is forbidden to bathe and is caked from head to toe in filth and excrement.

Due to the torture he endured at Ramsay's hands, Theon's appearance has dramatically changed. He looks like he has aged forty years and several of his teeth have been knocked out; many more are loose meaning Theon cannot eat without suffering agony. Theon has lost three stone in weight, his skin has turned pasty, and his hair is white and brittle. He can no longer use a bow due to the loss of some fingers and he hobbles like an old man due to the loss of several toes.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}
[[File:Marc Fishman TheonReek.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Reek – by Marc Fishman ©]]
Before he endures the worst of Ramsay's tortures, Theon once escaped with the help of [[Kyra]], his former bedwarmer at [[Winterfell]]. It turns out, though, that they were allowed to escape by Ramsay. His captor lets them get a day's head start before hunting them with his [[Hunting Hounds of Ramsay Bolton|hounds]]. Theon is taken back to the [[Dreadfort]] dungeon and Kyra meets a cruel and grisly death at the hands of Ramsay and his hounds. Theon is mentally and physically broken by Ramsay and lives in great fear of him.{{Ref|ADWD|12}}

After Ramsay's father, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], announces his return to the North, Ramsay has Theon washed and properly clothed, and sends him to deliver peace terms to the [[ironborn]] occupying [[Moat Cailin]], promising them food and safe passage if they surrender. When they do surrender, Ramsay has them all flayed alive and displays their skinless bodies along the road to the ruined castle. Theon is present when Ramsay is introduced to his bride "[[Arya Stark]]", whom Theon instantly recognizes as [[Jeyne Poole]].{{Ref|ADWD|20}}

Because Theon was a ward of Winterfell for ten years and is the closest thing to kin "Arya" has, he gives the bride away at the wedding in Winterfell. Jeyne pleads with Theon several times before the wedding to help rescue her, but Theon refuses.

During the wedding banquet held in Winterfell's hall Theon is reviled by those in attendance. Theon thinks to himself:

{{Quote|Let them laugh. His pride had perished here at [[Winterfell]]; there was no place for such in the dungeons of the [[Dreadfort]]. When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh looses all its power to hurt you.{{Ref|aDwD|37}}}}

During the bedding Ramsay has Theon strip his bride for him and makes Theon watch as he humiliates and degrades Jeyne. {{Ref|ADWD|37}} Theon silently hopes that when [[Stannis Baratheon]] comes he will kill Ramsay.
[[File:Mustamirri AshaTheon meeting.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Theon reunited with Asha – by mustamirri ©]]
When several [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men are murdered at Winterfell, Theon is thought a suspect, although he wonders if a [[hooded man]] he meets is instead to blame. The idea of Theon being the murderer is quickly dismissed by Roose, who claims that Theon is too broken and weak to have carried out the murders.{{ref|ADWD|46}} The murders cause tension in the castle between the [[House Frey|Freys]], Boltons, [[House Manderly|Manderlys]] and other northern houses, finally erupting into a brawl.{{Ref|ADWD|51}}

Theon flees to the godswood, seeing hints of [[Bran Stark]]'s face in the weirwood, hearing it whisper his name and temporarily restoring his sanity.{{ref|adwd|46}}

He is then summoned by the musician at Winterfell, "[[Mance Rayder|Abel]]", and six wilding spearwives disguised as maids are actually responsible for some of the deaths and use the confusion in the castle to free "Arya Stark", enlisting the help of a reluctant Theon. However reluctant on account of his fear, Theon has already heard from one of Ramsay's men that Ramsay plans to cut off his lips if he stays in Winterfell, as 'punishment' for his intimacy with the fake 'Arya' when forced to act as a fluffer during Ramsay and Jeyne's bedding rite. In the end, Theon and Jeyne manage to escape and are caught by [[Mors Umber]], who sends them to rendezvous with Stannis's army at a [[crofters' village]] a few days ride away.{{Ref|ADWD|51}} [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]], who is a captive with Stannis's army, barely recognizes Theon due to his torture at the hands of Ramsay.{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Theon is now a prisoner of [[Stannis Baratheon]], who plans to have Theon eventually executed in order to placate the northern lords who want Theon dead for his murder of [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]]. Stannis intends to keep Theon alive for the time being as he might have useful information about Roose and Ramsay Bolton. After [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]]'s attempts to ransom him fail, she urges Stannis to execute Theon as [[Eddard Stark]] would have - by beheading him in front of a [[heart tree]]. This is likely done in an attempt to spare Theon the agony of being burned alive as a sacrifice to [[R'hllor]].{{ref|twow||[[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]}}

