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Talk:Jon Snow

2014-06-04T13:34:11Z

SerKeplan:

I believe the theory concerning jon snow's parentage at the bottom of this page should be deleted. Do you guys use the talkk pages here? Because the tab sure was hard to find. [[User:Jdray|Jdray]] 06:01, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

The [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/forum/29-wiki-of-ice-and-fire/ forum] is more widely used as a means of communication because it can be hard to notice new posts on the talk pages. Particularly this [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/34958-the-asoiaf-wiki-thread/page__st__240 thread]. If you want more responses I would add your comment there. [[User:Ryleegregory|kissed.by.fire]] 09:13, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

===Image suggestion===
Why not add this image? http://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/images/thumb/FFG_Obaly_Jon_Snow-Obrazek_169x240.jpg
It is in the Official George R. R. Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire – A Game of Thrones Guide By Random House Digital, Inc. iTunes APP. --[[User:Mioranduh|Mioranduh]] 19:30, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

== "Dead" ==

Should Jon really be listed as dead? GRRM hasn't really expected anyone to believe he is. He even stated we will be seeing a "greyer" Jon in the next book, basically admitting he won't be dead. Then there's him going to find out who his mother is. --[[User:Lord Thornhart|Lord Thornhart]] 01:45, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
:I don't think he should be listed as dead. "He never felt the fourth knife. Only the cold..." is the last line in his POV. And that could mean a few things, one of which is simply being unconscious.
:So basically since he's not mentioned as dead anywhere in the books, then i'm thinking it shouldn’t be said so here. --[[User:SerKeplan|SerKeplan]] 13:33, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

== Legitimised by Robb? ==

As stated in the [[King in the North#Line of succession|King in the North]] article, Jon was secretly legitimised by Robb according to the Robb entry in the ''A World of Ice and Fire'' app. How canonical is the information presented in the app, and if this is official then shouldn't the Jon Snow article be updated accordingly? -- [[User:La Víbora Roja|La Víbora Roja]] 19:49, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
:Jon was indeed legitimised, Robb's lords fixed their seal to the document when he was on his way to the twins [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 45]] however his legitimisation obviously doesn't hold with the other kings who survived Robb :( if it's not mentioned on Jon's page then it should be. --[[User:SerKeplan|SerKeplan]] 13:31, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Jon Snow

2014-06-04T13:31:55Z

SerKeplan:

I believe the theory concerning jon snow's parentage at the bottom of this page should be deleted. Do you guys use the talkk pages here? Because the tab sure was hard to find. [[User:Jdray|Jdray]] 06:01, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

The [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/forum/29-wiki-of-ice-and-fire/ forum] is more widely used as a means of communication because it can be hard to notice new posts on the talk pages. Particularly this [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/34958-the-asoiaf-wiki-thread/page__st__240 thread]. If you want more responses I would add your comment there. [[User:Ryleegregory|kissed.by.fire]] 09:13, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

===Image suggestion===
Why not add this image? http://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/images/thumb/FFG_Obaly_Jon_Snow-Obrazek_169x240.jpg
It is in the Official George R. R. Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire – A Game of Thrones Guide By Random House Digital, Inc. iTunes APP. --[[User:Mioranduh|Mioranduh]] 19:30, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

== "Dead" ==

Should Jon really be listed as dead? GRRM hasn't really expected anyone to believe he is. He even stated we will be seeing a "greyer" Jon in the next book, basically admitting he won't be dead. Then there's him going to find out who his mother is. --[[User:Lord Thornhart|Lord Thornhart]] 01:45, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
:I don't think he should be listed as dead. "He never felt the fourth knife. Only the cold..." is the last line in his POV. And that could mean a few things, one of which is simply being unconscious.
:So basically since he's not mentioned as dead anywhere in the books, then i'm thinking it shouldn’t be said so here. --[[User:SerKeplan|SerKeplan]] 13:33, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

== Legitimised by Robb? ==

As stated in the [[King in the North#Line of succession|King in the North]] article, Jon was secretly legitimised by Robb according to the Robb entry in the ''A World of Ice and Fire'' app. How canonical is the information presented in the app, and if this is official then shouldn't the Jon Snow article be updated accordingly? -- [[User:La Víbora Roja|La Víbora Roja]] 19:49, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
:Jon was indeed legitimised, Robb's lords fixed their seal to the document when he was on his way to the twins {{ref|aSoS|45}} however his legitimisation obviously doesn't hold with the other kings who survived Robb :( if it's not mentioned on Jon's page then it should be. --[[User:SerKeplan|SerKeplan]] 13:31, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Jon Snow

2014-06-04T13:29:35Z

SerKeplan: Jon was legitimised

I believe the theory concerning jon snow's parentage at the bottom of this page should be deleted. Do you guys use the talkk pages here? Because the tab sure was hard to find. [[User:Jdray|Jdray]] 06:01, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

The [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/forum/29-wiki-of-ice-and-fire/ forum] is more widely used as a means of communication because it can be hard to notice new posts on the talk pages. Particularly this [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/34958-the-asoiaf-wiki-thread/page__st__240 thread]. If you want more responses I would add your comment there. [[User:Ryleegregory|kissed.by.fire]] 09:13, 1 September 2011 (CDT)

===Image suggestion===
Why not add this image? http://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/images/thumb/FFG_Obaly_Jon_Snow-Obrazek_169x240.jpg
It is in the Official George R. R. Martin’s A World of Ice and Fire – A Game of Thrones Guide By Random House Digital, Inc. iTunes APP. --[[User:Mioranduh|Mioranduh]] 19:30, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

== "Dead" ==

Should Jon really be listed as dead? GRRM hasn't really expected anyone to believe he is. He even stated we will be seeing a "greyer" Jon in the next book, basically admitting he won't be dead. Then there's him going to find out who his mother is. --[[User:Lord Thornhart|Lord Thornhart]] 01:45, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
:I don't think he should be listed as dead. "He never felt the fourth knife. Only the cold..." is the last line in his POV. And that could mean a few things, one of which is simply being unconscious.
:So basically since he's not mentioned as dead anywhere in the books, then i'm thinking it shouldn’t be said so here. --[[User:SerKeplan|SerKeplan]] 13:33, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

== Legitimised by Robb? ==

As stated in the [[King in the North#Line of succession|King in the North]] article, Jon was secretly legitimised by Robb according to the Robb entry in the ''A World of Ice and Fire'' app. How canonical is the information presented in the app, and if this is official then shouldn't the Jon Snow article be updated accordingly? -- [[User:La Víbora Roja|La Víbora Roja]] 19:49, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
:Jon was indeed legitimised, Robb's lords fixed their seal to the document when he was on his way to the twins(not totally sure which chapter no, but the first catelyn chapter in aSoS blood and gold) however his legitimisation obviously doesn't hold with the other kings who survived Robb :( if it's not mentioned on Jon's page then it should be.

Talk:Jon Snow

2014-03-18T13:33:47Z

SerKeplan: /* "Dead" */

Talk:Jon Snow

2014-03-18T13:33:28Z

SerKeplan:

Mandon Moore

2014-02-25T16:41:20Z

SerKeplan: grammer

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Ser '''Mandon Moore''' is a knight of the [[Kingsguard]]. [[Jaime Lannister]] considers him the most dangerous of the Kingsguard after himself, because his face gives not away what he will do next.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} In the TV series he is played by James Doran.

==Appearance and Character==
He has pale grey eyes, oddly flat and lifeless.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} [[Bronn]] thinks that he has the eyes of a fish. Wearing the white raiment of the Kingsguard makes him look like a corpse in a shroud.{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

He is described as a skilled warrior, but is not loved by the smallfolk despite his prowess, nor is he close to any of his fellow members of the [[Kingsguard]]. Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] says about him that he has no friend but his sword and no life but duty.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} According to [[Jaime Lannister]], he is a dangerous man, but not the man others would follow.{{Ref|aCoK|59}}

==History==
He came from the [[Vale of Arryn]] and was brought to [[King's Landing]] by Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. [[Robert Baratheon]] made him a member of the Kingsguard. Neither of the two loved him very much, though.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser Mandon Moore guards the door of the council chambers when [[Sansa Stark]] is summoned to the [[Small Council]] in relation to [[Eddard Stark|her father's]] arrest as a traitor and is brought there by Ser [[Boros Blount]]. He ushers the two into the room. He later escorts Sansa back to the high tower of [[Maegor's Holdfast]].{{Ref|aGoT|51}}

He is present in the throne room when [[Barristan Selmy]] is dismissed, and, together with the other members of the Kingsguard, laughs at his former sworn brother's shame.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Ser Mandon's strange dead eyes make [[Sansa Stark]] uneasy.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

He is on guard outside the chambers of the [[Small Council]] when [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives with [[Bronn]] and [[Timett]], carrying a message by his father [[Tywin Lannister]]. He refuses to let Tyrion in, since Cersei has ordered them not to be disturbed. That Tyrion has a letter from his father has no effect, neither does the threat of Tyrion’s companions, even when Ser Mandon is told that Bronn killed Ser [[Vardis Egen]], whom Ser Mandon knew. After a bit of delay, during which Tyrion thinks about forcing his way through, Ser Mandon allows only Tyrion to pass.{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

Ser Mandon is among the escort for the party that sees Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] off to [[Dorne]]. He guards King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]] when the mob [[Riot of King's Landing|attacks the royal party]], abandoning [[Sansa Stark]], though he is her sworn shield. Someone from the crowd manages to grab the King's leg, but Ser Mandon's sword slashes down, cutting the hand from the wrist. He later helps the shaken King off his horse after they have reached the safety of the [[Red Keep]]. When a furious Tyrion attacks King Joffrey for his actions in the streets, slapping, shoving and kicking his nephew, Ser Mandon pulls him off a howling Joffrey. Tyrion then berates him about his failure to protect Sansa, but he remains untroubled and declares that, when the mob began attacking [[Sandor Clegane|the Hound]], his first thought was to protect the king, a rationale seconded by Cersei who states Ser Mandon did right.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Ser Mandon is assigned to guard King Joffrey and Tyrion Lannister. However, when the King leaves for the [[Three Whores]], Ser Mandon stays with Tyrion and accompanies him and [[Podrick Payne]] on the way from the [[River Gate|Mud Gate]] to the [[King's Gate]], after information has been received that enemy forces intend to batter down the King's Gate with a ram. Tyrion tries to talk Ser [[Sandor Clegane]], who is in charge at the King's Gate, into leading his men in a sortie against the enemies, receiving a dismissive answer. When Ser Mandon tells the Hound that the [[Hand of the King|King's Hand]] commands him, the answer is: "Bugger the King's Hand."{{Ref|aCoK|57}} While the fighting outside the walls is under way, Ser Mandon attempts to kill Tyrion, managing to cause a severe injury in his face, but Podrick pushes him into the [[Blackwater Rush]], where he drowns under the weight of his armor.{{Ref|aCoK|61}}

Tyrion is later convinced that Ser Mandon tried to kill him on Queen Cersei's orders.{{Ref|aCoK|67}}

===A Storm of Swords===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] asks Ser [[Bronn]] what he knows about Ser Mandon, arguing that he owes the man a great deal and wants to repay his debt, yet knows precious little about him. But all Bronn can tell him is that Ser Mandon has drowned, had eyes like a fish and wore a white cloak. As Tyrion wants to establish a link between Ser Mandon and his sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] to prove that she was behind Ser Mandon's attempt on his life, seeing no reason the Kingsguard member should have wished him dead on his own, he offers to pay Bronn for making inquiries into Ser Mandon's background. However, he is not sharing his real motives with the newly knighted sellsword.{{Ref|aSoS|4}}

Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], advising his son that his brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] would have never been so foolish to remove his helmet during a battle, asks Tyrion whether he at least killed the man who cut him, receiving the answer: "Oh, the wretch is dead enough." Yet Tyrion doesn't share with his father his suspicion that Cersei gave the order for making sure that he would not survive the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], as Lord Tywin would never listen to such allegations without proof.{{Ref|aSoS|4}}

Tyrion meets [[Varys]] for the first time since his injury and the Spider asks him whether the visit has to do with the inquiries Ser Bronn has been making about "the gallant Ser Mandon Moore." Tyrion prompts Varys to share information about Ser Mandon, including that he was brought to [[King's Landing]] by Lord [[Jon Arryn]] and made member of the Kingsguard by [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]], although both didn't love him much, that his brothers in the Kingsguard didn't warm up to him and that he wasn't the kind of man the smallfolk cheer at in tourney, his considerable prowess notwithstanding. Varys quotes Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] saying once that Ser Mandon had no friend but his sword and no life but his duty, and Varys suspects that this wasn't meant altogether as praise, although it would sound like Ser Mandon represented the exact qualities sought in members of the Kingsguard. However, nothing of this is new to Tyrion, as Bronn's inquiries have yielded the same results. Tyrion wonders whether Varys knows more than he is prepared to say.{{Ref|aSoS|12}}

When Ser Jaime Lannister assumes his duties as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], he notices that in his absence the [[White Book]] has not been updated, as that is the Lord Commander's duty, and that the death of Ser Mandon has yet to be recorded.{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|...Ser Mandon flashed past him, death in snow-white silk.}}
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Balerion

2013-09-02T13:03:42Z

SerKeplan:

{{See homonyms | Balerion (disambiguation)}}
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| image = [[File:Balerion the black.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = © Fantasy Flight Games
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[[File:Balerion.jpg|thumb|350px|Balerion in the [[War of Conquest]]]]
'''Balerion''', called the '''Black Dread''', was one of the three great [[dragons]] of [[Aegon the Conqueror]] and his sisters, that were used to conquer much of [[Westeros]] during the [[War of Conquest]]. Balerion died some time during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I]], around two hundred years of age.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

== Description ==
Balerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons, his teeth were as long as swords and his jaws big enough to swallow a mammoth whole.{{Ref|aGoT|13}} His fire was as black as his scales, his wingspan so vast that entire towns would fall under his shadow when he passed overhead.{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

==History==
Balerion was named after the ancient god of the [[Valyria|Valyrian Freehold]].{{Ref|aCoK|12}} He was born in Valyria. Balerion was one of the five dragons [[Aenar Targaryen]] brought with him when he fled to [[Dragonstone]] to survive until the [[War of Conquest]].<ref>[http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-full-story-of-targaryen-conquest-in.html?spref=tw&m=1]</ref>

He gained recognition as the 'Black Dread' during the [[War of Conquest]], when Aegon rode him to victory and conquered [[Westeros]]. He became notorious in the battle that became known as the [[Field of Fire]], the only time in history that all three of the fabled Targaryen dragons took to the sky at the same time. Between [[Vhaghar]], [[Meraxes]] and Balerion, four thousand men were burned to death. King [[Mern Gardener|Mern]] died, and with him [[House Gardener]]. The army was broken and Aegon I was victorious.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

According to song, at the end of the war Balerion helped to forge the [[Iron Throne]] by melting the swords of Aegon's enemies.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

There is a rather nice picture of Balerion the Black Dread done in coloured inks in the book ''[[Dragonkin, Being a History of House Targaryen from Exile to Apotheosis, with a Consideration of the Life and Death of Dragons]]'' written by Maester [[Thomax]]. {{Ref|aFfC|5}}

==Known dragonriders of Balerion==
* [[Aegon the Conqueror]]
* [[Maegor I Targaryen]]

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

[[Category:Dragons]]
[[fr:Balerion]][[zh:贝勒里恩]]

Jon Snow

2013-08-29T15:13:36Z

SerKeplan: fixes, tense

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| image = [[File:MKomarck JonSnowLC II.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by Michael Komarck©
| Alias = Lord Snow The Crow-Come-Over [[Jon Snow|The Bastard of Winterfell]] The Black Bastard of the Wall Lord Crow
| Title = [[Night's Watch#Lord Commander|Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]
| Allegiance = [[Night's Watch]] [[House Stark]]
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|283}}
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Kit Harington,Jon Snow|Kit Harington]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}


'''Jon Snow''' is the [[bastardy|bastard son]] of [[Eddard Stark]], by a mother whose identity is a source of speculation.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}{{Ref|aGoT|6}} He was raised by his father alongside his true-born half-siblings, but joins the [[Night's Watch]] when he nears adulthood. He is constantly accompanied by his albino [[direwolf]] [[Ghost]]. At the beginning of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', Jon is fourteen years old. He is one of the major [[POV Character|POV characters]] in the books.

==Appearance & Personality==
Even at age fourteen, Jon is said to have more Stark-like features than any of his siblings. He has a lean build and a long face, with dark brown hair and grey eyes that border on black. He is graceful and quick.{{Ref|aGoT|1}} ([[:Category:Images of Jon Snow|See this collection of images]].) After joining the [[Night's Watch]], he dresses in their official black garb.

Jon was raised as a Stark and [[Northmen|Northerner]] and in many ways took to their values of honor, to which he tries to conform even when faced with complex and morally ambiguous decisions.

There is no description of a personal coat of arms in the books, but [[George R.R. Martin]] told the company [[Valyrian Steel]], who made replicas of Jon's sword, to use the reversed Stark colors on the plaque that goes with the sword.<ref>[http://www.valyriansteel.com/2007/06/13/longclaw-plaque/ Longclaw: Plaque>> Valyrian Steel]</ref>

==History==
Jon Snow's parentage remains a mystery (see [[#Parentage|theories below]]). He is believed to have been born towards the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]], within one month, give or take, of the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Returning from the war, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] brought the new born babe to [[Winterfell]], insisting on raising him with the rest of his family. Jon was named by Lord Eddard. <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ So Spake Martin] February 28, 2002, Numerous Questions.</ref>

Jon has an older half-brother, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], two younger half-sisters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], and two younger half-brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. His presence at Winterfell turned out to be a source of friction between Eddard and his wife, [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], who saw Jon as a constant reminder of her husband's infidelity. She treated him coldly making him feel unwelcome. His appearance, resembling Eddard more closely than any of his true born siblings, strained the relationship between himself and Catelyn further. However, Eddard always treated Jon the same as his trueborn children and Jon got on well with his half-siblings, particularly with Robb and Arya. Still, Jon always had issues with his bastardy and at times felt alienated, contributing to his eventual decision to join the [[Night's Watch]], where the circumstances of his birth would be of little importance.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Jon Snow by AniaEm.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Jon Snow by Anja Dalisa©]]
[[File:Jon HBO.jpg|270px|right|thumb|Kit Harington as Jon Snow, beyond the wall ([[Game of Thrones|Tv show]])]]

Jon is fourteen years old, he accompanies his father, Robb, Bran and [[Theon Greyjoy]] to an execution of a [[Gared|deserter]] from the [[Night's Watch]]. On their way back to Winterfell, they encounter the [[direwolf]] pups, five for the Stark children and another albino pup, an outcast from its litter, for Jon.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

Jon's position both inside and outside the family subtly chafe him over the years until, when he nears adulthood, he joins the [[Night's Watch]], after his uncle [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]] suggested that the Watch could use a man like him. On his journey to the Wall, [[Tyrion Lannister]] accompanies him, and their friendship is fostered by their shared position as noble outsiders. {{Ref|aGoT|13}}

At first Jon remains aloof and distant making no friends; he scorns his fellow recruits who return the feeling, resenting him because of his noble background. He feels particularly alone as his uncle Benjen leaves to lead a ranging. After a fight between Jon and several recruits, a talk with [[Donal Noye]] helps him correct his attitude, and he soon becomes a natural leader, mentor, and friend to most of his fellow trainees, earning him the enmity of the master-at-arms, Ser [[Alliser Thorne]].{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Jon also protects [[Samwell Tarly]] from bullying by some other recruits.{{Ref|aGoT|26}}{{Ref|aGoT|41}}

When being raised to the black, Jon is angered by his appointment to the stewards, as he expects to be posted to the rangers. Though in time and with the help of Samwell, he realizes that his assignment as [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont]]'s personal steward is intended to groom him for command.{{Ref|aGoT|48}} During a [[Others#Wights|wight]] attack on [[Castle Black]], Jon saves Mormont's life and receives serious burns on his hand. Mormont gives him the [[Valyrian steel]] bastard sword, [[Longclaw]], of [[House Mormont]], and has a direwolf head engraved onto the pommel in honor of [[House Stark]].{{Ref|aGoT|60}}

Although Jon has learned to fit in with the Watch, he has difficulty separating from his old life. At the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jon becomes torn between his family and his vows to the Watch. Jon finds himself imprisoned after striking at Ser Alliser, who provokes him by mocking his father after learning of his father's arrest. After his father's execution, Jon tries to desert to join [[Robb Stark|Robb]]'s army, even though the common penalty for deserting the Night's Watch is death. His new friends bring him back, however, and save him from this fate.

The next day, Lord Commander Mormont chastises him for running, and after Jon finally decides to honor his bonds and fully commit to the Watch, he accepts his place as Mormont's squire and prepares for the journey north, on the large [[The Great Ranging|Ranging into the Far North]] that Mormont leads.{{Ref|aGoT|70}}

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

Jon has started to wear two gloves, the right because it is burned, the left because it felt foolish wearing only one glove.{{Ref|aCoK|6}}.

Jon is part of the [[The Great Ranging]] north to investigate the goings-on in the [[Haunted Forest]] beyond the [[Wall]] after disappearances of several rangers, including [[Benjen Stark]]. After reaching the [[Fist of the First Men]], Jon happens upon an [[old warhorn]] and a cache of [[dragonglass]], which he distributes among his sworn brothers. Afterwards he is picked to accompany one of the three scouting parties into the mountains, led by the famous [[Qhorin Halfhand]].{{Ref|aCoK|43}}

In the [[Skirling Pass]], they come across a groups of [[wildling]] sentries, and Jon is one of those assigned to take them out. He kills one, but discovers one of them is a women. Jon takes the girl [[Ygritte]], prisoner instead and later when Qhorin ordered Jon to kill her, he secretly let her go {{Ref|aCoK|51}}. The party is later discovered and pursued by wildlings led by [[Rattleshirt]].{{Ref|aCoK|53}} Before they are overtaken, Qhorin commands Jon to join the wildlings and discover their plans, making Jon appear to be a traitor. Ygritte is part of Rattleshirt's band and believes that Jon has abandoned his former ways after he kills the Halfhand at Rattleshirt's command.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Jon meets with [[Mance Rayder]] and convinces him that his desertion is sincere. During their conversation, Jon learns Mance's plans to invade the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. For a time, Jon breaks his vows of chastity and becomes [[Ygritte]]'s lover. He hesitates between betraying her or leaving the [[Night's Watch]]. Jon joins [[Styr]]'s mission to scale the [[Wall]] and take unaware the skeleton crew left manning [[Castle Black]]. After scaling the wall, he gets the opportunity to escape as the wildlings are attacked by [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]] in the vicinity of the abandoned [[Queenscrown]]. He manages to escape in the confusion on a horse, but not before taking an arrow in the leg.

Jon survives his arrow wound and reaches Castle Black, where he learns that his brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], have died at the command of [[Theon Greyjoy]]. There he helps [[Donal Noye]] in the [[Battle of Castle Black‎‎|Defence of Castle Black]] against Styr's raiders. All of the raiders are killed, including [[Ygritte]], who dies in a grief-stricken Jon's arms. After the fall of Donal, Jon receives command of the Wall's defences against Mance's direct assault. Using his natural leadership, Jon successfully holds the Wall against overwhelming odds for several days. However, upon the arrival of [[Alliser Thorne]] and [[Janos Slynt]] to Castle Black, Jon is arrested for his earlier defection and forced to make an assassination attempt on Mance during a parley. Before Jon can attack, [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s forces make a surprise appearance and route the wildlings.

Jon's service defending the Wall earns him popular support and his release from imprisonment. Due to the efforts of [[Samwell Tarly]], Jon is voted as a compromise candidate between rival factions of the Watch for the post of [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]. Though Stannis offers to legitimize him, which would make him Lord Jon Stark of Winterfell, if Jon will recognize Stannis as king, Jon refuses and becomes the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. His earliest acts as Lord Commander serve to frustrate the plots of Stannis's priestess, [[Melisandre]], by secretly sending Mance's child away from the Wall and impersonating him with another.

===''A Dance With Dragons''===
Slowly Jon grows into his position as a leader. Jon takes up residence within [[Donal Noye]]'s quarters, following the blacksmith's death in the previous novel.{{Ref|aFfC|5}} Jon is continually harassed, predominantly by [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]'s men, who have taken up residence within [[Castle Black]] and the [[Nightfort]], which Jon granted to [[Stannis]] as thanks for his aid against the wildling assault.

Jon rebukes all demands from Stannis to settle his men within the [[Gift]], claiming that the land and all of the 16 unoccupied castles along the Wall as belonging to the [[Night's Watch]]. He sends Sam to the Citadel to train as [[Castle Black]]'s next maester. With him, he sends [[Gilly]], [[Maester Aemon]], and the infant son of [[Mance Rayder]], the last two for fear that [[Melisandre]] might want to use their royal blood for her magic.{{Ref|aFfC|5}}{{Ref|aDwD|7}} When Jon orders [[Janos Slynt]] to garrison one of the abandoned castles along the Wall, Janos refuses and Jon beheads him for insubordination, using [[Longclaw]] to carry out the sentence himself.{{Ref|aDwD|7}}
[[File:Knives in the Dark 3.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Depiction of The Stabbing of Jon Snow by Conor Campbell©]]
Jon continues to displease his fellow commanders of the Night's Watch by sending the wildling [[Val]] to treat with [[Tormund Giantsbane]]. This results in a fragile alliance between the Night's Watch and the wildlings. Jon settles the wildlings on the Gift and gives the warriors the opportunity to guard the Wall by garrisoning unoccupied castles against the [[Others]]. As the wildings are moved into the gift, [[Mance Rayder]] is given to the flames by [[Melisandre]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Jon III (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 10 - Jon III]], pages 134-138</ref> It is later revealed, however, that the burned man was in fact [[Rattleshirt]] under a [[glamour]] created by [[Melisandre]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Melisandre I (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 31 - Melisandre I]], pages 418-419</ref> Mance is sent by Jon to rescue his sister [[Arya Stark]] from [[Ramsay Bolton]], being unaware that it is actually [[Jeyne Poole]].

With Stannis about to march on [[Deepwood Motte]], Jon advises him to seek the help of the [[Northern mountain clans]]. Following Jon's advice, Stannis is able to secure the allegiance of the clans, greatly augmenting his own strength. Soon after Stannis has taken Deepwood, news arrive of [[Ramsay Bolton]]'s impending marriage to "Arya Stark". Stannis immediately marches on Winterfell, the chosen site for the marriage, to face the forces of the Boltons.

Melisandre tells Jon she sees in her flames a girl on a dying horse making for Castle Black; Jon is convinced it must be Arya escaped from the Boltons, but the girl turns out to be [[Alys Karstark]]. Melisandre also tells him she sees him surrounded by daggers in the dark, but he pays no mind to this warning.

Weeks after Stannis has departed for Winterfell, Jon receives a [[Bastard Letter|letter]] purportedly from [[Ramsay Bolton]] entitled 'Bastard,' which claims that [[Stannis]] has been defeated and [[Mance Rayder]] captured. It demands fealty from Jon to [[House Bolton]] if the Night's Watch is to survive.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]],[[Jon XIII (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 69 - Jon XIII]], pages 907-908</ref> Jon responds to this letter by relinquishing command of an impending ranging and announcing his intention to ride South against the Boltons. He does not order the Night's Watch to fight with him, but asks both wildlings and black brothers alike to join him of their own volition. Jon's decision (which is in violation of his oaths) causes great discontent within the Watch's upper leadership; in the confusion resulting from [[Wun Wun]]'s killing of Ser [[Patrek of King's Mountain]], he is stabbed repeatedly by [[Bowen Marsh]] and other black brothers, who attack in tears while muttering "for the Watch". Whether or not Jon survives this attack is currently unknown.

==Quotes by Jon==

{{Quote|The more you give a king, the more he wants. We are walking on a bridge of ice with an abyss on either side. Pleasing one king is difficult enough. Pleasing two is hardly possible.{{Ref|adwd|7}}}}
- Jon to [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]]

{{Quote|[[Dolorous Edd|Edd]], fetch me a block. {{Ref|adwd|7}}}}
- Before execution of [[Janos Slynt]]

==Quotes about Jon==
{{Quote|'''Robert:''' What was her name, that common girl of yours? Becca? No, she was one of mine, gods love her, black hair and these sweet big eyes, you could drown in them. Yours was . . . Aleena? No. You told me once. Was it Merryl? You know the one I mean, your bastard’s mother?
'''Eddard:''' Her name was [[Wylla]], and I would sooner not speak of her.

'''Robert:''' Wylla. Yes. She must have been a rare wench if she could make Lord [[Eddard Stark]] forget his honor, even for an hour. You never told me what she looked like . . .

'''Eddard:''' Nor will I. Leave it be, Robert, for the love you say you bear me. I dishonored myself and I dishonored [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], in the sight of gods and men. {{Ref|agot|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Never ask me about Jon...He is [[Stark|my blood]] and that is all you need to know.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}}} - [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Yes. I can see it. You have more of the north in you than [[Night's Watch|your brothers]].{{Ref|aGoT|5}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] to Jon

{{Quote|[[Jon Snow/Theories|Whoever]] Jon's mother had been, Ned must have loved her fiercely, for nothing [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] said would persuade him to send the boy away. It was the one thing she could never forgive him. She had come to love her husband with all her heart, but she had never found it in her to love Jon. She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned's sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him. Somehow that made it worse. {{Ref|aGoT|6}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|. . . and dead. No one has seen or heard of [[Arya]] since they cut [[Eddard Stark|Father]]’s head off. Why do you lie to yourself? Arya’s gone, the same as [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], and they’ll kill [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] too once the [[Tyrion Lannister|dwarf]] gets a child from her. Jon is the only brother that remains to me. Should I die without issue, I want him to succeed me as [[King in the North]] {{Ref|asos|45}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]]

{{Quote|[[warg|The gift]] was strong in Snow, but the youth was untaught, still fighting his nature when he should have gloried in it. {{Ref|adwd|0}}}} - [[Varamyr]]

==Family==
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==Parentage==
{{main|Jon Snow/Theories}}

Jon Snow's parentage remains a mystery, as Eddard rarely spoke of the matter. When Catelyn confronted him about the rumor that Jon's mother was [[Ashara Dayne]], Eddard would not answer.{{ref|aGoT|5}} Years later, when queried by Robert, he claimed that a lowborn woman named [[Wylla]] is Snow's mother.{{ref|aGoT|11}} Both possibilities have been mentioned by outside sources. [[Cersei Lannister]] believes his mother to be Lady Dayne{{ref|aGoT|45}}, while [[Edric Dayne]], who was wet-nursed by Wylla, told Arya that he and Jon are milk-brothers.{{ref|aSoS|43}}

According to Lord [[Godric Borrell]], the daughter of the fisherman who tried to take Ned Stark from [[the Vale]] across the [[Bite]] to [[the North]] at the beginning of [[Robert's Rebellion]], gave birth to Eddard Stark's bastard.{{ref|aDwD|9}}

Fans of the series speculate about his parentage, with a large number believing that his true parentage is likely to be [[Lyanna Stark]] and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. <ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showtopic=33416&hl= Discussion of parentage] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref>

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| Title = [[Night's Watch#Lord Commander|Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]
| Allegiance = [[Night's Watch]] [[House Stark]]
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Kit Harington,Jon Snow|Kit Harington]]
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'''Jon Snow''' is the [[bastardy|bastard son]] of [[Eddard Stark]], by a mother whose identity is a source of speculation.{{Ref|aGoT|Appendix}}{{Ref|aGoT|6}} He was raised by his father alongside his true-born half-siblings, but joins the [[Night's Watch]] when he nears adulthood. He is constantly accompanied by his albino [[direwolf]] [[Ghost]]. At the beginning of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', Jon is fourteen years old. He is one of the major [[POV Character|POV characters]] in the books.

