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Feudalism

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[[File:Thaldir Robert Baratheon.jpg|thumb|350px|King [[Robert I Baratheon]], by Tiziano Baracchi © Fantasy Flight Games]]
'''Feudalism''' is the the structure of society in the [[Seven Kingdoms]], as it is largely resembles the [[w:Feudalism|feudal system]] of [[w:Middle Ages|medieval Europe]]. This society is based on a rigid social structure and government consisted of [[king]]s, [[lord]]s, and peasants. Nobles rule over the [[smallfolk]] within their territory through a system of fealty and sworn oaths. In this system each man owes military service to his lord in return for protection, a grant of land, and the peasants to work it.

Vassals or [[bannermen]] are those granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a liege lord or other superior. The liege and vassal each have responsibilities to one another; the vassal must remain loyal to the liege above any other lords, while the liege is the vassal's principal protector.

Feudalism existed in Westeros prior to [[Aegon's Conquest]], and King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] confirmed the feudal structure after creating his realm.{{Ref|FAB|3}}

==Social hierarchy==
[[File:Komarck Tywin Lannister FFG.jpg|thumb|350px|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], by Michael Komarck © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The feudal system has a rigid structure of social classes. [[Arya Stark]]{{Ref|AGOT|15}} and [[Tyrion Lannister]]{{Ref|AGOT|38}} are examples of highborn, those born into prestigious noble families. One cannot gain or lose the status; the impoverished, exiled, and powerless [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is still highborn,{{Ref|AGOT|3}} as is [[Alliser Thorne]]{{Ref|AGOT|60}} despite him having joined the [[Night's Watch]] to avoid execution.{{Ref|AGOT|21}} The former smuggler [[Davos Seaworth]] of [[Flea Bottom]] says that highborn do not consider him one of them despite his knighthood, land, [[keep]], and [[banner]].{{Ref|ACOK|0}}{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

Highborn status is desirable; [[Jon Snow]], a [[bastard]], dreams that his unknown mother is "beautiful, and highborn".{{Ref|AGOT|19}} People expect highborn to differ from others in behavior,{{Ref|AGOT|2}} dress,{{Ref|AFFC|26}} speech,{{Ref|ASOS|1}}{{Ref|AFFC|2}}{{Ref|ADWD|14}}{{Ref|ADWD|32}} given names,{{Ref|ASOS|2}} and even their [[flowering]]{{Ref|AGOT|60}} and [[maidenhead]]s.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Highborn bastards have special surnames,{{Ref|SSM|2999}} highborn lords rarely ride with [[hedge knight]]s{{Ref|TMK}} (and highborn women are unlikely to marry them),{{Ref|TSS}} and highborn prisoners of war are held for ransom when others are killed.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}

Those who are not highborn are lowborn or [[smallfolk]]. Smallfolk who become members of nobility can still be considered lowborn.{{Ref|ACOK|2}} Despite [[House Seaworth]]'s creation, most highborn scorn Ser Davos, and being lowborn embarrasses his sons.{{Ref|ACOK|0}}{{Ref|ACOK|10}} Davos hopes his sons will become knights, and his grandchildren will be highborn.{{Ref|ASOS|36}}{{Ref|ADWD|29}} Most lowborn can, however, expect to die as commoners. There are no provisions for the advancement of individuals from a lower class into the higher classes. This is not to say that it is impossible, only that it is very difficult, usually bestowed by lords to those who have done a great service to them, or [[knight]]s bestow the rank and title of knighthood on any individual who has proven himself worthy.

===King===
The [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]], also known as the [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], has the highest feudal rank; beneath him are the various [[lord]]s and [[knight]]s, with [[smallfolk]] at the bottom. The king sits on the [[Iron Throne]] and claims ownership of the land. Having final political authority, he holds ultimate power in all matters. Although in practice the king is constrained by political realities, and while no individual command is likely to be countermanded, he could still lose his position to intrigue if he were to offend the wrong people. Of course, as kings do not retire, this loss of position would involve his death.

===Nobility===
====Lord====
[[File:Calling the BannersDiego Gisbert LlorensII.png|thumb|350px|Calling the Banners, by Diego Gisbert Llorens © Fantasy Flight Games]]
In Westeros's system of nobility, above knights and below the king there are only [[lord]]s, some greater and some lesser, some sworn to others, but all with the same title; the exception is the [[Lord of Sunspear]], who still holds the title "[[Prince of Dorne]]". Nobility among the [[bannermen]] is hereditary, expressed through vassalage which connect between them the various owners of strongholds.{{Ref|SSM|1212}}

The lords of the [[great houses]] have the highest ranks in their regions of the Seven Kingdoms, and are vassals only to the king. Petty lords at the bottom, in contrast, might only have a village.{{Ref|ASOS|68}} It is the lord's responsibility to govern his lands, keep the [[king's peace]], enforce [[law and justice]] on local matters, and ensure that taxes due to the king are collected in a timely manner.

Some lords have titles which belong only to their houses, such as [[House Greyjoy]] having "[[Lord Reaper of Pyke]]" and [[House Lannister]] using "[[Shield of Lannisport]]". Titles do not necessarily elevate a lord above others, but can demonstrate a house's history or ambition. [[House Manderly]] has several titles which relate to their origins in the [[Reach]] instead of their current home in the [[north]], but are preserved as tradition. [[House Caron]] claim the title "[[Lord of the Marches]]",{{Ref|AGOT|29}} but they do not hold dominion over other [[marcher lords]] in the [[Dornish Marches]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|8|5}}

[[Warden]]s are commanders who exercise military functions for the [[Warden of the North|north]], [[Warden of the East|east]], [[Warden of the South|south]], and [[Warden of the West|west]] of the Seven Kingdoms. There are also wardens for smaller geographic locations, such as [[Wyman Manderly]] being [[Warden of the White Knife]].

There appear to be roughly one thousand or so families holding lordly rank in the Seven Kingdoms. There are nine major regions or provinces in the Seven Kingdoms, each of which has about a dozen or so major vassal houses (House Umber, House Glover, etc.). Each of these major lords in turn have anywhere from two or three to about a dozen minor lords who serve as their own vassals ([[House Cassel]], [[House Forrester]], etc.): 9 x 12 = 108, and 108 x 10 = ~1080 (plus the nine Great Houses themselves). This seems to loosely match the only explicit number of lords ever given, for the [[Great Council of Harrenhal]] in {{Date|101}}. It was said that almost all lords in the realm came to the council, and their number was given as roughly one thousand.{{Ref|TWOIAF|4|4}} The number 108 also matches the [[Age of the Hundred Kingdoms]].{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} The number of lordly houses is in flux, however, as over time some die out through war, or new ones are created by younger sons. Minor vassal houses, of course, have a higher turnover rate than major vassal houses.

A [[steward]] is responsible for running the day-to-day affairs of the castle and acting on the lord's behalf. He or a [[castellan]] may be entrusted with the castle in the lord's absence.

Foreign societies also have hierarchies. A daughter of the [[Prince of Pentos]], a sister of the [[Archon of Tyrosh]], and highborn girls from [[Myr]] attended the [[Maiden's Day Ball]] restricted to members of nobility.{{Ref|FAB|21}}

====Landed knights====
[[Landed knight]]s are the lowest rank of the nobility, consisting of [[knight]]s given a [[keep]] and grant of land to administer. They have their own peasants and [[men-at-arms]], and may even take [[sworn sword]]s. Landed knights are sworn to fight for the lord who holds dominion over their land. Some landed knights manage more land than poorer lords, but these landed knights do not have the authority to deliver [[law and justice]] in their land. Rather, they must appeal to their liege lord.{{Ref|SSM|1203}}

Knighthood is culturally linked with the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|SSM|1191}} Landed knight is a rare rank in the [[north]] and is almost nonexistent on the [[Iron Islands]], since the Faith is not widely practiced in those lands.

===Commoners===
[[File:Andrew Hall Western Fiefdoms.png|thumb|350px|Western Fiefdoms, by Andrew Hall © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Commoners or [[smallfolk]] are the bottom of the social structure. They do not own lands or titles, working instead the land of their lords and lacking a say in their own governing. While this may seem similar to [[slavery]], the difference is that commoners own themselves, and can make appeals to their local lord regarding violations of the law or general disagreements between parties; they are recognized as having a right to fair and just treatment by the nobility and society in general. Most Houses have [[Law and justice|laws]] protecting the local population from abuse or mistreatment, even by members of the nobility. However, those laws differ and are enforced in varying degrees, mostly depending on the disposition of the local lord.

Many tradesmen and craftsmen belong to guilds, such as the [[Alchemists' Guild]].

There is little social mobility; odds are that if someone is born a commoner, they will never rise above commoner status. There are exceptions, however. [[Varys]] was born a slave in [[Lys]], but he rose to become [[master of whisperers]] in the Seven Kingdoms. Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] was born a commoner in [[Flea Bottom]], yet he was able to become [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]].

==Quotes==
{{Quote|The [[great houses]] stand far above the lesser nobles, as the lesser nobles do above the [[smallfolk]].{{Ref|SSM|2763}}|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

{{Quote|The [[lord]]s have [[vassal]]s, the vassals have vassals, and sometimes the vassals of the vassals have vassals, down to the guy who can raise five friends.{{Ref|SSM|1212}}|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

{{Quote|Homage is the duty every leal subject owes his king.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

==References==
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==External links==
*The Citadel: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Concordance/Entry/2064 Concordance - 2.4.1. Knighthood]
*The Citadel: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Concordance/Entry/2059 Concordance - 2.3. Customs]

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Aegon's Conquest

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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict_name = Aegon's Conquest
| part_of = [[Wars of Conquest]]
| image = [[File:King Who Knelt.jpg|350px]]
| caption = [[Torrhen Stark]] kneels to [[Aegon I Targaryen]], as depicted by Chase Stone in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''
| date = {{date|-2|1}}
| battles = [[Aegon's first test]] [[Battle in the waters off Gulltown]] [[Battle of the Reeds]] [[Wailing Willows]] [[Burning of Harrenhal]] [[Last Storm]] [[Field of Fire]]
| location = [[Westeros]]
| result = [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon]] conquers six of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and builds the [[Iron Throne]]. Aegon crowned King of the [[Andals]], the [[Rhoynar]], and the [[First Men]], [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], and [[Protector of the Realm]]. [[Dorne]] remains independent.

| combatant1 = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|20px]]'''[[House Targaryen]]''' of [[Dragonstone]]
| commander1 = King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
: Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
: Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]
: Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]
: Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]]
: Lord [[Jon Mooton]] (switched sides)
: Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]
| strength1 = Houses sworn to [[Dragonstone]] Targaryen fleet [[Balerion]], [[Vhagar]], [[Meraxes]] Houses of the [[crownlands]] Houses of the [[riverlands]]
| losses1 = Targaryen fleet destroyed Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]]†

| combatant2 = [[House Darklyn]] of [[Duskendale]]
: [[House Mooton]] of [[Maidenpool]]
| commander2 = [[House Darklyn|Lord Darklyn]]†
: [[House Mooton|Lord Mooton]]†
: [[Jon Mooton]] (surrended)
| strength2 = 3,000
| losses2 = Lord Darklyn† Lord Mooton†

| combatant3 = [[File:House Arryn.svg|20px]]'''[[King of Mountain and Vale|Kingdom of Mountain and Vale]]/[[House Arryn]]'''
| commander3 = Queen Regent [[Sharra Arryn]]
| strength3 = Houses of the [[Vale]]
| losses3 = Arryn fleet destroyed

| combatant4 =[[File:House Hoare.svg|20px]]'''[[King of the Isles and the Rivers|Kingdom of the Isles and the Rivers]]/[[House Hoare]]'''
| commander4 = King [[Harren Hoare]]†
| strength4 = Houses sworn to [[Harrenhal]]
| losses4 = King [[Harren Hoare]]† and his sons All men inside [[Harrenhal]] burned alive

| combatant5 = Houses of [[Crackclaw Point]]
| commander5 = Lords of [[Crackclaw Point]]
| strength5 = Houses of [[Crackclaw Point]]
| losses5 =


| combatant6 = [[File:House Baratheon.svg|20px]]'''[[Storm King|Kingdom of the Storm]]/[[House Durrandon]]'''
| commander6 = [[Argilac Durrandon]]†
| strength6 = Houses of the [[stormlands]]
| losses6 = [[Argilac Durrandon]]† [[Dickon Morrigen]]† [[Bastard of Blackhaven]]†

| combatant7 = [[File:House Gardener.svg|20px]]'''[[King of the Reach|Kingdom of the Reach]]/[[House Gardener]]''' [[File:House Lannister.svg|20px]]'''[[King of the Rock|Kingdom of the Rock]]/[[House Lannister]]'''
| commander7 = King [[Loren I Lannister]] (surrended)
: King [[Mern IX Gardener]]†
: Prince [[Edmund Gardener]]†
: Lord [[House Oakheart|Oakheart]]
| strength7 = 55,000
| losses7 = 4,000 men burned alive 1,000 from sword and spears 30,000 surrendered King [[Mern IX Gardener]] † Prince [[Edmund Gardener]]† Prince [[Gawen Gardener]]†

| combatant8 = [[File:House Stark.svg|20px]] '''[[King in the North|Kingdom of the North]]/[[House Stark]]'''
| commander8 = King in the North [[Torrhen Stark]] (submitted)
: [[Brandon Snow]]
| strength8 = 30,000
| losses8 = none

| combatant9 = [[File:House Martell.svg|20px]] '''[[Prince of Dorne|Principality of Dorne]]/[[House Martell]]'''
| commander9 = [[Meria Martell]], Princess of Dorne
| strength9 = unknown
| losses9 = none
}}

'''Aegon's Conquest''',{{ref|AFFC|11}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} also called '''the Conquest''',{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}}{{ref|ASOS|14}} was the campaign in which [[Aegon I Targaryen]] conquered most of [[Westeros]]. Together with his sisters, [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]], and their [[dragon]]s, [[Balerion]], [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]], Aegon subdued six of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], successfully resisted only by [[Dorne]]. Not all the continent had to be taken by conquest, as some regions and houses actively supported [[House Targaryen]] and others submitted voluntarily.

The first and most prominent of the [[Wars of Conquest]], Aegon's initial campaign lasted two years.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} It was followed by the [[First Dornish War]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} The date of Aegon's coronation by the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] during the Conquest has been used by [[maesters]] to track years [[Years before Aegon's Conquest|before]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest|after]] Aegon's victory.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

==Precursor==
Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] had moved his family to [[Dragonstone]], the westernmost outpost of the [[Valyrian Freehold]], twelve years before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] destroyed [[Valyria]].

During the [[Century of Blood]], multiple factions struggled for power in [[Essos]]. Towards the end of the Century of Blood, the young Lord [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], rider of the [[dragon]] [[Balerion]], was approached by the [[Free Cities]] of [[Pentos]] and [[Tyrosh]] to form an alliance. Aegon aided the alliance in defeating the [[Volantis|Volantene]] fleet, after which he returned to Dragonstone. With the struggles for power in the east to an end, Aegon instead turned his attention to the west, to the [[Westeros|lands]] that had always interested him.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Some believe that Aegon had never visited Westeros before his invasion, but there are reports of him having visited the [[Arbor]] and the [[Citadel]] and possibly [[Lannisport]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Years before the Conquest he had ordered the construction of the [[Painted Table]], a table at Dragonstone cut into an accurate geographical map of Westeros.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

[[Harren Hoare]], the [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], was nearing completion of his vast castle, [[Harrenhal]], and was said to be looking for more conquests. [[Argilac Durrandon]] had grown afraid of Harren and so proposed an alliance with Aegon to create a buffer zone between him and Harren. He offered Aegon the hand of his daughter, [[Argella Durrandon|Argella]], in marriage as well as [[dowry]] lands, though much of the lands were in the possession of Harren the Black. Aegon refused, offering instead the hand of his best friend and rumored [[bastard]] brother, [[Orys Baratheon]], as Argella's husband, and asking a part of Argilac's lands as an additional dowry. Argilac took this as a grave insult and had the hands of the envoy cut off. He sent them to Aegon with the message "These are the only hands you will receive".{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Aegon called his banners and took counsel with them and his sisters, after which he sent [[raven]]s to the rulers in the Seven Kingdoms. He informed them that he would be the only king in Westeros and that those who bent the knee would keep their lands and titles, while those that did not he would destroy.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} He apparently considered all of Westeros as one land, despite the fact that the continent was long split into [[Seven Kingdoms]], and was determined to unify it under his rule.{{ref|ASOS|36}}

[[Meria Martell]], [[Princess of Dorne]], replied she would be Aegon's ally against the Storm King Argilac, but would not yield; Aegon rejected her offer. The Lord of Dragonstone also rejected [[Sharra Arryn]], the Queen Regent of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], who desired the eastern bank of the [[Green Fork]] from Harren, since Sharra offered Aegon an alliance and not submission.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

==The Conquest==
The seven rulers at the time were:
{{plainlist|
* {{coa|Stark|m}} '''[[Torrhen Stark]]''', [[King in the North]].
* {{coa|Arryn|m}} '''[[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]]''', [[King of Mountain and Vale]], a young boy whose mother, [[Sharra Arryn]], ruled as [[Regent]].
* {{coa|Hoare|m}} '''[[Harren Hoare]]''', [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]], known as Harren the Black.
* {{coa|Lannister|m}} '''[[Loren I Lannister]]''', [[King of the Rock]].
* {{coa|Gardener|m}} '''[[Mern IX Gardener]]''', [[King of the Reach]].
* {{coa|Durrandon|m}} '''[[Argilac Durrandon]]''', the [[Storm King]], known as Argilac the Arrogant.
* {{coa|Martell|m}} '''[[Meria Martell]]''', [[Princess of Dorne]], a blind, balding woman of eighty. Known as the Yellow Toad.
}}

===Aegon's Landing===
:{{main|Aegon's Landing}}
The war began in {{date|-2}} when [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his two sister-wives [[Rhaenys Targaryen|Rhaenys]] and [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] landed with fewer than 1,600 men{{ref|aSoS|54}} at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] next to three hills. Upon the [[Aegon's High Hill|highest hill]], Aegon started construction of the [[Aegonfort]], a wooden motte and bailey fort as his first claim to the mainland of Westeros. The Targaryens were supported by Houses [[House Celtigar|Celtigar]], [[House Massey|Massey]], and [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

[[House Rosby]] yielded [[Rosby]] to Rhaenys, while [[House Stokeworth]] surrendered to Visenya after [[Vhagar]] used [[dragonfire]] on the roof of [[Stokeworth]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

[[Aegon's first test]] came form Lord [[House Darklyn|Darklyn]] of [[Duskendale]] and Lord [[House Mooton|Mooton]] of [[Maidenpool]], who joined their power and marched south with three thousand men. Aegon sent [[Orys Baratheon]] to meet them on the march, whist he descended on them from above with [[Balerion]]. After both lords were slain, Darklyn's son and Mooton's brother, [[Jon Mooton]], yielded their castles and swore their swords to [[House Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Queen Visenya placed a [[Valyrian steel]] circlet, studded with rubies, on her brother's head and Queen Rhaenys hailed him as "Aegon, First of His Name, [[King of All Westeros, Shield of His People|King of All Westeros, and Shield of His People]]."{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===Battle in the waters off Gulltown===
: {{See also|Battle in the waters off Gulltown}}
Aegon sent his fleet commanded by [[Daemon Velaryon]] to take [[Gulltown]] with Visenya and Vhagar. A hastily assembled [[House Arryn|Arryn]] fleet, augmented by a dozen [[Braavos]]i warships, met and defeated the Targaryen fleet in a [[battle in the waters off Gulltown]]. Among the dead was Aegon's admiral, Daemon. Visenya descended on the Arryn fleet and burned their ships.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Rebellion broke out on the [[Three Sisters]], when the Sistermen renounced their allegiance to House Arryn of the [[Eyrie]] and declared their queen to be Lady [[Marla Sunderland]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===Burning of Harrenhal===
: {{See also|Burning of Harrenhal}}
[[File:Burning of Harrenhal by Mark Simonetti (The Rise of the Dragon).jpg|350px|thumb|The [[burning of Harrenhal]], by Mark Simonetti ©]]
Aegon marched northwest to the [[Gods Eye]] and [[Harrenhal]], but he was attacked by [[House Hoare]] twice on the south shore of the Gods Eye. The [[Battle of the Reeds]] was a Targaryen victory, but they suffered heavy losses at the [[Wailing Willows]] when two of King [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black's]] sons crossed the lake in longboats with muffled oars and fell upon their rear. [[Balerion]] fell upon the victors as they were crossing back across the lake, burning Harren's longboats and sons as well.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Harren summoned the river lords to defend Harrenhal, but they rose against the Hoares under the leadership of Lord [[Edmyn Tully]] of [[Riverrun]]. One by one the river lords joined their strength to Aegon, with Edmyn being the first to do so. Suddenly outnumbered, King Harren the Black took refuge in his supposedly impregnable stronghold. Aegon met Harren at the gates, under a peace banner to parley.
{{Quote|'''Aegon''': Yield now, and you may remain as Lord of the Iron Islands. Yield now, and your sons will live to rule after you. I have eight thousand men outside your walls. '''Harren''': What is outside my walls is of no concern to me. Those walls are strong and thick. '''Aegon''': But not so high as to keep out dragons. Dragons fly. '''Harren''': I built in stone. Stone does not burn. '''Aegon''': When the sun sets, your line shall end.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}}}
Descending from the sky atop Balerion, Aegon used [[dragonflame]] against the great castle, and Harren and his sons died in the [[burning of Harrenhal]].

Despite his brother's death, [[Lord Commander Hoare]] and his ten thousand swords of the [[Night's Watch]] remained neutral.{{ref|AGOT|60}} The next day Aegon accepted an oath of fealty from Edmyn Tully, and named him [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]]. The other river lords did homage as well, to Aegon as king and Edmyn as liege lord of the [[riverlands]]. The melted swords of Harren's [[ironborn]] were sent to the [[Aegonfort]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===Conquest of the Stormlands===
: {{See also|Last Storm}}
While Aegon dealt with Harrenhal, the greater part of his host crossed the [[Blackwater Rush]] heading south for [[Storm's End]] under the command of [[Orys Baratheon]], with Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] accompanying him astride [[Meraxes]]. While the [[Storm King]] [[Argilac Durrandon]] gathered his bannermen to Storm's End, pirates from the [[Stepstones]] raided [[Cape Wrath]] and [[Dornishmen]] from the [[Red Mountains]] attacked the [[Dornish Marches]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Lords [[House Errol|Errol]], [[House Fell|Fell]] and [[House Buckler|Buckler]], bannermen of Argilac the Arrogant, surprised the advance elements of Orys's host as they were crossing the [[Wendwater]], cutting down more than a thousand men before retreating back into the trees. Rhaenys unleashed Meraxes and set the forest ablaze, killing Lord Errol.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Word of King Harren's end having reached Storm's End, Argilac rode north to meet his foes in the field. After being advised through Rhaenys's reconnaissance, Orys fortified a strong position on the hills south of [[Bronzegate]] and waited for Argilac's [[stormlands|stormlanders]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

In what became known as the [[Last Storm]], Argilac attacked the Baratheon and Targaryen forces during a howling gale. The Storm King and his knights broke through Orys's center during their third charge, but they then faced Queen Rhaenys. Meraxes's [[dragonflame]] killed the personal guard of Argilac, who was thrown from the saddle. Orys offered him to yield, but Argilac cursed him instead. After Orys slew the wounded Storm King in single combat, the stormlanders threw down their swords and fled.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Argilac's daughter, [[Argella Durrandon]], barred the gates of Storm's End and declared herself Storm Queen. The castle's soldiers, however, eventually delivered her to Orys's camp.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Orys took Argella as his wife and chose the words and sigil of [[House Durrandon]] for the new [[House Baratheon]]. Aegon named Orys the [[Lord Paramount of the Stormlands]] and made him Lord of Storm's End.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}

===Submission of Crackclaw Point===
Following the death of [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] at [[Harrenhal]], Aegon sent his sister-queen [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] to demand the submission of [[Crackclaw Point]]. Its lords understood they had no chance, so they laid their swords at her feet. Visenya took them as her own men and they would owe no fealty but to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|aFfC|20}} They bent the knee to her without qualm, and in return she promised them that they would be direct vassals of the Targaryens.

===Conquest of the Westerlands and the Reach===
: {{See also|Field of Fire}}

Meanwhile, the two great western kings made common cause and assembled their own armies. From [[Highgarden]] marched [[Mern IX Gardener]], [[King of the Reach]], with a mighty host from the [[Reach]]. Beneath the walls of [[Goldengrove]] he met [[Loren Lannister]], [[King of the Rock]], leading his own host from the [[westerlands]]. Together they commanded the mightiest host ever seen in [[Westeros]]: an army fifty-five thousand strong, including over five thousand knights. The [[Two Kings]] did not linger at Goldengrove, marching north.

[[File:Mern IX and Loren I Armies by John McCambridge for The Rise of the Dragon.jpg|thumb|350px|The [[Two Kings]] join forces by John McCambridge for ''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'']]
Advised of their coming in his camp beside the Gods Eye, Aegon gathered his own forces and advanced to meet them. He commanded only one-fifth the men and was able to more quickly move his host. At the town of [[Stoney Sept]], both his queens joined him with their dragons, Rhaenys from Storm's End and Visenya from Crackclaw Point.

The two armies came together amongst the wide open plains south of the [[Blackwater Rush]]. [[House Gardener]] commanded the center of the allied army, with [[House Lannister]] the right and [[House Oakheart]] the left. The charge of their knights began to break the Targaryen army, but Aegon and his sisters attacked from the air with their dragons. Over five thousand died in this [[Field of Fire]], and tens of thousands were wounded. Mern and his kin all were all mortally wounded from the battle, ending House Gardener. Loren managed to escape, but he and the Lannister bannermen yielded to Aegon after being captured the following day. Loren was named Aegon's [[Warden of the West]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Aegon marched at once for Highgarden, hoping to secure its surrender. He found the castle in the hands of its steward, [[Harlan Tyrell]], who yielded the castle without a fight and pledged his support to Aegon. In reward Harlan was granted Highgarden and named [[Warden of the South]] and [[Lord Paramount of the Mander]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===Submission of the North===
[[File:The King Who Knelt by Jota Saraiva.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The King Who Knelt, by Jota Saraiva]]
Aegon's next planned to secure [[Oldtown]], the [[Arbor]], and [[Dorne]], but while at Highgarden he learned that [[Torrhen Stark]], [[King in the North]], had crossed the [[Neck]] with an army of [[north]]men some thirty thousand strong. In response, Aegon and his queens gathered the lords and knights who had already yielded to [[House Targaryen]].

When Torrhen's northmen reached the [[Trident]], they found a Targaryen host half again their size south of the river, including men from the [[Reach]], [[riverlands]], [[stormlands]], and [[westerlands]]. Some northern lords wanted to attack, while others wanted to fortify [[Moat Cailin]]. [[Brandon Snow]] offered to assassinate the sleeping Targaryen [[dragons]]. With Harrenhal and the Field of Fire in mind, however, Torrhen instead sent Brandon with [[maesters]] to negotiate a peace. The following day Torrhen crossed the Trident and yielded to Aegon, becoming [[Lord of Winterfell]] and [[Warden of the North]]. Torrhen has subsequently been known as ''the King Who Knelt''.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===Submission of the Vale===
In response to the Targaryen successes, [[Sharra Arryn]], Queen Regent of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]], strengthened the defenses at [[Gulltown]], moved a host to the [[Bloody Gate]], and tripled the garrisons at the way-castles which guard the [[Eyrie]]. Sharra made Aegon an offer of marriage and alliance if he named as his heir her son, [[Ronnel Arryn (king)|Ronnel Arryn]], the young [[King of Mountain and Vale]], but was refused.

Despite Aegon's refusal, [[House Arryn]] felt secure in the Vale. [[Visenya Targaryen]], however, flew [[Vhagar]] to the Eyrie's inner courtyard, and Sharra found sitting on the knee of Aegon's queen her son Ronnel, who asked to fly on the dragon. After flying three times around the [[Giant's Lance]] on Vhagar, Ronnel became Lord of the Eyrie and Aegon's [[Warden of the East]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale: House Arryn}}

===Invasion of Dorne===
[[File:Meria Martell and Rhaenys Targaryen by Paparinka Art.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Meria and Rhaenys by [https://www.instagram.com/paparinka_art/?hl=en/ © Paparinka Art]]]
Rather than confront the [[Dornishmen|Dornish]] spearmen guarding the [[Prince's Pass]] in the [[Red Mountains]], [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] flew above the pass on [[Meraxes]] to [[Vaith]] and [[Godsgrace]], but found the castles abandoned. When Rhaenys reached the [[Planky Town]], she found only women and children. At [[Sunspear]], seat of [[House Martell]], she found [[Meria Martell]], the aged [[Princess of Dorne]], waiting in her abandoned castle.
{{Quote|'''Meria''': I will not fight you, nor will I kneel to you. Dorne has no king. Tell your brother that. '''Rhaenys''': I shall, but we will come again, Princess, and next time we shall come with fire and blood. '''Meria''': Your words, Ours are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. You may burn us, my lady, but you will not bend us, break us, or make us bow. This is Dorne. You are not wanted here. Return at your peril.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}}}
Thus queen and princess parted and [[Dorne]] remained unconquered.

===Submission of Oldtown and Crowning by the Faith===
When word of [[Aegon's Landing]] reached [[Oldtown]], the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] locked himself in the [[Starry Sept]] for seven days and nights, seeking after the guidance of [[Faith of the Seven|the Seven]]. On the seventh day, the [[Crone (the Seven)|Crone]] allegedly lifted her golden lamp and showed that Oldtown would burn if the city opposed the Targaryens. [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]], Lord of the [[Hightower]], decided not to oppose Aegon by force of arms and [[House Hightower]] therefore was not involved with the [[Field of Fire]].

When Aegon and his host approached Oldtown they found the city gates open and Lord Hightower riding forth in submission. Three days later in the Starry Sept, the High Septon anointed Aegon with the seven oils, placed a crown upon his head and proclaimed him Aegon of House Targaryen, the First of His Name, [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]], [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], and [[Protector of the Realm]]. This marked the official beginning of Aegon's reign.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

==Aftermath==
Now in control of six of the Seven Kingdoms and known as the Conqueror, Aegon I Targaryen announced he would rule not from [[Dragonstone]] or [[Oldtown]], but from the [[Aegonfort]] and the new city growing around it, [[King's Landing]]. Aegon had melted the swords of those who had opposed him into the [[Iron Throne]], a reminder of their submission to the Targaryens.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Queen Visenya Targaryen led the suppression of the [[Sistermen's Rebellion]].{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

The [[Iron Islands]] fell into chaos after the death of [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]]. In {{date|2}}, Aegon led the [[invasion of the Iron Islands]] and forced the surviving lords of the [[ironborn]] to submit. Aegon allowed them to choose Lord [[Vickon Greyjoy]] as the new [[Lord of the Iron Islands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands: The Greyjoys of Pyke}} Dorne remained unconquered, however. Aegon continued the [[Wars of Conquest]] in {{date|4}}, beginning the bloody and unsuccessful [[First Dornish War]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] conquered [[Westeros]] with '''[[dragon]]s'''.{{ref|AFFC|19}}|[[Asha Greyjoy]] to [[Euron Greyjoy]]}}

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Jennis Templeton

2025-05-30T06:45:04Z

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'''Jennis Templeton''' was a noblewoman from [[House Templeton]], companion to Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]],{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} and later Lady of [[Uplands]] during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

==History==
Jennis Templeton was a [[Handmaid|companion]] to Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] on [[Dragonstone]] from {{Date|51}}.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

During the second wedding of King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanne, Jennis helped to disrobe the king as part of the [[Bedding|bedding]] ceremony.{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}

During Alysanne's pregnancy with Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Jaehaerys I)|Daenerys]], she sent Jennis to hold [[women's court]]s in her place.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}

In {{Date|55}}, Jennis married Lord [[House Mullendore|Mullendore]] of [[Uplands]] as arranged by Alysanne. It was considered an exceptional match for her, and a triumph for the queen.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

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Roose Bolton/Theories

2024-04-22T02:22:41Z

TMWNN: Ramsay's eyes as reason to not kill him; "ruse"

{{Theory_Policy}}

In a theory known as "Bolt-on", some readers believe that [[Roose Bolton]] is an immortal being, possibly an [[Others|Other]], that steals and wears other people's skin.

== Evidence for ==

* The [[Faceless Men]] of [[Braavos]] have demonstrated that it is possible to remove other people's faces and wear them as a disguise. The [[Dreadfort]] is proximate to Braavos, so the Boltons might have sailed there and learned the secret.
* Even if they never traveled to Braavos, [[House Bolton]] has been flaying people for centuries, and would be most likely to discover that skin could be worn.
* Roose states that he was about to kill his illegitimate infant son [[Ramsay Snow]] when he saw his eyes.{{ref|ADWD|32}} Roose cites the taboo of [[kinslaying]] as why he did not kill Ramsay, but Roose conceived Ramsay when he hanged a miller and raped the [[miller's wife]] beneath his swaying body, and broke his sworn oaths by killing his [[Robb Stark|liege lord]]; it seems uncharacteristically moral of him to shun kinslaying.
* It seems more likely that Roose plans to take on Ramsay's identity and skin eventually, as Ramsay shares Roose's distinctive blue eyes. Even if the being wearing Roose's skin is immortal, its persona needs to "die" every so often to avoid suspicion. It is possible that Roose killed his only trueborn son [[Domeric Bolton]], because Domeric did not share Roose's eyes.
* [[Theon Greyjoy|Reek]] notes that Roose does not seem to age:

{{Quote|Though past forty, [Roose] was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell the passage of time...there was an agelessness about him, a stillness.{{ref|ADWD|20}}}}
* Nearly every mention of Roose Bolton mentions the pale coldness of his nature or eyes, indicating that he might be an Other. At one point, it is even stated "Roose Bolton's own face was a pale grey mask".{{ref|adwd|37}}
* [[Nan|Old Nan]] tells Bran a story of a man who had a child with a woman in white, probably an Other by her description. Old Nan's stories have a history of being true. This child could be Roose.
* Roose leeches blood from himself because "Frequent leechings are the secret of a long life",{{ref|ACOK|47}} consistent with his not seeming to age.{{ref|ADWD|20}} He states, however, that although he expects his new wife [[Fat Walda Frey]] to be fertile and birth children,

{{quote|Ramsay will kill them all, of course. That's for the best. I will not live long enough to see new sons to manhood, and boy lords are the bane of any House.{{ref|ADWD|32}}}}

:Roose is only in his 40s.{{ref|ADWD|20}} Planning to take Ramsay's identity would explain his being so confident (yet unworried) that "Ramsay" will kill any rivals to his inheritance, and that Roose himself will not be alive long enough to see his future children as adults.

* Roose is the only known person with the name except for [[Roose Ryswell]], who is named for Bolton.{{ref|ADWD|32}} If Bolton steals faces, he is performing a "ruse".

== Evidence against ==

* There is no direct evidence for this theory, only circumstantial evidence.

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Small council

2021-09-05T09:19:50Z

TMWNN: Undo revision 273356 by Direpupy (talk) ADwD specifically mentions "Dorne's seat" on the small council

[[File:Logan Feliciano Small Council Chamber.png‎|thumb|350px| The small council chamber, by Logan Feliciano ©Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''small council''' is a small group of advisers who aid the [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], the monarch on the [[Iron Throne]], on matters of policy and their areas of expertise.

==Organization and Duties==
[[File:Thomas Denmark council.jpg|400px|thumb|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s small council, by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Jonny Klein Small Council ChamberII.png|400px|thumb|The small council chamber flanked by a pair of [[Valyrian sphinx]]es, by Jonny Klein © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The small council traditionally consists of seven permanent members, after the [[Andal]] traditions and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{fact}} It has reserved positions for:

* [[Hand of the King]], the chief advisor of the king and the second-most powerful man in the realm{{ref|AGOT|4}}
* [[Maesters#Grand Maesters|Grand Maester]], a representative from the [[Citadel]] who advises the king on any matter concerning governance{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}
* [[Master of coin]], head of the treasury and finances of the kingdom{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
* [[Master of laws]], an expert in the [[Laws and justice of the Seven Kingdoms|laws]] of the realm{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
* [[Master of ships]], commander of the [[royal fleet]]{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
* [[Master of whisperers]], the spymaster and gatherer of information{{ref|AGOT|18}}
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], leader of the [[Kingsguard]]{{ref|AGOT|58}}{{ref|ACOK|3}}{{ref|ASOS|8}}

Councillors can be appointed by the king or a [[regent]].{{ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}} Regents can participate in the small council,{{ref|ASOS|57}}{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} and the council may include additional members as advisors.{{Ref|ASOS|19}} Some queens consort, such as [[Alysanne Targaryen]], have attended council meetings in the past.{{ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}

The council is headed by the king, the only one who can make the council's decisions into law. If the monarch has not yet reached the [[age of majority]], the small council can consent if they agree with the king's decisions.{{ref|AGOT|57}}{{ref|ACOK|65}} The Hand can also draft laws for the king.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Once he reaches the age of majority, the king can appoint and dismiss councillors as he wills.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

The small council can be entrusted with handling the day-to-day governance of the kingdom,{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} especially by monarchs uninterested in minutiae.{{ref|AGOT|27}} Councillors may be called "[[lord]]s" even if they are not members of the nobility.{{Ref|AGOT|18}} Although their allegiance should be to the monarch, seats may be assigned by region, and councillors' loyalty may be divided by faction.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}{{Ref|ADWD|72}}

The small council meets privately in their council chambers in the [[Red Keep]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} When the king is not in attendance, the Hand may sit in the king's place at the head of the council table.{{ref|ASOS|19}} A knight of the Kingsguard stands guard outside the chamber.{{ref|ACOK|3}}{{ref|AFFC|17}} There is also a table for the small council situated at the base of the [[Iron Throne]] in the Great Hall of the castle.{{ref|AGOT|43}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}}{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Small council members==
===Under Aegon I Targaryen===
Although the small council became more formal during the reign of his grandson [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]],{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] established his councillors early on.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} During his [[royal progress]]es, Aegon the Conqueror also traveled with six [[maesters]] who educated him on each region's local customs and history.{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} The following men are known to have filled the various offices:

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! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|1|7}}
| Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
| Orys resigned the office after losing his sword hand to [[Wyl of Wyl]] in the [[First Dornish War]].
|-
| {{Date|7|9}}
| Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Edmyn resigned the office when his wife died in childbirth, stating his children needed him more than the realm.
|-
| {{Date|9|17}}
| Lord [[Alton Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
| Alton served ably in the office until his death of old age.
|-
| {{Date|17|34}}
| Ser [[Osmund Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}
| Osmund was charged with the overseeing and raising of the walls around [[King's Landing]]. Later he led campaigns in the [[Stepstones]] to root out [[Sargoso Saan]], a [[pirate]] king from [[Lys]].
|-
| {{Date|34|37}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| When Aegon ordered the [[Aegonfort]] torn down for [[Red Keep|a stone castle]] to be built in its place, he assigned the task to Alyn and his sister-wife, Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]].
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|5}}
| [[Ollidar]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
| The title of Grand Maester was founded in {{Date|5}}. Ollidar held office for less than a year.
|-
| {{Date|5|12}}
| [[Lyonce]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
| Lyonce proved more robust than his predecessor, serving the realm ably for seven years until he slipped, breaking his hip and passing away soon after.
|-
| {{Date|12|37}}
| [[Gawen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|1}}–Unknown
| Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| Crispian died at the latest in {{Date|9}}.<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Crispian Celtigar|Crispian Celtigar]] calculation.''</ref>
|-
| Unknown–Unknown
| Unknown
| Aegon is known to have had at least two different masters of coin.{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|1}}–Unknown
| Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| [[Aegon's Conquest]]
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| Unknown–Unknown
| Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Although it is unknown when exactly Lord Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon's master of ship in {{Date|22}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}, {{Date|29}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} and {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} It is also known that up until Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]] became master of ships for King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|50}}, the office was held hereditary by the heads of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Therefore it is likely Aethan served as master of ships during Aegon's entire reign.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|10}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|Two of Aegon's Kingsguard died protecting him,{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} and it is unknown if Corlys was one of them. If so, he was likely succeeded by Ser [[Addison Hill]], who eventually rose to become Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
|}

===Under Aenys I Targaryen===

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| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|37|37}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|37|39}}
| Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|39|41}}
| Septon [[Murmison]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|37|42}}
| [[Gawen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| Unknown–Unknown
| Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]]
| Up until Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]] became master of ships for King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|50}}, the office was held hereditary by the heads of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Therefore it is likely Aethan served as master of ships during Aenys's entire reign.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

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| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|43|44}}
| Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that Lucas died in {{Date|48}}, which has been corrected in later prints to {{Date|44}}.</ref>
| 
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| {{Date|44|48}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Lord Edwell resigned in {{Date|48}}, shortly before the end of Maegor's reign.
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|42|42}}
| [[Gawen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Personally executed by Maegor.
|-
| {{Date|42|42}}
| [[Myros]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Personally executed by Maegor.
|-
| {{Date|42|44}}
| [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Personally executed by Maegor.
|-
| {{Date|44|48}}
| [[Benifer]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown–{{Date|48}}
| Lord [[Alton Butterwell]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| Unknown-Unknown
| Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]]
| Up until Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]] became master of ships for King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|50}}, the office was held hereditary by the heads of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Therefore it is likely Aethan served as master of ships for Maegor until his own death, which occurred during Maegor's reign.<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aethan Velaryon|Aethan Velaryon]] calculation.''</ref>
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|48}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.
|-
| [[Mistress of whisperers]]
| {{Date|42|48}}
| [[Tyanna of the Tower]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}<ref group="N">Tyanna was executed after the death of Jeyne Westerling in childbirth. Jeyne was married to Maegor in {{Date|47}}; Her pregnancy was announced six months after the wedding, very early on in the pregnancy itself (her belly had not yet begun to swell). She went into labor after six months of pregnancy, placing about a year between Tyanna's death and the wedding.</ref>
| 
|-
|}

===Under Jaehaerys I Targaryen===
In {{Date|55}}, King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] started work on a unified code of law for [[Westeros]], later known as the ''[[Books of Law]]'', with the help of Septon [[Barth]], Grand Maester [[Benifer]], Lord [[Albin Massey]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]. Jaehaerys dubbed the foursome his "smaller council".{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|50|54}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|54|57}}
| Lord [[Myles Smallwood]]{{Ref|ASOS|54}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|58|98}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{Ref|ASOS|54}}{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|99|100}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Ryam served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard at the same time.
|-
| {{Date|100|101}}
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101|103}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|48|59}}
| [[Benifer]]{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}}
| Reinstated from exile.
|-
| {{Date|60|97}}
| [[Elysar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|97|101}}
| [[Allar]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101|103}}
| [[Runciter]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Master of coin]] and [[Lord treasurer]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|50|59}}
| Lord [[Rego Draz]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59}}–Unknown
| Lord [[Martyn Tyrell]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| In truth the duties were performed by his wife, Lady [[Florence Fossoway]].
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|103}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Master of laws]] and [[Lord justiciar]]
| {{Date|49|50}}
| Lord [[Prentys Tully]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|50|59}}
| Lord [[Albin Massey]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59|80}}
| Lord [[Rodrik Arryn]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|80|92}}
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| Later raised to Hand of the King.
|-
| {{Date|50|89}}
| Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| Manfryd was the first non-[[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] to held this office.
|-
| {{Date|89|92}}
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Served near the end of King Jaehaerys's reign. Lord Corlys angrily resigned from the office when his wife, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], was passed over as heir to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|48}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Gyles Morrigen]]{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}}
| Was known to be still Lord Commander in {{Date|84}}.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Was known to be Lord Commander by {{Date|99}}.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| Advisor
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Septon [[Mattheus]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| Dismissed and replaced by Septon [[Barth]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
|-
| {{Date|50|58}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| Elevated to the Handship.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
| {{Date|48|59}}
| Lord [[Qarl Corbray]]{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
| While serving as [[Commander of the City Watch]] in [[King's Landing]], Qarl also advised first the Queen Regent, [[Alyssa Velaryon]], then King Jaehaerys on the small council.
|-
| {{Date|50|84}}
| Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
| After her daughter, Princess [[Saera Targaryen]], fled to [[Essos]] in {{Date|84}}, Queen Alysanne withdrew more and more from the governance of the realm, and seldom came to council meetings any longer.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|103|109}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|109|120}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|120|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|103|112}}
| [[Runciter]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|  
|-
| {{Date|112|127}}
| [[Mellos]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|127|129}}
| [[Orwyle]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|103|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Held the post briefly but quickly grew bored and Lyman was reinstated.
|-
| {{Date|104|129}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Lyman had served on the small council under King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] for an unknown period of time, and close to the entire reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], if not for the short period of time where Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] replaced him.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|104|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|105|109}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|rowspan="3"| Grand Maester [[Orwyle]] is known to have been the last to be named on Viserys I's small council.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Since he was appointed in {{Date|127}},{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} that means that Lord [[Jasper Wylde]], Lord [[Larys Strong]] and Ser [[Tyland Lannister]] were already on Viserys I's small council by {{Date|127}}.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]] and [[Lord Confessor]]
| Unknown–{{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown–{{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|103|105}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|105|112}}
| Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|112|129}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|129|130}}
| Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| Aemond was named Regent and held the title of [[Protector of the Realm]] while his brother Aegon recovered from injuries sustained in the [[battle at Rook's Rest]].
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|129|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|-
|{{Date|129|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| Criston served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard at the same time.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|129|131}}
| [[Orwyle]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| Orwyle was arrested by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s forces when she took [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}} and placed in the black cells. He was later freed when Rhaenyra fled the capital.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|{{Date|129|131}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|129|130}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| At the start of Aegon's reign, the newly vacant position was offered to Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]] in the hopes of winning the [[Iron Islands]] as allies. Dalton never accepted the position and instead later attacked the [[westerlands]]. The position remained vacant for much of the war.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|-
| {{Date|131|131}}
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
| After the death of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], Lord Corlys was released and pardoned and appointed to the small council.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|129|131}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| He served as [[Lord Confessor]] at the same time.
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|129|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|129|131}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|}

====Rhaenyra Targaryen's black council====
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] held [[King's Landing]] and sat on the [[Iron Throne]] for half of the year {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} During this period, Rhaenyra named members of her [[black council]] to the small council. As Rhaenyra's reign is not recognized as legitimate, her appointments are not either.

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King|Hand of the Queen]]
| {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|130}}
| Maester [[Gerardys]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Bartimos Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|130}}
| 
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] commanded the [[Velaryon fleet]] which made up the bulk of Rhaenyra's navy, although he is not specifically mentioned as having been named her master of ships.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|130}}
| 
| [[Mysaria]] was unofficially the mistress of whisperers for Rhaenyra.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Lord Commander of the Queensguard]]
| {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Lorent Marbrand]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Glendon Goode]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="9" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|131|131}}
| Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
| Lord Cregan held office for a day during a time known as the [[Hour of the Wolf]]. He presided over the trials and executions of those accused of [[poison]]ing King [[Aegon II Targaryen]], before returning to the [[North]].
|-
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
| Ser Tyland was expected to be a weak Hand, but he defied expectations and held the office capably. He died in office of [[Winter Fever]].
|-
| {{Date|133|134}}
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Unwin resigned the office after the king turned down a [[marriage]] proposal with his [[Myrielle Peake|daughter]].
|-
| {{Date|134|135}}
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Thaddeus was imprisoned and tortured by plotters seeking to undermine the [[House Rogare|Rogare family's]] influence over the court.
|-
| {{Date|135|135}}
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Ser Marston concurrently served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Participated in a plot to imprison Lord Thaddeus Rowan and members of the Rogare family present at court. He was then named Hand, however, he died trying to arrest his sworn brother, Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]], a fortnight later.
|-
| {{Date|135|135}}
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Thaddeus was reinstalled to the office after the imprisonment of plotters and death of Ser Marston Waters. However, after a moon's turn, he was dismissed once again due to having a poor mental condition.
|-
| {{Date|135|136}}
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Munkun served as the King's Hand until the election of a new Hand in the [[Great Council|Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Torrhen was elected as the new Hand during the [[Great Council|Council of 136 AC]]. Dismissed from office by the king when he came of age.
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|157}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|131}}–Unknown
| [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until {{Date|136}}. Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] as Grand Maester as well,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} and only the [[Citadel]] can name a Grand Maester, in {{Date|153}} Grand Maester [[Alford]] held the office,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point or had died.
|-
| Unknown–Unknown
| [[Alford]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| In {{Date|153}}, Alford held the office of Grand Maester.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|136}}–Unknown
| [[Isembard Arryn]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Master of laws]] and [[Lord justiciar]]
| {{Date|133|134}}
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| Served as master of laws and lord justiciar, until he was later named as Hand.
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| 
| 
| It is unknown who held the office of master of ships at the start of Aegon's reign. It is possible the master of ships at the time of [[Aegon II Targaryen]]'s death, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]],{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} stayed at that position until his own death in {{Date|132}}.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
|-
| {{Date|133|133}}
| Ser [[Gedmund Peake]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| When Lord [[Unwin Peake]] became the [[Hand of the King]], he appointed his uncle as the new master of ships despite Aegon III's whished of appointing Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] to that position.
|-
| {{Date|133|135}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| Alyn's [[Lord Alyn's attack|victory]] against a [[Braavos]]i fleet in the [[Stepstones]], earned Alyn great fame and reputation, [[knight]]hood and a place on the small council as the new master of ships. Lord [[Unwin Peake]] sent Alyn in a perilous voyage to the [[Iron Islands]] to defeat Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]]'s [[ironborn]], hoping the ironborn would get rid of Alyn for him.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
|-
| {{Date|135}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Gedmund Peake]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| After the attempted [[Secret siege|coup]] during the [[regency of Aegon III]] against the Rogare family and the King's Hand, Lord Thaddeus Rowan, Gedmund was named lord admiral and master of ships to appease the supporters of Lord Unwin Peake. When Lord Alyn Velaryon came back from the [[Vale]] to the capital in {{Date|136}}, he did not mind losing his position in favor of Gedmund.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Ser [[Willis Fell]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
| Willis died of [[Winter Fever]].
|-
| {{Date|133|133}}
| Ser [[Robin Massey]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| Robin was chosen by Aegon III to be Ser [[Willis Fell]]'s successor. He held the position briefly before being replaced by Ser [[Marston Waters]], on order of the King's Hand and regent, Lord [[Unwin Peake]].
|-
| {{Date|133|135}}
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Marston was named Lord Commander by the King's Hand and regent, Lord Unwin Peake, after the king's appointment of Ser [[Robin Massey]] in the position was dismissed on the grounds that the king was too young and hadn't consulted his regents.
|-
| {{Date|135}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Raynard Ruskyn]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Lord [[Leowyn Corbray]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
| During Aegon III's regency, Leowyn held the title of [[Protector of the Realm]].
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! colspan="3" | The Regents of Aegon III
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|134}}
| Died of illness at [[Gulltown]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|132}}
| Died of old age in {{Date|132}}, replaced by Lord [[Unwin Peake]].
|-
| Lord [[Roland Westerling]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Died of the [[Winter Fever]] in {{Date|133}}, replaced by Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]].
|-
| Lord [[Royce Caron]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|134}}
| Died due to old age and illness in {{Date|134}}, replaced by Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]].
|-
| Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|136}}
| 
|-
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|132|134}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|133|135}}
| 
|-
| Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|134|134}}
| Killed by a crossbowman at [[Runestone]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Willam Stackspear]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| Lord [[Marq Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| Lord [[Lorent Grandison]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|157|161}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
|{{Date|157|161}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
|Alyn led the [[royal fleet]] during the [[conquest of Dorne]].
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|161|171}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| Was known to be Grand Maester in {{Date|171}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|172}} - Unknown
| [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Lord Bracken's daughter, [[Barba Bracken]], and her newborn [[bastard]] son, [[Aegor Rivers]], were sent away from court in {{Date|173}} after the [[House Bracken|Brackens]] pushed Aegon IV to take Barba as his new wife when Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]] was lingering near death from a difficult childbirth.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} It is likely Lord Bracken was sent away as well.
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|178}} - {{Date|178}}
| Lord [[Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|Unknown - Unknown
|Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TMK}}
|He was the grandson of the Lord Butterwell who was Hand of the King for Aegon IV and became Hand of the King himself for Daeron II
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - Unknown
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Aemon served until his death in or between {{Date|178}} and {{Date|183}}.<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)]] calculation.''</ref>
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| Unknown - {{Date|196}}
| Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Removed from the office by King Daeron II for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|196|196}}
| [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|-
| {{Date|196|209}}
| Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|THK}}
|-
| {{Date|209}}
| (Possibly) Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]{{Ref|TSS}}
| It is currently unknown whether ''"...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand."''{{Ref|TSS}} indicates that Valarr was the Hand in {{Date|209}}, or that Valarr and an unnamed Hand are separate individuals.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Ronnel Penrose]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| Although Ronnel officially held the office of master of coin, it was widely known that his wife, Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the king's cousin, was the one performing the duties of the office.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| Advisor
| Unknown - {{Date|209}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/105115-world-of-ice-and-fire-app-update/page-7#entry5737464 World of Ice and Fire Update - Spymaster]</ref>{{Ref|TMK}}
|Brynden served as a spymaster and advisor on Daeron II's small council. However, it is unknown if he was officially named [[master of whisperers]] or not.
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|209|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| He served as [[master of whisperers]] at the same time.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| ~{{Date|210}} - Unknown
| [[Grand Maester (Aerys I)|Unnamed]]
| He was a new Grand Maester by {{Date|211}}. His predecessor may have died during the [[Great Spring Sickness]].
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|209|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| He served as [[Hand of the King]] at the same time.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|221|233}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|257|258}}
| [[Kaeth]]{{Ref|AFFC|36}}
| Named Grand Maester at the age of eighty, Kaeth died within a year of taking the office.
|-
| {{Date|258|259}}
| [[Ellendor]]{{Ref|AFFC|36}}
| Nigh on ninety when he was elected, he died within a year of taking office.
|-
| {{Date|259|259}}
| [[Merion]]{{Ref|AFFC|36}}
| Elected at the age of sixty-six, Merion died on the road to [[King's Landing]].
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Pycelle]]{{Ref|AGOT|25}}
| Served King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] for a few short months, until the king died.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|259}}
| Ser [[Duncan the Tall]]
| Duncan is known to have been the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard when he participated in a [[History of tourneys in Westeros#Winter Tourney at King's Landing|winter tourney]] at [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|253}}.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|259|260}}
| Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|262}}
| [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|-
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|259|262}}
| [[Pycelle]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|259|262}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Resigned his post for Aerys's slights against him.
|-
| {{Date|281|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|282|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{Date|283|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|He bravely resigned his position over [[Wildfire plot|Aerys's plan]] to burn [[King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|-
| {{Date|283|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|Was Hand for only a fortnight.{{Ref|ASOS|11}} Named to the office after the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Symond Staunton]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ~{{Date|278|283}}
| [[Varys]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| 
|-
| Advisor
| Unknown - {{Date|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Later promoted to the Handship.
|-
| Unknown office
| {{Date|277|278}}
| Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Steffon was summoned to court by King Aerys II and named in the small council in the wake of the [[Defiance of Duskendale]].
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|283|298}}
| Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298|298}}
| Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|283|298}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|289|298}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|283|298}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|283|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| {{Date|298|300}}
| [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|298|300}}
| Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| During the first year of him holding the office, Tywin has his younger son. [[Tyrion Lannister]]. serve on the council as acting Hand of the King.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|298|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Temporarily removed from his office in {{Date|299}} by the acting Hand, Tyrion Lannister, and re-instated by Tywin Lannister.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|298|299}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|299|300}}
| [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Named master of coin after being relieved from his duties as acting Hand.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|299|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|299|300}}
| Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|298|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|298|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298|300}}
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Due to his imprisonment during the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jaime is absent from King's Landing during the entire reign of King Joffrey I, and thus does not fulfill his role on the small council.
|-
| Officeless seat
| {{Date|299|299}}
| Lord [[Janos Slynt]]
| Within a few short months removed from the office and sent to the [[Wall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | Advisor
| rowspan="4" | {{Date|299|300}}
| Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Not wanting to travel to King's Landing due to his health, Doran sends his younger brother, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to sit on the council in his place.
|-
| [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]]{{Ref|ASOS|19}}
| 
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Regent]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300|300}}
|Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of laws]] and [[justiciar]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] and [[lord treasurer]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Lord [[Gyles Rosby]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]] and [[grand admiral]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| [[Aurane Waters]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Qyburn]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Nymeria Sand]] (acting in place of Doran Martell){{Ref|ADWD|38}}
| Still on her way to [[King's Landing]].
|}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Jaime watched from the foot of the table, thinking of all those lords who aspired to a seat on [[Tommen Baratheon|the king's]] small council. They can bloody well have mine. If this was power, why did it taste like tedium?{{ref|ASOS|72}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|What was her council doing? Cravens and traitors. When I get out of here I will have the lot of them beheaded and find better men to take their place.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}|thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|The last thing I need is [[Garth Tyrell|another Tyrell]] on the small council.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}|thoughts of [[Kevan Lannister]]}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

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

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[[File:Logan Feliciano Small Council Chamber.png‎|thumb|350px| The small council chamber, by Logan Feliciano ©Fantasy Flight Games]]
The '''small council''' is a small group of advisers who aid the [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]], the monarch on the [[Iron Throne]], on matters of policy and their areas of expertise.

==Organization and Duties==
[[File:Thomas Denmark council.jpg|400px|thumb|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s small council, by Thomas Denmark © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Jonny Klein Small Council ChamberII.png|400px|thumb|The small council chamber flanked by a pair of [[Valyrian sphinx]]es, by Jonny Klein © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The small council traditionally consists of seven permanent members, after the [[Andal]] traditions and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{fact}} It has reserved positions for:

* [[Hand of the King]], the chief advisor of the king and the second-most powerful man in the realm{{ref|AGOT|4}}
* [[Maesters#Grand Maesters|Grand Maester]], a representative from the [[Citadel]] who advises the king on any matter concerning governance{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}
* [[Master of coin]], head of the treasury and finances of the kingdom{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
* [[Master of laws]], an expert in the [[Laws and justice of the Seven Kingdoms|laws]] of the realm{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
* [[Master of ships]], commander of the [[royal fleet]]{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
* [[Master of whisperers]], the spymaster and gatherer of information{{ref|AGOT|18}}
* [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], leader of the [[Kingsguard]]{{ref|AGOT|58}}{{ref|ACOK|3}}{{ref|ASOS|8}}

Councillors can be appointed by the king or a [[regent]].{{ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}} Regents can participate in the small council,{{ref|ASOS|57}}{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}} and the council may include additional members as advisors.{{Ref|ASOS|19}} Some queens consort, such as [[Alysanne Targaryen]], have attended council meetings in the past.{{ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}

The council is headed by the king, the only one who can make the council's decisions into law. If the monarch has not yet reached the [[age of majority]], the small council can consent if they agree with the king's decisions.{{ref|AGOT|57}}{{ref|ACOK|65}} The Hand can also draft laws for the king.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Once he reaches the age of majority, the king can appoint and dismiss councillors as he wills.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

The small council can be entrusted with handling the day-to-day governance of the kingdom,{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}} especially by monarchs uninterested in minutiae.{{ref|AGOT|27}} Councillors may be called "[[lord]]s" even if they are not members of the nobility.{{Ref|AGOT|18}} Although their allegiance should be to the monarch, seats may be assigned by region, and councillors' loyalty may be divided by faction.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}{{Ref|ADWD|72}}

The small council meets privately in their council chambers in the [[Red Keep]].{{ref|AGOT|20}} When the king is not in attendance, the Hand may sit in the king's place at the head of the council table.{{ref|ASOS|19}} A knight of the Kingsguard stands guard outside the chamber.{{ref|ACOK|3}}{{ref|AFFC|17}} There is also a table for the small council situated at the base of the [[Iron Throne]] in the Great Hall of the castle.{{ref|AGOT|43}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}}{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Small council members==
===Under Aegon I Targaryen===
Although the small council became more formal during the reign of his grandson [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]],{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] established his councillors early on.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} During his [[royal progress]]es, Aegon the Conqueror also traveled with six [[maesters]] who educated him on each region's local customs and history.{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} The following men are known to have filled the various offices:

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|1|7}}
| Lord [[Orys Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}{{Ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
| Orys resigned the office after losing his sword hand to [[Wyl of Wyl]] in the [[First Dornish War]].
|-
| {{Date|7|9}}
| Lord [[Edmyn Tully]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Edmyn resigned the office when his wife died in childbirth, stating his children needed him more than the realm.
|-
| {{Date|9|17}}
| Lord [[Alton Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
| Alton served ably in the office until his death of old age.
|-
| {{Date|17|34}}
| Ser [[Osmund Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}
| Osmund was charged with the overseeing and raising of the walls around [[King's Landing]]. Later he led campaigns in the [[Stepstones]] to root out [[Sargoso Saan]], a [[pirate]] king from [[Lys]].
|-
| {{Date|34|37}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| When Aegon ordered the [[Aegonfort]] torn down for [[Red Keep|a stone castle]] to be built in its place, he assigned the task to Alyn and his sister-wife, Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]].
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|5}}
| [[Ollidar]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
| The title of Grand Maester was founded in {{Date|5}}. Ollidar held office for less than a year.
|-
| {{Date|5|12}}
| [[Lyonce]]{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
| Lyonce proved more robust than his predecessor, serving the realm ably for seven years until he slipped, breaking his hip and passing away soon after.
|-
| {{Date|12|37}}
| [[Gawen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|1}}–Unknown
| Lord [[Crispian Celtigar]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| Crispian died at the latest in {{Date|9}}.<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Crispian Celtigar|Crispian Celtigar]] calculation.''</ref>
|-
| Unknown–Unknown
| Unknown
| Aegon is known to have had at least two different masters of coin.{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads had the Dragon - Governance under Aegon I}}
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|1}}–Unknown
| Lord [[Triston Massey]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| [[Aegon's Conquest]]
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
| 
|-
| Unknown–Unknown
| Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Although it is unknown when exactly Lord Aethan served in the office, he is known to have been Aegon's master of ship in {{Date|22}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}, {{Date|29}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} and {{Date|30}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} It is also known that up until Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]] became master of ships for King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|50}}, the office was held hereditary by the heads of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Therefore it is likely Aethan served as master of ships during Aegon's entire reign.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|10}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (Kingsguard)|Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|Two of Aegon's Kingsguard died protecting him,{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}} and it is unknown if Corlys was one of them. If so, he was likely succeeded by Ser [[Addison Hill]], who eventually rose to become Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
|}

===Under Aenys I Targaryen===

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|37|37}}
| Lord [[Alyn Stokeworth]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|37|39}}
| Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|39|41}}
| Septon [[Murmison]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|37|42}}
| [[Gawen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| Unknown–Unknown
| Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]]
| Up until Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]] became master of ships for King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|50}}, the office was held hereditary by the heads of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Therefore it is likely Aethan served as master of ships during Aenys's entire reign.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|43|44}}
| Lord [[Lucas Harroway]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that Lucas died in {{Date|48}}, which has been corrected in later prints to {{Date|44}}.</ref>
| 
|-
| {{Date|44|48}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Lord Edwell resigned in {{Date|48}}, shortly before the end of Maegor's reign.
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|42|42}}
| [[Gawen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Personally executed by Maegor.
|-
| {{Date|42|42}}
| [[Myros]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Personally executed by Maegor.
|-
| {{Date|42|44}}
| [[Desmond (Grand Maester)|Desmond]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Personally executed by Maegor.
|-
| {{Date|44|48}}
| [[Benifer]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown–{{Date|48}}
| Lord [[Alton Butterwell]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| Unknown-Unknown
| Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]]
| Up until Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]] became master of ships for King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|50}}, the office was held hereditary by the heads of [[House Velaryon]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} Therefore it is likely Aethan served as master of ships for Maegor until his own death, which occurred during Maegor's reign.<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aethan Velaryon|Aethan Velaryon]] calculation.''</ref>
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|48}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
| Known to have been in office by {{Date|47}}.
|-
| [[Mistress of whisperers]]
| {{Date|42|48}}
| [[Tyanna of the Tower]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}<ref group="N">Tyanna was executed after the death of Jeyne Westerling in childbirth. Jeyne was married to Maegor in {{Date|47}}; Her pregnancy was announced six months after the wedding, very early on in the pregnancy itself (her belly had not yet begun to swell). She went into labor after six months of pregnancy, placing about a year between Tyanna's death and the wedding.</ref>
| 
|-
|}

===Under Jaehaerys I Targaryen===
In {{Date|55}}, King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] started work on a unified code of law for [[Westeros]], later known as the ''[[Books of Law]]'', with the help of Septon [[Barth]], Grand Maester [[Benifer]], Lord [[Albin Massey]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]. Jaehaerys dubbed the foursome his "smaller council".{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Baratheon}}{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|50|54}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|54|57}}
| Lord [[Myles Smallwood]]{{Ref|ASOS|54}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|58|98}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{Ref|ASOS|54}}{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|99|100}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Ryam served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard at the same time.
|-
| {{Date|100|101}}
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101|103}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|48|59}}
| [[Benifer]]{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}}
| Reinstated from exile.
|-
| {{Date|60|97}}
| [[Elysar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|97|101}}
| [[Allar]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|101|103}}
| [[Runciter]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Master of coin]] and [[Lord treasurer]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Lord [[Edwell Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|50|59}}
| Lord [[Rego Draz]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59}}–Unknown
| Lord [[Martyn Tyrell]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| In truth the duties were performed by his wife, Lady [[Florence Fossoway]].
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|103}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Master of laws]] and [[Lord justiciar]]
| {{Date|49|50}}
| Lord [[Prentys Tully]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|50|59}}
| Lord [[Albin Massey]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|59|80}}
| Lord [[Rodrik Arryn]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|80|92}}
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| Later raised to Hand of the King.
|-
| {{Date|50|89}}
| Lord [[Manfryd Redwyne]]{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
| Manfryd was the first non-[[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] to held this office.
|-
| {{Date|89|92}}
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Served near the end of King Jaehaerys's reign. Lord Corlys angrily resigned from the office when his wife, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]], was passed over as heir to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|48}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Gyles Morrigen]]{{Ref|FAB|Prince into King - The Ascension of Jaehaerys I}}
| Was known to be still Lord Commander in {{Date|84}}.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|103}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Was known to be Lord Commander by {{Date|99}}.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| Advisor
| {{Date|48|50}}
| Septon [[Mattheus]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| Dismissed and replaced by Septon [[Barth]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
|-
| {{Date|50|58}}
| Septon [[Barth]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
| Elevated to the Handship.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
| {{Date|48|59}}
| Lord [[Qarl Corbray]]{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
| While serving as [[Commander of the City Watch]] in [[King's Landing]], Qarl also advised first the Queen Regent, [[Alyssa Velaryon]], then King Jaehaerys on the small council.
|-
| {{Date|50|84}}
| Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
| After her daughter, Princess [[Saera Targaryen]], fled to [[Essos]] in {{Date|84}}, Queen Alysanne withdrew more and more from the governance of the realm, and seldom came to council meetings any longer.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|103|109}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|109|120}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|120|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|103|112}}
| [[Runciter]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|  
|-
| {{Date|112|127}}
| [[Mellos]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|127|129}}
| [[Orwyle]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|103|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Held the post briefly but quickly grew bored and Lyman was reinstated.
|-
| {{Date|104|129}}
| Lord [[Lyman Beesbury]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| Lyman had served on the small council under King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] for an unknown period of time, and close to the entire reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], if not for the short period of time where Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] replaced him.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|104|104}}
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|105|109}}
| Lord [[Lyonel Strong]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|rowspan="3"| Grand Maester [[Orwyle]] is known to have been the last to be named on Viserys I's small council.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Since he was appointed in {{Date|127}},{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} that means that Lord [[Jasper Wylde]], Lord [[Larys Strong]] and Ser [[Tyland Lannister]] were already on Viserys I's small council by {{Date|127}}.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]] and [[Lord Confessor]]
| Unknown–{{Date|129}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown–{{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|103|105}}
| Ser [[Ryam Redwyne]]{{ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|105|112}}
| Ser [[Harrold Westerling]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen King: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|112|129}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
| 
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Regent]]
| {{Date|129|130}}
| Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| Aemond was named Regent and held the title of [[Protector of the Realm]] while his brother Aegon recovered from injuries sustained in the [[battle at Rook's Rest]].
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|129|129}}
| Ser [[Otto Hightower]]{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|-
|{{Date|129|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| Criston served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard at the same time.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|129|131}}
| [[Orwyle]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| Orwyle was arrested by Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s forces when she took [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|130}} and placed in the black cells. He was later freed when Rhaenyra fled the capital.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
|{{Date|129|131}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|129|130}}
| Lord [[Jasper Wylde]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| At the start of Aegon's reign, the newly vacant position was offered to Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]] in the hopes of winning the [[Iron Islands]] as allies. Dalton never accepted the position and instead later attacked the [[westerlands]]. The position remained vacant for much of the war.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|-
| {{Date|131|131}}
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
| After the death of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], Lord Corlys was released and pardoned and appointed to the small council.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|129|131}}
| Lord [[Larys Strong]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| He served as [[Lord Confessor]] at the same time.
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|129|130}}
| Ser [[Criston Cole]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|129|131}}
| Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
| 
|}

====Rhaenyra Targaryen's black council====
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] held [[King's Landing]] and sat on the [[Iron Throne]] for half of the year {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} During this period, Rhaenyra named members of her [[black council]] to the small council. As Rhaenyra's reign is not recognized as legitimate, her appointments are not either.