==Quotes by Theon==

{{Quote|Stark is grey and Greyjoy's black, but it seems we're both windy. {{ref|acok|11}}}}

{{Quote|Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. {{ref|acok|24}}}}

{{Quote|The boar can keep his tusks, and the bear his claws. There's nothing half so mortal as a grey goose feather. {{Ref|ASOS|55}}}}

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==Quotes by Theon in the Persona of Reek==

{{Quote|I'm not him, I'm not the turncloak, [[Prince of Winterfell (Theon Greyjoy)|he died at Winterfell]]. My name is [[Reek]], It rhymes with freak. {{Ref|ADWD|32}}}}
- Theon to [[Barbrey Ryswell]]

{{Quote|Theon found himself wondering if he should say a prayer. Will the [[old gods]] hear me if I do? They were not his gods, had never been his gods. He was ironborn, a son of [[Pyke]], his god was the [[Drowned God]] of the islands … but [[Winterfell]] was long leagues from the sea. It had been a lifetime since any god had heard him. He did not know who he was, or what he was, why he was still alive, why he had ever been born.
“Theon,” a voice seemed to whisper. His head snapped up. “Who said that?” All he could see were the trees and the fog that covered them. The voice had been as faint as rustling leaves, as cold as hate. A god’s voice, or a ghost’s. How many died [[Battle of Winterfell|the day]] that he took Winterfell? How many more [[Sack of Winterfell|the day]] he lost it? The day that Theon Greyjoy died, to be reborn as Reek. Reek, Reek, it rhymes with shriek. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon's thoughts before the [[heart tree]]

{{Quote|[[Robb Stark|Robb]], who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of [[Balon Greyjoy]]’s loins. Murdered at the [[Red Wedding]], butchered by the [[House Frey|Freys]]. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him. {{Ref|ADWD|46}}}}
- Theon remembering

==Quotes about Theon==
{{Quote|She studied Theon Greyjoy's sly smile, wondering what it meant. That young man had a way of looking as though he knew some secret jest that only he was privy to; Catelyn had never liked it.{{Ref|aCoK|7}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|'''Asha:''' You’d do well to heed what I told you about choosing a crew. If you had troubled to learn the first thing of [[Sigrin]], I could never have fooled you. Ten years [[House Stark|a wolf]], and you land here and think to prince about [[Iron Islands|the islands]], but you know nothing and no one. Why should men fight and die for you? 
'''Theon:''' I am their lawful prince. 
'''Asha:''' By the laws of the [[green lands]], you might be. But we make our own laws here, or have you forgotten?{{Ref|aCoK|24}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] and Theon

{{Quote|Your [[Eddard Stark|lord father]] did what he could to gentle Theon, but I fear it was too little and too late.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}}} - Maester [[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]

{{Quote|Well, I’m no great warrior like you, brother, I saw the heads above your gates. Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, [[Bran Stark|the cripple]] or [[Rickon Stark|the babe]]?{{Ref|aCoK|56}}}}
- [[Asha Greyjoy]] to Theon

{{Quote|'''Rodrik:''' For ten years you have been a ward of [[House Stark|Stark]]. 
'''Theon:''' Hostage and prisoner, I call it. 
'''Rodrik:''' Then perhaps Lord [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] should have kept you chained to a dungeon wall. Instead he raised you among his own sons, the sweet boys you have butchered, and to my undying shame I trained you in the arts of war. Would that I had thrust a sword through your belly instead of placing one in your hand.{{Ref|aCoK|66}}}}
- Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] and Theon

