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Perfumed seneschal

2014-06-24T11:22:20Z

Sgeureka: link to glass candle rather than A Feast for Crows-Prologue - that article describes the developments better

The '''perfumed seneschal''' is a figure [[Quaithe]] warns [[Daenerys Targaryen]] about during one of her visits.

{{Quote|''"The [[glass candle]]s are burning. Soon comes the [[bloody flux|pale mare]], and after her the others. Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. Trust none of them. Remember the [[Undying Ones|Undying]]. Beware the perfumed seneschal.{{ref|aDwD|11}}''}}

==Possible candidates==
* [[Reznak mo Reznak]] - due to his position in [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s court and his penchant for wearing lots of perfume.
* [[Varys]] - he held a similar position in the Westerosi royal court. He also wears heavy perfume.
* The ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'' (''Fragrant Steward''), a trading cog.
* [[Garth Tyrell]], the Lord Seneschal of High Garden, is a Tyrell (roses) and flatulent, both of which indicates a perfume of sorts.
* Archmaester [[Theobald]], Seneschal of the [[Maesters]] for the upcoming year. Maesters are rumored to be cause for last "extinction" of Dragons. No evidence of him being perfumed as to date.
* Archmaester [[Marwyn]], the "Mage" of the Citadel, is traveling to Daenerys Targaryen aboard the ''Cinnamon Wind''. (As Seneschals were selected by lottery every year, it's possible Marywn served as Seneschal previously.)

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

[[Category:Theories]]
[[Category:Prophecy]]

Perfumed seneschal

2013-06-06T15:24:27Z

Sgeureka: /* Possible candidates */ trim sentence

The '''perfumed seneschal''' is a figure [[Quaithe]] warns [[Daenerys Targaryen]] about during one of her visits.

{{Quote|''"The [[A Feast for Crows-Prologue|glass candles are burning]]. Soon comes the [[bloody flux|pale mare]], and after her the others. Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. Trust none of them. Remember the [[Undying Ones|Undying]]. Beware the perfumed seneschal.{{ref|aDwD|11}}''}}

==Possible candidates==
* [[Reznak mo Reznak]] - due to his position in [[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s court and his penchant for wearing lots of perfume.
* [[Varys]] - he held a similar position in the Westerosi royal court. He also wears heavy perfume.
* The ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'' (''Fragrant Steward''), a trading cog.
* [[Satin]] the steward to [[Jon Snow]], who wears perfume.
* [[Garth Tyrell]], the Lord Seneschal of High Garden, is a Tyrell (roses) and flatulent, both of which indicates a perfume of sorts.

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

[[Category:Theories]]
[[Category:Prophecy]]

Theories

2013-06-06T15:22:53Z

Sgeureka: /* True Identities */ + Perfumed seneschal

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{{Theory_Policy}}
There are many still unanswered questions in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]. Here we try to piece together answers from what we already know.

==Parentage==
===[[Brienne of Tarth/Theories|Brienne of Tarth]]===
It is theorized that [[Brienne of Tarth]] is a descendant of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]].

===[[Jon Snow/Theories|Jon Snow]]===
It remains unclear who [[Jon Snow]]'s mother is, and possibly even if [[Eddard Stark]] is in fact his father.

==True Identities==
===[[Alleras/Theories|Alleras the Sphinx]]===
It seems very likely that the novice [[Alleras]] is actually [[Sarella Sand]], one of [[Oberyn Martell]]'s illegitimate daughters.

===[[Azor Ahai/Theories|Azor Ahai]]===
[[Melisandre]] claims [[Stannis Baratheon]] with his magic sword is [[Azor Ahai]] come again, the prince who was promised. [[Maester Aemon]] remarks that his magic sword bears no heat though [[Lightbringer]] is supposed to be warm to behold and so believes someone else to be the prince who was promised.

===[[Coldhands/Theories|Coldhands]]===
While it seems clear [[Coldhands]] was, in life, a member of the [[Night's Watch]], it's unclear who exactly he was.

===[[Gravedigger/Theories|Gravedigger]]===
It is very possible that the novice gravedigger that Brienne encounters at the Monastery on the Quiet Island is in fact Sandor Clegane.

===[[Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories|Knight of the Laughing Tree]]===
A mystery knight named The [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] fought at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]
and defended the honor of [[Howland Reed]]. His true identity remains unknown, but he could have been played by [[Lyanna Stark]], [[Howland Reed]], or one of the younger Stark brothers.

===[[Lemore#Theories|Septa Lemore]]===

Septa [[Lemore]]'s belly shows stretch marks suggesting she has given birth before, which is in stark contrast to the celibacy of septas. This gives to rise to theories about her former identity as well as that of her possible offspring.

===[[Patchface/Theories|Patchface]]===
[[Patchface]] has a remarkable if largely unnoticed prophetic capability. His past and Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]'s reasons for bringing him to Westeros are known only in very broad strokes. Could there be more to him than meets the eye? What is the origin and nature of his predictions?

===[[Perfumed seneschal]]===

[[Quaithe]] warns [[Daenerys Targaryen]] about the "perfumed seneschal", but who or what is it?

===[[The prince that was promised/Theories|The prince that was promised]]===
Who is the prince?

===[[Robert Strong/Theories|Robert Strong]]===
Little is known of [[Robert Strong]], but evidence suggests he is either Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], or a kind of Frankenstein's Monster created from Clegane's corpse.

===[[Sailor's Wife/Theories|The Sailor's Wife]]===
It's possible the [[Sailor's Wife]] is actually [[Tysha]], [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s first wife.

===[[Three-eyed crow/Theories|The Three-Eyed Crow]]===
Evidence seems to point to [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]] to being the true identity of the [[Three-eyed crow]].

==Unexplained Imaginings==
===[[Sansa Stark/Theories|Sansa Stark]]===
Why does Sansa think [[the Hound]] [[UnKiss|kissed her]] in her bedroom during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]]?

==Unexplained Murders==
===[[Balon Greyjoy/Theories|Balon Greyjoy]]===
The people of [[Westeros]] are willing to believe [[Balon Greyjoy]] was simply swept off a bridge into the sea, but this may not be what truly happened.

===[[Frey Pies/Theories|Rhaegar, Symond and Jared Frey]]===
It seems likely that [[Wyman Manderly|Lord Manderly]] murdered three [[House Frey|Freys]] and had them baked into the pies he presented at [[Ramsay Bolton]]'s wedding feast.

==Whereabouts==
===[[Jaqen H'ghar/Theories|Jaqen H'ghar]]===
Tracking a [[Jaqen H'ghar|man]] who can change his identity at will is a bit difficult, but not impossible.

===[[Jeyne Poole/Theories|Jeyne Poole]]===
[[Jeyne Poole]] is hidden for quite some time before being used by [[Tywin Lannister]] as an imposter of [[Arya Stark]] to help solidify the [[North]]. It is unclear where she was held all that time.

===[[Jeyne Westerling/Theories|Jeyne Westerling]]===
Conflicting descriptions by [[Catelyn Stark]] and [[Jaime Lannister]] suggest perhaps [[Jeyne Westerling]] has an imposter.

===[[Benjen Stark/Theories|Benjen Stark]]===
[[Benjen Stark]] has been missing for some time. In [[A Clash of Kings]] the [[Jeor Mormont|Old Bear]] and [[Jon Snow]] discuss the empty [[wildling]] villages, realising that if Benjen found the villages empty, he would search for the reason.

===[[Loras Tyrell/Theories|Loras Tyrell]]===
[[Loras Tyrell]] may not have been grievously injured at Dragonstone, and may either be there for different reasons or elsewhere entirely.

===[[Stonesnake|Stonesnake]]===
[[Stonesnake]] has been missing since [[Qhorin Halfhand]]'s group was sent to scout the Skirling Pass prior to the [[Battle of the Fist of the First Men]] and may or may not be alive.

===[[Eddard Stark|The bones of Eddard Stark]]===
After [[Eddard Stark]]'s execution in [[King's Landing]], Ser [[Cleos Frey]] brings his bones to [[Riverrun]]. [[Catelyn Tully]] asks [[Hallis Mollen]] to carry them north to be buried at the Stark crypt at Winterfell, not knowing that [[Moat Cailin]] has fallen to the [[ironborn]], blocking the only viable road. Since that time, Mollen's whereabouts, and Ned's bones, are unknown. When [[Barbrey Dustin]] and [[Theon Greyjoy]] investigate the crypt in [[A Dance with Dragons]], no evidence of them is found.

==History==
===[[Aegon III/Theories|Aegon III's Birth Year]]===
===[[Aegon IV/Theories|Aegon IV's Birth Year]]===
===[[Daemon Blackfyre/Theories|Daemon Blackfyre's Birth Year]]===
===[[Maekar I/Theories|Maekar I's Birth Year]]===
===[[Viserys II/Theories|Viserys II's Birth Year]]===
===[[Years after Aegon's Landing/Theories|Estimations of the Birth Years of Various People of Import]]===

[[Category:Theories| ]]

Targaryen madness

2013-06-04T12:47:36Z

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[[File:Pojypojy MadKingI.jpg|[[Aerys II Targaryen]] succumbed to the Targaryen madness - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]
[[House Targaryen]] carries the trait for insanity in its bloodline, often referred to as madness. It may have been passed to [[House Blackfyre]].

==About==
Some Targaryens appear to be born mad. Others may not display madness when they are younger but can develop it as the years go by, especially when circumstances encourage it, such the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] which affected [[Aerys II]] very deeply. Madness may also skip a generation.

Daenerys's brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] appeared to have inherited the inclination for madness from his father. Even Illyrio admits as much to [[Tyrion]]:
{{Quote|[[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] was Mad Aerys' son, just so. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}}}

Ser Barristan was well aware of this trait and chose to observe [[Daenerys]] in the guise of [[Arstan Whitebeard]] to make sure she did not display any madness before revealing himself and pledging his sword to her.

When he says that he can see no ''taint'' in her Dany bristles. Ser [[Barristan]] tries to explain diplomatically what he means by saying to [[Daenerys]]:

{{Quote|I am no maester to quote history at you, Your Grace. Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King [[Jaehaerys II|Jaehaerys]] once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new [[Targaryen]] is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land. {{Ref|ASOS|71}}}}

Up until this point [[Daenerys]] was aware that her father was called ''The Mad King'' - but she thought that it was a lie.{{Ref|ASOS|71}} She had no idea the extent of her father’s insanity or that this trait ran in [[House Targaryen]].

This knowledge of the madness in her bloodline concerns her. After hearing and seeing [[Quaithe]] standing under the persimmon tree, in the terrace of the [[Great Pyramid]], she thinks about Ser [[Barristan]]’s warning that in the blood of the dragon there is a taint. She wonders briefly to herself if she is going mad.{{ref|aDwD|11}}

The Targaryen propensity for madness is known even in [[Essos]]. Although he is relying on rumor the [[Windblown]]'s [[Books]] thinks [[Daenerys]] both murderous and mad, saying that her father was mad too, stating:
{{Quote|It runs in the blood. {{Ref|aDwD|25}}}}
This comment worries Prince [[Quentyn Martell]] as he is all too aware of the madness than runs in the Targaryen line. Quentyn thinks to himself that King Aerys II ''had'' been mad, all of [[Westeros]] knew. He had exiled two of [[Orton Merryweather|his]] [[Jon Connington|hands]] and burned the [[Qarlton Chelsted|third]]. Quentyn has his apprehensions about Dany's personality, and worries:
{{Quote|If [[Daenerys]] is as murderous as her father, must I still marry her? {{Ref|aDwD|25}}}}
Prince Doran had never spoken of that possibility to Quentyn.

In Westeros, during a small council meeting in the [[Red Keep]]'s throne room concerning [[Young Griff|the Targaryen pretender]], [[Kevan Lannister]] mentions that there is a second Targaryen, and one whose blood no man can question: Daenerys Stormborn. [[Mace Tyrell]] immediately declares she is,
{{Quote|As mad as her father. {{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}}}
Ser Kevan replies that mad she may be, but with so much smoke drifting west, surely, there must be some fire burning in the east.

Much later [[Arianne Martell]]’s thoughts turn to the distant dragon queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] - the [[Targaryen]] whom [[Doran Martell|her father]] is pinning his hopes on. The woman whose brother died in front of her, killed by her Dothraki husband who crowned him with a pot of molten gold while she watched and did nothing to save him, all that remained to her of her own blood. Arianne remarks to Ser [[Daemon Sand]] that,
{{Quote|"She is [[the Mad King]]'s daughter," … "How do we do know -- "}}
Ser Daemon gives Arianne an honest reply,
{{Quote|"We cannot know," ... "We can only hope."}}<ref>[http://georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html ''The Winds of Winter'', Arianne sample chapter], made available on GRRM's website as of January 8th, 2013</ref>

==Dreams and dragons==
The Targaryen's prophetic [[dragon dreams]] could also try the sanity of the dreamer, also the yearning for bringing [[dragons]] back to life. [[Aerion Targaryen]] died drinking a cup of [[wildfire]], believing it would transform him into a [[dragon]].

==Mad Targaryens==

*King [[Baelor I Targaryen]]
*Prince [[Rhaegel Targaryen]]
*Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]]
*King [[Aerys II]]
*[[Viserys Targaryen]]

==References and Notes==
{{References}}
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[[Category:House Targaryen]]

File:MKomarck Beric v Hound.jpg

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== Summary ==
[[Sandor Clegane]] vs. [[Beric Dondarrion]] - by Michael Komarck. The artist's website can be found on:
[http://www.komarckart.com/]
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Beric Dondarrion

2013-05-24T16:03:31Z

Sgeureka: /* The Seven Deaths of Dondarrion */ unordered list -> ordered list

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| Alias = The Lightning Lord The Lord of Corpses Lord Derik
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[[Brotherhood Without Banners]]
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| Date_of_Birth = +/- {{Date|276}}
| Place_of_Death = the [[Riverlands]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}} (His seventh & final death)
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Mentioned) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#David Michael Scott,Beric Dondarrion|David Michael Scott]] (extra) Richard Dormer (Season 3)
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
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'''Beric Dondarrion''' was Lord of [[Blackhaven]]. He became the leader of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] after he was sent out to the [[Riverlands]] by [[Eddard Stark]] to bring the king's justice to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. He is also known as the ''Lightning Lord''. He is almost twenty-two years old.{{Ref|aGoT|44}} He is betrothed to Lady [[Allyria Dayne]].{{Ref|aSoS|43}}

==Appearance==
At the begin of the books he is described as handsome with red-gold hair.{{Ref|aGoT|27}} The hardships of war have changed him notably. See also [[:Category:Images of Beric Dondarrion|this collection of images]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
He comes to [[King's Landing]] to fight in the [[Tourney of the Hand]] celebrating [[Eddard Stark]]'s appointment as [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|aGoT|27}} During the tournament, he loses a horse in a tilt with a hedge knight and is unhorsed by [[Thoros of Myr]] shortly thereafter.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} After the conclusion of the tournament, he remains in King's Landing. This leads to Eddard Stark appointing him leader of an expedition to arrest Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who has been raiding the Riverlands after the capture of [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Beric is killed for the first time in the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]], impaled by Gregor Clegane's lance while his squire [[Edric Dayne]] tries to defend him.{{Ref|aSoS|43}} By the time that Robb Stark and his allies are fighting the Lannister armies near the [[Trident]], Beric's group is continually raiding the Lannisters' foraging parties.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}{{Ref|aGoT|56}}{{Ref|aGoT|69}}{{Ref|aCoK|7}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Rumors have Beric as missing or perhaps dead.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Prologue|Prologue]]</ref> Yet, he is still raiding the Lannister foraging parties{{Ref|aCoK|7}} and Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s group is actively seeking him{{Ref|aCoK|19}}, as are [[Tywin Lannister]]'s forces stationed at [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|aCoK|26}} His group meets smallfolk plagued by the ravage of Lannister forces but does not trouble them, and attempts to pay for the food they take.{{Ref|aCoK|26}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
It is revealed that, after he was slain by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] in the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]], he was resurrected by [[Thoros of Myr]]{{Ref|aSoS|39}} and became the leader of the outlaw band, the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. He was killed several more times, but was repeatedly brought back to life, each time with fewer memories of his life before the war. He was captured near the [[Gods Eye]] and hanged by [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], but was cut down before he could die.{{Ref|aSoS|22}} He was slain by Ser [[Burton Crakehall]], hung by Ser [[Amory Lorch]] at [[Rushing Falls]]. Ser Gregor put a dirk through his eye and [[Sandor Clegane]] kills him during his trial by battle.{{Ref|aSoS|34}} By the end, Beric becomes a scarecrow of a man, his battered body bearing all the wounds of his previous deaths.
[[File:MKomarck_Beric_v_Hound.jpg‎‎|[[Sandor Clegane]] vs Beric Dondarrion - by Michael Komarck © |thumb|200px|left]]
He truly dies when he gives his life to bring back [[Catelyn Stark]], whose body has been found by the outlaws after the [[Red Wedding]].{{Ref|aFfC|42}}

[[File:BericDondarrionbyWouterBruneel.jpg|250px|thumb|Beric Dondarrion by [http://www.wbruneel.com/IllustrationPortfolio.html Wouter Bruneel].]]

==The Seven Deaths of Dondarrion==
[[File:Lord Beric Dondarrion.jpg|250px|thumb|Richard Dormer as Beric Dondarrion ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]

# Impaled on a lance by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]{{Ref|aGoT|55}}{{Ref|aCoK|30}}{{Ref|aSoS|43}}
# Smashed with a mace on the side of the head by Ser [[Burton Crakehall]]{{Ref|aCoK|7}}{{Ref|aSoS|39}}
# Hanged at [[Rushing Falls]] by Ser [[Amory Lorch]]{{Ref|aCoK|30}}{{Ref|aSoS|39}}
# Stabbed in the eye with a dirk by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]{{Ref|aCoK|30}}{{Ref|aSoS|39}}
# Killed by an archer of the [[Brave Companions]] sellsword company{{Ref|aCoK|30}}
# Killed by [[Sandor Clegane]] in a trial by combat{{Ref|aSoS|34}}
# Gave up his lifeforce to resurrect [[Catelyn Tully]]{{Ref|aFfC|42}}

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

[[Category:Members of the Brotherhood Without Banners|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Nobles|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Knights|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Outlaws|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:House Dondarrion]]

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Sansa Stark/Theories

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Sgeureka: moved Sansa Stark /Theories to Sansa Stark/Theories: remove wrong space in title

{{Theory_Policy}}
Many readers have wondered why [[Sansa Stark]] thinks that [[Sandor Clegane]] [[UnKiss|kissed her]] when he came to her bedchamber during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].
GRRM has stated that the kiss will eventually mean something, but what?
==George R. R. Martin on the UnKiss==
When asked about the kiss discrepancy [[George R. R. Martin]] simply replied that [[Sansa]] is an ''“unreliable narrator”,'' <ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Sansas_Memory/ SANSA’S MEMORY]</ref>
{{Quote|Well, not every inconsistency is a mistake, actually. Some are quite intentional. File this one under "unreliable narrator" and feel free to ponder its meaning. . .}}
He has added that the kiss “will eventually mean something”.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More/ Sansa misremembering]</ref>
{{Quote|"You will see, in A STORM OF SWORDS and later volumes, that Sansa remembers the Hound kissing her the night he came to her bedroom... but if you look at the scene, he never does. That will eventually mean something, but just now it's a subtle touch, something most of the readers may not even pick up on."}}
This has led to much speculation by fans on what he means and intends.
==Has the Hound replaced Lady?==
In an interview GRRM was asked:'' There's some speculation that you plan to replace [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]] with [[the Hound]], possibly?''
{{Quote|What? Interesting speculation. I won't comment on that. [laughs].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref>}}
==References and Notes==
{{References}}

[[Category:Theories]]

Wildfire plot

2013-04-29T07:15:28Z

Sgeureka: misc minor

'''The Wildfire Plot''' was a plan developed by [[Aerys II|King Aerys]] during the latter stages of [[Robert's Rebellion]].

After the rebel victory of [[Robert Baratheon]] at the [[Battle of the Bells]] Aerys was fearful that Robert might actually win the war and enlisted the aid of several members of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] in a plot to destroy the city of [[King's Landing]] should the rebel forces prove victorious. [[Jaime Lannister]] was present when all of this was being planned, while the rest of the [[Kingsguard]] was absent and went with [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar]].

Thousands of jars of [[Wildfire]] were gathered and placed in key positions under King's Landing. Hundreds were placed under the [[Dragonpit]] and the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], under every one of the city's gates and even under the Red Keep itself. The pyromancers did all their work in secret and did not even trust their own apprentices with the knowledge.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

The rest of the royal family were unaware of this; apparently [[Rhaella Targaryen|the queen]]'s eyes had long been shut to her husband's insanities, and Rhaegar was busy marshalling an army, but the [[Hand of the King]], [[Qarlton Chelsted|Lord Qarlton Chelsted]] grew suspicious of the constant comings and goings of the pyromancers from the Red Keep. When Chelsted discovered the plot, he confronted Aerys. When reasoning, threatening, jesting and even begging on his part failed to dissuade Aerys from this course of action, Chelsted resigned his handship, flinging his chain of office at Aerys' feet. Aerys had him burned alive for this and made Rossart his new [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

During the [[Sack of King's Landing]], Aerys commanded [[Rossart]] to ignite the wildfire to destroy the city. [[Jaime Lannister]] however intercepted and slew Rossart he then slew Aerys, plunging his sword into the Mad King's back, to prevent his message from reaching another pyromancer. Jaime a few days later hunted and killed [[Garigus]] and [[Belis]] the other pyromancers involved in the plot.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

==Orchestrators==
*[[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys II]]
*[[Rossart|Lord Rossart]] of the [[Alchemists' Guild]]
*[[Garigus|Wisdom Garigus]] of the [[Alchemists' Guild]]
*[[Belis|Wisdom Belis]] of the [[Alchemists' Guild]]

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

[[Category:Terms]]
[[Category:Crownlands|Wildfire Plot]]
[[Category:House Targaryen|Wildfire Plot]]

Varys

2013-04-28T17:10:38Z

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| image_caption = Varys Portrait by Amoka©
| Alias = The Spider The Eunuch Rugen
| Title = [[Master of Whisperers]]
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Lord '''Varys''', called '''"the Spider"''', is the enigmatic member of the [[small council]] and [[Master of Whisperers]], or spymaster, for the [[Iron Throne]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Conleth Hill.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Character & Appearance==
Varys is a [[eunuch]]; he is plump, completely bald and effeminate. He has soft white hands. He powders his face. {{Ref|aCoK|3}}

He prefers comfortable clothing, fine silks (often in outrageous colors), and soft slippers that allow him to walk without making any sound. His outward manner is obsequious, mysterious, and squeamish. He is a master of disguise and can easily change his appearance, gait, smell, and costume to become unrecognizable.

Secrets are Varys’s trade, and his skill at acquiring them has earned him a reputation for being seemingly omniscient. Crucial to his trade is a spy network of children that he refers to as his ''"little birds"''.

His history of providing information to all sides, of aiding enemies, of pitting rivals against one another, and of manipulation to achieve his ends has earned him a reputation of being distasteful and untrustworthy amongst the nobles at court. In private, however, he claims to value order, stability, and peace above all, and professes loyalty to those who work for those goals as well.

==History==
[[File:Pojypojy_young_Illyrio_&_Varys.jpg‎‎|In [[Pentos]], young Varys befriended a poor sellsword named [[Illyrio Mopatis]] - by Pojypojy ©|thumb|300px|right]]
Though nothing that Varys says can be completely trusted, he claims to have been born a slave in [[Lys]] that was sold and apprenticed to a traveling folly, a troupe of mummers who worked the [[Free Cities]], [[Oldtown]], and occasionally [[King's Landing]], by means of a fat little [[Ships|cog]] owned by the troupe's master. During their stay in [[Myr]], a man offered a large sum of money for Varys, an offer his master found too tempting to refuse. The man gave Varys a potion that made him powerless to move or speak, but did nothing to dull his senses as his manhood was cut off at the stem, then burnt in a brazier in a [[Blood Magic]] ritual. Varys claims to have held a hatred for all things magical ever since.{{Ref|aGoT|44}}

With the ritual complete, the man had no further use for Varys and tossed him out on the streets. Varys asked the man what he should do, to which the sorcerer replied he supposed that he should die. Varys to spite him vowed to live.{{Ref|aGoT|44}}

By that time the mummers had sailed and Varys was left alone. He resorted to begging, prostitution and thievery and soon was as good a thief as any in Myr, eventually becoming recognized as the best thief in the city until a rival forced him out and he fled to [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aCoK|44}}

In Pentos, Varys befriended a poor sellsword named [[Illyrio Mopatis]] and they started a business where Varys would steal objects from lesser thieves and Illyrio would get the objects back for their original owners for a small fee. Soon, every man and woman in Pentos who ever had valuables stolen from them all knew who to ask to get their valuables back. In addition, the thieves in Pentos soon began to seek Illyrio and Varys out, half to try (and failing) to kill them, the other half to sell them the objects they stole in order to prevent Varys from stealing them back. Varys and Illyrio grew very rich.

Varys came to the realization that information was much more valuable than gold and gems and began training his spy network, then known as ''"little mice"'', to acquire the information, letters, ledgers and charts of the wealthy and powerful. The "mice" were orphans purchased by Varys; he chose those that were small, quick, and quiet, and taught them to read and write, as well as the skills required for sneak thievery such as climbing walls and slipping down chimneys, so that they might copy the information Varys desired without disturbing or alarming their targets.

These secrets increased Varys and Illyrio's wealth tenfold, and in time Varys became so infamous that word of his talents reached the ears of [[Aerys II Targaryen|King Aerys]] across the [[Narrow Sea]], who in his growing paranoia no longer trusted his [[Rhaegar Targaryen|son]], his [[Rhaella Targaryen|wife]], or his [[Tywin Lannister|Hand]]. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}

As spymaster in [[King's Landing]], Varys's influence grew with Aerys's paranoia, as he was quick to point out traitors and schemers to his liege. Varys mastered the secret passages within the [[Red Keep]] and made good use of them with his spy network, who became known as his ''"little birds"''. He had them memorize the passages and come to him whenever one discovered something of importance. Notably, Varys alerted Aerys to the possibility that his son [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] was using attendance at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]] as a pretext to rally Lords to his cause in removing Aerys as king, causing Aerys to attend the tournament, the first time he had left the Red Keep in years since the [[Defiance of Duskendale]].

Following the [[Battle of the Trident]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Varys counseled Aerys to close his gates to [[Tywin Lannister]], as he could not be trusted. Aerys, however, listened to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and opened the gates to the Lannister forces, who proceeded to sack the city and kill the remaining Targaryens present.

Though he continued in his post for [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]], Varys's loyalty seemingly remained with [[House Targaryen]]. He kept a secret arrangement with [[Illyrio Mopatis]], who seeks to put a Targaryen back on the [[Iron Throne]]. In fact, it was revealed that Varys switched the baby [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] with that of a [[pisswater prince|peasant baby]]. With the realm and [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] falsely believing him dead, Varys had Aegon smuggled across the Narrow Sea to be raised by [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] friend and exiled Hand of the King, [[Jon Connington]]. To conceal Connington's activities, Varys concocted the false story that Connington had drank himself to death after being caught stealing from the [[Golden Company]].

==Known Disguises==
Varys employs the use of various disguises to go about unnoticed. Upon seeing one of the disguises Tyrion remarks,
{{Quote|A different look, a different smell, a different way of walking ... most men would be deceived. {{Ref|aCoK|44}}}}
*As a [[Begging Brothers|begging brother]] {{Ref|aCoK|44}} – in filthy patched robes, bare feet crusty with dirt, a bowl hung about his neck on a leather thong were a [[septon]] would have worn a crystal. The smell of him would have gagged a rat. He has a mouth full of rotted teeth.
*As a woman {{Ref|aSoS|12}} – plump, soft, matronly, with a round pin moon of a face and heavy dark curls. For one horrid moment Tyrion thinks its [[Lollys]].
*As a dungeon turnkey named [[Rugen]]
==Recent Events==
[[File:Varys Eddard Stark Red Keep.jpg|300px|thumb|Varys attending a meeting with Lord [[Eddard Stark]] in the [[Red Keep]]. ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]
===A Game of Thrones===

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

Varys brings Ser [[Jorah Mormont|Jorah Mormont's]] report of [[Daenerys Targaryen]] being pregnant to the [[Small Council]], which results in King Robert's command to assassinate both her and her unborn child. He meets Illyrio below the Red keep where they discuss how to delay a war between Stark and Lannister until the right time.{{Ref|aGoT|32}}

When King Robert is slain, Varys remains master of whisperers for King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. When Joffrey demands that someone take blame for his father's death, Varys suggests Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]. Joffrey and [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] dismiss Selmy, a move many outside the council saw as a folly.{{Ref|aGoT|57}} Selmy later joined [[Daenerys Targaryen]] in the east as a result of his dismissal (this was most likely Varys plan the whole time). {{Ref|aCoK|63}}

After Eddard Stark is imprisoned, Varys visits him disguised as a jailor. When tells Ned that his blood is that last thing he desires Ned points out that Varys stood by the queen, watched and said not a word as his personal guard was slaughtered. Varys replies that he was unarmed, unarmored and surrounded by [[Lannister]] swords. He then looks a Ned curiously, tilts his head and tells him,
{{Quote|When I was a young boy, before I was cut, I traveled with a troupe of [[mummer]]s through the [[Free Cities]]. They taught me that each man has a role to play, in life as well was mummery. So it is at court. The [[King's Justice]] must be fearsome, the [[Master of Coin]] must be frugal, the Lord Commander of the [[Kingsguard]] must be valiant … and the [[Master of Whisperers]] must be sly and obsequious and without scruple. A courageous informer would be as useless as a cowardly [[knight]].{{Ref|aGoT|58}}}}
Varys persuades Ned that for the sake of his daughter Sansa's life he must falsely confess to treason so Cersei will allow him to take the black, thus delaying a war between [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]]. When Ned shows reluctance, Varys insinuates that the Lannisters will kill Sansa if Ned continues to defy them. Ned asks who Varys truly serves, and Varys claims that the purpose of his machinations is not for personal power, honor, or loyalty, but simply the best intentions for the realm as a whole.{{Ref|aGoT|58}}

Despite Varys's intentions to spare Eddard Stark's life, Joffrey goes against the council's wishes and decides at the last minute to have Ned Stark executed instead of allowing him to take the [[Night's Watch|black]] much to the shock of Varys and the other onlookers.{{Ref|aGoT|65}}

===A Clash of Kings===
[[File:Varys TheMico.jpg|Varys - by TheMico ©|thumb|200px|right]]

[[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] returns to the [[Broken Anvil]] after breaking the news to [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] that he is acting [[Hand of the King]] to find [[Varys]] there with [[Shae]], much to his dismay. After some veiled threats between them, Varys asks if Tyrion has seen the Red Comet, and Tyrion replies he is not blind; on the Kingsroad it had seemed to cover half the sky. Varys tells Tyrion that on the streets it is called the Red Messenger. “They say it comes as a herald before a king, to warn of fire and blood to follow.” Before Varys leaves he poses a riddle to Tyrion:{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

{{Quote|In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it’ says the priest, ‘for I command you in the names of the gods.’ ‘Do it’ says the rich man, ‘and all this gold shall be yours.’ So tell me-who lives and who dies?”}}{{Ref|aCoK|3}}

An uneasy alliance formed between Varys and Tyrion, with Varys providing Tyrion with information as to the goings-on in the city and the capital. Varys assists Tyrion in gaining control of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|city watch]] and informs him that Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] was sleeping with queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]].{{Ref|aCoK|8}}{{Ref|aCoK|29}}

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

===A Storm of Swords===
After [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s recovery following the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], he seeks out Varys and seeks to resume their alliance, which includes his assistance in continuing to facilitate his trysts with [[Shae]]. Varys obliges him, though when Tyrion is put on trial for the murder of [[Joffrey Baratheon|King Joffrey]], Varys testifies against Tyrion, providing notes on conversations between the two and a great deal of seemingly damning evidence.

After Tyrion is condemned to die, however, Varys is forced by [[Jaime Lannister]], at swordpoint, to release Tyrion. He does so, and on the trip through the secret tunnels beneath the Red Keep leads Tyrion past a ladder that the dwarf recognizes as leading to the chamber of the Hand of the King, leading him to inquire how to access his old quarters to seek out his father. Varys makes a curiously weak & obligatory protest against this course of action, advising him to make haste & flee..while also giving precise directions on how to reach Tywin. Tyrion then ascends the ladder to kill his father [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. With this outcome & his subsequent arrangement for Tyrion to fit in to his master plan, its very likely it was more than the threat of violence from a crippled Jaime that caused him to release the dwarf. As a loyalist, & knowing Tywin's threat to a Targaryan restoration, plus the fact he attempted to prevent rectification of Cersei's grievous errors, its most likely he purposefully arranged Tywin's murder, but which strings he pulled and how are currently left unclear as Varys is a master of obfuscation.

===A Feast for Crows===
[[File:Varys HBO.jpg|250px||thumb|right|Conleth Hill as Varys ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]
After Varys's part in Tyrion's escape and Tywin's murder, he vanishes without a trace. A dungeon turnkey named [[Rugen]] disappears as well. In Rugen's living space a Tyrell coin is discovered and shown to Cersei, increasing Cersei's already-abundant mistrust of [[House Tyrell]]. It is believed by many readers that Rugen is an alias of Varys's, due to the identical description of the turnkey with Varys when he visited Ned Stark in the Black Cells.

[[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], now ruling in King's Landing as Queen Regent to her son [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], appoints [[Qyburn]] to fill the position of Master of Whisperers. Qyburn notes that many of Varys's spies came to him with secrets to sell, reinforcing Cersei's belief that Varys had always oversold his value to make people dependent on him and more vulnerable to his schemes.