==Appearance & Personality==
Even at age fourteen, Jon is said to have more Stark-like features than any of his siblings. He has a lean build and a long face, with dark brown hair and grey eyes that border on black. He is graceful and quick.{{Ref|aGoT|1}} ([[:Category:Images of Jon Snow|See this collection of images]].) After joining the [[Night's Watch]], he dresses in their official black garb.

Jon was raised as a Stark and [[Northmen|Northerner]] and in many ways took to their values of honor, to which he tries to conform even when faced with complex and morally ambiguous decisions.

There is no description of a personal coat of arms in the books, but [[George R.R. Martin]] told the company [[Valyrian Steel]], who made replicas of Jon's sword, to use the reversed Stark colors on the plaque that goes with the sword.<ref>[http://www.valyriansteel.com/2007/06/13/longclaw-plaque/ Longclaw: Plaque>> Valyrian Steel]</ref>

==History==
Jon Snow's parentage remains a mystery (see [[#Parentage|theories below]]). He is believed to have been born towards the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]], within one month, give or take, of the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Returning from the war, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] brought the new born babe to [[Winterfell]], insisting on raising him with the rest of his family. Jon was named by Lord Eddard. <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ So Spake Martin] February 28, 2002, Numerous Questions.</ref>

Jon has an older half-brother, [[Robb Stark|Robb]], two younger half-sisters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], and two younger half-brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. His presence at Winterfell turned out to be a source of friction between Eddard and his wife, [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], who saw Jon as a constant reminder of her husband's infidelity. She treated him coldly making him feel unwelcome. His appearance, resembling Eddard more closely than any of his true born siblings, strained the relationship between himself and Catelyn further. However, Eddard always treated Jon the same as his trueborn children and Jon got on well with his half-siblings, particularly with Robb and Arya. Still, Jon always had issues with his bastardy and at times felt alienated, contributing to his eventual decision to join the [[Night's Watch]], where the circumstances of his birth would be of little importance.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Jon Snow by AniaEm.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Jon Snow by Anja Dalisa©]]
[[File:Jon HBO.jpg|270px|right|thumb|Kit Harington as Jon Snow, beyond the wall ([[Game of Thrones|Tv show]])]]

Jon is fourteen years old, he accompanies his father, Robb, Bran and [[Theon Greyjoy]] to an execution of a [[Gared|deserter]] from the [[Night's Watch]]. On their way back to Winterfell, they encounters the [[direwolf]] pups, five for the Stark children and another albino pup, an outcast from its litter, for Jon.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}

Jon's position both inside and outside the family subtly chafe him over the years until, when he nears adulthood, he joins the [[Night's Watch]], after his uncle [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]] suggested that the Watch could use a man like him. On his journey to the Wall, [[Tyrion Lannister]] accompanies him, and their friendship is fostered by their shared position as noble outsiders. {{Ref|aGoT|13}}

At first Jon remained aloof and distant making no friends; he scorned his fellow recruits who returned the feeling, resenting him because of his noble background. He feels particularly alone as his uncle Benjen leaves to lead a ranging. After a fight between Jon and several recruits, a talk with [[Donal Noye]] helped him correct his attitude, and he soon became a natural leader, mentor, and friend to most of his fellow trainees, earning him the enmity of the master-at-arms, Ser [[Alliser Thorne]].{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Jon also protects [[Samwell Tarly]] from bullying by some other recruits.{{Ref|aGoT|26}}{{Ref|aGoT|41}}

After being raised to the black, Jon was angered by his appointment to the stewards, as he expected to be posted to the rangers. Though in time and with the help of Samwell, he realize that his assignment as [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont]]'s personal steward was intended to groom him for command.{{Ref|aGoT|48}} During a [[Others#Wights|wight]] attack on [[Castle Black]], Jon saves Mormont's life and receives serious burns on his hand. Mormont gives him the [[Valyrian steel]] bastard sword, [[Longclaw]], of [[House Mormont]], and has a direwolf head engraved onto the pommel in honor of [[House Stark]].{{Ref|aGoT|60}}

Although Jon has learned to fit in with the Watch, he has difficulty separating from his old life. At the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jon became torn between his family and his vows to the Watch. Jon found himself imprisoned after striking at Ser Alliser, who provoked him by mocking his father and after learning of his father's arrest. After his father's execution, Jon tried to desert to join [[Robb Stark|Robb]]'s army, even though the common penalty for deserting the Night's Watch is death. His new friends bring him back, however, and save him from this fate.

The next day, Lord Commander Mormont, chastises him for running and after Jon finally decides to honor his bonds and fully commit to the Watch, he accepts his place as Mormont's squire and prepares for the journey north, on the large [[The Great Ranging|Ranging into the Far North]] that Mormont leads.{{Ref|aGoT|70}}

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

Jon has started to wear two gloves, the right because it is burned, the left because it felt foolish wearing only one glove.{{Ref|aCoK|6}}.

Jon is part of the [[The Great Ranging]] north to investigate the goings-on in the [[Haunted Forest]] beyond the [[Wall]] after disappearances of several rangers, including [[Benjen Stark]]. After reaching the [[Fist of the First Men]], Jon happens upon an [[old warhorn]] and a cache of [[dragonglass]], which he distributes among his sworn brothers. Afterwards he is picked to accompany one of the three scouting parties into the mountains, led by the famous [[Qhorin Halfhand]].{{Ref|aCoK|43}}

In the [[Skirling Pass]], they come across a groups of [[wildling]] sentries, and Jon is one of those assigned to take them out. He kills one, but discovers one of them is a women. Jon takes the girl [[Ygritte]], prisoner instead and later when Qhorin ordered Jon to kill her, he secretly let her go {{Ref|aCoK|51}}. The party is later discovered and pursued by wildlings led by [[Rattleshirt]].{{Ref|aCoK|53}} Before they are overtaken, Qhorin commands Jon to join the wildlings and discover their plans, making Jon appear to be a traitor. Ygritte is part of Rattleshirt's band and believes that Jon has abandoned his former ways after he kills the Halfhand at Rattleshirt's command.{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Jon meets with [[Mance Rayder]] and convinces him that his desertion is sincere. During their conversation, Jon learns Mance's plans to invade the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. For a time, Jon breaks his vows of chastity and becomes [[Ygritte]]'s lover. He hesitates between betraying her or leaving the [[Night's Watch]]. Jon joins [[Styr]]'s mission to scale the [[Wall]] and take unaware the skeleton crew left manning [[Castle Black]]. After scaling the wall, he gets the opportunity to escape as the wildlings are attacked by [[Summer (direwolf)|Summer]] in the vicinity of the abandoned [[Queenscrown]]. He manages to escape in the confusion on a horse, but not before taking an arrow in the leg.

Jon survives his arrow wound and reaches Castle Black, where he learns that his brothers, [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], have died at the command of [[Theon Greyjoy]]. There he helps [[Donal Noye]] in the [[Battle of Castle Black‎‎|Defence of Castle Black]] against Styr's raiders. All of the raiders are killed, including [[Ygritte]], who dies in a grief-stricken Jon's arms. After the fall of Donal, Jon receives command of the Wall's defences against Mance's direct assault. Using his natural leadership, Jon successfully holds the Wall against overwhelming odds for several days. However, upon the arrival of [[Alliser Thorne]] and [[Janos Slynt]] to Castle Black, Jon is arrested for his earlier defection and forced to make an assassination attempt on Mance during a parley. Before Jon can attack, [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s forces make a surprise appearance and route the wildlings.

Jon's service defending the Wall earns him popular support and his release from imprisonment. Due to the efforts of [[Samwell Tarly]], Jon is voted as a compromise candidate between rival factions of the Watch for the post of [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]. Though Stannis offers to legitimize him, which would make him Lord Jon Stark of Winterfell, if Jon will recognize Stannis as king, Jon refuses and becomes the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. His earliest acts as Lord Commander serve to frustrate the plots of Stannis's priestess, [[Melisandre]], by secretly sending Mance's child away from the Wall and impersonating him with another.

===''A Dance With Dragons''===
Slowly Jon grows into his position as a leader. Jon takes up residence within [[Donal Noye]]'s quarters, following the blacksmith's death in the previous novel.{{Ref|aFfC|5}} Jon is continually harassed, predominantly by [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]'s men, who have taken up residence within [[Castle Black]] and the [[Nightfort]], which Jon granted to [[Stannis]] as thanks for his aid against the wildling assault.

Jon rebukes all demands from Stannis to settle his men within the [[Gift]], claiming that the land and all of the 16 unoccupied castles along the Wall as belonging to the [[Night's Watch]]. He sends Sam to the Citadel to train as [[Castle Black]]'s next maester. With him, he sends [[Gilly]], [[Maester Aemon]], and the infant son of [[Mance Rayder]], the last two for fear that [[Melisandre]] might want to use their royal blood for her magic.{{Ref|aFfC|5}}{{Ref|aDwD|7}} When Jon orders [[Janos Slynt]] to garrison one of the abandoned castles along the Wall, Janos refuses and Jon beheads him for insubordination, using [[Longclaw]] to carry out the sentence himself.{{Ref|aDwD|7}}
[[File:Knives in the Dark 3.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Depiction of The Stabbing of Jon Snow by Conor Campbell©]]
Jon continues to displease his fellow commanders of the Night's Watch by sending the wildling [[Val]] to treat with [[Tormund Giantsbane]]. This results in a fragile alliance between the Night's Watch and the wildlings. Jon settles the wildlings on the Gift and gives the warriors the opportunity to guard the Wall by garrisoning unoccupied castles against the [[Others]]. As the wildings are moved into the gift, [[Mance Rayder]] is given to the flames by [[Melisandre]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Jon III (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 10 - Jon III]], pages 134-138</ref> It is later revealed, however, that the burned man was in fact [[Rattleshirt]] under a [[glamour]] created by [[Melisandre]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Melisandre I (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 31 - Melisandre I]], pages 418-419</ref> Mance is sent by Jon to rescue his sister [[Arya Stark]] from [[Ramsay Bolton]], being unaware that it is actually [[Jeyne Poole]].

With Stannis about to march on [[Deepwood Motte]], Jon advises him to seek the help of the [[Northern mountain clans]]. Following Jon's advice, Stannis is able to secure the allegiance of the clans, greatly augmenting his own strength. Soon after Stannis has taken Deepwood, news arrive of [[Ramsay Bolton]]'s impending marriage to "Arya Stark". Stannis immediately marches on Winterfell, the chosen site for the marriage, to face the forces of the Boltons.

Melisandre tells Jon she sees in her flames a girl on a dying horse making for Castle Black; Jon is convinced it must be Arya escaped from the Boltons, but the girl turns out to be [[Alys Karstark]]. Melisandre also tells him she sees him surrounded by daggers in the dark, but he pays no mind to this warning.

Weeks after Stannis has departed for Winterfell, Jon receives a [[Bastard Letter|letter]] purportedly from [[Ramsay Bolton]] entitled 'Bastard,' which claims that [[Stannis]] has been defeated and [[Mance Rayder]] captured. It demands fealty from Jon to [[House Bolton]] if the Night's Watch is to survive.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]],[[Jon XIII (A Dance with Dragons)|Chapter 69 - Jon XIII]], pages 907-908</ref> Jon responds to this letter by relinquishing command of an impending ranging and announcing his intention to ride South against the Boltons. He does not order the Night's Watch to fight with him, but asks both wildlings and black brothers alike to join him of their own volition. Jon's decision (which is in violation of his oaths) causes great discontent within the Watch's upper leadership; in the confusion resulting from [[Wun Wun]]'s killing of Ser [[Patrek of King's Mountain]], he is stabbed repeatedly by [[Bowen Marsh]] and other black brothers, who attack in tears while muttering "for the Watch". Whether or not Jon survives this attack is currently unknown.

==Quotes by Jon==

{{Quote|The more you give a king, the more he wants. We are walking on a bridge of ice with an abyss on either side. Pleasing one king is difficult enough. Pleasing two is hardly possible.{{Ref|adwd|7}}}}
- Jon to [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]]

{{Quote|[[Dolorous Edd|Edd]], fetch me a block. {{Ref|adwd|7}}}}
- Before execution of [[Janos Slynt]]

==Quotes about Jon==
{{Quote|'''Robert:''' What was her name, that common girl of yours? Becca? No, she was one of mine, gods love her, black hair and these sweet big eyes, you could drown in them. Yours was . . . Aleena? No. You told me once. Was it Merryl? You know the one I mean, your bastard’s mother?
'''Eddard:''' Her name was [[Wylla]], and I would sooner not speak of her.

'''Robert:''' Wylla. Yes. She must have been a rare wench if she could make Lord [[Eddard Stark]] forget his honor, even for an hour. You never told me what she looked like . . .

'''Eddard:''' Nor will I. Leave it be, Robert, for the love you say you bear me. I dishonored myself and I dishonored [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]], in the sight of gods and men. {{Ref|agot|12}}}}
- [[Robert Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Never ask me about Jon...He is [[Stark|my blood]] and that is all you need to know.{{Ref|aGoT|6}}}} - [[Eddard Stark]]

{{Quote|Yes. I can see it. You have more of the north in you than [[Night's Watch|your brothers]].{{Ref|aGoT|5}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] to Jon

{{Quote|[[Jon Snow/Theories|Whoever]] Jon's mother had been, Ned must have loved her fiercely, for nothing [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] said would persuade him to send the boy away. It was the one thing she could never forgive him. She had come to love her husband with all her heart, but she had never found it in her to love Jon. She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned's sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him. Somehow that made it worse. {{Ref|aGoT|6}}}}
- [[Catelyn Tully]]

{{Quote|. . . and dead. No one has seen or heard of [[Arya]] since they cut [[Eddard Stark|Father]]’s head off. Why do you lie to yourself? Arya’s gone, the same as [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], and they’ll kill [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] too once the [[Tyrion Lannister|dwarf]] gets a child from her. Jon is the only brother that remains to me. Should I die without issue, I want him to succeed me as [[King in the North]] {{Ref|asos|45}}}}
- [[Robb Stark]]

{{Quote|[[warg|The gift]] was strong in Snow, but the youth was untaught, still fighting his nature when he should have gloried in it. {{Ref|adwd|0}}}} - [[Varamyr]]

==Family==
{{Template:Stark tree}}

==Parentage==
{{main|Jon Snow/Theories}}

Jon Snow's parentage remains a mystery, as Eddard rarely spoke of the matter. When Catelyn confronted him about the rumor that Jon's mother was [[Ashara Dayne]], Eddard would not answer.{{ref|aGoT|5}} Years later, when queried by Robert, he claimed that a lowborn woman named [[Wylla]] is Snow's mother.{{ref|aGoT|11}} Both possibilities have been mentioned by outside sources. [[Cersei Lannister]] believes his mother to be Lady Dayne{{ref|aGoT|45}}, while [[Edric Dayne]], who was wet-nursed by Wylla, told Arya that he and Jon are milk-brothers.{{ref|aSoS|43}}

According to Lord [[Godric Borrell]], the daughter of the fisherman who tried to take Ned Stark from [[the Vale]] across the [[Bite]] to [[the North]] at the beginning of [[Robert's Rebellion]], gave birth to Eddard Stark's bastard.{{ref|aDwD|9}}

Fans of the series speculate about his parentage, with a large number believing that his true parentage is likely to be [[Lyanna Stark]] and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]. <ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showtopic=33416&hl= Discussion of parentage] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref>

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Valarr Targaryen

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{{Character
| Character_name = [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]] '''Valarr Targaryen''' [[File:MiniValarrTargaryen.png|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Hedge valarr.JPG| 240px]]
| image_caption = Cover art by Mike S. Miller
| Alias = The Young Prince
| Title = Prince
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Culture =
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = [[King's Landing]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|209}}
| Books = [[The Hedge Knight]] [[The Sworn Sword]] [[The Mystery Knight]]
| coat-of-arms = Black, a red three headed dragon of [[House Targaryen]] with a red border
}}

Prince '''Valarr Targaryen''', known as '''the Young Prince''', was the oldest son of [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor Breakspear]]. He died during [[the Great Spring Sickness]],{{Ref|TSS|''Legends II'', ISBN 978-0345456441, pages 96 and 115 of 73-152}} a few hours before his grandfather, [[Daeron II Targaryen]]. His wife bore him two stillborn sons.{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 253 of 251-394}} The personal coat of arms of the prince [[Valarr Targaryen]] consists of coat of arms [[House Targaryen]] with a red border<ref>[[The Hedge Knight]].</ref>.

==Appearance==
He looked very much like his father, though he was smaller and thinner. He had dark hair, with a silver-golden drill.{{Ref|THK|''Legends'', ISBN 978-0312867874, page 493 of 457-533}} He had blue eyes.{{Ref|THK|''Legends'', ISBN 978-0312867874, page 530 of 457-533}}

==''The Hedge Knight''==
He took part in the [[Ashford Tourney]] as Lady Ashford's champion, but his status as a Targaryen prince and grandson of the king prevented him from facing any really dangerous opponent. In the first tilt he defeated Ser [[Abelar Hightower]]. During the [[Trial of Seven]], he lent his armor to his father who had not brought any.{{Ref|THK|''Legends'', ISBN 978-0312867874, page 520 of 457-533}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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[[Category:Nobles|Targaryen, Valarr]]
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Tourney at Ashford Meadow

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[[File:Ashford Tourney.jpg|350px|thumb|right|The [[Laughing Storm]] fights in the Ashford Tourney. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''Ashford Tourney''' took place in the year [[209 AL]]. Due to the death of Prince [[Baelor Targaryen]], son of King Daeron II, heir to the Iron Throne, and current [[Hand of the King]], this is one of the most famous and historically significant tourneys. Lord Ashford staged the tourney to celebrate his daughters thirteenth name day. His daughter was the Queen of Love and Beauty and would have five champions to defend her honor. All entrants would otherwise be challengers but if anyone defeated the a champion, they would take their place as the new champion. After three days of jousting, the remaining champions would determine if Lord Ashford's daughter retained the title of Queen or if another would wear it.<ref>[[The Hedge Knight]]</ref>
== Ashford Tourney ==
===The Joust===
The jousting area had five lanes situated north-south, so none of the jousters would have the sun in their eyes. The viewing stand was raised on the eastern side of the lists with an orange canopy to shield the lords and ladies from sun and rain.<ref>[[The Hedge Knight]]</ref>

The original five champions were:
* {{COA|ashford|small}} Ser [[Androw Ashford]]
* {{COA|ashford|small}} Ser [[Robert Ashford]]
* {{COA|Tyrell|small}} Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo Tyrell]]
* {{COA|hardyng|small}} Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]]
* [[File:32x32_valarr_targaryen.png]] Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]

* {{COA|Lannister|small}}{{COA|ashford|small}} Ser [[Tybolt Lannister]] defeated [[Androw Ashford]] (6 tilts)
* {{COA|Baratheon|small}}{{COA|ashford|small}} Ser [[Lyonel Baratheon]] defeated [[Robert Ashford]] (10 tilts)
* {{COA|Tyrell|small}}{{COA|Lannister|small}} Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo Tyrell]] defeated Lord [[Damon Lannister]](3 tilts)
* {{COA|hardyng|small}}{{COA|Tully|small}} Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] defeated Lord [[Medgar Tully]] (2 tilts)
* [[File:32x32_valarr_targaryen.png]]{{COA|Hightower|small}} Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]] defeated Ser [[Abelar Hightower]](2 tilts)
* {{COA|Tyrell|small}}{{COA|Caron|small}} Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo Tyrell]] defeated Lord [[Pearse Caron]]
* {{COA|hardyng|small}}{{COA|Mallister|small}} Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] defeated Ser [[Joseth Mallister]]
* [[File:32x32_valarr_targaryen.png]]{{COA|Swann|small}} Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]] defeated Lord [[Gawen Swann]](2 tilts)
* {{COA|Lannister|small}}{{COA|Penrose|small}} Ser [[Tybolt Lannister]] defeated Ser [[Jon Penrose]]
* {{COA|Tyrell|small}}{{COA|rhysling|small}} Lord [[Leo Tyrell (Longthorn)|Leo Tyrell]] defeated Ser [[Robyn Rhysling]] (4 tilts)
* {{COA|hardyng|small}}{{COA|beesbury|small}}Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] defeated Ser [[Humfrey Beesbury]] (13 tilts)
* {{COA|hardyng|small}}[[File:32x32_Aerion_Targaryen.png]] Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]] defeated Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]] (by forfeit)

* [[File:32x32_valarr_targaryen.png]]Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]] won seven more times.<ref>[[The Hedge Knight]]</ref>

===Other Attendees===
Ser [[Raymun Fossoway]], Ser [[Steffon Fossoway]], Prince [[Baelor Targaryen]], Prince [[Maekar I|Maekar Targaryen]] Ser [[Grance Morrigen]], Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], Prince [[Aegon V|Aegon Targaryen]], Lord Ashford, Ser [[Manfred Dondarrion]].

==The Trial by Seven==
An altercation occurred between [[Duncan the Tall]] and Prince Aerion Targaryen. This resulted in Duncan striking the prince, claiming that he was only following the knight's vows to defend the weak. Aerion demanded a [[Trial of Seven]] to clear his name. Prince [[Daeron Targaryen]] also claimed to have been molested by Duncan so he made a claim as well. The two sides met on [[Ashford Meadow]].

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; For The Defendant, Ser Duncan the Tall
* [[File:Rhysling.png|50px]] Ser [[Robyn Rhysling]]
* [[File:House Hardyng.PNG|50px]] Ser [[Humfrey Hardyng]]
* [[File:House Baratheon.PNG|50px]] Ser [[Lyonel Baratheon]]
* [[File:Dunk.png|50px]] Ser [[Duncan the Tall]]
* [[File:House Targaryen.PNG|50px]] Prince [[Baelor Targaryen]]
* [[File:Beesburymotto.png|50px]] Ser [[Humfrey Beesbury]]
* [[File:House Fossoway green.png|50px]] Ser [[Raymun Fossoway]]

; For The Claimants, Prince Aerion Targaryen & Prince Daeron Targaryen
* [[File:Kingsguard.PNG|50px]] Ser [[Roland Crakehall (Kingsguard)|Roland Crakehall]]
* [[File:House Fossoway red.png|50px]] Ser [[Steffon Fossoway]]
* [[File:House Targaryen.PNG|50px]] Prince [[Daeron Targaryen]]
* [[File:MiniTargaryen Aerion.png|50px]] Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]]
* [[File:House Targaryen.PNG|50px]] Prince [[Maekar I|Maekar Targaryen]]
* [[File:Kingsguard.PNG|50px]] Ser [[Donnel of Duskendale]]
* [[File:Kingsguard.PNG|50px]] Ser [[Willem Wylde]]
}}

Ser Duncan made Princes Aerion and Daeron withdraw their claims, proving his innocence. However, during the fight, Ser Humfrey Beesbury was slain by Ser Donnel and Ser Willem Wylde had to be carried from the field. Prince Baelor died from a blow to his head, likely given by his brother Maekar. Ser Humfrey Hardyng also died afterwards from wounds received in the skirmish.

==References and Notes==
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Timeline of major events

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The '''Timeline of major events''' attempts to lay out the most important points in the history of [[Westeros]] and [[Essos]], based on dates and information given in the novels and supporting material. See also: a thorough [[Years after Aegon's Landing|listing of events]] after Aegon's Landing.

According to tradition, the known history of Westeros extends back over 12,500 years. However, the oldest historic recounts in [[Westeros]] were only written after the [[Andal Invasion|Andals arrival]] to the continent, as the [[First Men]] only used runes for carving on stone. Everything written about the [[Age of Heroes]], the [[Dawn Age]], and the [[The Long Night|Long Night]] originates from stories written down by [[Faith of the Seven|septons]] thousands of years later. The accuracy of the legends and myths that recount much of this history is openly questioned by the [[maesters]] of the Citadel, amongst others.

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

==[[Dawn Age|The Dawn Age]]==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|Prehistory
| '''Before the coming of men''': The lands of [[Westeros]] are inhabited by a mysterious race of diminutive humanoid creatures known as the [[children of the forest]], [[giants]] and other magical [[Beastiary|creatures]].
|-
| ca.-12,000
| '''The [[First Men]] invade Westeros''': A human ethnic group, the First Men, invades Westeros across the land-bridge from the [[Essos|east]], bearing weapons of bronze. In a futile attempt to end the invasion, the children use magic to shatter that land-bridge, creating the island chain known as the [[Stepstones]]. However, the First Men are able to reinforce by ship, leading to generations of warfare over the land.

The First men are more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced than the children, who try to resist the invaders using their magic. It proves unsuccessful, however: the First Men gradually push deeper and deeper into Westeros, establishing hundreds of petty kingdoms.
|-
| ca.-10,000
| '''Signing of the [[Pact]]''': After years of warfare, the First Men and children of the forest come to a standstill and finally agree to a peaceful coexistence, signing the pact of The Isle of Faces. This pact gives the First Men dominion over the open lands and lets the children keep control over the forested areas. In time, the First Men adopt the worship of the [[old gods|Old Gods of the Forest]].
|}

==[[Age of Heroes|The Age of Heroes]]==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca.-10,000
| '''Age of Heroes''': An era during the history of [[Westeros]], which would be named so later for the great men and women who live in the years of peace and prosperity following the forging of the [[Pact]]. The Pact endures for nearly four thousand years, and in that time, the children of the forest and the First Men grow closer. In time, the First Men set aside many of their cultural differences to embrace the ways and customs of the children of the forest. With the exception of the [[Drowned God]] of the [[Iron Islands]], the [[Old Gods|gods of the children]] become those of the First Men.

Many of the noble houses of Westeros today trace their lineage back to the Age of Heroes. This was the time when grand historical figures are said to have lived, such as [[Brandon the Builder]], founder of [[House Stark]]; [[Lann the Clever]], who winkled Casterly Rock from the Casterlys, founder of House Lannister; or [[Garth Greenhand]], founder of House Gardener of the Reach. Also during this era the Storm Kings arise in the stormlands: a line with figures such as the founding [[Durran]], supposed builder of [[Storm's End]], first king of the [[Iron Islands]]; and the [[Grey King]].
|-
| ca.-8,000
|'''The [[The Long Night|Long Night]]''': In this time, night seems to last for a generation, and the longest, coldest and darkest winter descends on Westeros. The ice spreads down from the north, and under the cover of darkness, the [[Others]] invade Westeros from the [[Lands of Always Winter|uttermost north]], marching, killing and raising up the dead to be their [[Wight|servants]] in unlife and nearly destroying all men in Westeros. The Long Night comes to an end following the [[The Long Night#War for the Dawn|Battle of the Dawn]], after the children and the First Men rose united to defeat the Others, with [[dragonglass]] weapons, pushing them back into the frozen reaches of the Far North. They are led by a great hero, who, in an eastern tradition, is named [[Azor Ahai]], and wields a great sword of fire, [[Lightbringer]].<hr>

'''Founding of [[the Wall]]''': With the Others defeated, [[Bran the Builder]], with the aid of the giants, the First Men, and perhaps the children of the forest, raise up the Wall: a monumental fortification of ice and ancient [[magic]], to shelter the realms of men from the menaces of the north. The Sworn Brotherhood of the [[Night's Watch]] is formed to man and guard it.
It's said that [[Bran the Builder]] built [[Winterfell]] and became the first [[King In The North]].<hr>

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

==[[Andal Invasion|The Andal Invasion]]==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|ca.-6,000
| '''Foundation of the Faith''': In the [[Hills of Andalos]] on the eastern continent, [[Essos]], a new religion takes shape, called the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Supposedly, the supreme deity of the [[Andals]] appears to them, guiding them into their invasion of [[Westeros]].<hr>

'''The [[Andal Invasion]]''': The [[Andal]]s cross the [[Narrow Sea]] making landfall on its eastern shore, on what would one day become the [[Vale of Arryn]]. They come under the banner of the [[Faith of the Seven]], with seven-pointed stars carved into their chests, wielding [[Armament|weapons]] of steel. They fight both the First Men and the children of the forest, sweeping the land much like the First Men did thousands of years before.