{{Quote|When they told me [[Winterfell]] had fallen, I wanted to go north at once, I wanted to free [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], but I thought ... I never dreamed that Theon could harm them, truly. If I had ...{{Ref|aSoS|14}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]] to [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|If Theon had died in place of Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]]’s sons, how much ill would have been undone?{{Ref|aSoS|45}}}} - [[Catelyn Tully]]'s thoughts

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Turncloak

2014-06-01T01:05:30Z

Lee-Sensei: /* turncloaks */

[[File:Marc Scheff dubious loyalties.jpg|A soldier turns his cloak. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|400px|right]]
[[File:Raymond Bonilla turncloak.jpg|The Turncloak - by Raymond Bonilla. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|400px|right]]
A '''turncloak''' is the term used for a treacherous, disloyal person who has betrayed those who put their faith in them, those who previously considered the turncloak loyal and true and worthy of trust.

The betrayal is often an act of double-crossing, suddenly changing alliances and going over to the enemy, etcetera. To name someone a turncloak is to name them the worst kind of betrayer.

Once a person is considered a turncloak they can become a pariah and no one will put their trust in them or ever respect them, not even the people who greatly benefited from their betrayal.

==turncloaks==
* '''[[Ulf the Sot]]''' - betrayed the [[blacks]]
* '''[[Hugh Hammer]]''' - betrayed the [[blacks]]
* '''[[Theon Greyjoy]]''' – betrayed [[Robb Stark]] for House Greyjoy
* '''[[Roose Bolton]]''' – betrayed [[House Stark]] and King [[Robb Stark]]’s cause
*'''[[Mance Rayder]]''' - betrayed the [[Night's Watch]]

==Some characters accused of being turncloaks==
* '''[[Jon Snow]]''' - [[Qhorin Halfhand]] ordered Jon to yield to the [[wildlings]] and act as a spy. Some men of the [[Night's Watch]], such a [[Janos Slynt]], think Jon went over willingly and they name Jon a turncloak.

* '''Lady [[Sybell Spicer]]''' - named a schemming turncloak bitch by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|"Theon Turncloak," someone said as he passed. Other men turned away at the sight of him. One spat. '''And why not?''' He was the traitor who had taken [[Winterfell]] by treachery, slain his foster brothers, delivered his own people to be flayed at [[Moat Cailin]], and given his foster sister to [[Ramsay Snow|Lord Ramsay]]'s bed. [[Roose Bolton]] might make use of him, but true [[northmen]] must despise him. {{Ref|adwd|37}}}}

{{Quote|"You're the one they call Turncloak. Why should we believe your promises?" {{Ref|adwd|20}}}} - [[Dagon Codd]], to [[Theon]]

{{Quote|…“[[Mance Rayder]] swore an oath as well,” [[Bowen Marsh|Marsh]] went on. “He vowed to wear no crowns, take no wife, father no sons. Then he turned his cloak, did all those things, and led a fearsome host against the realm.”}}

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

Turncloak

2014-06-01T01:04:30Z

Lee-Sensei:

[[File:Marc Scheff dubious loyalties.jpg|A soldier turns his cloak. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|400px|right]]
[[File:Raymond Bonilla turncloak.jpg|The Turncloak - by Raymond Bonilla. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|400px|right]]
A '''turncloak''' is the term used for a treacherous, disloyal person who has betrayed those who put their faith in them, those who previously considered the turncloak loyal and true and worthy of trust.

The betrayal is often an act of double-crossing, suddenly changing alliances and going over to the enemy, etcetera. To name someone a turncloak is to name them the worst kind of betrayer.

Once a person is considered a turncloak they can become a pariah and no one will put their trust in them or ever respect them, not even the people who greatly benefited from their betrayal.

