Amethyst
Amethyst is a gemstone, a violet form of quartz, popular for ornamentation. See also amethyst in the real world.
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Culture
Amethysts are among the gems on the maester's chain of Grand Maester Pycelle.[1]
Ser Flement Brax's silver armor is inlaid with amethysts,[2] and Ser Tytos Brax wears an amethyst unicorn pin.[3]
Magister Illyrio Mopatis has amethyst among his various rings.[4]
The purple tokar of Hizdahr zo Loraq is fringed with amethysts and pearls.[5] Lysono Maar also decorates his ears with amethysts and pearls.[6]
Amethysts are among the gems adorning the nose of Xaro Xhoan Daxos.[7]
The strangler poison crystals resemble amethysts.[8][9]
History
The Amethyst Empress was a ruler of the Great Empire of the Dawn.[10]
During the wedding tourney at Whitewalls, Daemon II Blackfyre, disguised as Ser John the Fiddler, wore a heavy silver chain studded with huge dark amethysts which matched his eyes.[11]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Servants give Daenerys Targaryen golden bracelets encrusted with amethysts before the girl meets Khal Drogo.[12] She later has a vision of ghosts with eyes of amethyst, jade, opal, and tourmaline.[13]
A Clash of Kings
Xaro Xhoan Daxos gives Daenerys a silver collar with an enchanted amethyst, which he claims will protect the girl from poison.[14] He also gives her a thousand miniature knights carved of amber, amethyst, beryl, jade, onyx, opal, and tourmaline, with armor of silver and gold.[14]
The fool Ser Dontos Hollard provides Sansa Stark with a silver hair net, decorated with what he claims to be black amethysts from Asshai. He claims it is magic that will give her justice, vengeance, and take her home.[9]
A Storm of Swords
After King Joffrey I Baratheon chokes to death at his wedding feast, Sansa realizes that one of the amethysts from her hair net is missing.[15] During the trial of Tyrion Lannister for Joffrey's death, Grand Maester Pycelle states that the king was poisoned with the strangler.[16]
A Feast for Crows
Euron Greyjoy tells his brother Victarion that Daenerys has amethyst eyes.[17]
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References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 20, Eddard IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 1, Tyrion I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 24, The Lost Lord.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 1, Arya I.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti.
- ↑ The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 3, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 68, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 40, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 61, Sansa V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 66, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
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