[[Jaime Lannister]] also starts to suspect that maybe Varys had a hand in [[Tyrek Lannister]]'s disappearance during the [[Riot of King’s Landing]], his reasoning being that Tyrek as the late King [[Robert Baratheon|Robert's]] former squire would have had a deal of knowledge about the king's activities including his death and knowledge like that was always valuable, a fact which Varys knows better then anyone else. In addition, Varys did not go down to the docks with the rest of the court the day [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] was sent to [[Dorne]], and it would have been a easy thing for Varys to spark a riot and have agents of his snatch Tyrek in the confusion. {{Ref|aFfC|27}}

Readers also speculate that Varys was behind a puppet show in [[King's Landing]] that had become quite popular among the population. The show was about the kingdom of the beasts was ruled by a pride of [[House Lannister|Lions]] that grew arrogant and began to devour there own subjects, when the noble [[House Baratheon|Stag]] makes objections they eat him too and state that it is there right as the strongest of beasts. At the end of the show a [[House Targaryen|Dragon]] hatches from an egg and devours all the lions. When [[Cersei Lannister]] learned about the show from [[Qyburn]] she ordered the puppeteers put to death and those who watched it were to lose half their wealth if they were rich and to lose an eye for watching treason if they were poor. {{Ref|aFfC|24}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
Varys employs the secret passages to enter the chambers of Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and kill him. He then dispatches one of his "little birds" to fetch [[Kevan Lannister]], now Lord Regent after Cersei's disgrace, under the pretext that the Grand Maester has a message for him.

Upon his entering the rookery, Varys shoots Kevan with a crossbow, going on to apologize and note that his actions are not out of malice but rather because Kevan's competent leadership threatened to undo Cersei's follies and years of Varys's careful planning. He explains to Kevan that [[Aegon Targaryen]] is still alive, and notes the preparations being made to make him the true leader, noting that his death will sow further dissent between the Lannisters and Tyrells, making the realm easy prey for Aegon to arrive and be proclaimed King, for the good of the realm. Varys then summons several of his "little birds" to end Ser Kevan's suffering.

[[File:Varys.jpg|250px|thumb|Varys the Spider, by Sir-Heartsalot]]

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

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

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

{{Quote|''"[[Barristan Selmy|Ser Barristan]] loves his honour, Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] loves his office, and [[Petyr Baelish|Littlefinger]] loves Littlefinger.''" {{Ref|aGoT|30}} }} - Varys, when commenting to [[Eddard Stark]] about the weaknesses of [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert's]] allies within his court

{{Quote|Secrets are worth more than silver or sapphires. {{Ref|aDwD|5}}}}

==Quotes about Varys==
{{Quote|''"There are things I might tell you of that eunuch that would chill your blood …"'' {{Ref|aCoK|25}}}}
- Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], to [[Tyrion]]

{{Quote|You think you’re the only one he whispers secrets to? He gives each of us just enough to convince us that we’d be helpless without him. He played the same game with me, when I first wed Robert. For years, I was convinced I had no truer friend at court, but now … {{Ref|aCoK|54}}}} - [[Cersei]], to [[Tyrion]]

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

{{Quote|He has some dark art, [[Ned]]. I swear it.{{Ref|aGoT|20}}}} [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|I hold the man’s balls in the palm of my hand … or would, if he were a man, or had any balls. You see, if the pie is opened, the birds begin to sing, and Varys would not like that.{{Ref|aGoT|20}}}} - [[Littlefinger]], on Varys to [[Catelyn Stark]]

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

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Barristan Selmy

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Ser '''Barristan Selmy''', called "'''Barristan the Bold'''," is a celebrated hero and [[knight]] of the [[Kingsguard]], serving throughout a time when the Kingsguard were considered to be the greatest knights of the realm. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], he is played by Ian McElhinney.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew]</ref>

==Character and Appearance==
Selmy is one of the most skilled and respected [[knight]]s in the [[Seven Kingdoms]].

Selmy is tall and has blue eyes. [[Daenerys]] considers them sad.{{Ref|aSoS|8}} He is an older man (sixty at the series' beginning), with long white hair and lined features. Daenerys considers him handsome at least for an older man. Despite advanced age, he looks strong and graceful and every bit the skilled [[knight]] he was in his youth. During his time in the Kingsguard, like all other members, he wore white, from his suit of enameled scale armor to his shield.{{Ref|aGoT|15}} When in the Kingsguard in [[King's Landing]] he was clean shaven, but he grew a long white beard when he went to find Daenerys. See also [[:Category:Images of Barristan Selmy|this collection of images]].

'''[[Queensguard]] armour''':

In [[Meereen]], as a token of her esteem, [[Daenerys Targaryen]] gifts Ser Barristan Selmy, her Lord Commander, with armour.

The mail is gilded, finely wrought, the links as supple as good leather, the plate enameled, hard as ice and bright as new fallen snow. A dagger goes on one hip, his longsword on the other; it hangs from a white leather belt with golden buckles. Last of all he fastens a long white cloak about his shoulders.

The helm has a narrow eye slit and ornate dragon’s wings which are splendid to look upon. He leaves the helm on its hook for his confrontation with [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]]. Selmy leaves it for his next [[tourney]], if the Seven should grant him one.

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

He received his knighthood at the age of sixteen from [[Aegon V|King Aegon V]] after unhorsing Prince Duncan and Lord Commander [[Dunk|Duncan the Tall]] of the [[Kingsguard]] at a tourney in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|aDwD|55}} An eminently successful [[History_of_Tourneys_in_Westeros|tourney]] knight throughout his career, he also proved his worth on the battlefield, killing [[Maelys Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]] in single combat in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], ending the line of the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] pretenders after cutting a bloody swath through the [[Golden Company]] to get to him.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

He was named to the [[Kingsguard]] at the age of twenty-three and swore his vows before Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], during the reign of [[Jaehaerys II]].{{Ref|aDwD|55}} In joining the Kingsguard, he gave up the claim to his family seat, and the girl he was to wed was married to his cousin instead.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}}

===In the Kingsguard===
During the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], Lord Hand [[Tywin Lannister]] sent Selmy to rescue the captive King [[Aerys II]]. Ser Barristan slew Ser [[Symon Hollard]], avenging the death of his sworn brother Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]] and freeing the king. In the aftermath of the Defiance, he pleaded for the life of the child [[Dontos Hollard]], to which King Aerys acquiesced.{{Ref|aFfC|9}} Later in Aerys's reign, during the Kingsguard's campaign against the outlaw [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], Barristan rescued Lady [[Jeyne Swann]] and her septa, and killed the bandits' leader Ser [[Simon Toyne]] in single combat. He defeated Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] in the final joust to win the tourney held at [[Storm's End]].{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

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

During the [[Robert's Rebellion|War of the Usurper]], after the defeat of Lord [[Jon Connington]] at the [[Battle of the Bells]], Ser Barristan, with Ser [[Jonothor Darry]] was sent to rally the remnants of Connington's army.{{Ref|aSoS|37}} He was severely wounded at the [[Battle of the Trident]]. Lord [[Roose Bolton]] counseled that his throat should be cut, but [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]] instead called for [[maester]]s to attend him.

Though he fought bravely for the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] during the rebellion which overthrew them, Barristan later took the new king's pardon and became the Lord Commander of Robert's Kingsguard.{{Ref|aGoT|33}} Having had reservations about the Kingslayer even before he earned his epithet, Ser Barristan did not approve of [[Jaime Lannister]] being allowed to continue his service. After Jaime slew Aerys he was quoted by [[Tyrion Lannister]] as saying Ser Jaime's white cloak should be traded for a black one, agreeing with [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]] that Jaime should be exiled to [[the Wall]] {{Ref|aDwD|57}}.

Selmy had moral reservations about serving the Usurper, but served loyally nonetheless. Selmy recalled, however, that if he had seen Robert smile when [[Tywin Lannister]] presented him with the bodies of Rhaegar's children, he would never have served Robert and nothing on earth would have stopped Selmy from killing him. Selmy loathed seeing the deaths of children, as illustrated by his asking that the babe Dontos Hollard be spared when [[House Hollard]] was destroyed after the Defiance of Duskendale.

During the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]], Selmy led the attack on [[Old Wyk]]. The [[smallfolk]] talk of Ser Barristan in the same way they talk of [[Serwyn]] of the Mirror Shield and [[Prince Aemon the Dragonknight]]. {{Ref|aCoK|3}}

==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
Barristan is a formidable fighter even in his advanced years, having won the championship of a tourney at King's Landing at the age of 57, and unhorsing [[Sandor Clegane]] in a tilt just a year prior to the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} He serves loyally as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s [[Kingsguard]]. During the [[Tourney of the Hand]], he is only defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] after three tilts, having defeated men ten and twenty years younger in his first two contests.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} When Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] is killed in the tournament by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], Selmy stands vigil over the young knight himself as the boy had no one else.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

He is present on the [[small council]] when [[Robert Baratheon]] orders the death of the pregnant [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. He and [[Eddard Stark]] are the only council members who protest the move.{{Ref|aGoT|33}} He accompanies King Robert on his ill-fated boar hunt which led to the death of the king.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} In an unprecedented move, he is dismissed from the Kingsguard and the small council by [[Joffrey Baratheon]] on grounds of old age. The real reasons, however, are to allow Joffrey to give a white cloak to his "dog," [[Sandor Clegane]], and so [[Cersei Lannister]] could place [[Jaime Lannister]] as the new Lord Commander.

When the king orders him seized and questioned for a perceived threat uttered in the heat of his dismissal, Selmy kills the [[Gold Cloaks]] sent after him and flees the city.{{Ref|aGoT|57}} He could have returned to [[Harvest Hall]], where his kin would doubtless welcome him, but Selmy did not wish to inflict Joffrey's displeasure on them. Instead Selmy sells his horse and disguises himself as a commoner. He returned to the city along with the stream of [[smallfolk]] fleeing the war, making their way to King's Landing. He enters through the [[Gate of the Gods]] with dirt on his face, stubble on his cheeks and no weapon but a wooden staff. In roughspun clothes and mud-caked boots, he was just one more old man fleeing the war. He lost himself among the refugees and slept in septs and alleys and pot shops. He lets his beard grow out and cloaks himself in age.

He is present in the crowd when Lord [[Eddard Stark]] is executed. Afterwards he goes to the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to pray for Eddard's soul and thanks the gods he himself had only been dismissed. These events force Barristan to reevaluate his years of service in [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s [[Kingsguard]] alongside the likes of the [[Jaime Lannister|Kingslayer]], and others whom he considers near as bad. He comes to the conclusion that his service to Robert was inexcusable. He thinks that Robert had been a good [[knight]], but a poor king, and that Selmy must find his true king and die in his service. This leads Selmy to book passage across the [[narrow sea]] to [[Pentos]]. {{Ref|aDwD|11}}

===A Clash of Kings===
[[File:Barristan Selmy.png|thumb|right|Ian McElhinney as Baristan Selmy]]

While [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is walking through the docks of [[Qarth]] visiting ships to to find passage, [[Jorah|Ser Jorah]] notices that they are being followed by two men, a fat brown man (15 [[stone]] weight and covered in scars) and an older man (appears to be from Westeros) with a white beard and a staff. He stops Dany, and, using a large brass platter in a ship to let her see the men without revealing they have been discovered. Jorah and Dany head back to escape the men. The brass merchant from the shop chases them trying to get Dany to buy the massive platter, and finally with the price down, Dany instructs Jorah to buy it just to get rid of the man. Just then, as Dany is distracted, the Qartheen thrusts a beautiful carved wood case in her face indicating it is a gift for the mother of dragons. She opens the box and sees a beautiful, obviously valuable, scarab. As she reaches for it, the scarab unfolds with a hiss. Before the [[manticore]] can sting her, Whitebeard uses his staff to send the box flying away, and then smashes the creature with the butt of his staff. Before Daenerys' guards can kill the two, she puts herself between her [[Bloodrider|bloodriders]] and the two men, telling them that the old man had knocked a manticore out of her hands. Before Dany can direct her [[Bloodrider|bloodriders]] to the perpetrator, a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]], he has disappeared.

Dany questions Whitebeard who tells her is name. [[Belwas|Strong Belwas]], the large man, a eunuch, tells Dany that he has never lost in the fighting pits, letting each opponent cut him before he kills them. He continues to tell her that Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] sent them from across the sea with Whitebeard to serve her since he cannot travel. She is further informed by Whitebeard that he is now a squire for Belwas. When asked about his age, he tells them that he is not too old to squire, and has seen [[Jorah|Ser Jorah]], who is among Dany’s guard, fighting in a tourney. Belwas tells Dany that Illyrio would have the dragons and Dany. Whitebeard tells her that it is the truth and that they are to bring her back to [[Pentos]]; there are 4 kings in Westeros, and no justice. Belwas tells her that they have three ships for her to travel. Dany then tells them that the ships must have new names.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

===A Storm of Swords===
While becalmed during the voyage to [[Pentos]] to join up with Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] (the destination is changed to the [[Astapor]] to buy [[Unsullied]]) with [[Daenerys Targaryen]], Whitebeard breaks into the discussion between [[Daenerys Targaryen|Dany]] and [[Jorah|Ser Jorah]] about dragons. He adds to the information that Ser Jorah told Dany; he tells them about the domed castle built by the Targaryens (now in ruins) and that dragons raised in the pit were never as large as their ancestors—The Maesters had a theory that being enclosed limited their size.

Ser Jorah attempts to counter the information by noting that men do not change size because of where they are raised (it is pointed out that Ser [[Jorah]] does not like Whitebeard). Then Dany asks about her father. From his comments Dany can tell that Whitebeard did not think much of him. Then Dany asks about her brother [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. Whitebeard tells them about Rhaegar’s companions. As a jibe, Ser Jorah states that Whitebeard will next claim he squired for Rhaegar. Dany’s then asks about Rhaegar being a peerless warrior; Whitebeard will not confirm this, only stating that anyone can lose in a tourney for various reasons.

Dany then asks what Rhaegar was like, and he provides a number of positive adjectives. Then he tells that Rhaegar was very much into books and how later Rhaegar started training as a warrior after reading something in a scroll. Whitebeard leaves them after [[Belwas|Strong Belwas]] comes on deck, and Whitebeard leaves to get food for the man he served. Afterwards Ser Jorah warns Dany against the two. Dany tells Jorah that Belwas could not scheme and she can see no lies that Whitebeard has told her. Jorah points out that Whitebeard speaks out too brazenly for a mere squire.{{Ref|aSoS|8}}

Whitebeard is with Dany in the Plaza of Pride when they meet with the slaver selling [[Unsullied]]. Whitebeard has made it obvious he neither approved of sailing to [[Astapor]], nor buying the Unsullied. After the slaver tells them that the 1000 Unsullied before them have been standing there for a day and night without food and would continue stand until they died, Whitebeard exclaims that it is madness, not courage. The slaver responds that it is discipline. Whitebeard replies that sheep are obedient. The slaver replies that they are more dogs than sheep. When told the Unsullied have no fear, Whitebeard object that even bravest men fear death and maiming. The slaver then whips one eunuch, and cuts a nipple off another Unsullied. Neither move during the experience. Finally, when Dany has no more questions for the slaver, she asks Whitebeard for his opinion in front of the slave girl that is serving as interpreter so the response will get back to the slaver. He says no because there have been no [[slave]]s in [[Westeros]] in thousands of years; slavery is held to be an abomination, and for this many good men would not support her. It would also do great dishonor to her house. When she asks about how she is win Westeros without an army, Whitebeard replies half of Westeros would support her because of Rhaegar. When she further asks about her father, he has little positive to say. He advises Dany that she should send envoys, and even those that opposed her father might support her.

As they travel from the meeting, Dany hears Whitebeard say “Bricks and Blood built Astapor.” When Dany questions him about the statement he says it is an old rhyme that he had heard. Begging her to purchase sell swords, he continues to argue against the purchase of the Unsullied. When he says that it is better to be a beggar than a slaver, she responds with a temper.{{Ref|aSoS|23}}

Whitebeard is one of those that escort Dany to the slavers when she negotiates for all the Unsullied including those in training (which includes those with their puppies). The slavers only agree to sell 2000 Unsullied for all Dany’s trade good and ships, but Dany believes she needs them all, and, with distress, offers one of the dragons. Whitebeard immediately objects, telling her to win her throne with [[dragon]]s not [[slave]]s. She responds to Whitebeard that he should not presume to instruct her and orders Ser Jorah to remove him. When Dany leaves, Whitebeard follows wordlessly, but Dany can hear the hardwood staff taping. Dany did not blame him for her fury since the thought made her ill. In the plaza she turns to Whitebeard and tells him that she wants his council, but never questions her in front of strangers. He agrees but tells her she was cheated; Aegon proved that a Dragon is worth more than an army. Dany replies that she will prove a few things of her own.{{Ref|aSoS|28}}

When Dany’s host arrives at [[Yunkai]], there are slave soldiers and a couple of mercenary companies defending the city. Dany asks that the sell swords give their answers to her offer the next day. Afterwards Dany announces to her advisors her plan to attack that night, expecting the [[Stormcrows]] to be busy debating the offer and the [[Second Sons]] drunk on the wine she provided. She announces that the Unsullied will attack from right and left while her horse will attack the center (slave soldiers will not stand against mounted men). She then asks her advisor’s opinion, and Whitebeard agrees with Ser [[Jorah]] that she is [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]’s sister, adding that she is also a queen.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

While waiting for the results of the battle against the Yunkai, she asks for Whitebeard. When he arrives she tells him to tell her more about Rhaegar to fill the time while others are dying for her. She asks specifically about Viserys statement that Rhaegar won many tourneys. Whitebeard tells her that he was not one for entering tourneys. He did win the greatest tourney of all time at [[Harrenhal]]. Dany states that this was at this tourney that Rhaegar crowned [[Lyanna Stark]] as [[Queen of Love and Beauty]] even though his wife was there, and that he later stole her away from her fiancé. Whitebeard could not explain Rhaegar’s actions. Then Dany tells how Viserys claimed this was her fault for not being born earlier; if Rhaegar had married her, maybe he would not have been unhappy in his marriage. Whitebeard responds that he was born in grief. He continues by telling her about how he would go [[Summerhall]] alone with his harp, and return with a sad song. When asked about the songs Robert liked, Whitebeard responded that Robert liked rowdy songs when he was drunk. It is then that Ser Jorah arrives with news of the victory with no more than a dozen losses.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

When Daenerys Targaryen besieges [[Meereen]], [[Oznak zo Pahl]] rides out of Meereen on a white charger with a fourteen foot lance, challenging the besiegers to send forth a champion. Initially her [[Bloodrider|bloodriders]] wanted to accept his challenge, but Daenerys did not feel she could not afford to lose them, and he is irrelevant. Ser Jorah agrees, but Whitebeard disagrees that stating that wars are not won by swords alone--this knight is building courage in the hearts of his men, and doubt in Daenerys’ men. Ser Jorah replies that it would be damaging to their moral if their man loses. Whitebeard replies that someone that fears battle will not win victory. Ser Jorah points out that if the knight defeats their champion that would have a bad effect on their moral. Dany quiets them since she is more worried about other issues. After the pink and white hero pisses at her camp Whitebeard tells Dany that this challenge must be met. Daenerys tells him it will be, and sends Strong Belwas because she can easily spare his loss, and his death as an ex-slave would not give the knight any prestige.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Dany decides she will ride to her people with only a limited guard, which included Whitebeard. She is touching her people and letting them touch her. She had stopped to speak to a pregnant woman when a ragged man with a shaved head yanks her from her saddle. He threatens her with his sword as he talks to her telling her that he will start by cutting off her breasts. She recognizes the voice as the Titan's Bastard's. A freeman tries to come to her aid, but the Titan's Bastard cuts him in the face. Whitebeard leaps from his horse over her with his hardwood staff. Whitebeard is able to easily dispatch the Bastard and eventually hits him in the temple. He falls into the water and the freemen fall on his body. Whitebeard apologies for not coming to her aid sooner, but he did not recognize the Bastard.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

They return to her tent, and later Ser Jorah arrives, and Dany admonishes him for not telling her that the Bastard had escaped, and that Whitebeard had killed him. She then asks that Whitebeard be knighted and both Whitebeard and Ser Jorah say “No” at the same time. When Ser Jorah, impressed that squire could kill the Bastard, asks Whitebeard who he was, and Whitebeard responds that he is a better [[knight]] than him.

Whitebeard then tells Dany that he really did not lie, but did withhold truths, and can only beg forgiveness. Ser Jorah now recognizes Whitebeard as Barristan the Bold, tells Dany that this is the man that betrayed her family to serve the usurper. When she asks if Whitebeard is hers or the usurpers’ man, he tells her he is hers if she will have him. He then tells how he served with the Kingslayer and others as bad, and that afterwards the boy king had cast him aside and sent men to kill him, Selmy realized he had to find his true king. He then tells her that he had to keep his presence secret because there is a spy who has been informing on her since she wed [[Khal Drogo]]. Dany then recognizes that it must be Ser Jorah, and Ser Jorah affirms it is true; he had been promised he could go home for this task. Dany tells them both to go away forever. When asked where they should go, she then figures out where they should go.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

Dany has captured [[Meereen]] when she commands that Strong Belwas bring Ser Jorah and Barristan to her in the audience chamber of [[The Great Pyramid]]. He arrives with a meaty hand wrapped around each man’s arm. Ser Barristan, with his beard shaved and looking 10 years younger, stands with his head held high while Ser Jorah, looking older, stares at the floor as they approach. Ser Jorah speaks but Dany tells him she will tell them when to speak. She tells them that she was hoping they would die in the assault through the sewers. During diversionary attacks on Meereen, Strong Belwas, Ser Jorah, Ser Barristan and twenty men and Unsullied had swam through the sewers. Strong Belwas lead them to the closest fighting pit where they overcame the guards and freed the slaves that helped win the city for Dany. Ser Barristan is forthright, telling her that Viserys had more of a taint of her father, the mad king. [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] did not, and he sees no taint in her. He further tells her that he will do whatever she asks, and if she will not have him (including serving as a cook), he would continue to serve Strong Belwas.

Dany tells Brown Ben to give Ser Barristan his sword, but Ser Barristan tells her that he had not wielded a sword since throwing his at the boy king’s feet, and would only take a sword from her. She gives him the sword.

Ser Jorah is belligerent, telling her that he had warned her about others. This only angers her, and she tells him he never warned her about him. When questioned he tells her the last time he made a report from [[Qarth]], which is later than she hoped. She realizes that Ser Jorah had informed that she was pregnant. Ser Barristan confirms that Robert’s council had gotten the report about her child. Then she asks about the poisoner who was to kill her child, and he has to admit he knew, but that he also saved her. She then tells him that she cannot forgive him, and she banishes him. She tells him that he has till dawn to leave the city, and if he is found she will have Strong Belwas twist his neck. Strong Belwas drags Ser Jorah out.

Ser Barristan interrupts her when she on the terrace where she can see her dragons. She tells him that she had spared him, and to give her some peace. He tells her that he can answer her questions. Her first question is whether her father was truly mad, and he tells her that he was not initially, but lapses became worse. [[Dany]] decides she can hear no more, but Ser Barristan tells her later he can tell her more. {{Ref|aSoS|71}}

Ser Barristan is among her advisors present when she announces that she is going to remain in [[Meereen]]. When she asks the group if she is a [[dragon]] or a harpy, Ser Barristan announces that she is a dragon. She then asks how she can rule the Seven Kingdoms if she cannot rule a single city. Ser Barristan has no answer. Then she tells them she will not leave but stay, rule and be a queen.{{Ref|aSoS|71}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
[[File: Sir_Heartsalot_barristan.jpg‎|Ser Barristan - by Sir-Heartsalot ©|thumb|230px|right]]
Ser Barristan continues his service of [[Daenerys Targaryen]] as Lord Commander of her [[Queensguard]], attempting to lead her down an honorable path towards the safety of [[Meereen]]. Barristan opposes Daenerys's relationship with her paramour [[Daario Naharis]], and even her marriage to [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], which ensures temporary peace within Meereen.

He also begins training knights. His squires are [[Tumco Lho]], [[Larraq]], the [[The Red Lamb]], and the Boys (three Ghiscari brothers). After Daenerys's departure on [[Drogon]]'s back, Barristan assumes the title of Hand of the Queen within Meereen. He is present when [[Bloodbeard]] presents the court with the head of [[Groleo]]. Barristan is enraged and wants to kill Bloodbeard, but stops because the act would break his queen's peace.{{Ref|aDwD|59}}

He finally decides to work with [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]], despite his loathing of the man and his own inhibitions about making decisions of state in the absence of his queen.{{Ref|aDwD|55}} Selmy leads with honor and refuses [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]]'s council on killing the [[Ghis|Ghiscari]] child [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|cupbearers]] who are the sons and daughters of powerful Meereenese nobles. He also enlists [[Grey Worm]], and they plan to take King Hizdahr hostage. Selmy fears that if he harms Hizdahr the [[Yunkai]] will kill the remaining hostages [[Daario Naharis|Daario]], [[Jhogo]] and [[Hero]] just as they killed Captain [[Groleo]]. Skahaz however states it would be better for Daenerys in the long run if they killed Daario.

Despite his personal feeling about Daario, however, Selmy goes to the [[Tattered Prince]] and enlists his help.{{Ref|aDwD|70}} He promises to reward the Tattered Prince if he frees the three hostages from the Yunkai camp. Selmy then goes to capture Hizdahr.{{Ref|aDwD|67}} In doing so, he slays Hizdahr's protector, the formidable pit fighter [[Khrazz]]. Barristan longs for the return of Daenerys, but prepares for battle with the Yunkai, using a beacon system to call the attack should the fragile peace between the sides be broken.

===The Winds of Winter===

====Ser Barristan I====

The chapter begins with a gory description of the bodies of plague victims being thrown into the city by the trebuchets. Only the northern districts across the river are far enough away to avoid being hit.

Barristan rides into the large market by the western gate wearing his new Queensguard armor and riding the silver horse that Drogo gave to Dany. He feels that this is presumptuous, but thinks that even while the queen is missing it is important to have some symbol of her around to improve morale. Three of his lads ride with him: Tumco Lho, Larraq, and the Red Lamb.

In the marketplace (featuring landmarks like the statue of the chainmaker and the spire of skulls), at the “hour of the wolf,” the main forces that will participate in the attack gather. There are five thousand unsullied, the Storm Crows, a ragged band of about twenty dothraki and the pitfighters. The Shavepate’s beasts are manning the city walls in place of the unsullied. They will serve as the city’s last line of protection if Barristan’s attack fails and Dany has not returned.

The attack will leave from three gates (north, south, and west), but Barristan will lead the charge against the main Yunkai’i forces directly to the west. Barristan thinks that the attack is against all of his instincts, as the basic numbers are against them and success hinges on trusting sellswords -- in particular, trusting the in the Tattered Prince’s greed.

He meets with his commanders (including the Widower, Jokin, Grey Worm, and some of the pitfighters). Their plan is to lead with the horse and flank the defending legions, taking out the trebuchets and burning the pavilions. The pitfighters will advance after the horse and focus on intimidation and slaughter. Finally, the unsullied will line up outside the gate, which should be successful if the Yunkai’i don’t mount an immediate counterattack.

Barristan reminds the commanders that they must retreat or advance when they hear the Red Lamb blow the horn. The Windower asks what to do if there is no horn blast -- that is, if Barristan and his lads are all dead. Barristan knows that this is likely, as he intends to be first through the lines of the Yunkai’i, so he just says that in that case, the Widower will be second in command. Barristan then remembers that Lord Commander Hightower had once told him to never speak of defeat before a battle, since the gods might be listening.

It will be dawn soon. Someone says “A red dawn,” and Barristan thinks “A dragon dawn.” Previously, he had prayed to each of the seven for various things, ending with a plea to the stranger for mercy. Though he knows all men must die eventually, Barristan would like to live through the day.

More bodies fall from the sky. Barristan notices Tumco Lho’s reaction and sees that the lad fears the pale more more than the foes outside the gates. Barristan then gives a stirring pep talk about how every man fears every battle. At first, the Red Lamb is defiant, saying that doesn’t fear death because at that point he’ll get to meet the Great Shepherd -- when he plans to break his shepherd’s crook in two and castigate the shepherd for creating such a peaceful people in such a violent world.

Barristan continues his lecture, saying that there is “nothing more terrible, nothing more glorious, nothing more absurd” than war. Even Barristan admits that he shat his pants in his first battle. He is interrupted by a murmur among the soldiers -- a fire is lit at the harpy on top of one of the pyramids, presumably to signal the men at each gate to begin the attack. The gate opens and Barristan sounds the call to attack.

[At this point, GRRM says there will be a Victarion and Tyrion chapter (perhaps the ones he has already read), in some order, at which point we return to...]

====Ser Barristan II====

His gut feels twisted from nervousness as he rides through the gates. He knows that the feeling will go away when time slows down in the chaos of battle. Dany’s horse is easily outpacing the lads and the rest of the cavalry; Barristan is pleased because he intends to outrun the Widower and strike the first blow. The Yunkai’i are totally unprepared and Barristan closes in on the Harridan, the largest of the trebuchets. The stormcrows take up the cry, “Daario!” and “Stormcrows, fly!” Barristan thinks that he will never again doubt the valor of sellswords.

There are only thirty yards between the horse and the Yunkai’i legions by the time any defense is mounted. The air fills with arrows. A squire for the stormcrows is killed, and a bolt pierces Barristan’s shield. There are three horn blasts and the pitfighters emerge from the gate behind them.

Barristan glances back to see the pitfighters. There are about two hundred of them, but they make enough noise for two thousand. One woman stands out, wearing nothing but greaves, sandals, a chainmail skirt, and a python. Barristan is a bit shocked and, watching her breasts bouncing around, thinks that this day is sure to be her last. The pitfighters are mostly shouting “Loraq!” and “Hizdar!” but some do call out “Danaerys!” Larraq is hit in the chest with an arrow, bringing Barristan’s attention forward, but the squire keeps the banners held high and shakes it off.

Barristan has reached the Harridan, but a Ghiscari legion six thousand strong has lined up to protect the huge trebuchet. They are six ranks deep -- the first rank kneels and holds their spears pointing out and up, the second rank stands and holds their spears out at waist height, and and the third rank holds the spears out on their shoulders. The rest have small throwing spears and are ready to step forward when their comrades fall.

Barristan knows that a maester’s chain is only as strong as his weakest link, and identifies the companies of the Yunkish lords as the weakest of his immediate foes, certainly weaker than the slave legions. In particular, Barristan targets the Little Pigeon and his herons. The slaves chosen to be herons were freakishly tall before they were put on stilts, and wear pink scales and feathers and steel beaks. But Barristan sees that they will be blind because of the dawn rising over the city, and like to break ranks easily, so Barristan turns away from the legion guarding the trebuchet at the last minute and heads for the herons.

He cuts the head off of one of the herons and his lads join the fray. Dany’s horse knocks a heron into three others and they all fall over. In a moment, the herons are scattering and running away, led by the Little Pigeon himself. Unfortunately for the Little Pigeon, he trips over the fringes of his bird armor and gets caught by the Red Lamb. The Little Pigeon begs for mercy, saying that he will fetch a large ransom. The Red Lamb just says “I came for blood, not gold” and knocks in the Little Pigeon’s head with his mace, splattering blood all over Barristan and Dany’s silver horse.

The unsullied begin marching through the gates, and Barristan sees that the Yunkai’i have missed their chance to effectively launch a counterattack. As he watches more of the slave legions get slaughtered, mostly those who were chained together and could not retreat, he wonders where the sellsword companies like the treacherous Second Sons have gone. The unsullied finish lining up outside the gates, implacable even when one of their own number falls with a crossbow bolt to the neck.

Tumco draws Barristan’s attention to the bay, asking “Why are there so many ships?” Barristan remembers that yesterday there were twenty, but now there are thrice that many. His heart sinks when he reasons that the ships from Volantis must have arrived, but then sees that some of the ships are crashing together.

He asks Tumco, whose young eyes can see more clearly, to identify the banners. Tumco says “Squids, big squids. Like in the Basilisk Isles, where sometimes they drag whole ships down.” Barristan replies, “Where I’m from, we call them krakens.”

Realizing that the Greyjoys have arrived, his first thought is “Has Balon joined with Joffrey, or the Starks?” But he realizes that he’s heard that Balon is dead, and wonders if this has something to do with the Balon’s son, the boy who was a ward of the Starks. He sees that ironmen are coming ashore, fighting the Yunkish, and says, surprised, “They are on our side!” The sellswords did not come to meet his charge because they were already preoccupied with the ironborn!

Barristan is almost gleeful. “It’s like Baelor Breakspear and Prince Maekar, the hammer and the anvil. We have them! We have them!”

==Quotes==

{{Quote|''"A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords...but I spit on your pity...I am a knight...I shall die a knight"''}} {{Ref|aGoT|57}}

{{Quote|''"Have no fear, sers, [[Joffrey Baratheon|your king]] is safe...no thanks to you. Even now, I could cut through the five of you as easy as a dagger carves cheese. If you would serve under [[Jaime Lannister|the Kingslayer]], then not a one of you is fit to wear [[Kingsguard|the white]]"''}}- Ser Barristan denouncing his former Sworn Brothers {{Ref|aGoT|57}}

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Balerion (disambiguation)

2012-11-15T17:36:23Z

Sgeureka: Rhaenys was female

Balerion may refer to:
* ''Balerion'', an ancient Valyrian god.
* [[Balerion]], the greatest of all known dragons.
* [[Balerion (ship)]], a ship.
* [[Balerion (cat)]], Princess Rhaenys' cat.