==turncloaks==
* '''[[Ulf the Sot]]''' - betrayed the [[blacks]]
* '''[[Hugh Hammer]]''' - betrayed the [[blacks]]
* '''[[Theon Greyjoy]]''' – notoriously [[Robb Stark]] for House Greyjoy
* '''[[Roose Bolton]]''' – betrayed [[House Stark]] and King [[Robb Stark]]’s cause
*'''[[Mance Rayder]]''' - betrayed the [[Night's Watch]]
==Some characters accused of being turncloaks==
* '''[[Jon Snow]]''' - [[Qhorin Halfhand]] ordered Jon to yield to the [[wildlings]] and act as a spy. Some men of the [[Night's Watch]], such a [[Janos Slynt]], think Jon went over willingly and they name Jon a turncloak.

* '''Lady [[Sybell Spicer]]''' - named a schemming turncloak bitch by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|"Theon Turncloak," someone said as he passed. Other men turned away at the sight of him. One spat. '''And why not?''' He was the traitor who had taken [[Winterfell]] by treachery, slain his foster brothers, delivered his own people to be flayed at [[Moat Cailin]], and given his foster sister to [[Ramsay Snow|Lord Ramsay]]'s bed. [[Roose Bolton]] might make use of him, but true [[northmen]] must despise him. {{Ref|adwd|37}}}}

{{Quote|"You're the one they call Turncloak. Why should we believe your promises?" {{Ref|adwd|20}}}} - [[Dagon Codd]], to [[Theon]]

{{Quote|…“[[Mance Rayder]] swore an oath as well,” [[Bowen Marsh|Marsh]] went on. “He vowed to wear no crowns, take no wife, father no sons. Then he turned his cloak, did all those things, and led a fearsome host against the realm.”}}

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

Turncloak

2014-06-01T01:03:25Z

Lee-Sensei:

[[File:Marc Scheff dubious loyalties.jpg|A soldier turns his cloak. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|400px|right]]
[[File:Raymond Bonilla turncloak.jpg|The Turncloak - by Raymond Bonilla. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|400px|right]]
A '''turncloak''' is the term used for a treacherous, disloyal person who has betrayed those who put their faith in them, those who previously considered the turncloak loyal and true and worthy of trust.

The betrayal is often an act of double-crossing, suddenly changing alliances and going over to the enemy, etcetera. To name someone a turncloak is to name them the worst kind of betrayer.

Once a person is considered a turncloak they can become a pariah and no one will put their trust in them or ever respect them, not even the people who greatly benefited from their betrayal.

==Notorious turncloaks==
* '''[[Ulf the Sot]]''' - betrayed the [[blacks]]
* '''[[Hugh Hammer]]''' - betrayed the [[blacks]]
* '''[[Theon Greyjoy]]''' – notoriously [[Robb Stark]] for House Greyjoy
* '''[[Roose Bolton]]''' – betrayed [[House Stark]] and King [[Robb Stark]]’s cause
*'''[[Mance Rayder]]''' - betrayed the [[Night's Watch]]
==Some characters accused of being turncloaks==
* '''[[Jon Snow]]''' - [[Qhorin Halfhand]] ordered Jon to yield to the [[wildlings]] and act as a spy. Some men of the [[Night's Watch]], such a [[Janos Slynt]], think Jon went over willingly and they name Jon a turncloak.

* '''Lady [[Sybell Spicer]]''' - named a schemming turncloak bitch by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|"Theon Turncloak," someone said as he passed. Other men turned away at the sight of him. One spat. '''And why not?''' He was the traitor who had taken [[Winterfell]] by treachery, slain his foster brothers, delivered his own people to be flayed at [[Moat Cailin]], and given his foster sister to [[Ramsay Snow|Lord Ramsay]]'s bed. [[Roose Bolton]] might make use of him, but true [[northmen]] must despise him. {{Ref|adwd|37}}}}

{{Quote|"You're the one they call Turncloak. Why should we believe your promises?" {{Ref|adwd|20}}}} - [[Dagon Codd]], to [[Theon]]