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King|Hand of the Queen]]
| {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|130}}
| Maester [[Gerardys]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|130}}
| Lord [[Bartimos Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|130}}
| 
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] commanded the [[Velaryon fleet]] which made up the bulk of Rhaenyra's navy, although he is not specifically mentioned as having been named her master of ships.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|130}}
| 
| [[Mysaria]] was unofficially the mistress of whisperers for Rhaenyra.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Lord Commander of the Queensguard]]
| {{Date|129}}
| Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Lorent Marbrand]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| 
|-
| {{Date|130}}
| Ser [[Glendon Goode]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="9" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|131|131}}
| Lord [[Cregan Stark]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
| Lord Cregan held office for a day during a time known as the [[Hour of the Wolf]]. He presided over the trials and executions of those accused of [[poison]]ing King [[Aegon II Targaryen]], before returning to the [[North]].
|-
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
| Ser Tyland was expected to be a weak Hand, but he defied expectations and held the office capably. He died in office of [[Winter Fever]].
|-
| {{Date|133|134}}
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Unwin resigned the office after the king turned down a [[marriage]] proposal with his [[Myrielle Peake|daughter]].
|-
| {{Date|134|135}}
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Thaddeus was imprisoned and tortured by plotters seeking to undermine the [[House Rogare|Rogare family's]] influence over the court.
|-
| {{Date|135|135}}
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Ser Marston concurrently served as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Participated in a plot to imprison Lord Thaddeus Rowan and members of the Rogare family present at court. He was then named Hand, however, he died trying to arrest his sworn brother, Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]], a fortnight later.
|-
| {{Date|135|135}}
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Thaddeus was reinstalled to the office after the imprisonment of plotters and death of Ser Marston Waters. However, after a moon's turn, he was dismissed once again due to having a poor mental condition.
|-
| {{Date|135|136}}
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Munkun served as the King's Hand until the election of a new Hand in the [[Great Council|Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Lord [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Lord Torrhen was elected as the new Hand during the [[Great Council|Council of 136 AC]]. Dismissed from office by the king when he came of age.
|-
| Unknown–{{Date|157}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|131}}–Unknown
| [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| Munkun served Aegon III both as Grand Maester and regent until {{Date|136}}. Although Munkun is known to have served Aegon's son King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] as Grand Maester as well,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} and only the [[Citadel]] can name a Grand Maester, in {{Date|153}} Grand Maester [[Alford]] held the office,{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} suggesting Munkun was removed from his office at some point or had died.
|-
| Unknown–Unknown
| [[Alford]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| In {{Date|153}}, Alford held the office of Grand Maester.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|136}}–Unknown
| [[Isembard Arryn]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[Master of laws]] and [[Lord justiciar]]
| {{Date|133|134}}
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| Served as master of laws and lord justiciar, until he was later named as Hand.
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Master of ships]] and [[Lord admiral]]
| 
| 
| It is unknown who held the office of master of ships at the start of Aegon's reign. It is possible the master of ships at the time of [[Aegon II Targaryen]]'s death, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]],{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} stayed at that position until his own death in {{Date|132}}.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
|-
| {{Date|133|133}}
| Ser [[Gedmund Peake]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| When Lord [[Unwin Peake]] became the [[Hand of the King]], he appointed his uncle as the new master of ships despite Aegon III's whished of appointing Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] to that position.
|-
| {{Date|133|135}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| Alyn's [[Lord Alyn's attack|victory]] against a [[Braavos]]i fleet in the [[Stepstones]], earned Alyn great fame and reputation, [[knight]]hood and a place on the small council as the new master of ships. Lord [[Unwin Peake]] sent Alyn in a perilous voyage to the [[Iron Islands]] to defeat Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]]'s [[ironborn]], hoping the ironborn would get rid of Alyn for him.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
|-
| {{Date|135}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Gedmund Peake]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| After the attempted [[Secret siege|coup]] during the [[regency of Aegon III]] against the Rogare family and the King's Hand, Lord Thaddeus Rowan, Gedmund was named lord admiral and master of ships to appease the supporters of Lord Unwin Peake. When Lord Alyn Velaryon came back from the [[Vale]] to the capital in {{Date|136}}, he did not mind losing his position in favor of Gedmund.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Ser [[Willis Fell]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
| Willis died of [[Winter Fever]].
|-
| {{Date|133|133}}
| Ser [[Robin Massey]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
| Robin was chosen by Aegon III to be Ser [[Willis Fell]]'s successor. He held the position briefly before being replaced by Ser [[Marston Waters]], on order of the King's Hand and regent, Lord [[Unwin Peake]].
|-
| {{Date|133|135}}
| Ser [[Marston Waters]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| Marston was named Lord Commander by the King's Hand and regent, Lord Unwin Peake, after the king's appointment of Ser [[Robin Massey]] in the position was dismissed on the grounds that the king was too young and hadn't consulted his regents.
|-
| {{Date|135}}–Unknown
| Ser [[Raynard Ruskyn]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Lord [[Leowyn Corbray]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
| During Aegon III's regency, Leowyn held the title of [[Protector of the Realm]].
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! colspan="3" | The Regents of Aegon III
|-
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|134}}
| Died of illness at [[Gulltown]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|132}}
| Died of old age in {{Date|132}}, replaced by Lord [[Unwin Peake]].
|-
| Lord [[Roland Westerling]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|133}}
| Died of the [[Winter Fever]] in {{Date|133}}, replaced by Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]].
|-
| Lord [[Royce Caron]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Lord [[Manfryd Mooton]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|134}}
| Died due to old age and illness in {{Date|134}}, replaced by Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]].
|-
| Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|132}}
| Resigned in {{Date|132}}.
|-
| Grand Maester [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|131|136}}
| 
|-
| Lord [[Unwin Peake]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|132|134}}
| Resigned in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|133|135}}
| 
|-
| Ser [[Corwyn Corbray]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|134|134}}
| Killed by a crossbowman at [[Runestone]] in {{Date|134}}.
|-
| Lord [[Willam Stackspear]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| Lord [[Marq Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|-
| Lord [[Lorent Grandison]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}
| {{Date|136|136}}
| Chosen by lot in the [[Great Council of 136 AC]].
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|157|161}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
|{{Date|157|161}}
| Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron I}}
|Alyn led the [[royal fleet]] during the [[conquest of Dorne]].
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|161|171}}
| Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Munkun]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| Was known to be Grand Maester in {{Date|171}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Hand of the King]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|172}} - Unknown
| [[Lord Bracken]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Lord Bracken's daughter, [[Barba Bracken]], and her newborn [[bastard]] son, [[Aegor Rivers]], were sent away from court in {{Date|173}} after the [[House Bracken|Brackens]] pushed Aegon IV to take Barba as his new wife when Queen [[Naerys Targaryen]] was lingering near death from a difficult childbirth.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} It is likely Lord Bracken was sent away as well.
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Butterwell]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TMK}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| {{Date|178}} - {{Date|178}}
| Lord [[Lucas Lothston]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Jon Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| 
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - Unknown
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Aemon served until his death in or between {{Date|178}} and {{Date|183}}.<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)]] calculation.''</ref>
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Hand of the King]]
| Unknown - {{Date|196}}
| Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Removed from the office by King Daeron II for failing to contain the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|196|196}}
| [[Lord Hayford]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| Died at the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]].
|-
| {{Date|196|209}}
| Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
| Died after a blow to the head suffered in the [[trial of seven]] during the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{Ref|THK}}
|-
| {{Date|209}}
| (Possibly) Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]]{{Ref|TSS}}
| It is currently unknown whether ''"...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand."''{{Ref|TSS}} indicates that Valarr was the Hand in {{Date|209}}, or that Valarr and an unnamed Hand are separate individuals.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown - Unknown
| Lord [[Ronnel Penrose]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
| Although Ronnel officially held the office of master of coin, it was widely known that his wife, Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], the king's cousin, was the one performing the duties of the office.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| Advisor
| Unknown - {{Date|209}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/105115-world-of-ice-and-fire-app-update/page-7#entry5737464 World of Ice and Fire Update - Spymaster]</ref>{{Ref|TMK}}
|Brynden served as a spymaster and advisor on Daeron II's small council. However, it is unknown if he was officially named [[master of whisperers]] or not.
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|209|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| He served as [[master of whisperers]] at the same time.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| ~{{Date|210}} - Unknown
| [[Grand Maester (Aerys I)|Unnamed]]
| He was a new Grand Maester by {{Date|211}}. His predecessor may have died during the [[Great Spring Sickness]].
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|209|221}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
| He served as [[Hand of the King]] at the same time.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|221|233}}
| Ser [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|257|258}}
| [[Kaeth]]{{Ref|AFFC|36}}
| Named Grand Maester at the age of eighty, Kaeth died within a year of taking the office.
|-
| {{Date|258|259}}
| [[Ellendor]]{{Ref|AFFC|36}}
| Nigh on ninety when he was elected, he died within a year of taking office.
|-
| {{Date|259|259}}
| [[Merion]]{{Ref|AFFC|36}}
| Elected at the age of sixty-six, Merion died on the road to [[King's Landing]].
|-
| {{Date|259}}
| [[Pycelle]]{{Ref|AGOT|25}}
| Served King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] for a few short months, until the king died.
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Unknown - {{Date|259}}
| Ser [[Duncan the Tall]]
| Duncan is known to have been the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard when he participated in a [[History of tourneys in Westeros#Winter Tourney at King's Landing|winter tourney]] at [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|253}}.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|259|260}}
| Lord [[Ormund Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|-
| Unknown - {{Date|262}}
| [[Edgar Sloane]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|-
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|259|262}}
| [[Pycelle]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|259|262}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
| 
|-
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Resigned his post for Aerys's slights against him.
|-
| {{Date|281|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from office and exiled for failing to contain [[Robert's Rebellion]].
|-
| {{Date|282|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
| Removed from his office and exiled after losing the [[Battle of the Bells]].
|-
| {{Date|283|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|He bravely resigned his position over [[Wildfire plot|Aerys's plan]] to burn [[King's Landing]] and was subsequently burned alive for it.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|-
| {{Date|283|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|Was Hand for only a fortnight.{{Ref|ASOS|11}} Named to the office after the [[Battle of the Trident]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The End}}
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Symond Staunton]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| Known to have been in the office during the false spring in {{Date|281}}.
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ~{{Date|278|283}}
| [[Varys]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}
| 
|-
| Advisor
| Unknown - {{Date|283}}
| Wisdom [[Rossart]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Later promoted to the Handship.
|-
| Unknown office
| {{Date|277|278}}
| Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Steffon was summoned to court by King Aerys II and named in the small council in the wake of the [[Defiance of Duskendale]].
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|283|298}}
| Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298|298}}
| Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|283|298}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|289|298}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - {{Date|298}}
| Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|283|298}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|283|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| [[Regent|Queen Regent]]
| {{Date|298|300}}
| [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|298|300}}
| Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| During the first year of him holding the office, Tywin has his younger son. [[Tyrion Lannister]]. serve on the council as acting Hand of the King.
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|298|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| Temporarily removed from his office in {{Date|299}} by the acting Hand, Tyrion Lannister, and re-instated by Tywin Lannister.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]]
| {{Date|298|299}}
| Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|299|300}}
| [[Tyrion Lannister]]
| Named master of coin after being relieved from his duties as acting Hand.
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| {{Date|299|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| {{Date|299|300}}
| Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
|{{Date|298|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|298|298}}
| Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|298|300}}
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| Due to his imprisonment during the [[War of the Five Kings]], Jaime is absent from King's Landing during the entire reign of King Joffrey I, and thus does not fulfill his role on the small council.
|-
| Officeless seat
| {{Date|299|299}}
| Lord [[Janos Slynt]]
| Within a few short months removed from the office and sent to the [[Wall]].
|-
| rowspan="4" | Advisor
| rowspan="4" | {{Date|299|300}}
| Lord [[Mathis Rowan]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| Prince [[Doran Martell]]
| Not wanting to travel to King's Landing due to his health, Doran sends his younger brother, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], to sit on the council in his place.
|-
| [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]]{{Ref|ASOS|19}}
| 
|}

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

{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="100" | Office
! scope="col" width="50" | Duration
! scope="col" width="150" | Name
! scope="col" width="400" | Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Regent]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300|300}}
| Ser [[Kevan Lannister]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300|300}}
|Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
|Lord [[Mace Tyrell]]
| 
|-
| [[Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| [[Pycelle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of laws]] and [[justiciar]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Lord [[Orton Merryweather]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of coin]] and [[lord treasurer]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| Lord [[Gyles Rosby]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Harys Swyft]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of ships]] and [[grand admiral]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| [[Aurane Waters]]
| 
|-
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Master of whisperers]]
| {{Date|300|300}}
| [[Varys]]
| 
|-
|{{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Qyburn]]
| 
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]
| 
|-
| Advisor
| {{Date|300}} - Present
| [[Nymeria Sand]] (acting in place of Doran Martell){{Ref|ADWD|38}}
| Still on her way to [[King's Landing]].
|}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Jaime watched from the foot of the table, thinking of all those lords who aspired to a seat on [[Tommen Baratheon|the king's]] small council. They can bloody well have mine. If this was power, why did it taste like tedium?{{ref|ASOS|72}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|What was her council doing? Cravens and traitors. When I get out of here I will have the lot of them beheaded and find better men to take their place.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}|thoughts of [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|The last thing I need is [[Garth Tyrell|another Tyrell]] on the small council.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}|thoughts of [[Kevan Lannister]]}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

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

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Landed knight

2021-08-19T17:07:36Z

TMWNN: /* Definition */ Tighten

A '''landed knight''' is a [[knight]] that takes residence in a [[keep]] with accompanying land. Knightly families are members of the [[nobility]] and their status is hereditary. They have their own [[Smallfolk|peasants]] and [[men-at-arms]], and may take [[sworn swords]].{{Ref|TSS}}

Landed knights appear to be similar in nature to the [[w:Gentry|gentry]], untitled minor nobility typically distinguished by their knighthood.

==Definition==
Landed knights are members of [[nobility]],{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} but are normally are too low in rank to marry into [[great houses]];{{Ref|ADWD|6}} marrying a highborn woman like [[Brienne of Tarth]] would be a great achievement for one.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} Landed knights are not [[lord]]s,{{Ref|THK}} and there are many more of the former; [[House Osgrey]] once boasted a score of lesser lordlings and a hundred landed knights as vassals,{{Ref|TSS}} while [[House Manderly]] claims a dozen lords and hundred landed knights as [[bannermen]].{{Ref|ADWD|29}} A landed knight does not have the authority to deliver justice in their land, specifically the [[right of pit and gallows]]. Rather, they must appeal to their liege lord.{{Ref|TSS}}<ref name="ssm1999">[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Land_Ownership_and_Marriage_in_Westeros/ Land Ownership and Marriage in Westeros?], December 19, 1999</ref><ref name="ssm2002">[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1203/ Knights and Lords], March 02, 2002</ref> Landed knights are sworn to fight for the lord who holds dominion over their land.<ref name="ssm1999"/>

Some landed knights are more powerful than smaller lordlings. These knights are usually of ancient houses, with extensive lands and strong castles. Their status is often reflected by taking a style that incorporates the name of their castle, such as [[Symond Templeton]] being the "[[Knight of Ninestars]]". Regardless, a landed knight has less prestige and is outranked by lords at feasts and [[tourney]]s, nonetheless.<ref name="ssm2002"/>

According to a semi-canon source, "masters" in the [[north]] are similar to [[southron]] landed knights.<ref>A Forum of Ice and Fire: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/34958-the-asoiaf-wiki-thread/&do=findComment&comment=7590729 The ASOIAF wiki thread]</ref>

==Examples==
*Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], the Knight of [[Clegane's Keep]]
*Ser [[Ronnet Connington]], the [[Knight of Griffin's Roost]]
*Ser [[Gerold Dayne]], the [[Knight of High Hermitage]]
*Ser [[Deziel Dalt]], the [[Knight of Lemonwood]]
*Ser [[Symon Santagar]], the [[Knight of Spottswood]]
*Ser [[Symond Templeton]], the [[Knight of Ninestars]]
*Ser [[Lorent Lorch]]
*Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]]
*Ser [[Davos Seaworth]], the Onion Knight,{{ref|ACOK|0}} before [[Stannis Baratheon]] makes him a lord and [[Hand of the King]]{{Ref|aSoS|36}}

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

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Roose Bolton/Theories

2020-08-03T03:16:54Z

TMWNN: /* Evidence for */ Clarify/reshuffle/cite

{{Theory_Policy}}

In a theory known as "Bolt-on", some readers believe that [[Roose Bolton]] is an immortal being, possibly an [[Others|Other]], that steals and wears other people's skin.

== Evidence for ==

* The [[Faceless Men]] of [[Braavos]] have demonstrated that it is possible to remove other people's faces and wear them as a disguise. The [[Dreadfort]] is proximate to Braavos, so the Boltons might have sailed there and learned the secret.
* Even if they never traveled to Braavos, [[House Bolton]] has been flaying people for centuries, and would be most likely to discover that skin could be worn.
* Roose states that the only reason he did not kill his illegitimate son [[Ramsay Snow]] is the taboo of kinslaying. However, Roose conceived Ramsay when he hanged a miller and raped his wife beneath his swaying body, and broke his sworn oaths by killing his [[Robb Stark|liege lord]]; it seems uncharacteristically moral of him to shun kinslaying.
* It seems more likely that Roose plans to take on Ramsay's identity and skin eventually, as Ramsay shares Roose's distinctive blue eyes. Even if the being wearing Roose's skin is immortal, its persona needs to "die" every so often to avoid suspicion. It is even possible that Roose killed his only trueborn son [[Domeric Bolton]], because Domeric did not share Roose's eyes.
* [[Theon Greyjoy|Reek]] notes that Roose does not seem to age:

{{Quote|Though past forty, [Roose] was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell the passage of time...there was an agelessness about him, a stillness.{{ref|ADWD|20}}}}
* Nearly every mention of Roose Bolton mentions the pale coldness of his nature or eyes, indicating that he might be an Other. At one point, it is even stated "Roose Bolton's own face was a pale grey mask".{{ref|adwd|37}}
* [[Nan|Old Nan]] tells Bran a story of a man who had a child with a woman in white, probably an Other by her description. Old Nan's stories have a history of being true. This child could be Roose.
* Roose leeches blood from himself because "Frequent leechings are the secret of a long life",{{ref|ACOK|47}} consistent with his not seeming to age.{{ref|ADWD|20}} He states, however, that although he expects his new wife [[Fat Walda Frey]] to be fertile and birth children,

{{quote|Ramsay will kill them all, of course. That's for the best. I will not live long enough to see new sons to manhood, and boy lords are the bane of any House.{{ref|ADWD|32}}}}

:Roose is only in his 40s.{{ref|ADWD|20}} Planning to take Ramsay's identity would explain his being so confident (yet unworried) that "Ramsay" will kill any rivals to his inheritance, and that Roose himself will not be alive long enough to see his future children as adults.

== Evidence against ==

* There is no direct evidence for this theory, only circumstantial evidence.

{{references|2}}

[[Category:Theories]]

Roose Bolton/Theories

2020-07-16T23:41:36Z

TMWNN: /* Evidence for */ Clarify

{{Theory_Policy}}

In a theory known as "Bolt-on", some readers believe that [[Roose Bolton]] is an immortal being, possibly an [[Others|Other]], that steals and wears other people's skin.

== Evidence for ==

* The [[Faceless Men]] of [[Braavos]] have demonstrated that it is possible to remove other people's faces and wear them as a disguise. The [[Dreadfort]] is proximate to Braavos, so the Boltons might have sailed there and learned the secret.
* Even if they never traveled to Braavos, [[House Bolton]] has been flaying people for centuries, and would be most likely to discover that skin could be worn.
* Roose states that the only reason he did not kill his illegitimate son [[Ramsay Snow]] is the taboo of kinslaying. However, Roose conceived Ramsay when he hanged a miller and raped his wife beneath his swaying body, and broke his sworn oaths by killing his [[Robb Stark|liege lord]]; it seems uncharacteristically moral of him to shun kinslaying.
* It seems more likely that Roose plans to take on Ramsay's identity and skin eventually, as Ramsay shares Roose's distinctive blue eyes. Even if the being wearing Roose's skin is immortal, its persona needs to "die" every so often to avoid suspicion. It is even possible that Roose killed his only trueborn son [[Domeric Bolton]], because Domeric did not share Roose's eyes.
* [[Theon Greyjoy|Reek]] notes that Roose does not seem to age:

{{Quote|Though past forty, [Roose] was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell the passage of time...there was an agelessness about him, a stillness.{{ref|ADWD|20}}}}
* Nearly every mention of Roose Bolton mentions the pale coldness of his nature or eyes, indicating that he might be an Other. At one point, it is even stated "Roose Bolton's own face was a pale grey mask".{{ref|adwd|37}}
* [[Nan|Old Nan]] tells Bran a story of a man who had a child with a woman in white, probably an Other by her description. Old Nan's stories have a history of being true. This child could be Roose.
* Roose leeches blood from himself because "Frequent leechings are the secret of a long life",{{ref|ACOK|47}} consistent with his not seeming to age.{{ref|ADWD|20}} He states, however, that although he expects his new wife [[Fat Walda Frey]] to be fertile and birth children,

{{quote|Ramsay will kill them all, of course. That's for the best. I will not live long enough to see new sons to manhood, and boy lords are the bane of any House.{{ref|ADWD|32}}}}

:Roose planning to take Ramsay's identity would explain his being so confident (yet unworried) that "Ramsay" will kill any rivals to his inheritance, and that Roose himself—in his 40s—will not be alive long enough to see his future children as adults.

== Evidence against ==

* There is no direct evidence for this theory, only circumstantial evidence.

{{references|2}}

[[Category:Theories]]

Roose Bolton/Theories

2020-07-16T23:39:46Z

TMWNN: /* Evidence for */ Leechings and long life

{{Theory_Policy}}

In a theory known as "Bolt-on", some readers believe that [[Roose Bolton]] is an immortal being, possibly an [[Others|Other]], that steals and wears other people's skin.

== Evidence for ==

* The [[Faceless Men]] of [[Braavos]] have demonstrated that it is possible to remove other people's faces and wear them as a disguise. The [[Dreadfort]] is proximate to Braavos, so the Boltons might have sailed there and learned the secret.
* Even if they never traveled to Braavos, [[House Bolton]] has been flaying people for centuries, and would be most likely to discover that skin could be worn.
* Roose states that the only reason he did not kill his illegitimate son [[Ramsay Snow]] is the taboo of kinslaying. However, Roose conceived Ramsay when he hanged a miller and raped his wife beneath his swaying body, and broke his sworn oaths by killing his [[Robb Stark|liege lord]]; it seems uncharacteristically moral of him to shun kinslaying.
* It seems more likely that Roose plans to take on Ramsay's identity and skin eventually, as Ramsay shares Roose's distinctive blue eyes. Even if the being wearing Roose's skin is immortal, its persona needs to "die" every so often to avoid suspicion. It is even possible that Roose killed his only trueborn son [[Domeric Bolton]], because Domeric did not share Roose's eyes.
* [[Theon Greyjoy|Reek]] notes that Roose does not seem to age:

{{Quote|Though past forty, [Roose] was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell the passage of time...there was an agelessness about him, a stillness.{{ref|ADWD|20}}}}
* Nearly every mention of Roose Bolton mentions the pale coldness of his nature or eyes, indicating that he might be an Other. At one point, it is even stated "Roose Bolton's own face was a pale grey mask".{{ref|adwd|37}}
* [[Nan|Old Nan]] tells Bran a story of a man who had a child with a woman in white, probably an Other by her description. Old Nan's stories have a surprising history of being true. This child could be Roose.
* Roose leeches blood from himself because "Frequent leechings are the secret of a long life".{{ref|ACOK|47}} He states, however, that although he expects his new wife [[Fat Walda Frey]] to be fertile and birth children,

{{quote|Ramsay will kill them all, of course. That's for the best. I will not live long enough to see new sons to manhood, and boy lords are the bane of any House.{{ref|ADWD|32}}}}

:Roose planning to take Ramsay's identity would explain his being so confident (yet unworried) that "Ramsay" will kill any rivals to his inheritance, and that Roose himself—in his 40s—will not be alive long enough to see his future children as adults.

== Evidence against ==

* There is no direct evidence for this theory, only circumstantial evidence.

{{references|2}}

[[Category:Theories]]

Aegon IV Targaryen

2020-07-07T16:46:39Z

TMWNN: /* Reign */ Tighten

{{Monarch
| name = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|left]] '''Aegon IV''' [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:AEGON IV.jpg|350px|]]
| image_caption = Aegon IV by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©].
| reign = {{Date|172}} - {{Date|184}}
| coronation =
| othertitles = [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]] [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] [[Protector of the Realm]] [[Prince of Dragonstone]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| fullname = Aegon Targaryen the Fourth of His Name
| alias = Aegon the Unworthy
| predecessor = [[Viserys II Targaryen]]
| successor = [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
| suc-type =
| heir = [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
| queen = [[Naerys Targaryen]]
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'''Aegon IV Targaryen''', known as '''Aegon the Unworthy''', was the eleventh [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] to sit the [[Iron Throne]], and is considered to be one of the worst Targaryen kings. He sired numerous [[bastard]]s, legitimizing them on his deathbed, an act that led to five [[Blackfyre Pretenders|Blackfyre Rebellions]].

==Appearance and Character==
Aegon began his reign when he was young, vigorous, robust, and handsome but ended it old, corrupt and morbidly obese. By the end of it he was bloated and fat. His eyes were almost lost in the fat of his face, his legs too weak to support his belly. He had a small mouth and a large beard used in an attempt to cover the fat of his neck and face. He wore a new [[Crowns (object)|crown]] he had made, huge and heavy, red gold, each of its points a dragon head with gemstone eyes.<ref name=TK>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_Kings Targaryen Kings (November 1, 2005)]</ref> On his [[Currency|coinage]], he was depicted with a beard.{{Ref|TMK}}

Aegon coveted the [[Iron Throne]] as a boy. As a prince he was handsome, skilled with lance and sword. He loved to hunt, hawk, and dance. At court he was the brightest prince who dazzled [[lord]]s with his wit. He had one major flaw, however: he could not rule himself. His lusts, gluttony and desires ruled him.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

==Biography==
===Early life===
[[File:Larra Rogare.png|thumb|left|300px|Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] and his wife [[Larra Rogare]] hold a young Prince Aegon, as depicted by Magali Villeneuve in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''.]]

Aegon was the eldest son of Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], and his wife, [[Larra Rogare]]. He was born during the third moon of the year {{Date|135}} in [[King's Landing]], less than a fortnight after his aunt, Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], rode her [[dragon]], [[Morning]], for the first time. Aegon grew up during the rule of his uncle, King [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]], after whom he was [[named after|named]]. Septon [[Bernard]] anointed him with the seven oils in the [[royal sept]], and the bells of the city rang in celebration of his birth and following the custom a [[dragon egg]] was placed in his craddle. His grandfather, [[Lysandro Rogare]] even declared a day of feasting in [[Lys]] in his honor.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of the Regency}}

In {{Date|139}}, his mother Larra returned to her native [[Lys]], where she died in {{Date|145}}.<ref>[http://www.westeros.org/BoD/Transcripts/Entry/The_World_of_Ice_and_Fire_AMA The World of Ice and Fire "AMA" (November 9, 2014)]</ref>{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} In {{Date|153}}, Viserys had Aegon married to his sister, Princess [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]], with Aegon III's blessing.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}} Their [[marriage]] was an unhappy one. Naerys had a better relationship with her second brother, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]], for he knew how to make her laugh and had something of the piety she had, while Aegon did not. When Aegon and Naerys were wed in the early months of {{Date|153}}, Aemon quarreled with Aegon at the wedding feast, and Naerys wept during the [[bedding]]. Aegon's first child with Naerys, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], was born on the last day of {{Date|153}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

As a young prince, Aegon accompanied his cousin, King [[Daeron I Targaryen|Daeron "the Young Dragon"]], in his [[conquest of Dorne]], as did Aegon's younger brother, Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon "the Dragonknight"]], who had joined the [[Kingsguard]]. After the [[submission of Sunspear]], Aegon was tasked by King Daeron I to escort the highborn [[Dornish]] hostages to [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} One of these hostages, Lady [[Cassella Vaith]], became one of Aegon's mistresses for a few years.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

When [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]] became king after Daeron's death in Dorne, Baelor dissolved his marriage to his sister-wife, [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], and imprisoned her and his other sisters in comfortable confinement of the [[Maidenvault]] so the sight of her would not tempt him or the men of his court to carnal thoughts. That did not stop Daena from escaping her confinement on three occasions, one time with the help of her cousin, Aegon. Daena became pregnant, refused to say who the father was, and was dubbed "Daena the Defiant" for her willfulness. In time she gave birth to Aegon's son who she named [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Three_Maidens_in_the_Tower Three Maidens in the Tower (June 27, 2006)]</ref><ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Great_Bastards/ The Great Bastards (December 26, 2005)]</ref>

Daemon was not the first of Aegon's bastards, however. Aegon had already acknowledged multiple children by two of his four mistresses, and more children would follow. In his marriage, however, childbirth went less easily. During the years of their marriage, Princess Naerys had several difficult pregnancies. In {{Date|161}}, Naerys gave birth to twins who died shortly after the birth. This caused the new king, [[Baelor I Targaryen]], to fast for a moon's turn.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} Because Naerys nearly died during this pregnancy, King Baelor sent Prince Aegon to [[Braavos]] on a diplomatic mission. Accounts at the time suggest it was an excuse to make certain Aegon left Naerys alone as she recovered from the failed childbirth.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} In {{Date|172}}, after another troubled labor, Naerys gave birth to a daughter named [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} Daenerys' twin brother, however, was stillborn.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

Eventually Baelor starved himself to death during one of his pious fasts, and Daena and her sisters were passed over in the succession. Aegon's father Viserys became king, but he only ruled for a year before passing away himself. So, in {{Date|172}}, the throne passed to Aegon, the Fourth of His Name. Some historians suspect that the sudden death of Aegon's father, King Viserys, was [[Kinslaying|not natural]] and that his successor and son Aegon [[poison]]ed him in order to hasten his inheritance to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Viserys II}}

===Reign===
Aegon IV is generally considered to be one of the worst kings in the history of Westeros, and is dubbed "Aegon the Unworthy" in the face of his excess and misrule. Aegon's behavior caused great strife at court, especially with his son [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]] and Aegon's brother [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]], who was then the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]].

Aegon was a decadent, corrupt ruler who indulged his passions and whims at every opportunity. Being attractive, he was popular with women both highborn and lowborn. He had as many as nine [[#Mistresses|mistresses]] and many bastards. Supposedly, he had any woman he wanted, whether they were married or not.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|asos|28}}

Aegon's misrule started with small acts of pleasure, but in time his appetites knew no bounds and his corruption and oppression led to acts that would haunt the realm for generations to come. He filled his court not with men who were noble, wise, or honest, but with those who could flatter and amuse him. The women at court were largely those who could do the same, letting him slake his lusts upon their bodies. On his whims he gave to one House while taking from another. He deprived men of their rightful inheritance, when he desired their wealth, as rumors claim he did following the death of Lord [[Ossifer Plumm]] during his wedding day.

Aegon gave away priceless treasures to Lords who managed to please him and for the sake of his desires: an example, on one of his many trips he gifted a [[dragon egg]] to Lord [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Butterwell]], after guesting at his castle and allegedly impregnating his host's three maiden daughters in one night.{{Ref|TMK}} Aegon used promotions of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] as a way to shower largesse on those he most favored, and they in turn made sure that the brothels - and even the decent women of the city were made available for Aegon's lusts whenever their King desired.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Aegon once renamed the [[Teats]], two hills that were disputed territories between [[House Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood]]. They were dubbed by Aegon as ''Barba's Teats'' in honor of his Bracken mistress, [[Barba Bracken]], the mother of [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]]. A few years later, he casually appropriated the hills from the Brackens and gifted them to the Blackwoods while renaming the hills for his new Blackwood mistress, [[Melissa Blackwood]], the mother of [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]]. The Blackwoods still call them ''Missy's Teats'', while the Brackens call them ''Barba's Teats''.{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

To the [[smallfolk]], Aegon's reign might have been a source of gossip and amusement. To the [[lord]]s of the realm who did not stay at his court, and who did not wish Aegon to take liberties with their daughters, he might have seemed strong and decisive, frivolous, but largely harmless. Those who were actually at court (among them Aegon's brother [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]]) saw him for what he truly was. Aegon was too mercurial, too greedy and too cruel to be anything other than dangerous.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

From a young age, Aegon indulged himself with women and continued to do so after his marriage, even during his own reign. He quite openly flaunted his mistresses at court, to the distress of his wife. [[Naerys Targaryen]] was the only woman Aegon took no pleasure in bedding; he did not love her as she was pious, gentle and frail, everything Aegon loathed. Aegon could have easily ended the marriage by allowing Naerys to join the [[Faith of the Seven]] as she wanted, and then married any other woman of his choosing. Why he never did this is cause of much speculation among the [[maesters]]. The answer most likely was simple cruelty. According to Grand Maester [[Alford]], after the birth of Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]], he warned Aegon that a second pregnancy could kill Naerys. After giving Aegon an heir, Naerys begged him, "Let us live henceforth as brother and sister." Aegon refused, saying "that is what we are doing", and insisted she still perform her "wifely duties" for the rest of her life.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

Aegon's treatment of Naerys inflamed matters between Aegon and his brother, Aemon. As children, Aemon and Naerys had been inseparable. Aegon's resentment of his younger noble, famed, and celebrated brother was plain for all to see, most likely because Aemon was everything Aegon was not.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

When Queen Naerys was accused of adultery and treason by the knight Ser [[Morgil Hastwyck]], Prince Aemon defended his sister's honor in [[trial by combat]] and slew Morgil. This event became famous and inspired many songs, stories, and fables by bards, furthering Prince Aemon's renown, much to King Aegon's annoyance. According to the writings of Maester [[Kaeth]] in ''[[Lives of Four Kings]]'', it was Aegon who secretly started the rumors of Naerys's adultery and used Morgil to instigate this tale, though at the time Aegon denied this. Strangely enough, there were no known rumors spread about the parentage of [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Princess Daenerys]], only about [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]]; these accusations also coincidentally started when Aegon and his heir, Prince Daeron, were quarreling. Daeron opposed Aegon's plan for an unprovoked war on [[Dorne]]. The king ignored Daeron's protests, he built a massive fleet, and in {{Date|174}} sent it to launch an invasion by landing on the Dornish coast. The fleet was scattered en route and destroyed by a vicious storm, however.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

In {{Date|178}}, Aegon caught one of his [[Kingsguard]] knights, Ser [[Terrence Toyne]], sleeping with one of his mistresses, Lady [[Bethany Bracken]]. Even though they proclaimed love, Aegon had them both executed.{{Ref|aSoS|16}} Terrence was dismembered piece by piece, while Bethany was forced to watch before meeting her own death.{{Ref|aFfC|17}} Aegon also had Bethany's father, [[Lord Bracken]], who had once served as his [[Hand of the King]], executed just for spite.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} This action led to an assassination attempt against King Aegon by Terrence Toyne's brothers, who desired revenge. Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]], who despite their conflicts and Aegon's hatred and disrespect towards him, sacrificed his own life to protect Aegon and saved him from the Toyne brothers' assassination attempt.{{Ref|TMK}} Aegon's wife, Naerys, died in childbirth a year later in {{Date|179}}, along with the child. Aegon did little to honor either his brother's or his wife's memories. After the death of both his siblings, Aegon began to make barely veiled references to his son's alleged illegitimacy - something he now only dared now because both his wife and the Dragonknight were dead.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

[[File:Marc Simonetti knightingson.jpg|450px|thumb|King Aegon IV publicly [[knight]]ing and then bestowing the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] sword of kings, [[Blackfyre]], on his [[bastard]] son [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]]. As depicted by Marc Simonetti in [[The World of Ice & Fire]].]]

[[Blackfyre]], the [[Valyrian steel]] sword of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]], was traditionally carried by the Targaryen kings who succeeded him. Aegon IV, however, gave Blackfyre not to his heir, Daeron, but to one of his bastards, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]], when he knighted Daemon at the age of 12, formally recognizing him as his son. Talk of Daemon becoming Aegon's heir instead of Daeron began after this point.

Aegon betrothed Daemon to the daughter of the [[Archon]] of [[Tyrosh]], a girl named [[Rohanne of Tyrosh|Rohanne]]. This match, however, was not one of Daemon's wishes. It was claimed he wanted to wed his half-sister, Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]]. King Aegon, however, refused this, and it was believed that Aegon saw more profit in making ties with Tyrosh, as to have the aid of the Tyroshi fleet available, should he want to make another attempt to conquer Dorne.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Other sources claim that Daemon did not mind the marriage to Rohanne, as he had believed he would be allowed to follow the example of Aegon the Conquerer and [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]] and have more than one wife. Some of the [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] loyalists would later claim that Aegon IV even promised this to Daemon. Daemon's half-brother Daeron, on the other hand, had different views on the matters, and after his own coronation, made certain that the dowry for Daemon's wedding to Rohanne was paid.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

In the last few years of Aegon's corrupt reign, his heir, Daeron, became one of the biggest obstacles to Aegon's misrule. While some lords saw opportunity in the gluttonous, corpulent king who could easily be convinced to part with honors, offices and treasures for a chance at pleasure, many others who condemned the king's behavior flocked to Daeron. Aegon, despite all the threats, japes and disparities he heaped upon his son, never formally disowned Daeron. Accounts differ as to why, the most likely explanation being that Aegon knew that his hold on his throne would not be secure if he disowned his son. It would mean civil war, as many lords who were sickened by Aegon's depravity would defend Daeron's rights. Chief amongst them were [[House Martell]], due to the fact Daeron was married to Princess [[Myriah Martell]] of [[Sunspear]]. Aegon tried to use the hatred of the [[stormlands]] and the [[Reach]] toward [[Dorne]] to his advantage. Aegon decided to go ahead with another plan to invade Dorne, which led to an even greater folly then his first attempted invasion.

Like many other Targaryen kings, Aegon was obsessed with regaining [[dragon]]s for his house. Instead of trying to resurrect the dead dragons of his ancestors, Aegon commanded the [[Alchemists' Guild|pyromancers]] to "build me dragons". Hundreds of men died while trying to operate the alchemists' seven [[dragons (mechanical)|mechanical "dragons"]] with jets of [[wildfire]], destroying a quarter of the [[kingswood]]. Aegon never spoke of Dorne again.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|aSoS|54}}{{Ref|aDwD|68}}

===Death===
The reign of the unworthy monarch finally ended in {{Date|184}}. At only forty-nine years of age, he had become so morbidly obese he could not walk anymore, making many wonder how his last mistress could endure his embrace. Aegon died a horrible death, his bloated body so swollen that he could not even lift himself from his couch that became covered in his feces. Aegon's limbs were rotting and crawling in hosts of flesh worms, and the [[maester]]s said they had never seen the like of this before. The [[septons]], however, pronounced it a judgment of the gods. He was given the [[milk of the poppy]] to try to dull the pain but nothing else could be done.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

Aegon's last decree before his death was bitter poison that would lay the seeds to generations of war, bloodshed, death, and woe to the realm. Aegon legitimized all his bastard children, causing five generations of strife as the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] tried to claim the Iron Throne.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|aSoS|6}}

==Mistresses and Bastards==
Throughout his life, Aegon Targaryen had many mistresses. From the highest-born princess to the meanest whore, Aegon made no difference between them. By the end of his life, he claimed to have slept with at least nine hundred women (the exact number he could not remember). However, out of all those women, Aegon claims to have only ever truly loved nine. His wife, [[Naerys Targaryen]], is not counted among them.

* Lady [[Falena Stokeworth]] was Aegon's first mistress. In {{Date|149}}, she took the virginity of the fourteen-year-old prince. Their affair continued, until a [[knight]] of the [[Kingsguard]] found them together in bed in {{Date|151}}. Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] then decided to marry Falena off to the [[master-at-arms]] at the [[Red Keep]], Ser [[Lucas Lothston]], and convinced his brother King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] to name Lothston as the new [[Lord of Harrenhal]], thereby removing Falena from court. Prince Aegon, however, continued to frequently visit [[Harrenhal]] for two more years, and it has been suggested that even after that, his visits to Falena continued.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
** While Aegon did not acknowledge any of Falena's offspring as his own, it is rumored that at least one of Falena's children, daughter [[Jeyne Lothston]] (Aegon's eight mistress), was Aegon's daughter.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* [[Megette]], also known as ''Merry Meg'', was found by Prince Aegon in {{Date|155}}, when he was in need of a smith. Megette was married to the smith, and seven gold [[currency|dragons]] and a threat of Ser [[Joffrey Staunton]] of the Kingsguard "persuaded" the man to let Aegon "buy" his wife. Megette was placed in a mansion in King's Landing, and "wed" Aegon in a secret ceremony by a [[mummer]] playing a septon. After four years in {{Date|158}}, Prince Viserys returned Megette to her husband, who beat her to death within a year.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
** Megette birthed Aegon four daughters in four years time: [[Alysanne (daughter of Aegon IV)|Alysanne]], [[Lily]], [[Willow (daughter of Aegon IV)|Willow]] and [[Rosey (daughter of Aegon IV)|Rosey]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* Lady [[Cassella Vaith]] was one of the hostages King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] had accepted at the [[Submission of Sunspear]]. It was Prince Aegon who escorted the hostages back to King's Landing. Eventually, the [[Dornishmen]] revolted, and killed Daeron, leading to Prince Viserys demanding Cassella returned to the other hostages, as he planned to execute them. Prince Aegon, who by then had grown bored of her, did not resist. Casella was returned to [[Dorne]] by the new king, [[Baelor I Targaryen]], and would live a long life, consumed by the belief that she had been Aegon's one and true love, and that he would soon send for her.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* [[Bellegere Otherys]], ''the Black Pearl of Braavos'', was the captain of the ''[[Widow Wind]]'', whom Aegon met after having been sent as an envoy to [[Braavos]] in {{Date|161}}. Their affair would continue for ten years.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
** Bellegere birthed Aegon three children, two girls and a boy of questionable paternity: [[Bellanora]], [[Narha]], [[Balerion (son of Aegon IV)|Balerion]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* Lady [[Barba Bracken]] was the daughter of [[Lord Bracken]]; she had been a companion to the Princesses [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon III)|Rhaena]] and [[Elaena Targaryen|Elaena]] in the [[Maidenvault]]. She caught Aegon's attention in {{Date|171}}, when all were free to leave the Maidenvault again following King Baelor's death. When Aegon became king in {{Date|172}}, Barba openly became his mistress and her father became his Hand. She gave birth to a son that same year, two weeks before Queen Naerys gave birth to a daughter - a childbirth that nearly killed her. Hoping that Naerys would die and he could make his daughter a queen, Lord Bracken spoke openly of wedding Barba to Aegon. When Naerys eventually recovered, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron]] and Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon]] forced Aegon to send the Brackens away from court.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
** Barba birthed Aegon one son in {{Date|172}}: [[Aegor Rivers]], later in life known as ''Bittersteel''.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* Lady [[Melissa Blackwood]], also known as ''Missy'', was a kind girl who befriended Queen Naerys and Princes Daeron and Aemon. She "reigned" for five years as Aegon's mistress, before being set aside.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
** During her five years as Aegon's mistress, Melissa gave birth to three children: [[Mya Rivers]], [[Gwenys Rivers]], and [[Brynden Rivers]] (b. {{Date|175}}), who would later be known as ''Bloodraven''.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* Lady [[Bethany Bracken]], the younger sister of Lady Barba, had been trained by her sister and father to seduce Aegon and replace Melissa Blackwood. She caught Aegon's eye in {{Date|177}}, when he came to visit [[Aegor Rivers|his bastard son]] by Barba, and was taken back to King's Landing. Aegon had grown fat by then, and Bethany did not feel comfortable with this relationship. She found comfort in the arms of Ser [[Terrence Toyne]] of the [[Kingsguard]]. The king discovered them in {{Date|178}}, and had Bethany and her father executed and Terrence tortured to death.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* Lady [[Jeyne Lothston]], the daughter of Lady [[Falena Stokeworth]], Aegon's first mistress, and Lord [[Lucas Lothston]] (though some would claim Aegon himself was the father), was only fourteen years old when she was brought to court in {{Date|178}}. She became Aegon's mistress, but not for long. Jeyne caught a [[pox]] from Aegon, which he had caught from a whore he had been seeing since Lady Bethany's death. Jeyne and her family were sent away from court quickly after this.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

* [[Serenei of Lys]] was brought to court by Aegon's newest Hand, Lord [[Jon Hightower]]. Serenei was said to be a sorceress, and would die giving birth to the last of the king's acknowledged bastards.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
** Serenei had one daughter by Aegon: [[Shiera Seastar]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

Besides these nine "official" mistresses, Aegon had had an affair with his cousin, Princess [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]], during her time in the Maidenvault, which led to the birth of [[Daemon Waters]] in {{Date|170}}. Aegon would not acknowledge the boy until {{Date|182}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} Aegon took many other women to his bed, including, according to stories, the three daughters of [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell]], impregnating them as well.{{Ref|TMK}} It is also rumored that Aegon also had an affair with his other cousin [[Elaena Targaryen]] and that he was the actual father of her son, [[Viserys Plumm]], instead of her late husband, Lord [[Ossifer Plumm]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}

While on his deathbed, Aegon legitimized his bastard sons and placed them in his line of succession after his trueborn son, [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]]. Twelve years after Aegon's death, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] rose against his half-brother and attempted to take the throne in the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]. He was defeated, but [[House Blackfyre|the Blackfyres]] continued to trouble the Targaryens for sixty-four more years.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

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|The Great Bastards: [[Aegor Rivers|Bittersteel]], [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]], [[Brynden Rivers|Bloodraven]], and [[Shiera Seastar|Shiera]].
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===Great Bastards===
The bastard sons and daughters born to Aegon IV from noblewomen were known as "Great Bastards".{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} They included:
* [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Waters]], later in life known as Daemon I Blackfyre
* [[Aegor Rivers]], later in life known as Bittersteel
* [[Mya Rivers]]
* [[Gwenys Rivers]]
* [[Brynden Rivers]], later in life known as Bloodraven
* [[Shiera Seastar|Shiera]], later in life known as Shiera Seastar

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]] was weak and [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]] was cruel and [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]] was grasping, but no king before or after that would practice so much willful misrule.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}|writings of [[Kaeth]] in ''[[Lives of Four Kings]]''}}

{{Quote|Aegon was not called the Unworthy without cause.{{Ref|affc|13}}|[[Arys Oakheart]] to [[Arianne Martell]]}}

{{Quote|That King Aegon, he had any woman he wanted, whether they were married or not.{{Ref|asos|28}}|[[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Aegon the Fourth legitimized all his [[bastard]]s on his deathbed. And how much pain, grief, war, and murder grew from that? ... The [[Blackfyre pretenders]] troubled the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] for five generations, until [[Barristan Selmy|Barristan the Bold]] slew the [[Maelys I Blackfyre|last of them]] on the [[Stepstones]].{{Ref|ASoS|45}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'Fire and Blood' were the words of [[House Targaryen]], but Dunk once heard Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree|Arlan]] say that Aegon's should have been, 'Wash Her and Bring Her to My Bed'.{{Ref|TSS}}|thoughts of [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

==Family==
{{Targaryen tree Aegon III}}

==Behind the Scenes==
[[George R. R. Martin]] has described Aegon IV as the [[w:Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] of Westeros.<ref name=TK/>

==References==
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Fosterage

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'''Fosterage''' is the practice of a noble raising the child of another noble.

==Background==
The [[custom]] of fosterage is common among the nobility of [[Westeros]]. It is seen as a way of establishing friendships and alliances.<ref name=ssm>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1202/ Numerous Questions (February 28, 2002)]</ref> For example, Lord [[Jon Arryn]] became a second father to his two foster children, [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], during the years they were fostered by Arryn at the [[Eyrie]].{{Ref|agot|2}} Additionally, fosterage is seen as a means of education.<ref name=ssm/> For example, boys can be fostered out as [[squire]]s, training for [[knight]]hood.{{Ref|acok|8}} Most commonly the fostered child is male,<ref name=ssm/> although it is not unheard of for females to be fostered. The fostered child can be trueborn or [[bastard]] born.{{Ref|AGOT|6}} [[Hostage]]s may be fostered; for example, [[Theon Greyjoy]].{{ref|adwd|37}} In the [[Free City]] of [[Norvos]], children are usually not fostered out.{{Ref|affc|21}}{{Ref|aFfC|40}}

According to [[George R. R. Martin]], a child who is fostered by a lord or lady can make visits home during the years of his fosterage, although these visits would be minimal while the child is still young. After reaching the [[age of majority]], the fostered child is free to come and go as he or she likes.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Some_Questions Some Questions (March 16, 2000)]</ref>

==History==
During the [[War of Conquest]], the lords of the [[Three Sisters]] [[Sistermen's Rebellion|declared their independence]] from the [[Eyrie]], and installed [[Marla Sunderland]] as their queen. After the conquest, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] sent an army under the command of Ser [[Warrick Manderly]] and Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] to put the rebellion down, and the frightened lords deposed Queen Marla in favor of her brother [[Steffon Sunderland]]. Lord Steffon renewed his fealty to [[House Arryn]], and gave his sons as hostages, one to be fostered with the [[House Manderly|Manderlys]], the other with the Arryns.{{ref|FAB|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}

When a [[House Rowan|Rowan]] girl in Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]'s service became pregnant by a scullion, Rhaenys found a [[knight]] in [[White Harbor]] to marry her, and another in [[Lannisport]] to foster her [[bastard]].{{ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}

After King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] died in {{date|42}} and his brother [[Maegor Targaryen|Maegor]] seized the [[Iron Throne]], Aenys's children Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and Prince [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] were made wards of Maegor's mother, Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]], their great-aunt. Hostages in all but name, they spent their uncle's reign being transferred between [[Driftmark]], [[Dragonstone]], and [[King's Landing]], until Visenya's death in {{date|44}} gave their mother Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]] the chance to escape from Dragonstone with them.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

In {{date|44}}, after Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]'s husband Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] died fighting his uncle Maegor in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]], she took her twin infant daughters [[Aerea Targaryen|Aerea]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen (daughter of Aegon)|Rhaella]], dyed their hair, changed their names, and sent them away to allies who would see them fostered in good homes by people who would be unaware of their true identities, where not even Rhaena would know where they had gone. However, Maegor's wife and spymaster, [[Tyanna of the Tower]], was able to discover the girls' locations.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{date|47}}, King Maegor Targaryen married his [[Black Brides]], while holding their children as hostages to force the women to comply with his demands. Afterwards, he sent many of those children away to be fostered. Rhaena Targaryen's daughter Rhaella was sent to [[Oldtown]] to be raised as a [[septa]]. [[Jeyne Westerling (wife of Maegor I)|Jeyne Westerling]]'s son, the [[Lord Tarbeck (son of Alyn)|infant Lord Tarbeck]], was sent to [[Casterly Rock]] to be raised as a ward of [[Lyman Lannister]]. [[Elinor Costayne]]'s two elder boys were sent away, one to the [[Eyrie]] to be a ward of Lord Arryn, and the other to [[Highgarden]] as a ward of Lord Tyrell.{{ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{date|48}}, [[Coryanne Wylde]]'s [[bastard]] son by a stableboy was sent to [[Storm's End]] to be fostered by one of the castle stewards and his barren wife.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

A [[wildling]] girl, captured by [[Night's Watch]] [[rangers]] [[beyond the Wall]] and given to one of Lord [[Theomore Manderly]]'s household knights to foster, dueled with [[Jonquil Darke]] at a [[tourney]] in Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]'s honor in {{date|58}}.{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

In {{date|61}}, [[Rogar Baratheon]] brought his daughter [[Jocelyn Baratheon|Jocelyn]] to King's Landing, along with the two orphaned daughters of his late brother [[Ronnal Baratheon|Ronnal]]. Jocelyn's mother [[Alyssa Velaryon]] had died in childbirth, and the aunts who helped raise her had recently died of the [[Shivers]]. Rogar requested that Jocelyn and her cousins be made wards of the court of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]], Jocelyn's half-siblings, and Alysanne was pleased to agree.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{date|73}}, Ser [[Lucamore Strong]] of the [[Kingsguard]] was discovered to have broken his vows and married three wives. Lucamore was [[Eunuch|gelded]], and King Jaehaerys sent him to the [[Wall]]. Queen Alysanne judged each of the families: the first wife and her children were sent to be wards of Lord [[Bywin Strong]] of [[Harrenhal]]; the second and her children were sent to be wards of Lord [[Daemon Velaryon (son of Aethan)|Daemon Velaryon]] of [[Driftmark]], and the third wife and children were sent to be wards of Lord Ser [[Garon Baratheon|Garon]] and Lord [[Boremund Baratheon]] of [[Storm's End]].{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

When Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] was twelve in {{date|126}}, he was sent to [[Oldtown]] to serve as a [[cupbearer]] and [[squire]] to Lord [[Ormund Hightower]], the cousin of his mother Queen [[Alicent Hightower]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} He remained Ormund's ward throughout the [[Dance of the Dragons]], until Ormund's death in {{date|130}}.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

In {{Date|129}}, at the start of the Dance of the Dragons, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s heir Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] made the [[Pact of Ice and Fire]] with Lord [[Cregan Stark]]. They agreed that Jacaerys's firstborn daughter would be sent north at age seven to be fostered at [[Winterfell]], until she was old enough to marry Cregan's heir.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} (However, Jacaerys died before he ever had children.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}})

Late in {{Date|129}}, Prince Jacaerys made arrangements for the safety of his step-sisters and half-brothers. [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] was sent to be the ward of Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]], taking with her three [[dragon egg]]s.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Jacaerys also arranged for the [[Prince of Pentos]] to foster his half-brothers, Prince [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon]] and Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], until Rhaenyra had secured the [[Iron Throne]]. However, their ship, the ''[[Gay Abandon]]'', was attacked by the [[Triarchy]] on route to [[Pentos]]. Aegon escaped back to [[Dragonstone]] with his [[dragon]] [[Stormcloud]], but Viserys was taken captive and assumed dead.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}})

In {{date|130}}, during the [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|Riot of King's Landing]], the [[whore]]s at the [[House of Kisses]] raised up the young [[Gaemon Palehair]] as king, claiming he was the bastard son of [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and the prostitute [[Essie]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} After the return of Aegon to the city, Essie was executed, but Gaemon was spared on account of his youth and made a ward of the Crown.{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} Gaemon later became young King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]'s companion, whipping boy, and food taster, until his death in {{date|135}}.{{Ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

During the Dance of the Dragons, [[Garmund Hightower]] fostered at [[Highgarden]], as a companion of young Lord [[Lyonel Tyrell (lord)|Lyonel Tyrell]] and a [[cupbearer]] to his mother. In {{date|131}}, Garmund's brother Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]] accepted the peace terms for the end of the war, despite initially resisting them. According to [[Grand Maester]] [[Munkun]]'s ''[[True Telling]]'', this is because the Tyrells forbade him to raise a host or go to war without their leave, with the implicit threat that Garmund would pay for Lyonel's disobedience with his life.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Lord [[Unwin Peake]]'s second son fostered at the [[Arbor]], serving Lord [[House Redwyne|Redwyne]] as a page and squire, but at age twelve he drowned in a sailing accident.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

[[Daenaera Velaryon]] became a ward of Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] and his wife Lady [[Baela Targaryen]], after she was orphaned when [[Hazel Harte|her mother]] died of the [[Winter Fever]] and [[Daeron Velaryon|her father]] died in the [[Daughters' War]]. In {{date|133}}, her guardians presented her at the [[Maiden's Day Ball]], and she was selected by King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] to be his new queen.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

[[Doran Martell]], the [[Prince of Dorne]], fostered out his eldest son [[Quentyn Martell|Quentyn]] with the [[House Yronwood|Yronwoods]] to create a peace between House Yronwood and [[House Martell]],{{Ref|affc|13}}{{Ref|affc|21}} as enmity between the two houses had arisen after the death of Lord [[Edgar Yronwood]] following a duel against Doran's younger brother, [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]].{{ref|ASOS|38}} When Doran decided to foster out his son [[Quentyn Martell|Quentyn]], this caused a severe strain on his relationship with his Norvoshi wife, Lady [[Mellario]].{{Ref|affc|21}}{{Ref|aFfC|40}} Doran later plotted to send his daughter, [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]], to serve as [[cupbearer]] of the [[Archon of Tyrosh]] so she could meet her betrothed [[Viserys Targaryen]] as part of the [[secret marriage pact]], but decided not to do so after his wife threatened to harm herself if their daughter was sent away.{{Ref|AFFC|40}}

Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] wished to have his eldest son and heir, [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]], be fostered by Lord [[Paxter Redwyne]] at the [[Arbor]]. Randyll brought Samwell with him on a trip to the Arbor, but after Paxter's twins [[Horas Redwyne|Horas]] and [[Hobber Redwyne|Hobber]], bullied him, Lord Randyll brought him back home. Samwell's mother later revealed to him Samwell had supposed to remain at the Arbor to serve as Paxter's page and squire and, if he had pleased Paxter, would have been betrothed to his daughter, [[Desmera Redwyne|Desmera]].{{Ref|affc|15}}

Shortly before his death in early {{Date|298}}, Lord [[Jon Arryn]] planned to have his young son [[Robert Arryn|Robert]] foster with Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|acok|0}}{{Ref|AGOT|40}} Following Jon's death, King [[Robert I Baratheon]] planned to foster Robert with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Robert's mother [[Lysa Arryn]] took her son back to the [[Eyrie]], preventing both plans from coming to fruition.{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

==Fostered characters==

{| class=wikitable sortable plainrowheaders width=100%
! width=150px|Fostered character
! width=300px|Fostered by
! Notes
|- style="height:24px;"
|[[Petyr Baelish]]
|Lord [[Hoster Tully]] at [[Riverrun]]{{Ref|AGOT|18}}
|Petyr's [[Baelish (lord)|father]] befriended Hoster Tully during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], which led to Petyr being fostered at Riverrun.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Petyr Baelish}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/US_Signing_Tour_Half_Moon_Bay_CA/ US Signing Tour (Half Moon Bay, CA) (November 18, 2005)]</ref>
|-
|[[Jocelyn Baratheon]]
|King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] at the [[Red Keep]]
|Jocelyn's mother [[Alyssa Velaryon]] died in childbirth, and her aunts died from the [[Shivers]]. Her father [[Rogar Baratheon]] requested that Jocelyn's half-siblings foster her, along with her two orphaned cousins.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|-
|Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]]
|Prince [[Doran Martell]] at [[Sunspear]]{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|AFFC|40}}
|Myrcella left for Dorne as part of a betrothal to Doran's youngest son [[Trystane Martell]].
|-
|[[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]]
|Lord [[Jon Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]]{{Ref|AGOT|2}}
|Fostered alongside [[Eddard Stark]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Tristifer Botley]]
|Lady [[Alannys Harlaw]] at [[Pyke]]
|One of several boys brought to Pyke after the [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]], to comfort Lady Alannys as her elder sons had died and her youngest son, Theon, was taken away as a hostage. Sent away after being discovered sexually experimenting with [[Asha Greyjoy]], the daughter of Lady Alannys and Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]].
|-
|Lord [[Baelor Blacktyde]]{{Ref|AFFC|11}}
| 
|-
|[[Bradamar Frey]]
|[[Oro Tendyris]] at [[Braavos]]{{Ref|acok|appendix}}
|Bradamar's mother is [[Betharios of Braavos]].
|-
|[[Cynthea Frey]]
|Lady [[Anya Waynwood]] at [[Ironoaks]]{{Ref|asos|appendix}}
|Cynthea's mother is [[Carolei Waynwood]].
|-
|[[Merrett Frey]]
|Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] at [[Crakehall]]{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}{{Ref|affc|30}}
|Merrett's mother was [[Amarei Crakehall]]. He was fostered at Crakehall at the same time as [[Jaime Lannister]].
|-
|[[Sandor Frey]]
|Lady [[Anya Waynwood]] at [[Ironoaks]]{{Ref|asos|appendix}}
|Sandor's mother is [[Carolei Waynwood]]. He serves as squire to Anya's son, Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]].
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|"Big" Walder Frey]] [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|"Little" Walder Frey]]
|Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] at [[Winterfell]]{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|ACOK|4}}
|"Big" Walder and "Little" Walder are sent to Winterfell as part of the alliance pact between Lord [[Walder Frey]] and [[Robb Stark]].
|-
|[[Ramsay Bolton]] at the [[Dreadfort]] and [[Winterfell]]
|Ramsay [[Sack of Winterfell|burns Winterfell]], but spares Big and Little Walder{{ref|ACOK|66}} and makes them his squires.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
|-
|[[Gyles Grafton]]
|Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] at the [[Eyrie]]{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
|Gyles is a companion to young Lord [[Robert Arryn]].
|-
|[[Theon Greyjoy]]
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] at [[Winterfell]]
|Theon was brought to Winterfell following the conclusion of [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]] in {{Date|289}} as a hostage, to ensure his father's loyalty to the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Theon returned home to Pyke after an absence of ten years.{{Ref|Acok|11}}
|-
|[[Harrold Hardyng]]
|Lady [[Anya Waynwood]] at [[Ironoaks]]{{Ref|AFFC|41}}
|Harrold's mother was a Waynwood, and his father was a [[landed knight]] sworn to [[House Waynwood]].
|-
|[[Garmund Hightower]]
|[[House Tyrell]] at [[Highgarden]]{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
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|King [[Harmund II Hoare]]
|[[House Lannister]] at [[Casterly Rock]]{{ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Black Blood}}
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|[[Jaime Lannister]]
|Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] at [[Crakehall]]{{Ref|ASOS|67}}
| 
|-
|[[Terrance Lynderly]]
|Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] at the Eyrie{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
|Terrance is a companion to young Lord [[Robert Arryn]].
|-
|Prince [[Doran Martell]]
|Lord [[House Gargalen|Gargalen]] at [[Salt Shore]]{{Ref|Affc|2}}
| 
|-
|Prince [[Oberyn Martell]]
|Lord [[House Qorgyle|Qorgyle]] at [[Sandstone]]{{Ref|affc|21}}
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|-
|Prince [[Quentyn Martell]]
|Lord [[Anders Yronwood]] at [[Yronwood]]
|Quentyn served Lord Anders as a page and squire,{{Ref|AFFC|13}}{{Ref|AFFC|21}} until receiving knighthood by his hand at the age of eighteen.{{ref|awoiaf| Quentyn Martell}}
|-
|[[Larence Snow]]
|[[Galbart Glover]] at [[Deepwood Motte]]
|After the death of Larence's father, Lord [[Halys Hornwood]], and his only trueborn brother, [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]], Larence is suggested as a possible heir to the Hornwood lands, which Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]] suspects will please [[House Glover]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}}
|-
|[[Brandon Stark]]
|Lord [[House Dustin|Dustin]] at [[Barrowton]]{{Ref|ADWD|41}}
| 
|-
|[[Eddard Stark]]
|Lord [[Jon Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]]{{Ref|AGOT|2}}
|Eddard was fostered by Jon Arryn at the same time as [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]].{{Ref|agot|2}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Edric Storm]]
|Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] at [[Storm's End]]{{Ref|AGOT|30}}
|While Renly is at King's Landing serving in the king's [[small council]], Ser [[Cortnay Penrose]] takes care of Edric.
|-
|Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]]{{ref|asos|10}}
|After [[siege of Storm's End|the fall of Storm's End]], Stannis takes custody of Edric and brings him to Dragonstone.
|-
|Princess [[Alysanne Targaryen]] Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys Targaryen]]
|Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] at [[Driftmark]], [[Dragonstone]], and [[King's Landing]]
|Made wards of their great-aunt in {{date|42}}. They were truly hostages of their uncle, King [[Maegor I Targaryen]], in all but name, until Visenya's death in {{date|44}} gave their mother [[Alyssa Velaryon]] the chance to escape with them.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
|-
|Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]]
|Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] at the [[Hightower]]
|Sent at age 12 to be a cupbearer and squire for the cousin of his mother Queen [[Alicent Hightower]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
|-
|[[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]
|Lady [[Jeyne Arryn]] at [[the Eyrie]]{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
| 
|-
|}

==Quotes==
{{quote|Every ward is also a [[hostage]], as a wise man once said.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}|the writings of [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]]}}

==References==
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Tyrion Lannister

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{{Hatnote|"Tyrion" redirects here. For the historical kings, see [[Tyrion II Lannister]] and [[Tyrion III Lannister]]. For the bastard son of Lollys Stokeworth, see [[Tyrion Tanner]].}}

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| Character_name = [[File:House Lannister.svg|left|50px]] Tyrion Lannister [[File:House Lannister (Tyrion).svg|right|50px]] [[File:Second Sons small.png|65px]]
| image = [[File:Tyrion lannister Sebastian Giacobino.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Tyrion holding a [[currency|golden dragon]], by Sebastian Giacobino © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias = The Imp{{Ref|aGoT|4}} Halfman{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Boyman{{Ref|aGoT|42}}{{Ref|aGoT|56}} Giant of Lannister{{Ref|aGoT|62}} Lord Imp{{Ref|aSoS|70}} Lord Tywin's Doom{{Ref|aSoS|38}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Lord Tywin's Bane{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Yollo{{Ref|aDwD|8}} Hugor Hill{{Ref|aDwD|8}} Hugor Halfwit{{Ref|aDwD|14}} No-Nose{{Ref|aDwD|33}} Freak Redhands{{Ref|aFfC|36}} Monkey demon{{Ref|ACOK|20}} The Bloody Hand{{ref|twow||[[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]}}
| Title = Acting [[Hand of the King]] (formerly) [[Master of coin]] (formerly) [[Lord of Casterly Rock]] (claimant)
| Allegiance = [[House Lannister]] [[Second Sons]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westermen]]
| Father = [[Tywin Lannister]]
| Mother = [[Joanna Lannister]]
| Spouse = 1st: [[Tysha]] (annulled) 2nd: [[Sansa Stark]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Casterly Rock]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Tyrion Lannister}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|273}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (POV) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (POV) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (POV) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (POV)
| Coat-of-arms = A golden hand in a circle of golden lions on red ''(Gules, a hand or, environed by lions or)''
| Played_by = [[List of actors of the televised series#Peter Dinklage, Tyrion Lannister|Peter Dinklage]]
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'''Tyrion Lannister''' is a member of [[House Lannister]] and is the third and youngest child of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] and the late Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]. His older siblings are [[Cersei Lannister]], the queen of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], and Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], a [[knight]] of Robert's [[Kingsguard]].

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

==Appearance and Character==
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Tyrion is a [[dwarf]], with stubby legs, a jutting forehead, mismatched eyes of green and black, and a mixture of pale blond and black hair.{{Ref|aGoT|5}}{{Ref|aDwD|47}} His unique stare has been said to make most people uncomfortable, which Tyrion tries to use to his advantage.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}

Tyrion is intelligent, well educated, and a ferocious reader. He is sharp of wit and tongue. Even though he is no warrior, he has been trained at arms<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/984 Tyrion's Training], May 09, 1999</ref> and shows great bravery in battle.{{Ref|aGoT|31}}{{Ref|aGoT|62}}{{Ref|ACOK|59}} Tyrion has stated that what he lacks in size and strength he makes up for in mental acuity.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

Tyrion generally receives little respect and is often mocked. His deformity is the cause of many problems and persecution, although mitigated to some extent by his high social standing and his family's wealth and power. He craves for love and respect from his family, but does not have a good relationship with all his family members. His deformity and the fact that his mother [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]] died at his birth are two of the reasons that his father [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] despise him.{{Ref|aSoS|4}}{{Ref|aDwD|14}} Tywin has never forgiven him for Joanna's death.{{ref|ASOS|4}} Unbeknownst to Tyrion, Cersei also despises him largely because of [[Maggy the Frog#Prophecies|a prophecy]] made to her when she was a young girl. The prophecy claimed that a ''[[valonqar]]'' ([[High Valyrian]] for "little brother"){{Ref|aFfC|39}} would eventually end her life.{{Ref|aFfC|36}} Cersei has always identified Tyrion as her ''valonqar'' and has thus been determined to rid herself of him ever since.{{Ref|aFfC|39}} Tyrion's older brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] was the only one who ever treated Tyrion with love and affection and for this Tyrion believed he would forgive his brother for anything.{{Ref|aGoT|9}}

At a young age, Tyrion married [[Tysha]], a commoner, but eventually Jaime told him the girl was a [[prostitution|whore]] he had paid to take Tyrion's virginity. Tyrion was crushed, and the memory of her has long haunted him.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} Believing that no girl could ever truly love him for who he was,{{Ref|aCoK|3}}{{Ref|aCoK|44}}{{Ref|aSoS|60}} he began to seek his pleasure with prostitutes.{{Ref|aCoK|8}} Tywin felt this brought more shame on their house,{{Ref|aSoS|4}} further deteriorating their relationship.