[[Category:Disambiguation pages]][[zh:贝勒里恩(消歧义)]]

Beric Dondarrion

2012-11-13T09:08:39Z

Sgeureka: punctuation, rm redundancy

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| Character_name = [[file:Dondarrion sigil coat.png|55px|left]] '''Beric Dondarrion''' [[file:Dondarrion sigil coat.png|55px|right]]
| image = [[File:Beric Dondarrion.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Alias = The Lightning Lord The Lord of Corpses Lord Derik
| Title = Lord of Blackhaven
| Allegiance = [[House Dondarrion]]
[[Brotherhood Without Banners]]
| Race =
| Culture =
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth = +/- {{Date|276}}
| Place_of_Death = the [[Riverlands]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}} (His seventh & final death)
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears) [[A Clash of Kings]] (Mentioned) [[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears) [[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned) [[A Dance with Dragons]] (Mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#David Michael Scott,Beric Dondarrion|David Michael Scott]] (extra) Richard Dormer (Season 3)
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]]
}}

'''Beric Dondarrion''' is Lord of [[Blackhaven]]. He became the leader of the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] after he was sent out to the [[Riverlands]] by [[Eddard Stark]] to bring the king's justice to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. He is almost twenty-two years old.{{Ref|aGoT|44}} He is betrothed to Lady [[Allyria Dayne]].{{Ref|aSoS|43}}

==Appearance==
He is handsome and has red-gold hair.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
He came to [[King's Landing]] to fight in the [[Tourney of the Hand|tourney]] celebrating [[Eddard Stark]]'s appointment as Hand of the King.{{Ref|aGoT|27}} During the tournament he lost a horse in a tilt with a hedge knight and was unhorsed by [[Thoros of Myr]] shortly thereafter.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} After the conclusion of the tournament, he remained in King's Landing. This led him being appointed to lead an expedition to arrest Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], who had been raiding the Riverlands after the capture of [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}} That led to the [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford]], where he was killed for the first time by Gregor Clegane's lance and defended by his squire [[Edric Dayne]]. {{Ref|aSoS|43}} By the time that Robb Stark and his allies were fighting the Lannister armies near the Trident, Beric's group was continually raiding the Lannisters' foraging parties.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}{{Ref|aGoT|56}}{{Ref|aGoT|69}}{{Ref|aCoK|7}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Rumors have Beric as missing or perhaps dead.{{Ref|aGoT|55}}<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Prologue|Prologue]]</ref> He is still raiding the Lannister foraging parties{{Ref|aCoK|7}} and Ser Gregor Clegane's group is actively seeking him{{Ref|aCoK|19}}, as are Tywin Lannister's forces stationed at Harrenhal.{{Ref|aCoK|26}} His group meets smallfolk plagued by the ravage of Lannister forces but does not trouble them, and attempts to pay for the food they take.{{Ref|aCoK|26}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
After being slain by Ser Gregor at the Mummer's Ford, he was resurrected by [[Thoros of Myr]]{{Ref|aSoS|39}} and became the leader of the outlaw band, the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. He was killed several more times, but was repeatedly brought back to life, each time with fewer memories of his life before the war. He was captured near the [[Gods Eye]] and hanged by [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], but was cut down before he could die.{{Ref|aSoS|22}} He was slain by Ser [[Burton Crakehall]], hung by Ser [[Amory Lorch]] at [[Rushing Falls]]. Ser Gregor put a dirk through his eye and
[[Sandor Clegane]] killed him during his trial by battle.{{Ref|aSoS|34}} By the end Beric became a scarecrow of a man, his battered body bearing all the wounds of his previous deaths.
[[File:MKomarck_Beric_v_Hound.jpg‎‎|[[Sandor Clegane]] vs Beric Dondarrion - by Michael Komarck © |thumb|200px|left]]
He truly died when he gave his life to bring back [[Catelyn Stark]], whose body had been found by the outlaws after the [[Red Wedding]].{{Ref|aFfC|42}}

[[File:BericDondarrionbyWouterBruneel.jpg|250px|thumb|Beric Dondarrion by [http://www.wbruneel.com/IllustrationPortfolio.html Wouter Bruneel].]]

==The Seven Deaths of Dondarrion==
[[File:Beric_Dondarrion.png|250px|thumb|David Michael Scott as Beric Dondarrion ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]

*Impaled on a lance by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]{{Ref|aGoT|55}}{{Ref|aCoK|30}}{{Ref|aSoS|43}}
*Smashed with a mace on the side of the head by Ser [[Burton Crakehall]]{{Ref|aCoK|7}}{{Ref|aSoS|39}}
*Hanged at [[Rushing Falls]] by Ser [[Amory Lorch]]{{Ref|aCoK|30}}{{Ref|aSoS|39}}
*Stabbed in the eye with a dirk by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]{{Ref|aCoK|30}}{{Ref|aSoS|39}}
*Killed by an archer of the [[Brave Companions]] sellsword company{{Ref|aCoK|30}}
*Killed by [[Sandor Clegane]] in a trial by combat{{Ref|aSoS|34}}
*Gave up his lifeforce to resurrect [[Catelyn Tully]]{{Ref|aFfC|42}}

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

[[Category:Members of the Brotherhood Without Banners|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Characters from the Stormlands|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Nobles|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Knights|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:Outlaws|Dondarrion, Beric]]
[[Category:House Dondarrion]]

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Theories

2012-10-19T13:19:17Z

Sgeureka: /* True Identities */ + Lemore#Theories

__NOTOC__
{{Theory_Policy}}
There are many still unanswered questions in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]. Here we try to piece together answers from what we already know.

==Parentage==
===[[Brienne of Tarth/Theories|Brienne of Tarth]]===
It is theorized that [[Brienne of Tarth]] is a descendant of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]].

===[[Jon Snow/Theories|Jon Snow]]===
It remains unclear who [[Jon Snow]]'s mother is, and possibly even if [[Eddard Stark]] is in fact his father.

==True Identities==
===[[Alleras/Theories|Alleras the Sphinx]]===
It seems very likely that the novice [[Alleras]] is actually [[Sarella Sand]], one of [[Oberyn Martell]]'s illegitimate daughters.

===[[Azor Ahai/Theories|Azor Ahai]]===
[[Melisandre]] claims [[Stannis Baratheon]] with his magic sword is [[Azor Ahai]] come again, the prince who was promised. [[Maester Aemon]] remarks that his magic sword bears no heat though [[Lightbringer]] is supposed to be warm to behold and so believes someone else to be the prince who was promised.

===[[Coldhands/Theories|Coldhands]]===
While it seems clear [[Coldhands]] was, in life, a member of the [[Night's Watch]], it's unclear who exactly he was.

===[[Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories|Knight of the Laughing Tree]]===
A mystery knight named The [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] fought at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]
and defended the honor of [[Howland Reed]]. His true identity remains unknown, but he could have been played by [[Lyanna Stark]], [[Howland Reed]], or one of the younger Stark brothers.

===[[Lemore#Theories|Septa Lemore]]===

Septa [[Lemore]]'s belly shows stretch marks suggesting she has given birth before, which is in stark contrast to the celibacy of septas. This gives to rise to theories about her former identity as well as that of her possible offspring.

===[[Patchface/Theories|Patchface]]===
[[Patchface]] has a remarkable if largely unnoticed prophetic capability. His past and Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]'s reasons for bringing him to Westeros are known only in very broad strokes. Could there be more to him than meets the eye? What is the origin and nature of his predictions?

===[[Robert Strong/Theories|Robert Strong]]===
Little is known of [[Robert Strong]], but evidence suggests he is either Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], or a kind of Frankenstein's Monster created from Clegane's corpse.

===[[Sailor's Wife/Theories|The Sailor's Wife]]===
It's possible the [[Sailor's Wife]] is actually [[Tysha]], [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s first wife.

===[[Three-eyed crow/Theories|The Three-Eyed Crow]]===
Evidence seems to point to [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]] to being the true identity of the [[Three-eyed crow]].

==Unexplained Murders==
===[[Balon Greyjoy/Theories|Balon Greyjoy]]===
The people of [[Westeros]] are willing to believe [[Balon Greyjoy]] was simply swept off a bridge into the sea, but this may not be what truly happened.

===[[Frey Pies/Theories|Rhaegar, Symond and Jared Frey]]===
It seems likely that [[Wyman Manderly|Lord Manderly]] murdered three [[House Frey|Freys]] and had them baked into the pies he presented at [[Ramsay Bolton]]'s wedding feast.

==Whereabouts==
===[[Jaqen H'ghar/Theories|Jaqen H'ghar]]===
Tracking a [[Jaqen H'ghar|man]] who can change his identity at will is a bit difficult, but not impossible.

===[[Jeyne Poole/Theories|Jeyne Poole]]===
[[Jeyne Poole]] is hidden for quite some time before being used by [[Tywin Lannister]] as an imposter of [[Arya Stark]] to help solidify the [[North]]. It is unclear where she was held all that time.

===[[Jeyne Westerling/Theories|Jeyne Westerling]]===
Conflicting descriptions by [[Catelyn Stark]] and [[Jaime Lannister]] suggest perhaps [[Jeyne Westerling]] has an imposter.

===[[Benjen Stark/Theories|Benjen Stark]]===
[[Benjen Stark]] has been missing for some time. In [[A Clash of Kings]] the [[Jeor Mormont|Old Bear]] and [[Jon Snow]] discuss the empty [[wildling]] villages, realising that if Benjen found the villages empty, he would search for the reason.

==History==
===[[Aegon III/Theories|Aegon III's Birth Year]]===
===[[Aegon IV/Theories|Aegon IV's Birth Year]]===
===[[Daemon Blackfyre/Theories|Daemon Blackfyre's Birth Year]]===
===[[Maekar I/Theories|Maekar I's Birth Year]]===
===[[Viserys II/Theories|Viserys II's Birth Year]]===
===[[Years after Aegon's Landing/Theories|Estimations of the Birth Years of Various People of Import]]===

[[Category:Theories]]

Knight of the Laughing Tree

2012-08-02T11:18:45Z

Sgeureka: /* Fan speculation */ more copyediting

[[File:Laughing Tree COA.png|thumb|Knight of Laughing Tree Shield]]
The '''Knight of the Laughing Tree''' was a [[mystery knight]] who fought at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. He defended the honor of [[Howland Reed]] by challenging and defeating three knights whose squires had bullied him, demanding that they chastise the squires in order to ransom back their horses and armor.

The Knight of the Laughing Tree is so called because of the blazon on his shield, a smiling [[weirwood|heart tree]]. His true identity remains unknown.

==History==
Most of what is known about the Knight of the Laughing Tree comes from a story told by [[Meera Reed]] to [[Bran Stark]]. As an introduction to her story, Meera suggests that this knight "might have been a [[Crannogmen|crannogman]]". And [[Jojen Reed]] adds "or not". Jojen expects Bran to have heard this tale "a hundred times" from his father, but Bran denies any knowledge of the tale. He later explains that [[Nan|Old Nan]] was the one narrating stories to him, not his father. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

According to Meera's tale, a [[Crannogmen|crannogman]] - most likely her own father, [[Howland Reed]] - attended the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. Finding there [[Aerys II Targaryen]] ("the king") and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] ("the dragon prince"). With the Targaryens were the [[Kingsguard]] ("the White Swords"), there to welcome [[Jaime Lannister]] ("a new brother") into their ranks. Based on their known composition of the time, the knights present would be Lord Commander [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Jonothor Darry]], [[Arthur Dayne]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Barristan Selmy]], and [[Oswell Whent]]. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_were_the_different_people_in_Meeras_story/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.6- Who were the different people in Meera's story?" (2007] </ref>

Among the Lords present in the tourney were [[Robert Baratheon]] ("the storm lord") and [[Mace Tyrell]] ("the rose lord"). Notably absent was [[Tywin Lannister]] ("the great lion of [[Casterly Rock|the rock]]"). Meera reports that Tywin had quarelled with Aerys and intentionally stayed away. But many of the knights and bannermen of [[House Lannister]] did attend the Tourney. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/> Among the women present were [[Elia Martell]] ("the wife of the dragon prince") and a dozen of her lady companions. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/> [[House Whent]] hosted the Tourney . A daughter of the House reigned as [[Queen of Love and Beauty]] at the opening of the tourney, though her title had to be defended against challengers. Her champions were her four brothers and famous uncle Oswell Whent.{{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

The crannogman found himself bullied by three squires, none older that fifteen-years-old. He had already "grown to manhood", however the boys were all larger than him in size. His only offensive weapon, a threepronged spear, was easily snatched away by his opponents. He was then thrown into the ground. His assailants repeatedly mocked him, shoved him, and kicked him. Help arrived in the person of [[Lyanna Stark]] ("the she-wolf"), who shouted indignantly that Reed was [[Rickard Stark|her father]]'s [[Feudalism|bannerman]]. She beat off his attackers with a tourney sword, scattering them away. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

Reed was wounded and Lyanna took him back to her "lair", probably a tent. She cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen. Then introduced the guest to her brothers [[Brandon Stark]] ("the wild wolf"), [[Eddard Stark]] ("the quiet wolf"), and [[Benjen Stark]] ("the pup"). That evening, Lyanna persuaded Reed to attend the feast marking the start of the tournament. She insisted that he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. The "wolf maid" was not easy to refuse. Benjen found a suitable garb for Reed. Within [[Harrenhal]], Reed ate and drank with the Starks. Their table also included certain Stark sworn swords, notably members of Houses [[House Dustin|Dustin]] ("barrowdown men", men from the [[Barrowlands]] or [[Barrowton]]), [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] ("moose"), [[House Mormont|Mormont]] ("bears"), and [[House Manderly|Manderly]] ("mermen"). {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

During the feast [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]], a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep; when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured wine over his head. A recruiting officer of the [[Night's Watch]] was there, trying to convince knights to join the Watch. Robert Baratheon was involved in a drinking contest with [[Richard Lonmouth]] ("the knight of skulls and kisses"). Meera notes in passing that Robert won the contest. Reed focused his attention on [[Ashara Dayne]] ("a maid with laughing purple eyes"), a companion of Elia, who was dancing in turns with various partners. First a member of the Kingsguard (either her brother Arthur Dayne or infatuated Barristan Selmy), secondly [[Oberyn Martell]] ("a red snake"), third [[Jon Connington]] ("the lord of griffins"), and lastly Eddard Stark. Eddard was too shy to ask her for a dance, so Brandon asked her on behalf of his brother. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/> {{Ref|aDwD|67}}

Still during the feast, both Reed and Lyanna recognized the three bullying squires. One serving a pitchfork knight ([[House Haigh]]), one serving a porcupine ([[House Blount]]), and the last boy serving a knight of two towers ([[House Frey]]). She pointed them out to her brothers. Benjen offered to find Reed a horse and armor in order to avenge himself. Reed failed to reply, torn with indecision. His pride demanded vengeance. But he was afraid of loosing and making a fool of himself. Bringing shame to his people in the process. He was no knight, not used to horses and lances. Before going to sleep, Reed prayed to the [[Old Gods]]. Then went to sleep at the tent of Eddard, as the "quiet wolf" had offered him hospitality. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

During the first two days of the tournament, the porcupine knight, pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers each won a place among the the champions. All in jousting. Late on the afternoon of the second day, a [[mystery knight]] appeared in the lists. He was "short of stature". His armor was made up of mismatched armor bit and pieces, and appeared and ill-fitting on him. His shield blazoned with the image of "a white [[weirwood]] with a laughing red face". The tale earlier mentions that Reed had with him "a leathern shield" but does not specify whether this was the same shield. He challenged and defeated all three of the previously mentioned knights. Winning custody over their horses and armor. None of them were particularly popular, so the [[smallfolk]] cheered for his victory. When the defeated trio sought to ransom back their former property, the Knight declared his terms. That they ought to teach their squires honor. His voice sounded "booming" through his helm. The trio proceeded to chastise their squires sharply. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

The Knight attracted unwanted attention. Robert Baratheon and Richard Lonmouth were determined to unmask him, while Aerys II was certain that the man was his enemy. By the next morning, the Knight had disappeared. An angry Aerys send Rhaegar to search for the vanished Knight. But only the shield of the Knight could be found, abandoned in a tree. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

==Theories==
{{main|Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories}} 
Meera's story contains several potential clues about the identity of the mystery knight. Fans have often based their evidence for his supposed identity to the disappearance of Lyanna shorty after the tournament.<ref name="Forum5">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/28283-the-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ The Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref><ref name="Forum4"/>
*The mystery knight must have been someone who knew about Howland Reed's experience with the squires and was motivated to avenge him. For the fans this points to the Stark siblings and Howland Reed self as the books do not mention that any other person knew the story.
*His height was below average, or else it would not be noted in the first place.
*The mismatched armor would point to the Knight not having access to regular armor, or having regular armor with tell-tale markings on it.
*The booming voice was most likely not the regular voice of the Knight.
*The weirwood image implies a connection to the Old Gods and [[the North]].<ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref><ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref><ref name="Forum4"/>
*He was competent enough at the joust to defeat three knights who had made it through the first day of the tourney, but as none of them were particularly well-known, he need not have been unusually skilled.
*Meera was surprised that Bran had never heard the story before, which suggests that the Knight may have been either a [[House Stark|Stark]], or someone close to the family.<ref name="Forum2">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/topic/2164/Who-Was-the-Knight-of-the-Laughing-Tree?page=2#.UBBOcipXvH4 Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/directory#.UBBP7CpXvH4 asoiaf.yuku.com]</ref><ref name="Forum4">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/3280-howland-reed-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/page__st__40 Howland Reed=Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref>

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

[[Category:Terms]]

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Knight of the Laughing Tree

2012-08-02T11:16:01Z

Sgeureka: /* Fan speculation */ rm unnecessary wordiness

[[File:Laughing Tree COA.png|thumb|Knight of Laughing Tree Shield]]
The '''Knight of the Laughing Tree''' was a [[mystery knight]] who fought at the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. He defended the honor of [[Howland Reed]] by challenging and defeating three knights whose squires had bullied him, demanding that they chastise the squires in order to ransom back their horses and armor.

The Knight of the Laughing Tree is so called because of the blazon on his shield, a smiling [[weirwood|heart tree]]. His true identity remains unknown.

==History==
Most of what is known about the Knight of the Laughing Tree comes from a story told by [[Meera Reed]] to [[Bran Stark]]. As an introduction to her story, Meera suggests that this knight "might have been a [[Crannogmen|crannogman]]". And [[Jojen Reed]] adds "or not". Jojen expects Bran to have heard this tale "a hundred times" from his father, but Bran denies any knowledge of the tale. He later explains that [[Nan|Old Nan]] was the one narrating stories to him, not his father. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

According to Meera's tale, a [[Crannogmen|crannogman]] - most likely her own father, [[Howland Reed]] - attended the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. Finding there [[Aerys II Targaryen]] ("the king") and [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] ("the dragon prince"). With the Targaryens were the [[Kingsguard]] ("the White Swords"), there to welcome [[Jaime Lannister]] ("a new brother") into their ranks. Based on their known composition of the time, the knights present would be Lord Commander [[Gerold Hightower]], [[Jonothor Darry]], [[Arthur Dayne]], [[Lewyn Martell]], [[Barristan Selmy]], and [[Oswell Whent]]. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_were_the_different_people_in_Meeras_story/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.6- Who were the different people in Meera's story?" (2007] </ref>

Among the Lords present in the tourney were [[Robert Baratheon]] ("the storm lord") and [[Mace Tyrell]] ("the rose lord"). Notably absent was [[Tywin Lannister]] ("the great lion of [[Casterly Rock|the rock]]"). Meera reports that Tywin had quarelled with Aerys and intentionally stayed away. But many of the knights and bannermen of [[House Lannister]] did attend the Tourney. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/> Among the women present were [[Elia Martell]] ("the wife of the dragon prince") and a dozen of her lady companions. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/> [[House Whent]] hosted the Tourney . A daughter of the House reigned as [[Queen of Love and Beauty]] at the opening of the tourney, though her title had to be defended against challengers. Her champions were her four brothers and famous uncle Oswell Whent.{{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

The crannogman found himself bullied by three squires, none older that fifteen-years-old. He had already "grown to manhood", however the boys were all larger than him in size. His only offensive weapon, a threepronged spear, was easily snatched away by his opponents. He was then thrown into the ground. His assailants repeatedly mocked him, shoved him, and kicked him. Help arrived in the person of [[Lyanna Stark]] ("the she-wolf"), who shouted indignantly that Reed was [[Rickard Stark|her father]]'s [[Feudalism|bannerman]]. She beat off his attackers with a tourney sword, scattering them away. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

Reed was wounded and Lyanna took him back to her "lair", probably a tent. She cleaned his wounds and bound them with linen. Then introduced the guest to her brothers [[Brandon Stark]] ("the wild wolf"), [[Eddard Stark]] ("the quiet wolf"), and [[Benjen Stark]] ("the pup"). That evening, Lyanna persuaded Reed to attend the feast marking the start of the tournament. She insisted that he was highborn and had as much right to attend as anyone. The "wolf maid" was not easy to refuse. Benjen found a suitable garb for Reed. Within [[Harrenhal]], Reed ate and drank with the Starks. Their table also included certain Stark sworn swords, notably members of Houses [[House Dustin|Dustin]] ("barrowdown men", men from the [[Barrowlands]] or [[Barrowton]]), [[House Hornwood|Hornwood]] ("moose"), [[House Mormont|Mormont]] ("bears"), and [[House Manderly|Manderly]] ("mermen"). {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

During the feast [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]], a noted musician, performed a sad and beautiful song that made Lyanna weep; when Benjen teased her for crying, she poured wine over his head. A recruiting officer of the [[Night's Watch]] was there, trying to convince knights to join the Watch. Robert Baratheon was involved in a drinking contest with [[Richard Lonmouth]] ("the knight of skulls and kisses"). Meera notes in passing that Robert won the contest. Reed focused his attention on [[Ashara Dayne]] ("a maid with laughing purple eyes"), a companion of Elia, who was dancing in turns with various partners. First a member of the Kingsguard (either her brother Arthur Dayne or infatuated Barristan Selmy), secondly [[Oberyn Martell]] ("a red snake"), third [[Jon Connington]] ("the lord of griffins"), and lastly Eddard Stark. Eddard was too shy to ask her for a dance, so Brandon asked her on behalf of his brother. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/> {{Ref|aDwD|67}}

Still during the feast, both Reed and Lyanna recognized the three bullying squires. One serving a pitchfork knight ([[House Haigh]]), one serving a porcupine ([[House Blount]]), and the last boy serving a knight of two towers ([[House Frey]]). She pointed them out to her brothers. Benjen offered to find Reed a horse and armor in order to avenge himself. Reed failed to reply, torn with indecision. His pride demanded vengeance. But he was afraid of loosing and making a fool of himself. Bringing shame to his people in the process. He was no knight, not used to horses and lances. Before going to sleep, Reed prayed to the [[Old Gods]]. Then went to sleep at the tent of Eddard, as the "quiet wolf" had offered him hospitality. {{Ref|aSoS|24}} <ref name="Citadel1"/>

During the first two days of the tournament, the porcupine knight, pitchfork knight, and the knight of the two towers each won a place among the the champions. All in jousting. Late on the afternoon of the second day, a [[mystery knight]] appeared in the lists. He was "short of stature". His armor was made up of mismatched armor bit and pieces, and appeared and ill-fitting on him. His shield blazoned with the image of "a white [[weirwood]] with a laughing red face". The tale earlier mentions that Reed had with him "a leathern shield" but does not specify whether this was the same shield. He challenged and defeated all three of the previously mentioned knights. Winning custody over their horses and armor. None of them were particularly popular, so the [[smallfolk]] cheered for his victory. When the defeated trio sought to ransom back their former property, the Knight declared his terms. That they ought to teach their squires honor. His voice sounded "booming" through his helm. The trio proceeded to chastise their squires sharply. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

The Knight attracted unwanted attention. Robert Baratheon and Richard Lonmouth were determined to unmask him, while Aerys II was certain that the man was his enemy. By the next morning, the Knight had disappeared. An angry Aerys send Rhaegar to search for the vanished Knight. But only the shield of the Knight could be found, abandoned in a tree. {{Ref|aSoS|24}}

==Fan speculation==
{{main|Knight of the Laughing Tree/Theories}} 
Meera's story contains several potential clues about the identity of the mystery knight. Fans have often linked his identity to the disappearance of Lyanna shorty after the tournament.<ref name="Forum5">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/28283-the-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ The Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref> <ref name="Forum4"/>
*The mystery knight must have been someone who knew about Howland Reed's experience with the squires and was motivated to avenge him. For the fans this points to the Stark siblings and Howland Reed self as the books do not mention that any other person knew the story.
*His height was below average, or else it would not be noted in the first place.
*The mismatched armor would point to the Knight not having access to regular armor, or having regular armor with tell-tale markings on it.
*The booming voice was most likely not the regular voice of the Knight.
*The weirwood image implies a connection to the Old Gods and [[the North]]. <ref name="Citadel2"> [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Who_was_the_Knight_of_the_Laughing_Tree/ "The Citadel: FAQ, entry 6.2.7- Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?" (2011)]</ref><ref name="Forum1">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/60771-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/ Knight of the Laughing Tree] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref><ref name="Forum4"/>
*He was competent enough at the joust to defeat three knights who had made it through the first day of the tourney, but as none of them were particularly well-known, he need not have been unusually skilled.
*Meera was surprised that Bran had never heard the story before, which suggests that the Knight may have been either a [[House Stark|Stark]], or someone close to the family.<ref name="Forum2">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/topic/2164/Who-Was-the-Knight-of-the-Laughing-Tree?page=2#.UBBOcipXvH4 Who was the Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.yuku.com/directory#.UBBP7CpXvH4 asoiaf.yuku.com]</ref> <ref name="Forum4">Conversation topic: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/3280-howland-reed-knight-of-the-laughing-tree/page__st__40 Howland Reed=Knight of the Laughing Tree?] on [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/ Westeros Forum] </ref>

==References and Notes==
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Theories

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__NOTOC__
{{Theory_Policy}}
There are many still unanswered questions in a Song of Ice and Fire. Here we try to piece together answers from what we already know.

==Parentage==
===[[Brienne of Tarth/Theories|Brienne of Tarth]]===
It is theorized that Brienne of Tarth is a descendant of Ser Duncan the Tall.

===[[Jon Snow/Theories|Jon Snow]]===
It remains unclear who Jon Snow's mother is, and possibly even if Eddard Stark is in fact his father.

==True Identities==
===[[Alleras/Theories|Alleras the Sphinx]]===
It seems very likely that the novice Alleras is actually Sarella Sand, one of Oberyn Martell's illegitimate daughters.

===[[Azor Ahai/Theories|Azor Ahai]]===
Melisandre claims Stannis Baratheon with his magic sword is Azor Ahai come again, the prince who was promised. Maester Aemon remarks that his magic sword bears no heat though Lightbringer is supposed to be warm to behold and so believes someone else to be the prince who was promised.

===[[Coldhands/Theories|Coldhands]]===
While it seems clear Coldhands was, in life, a member of the Night's Watch, it's unclear who exactly he was.

===[[Knight of the Laughing Tree#Theories|Knight of the Laughing Tree]]===
A mystery knight named The Knight of the Laughing Tree fought at the Tourney at Harrenhal and defended the honor of [[Howland Reed]]. His true identity remains unknown, but he could have been played by Lyanna Stark.

===[[Patchface/Theories|Patchface]]===
Patchface has a remarkable if largely unnoticed prophetic capability. His past and Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]'s reasons for bringing him to Westeros are known only in very broad strokes. Could there be more to him than meets the eye? What is the origin and nature of his predictions?

===[[Robert Strong/Theories|Robert Strong]]===
Little is known of Robert Strong, but evidence suggests he is either Ser Gregor Clegane, or a kind of Frankenstein's Monster created from Clegane's corpse.

===[[Sailor's Wife/Theories|The Sailor's Wife]]===
It's possible the Sailor's Wife is actually Tysha, Tyrion Lannister's first wife.

===[[Three-eyed crow/Theories|The Three-Eyed Crow]]===
Evidence seems to point to Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers to being the true identity of the Three-Eyed Crow.

==Unexplained Murders==
===[[Balon Greyjoy/Theories|Balon Greyjoy]]===
The people of Westeros are willing to believe Balon was simply swept off a bridge into the sea, but this may not be what truly happened.

===[[Frey Pies/Theories|Rhaegar, Symond and Jared Frey]]===
It seems likely that Lord Manderly murdered three Freys and had them baked into the pies he presented at Ramsay Bolton's wedding feast.

==Whereabouts==
===[[Jaqen H'ghar/Theories|Jaqen H'ghar]]===
Tracking a man who can change his identity at will is a bit difficult, but not impossible.

===[[Jeyne Poole/Theories|Jeyne Poole]]===
Jeyne is hidden for quite some time before being used by Tywin Lannister as an imposter of Arya Stark to help solidify the North. It is unclear where she was held all that time.

===[[Jeyne Westerling/Theories|Jeyne Westerling]]===
Conflicting descriptions by Catelyn Stark and Jaime Lannister suggest perhaps Jeyne Westerling has an imposter.

===[[Benjen Stark/Theories|Benjen Stark]]===
Benjen has been missing for some time. In CoK the Old Bear and Jon Snow discuss the empty wilding villages, realising that if Benjen found the villages empty, he would search for the reason.

==History==
===[[Aegon III/Theories|Aegon III's Birth Year]]===
===[[Aegon IV/Theories|Aegon IV's Birth Year]]===
===[[Daemon Blackfyre/Theories|Daemon Blackfyre's Birth Year]]===
===[[Maekar I/Theories|Maekar I's Birth Year]]===
===[[Viserys II/Theories|Viserys II's Birth Year]]===
===[[Years after Aegon's Landing/Theories|Estimations of the Birth Years of Various People of Import]]===

[[Category:Theories]]

Dreams and prophecies

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{{Stub|see [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Prophecies/ citadel] or [[:fr:Rêves_et_prophéties|french version]] or [[:ru:Предсказания|russian version]] for reference}}<hr>

listing of prophecies, visions and dreams which may deal with the past, the present or the future.

==Aenar Targaryen's Dreams==
The likely ancestor of [[House Targaryen]] is reputed with prophetic sights that his daughter wrote down in the legendary book ''[[Signs and Portents]]''. It is believed that such precognition made their survival to the Doom of Valyria possible.{{Ref|AFFC|11}}
==Daeron Targaryen's Dreams==
Prince [[Daeron Targaryen]] is one of the characters in [[The Hedge Knight]], the first and earliest of the [[Dunk and Egg]] tales.

Living about ninety years before the events of [[A Game of Thrones]], the Prince claimed to have prophetic dreams that consistently became true. Those dreams include foresights about the events resulting from the [[Trial of Seven]] after the [[Ashford Tourney]] that seem to have been completely fulfilled during ''The Hedge Knight''.{{Ref|THK}}

Daeron also foresaw that the Dragons would someday return, a prophecy that was somehow confirmed by an independent prediction found by King [[Aerys I Targaryen|Aerys I]].{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 282 of 251-394}}

==John the Fiddler's Dreams==
Similarly, the third Dunk and Egg tale, [[The Mystery Knight]], features [[Daemon II Blackfyre|Ser John the Fiddler]], who likewise has prophetic dreams that he claims to be completely reliable; his behavior makes it apparent that he fully believes his claims, but ultimately his dreams end up being very symbolic, much like Daeron's. Such dreams include the death of his elder brothers during the first Blackfyre Rebellion at Redgrass field; the future membership of [[Dunk|Ser Duncan the Tall]] in the [[Kingsguard]]; and the hatching of a Dragon's egg at a white castle that he believes to be [[House Butterwell]]'s [[Whitewalls]].{{Ref|TMK|''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0-7653-6026-7, page 306-308 and 353 of 251-394}}

==Bran’s Dreams==
[[Bran Stark|Bran]], begins to see his dreams after his fall. His spiritual guide is a [[three-eyed crow]]. (Those dreams apear to be the green dreams of the [[Greenseer]]?)

{{Quote|He saw his mother sitting alone in a cabin, looking at a bloodstained knife on a table in front of her, as the rowers pulled at their oars and Ser Rodrik leaned across a rail, shaking and heaving. A storm was gathering ahead of them, a vast dark roaring lashed by lightning, but somehow they could not see it.}}

{{Quote|He saw his father pleading with the king, his face etched with grief. He saw Sansa crying herself to sleep at night, and he saw Arya watching in silence and holding her secrets hard in her heart. There were shadows all around them. One shadow was as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound. Another was armored like the sun, golden and beautiful. Over them both loomed a giant in armor made of stone, but when he opened his visor, there was nothing inside but darkness and thick black blood.}}

{{Quote|Finally he looked north. He saw the Wall shining like blue crystal, and his bastard brother Jon sleeping alone in a cold bed, his skin growing pale and hard as the memory of all warmth fled from him ... North and north and north he looked, to the curtain of light at the end of the world, and then beyond that curtain. He looked deep into the heart of winter, and then he cried out, afraid, and the heat of his tears burned his cheeks.}}
A foretelling of the events in jon's last chapter in A Dance with Dragons, opening the possibility that he is dead?

{{Quote|Now you know, the crow whispered as it sat on his shoulder. Now you know why you must live.
"Why?" Bran said, not understanding, falling, falling.

Because winter is coming.}}
Indicates Bran's importance in the coming events.