{{Quote|…“[[Mance Rayder]] swore an oath as well,” [[Bowen Marsh|Marsh]] went on. “He vowed to wear no crowns, take no wife, father no sons. Then he turned his cloak, did all those things, and led a fearsome host against the realm.”}}

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

House Greyjoy

2014-06-01T00:59:05Z

Lee-Sensei:

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| House_name = House Greyjoy of [[Pyke]]
| image = [[file:Greyjoy coat sigil.png|250px|center]]
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| Coat_of_arms = Sable, a kraken Or
| Words = ''We Do Not Sow''
| Seat = [[Pyke]]
| Current_Lord = King [[Euron Greyjoy]]
| Region = [[Iron Islands]]
| Title = King of Salt and Rock Son of the Sea Wind Lord Reaper of Pyke
| Heir = [[Theon Greyjoy]]
| Overlord = None, [[w:sovereign|sovereign]] (disputed by [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]])
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in = [[Age of Heroes]]
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[[File:Zippo514 Pyke.jpg|[[Pyke]], castle and seat of House Greyjoy- by Zippo514 ©|thumb|300px|right]]
'''House Greyjoy of Pyke''' is one of the Great Houses of [[Westeros]]. It rules over the [[Iron Islands]], a harsh and bleak collection of forbidding islands off the west coast of Westeros, from the castle of [[Pyke]] on the [[Pyke (island)|island of the same name]]. Their sigil is a golden [[kraken]] on a black field, and their house motto is "We Do Not Sow."{{Ref|aGoT|7}}{{Ref|aCoK|11}} Members of the family tend to be attractive and well-built, with black hair.

==History==
The Greyjoys of [[Pyke]] claim descent from the [[Grey King]] of the Age of Heroes. Legend says the Grey King ruled not only the western isles but the sea itself, and took a mermaid to wife.

For thousands of years, raiders from the [[Iron Islands]]—called "ironmen" by those they plundered—were the terrors of the seas, sailing as far as the Port of [[Ibben]] and the [[Summer Isles]]. They prided themselves on their fierceness in battle and their sacred freedoms. Each island had its own "salt king" and "rock king". The High King of the Isles was chosen from among their number during the [[kingsmoot]]. In ancient times [[Old Kraken|The Old Kraken]] was chosen as the [[King of the Iron Islands]]. He was said to be a member of House Greyjoy.

The Iron Kings extended their rule far beyond the isles themselves, carving kingdoms out of the mainland with fire and sword. King [[Qhored Hoare|Qhored]] could truthfully boast that his writ ran "wherever men can smell salt water or hear the crash of waves". In later centuries, Qhored's descendents lost the [[Arbor]], [[Oldtown]], [[Bear Island]], and much of the western shore. Still, come the [[Wars of Conquest]], King [[Harren the Black]] ruled all the lands between the mountains, from [[the Neck]] to the [[Blackwater Rush]]. When Harren and his sons perished in the fall of [[Harrenhal]], [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] granted the riverlands to [[Edmyn Tully]] of [[House Tully]], and allowed the surviving lords of the Iron Islands to revive their ancient custom and chose who should have the primacy among them. They chose Lord [[Vickon Greyjoy]] of Pyke. Thus relegated to their dismal homeland and constrained by the king's peace, the Greyjoys have kept themselves distant from the other Great Houses, rarely taking part in events on the mainland (which they call the "green lands"), even when asked.

For at the beginning of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the Lord Reaper of Pyke, [[Dalton Greyjoy ]], known as the "''Red Kraken''", was offered the position of [[Master of Ships]] to replace Ser [[Tyland Lannister]], who had been made [[Master of Coin]].{{ref|tpatq}} Due to his absence in [[The Princess and The Queen, or, The Blacks and The Greens (by Archmaester Gyldayn)|The Princess and The Queen]] it can be assumed that he refused both offers and chose not to take part in the civil war.