==History==
===Birth===
Tyrion was born in {{Date|273}} as the third-born child to Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]. Joanna died giving birth to him, and as a result his father blames him for her death.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} Tales about Tyrion were spread immediately after his birth; At [[Oldtown]], it was said that Tyrion was a monster, with a tail, monstrous huge head, thick black hair, a beard, an evil eye, lion's claws, with teeth so long he was not able to close his mouth, and both male and female genitals.{{Ref|aSoS|38}} It was said that Tyrion's birth was an omen to famine, plague and war,{{Ref|aSoS|38}} and the smallfolk named him "Lord Tywin's Doom" and "Lord Tywin's Bane".{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] stated that Tyrion was a punishment for Tywin's arrogance,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} and the same was said by begging brothers in Oldtown, stating that Tywin had made himself greater than the king, which was only allowed by a god.{{Ref|aSOS|38}}

Shortly after Tyrion's birth, the [[Princess of Dorne]] arrived with her consort and two younger children, [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]. Tyrion was kept out of sight during the visit of the [[House Martell|Martells]], though he could sometimes be heard howling. [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] showed Tyrion to Elia and Oberyn the day before the Martells left, with Cersei claiming the infant would die soon. Lord Tywin, having refused to betroth Princess Elia to his heir Jaime, offered Tyrion as a betrothed to Elia instead, which the Martells took as an insult.{{Ref|aSoS|38}}{{Ref|aSoS|70}}{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

===Childhood===
[[File:Tyrion middle.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Tyrion by Amok ©]]
During most of Tyrion's childhood, his father Tywin served as [[Hand of the King]] to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] in [[King's Landing]], and as a consequence was absent from home for longer periods of time.{{Ref|aDwD|14}} As a child, Tyrion was lonely.{{Ref|aDwD|5}} His brother Jaime left Casterly Rock to serve as a squire at [[Crakehall]] in {{Date|277}},<ref group="N">Jaime went to [[Crakehall]] to serve Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] as a squire at the age of eleven, and served as Lord Sumner's squire for four years (''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 11|Jaime II]]), until he received his knighthood in {{Date|281}}. This places the start of his service at Crakehall in {{Date|277}}.</ref> while his sister Cersei left for the court of [[King's Landing]] in {{Date|278}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} At the age of six or seven, one of his uncles taught him tumbling, which he happily did for half a year at Casterly Rock, until Tywin returned from King's Landing and forbade it.{{Ref|aDwD|14}}

As a child, Tyrion used to dream of owning a dragon.{{Ref|aGoT|13}} He once even asked his uncles for a dragon as a [[name day]] present, "little, like I am", whereupon he was informed that the [[last dragon]] had died a century before.{{Ref|aDwD|5}} He used to start fires in the bowels of [[Casterly Rock]], and stared at them for hours, pretending they were [[dragonflame]],{{Ref|aGoT|13}} while he himself was a lost [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] princeling, or a [[dragonlord]] from [[Valyria]].{{Ref|aDwD|5}} Sometimes, he imagined that he saw his father or sister burning in the fires.{{Ref|aDwD|5}} As he grew older, Tyrion would seldom ever dream of dragons,{{Ref|aGoT|13}} though he would always remain fascinated by them.{{Ref|aGoT|13}} When Cersei married King [[Robert I Baratheon]] in {{Date|284}},<ref group="N">''See the calculation for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon|Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon]]''.</ref> Tyrion came to [[King's Landing]] for the wedding, where he sought out the [[dragon skulls]] which had decorated the throne room during the Targaryen dynasty, but which had been taken down by Robert.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

In {{Date|281}}, when Tyrion was eight years old, his father Tywin Lannister had been discussing a [[betrothal]] between Tyrion's brother Jaime and the youngest daughter of Lord [[Hoster Tully]], [[Lysa Tully|Lysa]]. However, Jaime was named to the [[Kingsguard]], making him unavailable for marriage. Tywin offered Tyrion as a replacement, only to be told by Lord Hoster that his daughter required a "whole man".{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Tywin later tried to offer Tyrion to Lords [[Yohn Royce]] and [[Leyton Hightower]], but they took it in a similar fashion as the Princess of Dorne had done years before. Around {{Date|286}} or {{Date|287}},<ref group="N">''See the calculation for ''[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Stannis Baratheons wedding to Selyse Florent|Stannis Baratheon's wedding to Selyse Florent]]''.</ref> Tywin even offered Tyrion as a husband to [[Delena Florent]], who had been deflowered by King [[Robert I Baratheon]], but Ser [[Colin Florent]] preferred to marry his daughter to Ser [[Hosman Norcross]] instead.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

Knowing he would never be a [[knight]], as a child Tyrion thought he could become the [[High Septon]] instead, as the crystal crown added a foot to one's height. As such, he studied the holy books.{{Ref|aDwD|5}}

===Tysha===
At the age of thirteen, around {{date|286}}, Tyrion fell in love, and that quickly replaced the thoughts of priesthood. He and his brother Jaime rescued a common girl, [[Tysha]], from some bandits near [[Casterly Rock]]. While Jaime went after the bandits, Tyrion took care of Tysha. To his amazement Tysha liked him, and they eventually made love. Tyrion became so enamored by her, that he bribed a drunken [[septon]] and married her in secret.{{Ref|aGoT|42}} They lived in a little cottage by the [[sunset sea]], and spent whole days in bed. They would kiss and make love, and Tysha would sing the [[Myr]]ish song "[[Seasons of My Love|The Seasons of My Love]]" for him.{{ref|acok|67}}

However, their marriage lasted only two weeks, until the septon sobered up and confessed to Lord Tywin. When Tyrion's father learned about the [[wedding]], he commanded Jaime to say that Tysha was a [[prostitute]] whom Jaime had hired to take Tyrion's virginity. Because the "whore" had presumed to marry a Lannister, Tywin had his [[House Lannister guards|guards]] rape Tysha for a silver coin each, and then made Tyrion rape her as well, paying a [[Currency|gold coin]], stating that a Lannister was worth more.{{Ref|aGoT|42}} Afterwards, Tywin had the [[Marriage#Legality.2C_Divorce_and_Annulment|marriage undone]], and the [[septon]]s said it was as if Tyrion and Tysha had never been wed.{{ref|acok|44}}

===Recent History===
[[File:Aleksander Karcz my mind is my weapon.jpg|thumb|Tyrion by Aleksander Karcz © Fantasy Flight Games]]
As a young boy, Tyrion had committed to learn all sixteen of the wonders described by [[Lomas Longstrider]] to memory, and occasionally recited them during feasts. For years, he dreamed that one day he could travel the world and see them himself. In {{Date|289}}, when he became a man at sixteen, he wanted to take a tour of the nine [[Free Cities]], as his uncles [[Gerion Lannister|Gerion]] and [[Tygett Lannister|Tygett]] had done. Tywin forbade him to go, claiming he was irresponsible because of his marriage to Tysha, and instead gave him charge of all the cisterns and drains at [[Casterly Rock]].{{Ref|aDwD|8}} When Tyrion was eighteen, in {{date|291}},<ref group="N">''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Gerion Lannister|Gerion Lannister]] calculation.''</ref> his uncle Gerion left on a journey for [[Valyria]] to recover the ancient [[Valyrian steel]] [[greatsword]] [[Brightroar]] which had once belonged to [[House Lannister]]. Lord Tywin forbade Tyrion to go on this journey as well.{{Ref|aDwD|8}}

For his twenty-third name day, Tyrion received a mare from his brother Jaime.{{Ref|aGoT|31}} He keeps a suit of plate armor crafted for his atypical body at Casterly Rock.{{Ref|aGoT|62}}

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

When the royal family leaves Winterfell, Tyrion rides north to see the [[Wall]] before returning south. He joins the [[First Ranger]], [[Benjen Stark]], and new recruit [[Jon Snow]] for the journey and is accompanied by two guards, [[Jyck]] and [[Morrec]].{{Ref|aGoT|13}} While at the Wall, Tyrion sees firsthand the poor state of the [[Night's Watch]];{{Ref|aGot|13}}{{Ref|aGoT|19}} it is dwindling in numbers, ranging parties are going missing more often than usual, and [[wildlings]] are fleeing south like never before. He is implored by [[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], to make King Robert and his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], aware of the Watch's needs.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}

During his time at the Wall, Tyrion befriends and advises Jon Snow. Tyrion sees himself as an outcast on similar ground as the [[bastard]]-born Snow and helps Jon cope with his identity and lot in life. Before Tyrion leaves the Wall, Jon asks him to help his brother Bran in the same way that he helped Jon, which Tyrion promises to do.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}

[[File:Michael J Williams Tyrion taken captiveII.jpg|thumb|Tyrion is taken captive at the [[crossroads inn]], by Michael J. Williams © Fantasy Flight Games]]

On his way back south, Tyrion stops at Winterfell. Despite initially receiving a hostile welcome from [[Robb Stark]] and an attack from the Stark [[direwolf|direwolves]] at his arrival, Tyrion gives Maester [[Luwin]] plans for a special saddle that will allow Bran to ride a horse despite his disability. Tyrion declines an offer for a room at Winterfell, choosing to stay at an inn in the nearby [[winter town]].{{Ref|aGoT|24}}

On his way back to [[King's Landing]] Tyrion encounters [[Catelyn Stark]] at the [[crossroads inn]]. Unknown to Tyrion, Catelyn was told by the [[master of coin]], Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], that the [[Valyrian steel dagger]] used in Bran's [[catspaw|failed assassination attempt]] belonged to Tyrion. As a result, Catelyn, with the help of some of her father’s [[bannermen]] present at the inn, arrests Tyrion and takes him to the [[Eyrie]] to be tried.{{Ref|aGoT|28}}{{Ref|aGoT|31}} On their way, they are attacked by the [[Vale mountain clans|clansmen of the Vale]], and Tyrion finds himself fighting in his first battle.{{Ref|aGoT|31}}

[[File:MKomarck TyrionSkyCells.jpg|thumb|350px|Tyrion in the [[sky cells]] at the [[Eyrie]], by Michael Komarck ©]]

Once they reach the Eyrie, [[Lysa Arryn]] accuses Tyrion of killing her husband, Lord [[Jon Arryn]]. Tyrion is tried for both Jon's murder and Bran's attempted murder, though he is innocent of both. To break him, Lysa locks him up in the [[sky cells]]. Tyrion thinks it possible that his siblings were responsible for the crimes he is accused of, but that Bran's assassination attempt seems too clumsily done to be Jaime's or Cersei's work. Tyrion eventually manages to bribe his gaoler, [[Mord]], into telling Lysa that he is ready to confess. When Lysa summons the complete court of the [[Vale of Arryn|Vale]] to hear his confession, he demands a [[trial by combat]].{{Ref|aGoT|38}} Tyrion's champion, the sellsword [[Bronn]], kills Lysa's champion, Ser [[Vardis Egen]], securing Tyrion's freedom.{{Ref|aGoT|40}}

Tyrion and Bronn leave the Eyrie on the dangerous [[high road]], and along the way they are surrounded by men of the [[Vale mountain clans|mountain clans]], led by [[Shagga]]. Tyrion uses his quick wits and words to win over the clansmen by promising them weapons, armor, and glory.{{Ref|aGoT|42}} More clansmen join Tyrion on his way to the riverlands. The group rides out of the mountains, eventually reaching the Lannister host led by his father, Tywin, who has invaded the [[riverlands]] following Tyrion's capture. Tywin hangs [[Masha Heddle]] because Tyrion had been captured at her inn.{{Ref|aGoT|56}}

Tywin places Tyrion and his clansmen in the front for the upcoming battle with the Stark forces and Tyrion is given a number of new servants including a new [[squire]], [[Podrick Payne]]. That night, he sends Bronn looking for a female companion for him, and Bronn brings back a young [[camp follower]] named [[Shae]], whom Tyrion takes an immediate liking to and takes into his service. The next day, he fights in the [[battle on the Green Fork]] against Stark forces commanded by Lord [[Roose Bolton]].{{Ref|aGoT|62}} The battle is won, though afterward the Lannisters learn it was only a diversion. While Tywin had been marching north, Jaime was captured in the [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]] and his host was then defeated at [[Riverrun]] in the [[Battle of the Camps]].{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

Before treating to [[Harrenhal]], Lord Tywin sends Tyrion to [[King's Landing]] to act as [[Hand of the King]] in his stead. Tywin does not trust the "jackanapes" on the [[small council]]: Baelish, Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], and [[Varys]], the [[master of whisperers]]. He wants Tyrion to rein in his newly crowned nephew and prevent further mistakes by Joffrey like Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s execution and [[Barristan Selmy]]'s dismissal, but forbids Tyrion from taking Shae to court. Tyrion disobeys his father as much as he dares and brings Shae to King's Landing with him in secret.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Tyrion Shagga mountain clansmen.jpg|thumb|350px|Tyrion with [[Shagga]] and the [[Vale mountain clans|mountain clansmen]], by Amok ©]]
Tyrion, along with his mountain clansmen, Shae, and Bronn, arrives at King's Landing during the [[tourney on King Joffrey's name day]] and presents Tywin's letter which names him Hand in his father's absence, much to Cersei's dismay. She threatens to name it a forgery and throw him in the dungeon, but Tyrion promises to help her get Jaime back and Cersei concedes. She also admits she needs help and agrees to ally herself with Tyrion, though they both have no intention of keeping it. This leads to a power struggle between the two. Tyrion takes up residence in the [[Tower of the Hand]] and as his first act of business removes the heads of the executed [[House Stark|Stark]] household from the walls of the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|aCoK|3}} He also grows a beard of blonde and black hair.{{Ref|aCoK|2}}

Tyrion forges an alliance with Varys who helps him to replace Lord [[Janos Slynt]] with Ser [[Jacelyn Bywater]] as Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]] and sends Slynt and a few of his cronies to the Wall.{{Ref|aCoK|8}} Next he concocts a plan to identify Cersei's informants on the small council. He tells Petyr Baelish, Varys, and Pycelle each different plans that he has for [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]].{{Ref|aCoK|17}} When Cersei confronts him about the plan that he divulged to Pycelle, Tyrion knows that Pycelle is the informant.{{Ref|aCoK|20}} Tyrion's true plan is to send Myrcella to [[Dorne]] to be betrothed to Prince [[Trystane Martell]]. To further garner Dornish support, he offers [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], a seat on the small council and promises to turn over the men that murdered Doran's sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]].{{Ref|aCoK|17}}{{Ref|aCoK|20}} For his part in giving Cersei private information, Pycelle is confined to the [[black cells]] beneath the Keep.{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Tyrion tries to protect Sansa Stark from Joffrey's cruelties.{{Ref|aCoK|32}}

With his place at court secure and successfully outsmarting Cersei at every turn, Tyrion begins a series of initiatives to prepare the city for the siege, commanding the construction of fishing boats. He also opens the [[kingswood]] for hunting and sends gold cloaks out to forage, but this is still not enough to feed the overcrowded city. He commands the blacksmiths around the city to begin construction on a giant chain which will allow him to close the [[Blackwater Rush]].{{Ref|aCoK|15}} He also has [[Hallyne]] of the [[Alchemists' Guild]] synthesize a large quantity of [[wildfire]].{{Ref|aCoK|20}} Eventually, he sends his clansmen to the kingswood to snuff out outriders and scouts loyal to [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{Ref|aCoK|49}}

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

[[File:John Picacio Tyrion.jpg|thumb|350px|Tyrion at the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], by John Picacio ©]]

Tyrion's cousin, Ser [[Cleos Frey]], brings peace terms from Robb Stark, asking that [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] be released (although Arya is not, in fact, held at King's Landing) in exchange for all captives save Jaime, and that Joffrey renounce all claims to the [[north]] and riverlands.{{Ref|aCoK|7}} Tyrion deems the terms unacceptable{{Ref|aCoK|20}} and sends Cleos back with the counter-offer that he will release Sansa and Arya along with a number of captive Stark bannermen in return for Robb’s fealty and Jaime’s release, setting up an escape plan for Jamie to be orchestrated by men in Cleos's party.{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Tyrion is also visited by Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] of the Night's Watch, who has brought with him the severed hand of [[Othor|a wight]] from the Wall, but it rots away before he can present it. Alliser is mocked by Tyrion and the court, but is promised his pick of the city's dungeons as recruits.{{Ref|aCoK|17}}{{Ref|aCoK|25}} Tyrion's [[Plot to free Jaime Lannister|plot to free Jaime]] fails at Riverrun.{{ref|ACOK|39}}

When [[Renly Baratheon]] is [[Siege of Storm's End (299)|murdered at Storm's End]], Tyrion seizes the opportunity to bring the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] to the Lannister cause. He sends Petyr Baelish to treat with the Tyrells and offers Joffrey in marriage to Renly's widow, [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{Ref|aCoK|36}} Tyrion continues to thwart Cersei's plans, including one to send a disguised Tommen to [[Rosby]] to remove him from the reach of the mobs and Tyrion.{{Ref|aCoK|44}} On one occasion Tyrion drugs her so that she will not be able to attend the small council.{{Ref|aCoK|17}}{{Ref|aCoK|25}} In retaliation Cersei has [[Alayaya]], whom she believes is Tyrion's whore, seized and beaten, offering her freedom in return for custody over Tommen. Tyrion is furious and swears to take from Cersei everything she cares about.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}

When Stannis's forces attack King's Landing in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Bronn raises the chain which traps many ships of the rival [[royal fleet]]s in the Blackwater Rush. The wildfire commissioned from the alchemists is then launched at the ships and they are trapped in the river to burn, unable to reach the safety of [[Blackwater Bay]].{{Ref|aCoK|58}}

During the battle, Tyrion is forced to lead a sortie out past the city walls because [[Sandor Clegane]], terrified of fire, refuses to do so.{{Ref|aCoK|59}} Tyrion heads his men in a wedge formation dispersing the men assaulting the [[King's Gate]]. He then continues with his men to hold the men crossing over a makeshift bridge made of the sinking galleys of Stannis's fleet in the river. During the battle, Ser [[Mandon Moore]] of the [[Kingsguard]] turns on Tyrion and tries to kill him, slicing off his nose, but Tyrion is saved by his squire, [[Podrick Payne]], before Mandon can kill him.{{Ref|aCoK|61}} Tywin's father, Lord Tywin, arrives with Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], and Stannis is forced to retreat.{{ref|ACOK|65}}

Tyrion wakes up in bed sometime after the battle, suffering from serious facial wounds and the loss of most of his nose.{{Ref|aCoK|67}} The wounds are treated by Maester [[Ballabar]], but Tyrion asks for him to be replaced with Maester [[Frenken]], whom Tyrion is more familiar with.{{Ref|aCoK|67}}{{Ref|aSoS|4}} Tyrion suspects that Cersei was behind Mandon's assassination attempt.{{Ref|aCoK|67}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Flawed by algesiras.jpg|thumb|300px|Tyrion's loveless marriage to [[Sansa Stark]], by algesiras ©]]
After the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Tyrion is left with a grisly facial scar.{{Ref|aSoS|4}} He recovers some time later, only to learn that his father has taken all the glory. Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] has assumed his role as [[Hand of the King]], greatly diminishing Tyrion's power. He is eventually named [[master of coin]] as Lord [[Petyr Baelish]]'s replacement.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}

In an attempt to prevent the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] from marrying [[Sansa Stark]] to the heir of [[Highgarden]], [[Willas Tyrell]], Tywin tells Tyrion that he has to marry Sansa, so the Lannisters can claim [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|aSoS|19}} Tyrion and Sansa marry, though Tyrion refuses to consummate the marriage, saying he will not touch her unless and until she wants him to. His father pushes him to consummate the marriage with Sansa for the good of [[House Lannister]], but Tyrion never does - a decision that earns him scorn and jest in court.{{Ref|aSoS|28}} Tyrion's marriage brings him no joy, as Sansa is repulsed by him and [[Shae]] remains indifferent.{{Ref|aSoS|32}} Shae desires to attend the feast for King [[Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s upcoming wedding to [[Margaery Tyrell]], but Tyrion feels it is not safe.{{Ref|aSoS|12}} Having written a song about Tyrion and his mistress, [[Symon Silver Tongue]] blackmails Tyrion by threatening to sing it for Tywin or Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]].{{Ref|aSoS|32}} When Symon refuses Tyrion's suggestion to leave the capital for the [[Free Cities]], Tyrion has [[Bronn]] murder the singer,{{Ref|aSoS|70}} who ends up in a [[bowl of brown]].{{Ref|aSoS|60}}

On the morning of Joffrey's wedding, Tyrion gives the king a rare book, ''[[Lives of Four Kings]]''. Shortly after receiving Tyrion's gift, however, Joffrey carves the book up with his new [[Valyrian steel]] sword, [[Widow's Wail]].{{ref|ASOS|59}} Tyrion becomes convinced that Joffrey sent the [[catspaw]] to assassinate [[Bran Stark]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Tyrion and Sansa attend the royal wedding at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{ref|ASOS|60}}

At [[Purple Wedding|Joffrey's wedding feast]], the king offends Tyrion by telling him to joust with performing [[dwarf]]s. Tyrion insults Joffrey in response, so the king upends his [[wedding chalice]] over Tyrion and names his uncle as his new cupbearer. When Joffrey chokes to death while drinking wine from the chalice and eating pigeon pie, Tyrion empties the chalice of the remaining wine. Cersei accuses Tyrion of having [[poison]]ed Joffrey and has her brother arrested by the Kingsguard.{{Ref|aSoS|60}}

Sansa vanishes from King's Landing,{{ref|ASOS|61}} having been taken to the [[Vale of Arryn]] by Petyr Baelish. Littlefinger reveals to the girl that he had plotted Joffrey's death with [[Olenna Tyrell]].{{Ref|aSoS|68}}

Tyrion is imprisoned in a tower cell of the [[Red Keep]], where he prepares his defense for the trial and tries to summon witnesses that could help his case.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} During the trial, numerous witnesses are presented, and each testimony condemns him further. Cersei brings Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] to the stand, who lies that Joffrey believed Tyrion meant to murder him; Grand Maester Pycelle claims that Tyrion stole several poisons from him and that the [[strangler]] was used on the king; and Shae testifies that Tyrion and Sansa plotted the murder together. After Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] visits Tyrion's cell and offers to serve as his champion, Tyrion demands a [[trial by combat]].{{ref|ASOS|66}} Oberyn battles against Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] and manages to mortally wound him, but Gregor eventually has the upper hand and kills Oberyn.{{Ref|aSoS|70}}

[[File:CounterplotSidharth Chaturvedi.png|thumb|Tyrion preparing to confront [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], by Sidharth Chaturvedi © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Oberyn's death condemns Tyrion to the [[black cells]] and death, but the night before he is to be executed, he is freed from his prison cell by his brother Jaime, with the assistance of [[Varys]], who is to take Tyrion to the [[Free Cities]]. Jaime reveals that [[Tysha]] had not been a prostitute. She had genuinely loved Tyrion, but Tywin had forced Jaime to lie about it. Furious, Tyrion swears retribution on Jaime, Tywin, and Cersei. He also torments Jaime by telling his brother of Cersei's repeated infidelities, and falsely claims responsibility for Joffrey's death.{{Ref|aSoS|77}}

While following Varys through the tunnels of the Red Keep, Tyrion recognizes a secret tunnel leading to the Tower of the Hand. He asks Varys for directions, and climbs up to Tywin's chambers. There, he finds Shae in Tywin's bed. He strangles her, and then confronts his father about Tysha, whom Tywin remembers as Tyrion's "first whore". Tyrion warns him not to call her a whore again and demands to know what happened to her. When Tywin does answers she went "wherever whores go", Tyrion slays his father in fury, shooting him with a crossbow.{{Ref|aSoS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Cersei offers a lordship to anyone who brings her the vanished Tyrion.{{Ref|aFfC|7}} Her bounty results in the killing of a number of innocent dwarfs and children; Cersei refuses to publicly punish anyone who does so, for fear it will discourage other such bounty hunters and allow Tyrion to escape.{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Feeling abandoned by Tyrion, an anguished [[Podrick Payne]], Tyrion's squire, joins [[Brienne of Tarth]] in search of Tyrion's wife, [[Sansa Stark]].{{Ref|aFfC|9}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File: Tyrion stone menJoshuaC.jpg|thumb|Tyrion is attacked by [[stone men]], by Joshua Cairós © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Tyrion flees across the [[narrow sea]], pondering his options and considering himself a [[kinslayer]]. Tyrion arrives drunk and despondent at the manse of [[Magister]] [[Illyrio Mopatis]] in [[Pentos]].{{Ref|aDwD|1}} There Illyrio tells Tyrion of [[Daenerys Targaryen]] and her three [[dragon]]s.

Illyrio sends Tyrion, along with retainers Griff, Young Griff, Ser [[Rolly Duckfield]], [[Septa]] [[Lemore]], and [[Haldon]], called Halfmaester, aboard the ship ''[[Shy Maid]]'' to [[Volantis]]. During the trip, Tyrion assumes the aliases Yollo and Hugor Hill.{{Ref|aDwD|5}} Griff forces Tyrion into recuperation from his increasingly heavy drinking. The companions plan to meet Daenerys in Volantis to strengthen her cause. En route, Tyrion deduces that Griff is the exiled lord [[Jon Connington]] and Young Griff is Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]], saved from the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. When the boat is ambushed by [[stone men]] in [[Chroyane]], Jon rescues Tyrion from the [[Rhoyne]].{{Ref|aDwD|18}}

While in [[Selhorys]], Tyrion (under Haldon’s direction) plays a game of ''[[cyvasse]]'' with [[Qavo Nogarys]], a customs official, to gain information. Tyrion is then captured in a brothel by Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]{{Ref|aDwD|22}} and brought to Volantis, as Jorah plans to bring Tyrion to Daenerys to regain her favor. Jorah takes him to the [[widow of the waterfront]] to try and arrange passage out of Volantis. There Tyrion meets a female dwarf performer named [[Penny]] who, upon learning that Tyrion was indirectly responsible for her brother [[Oppo]]'s death, tries to kill him.{{Ref|aDwD|27}} Penny joins the pair as they travel to [[Meereen]] by sea aboard the ''[[Selaesori Qhoran]]'', where the crew take to calling him No-Nose, to reach Daenerys. On the ship Penny eventually befriends Tyrion.{{Ref|aDwD|33}}

While aboard the ''Selaesori Qhoran'', Tyrion makes the acquaintance of [[Moqorro]], who sees visions in flames.{{Ref|aDwD|33}} Tyrion, Penny, and Jorah are captured by a [[Yunkai|Yunkai'i]] slaver and bought by [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]]. They are instructed by his overseer, [[Nurse]], on how to treat their new master.{{Ref|aDwD|47}} Tyrion and Penny are forced to perform a mock joust in the [[fighting pits of Meereen]], not knowing that they were to be eaten by lions at the end of the show. Daenerys Targaryen, for whom the show was staged, learns of their impending fate and stops the lions from being released.{{Ref|aDwD|52}}

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

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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While in the Second Sons, Tyrion attempts to sway Brown Ben Plumm's mind over a game of ''cyvasse'', in order to rejoin Daenerys. News of the [[Iron Fleet]] entering [[Slaver's Bay]] reaches the encampment. While the Sons are preparing for the [[Second Siege of Meereen|battle]] that rages around them, a meeting of their officers occurs in which a Yunkish commander demands they fight. After the Yunkishman is killed by Jorah, a white dragon ''cyvasse'' piece falls at Tyrion's feet, and it is declared the Second Sons will rejoin Daenerys.<ref>[[Tyrion II (The Winds of Winter)]]</ref>

==Quotes by Tyrion==
[[File:Jamga TyrionJorah.JPG|thumb|300px|Tyrion and [[Jorah Mormont]], by Jamga ©]]
{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': Let me give you some counsel, [[bastard]]. Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you. 
'''Jon''': What the hell do you know about being a bastard? 
'''Tyrion''': All [[dwarf]]s are bastards in their father's eyes.{{Ref|aGoT|5}}|Tyrion and [[Jon Snow]]}}

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

{{Quote|'''Varys''': Power resides where men believe it resides. No more and no less. 
'''Tyrion''': So power is a [[mummer]]'s trick? 
'''Varys''': A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.{{Ref|aCoK|8}}|[[Varys]] and Tyrion}}

{{Quote|When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.{{Ref|aCoK|15}}|Tyrion to [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I have never liked you, Cersei, but you were my own sister, so I never did you harm. You've ended that. I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.{{Ref|aCoK|56}}|Tyrion to [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I am malformed, scarred, and small, but... abed, when the candles are blown out, I am made no worse than other men. In the dark, I am the [[Loras Tyrell|Knight of Flowers]]. I am generous. Loyal to those who are loyal to me. I’ve proven I’m no craven. And I am cleverer than most, surely wits count for something. I can even be kind. Kindness is not a habit with us [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], I fear, but I know I have some somewhere. I could be... I could be good to you.{{Ref|aSoS|68}}|Tyrion to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|It all goes back and back. To our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance on in our steads.{{Ref|aSoS|66}}|Tyrion's thoughts}}

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

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': Someone told me that the night is dark and full of terrors. What do you see in those flames? 
'''Moqorro''': [[Dragon]]s. Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.{{Ref|aDwD|33}}|Tyrion and [[Moqorro]]}}

==Quotes about Tyrion==
[[File:Tyrion Lannister.PNG|thumb|Peter Dinklage as Tyrion in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|Tyrion Lannister, the youngest of Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]'s brood, and by far the ugliest. All that [[old gods|the gods]] had given to [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], they had denied Tyrion. He was a [[dwarf]], half his brother's height, struggling to keep pace on stunted legs. His head was too large for his body, with a brute's squashed-in face beneath a swollen shelf of brow. One green eye and one black one peered out from under a lank fall of hair so blond it seemed white. Jon watched him with fascination.{{Ref|aGoT|5}}|[[Jon Snow]]'s first impression of Tyrion}}

{{Quote|'''Bowen''': You have great thirst for such a small man. 
'''Aemon''': Oh, I think Lord Tyrion is quite a large man. I think he is a giant come among [[Night's Watch|us]], here at [[Castle Black|the end of the world]].{{Ref|aGoT|21}}|[[Bowen Marsh]] and [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]}}

{{Quote|He is a bigger man than he seems, I think.{{Ref|aSoS|28}}|[[Garlan Tyrell]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Jaime, sweetling, I have known you since you were a babe at Joanna's breast. You smile like [[Gerion Lannister|Gerion]] and fight like [[Tygett Lannister|Tyg]] and there's some of [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]] in you, else you would not wear that cloak... but '''Tyrion''' is [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]'s son, not you. I said so once to your father's face, and he would not speak to me for half a year.{{Ref|aFfC|33}}|[[Genna Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

==Family tree==
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==Behind the Scenes==
According to [[George R. R. Martin]], Tyrion has similarities with [[w:Richard III of England|Richard III of England]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1436 Boskone (Boston, MA; February 17-19)], February 17, 2006</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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Daemon I Blackfyre

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House Blackfyre.svg|50px|left]] '''Daemon Blackfyre''' [[File:House Blackfyre.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[Image:Daemon Blackfyre.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Daemon by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| Alias = Daemon Waters The Black Dragon The King Who Bore [[Blackfyre|the Sword]] The Pretender
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]] (claimant) [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] (claimant) [[Protector of the Realm]] (claimant) [[Prince]]{{Ref|tss}}
| Allegiance = [[House Blackfyre]]
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Father = [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]
| Mother = [[Daena Targaryen]]
| Spouse = [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]]
| Issue = [[Aegon Blackfyre]] [[Aemon Blackfyre]] [[Daemon II Blackfyre]] [[Haegon I Blackfyre]] [[Aenys Blackfyre]] [[Calla Blackfyre]] 2 sons Daughter(s)
| Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|awoiaf| Daemon Blackfyre}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|170}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
| Place_of_Death = [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|Redgrass Field]]
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|196}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Sworn Sword]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms = a black three headed-dragon on red ''(Gules, a dragon thrice-headed sable)''
}}
{{See homonyms | Daemon Blackfyre}}
'''Daemon I Blackfyre''', born '''Daemon Waters''', was the [[bastardy|bastard]] son of Princess [[Daena Targaryen]] and King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].<ref name=GreatBastards>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Great_Bastards/ The Great Bastards] (December 26, 2005)</ref> Daemon founded [[House Blackfyre]], named after the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] [[Valyrian steel]] [[Blackfyre|sword]]. He fought against his trueborn half-brother, King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], for the [[Iron Throne]] in the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]].

Daemon was the first and greatest of the five [[Blackfyre Pretenders]]. As a bastard of [[House Targaryen]] Daemon bore the arms of House Targaryen with the colors reversed: a black three-headed [[dragon]] on a red field. Thus he became known as '''the Black Dragon'''.

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Daemon I Blackfyre|l1=Images of Daemon Blackfyre}}

Daemon was tall and powerful, with broad shoulders, muscular arms, and a flat stomach. Targaryen on both sides, Daemon had all the hallmarks of his house. He had strong Targaryen features, with deep [[purple eyes]] and silver-gold hair which he wore long, flowing down to his shoulders in a silvery-gold mane. He always went clean-shaven, with neither beard nor mustache. Almost inhumanly beautiful, Daemon looked every inch the warrior, and many thought that he strongly resembled portraits of [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]].<ref name=GreatBastards/>

His armor was ornate and costly, all black and red plate, and his warhelm was distinctive, with batlike steel "dragon wings" on the sides.

Daemon matured into a man of considerable charm and strength, mastering all weapons of the battlefield, but with the sword [[Blackfyre]] in hand he was said to fight like [[Warrior (the Seven)|the Warrior]] himself. He won friends easily and women were drawn to him.<ref name=GreatBastards/>

==History==
===Early life===
In late {{Date|170}}<ref group="N">After Daemon's birth, King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] began a forty-day fast. At the forty-first day he collapsed. As Daemon's year of birth is {{Date|170}} and the year of Baelor's death is {{Date|171}}, Daemon's birth took place late in the year 170 AC, while Baelor died early the following year.</ref> Princess [[Daena Targaryen]] gave birth to Daemon{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|awoiaf| Daemon Blackfyre}} He was [[named after|named for]] Daena's grandfather, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], "for the Prince Daemon who had been the wonder and the terror of his age".{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} Although Daena refused to name Daemon's father, many people suspected the involvement of Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}

Daemon was raised in the [[Red Keep]] and was taught arms by Ser [[Quentyn Ball]], the master-at-arms at the Red Keep.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} In {{Date|182}}, when he was twelve years old, Daemon participated in a squire's tourney, which he won. King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] personally [[knight]]ed Daemon and publicly bestowed the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Blackfyre]] on him,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} finally acknowledging him as his son.<ref name=greatbastards>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Great_Bastards/ The Great Bastards (December 26, 2005)]</ref> There were some who felt that the sword symbolized the monarchy<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More SF, Targaryens, Valyria, Sansa, Martells, and More (June 26, 2001)]</ref> as it had been the sword of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the Conqueror, and had been passed on from king to king ever since. Aegon's public gift of the sword would eventually start the first talk that Daemon should be king.<ref name=targaryenhistory>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_History Targaryen History (April 20, 2008)]</ref> Following the acquisition of the sword, Daemon took the name "Blackfyre" for himself.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

King Aegon IV negotiated a betrothal for Daemon to [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} Daemon's supporters would later claim that Daemon had desired to marry his younger half-sister, [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]], instead and that King Aegon, who desired the marriage alliance to [[Tyrosh]], had promised Daemon that he could have [[polygamy|more than one wife]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} In {{Date|184}}, while Aegon IV was on his deathbed, he legitimized all of his bastards; those born to noblewomen, including Daemon, became known as the [[Great Bastards]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} Daemon's trueborn half-brother, [[Daeron II Targaryen]], ascended the throne following Aegon's death. He refused to allow Daemon more than one wife, paid the dowry his late father had promised to the [[Archon]] of [[Tyrosh]], and saw Daemon wed to Rohanne in early {{Date|184}}, granting him a tract of land near the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]] on his wedding day, with the right to raise a castle.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} Daemon and Rohanne had a fertile marriage. Their twin sons, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]], were born later that same year.<ref>''See the calculations for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aegon Blackyre|Aegon]] and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Aemon Blackyre|Aemon Blackfyre]]''</ref> They were followed by five more sons, and at least two daughters.{{Ref|tss}}

In {{Date|187}}, Daemon participated in Princess Daenerys's wedding tourney. He was defeated in the final tilt by Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor Targaryen]], Daeron II's eldest son.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Meanwhile, the growing influence of the [[Dorne|Dornish]] at court, the Dornish appearance of Daeron II's heir, the sudden change of Dornish enemies to Dornish allies, Daeron's rumored illegitimacy (started by King Aegon IV durign his reign), and Aegon IV's previous public gift of [[Blackfyre]], the "sword of kings", to Daemon caused several nobles and knights to start mistrusting Daeron II and Baelor, while seeing promise in Daemon. Men began to approach Daemon, but it took them many years to convince Daemon to declare his claim. [[Maester]] [[Yandel]] considers it likely that it had been [[Aegor Rivers]], Daemon's younger half-brother, who had managed to convince Daemon in the end.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} According to King [[Maekar I Targaryen]], it had been both Aegor Rivers and Ser [[Quentyn Ball]], the master-at-arms at the [[Red Keep]], who had played the largest role in convincing Daemon.{{Ref|TMK}} Aegor pressed him to proclaim his claim for the [[Iron Throne]], and after Daemon agreed to a betrothal between his eldest daughter, [[Calla Blackfyre|Calla]], and Aegor, his efforts increased. Many lords and knights joined in.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} Besides the influences of his councillors, Daemon had come to resent having the status of [[bastardy|bastard]] and what it represented.<ref name=santafe>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2004/05/ Private Meeting (Santa Fe, NM) (May 4, 2004)]</ref>

Following the Blackfyre defeat in the first rebellion (which included the death of Daemon himself and his eldest two children, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]]), Daemon's bastard half-brother, Ser [[Aegor Rivers]], fled to [[Tyrosh]] with Daemon's remaining children and widow. From there, Daemon's descendants continued to plot. Four more rebellions would follow, until {{Date|260}}, when [[Maelys I Blackfyre]], the last male of [[House Blackfyre]], was slain on the [[Stepstones]] during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

===First Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{See also|Blackfyre Pretenders|First Blackfyre Rebellion}}
[[File:Daemon I Blackfyre The Black Dragon by Mike Hallstein.jpg|300px|thumb|Daemon I Blackfyre, the Black Dragon, by Mike Hallstein]]
There was no final insult that resulted in the declaration of Daemon's claim.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} There are some who say that it was the wedding of Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]] to the [[Dornish]] [[Prince of Dorne|Prince]] [[Maron Martell]] that led to the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]. It was said that Daemon rebelled because she had been denied to him by Daeron.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}{{Ref|TSS}} However, while Daenerys' wedding took place in {{Date|187}}, Daemon rebelled only eight years.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} In {{Date|196}}, Daemon began his rebellion, which would last nigh on a year. For his sigil, Daemon took the Targaryen sigil with the colors reversed, a black dragon on red, giving him the nickname "the Black Dragon" (with Daeron being referred as the Red Dragon).{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}

Daemon's decision to claim the throne had been made rashly, and word soon reached Daeron's court that Daemon meant to declare within a month. It has been suggested by [[Archmaester]] [[Merion]] that [[Brynden Rivers]], another one of Aegon IV's bastard sons, was involved in the news reaching Daeron.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} The [[Kingsguard]] was sent to arrest Daemon, but, with the aid of the master-at-arms of the [[Red Keep]], Daemon managed to escape imprisonment.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{ref|TMK}} Daemon's allies used this attempted arrest as a cause for war, claiming that Daeron had acted without reason.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Besides Aegor Rivers and Quentyn Ball, Daemon's supporters, according to Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] of [[Standfast]], included [[Robb Reyne]], [[Gareth the Grey]], Ser [[Aubrey Ambrose]], Lord [[Gormon Peake]], Black [[Byren Flowers]], and [[Redtusk]].{{Ref|tss}} Daemon's rebellion divided the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|TSS}} Half the realm declared for him, though not all were eager to pledge their full support. Notably, Houses [[House Hightower|Hightower]], [[House Butterwell|Butterwell]], [[House Oakheart|Oakheart]] and [[House Tarbeck|Tarbeck]] gave support to both Daemon and Daeron, while others (e.g., [[Manfred Lothston]]) were willing to betray Daemon for Daeron. The thief [[Quickfinger]] attempted to steal [[dragon eggs]] for Daemon, but was caught.{{Ref|TSS}}

Daemon's rebellion ended [[Battle of the Redgrass Field|on the Redgrass Field]] in late {{date|196}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} According to Ser Eustace Osgrey, who fought on Daemon's side, Daemon fought "like the [[Warrior (the Seven)|Warrior]] himself".{{Ref|tss}} Daemon shattered the lines of Lord [[Donnel Arryn]]'s vanguard, leaving the loyalists in peril until Ser [[Gwayne Corbray]] of the [[Kingsguard]] arrived with reinforcements.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Vale: House Arryn}} Daemon and Ser Gwayne duelled, with both men using their Valyrian steel swords. The duel is said to have lasted nearly an hour before Daemon gained the upper hand. Corbray was wounded and Daemon dismounted to prevent Corbray from being trampled. He commanded that Corbray was taken off the field.{{Ref|TSS}}

In the meantime, [[Brynden Rivers]] with his archers, the [[Raven's Teeth]], had captured and assumed a position atop the [[Weeping Ridge]], which overlooked the battlefield and allowed them to rain arrows down among Daemon and his commanders. Daemon's heir [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] died first, followed by Daemon himself. When Daemon’s second son, Aegon's twin brother [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]] took up Blackfyre, he was slain as well.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

===Legacy===
With Daemon dead, the rebels began to rout. [[Aegor Rivers]] claimed Blackfyre and rallied the rebels by leading a charge against the Raven's Teeth, but was eventually forced to flee.{{ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} He took Daemon's widow and remaining children with him to the [[Free Cities]], eventually ending up in [[Tyrosh]].{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TSS}} In exile, Daemon's descendants continued their struggle for the [[Iron Throne]], resulting in four more rebellions ([[Second Blackfyre Rebellion|Second]], [[Third Blackfyre Rebellion|Third]] and [[Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion]], and the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]), as well as one peacefull attempt during the [[Great Council of 233 AC]]. These attempts led to the arrest of Daemon's second son ([[Daemon II Blackfyre|Daemon]]), and the deaths of his third and fifth sons ([[Haegon I Blackfyre|Haegon]] and [[Aenys Blackfyre|Aenys]]), as well as the death of a grandson, also named [[Daemon III Blackfyre|Daemon]]. Daemon's last male descendant, [[Maelys I Blackfyre|Maelys]], was slain during the War of the Ninepenny Kings by Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], ending the Blackfyre threat{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}} after sixty-four years.

Sixteen years after Daemon's death, some still made pilgrimages to the Redgrass Field to plant flowers on the spot where he died.{{Ref|TMK}}

==Quotes about Daemon==
{{Quote|The first and greatest of the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]] was the natural son of [[Daena Targaryen]], sister, betrothed, and (briefly) wife to King [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/More_Targaryen_Descriptions More Targaryen Descriptions (December 24, 2005)]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

{{Quote|Daemon was the name [[Daena Targaryen|Daena]] gave to this child, for Prince [[Daemon Targaryen|Daemon]] had been the wonder and terror of his age, and in later days that was seen as a warning of what the boy would become.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}|[[Yandel]]}}

{{Quote|The '''rightful''' king, Daemon Blackfyre. The King Who Bore the Sword.{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Eustace Osgrey]], to [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{Quote|Traitors have always paid with their lives.{{ref|ASOS|36}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]], to [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|Daemon Blackfyre loved the [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|first Daenerys]], and rose in [[First Blackfyre Rebellion|rebellion]] when denied her.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}|[[Barristan Selmy]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|Daemon Blackfyre was a rebel and usurper.<ref>[[The Winds of Winter]], [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>|[[Stannis Baratheon]], to [[Justin Massey]]}}

==Family==

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==Notes==
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==References==
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[[File:The wall and Castle Black by Feliche.jpg|400px|thumb|The Wall by [http://feliche.deviantart.com/ Feliche]©]]
[[File:Patrick McEvoy nights watch.jpg|thumb|Man of the Night's Watch guarding the Wall by Patrick McEvoy © Fantasy Flight Games]]

The '''Wall''' is a massive barrier of mostly ice stretching across the [[north]]ern border of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], separating it from the [[Beyond the Wall|wild lands beyond]]. The Wall is one hundred leagues long{{ref|AGOT|21}}{{ref|ACOK|43}} (three hundred miles){{ref|AGOT|48}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/citadel/ssm/entry/size_of_westeros/ Size of Westeros], April 17, 2008</ref> and reaches over seven hundred feet at his highest point,{{ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}} although some foundation blocks in hilly regions, such as near [[Greyguard]], send it nine hundred feet in the air.{{ref|ASOS|30}}

One of [[Lomas Longstrider]]'s nine [[Wonders Made by Man]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}}<ref name=amazon>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Month/2012/01/ Amazon Omniblog Interview (January 11, 2012)]</ref> the Wall is defended and held by the Sworn Brothers of the [[Night's Watch]], who patrol and guard nineteen castles from the [[Frostfangs]] mountain range in the west to the [[Bay of Seals]] in the east. Only the [[Shadow Tower]], [[Castle Black]], and [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]] are garrisoned at the start of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. Those who join the Watch in order to avoid another punishment can be referred to as '''sent to the Wall'''.{{ref|ACOK|29}}{{ref|ASOS|22}}{{Ref|ASOS|77}}{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: The Coming of the Rhoynar}}

==Layout==
===Appearance===
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of the Wall|Images of the Wall]]''
[[File:The WallSabin Boykinov.jpg|thumb|The Wall by Sabin Boykinov © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Wall stretches for three hundred miles{{ref|AGOT|48}} and is approximately seven hundred feet tall.{{ref|AGOT|26}} It is made of solid ice, stone, and earth,{{ref|ASOS|30}} and can be seen for miles round. It appears grey or blue depending on the weather and time of day. The top is wide enough for a dozen mounted [[knight]]s to ride abreast and it is thicker at the base.{{Ref|aGoT|19}} The top is wider in man places than the [[kingsroad]], and crushed stone is spread on walkways to aid with footing.{{ref|AGOT|21}} According to myth, there are old [[magic|spells]] woven into the Wall, to strengthen it and keep creatures of a [[magic]]al nature such as the [[Others]] from passing it.{{Ref|aSoS|30}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Wall/ The Wall], September 09, 2000</ref>

The Wall is straight like a sword from [[Castle Black]] to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], but runs like a snake between Castle Black and the [[Shadow Tower]].{{Ref|aSoS|30}} Led by [[Othell Yarwyck]], the [[First Builder]], the [[builders]] of the Watch monitor and repair the Wall.{{ref|AGOT|41}}

Windblown dirt covers the Wall like film, and it often appears pale grey{{ref|AGOT|19}} or dull white.{{ref|ADWD|69}} The Wall shines blue and crystalline in sunlight,{{ref|AGOT|19}}{{ref|ASOS|30}} glimmers palely in moonlight,{{ref|AGOT|21}}{{ref|AGOT|26}} and glows pink and purple at dawn.{{ref|AGOT|48}} The Wall sparkles from melting ice on sunny days, with rivulets of water being compared to weeping.{{ref|AGOT|48}}{{ref|AGOT|52}}

Tunnels have been cut through the Wall at each castle of the Night's Watch. They are sealed with ice and stone wherever castles have been abandoned or in times of danger.{{Ref|aSoS|41}} Cells chiseled from the ice at the foot of the Wall are used as storerooms{{ref|AGOT|52}} or prisons.{{ref|ASOS|69}}{{ref|ADWD|49}}

While [[Benjen Stark]], the [[First Ranger]], believes the Wall is the largest structure built by man,{{ref|AGOT|19}} others say the [[Hightower]] in [[Oldtown]] is even taller,{{ref|ASOS|41}} and that the Wall can allegedly be seen from the tower's top.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

===Castles===
The [[Night's Watch]] raised nineteen castles to guard the hundred leagues of the Wall, although they never manned more than seventeen at one time.{{ref|ACOK|43}} Over the last three hundred years, as the manpower of the Watch has dropped, most of these castles have been abandoned; [[Old Nan]] refers to them as "ghost castles".{{ref|ASOS|40}}

Only three castles currently remain in use,{{Ref|aGoT|21}} though sometimes a larger force is sent to one of the abandoned castles for a fortnight or a moon's turn.{{ref|ASOS|26}} The manned castles are [[Castle Black]], the largest-maintained castle, located at the northern end of the [[kingsroad]] and held by nearly six hundred Brothers,{{ref|AGOT|21}} the [[Shadow Tower]], the westernmost of the occupied castles, garrisoned by two hundred men of the Night's Watch,{{ref|AGOT|21}} and [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], the port of the Night's Watch with the smallest garrison, located at the eastern end of the Wall.

[[File:Castle Black and The Wall, Ted Nasmith.jpg|thumb|[[Castle Black]] and the Wall by Ted Nasmith ©]]

The nineteen castles on the Wall, listed from west to east, are:
* [[Westwatch-by-the-Bridge]]
* The [[Shadow Tower]], commanded by Ser [[Denys Mallister]]
* [[Sentinel Stand]]
* [[Greyguard]]
* [[Stonedoor]]
* [[Hoarfrost Hill]]
* [[Icemark]]
* The [[Nightfort]]
* [[Deep Lake]]
* [[Queensgate]]
* [[Castle Black]], commanded by [[Jeor Mormont]], the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]]
* [[Oakenshield (Wall)|Oakenshield]]
* [[Woodswatch-by-the-Pool]]
* [[Sable Hall]]
* [[Rimegate]]
* [[Long Barrow]]
* The [[Torches]]
* [[Greenguard]]
* [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], commanded by [[Cotter Pyke]]

===Defenses===
[[File:The Wall top warming shed .jpg|thumb|350px|Warming shed on top of the Wall]]
The [[builders]] of the Night's Watch permit the forest to come no closer than half a mile to the Wall.{{ref|AGOT|21}}{{ref|AGOT|41}} However, over time forest has crept back closer to abandoned castles.{{Ref|aGoT|21}} [[Rangers]] patrol the lands [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|AGOT|41}}

The top of the wall is studded with catapults, cranes,{{Ref|aGoT|19}} and trebuchets,{{ref|ASOS|64}} but they are immobile.{{ref|ASOS|64}} Additionally, some catapults and trebuchets have been dismantled for repair and never reassembled after being frozen in ice.{{ref|AGOT|21}} The Night's Watch can reach the top of the Wall from the southern side via ramps of earth and gravel,{{ref|ASOS|56}} winch-drawn cages,{{ref|AGOT|21}} and steps of ice, stone, or wood.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

The twisting tunnel through the Wall at [[Castle Black]] is secured by a thick oaken door and three grates with heavy iron bars, massive chains that must be unlocked, and murder holes,{{Ref|aGoT|48}}{{ref|ASOS|64}} while the gate at the [[Nightfort]] had an iron portcullis.{{ref|ASOS|56}} All tunnels have been sealed except for those at Castle Black, [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], and the [[Shadow Tower]], however.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

The galleys of Eastwatch patrol the [[Bay of Seals]] in part to catch smugglers who bypass the Wall through the sea and trade weapons to [[wildlings]].{{Ref|aSoS|54}} In the west the southern [[Frostfangs]] and the [[Gorge]] make the terrain impassable for all but small groups of raiders.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Many_Questions1/ Many Questions], December 28, 1998</ref>

[[File:Wall IceGate by Kim Pope.jpg|thumb|350px|Tunnel through the Wall, barred by heavy iron bars]]
The Wall provides a tremendous tactical advantage to its defenders, enabling a small group to hold off a much larger force. Defenders are generally beyond the range of bow shot or catapult and in turn rely on archery, catapult, and dropped objects to deter an assault. In particular, barrels containing rocks frozen in ice are effective in dispersing a mass charge.{{Ref|aSoS|64}}

Attackers must rely on one of two tactics: a direct assault on one of the few well-defended gates, or scaling the Wall in small groups and attacking a gate from the rear. The gates have been designed with features such as murder holes and limited access that make them difficult to force.{{ref|ASOS|64}} In an extreme case, gates can be filled with rock and ice, thus becoming as impervious as any other part of the wall.{{ref|ADWD|17}}

Scaling the Wall involves similar difficulties. [[Wildlings]] climb the northern side of the Wall with hempen rope, stone hammers, ice axes, and spiked boots.{{ref|ASOS|30}} A team of determined climbers can reach the top, but only if undetected by defenders, who can easily knock them off with dropped objects or archery. The Wall is thought to "defend itself", disgorging sheets of its own ice.{{Ref|aSoS|30}}

==History==
[[File:Building the Wall Chase Stone.jpg|450px|thumb|The building of the Wall (by Chase Stone©)]]
The Wall was made to defend the realms of the [[First Men]],{{ref|AGOT|70}}{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Long Night}} and the men of the [[Night's Watch]] have reportedly defended the Wall against [[Others]] and other monsters{{ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}} for eight thousand years{{ref|ADWD|53}} since the end of the [[Long Night]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}}

According to legend, the Wall was built by [[Brandon Stark (Builder)|Brandon the Builder]]{{ref|ASOS|78}} with the assistance of [[children of the forest]] and [[giants]],{{ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}} and it is protected with ancient [[magic|spells and sorcery]].{{Ref|aSoS|56}} Supposedly, Brandon placed foundations along heights wherever possible.{{Ref|aSoS|30}} Also according to legend, the Wall is vulnerable to the [[Horn of Joramun]].{{Ref|aSoS|30}}

Maesters dispute if the base of the Wall was made of stone, but they generally believe builders of the Watch used sledges to transport ice cut from frozen lakes in the [[haunted forest]]. However, the severely-reduced Night's Watch at the present time is limited to maintenance duty.{{ref|AGOT|41}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch}}

Some [[Kings-Beyond-the-Wall]] have led hosts of [[free folk]] south, but all have been broken at the Wall by the Night's Watch or, if they managed to evade the Watch and pass south, by [[House Stark]] of [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|23}}

When King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] visited Winterfell, Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] flew on [[Silverwing]] to visit the Wall.{{ref|ASOS|41}} Her dragon's refusal to cross the Wall puzzled and disturbed the queen.<ref>[http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/09/27/a-fire-blood-excerpt-just-for-you/ A FIRE & BLOOD Excerpt just for YOU!] 27 September 2018</ref>

==Recent Events==
[[File:The Wall.png|thumb|400px|The Wall and the tunnel at [[Castle Black]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
===''A Game of Thrones''===
When [[Jon Snow]] joins the [[Night's Watch]], [[Tyrion Lannister]] accompanies him north to see the Wall.{{ref|AGOT|13}} Tyrion spends several weeks riding the Wall and conversing with the officers.{{ref|AGOT|19}} After taking the winch cage to the top, Tyrion walks the Wall with Jon, who has drawn night guard, and the youth's direwolf, [[Ghost]].{{ref|AGOT|21}} [[Samwell Tarly]] is afraid of taking the cage to the top.{{ref|AGOT|26}} After having a nightmare of the [[crypt of Winterfell]], Jon climbs the Wall and walks until sunrise.{{ref|AGOT|52}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Heading [[beyond the Wall]], Jon and Sam participate in the [[great ranging]] led by Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]].{{ref|AGOT|6}}{{ref|AGOT|13}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Mance Rayder]], the [[King-Beyond-the-Wall]], has [[free folk]] search the [[Frostfangs]]{{ref|ASOS|7}} and the [[Milkwater]]{{ref|ASOS|48}} for the [[Horn of Winter]], which allegedly can bring down the Wall.{{ref|ASOS|30}}{{ref|ASOS|48}}

Feigning allegiance to the wildling cause, Jon climbs the Wall with a group of wildlings. Sheets of ice break off, leading to the death of [[Jarl]].{{ref|ASOS|30}} They descend from the Wall at [[Greyguard]].{{ref|ASOS|41}}

After the [[mutiny at Craster's Keep]], Samwell and [[Gilly]] flee south{{ref|ASOS|46}} and pass through the Wall via the Black Gate below the [[Nightfort]]. Sam informs [[Bran Stark]] and his companions how to pass north of the Wall.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

Mance sends his chiefs and captains to attack various places along the Wall, spreading the Night's Watch thin.{{ref|ASOS|41}} [[Styr]] leads the [[attack on Castle Black]], the defense of which is led by Jon and [[Donal Noye]].{{ref|AGOT|55}} Mance's wildling host then attacks the Wall from the north with [[giants]] and [[mammoths]], and Jon takes command of the defense after Donal's death.{{ref|ASOS|64}} During a parley, Mance displays a giant horn to Jon but is reluctant to use it, as he hopes to lead the free folk through the Wall and seek refuge from [[Others]].{{ref|ASOS|73}} The wildlings are then defeated by King [[Stannis Baratheon]] and the Watch in the [[battle beneath the Wall]].{{ref|ASOS|73}}

Following the battle, Jon and [[Melisandre]] ascend the Wall to meet Stannis, who offers to name Jon as Lord of [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ASOS|76}} Jon declines, however, and ends up being chosen as the 998th [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].{{ref|ASOS|79}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Free folk who submit to Stannis are allowed to pass through the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|10}} [[Bowen Marsh]] objects, preferring instead to seal the gates.{{ref|ADWD|10}} Some of the free folk accept Jon's offer to help man the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|21}} Jon sends [[Val]] to find [[Tormund Giantsbane]] in the [[haunted forest]],{{ref|ADWD|39}} and Tormund eventually agrees to pass through the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|58}}

Lord Commander Snow puts plans in motion to man most of the castles. These include:
* [[Westwatch-by-the-Bridge]], garrisoned by a small company from the Night's Watch.{{ref|AWOIAF| Westwatch-by-the-Bridge}}
* [[Sentinel Stand]], garrisoned by a small company from the Watch.{{ref|AWOIAF| Sentinel Stand}}
* [[Greyguard]], garrisoned by an unnamed steward from the [[Shadow Tower]].{{ref|ADWD|10}}
* [[Stonedoor]], given to [[Soren Shieldbreaker]] to settle and garrison.{{ref|ADWD|69}} [[Borroq]] is to join him.{{ref|ADWD|69}}
* [[Hoarfrost Hill]], still empty as Jon has not yet named a commander.{{ref|ADWD|69}}
* [[Icemark]], garrisoned with thirty men under the command of [[Bedwyck]], twenty from the Night's Watch and ten of Stannis's men.{{ref|ADWD|7}}
* [[Nightfort]], given to Stannis as his seat, but it will take time for the builders to make it suitable for habitation.{{ref|ADWD|3}}
* [[Deep Lake]], garrisoned with free folk, possibly by [[Halleck]].{{ref|ADWD|35}}
* [[Queensgate]], given to [[Morna White Mask]] to settle and garrison.{{ref|ADWD|69}}
* [[Oakenshield (Wall)|Oakenshield]], given to Tormund to settle and garrison.{{ref|ADWD|69}}
* [[Woodswatch-by-the-Pool]], garrisoned by a small company from the Watch.{{ref|AWOIAF| Woodswatch-by-the-Pool}}
* [[Sable Hall]], garrisoned with free folk, possibly by [[Halleck]].{{ref|ADWD|35}}
* [[Rimegate]], still empty as Jon has not yet named a commander.{{ref|ADWD|69}}
* [[Long Barrow]], garrisoned with [[spearwife|spearwives]] under the command of [[Emmett|Iron Emmett]]{{ref|ADWD|39}}{{ref|ADWD|58}} and [[Eddison Tollett]].{{ref|AWOIAF| Long Barrow}}
* The [[Torches]], garrisoned by a small company from the Watch.{{ref|AWOIAF| Torches}}
* [[Greenguard]], given to [[Devyn Sealskinner]] to settle and garrison.{{ref|ADWD|69}}

[[Builders]] begin construction on a new switchback stair to replace the ruined one at Castle Black.{{ref|ADWD|3}} Jon intends for a series of beacon towers to be built atop the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|7}} Jon decides to hang [[Janos Slynt]] from the Wall for insubordination, but he changes his mind and instead beheads Janos with [[Longclaw]].{{ref|ADWD|7}}

Melisandre thinks she is stronger than she has ever been while at the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|31}} She burns what is claimed to be the Horn of Winter,{{ref|ADWD|10}} but Tormund later explains to Jon that Mance never found the horn which could bring down the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|58}} Jon has a nightmare of defending the top of the Wall from the dead, including wildlings, Night's Watch, and his half brother, [[Robb Stark]].{{ref|ADWD|58}} The Lord Commander is eventually betrayed in the [[mutiny at Castle Black]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}

==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Milecastle 39 on Hadrian's Wall.jpg|thumb|350px|[[w:Hadrian's Wall|Hadrian's Wall]] was [[George R. R. Martin]]'s inspiration for the Wall]]
:{{See also|Themes in A Song of Ice and Fire}}
According to [[George R. R. Martin]] the inspiration for the Wall came from [[w:Hadrian's Wall|Hadrian's Wall]].<ref>RollingStone.com: [http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/george-r-r-martin-the-rolling-stone-interview-20140423 George R.R. Martin: The Rolling Stone Interview], April 23, 2014</ref>

==Quotes==
{{quote|You could see it from miles off, a pale blue line across the northern horizon, stretching away to the east and west and vanishing in the far distance, immense and unbroken. This is the end of the world, it seemed to say.{{ref|AGOT|19}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|Almost seven hundred feet high it stood, three times the height of the [[Lance (tower)|tallest tower]] in [[Castle Black|the stronghold]] it sheltered. [[Benjen Stark|His uncle]] said the top was wide enough for a dozen armored [[knight]]s to ride abreast. The gaunt outlines of huge catapults and monstrous wooden cranes stood sentry up there, like the skeletons of great birds, and among them walked [[Night's Watch|men in black]] as small as ants.{{ref|AGOT|19}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|'''Jon''': I hate it here. It's too ... it's cold. '''Donal''': Yes. Cold and hard and mean, that's the Wall, and [[Night's Watch|the men who walk it]]. Not like the stories [[Old Nan|your wet nurse]] told you. Well, piss on the stories and piss on your wet nurse. This is the way it is, and you're here for life, same as the rest of us.{{ref|AGOT|19}}|[[Jon Snow]] and [[Donal Noye]]}}

{{quote|He looked off to the east and west, at the Wall stretching before him, a vast white road with no beginning and no end and a dark abyss on either side.{{ref|AGOT|21}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{quote|Sometimes it seemed to Jon almost a living thing, with moods of its own. The color of the ice was wont to change with every shift of the light. Now it was the deep blue of frozen rivers, now the dirty white of old snow, and when a cloud passed before the sun it darkened to the pale grey of pitted stone. The Wall stretched east and west as far as the eye could see, so huge that it shrunk the timbered keeps and stone towers of [[Castle Black|the castle]] to insignificance. It was the end of the world.{{ref|ACOK|6}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|If the Wall should ever fall, all the fires will go out.{{Ref|ACOK|68}}|[[Qhorin Halfhand]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|The Wall can stop an army, but not a man alone.{{Ref|aSoS|7}}|[[Mance Rayder]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|And they've built a great wall through my valleys, and fished all the fish from my rills.{{ref|ASOS|15}}|excerpt from "[[The Last of the Giants]]"}}

{{Quote|'''Ygritte''': I hate this Wall. Can you feel how cold it is? '''Jon''': It's made of ice. '''Yritte''': You know nothing, Jon Snow. This wall is made o' blood.{{Ref|asos|30}}|[[Ygritte]] and [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|The [[Night's Watch]] has forgotten its true purpose, Tarly. You don't build a wall seven hundred feet high to keep savages in skins from stealing women. The Wall was made to guard the realms of men ... and not against other men, which is all the [[wildlings]] are when you come right down to it. Too many years, Tarly, too many hundreds and thousands of years. We lost sight of the [[Others|true enemy]].{{ref|ASOS|33}}|[[Jeor Mormont]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}

{{quote|'''Mance''': [[Raymun Redbeard]], [[Bael the Bard]], [[Gendel]] and [[Gorne]], the [[Horned Lord]], they all came south to conquer, but I've come with my tail between my legs to hide behind your Wall. If I sound the [[Horn of Winter]], the Wall will fall. Or so the songs would have me believe. There are those among [[free folk|my people]] who want nothing more ... '''Dalla''': But once the Wall is fallen, what will stop the [[Others]]?{{ref|ASOS|73}}|[[Mance Rayder]] and [[Dalla]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|I have dreamed of your Wall, Jon Snow. Great was the lore that raised it, and great the [[magic|spells]] locked beneath its ice. We walk beneath one of the hinges of the world.{{ref|ADWD|3}}|[[Melisandre]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|Jon Snow glanced up at the Wall, towering over them like a cliff of ice. A hundred leagues from end to end, and seven hundred feet high. The strength of the Wall was its height; the length of the Wall was its weakness. Jon remembered something [[Eddard Stark|his father]] had said once. A wall is only as strong as the men who stand behind it. The men of the [[Night's Watch]] were brave enough, but they were far too few for the task that confronted them.{{ref|ADWD|7}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|Winter is coming, and with it the [[Others|white walkers]]. The Wall is where we stop them. The Wall was made to stop them ... but the Wall must be manned.{{ref|ADWD|53}}|[[Jon Snow]] to [[Bowen Marsh]]}}

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Roose Bolton/Theories

2020-04-20T20:07:55Z

TMWNN: /* Evidence for */ Clarify

{{Theory_Policy}}

In a theory known as "Bolt-on", some readers believe that [[Roose Bolton]] is an immortal being, possibly an [[Others|Other]], that steals and wears other people's skin.

== Evidence for ==

* The [[Faceless Men]] of [[Braavos]] have demonstrated that it is possible to remove other people's faces and wear them as a disguise. The [[Dreadfort]] is proximate to Braavos, so the Boltons might have sailed there and learned the secret.
* Even if they never traveled to Braavos, [[House Bolton]] has been flaying people for centuries, and would be most likely to discover that skin could be worn.
* Roose states that the only reason he did not kill his illegitimate son [[Ramsay Snow]] is the taboo of kinslaying. However, Roose conceived Ramsay when he hanged a miller and raped his wife beneath his swaying body, and broke his sworn oaths by killing his [[Robb Stark|liege lord]]; it seems uncharacteristically moral of him to shun kinslaying.
* It seems more likely that Roose plans to take on Ramsay's identity and skin eventually, as Ramsay shares Roose's distinctive blue eyes. Even if the being wearing Roose's skin is immortal, its persona needs to "die" every so often to avoid suspicion. It is even possible that Roose killed his only trueborn son [[Domeric Bolton]], because Domeric did not share Roose's eyes.
* [[Theon Greyjoy|Reek]] notes that Roose does not seem to age:

{{Quote|Though past forty, [Roose] was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell the passage of time...there was an agelessness about him, a stillness.{{ref|ADWD|20}}}}
* Nearly every mention of Roose Bolton mentions the pale coldness of his nature or eyes, indicating that he might be an Other. At one point, it is even stated "Roose Bolton's own face was a pale grey mask".{{ref|adwd|37}}
* [[Nan|Old Nan]] tells Bran a story of a man who had a child with a woman in white, probably an Other by her description. Old Nan's stories have a surprising history of being true. This child could be Roose.
* Roose states that although he expects his new wife [[Fat Walda Frey]] to be fertile and birth children,

{{quote|Ramsay will kill them all, of course. That's for the best. I will not live long enough to see new sons to manhood, and boy lords are the bane of any House.{{ref|ADWD|32}}}}

:Roose planning to take Ramsay's identity would explain his being so confident (yet unworried) that "Ramsay" will kill any rivals to his inheritance, and that Roose himself—in his 40s—will not be alive long enough to see his future children as adults.

== Evidence against ==

* There is no direct evidence for this theory, only circumstantial evidence.

{{references|2}}

[[Category:Theories]]

Roose Bolton/Theories

2020-04-20T20:02:08Z

TMWNN: /* Evidence for */ Roose's prediction that Ramsay will kill siblings

{{Theory_Policy}}

In a theory known as "Bolt-on", some readers believe that [[Roose Bolton]] is an immortal being, possibly an [[Others|Other]], that steals and wears other people's skin.

== Evidence for ==

* The [[Faceless Men]] of [[Braavos]] have demonstrated that it is possible to remove other people's faces and wear them as a disguise. The [[Dreadfort]] is proximate to Braavos, so the Boltons might have sailed there and learned the secret.
* Even if they never traveled to Braavos, [[House Bolton]] has been flaying people for centuries, and would be most likely to discover that skin could be worn.
* Roose states that the only reason he did not kill his illegitimate son [[Ramsay Snow]] is the taboo of kinslaying. However, Roose conceived Ramsay when he hanged a miller and raped his wife beneath his swaying body, and broke his sworn oaths by killing his [[Robb Stark|liege lord]]; it seems uncharacteristically moral of him to shun kinslaying.
* It seems more likely that Roose plans to take on Ramsay's identity and skin eventually, as Ramsay shares Roose's distinctive blue eyes. Even if the being wearing Roose's skin is immortal, its persona needs to "die" every so often to avoid suspicion. It is even possible that Roose killed his only trueborn son [[Domeric Bolton]], because Domeric did not share Roose's eyes.
* [[Theon Greyjoy|Reek]] notes that Roose does not seem to age:

{{Quote|Though past forty, [Roose] was as yet unwrinkled, with scarce a line to tell the passage of time...there was an agelessness about him, a stillness.{{ref|ADWD|20}}}}
* Nearly every mention of Roose Bolton mentions the pale coldness of his nature or eyes, indicating that he might be an Other. At one point, it is even stated "Roose Bolton's own face was a pale grey mask".{{ref|adwd|37}}
* [[Nan|Old Nan]] tells Bran a story of a man who had a child with a woman in white, probably an Other by her description. Old Nan's stories have a surprising history of being true. This child could be Roose.
* Roose states that although he expects his new wife [[Fat Walda Frey]] to be fertile and birth children,

{{quote|Ramsay will kill them all, of course. That's for the best. I will not live long enough to see new sons to manhood, and boy lords are the bane of any House.{{ref|ADWD|32}}}}

:Roose could be saying that he himself, as Ramsay, will kill any rivals to his inheritance.

== Evidence against ==

* There is no direct evidence for this theory, only circumstantial evidence.

{{references|2}}

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Guest right

2020-04-09T15:34:33Z

TMWNN: /* A Dance with Dragons */ Correction

'''Guest right''' is an ancient and sacred [[customs|custom]] in [[Westeros]], going back thousands of years to the [[First Men]].{{Ref|aSoS|7}} It is also recognized in the [[Free Cities]].{{ref|ADWD|1}}

==Customs==
The guest right is a sacred law of hospitality, especially in the [[north]].{{ref|ADWD|44}} When a guest, be he [[smallfolk|commonborn]] or [[lord|noble]], eats the food and drinks the drink off a host's table beneath the host's roof, guest right is invoked. Bread and salt are traditional provisions.

When invoked, neither the guest nor the host can harm the other for the length of the guest's stay.{{Ref|aSoS|7}} For either to do so would be to break a sacred covenant that is believed to invoke the wrath of the gods. both [[old gods|old]] and [[Faith of the Seven|new]]. Even robber lords and wreckers are bound by the ancient laws of hospitality.{{ref|adwd|9}}

A lord with a bared sword across his knees is making a traditional sign that he is denying guest right.{{ref|AGOT|24}}

It is sometimes customary for a host to give guest gifts to the departing guests when they leave the host's dwellings; this usually represents the end of the sacred guest right.{{ref|ADWD|9}}{{ref|adwd|29}} In addition, visiting guests will sometimes offer their host guest gifts as gratitude for giving them food and shelter.{{ref|ACOK|23}}{{ref|ASOS|33}}

==History==
The legend of the [[Rat Cook]] of the [[Nightfort]] concerns guest right.{{ref|ASOS|56}} Its song is used to represent the repercussions that await those who violate this sacred law of hospitality.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North}}

Maester [[Egbert]] wrote about [[north]]ern violations of guest right in ''[[Justice and Injustice in the North: Judgments of Three Stark Lords]]'', with only [[kinslaying]] being an equivalent crime.{{ref|TWOIAF| The North}}

Lord [[Lyman Lannister]] provided guest right to Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] and Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]], protecting them from King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}

During his dispute with [[House Webber]], Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] refused hospitality to Lady [[Rohanne Webber]] when she neared the lands of [[House Osgrey]].{{ref|TSS}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
When [[Tyrion Lannister]] returns to [[Winterfell]] after the injury of [[Bran Stark]], [[Robb Stark]] greets Tyrion with an unsheathed sword upon his knees.{{ref|AGOT|24}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Mance Rayder]] agrees to protect Jon as a guest when they meet [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|ASOS|7}}

[[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], gifts [[Craster]] with an axe and a crossbow when the [[great ranging]] stays at [[Craster's Keep]]. The pregnant [[Gilly]] wants [[Jon Snow]] to take her away. When Jon protests that he is a guest, Gilly argues that Jon did not eat Craster's food or sleep in Craster's hall.{{ref|ACOK|23}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Craster and Jeor are murdered by members of the [[Night's Watch]] during the [[mutiny at Craster's Keep]].{{ref|ASOS|33}}

Robb and his mother [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] receive bread and salt when they arrive at the [[Twins]] for the wedding of Lord [[Edmure Tully]].{{ref|ASOS|49}} [[Walder Frey]], the [[Lord of the Crossing]], betrays them in the [[Red Wedding]], however.{{ref|ASOS|51}} Despite having orchestrated the massacre and offered protection to Lord Walder, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] places the blame on him.{{ref|ASOS|53}} When [[Davos Seaworth]] hears of the Red Wedding, he believes that [[House Frey]] is cursed for violating guest right.{{ref|ASOS|54}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
The massacre ruins the Freys' reputation even among allies.{{ref|AFFC|38}}{{ref|AFFC|23}} The thousands of [[sparrow]]s in [[King's Landing]] are especially furious about the Red Wedding and violation of guest right. The [[small council]] discusses how to blame the Freys, and not the Iron Throne, for the massacre.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Trust in guest right has declined in the [[riverlands]] in the aftermath of the Red Wedding. The [[brotherhood without banners]] hangs some outlaws and soldiers who expect safety at the [[crossroads inn]].{{ref|AFFC|37}}{{ref|AFFC|42}}

Wine, cheese, bread, and salt are offered to the [[Lords Declarant]] when they come to the [[Eyrie]], since their acceptance of the good is a recognition of guest right.{{ref|AFFC|23}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Davos Seaworth is grateful to eat bread and [[sister's stew]] while at [[Breakwater]], since it is a recognition of guest right by Lord [[Godric Borrell]].{{ref|ADWD|9}}

Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] grants palfreys as guest gifts to [[Jared Frey|Jared]], [[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar Frey]], and [[Symond Frey]] when they depart [[White Harbor]].{{ref|ADWD|29}}{{ref|ADWD|46}} Wyman desires vengeance against [[House Frey]] for the death of his son, [[Wendel Manderly|Wendel]], who was killed at the Twins as a guest during the Red Wedding.{{ref|ADWD|29}} The three Frey envoys disappear while traveling to [[Barrowton]].{{ref|ADWD|32}} Wyman serves [[Frey Pies/Theories|three large pork pies]] during the wedding feast of [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] and "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]" at Winterfell.{{ref|ADWD|37}}

Despite [[Obara Sand]]'s calls for vengeance, [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], refuses to harm his guest, Ser [[Balon Swann]].{{ref|ADWD|38}}

Jon Snow, now Lord Commander, accepts [[Alys Karstark]] as a guest at [[Castle Black]] and has [[Cregan Karstark]] apprehended before he can request guest right.{{ref|ADWD|49}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Once I had eaten at [[Eddard Stark|his]] board I was protected by guest right. The laws of hospitality are as old as the [[First Men]], and sacred as a [[heart tree]] … Here you are the guest, and safe from harm at my hands … this night, at least.{{ref|ASOS|7}}|[[Mance Rayder]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|'''Jeor''': The gods will curse us. There is no crime so foul as for a guest to bring murder into a [[Craster's Keep|man's hall]]. By all the laws of the hearth, we- 
'''Dirk''': There are no laws [[beyond the Wall]], old man.{{ref|ASOS|33}}|[[Jeor Mormont]] and [[Dirk]] during the [[mutiny at Craster's Keep]]}}

{{Quote|In the [[north]], we hold the laws of hospitality sacred still.{{Ref|ASOS|37}}|[[Roose Bolton]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn''': If we are offered refreshment when we arrive, on no account refuse. Take what is offered, and eat and drink where all can see. If nothing is offered, ask for bread and cheese and a cup of wine. 
'''Robb''': I'm more wet than hungry … 
'''Catelyn''': Robb, listen to me. Once you have eaten of his bread and salt, you have the guest right, and the laws of hospitality protect you beneath his roof. 
'''Robb''': I have an army to protect me, Mother, I don't need to trust in bread and salt. But if it pleases Lord [[Walder Frey|Walder]] to serve me stewed [[crow]] smothered in maggots, I'll eat it and ask for a second bowl.{{ref|ASOS|49}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] and [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Walder''': Bread and salt. Heh. Of course, of course. My guests. My honored guests. Be welcome beneath [[Twins|my roof]], and at my table. 
'''Robb''': We thank you for your hospitality, my lord.{{ref|ASOS|49}}|[[Walder Frey]] and [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Guest right don't mean so much as it used to. Not since [[Catelyn Stark|m'lady]] come back from [[Red Wedding|the wedding]]. Some o' them swinging down by the river figured they was guests too.{{Ref|AFFC|42}}|[[Jeyne Heddle]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': In the [[Seven Kingdoms]] it is considered a grave breach of hospitality to [[poison]] your guests at supper. 
'''Illyrio''': [[Pentos|Here]] as well. Yet when a guest plainly wishes to end his own life, why, his host must oblige him, no?{{ref|adwd|1}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Illyrio Mopatis]]}}

{{Quote|I will see the dawn, at least … I have eaten of his bread and salt.{{ref|adwd|9}}|[[Davos Seaworth]]’s thoughts after eating [[sister's stew]] with [[Godric Borrell]]}}

{{quote|Ser [[Balon Swann|Balon]] is a guest beneath [[Sunspear|my roof]]. He has eaten of my bread and salt. I will not do him harm.{{ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Doran Martell]] to the [[Sand Snakes]]}}

{{Quote|[[Walder Frey]]'s [[Alyssa Blackwood|fourth wife]] was a [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]], but kinship counts for no more than guest right at the [[Twins]].{{ref|ADWD|48}}|[[Tytos Blackwood]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

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Warrior's Sons

2020-04-05T23:52:43Z

TMWNN: /* Vows and Duties */ Clarify

{{Organization
| Name = Noble and Puissant Order of the Warrior's Sons
| image = [[File:Warrior's Sons.svg|250px|center]]
| image_caption = A rainbow-colored sword is the sigil of the Warrior's Sons
| Symbol =
| Type = Military chivalric order
| Seat = Chapters at [[Oldtown]], [[Lannisport]], [[Gulltown]], [[Stoney Sept]] and [[King's Landing]] (original Faith Militant) [[Great Sept of Baelor]] (reformed Faith Militant)
| Region = [[Seven Kingdoms]]
| Allegiance = [[Faith of the Seven]]
| Current_Leader = [[High Septon|High]] [[High Sparrow|Sparrow]] [[Grand Captain]]
| Founder =
| Founded = Before {{Date|1}}
| Reorganized = {{Date|300}} (reformed Faith Militant)
| Disbanded = ~{{Date|58}} (original Faith Militant)
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The '''Noble and Puissant Order of the Warrior's Sons''' is an order of [[Westeros]]i [[knight]]s sworn to the [[Faith of the Seven]]. They are part of the [[Faith Militant]], and are also known as the '''Swords'''. Their counterparts are the "Stars", also called the [[Poor Fellows]]. The Warrior's Sons obey and answer to the [[High Septon]], as they believe the High Septon speaks for the Seven.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}

==Customs==
===Appearance===
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[[File:Joshua Cairoswarriorssons.jpg|thumb|300px|Warrior's Sons escort. By Joshua Cairos © FFG]]
The Warrior's Sons of old wore rainbow cloaks and inlaid silver armor over hair shirts. They bore star-shaped crystals in the pommels of their longswords.{{Ref|affc|28}}

The recent Warrior's Sons wear swordbelts and cloaks striped in the seven colors of the Faith.{{Ref|affc|28}}{{ref|affc|43}} They have crystals adorning the pommels of their longswords and the crests of their greathelms, and carry kite shields displaying the ancient badge of the Swords: a rainbow sword shining bright upon a field of darkness.{{Ref|affc|36}}{{Ref|adwd|65}} Their armor is made of silver plate, and polished to a mirror sheen. Underneath, the Warior's Sons wear a hair shirt, as did the Warrior's Sons of old.{{Ref|adwd|65}}

===Vows and Duties===
The Warrior's Sons are all anointed [[knight]]s. Most in the revival of the order had been household knights or hedge knights before joining the military order, while some are of higher birth.{{Ref|affc|36}} Upon joining the Warrior's Sons, they take vows, giving up their lands and gold. The Warrior's Sons of old were said to have been holy men, ascetics, fanatics, [[magic|sorcerers]], [[dragon]]slayers, and demonhunters, implacable in their hatred for all enemies of the Faith.{{Ref|affc|28}}

==Organization==
Before their disbandment during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], the Warrior's Sons were permanently stationed at chapterhouses in several major cities and towns. The Warrior's Sons had one overall commander known as a [[Grand Captain]].

At the outbreak of the [[Faith Militant uprising]] in {{Date|41}}, the major chapters were:{{ref|tsotd}}

*'''[[Gulltown]]'''{{Ref|tsotd}}
*'''[[King's Landing]]''': Home to seven hundred Warrior's Sons, this chapterhouse was commanded by Ser [[Damon Morrigen]], [[Grand Captain]] of the Warrior's Sons, at the start of the reign of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]. All were killed by Maegor during the [[burning of the Sept of Remembrance]].{{Ref|tsotd}}
*'''[[Lannisport]]''': commanded by Ser [[Joffrey Doggett]], who later replaced Damon Morrigen as Grand Captain after Morrigen died.{{Ref|tsotd}}
*'''[[Oldtown]]''': Home to at least two hundred Warrior's Sons. In {{Date|43}}, when King Maegor and Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] threatened to burn [[Oldtown]] and the [[Starry Sept]], two hundred Warrior's Sons spilled from their chapterhouse to defend the [[High Septon (Aenys I)|High Septon]] at the Starry Sept, under the command of Ser [[Morgan Hightower]]. Arrested on the orders of Lord [[Martyn Hightower]], and given a trial at Oldtown by Maegor.{{Ref|tsotd}} Three-quarters decided to [[Night's Watch|take the black]], the others were executed.{{Ref|tsotd}}
*'''[[Stoney Sept]]''': Home to at least two hundred Warrior's Sons, who marched to the [[Battle at the Great Fork]] in {{Date|43}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}

[[White Harbor]], despite being one of the only five settlements in Westeros large enough to be considered a "city", did not host a chapterhouse of the Warrior's Sons, even though [[House Manderly]] follow the Seven.