For centuries the Andals war with the First Men and the children in an attempt to drive them out. One by one, the six southron kingdoms fall and the [[weirwood]]s are burned. Only the Kingdom of the North remains under the rule of the First Men, in large part due to the strategically located fortress of [[Moat Cailin]] resisting multiple attempts to take it and thereafter serving as the door between North and South. Even though the North remain secure, the children of the forest begin their slow withdrawal from the lands of men, retreating deeper into their forests and [[beyond the Wall|North of the Wall]].
|-
|width=85px|ca.-4,000
| The [[Iron Islands]] fall to the Andals, ending the first line of kings ruling there uncontested for over a thousand years, originating from [[Urron Greyiron|Urron Redhand]]. Unlike in the other regions, however, Andals are assimilated to the native beliefs of the [[Old Way]] and the [[Drowned God]].
|}

==[[Valyrian Freehold|Age of Valyria]] ==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|ca.-5,000
| '''Rise of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]''': On the [[Essos|eastern continent]], the peaceful sheep-herding folk of the [[Valyrian peninsula]] find [[dragon]]s lairing in the [[Fourteen Fires]], an immense chain of volcanoes extending across the neck of the peninsula. The Valyrians tame the dragons with [[magic]], which gives them the means to gain influence over the area. The Valyrian Freehold is established. In its capital, [[Valyria]], magic flourishes, topless towers rise toward the heavens where dragons soar, stone sphinxes gaze down through eyes of garnet, and smiths forge swords of legendary strength and sharpness.<hr>

'''Conquest of Ghiscar''': Five great wars are fought between the [[Ghiscari Empire]], the greatest empire on the eastern peninsula, and the Freehold — wars which Valyria wins with the help of its dragons. After the last war, the Freehold utterly destroys the [[Old Ghis|Ghiscari capital]], slaying its people, destroying the city's walls and streets with dragonflame, and salting and sulphuring the fields. The Ghiscari empire shattered, the Valyrian Freehold expands its influence over the surviving Ghiscari cities of [[Slaver's Bay]].
|-
| ca.-700
| '''The [[Rhoynar Invasion]]''': With the destruction of Old Ghis, the Freehold's slow westward expansion brings it into conflict with the Rhoynish cities along the great River [[Rhoyne]], a vast waterway. Prince [[Garin (Prince)|Garin the Great]] raises an army a quarter-million strong to oppose the Valyrians, but fails utterly against their dragons.<hr>

Rhoynar evacuation: [[Nymeria]], a Rhoynish warrior-queen, evacuates the survivors of Garin's war, mostly women and children, on ten thousand ships across the [[Narrow Sea]], seeking refuge in [[Dorne]], in southern Westeros.
There, Nymeria forms a marriage alliance with Lord [[Mors Martell]] and together they finally organize the land into one kingdom, establishing [[House Martell]] as the ruling house of Dorne. Mors adopts many Rhoynish [[customs]]. The unification of Dorne under Nymeria and Mors leads to new conflicts with the kingdoms of the Reach and the Stormlands, expressed through raids, skirmishes, and the occasional wars over the centuries.
|-
| ca.-500
| The Valyrian Freehold conquers much of what would be the area of the southern [[Free Cities]]. A religious sect, the [[Moonsingers]], leads many thousand refugees north to a remote lagoon protected by mountains and mists, and there found the Secret City of [[Braavos]]. They later build the [[Titan of Braavos]], a great statue which also serves as a defensive fortification.
|-
| ca.-200
| The Valyrian Freehold annexes a [[Dragonstone|small island]] at the mouth of [[Blackwater Bay]], off the east coast of [[Westeros]]. The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]], a Valyrian noble family, take control of the island building a castle whose tower is shaped to look like [[Dragon]]s, giving its name: [[Dragonstone]].
|-
| ca.-100
| '''The [[Doom of Valyria]]''': The nature of the Doom is unclear, save that heavy volcanic activity is involved, likely due to the Fourteen Fires, the mountains where the dragons were first discovered. The Valyrian Peninsula is shattered and the city of Valyria is laid waste, although not completely destroyed. The dragons of Valyria are virtually wiped out and the Valyrian Freehold crumbled apart, its various city states broke apart asserting their independence, surviving to this day as the [[Free Cities]] and the cities of [[Slaver's Bay]].<hr>

[[Braavos]] reveals itself to the other cities, eventually becoming the most powerful of them through its vast fleet and economic power. The cities of [[Slaver's Bay]] become independent again, although Ghiscari power begins building again in the south. The warrior-nomads of the vast [[Dothraki Sea|eastern plains]] become more emboldened by the fall of Valyria, and their dominant tribe, the [[Dothraki]], begins raiding the surrounding lands. The Targaryens remain safe on Dragonstone, the guardians of possibly the last three dragons in the western world.
|}

==The Seven Kingdoms==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| ca.-3000
|Over the centuries following the Andal Invasion, the southern kingdoms of the first men fall, and eventually the Andals raise up six powerful kingdoms of their own.
|-
| ca.-3000
| '''Wildling Invasion''': The [[Free Folk]] (Wildlings) unite under the brother [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|Kings-beyond-the-Wall]] [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]], manage to evade the [[Night's Watch]] and bypass the [[Wall]] in great numbers using a network of tunnels that extend under the Wall. However, they are met by the Stark King on the other side and are eventually thrown back.
|-
| ca. -700
| In the North, [[House Stark]] finally subdues [[House Bolton]], their primary antagonists for dominance in the North. Later Karlon Stark would defeat sea raiders from the east and found the cadet branch [[House Karstark]].<hr>
In the West, the Ironborn of the Iron Islands rise to power, at their peak they controll most of the western coast from [[Oldtown]] and the [[Arbor]] in the south to [[Bear Island]] in the North.<hr>
The Rhoynar fleeing the valyrian invasion migrate to Dorne. This is the last major migration into Westeros.
|-
| ca. -400
| House Bolton rises in rebellion against House Stark, but after four years of siege they are subdued once again.
|-
| ca. -350
| The Storm Kings expand their control of the [[Westerlands]] north to include the territory of the [[Riverlands]] up to the Neck. <hr>
Over time the Ironborn lose many of their possessions but, some three generations before Aegon's Landing, conquer the territory of the Riverlands from the [[Stormlands]]. The Ironborn king, [[Harren Hoare]] builds [[Harrenhal]].
|}

==Targaryen Dynasty==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|1}}
| '''The [[War of Conquest]]''': [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] invades [[Westeros]], subdues, and unites six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros under his banner and constructs a new capital city at [[King's Landing]]. He is unable to conquer Dorne and allows it to remain sovereign. With the destruction of the [[Storm King]], [[Argilac]] the Arrogant, and the death of the last King of the [[Reach]], control of the castle of Storm's End passes to Aegon's bastard half-brother [[Orys Baratheon]], and of [[Highgarden]] to [[Harlen Tyrell]]. [[Edmyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]] is named Lord of the [[Riverlands]] and [[Vickon Greyjoy]] of [[Pyke]] becomes Lord of the [[Iron Islands]].
|-
| {{Date|37|48}}
| '''The [[Faith Militant uprising]]''': Upon Aegon's death, his son [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], born of incest, takes the throne. The [[Faith of the Seven]] rejects his legitimacy to rule and leads a popular uprising against the Targaryens. The weak and indecisive Aenys makes his half-brother [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] the Hand of the King and gives him authority to deal with the crisis. Maegor's response is ruthless and brutal, resulting in the deaths of thousands in battle, slaughter and by dragonfire. The slaughter lasts all of Aenys' reign and Maegor's, who succeeded him.
|-
| {{Date|48}}
| '''[[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]]''': King Jaehaerys I succeeds King Maegor, who by that time is known as ''Maegor the Cruel''. He declares a truce and agrees to end the slaughter in return for the [[Faith Militant]] disbanding and submitting to the Targaryens, earning the name ''The Conciliator''. Jaehaerys' rule brings decades of peace and prosperity to the realm.

|-
| {{Date|129|137}}
| '''The [[Dance of the Dragons]]''': The first major civil war in the history of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]: a war of succession between [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]] and his half-sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] over their father's throne. It consumes them both, as well as most of the Targaryen family and their remaining dragons. The war ends with [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], son of Rhaenyra, being crowned.<hr>

'''Death of the last dragon''': King [[Aegon III|Aegon Targaryen]] struggles to breed healthy dragons - those he does manage to produce are born weak and sickly. He is unable to prevent the death of the last one, earning himself the title 'Dragonbane'. The last dragons leave behind several eggs which the Targaryens fail to hatch. These eggs are later destroyed or lost, leaving the dragons to be believed extinct.
|-
| {{Date|157|161}}
| '''[[Conquest of Dorne|Daeron conquers Dorne]]''': Upon taking the throne, at age fourteen, King [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron I]] decides to finish Aegon the Conqueror's work and launches a successful invasion of Dorne. Unfortunately, he leaves a [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] of Highgarden in charge: a house that has warred with the Martells for thousands of years. The tyrannical rule of the Tyrells triggers an uprising against the [[Iron Throne]]. When Daeron I returns with a fresh army, he is killed, his cousin Prince Aemon the Dragonknight is captured and his forty thousand men are lost.
|-
| {{Date|161|171}}
| Reign of King [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], the septon king. Baelor manages to forge a peace treaty with [[Dorne]]. It is said that he made this peace by walking the Boneway barefoot and rescuing his cousin, [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon the Dragonknight]], from a viper pit. He builds the Great Sept in [[King's Landing]], which is later renamed the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].
Baelor locks his sisters in the Maidenvault of the [[Red Keep]] so the sight of them will not tempt him to carnal thoughts. Despite this, his sister [[Daena Targaryen|Daena the Defiant]] has an affair with her cousin [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]] (later Aegon IV) and gives birth to a bastard son, [[Daemon Blackfyre]].
|-
| ca.{{Date|170}}
| Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], second cousin of Baelor I, and Princess [[Myriah Martell]] of Dorne are married and have their first son, Prince [[Baelor Breakspear|Baelor]].
|-
| {{Date|171|172}}
| Reign of King [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys II]].
|-
| {{Date|172|184}}
| Reign of King [[Aegon IV]], Aegon the Unworthy, held to be the worst king in the history of Westeros. On his deathbed Aegon IV legitimises his 'Great Bastards': [[Daemon Blackfyre]], [[Aegor Rivers]], [[Brynden Rivers]] and [[Shiera Seastar]]. He is succeeded by his son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]], but his legitimacy is called into question due to his mother's close relationship with [[Aemon the Dragonknight]].
|-
| {{Date|184}}
| '''Beyond the wall''': The free folk unite under [[Raymun Redbeard]], King-Beyond-the-Wall. Taking the Night's Watch unawares, they scale the [[Wall]] and invade the [[North]]. They are eventually stopped at the [[Battle of Long Lake]] by a Stark host led by Lord [[Willam Stark]].
|-
| {{Date|184|209}}
| Reign of [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]].
|-
| {{Date|195|196}}
| '''The [[Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': The second major civil war erupts after Daemon Blackfyre puts a claim on the Iron Throne based on Daeron II's illegitimacy. With many lords declaring for him, Daemon Blackfyre marches his forces on Kings Landing but is defeated in the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. He is killed by his half brother [[Bloodraven]], yet several of his sons escape to the [[Free Cities]] with [[Bittersteel]].
|-
| {{Date|197}}
| [[Dorne]] formally joins the Seven Kingdoms through the marriage of Daeron II's younger sister [[Daenerys, daughter of Aegon IV|Daenerys]] to Prince [[Maron Martell]].
|-
| {{Date|209}}
| The events of ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' take place. Prince [[Baelor Targaryen|Baelor 'Breakspear' Targaryen]], the heir to the throne, is killed in a tourney mishap. A few months later, King Daeron II and Baelor's two sons die in the [[The Great Spring Sickness|Great Spring Sickness]]. Daeron II's second son, [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]], becomes king. Prince Baelor's nephew Aegon becomes squire to a hedge knight, Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], in the hope of improving his mettle.
|-
| {{Date|209|221}}
| Reign of King [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]].
|-
| ca.{{Date|211}}
| The events of ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' take place. [[House Webber]] and [[House Osgrey]] of the Reach become allies. Bloodraven has become the King's Hand by this time, angering Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar]], brother to Aerys and the late Baelor.
|-
| ca.{{Date|212}}
| '''The [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]''': Blackfyre loyalists attempt to launch a Second Rebellion, but Bloodraven exposes the plan, captures one of Daemon Blackfyre's sons and executes many of the conspirators before a battle needs to be fought.
|-
| {{Date|221|233}}
| Reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar I]]. During Maekar's reign his eldest son [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron]] dies of the pox and his second son [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]] "Brightflame" dies after drinking [[wildfire]]. His third son, [[Maester Aemon|Aemon]], journeys to [[Oldtown]] to become a [[maesters|maester]]. Maekar dies battling an outlaw king. Aemon refuses the crown and removes himself to the [[Wall]]. Prince Aegon becomes [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], the Unlikely, as he is the fourth son of a fourth son. Bloodraven is exiled to the Wall, later becoming Lord Commander.
|-
| ca.{{Date|255|260}}
| '''The [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]''': War erupts when the [[Band of Nine]], including [[Maelys Blackfyre]], conquers the Free City of [[Tyrosh]] and the [[Stepstones]] before plotting an attack on the Seven Kingdoms. [[Barristan Selmy]] kills Maelys. [[Brynden Tully]] distinguishes himself in the war.
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| ''The [[Tragedy of Summerhall]]'': King Aegon V and his heir, Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan]], are killed in a great fire at the Targaryen's summer palace. The fire was triggered by an unsuccessful attempt to hatch the last three dragon eggs left in the west, and it heralded or directly contributed to [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s birth.
|-
| {{Date|259|262}}
| Reign of Aegon's second son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]].
|-
| {{Date|262|283}}
| Reign of [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], the Mad King. He appoints the ruthless young [[Tywin Lannister]] as his Hand.
|-
| ca.{{Date|270}}
| King Aerys spurns Tywin Lannister's offer of his daughter [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] for Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], instead marrying Rhaegar to Princess [[Elia Martell]] of Dorne.<hr>

'''The [[Defiance of Duskendale]]''' takes place when [[House Darklyn]] refuses to pay taxes to the Iron Throne. Aerys, eager to sort out the situation himself, ends up being taken prisoner. Duskendale is besieged for six months before Barristan Selmy manages to free the king. House Darklyn is destroyed and [[House Rykker]] takes over the town. It is said that it was the Defiance that began Aerys' descent into madness. Around this time Prince Rhaegar begins corresponding with Maester Aemon and ponders if he is the "[[the prince that was promised]]", who shall be reborn to fight the great darkness when it returns. Later they conclude the prince is actually Rhaegar's baby son, [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]].
|}

==Robert's Rebellion==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px| {{Date|281}}
| ''The Year of False Spring'': Lord [[House Whent|Whent]] holds a great [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], where Prince Rhaegar distinguishes himself in battle, but names [[Lyanna Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], who is betrothed to [[Robert Baratheon]], as the [[Queen of Love and Beauty]] rather than his own wife [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. [[Eddard Stark]] meets and befriends [[Howland Reed]] of [[Greywater Watch]].<hr>

The band of outlaws called the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] is defeated by a royal force commanded by [[Arthur Dayne]]; during that battle a young squire, [[Jaime Lannister]], distinguishes himself and is [[knight]]ed, later he becomes a member of the [[Kingsguard]] and is disinherited from his father. Tywin Lannister resigns the Handship in angry protest and returns to [[Casterly Rock]].
|-
| {{Date|282|283}}
| '''[[Robert's Rebellion]]''': Rhaegar Targaryen abducts Lyanna Stark. Lyanna's brother and father demand that Aerys discipline his son, but instead the Mad King kills them both. Aerys demands the heads of [[Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]] from their ward, [[Jon Arryn]]. Instead, [[House Arryn|Houses Arryn]], [[House Stark|Stark]], and [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] raise the standard of rebellion. Robert claims the throne through his descent from his great-grandfather, [[Aegon V]] and thus Robert's Rebellion, also called the War of the Usurper, begins. [[Hoster Tully]] agrees to join the rebellion as well. The [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] remain loyal to the king and besiege Robert's castle of [[Storm's End]], held by his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. The [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Connington]], is defeated in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and is sent into exile in the [[Free Cities]]. The rebel army defeats the royalists at the [[Battle of the Trident]]. Prince Rhaegar is killed. The [[House Lannister|Lannister]]s apparently march to the aid of King Aerys, but instead turn against him and [[Sack of King's Landing|sack]] the city. King Aerys is killed by Jaime Lannister. Princess Elia Martell and her children, Aegon and [[Rhaenys Targaryen]], are brutally murdered by Lannister bannermen, causing a rift between Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon. Ned Stark and Howland Reed defeat the Kingsguard guarding the [[Tower of Joy]] holding Lyanna prisoner, only to find her dying. Robert becomes King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and marries [[Cersei Lannister]]. Ned returns home to Winterfell with his bastard son, [[Jon Snow]]. Loyal Targaryen retainers carry Aerys' two youngest children, Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]], to safety in the Free Cities.
|}

==King Robert's Reign==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|289}}
| '''The [[Greyjoy Rebellion]]''': [[Balon Greyjoy]] names himself King of the [[Iron Islands]]. He is defeated and two of his sons are killed. King Robert accepts his surrender and Balon's remaining son, [[Theon Greyjoy]], becomes a ward and hostage of [[Eddard Stark]].
|-
| {{Date|297}}
| Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] of Pentos invites [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to stay in his manse and offers to help them reclaim their [[Iron Throne|throne]].<hr>
The [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], discovers that the heirs to the [[Iron Throne]] are bastards and is killed with poison.
|}

==Game of Thrones==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=85px|{{Date|298}}
| The events of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' begin. The first five novels span a period of three years or more, concluding in the year {{Date|300}}<hr>
In the North, after thousands of years without encounter, the [[Others]] reappear in an attack on rangers from the [[Night's Watch]] and a group of [[Wildlings]].<hr>
The [[Seven Kingdoms]] is engulfed in the [[War of the Five Kings]], following the death of king [[Robert Baratheon]]: a central conflict that spans through all five books.<hr>
In the East, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] hatches three [[dragon]] eggs, bringing dragons back to the world once again.
|-
|{{Date|299}}
| Beyond the Wall: With the disturbing news of a new [[Conflict Beyond the Wall]] brewing, the [[Night's Watch]] leaves in force on a [[the Great Ranging|ranging]] into the far north.
In the East, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] conquers the great cities of [[Slaver's Bay]], setting their slaves free and throwing the region into chaos.
|-
|{{Date|300}}
| After a decade-long Summer, Winter finally engulfs [[Westeros]].
|}

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Tyrion Lannister

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| image = [[File:Tirion_middle.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by Amoka ©
| Alias = The Imp Halfman Giant of Lannister Yollo Hugor Hill No-Nose Freak Dwarf
| Title = Acting [[Hand of the King]] (former) [[Master of Coin]] (former) Lord of Casterly Rock (by birth) Shield of [[Lannisport]] (by birth) [[Warden of the West]] (by birth)
| Allegiance = [[Second Sons]] [[House Lannister]]
| Race =
| Culture =
| Spouse = [[Tysha]], 1st (annulled) [[Sansa Stark]], 2nd (unconsummated)
| Place_of_Birth = [[Casterly Rock]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|274}}
| 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) [[The Winds of Winter]] (POV)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Peter Dinklage, Tyrion Lannister|Peter Dinklage]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}
[[File:Tyrion arrested by Catelyn.png|thumb|350px|Tyrion arrested by [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn]] in the [[Crossroads Inn]].]]
[[File:Tyrion and Mord.jpg|thumb|350px|Tyrion being held in the [[Sky Cells]] at the [[Eyrie]].]]
[[File:Tyrion Battle of the Green Fork Hbo.jpg|thumb|350px|Tyrion at the [[Battle of the Green Fork]].]]

'''Tyrion Lannister''', is the third and youngest child of [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]]. Tyrion is a dwarf, because of this he is sometimes mockingly called '''The Imp''' and '''The Halfman'''. He is one of the major [[POV Character]]s in the books. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], Tyrion is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Peter Dinklage, Tyrion Lannister|Peter Dinklage]].<ref>HBO: Game of Thrones:[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew/index.html Cast and Crew].</ref>

==Character and Appearance==
Tyrion is shrewd, educated, and calculating, but receives little respect for this from his father, because of his deformity, and the death of his mother during his birth. {{ref|asos|70}} He is capable of cruelty to his enemies, but also has great sympathy for fellow outcasts and the mistreated. {{ref|agot|24}} Tyrion gets on well with his brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] but has a cooler relationship with sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. Tyrion’s deformity was the cause of many problems and persecution, although mitigated to some extent by his high social standing and his family’s wealth and power.

Tyrion is a dwarf, he has stubby legs, a jutting forehead, mismatched eyes of green and black, and lank, white-blonde hair. {{ref|agot|5}} Later, he grows a beard, which contains both blonde and black hair. {{ref|acok|2}} After the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Tyrion has a grisly facial scar that has removed most of his nose. {{ref|asos|4}}
See also [[:Category:Images of Tyrion Lannister|this collection of images]].
==History==
Tyrion is the third child of Tywin and Joanna Lannister when his two older siblings, Cersei and Jaime, were already nine years old. His mother died giving birth to him, and as a result his father blamed him for her death and hates him for that and for his deformity. Tyrion finds himself excluded from regular family life, especially by his father and by his sister, who abused him during his childhood.

When Tyrion was thirteen, he and his brother Jaime rescued a common girl, [[Tysha]], from some bandits. While Jaime went after the bandits Tyrion took care of Tysha. To his amazement Tysha liked him, and they eventually made love. Tyrion became so enamoured by her that he bribed a [[septon]] and married her in secret. Their happiness lasted only two weeks, however, before Tyrion’s father got news of the wedding. Lord Tywin commanded Jaime to say that Tysha was a prostitute whom Jaime had hired for Tyrion’s benefit. Because the “whore” had presumed to marry a Lannister, Tywin had his entire guard rape Tysha for a silver each and then made Tyrion go last for a gold coin, because a Lannister is worth more. {{ref|agot|42}}

After his brother’s proposed marriage to [[Lysa Tully]] fell through when [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] named Jaime to the [[Kingsguard]], Tywin offered Tyrion as a replacement, only to be told by [[Hoster Tully]] that his daughter required a “whole man”. {{ref|asos|19}}

When Tyrion became a man at sixteen, he was forbidden from taking a tour of the Nine Free Cities as his uncles [[Gerion Lannister|Gerion]] and [[Tygett Lannister|Tygett]] had done. Instead Tywin gave him charge of all the cisterns and drains at [[Casterly Rock]]. {{ref|adwd|8}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Tyrion goes north to [[Winterfell]] as part of King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert’s]] royal procession. {{ref|agot|4}} After [[Bran Stark|Bran Stark’s]] fall, Tyrion makes [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] offer his sympathies to Bran’s parents, though his nephew only obeys after Tyrion hits him. {{ref|agot|9}} Suspicious of the accident, Tyrion took notice of his siblings’ reactions to the news that Bran is expected to survive. {{ref|agot|9}}

When the royal family leaves Winterfell, Tyrion rides north to see the [[Wall]] before returning south. He joins the [[Night’s Watch|ranger]] [[Benjen Stark]] and new recruit [[Jon Snow]] for the journey and is accompanied by two guards, [[Jyck]] and [[Morrec]]. While at the Wall, Tyrion sees firsthand the poor state of the Night’s Watch; {{ref|agot|13}} it is dwindling in numbers, ranging parties are going missing more often than usual, and [[wildlings]] are fleeing south like never before. He is implored by [[Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch|Lord Commander]] [[Jeor Mormont]] to make King Robert and his father, Lord Tywin, aware of the Watch’s needs.

During his time at the Wall, Tyrion befriends and advises Jon Snow. Tyrion sees himself as an outcast on similar ground as the bastard-born Snow and helps Jon cope with his identity and lot in life. Before Tyrion leaves the Wall, Jon asks him to help his brother Bran in the same way that he helped Jon; Tyrion promises to do so. {{ref|agot|21}} On his way back south, he stops at Winterfell. Despite initially receiving a hostile welcome from [[Robb Stark]] and an attack from the Stark [[direwolf|direwolves]] at his arrival, Tyrion gives Maester [[Luwin]] plans for a special saddle that will allow Bran to ride a horse despite his disability and is offered rooms at Winterfell. He declines, choosing to stay at an inn nearby. {{ref|agot|24}}

On his way back to [[King’s Landing]] Tyrion encounters [[Catelyn Stark]] at a roadside inn called the [[Crossroads Inn|Crossroads]]. Unknown to Tyrion, Catelyn was told by [[Petyr Baelish]] that the dagger used in Bran’s failed assassination attempt belonged to Tyrion. As a result, Catelyn, with the help of some of her father’s bannermen present at the inn, arrests Tyrion and takes him to the [[Eyrie]] to be tried. {{ref|agot|28}}{{ref|agot|31}} There, Lysa Arryn puts him on trial for the crime of sending an assassin to end Bran’s life, as well as the murder of her husband [[Jon Arryn]], though he is innocent of both. To break him, Lysa locks him up in the [[Sky Cells|sky cells]], which are prison cells with a floor slanted toward an exposed cliff side. While confined in the sky cell, Tyrion wonders about who the true perpetrators of his accused crimes could be. He thinks it possible that his siblings were responsible for both, but that Bran’s assassination attempt seems too clumsily done to be Jaime or Cersei’s work. Tyrion eventually manages to bribe his gaoler [[Mord]] into telling Lysa that he is ready to confess. When Lysa summons the complete court of the [[Vale]] to hear his confession, he demands a [[trial by combat]]. {{ref|agot|38}}

Tyrion’s champion, the sellsword [[Bronn]], kills Lysa’s champion Ser [[Vardis Egen]], securing Tyrion’s freedom. {{ref|agot|40}} Both men leave the Eyrie on the dangerous [[High Road]], and along the way they are surrounded by men of the [[mountain clans of the Vale|mountain clans]], led by [[Shagga]]. Tyrion uses his quick wits and words to win over the clansmen by promising them weapons, armor, and glory. {{ref|agot|42}} The group rides out of the mountains, eventually reaching the Lannister host led by his father, Lord Tywin, who has invaded the Riverlands following Tyrion’s capture.

Lord Tywin decides to place Tyrion and his clansmen in the front for the upcoming battle with the Stark forces and Tyrion is given a number of new servants including a new squire, [[Podrick Payne]]. That night, he seds Bronn looking for a female companion for him, and Bronn brings back a young prostitute named [[Shae]], whom Tyrion takes an immediate liking to and takes into his service. The next day, he fights in the [[Battle of the Green Fork]] against Stark forces commanded by [[Roose Bolton]]. {{ref|agot|62}} The battle is won, though afterward the Lannisters learn it was only a diversion and that meanwhile Jaime Lannister’s host was defeated at Riverrun and he himself was captured. Lord Tywin retreats to Harrenhal and sends Tyrion to King’s Landing to act as [[Hand of the King]] in his stead, to rein in his newly crowned nephew and prevent further mistakes from Joffrey like [[Eddard Stark]]’s execution, but forbids him from taking Shae along. Tyrion disobeys and Shae accompanies him in secret. {{ref|agot|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Tyrion, along with his mountain clansmen, Shae, and Bronn, arrives at King’s Landing and presents his father Tywin’s letter which names him the Hand of the King in his father’s absence, much to Cersei’s dismay. She threatens to name it a forgery and throw him in the dungeon, but Tyrion tells her that he can get Jaime back and Cersei concedes. She also admits she needs help and agrees to ally herself with Tyrion, though they both have no intention of keeping it. This leads to a power struggle between the two. Tyrion takes up residence in the [[Tower of the Hand]] and as his first act of business removes the heads of the executed [[House Stark|Stark]] household from the walls of the [[Red Keep]]. {{ref|acok|3}}

Tyrion forges an alliance with Varys who helps him to replace [[Janos Slynt]] with Ser [[Jacelyn Bywater]] as Commander of the [[City Watch of King’s Landing|City Watch]] and sends Slynt and a few of his cronies to the Wall. {{ref|acok|8}} Next he concocts a plan to weed out Cersei’s informants on the [[small council]]. He tells Petyr Baelish, [[Varys]], and Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] each different plans that he has for [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]; {{ref|acok|17}} when Cersei confronts him about the plan that he divulged to Pycelle, Tyrion knows that Pycelle is the informant. {{ref|acok|20}} Tyrion’s true plan is to send Myrcella to [[Dorne]] to be betrothed to Prince [[Trystane Martell]]. To further garner Dornish support, he offers Prince [[Doran Martell]] a seat on the small council and promises to turn over the men that murdered Doran’s sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. {{ref|acok|17}}{{ref|acok|20}} For his part in giving Cersei private information, Pycelle is confined to the black cells beneath the keep. {{ref|acok|25}}

With his place at court secure and successfully outsmarting Cersei at every turn, Tyrion begins a series of initiatives to prepare the city for the siege, commanding the construction of fishing boats. He also opens the Kingswood for hunting and sends gold cloaks out to forage, but this is still not enough to feed the overcrowded city. He commands the blacksmiths around the city to begin construction on a giant chain which will allow him to close the [[Blackwater Rush]]. He also has [[Hallyne]] of the [[Alchemists’ Guild]] synthesize a large quantity of [[wildfire]]. Eventually, he sends his clansmen to the Kingswood to snuff out outriders and scouts loyal to Stannis.

Tyrion sets Shae up in a manse outside the Red Keep to keep her existence in King’s Landing a secret. {{ref|acok|8}} Varys, however, knows her location, and helps Tyrion use [[Chataya’s brothel]] as a front. Once inside the brothel, Tyrion passes through a tunnel that takes him to a location where he can safely travel to Shae’s manse without being followed. {{ref|acok|15}} She is restless there, however, and wishes to see more of court. Following the [[riot of King’s Landing]], Tyrion moves Shae to the Red Keep for her safety in the guise of [[Lollys Stokeworth|Lollys’s]] maid. {{ref|acok|44}}

Tyrion’s cousin, Ser [[Cleos Frey]], brings peace terms from Robb Stark, asking that [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] be released (although Arya is not, in fact, held at King’s Landing) in exchange for all captives save Jaime, and that Joffrey renounce all claims to the [[North]] and Riverlands. {{ref|acok|7}} Tyrion deems the terms unacceptable {{ref|acok|20}} and sends Cleos back with the counter-offer that he will release Sansa and Arya along with a number of captive Stark bannermen in return for Robb’s fealty and Jaime’s release, setting up an escape plan for Jamie to be orchestrated by men in Cleos’s party. {{ref|acok|25}} Tyrion is also visited by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] of the Night’s Watch, who has brought with him the severed hand of a [[wight]] from the Wall, but it rots away before he can present it. Ser Alliser is mocked by Tyrion and the court, but is promised his pick of the city’s dungeons as recruits. {{ref|acok|17}}{{ref|acok|25}}

When [[Renly Baratheon]] is murdered, Tyrion seizes the opportunity to bring the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] to the Lannister cause. He sends Petyr Baelish to treat with the Tyrells and offers Joffrey in marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell]]. {{ref|acok|36}} Tyrion continues to thwart Cersei’s plans, including one to send a disguised Tommen to [[Rosby]] to remove him from the reach of the mobs and Tyrion. {{ref|acok|44}} On one occasion Tyrion drugs her so that she will not be able to attend the small council. {{ref|acok|17}}{{ref|acok|25}} In retaliation Cersei has [[Alayaya]], who she believes is Tyrion’s whore, seized and beaten, offering her freedom in return for custody over Tommen. Tyrion is furious and swears to take from Cersei everything she cares about. {{ref|acok|54}}

When Stannis’s forces attack King’s Landing, later called the Battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion sets in place a giant chain in [[Blackwater Bay]] which traps many ships, Lannister and [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] alike. The wildfire commissioned from the Alchemists is then launched at the ships and they are trapped in the bay to burn. {{ref|acok|58}} During the battle, Tyrion is forced to lead a sortie out past the city walls because [[Sandor Clegane]], terrified of fire, refuses to do so. {{ref|acok|59}} Tyrion heads his men in a wedge formation dispersing the men assaulting the [[King’s Gate]]. He then continues with his men to hold the men crossing over a makeshift bridge made of of sinking galleys of Stannis’s fleet in the river. During the battle Ser [[Mandon Moore]] of the Kingsguard turns on Tyrion and tries to kill him, slicing off his nose, but Tyrion is saved by his squire Podrick Payne before Moore could finish him. {{ref|acok|61}} Tyrion passes out and wakes up in bed some time after the battle, suffering from serious facial wounds and the loss of most of his nose. {{ref|acok|67}} Tyrion suspects that Cersei was behind the assassination attempt.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Flawed by algesiras.jpg|thumb|350px|Tyrion loveless marriage to [[Sansa Stark]]. Art by algesiras ©]]


Tyrion makes a complete recovery some weeks later, only to learn that Lord Tywin had taken all the glory and taken over as Hand. Tyrion finds himself demoted to [[Master of Coin]], replacing [[Petyr Baelish]] and forced into a political marriage with Sansa Stark to forestall a Tyrell move to marry her to [[Willas Tyrell]]. {{ref|asos|19}}

The wedding to Sansa goes forward, though Tyrion chooses to defy custom and does not consummate their marriage, saying he will not touch her unless and until she wants him to. His father pushes him to consummate the marriage with [[Sansa]] for the good of the house, but Tyrion never does - a decision that earns him scorn and jest in court. {{ref|asos|28}} Tyrion’s marriage brings him no joy, as Sansa is repulsed by him and [[Shae]] remains indifferent.{{ref|asos|32}}

At King Joffrey’s wedding feast, Tyrion gets into an altercation with Joffrey, and soon afterwards the king is murdered, an act for which Tyrion is unjustly accused and arrested by command of Cersei. {{ref|asos|60}} Tyrion again stands trial for a crime he did not commit. During the trial, [[Cersei]] brings Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]], who lies that Joffrey believed Tyrion meant to muder him; Grand Maester Pycelle claims that Tyrion stole poison from him and Shae is brought to humiliate him before the court. After the first day the situation seems hopeless, but Tyrion again seeks trial by combat after Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] visits his cell and offers to serve as his champion in the trial. In the trial, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] stands against [[Gregor Clegane]], but fails to win, although not without mortally wounding him first. {{ref|asos|70}}

Oberyn’s death condemns Tyrion, but the night before he is to be executed, he is freed from his prison cell by his brother [[Jaime]] and a reluctant [[Varys]]. During their escape, Jaime reveals that their father made him lie about [[Tysha]] being a prostitute, and that she was just a peasant girl who had genuinely loved Tyrion.

Tyrion sees this admission as an unforgivable betrayal and abandons Jaime, promising retribution on Jaime, Tywin and Cersei. He also torments Jaime by telling his brother of Cersei's repeated infidelities, and falsely claims responsibility for Joffrey's death.

Before leaving the [[Red Keep]], Tyrion visits his father’s room and, finding [[Shae]] in his bed, strangles her. He then confronts his father, demanding he tell him what became of Tysha. Tywin tells Tyrion that she went ''“wherever whores go.”'' Tyrion then slays his father and escapes. {{ref|asos|77}} He flees [[Across the Narrow Sea|across the Narrow Sea]] to an unknown destination chosen by [[Varys]]. After his escape, Cersei offers a lordship for any that brings her Tyrion.

===''A Feast of Crows''===
Tyrion remains in his flight across the Narrow Sea. He is regarded by most as accursed as a [[Kinslaying|kinslayer]] and Kingslayer, although he is guilty of only the former. Meanwhile, in King’s Landing, Cersei’s bounty on Tyrion results in the killing of a number of innocent dwarfs and children; Cersei refuses to publicly punish anyone who does so, for fear it will discourage other such bounty hunters and allow Tyrion to escape.