At various times the Greyjoys have tried to return to their ancient practices of raiding the western coastlines, such as under Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy|Dagon]]. Dagon and the ironmen raided the coastal areas of [[Westeros]], sacking the town of [[Little Dosk]]. Lord [[Beron Stark]] was gathering swords and [[House Lannister]] was building ships in an effort to drive Lord Dagon and his ironmen back to the Iron Islands.

Six years after holding aloof during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]] led [[Greyjoy Rebellion|his own rebellion]] against the [[Iron Throne]], declaring himself [[King of the Iron Islands]], like many of his ancestors. Despite initiating several strong early strikes, such as burning of the Lannister fleet at anchor, he was defeated. Balon's own fleet under the command of his brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] burned and his two eldest sons [[Rodrik Greyjoy|Rodrik]] and [[Maron Greyjoy|Maron]] were slain during the war. His last son [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] was given as a hostage and ward to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] after he swore fealty to [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]].

Since their revolt, the Greyjoys have been as insular as ever. With Theon living in the green lands, Lord Balon raised his daughter [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as his heir. Balon exiled his brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] when he raped [[Victarion Greyjoy's third wife|the salt wife]] of their brother [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]], Lord Captain of the [[Iron Fleet]]. Victarion was forced to kill his wife to retain his honor. Since then Euron has sailed the world aboard the ''[[Silence]]'', reaving and pillaging, unwelcome in the Isles while Balon still lives. Another brother, [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]], had been changed by his experience of washing overboard during the [[Battle of Fair Isle]], and became a priest of the [[Drowned God]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] is still a ward of [[Winterfell]] nine years after the Greyjoy Rebellion. He remains there when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] rides south to become [[Hand of the King]]. He views the Stark boys as younger brothers, and helps [[Robb Stark|Robb]] save [[Bran Stark|Bran]]'s life when the boy is attacked in the [[Wolfswood]], but is rebuked for endangering Bran himself. When Eddard is arrested, Theon rides to war with Robb, fighting in the battles to [[Battle of the Whispering Wood|capture]] Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] and [[Battle of the Camps|break his siege]] of [[Riverrun]].

House Greyjoy is among the noble houses [[Viserys Targaryen]] believes will rise for him should he land in [[Westeros]].

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After Lord Eddard is executed in [[King's Landing]], Robb is declared [[King in the North]] by his bannermen. Theon goes to [[Pyke]] with Robb's suggestion that [[Balon Greyjoy|Balon]] name himself [[King of the Iron Islands]] and join the war against [[House Lannister]]. Theon finds [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]] as heir and is met with scorn from his family, who consider him softened by the green lands. Balon spurns the offer and declares himself King of the Iron Islands and [[the North]]. He sends his kin to take the lightly-held North: [[Victarion Greyjoy|Victarion]] [[Battle of Moat Cailin|captures Moat Cailin]] in [[the Neck]] to prevent Robb's lords from returning to their seats, while Asha [[Battle of Deepwood Motte|takes Deepwood Motte]] and Theon [[Battle of the Stony Shore|ravages Stony Shore]] along with [[Aeron Greyjoy|Aeron Damphair]] and [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]].

Each attack goes as planned. Theon, however, desires to prove himself and goes on to [[Battle of Winterfell|seize Winterfell]] in a daring raid. There he begins a troublesome rule, at one point murdering two children that he tells the world are Bran and [[Rickon Stark]]. Asha tells him that the ironborn will never hold landlocked castles, and leaves only a token force to help his occupation. Stark forces are arrayed to root him out, but they are betrayed by [[Ramsay Snow]], who captures Theon and [[Sack of Winterfell|sacks Winterfell]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Due to the Greyjoy attacks, King Robb is forced to abandon his war in the south to liberate the Northern halls. While grieving for Bran and Rickon, he weds [[Jeyne Westerling]] and breaks his marriage contract with [[House Frey]], requiring a replacement match. Thus it is for Greyjoy-produced reasons that he marches north to free his home and to attend [[Edmure Tully|his uncle]]'s wedding. [[Roose Bolton]] reveals to Robb that Theon is being flayed by Ramsay Snow at the [[Dreadfort]]. Robb never makes it home, however, as he is [[Red Wedding|treacherously killed]] at [[the Twins]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Meanwhile King Balon has died from a fall at Pyke, just a day before [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow's Eye]] returns from his long voyage. Aeron calls the first [[kingsmoot]] in millennia, hoping that Victarion will succeed Balon to the [[Seastone Chair]]. Euron is crowned, however, beating out Asha, Victarion, and several other claimants by promising to conquer all the green lands with the power of his [[Dragon Horn]]. Aeron disappears, vowing to rouse the people against the "godless" Euron.