==Dany’s Dreams==
[[Daenerys Targaryen]]'s first known experience with a prophecy happened when she was pregnant with her child from [[Khal Drogo]]; at that time, the [[dosh khaleen]] crones predicted her to be the eventual mother of the [[Stallion Who Mounts the World]].{{Ref|aGoT|46}}

Daenerys herself would eventually have apparently prophetic visions when she entered the [[House of the Undying]]. While apparently legitimate, including omens of the [[Red Wedding]], those visions were fairly cryptic in the whole. Also, since her hosts were hostile towards her, it is conceivable that parts of the vision were adulterated.{{Ref|aCoK|48}}

[[Quaithe]] has also made prophecies to Daenerys, in two separate occasions. The first time was essentially a demand (so far unattended) for her to go to [[Asshai]]{{Ref|aCoK|40}}, while the second was a remarkably accurate warning of the dangers she would come to face in the near future. This second prophecy seems however to have involved a vision of Quaithe as opposed to her own person, and may be originated in Daenerys herself.{{Ref|aDwD|11}}

==Jojen Reed==
* [[Jojen Reed]] has prophetic green dreams, and maintains that his visions ''always'' come true. So far he has not been proven wrong, although some of his visions are loaded with significant symbolism and usually poor on specific details. For instance, his dream about the Frey cousins in Winterfell used a meal as a symbol for the news about their family.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}{{Ref|aCoK|35}}{{Ref|aCoK|46}}

==The Ghost of High Heart==
A mysterious dwarf woman who often tells of the future to the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]]. She has shown knowledge of the deaths of [[Renly Baratheon]], [[Balon Greyjoy]] and [[Catelyn Tully]], and even of the coming of Lady Stoneheart.{{Ref|aSoS|22}}

==Maggy's prophecies==
In [[A Feast for Crows]] we learn that in 276 AL, during [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]]'s visit to the Westerlands, [[Cersei]] and [[Melara Hetherspoon]] consulted with seer [[Maggy|Maggy the Frog]] about their futures. [[Jeyne Farman]] was with then but fled scared before actually hearing any predictions. Much to Melara's surprise, she learned that instead of someday marrying [[Jaime Lannister]] she was fated to die soon - in fact, as it turned out, that very night. The predictions about Cersei, made just moments previous, were more detailed. To Cersei's confusion, she is told her husband will have 15 children and she will have 3, the identity of her future husband and eventual fates of her children. The prophesies contribute to her growing maddness. The queen that would take her place, she supposes is Margaery, and haunts her to do depraved things.{{Ref|aFfC|12}}{{Ref|aFfC|24}}{{Ref|aFfC|36}}

==Others==
==Melisandre==
Melisandre has a capability of future-telling, she says by watching flames. The accuracy is unclear, in part because Melisandre herself seems to misrepresent her precognitions as if they were active sorceries{{Ref|aSoS|36}}{{Ref|aSoS|54}}{{Ref|aSoS|63}}, as well as the reverse.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}{{Ref|aCoK|42}}

In any case, while impressive,{{Ref|aSoS|25}} her future-telling capabilities are not supreme; Davos manages to take [[Edric Storm]] away from Dragonstorm without her knowledge and against her will, for instance.{{Ref|aSoS|63}} and, based on news of Ramsay Bolton's wedding to Arya, she interprets [[Alys Karstark]]'s flight to the wall as Arya Stark, telling Jon Snow his sister is coming from a loveless marriage. While she is right about the marriage, she has the wrong girl. Alys Karstark arrives at the Wall to speak with Jon after fleeing her cousin Cregan Karstark.

====[[Azor Ahai]]====
==Jon==
==Moqorro==
== Patchface==
See ''[[Patchface/Theories]]
==Quaithe==

==Citations==
(Yet to place, comment and reference)
"I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief," the dwarf woman was saying. "I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells." - the Red wedding.

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

"Fool’s blood, king’s blood, blood on the maiden’s thigh, but chains for the guests and chains for the bridegroom, aye aye aye."

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

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

[[Category:Prophecy|!]]
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Pycelle

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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Julian Glover,Pycelle|Julian Glover]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]
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'''Pycelle''' is a [[Grand Maester]] of the [[Citadel]], he served in [[King's Landing]] and on the [[Small council]], for over forty years and has served six kings. He was ousted by [[Tyrion Lannister]] for spying for queen regent [[Cersei Lannister]], but later reinstated to his duty, only to find his death. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], he is played by Julian Glover.

==Appearance and Character ==
Pycelle has only sparse hair that runs around his bald, spotted head.{{ref|aGoT|20}}{{ref|aCoK|17}} His maester's chain is two dozen heavy chains wound together that stretches from neck to breast.{{ref|aGoT|20}} He has a long, snowy beard that runs down to his chest.{{ref|aCoK|17}}

Pycelle bends the vows of his order to suit his needs, indulging the needs of the flesh and dabbling in poisons and politics with a skill few maesters dare approach.

==History==
Pycelle forged his maester's chain during the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar I]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} He has been the Grand Maester of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for forty years, serving the kings [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys II]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert I]].

Despite his oath to serve the realm, Pycelle has more loyalty to [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}} He convinced King Aerys II to open his gates to his former [[Hand of the King|Hand]] Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] in the waning days of [[Robert's Rebellion]] in the hope that Tywin would take the throne. Later he allowed Lord [[Jon Arryn|Arryn]] to die under his care, sending his maester away and withholding care, to keep the secret of Queen [[Cersei]]'s incest, and generally promoted the interests of House Lannister on the small council for years.{{Ref|ACOK|25}}

==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
[[File:Pycelle.png|250px|thumb|Julian Glover as Pycelle ([[Game of Thrones|TV series]])]]

[[Lysa Arryn]] reports to her sister [[Catelyn Stark]] that Pycelle was helpless in saving the life of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{ref|aGoT|2}}
Pycelle attends Lord Eddard Stark in the first a meeting of the [[small council]] upon his arrival from Winterfell to take up the role of King's Hand. Later when Eddard makes enquires about the death of Jon Arryn, Pycelle states that from his expirance Jon's illness was suspicious. When confronted with Lady [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa's]] accusations that poison was the culprit, he points the finger of suspicion on [[Varys]].{{Ref|aGoT|25}}



After [[Eddard Stark]] is injured in a street fight with Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], Pycelle tasks himself with maintaining Eddard's healing.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} When it was discovered [[Gregor Clegane]] had led raids into the [[Riverlands]], burning several villages, Pycelle tries to delay any action taken against [[Tywin Lannister]]. Eddard becomes more and more convinced that Pycelle is the Queen's creature.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

Pycelle tends to Robert's wounds after his "accident" and reports to Eddard upon his death.{{Ref|aGoT|47}} He is present when Eddard present Robert will and arrested{{Ref|aGoT|49}} and under [[Cersei Lannister]]'s direction, visits the grief-stricken [[Sansa Stark]] after her father's death and examines her intrusively before giving her a potion to calm her.



===A Clash of Kings===

[[Tyrion Lannister]], serving as Hand, isn't sure who he can trust, so he tells three secrets, one to [[Varys]], one to [[Littlefinger]], and one to Pycelle. To Pycelle, he goes to send letters to Prince [[Doran Martell]].{{ref|aCoK|20}} Pycelle does send the letters, but reads them first. He shares the information with Cersei, who proceeds to confront Tyrion, inadvertently letting Tyrion realize he can trust Varys and Littlefinger. In the time it takes Pycelle to read the letter, Tyrion has time to help himself to a mild poison from the maesters cabinet, which he uses later on Cersei. Pycelle is present when Tyrion gives his terms for peace with the [[North]].

At midnight, Tyrion takes [[Shagga]] and [[Timett]] and confronts Pycelle in his chambers, where he is found naked in bed with a servant girl. With help from Shagga, Tyrion intimidates Pycelle, who wets the bed in fear of the [[mountain clans|clansmen]]. Whilst Shagga shaves off Pycelle's signature white beard using a very sharp axe blade, Tyrion learns that Pycelle has betrayed the realm over and over in service to [[House Lannister]]. He allowed Jon Arryn to die when he could have easily saved him, convinced [[Aerys II]] to open the gates to Tywin's forces during [[Robert's Rebellion]] and would have finished [[Robert Baratheon|Robert I]] off himself if the wounds from the boar had not been so fatal.

Pycelle justifies Jon Arryn's death, since he was getting close to the truth about Cersei's incest and Joffrey's parentage—admitting that Maester [[Colemon]] was treating Arryn properly but the Queen needed him dead. He justifies Robert's death, since [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] had been plotting with the Tyrells to kill Cersei and wed Margaery to Robert. Tyrion has him thrown in one of the [[Red Keep#Dungeons|black cells]].{{ref|aCoK|25}}

===A Storm of Swords===
Pycelle is restored to his position by [[Tywin Lannister]] after Tywin learns that the [[Citadel]] was planning on naming [[Gormon Tyrell|a member]] of [[House Tyrell]] as his replacement. Pycelle, with his beard shaved off and weakened from his time in the black cells, appears to be a broken man. He falls asleep during the wedding of [[Joffrey Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]] and is unable to take any action to prevent Joffrey's death at the banquet from poison, something that sours Queen Cersei's opinion of him.
During the trial of Tyrion Lannister for Joffrey's murder, he is called as a witness for the prosecution to discuss poisons and how Tyrion might have killed the King.{{ref|aSoS|66}}



===A Feast for Crows===
Following Joffrey's death the relationship between Pycelle and Queen Regent Cersei becomes more strained. He opposes the naming of [[Qyburn]], a disgraced maester, to the [[small council]]. Cersei blames him for the deplorable state of Lord Tywin Lannister's corpse.{{ref|aFfC|17}} [[Taena of Myr]] casts suspicion on Pycelle when she reports to Queen Cersei that he is found often in the company of Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|aFfC|28}} Pycelle objects to many of Cersei's edicts, such as her refusing to honor the debts the crown owes the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and her decision to allow the Faith of the Seven to re-institute the [[Faith Militant]]. After pressure from Cersei, Pycelle admits publicly to giving Margaery [[moon tea]], a contraceptive.

This discovery is crucial in Cersei's efforts to frame Margaery for adultery and treason, delivering her to the captivity of the [[High Sparrow|High Septon]].{{ref|aFfC|43}}

Cersei considers getting him replaced, and Pycelle's future at court looks uncertain. When Cersei is arrested by the Faith however, Pycelle successfully seizes control of the council. He removes [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] as commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|Gold Cloaks]] (so Osfyrd will not be able to use the Watch to try and free Cersei and his brother [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], both of whom were prisoners of the Faith) and raises [[Humfrey Waters|the commander]] of the Dragongate to command the Watch. At the end of '''A Feast of Crows'' [[Qyburn]] states to Cersei that the realm is effectively being ruled by Pycelle and [[Harys Swyft]]. Pycelle dispatches a message to Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] offering him the [[Regent|regency]].

===A Dance with Dragons===
Pycelle continues his duty as Grand Maester but is wary of [[Mace Tyrell]] who is wroth with Pycelle over revealing Maergary's requests for moon tea. He even requests guards from Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]] out of fear for his personal safety. Pycelle's fears prove justified, as he is killed in his chambers, not by Tyrell men but by Lord [[Varys]], who removes both him and Kevan Lannister to ensure they cannot repair the damage Cersei had done to the kingdom and the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.

==References and Notes==
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Template:Ref/doc

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<noinclude>{{note|This is a documentation subpage for [[Template:Ref]]}}<hr></noinclude>

This template is used to add [[Help:Referencing_and_Canon|reference]] sources from the novels, short stories, for this purpose it is used just like the Wikipedia <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> tag, only using standardised format, grouping references to the same source, to avoid excessive long reference list spam.

==Usage==
Common form for the Novels and [[Tales of Dunk and Egg]] are: <code><nowiki>{{Ref|Book|chapter}}</nowiki></code> and for the Tv show <code><nowiki>{{Ref|TvShow|season/episode}}</nowiki></code>

Where Book names are denoted by:
<pre>
aGoT is [[A Game of Thrones]]
aCoK is [[A Clash of Kings]]
aSoS is [[A Storm of Swords]]
aFfC is [[A Feast for Crows]]
aDwD is [[A Dance with Dragons]]
tWoW is [[The Winds of Winter]]
aDoS is [[A Dream of Spring]]

THK is [[The Hedge Knight]]
TSS is [[The Sworn Sword]]
TMK is [[The Mystery Knight]]
</pre>

Practical Examples for the Books:
<pre>
{{Ref|aGoT|15}} => Reference to A Game of Thrones, Chapter 15.
{{Ref|aDwD|15}} => Reference to Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15.
{{Ref|aDwD|prologue}} => Reference to Dance with Dragons, the prologue Chapter.
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Practical Examples for the Tales of Dunk and Egg:
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{{Ref|THK}} => Reference to The Hedge Knight, C.
{{Ref|THK|p.115}} => Reference to The Hedge Knight, C.
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Practical Examples for the TvShow.
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{{Ref|HboGoT|s01e02}} => Reference to Hbos Game of Thrones, Season 1, episode 2
{{Ref|HboGoT|s02e03}} => Reference to Hbos Game of Thrones, Season 2, episode 3
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* Alternatively, you can type directly: <code><nowiki> <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 5|Chapter 5]], Jon I, page 45.</ref> </nowiki></code>
* Additionally, you can now add a third parameter as free text, which can be used to add the specific page for the reference, <code><nowiki>{{Ref|Book|chapter number|p. 233}}</nowiki></code>. For consistency sake the page should only of the marked version we use on the [[Chapters_Table_of_contents|pages table]].
* Note that all the Book names were made case insensitive, to avoid typos, thus it doesn't really matter if you type AGOT, AgOT, agot etc...

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Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)

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| Alias = Young Griff
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| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|282}}
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{{See homonyms | Aegon Targaryen (disambiguation)}}

'''Aegon Targaryen''' was the second child and only son of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] and [[Elia Martell]]. Had he ascended to the throne he would have ruled as '''Aegon VI'''.

==Character and Appearance==
According to semi-canon sources Aegon looks like a [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]].<ref>Westeros. "A Number of Questions." (August 26, 2000). [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/A_Number_of_Questions/ So Spake Martin]</ref>

He is exceptionally handsome and has the Targaryen traits of silver hair and [[violet eyes]], both features which are also present in his aunt [[Daenerys]]. He dyes his hair blue to conceal his identity.{{ref|aDwD|18}} He is well educated and intelligent, speaking several languages and well versed in history.

==History==
A comet was seen on the day he was conceived, which led his father Rhaegar to believe that he was the ''[[Azor Ahai|Prince that was Promised]]''.{{ref|aFfC|35}}

Aegon was just an infant during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. He, along with his mother and sister [[Rhaenys daughter of Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaenys]], were hiding in the [[Red Keep]] when [[King's Landing]] was sacked by [[Tywin Lannister]]'s forces. Tywin sent two of his bannermen, Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and Ser [[Amory Lorch]], to scale the walls of the [[Red Keep]] to hunt down and kill any remaining Targaryens. Ser Gregor entered the royal nursery and killed the baby present by dashing his head against the wall before raping and subsequently murdering Elia.{{ref|aGoT|12}}

It is revealed that the baby murdered during the [[Sack of King's Landing]] was that of a peasant who Lord [[Varys]] put in the cot. Varys then hid baby Aegon. When [[Robert Baratheon]] and the realm falsely believed him dead, Varys had agents smuggle him across the [[Narrow Sea]].

Aegon spent his life in exile under the name Young Griff, and was raised by [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]'s friend [[Jon Connington]] (also believed dead by many in Westeros due to a false story concocted by [[Varys]]). Aegon has been trained in matters of military tactics by [[Jon Connington]], arms by [[Rolly Duckfield]], faith by [[Lemore|Septa Lemore]], and history and languages by [[Haldon|Haldon Halfmaestar]]. He speaks several languages, learned to mend his own clothes, to fish and hunt, and to bind a wound.

According to Varys he has also learned more importantly that ruling is his duty, not his right.{{ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

His claim to the [[Iron Throne]] is stronger than his aunt [[Daenerys]]'s.{{citation needed}} As yet there is no indication as to whether he has inherited the [[Targaryen]] propensity for [[dragon dreams]] as [[Daenerys]] has.

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
To better conceal his identity Aegon dyes his silver [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] hair blue, which also makes his violet eyes appear blue. He uses the false story that his mother was a [[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]] who dyed her hair blue, and he does it to honor her memory.

In {{Date|300}}, Aegon and his companions, among them [[Tyrion Lannister]], are on their way to [[Volantis]] to meet his aunt [[Daenerys Targaryen]] when she marches from [[Meereen]].{{ref|aDwD|18}} It is unknown to them, however, that Daenerys has decided to stay in Meereen. Aegon, after learning this, decides instead to go straight to [[Westeros]] (an idea suggested to him by Tyrion Lannister) with the [[Golden Company]]. His reasoning is that when Daenerys learns of him she will head straight to Westeros to aid him. That way they will first meet as equals, instead of him appearing like a beggar before his powerful aunt in [[Slaver's Bay]].{{ref|aDwD|24}}

The timing for the invasion is ideal, as the [[Iron Throne]] is massively indebted thanks to [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]]'s spending, which was further made worse by [[Cersei Lannister]]'s refusal to pay back the [[Iron Bank of Braavos|Iron Bank]]. Thus, the Iron Throne is unable to afford sellswords or buy the Golden Company off. The Iron Throne is also preoccupied with [[Ironmen]] in the west, and [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] in the [[North]]. Also, nearly all the Great Houses but the [[Vale]] and [[Dorne]] have suffered significant losses in the [[War of the Five Kings]].

The Golden Company lands in Westeros, taking several castles of the [[Stormlands]] in surprise assaults, including [[Griffin's Roost]], [[Jon Connington]]'s ancestral home. Aegon also makes his friend Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]] the first of his new [[Kingsguard]]. At the [[Griffin's Roost]], [[Jon Connington]] thinks to himself that Prince Aegon Targaryen is not near as biddable as the boy [[Young Griff]] had been. Aegon next plans to lead the attack on [[Storm's End]].{{ref|aDwD|61}}

In [[Meereen]], [[Daenerys]] has mused about Aegon who would have been the sixth to sit on the [[Iron Throne]]. She is yet unaware that he is alive. She thought to herself:

{{Quote|If he had lived, I might have married him. Aegon would have been closer to my age than Viserys.}}

==Family==
{{Targaryen tree now}}

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

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Dunk and Egg

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'''Dunk and Egg stories''' are an ongoing series of novellas written by [[George R. R. Martin]], set in the world of his [[A Song of Ice and Fire|Song of Ice and Fire]], set as prequels to the [[A Song of Ice and Fire|Novel]]. The stories relate the adventures of Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], who later became a legendary member of the [[Kingsguard]] and [[Aegon V|his esquire Egg]], who later became the King of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].

Three novellas have appeared so far: ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'', ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' and ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' and there are plans for there to be 6 to 12 such stories.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harte |first=Bryant |url=http://blog.indigo.ca/fiction/item/512-an-interview-with-george-r-r-martin-part-one.html |title=An Interview with George R. R. Martin, Part I |publisher=indigo.ca |date=July 12, 2011 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/66fwa9nw4 |archivedate=April 4, 2012 |deadurl=no |accessdate=February 15, 2012}}</ref> The published stories deal with Aegon, known as Egg, in his youth being the squire to Duncan, a [[knight#Types of knights|hedge knight]]. Starting with their meeting eighty-nine years before the events of the main Novel({{Date|208}} and intended to cover a long period.

==Publications==
The Three novellas that have appeared so far are:

*''[[The Hedge Knight]]'', Set in the world of the Song of Ice and Fire series eighty-nine years before the events of the main cycle, the story relates the adventures of Dunk (eponymously called Ser Duncan the Tall) and his squire, Egg. A novella originally published August 25, 1998 in the ''Legends'' anthology, edited by Robert Silverberg<ref name=Legends/>, later also in ''Dreamsongs Volume II''<ref name=Dreamsongs/> and as a stand-alone graphic novel.<ref name=HedgeKnight/>

*''[[The Sworn Sword]]'', originally published in ''Legends II'' anthology series<ref name=LegendsII/>, later also in ''Legends II: Dragon, Sword and King''<ref name=LegendsIID/> and as a Graphic Novel.<ref name=HedgeKnightII/>

*''[[The Mystery Knight]]'', originally published in 2010 as part of the ''Warriors'' anthology <ref>''Warriors'', ISBN 978-0765320483 (Hardcover)</ref> and later in ''Warriors 1''.<ref>''Warriors 1'', ISBN 978-0765360267 (Mass Market Paperback)</ref>

*''[[The She-Wolves of Winterfell]], Upcoming.

==Planned instalments ==
The author has said that he would like to write a number of these stories (varying from six to twelve from interview to interview) covering the entire lives of these two characters. A fourth installment, currently untitled, has been announced by Martin as in the planning stages. It will feature Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] and [[Egg]] at [[Winterfell]], where they will meet the "She-Wolves". It will be published in a new anthology he is co-editing with [[w:Gardner Dozois|Gardner Dozois]], titled 'Dangerous Women'. Martin announced on his 2011 national book tour that the ''Dunk and Egg'' series will be collected into a book and published by Bantam Spectra.

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==References and Notes==
{{References|2|refs=
<ref name=Legends>''Legends'', ISBN 978-0006483946 (Paperback, 2011 Edition); ISBN 978-0002256674 (Paperback, June 1999 Edition); ISBN 978-0812566635 (Mass Market Paperback, September 1999 Edition); ISBN 978-0765300355 (Paperback, 2001 Reissue); ISBN 978-0007385034 (Paperback, 2010 Edition); ISBN 978-0312867874 (Hardcover, 1998 Edition) and several other Hardcover printings, some of them limited editions.</ref>
<ref name=Dreamsongs>''Dreamsongs Volume II'', ISBN 978-0553806588 (Hardcover); ISBN 978-0553385694 (Paperback)</ref> and as a stand-alone graphic novel.
<ref name=HedgeKnight>''Hedge Knight'' Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-0785127246 (Second Edition, 2007, Marvel); ISBN 978-0976401100 (First Edition, 2005, Dabel Brothers)</ref>
<ref name=LegendsII>''Legends II'', ISBN 978-0007154364 (Paperback, 2011 Edition); ISBN 978-0812575231 (Mass Market Paperback, 1999 Edition); ISBN 978-0007154357 (Paperback, 2004 Edition); ISBN 978-0007305094 (Paperback, 2008 Edition); ISBN 978-0007154340 (Hardback, 2003 Edition); ISBN 978-0606186476 (Turtleback, 1999 Edition)</ref>
<ref name=LegendsIID>''Legends II: Dragon, Sword and King'', ISBN 978-0345475787 (Paperback); ISBN 978-1435291133 (Library Binding)</ref>
<ref name=HedgeKnightII>''The Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword'', ISBN 978-0785126515 (2009 TPB); ISBN 978-0785126508 (2008 Hardcover)</ref>
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Daenerys Targaryen

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| image = [[Image:Daenerys.jpg|300px]]
| Played_by = Emilia Clarke
| image_caption = Daenerys Targaryen with Dragons, by Amoka©
| Alias = Dany Daenerys Stormborn The Unburnt Mother of Dragons Mother Mysha The Silver Queen Silver Lady Child of Three {{Ref|aCoK|48}} {{Ref|aCoK|63}} Daughter of Death {{Ref|aCoK|48}} {{Ref|aCoK|63}} Slayer of Lies{{Ref|aCoK|48}} {{Ref|aCoK|63}} Bride of Fire{{Ref|aCoK|48}} {{Ref|aCoK|63}}
| Title = Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms ''Khaleesi'' of the Great Grass Sea Breaker of Shackles/Chains Queen of Meereen Princess of Dragonstone
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Valyria]]
| Spouse = [[Khal Drogo]] 1st [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] 2nd
| Place_of_Birth= [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|284}}
| 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)
| Played_by = [[w:Emilia Clarke|Emilia Clarke]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]{{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]
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{{See homonyms | Daenerys Targaryen (disambiguation)}}

'''Daenerys Targaryen''', known as '''Daenerys Stormborn''' or '''Dany''', is the last confirmed member of the ancient [[House Targaryen|Targaryen Dynasty]] and one of the primary [[POV Character|POV characters]] in the book series. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], Daenerys is played by Emilia Clarke.<ref name=hbo/>

==Character and Appearance==
Daenerys is young woman, just coming into womanhood. She is small of stature and very beautiful. She has fair skin and her [[Targaryen]] family silver-blonde hair and [[purple eyes]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

In her youth, Daenerys was a little frightened girl with little self confidence, meek and malleable. She knew no life other than one of exile, dependent and in fear from her brother Viserys, who was often a cruel, abusive companion, prone to mood swings and fits of violence. His abiding obsession with regaining the crown that he felt was his by birthright instilled in Daenerys a similar belief that reclaiming the Seven Kingdoms was the paramount goal of her life. Her marriage to [[Khal Drogo]] was a turning point for her, adapting to life in the khalasar was harsh, Yet slowly she strengthened and blossom into a strong and confident young woman, a true leader of the khalasar.

==History==
Daenerys is the only daughter and youngest child of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife Queen, [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Daenerys was conceived during the last month of [[Robert's Rebellion]] that that would ultimately end her family's reign over the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Her father died during the [[Sack of King's Landing]] before she was even born and her mother died giving birth to her. Daenerys was born on Dragonstone, the family ancestral seat, where her mother and brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] were sent, for safekeeping. On the night of her birth a great storm raged. For this reason she is sometimes called 'Daenerys Stormborn'.

By that time the war was lost, [[Robert Baratheon]] had claimed the throne, leaving Daenerys and her older brother, Viserys, the only living Targaryen heirs. The garrison at Dragonstone decided to surrender and turn them over to the rebels for their lives, but before they could act on this plan, Ser [[Willem Darry]] Darry and several other loyal retainers rescued the children and smuggled them into exile, in the [[Braavos|Free City of Braavos]]. In Braavos, they lived in a house with a red door. Ser Willem was old and sickly, but he treated Daenerys kindly. After his death several years later, the servants drove Daenerys and Viserys from the house. Daenerys wept as they were forced out, and the house with the red door became her symbol for the childhood she had never known. {{Ref|aGoT|3}}

Viserys and Daenerys considered themselves the rightful rulers of Seven Kingdoms: King Viserys III, and his heiress-presumptive Princess of Dragonstone, Daenerys. In the years that followed, she and Viserys wandered the nine [[Free Cities]] trying to raise support to retake the [[Iron Throne]], which earned Viserys the mocking title of ''The Beggar King''. Which they eventually find in the [[Pentos|Free City of Pentos]], in the for of a rich and powerful magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] who invites them to stay in his manse, offering help to reclaim [[Iron Throne|their throne]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Daenerys and handmaidens.png|200px|thumb|left|Daenerys and her handmaidens Doreah and Irri ([[Game of Thrones|Tv]])]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Viserys Daenerys Targaryen hbo.jpg|thumb|300px|Daenerys and her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] complicated relation]]
[[File:Moon of my life by celestialfrost.jpg|thumb|300px|Moon of my life, Daenerys and her [[Drogo|husband]], Art by Celestialfrost©]]
[[File:GOT_tvseries_Daenerys.png|300px|thumb|Daenerys and [[Jorah Mormont]] defender and companion]]
[[File:Daenerys targareyen by teiiku.jpg|thumb|300px|Dany in the flames, birth of her [[dragon]]s, Art by TeiIku©]]
[[File:Dany dragon.jpg|thumb|300px|Dany [[Dragons]] growing strong]]

In the [[Pentos|Free City of Pentos]], Illyrio and [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] arranged to marry the thirteen-year-old Daenerys to [[Khal Drogo]], a great leader among the [[Dothraki]] people. Viserys had hoped to then use the thousands of men in Drogo's ''[[khalasar]]'' to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Despite Daenerys's fear and apprehension, she had no choice but to accept her brother's will and wed Drogo. At her wedding, the exiled knight, [[Jorah Mormont]], pledged his service to Daenerys. He eventually became her closest companion.{{Ref|aGoT|3}} Two of Daenerys's wedding gifts were a magnificent [[The Silver|silver filly]] and a set of three petrified [[Dragon|dragon eggs]]. She is also gifted with three handmaids [[Doreah]], [[Irri]] and [[Jhiqui]].{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

At first, Daenerys was terrified of her husband Drogo and the Dothraki, but she came to love her husband and lose her fear not only of the Dothraki, but of her brother as well. Drogo took Daenerys east to [[Vaes Dothrak]], in the heart of the [[Dothraki Sea]], to present her to the [[dosh khaleen]] as his new bride. By the time they arrived, Daenerys, now fourteen, was pregnant with Drogo's child.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} She took part in the [[stallion heart]] ceremony. The dosh khaleen prophesied that her son would be "the stallion that mounts the world," a long-prophesied Dothraki conqueror that would lead the Dothraki to glory, conquering and uniting the world behind him.{{Ref|aGoT|46}}

Meanwhile, Viserys grows increasingly impatient for the promised aid to restore him to the throne, demanding that Drogo help him invade Westeros; Drogo responded to Viserys' demands with public humiliation, and when Viserys tried to browbeat his sister into coercing her husband, Daenerys, emboldened by her authority as ''Khaleesi'', refused to let her brother bully her into obeying. During a drunken rage, Viserys breaks Dothraki law by drawing a blade in the holy city, inciting Khal Drogo to "crown" him by dumping a pot of molten gold over his head, killing him.{{Ref|aGoT|46}} Making Daenerys the last Targaryen.

With Viserys' death, Drogo became disinterested in invading [[Westeros]]. However, this changed when an assassin attempted to poison Daenerys by selling her a cask of poisoned wine. The attempt only fails due to the intervention of [[Jorah Mormont]]. Khal Drogo is enraged when he learns of the death threat on his wife and son and vows to invade Westeros in vengeance, something no Khal has ever done before. The Khalasar continues east and pillages foreign lands, for slaves to sell for ships so they could make the crossing to Westeros.{{Ref|aGoT|61}}

During one such raid of [[Lhazareen]] town, Daenerys sees a young girl [[Eroeh]] being raped by riders and orders her men to stop the rape and save the girl. She also stops the rapes of several other captives and takes them under her protection. She makes Eroeh another one of her handmaids. When Daenerys gave the command that no more rapes were to happen, Ser Jorah looked at her and said...

{{Quote|''“You are your brother’s sister, in truth.”'' - Jorah Mormont ''“Viserys?”'' - Dany. ''"No,”'' he answered. ''“Rhaegar.”'' <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 61|Chapter 61]], Daenerys</ref>}}

In the raid Drogo was wounded, and Daenerys instructs one of the newly captured slaves, a Lhazareen priestess, a maegi, named [[Mirri Maz Duur]], she saved from being rape and possible murder at the hands of Drogo's men, to treat the wound. The wound festered though and Drogo soon became too weak to ride.{{Ref|aGoT|61}} Daenerys begged Mirri to save her husband, ignoring the consequence of [[Magic|blood magic]] The rite went ahead, however the maegi betrays her, leaving Drogo a brain-dead husk and slaying Rhaego in the womb.{{Ref|aGoT|64}} Daenerys ends Drogo's life herself and is abandoned by most of his ''khalasar''.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

She orders Mirri Maz Duur burned on Drogo's funeral pyre and enters the flames herself with her dragon eggs. The resulting magic restores life to the eggs, from which three [[dragon|dragons]] hatch, the first to be born in the known world for centuries. Daenerys emerges unharmed and is called ''The Unburnt'' and ''Mother of Dragons''. She names her dragons [[Viserion]], [[Rhaegal]] and [[Drogon]], after her two dead brothers and late husband respectively. Three warriors of her late husband's remaining ''khalasar'', [[Aggo]], [[Jhogo]] and [[Rakharo]] then swear themselves to Daenerys as her [[bloodrider|bloodriders]], and she becomes the first female Dothraki leader, a ''[[khaleesi]]'' in her own right.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Dany_and_silver_in_the_Dothraki_Sea.jpg|thumb|450px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] riding her silver in the [[Dothraki Sea]] - © by Nyph-Atzbel]]
Daenerys decided to follow a red star that appeared in the sky, following the ritual that gave birth to her dragons. Daenerys and what little remains of Drogo's ''khalasar'' wander in the direction of the star to a desolate area known as the [[Red Waste]] where they find an ancient, abandoned city, which Daenerys names [[Vaes Tolorro]]. There they recover from the deadly ravages of the desert while Daenerys sends out scouts in all directions. One scout returns with three emissaries from the great city of [[Qarth]]. Daenerys accompanies them to Qarth, where she learns of King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s death and the war in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She tries to secure aid from the merchant emissary [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] in conquering [[Westeros]], but the merchants of Qarth are only interested in obtaining her dragons. {{Ref|aCoK|12}}{{Ref|aCoK|27}}

Daenerys turns to one of the other emissaries, a [[warlocks|warlock]] called [[Pyat Pree]]. Against the judgment of her friends and counselors, she agrees to visit the warlock's leaders, the [[House of the Undying|Undying Ones]], in their hall, the [[House of the Undying]]. After viewing several mysterious portents and hearing vague prophecies, Daenerys realizes that the warlocks are plotting against her, and she destroys the House of the Undying with the aid of [[Drogon]]. With nowhere else to turn, Daenerys considers the suggestions of the third emissary, the masked woman [[Quaithe]] of [[Asshai]], that she must go further east to conquer the west.{{Ref|aCoK|48}}

After the incident in the house of the Undying the warlocks conspired to see her dead. Daenerys seeking passage out of Qarth visited the docks, where she notices that two men she does not recognize are following her and [[Jorah Mormont|Ser Jorah]]. Daenerys becomes distracted and is off her guard when a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] assassin tries to poison her with a [[manticore]]. One of her mysterious followers intercedes and knocks the manticore away just in time to thwart the murder. The two men introduce themselves as agents sent by [[Illyrio Mopatis|Magister Illyrio]]. One of them, a huge eunuch and former pit fighter called [[Belwas|Strong Belwas]], was to be her bodyguard. The one who saved her life was Belwas's squire, an older Westerosi man called [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]]. Along with the two men, Illyrio has sent three merchant ships to transport Dany and her people to [[Pentos]]. Instead of returning to Pentos, however, Daenerys claims the three ships and their cargo for her own.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Several days into the trip, Ser [[Jorah]] convinces Daenerys to go to [[Astapor]], one of the great [[slave]] cities of [[Slaver's Bay]], to purchase [[Unsullied]] so she can return to [[Illyrio]] with an army at her back. He also kisses her and professes his love for her.{{Ref|aSoS|9}} Once in [[Astapor]], Daenerys begins to have doubts about using slaves, still she agrees to purchases an army of every Unsullied in the ciry in exchange for her Dragon [[Drogon]]. She is given a slave [[Missandei]] as a gift from the Good Masters. Dany accepts, but she then frees [[Missandei]]. Dany tells Missandei that she can leave Dany's service whenever she wishes, but Missandei remains close and loyal to Dany.