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Tyrion flees across the [[Narrow Sea]], pondering his options. Tyrion arrives drunk and despondent at the manse of [[Illyrio Mopatis]] in [[Pentos]]. {{ref|adwd|1}} There Illyrio tells Tyrion of [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and her three dragons.

He then sends Tyrion, along with retainers Griff, Young Griff, Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], Septa [[Lemore]], and [[Haldon]], called Halfmaester, aboard the ship ''[[Shy Maid]]'' to [[Volantis]]. During the trip, he assumes the aliases Yollo and Hugor Hill. {{ref|adwd|5}} In Volantis, they plan to meet up with Daenerys to strengthen her cause. En route, Tyrion realizes that Griff is in fact the exiled lord [[Jon Connington]], and Young Griff is [[Aegon Targaryen]], saved from the [[Sack of King’s Landing]]. During the journey, the boat is ambushed by [[stone men]] and Tyrion is knocked overboard; he would have drowned had Jon Connington not dived in to save him. {{ref|adwd|18}}

While in [[Selhorys]], Tyrion (under Haldon’s direction) plays a game of [[Cyvasse]] with [[Qavo Nogarys]], a customs offical, in order to gain information. Tyrion later visits a brothel, a modest one compared to those he he had been wont to frequent in [[Lannisport]] and King’s Landing, where he is recognized and captured by Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]. {{ref|adwd|22}} Jorah plans to bring Tyrion to Daenerys to regain her favor. Jorah takes him to the [[Widow of the Waterfront]] to try and arrange passage out of Volantis. There Tyrion meets a female dwarf performer named [[Penny]] who, upon learning that Tyrion was indirectly responsible for her brother [[Oppo]]’s death, tries to kill him. {{ref|adwd|27}} Penny joins the pair as they travel to [[Meereen]] by sea aboard the ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'', where the crew take to calling him No-Nose, to reach Daenerys. On the ship Penny eventually befriends Tyrion. {{ref|adwd|33}}

While aboard the ''Selaesori Qhoran'', Tyrion makes the acquaintance of [[Moqorro]]. One night Tyrion asks him what he sees in the flames. Moqorro replies dragons, adding:

{{Quote|Dragons [[Maester Aemon|old]] and young, true and false, [[House Targaryen|bright]] and [[House Blackfyre|dark]]. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of it all.}}

Tyrion wonders if he may be seeing Penny in the flames as they are almost of size, Moqorro tells him no.

Soon, however, Tyrion, Penny, and Mormont are captured by a [[Yunkai|Yunkai’i]] slaver and bought by [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]. They are instructed by his overseer [[Nurse]] on how to treat their new master. {{ref|adwd|47}} Tyrion and Penny are forced to perform a mock joust in the [[fighting pits]], not knowing that they were to be eaten by lions at the end of the show. Daenerys Targaryen, for whom the show was staged, learns of their impending fate and stops the lions from being released. {{ref|adwd|52}}

After their new master dies of the [[bloody flux]] the trio escapes. Tyrion arranges for the three to join the sellsword company the [[Second Sons]], under the command of [[Ben Plumm|Brown Ben Plumm]], by promising the company the wealth of Casterly Rock. {{ref|adwd|57}}{{ref|adwd|66}} While the Sons’ current contract is to fight Daenerys, Tyrion hopes to win them to her side.

==Relationships==
===Tywin Lannister===
[[File:Tywin and Tyrion.png|thumb|350px|Tyrion and his father. ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]
[[File:Tyrion and shae by algesiras.jpg|thumb|350px|Tyrion and [[Shae]], his favourite. Art by algesiras ©]]

Tyrion has a difficult relation with his father. His mother died giving birth to Tyrion, something his father never forgave him. {{ref|asos|4}} When his father found out Tyrion had married Tysha, he had her raped by his guardsmen and finally by Tyrion himself to teach them a lesson. {{ref|agot|42}} Her memory haunted him for a very long time {{ref|acok|29}} and he began to seek his pleasure with prostitutes. {{ref|acok|8}} To his father this brought further shame on their house. {{ref|asos|4}} Tyrion himself has thought about killing his father. {{ref|agot|42}}

When Tyrion was kidnapped by Catelyn Tully, his father invaded [[the Riverlands]] not out of concern for Tyrion but to defend the honour of their house. Later he had Tyrion fight in the vanguard at the Battle of the Green Fork which made Tyrion suspect that his father would not have been unhappy to see him killed.{{Ref|aGoT|62}}

Though their relation is bad, his father recognized his capacities enough to send him to King’s Landing to act as Hand of the King in his stead. {{ref|agot|69}} Tyrion did well, keeping the Dornish neutral and building a chain across the Blackwater river to trap [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]’ fleet, something his father acknowledged. As a reward Tyrion asked to be named Tywin’s heir, which he was under the laws as Jaime had joined the Kingsguard and thus was unable to inherit. His father flatly refused, saying that he would never allow Tyrion to make Casterly Rock his whorehouse. {{ref|asos|4}}

After Joffrey’s death, Cersei accused Tyrion of murdering him. Tywin formed a court to sit in judgement of his son. Tyrion demanded a trial by battle and when his champion lost his father sentenced him to death though it is not clear if Tywin really thought Tyrion was guilty. Jaime freed Tyrion the night before his execution. He told him this was to make up for lying to Tyrion that Tysha had been a whore who was after riches while she had been what she claimed to be: a common girl and in love with Tyrion. Armed with this knowledge Tyrion visited his father and found him with Shae, Tyrion’s former mistress. Tyrion killed them both. {{ref|asos|77}}

===Cersei Lannister===
Cersei Lannister is Tyrion’s older sister and has always despised him. When Oberyn Martell and his sister Elia Martell visited Casterly Rock in their teens, they were shown the newborn baby Tyrion by both Jaime and Cersei. Cersei twisted Tyrion’s penis until he cried, only stopping when Jaime intervened. When she read how Baelor the Blessed imprisoned his sisters for being beautiful, Cersei went to Tyrion’s nursery and pinched him till he cried. Cersei’s cruelty to Tyrion only increased when she heard the prophecy of Maggy the Frog and the meaning of the word “Valonquar” (high valyrian for Little Brother).

She never kept her hatred for Tyrion a secret and made him aware of it throughout his life, and Tyrion returned her hatred in kind, developing a deep contempt for Cersei. Tyrion even dreamed of hiring a [[Faceless Men|Faceless Man]] to kill his sister. {{ref|acok|44}} The only thing that kept the two from harming each other was Jaime. Cersei once stated that she would have killed Tyrion but Jaime would never have forgiven her if she did {{ref|acok|54}} and Tyrion would not have harmed Cersei because he loves his brother Jaime and knows how much Cersei means to him.

The ironic thing is if Cersei had only ever treated Tyrion with even a little love and respect (a thing Tyrion craves for, especially from his family), Tyrion would return this with utter devotion and love to Cersei, the same he feels for his brother Jaime. Unknown to Tyrion is that every time Cersei see’s Tyrion or thinks of him all she remember is the prophecy of Maggy the Frog. When Joffrey was murdered, Cersei falsely believed Tyrion was responsible and did everything in her power to see him die, even getting his former whore Shae to lie and humiliate her “Valonquar” further before his death.

When Tyrion escaped and killed Tywin, Cersei now sees him in every shadow. She offered a lordship to any man who killed Tyrion resulting in the mass murder of innocent dwarfs and small children. In addition, Cersei will not punish any man who kills an innocent dwarf as she believes it might make the next man hesitate.

Cersei upon hearing about Mrycella’s injury at the hands of [[Gerold Dayne]] believed Dayne was Tyrion’s catspaw and Tyrion had him cut off Myrcella’s ear the way an agent of Cersei (Mandon Moore) once cut off Tyrion’s nose. With her Uncle Kevan now dead by the crossbow bolt (unknown to Cersei is the fact Kevan was killed by Varys), Cersei will most likely believe Tyrion killed Kevan the same way he killed their father and will see even more of him in the shadows and in her nightmares. Tyrion also remarks on his journey that the only reward he will ask from Daenerys Targaryen for his service is the right to rape and kill Cersei.

===Jaime Lannister===
Jaime Lannister is Tyrion’s older brother. Growing up Jaime was the only one who ever treated Tyrion with love and affection and for this Tyrion believed he would forgive his brother for anything. {{ref|agot|9}} Jaime was full of guilt over the lie their father had him tell Tyrion about Tysha, as Jaime was unaware of what his father planned and upon hearing about it lives with further guilt. The guilt had Jaime free his brother even when he was not sure of Tyrion’s innocence in the murder of his son Joffrey.

Upon freeing his brother, Jaime finally confessed the truth about Tysha causing an enraged Tyrion to reveal to Jaime the truth about Cersei’s infidelity towards Jaime and Tyrion also falsely told Jaime he did indeed kill his son Joffrey just to further hurt Jaime.

Tyrion mentioned to Illyrio Mopatis that Jaime and Cersei are his to kill. Despite this statement Tyrion while having no doubt about his desire to kill and hurt Cersei still harbours mixed feelings towards Jaime.

===His Uncles===
From all reports, Tyrion got on well with all of his Uncles, Gerion, Tygett and [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]].

Gerion and Tygett once asked Tyrion what gift he would like for his next nameday, Tyrion asked for a baby dragon and Tygett kindly told Tyrion that all the dragons were extinct and was careful not to hurt his nephew’s feelings. When [[Tyrek Lannister]] disappeared in the riots of King’s Landing, Tyrion instructed the watch that the lad was to be found alive or dead as his father, Tygett, was always kind to Tyrion.

Gerion gifted Tyrion with the Books [[Wonders]] and [[Wonders Made by Man]] by [[Lomas Longstrider]] and often had Tyrion recite the sixteen wonders of the World. Tyrion wished to accompany his uncle Gerion on his quest to find and retrieve [[Brightroar]] but his father would not allow him.

Until Tyrion was accused of killing Joffrey, Kevan Lannister was respectful to Tyrion and was one of the few after his injuries during the battle of the Blackwater to praise him and his abilities.

===Tysha===
Tysha was Tyrion’s first wife. For years Tyrion believed she was a whore who his brother hired so Tyrion could experience his first woman. Because of this he thought women would only want him for his money. {{ref|acok|3}} When Jaime rescued Tyrion from his cell he told him the truth: Tysha was a girl chance met on the road. As she had seemed to genuinely love Tyrion, he became furious with his brother. In retaliation Tyrion told Jaime that Cersei had bedded others and that he had killed Jaime’s son. The latter part was not true but was said to hurt Jaime. {{ref|asos|77}}

===Shae===
Shae was Tyrion’s whore who he began, despite his better judgement, to develop feelings towards. In order to protect Shae, Tyrion enlisted Varys help in creating an alias of Shae as a bedmaid. Tyrion reminded himself on several occasions that the only thing Shae loved about him was his gold. It turns out his assessment was correct, as Shae testified against him in his trial falsely (under Cersei’s direction) claiming Tyrion planned to kill the King, his father and his sister and seize the throne for himself. {{ref|asos|77}}

When Tyrion escaped his dungeon he went to his fathers chamber. There he found Shae in his father’s bed. He killed her and later his father. {{ref|asos|77}}{{Clear}}

==Quotes by Tyrion==

{{Quote|'''Tyrion:''' Let me give you some advice bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.
'''Jon''': What the hell do you know about being a bastard?

'''Tyrion''': All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes.
{{ref|aGOT|5}}}}
– Tyrion to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|''My mind is my weapon. My [[Jaime Lannister|brother]] has his sword, [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]] has his warhammer and I have my mind... and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That’s why I read so much Jon Snow.''{{ref|aGOT|5}}}}
– Tyrion to [[Jon Snow]]

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': When I was your age, I used to dream of having a dragon of my own. 
'''Jon Snow''': You did? 
'''Tyrion''': Oh, yes. Even a stunted, twisted, ugly little boy can look down over the world when he's seated on a dragon's back. I used to start fires in the bowels of Casterly Rock and stare at the flames for hours, pretending they were dragonfire. Sometimes I'd imagine my father burning. At other times, my sister. Don't look at me that way, bastard. I know your secret. You've dreamt the same kind of dreams.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}}} - Tyrion to [[Jon Snow]]

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{{Quote|''Trust no one'', my prince. Not your [[Haldon|chainless maester]], not your [[Jon Connington|false father]], not the gallant [[Rolly Duckfield|Duck]] or the lovely [[Lemore]] nor these other fine friends who grew you up from a bean. Above all, trust not the [[Illyrio Mopatis|cheese monger]], nor [[Varys|the Spider]], nor this little [[Daenerys Targaryen|dragon queen]] you mean to marry. All this mistrust will sour your stomach and keep you awake at night, ’tis true, but better that than the long sleep that does not end''. {{ref|adwd|22}}}}
– Tyrion to [[Aegon Targaryen|Young Griff]]

{{Quote|''You poor stupid blind crippled fool. Must I spell out every little thing for you? Very well. Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking Lancel and [[Osmund Kettleblack]] and probably [[Moon Boy]] for all I know. And I am the monster they all say I am. Yes, I killed [[Joffrey Baratheon|your vile son]].''{{Ref|aSoS|77}}}}
- Tyrion to [[Jaime]]

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

==Family tree==
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A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34

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| pov = [[Arya Stark|Cat of the Canals]]
| title = Cat of the Canals III
| place = [[Braavos]]
| page = 504
| previous = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 33|Jaime V]]
| current = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 34|Arya III]]
| next = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 35|Samwell IV]]
| arc previous = [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 22|Arya II]]
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==Synopsis==
Acclimated to the routine of Cat of the Canals, [[Arya Stark|Arya]] is learning the [[Braavosi tongue]] and trying to learn three new things every time she is sent forth from the [[House of Black and White]], as the [[Kindly Man]] told her she must. Selling clams by day, she sleeps in a bed with [[Brusco]]'s daughters by night, and for three days during each black moon, she returns to the House of Black and White. She delivers all three things the Kindly Man wants her to learn, but he still sends her back to Brusco. He tells her of the [[Many-Faced God]]; especially how all religions are aware of Him, even if they don't worship Him. Even within [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]] there exists [[the Stranger]], who the Kindly Man reveals is Him of Many Faces.

One night when the black moon begins, she meets [[Dareon]] after he departs the Happy Port. Arya is angered by the singer's abandonment of his vows as a [[Night's Watch|black brother]]. Returning to Brusco's, she gives him the coin she has collected selling his mollusks and a pair of new boots, then heads to the House of Black and White for three nights.

The [[Waif]] teaches her how to identify certain poisons like [[Sweetsleep]] and the [[Tears of Lys]], and then tells her the full story of how she came to the temple. She claims to be the eldest child from an ancient house, but when her stepmother had a true daughter, the woman tried to poison the Waif. When her father discovered this, he delivered two-thirds of his wealth to the House of Black and White, and soon after, his second wife was dead and the Waif now a servant in the temple. She reveals that she lied about part of that tale, but before Arya can guess which part, the Kindly Man visits her. She tells him the three new things she has learned, finishing with the knowledge that Dareon is dead- his throat was slit and his body dumped in the canal. When the Kindly Man asks who killed him, she replies, "Arya of [[House Stark]]." The priest again asks her who she is, to which she answers, "no one". But, as always, he tells her she lies, then asks the Waif to bring Arya some warm milk to help her sleep. Arya goes to bed, but upon awakening in the morning, she discovers that she is blind.

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==References and Notes==
*The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html].

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Capture of Winterfell

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The '''Battle of Winterfell''' is a daring raid that ends in [[Winterfell]] being captured, swinging the momentum of the [[War of the Five Kings]].

==Prelude==
As [[Theon Greyjoy]] planned, after [[Dagmer|Dagmer Cleftjaw]] laid siege to [[Torrhen's Square]] as a diversion, Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] raised Winterfell's levies and marched with six hundred men, leaving Winterfell defenseless.{{Ref|aCoK|46}} Meanwhile Theon traveled inland with twenty [[ironborn]] to Winterfell, planning to take it by surprise.

==Battle==
The [[ironborn]] descend on the few remaining Winterfell guards. Theon has his best swimmers cross the moat and go over the walls with grappling hooks. From there they sneak up on [[Alebelly]] who they slay at the gate, and open the gate to let the rest of the ironborn in. With speed and surprise they take the remaining garrison unawares.{{Ref|aCoK|46}}

==Aftermath==
Theon declares himself the Prince of Winterfell and takes [[Osha]] and [[Ramsay Bolton]], (disguised as "[[Reek]]"), as retainers. [[Bran Stark]], [[Rickon Stark]], [[Little Walder Frey]], [[Big Walder Frey]], [[Meera Reed]], [[Jojen Reed]] and [[Beth Cassel]] are all kept as hostages.{{Ref|aCoK|46}} However, the Stark and Reed children escape. To avoid embarrassment, Theon has Ramsay kill two boys in place of the Starks and announce to the world that they are dead.{{Ref|aCoK|50}}{{Ref|aCoK|55}} The grief over this news causes [[Robb Stark]] to seek solace in [[Jeyne Westerling]]'s arms and to then marry her. The changed military situation means Robb has to return north to protect his lands. Thus Winterfell's capture leads indirectly to the [[Red Wedding]].

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Dragonstone

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'''Dragonstone''' is the name of the island located at the entrance to [[Blackwater Bay]] and the castle thereon, which was shaped from stone to look like dragons. Dragonstone was the original seat of [[House Targaryen]] in [[Westeros]], which they had colonized and fortified as the westernmost outpost of the [[Valyrian Freehold]].

After the Targaryen [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the Seven Kingdoms, the island served as the seat of their heir apparent, known as "The [[Prince of Dragonstone]]". After [[Robert Baratheon]] [[Robert's Rebellion|overthrew]] the Targaryens, he gave the island to his brother [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]], creating [[House Baratheon of Dragonstone]]. The castle has a dark reputation. {{ref|aGoT|47}}{{ref|aCoK|Appendix}}

==The Island of Dragonstone==
Dragonstone is a volcanic island at the mouth of [[Blackwater Bay]], created by the active volcano, [[Dragonmont]]. The island is damp and dreary {{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} The castle of Dragonstone is a small fortress located on the face of the volcano. Outside its walls sits a small fishing village on the stormy coast. Beneath Dragonmont are rich deposits of [[dragonglass]]. There is much obsidian seen in the old tunnels beneath the mountain, found in chunks and boulders. The greater part of it is black, but there is some green obsidian as well, some red, even purple. {{ref|ASOS|78}}

A short distance off the coast is the island of [[Driftmark]], which is the seat of the bannermen of [[House Velaryon]], another Valyrian house. Dragonstone, though old and strong, commands the allegiance of only a few lesser lords whose islands are too thinly populated to provide any great numbers of troops.

==The Castle of Dragonstone==
[[File:Dragonstone Watchtower.jpg|thumb|right|Dragonstone watchtower © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The ancient fortress of Dragonstone was built using advanced [[Valyria]]n techniques of masonry that were lost in the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]], causing it to look unique among all the castles in Westeros. The citadel of Dragonstone is wrought all of black stone (the "stones of hell", if the old tales are true{{Ref|aSoS|10}}), its towers carved into the shapes of [[dragon]]s, and 1,000 gargoyles carved into various shapes serve as brooding [[W:crenellation|crenellations]] along the three curtain walls.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}}{{Ref|aSoS|10}} When Maester [[Cressen]] first came to Dragonstone the army of grotesques had made him uneasy, but as the years passed he grew used to them, and in his old age came to think of the 12 foot tall hellhound and wyvern on his windswept balcony as old friends.

The design of the castle is very dragon-oriented. Small dragons frame gates and dragon claws hold torches. A pair of great wings cover the armory and smithy, and tails form archways and staircases. {{Ref|aSoS|54}}

[[File:Dragonstone (day).jpg|thumb|left|Dragonstone castle in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' ]]
* The '''Stone Drum''' is the central keep of Dragonstone, named as such because of the booming sound made by the powerful winds during storms. Cells in the dungeons beneath the citadel are warmer than they ought to be, but as dank as one might expect for an isle such as Dragonstone. It is said that there are shafts and secret stairs leading further below into the heart of the Dragonmont. The Stone Drum is connected to the dungeon tower by a high stone bridge that arches over emptiness.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}}

* The '''Chamber of the Painted Table''', located on the top floor of the Stone Drum, is a round room, with four tall windows, overlooking the north, south, east and west. It holds a large table, carved and painted in the form of a detailed map of [[Westeros]]. Here, [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] planned for the [[War of Conquest|invasion of Westeros]].{{Ref|aSoS|36}} The Painted Table is more than fifty feet long: roughly twenty-five feet wide at its widest point and four feet at its thinnest. At the precise location of Dragonstone is a raised seat that allows the occupant to view the entire map.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}}

* The '''Great Hall''' is carved in the shape of a huge dragon lying on its belly; its doors are set in the mouth and those entering pass through its mouth. The kitchens resemble a curled up dragon where the smoke and heat vented through its nostrils.{{Ref|aSoS|54}}

* '''Aegon's Garden''' is a garden near the arch of the Dragon's Tail. Within its confines grow tall trees on every side, as well as wild roses. Cranberries grow in a boggy spot.{{Ref|aSoS|10}} Aegon's Garden has a pleasant pine scent.

* '''Windwyrm''' is one of the towers of Dragonstone. It is shaped like a dragon and arches into the sky, screaming defiantly.{{Ref|aSoS|54}}

* '''Sea Dragon Tower''' is shaped like a dragon at peace, facing the sea. The maester's chambers lie in this tower, below the rookery. The stairs of the tower are narrow and twisting.{{Ref|aSoS|54}} Going down the stairs of the Sea Dragon Tower, one must then cross the gallery, pass through both the middle and inner walls with their gargoyles and black iron gates, and climb even more steps to reach the Chamber of the Painted Table.

* The '''Sept''' contains carved statues of the seven aspects of the [[Faith of the Seven]]'s god. The Crone has pearl eyes, the Father a gilded beard, and the Stranger looks more animal than human. They had been carved from the masts of the ships that carried the first Targaryens to Dragonstone, and many layers of paint and varnish had been applied to them over the centuries. The sept has several altars and stained glass as well.{{Ref|aCoK|10}} It is said that Aegon the Conqueror knelt to pray in Dragonstone's sept the night before he sailed to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. This may be apocryphal, as Aegon only publicly converted when he reached [[Oldtown]] during his invasion - the sept could have been constructed after that fact.

==History==
===House Targaryen colonization===
A century or so before the [[Doom of Valyria]], [[House Targaryen]], a noble Valyrian house, took possession of the island and built a castle upon it, which became the westernmost outpost of the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. The castle towers were shaped by [[magic|Valyrian magic]] to look like dragons, giving it the name Dragonstone.

Twelve years prior the [[Doom]] of Valyria, the head of [[House Targaryen]] at the time, [[Aenar Targaryen]], relocated his family and five [[dragons]] (including [[Balerion]]) to Dragonstone, because of the visions of his maiden [[Daenys Targaryen|daughter]]. In [[Valyria]] this action was seen as weakness. <ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/72313-reading-from-the-world-of-ice-and-fire/page__st__40#entry3588552 Reading from ''The World of Ice and Fire''.] Notes from George R.R. Martin's reading and Q&A at the Bubonicon 44 in Albuquerque by Trebla.</ref>

Four of the dragons brought from Valyria eventually died on Dragonstone, leaving only [[Balerion]]. However, two [[dragon egg|‎eggs]] hatched and [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]] were born.

The Targaryen Lords of Dragonstone were: <ref>[http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-full-story-of-targaryen-conquest-in.html?spref=tw&m=1]</ref>
*'''[[Aenar Targaryen|‎Aenar the Exile]]''', who led the Targaryen exodus to Dragonstone.
*'''[[Gaemon Targaryen|‎Gaemon the Glorious]]''', son of Aenar, brother-husband to [[Daenys Targaryen|Daenys the Dreamer]].
*'''[[Aegon Targaryen (son of Gaemon)|‎Aegon Targaryen]]''' and '''[[Elaena Targaryen]]''', the children of Gaemon and Daenys, who ruled together as kin and a couple.
*'''[[Maegon Targaryen]]''', the son of Aegon and Elaena.
*'''[[Aelix Targaryen]]''', '''[[Baelon Targaryen]]''' and '''[[Daemon Targaryen]]''', the sons of Maegon.
*'''[[Aerion Targaryen (father of Aegon I)|Aerion Targaryen]]''', the son of [[Daemon Targaryen]], married to [[Velena Velaryon|‎ Lady Velena]] of [[House Velaryon]]

===War of Conquest===
Roughly a century after the Doom, [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon I]] launched his invasion of the continent, conquering six of the Seven Kingdoms. He established the city of [[King's Landing]] where he first made landfall at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. King's Landing became the capital and Dragonstone became the seat of the [[w:heir apparent|heir apparent]] to the [[Iron Throne]], who was styled the "[[Prince of Dragonstone]]".

===War of the Usurper===
After the royalist defeat at the Trident, [[Rhaella Targaryen|Queen Rhaella]] and [[Viserys Targaryen|Prince Viserys]] were evacuated to Dragonstone with the Red Keep's Master-at-Arms, Ser [[Willem Darry]] before King's Landing [[Sack of King's Landing|fell]] to the rebels. As [[Robert's Rebellion]] wound down, Dragonstone became the last haven of the remaining Targaryens. Nine moons after their midnight flight from King's Landing Rhaella gave birth to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys]] while a raging summer storm threatened to rip the island fastness apart. It is said that the storm was terrible. The Targaryen fleet was smashed while it lay at anchor, and huge stone blocks were ripped from the parapets and sent hurtling into the wild waters of the [[narrow sea]]. Queen Rhaella died in childbed giving birth Daenerys. Dragonstone's garrison had been prepared to sell Dany and her brother to the [[Usurper]] but just before Ser [[Stannis Baratheon]] prepared to set-sail to Dragonstone, Ser [[Willem Darry]] and four loyal men broke into the nursery one night and stole Dany and her brother, the last scions of House Targaryen, along with Dany's wet nurse, and fled, setting sail under cover of darkness for the safety of the [[Braavos]]ian coast.

===After Robert's Rebellion===
After the war, the castle passed to Stannis Baratheon. Lord Stannis resented the castle because its lands were far poorer than those of [[Storm's End]], which he felt was his due as heir of House Baratheon. He considered the castle to be an insult, but Robert felt a strong leader should be placed in the old Targaryen seat.
Years later Stannis is still brooding and has not forgotten or forgiven Robert for not giving him his due, and says so to old Maester [[Cressen]]:
{{Quote|I never asked for Dragonstone. I never wanted it. I took it because Robert’s enemies were here and he commanded me to root them out. I built his fleet and did his work, dutifully as a younger brother should be to an elder, as [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] should be to me. And what was Robert’s thanks? He names me Lord of Dragonstone, and gives [[Storm's End]] and its incomes to '''Renly'''. Storm’s End belonged to the [[House Baratheon]] for three hundred years; by rights it should have passed to me when Robert took the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|acok|0}}}}

==Recent Events==

===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Stannis Baratheon]] returns to Dragonstone from [[King's Landing]] shortly after King [[Robert Baratheon]] travels north to offer the [[Hand of the King]] to Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{ref|AGOT|20}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
During the [[War of the Five Kings]], the poor lands of Dragonstone give King Stannis few supporters for his claim to the [[Iron Throne]]. For the past half-year no craft that has come within sight of Dragonstone has been allowed to leave again. {{ref|ACOK|0|p 7}} The castle's maester, [[Cressen]], is killed during his attempt to poison [[Melisandre]].{{ref|ACOK|0}} [[Queen's Men]] sack the sept and Melisandre burns the statues of the Seven.{{ref|ACOK|10}}

After his defeat at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Stannis retreats to Dragonstone with only 2,000 swords and a token fleet in order to plot his next move.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] is imprisoned for plotting to kill Melisandre,{{ref|ASOS|10}} but is eventually freed by Stannis.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

Davos secretly smuggles [[Edric Storm]] from the castle against the wishes of Stannis. In his defence Davos tells Stannis that a king has a duty to his people, and reads a recent letter from the [[Night's Watch]] explaining the desperate situation the men of the Night's Watch are in.{{ref|ASOS|63}}

Stannis Baratheon and his forces leave Dragonstone to [[Battle of Castle Black|defend Castle Black]] and [[the Wall]].{{ref|ASOS|73}} Ser [[Rolland Storm]], the Bastard of Nightsong, is made castellan of the castle in the absence of Stannis.

At the [[Wall]] King Stannis sends word to Ser Rolland on Dragonstone to begin mining [[obsidian]]. Stannis fears he will not hold his seat much longer but hopes that the [[Lord of Light]] shall grant them enough ''frozen fire'' to arm themselves against the Others before the Dragonstone falls. {{Ref|ASOS|78}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Forces loyal to [[Tommen Baratheon|King Tommen]] commanded by Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]] [[Siege of Dragonstone|lay siege]] to the island. {{ref|AFFC|32}} In the absence of Stannis, the garrison of Dragonstone is led by Ser [[Rolland Storm]]. Lord [[Aurane Waters]] reports to Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] that Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] of the [[Kingsguard]] took command and stormed the castle, taking it at a heavy cost to himself and his forces.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

==Chapters that take place at Dragonstone==
*[[A Clash of Kings-Prologue|A Clash of Kings: Prologue]]
*[[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 10|A Clash of Kings: 10. Davos I]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 10|A Storm of Swords: 10. Davos II]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 25|A Storm of Swords: 25. Davos III]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 36|A Storm of Swords: 36. Davos IV]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 54|A Storm of Swords: 54. Davos V]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 63|A Storm of Swords: 63. Davos VI]]

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Dragonstone was grim beyond a doubt, a lonely citadel in the wet waste surrounded by storm and salt, with the smoking shadow of the mountain at its back.{{ref|acok|0}}}}

{{Quote|The [[Valyria]]ns had raised it, after all, and all their works stank of [[sorcery]].{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}}} – [[Kevan Lannister]], thinking upon Dragonstone

{{Quote|I never asked for Dragonstone. I never wanted it.{{ref|acok|0}}}} - [[Stannis Baratheon]]

==References and Notes==
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Donal Noye

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'''Donal Noye''' is an armorer, smith, and steward of the [[Night's Watch]].{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} He used to be a smith and a soldier for the [[House Baratheon|Baratheons]].

==Appearance==
Donal Noye has a big belly and a pinned-up sleeve. His jaws bristle with black stubble.{{ref|aCoK|6}}{{ref|aSoS|48}} He is muscular and very strong, even with one hand missing. His nose is broad and flat.{{ref|aGoT|19}}

==History==
Before he joined the the Night's Watch, Donal was a [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] man. He had worked as a smith at [[Storm's End]] and made [[Robert Baratheon|Robert's]] warhammer as well as [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis's]] first sword.{{ref|aSoS|76}}

Noye was a soldier as well, fighting in many battles for House Baratheon, the last being the [[Siege of Pyke]] during the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]]. The wound he took in the battle festered and he lost his left arm.{{ref|aGoT|19|pp 161-162}} Donal then joined the Night's Watch as a smith.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Donal Noye sees [[Jon Snow]] easily beating his fellow Night's Watch recruits in training. He lectures Jon that the youth does not fight fair. Jon has experience from capable trainers, such as Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], while the other recruits have little, if any practice. Furthermore, Jon humiliates them by showing how easily he can beat them, making the recruits fear and despise him.{{ref|aGoT|19}}

Jon is initially angered by what Donal says, but he befriends the other recruits and begins training them. He also becomes on friendly terms with the smith. Jon begins to help Donal in the armory.{{ref|aGoT|26|p 233}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Donal wishes Jon well when the youth joins [[the Great Ranging]] [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|aCoK|6}}

===A Storm of Swords===
[[File:Brittmartin Donal Noyle.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Donal Noye – by Brittmartin ©]]
Donal Noye is one of the few people to remain at Castle Black. When Jon escapes [[Styr]]'s [[wildlings]] and runs to Castle Black to warn of the coming assault, Donal is concerned that Jon had deserted. However, he ends up trusting the boy and brings him to Maester [[Aemon]] for treatment of his wounds and to begin preparing for the defense of [[the Wall]]. Despite having only one arm, Donal carries Jon without difficulty up the stairs and holds Jon down when Aemon cuts out the arrow piercing him.{{ref|aSoS|48}}

The remaining men of the Night's Watch at Castle Black retreat to the [[King's Tower]], because the other buildings are not defensible. Donal, taking command, sends warning to [[Mole's Town]] and offers the villagers refuge in the King's Tower if they help defend it.{{ref|aSoS|55}} During the fight the wildlings manage to claim the stairs despite severe losses and the remaining men of the Night's Watch flee to the Wall. Noye, having prepared for this by drenching the last landings with oil, has burning arrows fired. The attacking [[Thenn (people)|Thenns]] perish to a man.{{ref|aSoS|55}}

Although the Night's Watch had defended the Wall against Styr's company of wildlings who had climbed the Wall, there is still the vast army under command of [[Mance Rayder]] north of the Wall to deal with. Donal again leads the defense. The wildlings have no ladders to climb the wall, so they attack the gate. When the giant [[Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg|Mag the Mighty]] begins to break it, Noye leaves with a few men to save it. Before he leaves Donal gives Jon Snow command of the Wall. Noye succeeds in stopping the wildlings at the gate, at the cost of his life and of the men who went with him.{{ref|aSoS|64}} Jon finds that Mag had crushed Donal's spine and that Donal had impaled his sword in the giant's throat.