Euron escalates ironborn commitment in the [[War of the Five Kings|continental war]] by launching a massive attack on [[the Reach]], [[Battle of the Shield Islands|conquering]] the [[Shield Islands]] and parts of the [[Arbor]], and threatening [[Oldtown]]. Victarion leads the attack on the Shields, but Euron steals away many of his trusted men by granting them lands on the Shield Islands. Euron goes on to ask Victarion to sail the Iron Fleet across the world to find [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to court her in his name. Victarion sets out, but secretly hopes to take Daenerys for himself.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===

During his arduous voyage Victarion rescues the red priest [[Moqorro]], who converts him to the faith of [[R'hllor]], supplementing his worship of the Drowned God. In the North, Theon is revealed to have been suffered horrific mind-shattering torture in the captivity of Ramsay Snow, now Ramsay Bolton, at the Dreadfort. Theon is released from the Dreadfort to perform a mission for Ramsay, who has warped the man's sense of identity and formed him into a broken creature. He is sent to Moat Cailin to treat with the ironborn garrison there, where he succeeds in getting them to surrender by promising safe passage. Ramsay reneges and flays the men alive.

Theon recognizes Ramsay's wife, "[[Arya Stark]]", as [[Jeyne Poole]] and develops a tenuous rapport with her during the tense Bolton occupation of Winterfell. He reluctantly teams with [[Mance Rayder]] to free her from the castle; they escape but are captured outside by [[Mors Umber]], who is now sworn to [[Stannis Baratheon]]. Meanwhile Asha has returned to hold Deepwood Motte, but is defeated and captured in a [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|sudden attack]] by King Stannis and the [[Northern mountain clans]]. She is brought along with Stannis's army as he marches to the [[Siege of Winterfell]]. There she finds Theon alive.

===''The Winds of Winter''===
Asha tries to ransom Theon from Stannis, but is refused since the northmen want Theon dead. Asha suggests that he behead Theon himself before a [[weirwood|heart tree]], as Ned Stark would have done.

==Known members at the end of the third century==
* King [[Balon Greyjoy|{Balon IX Greyjoy}]], fourth son of Lord Quellon. King of the Iron Islands. Died from a fall.
** [[Alannys Harlaw]], his wife.
*** [[Rodrik Greyjoy|{Rodrik Greyjoy}]], his eldest son. Slain at [[Battle of Seagard|Seagard]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Maron Greyjoy|{Maron Greyjoy}]], his second son. Slain at [[Siege of Pyke|Pyke]] in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]].
*** [[Asha Greyjoy]], his daughter. Sent to raid the North, now with the army of Stannis Baratheon.
*** [[Theon Greyjoy]], his third son. Hostage and ward at [[Winterfell]], he invade the North and seized Winterfell. Titled Prince of Winterfell; called Theon Turncloak by northmen. Now held captive in the North.
* King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron III Greyjoy]], fifth son of Lord Quellon and King of the Iron Islands. Called the "''Crow's Eye''".
* [[Victarion Greyjoy]], sixth son of Lord Quellon. Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet.
* [[Aeron Greyjoy]], eight son of Lord Quellon. A [[Drowned Men|priest]] of the [[Drowned God]]. Called the "''Damphair''".

===Other branches===
Cousins to the mainline are:
* {[[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]]}, a distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].
* {[[Dagon Greyjoy (Drunkard)|Dagon Greyjoy]]}, called Dagon the Drunkard, a more distant cousin to the main branch. Slain at [[Retaking of Deepwood Motte|Deepwood Motte]].