==History==
[[File: Andrew Bosley the warrior's sonsIII.jpg|thumb|300px|Warrior's Sons. © FFG]]
The [[Faith Militant]] [[Faith Militant uprising|rebelled]] against King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] when the king married [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|his eldest daughter]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|his eldest son and heir]] in {{Date|41}}.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
After Aenys and his family fled King's Landing to [[Dragonstone]], the [[King's Landing]] chapter of the Warrior's Sons seized the gates of the city, giving them control over who may enter or leave the capital, and drove the workers from the unfinished [[Red Keep]]. They also fortified the [[Hill of Rhaenys]], ensuring the [[Sept of Remembrance]] could withstand the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]].{{ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}

Following the death of King Aenys I on [[Dragonstone]] in {{Date|42}}, his half-brother, [[Maegor I Targaryen]], claimed the crown. Maegor traveled to [[King's Landing]], where Dowager Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]] challenged those who questioned her son's right to rule. The captain of the Warrior's Sons, Ser [[Damon Morrigen]], met this challenge, and the parties agreed to a [[trial of seven]]. Maegor was the only survivor of the fourteen combatants.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

With Maegor declared as the winner, the Warrior's Sons who witnessed the fight dropped their knees in submission and returned to the Sept of Remembrance, where they began to pray and debate whether to accept Maegor as their king, since the [[The Seven|gods]] had granted him victory, or to fight on as they were bound by oath to the [[High Septon (Aenys I)|High Septon]]. Twenty-nine days after the trial of seven, the Sept of Remembrance and all the Warrior's Sons in it were [[Burning of the Sept of Remembrance|burned]] down by Maegor with his [[dragon]], [[Balerion]].{{ref|tsotd}}

Thirteen thousand Poor Fellows and hundreds of knights of the Warrior's Sons joined forces with rebel lords of the [[riverlands]] and [[westerlands]] to fight against Maegor's forces at the [[Stoney Sept]]. During [[Battle at the Great Fork|this fierce battle]] at the Great Fork of the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]], the Faith lost when Maegor and his [[dragon]], [[Balerion]], left death in their wake.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

In {{Date|43}}, the order elected Ser [[Joffrey Doggett]] as its new [[Grand Captain]], who rode for Oldtown to seek the blessing of the [[High Septon (Aenys I)|High Septon]]. Meanwhile, Maegor raised [[King Maegor's laws|a set of laws]] which outlawed the orders of the Faith Militant,{{ref|tsotd}} and forbade holy men from carrying arms.{{Ref|affc|43}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} That same year,<ref group="N">Earlier prints of ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' erroneously state that this event and the death of the High Septon took place in {{Date|44}} (''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'', The Reach: Oldtown). ''[[The Sons of the Dragon]]'' gives the correct date of {{Date|43}}. The [[Pater|High Septon]] elected as a replacement dies a year later.</ref> the Warrior's Sons of [[Oldtown]] surrounded the [[Starry Sept]] to protect it from the impending arrival of the King Maegor, Queen Dowager [[Visenya]], their dragons, and the royal army. However, when they arrived by dawn, they found the city gates open and the [[High Septon (Maegor I)|High Septon]] suddenly dead. All of the Warrior's Sons were disarmed and arrested under orders of Lord [[Martyn Hightower]], who opened the gates before Balerion and [[Vhagar]] could burn the city.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Oldtown}}{{ref|tsotd}}

The captive Warrior's Sons were given a choice by Maegor: renounce the order and be permitted to join the [[Night's Watch]] or die as martyrs of the Faith. Three-quarters of the captive chose [[the Wall]], while the remainder died. Seven of their number, famous knights and sons of lords were given the honor of having Maegor behead them himself with [[Blackfyre]]. The rest were beheaded by their own former sworn brothers. Only one of the condemned received a pardon: Ser [[Morgan Hightower]], brother of Lord Martyn and commander of the local chapter of the order. The pardon has led to rumors still persisting today, suggesting he had murdered the High Septon at his brother's request, {{Ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Oldtown}} as he had been seen entering and leaving the chambers of the High Septon in the night of his death.{{ref|tsotd}}

The [[Pater|new High Septon]] disbanded the Stars and Swords, while Maegor granted the surviving members of the Faith Militant til the year's end to surrender their weapons and give up their rebellion.{{ref|tsotd}} Afterward, those who remained defiant would find bounties on their heads: a [[currency|gold dragon]] for the head of any Warrior's Son, and a silver stag for the scalp of each [[Poor Fellows]].{{ref|AFFC|33}}

In {{Date|46}}, Maegor brought two thousand skulls from his campaign against the Faith back to [[King's Landing]], claiming they were the heads of Warrior's Sons and [[Poor Fellows]]. However, many suspected they were the skulls of innocent [[smallfolk]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}

The end of the Warrior's Sons began following the death of Maegor I and the ascension of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] in {{Date|48}}. Although much reduced in numbers, the Warrior's Sons and Poor Fellows were still present. They remained restless and eager to restore their orders. King Jaehaerys sent [[Septon]] [[Barth]] to Oldtown to speak with the High Septon. Eventually, it was agreed that the Iron Throne would always protect and defend the Faith, if the last few Stars and Swords would put down their weapons, and if the Faith agreed to accept justice from the Iron Throne instead of the Faith. As a result, the Faith Militant was disbanded.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the [[War of the Five Kings]] in {{Date|300}}, the ruling King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], under the edict of his mother and [[Regent]] [[Cersei Lannister]], overturns [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor the Cruel]]'s law which forbade holy men from being armed, and the orders of the [[Faith Militant]] are reborn.{{ref|AFFC|28}} Over a hundred knights have so far pledged their swords and lives to the Warrior's Sons and obey the new High Septon, known by many as the [[High Sparrow]].{{ref|AFFC|36}} [[Lancel Lannister]], Lord of [[Darry]], renounce his titles, land, and [[Amerei Frey|bride]] to serve the Warrior's Sons and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{ref|AFFC|30}} Cersei observes the Warrior's Sons' rainbow-striped robes,{{ref|AFFC|43}} rainbow stripes on their swordbelts,{{ref|AFFC|36}} and crystals on the crests of their greathelms.{{ref|AFFC|36}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Warrior's Sons and [[Poor Fellows]] escort Cersei during her [[walk of atonement]]. The knights of Ser [[Theodan Wells]] wear silver plate atop hair shirts, and their kite shields depict the crystal sword.{{ref|ADWD|65}}

==Known members==
* Ser [[Theodan Wells]], known as Theodan the True, commander of the Warrior's Sons.{{ref|ADWD|Appendix}}
* Ser [[Lancel Lannister]], former Lord of [[Darry]] and head of [[House Lannister of Darry]].

==Historical members==
* Ser [[Morgan Hightower]], a commander during the [[Faith Militant uprising]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Reach: Oldtown}}
* Ser [[Damon Morrigen]], also known as ''Damon the Devout'', the Grand Captain of the Warrior's Sons in {{Date|42}}.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}
* Ser [[Joffrey Doggett]], elected [[Grand Captain]] after Damon's death{{Ref|tsotd}}
* Ser [[Lyle Bracken]].{{Ref|tsotd}}
* Ser [[Harys Horpe]], called ''Death's Head Harry''.{{Ref|tsotd}}
* Ser [[Aegon Ambrose]].{{Ref|tsotd}}
* Ser [[Dickon Flowers]], known as ''the Bastard of Beesbury''.{{Ref|tsotd}}
* Ser [[Willam the Wanderer]].{{Ref|tsotd}}
* Ser [[Garibald of the Seven Stars]], called ''the septon knight''.{{Ref|tsotd}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Holy men, ascetics, fanatics, sorcerers, dragonslayers, demonhunters … there were many tales about them. But all agree that they were implacable in their hatred for all enemies of the [[Faith of the Seven|Holy Faith]].{{Ref|aFfC|28}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Taena Merryweather]]}}

{{Quote|Drunk on the [[Faith of the Seven|gods]], the lot of them.{{Ref|aFfC|36}}|[[Cersei Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
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Queenscrown

2020-04-04T15:32:28Z

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[[File:Queenscrown.jpg|[[Bran Stark|Bran]], [[Hodor]], [[Meera Reed|Meera]] and [[Jojen Reed|Jojen]] trying to make their way to Queenscrown holdfast- by Michael Komarck ©|thumb|350px|right]]

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'''Queenscrown''' is an abandoned tower holdfast with a village west of the [[kingsroad]] in the [[Gift]], south of the [[Wall]].{{Ref|TLOIAF|Westeros}}

==About==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Queenscrown|Images of Queenscrown]]''
The stone holdfast tower stands upon an rocky island in a lake, the shore of the lake grows thick with oak trees.{{Ref|ASOS|40}}

A stone causeway lies beneath the water of the lake, leading to the island that the tower holdfast stands on, it is three feet wide and where the path of the causeway comes climbing out of the water onto they island it turns into a short flight of stone steps that lead to the holdfasts door. It is not a straight path but it ziggs and zaggs going a third of the way around the island before jagging back. The turns are treacherous, and the long path meant that anyone approaching would be exposed to arrow fire from the tower for a long time.{{Ref|ASOS|40}}

When entering the tower true the stout oak door there is a small storeroom with a murder hole above it, from there steps built into the inner wall of the tower curve away upward to the left to the upper stories, and downward to the right into a under vault, both directions are locked behind iron grates. The second floor of the tower is a maze of small cells. The third floor of the tower has arrow slits, while the fourth has windows. The fifth floor is a large round chamber with arched doors on three sides opening onto small stone balconies, and along the fourth side is a privy chamber perched above a sewer chute that drops straight down into the lake, the north-facing balcony looks out toward the village. There is access to the roof, and the tower's merlons where painted gold, but they have since faded to yellow.{{Ref|ASOS|40}}{{Ref|ASOS|41}}
The tower is described as a roundtower and a towerhouse, according to Jon Snow there would have been a signalfire on the roof in case of a wildling attack.{{Ref|ASOS|41}}

The remnants of an inn and village can still be seen next to the lake shore opposite they entrance of the tower, the village is surrounded by apple and oak trees. All that remains of the Inn is a stone chimney and two cracked walls, set amongst a dozen apple trees, one of them is growing up through the common room.{{Ref|ASOS|40}} The inn used to be small and was made from timber. Most of the houses of the village have collapsed.{{Ref|ASOS|41}}

==History==
During a visit to the [[north]],<ref group="N">This event occurred in or between {{Date|58}} and {{Date|93}}. Indeed Alysanne came for the first time in the North in {{Date|58}} (''[[Fire & Blood]]'', ''Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies'') and she rode Silverwing for the last time in {{Date|93}} (''[[Fire & Blood]]'', ''The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain'').</ref> Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] flew to the [[Wall]] on her dragon, [[Silverwing]]. She stayed at this holdfast on her way, so the villagers painted the merlons atop the tower gold.{{Ref|ASOS|41}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Bran Stark]], [[Hodor]], and [[Meera Reed]] and [[Jojen Reed]] stay overnight at Queenscrown on their march to the [[Wall]]. While they wait out a storm, a northman passing through arrives and stays in the ruined village to also wait out the storm. The [[wildling]] party which includes [[Jon Snow]] arrives and captures the man, however. Although Jon balks at killing the stranger, [[Ygritte]] kills the man anyway.{{Ref|ASOS|40}}{{Ref|ASOS|41}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Exploring the vicinity of [[Castle Black]], [[Stannis Baratheon]] travels the [[kingsroad]] almost as far as Queenscrown.{{Ref|ADWD|3}}

==Chapters that take place at Queenscrown==
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 40|''A Storm of Swords'': 40. Bran III]]
*[[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 41|''A Storm of Swords'': 41. Jon V]]

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
{{References}}

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Stranger (the Seven)

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[[File:Mustamirri the Stranger.jpg|The Stranger - by mustamirri ©|thumb|300px]]
The '''Stranger''' is one of the seven aspects of a single deity. Believers of the [[Faith of the Seven]] consider their god to be one with seven aspects, as the sept is a single building, with seven walls.{{Ref|aCoK|33}} The Stranger is an exception in that he is viewed in a negative light, with worshippers rarely praying to him.{{fact}}

==About==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of the Stranger|Images of the Stranger]]''
The Stranger represents death and the unknown, and leads the dead to the other world.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}{{Ref|aSoS|62}} Whilst referred to as male, he is neither male nor female.{{Ref|aCoK|33}} The Stranger's face has been described as half-human, concealed beneath a hooded mantle.{{Ref|aCoK|57}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}} The wooden statue of the Stranger burnt on [[Dragonstone]] is carved to look more animal than human.{{Ref|aCoK|10}}

Worshippers rarely seek favor from the Stranger, but outcasts sometimes associate themselves with this aspect of god.{{fact}}

[[Silent Sisters]] are sometimes referred to as the 'Stranger's wives'.{{Ref|aFfC|4}} They clothe themselves in grey and keep their faces cowled except for their eyes.{{Ref|aCoK|39}}

The [[House of Black and White]] contains a public shrine with idols of many death gods, including the Stranger.{{Ref|aFfC|22}}

[[Sandor Clegane]]'s horse is named [[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]].{{Ref|aSoS|47}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Catelyn Stark]] prays in a nameless village’s sept. The sept is modest and has no statues of the Seven, only rough charcoal drawings to represent them. Here the Stranger's face is a black oval, a shadow with stars for eyes. It makes Catelyn uneasy. She thinks to herself that she would get scant comfort there.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}

Upon entering the sept of [[Maegor's Holdfast]], on [[Battle of the Blackwater|the eve of battle]] Sansa Stark sees that there are even a few candle flames dancing below the Stranger’s half-human face. Sansa visits each of the Seven in turn, lighting a candle at each altar.{{fact}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
During a meeting with the small council Cersei that promises that before she is done with [[Sansa Stark]] she will be ''“singing to the Stranger, begging for his kiss”'' {{Ref|aFfC|17}} During the same meeting Cersei thinks to herself that one day she must light a candle to the Stranger for carrying [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] off and leaving [[Stannis]]. If it had been the other way around her life would have been harder.{{fact}}

In [[Braavos]] the slowly dying Master [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] tells Samwell that the Stranger waits outside his door and will not be denied.{{fact}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
In the [[House of Black and White]] [[Arya Stark]] finds a dead young man at the feet of the Stranger.{{fact}}

During her confinement [[Cersei Lannister]] prays until her knees are raw and bloody, until her tongue feels thick and heavy. She prays to all the aspects of the godhead, even the Stranger.{{fact}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
As the [[Second Siege of Meereen]] is beginning, [[Tyrion Lannister]] thinks to himself that the Stranger has mounted his [[Bloody flux|pale mare]] and is riding toward them with his sword in hand.{{fact}}

In [[Braavos]] the Stranger is featured in the new play, ''[[The Bloody Hand]]''.{{fact}}

==Quotes==

{{Quote|Before I am done with her, I promise you, she will be singing to the Stranger, begging for his kiss.{{Ref|aFfC|17}}|[[Cersei Lannister]], on [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The Stranger waits outside my door and will not be denied.{{Ref|aFfC|26}}|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]}}

{{Quote|Any god in a storm.{{Ref|ADwD|54}}|[[Cersei Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|I thought I was [[Warrior (the Seven)|the Warrior]] and [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] was [[Maiden (the Seven)|the Maid]], but all the time she was the Stranger, hiding her true face from my gaze.{{Ref|aFfC|30}}|[[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

==References==
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Robert Strong

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Ser '''Robert Strong''' is a [[knight]] acquainted to [[Qyburn]]. A giant of a man, eight feet tall,{{Ref|aDwD|65}} he is to fight for [[Cersei Lannister]] in her [[trial by combat]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

By Qyburn's suggestion, King [[Tommen I Baratheon]] names him the newest member of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

Ser Robert never shows his face, hiding it constantly under his greathelm. He apparently has no physiological necessities, consuming neither food nor drink.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

According to Qyburn, Ser Robert has made a vow of silence, supposedly one of not speaking until ''"all of [King Tommen's] enemies are dead and evil has been driven from the realm"''.{{Ref|aDwD|65}}

==Appearance==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Robert Strong|Images of Robert Strong]]''
He is eight feet tall, with legs as thick as trees, a chest worthy of a plow horse, and shoulders that would not disgrace an ox. His armor is steel plate enameled white, over gilded mail. A greathelm hides his face, with seven silken plums in the rainbow colors of the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]] streaming from the crest. A pair of golden seven-pointed stars clasp his white cloak to his shoulders.{{Ref|aDwD|65}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Before her [[walk of atonement]], Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] sends word to [[Qyburn]] to replace the empty spot on the [[Kingsguard]] with one that would serve as her champion in a [[trial by combat]]. When Queen Cersei arrives at the [[Red Keep]] after walking naked from the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], Ser Robert Strong lifts her up, carrying her to the gatehouse, and is then introduced as her champion by Qyburn.{{Ref|aDwD|65}}

Later on, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]] remembers that Ser [[Meryn Trant]] claimed that Robert took neither food nor water, and Ser [[Boros Blount]] said he had never seen him use the privy. Kevan has inexplicit suspicions about the [[Gregor Clegane|identity of the man]], suspicions he believes are shared by Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and Lord [[Randyll Tarly]]. Kevan makes clear to the [[small council]], however, that it is in everyone's best interests that Strong's identity not be questioned and that he must prevail in Cersei's trial. If Strong failed and Cersei was found guilty, Tommen's legitimacy as king and, thus, [[Margaery Tyrell]]'s status as queen would be thrown into question, hurting both [[House Lannister]] and [[House Tyrell]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes about Robert==
{{Quote|We do not even know if he's alive.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}|[[Kevan Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

{{Quote|[[Kevan Lannister]] had a strong suspicion of just [[Gregor Clegane|who this Ser Robert really was]] beneath that gleaming white armor. A suspicion that [[Mace Tyrell]] and [[Randyll Tarly]] no doubt shared. Whatever the face hidden behind Strong's helm, it must remain hidden for now. The silent giant was his niece's only hope. '''And pray that he is as formidable as he appears'''.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}}}

==Theories==
See [[Robert Strong/Theories]]

==References==
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Larys Strong

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'''Larys Strong''', known as '''Larys Clubfoot''' or '''the Clubfoot''', was the [[Lord of Harrenhal]] and head of [[House Strong]] during the latter part of the reign of [[Viserys I Targaryen]] and the reign of [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. He served on the [[small council]] as the [[master of whisperers]] and [[Lord Confessor]] for both kings.{{Ref|fab|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Appearance and Character==
One of Larys's feet was twisted at birth, so he dragged it with a limp.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Larys rarely spoke, preferring to listen. When he did so it was either to be glib or share words of great importance.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} The Clubfoot was an enigmatic and cunning man.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Although he could be convincing and amiable when needed,{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} he kept his own counsel and was largely friendless.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

==History==
===Reign of Viserys I===
In {{Date|105}}, Larys was brought to court by his father, Lord [[Lyonel Strong]], alongside his older brother, [[Harwin Strong|Harwin]], and two sisters. Larys joined the confessors of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}

In {{Date|120}}, Lyonel and Harwin died in a fire at [[Harrenhal]], leaving Larys to inherit his father's seat and title as [[Lord of Harrenhal]]. Although the cause of the fire was never determined, one of the suggestions to have been put forth was that Larys had caused the fire.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Riverlands: House Tully}} Other suggested culprits were Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], King Viserys I himself, and the curse of [[Harren Hoare|Black Harren]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}

Larys eventually became the [[Lord Confessor]] and [[master of whisperers]] on Viserys's [[small council]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
When King Viserys I died in {{Date|129}}, Larys was part of the [[Greens|green faction]] at court. He attended the meeting of the [[small council]] which agreed to support [[Aegon II Targaryen]] against his older half-sister, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. Larys cut his palm and had the male conspirators in attendance swear a blood oath.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

When the [[Dance of the Dragons]] broke out, Larys's castle was taken by Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] in the [[assault on Harrenhal]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} Aegon's mother, Queen [[Alicent Hightower]], allegedly ordered Larys to torture [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] after the murder of Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} The Clubfoot drew up lists of [[blacks]] whom Ser [[Criston Cole]] could march against.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

Larys escaped capture during the [[fall of King's Landing]] to Rhaenyra in {{date|130}}.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} He spirited Aegon, who was still recovering from the [[battle at Rook's Rest]], and the king's two remaining children, Prince [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]] and Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]], from the [[Red Keep]] through a secret passage which led them out of the capital while bypassing the city's gates. Larys insisted the group part ways and ordered Ser [[Rickard Thorne]] of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]] to bring Maelor to Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]] at [[Oldtown]], and Ser [[Willis Fell]] of the Kingsguard to escort Jaehaera to Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] at [[Storm's End]]. Larys disguised King Aegon as a commoner and sent him to [[Dragonstone]] under the care of Ser [[Marston Waters]], believing her own stronghold would be the last place Rhaenyra would think to search for her half brother.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

On campaign in the [[riverlands]], Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] believed Larys had somehow aided Rhaenyra in the capital's fall. Aegon's brother had every member of [[House Strong]] at Harrenhal killed.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Larys remained in [[King's Landing]], strategically working in secret to undermine Rhaenyra's hold on the capital. When Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] committed suicide, a rumor was spread throughout the city that she was murdered on the orders of Rhaneyra. [[Mushroom]] in his writings accused Larys of being the source for this slander.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The massive [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]] led to Rhaenyra abandoning the capital. When Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] and his followers gained control of the [[Red Keep]] and crowned [[Trystane Truefyre]] during the [[Moon of the Three Kings]], Larys emerged and walked into the Red Keep, where he was greeted by Perkin and given a place of honor at the side of Trystane.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

Larys feigned support to the pretender Trystane and secured the release of Alicent, Grand Maester [[Orwyle]], and Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]. When the host of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] arrived outside King's Landing, Larys offered to treat with the [[Lord of Storm's End]] on Trystane's behalf. Larys instead conspired with Perkin and the greens to betray Trystane and give the city to supporters of Aegon II. A full pardon was promised to Perkin and all his followers in exchange for their aid in restoring the capital to King Aegon, who had killed Rhaenyra after the [[fall of Dragonstone]]. However, the pardon was not extended to Trystane, who was later executed. Larys agreed to a betrothal with one of Borros's daughters, [[Floris Baratheon]]. When Alicent advocated that Corlys should be killed for having supported Rhaenrya, Larys pointed out that her son, Aegon, was on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] surrounded by a [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] fleet. The Clubfoot suggested to Alicent they pardon Corlys and wait until the war's end before quietly disposing of him.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

During a meeting of the council after Aegon's return, Corlys Velaryon was outraged by the suggestion of Ser [[Tyland Lannister]] to execute Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon the Younger]], Rhaenyra's surviving son who was held captive by the greens. Lord Strong convinced Aegon II not to punish Corlys, as that would make [[Alyn Velaryon]] an enemy. After the meeting, Larys discreetly alerted Corlys of the plot to eventually murder him, and the Clubfoot persuaded the Sea Snake to be part of a scheme of his own devising.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

After the defeat of Lord Borros and his army at the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]], King Aegon declined Lord Velaryon's recommendation to surrender. Larys had Princess [[Baela Targaryen]] clandestinely spirited away so she could not be used as a hostage against Corlys. Aegon II was soon found dead with blood on his lips, murdered by [[poison]]. Larys and Corlys had the few loyalists remaining either killed or imprisoned and persuaded the remaining greens to surrender as the [[Lads]] descended on the capital.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

Aegon II was succeeded as king by Aegon the Younger, who wed Princess Jaehaera.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} When the [[riverlands|riverlords]] reached King's Landing, they were joyously greeted by [[smallfolk]], a welcome presumably devised by the Clubfoot.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

===Hour of the Wolf===
[[File:clubfoots end.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lord Larys's and Ser [[Gyles Belgrave]]'s end, as depicted by Douglas Wheatley in ''[[Fire & Blood]]''.]]
Fortunes turned against Lord Strong and his conspirators with the arrival of the [[north]]ern army of Lord [[Cregan Stark]], who served as [[Hand of the King]] to the new King Aegon III Targaryen during the [[Hour of the Wolf]]. Despite having been a supporter of Rhaenys, Cregan objected to the murder of Aegon II. Grand Maester Orwyle confessed to having given Larys the [[poison]] used to kill Aegon, and Ser Perkin confessed to being the Clubfoot's agent. While Lord Corlys admitted to having conspired against Aegon for the good of the Seven Kingdoms, Larys refused to confirm or deny Cregan's accusations. Lord Stark condemned both of the great lords, but [[Alysanne Blackwood]] convinced him to spare Lord Velaryon.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

While most of those found guilty followed Perkin in [[Night's Watch|taking the black]], Lord Larys and Ser Gyles of the Kingsguard chose death over the [[Wall]]. Cregan beheaded the pair with his [[Valyrian steel]] greatsword, [[Ice]]. Cregan granted Larys's last request, that his clubfoot be removed from his corpse so Larys would at least be free of it in death.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

The heads of Larys and Gyles were mounted on pikes by the gates of the [[Red Keep]]. Lord Strong's corpse was given to the [[silent sisters]], and years later his bones were taken to [[Harrenhal]] as his final resting place. Cregan ordered that the removed foot be buried in a field, but the limb disappeared before that could occur.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} As Larys was the last of his line, his death brought an end to [[House Strong]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Quotes by Larys==
{{Quote|When was a [[House Stark|wolf]] ever moved by words?{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}|Larys to [[Cregan Stark]]}}

{{Quote|When I am dead, hack off my clubfoot with [[Ice|that great sword]] of yours. I have dragged it with me all through life, let me be free of it in death at least.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}|Larys to [[Cregan Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Larys==
{{Quote|A man who gathers [[master of whisperers|whispers]] can spread them just as well.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}|writings of [[Mushroom]]}}

{{quote|Was there ever a man as devious as the Clubfoot? Oh, he would have made a splendid [[fool]], that one. The words dripped from his lips like honey from a comb, and never did [[poison]] taste so sweet.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}|writings of [[Mushroom]]}}

{{Quote|The enigma that is Larys Strong the Clubfoot has vexed students of history for generations, and is not one we can hope to unravel here. Where did his true loyalty lie? What was he about?{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

==Family==
{{Strong tree Dance}}

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

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'''Larys Strong''', known as '''Larys Clubfoot''' or '''the Clubfoot''', was the [[Lord of Harrenhal]] and head of [[House Strong]] during the latter part of the reign of [[Viserys I Targaryen]] and the reign of [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. He served on the [[small council]] as the [[master of whisperers]] and [[Lord Confessor]] for both kings.{{Ref|fab|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Appearance and Character==
One of Larys's feet was twisted at birth, so he dragged it with a limp.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

Larys rarely spoke, preferring to listen. When he did so it was either to be glib or share words of great importance.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} The Clubfoot was an enigmatic and cunning man.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} Although he could be convincing and amiable when needed,{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} he kept his own counsel and was largely friendless.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

==History==
===Reign of Viserys I===
In {{Date|105}}, Larys was brought to court by his father, Lord [[Lyonel Strong]], alongside his older brother, [[Harwin Strong|Harwin]], and two sisters. Larys joined the confessors of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}

In {{Date|120}}, Lyonel and Harwin died in a fire at [[Harrenhal]], leaving Larys to inherit his father's seat and title as [[Lord of Harrenhal]]. Although the cause of the fire was never determined, one of the suggestions to have been put forth was that Larys had caused the fire.{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Riverlands: House Tully}} Other suggested culprits were Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], King Viserys I himself, and the curse of [[Harren Hoare|Black Harren]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}

Larys eventually became the [[Lord Confessor]] and [[master of whisperers]] on Viserys's [[small council]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

===Dance of the Dragons===
When King Viserys I died in {{Date|129}}, Larys was part of the [[Greens|green faction]] at court. He attended the meeting of the [[small council]] which agreed to support [[Aegon II Targaryen]] against his older half-sister, [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]. Larys cut his palm and had the male conspirators in attendance swear a blood oath.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

When the [[Dance of the Dragons]] broke out, Larys's castle was taken by Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] in the [[assault on Harrenhal]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} Aegon's mother, Queen [[Alicent Hightower]], allegedly ordered Larys to torture [[Blood (the butcher)|Blood]] after the murder of Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} The Clubfoot drew up lists of [[blacks]] whom Ser [[Criston Cole]] could march against.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

Larys escaped capture during the [[fall of King's Landing]] to Rhaenyra in {{date|130}}.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} He spirited Aegon, who was still recovering from the [[battle at Rook's Rest]], and the king's two remaining children, Prince [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]] and Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]], from the [[Red Keep]] through a secret passage which led them out of the capital while bypassing the city's gates. Larys insisted the group part ways and ordered Ser [[Rickard Thorne]] of Aegon's [[Kingsguard]] to bring Maelor to Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]] at [[Oldtown]], and Ser [[Willis Fell]] of the Kingsguard to escort Jaehaera to Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] at [[Storm's End]]. Larys disguised King Aegon as a commoner and sent him to [[Dragonstone]] under the care of Ser [[Marston Waters]], believing her own stronghold would be the last place Rhaenyra would think to search for her half brother.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

On campaign in the [[riverlands]], Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] believed Larys had somehow aided Rhaenyra in the capital's fall. Aegon's brother had every member of [[House Strong]] at Harrenhal killed.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Larys remained in [[King's Landing]], strategically working in secret to undermine Rhaenyra's hold on the capital. When Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] committed suicide, a rumor was spread throughout the city that she was murdered on the orders of Rhaneyra. [[Mushroom]] in his writings accused Larys of being the source for this slander.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The massive [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]] led to Rhaenyra abandoning the capital. When Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] and his followers gained control of the [[Red Keep]] and crowned [[Trystane Truefyre]] during the [[Moon of the Three Kings]], Larys emerged and walked into the Red Keep, where he was greeted by Perkin and given a place of honor at the side of Trystane.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

Larys feigned support to the pretender Trystane and secured the release of Alicent, Grand Maester [[Orwyle]], and Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]. When the host of Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] arrived outside King's Landing, Larys offered to treat with the [[Lord of Storm's End]] on Trystane's behalf. Larys instead conspired with Perkin and the greens to betray Trystane and give the city to supporters of Aegon II. A full pardon was promised to Perkin and all his followers in exchange for their aid in restoring the capital to King Aegon, who had killed Rhaenyra after the [[fall of Dragonstone]]. However, the pardon was not extended to Trystane, who was later executed. Larys agreed to a betrothal with one of Borros's daughters, [[Floris Baratheon]]. When Alicent advocated that Corlys should be killed for having supported Rhaenrya, Larys pointed out that her son, Aegon, was on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] surrounded by a [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] fleet. The Clubfoot suggested to Alicent they pardon Corlys and wait until the war's end before quietly disposing of him.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

During a meeting of the council after Aegon's return, Corlys Velaryon was outraged by the suggestion of Ser [[Tyland Lannister]] to execute Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon the Younger]], Rhaenyra's surviving son who was held captive by the greens. Lord Strong convinced Aegon II not to punish Corlys, as that would make [[Alyn Velaryon]] an enemy. After the meeting, Larys discreetly alerted Corlys of the plot to eventually murder him, and the Clubfoot persuaded the Sea Snake to be part of a scheme of his own devising.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

After the defeat of Lord Borros and his army at the [[Battle of the Kingsroad]], King Aegon declined Lord Velaryon's recommendation to surrender. Larys had Princess [[Baela Targaryen]] clandestinely spirited away so she could not be used as a hostage against Corlys. Aegon II was soon found dead with blood on his lips, murdered by [[poison]]. Larys and Corlys had the few loyalists remaining either killed or imprisoned and persuaded the remaining greens to surrender as the [[Lads]] descended on the capital.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

Aegon II was succeeded as king by Aegon the Younger, who wed Princess Jaehaera.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} When the [[riverlands|riverlords]] reached King's Landing, they were joyously greeted by [[smallfolk]], a welcome presumably devised by the Clubfoot.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

===Hour of the Wolf===
[[File:clubfoots end.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Lord Larys's and Ser [[Gyles Belgrave]]'s end, as depicted by Douglas Wheatley in ''[[Fire & Blood]]''.]]
Fortunes turned against Lord Strong and his conspirators with the arrival of the [[north]]ern army of Lord [[Cregan Stark]], who served as [[Hand of the King]] to [[Aegon III Targaryen]] during the [[Hour of the Wolf]]. Despite having been a supporter of Rhaenys, Cregan objected to the murder of Aegon II. Grand Maester Orwyle confessed to having given Larys the [[poison]] used to kill Aegon, and Ser Perkin confessed to being the Clubfoot's agent. While Lord Corlys admitted to having conspired against Aegon for the good of the Seven Kingdoms, Larys refused to confirm or deny Cregan's accusations. Lord Stark condemned both of the great lords, but [[Alysanne Blackwood]] convinced him to spare Lord Velaryon.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

While most of those found guilty followed Perkin in [[Night's Watch|taking the black]], Lord Larys and Ser Gyles of the Kingsguard chose death over the [[Wall]]. Cregan beheaded the pair with his [[Valyrian steel]] greatsword, [[Ice]]. Cregan granted Larys's last request, that his clubfoot be removed from his corpse so Larys would at least be free of it in death.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

The heads of Larys and Gyles were mounted on pikes by the gates of the [[Red Keep]]. Lord Strong's corpse was given to the [[silent sisters]], and years later his bones were taken to [[Harrenhal]] as his final resting place. Cregan ordered that the removed foot be buried in a field, but the limb disappeared before that could occur.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} As Larys was the last of his line, his death brought an end to [[House Strong]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}

==Quotes by Larys==
{{Quote|When was a [[House Stark|wolf]] ever moved by words?{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}|Larys to [[Cregan Stark]]}}

{{Quote|When I am dead, hack off my clubfoot with [[Ice|that great sword]] of yours. I have dragged it with me all through life, let me be free of it in death at least.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}|Larys to [[Cregan Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Larys==
{{Quote|A man who gathers [[master of whisperers|whispers]] can spread them just as well.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}|writings of [[Mushroom]]}}

{{quote|Was there ever a man as devious as the Clubfoot? Oh, he would have made a splendid [[fool]], that one. The words dripped from his lips like honey from a comb, and never did [[poison]] taste so sweet.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}|writings of [[Mushroom]]}}

{{Quote|The enigma that is Larys Strong the Clubfoot has vexed students of history for generations, and is not one we can hope to unravel here. Where did his true loyalty lie? What was he about?{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

==Family==
{{Strong tree Dance}}

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

{{Lord Confessor}}
{{Master of whisperers}}
{{Viserys I small council}}
{{Aegon II small council}}

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Moon of the Three Kings

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The '''Moon of the Three Kings''', also called the '''Moon of Madness''', was a period in {{date|130}} near the end of the [[Dance of the Dragons]] when there were multiple "monarchs" in [[King's Landing]]. These included a preacher, the so-called [[Shepherd]], and two pretender kings, [[Trystane Truefyre]], a hedge knight's squire, and [[Gaemon Palehair]], the son of a whore.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} Despite its name, the period lasted longer than a month.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==History==
===Three Kings===
King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] escaped [[King's Landing]] during [[fall of King's Landing|its fall]] to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], his half-sister and rival monarch. Rhaenyra ruled the city for only half a year, before she abandoned King's Landing in the aftermath of [[riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riots]] during the fifth moon of {{date|130}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

Although he did not declaire himself king, the [[Shepherd]], the man who had instigated the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]], commanded a mob of tens of thousands from the [[Dragonpit]] on [[Rhaenys's Hill]]. He advised his followers to cast aside their possessions and live more humbly, but his influence began to wane.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

Ser [[Perkin the Flea]], a [[hedge knight]] and leader of the rioters, claimed that his squire, [[Trystane Truefyre]], was a [[bastard]] son of the late [[Viserys I Targaryen]], the father of Rhaenyra and Aegon.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} After Rhaenyra fled King's Landing, Ser [[Garth the Harelip]] surrendered the [[Red Keep]] to Perkin, who then installed Trystane on the [[Iron Throne]]. Perkin executed Garth and Ser [[Harmon of the Reeds]], among other knights, and he forced [[Mysaria]] to be whipped naked through the streets, which caused her death. Perkin spared Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]] and freed all the prisoners held in the Red Keep's dungeons, including Grand Maester [[Orwyle]], Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], and Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]. Queen Dowager [[Alicent Hightower]] was likewise freed from her confinement. Perkin was aided by Lord [[Larys Strong]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The second pretender king was [[Gaemon Palehair]], the four-year-old son of [[Essie]], a [[whore]] who claimed the boy had been fathered by Aegon II. Given Aegon's philandering ways, this was not seen as improbable. Gaemon ruled from the [[House of Kisses]] atop [[Visenya's Hill]] and gathered thousands of followers. He issued a series of edicts,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} including a declaration that females should be equal to males in matters of [[customs|inheritance]]. [[Mushroom]] claimed these edicts were almost certainly the work of [[Sylvenna Sand]], a [[Dornishmen|Dornish]] whore and the [[paramour]] of Essie.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}}

===Return of Aegon II===
Meanwhile, Aegon II, hiding on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]], recuperated from injuries suffered at [[battle at Rook's Rest|Rook's Rest]]. With Rhaenyra on the mainland, Aegon's [[greens]] took her castle through the [[fall of Dragonstone]]. In the tenth moon of {{date|130}}, Rhaenyra was killed by Aegon's dragon, [[Sunfyre]], when she returned to Dragonstone. Sunfyre succumbed to his own wounds in the twelfth moon of the year.{{ref|TPATQ}}

After mourning Sunfyre, Aegon II readied plans to recover the [[Iron Throne]] in chaotic King's Landing.{{ref|TPATQ}} Lord [[Borros Baratheon]] led men from the [[stormlands]] to bring order to the capital on the king's behalf.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Stormlands: House Baratheon}} Ser Perkin was imprisoned, and Trystane Truefyre was executed once Aegon took the city, though not before he received the boon of [[knight]]hood. Essie admitted that Gaemon had been the son of an oarsman from [[Lys]], and was hanged. Gaemon Palehair was arrested, but then accepted into Aegon's household.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} Aegon had the Shepherd's tongue torn out, and then the king had the Shepherd and his most devoted [[Barefoot lambs|followers]] burned to death.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|Three kings reigned over [[King's Landing|the city]], each on his own hill, yet for their unfortunate subjects there was no law, no justice, no protection. No man's home was safe, nor any maiden's virtue.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}|[[Munkun]] in ''[[True Telling]]''}}

==References ==
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Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)

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The '''riot of King's Landing''' took place during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], as Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] was losing her grip on the [[Iron Throne]] and the citizenry of [[King's Landing]] were living in paranoia and terror of the coming of the army and [[dragon]]s of the [[greens]]. The suicide of the beloved Princess [[Helaena Targaryen]] was the final straw as rumors were spread that she had been murdered.{{ref|tpatq}}

==Prelude==
When the people of [[King's Landing]] learned of the slaughter during the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], terror began to hold grip in the city, as the citizens became convinced that their city would burn once the [[House Hightower|Hightower]] army would arrive. A man known only as the [[Shepherd]] began preaching against the Targaryens and their [[dragons]] on [[Cobbler's Square]], claiming that "only by cleansing King's Landing of dragons and their masters" could the [[Seven Kingdoms]] avoid a doom similar to [[Doom of Valyria|that of Valyria]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Following the betrayal of [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Ulf White]] during the First Battle of Tumbleton, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] became convinced that none of the [[dragonseeds]] could be trusted. In [[King's Landing]], she ordered the arrest of Ser [[Addam Velaryon]], the legitimized heir of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], Rhaenyra's [[Hand of the King|Hand of the Queen]]. Corlys warned Addam, who fled from the [[Dragonpit]] on his [[dragon]] [[Seasmoke]]. For aiding Addam in his escape, Corlys was arrested, and placed in the [[black cells]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} As a result, the Velaryon forces, which made up more than half of Rhaenyra's army, began to abandon her cause. Some joined the [[Shepherd]], others returned to [[Driftmark]]. Those who remained could no longer be trusted. Ser [[Denys Woodwright]] and Ser [[Thoron True]], two of Corlys's sworn swords, attempted to break Corlys out of the dungeons, but were caught and hanged from the walls of the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

That same day, Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] committed suicide by jumping from her window on top of the spikes that lined the dry moat of [[Maegor's Holdfast]]. That night, the [[smallfolk]] of King's Landing began to tell each other that Helaena had been murdered, and placed the blame at the feet of Queen Rhaenyra, insisting she had killed Helaena because Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] and the [[House Hightower|Hightower]] army would soon be at the gates. The people whispered that Ser [[Luthor Largent]] had flung Helaena from her window on Rhaenyra's order, despite the fact that Largent had been at the barracks of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] at the [[Gate of the Gods]] when Helaena died. According to Grand Maester [[Munkun ]], it was the Shepherd who spread the tale, although [[Mushroom]] believes that story originated from Lord [[Larys Strong]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The rumor of the beloved Helaena's murder was quickly believed by the citizens, who had completely turned against the once-beloved Rhaenyra and who were still mindful of the terrible murders of Helaena's sons, [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]] and [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Riots==
===First night===
The night following [[Helaena Targaryen]]'s death, [[King's Landing]] rose in riot. The riots began in [[Flea Bottom]] as men and women poured from the wine sinks, pot shops, and rat pits, by the hundreds and then the thousands, drunk, angry and afraid. They called for justice for the murders of Helaena, [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]], and [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]]. Wagons were overturned and shops and warehouses were looted. No one was spared. Lady [[Darla Deddings]] saw her brother [[Davos Deddings|Davos]] stabbed through the eye when he tried to defend her from drunken rapists.{{ref|tpatq}} The rioters also attacked the manse of Lord [[Bartimos Celtigar]], killing all and capturing Lord Bartimos, who was bound to a post and tortured until he revealed the location of his wealth. [[Wat the Tanner]] next declared that Lord Bartimos had failed to pay his "cock tax" and gelded him.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

Sailors unable to return to their ships attacked the [[River Gate]]. Ser [[Luthor Largent]] and four hundred [[City Watch of King's Landing|fold cloaks]] eventually dispersed them, but not before the gate itself had been hacked half to pieces. A hundred men died during or as a result from the battle, twenty-five of them men from the City Watch. Ser Luthor Largent next led five hundred gold cloaks to [[Cobbler's Square]], where the [[Shepherd]] preached that the [[Stranger (the Seven)|Stranger]] was coming. Although Largent declared to the crowd that they only wanted the Shepherd, the crowd of ten thousand people was too thick to disperse. During the chaotic battle that followed, the Shepherd fled, while Largent and his men were slaughtered by the crowds.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

According to Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]], the Shepherd controlled half the city that night, while Wat the Tanner gathered hundreds of men around him. "King" [[Gaemon Palehair]] was raised up in a brothel on the [[Street of Silk]], on account of being a [[bastard]] son of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. The [[hedge knight]] [[Perkin the Flea]] crowned his [[squire]], [[Trystane Truefyre|Trystane]], claiming he was the bastard son of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. Ser Perkin began to dub every man who flocked to Trystane's banner, causing hundreds of [[gutter knights]] to join their cause.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

===The Last Day===
{{See also|Storming of the Dragonpit}}
As dawn broke over the city, fires were burning everywhere. Men in Flea Bottom were breaking into shops and homes, attacking everyone they happened to encounter. The remaining gold cloaks had retreated to their barracks, but as the night ended, those stationed at the [[Old Gate]] and the [[Dragon Gate]] marched forth under the command of Ser [[Balon Byrch]] and Ser [[Garth the Harelip]] to restore order to the streets north and east of the [[Hill of Rhaenys]]. Ser [[Medrick Manderly]] led a hundred men from [[White Harbor]] to the area northeast of [[Aegon's High Hill]], down to the [[Iron Gate]], while Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]] led his men down the [[Hook]] and Ser [[Lorent Marbrand]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander of the Queensguard]] led a hundred knights and men-at-arms into Flea Bottom. Torrhen lost a quarter of his men in his struggle to return to the [[Red Keep]], while most of Lorent's men were killed; Only sixteen of them returned,{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|tpatq}} including Ser [[Glendon Goode]], who brought back the body of Ser Lorent, who had been killed.{{ref|tpatq}} Meanwhile, [[Fishmonger's Square]] and [[River Row]] were taken over by Ser Perkin's men, while "King" Trystane's banner flew above the battlements of the [[River Gate]], where the captain and three of the serjeants of the gate had been hung from the gatehouse.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|tpatq}}

Command of the City Watch was given to Ser Balon Byrch, Ser Glendon Goode was named Lord Commander of the Queensguard, and ravens were sent to [[Winterfell]] and the [[Eyrie]]. As the sun went down, even more rioters than the night before poured out into the streets. Ser Perkin led his gutter knights from the River Gate down the riverfront, while Wat the Tanner led his men against the Gate of the Gods. The garrison at the latter gate were weakened from the day before and quickly defeated. Wat, still displaying Lord Bartimos's severed head, led his men on the [[kingsroad]] out of the city. Within an hour, two other gates were opened: the [[King's Gate]], whose defenders had fled, and the [[Lion Gate]], whose defenders had joined the mob. At the same time, the Shepherd appeared once again at [[Cobbler's Square]], and called upon the large crowd to kill the dragons in the [[Dragonpit]]. The crowds responded, and [[storming of the Dragonpit|stormed the Dragonpit]], resulting in the deaths of the four dragons housed within, as well as the death of [[Syrax]], Rhaenyra's dragon, after her son [[Joffrey Velaryon]] stole the dragon in an attempt to reach the Dragonpit himself. Joffrey was thrown off the dragon's back and died. Afterwards, his body was returned to the Red Keep by the [[Seven Who Rode|seven who were sent forth]] to bring Joffrey back to safety.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Aftermath==
[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s loyalists agreed that the city was lost to them, and convinced her to abandon King's Landing. Rhaenyra, Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon]], and a few loyalists [[Flight to Dragonstone|slipped]] from the city the next morning through the [[Dragon Gate]], intend on reaching [[Duskendale]].

King's Landing descended into anarchy, a chaotic period known as the "[[Moon of the Three Kings]]", or the "Moon of Madness". Different factions divided up sections of the city. Ser Perkin and "King" Trystane ruled the Red Keep, the Shepherd ruled from the Dragonpit, and [[Gaemon Palehair]]'s followers held [[Visenya's Hill]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} The Moon of the Three Kings was eventually brought to an end by Lord [[Borros Baratheon]], who marched on King's Landing.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

After much troubles and efforts, Rhaenyra and her son eventually reached [[Dragonstone]], where they discovered the castle had [[fall of Dragonstone|previously fallen]] to King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and his supporters. Rhaenyra was fed by Aegon to his dragon, [[Sunfyre]], as her son Aegon the Younger looked on. King Aegon II subsequently had Prince Aegon chained and brought to the dungeons.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|tpatq}}

==References==
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The '''riot of King's Landing''' took place during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], as Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] was losing her grip on the [[Iron Throne]] and the citizenry of [[King's Landing]] were living in paranoia and terror of the coming of the army and [[dragon]]s of the [[greens]]. The suicide of the beloved Princess [[Helaena Targaryen]] was the final straw as rumors were spread that she had been murdered.{{ref|tpatq}}

==Prelude==
When the people of [[King's Landing]] learned of the slaughter during the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], terror began to hold grip in the city, as the citizens became convinced that their city would burn once the [[House Hightower|Hightower]] army would arrive. A man known only as the [[Shepherd]] began preaching against the Targaryens and their [[dragons]] on [[Cobbler's Square]], claiming that "only by cleansing King's Landing of dragons and their masters" could the [[Seven Kingdoms]] avoid a doom similar to [[Doom of Valyria|that of Valyria]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Following the betrayal of [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Ulf White]] during the First Battle of Tumbleton, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] became convinced that none of the [[dragonseeds]] could be trusted. In [[King's Landing]], she ordered the arrest of Ser [[Addam Velaryon]], the legitimized heir of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], Rhaenyra's [[Hand of the King|Hand of the Queen]]. Corlys warned Addam, who fled from the [[Dragonpit]] on his [[dragon]] [[Seasmoke]]. For aiding Addam in his escape, Corlys was arrested, and placed in the [[black cells]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}} As a result, the Velaryon forces, which made up more than half of Rhaenyra's army, began to abandon her cause. Some joined the [[Shepherd]], others returned to [[Driftmark]]. Those who remained could no longer be trusted. Ser [[Denys Woodwright]] and Ser [[Thoron True]], two of Corlys's sworn swords, attempted to break Corlys out of the dungeons, but were caught and hanged from the walls of the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

That same day, Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]] committed suicide by jumping from her window on top of the spikes that lined the dry moat of [[Maegor's Holdfast]]. That night, the [[smallfolk]] of King's Landing began to tell each other that Helaena had been murdered, and placed the blame at the feet of Queen Rhaenyra, insisting she had killed Helaena because Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]] and the [[House Hightower|Hightower]] army would soon be at the gates. The people whispered that Ser [[Luthor Largent]] had flung Helaena from her window on Rhaenyra's order, despite the fact that Largent had been at the barracks of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] at the [[Gate of the Gods]] when Helaena died. According to Grand Maester [[Munkun ]], it was the Shepherd who spread the tale, although [[Mushroom]] believes that story originated from Lord [[Larys Strong]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

The rumor of the beloved Helaena's murder was quickly believed by the citizens, who had completely turned against the once-beloved Rhaenyra and who were still mindful of the terrible murders of Helaena's sons, [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]] and [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Riots==
===First night===
The night following [[Helaena Targaryen]]'s death, [[King's Landing]] rose in riot. The riots began in [[Flea Bottom]] as men and women poured from the wine sinks, pot shops, and rat pits, by the hundreds and then the thousands, drunk, angry and afraid. They called for justice for the murders of Helaena, [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]], and [[Maelor Targaryen|Maelor]]. Wagons were overturned and shops and warehouses were looted. No one was spared. Lady [[Darla Deddings]] saw her brother [[Davos Deddings|Davos]] stabbed through the eye when he tried to defend her from drunken rapists.{{ref|tpatq}} The rioters also attacked the manse of Lord [[Bartimos Celtigar]], killing all and capturing Lord Bartimos, who was bound to a post and tortured until he revealed the location of his wealth. [[Wat the Tanner]] next declared that Lord Bartimos had failed to pay his "cock tax" and gelded him.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

Sailors unable to return to their ships attacked the [[River Gate]]. Ser [[Luthor Largent]] and four hundred [[City Watch of King's Landing|fold cloaks]] eventually dispersed them, but not before the gate itself had been hacked half to pieces. A hundred men died during or as a result from the battle, twenty-five of them men from the City Watch. Ser Luthor Largent next led five hundred gold cloaks to [[Cobbler's Square]], where the [[Shepherd]] preached that the [[Stranger (the Seven)|Stranger]] was coming. Although Largent declared to the crowd that they only wanted the Shepherd, the crowd of ten thousand people was too thick to disperse. During the chaotic battle that followed, the Shepherd fled, while Largent and his men were slaughtered by the crowds.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

According to Septon [[Eustace (Dance of the Dragons)|Eustace]], the Shepherd controlled half the city that night, while Wat the Tanner gathered hundreds of men around him. "King" [[Gaemon Palehair]] was raised up in a brothel on the [[Street of Silk]], on account of being a [[bastard]] son of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. The [[hedge knight]] [[Perkin the Flea]] crowned his [[squire]], [[Trystane Truefyre|Trystane]], claiming he was the bastard son of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. Ser Perkin began to dub every man who flocked to Trystane's banner, causing hundreds of [[gutter knights]] to join their cause.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

===The Last Day===
{{See also|Storming of the Dragonpit}}
As dawn broke over the city, fires were burning everywhere. Men in Flea Bottom were breaking into shops and homes, attacking everyone they happened to encounter. The remaining gold cloaks had retreated to their barracks, but as the night ended, those stationed at the [[Old Gate]] and the [[Dragon Gate]] marched forth under the command of Ser [[Balon Byrch]] and Ser [[Garth the Harelip]] to restore order to the streets north and east of the [[Hill of Rhaenys]]. Ser [[Medrick Manderly]] led a hundred men from [[White Harbor]] to the area northeast of [[Aegon's High Hill]], down to the [[Iron Gate]], while Ser [[Torrhen Manderly]] led his men down the [[Hook]] and Ser [[Lorent Marbrand]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander of the Queensguard]] led a hundred knights and men-at-arms into Flea Bottom. Torrhen lost a quarter of his men in his struggle to return to the [[Red Keep]], while most of Lorent's men were killed; Only sixteen of them returned,{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|tpatq}} including Ser [[Glendon Goode]], who brought back the body of Ser Lorent, who had been killed.{{ref|tpatq}} Meanwhile, [[Fishmonger's Square]] and [[River Row]] were taken over by Ser Perkin's men, while "King" Trystane's banner flew above the battlements of the [[River Gate]], where the captain and three of the serjeants of the gate had been hung from the gatehouse.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|tpatq}}

Command of the City Watch was given to Ser Balon Byrch, Ser Glendon Goode was named Lord Commander of the Queensguard, and ravens were sent to [[Winterfell]] and the [[Eyrie]]. As the sun went down, even more rioters than the night before poured out into the streets. Ser Perkin led his gutter knights from the River Gate down the riverfront, while Wat the Tanner led his men against the Gate of the Gods. The garrison at the latter gate were weakened from the day before and quickly defeated. Wat, still displaying Lord Bartimos's severed head, led his men on the [[kingsroad]] out of the city. Within an hour, two other gates were opened: the [[King's Gate]], whose defenders had fled, and the [[Lion Gate]], whose defenders had joined the mob. At the same time, the Shepherd appeared once again at [[Cobbler's Square]], and called upon the large crowd to kill the dragons in the [[Dragonpit]]. The crowds responded, and [[storming of the Dragonpit|stormed the Dragonpit]], resulting in the deaths of the four dragons housed within, as well as the death of [[Syrax]], Rhaenyra's dragon, after her son [[Joffrey Velaryon]] stole the dragon in an attempt to reach the Dragonpit himself. Joffrey was thrown off the dragon's back and died. Afterwards, his body was returned to the Red Keep by the [[Seven Who Rode|seven who were sent forth]] to bring Joffrey back to safety.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

==Aftermath==
{{See also|Moon of the Three Kings}}

[[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s loyalists agreed that the city was lost to them, and convinced her to abandon King's Landing. Rhaenyra, Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon]], and a few loyalists [[Flight to Dragonstone|slipped]] from the city the next morning through the [[Dragon Gate]], intend on reaching [[Duskendale]].

King's Landing descended into anarchy for some time, a chaotic period known as the "[[Moon of the Three Kings]]", or the "Moon of Madness". Different factions divided up sections of the city into their own rival fiefdoms. Ser [[Garth the Harelip]], captain at the Dragon Gate, who had been charged with the defense of the Red Keep, yielded the castle within half a day of Rhaenyra's flight to Ser [[Perkin the Flea]] and his squire, "King" [[Trystane Truefyre|Trystane]]. As such, Trystane's followers managed to gain control of the Red Keep. Perkin freed all the prisoners held in the Red Keep's dungeons, including Grand Maester [[Orwyle]], Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], and Ser [[Tyland Lannister]]. Queen Dowager [[Alicent Hightower]] was likewise freed from her confinement. The Shepherd ruled his followers from the ruins of the [[Dragonpit]] atop [[Rhaenys's Hill]], where he appeared each night among the remains of the dragonheads, preaching. However, his strength began to dwindle night by night. Meanwhile, [[Gaemon Palehair]]'s followers held [[Visenya's Hill]], where the young "king" reigned from the [[House of Kisses]].{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} The Moon of the Three Kings was eventually brought to an end by Lord [[Borros Baratheon]], who marched on King's Landing.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

After much troubles and efforts, Rhaenyra and her son eventually reached [[Dragonstone]], where they discovered the castle had [[fall of Dragonstone|previously fallen]] to King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] and his supporters. Rhaenyra was fed by Aegon to his dragon, [[Sunfyre]], as her son Aegon the Younger looked on. King Aegon II subsequently had Prince Aegon chained and brought to the dungeons.{{Ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}{{Ref|tpatq}}

==References==
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Knight

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[[File: MKomarck_KnightOfFlowers.jpg‎|thumb|350px|Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], the Knight of Flowers, by Michael Komarck ©]]

A '''knight''' is a member of a warrior tradition that is heavily interwoven in the [[Feudalism|feudal]] culture of the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]]. Knights occupy a social standing between that of [[lord]]s and [[smallfolk]]. In contrast to nobility, this rank is not hereditary. Knights are referred to with the title "'''Ser'''".

==History==
Knighthood likely has its roots in [[Andal]] culture<ref name=yetmorequestions/> due to its association with the [[Faith of the Seven]], which was brought to [[Westeros]] with the [[coming of the Andals]].{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} Legends of the [[Reach]] claim chivalry was brought by the First Knight, [[John the Oak]], however{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Garth Greenhand}} The military success of mounted knights and their steel armament proved vital to the [[Andals]]' conquest of most of Westeros.{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} Knighthood holds less cultural significance in areas of Westeros that are less assimilated to Andal culture, such as the [[North]] and the [[Iron Islands]], though there are knights from these regions.{{Ref|twoiaf| Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}}

==Social Status==
[[File:T Jedruszek BrightwaterCavalrywing.jpg|400px|thumb|right|A knight of [[House Florent]] by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Any man can be knighted, no matter their birth. Social pressure keeps knighthood from being exploited by unscrupulous knights who might give the accolade for money.<ref name=info>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1045/ Some Info about Knighthood (July 30, 1999)]</ref> Knighthood is seen as primarily a martial position, so even the sons of powerful [[lord]]s are not necessarily knighted if they are incapable of fulfilling the requirements. Doing otherwise would lose honor rather than gain it, and would make a lord and his family be held up to ridicule.<ref name=info/> Regardless, at times, a lord's son is knighted without fulfilling the requirements. For example, Lord [[House Caswell|Caswell]] of [[Bitterbridge]] had his only son and heir, a weakling, knighted.{{Ref|ADWD|8}}
Further, a young knight's repute partially derives from the honor of the man who conferred knighthood on him.{{Ref|adwd|67}} Receiving your knighthood from a king, prince, [[Kingsguard]] knight, or legendary knight holds great prestige.<ref name=info/>

Although lords hold certain legal rights (e.g., the right of pit and gallows) which knights do not have, and outrank knights at tourney’s and feasts, certain [[landed knight]]s can be lord in all but name. It is mostly the title which sets the two apart, as the title of lord is generally considered to be more prestigious than the title “ser”. However, the title of a knight has its own prestige, as it cannot be inherited. And although knights are often ranked below lords, certain landed knights might actually be more powerful than lesser lords. It is certainly possible that a landed knight has more lands and wealth than a small lord. Especially landed knights who come from ancient houses, and who have extensive lands and a large, strong castle may actually be more powerful than many smaller lordlings. Such a peculiar status if often reflected by taking a style that incorporates the name of their castle, such as the [[Knight of Ninestars]].<ref name=knightslords>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1203/ Knights and Lords (March 2, 2002)]</ref><ref name=ownership>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Land_Ownership_and_Marriage_in_Westeros/ Land Ownership and Marriage in Westeros (December 19, 1999)]</ref>

Lordly houses can be reduced to landed knights as punishment from the crown. The [[House Connington|Conningtons]], originally a lordly house, were reduced to landed knights by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] as a punishment for Lord [[Jon Connington]]'s participation in [[Robert's Rebellion]] on the side of [[House Targaryen]]. Instead of being the [[Lord of Griffin's Roost]], the head of House Connington is now known as the [[Knight of Griffin's Roost]].<ref name=knightslords/> Knighthood can also be stripped from individuals.{{ref|ACOK|32}}

The [[Warrior's Sons]] were a military order of knights who gave up worldly possessions and swore their service to the [[High Septon]].{{Ref|AFFC|28}} They were outlawed during the [[Faith Militant uprising]], however.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} According to Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], three hundred [[currency|dragons]] is a fair ransom for a knight from a noble house.{{Ref|aSoS|44}}

==Appearance==
Armor worn by [[Westeros]]i knights and warriors does not correspond one to one with any single period in European history, according to [[George R. R. Martin]]. Instead, it corresponds a mix of armor styles from several different time periods. Armor tends to "later" styles in southern Westeros. For example, plate is more common in the [[Reach]], while mail is more the rule in the [[north]]. The armor used by [[free folk]] living [[beyond the Wall]] is rather primitive.<ref name=yetmorequestions/>

Knights can wear several different kinds of helmets. The "halfhelms" correspond to classic [[w:Normans|Norman]] helms from the [[w:Norman conquest of England|Hastings]] era, conical helmets with open faces and a nasal bar. Other types of helmets are greathelms, both visored and closed,<ref name=yetmorequestions>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1250/ Yet More Questions (July 22, 2001)]</ref> and elaborately shaped helms, such as the ornate lion helmet worn by [[Jaime Lannister]].{{Ref|agot|30}}

Earning knighthood is also called ‘earning spurs’.{{ref|asos|11}}{{Ref|adwd|25}} Wealthier knights can wear gilded spurs.{{Ref|thk}}

Knights display a coat-of-arms on their shield and surcoat to identify themselves. Those who are nobly born often wear the arms of their house. Some might chose to use variations of their house's sigil, however. Examples are [[Garlan Tyrell|Garlan]] and [[Loras Tyrell]], who use two and three golden roses instead of one to indicate their positions are second and third son. A knight can also chose a completely new coat-of-arms. Many knights wear large crests on their helms that embellish the theme of their arms, such as a black trout for Ser [[Brynden Tully]]{{ref|AFFC|38}} and a unicorn horn for Ser [[Flement Brax]].{{ref|AGOT|56}}

At the time of the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] in {{Date|209}}, a plain yet complete set of good steel armor with greaves, gorget, and greathelm could cost eight hundred stags,{{Ref|THK}} which equals almost four golden dragons.

==Becoming a knight==
===Pages and Squires===
Although not a requirement for becoming a knight, boys, often nobly born, can serve as pages and later squires. Boys can become pages at several different ages. It appears to be normal to become a page from the ages of six or seven onwards. [[Robert Arryn]] was six years old when his father, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], planned on having him [[fostered]] at [[Dragonstone]] and serving as a page,{{ref|ACOK|Prologue}} although circumstances were not entirely ordinary. According to [[Brienne of Tarth]], boys near the age of six or seven are pages.{{ref|affc|14}} [[Edric Dayne]] became a page at the age of seven,{{ref|asos|43}} and the [[Princess of Dorne]] suggested taking on [[Jaime Lannister]] as a page at that age as well.{{Ref|asos|70}} [[Kevan Lannister]] was made a page at the age of eight.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Boys as young as eight might serve the [[Night's Watch]] as pages.{{ref|adwd|53}}

After several years of serving as a page, a boy can become a squire. Boys are not required to serve as a page before becoming a squire, so the age of squiring can range widely. While [[Samwell Tarly]] was supposed to become a page and [[cupbearer]] at the age of ten,{{ref|affc|15}} multiple boys are known to have been squires by that age or by an even younger age. Examples include [[Doran Martell]],{{ref|AFFC|2}} [[Aegon V Targaryen]],{{ref|THK}} [[Rollam Westerling]],{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} and [[Elmar Frey]],{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}} who were all already squires at the age of nine, and [[Barristan Selmy]]{{ref|ADWD|59}} and [[Edric Dayne]]{{ref|ASOS|43}} were made squires at the age of ten.

Some squires choose to never become a knight, and live the rest of their lives as squires. This may be because the individual does not have the inclination to live a knight's martial lifestyle, or does not have the funds to properly equip himself.<ref name=info/> According to [[George R. R. Martin]]; {{Quote|We tend to think of squires as teenaged boys, knights in training, but that is only part of the truth. Historically, there were many men who spent their entire lives as squires, and never became knights. It was quite common to have thirty- and forty-year-old squires, even some in their fifties. Such men perhaps did not have the wealth to become knights (knights had to pay for their own equipment), or perhaps did not have the inclination. They were the medieval counterparts of the career army sergeant who has no desire to be promoted to lieutenant, let alone general.<ref name=info/>}}

Pages and squires train at arms.{{Ref|adwd|21}} Squires run errands for their masters,{{Ref|agot|30}} tend to their master's animals,{{Ref|thk}} clean his mail,{{Ref|thk}} and help him into his armor whenever required.{{Ref|agot|30}} In times of war, they ride beside their masters, assisting them and fighting by their sides.{{Ref|acok|61}} During tourneys, squires will provide their masters with new lances, or with a sword.{{Ref|agot|29}}{{Ref|agot|30}} A boy who is being fostered but who is not training for knighthood (e.g., because he does not follow the Faith of the Seven), can perform the duties of a page and squire without strictly being one.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Some_Questions Some Questions (March 16, 2000)]</ref>

===Age at knighthood===
Most knights have already [[Age of majority|come of age]] when they receive their knighthoods. When Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]] was knighted at the age of sixteen in {{Date|28}}, he was the youngest knight in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] at the time.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} [[Glendon Ball]],{{Ref|tmk}} Prince [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys Targaryen]],{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} [[Daemon Targaryen]],{{Ref|trp}} [[Barristan Selmy]],{{Ref|asos|67}} and [[Kevan Lannister]]{{Ref|twoiaf| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} were also sixteen years old when dubbed.

Exceptional fighters can be knighted at a younger age, however. [[Loras Tyrell]],{{Ref|awoiaf| Loras Tyrell}} [[Jaime Lannister]],{{Ref|asos|11}} and Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]]{{Ref|tpatq}} were fifteen years old upon receiving their knighthood, which has been described as “young”. [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]] received his knighthood at an exceptionally young age, as he was only twelve years old when he was knighted by his father, King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

[[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was newly knighted at seventeen,{{ref|affc|24}} and [[Quentyn Martell]],{{Ref|adwd|6}} [[Tywin Lannister]],{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} and [[Denys Mallister]]{{Ref|asos|78}} were even older, being knighted at the age of eighteen. Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] claimed to be a hedge knight at the age of sixteen or seventeen, which nobles at [[tourney at Ashford Meadow|Ashford Meadow]] did not seem to find objectionable.{{Ref|THK}} Young squires who have proven themselves in battle might be promised knighthood when they come of age.{{Ref|acok|65}}

===Reasons for knighthood===
Most men are knighted after demonstrating their prowess in tourneys, such as Daemon Blackfyre,{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} or in battle,{{ref|ACOK|65}}{{ref|ASOS|4}} such as Jaime Lannister.{{ref|ASOS|11}} Squires might also be knighted at the battlefield as they lay dying, such as [[Tywald Lannister]], and men can also ask for knighthood before being executed, such as [[Trystane Truefyre]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

The motivation for receiving knighthood can be political. [[Laenor Velaryon]] was knighted because he was to marry [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], the [[Princess of Dragonstone]], and it was thought that the prince consort of the Seven Kingdoms should be a knight.{{Ref|TRP}}

Knighthood can also be acquired in less honorable ways. Tales are told of knights who gained their knighthoods with favors, coin, and threats. Glendon Ball claimed to have sold his maiden sister's virginity in exchange for receiving his knighthood.{{Ref|tmk}} During the [[Dance of the Dragons]]'s [[riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|riot of King's Landing]], [[Perkin the Flea]] gave the honor to "every sellsword, thief, and butcher's boy" to recruit hundreds of [[gutter knights]] for Trystane Truefyre's army.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

===Ceremony===
[[File:Jason Engle knighted.jpg|400px|thumb|right|A man being knighted by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Any knight can make a knight. However, kings can make knights as well, even if they were never knighted themselves.<ref name=info /> On the other hand, lords cannot dub someone a knight if they have not previously been knighted themselves.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Comic_Con_San_Diego_CA_July_20_232/ Comic-Con (San Diego, CA; July 20-23) (July 23, 2006)]</ref>

Knighthood is partially a religious matter, as it is usually open only to followers of the [[Faith of the Seven]].<ref name=religion>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1191 Religion and Knighthood (December 28, 2001)]</ref> There are several variations of ceremonies. It is customary to stand vigil in a sept the night before one receives knighthood.{{Ref|agot|56}}{{Ref|thk}} This vigil is carried out before the figure of [[Warrior (the Seven)|the Warrior]]. The sword might be placed before or upon the figure, and the armor in a pile at the statue’s base.{{Ref|affc|8}} At times, the knights-to-be might walk barefoot from the sept to the location where they are to receive their knighthood, to prove their humble hearts.{{Ref|acok|65}} The six hundred knights who were dubbed after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], also wore shifts of undyed wool, and marked receiving their knighthood by the putting on a swordbelt after being dubbed.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Before taking a knight’s vows, a septon might anount the knight-to-be with the seven oils.{{Ref|agot|56}}{{Ref|thk}} Being anointed by the [[High Septon]] is considered to be a great honor.{{Ref|agot|3}} However, men can also be dubbed a knight without exercising these customs, for example on the battlefield, possibly as they lay dying (e.g., [[Tywald Lannister]]).<ref>georgerrmartin.com: ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ The Westerlands (unabridged)]</ref> Witnesses might be present at the moment of receiving knighthood,{{ref|tmk}} although this is not a requirement.{{Ref|thk}}

When knighting someone in a formal manner, the dubber speaks the knight-to-be's name and House, if he has one. The dubber touches the subject on the right shoulder with his sword, and while placing the sword on the other shoulder following every sentence says:{{ref|thk}}
{{Quote|In the name of [[Warrior (the Seven)|the Warrior]] I charge you to be brave. In the name of [[Father (the Seven)|the Father]] I charge you to be just. In the name of [[Mother (the Seven)|the Mother]] I charge you to defend the young and innocent. In the name of [[Maiden (the Seven)|the Maid]] I charge you to protect all women....{{Ref|THK}}}}

In a less formal knighting ceremony, the dubber lays his sword upon the knight-to-be’s right shoulder, and says:{{Ref|asos|39}}
{{Quote|[Name of knight-to-be], do you swear before the eyes of gods and men to defend those who cannot defend themselves, to protect all women and children, to obey your captains, your liege lord, and your king, to fight bravely when needed and do such other tasks as are laid upon you, however hard or humble or dangerous they may be?}}
After the subject who is being knighted confirms that he will do as asked, the sword is moved to the left shoulder, and the dubber will say that the newly-made knight can rise.{{Ref|asos|39}}

==Practices==
Knights are supposed to be honorable and follow the chivalric codes.{{ref|adwd|67}} They are expected to be brave and just,{{ref|thk}} and to defend the innocent,{{Ref|THK}} the weak,{{Ref|thk}} and women.{{Ref|acok|32}}

Knights preferably have multiple [[horse]]s, including one to travel on and another to ride in [[tourney]]s and in battle.{{Ref|THK}} Some knights refuse to name their horses, so they are less likely to feel attached to them, as horses are likely to die in battle.{{ref|tss}}{{ref|affc|27}}

The host of a tourney decides whether only knights, or also sellswords, squires, and freeriders are allowed to compete. The [[Reach]], the heart of the chivalric tradition in the Seven Kingdoms, is the most likely place to encounter a tourney only for knights.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Tourney_Rules Tourney Rules (April 29, 1999)]</ref> During the joust, the man who loses the tilt usually has to give up his armor and horse.{{Ref|thk}}{{ref|tmk}} For a poor knight, this might represent a danger. So long as a knight is armed and horsed, he remains a knight of sorts, but without, they are little more than a beggar.{{Ref|tmk}}

==Types of knights==
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Army of Scorpions II.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Knights of [[House Qorgyle]] leading the charge by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Several different types of knights can be identified:
*[[Landed knight]]s are knights with a [[keep]] and lands of their own. Although members of [[nobility]], and wealthier landed knights might hold more land than the poorest lords do, they do not have the authority to deliver [[law and justice]].<ref name=knightslords/><ref name=ownership/>{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
*[[Hedge knight]]s are so called because they "sleep in the hedges as often as not".<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Effects_of_Winter/ The Effects of Winter (June 21, 2001)]</ref> They are nearer to common servants than noble knights in the eyes of most lords.{{Ref|TMK}} They spend their lives riding from keep to keep, taking service with different lords until the lords have no more need for them and sent them off.{{Ref|thk}} Hedge knights have an unsavory reputation,{{Ref|affc|4}} and merchants are notoriously mistrustful of them.{{Ref|THK}} Hedge knights gone rogue are referred to as robber knights.{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|tmk}}{{Ref|affc|4}}
*[[Household knight]]s are landless knights who have been taken into the service of a lord.{{Ref|thk}}
*[[Knights inquisitor]] are agents of the [[Iron Throne]] tasked with investigating and punishing threats.{{ref|TPATQ}}
*The term [[true knight]] refers to an ideal knight who upholds all qualities for which knighthood stands for. Each knight, no matter which kind of knight, should ideally aspire to live up to these standards.{{ref|AGOT|29}}

As knighthood is associated with the [[Faith of the Seven]], there are fewer knights in the [[north]] than in southern Westeros, as only a few northern houses worship the Seven. [[Northern cavalry]] are just as fierce, loyal, and honorable as knights are.{{Ref|agot|56}} However, despite being the northern equivalent of knights, it is not quite the same as being a knight,<ref name=religion/> on account of the prestige that a knighthood contains. Most northern knights live in the southern regions of the north,<ref name=drowned>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Drowned_God_and_More The Drowned God and More (July 14, 1999)]</ref> although not in the [[Neck]].{{ref|asos|24}} [[House Manderly]] specifically, originating from the [[Reach]], still holds to the [[Faith of the Seven]], and [[White Harbor]], their seat, has been most exposed to [[southron]] influences.<ref name=drowned/> Not all northern knights hold to the Faith of the Seven, however. One such an example is Ser [[Bartimus]].{{Ref|adwd|29}}

Because most [[ironborn]] follow the [[Drowned God]] instead of the Seven,{{ref|TWOIAF| Ancient History: The Arrival of the Andals}} knighthood is also rare in the [[Iron Islands]]. Two examples of ironborn knights are Ser [[Harras Harlaw]]{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} and Ser [[Aladale Wynch]].{{ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|I am a knight. I shall die a knight.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}|[[Barristan Selmy]] to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s court}}

{{Quote|What do you think a knight is for, girl? You think it’s all taking favors from ladies and looking fine in gold plate? Knights are for killing.{{Ref|aCoK|52}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Knights may keep their truces with other knights, but they are not so careful of their honor when dealing with those they deem [[outlaw]].{{ref|ACOK|66}}|[[Black Lorren]] to [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

{{Quote|I have seen a hundred [[tourney|tournaments]] and more wars than I would wish, and however strong or fast or skilled a knight may be, there are others who can match him.{{ref|ASOS|8}}|[[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|Any knight can make a knight, and every man you see before you has felt a sword upon his shoulder.{{Ref|asos|34}}|[[Beric Dondarrion]] to [[Sandor Clegane]]}}

{{Quote|'''Sandor''': Might be you are knights after all. You lie like knights, maybe you murder like knights. 
'''Beric''': Say what you mean, Clegane. 
'''Sandor''': A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady’s favors, they’re silk ribbons tied round the sword. Maybe the sword’s prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead.{{ref|ASOS|34}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] and [[Beric Dondarrion]]}}

{{Quote|Some knights are dark and full of terrors. War makes monsters of us all.{{ref|aFfC|42}}|[[Thoros of Myr]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|In my [[Seven Kingdoms]], knights go on quests to prove themselves worthy of the maiden that they love. They seek for magic swords, for chests of gold, for crowns stolen from a [[dragon]]'s hoard.{{Ref|aDwD|23}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] to [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]]}}

{{Quote|Knights defend the weak and protect the innocent, they say. And I am the fairest maid in all [[Volantis]].{{Ref|aDwD|27}}|The [[widow of the waterfront]] to [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|Night work is not knight's work.{{ref|ADWD|46}}|[[Barbrey Dustin]] to [[Aenys Frey]]}}

{{Quote|Without honor, a knight is no more than a common killer. It is better to die with honor than to live without it.{{ref|ADWD|67}}|[[Barristan Selmy]] to his squires}}

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| House_name = House Frey of [[Twins|the Crossing]]
| image = [[File:House Frey.svg|250px]]
| image_caption =
| Coat_of_arms = Two blue towers, united by a bridge, on a silver-grey field ''(Cendrée, a bridge azure, at either end a tower of the same)''
| Words =
| Seat = The [[Twins]]{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}
| Current_Lord = [[Walder Frey]]{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}
| Region = [[Riverlands]]
| Title = [[Lord of the Crossing]]{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}
| Heir = [[Edwyn Frey]]{{Ref|AFFC|44}}
| Overlord = [[House Tully]] (AGOT) [[House Baelish of Harrenhal|House Baelish]] (ADWD)
| Ancestral_weapon =
| Cadet_branch = [[House Frey of Riverrun]]
| Founded_in = Around [[Years before Aegon's Conquest|300 BC]]{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
| Founder =
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'''House Frey of the Crossing''' is a noble house of the [[riverlands]]. Their main seat is the [[Twins]], a pair of castles on each bank of the northern [[Green Fork]] of the [[Trident]] that serves as a vital bridge across the river. The lord of the house is called the [[Lord of the Crossing]].{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