When the Night's Watch is on the brink of defeat, [[Stannis Baratheon]] appears with his army and defeats the wildlings in the [[Battle of Castle Black]]. According to Stannis, if the wildlings had already taken the Wall this may not have been possible.{{ref|aSoS|76}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Because Stannis is residing in the King's Tower, Jon Snow, now [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], moves into Donal's modest room with a narrow bed behind Castle Black's armory. The smith's possessions include a silver drinking cup, six pennies and a copper star, a niello brooch with a broken clasp, and a musty brocade doublet with the stag of [[House Baratheon]].{{ref|ADWD|3}} Jon later thinks that the Night's Watch needs leaders with the compassion of Donal Noye.{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Quotes by Donal==

{{Quote|[[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] was the true steel. [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]], that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.{{ref|aCoK|6}}}} - Donal Noye's opinion on the three [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]] brothers.

==Quotes about Donal==

{{Quote|A one-armed smith slew [[Mag the Mighty]]? Har! That must o' been a fight to see. [[Mance Rayder|Mance]] will make a song of it, see if he don't ... To Donal Noye, and Mag the Mighty.{{ref|ASOS|73}}}} - [[Tormund]], drinking with [[Jon Snow]] in honor of Donal Noye and Mag the Mighty

{{Quote|His treasures were his tools, and the swords and knives he made. His life was at the forge.{{ref|ADWD|3}}}} - Jon Snow thinking about Donal's personal effects

==References and Notes==
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Strangler

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The '''strangler''' is a rare [[poison]], which makes the person unable to breathe.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} The knowledge of how to make the poison is known to the alchemists of [[Lys]], the [[Faceless Men]] of [[Braavos]] and the [[Maesters]] of the [[Citadel]]. The [[Asshai]]'i have a name for the plant and the Alchemists of Lys a name for the crystal but to the maesters it is known as the strangler.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}}

==Instruction==
The poison is made from plants that are only found on islands in the [[Jade Sea]]. The leaves of the plant are picked and aged, then soaked in a wash of limes, sugar water and rare spices from the [[Summer Islands]]. The leaves are then discarded, but the liquid is kept and thickened with ash and allowed to crystallize. It turns a deep purple color.{{Ref|aCoK|Prologue}}

==Assassinations==

* Maester [[Cressen]] attempted to assassinate [[Melisandre]] using the Strangler but she survived after drinking almost the whole poisoned cup of wine. When Cressen drank the remaining half a swallow from the same cup he died.

* Lady [[Olenna Redwyne]] used Strangler crystals, disguised as amethysts adorning a hairnet worn by [[Sansa Stark]], to poison King [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. The hairnet was given to Sansa by Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] under orders of [[Petyr Baelish]].{{Ref|aSoS|61}}

==References and Notes==
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Night's Watch

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[[File:The wall by MarcSimonetti.jpg|350px|thumb|The Wall by Marc Simonetti ©]]

The '''Night's Watch''' is a military order dedicated to holding [[the Wall]], the immense fortification on the northern border of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], defending the realms of men from what lies beyond. The order's foundation dates back to the [[Age of Heroes]], at the time when the [[Others]] were pushed back. The men of Night's Watch wear only black. For the Night's Watch three long blasts of a horn means Others {{Ref|asos|18|p 200}}

==History==
The Night's Watch is one of the oldest orders in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as it survived the fall of the kingdoms of the [[First Men]], following the [[Andal Invasion]], and the [[War of Conquest]]. It was founded over 8,000 years ago, after the period known as the [[The Long Night|Long Night]]. Under cover of an endless night that lasted for a generation, the [[Others]] invaded from the [[Lands of Always Winter]], laying waste to much of Westeros, until the Others were finally defeated by the Night's Watch at the [[Battle for the Dawn]]. After having pushed back the threat, the Wall was built by [[Bran the Builder|Brandon the Builder]] in order to protect the Seven Kingdoms, should the Others ever return. During the [[Age of Heroes]] it was also recorded by the Night's Watch that the [[children of the forest]] gave the Night's Watch a hundred [[obsidian]] daggers every year.{{Ref|aFfC|5}}

But other than the corrupting of the thirteenth [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] named the "[[Night's King]]," attacks by the Others never came. Instead, the most frequent attacks came from the [[wildlings]], sometimes led by their [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|kings]], and their constant attempts at raiding in the North. Little by little, the Night's Watch began to forget that its main mission was not the fight against the wildlings, but against the Others. As the years came and went, the purpose of the Watch became less and less obvious, and its manpower decreased more and more, with most of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] neglecting the Wall. Only the North, particularly the [[House Stark|Starks]], have the memory of the old days, but even they believe the Others are no more than vague figures in stories told to frighten children.

The Night's Watch has built nineteen castles along the hundred leagues of the Wall. At the zenith of it's power, the Watch had seventeen of the castles manned, with over ten thousand men-at-arms between them. Castle Black alone quartered five thousand fighting men with all their horses, servants, and equipment. The highborn of the North have traditionally considered it an honor to serve on the Wall. Many younger sons of Northern houses, low in the line of succession, gladly took the black. 300 years after [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon]]'s conquest, only three castles remain in use and the Night's Watch's numbers have dwindled to fewer than a thousand men. Not only that, but the Night's Watch is now largely made up of the misfits of the Seven Kingdoms: peasants, debtors, poachers, rapers, thieves, and bastards. Only a few of the noble and knightly houses south of [[The Neck]] have members in the Night's Watch, and most serve because they fought on the wrong side of a war or fell afoul of political machinations.

According to Maester [[Pycelle]] the Wall is a world apart, and news oft reaches them late.



==Organization==
[[File:Nights Watch Rangers.jpg‎|thumb|350px|Rangers defending against the [[wildlings]] and [[Others]]]]
[[File:Nights Watch Builders.jpg‎|thumb|350px|Builders maintaining the [[Wall]] ]]
[[File:Nights Watch Stewards.jpg|thumb|350px|Stewards responsible for an assortment of critical functions]]

===Structure===
The Night's Watch consists of three orders: Rangers, Builders, and Stewards. All of them are subject to the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]] and each of the three orders is led by its own officer, called First Ranger, First Builder, and First Steward, respectively. These officers are appointed by the Lord Commander.{{Ref|aCoK|6}}

* '''Rangers''': Although all brothers of the Watch stand watch on the Wall, the rangers are the main fighting force, adept at surviving in the wilderness and tasked with scouting and patrolling the [[Haunted Forest]] beyond the Wall. They are actively defending the Wall and riding out to face the Watch's enemies, including the lawless [[wildlings]] as well as the mysterious, inhuman [[Others]].{{Ref|aGoT|41}}

* '''Builders''': The builders are responsible for maintaining the Wall, the castles, and the equipment. They provide masons, carpenters, miners, and woodsmen. {{Ref|aGoT|41}}

* '''Stewards''': The stewards are the largest of the three orders. The stewards are responsible for an assortment of critical functions, providing vital day-to-day services. They hunt and farm, tend horses, gather firewood, cook meals, make clothing, maintain weapons, and conduct trade with the south, bringing back to the Wall all of the supplies needed by the Night’s Watch.{{Ref|aGoT|41}} Like other members of the Watch, the stewards must be ready to fight at a moment’s notice, and all have received at least basic combat training. Among the stewards, those with skill in sums or reading or writing might be given specialized tasks as well. Few enough are literate, but the Watch has a purpose for every man. Stewards also serve as attendants and squires for the high officers of the Watch, such as the Lord Commander. In short, the entire administration of the Night’s Watch is in the hands of the Stewards.

===Leadership===
The [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] is the final authority and oversees the entire order. Any man of the Night's Watch can be nominated to be the Lord Commander. A Lord Commander serves in office until the day he dies, when a new Lord Commander is elected by the men of the Watch. It is strongly suggested that the Lord Commander is usually a ranger. This may be gainsaid by a passage in "[[A Game of Thrones]]", in which Jon Snow is appointed a steward and not, to his disappointment, a ranger, and assigned as the personal steward of the current Lord Commander. His peers take it for granted that this means Snow is being groomed for leadership. A combination of these two theories may indicate a "fast track," where suitable candidates for Lord Commander may be placed to give them experience in each of the three disciplines, regardless of which they are initially placed. Ultimately though, the position of Lord Commander is filled by an election, so no one, even fast-tracked, can be guaranteed it.

The majority of the officers and leadership of the Watch are pulled from the upper crust of Westerosi society. An aristocratic or knighted man is almost guaranteed a position as an officer in the Watch, but there are several powerful and influential brothers that are of common blood as well, such as the senior rangers [[Qhorin Halfhand|Qhorin the Half-Hand]], [[Blane]], and [[Cotter Pyke]], commander of Eastwatch-by-the-Sea and a bastard-born pirate. The Watch, as a meritocracy, is one of the few places in [[feudalism|feudal]] Westeros where a common man can rise high and even gain command over knights and lords, rising as far as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.

===Recruitment===
Once, serving on the Wall was honor and a sign of selfless devotion to duty, with many [[knight]]s, honorable men, and nobles taking the black voluntarily. Today, the Night’s Watch is beginning to be seen as only a way to avoid punishment; suitable less for knights now than for the dregs of Westeros, salvaged from dungeons by traveling recruiters. Disgraced nobles, bastards, and even the unwanted legitimate offspring of nobles are “encouraged” to take the black, making many of today’s Watch a surly and dissatisfied lot.

Those who come voluntarily are free to leave during any time of their training, but no man may leave after he has said vows. Any deserters are sentenced to death. After taking the vows, the men of the Watch cannot own any land, marry, or father children. Men are also encouraged to sever any ties left with their families, if they're lucky enough to have one.

Men of the Night's Watch are garbed all in black, a tradition that earned them the nickname "crows," particularly among the [[wildling]]s. While some use this name derogatorily, many in the Night's Watch have adopted the term for their own use. They are also called "the black brothers," and in song they've been called the "black knights of the Wall."

===Vows===
When the recruits are considered ready to take the black, they say their vows either in a [[Faith of the Seven|sept]] or before a [[Old Gods|heart tree]]. The vows are as follows:

{{Quote| Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all nights to come.}}

It's customary to finish a black brother's eulogy with the words, "And now his watch is ended." 

===Military Strength===
During the time of Aegon's conquest, the Watch is stated to have about ten thousand men. Around year 298 AL, the Watch has dwindled to less than a thousand men, and the quality of recruits has declined as well. During the beginning of year 300 AL, when the Watch chooses a new Lord Commander, a total of 588 votes are cast, indicating that the Watch numbers just six hundred men at this time.{{Ref|aSoS|75}}

==Possessions==
[[File:The wall Stronghold on by MarcSimonetti.jpg|350px|thumb|Abandoned Stronghold of the Night's Watch by MarcSimonetti ©]]
[[File:The_Wall Castles.jpg|350px|thumb|Castles along the wall and the surrounding area]]

===Castles of the Night's Watch===

The Night's Watch raised nineteen castles to guard the hundred leagues of the [[Wall]], although they have never manned more than seventeen at one time. Today only few of them are maintained by an ever dwindling force. The castles themselves are closer to garrisons, composed mostly of barracks, stables, storehouses, towers and out-buildings, as they have no walls of their own (other than the [[Wall]] itself). They were purposefully built this way so the Watch could man only the Wall itself and focus on threats from the north. The Night's Watch feared no attack from the south because of their vow not to take part in the wars of the Seven Kingdoms.

Presently, due to manpower shortages, the Watch only mans the [[Shadow Tower]], [[Castle Black]] and [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea|Eastwatch]], although there are plans to re-garrison [[Nightfort]] and many of the other castles. The question of who will be responsible for the remanned castles is a point of tension between the Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]] and King [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. Patrols between the castles used to be more regular, but as the manpower of the Night's Watch diminished, so did the number of patrols. Now the Watch uses mules to ride atop the [[Wall]], as the paths have not been graveled between the older castles in many years. The mules are bred at Eastwatch and are specially trained for their duties.{{Ref|aSoS|26}}

====Night's Watch castles listed from west to east====
{| style="padding:5px; background:#F3F3F3; border:1px solid #AAA;"
|[[Westwatch-by-the-Bridge]] · [[Shadow Tower]] · [[Sentinel Stand]] · [[Greyguard]] · [[Stonedoor]] · [[Hoarfrost Hill]] · [[Icemark]] · [[Nightfort]] · [[Deep Lake]] · [[Queensgate]]· [[Castle Black]] · [[Oakenshield (Wall)|Oakenshield]] · [[Woodswatch-by-the-Pool]] · [[Sable Hall]] · [[Rimegate]] · [[Long Barrow]] · [[Torches]] · [[Greenguard]] · [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]]
|}

====Most notable are====
* [[Castle Black]], the largest maintained castle, located at the northern end of [[Kingsroad]] held by nearly six hundred brothers at the beginning of ''A Game of Thrones''
* The [[Shadow Tower]], most western outpost of the Watch, garrisoned by two hundred men at the beginning of "A Game of Thrones."
* [[Eastwatch-by-the-sea|Eastwatch]], port town of the Night's Watch with the smallest standing garrison.
* The [[Nightfort]], the oldest and largest castle of the Night's Watch. Houses the "The Black Gate," a secret way through the Wall sealed by a magical ancient door fashioned from [[weirwood]], which only opens to a sworn brother of the Night's Watch.
* [[Deep Lake]], built seven miles east of the Nightfort and meant to replace it. It was paid for by Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]].
* [[Queensgate]], originally called Snowgate, it was renamed after Good Queen Alysanne slept there for one night during her visit to the Wall.

=== The Gift and the New Gift ===
The [[Gift]] is a tract of land measuring twenty-five leagues southward from the Wall that the Night's Watch received from King Brandon [[House Stark|Stark]] of the North. For years the Watch farmed the Gift, but as their numbers dwindled there were fewer hands to plow the fields, tend the bees and plant the orchards, so the wild reclaimed much of the area. Wishing to restore the Night's Watch and reward its loyal service in defense of the realm, Queen [[Alysanne]], wife of King [[Jaehaerys I|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], doubled the extent of the Gift. Towns and villages that were located within the "New Gift" supported the Night's Watch with their taxes, rendered by goods and labor. In time, the New Gift lost population as people moved south, into the mountains or into the Umber lands east of the Kingsroad to avoid wildling raids, further reducing the support structure for the Night's Watch and the Wall.{{Ref|aSoS|40}}

The nearest point of civilization to Castle Black is [[Mole's Town]], a subterranean settlement whose brothel is frequently patronized by brothers of the Night's Watch.

===Ships===
The Night's Watch employs a small fleet at Eastwatch. Known Night's Watch ships include the [[Blackbird]], the [[Storm Crow]], and the [[Talon]].

==Notable Members==
[[File:Marc_Fishman_JonSnowonwallI.jpg‎|[[Jon Snow]], 998th Lord Commander - by Marc Fishman © |thumb|250px|right]]
===Recent Lords Commander===
*Lord [[Jeor Mormont]], 997th Lord Commander of the Watch, known as "The Old Bear." Towards the end of his tenure, he became increasingly worried as more rangers were lost beyond the Wall, including First Ranger Benjen Stark. Also, there were more reports coming in of wildlings either fleeing south or gathering in large numbers to escape or meet some threat. After an attempt to investigate in force, most of the brothers who went with him were killed at the [[Battle of the Fist of the First Men]]. Following this staggering loss, he was murdered by his own rangers during a mutiny.
*Lord [[Jon Snow]], 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.

===Past Lords Commander===
*'[[Night's King]]', 13th Lord Commander who converted the Night's Watch into his own personal army and led it in battle against the King of the North and [[Joramun]], the King-Beyond-the-Wall.
*[[Lord Commander Qorgyle]], the 996th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch before Lord Jeor Mormont and a member of [[House Qorgyle]]. His first name is never given.
*[[Runcel Hightower]], tried to make the position of Lord Commander hereditary and pass the position to his son.
*[[Rodrik Flint]], thought to make himself King-beyond-the-Wall.
*[[Tristan Mudd]], Mad [[Marq Rankenfell]] and [[Robin Hill]]; Three Lords Commander who nearly destroyed the Watch when they forgot their vows in favor of their pride and ambition.
*[[Osric Stark]], a brother or son of a [[King In The North|King in the North]]. He was chosen Lord Commander when he was 10 making him the youngest Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. He served for 60 years {{Ref|aFfC|5}}
*[[Brynden Rivers]], AKA "Bloodraven", Sent to the Wall ca. 233 AL by King [[Aegon V]], he eventually became Lord Commander.
*Unknown brother of [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]], Stayed on the Wall while his brother burned at Harrenhal.{{Ref|aGoT|60}}
*[[Sleepy Jack]], Lord Commander of the Night's Watch when [[Raymun Redbeard]] crossed the Wall and was late for the [[Battle of Long Lake]].

===Brothers===
* [[Benjen Stark]], First Ranger and younger brother to Lord Eddard Stark. Missing beyond the Wall and thought dead.
* [[Blane]], a senior ranger of common blood, scout and second to Qhorin Halfhand. Killed while in command of the Shadow Tower Men during the Battle at the Fist of the First Men.
* [[Bowen Marsh]], Lord Steward of the Night's Watch. Led a successful but costly battle against wildling raiders in the [[Gorge]], west of the Shadow Tower.
* [[Chett]], former steward to [[Maester Aemon]] until Samwell Tarly was raised to the post. Sent to the pens to take care of the dogs. Later, he conspired to kill Jeor Mormont, but was slain and turned into a wight.
* [[Cotter Pyke]], commander of Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.
* [[Donal Noye]], one-armed blacksmith at Castle Black. He was personal blacksmith to [[House Baratheon]] and made Robert's warhammer before losing an arm during Greyjoy's Rebellion. He died killing Mag the Mighty, King of the Giants, underneath the Wall during the [[Battle of Castle Black]].
* [[Eddison Tollett]], a steward, called "Dolorous Edd" for his sarcastic and black humor.
* [[Jarmen Buckwell]], a senior ranger. Survived the [[Battle of the Fist of the First Men]] and retreated back to Castle Black.{{Ref|aSoS|48}}
* Ser [[Denys Mallister]], commander at The Shadow Tower.
* [[Janos Slynt]], former commander of the City Watch in [[King's Landing]], later Lord of [[Harrenhal]], and finally a Brother of the Night's Watch. A political lackey of [[House Lannister]], he was exiled to the Wall by [[Tyrion Lannister]], who wanted to rid King's Landing of corruption and himself of Lord Slynt. Tyrion's father [[Tywin Lannister]] later tried to make Slynt a tool of House Lannister in the Watch, and nearly turned the election for a new Lord Commander in Slynt's favor. After Jon Snow's election to the post, Slynt's continued insubordination led Snow to execute him.
* [[Maester Aemon]], maester of Castle Black and one of the last Targaryens. Died of old age at sea with Samwell Tarly.
* Ser [[Mallador Locke]], knight and ranger. Killed during the [[Battle of the Fist of the First Men]].
* [[Othell Yarwyck]], first Builder of the Night's Watch.
* [[Qhorin Halfhand]], second-in-command at The Shadow Tower and a ranger of much repute. He allowed [[Jon Snow]] to kill him so that Snow would be accepted among the wildlings.
* [[Thoren Smallwood]], acting First Ranger after Benjen Stark's disappearance. Killed by a [[Others#Wights|wight]] bear during the Battle of the Fist of First Men.
* [[Samwell Tarly]], son of renowned battle commander [[Randyll Tarly]]. Obese and an admitted coward. Sent by Lord Snow to the [[Citadel]] for study after the Battle on the Fist of the First Men.
* [[Grenn]], recruit with Jon who is assigned to the rangers.
* [[Pypar]], more commonly known as Pyp, recruit with Jon, originally with a mummers' troupe.
* [[Dareon]] is a recruit in the same "class" as Jon and is named a steward sent to [[Eastwatch-by-the-sea]]. He was an apprentice singer in the Reach.
* [[Todder]], more commonly known as Toad, is a recruit in the same "class" as Jon, named a ranger.
* [[Jeren]] is a recruit in the same "class" as Jon Snow and is named a steward. He was the bastard son of a septon.
* [[Halder]], also known as Stoney, is a recruit in the same "class" as Jon Snow and is named a builder. Incredibly strong.
* [[Albett]], also known as Pimple, is a recruit in the same "class" as Jon Snow and is named a builder.
* [[Satin]] is a recruit of the Night's Watch after Jon.
* Ser [[Jaremy Rykker]], a senior ranger and knight. Killed by a wight at Castle Black.
* Ser [[Waymar Royce]], novice ranger and knight, slain by an [[Others|Other]].
* Ser [[Wynton Stout]], an elderly ranger.
* Small [[Paul]], a simple-minded brother. He was part of a conspiracy to kill Jeor Mormont until the Brothers were attacked at the Fist of the First Men. He saves Samwell Tarly, but was slain by an Other and returned as a Wight.
* [[Stonesnake]], ranger from the Shadow Tower. Companion to Qhorin Half-Hand and the most accomplished mountain climber in the Watch. Missing and presumed dead after trying to cross the Frostfangs alone and on foot.
* [[Ulmer]], a grey-bearded outlaw, once part of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]. Skilled with a bow.
* [[Yoren]], senior "wandering crow" or recruiter for the Watch. He attempted to smuggle [[House Stark|Arya Stark]] to the North, but was killed fighting [[House Lannister|Lannister]] men who were searching for the outlaw [[Beric Dondarrion]].

See also List of all known [[:Category:Members of the Night's Watch|members of the Night's Watch]]

==References and Notes==
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Chella

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'''Chella daughter of Cheyk''' is the daughter of [[Cheyk]] and member of the clan [[Mountain clans#Black Ears|The Black Ears]]. She has sons who have claimed fifty ears between them.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 56|Chapter 56]], Tyrion</ref> She herself has claimed forty six.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 3|Chapter 3]], Tyrion</ref>

==Appearance==
She is a small, dark woman and is described as flat like a boy and not very pretty.

==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
She meets [[Tyrion Lannister]] in the [[Mountains of the Moon]]. She is the one that finds Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s encampment and accompanies Tyrion to the meeting with his father. There she accepts to fight for the Lannisters and follows Tyrion to [[King's Landing]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 56|Chapter 56]], Tyrion</ref> She took four ears during the [[Battle of the Green Fork]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 62|Chapter 62]], Tyrion</ref>

===A Clash of Kings===
[[Tyrion]] entrusts her with the guard of [[Shae]] when he leaves his mistress in the inn ''The [[Broken Anvil]]'', before going to the [[Red Keep]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 3|Chapter 3]], Tyrion</ref> Tyrion offers her to [[Sansa Stark]] as a bodyguard in order to protect her from the [[Kingsguard]], who had been beating her on the order of [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]]. With her clansmen, she is sent to the [[Kingswood]] to harass [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s troops while they march on [[King's Landing]].

===A Storm of Swords===
After the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] she returns to [[King's Landing]] to be greeted by a hostile crowd which forces her and the Black ears to return to the [[Mountains of the Moon]].

===A Feast for Crows===
Chella is listed as a clan chief of the Black Ears.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref>

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

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Steel Road

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The '''Steel Road''' starts on the east of [[Vaes Dothrak]], then penetrates the Bone Mountains and leads to [[Kayakayanaya]], which lies on the eastern side of the mountain range.<ref>[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]</ref>

==References and Notes==
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Bayasabhad

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'''Bayasabhad''' is a city in the far east, lying on the shores of the [[Jade Sea]].
==People==
The city is known for its warrior maids who wear iron rings in their nipples and rubies in their cheeks. {{Ref|aGoT|54}}
==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
In the Eastern Market of [[Vaes Dothrak]] Dany espies warrior maids from Bayasabhad. {{Ref|aGoT|54}}
==References and Notes==
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Hagen's daughter

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'''Hagen’s beautiful red-haired daughter''' is [[ironborn]]. She is the daughter of [[Hagen]] the Horn. She along with her father is one of the crew on [[Asha Greyjoy]]'s ship ''[[Black Wind]]''. Asha thinks she fancies [[Tristifer Botley]] as Asha has seen her looking at him. Hagen's daughter steers a ship as well as any man. Her true name is unknown.
==Appearance==
She is seventeen years old. She has long red hair. She is beautiful.
==Recent Events==
===A Dance with Dragons===
She along with the rest of [[Asha Greyjoy]]'s supporters sails to [[Deepwood Motte]] with Asha as she contemplates her next move.
When talking with [[Tristifer Botley]] Asha tells Tris that Hagen’s daughter looks at him. He tells her that he does not want Hagen’s daughter.

Fleeing from [[Deepwood Motte]], on the way back to the ships Asha and her men rest and wait for sunrise. During the respite Hagen’s daughter seizes Tristifer Botley by the hand and attempts to draw him off into the trees for an amorous encounter. When Tris refuses her she goes off with Six-Toed [[Harl]] instead.

The northmen soon catch up to the ironmen and a bloody, confusing battle ensues. In the thick of the fighting Asha sees Hagen’s daughter burst naked from beneath the trees with two northmen at her heels. Asha takes one of the men down with her axe. When the man falls Hagen’s daughter stumbles to her knees, snatches up his sword and then stabs the second man. She then rises again and plunges into the fight.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Hagen’s daughter stumbled to her knees, snatched up his sword, stabbed the second man, and then rose again, smeared with blood and mud, her long red hair unbound, and plunged into the fight.}}

==References and Notes==
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Warrior women

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[[Image:Visenya.jpg|[[Visenya Targaryen]], who wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]] - by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amoka©]|thumb|right|300px]]
'''Warrior women''' are women who are skilled in combat and take part in battle, warfare etc. In [[Westeros]] male warriors are plentiful. Westerosi warrior women on the other hand are quite uncommon. Westerosi women however are not forbidden from becoming warriors but neither is it encouraged or seen as acceptable and feminine by many Westerosi. Nor is a woman viewed as a suitable opponent for men, especially during one-to-one combat. In Westeros no separate warrior class exists for women.

One of the few famous warrior women in [[Westeros]]’s histories is [[Visenya Targaryen]], who wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]] and rode [[Vhagar]] into battle. [[Nymeria]], the warrior-queen of the [[Rhoyne]] who conquered Dorne, is also well known.

In Westeros women tend to be considered the gentler sex, in need of protection. The ability for a woman to be able to defend herself is considered unfeminine. Highborn women are not encouraged towards warfare or expected to know how to physically defend themselves, although they may perhaps be instructed on the tactics of warfare, especially if they are female heirs to a House. Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] sums up many a man’s thought on women warriors,
{{Quote|“The gods made men to fight, and women to bear children. A woman’s war is in the birthing bed.”}}
It is not possible for a woman to become a [[knight]], nor is there a female equivalent of knighthood for a woman who is bent on living a martial life, for a woman who also wishes to abide by a chivalric code. Although [[Brienne]] of [[Tarth]] is as skilled as most any a knight there is no place among them for a woman such as she. Nor is there a feminine title for a woman warrior, such as ''“Ser”'' as knights have, to acknowledge her ability and chosen vocation, much to the confusion of [[Podrick Payne]].

Further [[north]] however it is not so unusual for a woman to be able to physically defend herself. The women of [[House Mormont]] and [[Bear Island]] have had no choice but to learn how to preserve themselves during attacks from [[ironmen]] and [[wildling]] raiders while their menfolk are absent. Lady [[Maege Mormont]] tells [[Catelyn Stark]],
{{Quote|"We have needed to be [warriors]. In olden days the ironmen would come raiding in their longboats, or wildlings from the [[Frozen Shore]]. The men would be off fishing, like as not. The wives they left behind had to defend themselves and their children, or else be carried off." {{Ref|asos|45|p 522}}}}
[[Beyond the Wall]] there are [[spearwife|spearwives]], they are accepted and respected by the [[wildling]] men. The ironborn are more also more accepting of women warriors and are willing to fight alongside them.

There appears to be a culture for warrior woman east of the [[Bone Mountains]], there are warrior maids of [[Kayakayanaya]], [[Bayasabhad]] and [[Shamyriana]], nothing is known about their martial skills.

==Warrior Women of Westeros==
[[File:Dacy Mormont.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Dacey Mormont]] depiction by Amoka©]]
* [[Visenya Targaryen]] – famously wielded [[Dark Sister]].
* [[Brienne of Tarth]] – wields [[Oathkeeper]]
* [[Asha Greyjoy]] – fights with two throwing axes in either hand
* [[Arya Stark]] – wields [[Needle]]
* The women of [[Bear Island]]
* [[Hagen's beautiful red-haired daughter]]
* [[Obara Sand]] - wields a spear and whip.
* [[Meris]]
==Warrior Women Beyond the Wall==
* [[Ygritte]] - spearwife
* [[spearwife|spearwives]]
==Warrior Women of Essos==
* Queen [[Nymeria]] of the [[Rhoyne]]
* {Water Dancers – if some are female}
* warrior maids of [[Bayasabhad]]
* warrior maids of [[Shamyriana]]
* warrior maids of [[Kayakayanaya]]

==Quotes==

{{Quote|“Men will always underestimate you and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely.” {{Ref|affc|4}}}} – Ser [[Goodwin]], to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|''"Ser? [[Brienne|My Lady]]?"''}} - [[Pod]], to [[Brienne]]

{{Quote|“What we are is what you made us. On [[Bear Island]] every child learns to fear the krakens rising from the sea.”}} – [[Alysane Mormont]], to [[Asha Greyjoy]]

{{Quote|Her last foe [[Morgan Liddle|was a northman with an axe]], a big man bald and bearded, clad in a byrnie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. He was not pleased to find himself fighting a woman.}}

{{Quote|Her very womanhood seemed to offend [[Stannis|him]]. Men from the green lands liked their women soft and sweet in silk, she knew, not clad in mail and leather with a throwing axe in each hand.}} - [[Asha Greyjoy]], on [[Stannis]]

==References and Notes==
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Category:Help:Protected pages

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Articles in this category are protected. Usually the talk pages are not protected. You can add suggestions or requests for removal of the protection on the talk page or on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/forum/29-wiki-of-ice-and-fire/ the Forum].

Raven

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[[File:Raven.jpg|thumb|350px|right|© Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Raven HBO.jpg|thumb|350px|A raven caries a message (TV Series)]]

'''Ravens''' are a species of large, black-feathered birds native to [[Westeros]]. Similar to [[w:common raven|common ravens]] of Earth, only stronger with better homing instinct. Ravens are used to [[w:homing pigeons|carry messages]] between castles and cities. While doves and pigeons can also be trained to carry messages, ravens are a stronger flyers, larger, bolder, far more clever, and better able to defend themselves against hawks.

