Bryce Caron

	Bryce Caron by quickreaver ©
Alias	Bryce the Orange
Titles	Ser; Lord of Nightsong; Lord of the Marches;
Allegiances	House Caron; Rainbow Guard (former); House Baratheon of Dragonstone;
Culture	Marcher
Born	In or before 276 AC; Nightsong
Died	299 AC; the Blackwater Rush
Father	Lord Bryen Caron
Books	A Game of Thrones (appears); A Clash of Kings (appears); A Dance with Dragons (appendix);

Bryce Caron is the Lord of Nightsong and the head of House Caron.^[4]

Appearance and Character

Lord Bryce is a skilled warrior,^[8] though he is not as competent ahorse as Ser Jaime Lannister.^[9] Bryce is a much better swordsman than Ser Jon Fossoway, according to Jon himself.^[8]

The shield of the Lord of Nightsong depicts a field of nightingales.^[10]

Ser Cortnay Penrose considers the fame-seeking Bryce to be a pup.^[8]

History

Bryce became the head of House Caron after his father, mother, brother, and all his sisters succumbed to a terrible chill in 289 AC. Bryce's only known living relative is his bastard half-brother, Ser Rolland Storm.^[11]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lord Bryce participates in the Hand's tourney in King's Landing given in the honor of Lord Eddard Stark, but he is easily defeated by Ser Jaime Lannister of the Kingsguard.^[9] Eddard sees Bryce's field of nightingales on a shield outside of his tent.^[10]

Bryce's name is read aloud during King Joffrey I Baratheon's first court session, placing him in a list of nobles who are instructed to come to King's Landing to swear fealty to Joffrey or else be named traitors to the realm.^[12]

A Clash of Kings

After Renly Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End, declares himself king in opposition to Joffrey, Bryce chooses to support him and is named to Renly's new Rainbow Guard. Lord Caron wears the color orange, which gives him the nickname "Bryce the Orange".^[1] He wears a long rainbow-striped cloak.^[8]

Lady Catelyn Stark recognizes Bryce's standard when she arrives at the melee at Bitterbridge as an envoy for her son, Robb Stark. During the feast held at Bitterbridge by Lord Lorent Caswell, Bryce goads his fellow knight of the Rainbow Guard, Ser Robar Royce, into juggling daggers.^[13]

When Renly learns that Stannis Baratheon has laid siege to Storm's End, Bryce travels with him to Shipbreaker Bay. He is present at the failed parley beneath the walls of Storm's End between Renly and Stannis. Renly gives him command of the left flank in the coming battle between the brothers.^[14] However, before the battle can take place, Renly is assassinated by a shadow^[15] sent by Melisandre.^[8] Bryce believes Ser Emmon Cuy's claim that Brienne of Tarth murdered Renly.^[8]

Bryce rallies to Stannis after Renly's death. He offers to fight Ser Cortnay Penrose, castellan of Storm's End, in single combat to win the castle for Stannis, but Stannis refuses the suggestion.^[8] Melisandre instead sends a shadow to kill Cortnay,^[8] and Lord Elwood Meadows quickly surrenders Storm's End to Stannis.^[16]

Lord Caron tells Stannis that Melisandre should be sent back to Dragonstone before the assault on King's Landing, lest it be thought that Stannis owed the crown to her spells.^[17] Bryce the Orange is killed in single combat by Ser Philip Foote during the Battle of the Blackwater. His lands, titles and incomes are subsequently granted to Philip by the Iron Throne.^[7]

A Dance with Dragons

Bryce's bastard half-brother, Ser Rolland Storm, is a pretender Lord of Nightsong, laying claim to Nightsong under Stannis's banner.^[3]

Quotes by Bryce

Bryce: No man here is a turncloak, ser. My fealty belongs to Storm's End, and King Stannis is its rightful lord... and our true king. He is the last of House Baratheon, Robert's heir and Renly's.
Cortnay: If that is so, why is the Knight of Flowers not among you? And where is Mathis Rowan? Randyll Tarly? Lady Oakheart? Why are they not here in your company, they who loved Renly best? Where is Brienne of Tarth, I ask you?^[8]
—Bryce and Cortnay Penrose

Jon: I would gladly take this challenge myself, though I'm not half the swordsman Lord Caron is, or Ser Guyard. Renly left no notable knights at Storm's End. Garrison duty is for old men and green boys.
Bryce: An easy victory, to be sure. And what glory, to win Storm's End with a single stroke!
Stannis: You chatter like magpies, and with less sense. I will have quiet.^[8]
—Jon Fossoway, Bryce, and Stannis Baratheon

Your Grace, if the sorceress is with us, afterward men will say it was her victory, not yours. They will say you owe your crown to her spells.^[17]
—Bryce to Stannis Baratheon

Quotes about Bryce

Davos: Bryce the Orange, of the Rainbow Guard.
Cressen: The Rainbow Guard?
Davos: Renly's made his own Kingsguard, but these seven don't wear white. Each one has his own color.^[1]
—Davos Seaworth and Cressen

You wear your cloak of many colors, I see. The one Renly gave you when you swore your oath to protect him. If he is dead, how is it you are not?^[8]
—Cortnay Penrose to Bryce

And Lord Caron and the others who like to kick will want to take up Ser Cortnay's gauntlet and hazard all upon a single combat. Each one imagining he will be my champion and win undying fame.^[8]
—Stannis Baratheon to Davos Seaworth

Family

Unknown

Unknown
wife

Son

Daughters

Perra
Frey

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
↑ The Rainbow Guard are called "rainbow knights."
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
↑ See the Bryce Caron calculation
↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Bryce Caron.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
↑ ^8.00 ^8.01 ^8.02 ^8.03 ^8.04 ^8.05 ^8.06 ^8.07 ^8.08 ^8.09 ^8.10 ^8.11 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard VII.
↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 57, Sansa V.
↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.
↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.

Preceded by Bryen Caron	Lord of Nightsong Lord of the Marches 289/290–299 AC	Succeeded by Philip Foote

[Racokprologue{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 A Clash of Kings, Prologue.

[2] The Rainbow Guard are called "rainbow knights."

[Radwdappendix{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-3] 3.0 ^3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.

[Racokappendix{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 A Clash of Kings, Appendix.

[5] See the Bryce Caron calculation

[Rawoiafbryce_caron{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-6] George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Bryce Caron.

[Racok65{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-7] 7.0 ^7.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.

[Racok42{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-8] 8.00 ^8.01 ^8.02 ^8.03 ^8.04 ^8.05 ^8.06 ^8.07 ^8.08 ^8.09 ^8.10 ^8.11 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.

[Ragot29{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-9] 9.0 ^9.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.

[Ragot30{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-10] 10.0 ^10.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 30, Eddard VII.

[Raffc14{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-11] A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.

[Ragot57{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-12] A Game of Thrones, Chapter 57, Sansa V.

[Racok22{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-13] A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.

[Racok31{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-14] A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.

[Racok33{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-15] A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.

[Racok45{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-16] A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.

[Racok58{{{3}}}{{{4}}}-17] 17.0 ^17.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.

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v t e Rainbow Guard
Lords Commander	Ser Loras Tyrell
Members	Ser Robar Royce Lord Bryce Caron Ser Emmon Cuy Ser Guyard Morrigen Brienne of Tarth Ser Parmen Crane

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