After taking control of the Unsullied, Dany reclaims [[Drogon]] and commands him to use his fires against the Astapori leaders. She then uses the Unsullied to [[Sack of Astapor|conquer the city]]. After the fighting, she proclaims all Astapori slaves free, including her Unsullied, giving her the name ''Breaker of Shackles'', or ''Breaker of Chains''. The Unsullied and many new [[Freedmen]] choose to follow her in her future battles. After forming a council to rule Astapor, she sets out for the next great slave city [[Yunkai]].{{Ref|aSoS|27}}

[[Yunkai]] hires two sellsword companies, the [[Stormcrows]] and the [[Second Sons]], in addition to conscripting a force of some four thousand slave soldiers. Daenerys parleys with the captains of the companies, hoping to convince them to switch sides. Her arguments convince one of the Stormcrows' commanders, [[Daario Naharis]], to assassinate his colleagues and pledge the company to Daenerys. To the Second Sons, Daenerys offers a great store of wine as tribute then [[Battle of Yunkai|attacks]] them in the night while they are drunk and sleeping. With the Stormcrows' betrayal and the Second Sons' drunkenness, Yunkai's [[slave]] army is unable to withstand Daenerys's Unsullied. The entire Yunkish army is slain, captured, or put to flight, and Yunkai surrenders a few days later.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Daenerys next made for [[Meereen]], the last of the great slave cities. Near Meereen, Daenerys is nearly killed by the [[Mero|Titan's Bastard]], the former captain of the Second Sons. [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]] slays the Bastard, and finally reveals his true identity as [[Barristan Selmy]], a famous knight of her father's [[Kingsguard]] who had served the Usurper [[Robert Baratheon]] after the end of the Rebellion. He claims to have seen the error of his ways and to seeking her out as the true heir to the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Selmy also reveals that [[Jorah Mormont]], still Daenerys's trusted right arm, has been sending reports on her actions to the spymaster in [[King's Landing]], [[Varys|Lord Varys]], hoping for a pardon from [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]]. Daenerys feels betrayed by each of them, though both fervently wish to atone for their actions. During her [[Siege of Meereen]], she sends them on a covert suicide mission through the sewers, half hoping that they will die in the attempt. The mission succeeds and wins the city with minimal blood. Barristan humbly submits to his Queen's judgment and is forgiven. [[Jorah]] stubbornly continues to insist that he had done nothing wrong, and Daenerys is forced to banish him from her service, despite her desire to pardon him.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

Having captured [[Meereen]], Dany turns her eyes toward [[Westeros]]. Through talks with Barristan about her homeland and its history, however, she learns that there is much she does not know about ruling. Upon hearing that Astapor and Yunkai cannot maintain the peace she had hoped to bring, she resolves to bring order to [[Slaver's Bay]] before leaving it behind. By this time, she is close on seventeen years.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Daenerys_by_quickreaver.jpg|Daenerys by quickreaver,©Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|300px]]
Tales told by sailors reach [[Westeros]], dragons in [[Asshai]], dragons in [[Qarth]], dragons in [[Meereen]], [[Dothraki]] dragons, dragons freeing [[slave]]s … each telling differs from the last, but only in details. All speak of [[dragons]], and a beautiful young queen. {{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Daenerys_by_carrie_best.jpg|300px|thumb|Daenerys in a [[Qartheen]] Dress, Art by Carrie Best©]]

Dany struggles as ruler of [[Meereen]], mainly due to the constant threats surrounding her. A portion of Meereen's former slaving families who call themselves the [[Sons of the Harpy]] fight a shadow war with her followers, attacking lone freedmen or [[Unsullied]] in the black of night and drawing a harpy nearby with the man's blood.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} The sons have also scrawled graffiti on the walls of Meereen in blood promising a death to the families of any who serve the Dragon Queen. In Meereen, men traditionally wear their oiled black and red hair in varying shapes in homage to [[Ghis|Ghiscari]] culture. The Meereenese who now serve Dany shave their heads, symbolizing the abandonment of old Meereen to serve the new. These men are known as [[Shavepates]], and are led by [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]], known as ''the Shavepate''. Another of her Meereenese councilors is the seneschal, [[Reznak mo Reznak]].

Three fighting companies were also formed by Daenerys, their members comprised from her freeman. The company names are [[Mother's Men]]; The Company of the [[Free Brothers]]; and the [[Stalwart Shields]]. They have been receiving their training in arms from [[Grey Worm]].

Daenery's dragons have grown wilder, hunting sheep and livestock. Eventually a petitioner comes to her, presenting the bones of his six-year-old girl daughter "[[Hazzea]]", claiming the "[[Drogon|winged shadow]]" had killed her.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} Prompted by this, Dany has her Unsullied capture the dragons using nets and chains and lock them below ground to prevent any more such killings. In a closed fighting pit, [[Viserion]] and [[Rhaegal]] are captured (though several Unsullied lose their lives in the process), but Drogon escapes and disappears. During this time, she has a vision of [[Quaithe]] that offers her prophetic advice, most specifically warning her not to trust her seneschal.{{Ref|aDwD|11}}

Daenerys has enemies outside Meereen as well as in. Since she ended the slave trade in [[Slaver's Bay]], several of the [[Free Cities]] that rely upon the slave trade of the slave cities to fuel their economy have promised help to the [[Yunkai]] to bring her down. Yunkai has hired sellsword legions such as the [[Long Lances]], the [[Company of the Cat]] and the [[Windblown]]. Legions have also arrived from [[New Ghis]]. The Yunkai host first takes [[Astapor]] from [[Cleon|Cleon the Butcher King]], its most recent ruler, and puts thousands of its inhabitants to the sword or sends them again into slavery.{{Ref|aDwD|25}} An escaped rider who managed to flee in the confusion of the siege brings word of this to Dany in Meereen. Unfortunately word is not the only thing he brings, as he is infected with the [[bloody flux]].{{Ref|aDwD|30}} Several other Astapori citizens flee to Meereen, bringing the disease with them.

The merchant emissary [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] arrives from [[Qarth]] bearing a gift of thirteen ships in exchange for Dany's abandon of Slaver's Bay and departure for [[Westeros]]. Dany wishes to go, but the thirteen ships are not enough to take her entire army of Unsullied, Dothraki, sellswords and freedmen. The Shavepates beg her not to go. If she does, they who served her and their families will die by the Sons of the Harpy. She refuses Xaro, which prompts [[Qarth]] to join the Yunkai against her.{{Ref|aDwD|16}} Deaths of freedmen and Unsullied continue to grow nightly, and several former freed slave women are raped by the Sons of the Harpy before having their throats slit open. Daenerys takes the children of several Meereenese families of dubious loyalty as [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|Cupbearers]] in name, but hostages in truth in hopes that would stop the killing. The killings only continue though and Daenerys refuses to harm the child hostages. In despair and loneliness, Dany takes [[Daario Naharis]] as a lover. A plan is put to her by the [[Graces|Meereenese priestess]], the Green Grace [[Galazza Galare]], suggesting that Dany should wed the Meereenese noble [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] to bring peace. Dany agrees, on the condition that Hizdahr can promise her 90 days of peace. Hizdahr agrees.{{Ref|aDwD|23}} [[Ben Plumm|Brown Ben Plumm]], captain of the [[Second Sons]], learns that Dany can no longer control her dragons, and takes his company go over to the Yunkai.

[[File: Drogon in Daznak's Pit.jpg|Daenerys and Drogon in [[Daznak's Pit]] - by Marc Simonetti ©|thumb|350px]]
At this point, [[Quentyn Martell]] of [[Dorne]] arrives to make a marriage claim, but is rejected because Dany has already promised to wed Hizdahr. After Hizdahr zo Loraq succeeds at keeping his promise, Dany weds him.{{Ref|aDwD|43}} Under his direction, Dany, much to her disgust, suggests peace terms with Yunkai. She promises if they leave Meereen and don't enslave any of the former slaves she freed, she won't disrupt the slave trade of Slaver's Bay any further. The Yunkai agree.{{Ref|aDwD|50}} To mark the occasion, the [[fighting pits]] are reopened and several gladiators (who freely agreed to compete) battle in the arena of [[Daznak's Pit]]. During the event, Drogon appears, drawn to the screams of the crowd and the smell of death. He kills a boar in the arena, but is then attacked by the animal handler [[Harghaz]]. Dany, seeing her "child" in pain, runs out in the arena to him as she sees other pit fighters going to kill the dragon. Dany manages to mount the dragon and ride him out of the arena.{{Ref|aDwD|52}} Many in Meereen suspect that she is dead.{{Ref|aDwD|55}} She is alive with Drogon, however, thousands of leagues away. She and her dragon are eventually discovered by the ''khalasar'' of [[Jhaqo|Khal Jhaqo]].{{Ref|aDwD|71}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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King's Landing

2012-06-19T08:08:28Z

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = King's Landing
| image = [[Image:King's_Landing.jpg|400px|King's Landing as depicted in the TV Adaptation; Game of Thrones]]
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| settlement_type= Capital City of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]
| location = [[Crownlands]], [[Westeros]].
| seat = The King on the [[Iron Throne]]
| seat_type = [[Feudalism|Feudal society]]

| religion = [[Faith of the Seven]]
| population = 400,000(approx)
| size =
| founded = 300 years ago, where Aegon first landed in Westeros.
| named_for = [[Aegon I Targaryen]], Its founder.

| places = [[Red Keep]] {{!}} [[Great Sept of Baelor]]
| organizations = [[Kingsguard]] {{!}} [[Alchemists' Guild]] {{!}} [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]]
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[[Image:Kings landing map.png|400px|thumb|1 : Road to [[Rosby]] - 2 : [[Dragon Gate]] - 3 : [[Iron Gate]] - 4 : [[Dragonpit]]- 5 : mansion of [[Shae]] - 6 : brothel of [[Chataya]] - 7 : [[Old Gate]] - 8 : [[Flea Bottom]] - 9 : [[Red Keep]] - 10 : Street of Sisters - 11 : [[Gate of the Gods]] - 12 : Cobbler Square - 13 : [[Guildhall of the Alchemists]] - 14 : The Hook - 15 : [[Great Sept of Baelor]] - 16 : Muddy Way - 17 : Fishmonger's Square - 18 : [[River Gate]] - 19 : [[Tobho Mott]]'s store - 20 : Street of Steel - 21 : Harbor- 22 : [[Lion Gate]] - 23 : River Row - 24 : Fish Market - 25 : Tourney ground - 26 : The [[King's Gate]] - 27 : [[Kingsroad]].]]

'''King's Landing''' is the capital of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], located on the east coast of [[Westeros]], overlooking Blackwater Bay. It is the site of the [[Iron Throne]] and the [[Red Keep]], the seat of the King. The main city is surrounded by a wall, manned by the [[City Watch of King's Landing]], also known as the Gold Cloaks. Poorer smallfolk build shanty settlements outside the city. King's Landing is extremely populous, but rather unsightly and dirty compared to other cities. The stench of the city's waste can be smelled far beyond its walls. It is the principal harbor of the Seven Kingdoms, rivaled only by [[Oldtown]].{{Ref|aSoS|32}}

==History==
The area around King's Landing used to be disputed territory between the Kingdoms of the [[Kingdom of the Reach|Reach]], [[Kingdom of the River|River]] and [[Kingdom of the Stormlands|Stormlands]], just hills and forests, with only a handful of fisherfolk living north of the Blackwater Rush – until three hundred years ago, when [[Aegon the Conqueror]] landed at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush, building his first fortress of wood and earth, on top of the highest hill. Later, when Aegon finalized his conquest, he decided to build his capital around that fort, since it was more centrally located than any other and not part of any of the former kingdoms, setting the king apart from his [[Feudalism|vassals]].{{Ref|aGoT|18}}

In time, the city was expanded by the Targaryen kings. The Red Keep was completed during the reign of [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]], The [[Great Sept of Baelor|Great Sept]] was built to show the Targaryens' piety and adherence to the [[Faith of the Seven]] after giving up the old gods of Valyria (it was not named the Great Sept of Baelor until after Baelor the Blessed's death), and the [[Dragonpit]] was constructed to house the Targaryen dragons.

King's Landing has suffered occasional attacks and catastrophes during its existence. During the [[Blackfyre Rebellion]], the Army of the bastard half-brother of King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] threatened the City, but was promptly stopped at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. During [[the Great Spring Sickness]], four in ten inhabitants was killed by the outbreak and funeral pyres in the Dragonpit had burnt nonstop, painting the night sky in the unnatural green of wildfire. Most notably, during the civil war known as [[Robert's Rebellion]], the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King Aerys]] almost burned the city to the ground to "save" it from the rebels, and it was shortly after sacked by a Lannister host. See [[Sack of King's Landing]].

==The City==
The city is roughly square-shaped, sprawling across several miles and defended by tall walls. There are seven gates leading into the city: the Dragon Gate, the Lion Gate, the Mud Gate, the Old Gate, the Gate of the Gods, the King's Gate, and the Iron Gate. Within the walls, the city is dotted with manses, arbors, granaries, brick storehouses, timbered inns, merchant stalls, taverns, graveyards and brothels. There is a fish market. Hundreds of quays can be found in the harbor. Between buildings the roads are broad, lined with trees and branching alleys and streets.{{Ref|aGoT|18}} Just within the Mud Gate lie the three great trebuchets called the [[Three Whores]], a new addition to the defense of the city.{{Ref|aCoK|49}}{{Ref|aSoS|32}}

The city covers the north shore of the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]] and covers three tall hills, named after [[Aegon's Hill|Aegon]] and his two sisters, [[Visenya's hill|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys's hill|Rhaenys]]. Aegon's High Hill, surmounted by the [[Red Keep]], the royal castle located in the south-eastern corner of the city, overlooks the bay directly, whilst Visenya's Hill to the west is crowned by the marble-walled [[Great Sept of Baelor]] and its seven crystal towers. Rhaenys's Hill in the north is capped by the collapsed ruins of the [[Dragonpit]] dome, its bronze doors shut for a century and a half since the last dragon died.{{Ref|aGoT|18}}


The poor reside in the slums which are called [[Flea Bottom]], a maze of narrow streets and alleys, where many beggars and the poorest part of the city's population resides; they regularly subsist on "[[bowl of brown|bowls of brown]]", a mystery stew that can include the meat of rats and murder victims, among other things. The richest residents live on the other side of [[Rhaenys's hill|Rhaenys's Hill]] from Flea Bottom. According to semi-canon sources the richer areas of King's Landing lie near the Old Gate.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones (game)|A Game of Thrones RPG and Resource Book]], Guardians of Order</ref>

Large tournaments are held outside the city, beside the Blackwater {{Ref|aGoT|29}}

===City Gates===
Seven is a sacred number in [[Westeros]], thus the reason [[Aegon I|Aegon the Conquerer]] had seven huge gates built which are the entrances into the capital of King's Landing each of these gates is protected by portcullis, heavy doors and armed guard.

* [[Dragon Gate]].
* [[Iron Gate]].
* [[Old Gate]].
* [[Gate of the Gods]].
* [[River Gate]] known as the Mud Gate by the population of the city.
* [[Lion Gate]].
* [[King's Gate]].

===Notable Locations===
* The '''[[Red Keep]]''', the royal castle located on top of Aegon's Hill.
* The '''[[Great Sept of Baelor]]''', where the [[Most Devout]] convene with the [[High Septon]]. It is the holiest sept of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]]. It is located on Visenya's Hill.
* The '''[[Dragonpit]]''', a huge dome, now collapsed, that used to hold the Targaryen dragons. Its bronze doors have not been opened for more than a century.{{Ref|aGoT|18}} It is found on Rhaenys's Hill. The Street of Sisters runs between it and the Great Sept of Baelor.
* The '''[[Guildhall of the Alchemists|Alchemist's Guildhall]]''', beneath Rhaenys's Hill, stretching right to the foot of Visenya's Hill, along the Street of Sisters. Beneath it is where the Alchemists create and store the [[wildfire]].{{Ref|aCoK|20}}
* '''[[Flea Bottom]]''', slum area of King's Landing, a downtrodden area of town. It has pot-shops along the alleys where one can get a '[[bowl of brown|bowl o' brown]].' It has a stench of pigsties and stables, tanner's sheds mixed in the smell of winesinks and whorehouses.{{Ref|aGoT|65}}

===Streets, Squares and other===
: See Also [[A Clash of Kings-Map of King's Landing|Map of King's Landing]] from the book.
* '''The Street of Sisters''', near the foot of Visenya's Hill. One can find the [[Guildhall of the Alchemists]] upon it.{{Ref|aCoK|20}} It runs straight as an arrow between the hills of Rhaenys and Visenya, from which it gets its name.{{Ref|aGoT|67}}
* '''The Street of Steel''', where most smiths have their forges. It begins on the market square beside the River Gate and climbs up Visenya's hill. The higher up one goes, the more expensive the shops.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}
* '''The Street of Flour''', along which numerous bakeries may be found. Below the street lies a maze of twisting alleys and cross streets.{{Ref|aGoT|65}}
* '''The Street of Silk''', a street lined with brothels of varying expense.{{Ref|aFfC|8}}
* '''Eel Alley''', located on Visenya's Hill. An inn may be found here.{{Ref|aGoT|18}}

* '''Pigrun Alley''', enclosed by tall timber-and-stone buildings whose upper stories lean out so far over the streets that they nearly touch those of the buildings across from them.{{Ref|aCoK|28}}
* '''Shadowblack Lane''', a twisty lane that begins at the northern gate of the Red Keep and winds its way down to the foot of Aegon's High Hill.{{Ref|aCoK|15}}{{Ref|aCoK|29}}
* '''Reeking Lane''', a street full of apprentices.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}
* '''Muddy Way''', a street that begins at Fishmonger's Square.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}
* '''Sowbelly Row''', the street [[Lollys Stokeworth]] was found wandering along after she had been raped.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}
* '''Pisswater Bend''', a street which is probably located in the Flea Bottom area. The [[bloody flux]] was spreading through the stews on this street.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

* '''Street of Seeds''' - street
* '''Coppersmith's Wynd''' - street
* '''River Row''' - street
* '''The Hook''' - street

* '''Cobbler Square'''
* '''Fishmonger's Square''' - located near the Mud Gate.

==Population==
King's Landing is extremely populous, but rather unsightly and dirty compared to other cities. Its population is estimated at more than 500,000,{{Ref|aSoS|38}} although this number varies during winters and in times of war, when people take shelter behind the city walls. [[George R. R. Martin]] has stated that the city is larger than Medieval London or Paris but smaller than Medieval Constantinople or Ancient Rome (each had a population of about 1,000,000).

==Military==
The [[City Watch of King's Landing]], also called the 'Gold Cloaks', is King's Landing main military formation, in charge of guarding and policing the town and its surroundings. Its men are 2,000 strong, the number being increased in times of need or war.

The Royal Fleet guards the entrance to Blackwater Bay and patrols the bay and the Blackwater Rush.


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Azor Ahai/Theories

2012-06-15T14:57:50Z

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{{Theory_Policy}}
According to the prophecy recounted by [[Melisandre]], after a long summer, [[Azor Ahai]] will be reborn amidst smoke and salt wielding the flaming sword [[Lightbringer]] to defend the world from [[R'hllor]]'s nemesis, the Other. While Melisandre is certain [[Stannis Baratheon]] is Azor Ahai, others are not so sure.

It seems very possible [[Dragonstone]] is the place Azor Ahai will be reborn as it is a volcanic island, thus providing both smoke from the mountain and salt from the sea.

==Stannis Baratheon==
* According to [[Melisandre]], Stannis is Azor Ahai reborn.
* Stannis wields a magic sword that was forged by plunging a sword through a statue of the maiden at the sept at Dragonstone. This ceremony is meant to be his 'rebirth' as Azor Ahai.{{Ref|aCoK|10}}<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 63|Chapter 63]], Davos</ref><ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 78|Chapter 78]], Samwell</ref>
* Stannis was named the Lord of Dragonstone after [[Robert's Rebellion]], Dragonstone being of smoke and salt.
* Stannis' paternal grandmother was [[Rhaelle Targaryen]], so he's blood of the dragon.
* However, Maester Aemon remarks that Stannis's sword, while shining brilliantly, gives off no heat and so could not possibly be Lightbringer.

==Daenerys Targaryen==
* After [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]] tells [[Maester Aemon]] of the rumors about [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and her dragons, Aemon thinks Daenerys could be the prophesied leader.{{Ref|aFfC|35}}. He says to Sam:
{{Quote|No one ever looked for a girl..It was a prince that was promised, not a princess. [[Rhaegar]] I thought … the smoke was from the fire that devoured [[Summerhall]] on the day of his birth, the salt from the tears shed for those who died. He shared my belief when he was young, but later he became persuaded that it was his own son who fulfilled the prophecy, for a comet had been seen above King’s Landing on the night [[Aegon Targaryen|Aegon]] was conceived, and [[Rhaegar]] was certain the bleeding star had to be a comet.

What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise! The error crept in from the translation. [[Dragons]] are neither male nor female, [[Barth]] saw the truth of that, but now one and now the other, as changeable as flame. The language misled us all for a thousand years.

[[Daenerys]] is the one, born amidst salt and smoke. The [[dragons]] prove it.}}
* The prophecy was originally made by dragons who are neither male or female, meaning Azor Ahai reborn may not necessarily be a man.
* Daenerys was born on [[Dragonstone]] during a mighty storm.
* Daenerys seems mostly invulnerable to fire, which would likely mean she could wield a flaming sword without injuring herself.
* She hatched three petrified dragon's egg, meaning she at least has some command of old Valyrian blood magic.

==Jon Snow==
* Jon's wounds smoke while [[Bowen Marsh]] cries, providing the prophecised salt, and Ser [[Patrek of King's Mountain|Patrek]]'s bloody, star laden heraldry is in the air above.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Jon XIII (A Dance with Dragons)|Jon XIII]]</ref>
* When [[Melisandre]] looks into her fires for Azor Ahai, she sees only things to do with Jon or snow, which he thinks must just be ash but she sees a possible connection to Jon.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Melisandre I (A Dance with Dragons)|Melisandre I]]</ref>
* [[Jon Snow]] has a dream where he fights the [[Others]] with a red sword burning in his hand.
* If having the Blood of the Dragon is a prerequisite, [[Jon Snow/Theories#Lyanna Stark|if Jon's father is truly Rhaegar]], Jon would satisfy that prerequisite.
* Jon chose his duty to the Night's Watch over his love for Ygritte. He indirectly caused her death by warning Castle Black of the incoming wildling raid. Similar to Azor Ahai sacrificing Nissa Nissa to complete Lightbringer.

==Victarion Greyjoy==
* While traveling to capture Daenerys, [[Victarion Greyjoy]] is likely mortal sword wound is healed by [[Moqorro]], a red priest of [[R'hllor]]. Afterward, his arm resembles roast pig and visibly smokes.<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[The Iron Suitor (A Dance with Dragons)|The Iron Suitor]]</ref>
* The ritual was performed at sea, which provides the salt. Victarion's arm smokes afterward, which provides the smoke.
* Victarion was saved from death, which could be considered a form of rebirth.
* Moqorro says he sees a great future for Victarion in the service to R'hllor.
* Victarion previously beat his wife to death, which is a possible [[Nissa Nissa]] connection.

==Aegon VI Targaryen==
* Before his death, Rhaegar believed his son to be the ''Prince that was Promised''.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 48|Chapter 48]], Daenerys</ref><ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 63|Chapter 63]], Daenerys</ref>{{Ref|aFfC|35}}

==Rhaegar Targaryen==
* In his youth, [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] thought he might be Azor Ahai. At the time, [[Maester Aemon]] thought the same.{{Ref|aFfC|34}} If this is true, [[Robert Baratheon]] doomed all of Westeros when he killed Rhaegar.

==References and Notes==
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Theories

2012-06-15T14:34:58Z

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{{Theory_Policy}}
There are many still unanswered questions in a Song of Ice and Fire. Here we try to piece together answers from what we already know.

==Parentage==
===[[Brienne of Tarth/Theories|Brienne of Tarth]]===
It is theorized that Brienne of Tarth is a descendant of Ser Duncan the Tall.

===[[Jon Snow/Theories|Jon Snow]]===
It remains unclear who Jon Snow's mother is, and possibly even if Eddard Stark is in fact his father.

==True Identities==
===[[Alleras/Theories|Alleras the Sphinx]]===
It seems very likely that the novice Alleras is actually Sarella Sand, one of Oberyn Martell's illegitimate daughters.

===[[Azor Ahai/Theories|Azor Ahai]]===
Melisandre claims Stannis Baratheon with his magic sword is Azor Ahai come again, the prince who was promised. Maester Aemon remarks that his magic sword bears no heat though Lightbringer is supposed to be warm to behold and so believes someone else to be the prince who was promised.

===[[Coldhands/Theories|Coldhands]]===
While it seems clear Coldhands was, in life, a member of the Night's Watch, it's unclear who exactly he was.

===[[Robert Strong/Theories|Robert Strong]]===
Little is known of Robert Strong, but evidence suggests he is either Ser Gregor Clegane, or a kind of Frankenstein's Monster created from Clegane's corpse.

===[[Sailor's Wife/Theories|The Sailor's Wife]]===
It's possible the Sailor's Wife is actually Tysha, Tyrion Lannister's first wife.

===[[Three-eyed crow/Theories|The Three-Eyed Crow]]===
Evidence seems to point to Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers to being the true identity of the Three-Eyed Crow.

==Unexplained Murders==
===[[Balon Greyjoy/Theories|Balon Greyjoy]]===
The people of Westeros are willing to believe Balon was simply swept off a bridge into the sea, but this may not be what truly happened.

===[[Frey Pies/Theories|Rhaegar, Symond and Jared Frey]]===
It seems likely that Lord Manderly murdered three Freys and had them baked into the pies he presented at Ramsay Bolton's wedding feast.

==Whereabouts==
===[[Jaqen H'ghar/Theories|Jaqen H'ghar]]===
Tracking a man who can change his identity at will is a bit difficult, but not impossible.

===[[Jeyne Poole/Theories|Jeyne Poole]]===
Jeyne is hidden for quite some time before being used by Tywin Lannister as an imposter of Arya Stark to help solidify the North. It is unclear where she was held all that time.

===[[Jeyne Westerling/Theories|Jeyne Westerling]]===
Conflicting descriptions by Catelyn Stark and Jaime Lannister suggest perhaps Jeyne Westerling has an imposter.

===[[Benjen Stark/Theories|Benjen Stark]]===
Benjen has been missing for some time. In CoK the Old Bear and Jon Snow discuss the empty wilding villages, realising that if Benjen found the villages empty, he would search for the reason.

==History==
===[[Aegon III/Theories|Aegon III's Birth Year]]===
===[[Aegon IV/Theories|Aegon IV's Birth Year]]===
===[[Daemon Blackfyre/Theories|Daemon Blackfyre's Birth Year]]===
===[[Maekar I/Theories|Maekar I's Birth Year]]===
===[[Viserys II/Theories|Viserys II's Birth Year]]===
===[[Years after Aegon's Landing/Theories|Estimations of the Birth Years of Various People of Import]]===

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2012-06-15T14:28:04Z

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House Blackwood

2012-06-10T07:47:33Z

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| House_name = House Blackwood of Raventree Hall
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| Coat_of_arms = A flock of ravens on scarlet surrouning a dead weirwood upon a black escutcheon
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| Seat = [[Raventree Hall]]
| Current_Lord = Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]]
| Region = [[the Riverlands]]
| Title = Lord of Raventree
| Heir = [[Brynden Blackwood]]
| Overlord = [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]]
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'''House Blackwood of Raventree Hall''' is an old house from the [[Riverlands]], sworn to [[House Tully]]. They blazon their arms with a flock of ravens on scarlet surrounding a dead [[weirwood]] upon a black escutcheon.<ref name=Citadel1/> Their words do not appear in the books.

==History==
Blackwoods are an old house in the [[riverlands]], descended of the [[First Men]]. They had been petty kings during the [[Age of Heroes]]. They lost this status when the [[Andals]] came, but still managed to keep many of their cultural legacies including the religion of the [[Old Gods]], being one of the few houses south of the Neck to do so.

They have an old bitter feud against their neighbors the [[House Bracken|Brackens]], coming from the Age of Heroes when both houses ruled as kings. The feud has continued throughout the years, aided by House Bracken's conversion to the [[Faith of the Seven]].<ref name=SSM-Blackwood-feud/> The [[Teats]], [[Battle Valley]], and the village of [[Blackbuckle]] are part of the disputed land. {{ref|aDwD|48}} The feud had abated until Ser [[Otho Bracken]], the Brute of Bracken, slew Lord [[Quentyn Blackwood]] in a [[tournament]] at King's Landing about a century ago. So when Lord Bracken named his son Otho as heir on his deathbed, the Blackwoods were enraged and rekindled the hostilities that carry on to the present day.

Presently, Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] is lord of Raventree Hall, his son and heir is [[Lucas Blackwood]]. At the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], [[House Blackwood]] was fighting along with rest of the riverlords. After [[Lucas Blackwood]]'s death at the [[Red Wedding]], the current heir's identity remains a question.

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

* Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]], Lord of Raventree Hall.
** [[Brynden Blackwood]], his eldest son and heir.
** {[[Lucas Blackwood]]}, his second son. Slain at the [[Red Wedding]].
** [[Hoster Blackwood]], his third son.
** [[Edmund Blackwood]], his fourth son.
** [[Alyn Blackwood]], his fifth son.
** [[Bethany Blackwood]], his daughter.
** {[[Robert Blackwood]]}, his sixth son.

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

* {[[Alyssa Blackwood]]}, the fourth wife of old [[Lord Walder Frey|Walder Frey]], and mother to five Freys.

===Discrepancy===
Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] tells [[Jaime Lannister]], "Ben [rather than Edmund] is 12 and thirsty for adventure. He could squire for you..." referring to one of his sons. <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 48|Chapter 48]], Jaime</ref>

{{Blackwood tree}}

===Historical Members===
* [[Mylessa Blackwood]], [[Aegon IV]]'s sixth mistress and mother of [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]].

==References in the books==
===''Dunk & Egg''===
* Ser [[Dunk|Duncan]] sees the banner of Ser [[Otho Bracken]] and some Blackwoods at the [[Ashford Tourney]], and recalls how three years before Ser Otho slew Lord [[Quentyn Blackwood]] in a tourney, reinvigorating the old feud.{{Ref|THK|''Legends'', ISBN 0-312-86787-5, page 463 of 457-533}}
* Ser [[Steffon Fossoway]] considers convincing Ser Otho or the Blackwoods fighting for Dunk at the trial by seven, but reflects that it'll be impossible to make them fight both on the same side.{{Ref|THK|''Legends'', ISBN 0-312-86787-5, page 510 of 457-533}}
* [[Bennifer Blackwood]], [[Robert Blackwood (209)|Robert Blackwood]], [[Roland Blackwood]], and [[Roger Blackwood]] are listed as participants of the Ashford Tourney.
*Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] boasts that in the past members of important families married Osgreys, citing Blackwoods as one of the examples.
* Septon [[Sefton Staunton|Sefton]] explains that when Lord Bracken dies, Ser Otho Bracken will inherit and the Blackwoods won't suffer him, meaning war. He recalls the current Hand [[Brynden Rivers|Lord Bloodraven]] is half Blackwood, so he is unlikely to stop it.{{Ref|TSS|''Legends II'', ISBN 0-345-45644-0, pages 115-116 of 73-152}}
* When Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] marched on [[Whitewalls]] to quash the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]. Among the Riverlords who came in support was Lord Blackwood.

===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
* When dismissing the idea of recurring to her father's bannermen to deal with the [[Lannister]]s, [[Catelyn Tully]] complains that the Blackwoods and [[House Bracken|Brackens]] are always quarreling. Lord Bracken and Lord Blackwood came to Riverrun when she and [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]] were young to put their feud before Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s judgment.
* After Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] [[Battle of Riverrun|defeated]] the Riverlords and captured Ser [[Edmure Tully]], Lord Tytos led the survivors back to [[Riverrun]]. The duty of defending the castle during the siege fell to him.
* With Lord Tytos gone, Raventree fell to the Lannisters.
* When [[Robb Stark]] [[Battle of the Camps|attacked]] the Lannister army outside Riverrun, Tytos Blackwood led the sortie that attacked their rear and freed Edmure Tully.
* Lord Blackwood and his feathered cloak were seen by Catelyn in the [[godswood]] of Riverrun, praying with her son to the Old Gods after their victory.
* Ser [[Garth Greenfield]] was held captive at Raventree Hall.
* At the war council at Riverrun, Tytos urged to continue fighting the Lannisters and march against [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] at [[Harrenhal]].
* After Robb was proclaimed [[King in the North]], Lord Tytos returned to Raventree Hall and drove out the Lannisters, only to find that his lands had been left a scorched desert.
* Lucas Blackwood was one of the highborn companions of Lady Catelyn Tully in the delegation to King [[Renly Baratheon|King Renly]]'s camp.
* Lord Tytos was among the seven nobles who launched Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s funeral boat.
* Lucas Blackwood was cut down by Ser [[Hosteen Frey]] at the [[Red Wedding]].
* After the Brackens surrendered to the [[Iron Throne]] and were welcomed back to the king's peace they attacked the Blackwoods, who refused to yield along with [[Brynden Tully]] and [[Jason Mallister]].
* Dead soldiers bearing the colors of House Blackwood have washed up on the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried next to their enemies.
* After the [[Siege of Riverrun|surrender]] of Riverrun, Raventree became the last Stark loyalist stronghold. Lord [[Karyl Vance]] recommended that Jaime Lannister go to Raventree Hall and negotiate a peace, since Lord Blackwood was never going to surrender to Lord Bracken. Jaime followed Vance's advice. Tytos grudgingly surrendered, ceding some border land to the Brackens and sending his son Hoster to King's Landing as a hostage. He also recommends that Jaime take a daughter of Lord Jonos Bracken.

==References and Notes==
{{references|2|refs=
<ref name=Citadel1>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/4/ Houses in the Riverlands]</ref>
<ref=SSM-Blackwood-feud>Blackwood-Bracken feud and Coinage, (August 13, 2003) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>
}}

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House Blackwood

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| Region = [[the Riverlands]]
| Title = Lord of Raventree
| Heir = [[Brynden Blackwood]]
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'''House Blackwood of Raventree Hall''' is an old house from the [[Riverlands]], sworn to [[House Tully]]. They blazon their arms with a flock of ravens on scarlet surrounding a dead [[weirwood]] upon a black escutcheon.<ref name=Citadel1/> Their words do not appear in the books.