The maester of each castle usually tends to its own flock of ravens. [[Maesters]] raise a breed of large of [[White Ravens|white ravens]] at the [[Citadel]] that are said to be more intelligent and are sent out to mark the change of seasons. Ravens sometimes imitate human speech like parrots. Ravens can speak the [[True Tongue]], the language of the [[children of the forest]], a tongue no human can.

The logistics of how ravens deliver messages is that most ravens are trained to fly to a specific castle. Some few can be taught to fly between two castles. Such birds are greatly prized. Once in a very great while, a raven can learn the names of three or four or even five castles, and fly to each upon command. Birds as clever as that come along only once in a hundred years<ref>[http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html ''The Winds of Winter'', Theon's sample chapter], made available on GRRM's website as of Dec 28th, 2011</ref>

In the [[godswood]] at [[Raventree Hall]] in the [[Blackwood Vale]] there is a dead ancient [[weirwood]] of colossal size. Every evening at dusk hundreds of ravens come and roost on the tree all night, as they have for thousands of years. {{ref|aDwD|48}}

The [[children of the forest]] taught the [[First Men]] to use ravens to communicate over long distances. The [[greenseer]]s of the children could change their skins and speak through the birds.{{ref|aDwD|34}}

[[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] has a [[Mormont's raven|pet raven]] that talks.

==References and Notes==
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Dornishmen

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The '''Dornishmen''' are the natives of [[Dorne]] in the southernmost part of [[Westeros]]. They have a reputation for hot-bloodedness and sexual licentiousness. They are viewed with some mistrust and rivalry by the people of the [[Dornish Marches]] in the neighboring [[Stormlands]]. Dornish [[bastardy|bastards]] are given the surname Sand.

==Culture==
Dornish culture has [[Andal]] origins, but is mostly influenced by the mass immigration of the [[Rhoynar|Rhoynish]] people who settled in Dorne during the [[Rhoynar Invasion]]. Their influence can be observed in many Dornish [[customs]], like equal rights of women in inheritance law,{{Ref|aGoT|62}}<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1411/ SSM Dornishmen]</ref> the status of mistresses/[[Paramour|paramours]], and their general sexual licentiousness compared to the rest of the Seven Kingdoms.

Dornish lords wear silk and satin robes with jeweled belts and flowing sleeves and favor light armor that is heavily enameled and inlaid with burnished copper, shining silver, and/or soft red gold.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

==Ethnicity==
The Rhoynar were a slender people with smooth olive skin, black hair and dark eyes. Their impact on the Dornish gene pool is strongest along the coast, and grows faint farther inland. Dornishmen with more Andal and [[First Men]] blood are larger and fairer than those with more Rhoynish.

According to King [[Daeron I]]'s [[Conquest of Dorne (Book)|observations]] during his [[Conquest of Dorne|wars in Dorne]], there are three groups of Dornishmen:
* Salty Dornishmen live along the coasts, mainly along the [[Broken Arm]] region, where the [[Red Mountains]] stretch out into the [[Sea of Dorne]]. These Dornishmen are lithe and dark, with smooth olive skin and long black hair. They are fishermen and sailors, hard men who sail the ships of the Dornish fleet.<ref name=RPGBOOK1 />
* Sandy Dornishmen live in the deserts and the long river valleys, faces burned brown by the hot Dornish sun, they are even darker than the salty Dornishmen.<ref name=RPGBOOK1 />
* Stony Dornishmen live in the passes and heights of the [[Red Mountains]]. They have the most Andal and First Men blood and mostly resemble the other people of the Seven Kingdoms in look, customs and traditions. They are brown-haired or blond with faces that are freckled or burned by the sun.<ref name=RPGBOOK1 />

Additionally, another, smaller group exists: the [[Greenblood#Orphans_of_the_Greenblood|Greenblood orphans]] are pure Rhoynar who ply the [[Greenblood]] in poleboats.

==Military==
Dornishmen prefer round metal shields, spears, short throwing spears or double-curved bows. The Dornishmen are famous for their [[Dornish sand steed|sand steed]]-riding light cavalry, and use their double-curved bows skillfully from horseback. Because of the heat, they wear lighter armor than in the rest of the Seven Kingdoms made of metal disks, sometimes decorated with copper, sewn in the manner of scales on the leather. To allow themselves to fight in the burning sun of Dorne, they wear brightly colored flowing robes covering the metal parts of their armor.{{Ref|aFfC|3}}

Dorne is the least populous of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. As such, it seems to favor different tactics than the rest of the realm, generally avoiding pitched battles and depending on the speed of their lightly armored men and their swift horses, which are more suited to their smaller numbers and allow them to take advantage of the harsh conditions of Dorne. Indeed, the heat and scarcity of water points make the movement and supply of a very large army very difficult. These techniques have proven effective in war against the [[dragons]] of [[House Targaryen]] and later against King Daeron during the [[Conquest of Dorne]] and though their wars against the [[Reach]] and [[Stormlands]] for a thousand years.

==Influences==
Martin has acknowledged that historical influences for Dorne include Wales, Spain and to a much lesser extent, Palestine.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Historical_Influences_for_Dorne/||So Spake Martin, 29 February, 2000]</ref>

==References and Notes==
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Talk:Lyanna Stark

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I tried to flesh out the article by finding references for the existing text, additional details on her life and impact in the novels, and a few corrections where the article contradicted the text of the novels. If I have overlooked an important reference to Lyanna, please let me know. --[[User:Dimadick|Dimadick]] 22:30, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
:Nice work! My only comment is that the paragraphs that refer to the books are redundant.
:A division in such paragraphs may work well for main characters that are alive because it describes what they are doing during a particular time. But for a person that is already dead the info usually contains memories and recollections. There is no reason to include these in paragraphs with titles that refer to the books. For instance the comparison between Lyanna and Cersei is about Lyanna's appearence so it could be included there. That Kevin Lannister thinks of that in A Dance with Dragons is true, but is that relevant enough to create a separate paragraph? [[User:Scafloc|Scafloc]] 23:46, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
::Merged the paragraphs into the history section. Better? --[[User:Dimadick|Dimadick]] 17:41, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
:::Yes I think it is better now. Also "Named after Lyanna" is a good one; that is what it is about. I does not matter in which book this was. [[User:Scafloc|Scafloc]] 21:38, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

== Picture edit war ==

Maybe instead of having an edit war you should discuss the picture a bit :D

Personally I prefer the one by Elia Fernandez, Lyanna looks more natural in the picture --[[User:SerKeplan|SerKeplan]] 12:08, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Citadel

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[[File:Citadel.jpg|350px|thumb|right|© Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''Citadel''' is a complex of buildings in [[Oldtown]] that serves as headquarters to the order of the [[Maesters]]. It is the place where they convene, study, and train new members. It is also the residence of the archmaesters. [[House Hightower]] played an integral role in the foundation of the Citadel and continue to be strong patrons of learning.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref>

The Citadel lies on the [[Honeywine]], where its towers and domes are connected with arching stone bridges. Houses and stalls sit on the bridges.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Prologue|Prologue]]</ref> The gates are flanked by a pair of tall green [[sphinx]]es with the bodies of lions, the wings of eagles and the tails of serpents. One has the face of a man, the other a woman.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}

==Inside the Citadel==
===Scribe's Hearth===
Just inside the gates of the Citadel lies the Scribe's Hearth. Here, the citizens of Oldtown come to hire scribes, usually acolytes, to write and read letters for them. The scribes wait in open stalls for their custom. Other stalls situated at the Scribe's Hearth include those where books are bought and sold. Others offer maps.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}

===Weeping Dock===
From this dock one can get a boat for a ride to the [[Bloody Isle]]. It is a short voyage.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}

===Seneschal's Court===
Outside the Seneschal's Court lies where acolytes and novices are punished for minor crimes, such as petty thievery. Inside the doors is a hall with a stone floor and high, arched windows. At the far end of the hall there is a raised dais where a gatekeeper greets all those who wish to make an appointment to see the Seneschal.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}

===Isle of Ravens===
The Isle of Ravens is linked to the eastern bank of the Honeywine by a weathered wooden drawbridge. On the island is located the Ravenry. It is the oldest building of the Citadel. In the [[Age of Heroes]] it was supposedly a stronghold of a pirate lord who picked off ships as they came downriver. The walls of the Ravenry are covered in moss and vines and within its yard sits a [[weirwood]] tree on which the ravens like to perch. The white raven rookery is located in the west tower.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}

==References and Notes==
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[[es:Ciudadela]]
[[fr:Citadelle des mestres]]
[[ru:Цитадель]]
[[Zh:学城]]

Ty

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'''Ty''' is a steward to the [[Night's Watch]] at [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|aDwD|Appendix}}

==References and Notes==
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[[Category:Stewards of the Night's Watch]]
[[Category:Members of the Night's Watch]]
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Brandon's Gift

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{{Merge|Gift}}
'''Brandon's Gift''' is a strip of land immediately south of [[the Wall]] to a distance of 25 leagues which was given to the
[[Night's Watch]] to support them by [[Bran the Builder]] or some other [[King in the North]] named Brandon Stark.
[[Category:Night's Watch]]
[[Category:Places in the North]][[zh:布兰登的馈赠]]

New Gift

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{{Merge|Gift}}
'''The New Gift''', strip of land 25 leagues  south of [[Brandon's Gift]] given to the [[Night's Watch]] by Queen Alysanne and her husband, King [[Jaehaerys I]] that doubled the distance of land south of [[the Wall]] held by the Night's Watch. This land is farmed or used for farming and hunting.
[[Category:Night's Watch]]
[[Category:Places in the North]][[zh:新赠地]]

Battle in the Whispering Wood

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| image = [[File:Battle of the Whispering Wood.png|350px|]] <ref name=directionWest/> <ref name=directionEast/> <ref name=directionEastWest/> <ref name=directionNorth/> <ref name=directionridge/>
| caption =
| battle_name = Battle of the Whispering Wood
| conflict = [[War of the Five Kings]]
| date = {{Date|298}}
| place = Area surrounding [[Riverrun]]
| result = [[House Stark|Stark]] victory
| combatant1 = [[House Lannister]]
| combatant2 = [[House Stark]]
| commander1 = Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| commander2 = [[Robb Stark]]
| strength1 = Few hundred men.
| strength2 = Roughly 5,000
| casualties1 = Unknown dead 
[[Jaime Lannister]] captured
| casualties2 = [[Eddard Karstark]]
[[Torrhen Karstark]]
[[Daryn Hornwood]]
}}

The '''Battle of the Whispering Wood''' was a pivotal battle during the [[War of the Five Kings]]. It relieved [[Riverrun]] while shattering one of the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] armies in the [[Riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Prelude==
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] grew overconfident after the easy victories in the [[Riverlands]]. He smashed the Riverlords forces at the battles of the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth|Golden Tooth]] and [[Battle of Riverrun|Riverrun]], capturing the heir to the Riverlands, Ser [[Edmure Tully]] and many of his [[knight]]s, and forming a siege on its capital, [[Riverrun]]. His father Lord Tywin's host was holding the crossing in the east, essentially securing a Lannister victory in the Riverlands. Of late, Jaime had been leading large parties to attack the scattered surviving Riverlord forces at their own strongholds.

Unknown to Jaime, [[Robb Stark]] had forged an alliance with [[House Frey]], securing him passage over the [[Trident]]. Joined by additional soldiers from [[House Frey]] and [[House Mallister]] of [[Seagard]], Robb moved on [[Riverrun]] from the north in an attempt to outflank the unsuspecting Lannister forces and relieve the besieged forces at Riverrun. Robb had managed to keep his march secret, thanks to the efforts of his great uncle, Ser [[Brynden Tully]], and his outriders who were able to shoot down all of the Lannister ravens and any outriders screening the camps.

==The Battle==
[[File:MathiaArkoniel_Jaime_capture.jpg‎ |thumb|350px| The capture of Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] - by Mathia Arkoniel©]]
Since his [[Clement Piper|lord father]] had lost to Jaime at the [[Battle of the Golden Tooth]], Ser [[Marq Piper]] had been harrying the Lannister supply trains with half a hundred men.{{Ref|aGoT|69}} As Robb neared, he joined in these efforts. In an attempt to draw Ser Jaime from his camp, Robb Stark sent a small force of a few hundred men carrying [[House Tully|Tully]] colors to lure him out. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], who has been leading a party of few hundred men, was lured north, where the seasoned outriders and scouts under Ser Brynden Tully killed his own outriders. Instead of turning back after being blind, Jaime strikes at the first enemies he encounters, entering the Wood and right into the trap [[Robb Stark]] had set for him. When Ser Jaime came out, the raiders fell back to a point where the rest of the Stark force were waiting.

Forces of [[Maege Mormont|Lady Mormont]] sounded horns to signal the trap had been sprung. [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]], Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], Ser [[Stevron Frey]] and Lord [[House Mallister|Jason Mallister]] all had subordinate commands. The outcome of the battle was a complete success for Houses Stark and Tully. According to [[Theon Greyjoy]], the Lannisters lost ten men for every one of Robb's that fell.{{Ref|aGoT|63}} When Ser Jaime saw the battle lost, he rallied his retainers and attempted to cut his way through the host to slay Robb Stark in single combat. He was halted, but not before [[Daryn Hornwood]], [[Eddard Karstark|Eddard]] and [[Torrhen Karstark]] of Robb Stark's [[Robb's personal guard|personal guard]] were slain.

Jaime was captured, and alongside Jaime, near a hundred knights and a dozen lords bannermen were captured, including Lord [[Gawen Westerling|Westerling]], Lord [[Quenten Banefort]], Ser [[Garth Greenfield]], Lord [[Regenard Estren]], Ser [[Tytos Brax]], [[Mallor|Mallor the Dornishman]], and [[Willem Lannister]], and the Lannister cousins [[Cleos Frey]] and [[Tion Frey]].{{Ref|aGoT|63}}

==Aftermath==
The capture of Ser Jaime left the Lannister army surrounding Riverrun leaderless and led to its disintegration at the [[Battle of the Camps]]. Having Ser Jaime as a hostage gives the Starks a bargaining chip, allowing them to call a hostage exchange or even negotiate peace terms. The deaths of Eddard and Torrhen Karstark by Jaime's hand planted a seed of vengeance in their father Lord Rickard's heart.

With his victory secured, Robb Stark regrouped and led an [[Battle of the Camps|attack]] on the still unsuspecting, and now leaderless, Lannister siege camps around Riverrun.

{{Template:War of the Five Kings}}

==References and Notes==
{{references|3|refs=
<ref name=directionWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To the left (which probably corresponds with West) [[Robb Stark]]'s force.</ref>
<ref name=directionEast>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: [[Maege Mormont]]'s warhorn, a long low blast that rolled down the valley from the east.</ref>
<ref name=directionEastWest>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: To east and west, the trumpets of the Mallisters and Freys blew vengeance.</ref>
<ref name=directionNorth>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: North, where the valley narrowed and bent like a cocked elbow, Lord [[Rickard Karstark|Karstark]].</ref>
<ref name=directionridge>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 63|Catelyn Chapter 63]]: Across the valley to the far ridge, she ([[Catelyn Tully]]) saw the [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon]]'s riders emerge from the darkness beneath the trees.<</ref>
}}

[[Category:Battles|Whispering Wood]]
[[Category:Riverlands]]
[[fr:Bataille du Bois-aux-Murmures]]
[[es:Batalla del Bosque Susurrante]]
[[ru:Битва в Шепчущем Лесу]][[zh:呓语森林之战]]

White Knife

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{|
{{Location map| File:The North.png
| label = '''White Knife'''
| lat = -20
| long = 21
| position = right
| mark = Wolff2.PNG
| marksize = 9
| width = 400
| float = right
| caption = [[The North]] and the location of the White Knife
| alt = [[The North]] and the location of the White Knife
}}
|}
The '''White Knife''' is a river in the North. The mouth of the river opens to the [[Bite]].<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 14|Chapter 14]], Catelyn</ref> [[White Harbor]] sits along the mouth of the river where it meets the Bite. The river begins in the [[Lonely Hills]].<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Map of the North|Map of the North]]</ref>

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

{{Template:Region North}}

[[Category:Places in the North]]
[[Category:Rivers]]
[[es:Cuchillo Blanco]][[fr:Blanchedague]][[zh:白刃河]]

Template:Region North

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{{Navbox generic
| name = Region North
| state = {{{state|uncollapsed}}}
| title = [[The North]] region info
| style = text-align:left;
| groupstyle = width:85px; background-color:#ddd; white-space:nowrap;
| oddstyle = background-color:#F2F2F2

| group1 = Settlements
| list1 = [[Winterfell]] '''·''' [[White Harbor]] '''·''' [[Dreadfort]] '''·''' [[Moat Cailin]] '''·''' [[Deepwood Motte]] '''·''' [[Castle Cerwyn]] '''·''' [[Barrowton]] '''·''' [[Flint's Finger]] '''·''' [[Driftwood Hall]] '''·''' [[Greywater Watch]] '''·''' [[Hornwood]] '''·''' [[Last Hearth]] '''·''' [[Karhold]] '''·''' [[Oldcastle]] '''·''' [[Ramsgate]] '''·''' [[Torrhen's Square]] '''·''' [[Widow's Watch]]

| group2 = Locations
| list2 = [[Gift|The Gift]] '''·''' [[Barrowlands]] '''·''' [[The Neck]] '''·''' [[Wolfswood]] '''·''' [[Bear Island]] '''·''' [[Skagos]] '''·''' [[Skane]] '''·''' [[Bay of Ice]] '''·''' [[Bay of Seals]] '''·''' [[Rills]] '''·''' [[Long Lake]] '''·''' [[White Knife]] '''·''' [[Stony Shore]]
}}

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<noinclude>

==Usage==
add <nowiki>{{</nowiki>'''Template:Region North'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki> to region pages foe easier navigation between them.

[[Category:Navigational templates|Region North]]</noinclude>

Visenya Targaryen

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{{Character
| Character_name= [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]]'''Visenya Targaryen''' [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:Visenya.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Visenya by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amoka©]
| Alias =
| Title = Queen
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Valyrian]]
| Spouse = [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| Place_of_Birth=[[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth = [[Years before Aegon's Landing|29 BC]]
| father = [[Aerion Targaryen (father of Aegon I)|Aerion Targaryen]]
| mother = [[Velena Velaryon]]
| Place_of_Death=
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Mentioned) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Mentioned) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Mentioned) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
}}
[[File:Visenya targaryen by feliche.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Visenya Targaryen]] by [http://feliche.deviantart.com/ Feliche]©]]
'''Visenya Targaryen''' was the older of [[Aegon I]]'s sisters. During the [[War of Conquest]], she rode the [[dragon]], [[Vhagar]], to battle.

==Appearance and Character==
A passionate, temperamental woman, she was apt to dress as a warrior, with her hair in braided coils or bound in rings, and wielded the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Dark Sister]]. Aegon's eldest sister was a warrior more comfortable in ringmail than in silk. She was described as having a harsh beauty and was reputed to have dabbled in sorcery.

==History==
===The Conquest===
: {{See also|War of Conquest}}

[[File:Visenya riding Vhagar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Visenya Targaryen riding [[Vhagar]] into battle.Copyright HBO©]]

She accompanied the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] fleet to [[Gulltown]] on her dragon. After the [[House Arryn|Arryn]] fleet defeated the Targaryen fleet in the [[battle of Gulltown]] she had Vhagar burn the Arryn fleet.

After the death of [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] at [[Harrenhal]], Visenya was sent by Aegon I to demand the submission of the lords of [[Crackclaw Point]]. The lords understood that they had no chance, so they laid their swords at her feet. Visenya took them as her own men and they would owe no fealty but to the [[Iron Throne]].<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Brienne</ref>

She along with her siblings [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaeneys]] and [[Aegon I|Aegon]] secured the victory on the [[Field of Fire]] when all three [[dragons]] were unleashed together for the first and only time in the war.

After the field of Fire she was charged with subduing the Vale while Rhaenys was charged with conquering [[Dorne]].
[[House Arryn]] sent an army to the [[Bloody Gate]] but Visenya simply flew on her dragon [[Vhagar]] straight up to the courtyard of the [[Eyrie]] to obtains the surrender of the [[Vale]]. She succeeded and the Vale was taken bloodlessly.<ref>Bubonicon Report, August 25, 2012 [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bubonicon_Report/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

===Later Life===
She was the mother of [[Maegor I]] who would later be known as Maegor the Cruel.
She is mainly remembered and respected as a strong, capable Warrior, something few women are acknowledged as in [[Westeros]] history.

==Family==
{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon}}

==References and Notes==
{{references}}
{{EnWP|House Targaryen|small=yes}}

{{Template:Royal consorts of Westeros}}

[[Category:Noblewomen|Targaryen, Visenya]]
[[Category:House Targaryen]]
[[Category:Monarchs|Targaryen, Visenya]]
[[es:Visenya Targaryen]]
[[fr:Visenya Targaryen]]
[[ru:Висенья Таргариен]]
[[zh:维桑尼亚·坦格利安]]

Rhaenys Targaryen

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{{Character
| Character_name= [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]]'''Rhaenys Targaryen'''[[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:Rhaenys.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Rhaenys by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amoka©]
| Alias =
| Title = Queen
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Valyrian]]
| Spouse = [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| father = Aerion Targaryen
| mother = [[Velena Velaryon]]
| Place_of_Birth= [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth = [[Years before Aegon's Landing|26 BC]]
| Place_of_Death=
| Date_of_Death =
| Books =
}}
[[File:Rhaenys targaryen by feliche.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Rhaenys Targaryen by [http://feliche.deviantart.com/ Feliche]©]]
[[File:Rhaenys riding Meraxes.jpg|thumb|250px|Rhaenys Targaryen riding [[Meraxes]] into battle]]
{{Template:See homonyms|Rhaenys Targaryen (disambiguation)}}

Queen '''Rhaenys Targaryen''' was the younger of [[Aegon I]]'s sister-queens. Rhaenys was Aegon's favorite sister-wife, though she may have dabbled with other bed-mates.

==Appearance==
Rhaenys was a year or two younger than Aegon. She had the silver-gold Targaryen hair which she kept long and wore loose. Physically she was more slender and graceful than her sister. She was known as less stern and more playful than her older sister.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions/ Archived compilation of emails on Westeros] of George R.R. Martin with description of Visenya, Aegon I and Rhaenys</ref> She was also interested in music and poetry.<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/72313-reading-from-the-world-of-ice-and-fire/page__st__40]</ref>

==History==
===The Conquest===
: {{See also|War of Conquest}}
She participated in the [[War of Conquest]] by riding her dragon, [[Meraxes]], in battle. [[Rosby]] peacefully yielded to her.

Rhaenys and Meraxes accompanied the army of [[Orys Baratheon]] when they marched on the [[Stormlands]] and defeated
[[Argilac|Argilac the Arrogant]] in the [[Last Storm|Battle of the Last Storm]].

She along with her [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Aegon I|Aegon]] secured the victory on the [[Field of Fire]] when all three [[dragons]] were unleashed together for the first and only time in the war.

After the [[Field of Fire]], [[Aegon I|Aegon]] went North to deal with the [[House Stark|Starks]]. Rhaenys led the invasion of [[Dorne]].

Rhaenys led her army into [[Dorne]]. However, the Dornish refused to give battle, instead melting away into the mountains and deserts, returning only to launch guerrilla raids on the army. Rhaenys captured holdfasts to no avail, as their people (learning of what happened to [[Harrenhal]]) had already fled, leaving only the elderly and infirm. Frustrated, Rhaenys flew directly to Sunspear to demand [[Mariya Martell|Princess Mariya's]] surrender. Mariya instead informed her that, "This is Dorne. You are not wanted here, return at your peril." Rhaenys replied that she would return with ''"Fire and blood"'', but Mariya simply replied, ''"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"''. The Targaryen army withdrew from Dorne, leaving the country untaken.

===Later Life===
She was the mother of [[Aenys I]], and it was her line of progeny that comprised the bulk of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty. [[Daenerys Targaryen|Daenerys Stormborn]] is the last of her descendants who still bears the Targaryen name, although her progeny are to be found among [[House Baratheon|Baratheons]] and [[House Martell|Martells]].

==Family==
{{Template:Targaryen tree Aegon}}

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}
{{EnWP|House Targaryen|small=yes}}

{{Template:Royal consorts of Westeros}}

[[Category:Monarchs|Targaryen, Rhaenys]]
[[Category:Noblewomen|Targaryen, Rhaenys]]
[[Category:House Targaryen]]
[[es:Rhaenys Targaryen]]
[[fr:Rhaenys Targaryen]]
[[ru:Рэйнис Таргариен]]
[[zh:雷妮丝·坦格利安]]

Did you know/17

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Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] named her little black kitten [[Balerion (cat)|Balerion]]?{{Ref|aGoT|58}}<noinclude>
==References and Notes==
{{references}}
[[Category:Did you know]]
</noinclude>

House Targaryen

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Targaryen of King's Landing
| image = [[File:House_Targaryen.PNG|300px]]
| Coat_of_arms = Black, a red three headed dragon
| Words = ''Fire and Blood''
| Seat = [[Red Keep]] [[Dragonstone]]
| Current_Lord = Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Region = [[King's Landing]] [[Dragonstone]] [[Valyria]]
| Title = [[Iron Throne|King]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] Lord of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]] and the [[First Men]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]] (heir apparent)
| Overlord = none; [[w:sovereign|sovereign]]
| Ancestral_weapon= [[Blackfyre]] [[Dark Sister]]
| Cadet_branch = [[House Blackfyre]] [[House Baratheon]]
| Founded_in = {{Date|0}} (~300 years ago)
}}
[[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 Targaryen]] and his sisters rode their dragons to the [[War of Conquest|conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. House Targaryen ruled as the Kings of [[Westeros]] for nearly 300 years, until their ouster in the [[War of the Usurper]]. Their seats were the capital city of [[King's Landing]] and the island castle of Dragonstone.{{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}} 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.

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>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Asshai.com_Forum_Chat So Spake Martin, 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 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 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 Targaryen|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==

===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]]. 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 dragons died under unknown circumstances, possibly due to infighting among the family, 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 married both of his sisters. When Aegon died 37 years after his landing and was succeeded by his incest-born son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]], local populations revolted in what is know 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 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 48 AL he was succeeded by Aenys's son [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]], who disbanded the Faith Militant. His rule was long and wise.

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

After his death in 103 AL, Jaehaerys was succeeded by his grandson [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]], who ruled well except in marriage. Viserys raised his daughter [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] as his heir, but his wishes were defied by the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of 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]] (129-131 AL), both of the monarchs perished, as did many lesser branches of House Targaryen, and most of their dragons. During the reign of [[Aegon III Targaryen|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 Viserys‎|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 157 AL, 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. Viserys held the realm together while Daeron warred and Baelor prayed. 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]]. When Baelor died childless as well in 171, his uncle took the throne as Viserys II. After a brief reign, 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 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 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|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 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|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]].

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===Mounting Problems===

[[The Great Spring Sickness]] of 209 AL 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 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 233 King Maekar fell in battle against a rebel lord, presumably a Blackfyre supporter.

A series of misfortunes and deaths over the years culminated in a [[Great Council]] being held upon Maekar's demise in 233 AL. The council bypassed the mad Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|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]], 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 [[Azor Ahai|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 259. Aegon's sickly son [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]] reigned for a few years before dying in 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}}

Aid 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 [[Azor Ahai|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 Jaim'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]].

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Shortly after the tourney, Prince Rhaegar ran off with Lyanna. When Lyanna's [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Rickard Stark|father]] protested, Aerys had them killed, starting a [[Robert's Rebellion|civil war]]. Rhaegar 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 288 AL, 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]], 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]] || [[1 AL]] – [[37 AL]]
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| [[Aenys I]] || [[37 AL]] – [[42 AL]]
|-
| [[Maegor I]] || [[42 AL]] – [[48 AL]]
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| [[Jaehaerys I]] || [[48 AL]] – [[103 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys I]] || [[103 AL]] – [[129 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon II]] || [[129 AL]] – [[131 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon III]] || [[131 AL]] - [[157 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron I]] || [[157 AL]] -[[161 AL]]
|-
| [[Baelor I]] || [[161 AL]] - [[171 AL]]
|-
| [[Viserys II]] || [[171 AL]] - [[172 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon IV]] || [[172 AL]] - [[184 AL]]
|-
| [[Daeron II]] || [[184 AL]] - [[209 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys I]] || [[209 AL]] - [[221 AL]]
|-
| [[Maekar I]] || [[221 AL]] - [[233 AL]]
|-
| [[Aegon V]] || [[233 AL]] - [[259 AL]]
|-
| [[Jaehaerys II]] || [[259 AL]] - [[262 AL]]
|-
| [[Aerys II]] || [[262 AL]] - [[283 AL]]
|}
All dates are given relative to Aegon's Landing (AL).

;before ca. -200 AL: House Targaryen relocates to the island of [[Dragonstone]], off the coast of [[Westeros]].
;The [[Doom of Valyria]] (ca. -100 AL): The Doom destroys the freehold of Valyria.
;[[War of Conquest|The Wars of Conquest]] (ca. 1 AL): 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.
; [[Faith Militant uprising]] (37-48 AL)
: 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]] (129-131 AL), 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]] (ca. 157 AL)
:Aged 14, [[Daeron I]] conquers [[Dorne]], but is unable to hold it. He dies along with tens of thousands.
;The [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]] (196 AL): The first Blackfyre Rebellion ends when the rebel Daemon Blackfyre's forces are defeated in the Battle of the Redgrass Field. These events are recounted in ''[[The Sworn Sword]]''.
;[[Ashford Tourney|Tourney at Ashford]] (208 AL)
: [[Baelor Breakspear]] dies from wounds sustained in trial by combat. These events are recounted in ''[[The Hedge Knight]]''.
;[[The Great Spring Sickness]] (209 AL)
:A plague engulfs large parts of Westeros, killing King [[Daeron II]] and his grandsons [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]].
;[[Great Council]] (233 AL)
:A great council passes over the infant bastard son of [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] and the idiot daughter of Prince [[Daeron Targaryen|Daeron]], crowning [[Aegon V]], the Unlikely.
;[[War of the Usurper]] (282-283 AL)
:The Targaryen reign ends when Lord [[Robert Baratheon]] takes the [[Iron Throne]] and King [[Aerys II]] is killed by his sworn knight Ser [[Jaime Lannister]].

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

The known Targaryens during the timespan of the events described on [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] are:
*{[[Viserys Targaryen|King Viserys III]]}, called the Beggar King and Khal Raggat (Sorefoot 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]].
*[[Daenerys Targaryen|Queen Daenerys I Stormborn]], called 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, Queen of Meereen.
**her dragons, [[Drogon|Drogon]], [[Viserion|Viserion]], [[Rhaegal|Rhaegal]],
**{[[Drogo|Khal Drogo]]}, her first husband. Euthanized after disabling wounds.
***{[[Rhaego]]}, her son by Drogo. Died at birth.
**[[Hizdahr zo Loraq|King 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|Maester 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.

*[[Aegon Targaryen|Prince 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', and he is Aegon VI.

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

===Household===

====The Queen's protectors:====
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], called Barristan the Bold, Lord Commander of the [[Queensguard]].
**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''.
**[[Aggo]], the bow, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
**[[Rakharo]], the arakh, blood of her blood and ''ko''.
* Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], called 'Jorah the Andal', former Lord Commander. Banished.

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

{{Quote|Every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness.{{Ref|ASOS|71}}}} – Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
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==References and Notes==
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Bridge of Dream

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The '''Bridge of Dream''' is a large ruined bridge on the southern end of the [[Sorrows]], along the river [[Rhoyne]]. It is often inhabited by [[Stone men|stone men]].{{Ref|aDwD|18}}

==Description==
The bridge has many pale stone arches, which have mostly collapsed, and has a span of rotten wood on top. There are beacon lamps along the bridge.

