Ash trees are found in the known world.
Culture
House Ashwood is a noble house of the north.[1]
Ashford, the seat of House Ashford, sits along a fording of the Cockleswent in the Reach.[2]
Ash can be used in lances,[2] quarterstaffs,[3] spears,[4] and longaxes.[5] The northern mountain clans wield staffs of mountain ash.[6]
Ash can be used in shipbuilding.[7]
History
Ser Arlan of Pennytree owned an eight-foot war lance of turned ash topped by a cruel iron point.[2]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Hallis Mollen carries the banner of House Stark atop a high standard of grey ash.[8]
A Clash of Kings
Bran Stark rests against a tall ash in the godswood of Winterfell.[9]
A Storm of Swords
Brienne Tarth, Ser Jaime Lannister, and Ser Cleos Frey shelter in a small grove of oak and ash beside a sluggish stream in the riverlands.[10]
Jon Snow sees ash in the haunted forest near the Wall.[11]
After the battle at the Mummer's Ford, Lord Beric Dondarrion was unexpectedly revived by Thoros of Myr when the red priest administered the last kiss in an ash grove.[12]
Catelyn Stark sees the sepulcher of Tristifer IV Mudd, King of the Rivers and the Hills, amongst a stand of ash at Oldstones.[13]
Oberyn Martell uses a spear with an ashwood shaft during his duel with Ser Gregor Clegane.[4]
A Feast for Crows
Areo Hotah wields a longaxe with a shaft of mountain ash six feet long.[5]
Brienne Tarth sees a merchant guarded by servants wielding quarterstaffs of ash.[3]
The brotherhood without banners hang their victims from a variety of trees, including ash, near the inn at the crossroads.[14]
A Dance with Dragons
Free folk carve a face onto an ash near Mole's Town, making it a heart tree.[15]
Asha Greyjoy sees ash among the trees of the wolfswood.[16]
The Weeper displays the heads of three slain rangers on spears eight feet long and made of ash.[17]
Quotes
Sometimes I think I was born on the bloody grass in that grove of ash, with the taste of fire in my mouth and a hole in my chest. Are you my mother, Thoros?[12]
Hotah strode forward, one hand wrapped about his longaxe. The ash felt as smooth as a woman's skin against his palm.[5]
—thoughts of Areo Hotah
The drunkard was an ash tree, twisted sideways by centuries of wind. And now it had a face. A solemn mouth, a broken branch for a nose, two eyes carved deep into the trunk, gazing north up the kingsroad, toward the castle and the Wall.[15]
—thoughts of Jon Snow
References
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 29, Davos IV.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 70, Tyrion X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 30, Daenerys V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 28, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 11, Jaime II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 30, Jon IV.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 39, Arya VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 21, Jon V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 31, Melisandre I.