Their sigil is two blue towers united by a bridge on silver-grey, representing the Twins.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Their house words are not mentioned in the books.<ref group="N">In "[[The Winds of Winter (TV)|The Winds of Winter]]", the final episode of [[season 6]] of HBO's ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', the words of House Frey might have been revealed to be "We Stand Together". When Lord [[Walder Frey]] toasts [[House Lannister|Lannister]] soldiers in his hall, they respond with the Lannister house words, "Hear me roar!". When Walder toasts House Frey, the others respond by cheering "We stand together!" It is unclear whether the phrase is indeed the house's motto in the television show, or whether it was simply meant as a statement, considering the context.</ref>

The strategic location of the Twins has allowed the house to become quite wealthy,{{Ref|ASOS|14}} House Frey rules over wider domains than [[House Tully]].{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} Under their current lord, [[Walder Frey]], they have grown greatly in both size and power. One of the most powerful bannermen of the [[House Tully|Tullys]], the Freys can field a thousand knights and three thousand foot,{{Ref|ASOS|14}} a much larger army than their overlord of [[House Tully]].{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} Most current Freys tend to share the weaselly appearance of their common ancestor, Lord Walder.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

==History==
===Origin===
[[File:Frey Armsmen Mark Bulahao.png|thumb|350px|Armsmen of House Frey by Mark Bulahao © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[File:Forrest Frey.png|thumb|[[Forrest Frey]] by Magali Villeneuve ©]]
House Frey dates back six centuries, making it one of the younger noble houses in Westeros. The first Lord Frey was awarded lands and a noble status, and began the construction of a great bridge spanning the [[Green Fork]] of the [[Trident]]. Construction was finished under the rule of his grandson, who added wooden keeps on both sides of the river. The timber keeps were eventually replaced by stone keeps, which received the name "the Twins".{{ref|AGOT|59}}

Due to their strategic location, House Frey prospered by exacting tolls for passage across the river, greatly increasing their wealth. House Frey has grown into the most powerful bannermen of [[House Tully]] of [[Riverrun]],{{ref|ASOS|35}} and the Twins are among the strongest castles of the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}} However, some older houses look down upon the Freys as upstarts{{ref|ASOS|14}} and toll collectors.{{ref|TMK}}

===Targaryen Era===
During [[Aegon's Conquest]], House Frey aided [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and rebelled against [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]] of [[Harrenhal]], the [[King of the Isles and the Rivers]]. Afterward, the Freys joined the other river lords in swearing fealty to [[House Tully]], the new [[Lords Paramount of the Trident]] for [[House Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

In {{Date|43}}, Lord Frey supported [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon the Uncrowned]] against his uncle, King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragons}}

A young [[Forrest Frey]] was mocked as fool Frey for asking for the hand of Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]].{{ref|TRP}} During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], House Frey sided with the [[blacks]] of Queen Rhaenyra against the [[greens]] of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. Lord Forrest Frey died fighting [[Westerlands|westermen]] in the [[Battle by the Lakeshore]].{{ref|tpatq}}

Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] recognized the Frey banner among the arms displayed at the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]].{{ref|THK}} Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] held the [[Whitewalls tourney]] to celebrate his marriage to his new lady wife who was [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|a member of House Frey]]. [[Lord Frey]] attended the Whitewalls tourney, accompanied by his daughters, his four-year-old son (the current Lord [[Walder Frey|Walder]]), his brother [[Franklyn Frey|Franklyn]], and his nephew.{{ref|TMK}}

During the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], the squire of a Frey knight accosted [[Howland Reed]]. The Frey knight was later defeated by the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] and told to teach his squire honor.{{ref|ASOS|24}}

During the long reign of Lord [[Walder Frey]], the house exploded in size as he and his descendants sired many offspring.{{ref|AGOT|59}} He offered [[Brynden Tully]] his choice of three Frey girls in marriage.{{ref|AGOT|71}} When Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] acquiesced to Walder's proposal to marry his second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], to Tytos's daughter [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], the ten-year old [[Tywin Lannister]] spoke out against the match.{{ref|AFFC|33}}

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord Walder arrived at the [[Battle of the Trident]] after the outcome was already decided. Lord [[Hoster Tully]] has since referred to his bannerman as the Late Lord Frey.{{ref|AGOT|28}}

===Baratheon Era===
[[Hoster Tully]], the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], refused a Frey bride for his son, [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]], and did not attend Walder's wedding to his seventh wife, [[Annara Farring]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Lord [[Jon Arryn]] and Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] refused to foster Walder's grandsons at court in [[King's Landing]] or their own son, [[Robert Arryn]], at the Twins.{{ref|AGOT|59}} Several Freys participated in the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Walder claims to have hosted three kings at the Twins during his rule.{{ref|AGOT|59}}

After [[Chett]] killed [[Bessa (Hag's Mire)|Bessa]], [[Walder Rivers]] was sent by Lord Walder to judge the criminal and send him to the [[Wall]].{{ref|ASOS|Prologue}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Walder Frey The Twins.jpg|thumb|Lord [[Walder Frey]] at the [[Twins]] by Amok ©]]
A score of Frey men are at the [[crossroads inn]] when Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] seizes [[Tyrion Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|28}} Rather than joining her to bring him to justice, the men report the event to Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{ref|AGOT|31}}

Six Freys attend the [[Hand's tourney]] in [[King's Landing]]: Ser [[Jared Frey|Jared]], Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]], Ser [[Danwell Frey|Danwell]], Ser [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], Ser [[Theo Frey|Theo]], and Ser [[Perwyn Frey|Perwyn]], as well as one of Lord Walder's bastards, [[Martyn Rivers]].{{ref|AGOT|29}}

As he had done in [[Robert's Rebellion]], Lord Walder delays his response to Lord [[Hoster Tully]]'s calling of banners, although he keeps near four thousand men at the [[Twins]] and defends their lands from [[House Lannister|Lannister]] outriders commanded by Ser [[Addam Marbrand]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} When [[Robb Stark]] arrives at the Twins on his march south to free Lord [[Eddard Stark]], he is received by Walder's heir, Ser [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]]. Walder negotiates with Robb's mother, Lady Catelyn, securing a marriage contract with Robb and linking the Freys with the [[House Stark|Starks]] of [[Winterfell]]. Furthermore, [[Arya Stark]] will wed [[Elmar Frey|Elmar]] when the fighting is done, Catelyn will take two more ([[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]]) as wards, and Robb will take yet another ([[Olyvar Frey|Olyvar]]) as his squire. In exchange the Freys lend their swords to his cause and grant the northern army safe passage.{{ref|AGOT|59}}

After the death of King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Walder and Stevron are named among the nobles the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], insists must do him homage or be named traitors to the realm.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}

Robb's army split at the Twins, each force heading to deal with a different Lannister army; Freys ride with both forces. Robb acknowledges that the Freys under Stevron's command fought bravely at the [[battle in the Whispering Wood]]; Perwyn fights there as part of [[Robb Stark's battle guard|Robb's battle guard]]. Ser [[Cleos Frey|Cleos]] and [[Tion Frey|Tion]] fight on the other side of that battle under their cousin, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], and are captured along with him. Their father, Emmon Frey, also fights on the Lannister side of the war. Other Freys, including Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]], Jared, Hosteen, Danwell, Elmar, and [[Ronel Rivers]] are part of Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s army. Jared, Hosteen, Danwell, and Ronel are captured by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s forces during the [[battle on the Green Fork]]. Stevron attends the war council at [[Riverrun]] at which Robb Stark is declared [[King in the North]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Catelyn's wards Big Walder and Little Walder are welcomed to [[Winterfell]], although they are not much to the liking of [[Bran Stark]].{{ref|ACOK|4}} The cousins are spared by [[Theon Greyjoy]] during his [[capture of Winterfell]]{{ref|ACOK|46}} and later by [[Ramsay Snow]] during his [[sack of Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|66}}

Jared, Hosteen, Danwell and Ronel are briefly in captivity at [[Harrenhal]] before being ransomed by two other Freys (presumably Aenys and Elmar) soon after Arya's arrival, rejoining Lord Bolton's army.{{ref|ACOK|30}} Aenys participates in the [[fall of Harrenhal]] to Roose's host.{{ref|ACOK|47}}

Many Freys, including Stevron, Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]], [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]], and Olyvar, join Robb in his campaign through the [[westerlands]]. Stevron dies after receiving a minor wound in the [[Battle of Oxcross]], making his son Ryman the heir to the Twins.{{ref|ACOK|35}} In the [[storming of the Crag]], Black Walder scales the walls of the castle along with [[Smalljon Umber]].{{ref|ASOS|14}}

Ser Perwyn accompanies Lady Catelyn on her voyage south to treat with kings [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{ref|ACOK|22}} Martyn Rivers commands the outriders in the riverlands while Ser [[Brynden Tully]] is campaigning in the west with Robb Stark, [[King of the Trident]]. Martyn meets Catelyn's party when she nears [[Riverrun]] on her return trip.{{ref|ACOK|39}} Perwyn and Martyn fight in the [[Battle of the Fords]].{{ref|ASOS|2}}

Cleos Frey, still a captive of Robb's, is sent to King's Landing to offer Robb's terms to his cousin, [[Tyrion Lannister]], but they are rebuffed.{{ref|ACOK|20}} Tyrion plants men in Cleos's [[House Lannister guards|red cloak guards]] to try and free Jaime from Riverrun,{{ref|ACOK|26}} but [[plot to free Jaime Lannister|they fail]] and Cleos is imprisoned again.{{ref|ACOK|39}}

To solidify wartime alliances, Roose Bolton marries one of Walder's granddaughters, [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda]]. After the fall of Winterfell and the Lannister victory over Stannis in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], the Freys in Lord Bolton's army at Harrenhal believe that Robb should bend the knee.{{ref|ACOK|64}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Pilcerovamartinaastormofswords 0.jpg|thumb|[[Robb Stark]] and [[Catelyn Stark]] arrive at the [[Twins]] by Martina Pilcerova © Fantasy Flight Games]]
At Riverrun, Catelyn frees Jaime from captivity in an effort to exchange him for her daughters, allowing his cousin, Cleos Frey, to accompany him along with her sworn sword, [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{ref|ASOS|1}} On the journey to King's Landing, Cleos proves to be a useless fighter, and he is killed by [[outlaws]] near [[Maidenpool]].{{ref|ASOS|21}}

Robb Stark's marriage to [[Jeyne Westerling]] outrages House Frey and breaks their alliance. Ryman and Black Walder angrily depart Robb's army at the Crag,{{ref|ASOS|14}} as do Freys led by Perwyn and Martyn Rivers at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|ASOS|14}} The Freys with Ser [[Aenys Frey|Frey]] at [[Harrenhal]] are also enraged,{{ref|ACOK|64}} but they remain with Lord [[Roose Bolton]].{{ref|ASOS|31}}

After the passing of [[Hoster Tully]], the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], [[Lothar Frey|Lame Lothar]] and [[Walder Rivers|Bastard Walder]] arrive at Riverrun with forty men from the Twins. Their father, Lord Walder, suggests that their new liege lord, Robb's uncle [[Edmure Tully]], stand in Robb's place for the marriage alliance and marry Walder's daughter, [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]].{{ref|ASOS|35}}

While Robb leads his northmen and some rivermen from Riverrun to the Twins, Roose leads his own host north from Harrenhal. They are welcomed and given [[guest right]] by the Freys.{{ref|ASOS|49}} However, Walder has secretly negotiated with Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]] to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], and Lord Bolton. They betray the Starks and Tullys at the [[Red Wedding]], breaking [[guest right]] and slaughtering their former allies. [[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Jinglebell]], [[Benfrey Frey|Benfrey]], and [[Tytos Frey|Tytos]] are killed in the process.{{ref|ASOS|51}}{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} Perwyn, Olyvar, and [[Alesander Frey|Alesander]] had been sent away beforehand, they being too friendly with the Starks.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

The Freys are rewarded by the [[Iron Throne]] for killing King Robb and capturing Lord Edmure. Walder Frey's second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], is given the lordship of a cadet branch, [[House Frey of Riverrun]], when House Tully is divested of their seat.{{ref|AGOT|53}} Ryman and his son, [[Edwyn Frey|Edwyn]], lead two thousand men to join Ser [[Daven Lannister]] in the [[siege of Riverrun]], while Black Walder resolves the [[siege of Seagard]] by threatening to kill [[Patrek Mallister]].{{ref|ASOS|60}}

Other nobles and the smallfolk scorn House Frey for breaking the sacred guest right. [[Petyr Frey|Petyr]] and [[Merrett Frey|Merrett]] are seized and hanged by the revived Lady Catelyn and her incarnation of the [[brotherhood without banners]].

===''A Feast for Crows''===
To solidify the alliance with the Lannisters, [[Amerei Frey]] is paired with Lord [[Lancel Lannister]],{{ref|AFFC|14}} and [[Daven Lannister]] is to wed another Frey.{{ref|AFFC|33}} Violating guest right has ruined the Freys' reputation, however, with even Jaime Lannister calling them treacherous.{{ref|AFFC|38}}{{ref|AFFC|23}} House Frey influence in the riverlands increases further by way of the newly-created [[House Lannister of Darry]], the household of which is provided by Lancel's wife, Ami. A score of Freys, including Danwell, [[Arwood Frey|Arwood]], and [[Marissa Frey|Marissa]], accompany her to [[Darry|Castle Darry]]. After "[[Rorge|the Hound's]]" attack on [[raid on Saltpans|Saltpans]], Arwood and his kinsmen [[Harys Haigh|Harys]] and [[Donnel Haigh]] ride from Darry to investigate, finding Ser [[Quincy Cox]] hiding behind his walls.{{ref|AFFC|30}}

Dead soldiers bearing the colors of House Frey have washed up on the [[Quiet Isle]]. According to the [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]], they are buried next to their enemies of [[House Darry]]. It is hinted that the enmity between Frey and Darry is not new, but has significant history.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}

After arriving at Riverrun, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] informs Emmon that although he has been granted Riverrun, Emmon is not the liege of the riverlords. The Freys instead owe allegiance to Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], head of [[House Baelish of Harrenhal]] and [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]].{{ref|AFFC|33}} Jaime removes Ryman from command of the siege of Riverrun in favor of his son Edwyn.{{ref|AFFC|38}} When informing Ser [[Brynden Tully]] of what will happen if he does not surrender, Jaime says he will send the Freys as a second wave, after the other rivermen but before the westermen. On his journey back to the Twins, Ryman is hanged by outlaws near [[Fairmarket]]. Ryman's death leaves his son Edwyn as heir to the Crossing.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

According to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] is on the verge of allying himself with the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] after he agrees to marry both of his granddaughters to members of House Frey and open his port of [[White Harbor]] to Lannister shipping.{{ref|AFFC|17}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:JOthe Frey Emissary.jpg|thumb|An emissary from House Frey by Jarrod Owen © Fantasy Flight Games]]
[[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]], [[Jared Frey|Jared]], and [[Symond Frey|Symond]] arrive in White Harbor to solidify the alliance between Houses Frey and Manderly.{{ref|ADWD|19}} The Manderlys only pretend to accept the peace of King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]],{{ref|ADWD|29}} however, and the Frey envoys disappear while traveling from [[White Harbor]] to [[Barrowton]].{{ref|ADWD|32}} Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] pleads ignorance about [[Frey Pies/Theories|their fate]].{{Ref|ADWD|46}}

Big Walder and Little Walder remain squires of [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] at the [[Dreadfort]].{{ref|ADWD|12}} After the [[siege of Moat Cailin]] is resolved by [[Theon Greyjoy]] and Ramsay, they are joined by Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s northmen and Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]] and Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen's]] Freys, who number between fourteen hundred{{ref|ADWD|20}} and two thousand,{{ref|AFFC|16}} to help Roose in pacifying the north. Roose moves the wedding of Ramsay and "[[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]]" from Barrowton to [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|32}}

While quartered at Winterfell during a blizzard, which the Freys are ill prepared for,{{ref|ADWD|41}} tensions rise in Roose's army when the Freys place the blame for their missing envoys on Wyman.{{ref|ADWD|46}} A brawl results in the deaths of several men when Wyman insults the Freys after Little Walder, the brother of Roose's wife [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda]], is found dead in the snow. To relieve the pressure, Roose sends Aenys and Hosteen as a vanguard against Stannis,{{ref|ADWD|51}} who is encamped at a [[crofters' village]] in the [[wolfswood]].{{ref|ADWD|62}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
{{Warning/twow}}
The Frey force at Winterfell falls prey to a trap set by [[Mors Umber]] outside the walls, killing Aenys. This leaves Hosteen, who loses his horse in the trap, in command of the force.<ref>''The Winds of Winter'', [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]]</ref>

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

The known Freys during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:
*[[Walder Frey]] (b. {{date|208}}), is the current Lord of [[Twins|the Crossing]]. An ancient, prideful, and greedy man, he has ruled his house for decades and sired over a hundred descendants. Though he stresses family loyalty, his family jockeys ruthlessly for his favor, naming their sons Walder and daughters Walda in an attempt to please him. Walder has survived many wives:
**{[[Perra Royce]]}, his first wife, gave him three sons and one daughter.
**{[[Cyrenna Swann]]}, his second wife, gave him two sons.
**{[[Amarei Crakehall]]}, his third wife, gave him six sons and a daughter.
**{[[Alyssa Blackwood]]}, his fourth wife, gave him three sons and two daughters.
**{[[Sarya Whent]]}, his fifth wife, gave him no progeny.
**{[[Bethany Rosby]]}, his sixth wife, gave him four sons and a daughter.
**{[[Annara Farring]]}, his seventh wife, gave him four sons and two daughters.
**[[Joyeuse Erenford]], his young eighth wife, who is currently with child.

===Descendants of Walder Frey by Perra Royce===
====Descendants of Stevron Frey====
*Ser {[[Stevron Frey]]}, Lord Walder's eldest son. Died of his wounds after the [[Battle of Oxcross]].
**Ser {[[Ryman Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's eldest son. Slain in the riverlands by the [[brotherhood without banners]].
***[[Edwyn Frey]], Ryman's eldest son, and heir to [[the Twins]]. A cold man.
****[[Walda Frey (daughter of Edwyn)|Walda Frey]], Edwyn's daughter. A young girl.
***[[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Walder Frey]], Ryman's second son. Called Black Walder.
***{[[Petyr Frey]]}, Ryman's third son. Called Petyr Pimple. Slain in the riverlands by the brotherhood without banners.
****[[Perra Frey]], Petyr's daughter. A young girl.
**{[[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Aegon Frey]]}, Ser Stevron's second son. A lackwit fool called Jinglebells. Slain at the Twins during the [[Red Wedding]] by [[Catelyn Stark]].
**{[[Maegelle Frey]]}: Ser Stevron's daughter. Married to Ser [[Dafyn Vance]]. Died in childbirth.
***[[Marianne Vance]], Maegelle's daughter. A maiden.
***[[Walder Vance]], Maegelle's eldest son. A squire.
***[[Patrek Vance]], Maegelle's second son. A young boy.
**[[Walton Frey]]: Ser Stevron's third son.
***[[Steffon Frey]], Walton's eldest son, called the Sweet
***[[Walda Frey (daughter of Walton)|Walda Frey]], Walton's daughter. Called Fair Walda. A beautiful maid of eighteen.
***[[Bryan Frey]], Walton's second son. A squire.

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====Descendants of Emmon Frey====
*Lord [[Emmon Frey]], Lord of Riverrun. Lord Walder's second son, married Lady [[Genna Lannister]].
**Ser {[[Cleos Frey]]}: His eldest son. Slain in the riverlands by outlaws.
***[[Tywin Frey]]: Cleos's eldest son. A young squire. Heir to Riverrun.
***[[Willem Frey]]: Cleos's second son. A page at [[Ashemark]].
**Ser [[Lyonel Frey]]: His second son.
**{[[Tion Frey]]}: His third son. Slain at Riverrun by order of [[Rickard Karstark]].
**[[Walder Frey (son of Emmon)|Walder Frey]]: His fourth son. Called Red Walder. A squire at [[Casterly Rock]].

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====Descendants of Aenys and Perriane Frey====
*Ser {[[Aenys Frey]]}, Lord Walder's third son. Died after falling into a pit trap planted near [[Winterfell]] by [[Mors Umber]].
**[[Aegon Frey (son of Aenys)|Aegon Frey]], his eldest son. Now an outlaw called Aegon Bloodborn.
**{[[Rhaegar Frey]]}, his second son. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from [[White Harbor]].
***[[Robert Frey (son of Rhaegar)|Robert Frey]], Rhaegar's eldest son. A young boy.
***[[Walda Frey (daughter of Rhaegar)|Walda Frey]], Rhaegar's daughter. A young girl called White Walda
***[[Jonos Frey]], Rhaegar's second son. A young boy.

*[[Perriane Frey]], Lord Walder's first daughter. Married to Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]].
**Ser [[Harys Haigh]], her eldest son.
***[[Walder Haigh]], Ser Harys' son. A young boy.
**Ser [[Donnel Haigh]], her second son.
**[[Alyn Haigh]], her third son.

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Cyrenna Swann===
*Ser {[[Jared Frey]]}: Fourth son of Walder Frey. Lean, balding, and pockmarked. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from White Harbor.
**Ser {[[Tytos Frey]]}, his son. Slain by [[Sandor Clegane]] during the Red Wedding.
***[[Zia Frey]], Tytos's daughter.
***[[Zachery Frey]], Tytos's son. A boy training at the Sept of Oldtown.
**[[Kyra Frey]], his daughter, married to Ser {[[Garse Goodbrook]]}.
***[[Walder Goodbrook]]: her son.
***[[Jeyne Goodbrook]]: her daughter.
*[[Luceon Frey|Septon Luceon]]: Fifth son of Walder Frey. A septon in service at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], in [[King's Landing]].

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Amarei Crakehall===
*Ser [[Hosteen Frey]], the sixth son of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. Mocked as Ser Stupid by Stannis Baratheon
**[[Arwood Frey]], his only son.
***[[Ryella Frey]]: Arwood's eldest daughter. A young girl.
***[[Androw Frey|Androw]] and [[Alyn Frey]], Arwood's twin sons. Two young boys.
***[[Hostella Frey]], his youngest daughter. An infant.
*[[Lythene Frey]], the second daughter of Walder Frey. Married to Ser [[Lucias Vypren]].
**[[Elyana Vypren]], her daughter. Married to [[Jon Wylde]].
***[[Rickard Wylde]], Elayna's son.
**[[Damon Vypren]], her son.
*{[[Symond Frey]]}, the seventh son of Walder Frey. Married to [[Betharios of Braavos]]. One of the three Freys "lost" en route from White Harbor.
**[[Alesander Frey]], his eldest son.
**[[Alyx Frey]], his daughter.
**[[Bradamar Frey]], his second son.
*[[Danwell Frey]], the eighth son of Walder Frey. Married to [[Wynafrei Whent]], without progeny.
*{[[Merrett Frey]]}, the ninth son of Walder Frey. Slain in the riverlands by the brotherhood without banners.
**Lady [[Amerei Frey]], his first daughter, nicknamed "Gatehouse Ami". A very young widow of Ser {[[Pate of the Blue Fork]]}. Later married to Ser [[Lancel Lannister]], the Lord of [[Darry]] until abdicating his seat to join the [[Warrior's Sons]], dissolving the unconsummated marriage.
**Lady [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda Frey]], his second daughter. Sometimes called Fat Walda. Married to [[Roose Bolton]], Lord of the [[Dreadfort]] and [[Warden of the North]].
**[[Marissa Frey]], his third daughter. A young maid.
**{[[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Walder Frey]]}, his only son. Called Little Walder. Squire to [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]]. Murdered at Winterfell.
*Ser {[[Geremy Frey]]}, tenth son of Walder Frey. Drowned.
**[[Sandor Frey]], his son. Squire of Ser [[Donnel Waynwood]] at the [[Gates of the Moon]].
**[[Cynthea Frey]], his daughter. A young girl, ward of Lady [[Anya Waynwood]].
*[[Raymund Frey]], the eleventh son of Walder Frey.
**[[Robert Frey (son of Raymund)|Robert Frey]], his son, training at the [[Citadel]] of [[Oldtown]].
**[[Malwyn Frey]], his son, apprenticed to an alchemist in [[Lys]].
**[[Serra Frey|Serra]] and [[Sarra Frey]], his twin daughters.
**[[Cersei Frey]], His daughter, called Little Bee.
**[[Jaime Frey|Jaime]] and [[Tywin Frey (son of Raymund)|Tywin Frey]], His twin sons, newborn.

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Alyssa Blackwood===
*[[Lothar Frey]], the twelfth son of Lord [[Walder Frey]]. Named Lame Lothar due to a twisted leg. Steward of the Twins.
**[[Tysane Frey]], Lothar's eldest daughter.
**[[Walda Frey (daughter of Lothar)|Walda Frey]], Lothar's second daughter.
**[[Emberlei Frey]], Lothar's third daughter.
**[[Leana Frey]], Lothar's fourth daughter. A newborn baby.
*Ser [[Jammos Frey]], the thirteenth son of Walder Frey.
**[[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Walder Frey]], Jammos's eldest son. Called Big Walder. Squire to Ramsay Bolton.
**[[Dickon Frey|Dickon]] and [[Mathis Frey]], Jammos's twin sons.
*Ser [[Whalen Frey]], the fourteenth son of Walder Frey.
**[[Hoster Frey]], Whalen's son. Squire to Ser [[Damon Paege]].
**[[Merianne Frey]], Whalen's daughter. A girl called Merry.
*[[Morya Frey]], the third daughter of Walder Frey. Married to Ser [[Flement Brax]].
**[[Robert Brax (son of Flement)|Robert Brax]], her eldest son. A page at Casterly Rock.
**[[Walder Brax]], her second son.
**[[Jon Brax]], her third son. A babe.
*[[Tyta Frey]], Lord Walder's fourth daughter. A maid close to thirty, called "Tyta the Maid".

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Bethany Rosby===
*Ser [[Perwyn Frey]], the fifteenth son of Lord [[Walder Frey]].
*Ser {[[Benfrey Frey]]}, the sixteenth son of Walder Frey. Died of a wound received during the Red Wedding.
**[[Della Frey]], Benfrey's daughter. Called Deaf Della.
**[[Osmund Frey]], Benfrey's son.
*Maester [[Willamen Frey|Willamen]], the seventeenth son of Walder Frey. A maester in service at [[Longbow Hall]]
*[[Olyvar Frey]], the eighteenth son of Walder Frey.
*[[Roslin Frey]], the fifth daughter of Walder Frey. Married to Lord [[Edmure Tully]]. Currently with child.

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===Descendants of Walder Frey by Annara Farring===
*[[Arwyn Frey]], the sixth daughter of Lord [[Walder Frey]].
*[[Wendel Frey]], the nineteenth son of Walder Frey. A page at [[Seagard]].
*[[Colmar Frey]], the twentieth son of Walder Frey. Promised to the Faith.
*[[Waltyr Frey]], the twenty-first son of Walder Frey.
*[[Elmar Frey]], the twenty-second son of Walder Frey. A page to Roose Bolton; formerly betrothed to [[Arya Stark]].
*[[Shirei Frey]], the seventh daughter of Walder Frey.

{{Frey tree Farring}}

===Descendants of Walder Frey by Joyeuse Erenford===
*[[Joyeuse Erenford]] is pregnant.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

===Descendants of Walder Frey by unknown women===
*[[Walder Rivers]]: The eldest of Lord Walder's bastard brood, called Bastard Walder.
**[[Walda Rivers]] his daughter.
**Ser [[Aemon Rivers]]: His son.
***[[Walda Rivers (daughter of Aemon)|Walda Rivers]]: his daughter.
*Maester [[Melwys Rivers|Melwys]]: In service at [[Rosby]]
*[[Jeyne Rivers]], [[Martyn Rivers]], [[Ryger Rivers]], [[Ronel Rivers]], [[Mellara Rivers]], and other [[bastards]].

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch there are also:
* Ser [[Theo Frey]], a knight.
* [[Alys Frey]], the wife of Ser [[Jared Frey]].
* [[Jyanna Frey]], the wife of Ser [[Benfrey Frey]].

==Historical Members==
* Lord Frey, during [[Aegon's Conquest]] who summoned his levies and joined Lord [[Edmyn Tully]] at [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}{{Ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
* Lord Frey ruling in {{Date|43}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragons}}
* Lord [[Forrest Frey]], [[Lord of the Crossing]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TPATQ}} Married to Lady [[Sabitha Vypren]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands: House Tully}}
** At least one child.{{Ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
* [[Lord Frey]], father of Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|TMK}}
** Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]'s [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|second wife]], daughter to Lord Frey and cousin to Ser Addam Frey.{{Ref|TMK}}
** At least two other daughters.{{Ref|TMK}}
** Lord [[Walder Frey]], the current Lord of the Crossing
* Ser [[Franklyn Frey]], Lord Frey's brother, a participant in both the [[Ashford tourney]] in {{Date|209}}{{Ref|THK| Graphic novel}} and the [[Whitewalls tourney]] in {{Date|212}}.{{Ref|TMK}}
* Ser [[Addam Frey]], a cousin, who participated in the Whitewalls tourney.{{Ref|TMK}}

==Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Charlton]]'''
* '''[[House Erenford]]'''
* '''[[House Haigh]]'''

==Quotes==
{{quote|The Freys of the Crossing were no nobler than the [[House Butterwell|Butterwells]]. They owned a bridge instead of cows, that was the only difference.{{ref|TMK}}|thoughts of [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{quote|The Freys all looked like weasels; Ser [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]], past sixty with grandchildren of his own, looked like an especially old and tired weasel, yet he was polite enough.{{ref|AGOT|59}}|thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|'''Luwin''': My lords, your uncle Ser [[Stevron Frey]] was among those who lost their lives at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]]. He took a wound in the battle, [[Robb Stark|Robb]] writes. It was not thought to be serious, but three days later he died in his tent, asleep. 
'''Big Walder''': He was very old. Five-and-sixty, I think. Too old for battles. He was always saying he was tired. 
'''Little Walder''': Tired of waiting for [[Walder Frey|our grandfather]] to die, you mean. Does this mean Ser [[Emmon Frey|Emmon's]] the heir now? 
'''Big Walder''': Don't be stupid. The sons of the first son come before the second son. Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]] is next in line, and then [[Edwyn Frey|Edwy]]n and [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]] and [[Petyr Frey|Petyr Pimple]]. And then [[Aegon Frey (son of Stevron)|Aegon]] and all his sons. 
'''Little Walder''': Ryman is old too. Past forty, I bet. And he has a bad belly. Do you think he'll be [[Lord of the Crossing|lord]]? 
'''Big Walder''': I'll be lord. I don't care if he is. 
'''Luwin''': You ought to be ashamed of such talk, my lords. Where is your grief? Your uncle is dead. 
'''Little Walder''': Yes. We're very sad.{{ref|ACOK|37}}|[[Luwin]], [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder Frey]], and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]]}}

{{quote|The Freys fought bravely in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]], and old Ser [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]] died at [[Battle of Oxcross|Oxcross]], we hear. Ser [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder]] and the rest are with [[Robb Stark|Robb]] in the [[westerlands|west]], [[Martyn Rivers|Martyn]] has been of great service scouting, and Ser [[Perwyn Frey|Perwyn]] helped see you safe to [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]]. Gods be good, how much more can we ask of them?{{ref|ACOK|39}}|[[Edmure Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|These Freys are cursed.{{Ref|asos|54}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] after hearing of the [[Red Wedding]]}}

{{quote|[[Walder Frey|His father]] was querulous and stubborn, with an iron will and a wasp's tongue, but he did believe in taking care of his own. All of his own, even the ones who had displeased and disappointed him. Even the ones whose names he can't remember. Once he was gone, though ...{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}|thoughts of [[Merrett Frey]]}}

{{Quote|I say what I mean straight out, like an honest man. But what would you know of the ways of honest men? You're a treacherous lying weasel, like all your kin. I'd sooner drink a pint of piss than take the word of any Frey..{{Ref|affc|38}}|[[Clement Piper]] to [[Edwyn Frey]]}}

{{Quote|What would a Frey know of honor?{{Ref|adwd|19}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] to [[Jared Frey]]}}

{{Quote|Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would have grown up to be a Frey.{{Ref|adwd|29}}|[[Wyman Manderly]] about the death of [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|"Little" Walder]]}}

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Dragon

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{{Hatnote|This article is about the creature. For the unit of money, see [[Currency]]}}
[[File: Drogon in Daznak's Pit.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Drogon]] in [[Daznak's Pit]] by Marc Simonetti ©]]
'''Dragons''' are magical [[Bestiary|creatures]], which existed on the continents of [[Westeros]] and [[Essos]], but are considered to have been extinct for almost one hundred and fifty years. The only remaining traces of the dragons are skeletal remains and [[dragon egg]]s which are thought to have turned to stone.

Dragons are depicted in the sigils of Houses [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]], [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]], [[House Toland|Toland]], [[House Vance of Atranta|Vance of Atranta]], [[House Vance of Wayfarer's Rest|Vance of Wayfarer's Rest]], and [[House Willum|Willum]].

==Appearance==
[[File:Daenerys and dragon HBO.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Drogon]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{See also|:Category:Images of Dragons|l1=Images of Dragons}}

Dragons are scaled,{{Ref|agot|23}}{{Ref|acok|12}} reptilian creatures. They have four limbs: two wings, which are used as forelegs like [[w:bats|bats]] and [[w:pterosaur|pterosaurs]],<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/493818.html?thread=24775162#t24775162 Awards, Awards (July 15th, 2016) Comment July 15, 2016]</ref> and two rear legs.<ref name=COMICCON07>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2267/ Comic-Con (NEW YORK CITY, NY) (February 25, 2007)]</ref><ref>[[Not A Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/327410.html?thread=17902322#t17902322 Dany and the Dragons (July 9, 2013)]</ref> [[George R. R. Martin]]'s dragons thereby differ from the traditional depiction of dragons as six limbed creatures. Martin came to his decision as he was bothered by the fact that no animal in nature has ever evolved in such a way (i.e. four legs and two wings).<ref name=COMICCON07/> Nonetheless, some ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' artwork shows them with four legs and a detached pair of wings.

Dragons have strong jaws,{{Ref|tpatq}} sharp teeth{{Ref|ACOK|48}} and claws,{{Ref|ACOK|12}} leathery wings{{Ref|adwd|68}}{{Ref|adwd|5}} and long necks{{Ref|ADWD|52}} and tails,{{Ref|ADWD|68}} with horns upon their heads.{{Ref|ACOK|12}} As young hatchlings, they are around the size of a cat.{{Ref|acok|12}} Provided it has food and freedom, a dragon never stops growing.{{Ref|asos|8}}{{Ref|adwd|68}} A dragon given such freedom can reach a span width of twenty feet within a year and a half.{{Ref|ADWD|52}} Dragons which are locked up, e.g., the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dragons housed in the [[Dragonpit]] in [[King's Landing]], do not grow as large as dragons left free to fly as they wish.{{Ref|asos|8}}{{Ref|adwd|68}} Although increasing age means increasing size, a larger size is not always an indication of a higher age (e.g., the younger [[Meraxes]] was larger than the older [[Vhagar]]).{{Ref|Agot|13}}<ref group="N">Although the year of birth of [[Meraxes]] is not known, she is known to have hatched some point after Lord [[Aenar Targaryen]] arrived with his household on [[Dragonstone]] in {{Date|-114}} (''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'', The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest). That means she might have been born as early as the year of [[House Targaryen]]'s arrival. Meraxes's death in {{Date|10}}, however, makes it impossible for her to have been older at the time of her death than [[Vhagar]], who died at the age of a hundred and eighty-one, had been when she died. Regardless of the fact that Meraxes died at a younger age, her skull was larger than Vhagar's (''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 13|Tyrion II]]).</ref> [[Balerion]], the largest Targaryen dragon, was large enough to swallow an aurochs or a mammoth from [[Ibben]] whole.{{Ref|agot|13}}

The polished skulls of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dragons look like glittering onyx, and their teeth like curved daggers of black diamond. Dragonbones are black due to their high iron content.{{Ref|AGOT|13}}

Dragons, [[demons]], and other creatures are said to inhabit the cliff caves above the [[Ash (river)|Ash]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} [[Sea dragon]]s in the [[Sunset Sea]] and [[ice dragon]]s in the [[Shivering Sea]] are recalled in legends and folklore, but scholars have no proof of their existence.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Iron Islands: Driftwood Crowns}}{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: The Shivering Sea}}

==Characteristics==
[[File:Red Keep Dragon Cellar by Kim Pope.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Skulls of the Targaryen dragons|Dragon skulls]] in the [[Red Keep]] cellars by Kim Pope]]
It is said that dragons are fire made flesh. Great heat emanates from dragons' bodies, to the point that they steam during cold nights. Dragons only eat cooked meat, and use the extremely hot flame which they breathe to cook their meat before eating it.{{Ref|aCoK|12}}

A dragon's scales are largely, but not entirely, impervious to flame as well, and serve as protection for the more vulnerable flesh and musculature beneath. As a dragon ages, its scales thicken and grow harder, affording even more protection,{{Ref|tpatq}} leaving dragons nearly immune to fire,<ref name=COMICCON07/><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20051103091500/nrctc.edu/fhq/vol1iss3/00103009.htm/ "Interview with the Dragon" Copyright © 2003 Robert Shaw.]</ref> although they can still be wounded by [[dragonflame]] (e.g., [[Moondancer]]'s eyes being blinded by [[Sunfyre]]'s fire during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]). Similarly, as dragons age, the fires they breath become hotter and fiercer. Where a hatchling's flame can set straw aflame, the flames of older dragons, like Balerion and [[Vhagar]] in the fullness of their power, could melt steel and stone.{{Ref|TPATQ}}The lifespan of dragons is many times that of a human.{{Ref|asos|8}} Balerion, the largest and oldest Targaryen dragon, already alive when House Targaryen relocated from [[Valyria]] to [[Dragonstone]] in {{date|-114}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} died of old age<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/360936.html?thread=18791400#t18791400 The Rogues are Coming (March 12, 2014), Reply to question (March 12, 2014)]</ref> in {{Date|94}}{{ref|trp}} during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], near two hundred years of age.{{Ref|aSoS|8}} They are not invulnerable; a [[w:Scorpio (weapon)|scorpion]] killed Meraxes.{{ref|twoiaf| Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}} When Balerion returned with Princess [[Aerea Targaryen]] before Aerea's death, the dragon had large new and bloody wounds from an unknown cause.{{Ref|fab|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

Dragons are believed to be intrinsically tied to [[magic]] in the world. Since the death of the last dragon in {{Date|153}}, summers grew shorter and the winters colder and crueler,{{Ref|thk}} while magical spells became less powerful.{{Ref|acok|49}}

Dragonbone is as strong as steel, but lighter and far more flexible, and impervious to fire.{{Ref|AGOT|13}} It has been used to make brooches,{{ref|AGOT|3}} bows,{{ref|AGOT|11}}{{ref|AGOT|13}} hilts of [[Valyrian steel dagger]]s,{{ref|AGOT|14}} and whip handles.{{ref|ASOS|27}}

===Reproduction===
Historians, like Septon [[Barth]], Grand Maester [[Munkun]], and Maester [[Thomax]], disagree on the mating habits of dragons.{{Ref|aDwD|14}} Dragons lay large, scaled [[dragon egg|eggs]] to reproduce.{{Ref|aFfC|35}} According to Archmaester [[Gyldayn]], and agreed upon by Maester [[Yandel]], the ability of a dragon to lay eggs is proof that said dragon is female. When a dragon is never observed to have laid eggs, this is taking as proof that it must have been male.{{Ref|twoiaf|The North: Winterfell}} However, according to Barth and Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], dragons have no fixed gender, but are “now one and now the other, as changeable as flame”.{{ref|AFFC|35}} Barth believed that dragons can change sex at need,{{Ref|twoiaf|The North: Winterfell}}{{Ref|AFFC|35}} but Maester [[Anson]] believes this to be erroneous, and states in his ''[[Truth (book)|Truth]]'' that Barth's statement is simply a misunderstood esoteric metaphor.{{Ref|twoiaf|The North: Winterfell}}

Dragons believed to be female, e.g., [[Syrax]],{{Ref|adwd|8}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TPATQ}} [[Dreamfyre]],{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|TPATQ}} [[Tessarion]],{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|tpatq}} and [[Meleys]],{{Ref|TPATQ}} are referred to as a ''she-dragon'' or sometimes a ''queen''.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} The dragon [[Caraxes]] has been referred to with both male and female pronouns.{{ref|tpatq}}{{ref|trp}}{{ref|fab|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

Traditionally, Targaryen princes received a dragon's egg in their cradle, allowing them to bond with the dragons as soon as the eggs hatched.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} This tradition supposedly started during the reign of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], when Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] placed a dragon egg in the cradles of her younger siblings, [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] shortly after their births.{{Ref|fab|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}} From these two eggs, the dragons [[Vermithor]] and [[Silverwing]] hatched.{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}}

During the rule of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], the king placed an egg in the cradle of his newborn son, [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]], in {{Date|55}}, at the suggestion of Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]].{{Ref|fab|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

During the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], placing a dragon egg in the cradle of a newborn princeling became truly customary.{{Ref|fab|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], [[Lucerys Velaryon]], [[Joffrey Velaryon]],{{Ref|fab|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]], [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]], [[Jaehaera Targaryen]], and [[Maelor Targaryen]]{{Ref|fab|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} are all known to have received an egg in their cradle during Viserys I's reign. During the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]], eggs were placed in the cradles of Prince [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]] and Lady [[Laena Velaryon (daughter of Alyn)|Laena Velaryon]].{{Ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

Un-hatched eggs can become fossilized at an old age.{{Ref|AGOT|11}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Dragonriders===
:{{See also|Dragonrider}}
[[File:Aegon on Balerion.jpg|450px|right|thumb|[[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] upon [[Balerion]], the Black Dread, by [http://jordigart.blogspot.com/ Jordi Gonzalez] ©]]

Dragons are intelligent creatures<ref name=COMICCON07/> which can be trained to serve as battle mounts and understand vocal commands. They are said to be capricious in nature,{{Ref|aDwD|5}} and have to be trained to keep them from laying waste to everything around them.{{Ref|ACOK|40}} However, dragons will not allow everyone to mount them. In [[Valyria]], the noble-born dragonriding families, the [[dragonlord]] families, frequently married brother to sister to keep the bloodline pure,{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} and it is generally believed that Valyrian heritage plays a part; During the civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] called upon Targaryen [[bastard]]s and their descendants, the so-called [[dragonseeds]], to try and mount a dragon. Regardless, men without Valyrian descent made their attempt as well.{{ref|tpatq}} Nor is the possession of Valyrian blood (no matter how directly) a guarantee that bonding with a dragon will be successful.{{Ref|trp}}{{Ref|ADWD|68}}

Once a dragon has bonded with a rider, that dragon will not allow anyone else to mount it while its rider lives, no matter how familiar said person might be to the dragon, although they are willing to accept another person upon their backs when their own rider has mounted as well. When the rider of a dragon dies, that dragon can bond with a new rider.{{Ref|tpatq}} No rider has ever ridden a different dragon while their current dragon was alive.{{Ref|aDwD|50}} However, when Prince [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]'s dragon [[Balerion]] died, according to Martin, "[Viserys] did not take a second dragon",<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/360936.html?thread=18786792#/t18786792 The Rogues are Coming... (March 12, 2014), Comment (March 12, 2014)]</ref> leaving the possibility that a rider might bond with a new dragon after their first dragon has died. Indeed, Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]], following the death of her dragon [[Syrax]], insisted on finding more dragon eggs, as she "must have another dragon". Dragons who have had a rider once before are easier to bond with than wild dragons.{{Ref|tpatq}}

A dragon might to be able to sense when its current rider is in distress or has died. This is implied in the case of the dragon [[Dreamfyre]], who, despite being locked and chained in the [[Dragonpit]], is said to have sensed when her rider [[Helaena Targaryen]] committed suicide in [[Maegor's Holdfast]], at the other side of [[King's Landing]].{{ref|tpatq}} A dragonrider has also screamed out when their dragon was hit by a spear.{{Ref|adwd|52}}

==History==
===Ancient Dragons===
[[File:Magali Villeneuve Dragonlords.jpg|thumb|350px|Dragonlords from the [[Valyrian Freehold]] by Magali Villeneuve in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]
In [[Barth]]'s ''[[Unnatural History]]'', the [[septon]] considered several legends regarding the origins of dragons. The [[Valyrians]] claimed that dragons sprang forth from the [[Fourteen Flames]], a ring of volcanoes on the [[Valyrian peninsula]].{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}} In [[Qarth]], tales state dragons came from a second moon in the sky, which was scalded by the sun and cracked like an egg, and a million dragons poured forth.{{ref|AGOT|23}} Dragons are also said to have originated from the [[Shadow Lands]] beyond [[Asshai]] and the islands of the [[Jade Sea]].{{Ref|aGoT|23}} Ancient tales from Asshai claim that an unnamed people first tamed these dragons, brought them to [[Valyria]], and taught the Valyrians their arts before departing from the annals of history.{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}} Barth put forth the theory that dragons were created by Valyrian [[bloodmages]] using [[wyvern]] stock.{{Ref|twoiaf|Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos}} Dragons may also be related to [[firewyrm]]s.{{ref|AFFC|22}}

Dragons populated most of the [[known world]] in ages past,<ref name=Dragons>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Dragons_in_Westeros/ Dragons in Westeros (December 11, 1999)]</ref> and ancient dragon bones have been found as far north as [[Ib]] and as south as the jungles of [[Sothoryos]].{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}} The yellow emperor [[Chai Duq]] of [[Yi Ti]] is said to have kept a dragon at his court.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti}}

In [[Westeros]], Ser [[Galladon of Morne]] is said to have slain a dragon with the [[Just Maid]],{{ref|AFFC|20}} [[Crackbones]] allegedly twisted a dragon's neck into a knot,{{ref|AFFC|20}} and [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]] slew the dragon [[Urrax]].{{ref|ADWD|8}} [[Davos the Dragonslayer]] is a hero beloved in the [[Reach]],{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reach: The Gardener Kings}} and dragons are also said to have once roosted on [[Battle Isle]] until the first [[House Hightower|Hightower]] put an end to them.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reach: Oldtown}} [[Smallfolk]] claim that the hot springs below [[Winterfell]] are warmed by the breath of a subterranean dragon.{{Ref|twoiaf|The North: Winterfell}} [[Nagga]] is said to have been the first [[sea dragon]].{{ref|AFFC|19}}

===Valyrian Freehold===
The [[Valyria]]ns mastered the art of raising dragons and used them as weapons of war to carve out a massive empire, the [[Valyrian Freehold]].{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}} The Valyrians are said to have used [[dragon horn]]s to tame dragons.{{Ref|aFfC|19}}

The Valyrians used dragons to conquer the [[Old Empire of Ghis]] in the [[Ghiscari wars]],{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria}} and hundreds of dragons were employed by Valyria during the [[Rhoynish Wars]].{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

After the [[Doom of Valyria]], however, the only dragons known to have survived were five dragons on [[Dragonstone]]. They belonged to [[House Targaryen]], who had brought them from Valyria when they went into exile. Four of these dragons eventually died on Dragonstone, leaving only [[Balerion]]. However, the other dragons left eggs behind, and from these hatched [[Vhagar]] and [[Meraxes]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

===The Targaryen Dragons===
[[File:Battle Beneath the Gods Eye.jpg|[[Balerion]] makes short work of [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] and [[Quicksilver]] during the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]], as depicted by Michael Komarck in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]''|thumb|350px|left]]
[[House Targaryen]] used [[Balerion]], [[Vhagar]], and [[Meraxes]] in their [[Wars of Conquest]] against the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. They were instrumental in the [[burning of Harrenhal]] and the [[Field of Fire]], and the threat of dragons led to the submissions of [[Torrhen Stark]] and [[Sharra Arryn]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Dragons were also used in the [[First Dornish War]], which caused the death of Meraxes at the [[Hellholt]] in {{Date|10}}.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} The valuable golden coin of the [[Iron Throne]] became known as a dragon.{{ref|AGOT|16}}

Many dragons were hatched after [[Aegon's Conquest]]. During Aegon I's reign, "half a dozen" hatchlings were born on Dragonstone. One of the first was [[Quicksilver]], hatched in {{date|7}}, who bonded with Aegon I's elder son and heir, [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys]]. Another two hatched during the first year of Aenys's reign in {{date|38}}.{{ref|tsotd}} Dragon fought dragon for the first time since the [[Doom of Valyria]] in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]], resulting in the death of Quicksilver in {{Date|43}}.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}{{Ref|tsotd}}

Over the course of one hundred and fifty years the Targaryens rode their dragons as a symbol of their power. King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] took six dragons with him to the [[north]] to visit the [[Warden of the North]]. These included Jaehaerys on [[Vermithor]], Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] on [[Silverwing]], and four other currently-unknown dragons.{{Ref|aSoS|41}}

Balerion finally died of old age in {{Date|94}}, late in the reign of Jaehaerys I.{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}} Jaehaerys's grandson and eventual successor [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] was Balerion's rider at the time of its death.{{ref|trp}}<ref>[[Not A Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/360936.html?thread=18791400#t18791400 The Rogues Are Coming... (Comment March 12, 2014)]</ref> This left Vhagar as the largest living dragon, and by {{Date|129}} she was approaching Balerion's size.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

By {{Date|129}}, on the eve of civil war between [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]] and [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]], there were twenty living dragons.{{ref|tpatq}} The largest and oldest dragons were Vhagar, Vermithor, Silverwing, [[Dreamfyre]], [[Meleys]], [[Caraxes]], and [[Syrax]]. Younger dragons still large enough to be ridden to war were [[Seasmoke]], [[Sunfyre]], [[Tessarion]], [[Vermax]], [[Arrax]], [[Tyraxes]], and [[Moondancer]]. [[Stormcloud]], [[Morghul]], and [[Shrykos]] were hatchlings not yet big enough to ride.

There were also three wild dragons living on [[Dragonstone]] which had never been successfully claimed by any rider: [[Grey Ghost]], [[Sheepstealer]], and the [[Cannibal (dragon)|Cannibal]]. Sheepstealer hatched when Jaehaerys I was still young, and the Cannibal was even older (none knew for certain when it had hatched), and thus they were also quite large by the time of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], while Grey Ghost was a younger and smaller beast. Not every hatchling lived to maturity, however, as seen with [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena of Pentos]], whose hatchling only lived a matter of hours.{{ref|tpatq}}

===Extinction and Revival===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Dragon sight.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Dragons in flight by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
By the end of the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], twenty dragons were alive. The majority of these died during the civil war called the [[Dance of the Dragons]], which began in {{Date|129}} and would last until mid {{Date|131}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} Archmaester [[Marwyn]], however, holds that the order of [[maesters]], with their secret goal to suppress [[magic]], was responsible for the extinction of dragons.{{Ref|AFFC|45}}

By the end of the Dance in {{Date|131}}, only four dragons remained alive: [[Sheepstealer]], the [[Cannibal (dragon)|Cannibal]], and [[Silverwing]], who had been born years before the war, and the dragon [[Morning]], which had hatched during the war.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}} There were still many dragon eggs left after the war, and at least one of those hatched. The [[last dragon]] was a stunted, sick and misshapen thing, and she died young, in {{Date|153}}, during the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]], the Dragonbane.{{Ref|aGoT|22}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} She had been a green female, small with withered wings. She laid a clutch of five eggs,{{Ref|TMK}} which never hatched.{{Ref|THK}}

The Targaryens also had a collection of [[Dragon skulls (Targaryen)|nineteen dragons skulls]] of various sizes and ages that they displayed on the walls of the throne room in the [[Red Keep]]. Some of these were thousands of years old.{{Ref|aGoT|13}}

After their extinction, the only remnants of dragons were their skulls{{Ref|AGOT|13}} and the eggs, some of which were petrified.{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} The eggs were highly valued for their beauty and exotic nature.{{Ref|AGOT|46}} According to Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree]], the summers became shorter after the last dragon died, and the winters longer and crueler.{{Ref|THK}}

Many futile attempts were made to revive dragons. [[Aegon III Targaryen]], known as the Dragonbane, had nine mages cross the narrow sea to use their magics in attempt to hatch remaining dragon eggs.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} The pious King [[Baelor I Targaryen]] attempted to hatch his egg by praying over it.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] ordered pyromancers to build seven [[dragons (mechanical)|mechanical "dragons"]] that shot jets of [[wildfire]]. Hundreds of men died in a failed attempt to use them to invade [[Dorne]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} The [[tragedy of Summerhall]] resulted from the attempt of King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] to hatch dragon eggs.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
During a dream while comatose, [[Bran Stark]] sees dragons stirring beneath the sunrise in [[Asshai]] by the [[Shadow Lands|Shadow]].{{ref|AGOT|17}}

[[Daenerys Targaryen]] manages to hatch three dragons—[[Drogon]], [[Rhaegal]], and [[Viserion]]—in her husband [[Drogo]]'s funeral pyre when she steps into the fire while they lay inside it. With Daenerys's exchange of life for life, the first three dragons in over a hundred years are born in the [[Dothraki sea]].{{ref|AGOT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
In [[King's Landing]], Wisdom [[Hallyne]], a [[pyromancer]] of the [[Alchemists' Guild]], tells [[Tyrion Lannister]] that their spells are more effective than usual, and wonders if there are any dragons around, as Wisdom [[Pollitor]] had once told him that [[magic]] had begun to go out of the world the day the [[last dragon]] died.{{ref|acok|49}}

The [[warlocks]] of [[Qarth]] attempt to kill Daenerys and claim her dragons, but she survives and the [[House of the Undying]] is destroyed.{{ref|ACOK|48}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Daenerys uses her dragons to conquer [[fall of Astapor|Astapor]].{{ref|ASOS|27}}

During a [[small council]] meeting [[Varys]] reports that sailors back from the [[Jade Sea]] report that a three-headed dragon has hatched in Qarth, and is the wonder of that city. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] dismisses the report.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
In [[Oldtown]], [[Armen]] says he has heard rumors of dragons in Asshai, Qarth, and [[siege of Meereen|Meereen]], as well as of dragons [[Targaryen campaign in Slaver's Bay|freeing slaves]].{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

The [[small council]] of Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] discounts rumors of dragons from [[Essos]].{{ref|AFFC|17}}

Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] discusses dragons with [[Samwell Tarly]].{{ref|AFFC|35}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Daenerys encloses Rhaegal and Viserion within the [[Dragon pit (Great Pyramid)|dragon pit]] of Meereen's [[Great Pyramid]] after the death of [[Hazzea]], although [[Drogon]] remains free.{{ref|ADWD|11}} Drogon later causes chaos at [[Daznak's Pit]],{{ref|ADWD|52}} and Daenerys flies on his back to the Dothraki sea.{{ref|ADWD|71}}

Rhaegal and Viserion are freed from the Great Pyramid during [[Quentyn Martell]]'s ill-fated attempt to tame a dragon.{{ref|ADWD|68}}{{ref|ADWD|70}}

==Known Dragons==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! width=15%|Dragon
! width=25%|Riders
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Arrax]]
| Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]
| Born during the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], between {{Date|115}} and {{Date|129}}.{{Ref|trp}} Killed with its rider in {{Date|129}} above [[Shipbreaker Bay]] by [[Vhagar]].{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Balerion]] (''The Black Dread'')
| King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| rowspan="4"|Born before [[House Targaryen]] relocated from Valyria to [[Dragonstone]] in {{Date|-114}}.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reing of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Died in {{Date|94}}, of old age.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|trp}}
|-
| King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
|-
| Princess [[Aerea Targaryen]]
|-
| Prince [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| The [[Cannibal (dragon)|Cannibal]]
| None
| A wild dragon, never ridden.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Caraxes]] (''The Blood Wyrm'')
| Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]
| rowspan="2"| Killed with its rider [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|in battle]] by [[Vhagar]] above the [[Gods Eye]] in {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
| Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="2"| [[Dreamfyre]]
| Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]
| rowspan="2"| Died in {{Date|130}} in the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]].{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Drogon]]
| Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Hatched from an egg by [[Daenerys Targaryen]], who placed Drogon's egg on the funeral pyre of her husband, Khal [[Drogo]],{{Ref|AGOT|72}} whom Drogon is named after.{{Ref|acok|12}} Mounted by Daenerys for the first time in {{Date|300}}.{{Ref|adwd|52}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Grey Ghost]]
| None
| A wild dragon, never ridden. Died in {{Date|130}} when attacked by [[Sunfyre]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Meleys]] (''The Red Queen'')
| Princess [[Alyssa Targaryen]]
| rowspan="2"| Claimed by Alyssa from {{date|75}} until {{date|84}}, claimed by Rhaenys from {{date|87}} until the deaths of both dragon and rider in {{Date|129}}, during the [[Battle at Rook's Rest]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Meraxes]]
| Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]
| Born on [[Dragonstone]] between {{Date|-114}} and [[Aegon's Conquest]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}} Died at [[Hellholt]] in [[Dorne]] in {{Date|10}} during the [[First Dornish War]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}{{Ref|twoiaf|Dorne: Dorne Against the Dragons}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Moondancer]]
| Lady [[Baela Targaryen]].
| Died in {{Date|130}}, during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Morghul]]
| Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen]]
| Born during the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], after an egg was placed in the cradle of Princess Jaehaera.{{Ref|trp}} Died during the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]] in {{date|130}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Morning]]
| Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]].
| Born during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Quicksilver]]
| King [[Aenys I Targaryen]]
| rowspan="2"| Killed in {{Date|43}} by [[Balerion]] in the [[Battle Beneath the Gods Eye]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}}
|-
| Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Rhaegal]]
| None
| Hatched from an egg by [[Daenerys Targaryen]], who placed Rhaegal's egg on the funeral pyre of her husband, Khal [[Drogo]].{{Ref|AGOT|72}} Daenerys named Rhaegal after her oldest brother, [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|acok|12}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Seasmoke]]
| Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]]
| rowspan="2"| Died during the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] in {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| [[Addam Velaryon]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Sheepstealer]]
| Nettles
| A wild dragon, claimed during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Shrykos]]
| Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]]
| Born from an egg placed in the cradle of Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen during the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|trp}} Died during the [[Storming of the Dragonpit]] in {{date|130}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Silverwing]]
| Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]
| rowspan="2"| Hatched from an egg placed in the cradle of Alysanne Targaryen.{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}} Resided on Dragonstone after Alysanne's death, where she was eventually claimed by Ulf the White. Became wild after the death of her rider, and made her lair in an island on [[Red Lake]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
|-
| [[Ulf the White]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Stormcloud]]
| Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon "the Younger" Targaryen]]
| Ridden only once, in {{Date|129}}. Died a few hours later.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Sunfyre]] (''The Golden'')
| King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]
| Said to have been young during {{Date|120}}{{Ref|trp}} and {{date|129}}.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}{{ref|tpatq}} Died during the [[Dance of the Dragons]] in late {{Date|130}} at [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|tpatq}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Syrax]]
| Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]{{Ref|aDwD|8}}
| Born during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], and named by Rhaenyra after a Valyrian goddess.{{Ref|trp}} Died during riots in King's Landing in {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Tessarion]] (''The Blue Queen'')
| Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron Targaryen]]
| Died during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], in {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Tyraxes]]
| Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]]
| Born from an egg placed in the cradle of Prince Joffrey Velaryon.{{Ref|trp}} Died in {{Date|130}}, during riot's in King’s Landing.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Vermax]]
| Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]]
| Born from an egg placed in the cradle of Prince Jacaerys Velaryon.{{Ref|trp}} Died in {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Vermithor]] (''The Bronze Fury'')
| King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]
| rowspan="2"| Hatched from an egg placed in the cradle of Jaehaerys I Targaryen.{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}} Unclaimed since Jaehaerys's death in {{Date|103}}, until he bonded with Hugh Hammer in {{Date|129}}. Died in {{Date|130}}, during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], at [[Tumbleton]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}
|-
| [[Hugh Hammer]]
|- style="height:24px;"
| rowspan="4"| [[Vhagar]]
| Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
| rowspan="4"| Born in {{Date|-52}}. Ridden by Visenya Targaryen until her death in {{Date|44}}.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Maegor I}} Remained unridden for twenty-nine years until {{Date|73}} with Baelon Targaryen claiming and riding her until his death in {{Date|101}}.{{ref|fab|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, & Pain}} Vhagar was eventually claimed by Laena Velaryon, who rode the dragon until her own death in {{Date|120}}.{{Ref|trp}} Shortly afterwards, Vhagar was claimed by Prince Aemond Targaryen,{{Ref|trp}} and ridden by him until both rider and dragon died in {{Date|130}}.{{Ref|tpatq}}
|-
| Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon the Brave]]
|-
| Lady [[Laena Velaryon]]
|-
| Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]]
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[Viserion]]
| None
| Hatched from an egg by [[Daenerys Targaryen]], who placed Viserion's egg on the funeral pyre of her husband, Khal [[Drogo]].{{Ref|AGOT|72}} Daenerys named Viserion after her brother [[Viserys Targaryen]].{{Ref|acok|12}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| The [[Last dragon]].
| None
| Born and died during the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. Was once seen by Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree]] when he was still a boy; it was not really combat-worthy.{{Ref|THK}}
|}

===Of unknown or uncertain chronology===
*[[Terrax]], the dragon of [[Jaenara Belaerys]], who at some point spent three years exploring [[Sothoryos]].
*[[Urrax]], according to legend slain by [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]], is a legendary figure from the [[Age of Heroes]],{{Ref|twoiaf|Ancient History: The Age of Heroes}} although singers now claim he was a [[knight]] of the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|agot|8}} The Kingsguard was founded in {{Date|10}},{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} thousands of years after the Age of Heroes and the arrival of the first knights in [[Westeros]].

==Known Dragon Eggs==
[[File:Dragon Eggs HBO.jpg|thumb|350px|Dragon eggs in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
:{{main|Dragon egg}}
* [[Mysaria]]'s egg - When Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] learned his concubine was pregnant, he presented her with a dragon egg, but King [[Viserys I Targaryen]] commanded him to return the egg and send Mysaria away.{{ref|trp}} Whereabouts unknown.
* {hatched} Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]]'s egg - placed in his cradle at his birth by royal decree, hatched into the dragon [[Vermax]].{{ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
* {hatched} Prince [[Lucerys Velaryon]]'s egg - placed in his cradle at his birth by royal decree, hatched into the dragon [[Arrax]].{{ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
* {hatched} Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]]'s egg - placed in his cradle at his birth by royal decree, hatched into the dragon [[Tyraxes]].{{ref|trp}}{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
*King [[Viserys II Targaryen]]'s egg - he possessed an egg during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], so far undescribed – whereabouts unknown.{{Ref|TPATQ}}
*Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]'s eggs - her first egg hatched into a broken thing that died within hours. She possessed another egg at the start of the civil war, and took three eggs to the [[Vale]] with her during the war.{{Ref|TPATQ}} Only [[Morning|one egg]] is known to have hatched,{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} the whereabouts of the others are unknown.
*Prince [[Maelor Targaryen]]'s egg - he was given an egg at birth,{{Ref|trp}} which had not yet hatched by the start of the civil war.{{Ref|TPATQ}} It is unknown what happened to the egg after Maelor was killed at [[Bitterbridge]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
*King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]'s egg - purple and gold - seeking a replacement for the dead [[Sunfyre]], Aegon choose a new egg in the hopes of hatching a new dragon for himself.
* Five eggs - from the [[last dragon]]'s clutch,{{Ref|TMK}} so far undescribed – whereabouts unknown.
* Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]]'s egg - silver and gold in unknown arrangement<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1605 Three Maidens in the Tower (June 27, 2006)]</ref> – whereabouts unknown.
* Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron Targaryen]]'s egg - known to exist,{{Ref|TMK}} but so far undescribed – whereabouts unknown.
* Prince [[Aerion Targaryen]]'s egg - gold and silver, with veins of fiery colors{{Ref|TMK}} – whereabouts unknown.
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon Targaryen]]'s egg - known to exist,{{Ref|TMK}} but so far undescribed – whereabouts unknown.
* King [[Aegon V Targaryen]]'s egg - white and green swirls{{Ref|TMK}} – whereabouts unknown.
* Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]]'s egg - red, with golden flecks and black whorls{{Ref|TMK}} – whereabouts unknown.
* Seven eggs - used by King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] in the ceremony that caused the [[Tragedy at Summerhall]].{{Ref|twoiaf|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} Some of these may have been the unhatched eggs mentioned above. Whereabouts unknown, but possibly destroyed by the fire.
* King [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s egg - Euron claimed he had a dragon egg, but threw it into the sea.{{Ref|AFFC|29}}
* {hatched} [[Drogon]]'s egg - black as the midnight sea, alive with scarlet ripples and swirls.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}
* {hatched} [[Rhaegal]]'s egg - deep green, with burnished bronze flecks.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}
* {hatched} [[Viserion]]'s egg - colored pale cream, streaked with gold.{{Ref|aGoT|11}}

==Books and scrolls about dragons==
*''[[Blood and Fire]]'' by an anonymous author
*''[[Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History ]]'' by Septon [[Barth]]
*''[[The Death of Dragons]]'' by Maester [[Thomax]]
*''[[Truth (book)|Truth]]'' by Maester [[Anson]]
*''[[Against the Unnatural]]'' by Maester [[Vanyon]]
*''[[The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling]]'' by Grand Maester [[Munkun]]
*''[[Dragonkin, Being a History of House Targaryen from Exile to Apotheosis, with a Consideration of the Life and Death of Dragons|Dragonkin]]'' by Maester [[Thomax]]
*[[Tyrion Lannister's dragonlore|unnamed dragonlore]] by [[Tyrion Lannister]]

==Quotes==
[[File:MKomarck DaenerysTheUnburnt.jpg|thumb|350px‎|[[Daenerys Targaryen]], the Unburnt, by Michael Komarck ©]]
{{quote|For the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.{{ref|AGOT|72}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|Dragons are fire made flesh, and fire is power.{{Ref|aCoK|27}}|[[Quaithe]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{quote|The [[last dragon]] in [[Westeros]] was the last dragon. That is well known.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}|[[Armen]] to [[Alleras]]}}

{{Quote|The grief and glory of [[House Targaryen|my house]].{{ref|affc|26}}|[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon Targaryen]] to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}

{{Quote|Once a man has seen a dragon in flight, let him stay at home and tend his garden in content, someone had written once, for this wide world has no greater wonder.{{Ref|aDwD|14}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|All I know of dragons is what [[Viserys Targaryen|my brother]] told me when I was a girl, and some I read in books, but it is said that even [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conquerer]] never dared mount [[Vhagar]] or [[Meraxes]], nor did his sisters mount [[Balerion|Balerion the Black Dread]]. Dragons live longer than men, some for hundreds of years, so Balerion had other riders after Aegon died ... but no rider ever flew two dragons.{{Ref|aDwD|50}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] to [[Quentyn Martell]]}}

{{Quote|Death comes out of a dragon's mouth, but death does not go in that way.{{ref|adwd|66}}|writings of [[Barth]]}}

{{Quote|We shall not pretend to any understanding of the bond between dragon and [[dragonrider]]; wiser heads have pondered that mystery for centuries. We do know however, that dragons are not horses, to be ridden by any man who throws a saddle on their back.{{ref|tpatq}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|Who can know the heart of a dragon?{{ref|tpatq}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{quote|There are no more dragons known to exist... but this is a medieval period, and large parts of the world are still ''terra incognita'', so there are always tales of dragon sightings in far off mysterious places. The [[maesters]] tend to discount those.<ref name=Dragons/>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

==Behind the Scenes==
The writer [[:w:Phyllis Eisenstein|Phyllis Eisenstein]] convinced [[George R. R. Martin]] to add dragons to ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. Martin dedicated ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' to Eisenstein.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/george-r-r-martin-the-rolling-stone-interview-20140423 George R.R. Martin: The Rolling Stone Interview]</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon Dragon] - Wikipedia article on the real-world mythological creature.