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
The [[Shy Maid]] passes under the bridge, and the crew sees [[Stone men|stone men]] shuffling around the glowing lamps. Due to some strange circumstances the boat passes under the bridge again shortly afterwards. this time 3 stone men jump and land on the boat. The crew fights them off, but as [[Tyrion]] knocks the last one off, it grabs him and pulls him down as well.{{Ref|aDwD|18}}

==References and Notes==
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{{Region Free Cities}}

[[fr:Pont des Rêves]]

Jorah Mormont

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{{Infobox character
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| Alias = Jorah the Andal
| Title = Ser Lord of Bear Island (stripped)
| Allegiance = [[House Mormont]]
[[House Targaryen]]
[[Second Sons]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Bear Island]]
| Spouse = 1st: Unknown [[House Glover|Glover]] 2nd: [[Lynesse Hightower]]
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = Around {{Date|255}} <ref>Jorah says to [[Daenerys Targaryen]] he is thrice her age. [[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Chapter 42]], Daenerys</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Appears)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Iain Glen,Jorah Mormont|Iain Glen]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

Ser '''Jorah Mormont''' is an exiled [[knight]], the former head of [[House Mormont]] and lord of [[Bear Island]]. He fled [[Westeros]] to escape execution for [[Slavery|trading in slaves]] and took up work as a [[Mercenary|mercenary]] in the [[Free Cities]], eventually entering the service of the last [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]]. He becomes one of the most trusted companions of [[Daenerys Targaryen]].

==Appearance==
Jorah is a large middle-aged man, swarthy and very hairy. He is balding, but still strong and fit.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}{{Ref|aSoS|42}} Daenerys considers him not particularly handsome.{{ref|aGoT|23}} (See also [[:Category:Images of Jorah Mormont|this collection of images]]).

Later, when Jorah is first enslaved, he is branded with a demon’s mask on his right cheek to mark him for a dangerous and disobedient slave. The mark will never leave him. [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] reflects that Ser Jorah had never been what one might call a comely man, but the brand transformed his face into something frightening.{{Ref|aDwD|66}}

==History==
When Jorah matured, his father [[Jeor Mormont]] joined the [[Night's Watch]] in order to give his son the lordship of [[House Mormont]].

Jorah fought in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], during which he distinguished himself by showing exemplary courage on the battlefield, being one of the first men through the breach during the siege of [[Pyke]]. He received a [[Knight|knighthood]] in recognition of his bravery.

What gods Jorah worships has never been mentioned, but he may worship [[the Seven]], in order to become a knight he had to stand vigil in a [[sept]], and be anointed with the seven oils to consecrate his vows.

In contrast to his successful military career, Jorah has been unlucky in love. His first marriage was plagued by infertility. Jorah's wife, a member of [[House Glover]], was unable to carry a child to term throughout their ten years of marriage, and she died after her third miscarriage.

During the [[Tourney at Lannisport]] celebrating the victory over the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] rebels, he met the woman who would be his second wife: [[Lynesse Hightower]]. He was immediately smitten with her beauty, asking and receiving her permission to wear her favor in the tournament. Jorah fought remarkably well, winning an improbable victory over all challengers to name Lynesse his [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. That very night he asked Lynesse's father [[Leyton Hightower|Lord Leyton]] for her hand in marriage, and Leyton agreed.

Although both had married for love, the marriage did not remain happy for long. Having spent her life up to that point as part of [[House Hightower|a wealthy family]] in the mild, prosperous and densely populated [[The Reach|Reach]], Lynesse was unprepared for life on the harsh and isolated [[Bear Island]] and quickly grew miserable. Jorah attempted to reproduce the lifestyle his wife was accustomed to by lavishing her with expensive gifts, but only succeeded in driving himself into financial ruin.

Desperate to pay off his debts, he resorted to breaking one of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]' oldest taboos: participating in [[Slavery|the slave trade]]. When House Mormont's overlord [[Eddard Stark]] learned that Ser Jorah had sold poachers to a [[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]] slaver, he condemned Jorah to the traditional penalty: death. However, when Lord Eddard arrived on Bear Island to execute him, Jorah had already fled.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

Rather than join his father in taking the black, Jorah took Lynesse along to [[Lys]], where he attempted to make his living as a [[Mercenary|sellsword]]. With the relationship already strained by their exile and Jorah still unable to afford the lifestyle his wife desired, Lynesse took a lover while Jorah was fighting the [[Braavos|Braavosi]] on the [[Rhoyne]]. When he returned to Lys, his wife's lover told him that he would be enslaved for his debts, if he wouldn't give her up and leave the city. Heartbroken and exiled from his homeland, Jorah went to [[Volantis]], where he spent the better part of a year.{{Ref|aDwD|27}} He remained in the [[Free Cities]] and continued to work as an unaffiliated mercenary, selling his sword to the highest bidder.{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Jorah_Mormont.PNG|300px|thumb|Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]
[[File:Jorah Fights Quotho.png|thumb|300px|Ser Jorah fights Qotho.]]

At the wedding of [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to [[Drogo|Khal Drogo]] in [[Pentos]], [[Viserys Targaryen]] takes Ser Jorah into his service. Hoping to earn a royal pardon, Jorah secretly reports all the Targaryens' movements to [[Varys]]. He holds Viserys in contempt, saying that [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] was the last true dragon, while Viserys is "less than the shadow of a snake." However, he increasingly comes to admire Daenerys for her courage and integrity. He stands by and watches when Viserys is killed by Khal Drogo, but acts to prevent an assassination attempt against Daenerys by a wineseller and reports to Daenerys and Drogo that [[Robert Baratheon]] has set a price on her head.

He stays loyal when Khal Drogo is near death, urging Dany to flee with him to the east in order to save herself and her unborn child, and he slays Drogo's [[bloodrider]] [[Qotho]] in single combat when he rebels against Daenerys' orders. When Dany refuses to flee, he fears that she plans to commit suicide upon Drogo's pyre, and begs her to promise him that she will not. Jorah is the only one of Daenerys' followers to willingly swear fealty to her even before the birth of her [[dragons]], and she names him the first of her [[Kingsguard|Queensguard]], promising to give him a sword of [[Valyrian steel]] upon their return to Westeros. He is the first to come and find her after the fires of Drogo's pyre died down, and falls to his knees in shock upon seeing her nursing the dragons.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
In [[Vaes Tolorro]], for the first time, Jorah tells Daenerys of his ill-fated marriage to Lynesse Hightower. He mentions that Daenerys resembled his dead wife, and Dany realizes for the first time that Jorah loves her romantically. She doesn't speak of her realization nevertheless, she increasingly begins to worry that Jorah sees her primarily as either the child she once was or as a potential romantic partner, rather than truly respecting her as a queen.

Falling more and more in love with Daenerys, Jorah eventually stops sending reports,<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 71|Chapter 71]], Daenerys</ref> sending the final one from [[Qarth]]. There he attempts to dissuade Dany from placing too much trust in the Qartheen, particularly [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] and the [[warlocks]] of the [[House of the Undying]]. When Dany declares her intention to enter the House of the Undying against his advice, Jorah begs her to allow him to accompany her, as do her bloodriders, but Daenerys refuses them and enteres alone.

Afterward, Dany discusses the visions she has in the House of the Undying with Jorah. He accompanies her to the city docks, seeking a ship that will take them to [[Westeros]]. In the market near the docks a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] makes an attempt on Dany's life, but it is thwarted by two strangers. The pair introduce themselves as [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]] and [[Strong Belwas]], and claim that they have been sent by [[Illyrio Mopatis]] with three ships to escort Daenerys and all her companions back to [[Pentos]]. Whitebeard, a Westerosi, mentions having seen Jorah fight at Pyke and Lannisport; Jorah finds him vaguely familiar, but is unable to recognize him as Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]. Jorah distrusts the duo, particularly Whitebeard; nevertheless, Daenerys accepts them into her service.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Jorah finally makes his move, kissing Daenerys when they are alone. He confesses his love and repeatedly suggests they marry, but she always refuses. Although Dany still treasures Jorah's friendship and advice, his advances begin to make her uncomfortable.

Jorah suggests they sail for [[Slaver's Bay]] to buy [[Unsullied]]. He commands her army to victory against [[Yunkai]].

When "Arstan Whitebeard" is revealed to be [[Barristan Selmy]], he reveals Jorah's former status as an informer to Daenerys. Ser Jorah pleads that he stopped sending reports long ago when he fell in love with her, and Daenerys decides to send them both on a dangerous mission into the sewers of [[Meereen]] as punishment and a chance at redemption. The mission succeeds, and upon their return to court, Ser Barristan begs Daenerys' forgiveness and she gladly gives it. Jorah, however, insists that she ''owes'' him forgiveness on account of his love and history of faithful service. Although Dany wishes to forgive him, she knows that as long as he maintains this attitude she cannot do so without undermining her own authority. She banishes Jorah from her service, swearing to kill him if she ever sees him again. Crushed by her rejection, Jorah leaves.

===''A Feast of Crows''===
Heartbroken and exiled, Ser Jorah travels west toward [[Volantis]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Marc Fishman Jorah enslaved.jpg|thumb|300px|Jorah Mormont as a slave by [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=183207115099497&set=a.151138941639648.39957.107533946000148&type=3&theater Mark Fishman]]]

While in a dingy brothel in [[Selhorys]], the banished Ser Jorah hires a beautiful whore with silver hair. He spots the dwarf [[Tyrion Lannister]] in the same brothel and takes him prisoner.{{Ref|aDwD|22}} Ser Jorah plans to bring Tyrion to [[Daenerys]] to regain her favor and forgiveness.

Once in [[Volantis]] with his captive, at the [[Merchant's House]], he arranges passage to [[Meereen]] with the help of the [[widow of the waterfront]]. The widow questions Jorah's motives, asking why would he seek [[Daenerys Targaryen]], whom half the world wants dead? Ser Jorah replies,
{{Quote|To serve her. Defend her. Die for her, if need be.”{{Ref|aDwD|27}}}}

Shortly thereafter, a female dwarf performer named [[Penny]], blaming Tyrion for her brother [[Oppo]]’s death, tries to kill him.{{Ref|aDwD|27}} Tyrion takes pity on Penny and she ends up joining Jorah and Tyrion as they travel aboard the [[Selaesori Qhoran]] to [[Meereen]] and Daenerys. Ser Jorah makes it clear to Tyrion that Penny will be Tyrion's responsibility.

During the voyage Tyrion quickly gets the measure of Ser Jorah, realising that he is hopelessly in love with [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and desperate to get back into her good graces. Jorah and Tyrion share a dank, dark, foul smelling cabin. Tyrion thinks to himself,
{{Quote|Twice exiled, and small wonder. I’d exile him too if I could. The man is cold, brooding, sullen, deaf to humor. And those are his good points. {{Ref|aDwD|33}}}}
After a storm Tyrion finds a drunken Jorah Mormont in a pool of vomit in their cabin. Ser Jorah spends most of his waking hours pacing the forecastle or leaning on the rail, gazing out to sea. Tyrion thinks he is,
{{Quote|Looking for his silver queen. Looking for Daenerys, willing the ship to sail faster. Well, I might do the same if [[Tysha]] waited in Meereen. {{Ref|aDwD|33}}}}

The [[Selaesori Qhoran]] becomes becalmed in the [[Gulf of Grief]]. Tyrion and Penny joust to entertain the bad tempered crew. Jorah helps Tyrion out of his wooden amour and they start to argue about how Tyrion intends to keep his head when he meets Dany. He makes Jorah discomforted by asking him,
{{Quote|And how will she welcome you, this just queen? A warm embrace, a girlish titer, a headman’s axe? Did you truly expect me to believe you were about the queen’s business in that whorehouse. Defending her from half a world away? Or could it be that you were running, that your dragon queen sent you from her side? But why would she . . . oh, wait, you were spying on her.” {{Ref|aDwD|40}}}}
Tyrion soon goes on to compare Ser Jorah to [[Florian]] the Fool and Jorah gives him a blow that cracks his head around and knocks him sideways. When Penny asks Tyrion what he said he answers,
{{Quote| “A few truths Ser Bezoar did not care to hear.” {{Ref|aDwD|40}}}}
He tells her,
{{Quote|”Ser Jorah dreams of rescuing his dragon queen and basking in her gratitude, but I know a thing or two about the gratitude of kings, and I’d sooner have a palace in [[Valyria]].”{{Ref|aDwD|40}}}}

Sometime thereafter the [[Selaesori Qhoran]] becomes badly damaged by a severe storm. According to Ser Jorah he slept through the storm, Tyrion has his doubts about that, but he keeps them to himself. Thinking, ''One day he might want to bite someone on the leg, and for that you needed teeth.''

After days of drifting the passages and crew are captured by [[Yunkai]] slavers aboard a slave ship. Upon being captured and enslaved by the [[Yunkai]], Jorah made the mistake of resisting the slavers, meeting them with longsword in hand and slaying three before being overwhelmed. For that they chained him to an oar, starved him and beat him to within an inch of his life. They also burned a demon’s mask on his right cheek to mark him as a dangerous and disobedient slave. {{Ref|aDwD|47}}

The trio ends up on the auction block outside of [[Meereen]]. Brown [[Ben Plumm]] attempts to buy Ser Jorah so he can present his head as a "wedding gift" to Daenerys but is outbid, as is [[Zahrina]], a Yunkai slaver who purchases slaves to die in the [[fighting pits]]. Ben also tries to buy Tyrion and Penny but is again outbid.

They end up being purchased by [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]. [[Tyrion]] manages to get the slave overseer [[Nurse]] to convince [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]] to purchase Ser Jorah by lying and telling Nurse that Jorah is part of their show – [[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]. Jorah is the bear, [[Penny]] is the maiden, and Tyrion is the brave knight who rescues her.

On their way to their new master’s tent Tyrion observes that all the fight went out of Ser Jorah when he heard the news that his queen had wed. Jorah is completely devastated. Tyrion thinks,
{{Quote|“One whispered word had done what fists and clubs could not; it had broken him. I should have let [[Zahrina|the crone]] have him. He’s going to be about as useful as nipples on a breastplate.” {{Ref|aDwD|47}}}}
During their bondage [[Nurse]] has Jorah confined in an iron cage. [[Tyrion]] notes that the knight had not adapted well to bondage. {{Ref|aDwD|57}} Nurse is displeased and has him beaten every evening as the sun sinks on [[Slaver's Bay]]. The knight absorbs the beating silently. Tyrion concludes that,
{{Quote|“The man is a shell.” {{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
Again he wonders if it would have been a kinder fate for Jorah to have been bought by [[Zahrina]].

As [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]] lies dying of the [[pale mare]], Tyrion seizes the chance to escape under the guise of going to a well for water. He and Penny take Ser Jorah with them to help carry more buckets. After getting the water they start back. Tyrion heads back in the wrong direction and they stop to rest. He then turns to Ser Jorah and asks him ''“Tell me, is there any fight left in you?”'' Jorah raises two black eyes and answers,
{{Quote|“Enough to crack your neck, Imp.”{{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}

When Jorah realizes they are heading to the camp of the [[Second Sons]] which is under the command of Brown [[Ben Plumm]] he smiles a queer smile, and tells Tyrion that he doesn’t known [[Brown Ben Plumm]]. Tyrion answers that he does known him; he has played five games of [[cyvasse]] with him.

During the meeting with Ben [[Kasporio]] points out that they need fighters. Tyrion tells him he brought one, and points to Ser Jorah. It isn’t until Jorah speaks that the sellswords recognize him. When [[Kasporio]] mentions that the queen sent him away Jorah replies,
{{Quote|“I came back. Call me a fool.” {{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
Tyrion thinks,
{{Quote|“A fool in love.” {{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
But he keeps that thought to himself.

Tyrion arranges for himself and Jorah to join the sellsword company. Penny becomes attached to the [[Second Sons]] through Tyrion. Along with Tyrion, Jorah signs the Second Sons leather-bound book.

When Tyrion sees Jorah clad in the company steel he reflects,
{{Quote|“He looks every inch a [[sellsword]] and not at all like the half-broken thing we took from Yezzan’s cage.” {{Ref|aDwD|66}}}}

Mormont states to [[Tyrion Lannister]] that they need to bring the [[Second Sons]] back over to the side [[Meereen]] as the [[Yunkai]] have lost the war, they just didn't know it yet. Tyrion agrees. He tells Ser Jorah that the Seconds Sons need to turn their cloaks again and to leave it to him. {{Ref|aDwD|66}}

==Quotes by Ser Jorah==
{{Quote|''{{:Feature quote/7}}''}}

{{Quote|''The [[smallfolk|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>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 23|Chapter 23]], Daenerys</ref>}}

{{Quote|“I lived for her smiles.” {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}} - on [[Lynesse Hightower|Lynesse]]

==Quotes about Ser Jorah==
{{Quote|His crime had dishonoured the [[north]]. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}} - [[Ned Stark]]

{{Quote|So the slaver has become a spy. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}} - [[Ned Stark]], when King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] tells him the source of the information on [[Daenerys]] and her brother.

{{Quote|Ser Jorah would not dare deceive me. Rely on it, my lord. {{Ref|AGOT|33}}}} - [[Varys]], to [[Ned]], on Jorah's news of Daenerys's pregnancy

{{Quote|Ser Jorah was a slaver himself, Your Grace.” {{Ref|ASOS|23}}}} - [[Arstan Whitebeard]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]], in [[Astapor]]

{{Quote|He lied to me, informed on me, but he loved me too, and he always gave good counsel. {{Ref|ADWD|30}}}} - [[Daenerys]]

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Jorah Mormont

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{{Infobox character
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| image = [[File:Jorah Mormont.jpg|250px]]
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| Alias = Jorah the Andal
| Title = Ser Lord of Bear Island (stripped)
| Allegiance = [[House Mormont]]
[[House Targaryen]]
[[Second Sons]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Bear Island]]
| Spouse = 1st: Unknown [[House Glover|Glover]] 2nd: [[Lynesse Hightower]]
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = Around {{Date|255}} <ref>Jorah says to [[Daenerys Targaryen]] he is thrice her age. [[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Chapter 42]], Daenerys</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Appears)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Iain Glen,Jorah Mormont|Iain Glen]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

Ser '''Jorah Mormont''' is an exiled [[knight]], the former head of [[House Mormont]] and lord of [[Bear Island]]. He fled [[Westeros]] to escape execution for [[Slavery|trading in slaves]] and took up work as a [[Mercenary|mercenary]] in the [[Free Cities]], eventually entering the service of the last [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]]. He becomes one of the most trusted companions of [[Daenerys Targaryen]].

==Appearance==
Jorah is a large middle-aged man, swarthy and very hairy. He is balding, but still strong and fit.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}{{Ref|aSoS|42}} Daenerys considers him not particularly handsome.{{ref|aGoT|23}} (See also [[:Category:Images of Jorah Mormont|this collection of images]]).

Later, when Jorah is first enslaved, he is branded with a demon’s mask on his right cheek to mark him for a dangerous and disobedient slave. The mark will never leave him. [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] reflects that Ser Jorah had never been what one might call a comely man, but the brand transformed his face into something frightening.{{Ref|aDwD|66}}

==History==
When Jorah matured, his father [[Jeor Mormont]] joined the [[Night's Watch]] in order to give his son the lordship of [[House Mormont]].

Jorah fought in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], during which he distinguished himself by showing exemplary courage on the battlefield, being one of the first men through the breach during the siege of [[Pyke]]. He received a [[Knight|knighthood]] in recognition of his bravery.

What gods Jorah worships has never been mentioned, but he may worship [[the Seven]], in order to become a knight he had to stand vigil in a [[sept]], and be anointed with the seven oils to consecrate his vows.

In contrast to his successful military career, Jorah has been unlucky in love. His first marriage was plagued by infertility. Jorah's wife, a member of [[House Glover]], was unable to carry a child to term throughout their ten years of marriage, and she died after her third miscarriage.

During the [[Tourney at Lannisport]] celebrating the victory over the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] rebels, he met the woman who would be his second wife: [[Lynesse Hightower]]. He was immediately smitten with her beauty, asking and receiving her permission to wear her favor in the tournament. Jorah fought remarkably well, winning an improbable victory over all challengers to name Lynesse his [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. That very night he asked Lynesse's father [[Leyton Hightower|Lord Leyton]] for her hand in marriage, and Leyton agreed.

Although both had married for love, the marriage did not remain happy for long. Having spent her life up to that point as part of [[House Hightower|a wealthy family]] in the mild, prosperous and densely populated [[The Reach|Reach]], Lynesse was unprepared for life on the harsh and isolated [[Bear Island]] and quickly grew miserable. Jorah attempted to reproduce the lifestyle his wife was accustomed to by lavishing her with expensive gifts, but only succeeded in driving himself into financial ruin.

Desperate to pay off his debts, he resorted to breaking one of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]' oldest taboos: participating in [[Slavery|the slave trade]]. When House Mormont's overlord [[Eddard Stark]] learned that Ser Jorah had sold poachers to a [[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]] slaver, he condemned Jorah to the traditional penalty: death. However, when Lord Eddard arrived on Bear Island to execute him, Jorah had already fled.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

Rather than join his father in taking the black, Jorah took Lynesse along to [[Lys]], where he attempted to make his living as a [[Mercenary|sellsword]]. With the relationship already strained by their exile and Jorah still unable to afford the lifestyle his wife desired, Lynesse took a lover while Jorah was fighting the [[Braavos|Braavosi]] on the [[Rhoyne]]. When he returned to Lys, his wife's lover told him that he would be enslaved for his debts, if he wouldn't give her up and leave the city. Heartbroken and exiled from his homeland, Jorah went to [[Volantis]], where he spent the better part of a year.{{Ref|aDwD|27}} He remained in the [[Free Cities]] and continued to work as an unaffiliated mercenary, selling his sword to the highest bidder.{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Jorah_Mormont.PNG|300px|thumb|Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]
[[File:Jorah Fights Quotho.png|thumb|300px|Ser Jorah fights Qotho.]]

At the wedding of [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to [[Drogo|Khal Drogo]] in [[Pentos]], [[Viserys Targaryen]] takes Ser Jorah into his service. Hoping to earn a royal pardon, Jorah secretly reports all the Targaryens' movements to [[Varys]]. He holds Viserys in contempt, saying that [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] was the last true dragon, while Viserys is "less than the shadow of a snake." However, he increasingly comes to admire Daenerys for her courage and integrity. He stands by and watches when Viserys is killed by Khal Drogo, but acts to prevent an assassination attempt against Daenerys by a wineseller and reports to Daenerys and Drogo that [[Robert Baratheon]] has set a price on her head.

He stays loyal when Khal Drogo is near death, urging Dany to flee with him to the east in order to save herself and her unborn child, and he slays Drogo's [[bloodrider]] [[Qotho]] in single combat when he rebels against Daenerys' orders. When Dany refuses to flee, he fears that she plans to commit suicide upon Drogo's pyre, and begs her to promise him that she will not. Jorah is the only one of Daenerys' followers to willingly swear fealty to her even before the birth of her [[dragons]], and she names him the first of her [[Kingsguard|Queensguard]], promising to give him a sword of [[Valyrian steel]] upon their return to Westeros. He is the first to come and find her after the fires of Drogo's pyre died down, and falls to his knees in shock upon seeing her nursing the dragons.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
In [[Vaes Tolorro]], for the first time, Jorah tells Daenerys of his ill-fated marriage to Lynesse Hightower. He mentions that Daenerys resembled his dead wife, and Dany realizes for the first time that Jorah loves her romantically. She doesn't speak of her realization nevertheless, she increasingly begins to worry that Jorah sees her primarily as either the child she once was or as a potential romantic partner, rather than truly respecting her as a queen.

Falling more and more in love with Daenerys, Jorah eventually stops sending reports,<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 71|Chapter 71]], Daenerys</ref> sending the final one from [[Qarth]]. There he attempts to dissuade Dany from placing too much trust in the Qartheen, particularly [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] and the [[warlocks]] of the [[House of the Undying]]. When Dany declares her intention to enter the House of the Undying against his advice, Jorah begs her to allow him to accompany her, as do her bloodriders, but Daenerys refuses them and enteres alone.

Afterward, Dany discusses the visions she has in the House of the Undying with Jorah. He accompanies her to the city docks, seeking a ship that will take them to [[Westeros]]. In the market near the docks a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] makes an attempt on Dany's life, but it is thwarted by two strangers. The pair introduce themselves as [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]] and [[Strong Belwas]], and claim that they have been sent by [[Illyrio Mopatis]] with three ships to escort Daenerys and all her companions back to [[Pentos]]. Whitebeard, a Westerosi, mentions having seen Jorah fight at Pyke and Lannisport; Jorah finds him vaguely familiar, but is unable to recognize him as Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]. Jorah distrusts the duo, particularly Whitebeard; nevertheless, Daenerys accepts them into her service.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Jorah finally makes his move, kissing Daenerys when they are alone. He confesses his love and repeatedly suggests they marry, but she always refuses. Although Dany still treasures Jorah's friendship and advice, his advances begin to make her uncomfortable.

Jorah suggests they sail for [[Slaver's Bay]] to buy [[Unsullied]]. He commands her army to victory against [[Yunkai]].

When "Arstan Whitebeard" is revealed to be [[Barristan Selmy]], he reveals Jorah's former status as an informer to Daenerys. Ser Jorah pleads that he stopped sending reports long ago when he fell in love with her, and Daenerys decides to send them both on a dangerous mission into the sewers of [[Meereen]] as punishment and a chance at redemption. The mission succeeds, and upon their return to court, Ser Barristan begs Daenerys' forgiveness and she gladly gives it. Jorah, however, insists that she ''owes'' him forgiveness on account of his love and history of faithful service. Although Dany wishes to forgive him, she knows that as long as he maintains this attitude she cannot do so without undermining her own authority. She banishes Jorah from her service, swearing to kill him if she ever sees him again. Crushed by her rejection, Jorah leaves.

===''A Feast of Crows''===
Heartbroken and exiled, Ser Jorah travels west toward [[Volantis]].

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Marc Fishman Jorah enslaved.jpg|thumb|300px|Jorah Mormont as a slave by [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=183207115099497&set=a.151138941639648.39957.107533946000148&type=3&theater Mark Fishman]]]

While in a dingy brothel in [[Selhorys]], the banished Ser Jorah hires a beautiful whore with silver hair. He spots the dwarf [[Tyrion Lannister]] in the same brothel and takes him prisoner.{{Ref|aDwD|22}} Ser Jorah plans to bring Tyrion to [[Daenerys]] to regain her favor and forgiveness.

Once in [[Volantis]] with his captive, at the [[Merchant's House]], he arranges passage to [[Meereen]] with the help of the [[widow of the waterfront]]. The widow questions Jorah's motives, asking why would he seek [[Daenerys Targaryen]], whom half the world wants dead? Ser Jorah replies,
{{Quote|To serve her. Defend her. Die for her, if need be.”{{Ref|aDwD|27}}}}

Shortly thereafter, a female dwarf performer named [[Penny]], blaming Tyrion for her brother [[Oppo]]’s death, tries to kill him.{{Ref|aDwD|27}} Tyrion takes pity on Penny and she ends up joining Jorah and Tyrion as they travel aboard the [[Selaesori Qhoran]] to [[Meereen]] and Daenerys. Ser Jorah makes it clear to Tyrion that Penny will be Tyrion's responsibility.

During the voyage Tyrion quickly gets the measure of Ser Jorah, realising that he is hopelessly in love with [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and desperate to get back into her good graces. Jorah and Tyrion share a dank, dark, foul smelling cabin. Tyrion thinks to himself,
{{Quote|Twice exiled, and small wonder. I’d exile him too if I could. The man is cold, brooding, sullen, deaf to humor. And those are his good points. {{Ref|aDwD|33}}}}
After a storm Tyrion finds a drunken Jorah Mormont in a pool of vomit in their cabin. Ser Jorah spends most of his waking hours pacing the forecastle or leaning on the rail, gazing out to sea. Tyrion thinks he is,
{{Quote|Looking for his silver queen. Looking for Daenerys, willing the ship to sail faster. Well, I might do the same if [[Tysha]] waited in Meereen. {{Ref|aDwD|33}}}}

The [[Selaesori Qhoran]] becomes becalmed in the [[Gulf of Grief]]. Tyrion and Penny joust to entertain the bad tempered crew. Jorah helps Tyrion out of his wooden amour and they start to argue about how Tyrion intends to keep his head when he meets Dany. He makes Jorah discomforted by asking him,
{{Quote|And how will she welcome you, this just queen? A warm embrace, a girlish titer, a headman’s axe? Did you truly expect me to believe you were about the queen’s business in that whorehouse. Defending her from half a world away? Or could it be that you were running, that your dragon queen sent you from her side? But why would she . . . oh, wait, you were spying on her.” {{Ref|aDwD|40}}}}
Tyrion soon goes on to compare Ser Jorah to [[Florian]] the Fool and Jorah gives him a blow that cracks his head around and knocks him sideways. When Penny asks Tyrion what he said he answers,
{{Quote| “A few truths Ser Bezoar did not care to hear.” {{Ref|aDwD|40}}}}
He tells her,
{{Quote|”Ser Jorah dreams of rescuing his dragon queen and basking in her gratitude, but I know a thing or two about the gratitude of kings, and I’d sooner have a palace in [[Valyria]].”{{Ref|aDwD|40}}}}

Sometime thereafter the [[Selaesori Qhoran]] becomes badly damaged by a severe storm. According to Ser Jorah he slept through the storm, Tyrion has his doubts about that, but he keeps them to himself. Thinking, ''One day he might want to bite someone on the leg, and for that you needed teeth.''

After days of drifting the passages and crew are captured by [[Yunkai]] slavers aboard a slave ship. Upon being captured and enslaved by the [[Yunkai]], Jorah made the mistake of resisting the slavers, meeting them with longsword in hand and slaying three before being overwhelmed. For that they chained him to an oar, starved him and beat him to within an inch of his life. They also burned a demon’s mask on his right cheek to mark him as a dangerous and disobedient slave. {{Ref|aDwD|47}}

The trio ends up on the auction block outside of [[Meereen]]. Brown [[Ben Plumm]] attempts to buy Ser Jorah so he can present his head as a "wedding gift" to Daenerys but is outbid, as is [[Zahrina]], a Yunkai slaver who purchases slaves to die in the [[fighting pits]]. Ben also tries to buy Tyrion and Penny but is again outbid.

They end up being purchased by [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]. [[Tyrion]] manages to get the slave overseer [[Nurse]] to convince [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]] to purchase Ser Jorah by lying and telling Nurse that Jorah is part of their show – [[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]. Jorah is the bear, [[Penny]] is the maiden, and Tyrion is the brave knight who rescues her.

On their way to their new master’s tent Tyrion observes that all the fight went out of Ser Jorah when he heard the news that his queen had wed. Jorah is completely devastated. Tyrion thinks,
{{Quote|“One whispered word had done what fists and clubs could not; it had broken him. I should have let [[Zahrina|the crone]] have him. He’s going to be about as useful as nipples on a breastplate.” {{Ref|aDwD|47}}}}
During their bondage [[Nurse]] has Jorah confined in an iron cage. [[Tyrion]] notes that the knight had not adapted well to bondage. {{Ref|aDwD|57}} Nurse is displeased and has him beaten every evening as the sun sinks on [[Slaver's Bay]]. The knight absorbs the beating silently. Tyrion concludes that,
{{Quote|“The man is a shell.” {{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
Again he wonders if it would have been a kinder fate for Jorah to have been bought by [[Zahrina]].

As [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]] lies dying of the [[pale mare]], Tyrion seizes the chance to escape under the guise of going to a well for water. He and Penny take Ser Jorah with them to help carry more buckets. After getting the water they start back. Tyrion heads back in the wrong direction and they stop to rest. He then turns to Ser Jorah and asks him ''“Tell me, is there any fight left in you?”'' Jorah raises two black eyes and answers,
{{Quote|“Enough to crack your neck, Imp.”{{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}

When Jorah realizes they are heading to the camp of the [[Second Sons]] which is under the command of Brown [[Ben Plumm]] he smiles a queer smile, and tells Tyrion that he doesn’t known [[Brown Ben Plumm]]. Tyrion answers that he does known him; he has played five games of [[cyvasse]] with him.

