Sothoryi, also known as the Brindled Men, are the native inhabitants of the continent of Sothoryos.
Appearance and biology
Maester Yandel describes the Sothoryi as massively-muscled, big-boned creatures with long arms and coarse black hair. He writes they have sloped foreheads, huge square teeth, and heavy jaws. Sothoryi have broad, flat noses that suggest snouts and thick skins brindled in patterns of brown and white, making them seem more like hogs than humans.[1]
Sothoryi women are only able to breed with their own males. Only stillbirths, many deformed, have resulted when Sothoryi women have mated with men from Essos or Westeros.[1]
Culture
Sothoryi who live near the Summer Sea have learned the Trade Talk. Although they are fierce fighters, Ghiscari find them too dim to make effective slaves.[1]
The more savage and barbaric Brindled Men found further south supposedly worship dark gods and perform obscene rites. Many are cannibals who eat the flesh of enemies and strangers, and more are said to be ghouls who devour their own dead.[1]
History
There are stories of other races and forgotten peoples in Sothoryos that were driven out, destroyed, or devoured by the Brindled Men. There are also tales of lizard men and eyeless cave-dwellers. Maesters have no proof of these stories, however.[1]
The Brindled Men destroyed the first colony of the Valyrian Freehold in Basilisk Point.[1] Similarly, during the Rhoynar attempt to settle in Yeen, they faced frequent attacks from "brindled ghouls" of the jungle deeps.[2]
Ser Eustace Hightower landed on the coast of Sothoryos after a leviathan cracked the hull of his ship, Lady Meredith. During the crew's year-long stay on the southern continent, they observed men that howled like monkeys.[3]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
When Daznak's Pit in Meereen is reopened, Sothoryi are among those who are set to fight.[4]
The Winds of Winter
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The Brindled Butcher is among the Meereenese pit fighters who participate in Barristan Selmy's attack on the Yunkish army besieging Meereen.[5]
Quotes
Pale Qartheen, black Summer Islanders, copper-skinned Dothraki, Tyroshi with blue beards, Lamb Men, Jogos Nhai, sullen Braavosi, brindle-skinned half-men from the jungles of Sothoros—from the ends of the world they came to die in Daznak's Pit.[4]
—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Sunset Kingdom: Beyond the Free Cities (Sothoryos).
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 52, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, Chapter , Barristan I.