Blackberry is a type of berry.
About
They can be found on bushes around the known world, such as those in Wat's Wood.[1]
Blackberries can be cooked into meals, such as blackberry tarts,[2] and blackberry oatcake.[3] There is also blackberry wine.[4]
Culture
House Blackberry is a minor Westerosi noble family.[5]
History
The four sons of Ser Eustace Osgrey loved to pick berries from blackberry bushes in Wat's Wood, including Addam, who would eat them in a bowl of cream. After they died in the Battle of the Redgrass Field, Eustace buried them among the blackberries. When Lady Rohanne Webber visited Addam's grave, she knelt before the blackberries and began to weep.[1]
A man in the glass gardens of Winterfell gives a blackberry to Bran Stark whenever the boy visits.[6] In fact, Winterfell has blackberry bushes.[7]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Baskets of blackberries have been set out in Lysa Arryn's apartments in the Eyrie just before Tyrion Lannister's trial by combat, with Lysa nibbling a blackberry from the point of Ser Lyn Corbray's dagger.[8]
A Clash of Kings
While traveling through the riverlands, the younger boys of Yoren's last Night's Watch recruitment group were set to picking blackberries along the road.[9] In a Gods Eye village, Hot Pie strips bare a blackberry bush.[10]
After having a roast swan during a meal at the Red Keep, Cersei and Tyrion Lannister are served blackberry tarts.[11]
A Storm of Swords
While traveling through the riverlands, Ser Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth break their fast on oatcakes, salt fish, and some blackberries that Ser Cleos Frey had found.[12]
Sansa Stark and Tyrion eat honeycakes baked with blackberries and nuts during a meal in the Queen's Ballroom.[13]
While traveling to Oldstones, Merrett Frey sees blackberry bushes between the pines and grey-green sentinels.[14]
A Feast for Crows
The postern gate on the north side of the Whispers is overun by a huge blackberry bramble.[15]
Jaime eats a handful of blackberries brought by his squire Lewys Piper, and then tells the boy to share the rest with his fellow squires and Ser Ilyn Payne.[16]
A Dance with Dragons
When Tyrion is traveling in Illyrio Mopatis's litter, the magister pours a flagon of blackberry wine for them, and later offers a bowl of blackberries in cream to Tyrion, who waves it off.[4]
Quotes
Duncan: His father put him in the blackberries, with his brothers. He was fond of blackberries.
Eustace: I remember. He used to pick them for me, and we'd eat them in a bowl of cream.[1]—Ser Duncan the Tall and Ser Eustace Osgrey
Cersei: I hope you like blackberry tarts.
Tyrion: I love all sorts of tarts.[11]—Cersei and Tyrion Lannister
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ The Citadel: House Blackberry
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 8, Bran II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 46, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 40, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 9, Arya III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 19, Arya V.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 54, Tyrion XII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 11, Jaime II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Epilogue.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 20, Brienne IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.