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Walder Frey

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{{Infobox character
| Character_name = [[File:House_Frey.svg|50px|left]] Walder Frey [[File:House_Frey.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Old Walder Frey.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| Alias = The Late Lord Frey{{Ref|AGOT|55}} Old Frey{{Ref|ASOS|50}} Lord Grandfather{{Ref|ASOS|49}}
| Title = [[Lord of the Crossing]]{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
| Allegiance = [[House Frey]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Rivermen]]
| Spouse = 1st: [[Perra Royce]] 2nd: [[Cyrenna Swann]] 3rd: [[Amarei Crakehall]] 4th: [[Alyssa Blackwood]] 5th: [[Sarya Whent]] 6th: [[Bethany Rosby]] 7th: [[Annara Farring]] 8th: [[Joyeuse Erenford]]
|Issue ='''Trueborn:''' [[Stevron Frey]] [[Emmon Frey]] [[Aenys Frey]] [[Perriane Frey]] [[Jared Frey]] [[Luceon Frey]] [[Hosteen Frey]] [[Lythene Frey]] [[Symond Frey]] [[Danwell Frey]] [[Merrett Frey]] [[Geremy Frey]] [[Raymund Frey]] [[Lothar Frey]] [[Jammos Frey]] [[Whalen Frey]] [[Morya Frey]] [[Tyta Frey]] [[Perwyn Frey]] [[Willamen Frey]] [[Olyvar Frey]] [[Roslin Frey]] [[Arwyn Frey]] [[Wendel Frey]] [[Colmar Frey]] [[Waltyr Frey]] [[Elmar Frey]] [[Shirei Frey]] '''Baseborn:''' [[Walder Rivers]] [[Melwys Rivers]] [[Jeyne Rivers]] [[Martyn Rivers]] [[Ryger Rivers]] [[Ronel Rivers]] [[Mellara Rivers]] Other bastards
| Place_of_Birth = the [[Twins]]{{ref|AWOIAF| Walder Frey (Late Lord)}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|208}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (appears) ''[[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 = [[w:David Bradley (actor)|David Bradley]]<ref name=IMDB />
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]]
}}
{{See homonyms |Walder Frey (disambiguation)}}

'''Walder Frey''' is the [[Lord of the Crossing]] and head of [[House Frey]]. Though almost ninety years old and infirm, he still maintains an active hand in the running of his house at the [[Twins]].{{Ref|AGOT|28}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:David Bradley (actor)|David Bradley]].<ref name=IMDB/>

Walder has become famous for siring many children and surviving many wives. He is to marry his eighth wife and has over a hundred descendants, base and trueborn. Walder has had twenty-two trueborn sons and seven trueborn daughters from his [[marriage]]s, with an unknown number of [[bastard]] sons and daughters. He places a great emphasis on family loyalty, though his descendants jockey ruthlessly for his favor. Many Freys [[named for|name]] their sons [[Walder]] and daughters [[Walda Frey|Walda]] hoping that the lord will favor them.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Lord Walder Frey|Images of Walder Frey]]''

As a young child, Walder was chinless and snot-nosed, with a high shrill hiccup of a laugh.{{Ref|TMK}}

By the age of ninety, Walder has turned bald, and his head has spotted with age.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|ASOS|49}} He looks a little like a vulture, but mostly like a weasel.{{Ref|ASOS|49}} Many of his descendants have inherited his weasel-like look.{{ref|agot|59}}{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Walder's shoulders are scrawny and his long neck pink. He has a receding chin, under which loose skin dangles. He has runny and clouded eyes, and a toothless mouth, which constantly moves.{{Ref|ASOS|49}} Walder is troubled with gout, and can no longer stand without assistance.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

Walder has always been irascible, sharp of tongue, and blunt of manner, and this has only increased with age.{{Ref|AGOT|59}} He is a cautious man,{{Ref|AGOT|31}} but also an ambitious one, and is known to only give aid to a winning cause.{{Ref|AGOT|56}} He is peevish,{{Ref|ASOS|49}}{{Ref|ASOS|35}} ill-tempered, envious, and prideful,{{Ref|ASOS|35}} with a long memory,{{Ref|ASOS|45}} and can brood long about every slight he has ever suffered.{{Ref|ASOS|53}} Walder has a prickly manner, and can take insult in the smallest things.{{ref|ASOS|51}} He is considered untrustworthy by his liege lord, [[Hoster Tully]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}}{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

==History==
As a toddler Walder was present at the [[wedding]] of [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|his elder sister]] to Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] at [[Wedding tourney at Whitewalls|Whitewalls]].<ref group="N">Though he is not referred to by name, [[George R. R. Martin]] [http://grrm.livejournal.com/184176.html?thread=11366512#t11366512 has confirmed] that the four-year-old son of Lord Frey appearing in ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' is Walder.</ref> It is said he caused the marriage when he discovered his sister having intimate relations with a servant. Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] thought that Walder was an extremely annoying child, and was sorely tempted to throw him down a well.{{Ref|TMK}}

When Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] acquiesced to Walder's proposal to marry his second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], to Tytos's daughter [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], the ten-year-old [[Tywin Lannister]] spoke out against the match.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Walder and his levies arrived at the [[Battle of the Trident]] after the rebels had already won. [[Hoster Tully]], the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], has since called his [[bannerman]] "the Late Lord Frey",{{Ref|AGOT|28}}{{Ref|ASOS|35}}{{Ref|AGOT|59}} a name Walder despises.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Walder Frey (Late Lord)}} Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to [[foster]] Walder's grandsons at court in [[King's Landing]] and his own son, [[Robert Arryn]], at the [[Twins]].{{Ref|AGOT|59}} Lord Hoster Tully refused a Frey bride for his son [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]], and Hoster did not attend Walder's wedding to his seventh wife, [[Annara Farring]].{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Walder Frey The Twins.jpg|thumb|400px|Walder Frey at the [[Twins]] - by Amok ©]]
At the [[crossroads inn]], a [[House Frey|Frey]] captain tells [[Catelyn Stark]] that Lord Walder is to remarry on his ninetieth [[name day]].{{ref|AGOT|28}} Catelyn's father, Lord [[Hoster Tully]], politely declines to attend Walder's wedding to [[Joyeuse Erenford]], however.{{ref|AGOT|59}} After Catelyn abducts [[Tyrion Lannister]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} the Frey contingent at the crossroads report back to Walder.{{ref|AGOT|31}}

Walder is slow in answering [[House Tully]]'s summons when Ser [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] calls the banners. Aside from skirmishing with Ser [[Addam Marbrand]]'s [[House Lannister|Lannister]] outriders, the [[House Frey|Freys]] mass their strength within the [[Twins]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Edmure is defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] at [[battle under the walls of Riverrun|Riverrun]]{{Ref|AGOT|56}} while Walder gathers his forces.{{ref|AGOT|59}}

Because the use of the Twins becomes a strategic necessity for the host of Catelyn's son, [[Robb Stark]], Walder negotiates marriage contracts with Catelyn. Robb is to marry one of Walder's daughters once there is peace and his sister, [[Arya Stark|Arya]], is betrothed to Walder's youngest son, [[Elmar Frey|Elmar]]. In addition, two of Lord Frey's grandsons, [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]], are sent to [[Winterfell]] as wards and one of his sons, [[Olyvar Frey|Olyvar]], is made squire to Robb.{{ref|AGOT|59}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Walder's son and heir, Ser [[Stevron Frey]], dies after the [[Battle of Oxcross]], having fought bravely for Robb Stark, the new [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident]]. Lord [[Roose Bolton]] marries one of Walder's granddaughters, [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda Frey]].{{ref|ACOK|64}} Walder had promised Roose to pay his daughter's weight in silver for her dowry, so Roose chose the fattest one.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Lord Walder Frey.png|thumb|David Bradley as Lord Walder Frey in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
Word eventually reaches the [[Twins]] of Robb Stark's marriage to [[Jeyne Westerling]] instead of a Frey as promised. Ser [[Ryman Frey]], Lord Walder's new heir, withdraws House Frey's support from the king in outrage.{{ref|asos|14}}

Walder sends his son [[Lothar Frey|Lame Lothar]] to [[Riverrun]] to negotiate a rapprochement. Robb and many of his key bannermen return to the Twins under [[guest right]] to make amends and marry Lord [[Edmure Tully]] to Walder's daughter, [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]]. During the wedding feast, however, Frey and [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men ambush Robb and his entire host, slaughtering King Robb, [[Catelyn Stark]], many of their bannermen, and a significant portion of the northern army.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

Walder had secretly colluded with Lords [[Tywin Lannister]] and Roose Bolton to betray the Starks and Tullys in what becomes known as the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|53}}{{ref|ASOS|54}} Walder swears loyalty to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], with Walder's second son [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]] receiving Riverrun and its lands as reward.{{ref|ASOS|72}}

According to one of his sons, [[Merrett Frey|Merrett]], Lord Walder is not long for the world and when he dies it will be every other Frey for himself. Walder, though a tyrant, believes in taking care of his own, even the ones who disappoint him. When [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]] was heir it was different, as he was raised by Walder to believe that blood was blood, but his sons and grandsons, now the new heirs, do not feel the same way. Merrett and [[Petyr Frey]] are hanged by outlaws, the [[brotherhood without banners]], at [[Oldstones]].{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Walder's new wife, Joyeuse, is pregnant.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

Ser [[Daven Lannister]] is promised to a Frey according to an agreement negotiated by Lord Tywin before his death.{{ref|AFFC|33}} Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] is betrothed to Walder's granddaughter, [[Amerei Frey|Amerei]].{{ref|AFFC|7}}

Walder sends a [[raven]] to [[King's Landing]] putting forth several claims to land. Because the Red Wedding is reviled by [[sparrows]], the [[small council]] of Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] suggests that Walder's eventual successor could name the culprits and thereby rid himself of rivals.{{ref|AFFC|17}}

The [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] at the [[Quiet Isle]] says that Lord Frey is hunting outlaws from the Twins.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

While returning to the Twins from the [[siege of Riverrun]], Walder's new heir, [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]], is hanged, presumably by the brotherhood without banners. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] tasks [[Walder Rivers]] with informing Lord Walder that King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] requires all captives taken by the Freys during the Red Wedding.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Walder agrees to a marriage pact with Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], betrothing two of Walder's grandsons, [[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]], to Wyman's granddaughters, [[Wynafryd Manderly|Wynafryd]] and [[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]].{{ref|ADWD|9}}{{ref|ADWD|19}}

Walder sends at least 1,400 Frey soldiers under the command of two sons, Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]] and Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]], with Lord Bolton when the new [[Warden of the North]] returns to the [[north]].{{ref|ADWD|20}} Rhaegar and two of Walder's sons, [[Jared Frey|Jared]] and [[Symond Frey|Symond]], [[Frey Pies/Theories|vanish]] after leaving [[White Harbor]]. Little Walder, is found slain in [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|51}}

==Quotes by Walder==
[[File:Walder Frey TheMico.jpg|thumb|Walder Frey by The Mico ©]]
{{Quote|Now my bastards presume to teach me courtesy. I'll speak any way I like, damn you. I've had three kings to guest in my life, and queens as well, do you think I require lessons from the likes of you, Ryger? Your mother was milking goats the first time I gave her my seed.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|Walder to [[Ryger Rivers]]}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' Where I might have expected to find you, my lord. You are still [[Hoster Tully|my father's]] bannerman, are you not? 
'''Walder:''' Heh, I called my swords, yes I did, here they are, you saw them on the walls. It was my intent to march as soon as all my strength was assembled. Well, to send my sons. I am well past marching myself, Lady Catelyn. Tell her, Jared. Tell her that was my intent. 
'''Jared:''' It was, my lady, on my honor. 
'''Walder:''' Is it my fault that [[Edmure Tully|your fool brother]] lost [[Battle under the walls of Riverrun|his battle]] before we could march? I am told the [[Kingslayer]] went through him like an axe through ripe cheese. Why should my boys hurry south to die? All those who did go south are running north again.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|[[Catelyn Stark]], Walder, and [[Jared Frey]]}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' If you were strong enough to climb your own battlements, Lord Frey, you would see that my son has twenty thousand men outside your walls. 
'''Walder:''' They'll be twenty thousand fresh corpses when Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] gets here, don't you try and frighten me, my lady. [[Eddard Stark|Your husband]]'s in some traitor's cell under the [[Red Keep]], [[Hoster Tully|your father]]'s sick, might be dying, and [[Jaime Lannister]]'s got [[Edmure Tully|your brother]] in chains. What do you have that I should fear? That [[Robb Stark|son of yours]]? I'll match you son for son, and I'll still have eighteen when yours are all dead.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] and Walder}}

{{Quote|Do you think I can't tell Lord [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] from Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]? They're both bungholes who think they're too noble to shit, but never mind about that, I know the difference.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|Walder to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Walder''': You will forgive me if I do not kneel, I know. My legs no longer work as they did, though that which hangs between 'em serves well enough, heh. Some would say it's a poor king who crowns himself with bronze, Your Grace. 
'''Robb Stark:''' Bronze and iron are stronger than gold and silver. The old [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]] wore such a sword-crown. 
'''Walder:''' Small good it did them when [[Aegon's Conquest|the dragons came]]. Heh.{{Ref|aSoS|49}}|Walder and [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Heh, the [[King in the North]] arises. Seems we killed some of your men, Your Grace. Oh, but I'll make you an apology, that will mend them all again, heh.{{Ref|aSoS|51}}|Walder to [[Robb Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Walder==
{{quote|Lord Walder Frey might be sworn to [[Riverrun]], but he was a cautious man who had lived a long time by making certain he was always on the winning side.{{ref|AGOT|31}}}} - thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{quote|That bore Walder Frey's seal beyond a doubt, Catelyn thought bitterly; hold back, wait, watch, take no risk unless forced to it.{{ref|AGOT|59}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{quote|'''Robett''': Do you think he means to betray us to the Lannisters, my lady? 
'''Catelyn''': He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning.{{ref|AGOT|59}}}} - [[Robett Glover]] and [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|[[Hoster Tully|Her father]] had once said of Walder Frey that he was the only lord in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] who could field an army out of his breeches.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{quote|There was something of the vulture about Lord Walder, and rather more of the weasel.{{ref|ASOS|49}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|A few barbed words and some unseemly gloating. From him that's courtesy. I expected the old weasel to piss in our wine and make us praise the vintage.{{Ref|aSoS|49}}}} - [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': So much for [[guest right]]. 
'''Tywin''': The blood is on Walder Frey's hands, not mine. 
'''Tyrion''': Walder Frey is a peevish old man who lives to fondle [[Joyeuse Erenford|his young wife]] and brood over all the slights he's suffered. I have no doubt he hatched [[Red Wedding|this ugly chicken]], but he would never have dared such a thing without a promise of protection.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{quote|Lord Walder must soon face [[Father (the Seven)|the Father's]] judgment. He is very old. Let the [[sparrows]] spit upon his memory. It has nought to do with us.{{ref|AFFC|17}}}} - [[Cersei Lannister]] to the [[small council]]

==Family==
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===Descendants===
Walder has outlived seven wives, and is currently married to his eighth wife. He has over a hundred descendants, both trueborn and baseborn. He has had twenty-two trueborn sons and seven trueborn daughters from his marriages, with an unknown number of bastard sons and daughters.

====With Perra Royce====
Descendants of his first son [[Stevron Frey]]:
{{Frey tree Stevron Frey}}

Descendants of his second son [[Emmon Frey]]:
{{Frey tree Emmon Frey}}

Descendants of her third son [[Aenys Frey]] and her daughter [[Perriane Frey]]:
{{Frey tree Aenys Frey}}

====With Cyrenna Swann====
{{Frey tree Swann}}

====With Amarei Crakehall====
{{Frey tree Crakehall}}

====With Alyssa Blackwood====
{{Template:Frey tree Blackwood}}

====With Bethany Rosby====
{{Frey tree Bethany Rosby}}

====With Annara Farring====
{{Frey tree Farring}}

====Baseborn====
{{Frey tree Rivers}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
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| Character_name = [[File:House_Frey.svg|50px|left]] Walder Frey [[File:House_Frey.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Old Walder Frey.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption =
| Alias = The Late Lord Frey{{Ref|AGOT|55}} Old Frey{{Ref|ASOS|50}} Lord Grandfather{{Ref|ASOS|49}}
| Title = [[Lord of the Crossing]]{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
| Allegiance = [[House Frey]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Rivermen]]
| Spouse = 1st: [[Perra Royce]] 2nd: [[Cyrenna Swann]] 3rd: [[Amarei Crakehall]] 4th: [[Alyssa Blackwood]] 5th: [[Sarya Whent]] 6th: [[Bethany Rosby]] 7th: [[Annara Farring]] 8th: [[Joyeuse Erenford]]
|Issue ='''Trueborn:''' [[Stevron Frey]] [[Emmon Frey]] [[Aenys Frey]] [[Perriane Frey]] [[Jared Frey]] [[Luceon Frey]] [[Hosteen Frey]] [[Lythene Frey]] [[Symond Frey]] [[Danwell Frey]] [[Merrett Frey]] [[Geremy Frey]] [[Raymund Frey]] [[Lothar Frey]] [[Jammos Frey]] [[Whalen Frey]] [[Morya Frey]] [[Tyta Frey]] [[Perwyn Frey]] [[Willamen Frey]] [[Olyvar Frey]] [[Roslin Frey]] [[Arwyn Frey]] [[Wendel Frey]] [[Colmar Frey]] [[Waltyr Frey]] [[Elmar Frey]] [[Shirei Frey]] '''Baseborn:''' [[Walder Rivers]] [[Melwys Rivers]] [[Jeyne Rivers]] [[Martyn Rivers]] [[Ryger Rivers]] [[Ronel Rivers]] [[Mellara Rivers]] Other bastards
| Place_of_Birth = the [[Twins]]{{ref|AWOIAF| Walder Frey (Late Lord)}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|208}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Walder Frey|Walder Frey]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' (appears) ''[[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 = [[w:David Bradley (actor)|David Bradley]]<ref name=IMDB />
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|Season 3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]]
}}
{{See homonyms |Walder Frey (disambiguation)}}

'''Walder Frey''' is the [[Lord of the Crossing]] and head of [[House Frey]]. Though almost ninety years old and infirm, he still maintains an active hand in the running of his house at the [[Twins]].{{Ref|AGOT|28}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:David Bradley (actor)|David Bradley]].<ref name=IMDB/>

Walder has become famous for siring many children and surviving many wives. He is to marry his eighth wife and has over a hundred descendants, base and trueborn. Walder has had twenty-two trueborn sons and seven trueborn daughters from his [[marriage]]s, with an unknown number of [[bastard]] sons and daughters. He places a great emphasis on family loyalty, though his descendants jockey ruthlessly for his favor. Many Freys [[named for|name]] their sons Walder and daughters Walda hoping that the lord will favor them.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Lord Walder Frey|Images of Walder Frey]]''

As a young child, Walder was chinless and snot-nosed, with a high shrill hiccup of a laugh.{{Ref|TMK}}

By the age of ninety, Walder has turned bald, and his head has spotted with age.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}{{Ref|ASOS|49}} He looks a little like a vulture, but mostly like a weasel.{{Ref|ASOS|49}} Many of his descendants have inherited his weasel-like look.{{ref|agot|59}}{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Walder's shoulders are scrawny and his long neck pink. He has a receding chin, under which loose skin dangles. He has runny and clouded eyes, and a toothless mouth, which constantly moves.{{Ref|ASOS|49}} Walder is troubled with gout, and can no longer stand without assistance.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

Walder has always been irascible, sharp of tongue, and blunt of manner, and this has only increased with age.{{Ref|AGOT|59}} He is a cautious man,{{Ref|AGOT|31}} but also an ambitious one, and is known to only give aid to a winning cause.{{Ref|AGOT|56}} He is peevish,{{Ref|ASOS|49}}{{Ref|ASOS|35}} ill-tempered, envious, and prideful,{{Ref|ASOS|35}} with a long memory,{{Ref|ASOS|45}} and can brood long about every slight he has ever suffered.{{Ref|ASOS|53}} Walder has a prickly manner, and can take insult in the smallest things.{{ref|ASOS|51}} He is considered untrustworthy by his liege lord, [[Hoster Tully]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}}{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

==History==
As a toddler Walder was present at the [[wedding]] of [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|his elder sister]] to Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] at [[Wedding tourney at Whitewalls|Whitewalls]].<ref group="N">Though he is not referred to by name, [[George R. R. Martin]] [http://grrm.livejournal.com/184176.html?thread=11366512#t11366512 has confirmed] that the four-year-old son of Lord Frey appearing in ''[[The Mystery Knight]]'' is Walder.</ref> It is said he caused the marriage when he discovered his sister having intimate relations with a servant. Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] thought that Walder was an extremely annoying child, and was sorely tempted to throw him down a well.{{Ref|TMK}}

When Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] acquiesced to Walder's proposal to marry his second son, [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]], to Tytos's daughter [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], the ten-year-old [[Tywin Lannister]] spoke out against the match.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

During [[Robert's Rebellion]], Walder and his levies arrived at the [[Battle of the Trident]] after the rebels had already won. [[Hoster Tully]], the [[Lord Paramount of the Trident]], has since called his [[bannerman]] "the Late Lord Frey",{{Ref|AGOT|28}}{{Ref|ASOS|35}}{{Ref|AGOT|59}} a name Walder despises.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Walder Frey (Late Lord)}} Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to [[foster]] Walder's grandsons at court in [[King's Landing]] and his own son, [[Robert Arryn]], at the [[Twins]].{{Ref|AGOT|59}} Lord Hoster Tully refused a Frey bride for his son [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]], and Hoster did not attend Walder's wedding to his seventh wife, [[Annara Farring]].{{Ref|AGOT|59}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Walder Frey The Twins.jpg|thumb|400px|Walder Frey at the [[Twins]] - by Amok ©]]
At the [[crossroads inn]], a [[House Frey|Frey]] captain tells [[Catelyn Stark]] that Lord Walder is to remarry on his ninetieth [[name day]].{{ref|AGOT|28}} Catelyn's father, Lord [[Hoster Tully]], politely declines to attend Walder's wedding to [[Joyeuse Erenford]], however.{{ref|AGOT|59}} After Catelyn abducts [[Tyrion Lannister]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} the Frey contingent at the crossroads report back to Walder.{{ref|AGOT|31}}

Walder is slow in answering [[House Tully]]'s summons when Ser [[Edmure Tully|Edmure]] calls the banners. Aside from skirmishing with Ser [[Addam Marbrand]]'s [[House Lannister|Lannister]] outriders, the [[House Frey|Freys]] mass their strength within the [[Twins]].{{ref|AGOT|59}} Edmure is defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] at [[battle under the walls of Riverrun|Riverrun]]{{Ref|AGOT|56}} while Walder gathers his forces.{{ref|AGOT|59}}

Because the use of the Twins becomes a strategic necessity for the host of Catelyn's son, [[Robb Stark]], Walder negotiates marriage contracts with Catelyn. Robb is to marry one of Walder's daughters once there is peace and his sister, [[Arya Stark|Arya]], is betrothed to Walder's youngest son, [[Elmar Frey|Elmar]]. In addition, two of Lord Frey's grandsons, [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]], are sent to [[Winterfell]] as wards and one of his sons, [[Olyvar Frey|Olyvar]], is made squire to Robb.{{ref|AGOT|59}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Walder's son and heir, Ser [[Stevron Frey]], dies after the [[Battle of Oxcross]], having fought bravely for Robb Stark, the new [[King in the North]] and [[King of the Trident]]. Lord [[Roose Bolton]] marries one of Walder's granddaughters, [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda Frey]].{{ref|ACOK|64}} Walder had promised Roose to pay his daughter's weight in silver for her dowry, so Roose chose the fattest one.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Lord Walder Frey.png|thumb|David Bradley as Lord Walder Frey in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
Word eventually reaches the [[Twins]] of Robb Stark's marriage to [[Jeyne Westerling]] instead of a Frey as promised. Ser [[Ryman Frey]], Lord Walder's new heir, withdraws House Frey's support from the king in outrage.{{ref|asos|14}}

Walder sends his son [[Lothar Frey|Lame Lothar]] to [[Riverrun]] to negotiate a rapprochement. Robb and many of his key bannermen return to the Twins under [[guest right]] to make amends and marry Lord [[Edmure Tully]] to Walder's daughter, [[Roslin Frey|Roslin]]. During the wedding feast, however, Frey and [[House Bolton|Bolton]] men ambush Robb and his entire host, slaughtering King Robb, [[Catelyn Stark]], many of their bannermen, and a significant portion of the northern army.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

Walder had secretly colluded with Lords [[Tywin Lannister]] and Roose Bolton to betray the Starks and Tullys in what becomes known as the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|53}}{{ref|ASOS|54}} Walder swears loyalty to King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], with Walder's second son [[Emmon Frey|Emmon]] receiving Riverrun and its lands as reward.{{ref|ASOS|72}}

According to one of his sons, [[Merrett Frey|Merrett]], Lord Walder is not long for the world and when he dies it will be every other Frey for himself. Walder, though a tyrant, believes in taking care of his own, even the ones who disappoint him. When [[Stevron Frey|Stevron]] was heir it was different, as he was raised by Walder to believe that blood was blood, but his sons and grandsons, now the new heirs, do not feel the same way. Merrett and [[Petyr Frey]] are hanged by outlaws, the [[brotherhood without banners]], at [[Oldstones]].{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Walder's new wife, Joyeuse, is pregnant.{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

Ser [[Daven Lannister]] is promised to a Frey according to an agreement negotiated by Lord Tywin before his death.{{ref|AFFC|33}} Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] is betrothed to Walder's granddaughter, [[Amerei Frey|Amerei]].{{ref|AFFC|7}}

Walder sends a [[raven]] to [[King's Landing]] putting forth several claims to land. Because the Red Wedding is reviled by [[sparrows]], the [[small council]] of Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] suggests that Walder's eventual successor could name the culprits and thereby rid himself of rivals.{{ref|AFFC|17}}

The [[Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother]] at the [[Quiet Isle]] says that Lord Frey is hunting outlaws from the Twins.{{ref|AFFC|31}}

While returning to the Twins from the [[siege of Riverrun]], Walder's new heir, [[Ryman Frey|Ryman]], is hanged, presumably by the brotherhood without banners. Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] tasks [[Walder Rivers]] with informing Lord Walder that King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]] requires all captives taken by the Freys during the Red Wedding.{{ref|AFFC|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Walder agrees to a marriage pact with Lord [[Wyman Manderly]], betrothing two of Walder's grandsons, [[Rhaegar Frey|Rhaegar]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder]], to Wyman's granddaughters, [[Wynafryd Manderly|Wynafryd]] and [[Wylla Manderly|Wylla]].{{ref|ADWD|9}}{{ref|ADWD|19}}

Walder sends at least 1,400 Frey soldiers under the command of two sons, Ser [[Aenys Frey|Aenys]] and Ser [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]], with Lord Bolton when the new [[Warden of the North]] returns to the [[north]].{{ref|ADWD|20}} Rhaegar and two of Walder's sons, [[Jared Frey|Jared]] and [[Symond Frey|Symond]], [[Frey Pies/Theories|vanish]] after leaving [[White Harbor]]. Little Walder, is found slain in [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|51}}

==Quotes by Walder==
[[File:Walder Frey TheMico.jpg|thumb|Walder Frey by The Mico ©]]
{{Quote|Now my bastards presume to teach me courtesy. I'll speak any way I like, damn you. I've had three kings to guest in my life, and queens as well, do you think I require lessons from the likes of you, Ryger? Your mother was milking goats the first time I gave her my seed.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|Walder to [[Ryger Rivers]]}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' Where I might have expected to find you, my lord. You are still [[Hoster Tully|my father's]] bannerman, are you not? 
'''Walder:''' Heh, I called my swords, yes I did, here they are, you saw them on the walls. It was my intent to march as soon as all my strength was assembled. Well, to send my sons. I am well past marching myself, Lady Catelyn. Tell her, Jared. Tell her that was my intent. 
'''Jared:''' It was, my lady, on my honor. 
'''Walder:''' Is it my fault that [[Edmure Tully|your fool brother]] lost [[Battle under the walls of Riverrun|his battle]] before we could march? I am told the [[Kingslayer]] went through him like an axe through ripe cheese. Why should my boys hurry south to die? All those who did go south are running north again.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|[[Catelyn Stark]], Walder, and [[Jared Frey]]}}

{{Quote|'''Catelyn:''' If you were strong enough to climb your own battlements, Lord Frey, you would see that my son has twenty thousand men outside your walls. 
'''Walder:''' They'll be twenty thousand fresh corpses when Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] gets here, don't you try and frighten me, my lady. [[Eddard Stark|Your husband]]'s in some traitor's cell under the [[Red Keep]], [[Hoster Tully|your father]]'s sick, might be dying, and [[Jaime Lannister]]'s got [[Edmure Tully|your brother]] in chains. What do you have that I should fear? That [[Robb Stark|son of yours]]? I'll match you son for son, and I'll still have eighteen when yours are all dead.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] and Walder}}

{{Quote|Do you think I can't tell Lord [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] from Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]? They're both bungholes who think they're too noble to shit, but never mind about that, I know the difference.{{Ref|aGoT|59}}|Walder to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Walder''': You will forgive me if I do not kneel, I know. My legs no longer work as they did, though that which hangs between 'em serves well enough, heh. Some would say it's a poor king who crowns himself with bronze, Your Grace. 
'''Robb Stark:''' Bronze and iron are stronger than gold and silver. The old [[King in the North|Kings of Winter]] wore such a sword-crown. 
'''Walder:''' Small good it did them when [[Aegon's Conquest|the dragons came]]. Heh.{{Ref|aSoS|49}}|Walder and [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Heh, the [[King in the North]] arises. Seems we killed some of your men, Your Grace. Oh, but I'll make you an apology, that will mend them all again, heh.{{Ref|aSoS|51}}|Walder to [[Robb Stark]]}}

==Quotes about Walder==
{{quote|Lord Walder Frey might be sworn to [[Riverrun]], but he was a cautious man who had lived a long time by making certain he was always on the winning side.{{ref|AGOT|31}}}} - thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]

{{quote|That bore Walder Frey's seal beyond a doubt, Catelyn thought bitterly; hold back, wait, watch, take no risk unless forced to it.{{ref|AGOT|59}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{quote|'''Robett''': Do you think he means to betray us to the Lannisters, my lady? 
'''Catelyn''': He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning.{{ref|AGOT|59}}}} - [[Robett Glover]] and [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|[[Hoster Tully|Her father]] had once said of Walder Frey that he was the only lord in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] who could field an army out of his breeches.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{quote|There was something of the vulture about Lord Walder, and rather more of the weasel.{{ref|ASOS|49}}}} - thoughts of [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|A few barbed words and some unseemly gloating. From him that's courtesy. I expected the old weasel to piss in our wine and make us praise the vintage.{{Ref|aSoS|49}}}} - [[Edmure Tully]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': So much for [[guest right]]. 
'''Tywin''': The blood is on Walder Frey's hands, not mine. 
'''Tyrion''': Walder Frey is a peevish old man who lives to fondle [[Joyeuse Erenford|his young wife]] and brood over all the slights he's suffered. I have no doubt he hatched [[Red Wedding|this ugly chicken]], but he would never have dared such a thing without a promise of protection.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}}} - [[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Tywin Lannister]]

{{quote|Lord Walder must soon face [[Father (the Seven)|the Father's]] judgment. He is very old. Let the [[sparrows]] spit upon his memory. It has nought to do with us.{{ref|AFFC|17}}}} - [[Cersei Lannister]] to the [[small council]]

==Family==
{{Frey tree Dunk&Egg}}

===Descendants===
Walder has outlived seven wives, and is currently married to his eighth wife. He has over a hundred descendants, both trueborn and baseborn. He has had twenty-two trueborn sons and seven trueborn daughters from his marriages, with an unknown number of bastard sons and daughters.

====With Perra Royce====
Descendants of his first son [[Stevron Frey]]:
{{Frey tree Stevron Frey}}

Descendants of his second son [[Emmon Frey]]:
{{Frey tree Emmon Frey}}

Descendants of her third son [[Aenys Frey]] and her daughter [[Perriane Frey]]:
{{Frey tree Aenys Frey}}

====With Cyrenna Swann====
{{Frey tree Swann}}

====With Amarei Crakehall====
{{Frey tree Crakehall}}

====With Alyssa Blackwood====
{{Template:Frey tree Blackwood}}

====With Bethany Rosby====
{{Frey tree Bethany Rosby}}

====With Annara Farring====
{{Frey tree Farring}}

====Baseborn====
{{Frey tree Rivers}}

==Notes==
{{Notes}}

==References==
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[[ru:Уолдер Фрей]]
[[zh:瓦德·佛雷侯爵]]

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Namesake

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Several characters in the series are known to be named after a specific individual. Likewise, some creatures, ships and locations are also named in reference to characters, places, or events.

==Characters==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Character
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon "the Uncrowned"]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|rowspan="3"|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
|King [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] named his first son after his father.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|-
|King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|TRP}}
| 
|-
|King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
|King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]
|Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] named his first son after his brother.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|-
|Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] (son of Jaehaerys I){{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon "the Uncrowned"]]
|Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] named her first son in honor of both her grandfather and older brother.
|-
|Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Baelon)|Aegon Targaryen]] (son of Baelon){{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign—Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Aemon Steelsong]]{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]
|[[Gilly]] thinks of naming the wildling babe in honor of the maester.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
|-
|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]
|Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon "the Dragonknight"]]
|King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] named his grandson in honor of his uncle.{{Ref|AGOT|60}}
|-
|Princess [[Alyssa Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign — Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]
| 
|-
|Lady [[Amerei Frey]]
|Lady [[Amarei Crakehall]] (possibly)
|Amerei is possibly named after her grandmother.
|-
|[[Arya Stark]]
|[[Arya Flint]] (possibly)
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] possibly named his second daughter after his maternal grandmother.
|-
|Princess [[Baela Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|rowspan="2"|Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon "the Brave"]]
|Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] named his daughter after his father.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] named his son after his father.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne — Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|Lord [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Aerys)|Baelon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor "Breakspear"]]{{Ref|TSS}}
|King [[Baelor I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Bella]]{{Ref|ASOS|29}}
|[[Battle of the Bells]]
| 
|-
|[[Bran Stark]]{{Ref|ACOK|69}}
|[[Brandon Stark]]
|Bran is named after his late uncle.{{Ref|ACOK|69}}
|-
|[[Brynden Blackwood]]{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Brynden Rivers]] (possibly)
|rowspan="2"|Bloodraven notes that many Bryndens have been named after him.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
|-
|[[Brynden Tully]]{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
|-
|[[Cersei Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
|Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (son of Daemon)|Corlys Velaryon]]
|Corlys was named after his great-great uncle.
|-
|[[Cyrelle Tarbeck]]<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|[[Cerelle Lannister (daughter of Tybolt)|Cerelle Lannister]]
|Lady [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn Tarbeck]] named her second daughter after [[Cerelle Lannister (daughter of Tybolt)|Cerelle Lannister]], an attack against the widowed Lord [[Gerold Lannister]], the late Cerelle's uncle, who had been held suspect for Cerelle's death.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
|-
|[[Daemon I Blackfyre]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
|Princess [[Daena Targaryen]] named her bastard after her grandfather.
|-
|[[Daemon II Blackfyre]]{{Ref|TMK}}
|[[Daemon I Blackfyre]]
| 
|-
|Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|[[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]] (daughter of Aegon IV)
| 
|-
|Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron "the Drunken"]]{{Ref|THK}}
|King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
|King [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar I]] named his first son after his father.{{Ref|THK}}
|-
|[[Dagon Greyjoy (Drunkard)|Dagon "the Drunkard"]]{{ref|ADWD|26}}
|Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]]
| 
|-
|Numerous [[Durran Durrandon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Durrandon}}
|[[Durran Godsgrief]]
|The [[Storm Kings]] of [[House Durrandon]] traditionally named their firstborn son and heir after the founder of their house.
|-
|[[Eddard Karstark]]{{Ref|AGOT|53}}
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Edric Dayne]]
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] (possibly)
|"Ned" nickname may be from "Ned" Stark, who returned House Dayne ancestral sword [[Dawn]] after [[combat at the tower of joy]]{{Ref|AGOT|6}}
|-
|Prince [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Gaemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign — Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|Lord [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Aenar)|Gaemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Garin (orphan)|Garin]]{{Ref|AFFC|21}}
|Prince [[Garin (prince)|Garin the Great]]
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan (fat one)|Grazdan]] (fat one){{Ref|ASOS|27}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Grazdan the Great]] (presumably)
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan mo Ullhor]]{{Ref|ASOS|27}}
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan (spiked beard)|Grazdan]] (spiked beard){{Ref|ASOS|27}}
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan (tall one)|Grazdan]] (tall one){{Ref|ASOS|27}}
| 
|-
|[[Hostella Frey]]
|[[Hosteen Frey]] (possibly)
|Hostella is possibly named after her grandfather.
|-
|[[Jaime Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|Ser [[Joffrey Lonmouth]]
|Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]] named his third son after his companion.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|[[Jon Snow]]
|Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] named his bastard after his foster father.{{Ref|ADWD|9}}
|-
|[[Laena Velaryon (daughter of Alyn)|Laena Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents — The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
|Lady [[Laena Velaryon]]
|Laena was named after her maternal grandmother.
|-
|[[Lyanna Mormont]]{{Ref|ADWD|3}}
|[[Lyanna Stark]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Maegor Towers]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne — Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Rhaegar Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|[[Rhaego]]{{Ref|AGOT|46}}
|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]
|King [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] named his first daughter after his mother.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|-
|Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]
|Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] named his daughter after her maternal grandmother.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|Lord [[Rickard Karstark]]{{Ref|ASOS|20}}
|Lord [[Rickard Stark]]
| 
|-
|[[Rickon Stark]]
|Lord [[Rickard Stark]] (possibly)
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] possibly named his youngest son after his late father.
|-
|[[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons — A Son for a Son}}
|Lord [[Rickon Stark (son of Benjen)|Rickon Stark]]
|Lord [[Cregan Stark]] named his first son after his late father.
|-
|Lord [[Robert Arryn]]{{Ref|AGOT|4}}
|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
|Lord [[Jon Arryn]] named his son after his former ward.
|-
|[[Robert Frey (son of Rhaegar)|Robert Frey]] (son of Rhaegar)<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|rowspan="2"|King [[Robert I Baratheon]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|[[Robert Frey (son of Raymund)|Robert Frey]] (son of Raymund)<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
| 
|-
|[[Rohanne Tarbeck]]<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|[[Rohanne Webber]]
|Lady [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn Tarbeck]] named her first daughter after [[Rohanne Webber]], as an attack against the widowed Lord [[Gerold Lannister]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|-
|[[Roose Ryswell]]{{ref|ADWD|32}}
|Lord [[Roose Bolton]]
| 
|-
|King [[Royce IV Bolton]]{{ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Kings of Winter}}
|King [[Royce II Bolton]]
| 
|-
|[[Ryella Frey]]
|[[Ryella Royce]] (possibly)
|Ryella is possibly named after her mother.
|-
|[[Stannis Seaworth]]
|King [[Stannis Baratheon]] (possibly)
|[[Davos Seaworth]] possibly named his son after his lord.
|-
|[[Steffon Seaworth]]
|[[Steffon Baratheon]] (possibly)
|[[Davos Seaworth]] possibly named his son after his lord's father.
|-
|[[Tion Frey]]
|[[Tion Lannister]] (possibly)
|Tion is possibly named after his great-uncle.
|-
|[[Tion Tarbeck]]<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|[[Tion Lannister]]
|Lady [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn Tarbeck]] named Tion after her first husband, as an attack against Lord [[Gerold Lannister]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|-
|[[Tyrion Tanner]]{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
|[[Tyrion Lannister]]
|Tyrion was named by [[Bronn]] in honor of his former employer.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
|-
|[[Tywin Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] (possibly)
|Tywin is possibly named after his uncle.
|-
|[[Tywin Frey (son of Raymund)|Tywin Frey]] (son of Raymund)<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
| 
|-
|King [[Viserys II Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|Many named [[Walder]] or [[Walda Frey]]
|rowspan="9"|Lord [[Walder Frey]]
|rowspan="9"|Many Freys name their sons Walder and daughters Walda hoping that the lord will favor them.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
|-
|}

==Creatures==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Creature
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|[[Balerion]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|The Valyrian god [[Balerion (god)|Balerion]]
| 
|-
|"[[Bastard's girls]]"{{Ref|ADWD|32}}
|Various women
|[[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay]]'s dogs are all named after peasant girls he hunted, raped, and killed.
|-
|[[Drogon]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|Khal [[Drogo]]
| 
|-
|[[Maester (mule)|Maester]]{{Ref|TSS}}
|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] (possibly)
|The mule was possibly named after [[Aegon V Targaryen|Egg]]'s brother.
|-
|[[Meraxes]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|The Valyrian god [[Meraxes (god)|Meraxes]]
| 
|-
|[[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]]{{Ref|AGOT|7}}
|Princess [[Nymeria]]
|[[Arya Stark]] names her direwolf after one of her heroes.
|-
|[[Rhaegal]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]]{{Ref|ASOS|47}}{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
|[[Stranger (the Seven)|The Stranger]]
|[[Sandor Clegane]] named his horse after the death aspect of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven-Faced God]].
|-
|[[Syrax]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|The Valyrian god [[Syrax (god)|Syrax]]
| 
|-
|[[Vhagar]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|The Valyrian god [[Vhagar (god)|Vhagar]]
| 
|-
|[[Viserion]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|}

==Ships==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Ship
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|''[[Saduleon|Balerion]]''{{ref|ASOS|8}}
|[[Balerion]]
| 
|-
|''[[Black Betha]]''{{Ref|ACOK|10}}
|Queen [[Betha Blackwood]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Bold Marilda]]''{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|[[Marilda of Hull]]
| 
|-
|''[[Brave Joffrey]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Dragonsbane]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Dagon's Feast]]''{{Ref|ADWD|56}}
|Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Esgred (ship)|Esgred]]''{{Ref|ACOK|24}}
|[[Esgred]]
| 
|-
|''[[Hardhand]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|King [[Harwyn Hoare]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[King Joffrey's Valor]]''{{Ref|ASOS|59}}
|King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[King Robert's Hammer]]''{{Ref|ACOK|41}}
|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Baela]]''{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents — The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
|Lady [[Baela Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Joanna]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Lyanna]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|[[Lyanna Stark]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Marya]]''{{Ref|ACOK|10}}
|[[Marya Seaworth]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Olenna]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|''[[Laughing Lord]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Lord [[Lyonel Baratheon]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lioness]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lady [[Cersei Lannister]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Aethan's Glory]]''{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons — The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Dagon]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Quellon]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|Lord [[Quellon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Renly]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Steffon]]''{{Ref|ACOK|10}}
|Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Tywin]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Vickon]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|Lord [[Vickon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Mad Prendos]]''{{Ref|ASOS|63}}
|[[Prendos]]
| 
|-
|''[[Joso's Prank|Meraxes]]''{{ref|ASOS|8}}
|[[Meraxes]]
| 
|-
|''[[Mouse]]''{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
|[[Marilda of Hull]]
| 
|-
|''[[Prince Aemon]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Princess Daena]]''{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|Princess [[Daena Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|''[[Princess Myrcella]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Princess Rhaenys]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] (daughter of Rhaegar) (possibly) Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] (daughter of Aemon) (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Alysanne]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Cersei]]''{{Ref|ACOK|59}}
|Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Margaery]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Rhaenys]]''{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
|Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] (possibly) Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] (possibly)
|Aemon's daughter, Princess Rhaenys, was known as the Queen Who Never Was.
|-
|''[[Saathos Saan (ship)|Saathos Saan]]''{{Ref|ADWD|9}}
|[[Saathos Saan]]
| 
|-
|''[[Sea Bitch]]''{{Ref|ACOK|24}}
|[[Asha Greyjoy]]
|[[Theon Greyjoy]] names his ship after a phrase said by "Esgred", actually his sister [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]].{{Ref|ACOK|24}}
|-
|''[[Spicetown Girl]]''{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|[[Spicetown]]
| 
|-
|''[[Sweet Cersei]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Summer Sun|Vhagar]]''{{ref|ASOS|8}}
|[[Vhagar]]
| 
|-
|}

==Locations==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Location
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|[[Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya (islands)]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign — Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
|[[Elissa Farman]] discovered and named the islands in honor of the three conquerors.
|-
|[[Aegon's High Hill]]{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
|[[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Aegonfort]]{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
|[[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Alyssa's Tears]]{{Ref|AGOT|40}}
|[[Alyssa Arryn]]
| 
|-
|[[Durran's Point]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands}}
|King [[Durran Godsgrief]]
| 
|-
|[[Fishfoot Yard]]{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|Unknown Lord [[House Manderly|Manderly]]
|The square is named for some dead lord, but no one ever calls it anything but Fishfoot Yard.{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|-
|[[Gorne's Way]]{{Ref|ASOS|26}}
|King [[Gorne]]
| 
|-
|[[Harrenhal]]{{Ref|ACOK|7}}
|King [[Harren Hoare]]
| 
|-
|[[Hill of Rhaenys]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Inn of the Kneeling Man]]{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|King [[Torrhen Stark]]
| 
|-
|[[King's Landing]]{{Ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
|[[Aegon's Landing]]
| 
|-
|[[Lann's Point]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands}}
|[[Lann the Clever]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|[[Mouse House]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|[[Marilda of Hull]]
| 
|-
|[[Queensgate]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]
|Snowgate was renamed in honor of the queen.
|-
|The [[Teats]]{{Ref|ADWD|48}}
|[[Barba Bracken]] [[Melissa Blackwood]]
|Some refer to the Teats as "Barba's Teats" in honor of Barba Bracken and others to "Missy's Teats" in honor of Melissa Blackwood.
|-
|[[Visenya's Hill]]{{ref|ACOK|57}}
|Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Widow's Tower]] at [[Harrenhal]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]
|The tower was renamed after the widowed sister of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], who made her residence there.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
|Widow's Tower at [[Ten Towers]]{{Ref|AFFC|11}}
|[[Gwynesse Harlaw]]
| 
|-
|}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:Culture]]

Namesake

2020-03-31T05:02:06Z

TMWNN: /* Characters */ Ned Dayne; merged Walder/Walda entries

Several characters in the series are known to be named after a specific individual. Likewise, some creatures, ships and locations are also named in reference to characters, places, or events.

==Characters==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Character
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon "the Uncrowned"]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|rowspan="3"|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
|King [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] named his first son after his father.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|-
|King [[Aegon II Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}{{Ref|TRP}}
| 
|-
|King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Viserys I}}
| 
|-
|King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]
|Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] named his first son after his brother.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|-
|Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] (son of Jaehaerys I){{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon "the Uncrowned"]]
|Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] named her first son in honor of both her grandfather and older brother.
|-
|Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Baelon)|Aegon Targaryen]] (son of Baelon){{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign—Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Aemon Steelsong]]{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]
|[[Gilly]] thinks of naming the wildling babe in honor of the maester.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
|-
|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]]
|Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon "the Dragonknight"]]
|King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] named his grandson in honor of his uncle.{{Ref|AGOT|60}}
|-
|Princess [[Alyssa Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign — Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|Queen [[Alyssa Velaryon]]
| 
|-
|Lady [[Amerei Frey]]
|Lady [[Amarei Crakehall]] (possibly)
|Amerei is possibly named after her grandmother.
|-
|[[Arya Stark]]
|[[Arya Flint]] (possibly)
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] possibly named his second daughter after his maternal grandmother.
|-
|Princess [[Baela Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|rowspan="2"|Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon "the Brave"]]
|Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] named his daughter after his father.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|King [[Viserys I Targaryen|Viserys I]] named his son after his father.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne — Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|Lord [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Aerys)|Baelon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor "Breakspear"]]{{Ref|TSS}}
|King [[Baelor I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Bella]]{{Ref|ASOS|29}}
|[[Battle of the Bells]]
| 
|-
|[[Bran Stark]]{{Ref|ACOK|69}}
|[[Brandon Stark]]
|Bran is named after his late uncle.{{Ref|ACOK|69}}
|-
|[[Brynden Blackwood]]{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Brynden Rivers]] (possibly)
|rowspan="2"|Bloodraven notes that many Bryndens have been named after him.{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
|-
|[[Brynden Tully]]{{Ref|ADWD|34}}
|-
|[[Cersei Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}
|Ser [[Corlys Velaryon (son of Daemon)|Corlys Velaryon]]
|Corlys was named after his great-great uncle.
|-
|[[Cyrelle Tarbeck]]<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|[[Cerelle Lannister (daughter of Tybolt)|Cerelle Lannister]]
|Lady [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn Tarbeck]] named her second daughter after [[Cerelle Lannister (daughter of Tybolt)|Cerelle Lannister]], an attack against the widowed Lord [[Gerold Lannister]], the late Cerelle's uncle, who had been held suspect for Cerelle's death.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
|-
|[[Daemon I Blackfyre]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}
|Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]
|Princess [[Daena Targaryen]] named her bastard after her grandfather.
|-
|[[Daemon II Blackfyre]]{{Ref|TMK}}
|[[Daemon I Blackfyre]]
| 
|-
|Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]]{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|[[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]] (daughter of Aegon IV)
| 
|-
|Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Daeron "the Drunken"]]{{Ref|THK}}
|King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]
|King [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar I]] named his first son after his father.{{Ref|THK}}
|-
|[[Dagon Greyjoy (Drunkard)|Dagon "the Drunkard"]]{{ref|ADWD|26}}
|Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]]
| 
|-
|Numerous [[Durran Durrandon]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Durrandon}}
|[[Durran Godsgrief]]
|The [[Storm Kings]] of [[House Durrandon]] traditionally named their firstborn son and heir after the founder of their house.
|-
|[[Eddard Karstark]]{{Ref|AGOT|53}}
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Edric Dayne]]
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] (possibly)
|"Ned" nickname may be from "Ned" Stark, who returned House Dayne ancestral sword [[Dawn]] after [[combat at the Tower of Joy]]{{Ref|AGOT|6}}
|-
|Prince [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Gaemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign — Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|Lord [[Gaemon Targaryen (son of Aenar)|Gaemon Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Garin (orphan)|Garin]]{{Ref|AFFC|21}}
|Prince [[Garin (prince)|Garin the Great]]
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan (fat one)|Grazdan]] (fat one){{Ref|ASOS|27}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Grazdan the Great]] (presumably)
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan mo Ullhor]]{{Ref|ASOS|27}}
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan (spiked beard)|Grazdan]] (spiked beard){{Ref|ASOS|27}}
| 
|-
|[[Grazdan (tall one)|Grazdan]] (tall one){{Ref|ASOS|27}}
| 
|-
|[[Hostella Frey]]
|[[Hosteen Frey]] (possibly)
|Hostella is possibly named after her grandfather.
|-
|[[Jaime Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|Ser [[Joffrey Lonmouth]]
|Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]] named his third son after his companion.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|[[Jon Snow]]
|Lord [[Jon Arryn]]
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] named his bastard after his foster father.{{Ref|ADWD|9}}
|-
|[[Laena Velaryon (daughter of Alyn)|Laena Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents — The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
|Lady [[Laena Velaryon]]
|Laena was named after her maternal grandmother.
|-
|[[Lyanna Mormont]]{{Ref|ADWD|3}}
|[[Lyanna Stark]]
| 
|-
|Lord [[Maegor Towers]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne — Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Rhaegar Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|[[Rhaego]]{{Ref|AGOT|46}}
|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]
|King [[Aenys I Targaryen|Aenys I]] named his first daughter after his mother.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}
|-
|Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]]
|Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] named his daughter after her maternal grandmother.{{Ref|TRP}}
|-
|Lord [[Rickard Karstark]]{{Ref|ASOS|20}}
|Lord [[Rickard Stark]]
| 
|-
|[[Rickon Stark]]
|Lord [[Rickard Stark]] (possibly)
|Lord [[Eddard Stark]] possibly named his youngest son after his late father.
|-
|[[Rickon Stark (son of Cregan)|Rickon Stark]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons — A Son for a Son}}
|Lord [[Rickon Stark (son of Benjen)|Rickon Stark]]
|Lord [[Cregan Stark]] named his first son after his late father.
|-
|Lord [[Robert Arryn]]{{Ref|AGOT|4}}
|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
|Lord [[Jon Arryn]] named his son after his former ward.
|-
|[[Robert Frey (son of Rhaegar)|Robert Frey]] (son of Rhaegar)<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|rowspan="2"|King [[Robert I Baratheon]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|[[Robert Frey (son of Raymund)|Robert Frey]] (son of Raymund)<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
| 
|-
|[[Rohanne Tarbeck]]<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|[[Rohanne Webber]]
|Lady [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn Tarbeck]] named her first daughter after [[Rohanne Webber]], as an attack against the widowed Lord [[Gerold Lannister]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|-
|[[Roose Ryswell]]{{ref|ADWD|32}}
|Lord [[Roose Bolton]]
| 
|-
|King [[Royce IV Bolton]]{{ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Kings of Winter}}
|King [[Royce II Bolton]]
| 
|-
|[[Ryella Frey]]
|[[Ryella Royce]] (possibly)
|Ryella is possibly named after her mother.
|-
|[[Stannis Seaworth]]
|King [[Stannis Baratheon]] (possibly)
|[[Davos Seaworth]] possibly named his son after his lord.
|-
|[[Steffon Seaworth]]
|[[Steffon Baratheon]] (possibly)
|[[Davos Seaworth]] possibly named his son after his lord's father.
|-
|[[Tion Frey]]
|[[Tion Lannister]] (possibly)
|Tion is possibly named after his great-uncle.
|-
|[[Tion Tarbeck]]<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|[[Tion Lannister]]
|Lady [[Ellyn Reyne|Ellyn Tarbeck]] named Tion after her first husband, as an attack against Lord [[Gerold Lannister]].<ref name=sample>''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'': The Westerlands (unabridged). [http://www.georgerrmartin.com/world-of-ice-and-fire-sample/ georgerrmartin.com]</ref>
|-
|[[Tyrion Tanner]]{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
|[[Tyrion Lannister]]
|Tyrion was named by [[Bronn]] in honor of his former employer.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
|-
|[[Tywin Frey]]<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] (possibly)
|Tywin is possibly named after his uncle.
|-
|[[Tywin Frey (son of Raymund)|Tywin Frey]] (son of Raymund)<ref name=>Several [[House Frey|Freys]] born before [[Robert's Rebellion]] have Targaryen names (2 Aegon, 1 Aenys and 1 Rhaegar) and their issue, born after the war, have names echoing the new Baratheon-Lannister regime (2 Robert, 2 Tywin, 1 Jaime and 1 Cersei).</ref>
| 
|-
|King [[Viserys II Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|Many named [[Walder]] or [[Walda Frey]]
|rowspan="9"|Lord [[Walder Frey]]
|rowspan="9"|Many Freys name their sons Walder and daughters Walda hoping that the lord will favor them.{{Ref|AGOT|59}}
|-
|}

==Creatures==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Creature
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|[[Balerion]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|The Valyrian god [[Balerion (god)|Balerion]]
| 
|-
|"[[Bastard's girls]]"{{Ref|ADWD|32}}
|Various women
|[[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay]]'s dogs are all named after peasant girls he hunted, raped, and killed.
|-
|[[Drogon]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|Khal [[Drogo]]
| 
|-
|[[Maester (mule)|Maester]]{{Ref|TSS}}
|Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] (possibly)
|The mule was possibly named after [[Aegon V Targaryen|Egg]]'s brother.
|-
|[[Meraxes]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|The Valyrian god [[Meraxes (god)|Meraxes]]
| 
|-
|[[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]]{{Ref|AGOT|7}}
|Princess [[Nymeria]]
|[[Arya Stark]] names her direwolf after one of her heroes.
|-
|[[Rhaegal]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Stranger (horse)|Stranger]]{{Ref|ASOS|47}}{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
|[[Stranger (the Seven)|The Stranger]]
|[[Sandor Clegane]] named his horse after the death aspect of the [[Faith of the Seven|Seven-Faced God]].
|-
|[[Syrax]]{{Ref|TRP}}
|The Valyrian god [[Syrax (god)|Syrax]]
| 
|-
|[[Vhagar]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|The Valyrian god [[Vhagar (god)|Vhagar]]
| 
|-
|[[Viserion]]{{Ref|ACOK|12}}
|Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|}

==Ships==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Ship
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|''[[Saduleon|Balerion]]''{{ref|ASOS|8}}
|[[Balerion]]
| 
|-
|''[[Black Betha]]''{{Ref|ACOK|10}}
|Queen [[Betha Blackwood]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Bold Marilda]]''{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|[[Marilda of Hull]]
| 
|-
|''[[Brave Joffrey]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Dragonsbane]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Dagon's Feast]]''{{Ref|ADWD|56}}
|Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Esgred (ship)|Esgred]]''{{Ref|ACOK|24}}
|[[Esgred]]
| 
|-
|''[[Hardhand]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|King [[Harwyn Hoare]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[King Joffrey's Valor]]''{{Ref|ASOS|59}}
|King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[King Robert's Hammer]]''{{Ref|ACOK|41}}
|King [[Robert I Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Baela]]''{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents — The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
|Lady [[Baela Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Joanna]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Lyanna]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|[[Lyanna Stark]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Marya]]''{{Ref|ACOK|10}}
|[[Marya Seaworth]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lady Olenna]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|''[[Laughing Lord]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Lord [[Lyonel Baratheon]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lioness]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lady [[Cersei Lannister]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Aethan's Glory]]''{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons — The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|Lord [[Aethan Velaryon]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Dagon]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|Lord [[Dagon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Quellon]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|Lord [[Quellon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Renly]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Steffon]]''{{Ref|ACOK|10}}
|Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Tywin]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Lord Vickon]]''{{Ref|AFFC|18}}
|Lord [[Vickon Greyjoy]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Mad Prendos]]''{{Ref|ASOS|63}}
|[[Prendos]]
| 
|-
|''[[Joso's Prank|Meraxes]]''{{ref|ASOS|8}}
|[[Meraxes]]
| 
|-
|''[[Mouse]]''{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
|[[Marilda of Hull]]
| 
|-
|''[[Prince Aemon]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Princess Daena]]''{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|Princess [[Daena Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|''[[Princess Myrcella]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]]
| 
|-
|''[[Princess Rhaenys]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] (daughter of Rhaegar) (possibly) Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] (daughter of Aemon) (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Alysanne]]''{{Ref|ACOK|58}}
|Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Cersei]]''{{Ref|ACOK|59}}
|Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Margaery]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]]
| 
|-
|''[[Queen Rhaenys]]''{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
|Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]] (possibly) Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] (possibly)
|Aemon's daughter, Princess Rhaenys, was known as the Queen Who Never Was.
|-
|''[[Saathos Saan (ship)|Saathos Saan]]''{{Ref|ADWD|9}}
|[[Saathos Saan]]
| 
|-
|''[[Sea Bitch]]''{{Ref|ACOK|24}}
|[[Asha Greyjoy]]
|[[Theon Greyjoy]] names his ship after a phrase said by "Esgred", actually his sister [[Asha Greyjoy|Asha]].{{Ref|ACOK|24}}
|-
|''[[Spicetown Girl]]''{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}
|[[Spicetown]]
| 
|-
|''[[Sweet Cersei]]''{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
|Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| 
|-
|''[[Summer Sun|Vhagar]]''{{ref|ASOS|8}}
|[[Vhagar]]
| 
|-
|}

==Locations==
{| class=wikitable width=100%
! scope="col" width="220" | Location
! scope="col" width="200" | Named after
! scope="col" width="380" | Notes
|-
|[[Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya (islands)]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign — Jaehaerys and Alysanne—Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
|King [[Aegon I Targaryen]] Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
|[[Elissa Farman]] discovered and named the islands in honor of the three conquerors.
|-
|[[Aegon's High Hill]]{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
|[[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Aegonfort]]{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
|[[Aegon I Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Alyssa's Tears]]{{Ref|AGOT|40}}
|[[Alyssa Arryn]]
| 
|-
|[[Durran's Point]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands}}
|King [[Durran Godsgrief]]
| 
|-
|[[Fishfoot Yard]]{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|Unknown Lord [[House Manderly|Manderly]]
|The square is named for some dead lord, but no one ever calls it anything but Fishfoot Yard.{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
|-
|[[Gorne's Way]]{{Ref|ASOS|26}}
|King [[Gorne]]
| 
|-
|[[Harrenhal]]{{Ref|ACOK|7}}
|King [[Harren Hoare]]
| 
|-
|[[Hill of Rhaenys]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
|Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Inn of the Kneeling Man]]{{Ref|ASOS|11}}
|King [[Torrhen Stark]]
| 
|-
|[[King's Landing]]{{Ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}
|[[Aegon's Landing]]
| 
|-
|[[Lann's Point]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands}}
|[[Lann the Clever]] (possibly)
| 
|-
|[[Mouse House]]{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}
|[[Marilda of Hull]]
| 
|-
|[[Queensgate]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]
|Snowgate was renamed in honor of the queen.
|-
|The [[Teats]]{{Ref|ADWD|48}}
|[[Barba Bracken]] [[Melissa Blackwood]]
|Some refer to the Teats as "Barba's Teats" in honor of Barba Bracken and others to "Missy's Teats" in honor of Melissa Blackwood.
|-
|[[Visenya's Hill]]{{ref|ACOK|57}}
|Queen [[Visenya Targaryen]]
| 
|-
|[[Widow's Tower]] at [[Harrenhal]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]]
|The tower was renamed after the widowed sister of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]], who made her residence there.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
|-
|Widow's Tower at [[Ten Towers]]{{Ref|AFFC|11}}
|[[Gwynesse Harlaw]]
| 
|-
|}

==References==
{{References}}

[[Category:Culture]]

House Hightower

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{{Noble House
| House_name = House Hightower of the Hightower
| image = [[File:House Hightower.svg|250px]]
| Coat_of_arms = A white tower crowned with flames on smoke grey ''(Cendrée, a tower argent, beacon inflamed gules)''
| Words = ''We Light the Way''
| Seat = The [[Hightower]], [[Oldtown]]
| Current_Lord = [[Leyton Hightower]]
| Region = The [[Reach]]
| Title = [[Beacon of the South]] [[Defender of Oldtown]] [[Defender of the Citadel]] [[King of the High Tower]] (formerly) [[Lord of Oldtown]] [[Lord of the Hightower]] [[Lord of the Port]] [[Voice of Oldtown]]
| Heir = Ser [[Baelor Hightower]]
| Overlord = [[House Tyrell]]
| Ancestral_weapon = [[Vigilance]]
| Cadet_branch =
| Founded_in = [[Dawn Age]]
| Founder = [[Uthor of the High Tower]]
| Died_out =
}}

'''House Hightower of the Hightower''' is one of the most powerful of the noble houses in the [[Reach]]. Their seat is the [[Hightower]], located in the city of [[Oldtown]]. The sigil of House Hightower is a stone white watchtower, with a fire on the top.{{Ref|thk}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/7/ Houses in the Reach]</ref> Their motto is ''"We Light the Way"''.{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} They possess a [[Valyrian steel]] [[Armament|sword]] called [[Vigilance]].{{Ref|tpatq}}

The Hightowers are among the oldest and proudest of the [[Great Houses]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} They have often preferred trade instead of war,{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} and have also avoided many wars because of their support for the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Oldtown}} The Hightowers can be legitimately referred to as being either "of Hightower" or "of Oldtown".<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Category/C91/P225/ The Arryns and the Hightower], May 1999</ref>

Some Hightowers are said to have dabbled in alchemy and necromancy.{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

==History==
===Hightower Kings===
The family is ancient, existing since the [[dawn of days]] when they were petty-kings. While most scholars believe they descend from the [[First Men]], [[Maester]] [[Yandel]] posits they descend from the seafarers and traders that settled at the top of the [[Whispering Sound]] in an earlier time, men who came to [[Westeros]] before the First Men and seem to have founded the original incarnation of [[Oldtown]]. Whatever the truth, the Hightowers resided in the ancient [[black stone]] fortress of [[Battle Isle]] at the mouth of the [[Honeywine]] before the "Hightower" of stone was built.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}

The Hightowers built four successive wooden beacon towers atop the fortress. The legendary King [[Uthor of the High Tower]] is said to have commissioned [[Bran the Builder]] or his son [[Brandon Stark (son of Bran the Builder)|Brandon]] to design the fifth tower, one built entirely of stone. Uthor's sons, King [[Urrigon Hightower|Urrigon]] and Prince [[Peremore Hightower|Peremore the Twisted]], were integral in the foundation of the [[Citadel]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}

During these early days Oldtown was threatened and sacked many times, including by [[ironborn]] raiders, [[Dornishmen]], and the armies of the [[Kings of the Reach]], [[House Gardener]] of [[Highgarden]]. The Kings of the High Tower raised strong walls and higher towers to keep any further invaders out. Oldtown was not brought into the realm of the Gardeners by conquest, but by marriage, during the reigns of King [[Lymond Hightower]] and King [[Garland II Gardener]]. Lymond the Sea Lion wed the daughter of Garland, while Garland put aside his own wives to marry Lymond's daughter.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: The Gardener Kings}}

During the [[Andal invasion]], the Hightowers and the Gardeners allied with the [[Andals|newcomers]]. Thus they were able to keep their wealth, lands and privileges. Protected by the might of Highgarden, the lords of Oldtown turned their eyes to trade and commerce and grew with every generation to become one of the richest and most powerful noble families in Westeros. The Hightowers were also one of the first great lords to accept the [[Faith of the Seven]] and thus gave their patronage to the establishment of the office of [[High Septon]] and the building of the [[Starry Sept]] as the center of the Faith.

===Targaryen Era===
During [[Aegon's Conquest]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], Lord [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]] heeded the [[High Septon (Aegon's Conquest)|High Septon]] and did not join his liege lord, King [[Mern IX Gardener]], on the march to the [[Field of Fire]]. Soon, Mern was dead and [[Highgarden]] surrendered, with the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] replacing the Gardeners. When [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] arrived at Oldtown on [[dragon]]back, Manfred opened his gates. Aegon spared the city, and the High Septon anointed him and acknowledged [[House Targaryen]]'s right to rule all Seven Kingdoms.{{Ref|twoiaf|The Reign of the Dragons: Aegon's Conquest}}{{Ref|fab|Aegon's Conquest}}

After the [[High Septon (Aegon I)|High Septon]] objected against the suggested match between Prince [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor Targaryen]] and Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]], he suggested instead his own niece as Maegor's bride: [[Ceryse Hightower]], the daughter of Lord [[Manfred Hightower (son of Addam)|Manfred Hightower]].{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}} Ceryse and Maegor were wed in {{Date|25}}.{{Ref|tsotd}} Maegor took a second bride in {{Date|39}}, claiming that Ceryse was infertile. Lord Manfred objected to Maegor's second wedding. After Maegor had left Westeros in exile, and Septon [[Murmison]] had failed to make Ceryse fertile, Ceryse returned to the Hightower.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{Date|41}}, Lord [[Martyn Hightower]] succeeded his father Manfred. In {{Date|43}}, Martyn's brother [[Morgan Hightower|Morgan]] was the sole [[Warrior's Son]] pardonned by Maegor, following the mysterious death of the High Septon and the yielding of Oldtown by Martyn to the Targaryens. That same year, Maegor and Ceryse were reunited, and Ceryse eventually returned to [[King's Landing]] with her husband, where she remained until her death in {{Date|45}}.{{Ref|tsotd}}{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}}

In {{date|47}}, Princess [[Rhaella Targaryen (daughter of Aegon)|Rhaella Targaryen]], the younger daughter of the deceased Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon Targaryen]] and Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]], was sent to [[Oldtown]] by King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] to be raised as a [[septa]]. When her mother Rhaena fled from Maegor in the night the next year, Maegor sent a rider to Oldtown commanding Lord Hightower to behead Rhaella as punishment for her mother's betrayal. Lord Hightower refused, however, and imprisoned the messenger instead. He then declared his support for Prince [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys Targaryen]].{{ref|TSOTD}}{{Ref|fab|The Sons of the Dragon}}

[[Eustace Hightower]]'s ship was the only one of the three in [[Alys Westhill]]'s expedition of {{date|56}} across the [[Sunset Sea]] to return.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

In {{Date|89}}, the ruling Lord Hightower staged a tourney at Oldtown in honor of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], who was visiting the city during one of his [[royal progress]]es.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

The Hightowers were strong supporters of the [[greens]] against the [[blacks]] during the civil war known as the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] was supported by his mother, the Dowager Queen [[Alicent Hightower]], and his grandfather, the [[Hand of the King]] Ser [[Otto Hightower]]. Ser [[Gwayne Hightower]] served as second-in-command of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]]. Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] commanded the greens' army from the Reach, which also included the knights [[Bryndon Hightower|Bryndon]] and [[Hobert Hightower]]. Three of the Hightowers' bannerhouses (the [[House Costayne|Costaynes]], [[House Mullendore|Mullendores]] and [[House Beesbury|Beesburys]]) fought for the blacks, however.{{ref|tpatq}}

Lord Ormund was succeeded by his son, Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]], who caused relations to sour when he announced his intent to marry his widowed step-mother, Lady [[Samantha Tarly]], denounced by the [[High Septon]] as a form of incest.{{ref|fab|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} After the [[Rogare Bank]] collapsed in {{date|136}}, she founded the [[Bank of Oldtown]].{{ref|fab|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

Following the death of her first husband, Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]] married [[Garmund Hightower]] and had six daughters by him.{{Ref|twoiaf| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}

House Hightower gave strong support to neither side during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], keeping a foot in both Targaryen and [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] camps.{{ref|TSS}}

Ser [[Abelar Hightower]] challenged Prince [[Valarr Targaryen]] in the first tilt of the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] and was defeated.{{ref|thk}} House Hightower was among the houses that Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] mentioned as part of his litany of great houses that [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]] maids once married into.{{ref|tss}}

Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] and Princess [[Elia Martell]] visited [[Oldtown]] on their way to [[Casterly Rock]] where their mother was to broker their marriage to the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] twins, [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. While in Oldtown they met [[Baelor Hightower]], whom Elia fancied but Oberyn mocked after he farted in their presence.{{ref|ASOS|70}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] later offered his youngest son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], as a match for a Hightower daughter, but Lord [[Leyton Hightower]] declined.{{ref|ASOS|19}}

===Baratheon Era===
During [[Robert's Rebellion]], the Hightowers remained loyal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]] and the Targaryen dynasty.{{Ref|ACOK|12}} Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]], was [[Combat at the tower of joy|killed]] at the [[tower of joy]].{{Ref|AGOT|39}} The Hightowers knelt to the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], after the defeat of the Targaryens.

Lord Leyton attended the [[tourney at Lannisport]] to watch his sons joust. [[Lynesse Hightower|Lynesse]] accompanied her father, meeting and marrying [[Jorah Mormont]], Lord of [[Bear Island]]. [[Mormont Keep|Mormont's hall]] proved underwhelming, however, and Lynesse eventually became the chief concubine of [[Tregar Ormollen]] in [[Lys]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}}

House Hightower continues to be patrons of both the [[Citadel]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} They are as rich as [[House Lannister]] and can field three times as many swords as other Tyrell [[bannermen]], as well as the manpower of [[Oldtown]].{{Ref|AFFC|45}} The four-decked ''[[Honor of Oldtown]]'' is the flagship of the Hightower fleet.

The current head of the house, Lord [[Leyton Hightower|Leyton]], has not descended from the [[High Tower]] in over a decade.{{Ref|AFFC|Prologue}} His fourth and current wife is Lady [[Rhea Florent]]. Besides her family, the Hightowers are connected to several prominent Reach houses; Leyton's second daughter, Lady [[Alerie Hightower|Alerie]], is wed to their liege lord, [[Mace Tyrell]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Alerie Hightower]]'s daughter, [[Margaery Tyrell]], marries [[Renly Baratheon]] at [[Highgarden]].{{ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
At the start of the [[War of the Five Kings]], the Hightowers follow the Tyrell lead in supporting Renly.{{ref|ACOK|31}} The Hightowers do not change to [[Stannis Baratheon]]'s side after [[siege of Storm's End (299)|Renly's assassination]].

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Following the [[battle of the Blackwater]], the [[small council]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] grants some lands from the defeated to Lord [[Leyton Hightower]].{{ref|ASOS|19}}

With the Tyrells allied with [[House Lannister]], Alerie travels to [[King's Landing]], where she attends the [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]] of Margaery to Joffrey, during which the king dies.{{ref|ASOS|60}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Alerie attends the funeral of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{ref|AFFC|7}} and Margaery's wedding to the new king, [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]].{{ref|AFFC|12}}

House Hightower's caution changes in response to the [[House Greyjoy|Greyjoy]] [[taking of the Shields]] and attacks on the Reach. Old Lord Leyton stays in his tower with [[Malora Hightower|Malora]] the Mad Maid, supposedly researching books of spells, and sends forth his sons with varying tasks. [[Baelor Hightower|Baelor Brightsmile]] is building ships, [[Gunthor Hightower|Gunthor]] is building up the harbor's defenses, [[Garth Hightower|Garth Greysteel]] is training men, and [[Humfrey Hightower|Humfrey]] is traveling to his sister [[Lynesse Hightower|Lynesse]] in [[Lys]], where he hopes to hire [[sellsail]]s. [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s [[ironborn]] conquer parts of the [[Arbor]] and attempt to blockade the [[Honeywine]]. One attack on Oldtown's harbor is repulsed by the defenders, but the city remains under serious threat.{{ref|AFFC|45}}

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

The known Hightowers during the timespan of the events described in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' are:

* Lord [[Leyton Hightower]], called the ''Old Man of [[Oldtown]]''.
** Lady [[Rhea Florent]], his fourth wife.
*** Ser [[Baelor Hightower]], his eldest son and heir. Called ''Baelor Brightsmile''. Married to [[Rhonda Rowan]].
*** [[Malora Hightower]], his eldest daughter. Called the ''Mad Maid''.
*** [[Alerie Hightower]], his second daughter. Married to Lord [[Mace Tyrell]].
*** Ser [[Garth Hightower]], his second son. Called ''Garth Greysteel''.
*** [[Denyse Hightower]], his third daughter. Married to Ser [[Desmond Redwyne]].
*** [[Leyla Hightower]], his fourth daughter. Married to Ser [[Jon Cupps]].
*** [[Alysanne Hightower]], his fifth daughter. Married to Lord [[Arthur Ambrose]].
*** [[Lynesse Hightower]], his sixth daughter. Married to Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]; now concubine to [[Tregar Ormollen]] in [[Lys]].
*** Ser [[Gunthor Hightower]], his third son. Married to [[Jeyne Fossoway]].
*** Ser [[Humfrey Hightower]], his fourth son.
* Ser {[[Gerold Hightower]]}, called the ''White Bull''. [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]] of the [[Kingsguard]] under kings, [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] and [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. His uncle. [[Combat at the tower of joy|Slain]] at the [[tower of Joy]] in {{Date|283}}.

With unspecified familiar relationship to the main branch:
* Maester {[[Walys Flowers]]}, son of a Hightower girl and an [[Maesters|Archmaester]] of the [[Citadel]]. Maester to the late Lord [[Rickard Stark]].

{{Template:Hightower_tree}}

==Historical Members==
===Before the Conquest===
* King [[Uthor of the High Tower]], a legendary figure of the [[Dawn Age]], credited with the building of the first stone [[Hightower]].
** King [[Urrigon Hightower]], his eldest son and successor, who bequeathed lands for the foundation of the [[Citadel]].
** Prince [[Peremore Hightower]], called the ''Twisted'', who brought a group of scholars together, who, in the end, would go on to found the Citadel.
* King [[Otho II Hightower]], who strengthened the defenses of [[Oldtown]] to prevent further sacking by foreign forces.
* King [[Lymond Hightower]], called the ''Sea Lion'', who defeated an invasion of [[ironborn]] raiders and married the daughter of [[Garland II Gardener]], thus bringing Oldtown under the power of [[Highgarden]]. Afterwards he ruled as the first Lord of Oldtown.
* Lord [[Jeremy Hightower]], who fostered trade and doubled his house's wealth.
** Lord [[Jason Hightower]], his son and heir, who rebuild the Hightower a hundred feet higher.
* Lord [[Dorian Hightower]], who set aside his wife for an [[Andal]] princess and the stability of trade.
** Lord [[Damon Hightower]], called the Devout, his grandson, who was the first to accept the [[Faith of the Seven]].
*** Lord [[Triston Hightower]], his son, who was fostered by the Faith and raised the [[Starry Sept]].
**** Lord [[Barris Hightower]], his son, who gave the [[High Septon]] his first crystal crown.
* Lord Hightower, ruling during the reign of King [[Garth XI Gardener]]. His comment led people to refer to the king as "Garth the Painter".{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Andals in the Reach}}
* [[Runcel Hightower]]. He was [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] and tried to bequeath [[Night's Watch|the Watch]] to his bastard son.