==History==
Blackwoods are an old house in the [[riverlands]], descended of the [[First Men]]. They had been petty kings during the [[Age of Heroes]]. They lost this status when the [[Andals]] came, but still managed to keep many of their cultural legacies including the religion of the [[Old Gods]], being one of the few houses south of the Neck to do so.

They have an old bitter feud against their neighbors the [[House Bracken|Brackens]], coming from the Age of Heroes when both houses ruled as kings. The feud has continued throughout the years, aided by House Bracken's conversion to the [[Faith of the Seven]].<ref name==SSM-Blackwood-feud/> The [[Teats]], [[Battle Valley]], and the village of [[Blackbuckle]] are part of the disputed land. {{ref|aDwD|48}} The feud had abated until Ser [[Otho Bracken]], the Brute of Bracken, slew Lord [[Quentyn Blackwood]] in a [[tournament]] at King's Landing about a century ago. So when Lord Bracken named his son Otho as heir on his deathbed, the Blackwoods were enraged and rekindled the hostilities that carry on to the present day.

Presently, Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] is lord of Raventree Hall, his son and heir is [[Lucas Blackwood]]. At the outbreak of the [[War of the Five Kings]], [[House Blackwood]] was fighting along with rest of the riverlords. After [[Lucas Blackwood]]'s death at the [[Red Wedding]], the current heir's identity remains a question.

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

* Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]], Lord of Raventree Hall.
** [[Brynden Blackwood]], his eldest son and heir.
** {[[Lucas Blackwood]]}, his second son. Slain at the [[Red Wedding]].
** [[Hoster Blackwood]], his third son.
** [[Edmund Blackwood]], his fourth son.
** [[Alyn Blackwood]], his fifth son.
** [[Bethany Blackwood]], his daughter.
** {[[Robert Blackwood]]}, his sixth son.

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

* {[[Alyssa Blackwood]]}, the fourth wife of old [[Lord Walder Frey|Walder Frey]], and mother to five Freys.

===Discrepancy===
Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] tells [[Jaime Lannister]], "Ben [rather than Edmund] is 12 and thirsty for adventure. He could squire for you..." referring to one of his sons. <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Dance with Dragons-Chapter 48|Chapter 48]], Jaime</ref>

{{Blackwood tree}}

===Historical Members===
* [[Mylessa Blackwood]], [[Aegon IV]]'s sixth mistress and mother of [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers]].

==References in the books==
===''Dunk & Egg''===
* Ser [[Dunk|Duncan]] sees the banner of Ser [[Otho Bracken]] and some Blackwoods at the [[Ashford Tourney]], and recalls how three years before Ser Otho slew Lord [[Quentyn Blackwood]] in a tourney, reinvigorating the old feud.{{Ref|THK|''Legends'', ISBN 0-312-86787-5, page 463 of 457-533}}
* Ser [[Steffon Fossoway]] considers convincing Ser Otho or the Blackwoods fighting for Dunk at the trial by seven, but reflects that it'll be impossible to make them fight both on the same side.{{Ref|THK|''Legends'', ISBN 0-312-86787-5, page 510 of 457-533}}
* [[Bennifer Blackwood]], [[Robert Blackwood (209)|Robert Blackwood]], [[Roland Blackwood]], and [[Roger Blackwood]] are listed as participants of the Ashford Tourney.
*Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] boasts that in the past members of important families married Osgreys, citing Blackwoods as one of the examples.
* Septon [[Sefton Staunton|Sefton]] explains that when Lord Bracken dies, Ser Otho Bracken will inherit and the Blackwoods won't suffer him, meaning war. He recalls the current Hand [[Brynden Rivers|Lord Bloodraven]] is half Blackwood, so he is unlikely to stop it.{{Ref|TSS|''Legends II'', ISBN 0-345-45644-0, pages 115-116 of 73-152}}
* When Lord [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]] marched on [[Whitewalls]] to quash the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]]. Among the Riverlords who came in support was Lord Blackwood.

===''A Song of Ice and Fire''===
* When dismissing the idea of recurring to her father's bannermen to deal with the [[Lannister]]s, [[Catelyn Tully]] complains that the Blackwoods and [[House Bracken|Brackens]] are always quarreling. Lord Bracken and Lord Blackwood came to Riverrun when she and [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]] were young to put their feud before Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s judgment.
* After Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] [[Battle of Riverrun|defeated]] the Riverlords and captured Ser [[Edmure Tully]], Lord Tytos led the survivors back to [[Riverrun]]. The duty of defending the castle during the siege fell to him.
* With Lord Tytos gone, Raventree fell to the Lannisters.
* When [[Robb Stark]] [[Battle of the Camps|attacked]] the Lannister army outside Riverrun, Tytos Blackwood led the sortie that attacked their rear and freed Edmure Tully.
* Lord Blackwood and his feathered cloak were seen by Catelyn in the [[godswood]] of Riverrun, praying with her son to the Old Gods after their victory.
* Ser [[Garth Greenfield]] was held captive at Raventree Hall.
* At the war council at Riverrun, Tytos urged to continue fighting the Lannisters and march against [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] at [[Harrenhal]].
* After Robb was proclaimed [[King in the North]], Lord Tytos returned to Raventree Hall and drove out the Lannisters, only to find that his lands had been left a scorched desert.
* Lucas Blackwood was one of the highborn companions of Lady Catelyn Tully in the delegation to King [[Renly Baratheon|King Renly]]'s camp.
* Lord Tytos was among the seven nobles who launched Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s funeral boat.
* Lucas Blackwood was cut down by Ser [[Hosteen Frey]] at the [[Red Wedding]].
* After the Brackens surrendered to the [[Iron Throne]] and were welcomed back to the king's peace they attacked the Blackwoods, who refused to yield along with [[Brynden Tully]] and [[Jason Mallister]].
* Dead soldiers bearing the colors of House Blackwood have washed up on the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother]], they are buried next to their enemies.
* After the [[Siege of Riverrun|surrender]] of Riverrun, Raventree became the last Stark loyalist stronghold. Lord [[Karyl Vance]] recommended that Jaime Lannister go to Raventree Hall and negotiate a peace, since Lord Blackwood was never going to surrender to Lord Bracken. Jaime followed Vance's advice. Tytos grudgingly surrendered, ceding some border land to the Brackens and sending his son Hoster to King's Landing as a hostage. He also recommends that Jaime take a daughter of Lord Jonos Bracken.

==References and Notes==
{{references|2|refs=
<ref name=Citadel1>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/4/ Houses in the Riverlands]</ref>
<ref=SSM-Blackwood-feud>Blackwood-Bracken feud and Coinage, (August 13, 2003) [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/ So Spake Martin]</ref>
}}

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Sansa Stark

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| image = [[File:Sansa Stark by AniaEm.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by Anja Dalisa ©
| Alias = Alayne Stone
| Title = Princess of Winterfell
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
[[House Baelish of Harrenhal]] (as Alayne)
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse = [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|286}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] {{!}} [[A Clash of Kings]] [[A Storm of Swords]] {{!}} [[A Feast for Crows]]
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| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Sophie Turner,Sansa Stark|Sophie Turner]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]
}}

[[File:Sansa Stark and Joffrey Baratheon HBO.png|thumb|350px|Sansa and her prince charming [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]]]
[[File:Sansa Stark HBO.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa pleading for her fathers life, gaining mercy]]
[[File:Ned's execution.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa realise her father is to be executed]]

'''Sansa Stark''' is the elder daughter of [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] and [[Eddard Stark]]. She has three brothers ([[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]) and a younger sister, [[Arya Stark|Arya]]. Sansa Stark is one of the major [[POV Character]] in the books. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], she is played by [[List of actors of the televised series#Sophie Turner,Sansa Stark|Sophie Turner]].

==Character and Appearance==
Sansa is traditionally beautiful, taking after her mother's family ([[House Tully|the Tullys]]) with her high cheekbones, vivid blue eyes and thick auburn hair. She is eleven years old at the start of the series. As she has grown up, her figure has been described as tall, graceful and womanly.{{Ref|aGoT|7}}

Sansa was raised a lady, and possesses the traditional feminine graces of her milieu, with a keen interest in music, poetry, singing, dancing, embroidery, and other traditional feminine activities. Like many girls her age, Sansa is enthralled by song and stories of romance and adventure, particularly those depicting handsome princes, honorable [[knight]]s, chivalry, and love.{{Ref|aGoT|7}} Initially those song and stories were Sansa's vision of the world beyond Winterfell, a world she desperately wishes to experience, but she was later disabused of such innocent romanticized notions.

Sansa relationship with her sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]] is often strained, and the two are opposites in most respects. She was briefly accompanied by a [[direwolf]] pup named [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]]. She is fond of lemoncakes. 

==History==

Sansa is the eldest daughter and second child of [[Catelyn_Stark|Lady Catelyn]] and [[Eddard_Stark|Lord Eddard]] Stark, head of [[House Stark]] and [[Warden of The North|Warden]] of the [[North]]. She was born and raised at [[Winterfell]]. In her eleven years, she learning the duties of a noble daughter and tutored by septa [[Mordane]] in the traditional women arts. Sansa has an younger sister [[Arya Stark|Arya]]. She has an older brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] and two younger brothers [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]]. She has a bastard half-brother [[Jon Snow]].

===''A Game of Thrones''===

With her father's appointment to [[Hand of the King]], Sansa is delighted at the prospect of life at court in [[King's Landing]] and thrilled at her betrothal to the handsome Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]]. On their journey to the capital, Joffrey courts Sansa at his mother's insistence. The two are walking together when they come upon her sister Arya playing at swords with the boy [[Mycah]]. Joffrey draws his sword and threatens Mycah, but Arya fights with him, her direwolf [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]] disarming and superficially wounding him.{{Ref|aGoT|15}} Later recounting the tale to [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]], Arya tells the truth while Joffrey lies, saying that Mycah, Arya, and Nymeria attacked him without provocation. Sansa, not wishing to betray her future husband, lies and refuses to verify either story, pleading that she doesn't remember. [[Cersei Lannister]] uses the opportunity to insist that the direwolf that attacked her son be killed. Arya, having anticipated this, had driven Nymeria away; as a result, to assuage the Queen, Sansa's direwolf Lady is killed instead.{{Ref|aGoT|16}}

In King's Landing, Sansa feuds with her sister, placing the majority of the blame on Arya for her direwolf's death. She remains infatuated with Joffrey, largely overlooking his violent mood swings, and develops a close relationship with Queen Cersei as well. Attending the Tourney celebrating her father's appointment as Hand, she finds many of her notions of knightly valor and chivalry reinforced, seeing the events as worthy of one of her savored stories. She also develops a crush on Loras Tyrell the [[Loras Tyrell|The Knight of Flowers]] when he gives her a red rose she is certain she is living in a romantic song {{Ref|aGoT|20}}.

After her father discovers the truth of Joffrey's parentage and tells his daughters that he is returning them to [[Winterfell]], Sansa, in an act of defiance, runs to the Queen and tells her of her father's plans, pleading that she might be allowed to stay and marry Joffrey. Her doing so unwittingly aids Cersei's plot against her father.{{Ref|aGoT|44}}{{Ref|aGoT|50}} After Lord Eddard's arrest, Sansa is forced to call her father a traitor, she pleads in front of the king and his retainers for mercy. Joffrey, now King after Robert's death, promises to be merciful, but on the steps of Baelor's sept orders Eddard's execution as Sansa helplessly looks on.

Even after Eddard's beheading, Cersei declares that Joffrey should still be [[Marriage|married]] to Sansa upon her flowering. Sansa, now horrified at the prospect and only wanting to return home, nevertheless has no choice but to remain in the deteriorating conditions at Kings Landing, as a hostage, and denounce her father and brother as traitors.

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

Now effectively a hostage in the Red Keep, Sansa armors herself in her lady's courtesies as she dutifully goes through the motions of denouncing her family as traitors and pleading to them for peace. Joffrey frequently orders her to be beaten by his Kingsguard as punishment for actions taken by her brother [[Robb Stark|Robb]] in his rebellion. On one occasion he orders her to be stripped naked at court, and on another he shows her her father's head, which has been placed on a spike on the [[Red Keep]]. This prompts her to consider an attempt to kill him, but the action is prevented by [[Sandor Clegane]], who sees her intention and subtly stops her.

At a tourney celebrating Joffrey's name day, there is only a thin crowd and only a few competitors. She realises she has losts her romantic notions about knightly and courtly love. At the tourney, a knight by the name of Ser [[Dontos Hollard]] disgraces himself by showing up too drunk to compete. Joffrey decides that he should be killed, causing a horrified Sansa to thoughtlessly speaks out. Before Joffrey can lash out at her for contradicting him, Sansa makes up a convincing lie which Sandor Clegane backs up; Sansa also pleads successfully with the king to spare Dontos. A placated Joffrey instead merely strips him of his knighthood and makes him a court fool, as Sansa suggested.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

[[Tyrion Lannister]] treats her with surprising kindness, and his arrival in the city and assumption of the position of acting Hand of the King sees an end to the more overt abuses directed at Sansa. Sansa also develops a unique relationship with Sandor, who despite his brusque words and hideous demeanor treats her gently and refuses to beat her at Joffrey's command. He privately mocks her for her naive nature but also displays sympathy for her predicament. Sandor saves her life during the [[Riot of King's Landing]]. Tyrion panics when he thinks she has been lost during the rioting, when her sworn shield abandons her to save himself.

One night Sansa finds a note in her room, directing her to come to the godswood if she wants to go home. It is from Dontos, who promises that a plan is in place to free her from the Lannisters and bring her to Winterfell. Wary of a trap, she nevertheless agrees to Dontos's promise, who in turn counsels patience and perseverence.{{Ref|aCoK|19}} Feigning a newfound piety to the Old Gods, Sansa makes frequent trips to the Godswood to meet with Dontos, at first seeing him as a gallant rescuer who seeks redemption for the shame he brought upon himself, though she eventually comes to doubt his competence.

As [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s army approached the city, Sansa experienced her first flowering, making her officially a woman.{{Ref|aCoK|52}} During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] Sansa takes refuge with many of the other ladies of the court in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], where she remains strong and attempts to calm many of the other frightened women, despite the bitter and cynical words of Cersei, who spends her time there being cynical, catty and drinking heavily before storming out. After the battle Sandor Clegane, who had been broken during the fighting, drunkenly offers to take Sansa with him as he flees the city. She refuses, and he makes her sing for him at knifepoint.{{Ref|aCoK|62}}

After the Lannister victory, it is announced that Sansa's betrothal to Joffrey is at an end, for the Crown's alliance with [[House Tyrell]] includes a marriage pact between Joffrey and [[Margaery Tyrell]]. Joffrey assures her that he will still get to have her sexually, as a king can take whomever he wants to bed. Sansa remains in King's Landing, still a hostage to the Lannisters, even as Dontos assures her that the plan to get her home is still in place after the wedding, also gaving her a hairnet adorned with purple amethysts.{{Ref|aCoK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Flawed by algesiras.jpg|thumb|351px|Sansa wedding]]
[[File:Sansa_by_akizhao.jpg|thumb|350px|Sansa as Alayne Stone, in the gardens at the [[Eyrie]], Art by Akizhao]]

Sansa is asked to sup with [[Margaery Tyrell]] and her grandmother [[Olenna Redwyne]]. She is escorted to dinner by Loras who takes her breath away with his beauty and compliments. She refers back to the rose he gave her at the tourney in honour of her father, but he appears to have forgotten her and the rose. She tries to draw out further small talk, inadvertently offending Loras by saying it must be hard for his sister that [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] died, not realising of course that they were lovers. Loras drops her off at dinner, where she is warmly welcomed by the Tyrell women. At dinner, Olenna tries to find out more about Joffery, with some coaxing and the arrangement of a distraction to prevent any spies from overhearing, Sansa confesses to them that Joffrey is a monster and begs Margaery not to marry him. Margaery insists that she will be safe with her brother [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]]'s addition to the [[Kingsguard]], and brushes off the concerns. The Tyrell women raise the possibility of Sansa being freed from King's Landing and taken to [[Highgarden]] to be married to the Tyrell heir [[Willas Tyrell|Willas]]. Willis is crippled, but kind, intelligent, and capable. Sansa readily agrees, anxious to be free of the Lannisters, and becomes friends with Margaery for a time.{{Ref|aSoS|6}}

She shares with Dontos the Tyrell plot, and Dontos advises her against it, fearfully noting that the Tyrells are not as gentle as they seem. Sansa, frustrated with the apparent lack of progress in Dontos's own supposed plans, disregards his warnings. However, he tells his employer [[Petyr Baelish]] of the plot, who in turn informs the Lannisters. Not wishing to lose their hostage, [[Tywin Lannister]] acts quickly to marry Sansa to [[Tyrion Lannister]] against the wishes of both parties. Sansa, now thirteen, does her best to hide her feelings toward her disfigured dwarf husband, remaining courteous to him despite her disgust with his physical appearance. Tyrion does not require that she consummate the marraige, for which Sansa is grateful, particularly after learning of her brother and mother's death in the [[Red Wedding]].

Dontos insists that Sansa wear a specific hairnet to the wedding between Joffrey and Margaery, which she does. When Joffrey chokes and dies at his own wedding feast, Sansa flees and meets with Dontos, who escorts her to a boat that takes her to a ship, where [[Petyr Baelish]] greets her. Baelish explains to Sansa that Joffrey's death was due to a poison that had been smuggled into the feast in the disguise of one of the amythests on her hairnet, and shares with Sansa some of the details of the plot between himself and Oleanna Redwyne to kill Joffrey. Littlefinger also has Dontos killed and dumped overboard, explaining that while he had played his part well, a drunk such as Dontos could never be entrusted to keep such sensitive information secret for long.

Taking Sansa with him to his meager personal holdings, the original 'little finger' of land in the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], Baelish dyes Sansa's hair black and coaches her on a story to pass her off as his bastard daughter Alayne Stone, so as to avoid detection, since Sansa was wanted as Tyrion's accomplice in connection with Joffrey's death. On the Fingers, Sansa's aunt [[Lysa Arryn]] meets with them and weds Petyr. After the wedding, the three travel to her seat at the [[Eyrie]]. There Sansa is reavealed to Lysa as her niece and Lysa agrees to assist in the coverup providing her with hair dye to colour her most obvious Tully feature, her auburn hair. Lysa also proses a match for Sansa and her sickly son Robert, Sansa is appalled by this, but keeps her true feelings to herself. She finds herself having to comfort young Robert, who is no longer able to share his mother's bed, since Petyr is in it. Robert frequently crawls into her bed and she is disgusted by his shaking sickness, which often leads him to wet her bed. Increasingly resembling a grown woman, finds herself prey to the sexual advances of Lysa's bard [[Marillion]], whom she denies.

Sansa is homesick in the Eyrie. When snow falls in the courtyard where the godwood wouldn't grow, she prepares an elaborate snow fort, which eventually takes the shape of Winterfell. She is surprised when Lord Baelish helps her and kisses her. Before she has time to digest, Robert comes out and destroys the castle which upsets her even more, she rips his doll and he goes into a shaking spell. It turns out that Lysa witnessed the kiss and in a fit of jealous rage attempts to kill Sansa by shoving her out the [[Moon Door]]. Littlefinger arrives in time to intervene, and shoves Lysa out the Moon Door to her death, framing Marillion for the murder and involving Sansa in the cover-up.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
After Lysa's death Sansa becomes the de facto mistress of the Eyrie, comforting her sickly young cousin Lord [[Robert Arryn|Robert]] while being tutored by Lord Baelish in some of the finer points of courtly intrigue. When [[Lyn Corbray]] draws his sword during a parlay between Petyr and the [[Lords Declarant]], and Baelish leverages the breach of etiquette to demand a trial period of regency over the little Lord Robert, Sansa correctly surmises that Corbray is under Baelish's employ, which Baelish confirms. Petyr reveals his plans to Sansa for eventual marriage to the Arryn heir after Robert, [[Harrold Hardyng]], and an eventual plan to reveal her true identity and to reclaim Winterfell in her name.

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Daenerys Targaryen

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name= [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|left]]'''Daenerys Targaryen''' [[File:House_Targaryen_crest.PNG|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:Daenerys.jpg|300px]]
| Played_by = Emilia Clarke
| image_caption = Daenerys Targaryen with Dragons, by Amoka©
| Alias = Dany Daenerys Stormborn The Unburnt Mother of Dragons Mother Mysha The Silver Queen Silver Lady
| Title = Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms ''Khaleesi'' of the Great Grass Sea Breaker of Shackles/Chains Queen of Meereen Princess of Dragonstone
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Valyria]]
| Spouse = [[Khal Drogo]] 1st [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] 2nd
| Place_of_Birth= [[Dragonstone]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|284}}
| Place_of_Death=
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]] {{!}} [[A Clash of Kings]] [[A Storm of Swords]] {{!}} [[A Feast for Crows]] [[A Dance with Dragons]]
| Played_by = [[w:Emilia Clarke|Emilia Clarke]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]{{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]
}}

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

'''Daenerys Targaryen''', known as '''Daenerys Stormborn''' or '''Dany''', is the last confirmed member of the ancient [[House Targaryen|Targaryen Dynasty]] and one of the primary [[POV Character|POV characters]] in the book series. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]], Daenerys is played by Emilia Clarke.<ref name=hbo/>

==Character and Appearance==
Daenerys is young woman, just coming into womanhood. She is small of stature and very beautiful. She has fair skin and her [[Targaryen]] family silver-blonde hair and [[purple eyes]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

In her youth, Daenerys was a little frightened girl with little self confidence, meek and malleable. She knew no life other than one of exile, dependent and in fear from her brother Viserys, who was often a cruel, abusive companion, prone to mood swings and fits of violence. His abiding obsession with regaining the crown that he felt was his by birthright instilled in Daenerys a similar belief that reclaiming the Seven Kingdoms was the paramount goal of her life. Her marriage to [[Khal Drogo]] was a turning point for her, adapting to life in the khalasar was harsh, Yet slowly she strengthened and blossom into a strong and confident young woman, a true leader of the khalasar.

==History==
Daenerys is the only daughter and youngest child of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] and his sister-wife Queen, [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. Daenerys was conceived during the last month of [[Robert's Rebellion]] that that would ultimately end her family's reign over the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Her father died during the [[Sack of King's Landing]] before she was even born and her mother died giving birth to her. Daenerys was born on Dragonstone, the family ancestral seat, where her mother and brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] were sent, for safekeeping. On the night of her birth a great storm raged. For this reason she is sometimes called 'Daenerys Stormborn'.

By that time the war was lost, [[Robert Baratheon]] had claimed the throne, leaving Daenerys and her older brother, Viserys, the only living Targaryen heirs. The garrison at Dragonstone decided to surrender and turn them over to the rebels for their lives, but before they could act on this plan, Ser [[Willem Darry]] Darry and several other loyal retainers rescued the children and smuggled them into exile, in the [[Braavos|Free City of Braavos]]. In Braavos, they lived in a house with a red door. Ser Willem was old and sickly, but he treated Daenerys kindly. After his death several years later, the servants drove Daenerys and Viserys from the house. Daenerys wept as they were forced out, and the house with the red door became her symbol for the childhood she had never known. {{Ref|aGoT|3}}

Viserys and Daenerys considered themselves the rightful rulers of Seven Kingdoms: King Viserys III, and his heiress-presumptive Princess of Dragonstone, Daenerys. In the years that followed, she and Viserys wandered the nine [[Free Cities]] trying to raise support to retake the [[Iron Throne]], which earned Viserys the mocking title of ''The Beggar King''. Which they eventually find in the [[Pentos|Free City of Pentos]], in the for of a rich and powerful magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]] who invites them to stay in his manse, offering help to reclaim [[Iron Throne|their throne]].{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

==Recent Events==
[[File:Daenerys and handmaidens.png|200px|thumb|left|Daenerys and her handmaidens Doreah and Irri ([[Game of Thrones|Tv]])]]

===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Viserys Daenerys Targaryen hbo.jpg|thumb|300px|Daenerys and her brother [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] complicated relation]]
[[File:Moon of my life by celestialfrost.jpg|thumb|300px|Moon of my life, Daenerys and her [[Drogo|husband]], Art by Celestialfrost©]]
[[File:GOT_tvseries_Daenerys.png|300px|thumb|Daenerys and [[Jorah Mormont]] defender and companion]]
[[File:Daenerys targareyen by teiiku.jpg|thumb|300px|Daeny in the flames, birth of her [[dragon]]s, Art by TeiIku©]]
[[File:Dany dragon.jpg|thumb|300px|Dany [[Dragons]] growing strong]]

In the [[Pentos|Free City of Pentos]], Illyrio and [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] arranged to marry the thirteen-year-old Daenerys to [[Khal Drogo]], a great leader among the [[Dothraki]] people. Viserys had hoped to then use the thousands of men in Drogo's ''[[khalasar]]'' to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Despite Daenerys's fear and apprehension, she had no choice but to accept her brother's will and wed Drogo. At her wedding, the exiled knight, [[Jorah Mormont]], pledged his service to Daenerys. He eventually became her closest companion.{{Ref|aGoT|3}} Two of Daenerys's wedding gifts were a magnificent [[The Silver|silver filly]] and a set of three petrified [[Dragon|dragon eggs]]. She is also gifted with three handmaids [[Doreah]], [[Irri]] and [[Jhiqui]].{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

At first, Daenerys was terrified of her husband Drogo and the Dothraki, but she came to love her husband and lose her fear not only of the Dothraki, but of her brother as well. Drogo took Daenerys east to [[Vaes Dothrak]], in the heart of the [[Dothraki Sea]], to present her to the [[dosh khaleen]] as his new bride. By the time they arrived, Daenerys, now fourteen, was pregnant with Drogo's child.{{Ref|aGoT|23}} She took part in the [[stallion heart]] ceremony. The dosh khaleen prophesied that her son would be "the stallion that mounts the world," a long-prophesied Dothraki conqueror that would lead the Dothraki to glory, conquering and uniting the world behind him.{{Ref|aGoT|46}}

Meanwhile, Viserys grows increasingly impatient for the promised aid to restore him to the throne, demanding that Drogo help him invade Westeros; Drogo responded to Viserys' demands with public humiliation, and when Viserys tried to browbeat his sister into coercing her husband, Daenerys, emboldened by her authority as ''Khaleesi'', refused to let her brother bully her into obeying. During a drunken rage, Viserys breaks Dothraki law by drawing a blade in the holy city, inciting Khal Drogo to "crown" him by dumping a pot of molten gold over his head, killing him.{{Ref|aGoT|46}} Making Daenerys the last Targaryen.

With Viserys' death, Drogo became disinterested in invading [[Westeros]]. However, this changed when an assassin attempted to poison Daenerys by selling her a cask of poisoned wine. The attempt only fails due to the intervention of [[Jorah Mormont]]. Khal Drogo is enraged when he learns of the death threat on his wife and son and vows to invade Westeros in vengeance, something no Khal has ever done before. The Khalasar continues east and pillages foreign lands, for slaves to sell for ships so they could make the crossing to Westeros.{{Ref|aGoT|61}}

During one such raid of [[Lhazareen]] town, Daenerys sees a young girl [[Eroeh]] being raped by riders and orders her men to stop the rape and save the girl. She also stops the rapes of several other captives and takes them under her protection. She makes Eroeh another one of her handmaids. When Daenerys gave the command that no more rapes were to happen, Ser Jorah looked at her and said...

{{Quote|''“You are your brother’s sister, in truth.”'' - Jorah Mormont ''“Viserys?”'' - Dany. ''"No,”'' he answered. ''“Rhaegar.”'' <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 61|Chapter 61]], Daenerys</ref>}}

In the raid Drogo was wounded, and Daenerys instructs one of the newly captured slaves, a Lhazareen priestess, a maegi, named [[Mirri Maz Duur]], she saved from being rape and possible murder at the hands of Drogo's men, to treat the wound. The wound festered though and Drogo soon became too weak to ride.{{Ref|aGoT|61}} Daenerys begged Mirri to save her husband, ignoring the consequence of [[Magic|blood magic]] The rite went ahead, however the maegi betrays her, leaving Drogo a brain-dead husk and slaying Rhaego in the womb.{{Ref|aGoT|64}} Daenerys ends Drogo's life herself and is abandoned by most of his ''khalasar''.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

She orders Mirri Maz Duur burned on Drogo's funeral pyre and enters the flames herself with her dragon eggs. The resulting magic restores life to the eggs, from which three [[dragon|dragons]] hatch, the first to be born in the known world for centuries. Daenerys emerges unharmed and is called ''The Unburnt'' and ''Mother of Dragons''. She names her dragons [[Viserion]], [[Rhaegal]] and [[Drogon]], after her two dead brothers and late husband respectively. Three warriors of her late husband's remaining ''khalasar'', [[Aggo]], [[Jhogo]] and [[Rakharo]] then swear themselves to Daenerys as her [[bloodrider|bloodriders]], and she becomes the first female Dothraki leader, a ''[[khaleesi]]'' in her own right.{{Ref|aGoT|72}}

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

Daenerys decided to follow a red star that appeared in the sky, following the ritual that gave birth to her dragons. Daenerys and what little remains of Drogo's ''khalasar'' wander in the direction of the star to a desolate area known as the [[Red Waste]] where they find an ancient, abandoned city, which Daenerys names [[Vaes Tolorro]]. There they recover from the deadly ravages of the desert while Daenerys sends out scouts in all directions. One scout returns with three emissaries from the great city of [[Qarth]]. Daenerys accompanies them to Qarth, where she learns of King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s death and the war in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She tries to secure aid from the merchant emissary [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] in conquering [[Westeros]], but the merchants of Qarth are only interested in obtaining her dragons. {{Ref|aCoK|12}}{{Ref|aCoK|27}}

Daenerys turns to one of the other emissaries, a [[warlocks|warlock]] called [[Pyat Pree]]. Against the judgment of her friends and counselors, she agrees to visit the warlock's leaders, the [[House of the Undying|Undying Ones]], in their hall, the [[House of the Undying]]. After viewing several mysterious portents and hearing vague prophecies, Daenerys realizes that the warlocks are plotting against her, and she destroys the House of the Undying with the aid of [[Drogon]]. With nowhere else to turn, Daenerys considers the suggestions of the third emissary, the masked woman [[Quaithe]] of [[Asshai]], that she must go further east to conquer the west.{{Ref|aCoK|48}}

After the incident in the house of the Undying the warlocks conspired to see her dead. Daenerys seeking passage out of Qarth visited the docks, where she notices that two men she does not recognize are following her and [[Jorah Mormont|Ser Jorah]]. Daenerys becomes distracted and is off her guard when a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] assassin tries to poison her with a [[manticore]]. One of her mysterious followers intercedes and knocks the manticore away just in time to thwart the murder. The two men introduce themselves as agents sent by [[Illyrio Mopatis|Magister Illyrio]]. One of them, a huge eunuch and former pit fighter called [[Belwas|Strong Belwas]], was to be her bodyguard. The one who saved her life was Belwas's squire, an older Westerosi man called [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]]. Along with the two men, Illyrio has sent three merchant ships to transport Dany and her people to [[Pentos]]. Instead of returning to Pentos, however, Daenerys claims the three ships and their cargo for her own.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Several days into the trip, Ser [[Jorah]] convinced Daenerys to go to [[Astapor]], one of the great [[slave]] cities of [[Slaver's Bay]], to purchase [[Unsullied]] so she could return to [[Illyrio]] with an army at her back. He also kissed her and professed his love for her.{{Ref|aSoS|9}} Once in [[Astapor]], Daenerys began to have doubts about using slaves, still she agrees to purchases an army of every Unsullied in the ciry in exchange for her Dragon [[Drogon]]. She is given a slave [[Missandei]] as a gift from the Good Masters. Dany accepts, but she then frees [[Missandei]]. Dany tells Missandei that she can leave Dany's service whenever she wishes, but Missandei remains close and loyal to Dany.

After taking control of the Unsullied, Dany reclaims [[Drogon]] and commands him to use his fires against the Astapori leaders. She then uses the Unsullied to [[Sack of Astapor|conquer the city]]. After the fighting, she proclaims all Astapori slaves free, including her Unsullied, giving her the name ''Breaker of Shackles'', or ''Breaker of Chains''. The Unsullied and many new [[Freedmen]] choose to follow her in her future battles. After forming a council to rule Astapor, she sets out for the next great slave city [[Yunkai]].{{Ref|aSoS|27}}

[[Yunkai]] hires two sellsword companies, the [[Stormcrows]] and the [[Second Sons]], in addition to conscripting a force of some four thousand slave soldiers. Daenerys parleys with the captains of the companies, hoping to convince them to switch sides. Her arguments convince one of the Stormcrows' commanders, [[Daario Naharis]], to assassinate his colleagues and pledge the company to Daenerys. To the Second Sons, Daenerys offers a great store of wine as tribute then [[Battle of Yunkai|attacks]] them in the night while they are drunk and sleeping. With the Stormcrows' betrayal and the Second Sons' drunkenness, Yunkai's [[slave]] army is unable to withstand Daenerys's Unsullied. The entire Yunkish army is slain, captured, or put to flight, and Yunkai surrenders a few days later.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Daenerys next made for [[Meereen]], the last of the great slave cities. Near Meereen, Daenerys is nearly killed by the [[Mero|Titan's Bastard]], the former captain of the Second Sons. [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]] slays the Bastard, and finally reveals his true identity as [[Barristan Selmy]], a famous knight of her father's [[Kingsguard]] who had served the Usurper [[Robert Baratheon]] after the end of the Rebellion. He claims to have seen the error of his ways and to seeking her out as the true heir to the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Selmy also reveals that [[Jorah Mormont]], still Daenerys's trusted right arm, has been sending reports on her actions to the spymaster in [[King's Landing]], [[Varys|Lord Varys]], hoping for a pardon from [[Robert Baratheon|King Robert]]. Daenerys feels betrayed by each of them, though both fervently wish to atone for their actions. During her [[Siege of Meereen]], she sends them on a covert suicide mission through the sewers, half hoping that they will die in the attempt. The mission succeeds and wins the city with minimal blood. Barristan humbly submits to his Queen's judgment and is forgiven. [[Jorah]] stubbornly continues to insist that he had done nothing wrong, and Daenerys is forced to banish him from her service, despite her desire to pardon him.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

Having captured [[Meereen]], Dany turns her eyes toward [[Westeros]]. Through talks with Barristan about her homeland and it's history, however, she learns that there is much she does not know about ruling. Upon hearing that Astapor and Yunkai cannot maintain the peace she had hoped to bring, she resolves to bring order to [[Slaver's Bay]] before leaving it behind. By this time, she is close on seventeen years.