During the meeting with Ben [[Kasporio]] points out that they need fighters. Tyrion tells him he brought one, and points to Ser Jorah. It isn’t until Jorah speaks that the sellswords recognize him. When [[Kasporio]] mentions that the queen sent him away Jorah replies,
{{Quote|“I came back. Call me a fool.” {{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
Tyrion thinks,
{{Quote|“A fool in love.” {{Ref|aDwD|57}}}}
But he keeps that thought to himself.

Tyrion arranges for himself and Jorah to join the sellsword company. Penny becomes attached the [[Second Sons]] through Tyrion. Along with Tyrion, Jorah signs the Second Sons leather-bound book.

When Tyrion sees Jorah clad in the company steel he reflects,
{{Quote|“He looks every inch a [[sellsword]] and not at all like the half-broken thing we took from Yezzan’s cage.” {{Ref|aDwD|66}}}}

Mormont states to [[Tyrion Lannister]] that they need to bring the [[Second Sons]] back over to the side [[Meereen]] as the [[Yunkai]] have lost the war, they just didn't know it yet. Tyrion agrees. He tells Ser Jorah that the Seconds Sons need to turn their cloaks again and to leave it to him. {{Ref|aDwD|66}}

==Quotes by Ser Jorah==
{{Quote|''{{:Feature quote/7}}''}}

{{Quote|''The [[smallfolk|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>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 23|Chapter 23]], Daenerys</ref>}}

{{Quote|“I lived for her smiles.” {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}} - on [[Lynesse Hightower|Lynesse]]

==Quotes about Ser Jorah==
{{Quote|His crime had dishonoured the [[north]]. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}} - [[Ned Stark]]

{{Quote|So the slaver has become a spy. {{Ref|aGoT|12}}}} - [[Ned Stark]], when King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] tells him the source of the information on [[Daenerys]] and her brother.

{{Quote|Ser Jorah would not dare deceive me. Rely on it, my lord. {{Ref|AGOT|33}}}} - [[Varys]], to [[Ned]], on Jorah's news of Daenerys's pregnancy

{{Quote|Ser Jorah was a slaver himself, Your Grace.” {{Ref|ASOS|23}}}} - [[Arstan Whitebeard]], to [[Daenerys Targaryen]], in [[Astapor]]

{{Quote|He lied to me, informed on me, but he loved me too, and he always gave good counsel. {{Ref|ADWD|30}}}} - [[Daenerys]]

==Family==
{{Mormont tree}}

==References and Notes==
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A Storm of Swords-Chapter 65

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SerKeplan: add the survivor from red wedding

{{Infobox Chapter ASoS
| pov = [[Arya Stark|Arya]]
| title = Arya XII
| place = [[Riverlands]] - village in the foothills of the [[Mountains of the Moon]]
| page = 726
| previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 64|Jon VIII]]
| current = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 65|Arya XII]]
| next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 66|Tyrion IX]]
| arc previous = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 52|Arya XI]]
| arc next = [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 74|Arya XIiI]]
}}

==Synopsis==
[[Arya Stark|Arya]] dreams that she is running with a pack of wolves every night, but by day she is still [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]]’s captive. The Hound hit her with the flat of his axe to keep her from entering [[the Twins]]. Sandor now intends to take her to the [[Eyrie]] and ransom her to Lady [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]]. That night, Arya dreams the wolf dream again, and she watches as the other wolves feast on corpses by the river. She follows a scent that leads her to [[Catelyn Tully|her mother]]’s body, and pulls it from the river. Looking at the corpse, Arya’s wolf-self thinks "Rise. Rise and eat and run with us." Then, the pack notices men approaching and flees. Arya wakes up. At some point they encounter a survivor from the [[Red Wedding]], a bowman in service to Ser [[Marq Piper]]. The man is injured, and they give him water, then Sandor gives him [[the gift of mercy]]. Later, she and Sandor take on work in a village in the foothill of the [[Mountains of the Moon]], and learn that the [[mountain clans]] have grown bolder and now carry steel. Realizing they will never reach the Eyrie, Clegane decides to head back to [[Riverrun]] and attempt to ransom Arya to the [[Brynden Tully|Blackfish]]. Arya tells the Hound that he has lost his belly for fighting since he ran from the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], but he just laughs at her.

==Character List appearing/mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[Arya Stark]]
*[[Sandor Clegane]] The Hound
*[[Lysa Arryn]]
*[[Catelyn Tully]]
*[[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]]
*[[Brynden Tully]] Blackfish
}}

==Places and terms mentioned==
{{Columns|3|
*[[The Twins]]
*[[Mountain clans]]
*[[Riverrun]]
*[[Eyrie]]
*[[Battle of the Blackwater]]
}}

==References and Notes==
* The synopsis was copied from Aol member vbkorik27 previously at[http://web.archive.org/web/20080228051425/members.aol.com/vbkorik27/summary/legend.html]

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Sandor Clegane

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SerKeplan: minor clean up

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| image_caption = Sandor Clegane Portrait by Amoka©
| Alias = The Hound Dog
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|271}}
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}} (supposedly)
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Appears) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
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'''Sandor Clegane''' is a member of [[House Clegane]]. He is the younger brother of the current head, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. He is nicknamed '''"The Hound"''' for his savage nature and unquestioning obedience to his masters and for the three dogs featured in his family's crest. He is considered one of the most dangerous fighters in [[Westeros]], though he frequently drinks himself into stupors. As a child, Sandor received gruesome facial burns when Gregor shoved his face into a brazier.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} He came to loathe fire, his brother, and the hypocrisy of [[Knight|knighthood]] in general.

==Appearance==
Sandor is a huge and heavily-muscled man. The right side of his face is gaunt, sharp cheekbones and heavy brow. His nose is large and hooked, and his hair is dark and thin worn long and brushed so that it cover the left side since no hair grew there. The left side of his face is a ruin with no ear but a hole. There is a twisted mass of scar around his good left eye. Slick black flesh is pocked with craters and deep cracks that ooze red and wet. His eyes are grey. On his jaw, bone shows.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} He regularly wears plain armor and a distinctive helm sculpted into the shape of a snarling dog's head. See also [[:Category:Images of Sandor Clegane|this collection of images]].

==History==
Sandor's childhood appears to have been overshadowed by his older brother Gregor's brutality and martial prowess. Aged seven, his father explained the burns inflicted by Gregor by claiming his bedding caught fire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} There are rumours of a sister who died young in mysterious circumstances, and their father was killed in a hunting accident shortly after [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]] came to the throne, which is also implied to have been suspicious, leaving the family estates to Gregor.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

Sandor left to join the [[Lannister]] household the same day Gregor came into his inheritance.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} He claims to have killed a man when he was twelve years old,{{Ref|aGoT|7}} presumably during [[Robert's Rebellion]].

==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
[[File:The hound by ammotu.jpg|thumb|250px|Sandor Clegane by Ammotu©]]
Clegane acted for a time as bodyguard and servant of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], who regularly called him "Dog". [[Cersei]] suggests that he looked to the Hound as a surrogate father. En route from [[Winterfell]] to King's Landing, he earned the enmity of [[Arya Stark]] by acting on Lannister orders to kill her friend [[Mycah]], the son of a butcher, believed to have harmed Joffrey.

He won the [[Tourney of the Hand]] after saving Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] from Gregor's wrath. After the tourney, Joffrey has him escort Sansa back to the castle. Drunk off his winnings, Sandor becomes enamored with [[Sansa Stark]]. Angry that she can't look him in the eye due to his disfigurement, he mocks her for her polished manners, calling her a "little bird" who chirps on command.

When [[Eddard Stark]] attempted to take Cersei and her illegitimate children into custody with the help of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|goldcloaks]] (unbeknownst to the fact that [[Janos Slynt]] had already been under the employ of the treacherous [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] all along and was plotting betrayal), Sandor Clegane participated in the widespread slaughter of Eddard's remaining household guard alongside his erstwhile allies, personally killing [[Cayn]].

After [[Barristan Selmy]] was dismissed from the [[Kingsguard]], Clegane was named as his replacement despite refusing to become a knight. In this capacity he was often assigned to watch over Sansa. Despite his loyalty to Joffrey, he strategically defended her from Joffrey's wrath several times and is the only Kingsguard who was never commanded to beat her. Instead he treated her with relative kindness and tried to spare her from Joffrey's sadism.

[[File:RoryMcCannHound.jpg|thumb|250px|Rory McCann as the Hound ([[Game of Thrones|TV Series]])]]

===A Clash of Kings===
[[File:Sandor and stranger by Giliberti.jpg|thumb|300px|Sandor flees King's Landing on Stranger by M.Luisa Giliberti©]]

[[Tourney for King Joffrey's 13th Name Day]] the Hound, who is standing with King [[Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Myrcella Baratheon]], and [[Tommen Baratheon]], announces Sansa’s arrival. When Sansa asks Joffrey if he will be in the lists, he replies “''My lady mother said it was not fitting, since the tourney is in my honor. Otherwise I would have been champion. Isn’t that so, dog?''” Clegane states that “''Against this lot? why not.''” When Sansa asks the Hound “''Will you joust today, my lord?''” he replies “''Wouldn’t be worth the bother of arming myself. This is a tournament of gnats.''” Joffrey laughing states “''My dog has a fierce bark. Perhaps I should command him to fight the day’s champion. To the death.''” To this the Hound replies “''You’d be one knight the poorer''.” Sandor has never taken a knight’s vows.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

Joffrey is disgusted with the first two jousts of the day and states “''This is a feeble show;''” the Hound responds “''I warned you, Gnats.''” For the next joust, Ser Dontos arrives half naked and so drunk he cannot mount his horse. He finally sits in the dirt and shouts “''I lose, Fetch me some wine.''” Joffrey, already in a foul mood stands and says “''A cask from the cellars! I’ll see him drowned in it.''” Sansa protests without thinking; she is immediately shocked that she spoke knowing Joffrey is in a foul mood . Joffrey turns on her, furious at being gainsaid, and Sansa struggles to make up a story that it is a curse to kill a man on one’s name day. Joffrey spits out “''You’re lying. I ought to drown you with him, if you care for him so much.''” The Hound comes to her rescue by telling Joffrey, “''What a man sows on his name day, he reaps throughout the year.''” {{Ref|aCoK|2}}

When Joffrey attempts to call off the tourney in disgust, Tommen vehemently protests that he was supposed to ride against the quintain. An argument among the royal siblings ensues. Myrcella finally points out that mother agreed, Joffrey mocks “''Mother said. Don’t be childish,''” and Myrcella responds that they are children. The Hound, laughing, tells Joffrey. “''She has you there.''” Joffrey sullenly agrees.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

After [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives with the Lannister troops and the [[Mountain clans]], Sandor comments to Tyrion “''They said you were dead,''” to which Tyrion replies “''I was speaking to the king, not to his cur.''” After Joffrey leaves with his brother and sister, the Hound tells Tyrion “''I’d guard that tongue of yours, little man.''”{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

When returning from the [[Godswood]] after meeting with [[Dontos Hollard]] for the first time [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] caroms into Sandor as he lurches out of a hidden doorway on the serpentine stairs. His iron grip keeps her from falling. Laughing he states “It’s a long roll down the serpentine, little bird. Want to kill us both? Maybe you do.” She asks pardons of my lord and tells him that he is hurting her. He asks “And what’s Joff’s little bird doing flying down the serpentine in the black of night?” and then after a pause asks “Where were you?” She states she was in the godswood praying for her father and the king. To this he replies “Think I’m so drunk that I’d believe that?” When he releases her he sways slightly and then says “You look almost a woman…face, teats, and you’re taller too, almost…ah, you’re still a stupid little bird, aren’t you? Singing all the songs they taught you…sing me a song, why don’t you? Go on. Sing to me. Some song about knights and fair maids. You like knights, don’t you?” This is scaring Sansa and she states “T-true knights, my lord.” To this he replies “True knights, and I’m no lord, no more than I’m a knight. Do I need to beat that into you?” he then almost falls and swears “Gods, too much wine. Do you like wine, little bird? Rue wine? A flagon of sour red, dark as blood, all a man needs. Or a woman.” He then continues “Drunk as a dog, damn me. You come now. Back to your cage, little bird. I’ll take you there. Keep you safe for the king.”

When they arrive at the drawbridge, Ser [[Boros Blount]] is there and Sansa is alarmed. The hound tells her “That one is nothing to fear, girl. Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger.” When Ser Borus says “Ser, where-” the hound replies “Fuck your ser, Boros. You’re the knight, not me. I’m the king’s dog, remember?” Boros then tells him that “The king was looking for his dog earlier.” Sandor replies to this with “The dog was drinking. It was your night to shield him, ser. You and my other brothers.” When Ser Boros asks Sansa why she was not in her quarters, she give him the lie that she was praying in the godswood. ““You expect her to sleep with all the noise?”

Then Sandor asks about the ruckus and is told that some wretches had heard about a feast in preparation of [[Tyrek Lannister]]’s wedding and thought they should feast also. Joffrey led sortie that sent them scurrying. Clegane states “A brave boy,” his mouth twitching.

After crossing the drawbridge, Sansa asks the hound why he lets people call him dog but not knight. He replies “I like dogs better than knights. My father’s father was kennelmaster at [[Casterly Rock|the Rock]]. One autumn year, Lord [[Tytos Lannister|Tytos]] came between a lioness and her prey. The lioness didn’t give a shit that she was Lannister’s own sigil. Bitch tore into my lord’s horse and would have done for my lord too, but my grandfather came up with the hounds. Three of his dogs died running her off. My grandfather lost a leg, so Lannister paid him for it with lands and a towerhouse, and took his son to squire. The three dogs on our banner are the three that died, in the yellow of autumn grass. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face. And that’s more than little birds can do, isn’t it? I never got my song.” She replies “I…I know a song about [[Florian]] and [[Jonquil]].” The hound has another name for the song: “Florian and Jonquil? A fool and his cunt. Spare me. But one day I’ll have a song from you, whether you will it or no.” Sansa tells him that she will gladly sing it for him.

Before he leaves her he says “Pretty thing, and such a bad liar. A dog can smell a lie, you know. Look around you, and take a good whiff. They’re all liars here…and every one better than you.”{{Ref|aCoK|18}}

When he comes for [[Sansa Stark]] to take her before [[Joffrey Baratheon|King Joffrey]] after her brother [[Robb Stark]] cripples a [[House Lannister]] army in the [[Battle of Oxcross]]. He tells her:
{{Quote|The longer you keep him waiting, the worse it will go for you.}}
As he is leading her to the lower bailey where Joffrey is waiting, she asks the Hound what she has done, and he answers:
{{Quote|Not you. Your kingly brother.}}
She tells him how her brother is the traitor and she had no part in what he did, he snorts:
{{Quote|They trained you well, little bird.}}
When Sansa comes before the king, she kneels before him and he tells her that kneeling will not save her and must answer to her brother’s treasons. She is slow to get up, and the Hound not ungently pulls her up when commanded by Joffrey.

After Sansa is given the story of how her brother defeated the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] army in the battle, he orders his [[Kingsguard]] to beat her, and they are vicious. The Hound has finally had enough, and rasps:
{{Quote|Enough.}}

The king states it is not enough, and orders Ser [[Boros Blount]] to strip her naked and he tears the silk of her bodice away exposing her breasts. Joffery orders her beat bloody. [[Tyrion Lannister]] arrives with [[Bronn]] and [[Timett]] and stops the beating. Tryion asks for someone to give Sansa something to cover herself, and Sandor undoes his cloak and tosses it to Sansa.

As Sansa is being led to the [[Tower of the Hand]], she thinks:
{{Quote|Only Ser Dontos had tried to help, and he was no longer a knight, no more than the Imp was, nor the Hound... the Hound hated knights... I hate them too, Sansa thought. They are no true knights, not one of them.}}
{{Ref|aCoK|32}}

During the [[Riot of King's Landing]], Sandor came to the aid of [[Sansa Stark]] when the girl was nearly dragged from her horse by the angry mob. Sandors savage fury and sword fighting driving the away the mob from her in fear. Sandor's intervention saved Sansa from rape and possible murder by the mob.

He fought heroically during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], but eventually deserted after refusing to [[Tyrion]]'s command to return to the fiery battlefield.{{Ref|aCoK|59}} Before fleeing, he waited for Sansa Stark in her chambers and drunkenly offered to take her with him, but instead settled for a song elicited at knifepoint.{{Ref|aCoK|62}} Sansa [[UnKiss|believes that he kissed her]], and kept the bloodied Kingsguard cloak he left behind.

===A Storm of Swords===
[[File:Asiulus_SC&alittlebird.png|thumb|right|Sandor Clegane - Artwork by Asiulus ©|250px]]
As a vagabond, he was arrested in the Riverlands by the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], who also had [[Arya Stark]] in their custody. The Brotherhood put Sandor on trial for various atrocities committed by Lannister soldiers, but no crime could be attributed to him personally until Arya testified to his killing of Mycah the butcher's boy. He chose trial by combat, facing the Brotherhood's leader Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]. A follower of [[R'hllor]], Beric fought with a magic flaming blade, but Sandor managed to [[Beric Dondarrion#The Seven Deaths of Dondarrion|defeat]] him despite his hangover and fear of fire.{{Ref|aSoS|34}}
[[File:MKomarck_Beric_v_Hound.jpg‎‎|Sandor Clegane vs [[Beric Dondarrion]] - by Michael Komarck © |thumb|280px|right]]
The Brotherhood stripped him of most of his possessions, including the remains of his winnings from the [[Tourney of the Hand]], and set him free, though he was allowed to keep his arms, armor and his warhorse [[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]]. When several of the Brotherhood stated that Sandor should be killed, Lord Beric said [[R'hllor]] must have a purpose for the Hound.{{Ref|aSoS|39}} Clegane soon returned to try to reclaim his gold by force, upon which he stumbled across Arya as she was escaping. He kidnapped her instead{{Ref|aSoS|43}} and intended to ransom her her back to her brother [[Robb Stark]]{{Ref|aSoS|47}} at the [[Twins]]{{Ref|aSoS|50}}, but arrived just as the [[Red Wedding]] massacre was taking place{{Ref|aSoS|51}}{{Ref|aSoS|52}}.

Clegane stole Arya off again in the hopes of finding another relative to whom he could ransom her. With [[Riverrun]] besieged by the Lannisters and the [[Eyrie]] inaccessible,{{Ref|aSoS|65}} the prospect of the ransom faded and they spent some time living rough and moving from village to village. Arya continued to name the Hound every night among the people she wanted to kill.

Seeking shelter at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]], they ran afoul of two of Gregor's men and their squire. When the two groups came to blows, Sandor killed [[Polliver]] and held off [[Tickler|The Tickler]] but was seriously injured in the fight due to inebriation and hunger. The two were victorious, and though Arya dressed his wounds, they quickly became infected; still hating him, Arya refused to grant him the mercy of a quick death. She abandoned Sandor to die under a tree by the Trident, and his fate becomes uncertain after this point.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}

===A Feast For Crows===
[[Rorge]], [[Biter]], and some of the remaining [[Brave Companions]] travel east to the town of [[Saltpans]] where [[Rorge]] recovers and dons Sandor Clegane's ‘snarling dog’, helm from his purported gravesite, and embarks upon a brutal spree of banditry across the region, culminating in the vicious [[Sack of Saltpans]].

With reports identifying the culprit only by the helm, [[Rorge]]'s crimes have been attributed to Sandor {{Ref|aFfC|12}}{{Ref|aFfC|31}}, which results in rumors of Sandor Clegane’s alleged atrocities spreading throughout the region. {{ref|affc|30}}

Just prior to King [[Tommen]]’s nuptials [[Kevan Lannister]] comes over to Cersei and mentions that Sandor Clegane was reported to have joined [[Beric Dondarrion]]'s outlaws. The queen is already aware of this, having read a report that outlaws had pillaged [[Saltpans]] and savagely raped the townswomen. The report had come from a septry on an island hard by the mouth of the [[Trident]], she read that included in the band of outlaws was a roaring brute in a hound's head helm.{{Ref|aFfC|12}}
Cersei suggests that [[Lancel Lannister]] hunt down the Hound, but her uncle is displeased by this insolent comment and answers that his son is not the man to deal with Sandor Clegane. When she then suggests that he go after Clegane, Ser Kevan responds,
{{Quote|When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with his master. {{Ref|aFfC|12}}}}
[[Rorge]] was later killed by [[Brienne of Tarth]]{{Ref|aFfC|37}} at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]]. The snarling dog’s helm came to be in the possession of [[Lem|Lem Lemoncloak]] when the [[Brotherhood Without Banners|Brotherhood]] arrived. [[Thoros of Myr]] advised Lem to abandon the helm, seeing it as a symbol of Sandor's rage, but the bitter Lem refused.{{Ref|aFfC|42}}

Prior to [[Rorge]]’s death [[Brienne]] acted on information that she received from [[Timeon]] that [[Sansa Stark]] had been stolen and carried away by [[the Hound]]. Her travels with septon [[Meribald]] take her to a monastery on the [[Quiet Isle]]. On the isle she speaks privately to the [[Elder Brother]] of the monastery and tells him of her quest and her past. [[Elder Brother]] informs her that it was the other sister that Sandor made off with, the younger one, [[Arya Stark]].

[[Brienne]] is shocked by this news as she believed [[Arya]] to be dead. [[Elder Brother]] goes on to tell her that he is certain that [[Arya]] was with Sandor at the inn beside the crossroads, the one old [[Masha Heddle]] used to keep. He knows that they were headed for the [[Saltpans]] but beyond that he tells her that all he knows for a certainty is that:
{{Quote|The man you hunt is dead. {{ref|affc|31}}}}
This is another shock to [[Brienne]]. She asks him how Sandor died. [[Elder Brother]] replies,
{{Quote|By the sword, as he had lived. {{ref|affc|31}}}}
[[Brienne]] asks [[Elder Brother]],
{{Quote|You know this for a certainty? {{ref|affc|31}}}}
He answers by saying that he buried him himself and that he knows where his grave lies and if she wishes he can show her. He says to [[Brienne]],
{{Quote|I covered him with stones to keep the carrion eaters from digging up his flesh, and set his helm atop the [[w:cairn|cairn]] to mark his final resting place. That was a grievous error. [[Rorge|Some other wayfarer found my marker]] and claimed it for himself. The man who raped and killed at [[Saltpans]] was not Sandor Clegane, though he may be as dangerous. {{ref|affc|31}}}}
He adds that the [[riverlands]] are full of such scavengers and that he will not call them wolves, saying:
{{Quote|Wolves are nobler than that … and so are dogs, I think. {{ref|affc|31}}}}
The [[Elder Brother]] tells Brienne that he knows a little of this man, Sandor Clegane. Then he goes on to say to her what he knows of him:
{{Quote|He was Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]’s sworn shield for many a year, and even here [on the Quiet Isle] we would hear tell of his deeds, both good and ill. If even half of what we heard was true, this was a bitter, tormented soul, a sinner who mocked both gods and men. He served, but found no pride in service. He fought, but took no joy in victory. He drank, to drown his pain in a sea of [[wine]]. He did not love, nor was he loved himself. It was hate that drove him. Though he committed many sins, he never sought forgiveness. Where other men dream of love, or wealth or glory, this man Sandor Clegane dreamed of slaying [[Gregor Clegane|his own brother]], a sin so terrible it makes me shudder just to speak of it. Yet it was the bread that nourished him, the fuel that kept his fires burning. Ignoble as it was, the hope of seeing his brother's blood upon his blade was all this sad and angry creature lived for … and even that was taken from him, when [[Oberyn Martell|Prince Oberyn]] of [[Dorne]] stabbed Ser Gregor with a poisoned spear. {{Ref|aFfC|31}} }}
[[Brienne]] remarks that its sounds as if [[Elder Brother]] pitied him. He replies that he did and that she would have pitied him as well if she had seen him at the end,
{{Quote|I came upon him by the [[Trident]], drawn by his cries of pain. He begged me for the gift of mercy, but I am sworn not to kill again. Instead, I bathed his fevered brow with river water, and gave him [[wine]] to drink and a poultice for his wound, but my efforts were too little and too late. The Hound died there, in my arms. You may have seen a big black stallion in our stables. That was his warhorse, [[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]]. A blasphemous name. We prefer to call him [[Stranger (horse)|Driftwood]], as he was found beside the river. I fear he has his former master’s nature. {{Ref|aFfC|31}} }}
Brienne’s thoughts turn to the black stallion she has seen, but she understands destriers are trained to kick and bite, she concludes to herself that,
{{Quote|In war they were a weapon, like the men who rode them. Like the Hound. {{Ref|aFfC|31}} }}
[[Brienne]] is disappointed as her plans on confronting the Hound and finding out what has happened to Sansa or Arya have been thwarted. She comments dully to Elder Brother,
{{Quote|It is true, then … Sandor Clegane is dead. {{Ref|aFfC|31}}}}
[[Elder Brother]] simply replies,
{{Quote|He is at rest. {{Ref|aFfC|31}}}}
Elder Brother then pauses and the conversation turns to [[Elder Brother]] himself.

Many readers of the series believe that there are hints in what [[Elder Brother]] has said about the Hound to [[Brienne]], that [[Elder Brother]] considers "the Hound" to be simply an aspect of Sandor's personality, and that Sandor Clegane himself may have survived and is living as a novice on the [[Quiet Isle]] monastery. Readers have identified Sandor as the [[Gravedigger/Theories|novice gravedigger]] espied by Brienne.

Sometime later, while having dinner at [[House Darry|Castle]], [[Jaime Lannister]] hears of the rumors concerning Sandor Clegane from the other people at the dinner table. He asks what makes them so certain it was the Hound in the [[Saltpans]]. He thinks what the people at the dinner table are describing sounds more [[Gregor Clegane]]’s work than Sandor’s. Jaime nurses doubts about the rumors and thinks privately to himself:
{{Quote|Sandor had been hard and brutal, yes, but it was his big brother who was the real monster in [[House Clegane]]. {{ref|affc|30}}}}

During the dinner Ser [[Lyle Crakehall]] claims to have been moved by the distress of Lady [[Mariya Darry|Mariya]], and Lady[[ Amerei Frey|Amerei]] and gives them his word that once [[Riverrun]] has fallen he shall return to hunt down the Hound and kill him for them, adding that dogs do not frighten him. [[Jaime]] thinks that to himself this one should, he thinks to himself that,
{{Quote|both men are large and powerful, but Sandor Clegane is much quicker, and fights with a savagery that [[Lyle Crakehall]] cannot hope to match. {{ref|affc|30}}}}
==Quotes by Sandor==
[[File: MiguelRegodónHarkness_theHound.jpg‎|Sandor Clegane - © 2012 Miguel Regodón Harkness|thumb|300px]]

{{Quote|''"A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face".'' {{Ref|aSoS|18}}}} - Sandor Clegane, to [[Sansa]]

{{Quote|''"I like dogs better than [[knight]]s".'' {{Ref|aSoS|18}}}}- Sandor Clegane, to [[Sansa]]

{{Quote|''"Even a dog gets tired of being kicked".'' {{Ref|aSoS|47}}}}- Sandor Clegane, to [[Arya]]

{{Quote|''"A flagon of sour red, dark as blood, all a man needs. Or a woman."''}} - Sandor Clegane, to [[Sansa]]

{{Quote|''"[[Sansa| Your sister]] sang me a sweet little song".'' {{Ref|aSoS|47}}}}- Sandor Clegane, to [[Arya]]

{{Quote|''"My own dog now".'' {{Ref|aSoS|65}}}}- Sandor Clegane, to another survivor of the [[Red Wedding]], the dying bowman in service to Ser [[Marq Piper]]

{{Quote|''"Bugger that. Bugger him. Bugger you".'' {{Ref|aSoS|74}}}}- Sandor Clegane, to the [[Tickler]], before the fight at the [[Inn at the Crossroads]]

==Quotes about Sandor Clegane==
{{Quote|''"Sandor Clegane was a man in torment".'' {{Ref|ADWD|42}}}} - [[Thoros of Myr]]

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Forest of Qohor

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The '''Forest of Qohor''' is a large area of woodland and forest on the eastern continent of [[Essos]]. Located between the Free city of [[Norvos]] and the [[Dothraki Sea]], stretching north all the way to the [[Shivering Sea]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref>

==Description==
The forest is vast and takes roughly two weeks to cross by horse.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} The Free city of [[Qohor]] located on the forest's western edge and it contains the headlands of the [[Qhoyne|Qhoyne river]]. It is the land of the [[Black Goat of Qohor|Black Goat]], an old god worshipped only in Free city of Qohor. It's trees are large, their trunks as wide as city gates and the leaves give off a golden hue when submitted to sunlight and make a golden canopy above travelers.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

The forest provides much of the lumber used by eastern [[Free Cities]] for their keels and masts, as well as good fodder to trade to the [[Dothraki]] when they come off their mighty sea of grass.<ref>[[A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide]]</ref> Animals found within the wood include great elk, spotted tigers and lemurs with silver fur and huge purple eyes.{{Ref|aGoT|23}}

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When [[Daenerys Targaryen]] was newly wedded [[Khal Drogo]]’s [[khalasar]] rode through the Forest of Qohor for half a [[moon]]. The animals all fled at the approach of the [[khalasar]] and Dany had no glimpse of them. {{Ref|aGoT|23}}

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Flatlands

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The '''Flatlands''' is a region on the continent of [[Essos]]. The Flatlands are bordered by the upper reaches of the [[Rhoyne|River Rhoyne]] to the east, the [[Velvet Hills]] to the north and the [[Golden Fields]] to the south-east. Tillers and toilers who are bound to the land dwell in the Flatlands. The Flatlands is a fertile area of open fields and plains, located around the Free City of [[Pentos]] and responsible for feeding it.<ref name=HboGuide/> Many [[magister]]s and nobles of the cities have estates on the Flatlands.<ref name=HboGuide/> [[Illyrio Mopatis]] owns some orchards, farms and mines in the Flatlands, though he seldom visits them.

The [[Dothraki]] have easy access to the Flatlands and find riding across it easy, so Pentosi nobles pay them heavy tribute so as to ensure they do not loot or sack any of the estates or villages in the area.
The Flatlands used to be part of the southern kingdom of the [[Andals]] before they fled to Westeros several millennia ago.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

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Disputed Lands

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The '''Disputed Lands''' is an region on the continent of [[Essos]]. It has been contested between the [[Free Cities]] of [[Myr]], [[Tyrosh]] and [[Lys]] since the [[Doom of Valyria|fall of Valyria]], over three centuries past, usually involving skirmishes and small wars. Mercenaries are usually hired to fight the battles, and several nobles from [[Westeros]], such as Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] and Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] with the [[Second Sons]], have fought in the wars.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

Numerous wars have been fought over the Disputed Lands. One of the more notable was during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], when the [[Band of Nine]] conquered the Disputed Lands as first step in their campaign. The Lands were eventually lost once the Nine's efforts began to fail.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>

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Andalos

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'''Andalos''' is an area of the [[eastern continent]] to the south of [[Braavos]] and to the east of the [[Braavosian Coastland]]. The headwaters of the [[Upper Rhoyne]] lie in Andalos. It is mainly made up of hills.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref> It is the homeland of the [[Andals]].{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

==History==
The Andals took Andalos from a race of hairy men who were cousins to the [[Ibben]]ese. It was the site of the origins of the [[Faith of the Seven]] and the kingdom of [[Hugor of the Hill]].{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

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Orange Shore

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The '''Orange Shore''' is a strip of shoreline along the southern coast of the [[eastern continent]], found to the west of [[Volantis]].<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Map of the Free Cities (A Dance with Dragons)|Map of the Free Cities]]</ref>

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