===After the Conquest===
* Lord [[Manfred Hightower (Aegon's Conquest)|Manfred Hightower]], was the head of House Hightower during [[Aegon's Conquest]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
** Lord [[Addam Hightower]], eldest son and heir to Manfred {{ref|fab|Reign of the Dragon - The Wars of King Aegon I}}
***Lord [[Manfred Hightower (son of Addam)|Manfred Hightower]], the son of Addam<ref>asoiaf.westeros.org: [SPOILERS] Family trees and successions - [https://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/152622-spoilers-family-trees-and-successions/&do=findComment&comment=8276294 "Addam Hightower is indeed the father of Manfred #2."]</ref>
**** Lord [[Martyn Hightower]], Manfred's eldest son and heir.
**** Queen [[Ceryse Hightower]], the daughter of Manfred, and the first wife of King [[Maegor I Targaryen]].
**** Ser [[Morgan Hightower]], Martyn's younger brother, and a member of the [[Warrior's Sons]].
*** Lady [[Patrice Hightower]], maiden sister of Manfred and aunt of Martyn. Suspected by some to have murdered the [[High Septon (Aenys I)|High Septon]], in {{date|43}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reach: Oldtown}}{{Ref|TSotD}}
** [[Garmon Hightower]], a younger son of Manfred and brother to Addam, slain by Ser Joffrey Dayne during the [[First Dornish War]].
** A son who had recently taken the vows of a [[septon]] at the end of [[Aegon's Conquest]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
** A son who had joined the [[Warrior's Sons]].
** Daughters. Manfred offered his youngest to [[Aegon I Targaryen]] upon opening the gates of Oldtown to him, which Aegon declined so as not to offend his Queens.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
* Unknown male Hightower for which a betrothal to one of Lord [[House Tarth|Tarth]]'s triplet daughters was arranged by Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|Three Heads Had the Dragon - Governance Under King Aegon I}}
*Lord [[Donnel Hightower]], who ruled the Hightower during the early part of the reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].
**Ser [[Eustace Hightower]], Donnel's grandson.
***Eustace's wife and children.
**Ser [[Norman Hightower]], Donnel's grandson.
**[[High Septon (brother of Donnel Hightower)|High Septon]], a younger brother of Lord Donnel who became High Septon afer [[Alfyn (septon)|Alfyn]].{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
**Other brother(s) of Lord Donnel.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
**Donnel's other relatives, including: uncles, nieces and at least 6 cousins and 2 nephews.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
* Lord Hightower ruling in {{Date|89}}. He staged a [[tourney]] in honor of King Jaehaerys I.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
* [[Lord Hightower]], the Lord of the Hightower during the late reign of King Jaehaerys I and the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen.{{Ref|TRP}}
** Lord [[Ormund Hightower]], his son and successor. Lord of the Hightower during the Dance of the Dragons.{{ref|tpatq}} Married twice, second to Lady [[Samantha Tarly]].
*** Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]], his son, Lord of the Hightower during the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. Second husband of Lady [[Samantha Tarly]]{{ref|fab|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
**** Six children.{{ref|fab|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
**** Ser [[Myles Hightower]], Lyonel's cousin.{{ref|fab|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
*** [[Martyn Hightower (son of Ormund)|Martyn Hightower]], his son.{{ref|Fab|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}
*** [[Garmund Hightower]], his son, married to Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]].
**** Six daughters.{{ref|twoiaf| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}
*** [[Bethany Hightower]], his daughter.{{ref|fab|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
*** Ser [[Bryndon Hightower]], the foremost knight of Oldtown, cousin to Lord Ormund. Killed alongside Ormund by Lord Roderick Dustin at the first battle of Tumbleton.{{ref|tpatq}}
*** Ser [[Hobert Hightower]], cousin to Lord Ormund. Sixty years old in {{date|130}}.{{ref|tpatq}}
** Ser [[Otto Hightower]], his younger brother. He was the [[Hand of the King]] during the reigns of [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], [[Viserys I Targaryen]] and [[Aegon II Targaryen]]. He was the uncle of Lord Ormund Hightower.{{ref|tpatq}}<ref>Ran's comment [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/113133-rogue-prince-or-kings-brother-part-ii/?p=5970769]</ref>
*** [[Alicent Hightower]], daughter of Ser Otto and the Queen of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], who gave him three sons and a daughter, including [[Aegon II Targaryen]], who was one of the claimants in the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|tpatq}}
*** At least one other son.
*** Ser [[Gwayne Hightower]], the youngest brother of Queen Alicent.{{ref|tpatq}}
* Unnamed Hightower, one of the 33 maiden from the Reach proposed by [[Samantha Tarly]] as a suitable wife for King [[Aegon III Targaryen]], alongside of [[Bethany Hightower]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
* Lord [[Jon Hightower]], Lord of the Hightower, and Hand of the King in the final years of the reign of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].{{ref|twoiaf| Aegon IV}}
* Ser [[Abelar Hightower]]. He was a participant of the [[tourney at Ashford Meadow]] and heir of the Hightower.{{ref|thk}}
* Lord [[Quenton Hightower]]. He ordered Oldtown closed and ordered anyone trying to leave to be killed to prevent the spread of the [[grey plague]] as it took half the city. Survivors of the plague killed him and his young son in the streets the day he had those orders rescinded.
** His young son.{{Ref|AFFC|8}}

==Sworn Houses==
* '''[[House Beesbury]]''' of [[Honeyholt]]
* '''[[House Bulwer]]''' of [[Blackcrown]]
* '''[[House Costayne]]''' of the [[Three Towers]]
* '''[[House Cuy]]''' of [[Sunhouse]]
* '''[[House Mullendore]]''' of [[Uplands]]

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Rhaella Targaryen

2020-03-29T14:11:47Z

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{{Character
| Character_name = [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|left]] Rhaella Targaryen [[File:House Targaryen.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Rhaella targaryen by berghots.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Rhaella Targaryen, by Bella Bergolts ©.
| Alias =
| Title = Princess Queen Dowager Queen
| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]]
| Race = [[Valyria]]n
| Culture = [[Crownlands]]
| Spouse = King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]
| Issue = [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] [[Shaena Targaryen]] [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Daeron Targaryen]] Stillborn child [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Aegon Targaryen]] [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Jaehaerys Targaryen]] [[Viserys Targaryen]] [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaella Targaryen}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|245}} or {{Date|246}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Dragonstone]]{{Ref|AGOT|3}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|284}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella Targaryen]] calculation.''</ref>
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

==Family==
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Blackfyre Pretenders

2020-03-29T11:31:50Z

TMWNN: /* Background */ Great Bastards

The '''Blackfyre Pretenders''' were a series of claimants to the [[Iron Throne]] of the [[Seven Kingdoms]], flying the banner of [[House Blackfyre]] in several Blackfyre Rebellions. The Blackfyres opposed the reign of [[House Targaryen]] from the reign of King [[Daeron II Targaryen|Daeron II]] until they were extinguished in the male line during the reign of King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen |Jaehaerys II]].{{Ref|ASOS|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

==Background==
King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] legitimized all of his [[bastard]] children on his deathbed. Aegon's legitimate son, Prince [[Daeron II Targaryen]], succeeded his father, and did all he could to keep the [[Great Bastards]] close. However, rumours about Daeron's parentage, once started by King Aegon IV himself, claimed that Daeron was the illegitimate son of Aegon IV's brother, Ser [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon Targaryen]], the Dragonknight, and those rumours were not forgotten when Daeron took the throne.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

King Aegon IV's reign had been corrupt, and when Daeron II ascended the throne in {{Date|184}}, the royal court was reformed. All the members of the [[small council]] were dismissed and replaced by men of Daeron's choosing. The [[City Watch]] was likewise "repaired", though it took more than a year to do so. Most importantly, Daeron sought to unify all of the Kingsdoms, by bringing [[Dorne]] under the authority of the [[Iron Throne]]. It took two years of negotiations before Prince [[Maron Martell]], Daeron II's good-brother and the [[Prince of Dorne]], agreed to be betrothed to Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys Targaryen]]. Their wedding, which occurred in {{Date|187}},{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}<ref>[[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Weddings|Date for Maron Martell's and Daenerys' Martell's wedding]]</ref> finally united Dorne with the other Kingdoms under Targaryen rule.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Maron had won a few concessions for Dorne during the negotiations, and the lords of Dorne held significant rights and privileges that the other greater houses in the Seven Kingdoms did not. In addition, Daeron brought many Dornishmen to his court, who held important offices, causing others to believe that the Dornishmen held too much influence over the King. Over time, men began to long back to the times when the Dornish had been the enemies to battle against. In addition, Daeron was not at all a warrior. While his heir, Prince [[Baelor Targaryen (son of Daeron II)|Baelor]], was as much a warrior as could be desired, he had the appearance of a [[House Martell|Martell]]. With the memory of the Dornish as enemies still in their minds, many of the [[Dornish Marches]] came to mistrust King Daeron II and Prince Baelor.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
[[File:Marc Simonetti knightingson.jpg|thumb|400px|King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] knights his bastard son, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon]], publicly acknowledging him as his own son, and grants him the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] sword [[Blackfyre]] - by Marc Simonetti]]
These same people looked at [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], the bastard son of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and his cousin, Princess [[Daena Targaryen]], and saw in him a warrior, grown tall and powerful, with the hallmarks of Old [[Valyria]] (deep purple eyes, silver-gold hair down to his shoulders), who was described as having had an "almost inhumane beauty", being "half a god among mortal men".{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}<ref name=greatbastards/> Daemon had been knighted in {{Date|182}} at the age of twelve by King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] himself, after winning a squire's tourney. After knighting his bastard son, King Aegon had publicly bestowed the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Blackfyre]] on him as well,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} finally acknowledging him.<ref name=greatbastards>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Great_Bastards/ The Great Bastards (December 26, 2005)]</ref> There were some who felt that the sword symbolized the monarchy<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/SF_Targaryens_Valyria_Sansa_Martells_and_More SF, Targaryens, Valyria, Sansa, Martells, and More (June 26, 2001)]</ref> as it had been the sword of King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], the Conqueror, and had been passed on from king to king ever since. Aegon's public gift of the sword would eventually start the first talk that Daemon should be king.<ref name=targaryenhistory>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Targaryen_History Targaryen History (April 20, 2008)]</ref> Following the acquisition of the sword, Daemon took the name "Blackfyre" for himself.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

It is claimed by Daemon's supporters that Daemon had desired to marry his younger half-sister, [[Daenerys Targaryen (daughter of Aegon IV)|Daenerys]], and that King Aegon, who had desired Daemon to marry the daughter of the [[Archon]] of [[Tyrosh]], had promised Daemon that he could have more than one wife. However, upon King Aegon's death, King Daeron II paid the dowry to the Archon, seeing Daemon wed to [[Rohanne of Tyrosh]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} Daemon and Rohanne would have seven sons, and at least two daughters.{{Ref|TSS}} Whether Daemon indeed loved Daenerys, and whether Daenerys indeed loved him as well, as Daemon's supporters and the singers would later claim, is unknown. However, no record of Daenerys mourning Daemon has ever been found.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Those lords and knights dissatisfied with Daeron II's reign began to seek Daemon out, but following Daenerys's wedding, it took eight more years before the rebellion bloomed. In {{Date|196}}, Daemon Blackfyre, the [[bastard]] son of Princess Daena and King Aegon IV, began his rebellion, which would last nigh on a year. For his sigil, Daemon took the Targaryen sigil with the colors reversed, a black dragon on red, giving him the nickname "the Black Dragon" (with Daeron being referred as the Red Dragon).
{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}} Following the Blackfyre defeat in the first rebellion (which included the death of Daemon himself and his eldest two children, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]]), Daemon's bastard half-brother, Ser [[Aegor Rivers]], fled to [[Tyrosh]] with Daemon's remaining children and widow. From there, Daemon's descendants continued to plot. Four more rebellions would follow, until {{Date|260}}, when [[Maelys I Blackfyre]], the last male of [[House Blackfyre]], was slain on the [[Stepstones]] during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

==The Rebellions==
===First Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{Main|First Blackfyre Rebellion}}

In {{Date|196}}, [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Blackfyre]], the bastard son of the late King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and his cousin, Princess [[Daena Targaryen]], attempted to usurp the throne from King [[Daeron II Targaryen]], the legitimate son of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and his sister-Queen, [[Naerys Targaryen|Naerys]]. This caused the second major civil war in the history of the Targaryen reign. The war lasted nigh on a year. Battles were fought in the [[Reach]], the [[westerlands]], the [[riverlands]], and more places. During the final battle of the war, the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], Daemon and his two eldest sons, [[Aegon Blackfyre|Aegon]] and [[Aemon Blackfyre|Aemon]], were killed, and his allies defeated. However, five of Daemon's sons and several daughters survived and were carried into exile to the [[Free Cities]] by [[Aegor Rivers]], known as "Bittersteel", Daemon's half-brother, who had been one of Daemon's biggest supporters. They ended up in [[Tyrosh]], the former home of Daemon's widow, [[Rohanne of Tyrosh|Rohanne]], where Daemon's descendants and Aegor Rivers continued plotting.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}

===Second Blackfyre Rebellion===
:{{Main|Second Blackfyre Rebellion}}

In {{Date|212}}, Daemon I Blackfyre's third son, [[Daemon II Blackfyre]], disguised as "Ser John the Fiddler", and other Blackfyre loyalists attempted to launch a [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion|second rebellion]] under the pretense of gathering for [[Whitewalls tourney|a wedding tourney]] at [[Whitewalls]]. They were exposed by [[Hand of the King]] [[Brynden Rivers]], who ended the rebellion before it began. Rivers arrested Daemon and either executed or punished those lords who had been willing to support the Blackfyre cause. Daemon was kept alive and imprisoned to prevent Aegor Rivers from crowning Daemon's younger brother, [[Haegon I Blackfyre|Haegon]], as his successor.{{Ref|TMK}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

===Third Blackfyre Rebellion===
[[File:Marc Simonetti Bittersteel golden company.jpg|thumb|420px|Ser [[Aegor Rivers]] and his [[Golden Company]].]]
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In {{Date|219}}, [[Aegor Rivers|Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers]] launched a new invasion, after crowning [[Haegon I Blackfyre]]. Prince [[Maekar I Targaryen|Maekar Targaryen]], as well as two of his sons, Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon]] and Prince [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion]], fought in this conflict. Hand of the King [[Brynden Rivers]] once again duelled his half-brother, [[Aegor Rivers]] (their first duel having been during the [[Battle of the Redgrass Field]], during the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]]). The Third Blackfyre Rebellion ended with the death of Haegon I, and the arrest of Aegor. While Prince Aerion and Lord Brynden both argued that Aegor Rivers should be put to death, King [[Aerys I Targaryen]] agreed to send him to the [[Wall]] instead, to join the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}} However, the ship which transported Rivers north was attacked by the [[Golden Company]],{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}} which had been founded by Bittersteel a year after the Second Blackfyre Rebellion had failed.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} Rivers escaped, and before the year had ended, had crowned Haegon's eldest son, [[Daemon III Blackfyre|Daemon]], Daemon III Blackfyre.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

===Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion===
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In {{Date|236}}, as a cruel winter was ending, [[Daemon III Blackfyre]] and Aegor Rivers launched the Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion. Their army landed at [[Massey's Hook]]. While Daemon had the support of the [[Golden Company]], there were only few lords who flocked to their banners. The Rebellion ended with Daemon's death during the [[Battle of Wendwater Bridge]], where Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] of the [[Kingsguard]] slew him. Aegor Rivers once more retreated across the Narrow Sea,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} where he died several years later.

===War of the Ninepenny Kings===
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In {{Date|258}}, nine outlaws, exiles, pirates and sellsword captains formed the [[Band of Nine]] in the [[Disputed Lands]] on [[Essos]]. Their goal was to carve out a kingdom for each of them. The Band of Nine swore their oath of mutual aid and support in carving out kingdoms for each of their members. Amongst them was the last Blackfyre, [[Maelys I Blackfyre|Maelys the Monstrous]], who had command of the Golden Company, and the kingdom they pledged to win for him was the Seven Kingdoms. Prince Duncan, when told of the pact, famously remarked that crowns were being sold nine a penny; thereafter the Band of Nine became known as the Ninepenny Kings in Westeros. It was thought at first that the Free Cities of Essos would surely bring their power against them and put an end to their pretensions, but nonetheless preparations were made, should Maelys and his allies turn on the Seven Kingdoms. But there was no great urgency to them, and King Aegon remained intent on his reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

The Band of Nine did not founder, however, they captured [[Tyrosh]] and took control of the [[Stepstones]] in {{Date|260}}, [[Westeros]] was their next target. King [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen]] responded swiftly to the threat, dispatching an army to the Stepstones to meet the Band of Nine in battle, instead of waiting for the threat to reach [[Westeros]]. The ensuing conflict was dubbed the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]]. The threat to Targaryen rule was ended when Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] slew Maelys the Monstrous in single combat. As Maelys died, [[House Blackfyre]] died with him.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}{{Ref|ADWD|5}}

==Aftermath==
After five generations, the Blackfyre Pretenders had all been killed.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}} The [[Golden Company]], raised in {{Date|212}} by Aegor Rivers,{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}} still remains to this day, fighting as a mercenary force in [[Essos]].{{Ref|AFFC|13}} It is considered to be one of the finest sellsword companies, consisting out of exiles and sons of exiles, all formidable fighters{{Ref|ADWD|5}} who dream of gold and home.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}

==The Pretenders==
History records five Blackfyre Pretenders:{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}
* [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], the bastard son of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and Princess [[Daena Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
* [[Daemon II Blackfyre]], third born son of Daemon I.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
* [[Haegon I Blackfyre]], fourth born son of Daemon I.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}
* [[Daemon III Blackfyre]], eldest son of Haegon I.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}
* [[Maelys I Blackfyre]], of unknown ancestry.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II}}

Despite not being a Blackfyre Pretender, the fifth son of Daemon I, [[Aenys Blackfyre]], put his name forward in the [[Great Council#Great Council of 233 AC|Great Council]] of {{date|233}}. Invited to [[King's Landing]] to present his claim, he was dishonorably killed by Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], despite the previous promise of safe passage.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I}}

===House Blackfyre===
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==References==
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Smallfolk

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[[File:Kingslanding Red keep outside HBO.jpg|thumb|500px|Smallfolk near the [[Red Keep]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]

'''Smallfolk''' or '''lowborn''' are the common people of the [[known world]]. Most are peasants who have to obey their local [[lord]], even though they may never catch a glimpse of him during their life. The [[nobility]] of [[Westeros]] have great power over their smallfolk, whom they are expected to protect.{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|ACOK|46}}

==About==
Most smallfolk are poor, illiterate people living provincial, humble, and simple lives. Most do not have surnames. They use roads which are crooked muddy tracks that do not appear on parchment maps.{{Ref|AFFC|25}} Instead of castle-forged steel or lances,{{Ref|ACOK|2}} they are more likely to use [[w:Stick fighting|staffs]] as weapons.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} They often name their daughters after flowers and herbs,{{Ref|ASOS|2}} and peasant girls are more likely to bleed from losing their [[maidenhead]] on wedding nights.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} They are far removed from the major players of the game of thrones, but are affected by those decisions, good or bad. [[Bastards]] with a lowborn parent can be called baseborn.{{Ref|ACOK|24}}{{Ref|ASOS|33}}{{Ref|ADWD|37}}{{Ref|TSS}}

In Westeros the smallfolk often dress in raw wool and dull brown roughspun, while nobles wear colored velvets, silks, and samites.{{Ref|AFFC|26}} The opposite is true in [[Braavos]], where nobles dress in dark hues while [[bravo]]s are brightly colored.{{Ref|AFFC|26}} The people of Lys, both noble and smallfolk, resemble the [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrians]] of old.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}}

Some among the smallfolk may believe the world to be flat.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Trade_with_Asshai Trade with Asshai (August 26, 2000)]</ref> Smallfolk are often superstitious; some may believe that if a woman eats rabbit while pregnant, her child will be born with long floppy ears.{{Ref|ACOK|15}} They often name daughters after flowers or herbs, like [[Violet]] or [[Tansy]].{{Ref|ASOS|2}}

===Advancement===
Even though they are born in the lowest social status in Westeros, it is possible for smallfolk to rise in social status.
* [[Hedge knight]]s are usually born as smallfolk, but they may rise to higher positions. For example, Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] became [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] for King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|67}} Great service may also be rewarded with [[knight]]hood as exemplified by the smuggler [[Davos Seaworth|Davos]], who slipped through the naval blockade during the [[siege of Storm's End]]. This saved the castle garrison from starvation, and Davos was rewarded by [[Stannis Baratheon]] with land, keep, and knighthood, becoming a [[landed knight]].{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}
* Successful merchants can sometimes be ennobled, such as the founder of [[House Spicer]], a wealthy merchant{{Ref|AFFC|36}} whose father was lowborn.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}
* It is possible for smallfolk to join city guards or the [[Night's Watch]] with the possibility of becoming a commander, like [[Janos Slynt]], Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]].{{Ref|AGOT|57}}
* Smallfolk are allowed to join the [[Citadel]] of [[Oldtown]], where they study to become [[maesters]].{{Ref|AFFC|Prologue}}
* The [[Faith of the Seven]] allows all to become [[septon]]s or [[septa]]s.
* The [[Poor Fellows]], an order of the [[Faith Militant]], accepted members regardless of their status or their sex.{{Ref|AFFC|28}}{{Ref|TSOTD}}

==Characters popular with the smallfolk==
{{Columns|3|
*King [[Aegon I Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}}
*Prince [[Viserys Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Viserys Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragons}}
*King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
*Good Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys I}}{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
*Ser [[Willam Stafford]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
*Ser [[Harys Hogg]]{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}
*[[Jonquil Darke]]{{Ref|FAB|The Year of the Three Brides - 49 AC}}
*[[Elissa Farman]] (on [[Fair Isle]] at least){{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}
*Ser [[Lucamore Strong]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progency, and Pain}}
*Lord [[Rodrik Arryn]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progency, and Pain}}
*Prince [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progency, and Pain}}
*King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]{{Ref|TRP}}{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}
*Queen [[Alicent Hightower]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}
*Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}
*King [[Daeron II Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}
*[[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]]{{Ref|ACOK|3}}
*Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Viserys II)|Aemon the Dragonknight]]{{Ref|ACOK|3}}
*King [[Baelor I Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}
*King [[Aegon V Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}
*Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]{{Ref|AFFC|24}}
*Lord [[Renly Baratheon]]{{Ref|ACOK|42}}
*King [[Robert I Baratheon]]{{Ref|AGOT|57}}
*Queen [[Margaery Tyrell]]{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
*Ser [[Loras Tyrell]]{{Ref|ASOS|12}}
*Ser [[Barristan Selmy]]{{Ref|ACOK|3}}
*Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]{{Ref|AFFC|25}}
*[[Simon Toyne]]{{Ref|AFFC|30}}
*Ser [[Arthur Dayne]]{{Ref|AFFC|30}}
*[[High Sparrow]]{{Ref|AFFC|28}}
}}

==Characters unpopular with the smallfolk==
*King [[Harren Hoare]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}
*King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] (loved at the start of his reign but hated by the end of it){{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}}
*King [[Maegor I Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragons}}
*Queen [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] (feared by the smallfolk at the end of her life){{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
*Lord [[Rego Draz]]{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under Jaehaerys I}}
*Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] (hailed as the "Realm's Delight" in her youth but hated at the end of her life){{Ref|TPATQ}}
*Lord [[Bartimos Celtigar]]{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}
*Lord [[Brynden Rivers]]{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}}
*Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]{{Ref|AFFC|16}}
*[[Tyrion Lannister]]{{Ref|ACOK|41}}
*Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]{{Ref|ACOK|15}}
*The [[High Septon (Fat One)|fat High Septon]]{{Ref|ACOK|20}}
*[[House Lannister]]{{Ref|ACOK|41}}

==History==
During the [[Century of Blood]], many smallfolk in [[Essos]] fled before the [[Dothraki]].{{Ref|ADWD|14}}

[[Harren Hoare]] beggared lords and smallfolk during the construction of [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}

Queen [[Rhaenys Targaryen]] was concerned for smallfolk and aided her brother, King [[Aegon I Targaryen]], in gaining their allegiance.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon I}} Smallfolk turned against King [[Aenys I Targaryen]] after he wed his children, Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]] to each other.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aenys I}} Tens of thousands of smallfolk died during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Iron Islands: The Red Kraken}} King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] tried to feed the hungry and entertain the smallfolk.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} Smallfolk loved King [[Baelor I Targaryen]], although his generosity alarmed the [[nobility]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}} King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] was also beloved by the commoners, although most of his efforts to aid them with laws and reform were eventually reversed by the nobles.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

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

{{Quote|A man has his pride, no matter how lowborn he may be.{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Duncan the Tall]] to [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]]}}

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

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

{{Quote|'''Stannis''': What do the smallfolk say of [[Renly Baratheon|Renly's]] death? 
'''Davos''': They grieve. Your brother was well loved. 
'''Stannis''': Fools love a [[fool]], but I grieve for him as well.{{Ref|ACOK|42}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] and [[Davos Seaworth]]}}

{{Quote|I'm too bloody lowborn to be kin to m'lady high.{{Ref|ASOS|29}}|[[Gendry]] to [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Keep your eyes down and your tone respectful and say ser a lot, and most [[knight]]s will never see you. They pay more mind to horses than to smallfolk.{{Ref|ASOS|50}}|[[Sandor Clegane]] to [[Arya Stark]]}}

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

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

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

==References==
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Barristan Selmy

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{{Hatnote|"Arstan" and "Arstan Whitebeard" redirect here. For the Lord of Harvest Hall, see [[Arstan Selmy]].}}

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

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Barristan Selmy|l1=Images of Barristan Selmy}}

Barristan is tall and has pale blue eyes which some consider to be sad.{{Ref|ASOS|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|30}} He is an older man, with white hair and lined features. When he was young, he had blond hair.{{Ref|ADWD|55}} Some consider him handsome, at least for his age.{{Ref|ADWD|43}}{{Ref|ADWD|52}} Despite his advanced age, Barristan looks strong and graceful and every bit the skilled [[knight]] he was in his youth.{{Ref|AGOT|15}} He is taller than Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] but less muscular.{{Ref|ASOS|8}}

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

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

Like other members of the Kingsguard, Barristan's plate armor, cloak, and shield are all in white.{{Ref|AGOT|57}} His enameled scales have silver chasings and clasps.{{Ref|AGOT|15}} He wields a [[longsword]]{{Ref|ADWD|67}} and a dagger.{{Ref|ADWD|55}}

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

Barristan was born the first son of Ser [[Lyonel Selmy]], the [[Knight of Harvest Hall]]. He squired for Lord [[Manfred Swann]] in his youth.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}{{Ref|aSoS|67}} At the age of ten, Barristan donned the armor of a [[mystery knight]] and entered a [[List of tourneys in Westeros#Tourney at Blackhaven|tourney]] at [[Blackhaven]]. Prince [[Duncan Targaryen]] took pity on the small mystery knight while others laughed. Duncan jousted Barristan when no one else would and it was Duncan who gave Barristan his epithet.{{Ref|asos|24}}{{Ref|asos|67}}{{Ref|adwd|59}} Barristan received his [[knight]]hood at the age of sixteen from King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] after unhorsing Prince Duncan and Ser [[Duncan the Tall]], the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], at a tourney in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|67}}{{Ref|ADWD|55}}

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

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

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

Disguised as a hooded beggar in the dead of night, Barristan climbed the walls of Duskendale, scaled the walls of the [[Dun Fort]], and slew a sentry before the man could raise the alarm. Barristan freed Aerys from the dungeon and led him to the upper levels. During the escape attempt, Barristan slew two guards and Ser [[Symon Hollard]], avenging the death of his sworn brother, Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]], who had been killed by Symon. Barristan and Aerys rushed to the stables, with the knight fending off those who tried to intervene. Mounted on stolen horses, the pair charged out the Dun Fort's gate and escaped through the streets of Duskendale.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}} Barristan took an arrow to the chest during the rescue.{{Ref|aSoS|42}} Houses [[House Darklyn|Darklyn]] and [[House Hollard|Hollard]] were destroyed by Aerys afterward, but the king acquiesced to Barristan's plea to spare the life of the child [[Dontos Hollard]].{{Ref|aFfC|9}} Many songs have since been sung of Barristan's deeds at Duskendale.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

When the band of outlaws known as the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] caused problems, the king sent his Kingsguard on campaign in the [[kingswood]]. Barristan rescued Lady [[Jeyne Swann]] and her septa, and he killed the bandits' leader, Ser [[Simon Toyne]], in single combat.{{Ref|ASOS|67}} During a [[tourney at Storm's End]], Barristan defeated Aerys's heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], in the final joust, winning the tourney.{{Ref|aSoS|42}}

Barristan had greater difficulty keeping his vows in the later years of Aerys's reign, as the king became madder and crueler.{{Ref|ADWD|55}} Like his other sworn brothers of the Kingsguard, Barristan was present at the [[tourney at Harrenhal]]. He was infatuated by the beautiful Lady [[Ashara Dayne]], though he knew nothing could come of his desire for her. Barristan planned on naming her [[queen of love and beauty]] if he won the tournament, but the knight was unhorsed by Rhaegar.{{Ref|aDwD|67}} The crown prince then crowned [[Lyanna Stark]], setting off a chain of events that led to [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|58}} Barristan 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}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
During [[Robert's Rebellion]], after the defeat of Lord [[Jon Connington]] at the [[Battle of the Bells]], Barristan and Ser [[Jonothor Darry]] of the Kingsguard were sent to rally the remnants of the loyalist army.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}

Barristan fought in the [[Battle of the Trident]], during which he was wounded by arrow, spear, and sword{{Ref|ASOS|67}} while slaying a dozen friends of Lords [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|AGOT|33}} Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] was killed by Robert in single combat in the [[ruby ford]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}} After the battle, Lord [[Roose Bolton]] counseled that Barristan's throat should be cut, but Robert instead called for his own [[maester]] to attend the knight.{{Ref|AGOT|33}}{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

Because he had been wounded so badly, Barristan was not present in [[King's Landing]] when the bodies of Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]]'s children, Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]]—slain during [[Sack of King's Landing|the Sack]]—were presented to Robert by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]. Barristan later felt that if he had been present and Robert had smiled at the bodies, nothing would have stopped him from killing the man.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}

===Robert I===
Barristan considered seeking out Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]], but the exile was too young to rule on his own and had already begun showing signs of [[Targaryen madness]].{{Ref|ASOS|71}} Because the lives of Barristan and many others had chivalrously been spared during the war by the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]],{{Ref|ASOS|71}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}} Barristan instead took Robert's pardon and was named [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]].{{Ref|aGoT|33}}

Having already had reservations about Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] due to the youth's age and inexperience, Barristan did not approve of Robert allowing Jaime to continue his service after having killed King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] in the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Barristan was known to say that the Kingslayer's white cloak should be traded for a [[Night's Watch|black one]].{{Ref|aDwD|57}}

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

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Romain Leguay ser Barristan Selmy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Barristan by Romain Leguay © Fantasy Flight Games.]]
[[File: Ryan Valle Defiance.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Ser Barristan defies his dismissal from the [[Kingsguard]] by Ryan Valle© Fantasy Flight Games.]]
As the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], Barristan travels together with Lord [[Renly Baratheon]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] to the [[inn at the crossroads]], to serve as an honor guard to the procession led by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and his new [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]], on their way back to [[King's Landing]] from [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|AGOT|15}} He later accompanies the king during his travels through the city.{{Ref|agot|20}}

During the [[Hand's tourney]], Barristan is defeated by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] after three tilts, having defeated men thirty and forty years younger in his first two contests.{{Ref|aGoT|29}} When Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]] is killed in the tournament by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], Barristan stands vigil over the young knight himself, as the boy had no one else.{{Ref|aGoT|30}} Barristan and Eddard advise Robert against participating in the melee.{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

As Lord Commander, Barristan is present at the [[small council]] meeting when King Robert orders the death of the pregnant [[Daenerys Targaryen]], daughter to the late King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. He and Eddard are the only council members who protest the move.{{Ref|aGoT|33}} Barristan accompanies Robert on his hunt for a white hart in the [[kingswood]].{{Ref|AGOT|43}} The king is mortally wounded by a [[boar]] during the hunt,{{Ref|aGoT|47}} however, and Robert is succeeded by his eldest son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|49}}

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

While his kin at [[Harvest Hall]] would welcome Barristan back home, Barristan does not want to inflict Joffrey's displeasure on them. Instead, once outside of King's landing, Barristan sells his horse and disguises himself as a commoner, cloaked in his old age. He returns to the city in a stream of [[smallfolk]], pretending to be fleeing from the war. Having grown a long white beard, Barristan is present in the crowd when Eddard Stark is executed before the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Following Lord Stark's death, Barristan goes to the sept to pray for Eddard's soul and thank the gods that he himself had only been dismissed. Reevaluating his years of service in Robert's Kingsguard, he admits that Robert had been a good [[knight]], but a poor king. Barristan decides that he must find his true king and die in his service.{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

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

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

Tyrion Lannister compares Ser Barristan's reputation among [[smallfolk]] to that of [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]] and Prince [[Aemon the Dragonknight]], and warns Cersei that Robb Stark or Stannis Baratheon will benefit if Barristan publicly supports him.{{ref|ACOK|3}} Their rival Renly Baratheon hopes that Barristan's announcement that he is going to serve the true king refers to him. Renly keeps a cloak in his [[Rainbow Guard]] ready for Barristan in case the old knight offers him his sword. When he concludes that his hopes have been futile, Renly gives Barristan's spot on his Kingsguard to [[Brienne of Tarth]], believing that the knight may support the Starks.{{Ref|aCoK|22}} However, Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] informs him that Barristan is not with Robb. Renly concludes that Barristan must have decided to support his brother Stannis, and he orders his knights to spare Barristan's life.{{Ref|aCoK|33}}

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

Barristan and Strong Belwas sail east on the three ships of Captain [[Groleo]], which visit [[New Ghis]] before arriving at Qarth.{{ref|TLOIAF| Journeys}} They follow Daenerys and Ser [[Jorah Mormont]], who are trying to find passage on the ships docked at the [[port of Qarth]]. Jorah notices them and becomes suspicious. When a [[Sorrowful Men|Sorrowful Man]] attempts to assassinate Daenerys by presenting her with a box containing a [[manticore]], Barristan knocks the manticore from her hands and kills it.{{Ref|aCoK|64}} Barristan introduces himself as Arstan Whitebeard, and together with Belwas tell Daenerys that Illyrio had sent them to serve her, and bring her back to Pentos, as there were four kings in Westeros when they left Pentos, and no justice.{{Ref|aCoK|64}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barristan begs forgiveness from Daenerys for withholding truths from her. Jorah recognizes Barristan and informs Daenerys that Barristan had betrayed [[House Targaryen]] to serve [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Barristan tells her that he is hers, if she will have him. He also explains he took Robert's pardon and served with men not worthy of a place in the Kingsguard, and that, when [[Joffrey Baratheon]] dismissed him aside and sent men to kill him, he realized that he had to find his true king. Barristan tells Daenerys he kept his identity a secret because he wanted to prevent the Lannisters from learning he had joined her. When Barristan insinuates that Jorah has been spying on Daenerys for [[Varys]] since her wedding to [[Drogo]], Jorah affirms the accusation is true.{{Ref|aSoS|57}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

{{Quote|[[Defiance of Duskendale|Duskendale]] had been his finest hour, yet the memory tasted bitter on his tongue. It was his failures that haunted him at night, though. [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]]. Three dead kings. [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who would have been a finer king than any of them. Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and the children. [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] just a babe, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] with [[Balerion (cat)|her kitten]]. Dead, every one, yet he still lived, who had sworn to protect them.{{Ref|ADWD|55}}|thoughts of Barristan}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Jaime Lannister

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Ser '''Jaime Lannister''', also known as the '''Kingslayer''', is a [[knight]] from [[House Lannister]]. He is the second child and first-born son of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]], also of House Lannister. He is the twin brother of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].

Raised at the age of fifteen to the [[Kingsguard]] of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Jaime became the youngest member in the history of the prestigious knightly order.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} He earned the derogatory nickname "Kingslayer" when he treasonously slew Aerys near the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} In ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', Jaime becomes a [[POV character]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is played by [[w:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]].<ref>HBO: Game of Thrones:[http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html#/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew/index.html Cast and Crew].</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Jaime Lannister|Images of Jaime Lannister]]''
As young children, Jaime and his sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] looked so much alike, that not even their father was able to tell them apart.{{Ref|ACOK|60}} Jaime grew into a tall, handsome man, with curled hair the color of beaten gold.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|AGOT|4}}{{Ref|AFFC|3}} He has flashing cat-green{{Ref|ACOK|55}} eyes, and a smile that cuts like a knife.{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|AGOT|9}} [[Jon Snow]] thinks to himself that Jaime is "what a king should look like",{{Ref|AGOT|5}} and [[Bran Stark]] feels that Jaime looks like "more like the [[knight]]s in the stories".{{Ref|AGOT|8}} He is muscular and extremely strong, musing that he could only think of a few men in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] stronger than him, and that his speed and skill can defeat them.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

As a [[Kingsguard]] knight, Jaime wears white armor and a white cloak.{{Ref|AGOT|58}} On occasion he wears golden armor decorated with the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] [[lion]], with gilded [[longsword]] and ornate lion's helmet.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}{{Ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|agot|35}} He slew the Mad King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] while wearing his white cloak over his golden armor.{{Ref|AGOT|12}} Jaime alternatively wears a crimson silk tunic embroidered with a golden lion, along with black boots and a black cloak.{{Ref|AGOT|5}} He also wears crimson cloaks{{Ref|AGOT|63}} and a leather jack.{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Jaime wields a lance of [[Goldenheart|golden wood]].{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Jaime is a born warrior, with little interest in politics and court intrigue. He takes few things seriously.{{Ref|AGOT|9}} By his own admission, Jaime only feels truly alive when fighting or making love.{{Ref|ACOK|60}} He comes across as arrogant, amoral, and dishonorable.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|ASOS|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}}{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Because of the death of King Aerys, Jaime has earned such a bad reputation that everything he says is usually cast in the worst possible light.{{Ref|ASOS|31}}

Jaime is rash, headstrong, and angers quickly.{{Ref|AGOT|38}}{{Ref|ASOS|68}} He is known to have little patience,{{Ref|AGOT|63}} and he worries about the consequences of his actions only after committing the act.{{Ref|ACOK|54}} A great{{Ref|AFFC|4}} and especially skilled warrior,<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/984 Tyrion's Training], May 09, 1999</ref> Jaime inspires loyalty in his men.{{Ref|AGOT|62}}{{Ref|ASOS|4}} He is bold{{Ref|acok|20}} and does not fear death.{{Ref|ASOS|1}} According to [[Catelyn Stark]], Jaime is an experienced battle commander.{{Ref|AGOT|55}}

==History==
===Early life===
Jaime was born in {{Date|266}}, as the first-born son of Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], the heir to [[Casterly Rock]], and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Jaime was born shortly after his twin sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], while holding her foot.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sent both Jaime and Cersei their weight in gold as a [[nameday]] gift, and commanded Lord Tywin to bring the children to court when they were old enough to travel.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} It is currently unknown whether this visit to King's Landing actually occurred, as the royal court came to Casterly Rock following the death of [[Tytos Lannister]] in {{Date|276}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Jaime and Cersei did visit King's Landing in {{Date|272}}, when their mother brought them from [[Casterly Rock]] for the [[Anniversary Tourney]] held to celebrate the tenth year of King Aerys's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Jaime and Cersei were inseparable in their early childhood.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} As children, they played together in bowels of Casterly Rock, where the caged lions of his late grandfather, [[Tytos Lannister|Tytos]], were kept. Jaime and Cersei would dare each other to climb into the cage.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei and Jaime slept together in the same bed when they were very young,{{Ref|AFFC|32}} and even went as far as to experiment together in a sexual manner at a young age.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. Jaime's bedchamber was immediately moved to the other side of the castle, whilst a guard was placed near Cersei's bedchamber. The twins were told never to do anything like that ever again, as Joanna would otherwise be forced to tell their father.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Jaime's mother died not long thereafter,{{Ref|ASOS|21}} in {{Date|273}},{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} when giving birth to Jaime's younger brother, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}} Even though Tyrion is a malformed [[dwarf]], and both his father and sister despise the young Lannister, Jaime developed an affection for his youngest sibling, and treated him with kindness and respect.{{Ref|AGOT|9}}{{Ref|AGOT|32}} Shortly after Joanna's death, the [[Princess of Dorne (unnamed)|Princess of Dorne]] visited Casterly Rock with her two youngest children, [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]. When she eventually proposed a betrothal between Elia and Jaime, she was refused.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

In {{Date|276}}, when Jaime was ten years old, Lord Tywin hosted a [[tourney]] to celebrate the birth of young Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]]. During [[Tournament in honor of Viserys's birth|this tourney]], Tywin suggested to King Aerys that Jaime could [[squire]] for [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]], but Aerys refused and named the sons of other lords to the position instead.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Jaime went to [[Crakehall]] at the age of eleven, and spent four years squiring for Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]],{{Ref|ASOS|11}} alongside [[Merrett Frey]].{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}{{Ref|AFFC|30}} He occasionally visited Casterly Rock during this time,{{Ref|ACOK|36}} and raged when, in {{Date|278}}, his sister Cersei was brought to [[King's Landing]] by their father.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} At the age of thirteen, while still a squire, Jaime won his first tourney melee.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|AFFC|30}} Whilst a squire to Lord Sumner, Jaime was sent to [[Riverrun]],{{Ref|AFFC|33}} as Lord Tywin and Lord [[Hoster Tully]] had been considering [[Betrothal|betrothing]] Jaime to Hoster's younger daughter, [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Jaime Lannister}} According to Sumner, the message Jaime was to bring to Hoster could not be entrusted to a [[raven]].{{Ref|AFFC|33}} He spent a fortnight at Riverrun, being seated next to Lysa during meals. Jaime ignored her, however, being more interested the stories of Hoster's younger brother, Ser [[Brynden Tully|Brynden]], a famous warrior who had fought in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and whom Jaime asked for stories about the war.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

Ser [[Addam Marbrand]], the heir of Lord [[Damon Marbrand]] of [[Ashemark]], is a childhood friend of Jaime's.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} The two have remained friends to this day.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

===Raised to Knighthood and to the Kingsguard===
[[File:Jaime Tourney.jpg|350px|thumb|Jaime winning a [[tourney]] melee, by Amok ©]]
At the age of fifteen, Jaime participated in the campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], during which he saved Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] from [[Big Belly Ben]] and crossed swords with the psychotic [[Smiling Knight]]. After the brotherhood had been defeated, Jaime was [[knight]]ed for valor shown on the battlefield by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], a member of the [[Kingsguard]] of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}}

Now a knight, Jaime was to return to [[Casterly Rock]]. He decided to stop in [[King's Landing]] on route, to visit his sister, from whom he had been separated for years. There, Cersei informed him that their father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], intended to betroth him to [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]], and had gone as far as inviting Lord Hoster to King's Landing, to discuss the dower. Cersei suggested that Jaime become a member of the [[Kingsguard]] instead, replacing the recently-deceased Ser [[Harlan Grandison]]. Though this would require Jaime to give up his claim to Casterly Rock and his position as Tywin's heir, it would allow him to be close to Cersei and free himself of the unwanted [[marriage]] to Lysa. After a night of passionate sex, he gave his consent to Cersei's plan. While the siblings expected Tywin to oppose it, Cersei claimed he could not openly object. She promised to do the rest, and a month later, Jaime received news at Casterly Rock that he had been chosen for the Kingsguard, and was to present himself to the king during the grand [[tourney at Harrenhal]], where he would say his vows and don his cloak.{{Ref|ASOS|11}} Jaime's and Cersei's plan did not entirely work as expected. Their father, furious about the king's decision, pleaded illness and resigned his position as [[Hand of the King]]. He returned to Casterly Rock, taking Cersei with him, which separated the siblings once more.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

Jaime was raised to the Kingsguard by its [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]], Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], in a ceremony at [[Harrenhal]] in {{Date|281}}, making him the youngest knight ever to be raised to the order.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}{{Ref|ASOS|44}}{{Ref|ASOS|24}} That night, however, King Aerys soured the honor by sending him back to King's Landing to guard Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] and Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], depriving Jaime of the chance to participate in Lord [[Walter Whent]]'s tourney. It was that moment during which Jaime realized that the king had only chosen him for the Kingsguard to slight Lord Tywin, of whom Aerys was insanely jealous, and to rob him of his heir.{{Ref|ASOS|44}} Jaime left for King's Landing at once. When a [[Knight of the Laughing Tree|mystery knight]] appeared at the tourney, King Aerys became convinced that it was Jaime, who had defied his orders and secretly returned.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} However, the mystery knight disappeared,{{Ref|ASOS|24}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} and nothing further came of the king's suspicions.

By being raised to the Kingsguard, Jaime gave up his claim to Casterly Rock.{{Ref|ASOS|4}} Nonetheless, Tywin continued to regard him as his true heir, and was always angry to see Jaime dressed all in white, instead of the red and gold of [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

===Serving in the Kingsguard===
[[File:John_Picacio_Jaime_Lannister.jpg|thumb|250px|Ser Jaime Lannister, by John Picacio ©]]
Raised to the knightly order in {{Date|281}}, Jaime served in King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s Kingsguard for two years. Jaime grew more and more disillusioned, witnessing the Mad King's growing insanity and tendency for burning men alive.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Jaime Lannister}} In {{Date|282}}, Jaime witnessed the executions of [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] and Lord [[Rickard Stark]], standing at the foot of the [[Iron Throne]] as the two [[House Stark|Starks]] were dying. Jaime coped by "going away inside", focusing on thoughts of Cersei instead of the events occurring in front of him. Afterwards, he was reminded by his Lord Commander, Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], that he swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.{{Ref|ACOK|55}} Jaime would later advise others to "go away inside" as a way to deal with a harsh reality and making an appalling task tolerable.{{Ref|ASOS|31}}{{Ref|AFFC|8}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
Following the deaths of Brandon and Rickard Stark, Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to obey [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s order to send the heads of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], starting a war that would become known as [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}} After the [[Battle of the Bells]], it became apparent to Aerys that Robert was a serious threat to Targaryen rule. He devised a [[wildfire plot|plot]] with the help of his chief [[Alchemists' Guild|pyromancers]], which involved the placement of caches of [[wildfire]] all throughout the city. The plan was to burn the entire city to the ground rather than lose it to Robert. His new Hand, Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], who had been elevated to the position after the exile of the previous Hand, Lord [[Jon Connington]], following the [[Battle of the Bells]], eventually confronted Aerys about his plan. Failing to convince Aerys to give up his plan, Chelsted resigned the office, flinging his chain of office to the floor. For that, Aerys burned him alive. As Aerys did not trust his newest addition to the [[Kingsguard]], Jaime was kept close by, and therefore heard and saw it all.{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Aerys grew aroused by burning people, and the night Chelsted was burned, Aerys visited the chambers of his wife. Jaime and his sworn brother, Ser [[Jonothor Darry]], stood guard outside Queen Rhaella's bedchamber while Aerys raped her, listening to her cries. When Jaime, feeling conflicted, eventually commented to Jonothor that they were sworn to protect the queen as well, Jon replied, "but not from him."{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

Shortly after, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] left the [[Red Keep]] to face the rebels on the [[Trident]]. The day the prince left, Jaime begged Rhaegar to take him along, suggesting one of the other Kingsguard knights could remain at the king's side instead. Rhaegar refused the suggestion, admitting that King Aerys wanted to keep Jaime close as a hostage against his father, Lord Tywin. Rhaegar promised an angry and disappointed Jaime that changes would be made when he returned from the battlefield,{{Ref|AFFC|8}} and charged Jaime with keeping his wife, [[Elia Martell]], and their children safe.{{Ref|ASOS|38}}

===Kingslayer===
[[File:Kingslayer Michael Komarck.jpg|300px|thumb|Jaime sits on the [[Iron Throne]], by Michael Komarck ©]]
While a rebel army led by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] raced towards [[King's Landing]] after Rhaegar's death at the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] appeared first at the gates of the capital with twelve thousand men. His main concerns were that King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] would be capable of killing Jaime out of spite, as well as that Jaime himself could do something rash. Though Lord [[Varys]], the [[master of whisperers]], counseled Aerys against opening the gates, the king listened to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], who told him that his old Hand, Tywin, had come to his defense. As such, the city gates were opened to Tywin and his army, but once inside, Tywin betrayed Aerys and began the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

As the sole Kingsguard remaining in King's Landing, the defense of the [[Red Keep]] became Jaime's responsibility. Knowing that he did not stand a chance to defend the castle, he sent a messenger to the king, asking for leave to make terms with the attackers. The messenger came back with the Aerys's order that Jaime should bring him Lord Tywin's head, to prove that he was no traitor. The messenger also informed him that [[Rossart]] was with the king, leading Jaime to believe that Aerys was about to command [[wildfire plot|the destruction of the city]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Jaime killed Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. When the king in the throne room saw the blood on Jaime's sword, he demanded to know whether it was Tywin's, renewing his command that Jaime should bring him his father's head, otherwise Jaime would burn with all the other traitors. When Jaime answered that it was Rossart's blood, the frightened Aerys ran towards the [[Iron Throne]]. Jaime hauled him off the steps, and killed his king with a single slash across the throat, thereby preventing him from giving the command to burn the city to some other pyromancer.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Lord Tywin's men, led by Ser [[Elys Westerling]] and Lord [[Roland Crakehall (lord)|Roland Crakehall]], burst into the throne room in time to see that Jaime had killed the king, forestalling any chance for Jaime to steal away and let someone else claim responsibility. Jaime told them to advise all who were still fighting that the king was dead and to spare anyone who yielded. Lord Crakehall then asked whether a new king should be proclaimed as well, indicating that it could be Lord Tywin or [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] or that even a new Targaryen king could be proclaimed. Jaime mused on the possibility of choosing [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] or Rhaegar's son, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], as the new king with Tywin as his Hand, but, realising that both boys shared the same blood as Aerys and thus the same propensity for [[Targaryen madness|madness]], Jaime declared to Lord Crakehall that it was all the same to him. He then seated himself on the [[Iron Throne]], waiting to see who would come to claim it. He was found sitting there with his golden sword across his legs when Lord Stark rode into the hall with his men to claim the throne for Robert. Jaime gave up the throne to Eddard, proclaiming it to be an uncomfortable seat.{{Ref|AGOT|12}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

In the following days, Jaime secretly hunted down and killed the two other pyromancers involved in Aerys's wildfire plot, [[Belis]] and [[Garigus]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}} Although Eddard urged Robert to strip Jaime of the white cloak, arguing that he should at least be made to join the [[Night's Watch]], Robert listened to [[Jon Arryn]] instead. Jaime was pardoned by King Robert I, together with Varys and Pycelle,{{Ref|ACOK|55}} and continued to serve in the Kingsguard along with Ser [[Barristan Selmy]].{{Ref|ACOK|3}} Jaime was present at Robert's coronation feast, where Robert joked about the fact that Jaime was already being called "Kingslayer".{{Ref|ASOS|37}} He is known to himself,{{Ref|ASOS|67}} other Kingsguard,{{Ref|AGOT|57}} and as far as Winterfell{{Ref|AGOT|5}} and Essos{{Ref|AGOT|3}} by the nickname. Though reviled by the realm for his betrayal, Jaime considers the slaying of Aerys to be his finest act.{{Ref|ACOK|55}} His true motivation for killing King Aerys remains unknown to the masses.

===Reign of Robert I Baratheon===
[[File:Cersei and Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|250px|Jaime and [[Cersei Lannister]], by Magali Villeneuve ©]]
Jaime was part of the honor guard that brought [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] to [[King's Landing]] for her wedding to [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Cersei and Robert were married in {{Date|284}},<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Weddings|calculation for Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon]]''</ref> with Jaime present.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} He won the tourney held to celebrate the wedding.{{Ref|ASOS|67}} Jaime and Cersei had sex on the morning of Cersei's wedding,{{Ref|ADWD|54}} and continued their illicit relationship after Cersei's wedding. Cersei refused to join her new husband on his hunting trips, as to be able to spend time with Jaime.{{Ref|AFFC|26}} Jaime accompanied Robert and Cersei to [[Greenstone]], when Robert went to visit his [[Cassana Estermont|mother]]'s family. Jaime dubbed the castle "Greenshit" when he first saw it, and convinced Cersei to do the same. They spent a fortnight with the [[House Estermont|Estermonts]]. During one of those nights, Jaime followed Robert on Cersei's request, to confirm her suspicion that Robert was sleeping with his cousin. Jaime and Cersei slept together that night, and Cersei likes to believe that their eldest son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], was conceived that night.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}

Jaime and Cersei would have three children: Joffrey, born in {{Date|286}}, [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], born in {{Date|289}}, and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], born in {{Date|290}}.<ref>''See the calculations for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella Baratheon]], and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tommen Baratheon|Tommen Baratheon]]''</ref> Though believed by the realm to be Robert's children, Jaime is the father of all three, and was present for at least one of the births.{{Ref|ACOK|52}} While Cersei also became pregnant by Robert once, she had Jaime find a woman to cleanse her.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}

One day, Jaime and his brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], thirteen years of age at the time, while on a nightly ride from [[Lannisport]] to [[Casterly Rock]], came upon a fourteen year old girl called [[Tysha]], who was being followed by outlaws. While Jaime pursued the men, Tyrion took the girl to an inn. The two ended up sleeping together, the first time for both. Tyrion fell in love and secretly married the orphaned daughter of a crofter. After a fortnight, however, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] learned about the marriage. He instructed Jaime to lie to Tyrion, and claim that he had staged the whole affair, including the outlaws, because he had thought his brother finally needed a woman. Jaime was further ordered to tell Tyrion that Tysha was, in fact, a whore, for whom Jaime had paid double because she was still a maiden. Lord Tywin advised Jaime that all Tysha wanted was the gold of the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], which made her no better than a whore, so it would not even be a lie, predicting that Tyrion would thank his brother later in life. Jaime did as bid.{{Ref|ASOS|77}}{{Ref|AGOT|42}} It is currently unknown whether Jaime is aware of the punishment Tysha received from Tywin. However, the entire experience traumatized Tyrion, causing him to believe that no woman could ever love him for who he truly was.{{Ref|ACOK|3}}{{Ref|ACOK|44}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}} Jaime kept the truth about Tysha from Tyrion, and later considered his role in ending his brother's marriage the sole instance when he was unkind to Tyrion.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

Following [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]] in {{Date|289}}, Jaime took part in the [[tourney at Lannisport]], where he broke nine lances against Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]. Robert eventually rewarded the victory to Jorah.{{Ref|ACOK|12}} In {{Date|296}}, Jaime gave Tyrion a mare for his brother's twenty-third birthday.{{Ref|AGOT|31}} Jaime has visited [[Oldtown]] at some point in his life.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Aaron Riley the things I do for love.jpg|thumb|Jaime pushes [[Bran Stark]] from the [[First Keep]], by Aaron Riley © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After the death of their foster-father, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] travels north to visit Lord [[Eddard Stark]] at [[Winterfell]] and persuade him to become Jon's successor as [[Hand of the King]]. Jaime is chosen by Robert as Jon's successor as [[Warden of the East]] rather than Jon's son, young Lord [[Robert Arryn]], who would have been the traditional appointee.{{Ref|AGOT|12}} The king is accompanied by much of the court, among them Jaime, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], and their brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

While at Winterfell, Jaime and Cersei attend the feast given by [[House Stark]].{{ref|AGOT|5}} Jon's widow, [[Lysa Arryn]], sends a coded message to her sister, Eddard's wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], alleging that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] murdered Jon.{{ref|AGOT|6}} When Robert is away hunting, Cersei and Jaime are caught having sex in the [[First Keep]] by [[Bran Stark]]. The boy is shocked and almost falls from the building. Jaime pulls him up and then throws him out of the window, intending to kill him to keep the affair a secret.{{Ref|AGOT|8}} Bran survives but falls into a coma.{{Ref|AGOT|9}}

Ned accepts Robert's invitation to be Hand, and in [[King's Landing]] he begins investigating the death of Jon Arryn.{{Ref|AGOT|6}}{{Ref|AGOT|25}} He discovers Jaime and Cersei's secret relationship by piecing together the fact that every time in history a Lannister wedded a [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], they produced raven-haired children. Instead Cersei's children [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] are all fair-haired.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}

During the [[Hand's tourney]], Jaime wears his golden armor beneath his white cloak.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} He defeats Ser [[Andar Royce]], Lord [[Bryce Caron]], and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]],{{Ref|AGOT|29}} but is unhorsed by [[Sandor Clegane]].{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Meanwhile, Catelyn Stark, Lady of Winterfell, captures Jaime's brother Tyrion on suspicion of involvement in a botched [[catspaw|assassination attempt]] on Bran Stark.{{Ref|AGOT|28}} In retaliation for Tyrion's capture, but ostensibly to create an uprising, Jaime breaks Kingsguard neutrality by leading [[House Lannister guards|Lannister men]] in an attack on Ned and [[House Stark guards|his guards]] in the streets of King's Landing, leading to numerous deaths on both sides.{{Ref|AGOT|35}} Robert orders Ned and Jaime to make peace, but the Kingslayer has already fled King's Landing to join his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|39}}

Jaime begins massing a host at [[Casterly Rock]], and the Lannisters ignore an inquiry into their actions by Ser [[Edmure Tully]].{{ref|AGOT|40}} Robert dies after being gored in the [[kingswood]] by a [[boar]], and the king is succeeded by Joffrey I Baratheon, who is actually Jaime's son.{{Ref|AGOT|49}}

[[File:MathiaArkoniel Jaime capture.jpg|300px|thumb|Jaime is [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|captured]] in the [[Whispering Wood]], by Mathia Arkoniel ©]]

Jaime's army marches against the river lords, smashing [[Lord Vance]] and Lord [[Clement Piper]] in a [[battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}} Jaime then defeats Edmure's host in a [[battle under the walls of Riverrun]], capturing the heir of [[House Tully]].{{Ref|AGOT|56}} Jaime establishes three camps at [[Riverrun]] and besieges the castle.{{ref|AGOT|69}} Meanwhile, Joffrey's [[small council]] dismisses Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] and names Jaime as his replacement.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

[[Robb Stark]]'s [[north]]ern army steals a surprise march on Jaime, intent on relieving Riverrun. Ser [[Brynden Tully]] raids Jaime's camps to draw him north of Riverrun, and Robb ambushes the Lannister detachment in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]]. Seeing the battle is lost, Jaime fights bravely to try and cut down Robb, managing to kill [[Daryn Hornwood]], [[Eddard Karstark]], and [[Torrhen Karstark]] before he is captured.{{Ref|AGOT|63}} Afterwards, the Stark and Tully forces are able to best Jaime's leaderless troops in the [[Battle of the Camps]],{{Ref|AGOT|69}} and Jaime is imprisoned in Riverrun. Ser [[Stevron Frey]] proposes ransoming Jaime back to Tywin, but the suggestion is opposed by northmen.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

Jaime's capture demoralizes Tywin's bannermen at the [[crossroads inn]]. Tyrion thinks that Tywin has given up Jaime for dead.{{ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
While the [[War of the Five Kings]] rages around him, Jaime is kept imprisoned in a comfortable tower cell at Riverrun.{{ref|ACOK|55}}

Unbeknownst to Jaime, Cersei takes their cousin [[Lancel Lannister]] as her lover in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|29}} After arriving in the capital, Tyrion promises to help free Jaime to gain Cersei's support in his rule as Hand.{{Ref|ACOK|3}} Tyrion swears in open court that as part of a peace, he would trade [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] for the safe return of his brother.{{ref|ACOK|25}}

Ser [[Cleos Frey]] and [[Vylarr]] travel to Riverrun with Tyrion's offer. Tyrion has a [[Plot to free Jaime Lannister|secret plan]] to free Jaime with false envoys, however. Jaime slays [[Poul Pemford]] and [[Myles (squire)|Myles]] and wounds [[Delp]] in the rescue attempt, but he is eventually retaken. For breaking his word not to try to escape, Edmure transfers Jaime to the dungeons. He is kept chained and malnourished.{{Ref|ACOK|39}}

Distraught at the news of the alleged deaths of her sons [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] following the [[capture of Winterfell]], Catelyn interrogates Jaime after the [[Battle of the Fords]]. He now has a shaggy beard, not having been allowed a razor, and his hair is unwashed and in tangles. Jaime's power and beauty are still apparent, however, and he resembles a magnificent yellow beast. Jaime casually admits Catelyn that he flung her son Bran from a window.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:In the Hands of the QohorikJoao BoscoII.png|350px|thumb|[[Zollo]] cuts off Jaime's sword hand, by Joao Bosco © Fantasy Flight Games]]
In return for Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] marrying Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] and returning to the king's peace, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] decides to return the title of [[Warden of the East]] to Lord [[Robert Arryn]] from Jaime.{{Ref|ASOS|12}}

[[Catelyn Stark]], acting on her own, releases Jaime from [[Riverrun]] in an attempt to make an unofficial exchange for her daughters. Along with his cousin and fellow captive Ser [[Cleos Frey]], and Catelyn's sworn sword, [[Brienne of Tarth]], Jaime begins the journey towards [[King's Landing]]. Jaime shaves his head so his golden locks will not be recognized, although he keeps the beard. He thinks he looks five years older, with a paler and thinner face and hollows under his eyes.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}

The trio evade recapture by Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and his party from Riverrun, through Brienne's tactic of dropping boulders onto the chasing boat.{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Jaime approves of Brienne's decision to ignore the travel advice of the "[[Husband|innkeeper]]" at the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]], suspecting he is in league with bandits.{{Ref|ASOS|11}} Later, on [[Duskendale road|the road]] between [[Maidenpool]] and [[Duskendale]], Cleos is killed when the group is ambushed by bandits. Afterward, Jaime takes his sword and briefly duels Brienne in an attempt to escape, but both of them are caught unawares and captured by the [[Brave Companions]] led by [[Vargo Hoat]], who have betrayed Lord Tywin and shifted allegiance to Robb Stark.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Vargo suspects that his superior, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], is thinking about going over to the Lannisters after their victory over [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and their new alliance with [[House Tyrell]]. To prevent this, Vargo orders [[Zollo]] to chop Jaime's sword hand off, thinking that the blame will fall on Roose.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} Vargo also hopes to give Jaime to Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], who seeks vengeance for Jaime having killed his sons Eddard and Torrhen in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]].{{Ref|ASOS|31}}

When the Brave Companions threaten to rape Brienne, Jaime advises her to "go away inside". For Jaime, the loss of his hand and with it his fighting ability destroys everything that he was. He falls into a deep depression and loses the will to live. Brienne reminds him that he has something to live for, namely, for his family and for revenge.{{Ref|ASOS|31}}

While they are held at [[Harrenhal]] they share a bath in the bathhouse. Jaime divulges to Brienne the events surrounding the [[Sack of King's Landing]], including King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s [[wildfire plot]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}} Brienne later remembers Jaime as "looking half a corpse and half a god".{{Ref|AFFC|9}} While at dinner, Roose hints that he will free Jaime as long as Jaime absolves him of the blame for the loss of his hand. Jaime agrees, and Lord Bolton orders [[Steelshanks Walton]] to escort him to King's Landing. Brienne is to remain behind as Lord Vargo's prize.{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

[[File:Jaime and brienne the bear of harrenhal by evolvana-d4rjmtt.jpg|thumb|Jaime rescues [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne]], by Evolvana ©]]

When Roose leaves Harrenhal to join King Robb at the [[Twins]], Jaime asks him to give Robb his regards. Walton begins the journey to King's Landing with Jaime and a disgraced maester, [[Qyburn]]. The latter's task is to keep Jaime healthy. When sleeping on a [[weirwood]] stump, Jaime has a dream about Brienne below [[Casterly Rock]]. Moved by this, he goes back to Harrenhal to rescue Brienne from Vargo but finds she has been forced to fight a bear for Vargo's entertainment. The knight leaps into the bear pit, holding off the animal until Walton's men kill it with crossbows.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}

During their travels Jaime and Brienne learn that Robb and Catelyn were killed in the [[Red Wedding]], which was plotted by his father Tywin, Roose Bolton, and [[Walder Frey]]. Unbeknownst to Jaime, Roose told Robb that Jaime sent his regards and then stabbed the king. Jaime also learns that his biological son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], died at his own [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]].{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

By the time Jaime arrives in King's Landing, his hair has grown a bit, having become short and bristly.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}{{Ref|ASOS|77}} His face is still thin and hollow, however, and he now has lines under his eyes, still making him look older.{{Ref|ASOS|67}} As the party arrives at the Red Keep they encounter Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], now a brother of the [[Kingsguard]]. Loras accuses Brienne of murdering [[Renly Baratheon]]. Again Jaime comes to her rescue and has Brienne arrested rather than allowing Loras to kill her. He then proceeds to the [[Red Keep]]'s sept to see the mourning Cersei. Undaunted, the twins have sex in front of Joffrey's corpse.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

This turns out to be the last time that Jaime and Cersei share intimate relations, as their relationship begins to fall apart. Jaime has been changed by his imprisonment and prolonged exposure to Brienne's stubborn adherence to a code of honor. Tywin gives him a [[Valyrian steel]] blade, crafted out of [[Eddard Stark]]'s greatsword [[Ice]], but Jaime feels insulted by his father's gift of a sword when he knows how useless he his without his sword hand. He quarrels with his father and refuses to resign from the Kingsguard.{{Ref|ASOS|62}} He calls a meeting of the order in [[Red Keep#White Sword Tower|White Sword Tower]] to take the measure of his Sworn Brothers and to remind them of their true duties.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}

Jaime passes the Valyrian sword, now named [[Oathkeeper]], on to Brienne, tasking her to keep [[Sansa Stark]] safe from Cersei and noting the irony of her looking after Sansa with Eddard Stark's own steel. Ensuring that she is equally well provisioned by providing her with gold, a horse and armor, he also provides a letter sealed and signed by King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], declaring she is about the king's business and not to be hindered. The shield she is given is the one he bore from Harrenhal.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

Following Joffrey's death, Cersei accuses [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] of his murder.{{Ref|ASOS|60}} When both trial by words and [[trial by battle]] fail Tyrion,{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Jaime still does not believe that Tyrion is the murderer. He forces Lord [[Varys]] to arrange Tyrion's escape from imprisonment, during which Jaime confesses to his brother an old sin. Years ago Jaime had told him that [[Tysha]], the girl Tyrion had secretly married, was a [[whore]] hired by Jaime. Their father Tywin had the girl raped by his soldiers and by Tyrion himself to teach them a lesson. However, Tysha was the crofter's daughter as she claimed to be and had loved Tyrion genuinely.{{Ref|ASOS|77}} Incensed at this revelation, Tyrion hits Jaime, and, knowing that Joffrey was Jaime's son and not [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]], falsely claims responsibility for his murder. As a final revenge, Tyrion reveals the truth about Cersei's sexual escapades with Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] and Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]].{{Ref|ASOS|77}} Tyrion storms off and, unknown to Jaime but with the aid of Varys and a secret passage, enters Tywin's private chambers and kills their father.{{Ref|ASOS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Jaime lets his hair grow out again, as well as his beard,{{Ref|AFFC|7}} though some hairs are starting to turn grey.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} Following the murder of their father, Tywin, by their brother, Tyrion, Cersei offers Jaime the position of [[Hand of the King]], but he refuses.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}

Jaime remains in [[King's Landing]] and stands vigil over Tywin. During the night Cersei visits him again, begging him to accept the office of Hand but once again he refuses. Cersei leaves angrily, stating she was a fool for ever having loved him. In the morning service, the sight of Lord Tywin's rotting body distresses the young King Tommen, who flees, causing Jaime to pursue and comfort him, suggesting he "go away inside" to cope. Jaime suggests that Tommen and [[Margaery Tyrell]] be married.{{Ref|AFFc|8}} When this occurs, Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] is released from his promise of not leaving King's Landing until Margaery's marriage.{{Ref|AFFC|12}} During his next few days at King's Landing, Jaime finds himself increasingly at odds with his uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], and his sister, Cersei. He attempts to give his best counsel to both, as well as to a [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Loras Tyrell]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

Following the funeral of Tywin, Cersei commands Jaime to leave King's Landing with the intention of resolving the [[siege of Riverrun]]. Jaime accepts, on the condition that he is allowed to bring the [[King's Justice]], Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]. Riverrun is held by Ser [[Brynden Tully]], and is one of the last strongholds still loyal to the late King [[Robb Stark]]. Before he departs the city Jaime has an armorer forge him a hand he can strap to his stump. The new hand, made of solid gold with mother of pearl fingernails, is sturdy and allows Jaime to clumsily strap a shield to his right hand.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

Jaime takes [[Lewys Piper]] and [[Garrett Paege]], who were made his squires as both of their families fought for [[House Stark]]. Lewys names Jaime's new horses [[Glory]] and [[Honor]], and they are bedecked in Lannister crimson and Kingsguard white, respectively.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} [[Josmyn Peckledon]] becomes another squire for Jaime as a reward for his bravery in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], and Jaime later encourages Peck to treat [[Pia]] well.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

During the journey, Jaime spars with Ilyn during the nights, in order to train himself to fight left-handed. Along the way he stops at [[Harrenhal]], where he installs Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]] as castellan and releases the [[north]]ern prisoners kept there, including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]. He has an angry confrontation with Red [[Ronnet Connington]] when he insults [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|AFFC|27}} To rid himself of Ronnet and [[Gregor Clegane]]'s men-at-arms. Jaime charges them with escorting Wylis safely to [[Maidenpool]], where the northman will be put on a ship to his home of [[White Harbor]].{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

After departing Harrenhal Jaime stops at [[Darry]] where his cousin, Lancel, confesses to having slept with Cersei.{{Ref|AFFC|30}}

[[File:Pojypojy GennaJaime.JPG|350px|thumb|Jaime with his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], by Pojypojy ©]]

Jaime is met at Riverrun by his cousin, Ser [[Daven Lannister]], the new [[Warden of the West]]. He holds a parley with Brynden, but is unsuccessful in convincing the Blackfish to surrender the castle. Ser [[Ryman Frey]], the commander of the [[House Frey|Frey]] forces at Riverrun, has been halfheartedly threatening every day to hang Brynden's nephew, Lord [[Edmure Tully]], but Brynden has remained unfazed.{{Ref|AFFC|33}} Jaime also speaks with his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], and her husband, Ser [[Emmon Frey]], who is to be rewarded with Riverrun after its capture.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

Jaime sends Ryman back to the [[Twins]] and places command of the Frey contingent with his son, [[Edwyn Frey]]. Taking Edmure as his own prisoner, Jaime tells Edmure that he is to be released and returned to Riverrun. If he yields the castle, the [[House Tully guards|garrison]] will be spared and all that wish to join the [[Night's Watch]] will be allowed to do so. If he does not surrender, the castle will be sacked and burned, and Jaime will return Edmure's child—by catapult—as soon as his wife [[Roslin Frey]] gives birth.{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Jaime has [[Tom of Sevenstreams]] sing "[[The Rains of Castamere]]" to intimidate Edmure;{{Ref|AFFC|38}} unbeknownst to Jaime, Tom is a member of the [[brotherhood without banners]] and has his own history with Edmure.{{Ref|ASOS|22}}

Edmure decides to yield the castle and be taken to [[Casterly Rock]] as a prisoner, but not before allowing Brynden to escape by swimming under Riverrun's Water Gate at night. A furious Jaime and sends some of his men to find the Blackfish, but they are unsuccessful.{{Ref|AFFC|43}} Jaime sends Edmure west in a column led by Ser [[Forley Prester]]; also in Forley's company are the surviving [[House Westerling|Westerlings]].{{Ref|AFFC|43}} Maester [[Vyman]] brings Jaime a letter from Cersei, who has been imprisoned by the [[High Sparrow|new High Septon]] and is to go on trial. Cersei requests Jaime as her champion in a potential trial by combat. Jaime does not reply to the letter and orders Peck to burn it.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Jaime arrives at [[Raventree Hall]], the last holdout of [[Robb Stark]]'s supporters. The castle is under [[Siege of Raventree|siege]] by Lord [[Jonos Bracken]]. Jaime finds the state of the siege to be dismal, and hopes to swiftly end it. His arrival is unexpected, and he strides into Bracken's tent while he is with [[Hildy|a whore]]. Jonos fills Jaime in on the situation at hand, and Jaime finds the scene rooted in the age-old feud between [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]].{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

Jaimes then treats with Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]], who agrees to bend the knee to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] and rescind his support of the [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Tully|Tully]] cause. In return, he must give up some of his lands to Jonos Bracken and send his son [[Hoster Blackwood|Hoster]] to the [[Red Keep]] as a hostage. Because of House Bracken's early support of Robb Stark, however, Jaime also requires Jonos to send one of his daughters to King's Landing as a hostage.{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

After settling matters at Raventree, Jaime and his men head back to [[Riverrun]]. They make camp at [[Pennytree]], where the locals are still wary of travelers and "king's men," and will not allow Jaime's men to enter the holdfast. Jaime decides not to follow the advice of Ser [[Kennos of Kayce]], who recommends that he storm the holdfast. While at Pennytree, Jaime receives an unexpected visit from [[Brienne of Tarth]]. She tells Jaime that she has found [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], who is a day's ride away. She claims, however, that Jaime must go with her alone or else the [[Hound]] will kill the girl.{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

==Quotes by Jaime==
[[File:Alexandre Dainche Jaime.jpg|thumb|Jaime by Alexandre Dainche © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|The things I do [[Cersei Lannister|for love]].{{Ref|AGOT|8}}|Jaime pushing [[Bran Stark]] from the [[First Keep]]}}

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' If there are [[religion|gods]], why is [[known world|the world]] so full of pain and injustice? '''Catelyn:''' Because of men like you. '''Jaime:''' There are no men like me. There's only me.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|Jaime and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I think it passing odd that I am loved [[Tyrion Lannister|by one]] for [[Tysha|a kindness I never did]], and reviled by so many for [[Wildfire plot|my finest act]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|Jaime to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|It was that [[Kingsguard|white cloak]] that soiled me, not the other way around.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}|Jaime to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|Jaime had decided that he would return [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], and the [[Arya Stark|younger girl]] as well if she could be found. It was not like to win him back his honor, but the notion of [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 1|keeping faith]] when they all expected betrayal amused him more than he could say.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}|thoughts of Jaime}}

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' Ser, you've been remiss in teaching our [[Kingsguard#Tommen I Baratheon (300 AC)|new brothers]] their duties. '''Meryn:''' What duties? '''Jaime:''' Keeping [[Joffrey Baratheon|the king]] alive. How many monarchs have you lost since I left [[King's Landing|the city]]? [[Robert I Baratheon|Two]], is it?{{Ref|ASOS|62}}|Jaime and [[Meryn Trant]]}}

{{Quote|And me, that boy I was ... when did he die, I wonder? When I [[tourney at Harrenhal|donned the white cloak]]? When I opened [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys's]] throat? That boy had wanted to be Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], but someplace along the way he had become the [[Smiling Knight]] instead.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}|thoughts of Jaime}}

{{Quote|I learned from Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]], who could have slain all five of you with his left hand while he was taking a piss with the right.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}|Jaime to [[Loras Tyrell]], [[Osmund Kettleblack]], [[Balon Swann]], [[Meryn Trant]], and [[Boros Blount]]}}

{{Quote|I've lost a hand, a [[Tywin Lannister|father]], a [[Joffrey Baratheon|son]], a [[Cersei Lannister|sister]], and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a [[Tyrion Lannister|brother]]. And yet they keep telling me [[House Lannister]] has won [[War of the Five Kings|this war]].{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|thoughts of Jaime}}

{{Quote|I have [[Joffrey Baratheon|made]] [[Tommen Baratheon|kings]] and [[Aerys II Targaryen|unmade them]]. [[Sansa Stark]] is my last chance for honor.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|Jaime to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|'''Cersei:''' You must take [[Tywin Lannister|Father's]] place as [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. You see that now, surely. [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] will need you ... '''Jaime:''' A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and Jaime}}

{{Quote|This was justice. Make a habit of it, [[House Lannister|Lannister]], and one day men might call you Goldenhand after all. Goldenhand the Just.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of Jaime after hanging outlaws}}

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' Are there any terms you will accept? '''Brynden:''' From you? No. '''Jaime:''' Why did you even come to treat with me? '''Brynden:''' [[Siege of Riverrun|A siege]] is deadly dull. I wanted to see this stump of yours and hear whatever excuses you cared to offer up for your latest enormities. They were feebler than I'd hoped. You always disappoint, Kingslayer.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}|Jaime and [[Brynden Tully]]}}

==Quotes about Jaime==
[[File:Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|200px|left‎|[[w:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Jaime in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|They called him the [[Lion]] of [[House Lannister|Lannister]] to his face and whispered "Kingslayer" behind his back. Jon found it hard to look away from him. "This is what [[Robert I Baratheon|a king]] should look like", he thought to himself as he passed.{{Ref|AGOT|5}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|'''Rodrik''': Even the Kingslayer would flinch at the murder of [[Bran Stark|an innocent child]]. 
'''Theon''': Oh, would he? I wonder.{{ref|AGOT|14}}|[[Rodrik Cassel]] and [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

{{Quote|My brother is worth a hundred of [[Robert I Baratheon|your friend]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Robert:''' Why should I mistrust him? He has done everything I have ever asked of him. His sword helped win [[Iron Throne|the throne]] I sit on. 
'''Eddard:''' He swore a vow to protect his king's life with his own. Then he opened that king's throat with a sword. '''Robert:''' Seven hells, someone had to kill [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]]! If Jaime hadn't done it, it would have been left for you or me. '''Eddard:''' We were not Sworn Brothers of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|AGOT|12}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|His brother never untied a knot when he could slash it in two with his sword.{{Ref|AGOT|38}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Jaime and I are more than brother and sister. We are one person in two bodies. We shared a womb together. He came into this world holding my foot, our old [[maester]] said. When he is in me, I feel... whole.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}|[[Cersei Lannister]], to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The Kingslayer ... The false [[knight]] who profaned his blade with the blood of [[Aerys II Targaryen|the king]] he had sworn to defend.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}|[[Barristan Selmy]] to [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|He was weak from imprisonment, and chained at the wrists. No [[knight]] in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] could have stood against him at his full strength, with no chains to hamper him. Jaime had done many wicked things, but the man could fight! His maiming had been monstrously cruel. It was one thing to slay a [[lion]], another to hack his paw off and leave him broken and bewildered.{{Ref|AFFC|4}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|My brother, Jaime, thirsts for battle, not for power. He's run from every chance he's had to rule.{{Ref|ADWD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|[[Barristan Selmy|Selmy]] had never approved of Jaime's presence in his precious [[Kingsguard]]. Before [[Robert's Rebellion|the rebellion]], the old [[knight]] thought him too young and untried; afterward, he had been known to say that the Kingslayer should exchange that white cloak for [[Night's Watch|a black one]].{{Ref|ADWD|57}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

==Entry in the White Book==
{{Quote|Ser Jaime of [[House Lannister]]. Firstborn son of Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. Served against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] as [[squire]] to Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]]. [[Knight]]ed in his 15th year by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] of the [[Kingsguard]], for valor in the field. Chosen for the Kingsguard in his 15th year by King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. During the [[Sack of King's Landing]], slew King Aerys II at the foot of the [[Iron Throne]]. Thereafter known as the "Kingslayer." Pardoned for his crime by King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Served in the honor guard that brought his sister the Lady [[Cersei Lannister]] to [[King's Landing]] to wed King Robert. Champion in the [[List of tourneys in Westeros#King Robert's wedding|tourney]] held at King's Landing on the occasion of their wedding.|the achievements of Jaime as recorded in the [[White Book]] by [[Gerold Hightower]] and [[Barristan Selmy]]}}

==Family==
{{Lannister tree}}

==References==
{{References|4}}

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Addam Velaryon

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| Alias = Addam of Hull{{Ref|TPATQ}}
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|114}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}
| Place_of_Death = [[Tumbleton]]{{Ref|TPATQ}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|130}}{{Ref|TPATQ}}
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Ser '''Addam Velaryon''', born '''Addam of Hull''', was a legitimised [[bastard]] from [[Driftmark]] of [[dragonseed]] descent, like his brother [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn]]. During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Addam became a [[knight]] and the heir to Driftmark and [[House Velaryon]]. He was a dragonrider whose [[dragon]] was [[Seasmoke]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}

==Appearance and Character==
Addam was fifteen years old at the outbreak of the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. He was relentless, determined, glib of tongue, and loyal.{{Ref|TPATQ}} Addam and his brother [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn]] had silver hair and [[purple eyes]]. They were small and quick like their mother, [[Marilda of Hull]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

==History==
===Early life===
According to [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]], Addam's origins remain a matter of dispute among historians to this day.{{ref|tpatq}} His mother [[Marilda]] claimed he and his brother [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn]] were fathered by Ser [[Laenor Velaryon]] -- a fact that many found remarkable due to Laenor's known sexual preference for men. The court fool [[Mushroom]] claimed that they were fathered by Laenor's father, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]], but kept unacknowledged and far from court in order to not offend Corlys's fiery-tempered wife, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Aemon)|Rhaenys Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

===Dragonrider===
When Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] decided that the [[blacks]] needed more [[dragonrider]]s during the [[Dance of the Dragons]], many men on [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] came forward to answer the prince's call. One of them, Addam of [[Hull]], managed to bond with [[Seasmoke]]. When his younger brother [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn]] tried to tame [[Sheepstealer]], the dragon set fire to his cloak. Seasmoke drove off Sheepstealer as Addam used his own cloak to beat out the flames.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Not long after Addam had proven himself by flying Seasmoke, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] petitioned Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] to remove the taint of [[bastardy]] from Adam and Alyn. The queen complied, and legitmized the brothers. Addam of Hull, [[dragonseed]] and bastard, became Addam Velaryon and Corlys's heir to [[Driftmark]].{{Ref|TPATQ}}

When [[Fall of King's Landing|King's Landing fell]] to Rhaenyra, her dragonriders made their descent one by one. Once Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] was certain there would be no harm, he signaled to his wife to descend upon [[Syrax]]. Addam remained aloft, flying Seasmoke around the city walls, the beat of his dragon's wide leathern wings a caution to those below that any defiance would be met with fire.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Once it was decided that Queen Rhaenyra would remain in [[King's Landing]], Addam Velaryon remained with Seasmoke and Prince [[Joffrey Velaryon]]. Syrax, Seasmoke, and [[Tyraxes]] were expected to suffice for the defense of the city, and the rest of the dragonriders went to battle. Apart from Syrax, Seasmoke and the other dragons were kept in the [[Dragonpit]]. It had long been the custom for at least one dragonrider to reside in the pit, so as to be able to defend the city should it come under attack. Because the queen preferred to keep her dragon by her side, that duty fell to Ser Addam Velaryon.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

===Second Battle of Tumbleton===
After the treachery of the [[Two Betrayers]] in the [[First Battle of Tumbleton]], many voices in the [[black council]] questioned Addam's loyalty. Only Lord Corlys, the [[Hand of the King|Hand of the Queen]], spoke in defense of the [[dragonseed]], remarking that Addam and Alyn were "true Velaryons" and worthy of Driftmark. The Hand's impassioned protests were in vain, and Queen Rhaenyra, suspecting a turncloak, commanded Ser [[Luthor Largent]] to arrest Addam in the Dragonpit. Addam, who had been forewarned, managed to make his escape flying away with Seasmoke, fleeing before he could be put to the question. By ordering the arrest of Addam, the queen lost not only a dragon but her Hand as well. Corlys was beaten and imprisoned for warning Addam.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

As the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] was put into motion, Addam was determined to prove that all bastards need not be turncloaks. The singers say that Addam flew from King's Landing to the [[Gods Eye]] where he landed on the sacred [[Isle of Faces]] and took counsel with the [[Green Men]]. Known fact says that he flew far and fast descending on castles great and small whose lords were loyal to the queen to piece together an army. By the time Addam was ready to descend on [[Tumbleton]], he had almost four thousand men at his back.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

Ser Addam attacked Tumbleton at night, taking the [[greens]] completely unawares. As chaos ensued, Addam could see the battle turning into a rout below him. By this time, two of the enemy dragonriders, [[Hugh Hammer]] and Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], were dead; although Addam could not have known that, he could see the dragons [[Vermithor]], [[Silverwing]], and [[Tessarion]]. The riderless Tessarion took flight and Addam turned his dragon Seasmoke to meet her. Both being young dragons, they moved fast and nimbly as they fought. The fight ended when the riderless, enraged Vermithor rose into the sky and set about indiscriminately killing those on the ground.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

As Vermithor wreaked carnage, Seasmoke fell upon him, driving him shrieking into the mud. According to Archmaester [[Gyldayn]], Addam must have felt duty-bound to protect his men on the ground, though surely he knew in his heart Seasmoke could not match the older dragon. The riderless Tessarion soon joined the fray and all three dragons fought to the death on the ground amidst mud and blood and smoke.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

After the battle, Lord [[Unwin Peake]] bowed to defeat and ordered a retreat, taking the remnants of the great host that Prince Daeron and Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] had led from [[Oldtown]]. Addam, the accused turncloak, had saved King's Landing from Rhaenyra's foes at the cost of his own life.{{Ref|TPATQ}}

===Legacy===
In {{Date|138}}, the bones of Addam were returned to Driftmark from [[Raventree Hall]]. His brother Alyn, by then [[Lord of the Tides]], put only the word "LOYAL" as the epitaph on Addam's tomb.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

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

==References==
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Bastardy

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A '''bastard''' is a person whose parents are not married to each other.{{Ref|TMK}} A bastard can also be referred to as '''natural son''' or '''natural daughter'''.{{ref|ASOS|38}}{{Ref|ASOS|53}}{{Ref|ASOS|68}}{{Ref|AFFC|21}}

==Social status==
[[File:MagaliVilleneuve Bastard Daughter.jpg|A bastard daughter of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] - by Magali Villeneuve. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|400px]]
A polite way of referring to someone who is bastard-born is referring to them as a "natural son" or "natural daughter".{{ref|ASOS|38}}{{Ref|ASOS|53}}{{Ref|ASOS|68}}{{Ref|AFFC|21}} Others might refer to a bastard simply as "bastard-born".{{Ref|ASOS|15}}{{Ref|ASOS|36}}{{Ref|ASOS|48}} The term "baseborn"{{Ref|agot|19}}{{Ref|AGOT|30}} is used to refer to a child of whom one parent is of the [[smallfolk]].{{ref|TMK}}{{ref|agot|19}}{{Ref|agot|30}}{{Ref|agot|35}} A euphemism for being bastard-born is being "born on the wrong side of the blanket".{{ref|TMK}}

It is not unexpected for noblemen to have bastard children,{{Ref|AGOT|6}} though it is considered rude to pry into the origins of a man's bastards.{{ref|ASOS|73}} While it is not typical for a noble to bring his bastards home and raise them with his own children, it is usually expected that he will see to the child's well-being to some degree.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} Some might chose to have their bastards fostered at the home of another lord,{{ref|acok|16}} while others might decide to raise their bastard at their own home, in the position of a servant (e.g. [[Falia Flowers]]).{{ref|AFFC|29}} A noble-born wife can take insult at her husband's bastards being introduced into her household and being commensurate in rank with her legally-born children.{{ref|agot|6}}

There is a certain stigma that comes from being born as a bastard. They are said to be born from lust, lies, and weakness,{{Ref|asos|55}}{{Ref|ASOS|73}}{{Ref|TSS}} and as such, they are said to be wanton and treacherous by nature.{{Ref|ASOS|55}}{{Ref|ASOS|73}}{{Ref|TSS}} Because of the stigma bastards have to deal with, they are said to grow up faster than trueborn children.{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|AGOT|26}} Even after being legitimized, bastards will usually have considerable difficulty in removing the stigma of having been bastard-born.{{Ref|TSS}}

Nonetheless, a bastard might rise high. Male bastards may study at the [[Citadel]] and become a [[maester]] (e.g., [[Walys]], a former maester of [[Winterfell]]{{Ref|ADWD|37}}) Female bastards are allowed to join the [[Faith of the Seven]] and become [[septa]]s, like [[Alysanne (daughter of Aegon IV)|Alysanne]], [[Lily]], [[Willow (daughter of Aegon IV)|Willow]], and [[Rosey (daughter of Aegon IV)|Rosey]], the four bastard daughters of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] by his second mistress, [[Megette]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} Potentially, this might mean that male bastards could become [[septon]]s.