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Tales told by sailors reach [[Westeros]], dragons in [[Asshai]], dragons in [[Qarth]], dragons in [[Meereen]], [[Dothraki]] dragons, dragons freeing [[slave]]s … each telling differs from the last, but only in details. All speak of [[dragons]], and a beautiful young queen. {{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Daenerys_by_carrie_best.jpg|300px|thumb|Daenerys in a [[Qartheen]] Dress, Art by Carrie Best©]]

Dany struggles as ruler of [[Meereen]], mainly due to the constant threats surrounding her. A portion of Meereen's former slaving families who call themselves the [[Sons of the Harpy]] fight a shadow war with her followers, attacking lone freedmen or [[Unsullied]] in the black of night and drawing a harpy nearby with the man's blood.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} The sons have also scrawled graffiti on the walls of Meereen in blood promising a death to the families of any who serve the Dragon Queen. In Meereen, men traditionally wear their oiled black and red hair in varying shapes in homage to [[Ghis|Ghiscari]] culture. The Meereenese who now serve Dany shave their heads, symbolizing the abandonment of old Meereen to serve the new. These men are known as [[Shavepates]], and are led by [[Skahaz mo Kandaq]], known as ''the Shavepate''. Another of her Meereenese councilors is the seneschal, [[Reznak mo Reznak]].

Three fighting companies were also formed by Daenerys, their members comprised from her freeman. The company names are [[Mother's Men]]; The Company of the [[Free Brothers]]; and the [[Stalwart Shields]]. They have been receiving their training in arms from [[Grey Worm]].

Daenery's dragons have grown wilder, hunting sheep and livestock. Eventually a petitioner comes to her, presenting the bones of his six-year-old girl daughter "[[Hazzea]]", claiming the "[[Drogon|winged shadow]]" had killed her.{{Ref|aDwD|2}} Prompted by this, Dany has her Unsullied capture the dragons using nets and chains and lock them below ground to prevent any more such killings. In a closed fighting pit, [[Viserion]] and [[Rhaegal]] are captured (though several Unsullied lose their lives in the process), but Drogon escapes and disappears. During this time, she has a vision of [[Quaithe]] that offers her prophetic advice, most specifically warning her not to trust her seneschal.{{Ref|aDwD|11}}

Daenerys has enemies outside Meereen as well as in. Since she ended the slave trade in [[Slaver's Bay]], several of the [[Free Cities]] that rely upon the slave trade of the slave cities to fuel their economy have promised help to the [[Yunkai]] to bring her down. Yunkai has hired sellsword legions such as the [[Long Lances]], the [[Company of the Cat]] and the [[Windblown]]. Legions have also arrived from [[New Ghis]]. The Yunkai host first takes [[Astapor]] from [[Cleon|Cleon the Butcher King]], its most recent ruler, and puts thousands of its inhabitants to the sword or sends them again into slavery.{{Ref|aDwD|25}} An escaped rider who managed to flee in the confusion of the siege brings word of this to Dany in Meereen. Unfortunately word is not the only thing he brings, as he is infected with the [[bloody flux]].{{Ref|aDwD|30}} Several other Astapori citizens flee to Meereen, bringing the disease with them.

The merchant emissary [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] arrives from [[Qarth]] bearing a gift of thirteen ships in exchange for Dany's abandon of Slaver's Bay and departure for [[Westeros]]. Dany wishes to go, but the thirteen ships are not enough to take her entire army of Unsullied, Dothraki, sellswords and freedmen. The Shavepates beg her not to go. If she does, they who served her and their families will die by the Sons of the Harpy. She refuses Xaro, which prompts [[Qarth]] to join the Yunkai against her.{{Ref|aDwD|16}} Deaths of freedmen and Unsullied continue to grow nightly, and several former freed slave women are raped by the Sons of the Harpy before having their throats slit open. Daenerys takes the children of several Meereenese families of dubious loyalty as [[Cupbearers of Daenerys Targaryen|Cupbearers]] in name, but hostages in truth in hopes that would stop the killing. The killings only continue though and Daenerys refuses to harm the child hostages. In despair and loneliness, Dany takes [[Daario Naharis]] as a lover. A plan is put to her by the [[Graces|Meereenese priestess]], the Green Grace [[Galazza Galare]], suggesting that Dany should wed the Meereenese noble [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] to bring peace. Dany agrees, on the condition that Hizdahr can promise her 90 days of peace. Hizdahr agrees.{{Ref|aDwD|23}} [[Ben Plumm|Brown Ben Plumm]], captain of the [[Second Sons]], learns that Dany can no longer control her dragons, and takes his company go over to the Yunkai.

At this point, [[Quentyn Martell]] of [[Dorne]] arrives to make a marriage claim, but is rejected because Dany has already promised to wed Hizdahr. After Hizdahr zo Loraq succeeds at keeping his promise, Dany weds him.{{Ref|aDwD|43}} Under his direction, Dany, much to her disgust, suggests peace terms with Yunkai. She promises if they leave Meereen and don't enslave any of the former slaves she freed, she won't disrupt the slave trade of Slaver's Bay any further. The Yunkai agree.{{Ref|aDwD|50}} To mark the occasion, the [[fighting pits]] are reopened and several gladiators (who freely agreed to compete) battle in the arena of [[Daznak's Pit]]. During the event, Drogon appears, drawn to the screams of the crowd and the smell of death. He kills a boar in the arena, but is then attacked by the animal handler [[Harghaz]]. Dany, seeing her "child" in pain, runs out in the arena to him as she sees other pit fighters going to kill the dragon. Dany manages to mount the dragon and ride him out of the arena.{{Ref|aDwD|52}} Many in Meereen suspect that she is dead.{{Ref|aDwD|55}} She is alive with Drogon, however, thousands of leagues away. She and her dragon are eventually discovered by the ''khalasar'' of [[Jhaqo|Khal Jhaqo]].{{Ref|aDwD|71}}

==Family==
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==References and Notes==
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Qarth

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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Qarth
| image = [[File:Qarth HBO.jpg|350px]]
| settlement_type= Mercantile, Port, city-state
| location = [[Essos]]
| seat = [[Pureborn]]
| seat_type = Oligarchy
| religion = Mixed [[Religion]]s
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| places = [[House of the Undying]], [[Hall of a Thousand Thrones]], Temple of Memory, The triple walls of Qarth
| organizations = [[Thirteen]], [[Tourmaline Brotherhood]], [[Ancient Guild of Spicers]], [[Sorrowful Men]], [[Warlocks]]
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[[File:Qarth Walls HBO.jpg|thumb|350px|Qarth city walls]]

'''Qarth''' is an ancient port city located on the south coast of the [[Essos]] continent. Situated in a central location, Qarth is a gateway of commerce and culture between the east and west, and the north and south.{{Ref|aCoK|27}} Brimming with wealth, the city's architecture makes a grand display. It is home to [[warlocks]] and merchant princes, and nominally ruled by the [[Pureborn]], however the powerful guilds [[Thirteen]], [[Tourmaline Brotherhood]] and the [[Ancient Guild of Spicers]] all attempt to play a role in the governance of the city. On entering Qarth [[Daenerys]] thinks to herself that the magnificence of the city cannot be denied.

==The city==
It is nominally ruled by the [[Pureborn]], Seated in the [[Hall of a Thousand Thrones]]. They deal with all matters of civic importance, commanding the 'Civic Guard' and the fleet of ornate war galleys which rule the straits between the seas. However, the powerful guilds [[Thirteen]], [[Tourmaline Brotherhood]] and the [[Ancient Guild of Spicers]] all attempt to play a role in the governance of the city.

Qarth located to the southeast of [[Lhazar]] and the [[Red Waste]], with the great slaver cities [[Meereen]], [[Astapor]], and [[Yunkai]] to the west. On the shores of the [[Jade Sea]] controlling the straits that link the [[Summer Sea]] to the fabled [[Jade Sea]], Its position makes it the gateway between the lands of [[Westeros]], [[Free Cities]] and [[Slaver's Bay]], and more eastern lands such as [[Asshai]], the [[Shadow Lands]], and [[Yi Ti]].

Having been at the crucial point for centuries, Qarth is brimming with wealth, the city's architecture makes a grand display. Its buildings painted in shades of rose, violet, and umber. Its streets are lined with bronze statues, its fountains carved to form the shapes of fantastic creatures, and its thoroughfares lined with arches of bronze decorated in precious stones. It has one of the greatest ports in the world, it is sheltered harbor full of colors, with large stone quays reserved for the ships of the various trade guilds and at the far end of the harbor are the quays left for the ships that come from a far.{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

Winesinks, warehouses, gaming dens, cheap brothels, and temples to peculiar gods all cluster together. All manner of people from cutpurses and cutthroats to spellsellers and momeychangers mingle amongst folk hawking their wares at the waterfront that acts like a massive never-closing marketplace where goods (usually stolen) can be had at a fraction of what they cost at a bazaar.{{Ref|aCoK|63}}

* '''Defences''', Qarth surrounded by three walls of thirty, forty, and fifty feet in height, respectively engraved with portraits of animals, war, and lovemaking. The outer wall is made of sandstone, the middle wall of grey granite and the inner wall of black marble. The outer gates are banded with copper, the middle with iron and the innermost gates studded with golden eyes. The city's buildings, are of many different colors, including rose, violet, and umber. Slender towers rise throughout the city and fountains adorn every square. There is a great arcade where the heroes of the city stand three times as large as they did in life atop columns of green and white marble.{{Ref|aCoK|27}} The three walls of Qarth have not been used for defense in centuries, but they still stand, representing the power of the city. The triple walls of Qarth is one of the nine wonders made by man reported in the book, ''[[Wonders Made by Man]]'', by [[Lomas Longstrider]]{{Ref|aDwD|57}}

* '''[[House of the Undying]]''', also known colloquially as the 'Palace of Dust', was the center of power for the [[warlocks]] of Qarth. It was destroyed by a dragon belonging to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]. After its destruction, ghost grass was found growing in the 'Garden of Gehane' and phantom tortoises were seen carrying messages between the windowless houses on Warlock's Way.{{Ref|aCoK|63}}

* '''[[Hall of a Thousand Thrones]]''', The seat of government in Qarth. The [[Pureborn]] rule from this place, sitting atop their wooden chairs, rising in curved tiers. It has marble floors and a high-domed ceiling painted with past events from Qarth's history. The chairs are large, carved and gilded with goldwork, lapis, onyx, jade and amber. No two are the same.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}

* Temple of Memory, It is the site of traditional sacrifices.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}

==The People of Qarth==
The Qartheen are a tall and pale people, called the '[[Milk Men]]' by the [[Dothraki]] for their complexion.{{Ref|aCoK|27}} They pride themselves on their sophistication and consider weeping in times of strong emotion to be a mark of civilization. The Qartheen fashion for women leaves one breast exposed, while men favor beaded silk skirts. They seat themselves on cushions on the floor. {{Ref|aCoK|27}} Wealthy merchant of Qarth sometimes place jewels in their nose {{Ref|aCoK|12}}

Warriors of Qarth wear scaled, copper armor and snouted-helms with copper tusks and long, black silk plumes and some of its guards ride camels.{{Ref|aCoK|27}}

===Marriage===
:{{See also|Marriage}}
Husbands and wives retain their possessions after marriage, however there is a marriage custom on the day of the wedding. A groom may ask for any one item from his brides possessions and the bride may ask for any one item of the grooms possessions. Whatever is asked by either cannot be refused and is considered to now belong to the other. This is seen as a gift of devotion by the bride and groom to each other.{{Ref|aCoK|40}}

===The Undying of Qarth===
Qarth is most famous for its [[warlocks]], known as the Undying of Qarth, who are feared and respected throughout the East. Like the [[Alchemists' Guild]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], however, the [[warlocks]]' power and prestige have waned over the years. Most warlocks have blue lips. They drink [[shade of the evening|shade-of-the-evening]], which makes their lips turn blue. The center of the warlocks power comes from the [[House of the Undying]].{{Ref|aCoK|27}}

There is a saying in Qarth concerning the [[warlocks]],

{{Quote|''"A warlock's house is built of bones and lies."''{{Ref|aCoK|27}}}}

===Sorrowful Men===
Qarth is also home to a guild of assassins known as the [[Sorrowful Men]], who whisper, "I am so sorry," just before they kill their victims.{{Ref|aCoK|40}} The Qartheen are nothing if not polite.
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==References and Notes==
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Jorah Mormont

2012-03-29T16:07:47Z

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| Title = Ser
| Allegiance = [[House Mormont]]
[[Daenerys Targaryen]]
[[Second Sons]]
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| Culture = [[Bear Island]]
| Spouse = 1st, Unknown [[House Glover|Glover]]
2nd, [[Lynesse Hightower]]
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| 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 =
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[[A Clash of Kings]]
[[A Storm of Swords]]
[[A Feast for Crows]]
[[A Dance with Dragons]]
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| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]
}}

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 trading in slaves, and entered the service of the last [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]]. He becomes one of the most trusted companions of [[Daenerys Targaryen]].

==Appearance==
Jorah is middled-aged big man.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 8|Chapter 8]], page 77, Daenerys</ref> He is balding, but still strong and fit.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Chapter 42]], page 388, Daenerys</ref> He is swarthy and very hairy.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 42|Chapter 42]], page 388, Daenerys</ref> Daenerys considers him not particularly handsome.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], Chapter 23, Daenerys</ref>

==History==
When Jorah matured, his [[Jeor Mormont|father]] joined the [[Night's Watch]] in order to give Jorah the lordship of [[House Mormont]]. Jorah's first wife, a member of [[House Glover]], miscarried three times and died after the third during their nearly ten years of marriage. Jorah fought in the [[Greyjoy Rebellion]] and received a knighthood for his bravery, being one of the first men through the breach during the siege of Pyke. After a [[Tourney at Lannisport|tournament]] held in [[Lannisport]] to celebrate the victory, he met [[Lynesse Hightower]] and was immediately smitten by her, asking to wear her favor in the tournament. He won an improbable victory and named her [[Queen of Love and Beauty]]. That night, he asked Lord [[Leyton Hightower|Leyton]] for her hand, and he acquiesced. They were happy until they got back to his keep on [[Bear Island]], which Lynesse considered a miserable hovel. He spent large sums of money trying to keep her happy and ended up penniless. In order to raise funds he sold a few poachers to some [[Tyrosh|Tyroshi]] slavers. This was a crime in the North, which led [[Eddard Stark]] to condemn him to death. Rather than join his father in taking the black or dying, Jorah fled to [[Lys]] with Lynesse, where he tried to make his living as a sellsword. He was unable to provide for Lynesse, and she soon left him while he was fighting the [[Braavos]]i on the [[Rhoyne]].<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 12|Chapter 12]], page 119, Daenerys</ref>

==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.]]

In Pentos, [[Viserys Targaryen]] noticed Jorah at the party celebrating the engagement of his sister, [[Daenerys Targaryen]], to [[Khal Drogo]] and took him into his service. Hoping to earn a royal pardon, Jorah secretly reported all of the Targaryens' movements to [[Varys]]. He was present at Viserys "crowning" and urged Daenerys to look away before her brother's death occured. Jorah began to admire Daenerys courage and stopped the assassination attempt upon Daenerys by a wineseller. He stayed loyal to her when Khal [[Drogo]] was near death and slew the Khal's Bloodrider [[Qotho]] in single combat. He was present at the birth of her Dragons and swore her his sword and claimed her as his Queen.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Jorah began to fall in love with the beautiful young Daenerys and eventually stopped sending reports.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 71|Chapter 71]], Daenerys</ref> He sent his last report from [[Qarth]]. He visited the docks on her behest and attempted to find a ship to take them to [[Westeros]]. An attempt is made on Daenerys' life by a [[Sorrowful Men]] assassin but is thwarted by an unknown stranger. The stranger introduces himself as [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]] along with [[Strong Belwas]] who came on behest from [[Illyrio Mopatis]] to take them all back to [[Pentos]]. They brought three ships with them. Jorah, however, is distrustful of Whitebeard.

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Ser Jorah finally made his move on Daenerys, kissing her when they were alone in the Cabin of the ship. He proclaimed his love repeatedly and suggested that they marry, but she always refused. It was Jorah who suggested they sail for Slavers bay to buy [[Unsullied]]. He commanded her army to victory against the [[Yunkai]].

When "Arstan Whitebeard" was revealed to be [[Barristan Selmy]], he revealed Jorah's early betrayal to Daenerys. Ser Jorah pleaded with his queen for forgiveness, and Daenerys decided to send them both on a dangerous mission into the sewers of [[Meereen]] as punishment and a chance for redemption.<ref>[[A Storm of Swords]], [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 57|Chapter 57]], Daenerys</ref> The mission succeeded, but Jorah continued to insist that he had done nothing wrong. Daenerys could not forgive him as she did Ser Barristan, and she banished Jorah from her service, swearing to kill him if she saw him again. Crushed by her rejection, Jorah left.

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

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While in a brothel in Volantis, Jorah hired a beautiful whore with silver hair and he later spotted the dwarf [[Tyrion Lannister]], taking him prisoner. Ser Jorah planned to bring Tyrion to Daenerys to regain her favor and forgiveness. He arranged passage to [[Meereen]] with the help of the [[Widow of the waterfront]]. During the journey, a dwarf woman named [[Penny]] joins the pair as they travel to [[Meereen]] to reach Daenerys. However, the ship is captured by slavers and the trio are bought at auction outside Meereen by [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]. Upon being captured and enslaved by the [[Yunkai]], the slavers had a demon's face tattooed on Mormont's cheeks, to show him as an unruly and fierce slave.

Brown [[Ben Plumm]] attempted to buy Ser Jorah so he could present his head as a "wedding gift" to Daenerys but was outbid as was [[Zahrina]], a Yunkai slaver who purchased slaves to die in the [[fighting pits]]. Ser Jorah was devastated when he learned Daenerys is remarried.

After Qaggaz died of "The [[Pale Mare]]", the trio escapes. Tyrion arranged for the three to join the sellsword company the [[Second Sons]], under the command of Brown [[Ben Plumm]]. Mormont stated to [[Tyrion Lannister]] that they needed to bring the [[Second Sons]] back over to the side [[Meereen]] as the [[Yunkai]] had lost the war, they just didn't know it yet. Tyrion agreed.

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

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

==Family==
{{Mormont tree}}

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

2012-03-29T14:31:55Z

Sgeureka: fix typos

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| image = [[File:Bran Stark by AniaEm.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Artwork by Anja Dalisa ©
| Alias = Bran
Bran the Broken
The Winged Wolf
| Title = Prince of Winterfell
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|290}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]]
[[A Clash of Kings]]
[[A Storm of Swords]]
[[A Feast for Crows]]
[[A Dance with Dragons]]
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| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]]
}}

{{See homonyms | Brandon Stark (disambiguation)}}

'''Brandon Stark''', typically called '''Bran''', is [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]] and [[Catelyn Tully|Catelyn's]] second son. He is named after his [[Brandon Stark|late uncle]], whose death was one in the series of events that led to [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Bran enjoys climbing and exploring [[Winterfell]]. Like his siblings, he is dutiful and tough-minded. He is usually accompanied by a [[direwolf]] named [[Summer]], with whom he shares a strong [[skinchanger|warg]] connection. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew.html/eNrjcmbOYC5kzlfPz0lxzEvMqSzJTA5ITE-1S8xN1SzLTEnNh4k65+eVpFaUsEknlpbkF+QkVtqWFJWmcjIysgEhAGCyFzg= HBO Cast and crew page]</ref>

==Appearance==
He inherited the [[House Tully|Tully]] colouring from his mother, having auburn hair and blue eyes.

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
On a climbing expedition, Bran passes a window through which he sees the [[Cersei Lannister|Queen]] and her brother Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] making love. He is shocked after being spotted and loses his grip, almost falling before being caught by the Kingslayer. Jaime then pushes him from the window, intending to kill him to keep secret the incestuous love affair, but Bran survives and enters a coma.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} A Lannister-hired assassin tries to kill him while comatose, but Bran is saved by his direwolf, who tears out the killer's throat. During that coma, Bran has many visions, including a [[three-eyed crow]] that tells him it can teach him to fly. With the crow's guidance, Bran wakes and immediately names his direwolf ''[[Summer]]''.{{Ref|aGoT|17}} Bran is crippled from the fall and unable to walk, but the crow tells him that he is ''the winged wolf'' bound in chains.

===''A Clash of Kings''===
After [[Robb Stark|Robb]] becomes [[King in the North]], Bran, as Robb's heir, becomes the Prince of [[Winterfell]], and rules the castle in his brother's absence.{{Ref|aCoK|16}} He befriends [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]], children of his father's most trusted friend, [[Howland Reed]].{{Ref|aCoK|21}} While sleeping, Bran frequently enters [[Summer]]'s mind, though he thinks he is simply dreaming, and begins to become more bestial. Jojen recognizes Bran's ability as [[skinchanger|skinchanging]], and instructs him on how to use it properly. After learning of Bran's visions, Jojen claims that if Bran goes north beyond the [[Wall]], he can find the [[three-eyed crow]] from his dreams.{{Ref|aCoK|28}} When [[Theon Greyjoy]] betrays the Starks and captures Winterfell, Bran and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]] hide in the crypts.{{Ref|aCoK|69}} To hide the escape, Theon and proclaims two children of similar age, murdered and skinned by "[[Ramsay Bolton|Reek]]," to be Bran and Rickon.{{Ref|aCoK|56}} Theon is betrayed by [[Ramsay Bolton]], who has [[Winterfell]] burned and takes the surviving women and children to the [[Dreadfort]]. Ramsay does not act out of loyalty to the [[House Stark|Starks]], but acts in coordination with his father to [[Red Wedding|betray the Starks]], and even massacres those loyal to the Starks outside of Winterfell.{{Ref|aCoK|66}} The brothers and their traveling party split. Rickon and [[Osha]] set off in the direction of [[White Harbour]]. Bran, [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed]] go north to seek the [[three-eyed crow]].{{Ref|aCoK|69}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Bran s h m j-winterfell.jpg|300px|thumb|Bran, Summer, Hodor and the Reeds by M.Luisa Giliberti ©]]

[[Ramsay Bolton]] was in on the trick played by [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]] with the miller's children, so Bolton's men search for the real Bran and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]].{{Ref|aSoS|24}} Bran, [[Meera Reed|Meera]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], and [[Hodor]] travel in secret to evade them. Enroute to the [[Wall]] they stop at [[Queenscrown]]. While hidden inside the castle they spot men in the village.{{Ref|aSoS|40}} Summer attacks the men, among whom is Bran's half-brother, [[Jon Snow]]. Summer's attack gives Jon the opportunity to get away from his [[wildling]] companions.{{Ref|aSoS|41}} They eventually reach the Wall at the [[Nightfort]] and meet [[Samwell Tarly]] of the [[Night's Watch]]. He leads them through a secret door at the bottom of a well that takes them through to the north side of the Wall. There they meet [[Coldhands]], an enigmatic figure of uncertain allegiance.{{Ref|aSoS|56}}

===A Dance with Dragons===
Bran, [[Meera Reed|Meera]], [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]], [[Hodor]], and [[Coldhands]] continue their journey through the [[Haunted Forest]] in search of the [[three-eyed crow]]. The journey is long and cold, and they suffer on the brink of starvation. To try and sate his hunger, Bran feasts on human flesh while inside [[Summer]].{{Ref|aDwD|4}}

They reach the cave of the three-eyed crow, but are ambushed by [[wight|wights]] just outside the cave’s entrance. Bran [[warg|wargs]] into Hodor to fight off the wights, but blacks out and wakes up again inside the cave. The cave is warded against [[Others|White Walkers]] and wights, so Coldhands cannot accompany them inside. Inside the cave, the group meet the remaining [[Children of the Forest]] and the three-eyed crow.{{Ref|aDwD|13}}

The three-eyed crow teaches Bran about [[greenseer|greenseeing]] and [[skinchanger|skinchanging]]. Bran is fed a paste of [[weirwood]] seeds, which awakens his greenseeing gifts. He then wargs into the weirwood roots around them and sees his father, [[Eddard Stark|Eddard]], through [[Winterfell]]'s heart tree in the past. He tries to speak to Eddard, but all that is heard is a whisper on the wind. The three-eyed crow explains that he can look into the past through the weirwoods, but cannot change the past. Bran then later dreams again through Winterfell’s heart tree and sees flashes of the past as far back as the old Kings of Winter. While inside the cave, Bran continues to warg into Hodor to explore the deeper parts of the cave.{{Ref|aDwD|34}}

It appears that Bran contacts Theon through the [[weirwood]] tree at Winterfell before Theon is forced to help the [[spearwife|spearwives]] rescue "[[Arya Stark]]" ([[Jeyne Poole]]).<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[A Ghost in Winterfell (A Dance with Dragons)|A Ghost in Winterfell]]</ref>

==Family==
{{Stark tree}}

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

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Rhaegar Frey

2012-03-09T12:28:07Z

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'''Rhaegar Frey''' is the second son of Ser [[Aenys Frey]]. He was married to [[Jeyne Beesbury]] and had three children with her.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref> He was named after [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] but is often mocked as having a dragons name but a weasels face. He is a widower.

==Appearance==
Rhaegar is round shouldered and kettle-bellied he has a silky beard and a sardonic smile <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Davos III (A Dance with Dragons)|Davos III]] </ref>. He is described by Wyman Manderly as being a worm bearing a Dragons name {{Ref|aDwD|29}}.

==Recent Events==
===A Dance with Dragons===
Rhaegar, along with [[Jared Frey]] and [[Symond Frey]], went to [[White Harbour]] to return the bones of [[Wendel Manderly]] (who was murdered at the [[Red Wedding]]) to his father [[Wyman Manderly]]. They also went to ensure White Harbour bends to knee to the [[Iron Throne]]. He came to be betrothed to Lord Wyman's granddaughter [[Wynafryd Manderly|Wynafryd]]. They also offered Wyman Manderly a Frey bride and a bethrothal of [[Little Walder Frey]] to Wyman's other granddaughter [[Wylla Manderly]].

When [[Davos Seaworth]] arrives in [[White Harbour]] to try and persuade [[House Manderly]] to support [[Stannis Baratheon]], all three of the Freys are present. Rhaegar insults both Davos and the memory of [[Robb Stark]], calling him a "vile dog who needed to be put down".<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Davos III (A Dance with Dragons)|Davos III]] </ref> Wyman Manderly was greatly angered by this but pretended to agree with Rhaegar, as the Iron throne held his son and heir hostage. Wyman pretended to order Davos' death and had a criminal with similar features executed and his head dipped in tar so the Freys falsely believed Davos dead. As a reward for proving his loyalty, the Iron throne returned Wyman's heir [[Wylis Manderly]] to him.

According to [[Wyman Manderly]], Rhaegar, Jared and Symond were given palfreys as "guest gifts" when the three Freys departed [[White Harbour]]. (Guest gifts are usually given when a guest leaves making them no longer under the protection of [[Guest right]].) Wyman claimed they were all to meet at [[Winterfell]] for the wedding of "[[Arya Stark]]" to [[Ramsay Bolton]]. They were not seen since, although [[Aenys Frey]] and [[Hosteen Frey]], who were present at [[Winterfell]], suspect Wyman Manderly of foul play.

Wyman Manderly also presented three huge Pies at the wedding feast while requesting a song from the singer [[Mance Rayder|Abel]] about the [[Rat Cook]]. This implied to readers that the three Freys were actually present at the wedding after all. see [[Frey Pies/Theories]].

==Family==
{{Frey_tree_Aenys Frey}}

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

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Rhaegar Frey

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'''Rhaegar Frey''' is the second son of Ser [[Aenys Frey]]. He was married to [[Jeyne Beesbury]] and had three children with her.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Appendix|Appendix]]</ref> He was named after [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] but is often mocked as having a dragons name but a weasels face. He is a widower.

==Appearance==
Rhaegar is round shouldered and kettle-bellied he has a silky beard and a sardonic smile <ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Davos III (A Dance with Dragons)|Davos III]] </ref>. He is described by Wyman Manderly as being a worm bearing a Dragons name {{Ref|aDwD|29}}.

==Recent Events==
===A Dance with Dragons===
Rhaegar, along with [[Jared Frey]] and [[Symond Frey]], went to [[White Harbour]] to return the bones of [[Wendel Manderly]] (who was murdered at the [[Red Wedding]]) to his father [[Wyman Manderly]]. They also went to ensure White Harbour bends to knee to the [[Iron Throne]]. He came to be betrothed to Lord Wyman's granddaughter [[Wynafryd Manderly|Wynafryd]]. They also offered Wyman Manderly a Frey bride and a bethrothal of [[Little Walder Frey]] to Wyman's other granddaughter [[Wylla Manderly]].

When [[Davos Seaworth]] arrives in [[White Harbour]] to try and persuade [[House Manderly]] to support [[Stannis Baratheon]], all three of the Freys are present. Rhaegar insults both Davos and the memory of [[Robb Stark]], calling him a "vile dog who needed to be put down".<ref>[[A Dance with Dragons]], [[Davos III (A Dance with Dragons)|Davos III]] </ref> Wyman Manderly was greatly angered by this but pretended to agree with Rhaegar, as the Iron throne held his son and heir hostage. Wyman pretended to order Davos' death and had a criminal with similar features executed and his head dipped in tar so the Freys falsely believed Davos dead. As a reward for proving his loyalty, the Iron throne returned Wymans heir [[Wylis Manderly]] to him.

According to [[Wyman Manderly]], Rhaegar, Jared and Symond were given palfreys as "guest gifts". (Guest gifts are usually given when a guest leaves making them no longer under the protection of [[Guest right]]) when the three Freys departed [[White Harbour]]. Wyman claimed they were all to meet at [[Winterfell]] for the wedding of "[[Arya Stark]]" to [[Ramsay Bolton]]. They were not seen since, although [[Aenys Frey]] and [[Hosteen Frey]], who were present at [[Winterfell]], suspect Wyman Manderly of foul play.

Wyman Manderly also presented three huge Pies at the wedding feast while requesting a song from the singer [[Mance Rayder|Abel]] about the [[Rat Cook]]. This implied to readers that the three Freys were actually present at the wedding after all. see [[Frey Pies/Theories]].

==Family==
{{Frey_tree_Aenys Frey}}

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

[[Category:House Frey]]
[[Category:Nobles|Frey, Rhaegar]]
[[Category:Characters from the Riverlands|Frey, Rhaegar]]
[[fr:Rhaegar Frey]]

The Winds of Winter

2012-02-20T09:33:26Z

Sgeureka: outcomment Cersei again, was in ADWD

{{Infobox Book 
| name = The Winds of Winter
| author = [[George R. R. Martin]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]
| genre = Fantasy
| publisher = Bantam Spectra (US) & Voyager Books (UK)
| release_date = Unknown
| pages = Unknown
| preceded_by = [[A Dance with Dragons]]
| followed_by = [[A Dream of Spring]]
}}
'''''The Winds of Winter''''' is the forthcoming sixth novel in the award-winning [[w:epic fantasy|epic fantasy]] series ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[George R.R. Martin]]. It takes place after the concurrent fourth and fifth books in the series, ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (2005) and ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (2011).

==Characters==
By June 2010, Martin had finished four chapters for ''The Winds of Winter'', from the viewpoints of [[Sansa Stark]], [[Arya Stark]], and [[Arianne Martell]].<ref name=dancingincircles>{{cite web |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/159060.html |title=Dancing in Circles |work=Not a Blog |date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> In July 2010, he added that an [[Aeron Greyjoy]] chapter had been moved from ''A Dance with Dragons'' to '' The Winds of Winter'', and reported that now over 100 pages had been written for the book.<ref name=dancing>{{cite web |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/169899.html |title=Dancing |date=July 31, 2010 |work=Not a Blog}}</ref>

Martin has also stated that the character split occurring in ''A Feast for Crows'' and ''A Dance with Dragons'' will end with ''The Winds of Winter''.<ref name="Dance latest info"/> He went on to say that the characters introduced in the latter two books would be the last point-of-view characters added to the series (aside from one-off prologue and epilogue characters).<ref name="Dance latest info">{{cite web |url=http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/5960-a-dance-with-dragons-the-latest-info-inc-pub-date/ |title=A Dance With Dragons: The Latest Info (inc. pub date!) |work=Asoiaf.westeros.org |accessdate=June 27, 2011}}</ref>

As a Christmas gift, Martin released an unpublished sample chapter from the book, that will take place at the beginning of the book, but takes place before some of the events at the end of ''A Dance with Dragons''.

List of confirmed [[POV Character]]s:
* 1 chapter: [[Theon Greyjoy]], read the excerpt [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html here] (spoiler).
* 1 chapter: [[Aeron Greyjoy]].<ref name=dancing />
* 1 chapter: [[Sansa Stark]].<ref name=dancingincircles />
* 1 chapter: [[Arya Stark]].<ref name=dancingincircles />
* 2 chapters: [[Arianne Martell]].<ref name=dancingincircles />


==Publication==
As of yet, there is no scheduled release date for "The Winds of Winter".