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===Household===
* [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]], captain of the ''[[Foamdrinker]]''. Currently occupying [[Torrhen's Square]].
* [[Bluetooth]], a longship captain.
* Maester [[Wendamyr]], healer and counselor.
* [[Helya]], steward of Pyke.
* [[Erik Ironmaker]], husband of Asha Greyjoy and castellan of Pyke.

==Historical Greyjoys==
*The [[Old Kraken]], an ancient King of the Iron Islands, chosen by a [[kingsmoot]].
*Lord [[Vickon Greyjoy]], elected Lord of the Iron Islands after the death of [[Harren the Black]].
*Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]], called "''The Red Kraken''", Lord Reaper of Pyke during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}}
*Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]], Lord of the Iron Islands during the reign of [[Aerys I Targaryen]].{{ref|tss}}{{ref|tmk}}
*Lord [[Quellon Greyjoy]], Lord of the Iron Islands before his son Balon.
** [[Harlon Greyjoy]], firstborn son of Lord Quellon. He died from [[greyscale]] as a child.
** [[Quenton Greyjoy]], second son of Lord Quellon. He died as an infant.
** [[Donel Greyjoy]], third son of Lord Quellon. He died as an infant.
** [[Urrigon Greyjoy]], seventh son of Lord Quellon. He died from an infection at the age of fourteen.
** [[Robin Greyjoy]], ninth and last born son of Lord Quellon. He died as a child.

==Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Blacktyde]]''' of Blacktyde.
* '''[[House Botley]]''' of Lordsport.
* '''[[House Codd]]'''. A house of very low standing. Their words are "Though All Men Do Despise Us."
* '''[[House Drumm]]''' of Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Farwynd]]'''. The Farwynds are considered strange by their fellow ironborn. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Farwynd|House Farwynd of Sealskin Point]]''. Located on the western shore of Great Wyk
** ''[[House Farwynd of the Lonely Light]]''. Located on one of the westernmost islets of Great Wyk. They are rumored to be skinchangers, taking the shape of various sea mammals.
* '''[[House Goodbrother]]''' of Great Wyk. There are three branches of this house:
** ''[[House Goodbrother|House Goodbrother of Hammerhorn]]'' are the senior branch. Its Lord is titled Lord of Great Wyk.
** ''[[House Goodbrother of Shatterstone]]''. They reside on Old Wyk, a cadet branch of the former.
** ''House Goodbrother''. They reside on Orkmont, a cadet branch of the former.
* [[House Harlaw|'''House Harlaw''']] of Harlaw. Several branches of the house exist, including:
** ''[[House Harlaw|House Harlaw of Ten Towers]]''. The senior house. Its Lord is titled the Lord of Harlaw. The wife of Lord Balon Greyjoy is a Harlaw.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Grey Garden]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Tower of Glimmering]]''. A cadet branch.
** ''[[House Harlaw of Harridan Hill]]''. A cadet branch.
* '''[[House Humble]]'''. A house of low standing, originating from the blood of thralls.
* '''[[House Ironmaker]]'''.
* '''[[House Kenning of Harlaw|House Kenning]]''' of Harlaw.
* '''[[House Merlyn]]''' of Pebbleton.
* '''[[House Myre]]''' of Harlaw.
* '''[[House Netley]]'''.
* '''[[House Orkwood]]''' of Orkmont.
* '''[[House Saltcliffe]]''' of Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Sharp]]'''.
* '''[[House Shepherd]]'''.
* '''[[House Sparr]]''' of Great Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonehouse]]''' of Old Wyk.
* '''[[House Stonetree]]''' of Harlaw.
* '''[[House Sunderly]]''' of Saltcliffe.
* '''[[House Tawney]]''' of Orkmont.
* '''[[House Volmark]]''' of Harlaw.
* '''[[House Weaver]]'''.
* '''[[House Wynch]]''' of Iron Holt.

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