Bastards can also be knighted, and may even be appointed to the [[Kingsguard]] (e.g., [[Mervyn Flowers]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}}). Bastards can even rise to become the [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], as [[Robert Flowers]] and [[Addison Hill]] did.{{ref|AFFC|16}} In the [[Night's Watch]], any man may rise to command, no matter the circumstance of his birth. Bastards who have risen to positions of command include [[Cotter Pyke]],{{ref|agot|19}} who is the commander at [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], and [[Robin Hill]]{{Ref|ASOS|55}} and [[Jon Snow]],{{Ref|ASOS|79}} who both became [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]s.

Another example is the origin of [[House Justman]]. This house was founded by [[Benedict Rivers]], a bastard son descending of both [[House Blackwood]] and [[House Bracken]]. House Justman ruled the [[riverlands]] for three centuries before being eventually wiped out during a war against the [[ironborn]] and King [[Qhored Hoare]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Riverlands}}

==Surnames==
Each of the nine constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms have bastard surnames decreed by [[customs|custom]], not law.<ref name=SF>[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/2999/ SF, Targaryens, Valyria, Sansa, Martells, and more (June 26, 2001)]</ref> Bastards with a high-born parent are given these surnames to hold them apart from their parent's houses.<ref name=SF/> The parents may give a bastard a different surname if they wish, e.g. [[Tyrion Tanner]]{{Ref|ADWD|Appendix}}, or no name at all.<ref name=SF/> Bastard children of two people of the [[smallfolk]] are not given a distinctive surname.<ref name=SF/> A bastard might also chose a surname for himself. [[Daemon Waters]] took the surname [[House Blackfyre|Blackfyre]] at the age of twelve, after having been knighted and having received lands and the [[Valyrian steel]] sword [[Blackfyre|of the same name]] from his father, King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

The surname a bastard received appears to be connected to the location the child is raised, though this is not a consistent rule. Because of this, bastards who are half-siblings might have different surnames. For example, King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s eldest bastard, born and raised in the Vale, is called [[Mya Stone|Mya ''Stone'']], while his bastard from the stormlands (fathered on a noblewoman from the [[Reach]]) is called [[Edric Storm|Edric ''Storm'']]. However, whilst [[Aegor Rivers]] was raised at [[Stone Hedge]] in the [[riverlands]], his half-brother [[Brynden Rivers|Brynden]] was also called ''Rivers'', despite having lived at least the first few years of his life with his mother at [[King's Landing]] in the [[crownlands]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} Prince [[Oberyn Martell]]'s eight bastard daughters all have the surname ''Sand'', even though the eldest, [[Obara Sand|Obara]], lived in [[Oldtown]] in the [[Reach]] during the earlier years of her life,{{Ref|AFFC|2}} and her sister [[Nymeria|Nymeria]] was born in [[Volantis]], across the [[narrow sea]].{{Ref|AWOIAF| Nymeria Sand}}

Most legitimate offspring of a bastard decides to keep the bastard surname.<ref name=SF/> If two bastards from two different regions (i.e. with two different surnames) marry, the children will most likely take their father's surname.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Bastards_Offspring Bastard's Offspring (January 20, 1999)]</ref> Some later legitimate offspring of bastards might change their surname to demonstrate their legitimate nature, and remove the bastard-born taint.<ref name=SF/> One such an example is the son of [[Jon Waters]]. Jon Waters was the bastard son of Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]] and Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Baelor I}}{{Ref|AFFC|8}} His trueborn son changed his name from ''"Waters"'' to ''"[[House Longwaters|Longwaters]]"'' in an attempt to remove the taint of bastardy,{{Ref|AFFC|8}} and to demonstrate he was of legitimate birth himself.<ref name=SF/>

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| [[Crownlands]] || Waters{{Ref|AFFC|34}}{{Ref|AFFC|12}} || [[Aurane Waters]]
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| [[Dorne]] || Sand{{Ref|ASOS|38}} || [[Ellaria Sand]]
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| [[Iron Islands]] || Pyke{{Ref|AGOT|19}}{{Ref|ASOS|70}} || [[Cotter Pyke]]
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| [[North]] || Snow{{Ref|agot|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|34}} || [[Jon Snow]]
|-
| [[Reach]] || Flowers{{Ref|AGOT|34}} || [[Robert Flowers]]
|-
| [[Riverlands]] || Rivers{{Ref|AGOT|59}} || [[Walder Rivers]]
|-
| [[Stormlands]] || Storm{{Ref|ACOK|10}} || [[Rolland Storm]]
|-
| [[Vale of Arryn]] || Stone{{Ref|AGOT|34}} || [[Mya Stone]]
|-
| [[Westerlands]] || Hill{{Ref|ASOS|Prologue}} || [[Joy Hill]]
|}

==Acknowledgement==
[[File:Natascha RoeoesliJonSnowGhost.jpg|[[Jon Snow]], the acknowledged bastard son of [[Eddard Stark]] - by Natascha Roeoesli. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|400px]]
At any point, the biological father of a bastard may acknowledge him and bring him formally into his house. King [[Robert I Baratheon]] acknowledged [[Edric Storm]] at his birth, although the boy was raised at [[Storm's End]].{{ref|ACOK|10}} Lord [[Roose Bolton]] brought his bastard son, [[Ramsay Snow]], to the [[Dreadfort]] following the death of his only trueborn son, [[Domeric Bolton|Domeric]], albeit without acknowledging him.{{ref|ACOK|16}}{{ref|AWOIAF| Ramsay Snow}} An acknowledged bastard might even be considered to inherit a seat when no direct heirs can be found.{{ref|ACOK|16}}

Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] has fathered [[Sand Snakes|eight bastard daughters]] on five mothers.{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} His children are raised at the court of [[Sunspear]], where several are close to the heir of Prince [[Doran Martell]], Princess [[Arianne Martell|Arianne]].{{Ref|AFFC|13}}{{Ref|AFFC|22}} The Dornish are not greatly concerned about whether or not a child is trueborn or bastard-born, especially not if the child born to a paramour.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: Queer Customs of the South}} While Prince Oberyn's four elder daughters were born of mothers of variable social stations - [[Obara Sand|Obara]]'s mother was a whore, [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]]'s mother a [[Volantis|Volantenese]] noblewoman, [[Tyene Sand|Tyene]]'s mother a septa and [[Sarella Sand|Sarella]]'s mother a trader captain from the [[Summer Islands]] - they appear to be treated no differently from [[Elia Sand|Elia]], [[Obella Sand|Obella]], [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]], and [[Loreza Sand|Loreza]], the children he fathered on his recognized paramour, [[Ellaria Sand]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}{{Ref|AFFC|13}}{{Ref|AFFC|40}}

===Legitimization===
[[File:Marc Simonetti Bittersteel.jpg|[[Aegor Rivers]], a [[Great Bastard]], fathered by [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] - by Marc Simonetti © |thumb|400px|right]]
Besides acknowledging bastards, they can also be legitimized. This power is reserved to monarchs alone.{{Ref|ASOS|45}}<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Jon_Snow Jon Snow (August 6, 2000)]</ref> Once a bastard is legitimized, this cannot be undone.{{Ref|aSoS|45}}

Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] legitimized the brothers [[Addam Velaryon|Addam]] and [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn of Hull]] as heirs of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]].{{ref|TPATQ}} King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] legitimized all of his bastards on his deathbed, both those born by highborn mothers, who were also known as the [[Great Bastards]], and those who had been baseborn.{{ref|tss}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}} This act by King Aegon eventually played a large role in several wars fought over the [[Iron Throne]] between the trueborn descendants of King Aegon and his bastard-born offspring, the [[Blackfyre Pretenders]].{{Ref|asos|45}} Following his role in the [[War of the Five Kings]], the bastard-born son of Lord [[Roose Bolton]], [[Ramsay Snow]], is legitimized in order to marry a [[Arya Stark|highborn bride]].{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

The children of Lord [[Lyonel Hightower]] and Lady [[Samantha Tarly]] were rendered legitimate once a new [[High Septon]] allowed the couple to marry.<ref>[https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/169198/which-bastards-in-westeros-were-automatically-legitimized-once-their-parents-mar Which bastards in Westeros were automatically legitimized once their parents married? (September 8, 2017)]</ref>{{ref|fab|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}

==Rights of Inheritance==
:{{See also|Inheritance}}
The bastard-born have few rights under [[Law and justice|law]] and [[customs|custom]].{{Ref|AGOT|30}} When it comes to rights of inheritance, there are no clear cut laws.<ref name=hornwoods>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Hornwood_Inheritance_and_the_Whents The Hornwood Inheritance and the Whents (November 2, 1999)]</ref>

A bastard may inherit if the father has no other trueborn children nor any other direct heirs to follow him. For example, in {{Date|299}}, following the deaths of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]] and his trueborn son, [[Daryn Hornwood|Daryn]], Halys's natural son [[Larence Snow]] is considered as a potential heir by [[House Hornwood]]s overlords, [[House Stark]].{{Ref|ACOK|16}} However, in order to inherit or be installed as an heir, the bastard-born child will first have to be legitimized by a royal decree.{{Ref|ASOS|45}}

It is unclear whether a legitimized bastard would be placed in the succession according to birth order, or would be placed at the end, after the trueborn children.<ref name=hornwoods/>

===Coat of Arms===
Bastards do not have the right to use the arms of the highborn families from which they descend.{{Ref|AGOT|7}} Recognized bastards who take arms (noble born, knighted, etc.) often, but not always, take the [[Heraldry|coat of arms]] of their fathers with the colors reversed.{{Ref|TSS}} A bend sinister is sometimes added, as exemplified by Ser [[Walder Rivers]]'s sigil.{{Ref|aFfC|38}} A bastard that wants to emphasize his affiliation and minimize his own bastardy may decide to use the same sigil as his father, as did [[Glendon Flowers]],{{Ref|TMK}} perhaps illegally.{{Ref|THK}}{{Ref|AGOT|7}} Other bastards might choose to combine multiple sigils, as [[Aegor Rivers]] did.<ref name=greatbastards>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/The_Great_Bastards/ (December 26, 2005)]</ref>

Several examples:
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|Arms of [[House Blackfyre]] (right), founded by [[Daemon I Blackfyre]], a bastard descending from [[House Targaryen]], has the colors of the Targaryen sigil (left) reversed.{{ref|TSS}}
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|The personal arms of [[Walder Rivers]] (right), bastard son of Lord [[Walder Frey]], has the colors of the sigil of [[House Frey]] (left) reversed and a red bend sinister added.{{ref|affc|38}}
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|The coat of arms of [[Aegor Rivers]] (right), a bastard son of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]. He has combined the sigils of his mother's house, [[House Bracken]] (middle), and [[House Blackfyre]] (left).
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==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] is believed by King [[Robert I Baratheon]] to be his trueborn son, and is therefore the heir to [[House Baratheon]] of [[King's Landing]], and heir to the [[Iron Throne]]. However, Lord [[Eddard Stark]] discovers that Joffrey, as well as his siblings [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], are actually the bastards of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] and her twin brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
The revelation of Joffrey's bastardy, as the product of adultery on the part of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], causes Joffrey's claim to the Iron Throne to be disputed after Robert's death by Robert's eldest brother, [[Stannis Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Ramsay Snow]]'s official bastard status is removed by a royal decree, as a reward for the [[House Bolton|Boltons]] betraying the [[House Stark|Starks]] and bowing to the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], and he becomes the heir of House Bolton.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

[[Robb Stark]], as [[King in the North]], plans to legitimize his bastard half-brother [[Jon Snow]] and proclaim him as his heir.{{Ref|ASOS|45}} Following Robb's death, [[Stannis Baratheon]], having proclaimed himself King of the Seven Kingdoms, also proposes to legitimize Snow and make him Lord of [[Winterfell]],{{Ref|ASOS|76}} but Jon declines Stannis's offer, electing to become [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]] instead.{{Ref|ASOS|79}}

Having fled [[King's Landing]] with the aid of Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], [[Sansa Stark]] poses as his natural daughter, named Alayne Stone.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Sansa Stark]] is still posing in the [[Vale]] as Alayne Stone, the bastard-born daughter of [[Petyr Baelish]].{{Ref|AFFC|10}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] uses the name Hugor Hill while traveling through [[Essos]], pretending to be a bastard from [[Lannisport]].{{Ref|ADWD|8}}{{Ref|ADWD|14}}

==Notable Bastards==
:''See also'': [[:Category:Bastards|List of known bastards]]''
'''Crownlands'''
* Addam of Hull, legitimised as [[Addam Velaryon]], a dragonrider and heir to [[Driftmark]].
* Alyn of Hull, legitimised as [[Alyn Velaryon]], an admiral and heir to Driftmark after Addam's death.
*[[Tyrion Tanner]], the bastard son of [[Lollys Stokeworth]] and an unknown father, conceived in a riot at [[King's Landing]].
* [[Aurane Waters]], better known as the Bastard of [[Driftmark]]. He was part of Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei's]] small council as the grand admiral and [[master of ships]].
* Ser [[Daemon I Blackfyre|Daemon Waters]], later known as Daemon I Blackfyre, was the recognized and legitimised son of King Aegon IV Targaryen and [[Daena Targaryen]]. Founder of [[House Blackfyre]].
* [[Humfrey Waters]], the current Commander of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]].
* Ser [[Marston Waters]], was a knight of Kings [[Aegon II Targaryen|Aegon II]]'s and [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]]'s [[Kingsguard]].
* [[Gendry]], an unrecognized bastard of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Unaware of his heritage but is the spitting image of Robert when he was young.
* [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon]] are bastards conceived by Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] with her own twin brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], although they are commonly believed to be her legitimate children by King [[Robert I Baratheon]].

'''Dorne'''
*[[Ellaria Sand]], the bastard daughter of Lord [[Harmen Uller]]. She is also the paramour of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]].
*The [[Sand Snakes]] is the collective name for the eight bastard daughters of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], the Red Viper. They are, in order of age:
**[[Obara Sand]], daughter of an [[Oldtown]] whore.
**[[Nymeria Sand]], called Lady Nym, her mother was a noblewoman from [[Volantis]].
**[[Tyene Sand]], daughter of a [[Faith of the Seven#Septa|septa]].
**[[Sarella Sand]], daughter of a trader from the [[Summer Isles]].
**[[Elia Sand]], called Lady Lance. The oldest daughter of Oberyn's paramour [[Ellaria Sand]], and granddaughter of Lord [[Harmen Uller]].
**[[Obella Sand]], daughter of Ellaria Sand.
**[[Dorea Sand]], daughter of Ellaria Sand.
**[[Loreza Sand]], daughter of Ellaria Sand.
* Ser [[Daemon Sand]], better known as the Bastard of [[Godsgrace]], is the bastard son of [[Ryon Allyrion]].

'''Iron Islands'''
* [[Cotter Pyke]], a member of the Night's Watch and the current Commander of [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]].
* [[Wex Pyke]], the baseborn son of [[Sargon Botley]]; the squire of [[Theon Greyjoy]].

'''North'''
* [[Jon Snow]], the recognized bastard son of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and 998th [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].
* [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]], formerly known as Ramsay Snow, the recognized and legitimised son of Lord [[Roose Bolton]]. Commonly known as the Bastard of Bolton or the Bastard of the [[Dreadfort]].
* [[Larence Snow]], the son of Lord [[Halys Hornwood]].

'''The Reach'''
*[[Blackshield]], an identity assumed by the Bastard of Uplands.
*[[Falia Flowers]], the bastard daughter of Lord [[Humfrey Hewett]].
*Ser [[Franklyn Flowers]], also known as the Bastard of [[Cider Hall]], a knight in service to the [[Golden Company]].
* [[Garrett Flowers]], the bastard son of [[Garth Tyrell]] the Gross. Garse's brother.
*[[Garse Flowers]], the bastard son of Garth the Gross. Garrett's brother.
*Ser [[Glendon Flowers]], mockingly referred to as the Knight of the Pussywillows, claimed to be the son of Ser [[Quentyn Ball]].
*Ser [[Mervyn Flowers]], was the bastard brother of Lord [[Unwin Peake]] and a [[knight]] of King Aegon III's Kingsguard.
*Ser [[Robert Flowers]], a former Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.
*[[Jafer Flowers]], a ranger of the Night's Watch.
*[[Tom Flowers]], also known as the Bastard of [[Bitterbridge]], a bastard of [[House Caswell]] who fought for the [[greens]] in the [[Dance of the Dragons]].
*Maester [[Walys Flowers|Walys]], the bastard son of a [[House Hightower|Hightower]] girl and an [[archmaester]] of the [[Citadel]]. He served at [[Winterfell]] when Lord [[Rickard Stark]] was head of [[House Stark]].

'''Riverlands'''
* The [[Bastard of Harrenhal]], who was defeated by Ser [[Arlan of Pennytree]].{{ref|THK}}
* Ser [[Addam Rivers]], claimed the title of [[river king]] or [[King of the Trident]].
* Ser [[Aegor Rivers]], better known as Bittersteel, was the recognized and legitimized son of King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] and [[Barba Bracken]]. Founder of the [[Golden Company]].
* [[Alys Rivers]], was a bedmate of Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]].
* Ser [[Benedict I Justman|Benedict Rivers]], later known as King Benedict I Justman, was a bastard from Houses [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]] and [[House Bracken|Bracken]]. Founder of [[House Justman]] and the first Justman [[King of the Trident]].
* [[Brynden Rivers]], better known as Bloodraven, recognized and legitimized son of King Aegon IV Targaryen and [[Melissa Blackwood]]. Former [[Hand of the King]] and [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].
* [[Gwenys Rivers]], recognized and legitimized daughter of Aegon IV Targaryen and Melissa Blackwood.
* [[Harry Rivers]], known as the Bastard of Bracken, is the bastard son of Lord [[Jonos Bracken]].
* [[Mya Rivers]], recognized and legitimized daughter of Aegon IV Targaryen and Melissa Blackwood.
* [[Robb Rivers|Red Robb Rivers]], also known as the Bowman of [[Raventree]], a bastard of [[House Blackwood]].
* Ser [[Samwell Rivers]], the bastard son of Lord [[Tommen Tully]].
* Ser [[Tristan Rivers]], an exiled knight in service to the [[Golden Company]].
* Ser [[Walder Rivers]], recognized eldest bastard son of Lord [[Walder Frey]].

'''Stormlands'''
*The [[Bastard of Blackhaven]], of [[House Dondarrion]], who fought and perished in the [[Last Storm]] during [[Aegon's Conquest]].
*[[Cedrik Storm]], also known as the Bastard of [[Bronzegate]].
*[[Edric Storm]], the acknowledged bastard son of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and [[Delena Florent]].
*Ser [[Rolland Storm]], better known as the Bastard of [[Nightsong]], is the baseborn son of Lord [[Bryen Caron]].
*[[Ronald Storm]], the bastard son of Ser [[Ronnet Connington]].
*King [[Ronard Storm]], called Ronard the Bastard, who usurped his [[Morden II Durrandon|half-brother's]] rule and ruled for a stable thirty years.

'''Vale of Arryn'''
* [[Mya Stone]], the eldest bastard of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. While she is not officially recognized, she is somewhat openly known to be the king's baseborn daughter.
* Ser [[Samwell Stone]], known as Strong Sam Stone, the master-at-arms at [[Runestone]].

'''Westerlands'''
* Ser [[Addison Hill]], also known as the Bastard of [[Cornfield]], a former [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]].
* [[Joy Hill]], the recognized daughter of [[Gerion Lannister]].
* "Sweet" [[Donnel Hill]], who claims to be a bastard of the Lannisters.
* [[Lynora Hill]], the bastard daughter of [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]] and a serving girl.
* [[Robin Hill]], considered one of the worst Lord Commanders of the Night's Watch.
* Ser [[Tyler Hill]], also known as the Bastard of [[Lannisport]], fought for the [[greens]] in the Dance of the Dragons.

==Quotes==
{{Quote|[[Orys Baratheon]] was a baseborn half brother to Lord [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon]], it was whispered, and the [[Argilac Durrandon|Storm King]] would not dishonor [[Argella Durrandon|his daughter]] by giving her hand to a bastard. The very suggestion enraged him.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest}}|writings of [[Gyldayn]]}}

{{Quote|The old [[High Septon]] told [[Maekar I Targaryen|my father]] that king's laws are one thing, and the laws of the gods another. Trueborn children are made in a marriage bed and blessed by [[Father (the Seven)|the Father]] and [[Mother (the Seven)|the Mother]], but bastards are born of lust and weakness, he said. King [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon]] decreed that his bastards were not bastards, but he could not change their nature. The High Septon said all bastards are born to betrayal ...{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Aegon V Targaryen|Egg]] to [[Duncan the Tall|Duncan]]}}

{{quote|A bastard had to learn to notice things, to read the truth that people hid behind their eyes.{{ref|AGOT|5}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|Go away, I wanted only Freys up here, the [[Robb Stark|King in the North]] has no interest in base stock.{{Ref|asos|49}}|[[Walder Frey]] to little [[Walda Rivers (daughter of Aemon)|Walda Rivers]]}}

{{Quote|Bastard children were born from lust and lies, men said; their nature was wanton and treacherous. Once Jon had meant to prove them wrong, to show [[Eddard Stark|his lord father]] he could as good a true son as [[Robb Stark]].{{ref|asos|73}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|Well, [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion Brightflame]] did not stay in [[Lys]] all his life, only a few years. He may have fathered a few [[bastard]]s there, which would mean [[Daenerys Targaryen|Dany]] has "relatives" of a sort in Lys... but they would be very distant relatives, from the wrong side of the blanket.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Many_Questions/ Many Questions (October 14, 1998)]</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}

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Books

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'''Books''' is a [[Volantis|Volantene]] [[sellsword]] and member of the [[Windblown]]. He is a notorious reader; he always seems to have his nose poked in some crumbly scroll.

==Recent Events==
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Books is part of the [[Siege of Astapor]]. He plays dice with [[Bill Bone|Old Bill Bone]], [[Beans]] and [[Archibald Yronwood]] after the siege.{{Ref|aDwD|25}} He thinks [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is both murderous and [[Targaryen madness|mad]].

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Aerys II Targaryen

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| image_caption = Aerys II by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ Amok©]
| reign = {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}{{Ref|FAB|The Targaryen Succession}}
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| othertitles = [[Knight|Ser]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} [[Prince of Dragonstone]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} [[King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men]] [[Lord of the Seven Kingdoms]] [[Protector of the Realm]]
| alias = The Mad King{{Ref|AGOT|2}} King Scab{{Ref|ASOS|36}} Mad Aerys{{Ref|ADWD|22}}
| fullname = Aerys Targaryen the Second of His Name
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| queen = [[Rhaella Targaryen]]
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| mother = [[Shaera Targaryen]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Targaryen Lineage}}
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| placeofbirth = at [[King's Landing]]{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| dateofdeath = {{Date|283}},{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
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'''Aerys II Targaryen''', also called '''the Mad King''' and '''King Scab''', was the seventeenth and last member of the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] dynasty to sit the [[Iron Throne]], ruling from {{Date|262}} to {{Date|283}}.{{ref|agot|appendix}} His children that lived to adulthood, by his sister-wife, [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], were [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], and [[Daenerys Targaryen]].

Aerys showed great promise at the start of his reign, bringing peace and prosperity to the [[Seven Kingdoms]], but later descended into insanity, caused by, amongst other factors, multiple miscarriages and stillbirths, the deaths of three sons, and a brief uprising known as the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], in which he was held prisoner for half a year by a rebellious lord. His paranoia and cruelty grew out of control. He was eventually killed by a member of his own [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], during [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is played by [[w:David Rintoul|David Rintoul]] who appears as the Mad King in flashbacks.

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Aerys II Targaryen|l1=Images of Aerys II Targaryen}}

In his youth, while not being the most intelligent, nor the most diligent of princes, he was described as having an undeniable charm. He was generous, handsome and resolute, although somewhat quick to anger. He was also vain, proud, and changeable, traits that made him easy prey for lickspittles and flatterers. As he grew older, Aerys became increasingly jealous, suspicious and cruel, prone to furious outbursts.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} He had [[purple eyes]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

After the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], these characteristics became more pronounced. He began to see every unexplained event or act of minor defiance as evidence of fearful conspiracies against him, and devised sadistic punishments for those he imagined to be his enemies. He developed a [[Wildfire|fascination with fire]], which eventually grew so consuming that he could only become sexually aroused by watching someone burn to death. His marriage to his sister-wife [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], while never happy, became sexually abusive late in his reign.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

By the end of his life, Aerys's [[Targaryen madness]] had taken a serious toll on his appearance, so that although only forty years old at the time of his death, he looked much older. He ate little and became gaunt as a result of his fear of [[poison]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

After repeatedly cutting himself on the [[Iron Throne]] Aerys developed a phobia of blades, and forbade any sharp implements in his presence other than the swords of his [[Kingsguard]], refusing even to trim his nails or hair. His fingernails grew to cracked yellow claws nine inches long. His beard was matted and unwashed and his silver-gold hair hung down to his waist in wild tangles. His arms and legs were always covered with scabs and half-healed cuts from the Iron Throne. He wore the elaborate dragon-emblazoned [[crown]] of [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]].{{Ref|aFfC|16}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

==History==
===Early life===
[[File:Aerys wedding.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Aerys and [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella's]] unhappy [[Customs#Marriage|wedding]]]]

Aerys was born to Prince [[Jaehaerys II Targaryen|Jaehaerys]], the second son of King [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]], and his sister-wife, Princess [[Shaera Targaryen|Shaera]]. While still a teenager, Aerys was married to his sister [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], in accordance with the family tradition of dynastic [[incest]]. While Aerys's grandfather, King [[Aegon V Targaryen]] was against this incestuous marriage (as he had been against incestuous marriages for his own children), Jaehaerys was allowed to arrange it. Jaehaerys's motivation for the marriage was a prophecy, made by a [[Ghost of High Heart|woods witch]], which had been interpreted to mean that the [[prince that was promised]] would be born of the line of Aerys and Rhaella.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} According to Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], who was present at the [[Customs#Marriage|wedding]], there was no fondness between the two siblings.{{ref|ADWD|23}}

During his youth, Aerys befriended the young heir to [[Casterly Rock]], [[Tywin Lannister]], who served as a page at the royal court. Aerys also befriended the heir to [[Storm's End]], his cousin, [[Steffon Baratheon]]. The three became inseparable.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In {{Date|259}}, Rhaella gave birth to their firstborn son and heir, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]]. He was ''"born in blood and grief"'' during the disaster known as the [[tragedy of Summerhall]], which killed King Aegon V, his eldest son Prince [[Duncan Targaryen|Duncan]], and many others.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Rhaegar Targaryen}} Aerys's father, Jaehaerys, ascended the [[Iron Throne]] after the tragedy. It would later be rumored that, on the night of Jaehaerys's coronation, Aerys took the maidenhead of Lady [[Joanna Lannister]], who had come to court for the celebrations.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys was a squire during the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and fought in the [[Stepstones]]. There, at the age of sixteen, he received his [[knight]]hood. Aerys chose to be dubbed a knight by his friend, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. When King Jaehaerys II passed away from illness in {{Date|262}}, after having ruled for only three years, Prince Aerys was crowned as King Aerys II Targaryen.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Early reign===
[[File:Aerys twoiaf.png|500px|thumb|left|Aerys on the [[Iron Throne]] during his early reign, as depicted by Jennifer Drummond in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]

Aerys's reign began in {{Date|262}} with great promise. Over the peaceful first dozen years, the realm recovered from the tragic events at [[Summerhall]] and the War of the Ninepenny Kings, growing strong and prosperous. However, this would not remain.

Under his father and grandfather, the royal court at [[King's Landing]] had grown stuffy and conservative, filled with hidebound old men. Aerys brought sweeping changes, replacing many prominent officials with younger faces. Impressed by the ruthlessness young Ser [[Tywin Lannister]] had shown in dealing with a [[Reyne-Tarbeck revolt|rebellion]] against [[House Lannister]], he named Tywin as the [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys did not lack ambition. Upon his coronation he declared it was his wish to be the greatest king in the history of the Seven Kingdoms, a conceit certain of his friends encouraged by suggesting one day he would be known as Aerys the Wise or Aerys the Great. Aerys was very active in the early years of his reign and held a splendid court. He loved music, dancing, and masked balls, and was exceedingly fond of young beautiful women, filling the court with fair [[maiden]]s from across the kingdoms. Some say he had as many mistresses as [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]], though most historians highly doubt that. Whatever the case, Aerys always lost interest in his lovers fairly quickly.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

King Aerys was full of schemes, boasting about his grand plans, then quickly forgetting about them in less than a moon's turn. Aerys boasted upon his coronation about invading the [[Stepstones]] and adding them to the Seven Kingdoms. When Lord [[Rickard Stark]] of [[Winterfell]] visited the capital in {{Date|264}}, the king hatched a plan to build a new [[Wall]] hundreds of miles north of the current one and claim all the lands in between. After complaining about the stink of King's Landing in {{Date|265}}, Aerys wanted to build a new city of white marble on the south bank of the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]]. In {{Date|267}}, after a dispute with the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]], Aerys claimed he would build a war fleet and bring the [[Titan of Braavos]] to its knees. When he visited [[Dorne]] in {{Date|270}}, he told the [[Princess of Dorne]] that he would build an underwater canal and make the deserts bloom. Nothing ever came from any of these grandiose schemes, as Aerys was changeable and grew as bored with his ideas as quickly as they came to him.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Still, the Seven Kingdoms prospered during Aerys's reign, due to his Hand of the King, for Tywin Lannister was everything Aerys was not. Tywin was diligent, decisive, tireless, fiercely intelligent, just and stern. Eventually, Aerys came to regret his choice for Hand – not because of any lack of competence on Tywin's part, but rather the opposite.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} He proved to be a brilliant administrator, and as Hand his reputation for brutal effectiveness became so well-known and so widely respected that popular rumor held it was Tywin, not Aerys, who truly ruled the realm.{{Ref|ASOS|38}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

[[File:Tywin and Aerys.jpg|thumb|350px|Aerys and his [[Hand of the King|Hand]] [[Tywin Lannister]]]]

It was Tywin who settled the dispute with the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] in {{Date|267}}, as Tywin was shrewd enough not to make an enemy of the Iron Bank. He paid the Bank back the loans owed to them by the [[Iron Throne]] with the gold of [[Casterly Rock]]. Tywin also appeased the high lords by repealing all the laws, rights and protections that were granted to the [[smallfolk]] by King [[Aegon V Targaryen]].{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Tywin won the support of the wealthy merchants by reducing tariffs on shipping to [[Oldtown]], [[Lannisport]] and King's Landing, which increased trade. He sternly punished any baker caught mixing sawdust with bread or any butcher selling horsemeat as beef. Tywin built new roads and repaired old ones, held splendid [[Tourney|tournaments]] about the realm to the delight of knights and commons both. Despite these accomplishments, Tywin was little loved for he was also humorless, unforgiving, unbending, proud and insensitive. Traits that earned him many rivals, even his bannermen while greatly respecting him and loyally following him to war, bore him little love.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The relationship between Aerys and Tywin was always complicated. When he was still a prince, Aerys had developed a crush on [[Joanna Lannister]] who was to marry her cousin Tywin. Aerys was present at the wedding in {{Date|263}} and drank too much during the feast, leading to him joking that it was a great pity that the lord's right to the [[first night]] had been abolished and to taking certain liberties during the [[bedding]]. It is said that Tywin did not forget Aerys's behavior.{{Ref|aDwD|43}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys's marriage to his younger sister, [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]], was less happy than Tywin's. Aerys was known to keep many mistresses, and whilst Rhaella turned a blind eye to her husband's infidelities, she objected heavily against ''"turning my ladies into whores"''. In {{Date|263}}, Lady Joanna Lannister was dismissed by Rhaella, shortly after having married Tywin. Whilst no official reason was given for Joanna's abrupt dismissal, she was not the first of Rhaella's ladies to be dismissed in this fashion, nor was she the last.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys's many relationships were not the only strain on his marriage. Rhaella's difficulties with childbirth played their part as well. In {{Date|263}} and {{Date|264}}, Rhaella had miscarriages. In {{Date|267}}, whilst Aerys was away in the [[westerlands]], Rhaella gave birth to the stillborn Princess [[Shaena Targaryen|Shaena]]. Prince [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Daeron]], born in {{Date|279}}, survived for only half a year. After Daeron, a second stillbirth followed in {{Date|270}}, and a miscarriage in {{Date|271}}. In {{Date|272}}, Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Aegon]] was born two months premature. He would die in {{Date|273}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

While Aerys was compassionate at first, comforting Rhaella in her grief, he turned suspicious in time. By {{Date|270}}, he had decided that Rhaella had been unfaithful to him, and that none of the stillbirths, miscarriages and dead princes had been his, as the gods would not want a bastard to sit the Iron Throne. He soon confined Rhaella to [[Maegor's Holdfast]], and ordered that two [[septa]]'s would sleep in her bed from that moment forth, to ensure she would remain faithful.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Meanwhile, Aerys's relationship with his Hand was breaking down as well, the pair's friendship fraying. Where previously Aerys had heeded Tywin's counsel, he now often disagreed with his Hand and did the opposite of what Tywin suggested. When [[Myr]] and [[Tyrosh]] became involved in a trade war against [[Volantis]], Lord Tywin suggested that [[Westeros]] remained neutral. King Aerys, in response, provided [[Currency|gold]] and arms to the Volantenes. When [[House Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood]] had a border dispute, Lord Tywin wanted to act in the favor of House Blackwood, leading to Aerys siding with House Bracken. Over Tywin's objections, Aerys doubled the port fees for Oldtown and King's Landing and tripled them at Lannisport and other ports in Westeros. Trade suffered and a delegation of merchants arrived before the Iron Throne to protest. Aerys lied to them and blamed the matter on his Hand of the King stating;

{{Quote|Lord Tywin shits gold, but of late he has been constipated and had to find some other ways to fill our coffers.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}}}

Aerys restored the port fees to the previous levels, which won him much popularity and acclaim for himself, whilst the king's lies and actions left Tywin with nothing but scorn. Aerys objected to many of Tywin's appointments and filled the offices with men of his own choosing. When Tywin suggested his own brother, Ser [[Tygett Lannister]], as master-at-arms for the [[Red Keep]], Aerys appointed Ser [[Willem Darry]] instead.{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

By now, Aerys had become aware of the tales being told in his kingdoms; that it was Lord Tywin who truly ruled the Seven Kingdoms and that Aerys was but a hollow figurehead. These statements greatly angered the king. When Lord Tywin's captain of the guard, Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], had been overheard to repeat this statement, Aerys had the man's tongue torn out with hot pincers.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|aFfC|27}} The angered king became determined to disprove the tales, and to humble Tywin, his ''"overmighty servant"'', putting him back into his place.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

[[File:Ilyn Payne loosing his tongue.jpg|thumb|350px|Aerys deals with disturbing rumors by taking Ser [[Ilyn Payne]]'s tongue with hot pincers]]

In {{Date|272}}, to celebrate Aerys's tenth year on the [[Iron Throne]], Tywin hosted the [[Anniversary Tourney]] in the capital. Lady Joanna Lannister returned to the court for this event, bringing with her six-year-old twins, [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. Drunkenly, Aerys asked Joanna if nursing her children had ruined her breasts. Whilst the question was a great amusement for Lord Tywin's rivals, it humiliated Lady Joanna. Lord Tywin attempted to resign the next morning, but Aerys refused to accept. And thus, Tywin Lannister remained Hand of the King.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Courtiers at the court who wished to win the king's favor and gain advancement soon learned the best way to gain the king's eye was to mock and make japes about Lord Tywin. King Aerys continued to undermine and slight his Hand, which amused many lords who were rivals of Lord Tywin or who simply disliked the humorless man. Tywin Lannister suffered all these slights in silence, never showing any public display of weakness. When Joanna Lannister died in childbirth in {{Date|273}}, the king had been heard to remark that Joanna had died, and Tywin had begotten [[Tyrion Lannister|his dwarf son]] instead from the gods, ''"to teach him some humility at last"''. These reports would reach [[Casterly Rock]], where Lord Tywin was in mourning. From that moment on, all the old affection between the old childhood friends was gone. Yet still, Lord Tywin continued to serve the realm as Hand of the King, whilst King Aerys grew increasingly violent, suspicious and erratic.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

The king's madness abated slightly with the birth of another son, who he named [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aerys II)|Jaehaerys]], in {{Date|274}}. In fact, Jaehaerys's birth almost restored the king to his old self. This changed when Jaehaerys died later that same year. In a black rage, Aerys had the boy's wet nurse beheaded, convinced it had been her fault. He soon had a change of heart, and declared that his mistress was to blame, having poisoned the young babe. Aerys had her and her entire family tortured and eventually executed. Under torture, all confessed to murdering Prince Jaehaerys, though their accounts on Jaehaerys's death greatly differed from one another.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

After this deed, however, Aerys changed his mind yet again. He fasted for a fortnight, and made a walk of repentance across the city, to the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. There, he prayed with the [[High Septon]]. When he returned, he announced that he would remain true to his wife and marital vows from that moment forth. From that day on in {{Date|275}}, King Aerys II Targaryen lost interest in all other women.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

In {{Date|276}}, Rhaella gave birth to a son named [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]]. While the child was healthy enough, Aerys was paranoid about the boy's safety. [[Kingsguard]] knights were ordered to stand over the babe, day and night. No one, not even Queen Rhaella, was allowed to be alone with Viserys. Gifts that came from all over the realm for the new prince were piled up in the yard and burned on Aerys's orders, as the king feared they might be cursed or ensorcelled. When Rhaella's milk dried up, Aerys made his own food taster suckle on the nipples of the wet nurse, to ensure there was no poison on them.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Later that year, Lord Tywin Lannister staged a [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] at Lannisport. It has been suggested by history that this tourney was arranged as a gesture for reconciliation.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} At this tourney, Lord Tywin proposed a marriage between his daughter [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and Prince Rhaegar to King Aerys. However, Aerys's fear of Tywin's power and ambition led him to reject the offer rudely, saying that Tywin was a mere servant of the crown, and no servant's daughter was fit to marry a prince of royal blood. The tourney ended without a final feast and Aerys departed in a chilly atmosphere. Tywin would not forget the insult.{{Ref|aFfC|24}}

===The Defiance of Duskendale===
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[[File:Marc Simonetti King Aerys II Targaryen.jpg|thumb|300px|Aerys after the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] - by Marc Simonetti ©]]

Lord [[Denys Darklyn]] of [[Duskendale]] desired to win a charter for Duskendale, which would give him more autonomy from the crown. He made his proposal to the crown in {{Date|277}}, but Lord Tywin Lannister, however, refused the proposal, but Lord Denys would not give up so easily. Having noticed the deteriorated relationship between Aerys and Tywin, Lord Denys decided to withhold his payments to the crown, and instead invited the king to Duskendale to hear his petition for a new charter. While Aerys had intended to decline the invitation, the king changed his mind when Lord Tywin advised him to refuse in the strongest possible terms. Eager to demonstrate his ability to handle the situation without the help of his Hand, Aerys decided to settle the issue personally and bring the defiant Lord Darklyn to heel. Informing [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] and the [[small council]] of his decision, Aerys traveled to Duskendale taking a small force led by Ser [[Gwayne Gaunt]] of the [[Kingsguard]], against Lord Tywin's advice. The invitation proved to be a trap, however, and Aerys walked right into it. Some of his escort (most notably Ser Gwayne) were killed trying to defend their king, Aerys was taken prisoner.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Outrage was the response to this news from Duskendale. As [[Hand of the King]], it fell to Lord Tywin Lannister to resolve the crisis. He massed an army and laid siege to the town in what became known as the [[Defiance of Duskendale]]. The situation remained in a stalemate for six months, with Lord Denys threatening to execute the king at the first sign that Tywin intended to storm the town. In the end, it was Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] of the Kingsguard who staged a daring infiltration and managed to rescue the king.

Lord Denys immediately surrendered and begged for mercy, but in his fury Aerys immediately had him beheaded. His rage still not sated, the king next ordered [[House Darklyn]] utterly destroyed, along with [[House Hollard]], which had sided with them. Every last member of both families was tortured at excruciating length before being burned alive, with the sole exception of the child [[Dontos Hollard]], who was spared only at Ser Barristan's pleading. Ser Barristan later developed doubts about his actions at Duskendale, wondering whether Aerys's death in Lord Denys's dungeon and Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar's]] ascent to the throne would not have spared the [[Seven Kingdoms]] much grief.{{Ref|aDwD|55}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Following the Defiance===
The Defiance of Duskendale plunged Aerys deeper into his descent into madness. Deeply shaken by his imprisonment, he refused to leave the [[Red Keep]] for the next four years. His jealous and suspicious nature deepened into paranoia and eventually outright delusions, seeing evidence of treachery everywhere.

Aerys's relations with Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] deteriorated even more rapidly. The king felt his Hand had wanted him to perish in the dungeons of Duskendale. Aerys also no longer trusted his wife or his heir. In his paranoia, Aerys believed that Tywin and Rhaegar had conspired to have him killed by storming Duskendale, so Rhaegar would ascend the [[Iron Throne]] and marry Tywin's daughter.

To prevent such conspiracies between Rhaegar and Tywin, Aerys summoned his old childhood friend, Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]], to court, making him a member of the [[small council]]. Aerys publicly announced Steffon would go to [[Volantis]], to find a bride for Rhaegar of ''"proud [[Valyria]]n blood"''. The fact that Aerys entrusted this task to Steffon instead of Tywin or Rhaegar caused many to mutter that Aerys intended to make Steffon his new Hand of the King, upon the successful completion of this mission, and that Aerys planned to have Lord Tywin arrested and executed for high treason. Many lords took delight in the prospect.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Fate had other plans. Lord Steffon's mission turned out to be a failure and on the return voyage his ship was caught in a storm and sank, just off the coast of [[Storm's End]], in sight of his two eldest children, [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] and [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]]. Aerys got the notion in his head that Tywin had somehow assassinated Lord Steffon. He even stated to [[Pycelle]] that he could not dismiss Tywin as Hand, as Tywin would have him killed then as well. In the final years of his reign where Tywin was still Hand, Aerys never met with Lord Tywin unless all seven of the Kingsguard knights were present.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

His paranoia and hysterical madness ever deepening, Aerys heard word of the talents of a certain eunuch named [[Varys]]. The eunuch was brought to court, and appointed as Aerys's [[master of whisperers]] on the small council. The king reasoned that only a foreigner with no competing loyalties in [[Westeros]] could be trusted to alert him of potential threats. The Spider, as Varys became known to the smallfolk, used the crowns gold to form a vast web of informers. Varys was always seen crouching at the king's side whispering in his ear.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys also resolved the matter of Rhaegar's marriage. In early {{Date|279}}, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] was betrothed to Princess [[Elia Martell]]. In early {{Date|280}}, the two were wed in a lavish ceremony at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Fearing to be assassinated, Aerys refused to attend. Neither did he allow Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] to attend. Rhaegar and his new bride decided to take up residence on [[Dragonstone]], instead of remaining in [[King's Landing]], which led some to mutter that Rhaegar planned on deposing his father and seizing the throne. Others claimed that Aerys II meant to disinherit Rhaegar and name his younger son, Prince Viserys, the new heir. The birth of Princess [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]], Aerys first grandchild, did not unite the estranged father and son. When Rhaegar presented the girl at court, Queen Rhaella embraced her grandchild warmly, but Aerys refused to touch her, stating that ''"she smelled Dornish"''.{{ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Aerys grew brutal, capricious and increasingly fascinated with fire, especially the highly flammable substance known as [[wildfire]] which was said to be a cousin to [[dragonflame]]. By {{Date|280}}, Aerys had taken to using wildfire for executing alleged traitors, rather than hangings and beheadings. The [[Alchemists' Guild|pyromancers]] became a fixture at the king's court and [[Wisdom]] [[Rossart]], who carried out the executions, was eventually named to the [[small council]]. All the executions by fire aroused the king and, while he and his wife had slept in separate chambers for some years and avoided each other by day as well, Aerys would always claim his marriage rights after such an execution by fire, brutally abusing his wife in bed.{{Ref|aFfC|16}}

===Year of the False Spring===
[[File:the_mad_king_twoiaf_art.png|thumb|left|300px|Aerys the Mad King, as depicted by Arthur Bozonnet in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]

When a place in the [[Kingsguard]] became available, after Ser [[Harlan Grandison]] died in his sleep, Aerys decided to appoint Lord Tywin Lannister's eldest (and [[Tyrion Lannister|only able-bodied]]) son Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] as the youngest knight ever to join the order. Tywin, and later his son Jaime, came to believe that Aerys had intended this not as an honor but a slight to [[House Lannister]], meant to deprive Tywin of his heir and allow Aerys to hold Jaime hostage for his father's loyalty. Unknown to Tywin, this scheme had originally been hatched by Tywin's very own daughter, [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], who had proposed the idea to King Aerys as she wished for Jaime to join the order as to prevent Tywin from betrothing him to [[Lysa Tully]], as Tywin and Lord [[Hoster Tully]] had been discussing.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

Aerys had made his announcement during court, and Tywin had thanked him openly for the honor the king bestowed upon his House. In reality, he had been furious, and pleading illness, Tywin resign his position as Hand and returned to [[Casterly Rock]], with his daughter. Aerys accepted Tywin's resignation and appointed Lord [[Owen Merryweather]] as his replacement, an amiable but not especially competent old man whose main qualifications as [[Hand of the King|Hand]] were his willingness to throw lavish feasts and offer the king constant flattery. The young knight Jaime would officially join the Kingsguard in a ceremony at a later date.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

With Lord Tywin now gone from court, the new focus of Aerys' mistrust was his own son and heir Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], who had become wary of his father's behavior.{{Ref|aDwD|24}} At court, there was growing tension between the factions loyal to the king and those loyal to his heir Prince Rhaegar. Aerys may have been mad and cruel to those he deemed his enemies, but he was lavish with wealth and titles to those who enjoyed his trust.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Those loyal to the king were Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], the [[master of coin]], Lord [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]], the [[master of ships]], Lord [[Symond Staunton]], the [[master of laws]], [[Varys]], the [[master of whisperers]], and Wisdom [[Rossart]]. All enjoyed the king's trust and at court held great power and they had learned how to twist the king's madness to their own benefit, they had good reason to oppose Aerys' removal from the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Rhaegar's supporters were young Lord [[Jon Connington]], Ser [[Myles Mooton]], Ser [[Richard Lonmouth]], and the [[Dornishmen]] who accompanied him at court, including Princess [[Elia Martell|Elia's]] uncle, Prince [[Lewyn Martell]] of the [[Kingsguard]] and Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]] also of the Kingsguard and who was Rhaegar's dearest friend.{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

It fell to [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] and the [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Owen Merryweather]] the unenviable task of trying to keep the peace between the factions, Pycelle even dispatched a letter to the [[Citadel]] writing that tensions and division at court strongly resembled those before the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Pycelle was fearful of a civil war between those loyal to the king and those who supported the prince would break out unless some accord could be reached that would satisfy both factions.{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Lord [[Walter Whent]] announced a [[Tourney at Harrenhal|tourney]] would be held at [[Harrenhal]] in {{Date|280}}<ref group="N">''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' lists {{Date|280}} in ''"The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II"'', but {{Date|281}} in ''"The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring"''. It is confirmed {{Date|280}} is correct in later editions.</ref> to rival any previous tournament. The tourney was to be held in {{Date|281}}. It is believed by some that the tournament was secretly arranged and financed by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]], as a pretext, so Rhaegar could meet up with the great lords of the realm to discuss arranging a [[Great Council]] and the removal of his father. The tournament was announced by Lord Whent shortly after his brother Ser [[Oswell Whent|Oswell]], of the Kingsguard, visited his older brother.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Aerys at first was counseled by Lord Chelsted to forbid the tourney, while Lord Staunton went as far to suggest the king should outlaw all tournaments. Lord Merryweather intervened by pointing out such events were extremely popular with the highborn and lowborn and that attempting to ban or outlaw tourneys would make King Aerys unpopular and strengthen Rhaegar. Aerys decided to attend the tournament, the first time he left the [[Red Keep]] since the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], he also decided that the tournament would be the perfect place to initiate Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] into the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

Aerys also hoped his presence at the tourney would win back the love of his people. If that was his intention it backfired horrifically. Since the Defiance of Duskendale, the king had not taken care of his appearance. His fear of blades meant he would not permit his hair to be cut, or his nails to be groomed. His hair and beard were unwashed, matted and tangled, and his nails were yellow and grew nine inches in length. His fear and paranoia of [[poison]] had made him thin and gaunt. The [[lord]]s and [[knight]]s at the tourney were appalled at what their monarch had become. Nor was his behavior that of a sane man, going from mirth to melancholy at a snap of the fingers. His bouts of hysterical laughter, long silences, sudden rages and constant weeping made all present weary.{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

In contrast, Prince Rhaegar looked every inch a leader and warrior. Tall, clean, handsome, well groomed, this Prince was unstoppable in the lists, winning bout after bout. The young Jaime Lannister said his vows before the king with the realm looking on, a cheer went up as the young handsome knight joined the [[Kingsguard]], a cheer that Aerys, at the time, believed to be for him.{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

A [[mystery knight]], the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]], competed in the tournament. Certain the knight had concealed his identity because he was an enemy of the crown, Aerys ordered Rhaegar to discover his identity, but the mystery knight could not be found. Prince Rhaegar went on to win the tournament, and shocked all those present by crowning [[Lyanna Stark]], rather than his wife, Princess [[Elia Martell]], his [[Queen of Love and Beauty]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

The next year, in {{Date|282}}, sometime after the birth of Rhaegar's heir, Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], Prince Rhaegar disappeared with Lyanna, apparently having kidnapped her.{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} Her eldest brother, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], rode to King's Landing with several friends when word of his sister's disappearance reached him. Upon arriving at the Red Keep, Brandon roared for Rhaegar to ''"come out and die."'' As it turned out, Rhaegar was not present – but Aerys was. The king had Brandon and his companions arrested on charges of conspiring against the life of the crown prince, demanding that their fathers present themselves at court to answer for their sons' crimes. When they did so, Aerys had them all executed without a fair trial, except [[Ethan Glover]]. When Lord [[Rickard Stark]] demanded a [[trial by combat]], King Aerys chose fire as his champion. Lord Rickard was burned alive by [[wildfire]] as Brandon was forced to watch, strapped into a torture device that caused him to strangle himself in his attempts to save his father.{{Ref|ACOK|55}} His paranoia still unsatisfied, the king ordered Lord [[Jon Arryn]] to send him the heads of Lyanna's next brother, [[Eddard Stark]], now the Lord of [[Winterfell]], and Lyanna's fiancé, Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], who were present at the [[Eyrie]]. Arryn refused, and raised his banners in revolt.{{Ref|AGOT|2}} Thus, the king's brutal acts triggered a chain of events that would become known as the War of the Usurper to [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] loyalists and [[Robert's Rebellion]] to those who fought on the rebel side. [[House Arryn]], [[House Stark]] and [[House Baratheon]], and later on in the war also [[House Tully]], unified in rebellion against the [[Iron Throne]].{{ref|twoiaf| The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
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Aerys's [[Hand of the King|Hand]] at the start of the rebellion was still Lord [[Owen Merryweather]], but he was quickly replaced for his failure to act to contain the unrest in its early stages. Aerys next turned to Lord [[Jon Connington]], a close friend of Rhaegar's, who promised him to deliver Robert's head. However, Connington lost to rebel forces at [[Stoney Sept]] in the [[Battle of the Bells]] and was exiled by Aerys because of it. As his new Hand, Aerys chose Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}} By this point, the king was becoming fearful of a rebel victory, and hatched the [[wildfire plot]], a plan to gain a final revenge against his enemies in the event that they took the capital. He ordered pyromancers to create a massive reserve of wildfire and secrete it around [[King's Landing]], plotting to burn down the entire city and kill all its half a million inhabitants rather than allow Robert to have it intact. Upon discovering the plot, Lord Chelsted confronted Aerys and, when he realized the king could not be dissuaded, resigned his position in disgust, flinging his chain of office at the king's feet. Aerys had him burned alive. The [[Alchemists' Guild]] had enjoyed royal favor ever since the Defiance of Duskendale owing to the king's obsession with wildfire, and Aerys appointed the head of the guild, [[Rossart]], his final Hand.

After the [[Battle of the Trident]], in which Prince Rhaegar was slain and the royal army defeated, a rebel victory was all but certain. Aerys sent Queen Rhaella (then newly pregnant with Princess Daenerys) and Prince Viserys to [[Dragonstone]] to escape the coming [[Sack of King's Landing]]. However, he kept Princess Elia and her young children [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] with him at the Red Keep, believing they were necessary as hostages to ensure the loyalty of [[House Martell]] and [[Dorne]]. This decision would ultimately lead to their brutal deaths at the hands of Ser [[Amory Lorch]] and Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].

===Sack of King's Landing===
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[[File:Jaime Aerys Michael Komarck.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Jaime Lannister]] kills Aerys during the [[Sack of King's Landing]]]]

Hours before the vanguard of Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s rebel host would arrive, twelve thousand [[westermen]] under Tywin Lannister reached King's Landing and pledged their loyalty to King Aerys. [[Varys]] advised the king not to admit them to the city, but [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] argued that the Lannisters should be trusted. Aerys made the fateful choice to listen to Pycelle, and opened the city gates. The Lannister forces promptly began [[Sack of King's Landing|sacking the city]] in the name of King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]].

Realizing this was the end, Aerys summoned Lord Rossart and Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], the last remaining Kingsguard knight. Aerys had retained Jaime throughout the war to ensure Tywin's loyalty, though up until that point [[House Lannister]] had been neutral in the rebellion. Jaime would later remark upon the irony of the Mad King's belief that he could not be harmed if he kept Jaime close. Aerys commanded Jaime to kill his father, then gave Rossart the long-awaited order to ignite the wildfire caches and burn the city to the ground.{{ref|ASOS|37}}

Jaime later suggested that much like his mad great-uncle [[Aerion Targaryen|Aerion the Monstrous]] before him, Aerys held the delusional belief that he would not die in the inferno, but rather would be transformed by the flames into a [[dragon]], giving him the power to crush his enemies. However, before the plot could be carried out, Jaime slew Lord Rossart and then King Aerys, preventing the orders from reaching anyone else and thus saving the entire population of King's Landing, while earning himself the epithet [[Kingslayer]]. Robert Baratheon claimed the Iron Throne, and the reign of the Targaryen dynasty was ended.{{Ref|aGoT|3}}

==Small Council under Aerys II==
During the reign of King Aerys his [[small council]] had the following known members:

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!Office
!Duration
!Name
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Hand of the King]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|281}}
| Ser/Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
|-
| {{Date|281}} - {{Date|282}}
| Lord [[Owen Merryweather]]
|-
| {{Date|282}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Jon Connington]]
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
|-
| {{Date|283}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Wisdom]] [[Rossart]]
|-
| [[Maesters|Grand Maester]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Pycelle]]
|-
| [[Master of coin]]
| Unknown
| Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]]
|-
| [[Master of laws]]
| Unknown
| [[Symond Staunton]]
|-
| [[Master of ships]]
| Unknown - Unknown
| [[Lucerys Velaryon (master of ships)|Lucerys Velaryon]]
|-
| [[Master of whisperers]]
| ±{{Date|278}} - {{Date|283}}
| [[Varys]]
|-
| [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| {{Date|262}} - {{Date|283}}
| Ser [[Gerold Hightower]]
|}

==Quotes by Aerys==
{{Quote|I want [[Tywin Lannister|him]] dead, the traitor. I want his head, you'll bring me his head, or you'll burn with all the rest. All the traitors.{{ref|aSoS|11}}|Aerys to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|You are my most able servant, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], but a man does not marry [[Rhaegar Targaryen|his heir]] to [[Cersei Lannister|his servant's daughter]].{{ref|AFFC|24}}|Aerys to [[Tywin Lannister]]}}

==Quotes about Aerys==
{{Quote|Aerys was dead on the floor, drowned in his own blood. His [[Skulls of the Targaryen dragons|dragon skulls]] stared down from the walls. [[Tywin Lannister|Lannister's]] men were everywhere. [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] wore the white cloak of the [[Kingsguard]] over his golden armor. I can see him still. Even his sword was gilded. He was seated on the [[Iron Throne]], high above his [[knight]]s, wearing a helm fashioned in the shape of a lion's head. How he glittered!{{ref|agot|12}}|[[Eddard Stark]] to [[Robert I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|Aerys was mad, the [[Seven Kingdoms|whole realm]] knew it.{{ref|aCoK|55}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Aerys was mad and cruel, no one has ever denied that.{{ref|aSoS|11}}|[[Brienne of Tarth]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Somehow he had gotten it in his head that Prince [[Lewyn Martell|Lewyn]] must have betrayed [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] on the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]], but he thought he could keep [[Dorne]] loyal so long as he kept [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]] by his side. The traitors want [[King's Landing|my city]], I heard him tell [[Rossart]], but I'll give them naught but ashes. Let [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] be king over charred bones and cooked meat. The [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] never bury their dead, they burn them. Aerys meant to have the [[wildfire plot|greatest funeral pyre of them all]].{{ref|ASOS|37}}|[[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Brienne Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|A crowned beast.{{ref|AFFC|16}}|[[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

==Family==
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==Notes==
{{Notes}}

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

==External links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Aerys_II_Targaryen Aerys II Targaryen] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].

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Sworn shield

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

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

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

==References==
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House Kenning of Kayce

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| Seat = [[Kayce]]
| Current_Lord = [[Terrence Kenning]]{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}
| Region = [[Westerlands]]
| Title = [[Lord of Kayce]]{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}} [[Knight of Kayce]]{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}} (formerly)
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'''House Kenning of Kayce''' is a noble house from the [[westerlands]]. They blazon their arms with four sunbursts counterchanged on quartered orange and black.{{Ref|ACOK|38}}<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/6/ Houses in the Westerlands]</ref>

House Kenning seems to have been a [[landed knight]] house at its origin and gained a lordly statues at some time after the [[Dance of the Dragons]], since their rulers used to held the title of the [[Knight of Kayce]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}

==History==
House Kenning of Kayce was founded by [[Herrock Kenning]], an [[ironborn]] warrior from [[House Kenning of Harlaw]].{{Ref|AWOIAF| Kayce}} During the decline of the [[driftwood king]]s of the ironborn, Herrock the Whoreson used his horn as a signal for the whores of [[Kayce]] to open a postern gate, allowing his men to take the town for [[House Lannister]], the [[Kings of the Rock]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Driftwood Crowns}}

Herrock's warhorn, the [[Horn of Herrock]], is passed down amongst the family as an heirloom.{{Ref|AWOIAF| Kennos}}

The widow of a Knight of Kayce was captured by [[ironborn]] raiders in {{Date|133}} and became one of the twenty-two [[Salt wife|salt wives]] of Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
The colors of the house are spotted by [[Arya Stark]] among Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s army as it leaves [[Harrenhal]].{{Ref|ACOK|38}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
A banner of House Kenning is among those gathered to escort the corpse of Tywin back to [[Casterly Rock]] from [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}} Ser [[Kennos of Kayce]] accompanies Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] in his campaign in the [[riverlands]].{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

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

* Lord [[Terrence Kenning]], Lord of Kayce.{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

===Household===
* Ser [[Kennos of Kayce]], a knight in service to Lord Terrence.{{Ref|ASOS|Appendix}}

==Historical Members==
* [[Herrock Kenning]], the founder of the house.{{Ref|TWOIAF| Driftwood Crowns}}
* The Knight of Kayce, during the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}
** His widow, a salt wife of Lord [[Dalton Greyjoy]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist}}

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

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Great Spring Sickness

2020-03-23T04:25:47Z

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The '''Great Spring Sickness''' was a plague epidemic which took place in {{Date|209}} and {{Date|210}}, killing tens of thousands in the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. Victims are said to have "died in the spring".{{ref|TMK}}

==History==
The plague killed tens of thousands in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] with the major cities affected the most; it was bad in [[Lannisport]], worse in [[Oldtown]], but worst of all in [[King's Landing]], where four in ten succumbed to it. A strong man could wake up healthy in the morning and die by the evening, so swiftly did the plague strike.{{Ref|TSS}}

[[Dorne]] and the [[Vale of Arryn]] did not suffer from the Great Spring Sickness, as they closed off their access roads and their ports to all travellers. Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] and his squire, Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]], were in Dorne for the duration of the plague so were unaffected by it.{{Ref|TSS}}

The plague killed people nobles and [[smallfolk]], including King [[Daeron II Targaryen]] and his two most immediate heirs, Princes [[Valarr Targaryen|Valarr]] and [[Matarys Targaryen|Matarys]], as well as the [[High Septon]], a third of the [[Most Devout]], nearly all of the [[silent sisters]] in King's Landing,{{Ref|TSS}}{{Ref|TMK}} and possibly Daeron's [[Hand of the King]]<ref>It is unknown whether "...sweet Matarys and Valarr, the Hand." indicates that Valarr was Hand, or that Matarys, Valarr, and an unnamed Hand of the King died during the Spring Sickness.</ref> Ser [[Rolland Uffering]], the fourth husband of Lady [[Rohanne Webber]], died in the spring,{{Ref|TSS}} as did the youngest son of Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]].{{ref|TMK}} Other notable victims include the heir and eldest son of Lord [[House Bracken|Bracken]],{{Ref|TSS}} and in {{Date|210}},{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Lord [[Damon Lannister (lord)|Damon Lannister]].{{Ref|TMK}}

Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], the [[Hand of the King]] to Daeron's successor [[Aerys I Targaryen]], ordered the many bodies be brought to the [[Dragonpit]] and burned by the [[Alchemists' Guild|pyromancers]]. The light of their [[wildfire]] pyres could be seen as a dark green glow throughout King's Landing during the night.{{Ref|TSS}} A quarter of the city burned to the ground.{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

Many hostages of the [[Iron Throne]], taken from [[Daemon I Blackfyre]]'s supporters in the aftermath of the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], died in the spring. With these kinsmen of their supporters already dead, Lord [[Gormon Peake]] and [[Daemon II Blackfyre]] felt more comfortable attempting the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]].{{ref|TMK}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys I}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|... oh, it was a dreadful time. By the end, half [[King's Landing|the city]] was praying to the [[Stranger (the Seven)|Stranger]].{{Ref|TSS}}|[[Sefton Staunton|Sefton]] to [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

{{quote|The drought wasn't [[Brynden Rivers|Lord Bloodraven's]] fault, nor the Great Spring Sickness either.{{ref|TMK}}|[[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] to [[Duncan the Tall]]}}

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Septa Lemore

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Coryanne Wylde

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Lady '''Coryanne Wylde''' was a member of [[House Wylde]] during the early reign of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]].{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

==History==
Coryanne Wylde was the daughter of Lord [[Morgan Wylde]] of the [[Rain House]]. At a young age, she was deflowered by a "[[surly lad]]" from the stables. He was [[Eunuch|gelded]] and sent to the [[Wall]] shortly after, and Coryanne was confined to her chambers, where in {{Date|48}}, she gave birth to a [[bastard]] son, sent off to be [[fostered]] by a castle steward at [[Storm's End]]. Few beyond the walls of the Rain House knew of her shame.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

In {{Date|50}}, when the [[Hand of the King]], Lord [[Rogar Baratheon]], and Queen Regent [[Alyssa Velaryon]] attempted to undo the secret [[marriage]] of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys I]] and his sister-wife Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], which remained unconsummated. Lady Alyssa planned on sending [[Handmaid|women]] to [[Dragonstone]] as a household for Alysanne, but in truth the ladies' mission was to try and persuade Alysanne to annul the marriage. ''A Caution for Young Girls'' states that Lord Rogar or his brother, Ser [[Borys Baratheon|Borys]], placed Lady Coryanne among these ladies, but with the instruction to bed the king, thus angering Alysanne into undoing the marriage. If this was the case, the attempt failed.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

Later in {{Date|50}}, Coryanne eloped with the married Ser [[Howard Bullock]], the younger son of the commander of Dragonstone's garrison. A fishing boat carried them to [[Driftmark]], where they took ship to [[Pentos]], and then to the [[Disputed Lands]], where Ser Howard joined [[the Free Company]]. He died in [[Myr]] in {{Date|53}} from a fall from his horse.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

Around {{Date|90}}, the first copy of ''[[A Caution for Young Girls]]'' appeared in [[Westeros]]. It was allegedly written by Lady Coryanne. It details a life of "sin, suffering, and [[slavery]]", according to [[Archmaester]] [[Gyldayn]], in which she has many erotic adventures in [[Essos]] before becoming a [[septa]] in [[Oldtown]].{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

==Family==
{{Wylde tree Jaehaerys I}}

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