{{clear}}

==References==
{{References}}
{{EnWP|The Winds of Winter|small=yes}}

==External links==
* Official website [http://www.georgerrmartin.com] of author George R. R. Martin

{{GRRM works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[fr:The Winds of Winter]]
[[ru:Ветра Зимы]]

User:Sgeureka

2012-02-20T09:13:41Z

Sgeureka: Create

Hello. I can most easily reached via my wikipedia page at [[wikipedia:User:Sgeureka]]. [[User:Sgeureka|Sgeureka]] 09:13, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

The Winds of Winter

2012-02-20T09:11:44Z

Sgeureka: readd Cersei's 2 chapters as confirmed by <ref name="Dance latest info" /> at fargo con

{{Infobox Book 
| name = The Winds of Winter
| author = [[George R. R. Martin]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]
| genre = Fantasy
| publisher = Bantam Spectra (US) & Voyager Books (UK)
| release_date = Unknown
| pages = Unknown
| preceded_by = [[A Dance with Dragons]]
| followed_by = [[A Dream of Spring]]
}}
'''''The Winds of Winter''''' is the forthcoming sixth novel in the award-winning [[w:epic fantasy|epic fantasy]] series ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[George R.R. Martin]]. It takes place after the concurrent fourth and fifth books in the series, ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (2005) and ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (2011).

==Characters==
By June 2010, Martin had finished four chapters for ''The Winds of Winter'', from the viewpoints of [[Sansa Stark]], [[Arya Stark]], and [[Arianne Martell]].<ref name=dancingincircles>{{cite web |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/159060.html |title=Dancing in Circles |work=Not a Blog |date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> In July 2010, he added that an [[Aeron Greyjoy]] chapter had been moved from ''A Dance with Dragons'' to '' The Winds of Winter'', and reported that now over 100 pages had been written for the book.<ref name=dancing>{{cite web |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/169899.html |title=Dancing |date=July 31, 2010 |work=Not a Blog}}</ref>

Martin has also stated that the character split occurring in ''A Feast for Crows'' and ''A Dance with Dragons'' will end with ''The Winds of Winter''.<ref name="Dance latest info"/> He went on to say that the characters introduced in the latter two books would be the last point-of-view characters added to the series (aside from one-off prologue and epilogue characters).<ref name="Dance latest info">{{cite web |url=http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/5960-a-dance-with-dragons-the-latest-info-inc-pub-date/ |title=A Dance With Dragons: The Latest Info (inc. pub date!) |work=Asoiaf.westeros.org |accessdate=June 27, 2011}}</ref>

As a Christmas gift, Martin released an unpublished sample chapter from the book, that will take place at the beginning of the book, but takes place before some of the events at the end of ''A Dance with Dragons''.

List of confirmed [[POV Character]]s:
* 1 chapter: [[Theon Greyjoy]], read the excerpt [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html here] (spoiler).
* 1 chapter: [[Aeron Greyjoy]].<ref name=dancing />
* 2 chapters: [[Cersei Lannister]].<ref name="Dance latest info" />
* 1 chapter: [[Sansa Stark]].<ref name=dancingincircles />
* 1 chapter: [[Arya Stark]].<ref name=dancingincircles />
* 2 chapters: [[Arianne Martell]].<ref name=dancingincircles />

==Publication==
As of yet, there is no scheduled release date for "The Winds of Winter".

{{clear}}

==References==
{{References}}
{{EnWP|The Winds of Winter|small=yes}}

==External links==
* Official website [http://www.georgerrmartin.com] of author George R. R. Martin

{{GRRM works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[fr:The Winds of Winter]]
[[ru:Ветра Зимы]]

The Winds of Winter

2012-02-20T09:07:29Z

Sgeureka: rm allegedly confirmed 2 chapters: Cersei Lannister (was confirmed for ADWD)

{{Infobox Book 
| name = The Winds of Winter
| author = [[George R. R. Martin]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]
| genre = Fantasy
| publisher = Bantam Spectra (US) & Voyager Books (UK)
| release_date = Unknown
| pages = Unknown
| preceded_by = [[A Dance with Dragons]]
| followed_by = [[A Dream of Spring]]
}}
'''''The Winds of Winter''''' is the forthcoming sixth novel in the award-winning [[w:epic fantasy|epic fantasy]] series ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[George R.R. Martin]]. It takes place after the concurrent fourth and fifth books in the series, ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (2005) and ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (2011).

==Characters==
By June 2010, Martin had finished four chapters for ''The Winds of Winter'', from the viewpoints of [[Sansa Stark]], [[Arya Stark]], and [[Arianne Martell]].<ref name=dancingincircles>{{cite web |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/159060.html |title=Dancing in Circles |work=Not a Blog |date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> In July 2010, he added that an [[Aeron Greyjoy]] chapter had been moved from ''A Dance with Dragons'' to '' The Winds of Winter'', and reported that now over 100 pages had been written for the book.<ref name=dancing>{{cite web |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/169899.html |title=Dancing |date=July 31, 2010 |work=Not a Blog}}</ref>

Martin has also stated that the character split occurring in ''A Feast for Crows'' and ''A Dance with Dragons'' will end with ''The Winds of Winter''.<ref name="Dance latest info"/> He went on to say that the characters introduced in the latter two books would be the last point-of-view characters added to the series (aside from one-off prologue and epilogue characters).<ref name="Dance latest info">{{cite web |url=http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/5960-a-dance-with-dragons-the-latest-info-inc-pub-date/ |title=A Dance With Dragons: The Latest Info (inc. pub date!) |work=Asoiaf.westeros.org |accessdate=June 27, 2011}}</ref>

As a Christmas gift, Martin released an unpublished sample chapter from the book, that will take place at the beginning of the book, but takes place before some of the events at the end of ''A Dance with Dragons''.

List of confirmed [[POV Character]]s:
* 1 chapter: [[Theon Greyjoy]], read the excerpt [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-sample.html here] (spoiler).
* 1 chapter: [[Aeron Greyjoy]].<ref name=dancing />
* 1 chapter: [[Sansa Stark]].<ref name=dancingincircles />
* 1 chapter: [[Arya Stark]].<ref name=dancingincircles />
* 2 chapters: [[Arianne Martell]].<ref name=dancingincircles />

==Publication==
As of yet, there is no scheduled release date for "The Winds of Winter".

{{clear}}

==References==
{{References}}
{{EnWP|The Winds of Winter|small=yes}}

==External links==
* Official website [http://www.georgerrmartin.com] of author George R. R. Martin

{{GRRM works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[fr:The Winds of Winter]]
[[ru:Ветра Зимы]]

Religion

2012-01-02T14:38:26Z

Sgeureka: fix intro (broken newline)

__NOTOC__The setting of [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] is one where there are many faiths, and many faithful. Belief in high powers and supernatural threats runs deep through the culture of the known world and influence most aspects of life. In The [[Seven Kingdoms]] nearly all children are raised praising either the new gods or the old and fear of the Others coming to claim them if they misbehave. Across the narrow sea children are often given to be raised to priesthood of one of the many deities worshipped there. Little is known about the actual deities and their powers, so far only [[R'hllor]] has been shown to possess real power and influence the world directly.

== Westeros ==
Westeros has relatively few significant religions, Among them are:
* The [[Old Gods]], The Old Gods of the Forest, which are still worshipped by the people of [[the North]] and the [[wildlings]], beyond the [[Wall]].
* The [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]], The Predominant religion in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], worshipping one god consisting of seven separate aspects.
* [[Drowned God]] and the [[Storm God]] are the God of the [[Ironmen]], the Drowned God is a harsh deity, that said to favour reaving and plunder in its name.
* [[R'hllor]], the Lord of Light, is little known religion in Westeros, thou it seem to gain support in recent times.
* [[Mother Rhoyne]], Worshiped by the remnants of [[Rhoynar]], practiced along the river [[Greenblood]].

== Across the narrow sea ==
On the other side of the narrow sea, it seems there are as many gods as there are peoples. In [[Braavos]], one can find temples and shrines to almost every god one can imagine. At least a dozen separate gods have been mentioned in the novel. Among them are the:

* [[R'hllor]] and [[Great Other]], The biggest religion.
* [[Weeping Woman (god)|Weeping Woman]] a favorite of old women.
* the [[Lion of Night (god)|Lion of Night]] preferred by rich men.
* the [[Hooded Wayfarer (god)|Hooded Wayfarer]] a patron of the poor.
* [[Bakkalon]] the Pale Child (favored of soliders)
* [[Many-Faced God]] of [[Braavos]], believed to be the true face of all the gods.
* [[Great Shepherd]], Great Shepherd is the deity of the Lhazareen.

== Influences and Theology ==
* The [[Old Gods]] seem like a sort of peaceful [[w:Animism|animistic]] religion.
* The [[Faith of the Seven|Seven]], bears some distinct similarities to the [[w:Catholic church|Catholic church]], in structure and organization. The seven is an analog of the [[w:Trinity|Trinity]], that has seven gods in one rather than three (the Father, Warrior, Smith, Maid, Mother, Crone, and Stranger ), and complete with [[w:Monasticism|monastic]] orders, dormant military orders([[Faith Militant]]), and a Pope/College of Cardinals ([[High Septon]]/[[Most Devout]]).
* [[R'hllor]], is similar in many ways to [[w:Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrianism]], with a strong [[w:dualism|dualism]] between the [[Lord of Light]] and the [[Great Other|Nameless Other]] of Darkness, apocalyptic theology, and religious practice that is strongly intertwined with the use and symbiology of fire.

* Virtually every other religion are examples of [[w:polytheism|polytheism]], where people in the attempt to understand nature gave forces of nature human shapes.
* [[Storm God]] and the [[Drowned God]] could be related to Norse mythology, encouraging the lifestyle of raiding and reaving just as the religion of the Vikings did.
* [[Mother Rhoyne]] religion is polytheistic worshipping the [[Rhoyne]] and many lesser river-dwelling deities such as the Old Man of the River and a turtle-god. It's may also be inspired by the real-life Roma, to a degree<ref>[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/04/the-many-gods-a-dark-faiths-of-a-song-of-ice-and-fire Many Gods & Dark Faiths] article by [[User:Ran|Ran]] and [[User:Linda|Linda]]</ref> 

==Prophecy==
* See [[:Category:Prophecy|list of Prophecies]].

{{Religions}}

[[Category: Religions|!]]
[[fr:Religions_des_Sept_Couronnes]]

Timeline of major events

2011-12-13T15:47:59Z

Sgeureka: spelling

The recorded history of Westeros extends back over 12,500 years, according to tradition, though the accuracy of the legends and myths that recount much of this history is openly questioned by the maesters of the Citadel, amongst others.

This timeline is dated by years after [[Aegon's Landing]], using negative numbers for events Before Aegon's Landing. Note that 'ca' is an abbreviation for the Latin word 'circa', meaning around, or approximately. See also: Thorough [[Years after Aegon's Landing|listing of events]] after Aegon's Landing.

==[[Dawn Age|The Dawn Age]]==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=75px|Prehistory
| Before the coming of men, [[Westeros]] is inhabited by mysterious diminutive humanoid creatures known as the [[children of the forest]], [[giants]] and magic.
|-
| ca.-12,000
| The [[First Men]], a human ethnic group, invades Westeros across the Arm of Dorne, Bearing weapons of bronze, leather shields, and horses. The Children of the Forest used magic to raise the seas and sweep away the land, shattering the Arm of Dorne and, thus, reating the island chain known as the [[Stepstones]]. but their magic didnt help and the first men had come to stay, who were more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced have gradually took control of Westeros.
|-
| ca.-10,000
| Signing the [[Pact]], After years of warfare, the First Men and Children of the Forest agree to a truce, giving the First Men control of the open lands and the Children of the forested interiors. In time, the First Men adopt the worship of the Old Gods of the Forest.
|}

==[[Age of Heroes|The Age of Heroes]]==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=75px| ca.-10,000
| After the signing of the pact, a time during the history of Westeros from which many noble houses trace their family histories.
|-
| ca.-8,000
| The [[The Long Night|Long Night]]: The time of a coldest, longest winter and night that lasts a generation, in which race called the [[Others]] invade from the distant north, raised up the dead to be [[Wight|their servants]] in unlife and nearly destroy all men in Westeros.<hr>

The [[The Long Night#War for the Dawn|War for the Dawn]]: The Children and the First Men rise united to defeat the Others, with [[Dragonglass]] weapons, led by a great hero, who in an eastern tradition is named [[Azor Ahai]], and wields a great sword of fire, [[Lightbringer]].
With the Others defeated, legend tells that [[Bran the Builder]], with the aid of the giants, First Men, and, perhaps, the children of the forest, raised up the [[Wall]], in the north, a giant fortification of ice and magic, to shelter the realms of men from the menaces of the north, The Sworn Brotherhood of the [[Night's Watch]] is created to man and guard it. It's said that the castle of [[Storm's End]] is built in the south, and [[Bran the Builder]], also constructs [[Winterfell]] and becomes the first [[King In The North]]. <hr>

The [[Night's King]]: Not long after the Wall was complete, the thirteenth [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] is seduced by a [[Wight]] woman from beyond the Wall and becomes the Night's King, rising in rebellion, with the Watch as his personal army. The [[House Stark|Starks]] in Winterfell and the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall|King Beyond the Wall]], [[Joramun]], join forces to defeat the Night's King and restore honour to the Watch. This is the same Joramun who also finds the [[Horn of Winter]], which it is said he uses to awaken [[giants]] from the earth.
|}

==[[Andal Invasion|The Andal Invasion]]==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=75px|ca.-6,000
| Seven holy beings appear in the [[Hills of Andalos]] on the [[Essos|eastern continent]], apparently avatars of a supreme god. The people of the hills, known as Andals, become their worshippers.<hr>

The [[Andal]]s, [[Andal Invasion|invade Westeros]] through the Arm of Dorne with steel weapons and their new religion of the [[Faith of the Seven]]. They fight both the First Men and the children of the forest, sweeping the land much as the First Men did thousands of years before and finally extinguishing the latter everywhere south of the Wall. After centuries of fighting, the Andals establish six kingdoms in the south, while the north remains in the hands of the First Men, due in large part to the strategically located fortress of [[Moat Cailin]] resisting multiple attempts to take it and thereafter serving as the door between North and South.
|}

==Age of Valyria ==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=75px|ca.-5,000
| Rise of Valyria, [[Valyria]] discover [[dragon]]s lairing in the Fourteen Fires, a great ring of volcanoes across the neck of the Valyrian Peninsula. They tame the dragons and use them to forge a great empire, throwing down the eastern rival of [[Ghis]] in warfare five times before it finally capitulates. The Valyrian Freehold is forged.

|-
| ca.-1,700 
|A warrior of [[Dorne]] forges a great and powerful sword from a fallen meteorite. The sword, [[Dawn]], becomes the greatest heirloom of [[House Dayne]]. The castle of [[Starfall]] is named for this occasion.
|-
| ca.-700
| [[Rhoynar Invasion]], The Valyrian Freehold's slow westward expansion brings it into conflict with the Rhoynish cities along the great River [[Rhoyne]], a vast waterway. Prince Garin the Great raises an army a quarter-million strong to oppose the Valyrians, but fails utterly. <hr>
Rhoynar evacuation, [[Nymeria]], princess of a Rhoynish city, evacuates survivors of Garin's war, women, and children in ten thousand ships that cross the [[narrow sea]] and land in Dorne. Winning an alliance with Lord [[Mors Martell]], the Rhoynar unify the fractious land under the rule of [[Sunspear]] and establish [[House Martell]] as the ruling house of Dorne. Mors adopts the Rhoynish title 'Prince' rather than 'King'. The Rhoynar bring customs such as [[w:Primogeniture#Absolute primogeniture|equal primogeniture]], but these are not adopted outside of Dorne. 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 is now the area of the southern [[Free Cities]]. A religious sect, the [[Moonsingers]], lead many thousands of refugees north to a remote northern lagoon protected by encircling 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 defensive fortification.
|-
| ca.-200
| The Valyrian Freehold annexes the island of [[Dragonstone]] in the narrow sea between the western cities and Westeros. A Valyrian noble family, the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]], take control of the island.
|-
| ca.-100
| The Doom of Valyria takes place. The nature of the Doom is unclear, save that heavy volcanic activity is involved. 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. The Valyrian Freehold fractures apart. The western coastal cities become independent, naming themselves the Free Cities. Braavos reveals itself to the other cities, eventually becoming the most powerful of them through their 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 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.
|}

==Targaryen Dynasty==
{| class="wikitable"
|width=75px| 1
| The [[War of Conquest]], where [[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 Lord [[Harlen Tyrell]]. [[Edmyn Tully]] of Riverrun is named Lord of the Riverlands and [[Vickon Greyjoy]] of Pyke becomes Lord of the [[Iron Islands]].
|-
| 37
| The [[Faith Militant uprising]], On Aegon's death, the Faith of the Seven revolts against the Targaryens. [[Aenys I]] assigns his brother and heir, [[Maegor I|Maegor]], to deal with the crisis.
|-
| 48
| Reign of [[Jaehaerys I|Jaehaerys 'The Conciliator']], succeeds King [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]], put an ends to the Faith Militant uprising and brought decades of peace and prosperity to the realm.
|-
| 129-137
| The [[Dance of the Dragons]], War of succession, between [[Aegon II]] and his half-sister [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. Many lesser branches of House Targaryen and most of their dragons are extinguished in the conflict. After Rhaenyra's death, the war continues in the name of her son, [[Aegon III|Aegon]]. When Aegon II dies without issue, the war ends by default with Aegon III being crowned. The last Targaryen dragon dies during Aegon III's reign, earning him the name 'Dragonbane'. The dragon leaves behind three stone eggs, which the Targaryens fail to hatch.
|-
| 157-161
| Reign of [[Daeron I]], the Young Dragon, he [[Conquest of Dorne|Conquered Dorne]], but was unable to hold it, loosing forty thousand in the process. Daeron's brother, [[Baelor I]], is said to make his peace with Dorne by walking the Boneway barefoot and rescuing his cousin [[Aemon Targaryen|Aemon the Dragonknight]] from a viper pit.
|-
| 161-171
| Reign of [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]], septon and king. Baelor builds the Great Sept in [[King's Landing]], which afterwards is called 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|Aegon]] (later Aegon IV) and gives birth to a bastard son, [[Daemon Blackfyre]].
|-
| ca.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]].
|-
| 172-184
| Reign of [[Aegon IV]] the Unworthy. 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]], but his legitimacy is called into question due to his mother's close relationship with Aemon the Dragonknight.
|-
| 195-196
| The [[Blackfyre Rebellion]] is fought, which ends at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]]. Daemon Blackfyre is killed by Bloodraven, but several of his sons escape to the Free Cities with Bittersteel.
|-
| 197
| [[Dorne]] formally joins the Seven Kingdoms through the marriage of Daeron II's sister to Prince [[Maron Martell]].
|-
| 209
| The events of ''[[The Hedge Knight]]'' take place. Prince 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]], becomes king. Prince Baelor's nephew Aegon becomes squire to a hedge knight, Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], in the hope of improving his mettle.
|-
| ca.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|Maekar]], brother to Aerys and the late Baelor.
|-
| 221-233
| Reign of [[Maekar I]] after Aerys dies with no issue. During Maekar's reign his eldest son 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]], the Unlikely as he is the fourth son of a fourth son. Bloodraven is exiled to the Wall, later becoming Lord Commander.
|-
| ca.255-260
| The [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]] 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.
|-
| 259-262
| The [[Tragedy of Summerhall]]. The Targaryen summer palace burns down. King Aegon V and others are killed. Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] is born to Aegon's grandson Prince [[Aerys II|Aerys]] and his sister-wife [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]]. [[Jaehaerys II]] succeeds Aegon but dies only a few years later. Aerys II becomes king, naming the young [[Tywin Lannister]] as his Hand.
|-
| ca.270-280
| King Aerys spurns Tywin Lannister's offer of his daughter [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] for Prince Rhaegar, instead marrying Rhaegar to Princess [[Elia Martell]] of Dorne. 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 "Prince Who 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=75px| 281
| The Year of False Spring. Defeat of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] by a number of knights commanded by a detachment of the Kingsguard. [[Arthur Dayne]] kills the leader of the Brotherhood. [[Jaime Lannister]] distinguishes himself in the battle and is knighted. Lord [[House Whent|Whent]] holds a great [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], where Prince Rhaegar distinguishes himself in battle, but names [[Lyanna Stark]] (betrothed to [[Robert Baratheon]]) Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his own wife. [[Eddard Stark]] meets and befriends [[Howland Reed]] of [[Greywater Watch]]. Jaime becomes a member of the [[Kingsguard]] and is disinherited by his father. Tywin Lannister resigns the Handship in angry protest and returns to [[Casterly Rock]].
|-
| 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, Houses Arryn, Stark, and Baratheon raise the standard of rebellion. Robert claims the throne through his descent from his great-grandfather, [[Aegon V]]. 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 Lannisters 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 holding Lyanna prisoner, only to find her dying. Ned and Robert are reconciled. Robert becomes King of the Seven Kingdoms, marrying 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=75px|289AL
| 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]].
|-
| 298AL
| The events of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' begin. The first four novels span a period of two years or more, concluding in the year 300 AL.
|}

==References and Notes==
{{References|2}}
{{EnWP|Westeros|small=yes}}

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Jon Snow/Theories

2011-12-13T15:46:51Z

Sgeureka: spelling

{{Theory_Policy}}
One of the unresolved issues in the books is the parentage of [[Jon Snow]].
== R + L = J ==
[[File:Blood and roses by crisurdiales.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Speculation on what promise Ned gave. By Cris Urdiales ©]]
Many readers believe that Jon is not the son of [[Eddard Stark]]. Instead, he is the son of [[House Stark#Lyanna|Lyanna Stark]] and [[House Targaryen#Rhaegar|Prince Rhaegar Targayen]]. Rhaegar and Lyanna disappeared and are believed to have spent some time together at the [[Tower of Joy]] early in the war that brought down [[House Targaryen]].

At the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]], about one year later, Eddard and his companions found three of the [[Kingsguard]] there: namely [[Gerold Hightower|Lord Commander Ser Gerold Hightower]], [[Oswell Whent|Ser Oswell Whent]], and [[Arthur Dayne|Ser Arthur Dayne]]. The reason for their presence and the ensuing fight are unknown. The only known survivors were Eddard himself and [[Howland Reed]]. Eddard found his sister dying "in a bed of blood," where he made her an unknown promise before she died.

==Ashara Dayne Theories==
Another theory claims Jon's mother was [[Ashara Dayne]] by either Eddard Stark or his brother, [[Brandon Stark]]. Lady Dayne was said to be with both of them during the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]]. According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], a Stark bedded her at that very same tournament and got her with child. It was also known by many that she was pregnant before she killed herself by jumping from the tower of [[Starfall]], called the Palestone Sword - a tower on Starfall's cliff atop the sea.

Though Ser Barristan believes the bastard child of Lady Dayne was a stillborn girl, many still believe Ashara Dayne to be the mother of Jon Snow. Among those who believe so are [[Cersei Lannister]] and Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] as Eddard Stark refused to answer Catelyn when she asked if Ashara Dayne was Jon's mother.

==Wylla Theories==
[[Wylla]], the wet nurse at Starfall, is another possible mother with Ned Stark. Ned tells [[Robert Baratheon|Robert]], on their way down the [[Kingsroad]] from [[Winterfell]], that the name of Jon Snow's mother was a woman named Wylla.

Lord [[Edric Dayne]], who grew up at Starfall before having been sent to [[Blackhaven]] to serve as a page to his [[Allyria Dayne|aunt]]'s betrothed, Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]], recounted to [[Arya Stark]] that he was a milk-brother to Jon Snow since he was nursed by Wylla who was Jon Snow's natural mother.

==Other Theories==
The daughter of the fisherman who tried to to take Ned Stark from [[the Vale]] across the [[Bite]] to [[the North]] at the beginning of [[Robert's Rebellion]] is another suspected mother of Jon Snow. The fisherman died in a storm that almost short-ended their journey, but his daughter continued and successfully brought Ned Stark to the [[Three Sisters|Sisters]] before the boat went down. According to Lord [[Godric Borrell]], Ned left her with a bag of silver and a bastard in her belly, which she named Jon Snow, after Lord [[Jon Arryn]].

[[Category:Theories]]

Skinchanger

2011-12-08T09:19:31Z

Sgeureka: /* Wildings */ typo

A '''skinchanger''' or '''warg''' is a person with the ability to enter the mind of an animal and control its actions. It is much easier for a skinchanger to do so if a bond exists between the two parties. The interaction between the skinchanger’s and animal’s mind will influence both personalities, with detrimental effects to the human if the animal’s influence is not fought. As yet, there has only been one known incidence of a skinchanger entering another human’s mind, and only a simple-minded one at that. This incidence was particularly traumatic to the person involved, and difficult for the skinchanger. Such an event proves to be a moral and ethical dilemma.

An untrained skinchanger may unconsciously enter the mind of an animal, especially while sleeping, particularly if a bond exists. It is extremely traumatic if an animal is killed while its mind is inhabited by a skinchanger. If a skinchanger is killed while inhabiting a creature, a part of his consciousness will remain in the creature. Much fear and superstition exists around skinchangers, with many mistakenly believing them to be shape shifters. It is said the greatest of the skinchangers were the [[greenseer|greenseers]], who amongst many other things could warg. The greatest amongst them could wear the skin of any beast. One man in a thousand is borne a skinchanger, and one skin changer in a thousand could be a greenseer.

==Notes about Wraging==
Nature of the beasts, according to [[Haggon]]:
* Dogs, are easy to bond with, because they are so much like humans and trusting, it becomes easier with time to Wrag into one.
* Wolves, are harder, One has to forge a lasting bound much like a marriage. A man might befriend a wolf, even breaka wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.
* Birds, are very tempting, you may soon loose contact to the mundane things of earth, and want only to fly.
* Cats, are cruel and vain beasts and can’t be easily controlled, only forced.
* Elk and deer were prey, wear their skins too long and even the bravest man became a coward.

Un written code of ethic for Skinchangers, as was told by [[Haggon]], forbids them:
* To eat of human meat.
* To mate as wolf with wolf.
* To seize the body of an-other man was the worst abomination.

==Second Life==
A skinchanger can experience many death while Warged, into another body. It's when his human body dies, the "True death" come and he can keep living a second life, a much simpler life in the mind of an animal he controls. In the second life, the skin changer’s memory slowly fades until nothing of the man is left and only the beast remains. {{Ref|aDwD|Prologue}}

==Known skinchangers==
There have been few known skinchangers in modern times, with most people associating them with the legends of the [[Children of the Forest]], particularly the greenseers.

===Stark Children===
The skinchanging ability is primarily seen amongst the current generation of [[House_Stark|Stark]] children. All of the children and their [[direwolf|direwolves]] are said to exhibit common personalities, although in most instances this is entirely unconscious and is not likely to involve entering the animal's mind.

* '''[[Bran Stark]]''', Despite his young age, Bran is a more experienced skinchanger than any of his siblings. This is possibly due to his enhanced state of consciousness experienced when he was comatose after his fall. Initially he was just entering [[Summer]]'s, his direwolf's, mind during sleep and just believed he was having vivid dreams. Once [[Jojen Reed]] arrived at [[Winterfell]] and recognised what was occurring, he began to instruct Bran on how to control his abilities. Since this time, he has been able to warg into his wolf during waking hours and control the body, instead of simply experiencing everything the direwolf does. He manages to enter the mind of his guide [[Hodor]] He, under the tutelage of [[Bloodraven]], learns to enter a raven and later the Great [[Weirwood]] at [[Winterfell]].

* '''[[Arya Stark]]''', Whilst traveling, Arya experienced dreams of her direwolf, [[Nymeria]], leading a wolfpack and attacking some humans. This corresponds to events in the area where Nymeria is believed to be, with the wolves becoming larger and more bold. She also entered the minds of cats when she was in [[Braavos]].

* '''[[Jon Snow]]''', Varamyr Sixskins notes that Jon Snow is a strong skin changer, but untrained in and unaware of his true abilities. Jon Snow ability has manifested few times, as he Warged into [[Ghost]], while scouting for [[Wildlings]] with [[Qhorin Halfhand]]. Through Ghost's eyes, he spied on the Wildling horde. When an eagle attacked [[Ghost]], Jon woke screaming. By ''A Dance with Dragons'', Jon had fully achieved and accepted his relationship with Ghost.

===Wildlings===

* '''[[Orell]]''', was a wildling raider and skinchanger who could inhabit the body of an eagle. This eagle was frequently seen before the main body of the Wildling exodus, providing valuable scouting information. While inhabiting the eagle, Orell was killed by [[Jon Snow]], causing the eagle, or the remains of Orell's consciousness, to despise him.

* '''[[Varamyr|Varamyr Sixskins]]''', is a wildling accompanied by three wolves, a snowbear and a [[shadowcat]]. Consequently, he is almost certainly the greatest skinchanger seen by anyone south of [[The Wall]] in living memory. After Orell's death, Varamyr took control of his eagle, using it to scout during the battle at [[Castle Black]]. This eagle was killed by [[Melisandre]] while he was inhabiting it, causing him to go mad.

* '''[[Haggon]]''', was the mentor of Varamyr Sixskins.{{Ref|aDwD|Prologue}}

* '''[[Borroq]]''', He is a skinchanger who can inhabit the body of a boar.{{Ref|aDwD|Prologue}}

* '''[[Briar]]''', She was a skinchanger who could inhabit the body of a shadowcat.{{Ref|aDwD|Prologue}}

===Other Skinchangers===

* '''[[Brynden Rivers]]''', Former Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, now part of the roots of a Weirwood Tree. He mainly skinchanges into crows and ravens but can also see through Weirwood Trees.

==References and Notes==
{{EnWP|Organizations in A Song of Ice and Fire|small=yes}}
{{references|2}}

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Wall

2011-11-21T12:25:56Z

Sgeureka: /* List of castles along the Wall */ Westwatch is the one abandoned, not Shadow tower

[[File:The Wall.png|thumb|400px|The Wall]]
{|
{{Location map| File:The North.png
| label = '''The Wall'''
| lat = 70
| long = 32
| position = right
| mark = Wolff2.PNG
| marksize = 9
| width = 400
| float = right
| caption = [[The North]] and the location of the Wall
| alt = [[The North]] and the location of the Wall
}}
|}

The '''Wall''' is a massive wall of ice that stretches across the northern border of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], separating it from the wild lands beyond. It extends from the Frostfangs mountain range in the west to the Bay of Seals in the east.

==History==
The Wall was reputedly created over 8,000 years prior to the present setting by [[Bran the Builder|Brandon the Builder]] after [[the Long Night]] to defend the realms of man from the [[wildlings]] and [[Others]]. Approximately 300 miles in length and 700 feet in height, the Wall is protected by the [[Night's Watch]] and according to some, ancient spells and sorcery.{{Ref|aSoS|56}} Supposedly, Brandon the Builder had placed his foundations along the heights wherever possible.{{Ref|aSoS|30}} Several mentions in the text suggest that the Wall was much smaller at the time, having been built upon by the [[Night's Watch]] builders, who quarried huge blocks of ice from frozen lakes in the haunted forest and dragged them south to the Wall higher, raising it over the centuries to its present size. However, the severely reduced Night's Watch at the present time is limited to maintenance duty. A total of nineteen fortresses have been built along the Wall though only three, The [[Shadow Tower]], [[Castle Black]] and [[Eastwatch-by-the-sea]] are occupied at the time of the books.

==Description== 
The Wall stretches for 300 miles and is approximately 700 feet tall, It is made of solid ice and stone, and can be seen for miles in the distance which seems grey or blue depending on weather. The top is wide enough for a dozen mounted knights to ride abreast and is thicker at the base.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} According to myth, There are old spells woven into it, to strengthen it and keep creatures of a magical nature from passing it, such as the Others. {{Ref|aSoS|30}}<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Wall/ SSM: The wall] (September 09, 2000)</ref>

At its peak it is studded with catapults and cranes.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} The Night's Watch permits the forest to come no closer than half a mile to the Wall. However between the three inhabited fortresses, the forest has crept back.{{Ref|aGoT|21}} The Wall is straight from Castle Black to Eastwatch-by-the-sea, but runs like a snake between Castle Black and the Shadow Tower.{{Ref|aSoS|30}} The galleys of Eastwatch patrol of the [[Bay of Seals]] in part to catch smugglers who trade weapons to the [[wildlings]]{{Ref|aSoS|54}} and to the west the mountains and deep river [[Gorge]], make the terrain impassable for all but small groups of raiders.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Many_Questions1/ SSM] circumventing the Wall</ref>

Easter egg: According to [[George R. R. Martin]] the inspiration for the wall came from [[w:Hadrian's Wall|Hadrian's Wall]].

== List of castles along the Wall ==
The hundred leagues of the Wall are guarded by nineteen castles which act as garrisons for the [[Night's Watch]]. Over the centuries, as the manpower of the Watch has dropped, these castles have gradually been abandoned. During the event of [[A Game of Thrones]] only three remain in use {{Ref|aGoT|21}}



From West to East:
{| class=wikitable
! width=100px|Name
! width=200px|Status
!Description
|-
| [[Westwatch-by-the-Bridge|Westwatch]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Shadow Tower]]
| Manned by the Watch
|
|-
|[[Sentinel Stand]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Greyguard]]
| Abandoned for two hundred years.
| now mostly collapsed
|-
| [[Stonedoor]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Hoarfrost Hill]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Icemark]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Nightfort]]
| Abandoned for two hundred years.
| It was the first castle abandoned by the Watch, back in the time of the Old King.
|-
| [[Deep Lake]]
| Abandoned
| Was built to replace the Nightfort.
|-
| [[Queensgate]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Castle Black]]
| Manned by the Watch
|
|-
| [[Oakenshield (Wall)|Oakenshield]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Woodswatch-by-the-Pool|Woodswatch]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Sable Hall]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Rimegate]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Long Barrow]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Torches]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Greenguard]]
| Abandoned
|
|-
| [[Eastwatch-by-the-sea|Eastwatch]]
| Manned by the Watch
| Easternmost Castle.
|}

==See Also==
* [[Night's Watch]]

==References and Notes==
{{references|2}}
{{EnWP|Night's Watch|small=yes}}

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[[Category:Night's Watch]]
[[Category:Places in the North]]
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