Chestnut trees are trees found in the known world. Chestnuts can be used in cuisine.
History
Chestnut was the name of a horse owned by first Ser Arlan of Pennytree and then by Ser Duncan the Tall.[1] Ser Glendon Ball was sitting against a chestnut tree when he first met Duncan.[2] Roasted chestnuts were served during the wedding tourney at Whitewalls.[2]
Three-Finger Hobb once chopped up prunes, carrots, and chestnuts and cooked them in a hen.[3]
Theon Greyjoy found secret hiding places among the chestnuts, elms, and soldier pines of the godswood of Winterfell.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Bronn hones the edge of his sword beneath a chestnut tree prior to the battle on the Green Fork.[5]
A Clash of Kings
During the great ranging, Jon Snow sees a lightning-blasted chestnut tree overgrown with wild white roses in the haunted forest.[6]
Sansa Stark finds Dontos Hollard by a chestnut tree in the godswood of the Red Keep.[7]
A creamy chestnut soup is part of the meal enjoyed by Tyrion Lannister, acting Hand of the King, and Queen Regent Cersei Lannister at the Red Keep.[8]
A Storm of Swords
Ser Jaime Lannister sees stands of beech, oak, and chestnut on bluffs overlooking the Red Fork.[9]
While sacking a small sept, the Brave Companions hang a septon upside down from a spreading chestnut tree and use him for target practice.[10]
A Feast for Crows
Leo Tyrell has suckling pig in plum sauce, stuffed with chestnuts and white truffles, at the Checkered Hazard.[11]
Queen Margaery Tyrell and her retinue roast chestnuts in the kingswood.[12]
Stately chestnuts are among the trees near the crossroads inn from which the brotherhood without banners hang their victims.[13] While Brienne Tarth is being brought by the brotherhood to meet with Lady Stoneheart, Brienne sees a horse rooting for chestnuts.[14]
A Dance with Dragons
Bran Stark sees bare brown chestnut trees in the haunted forest.[15]
Illyrio Mopatis snacks on a bag of roasted chestnuts.[16]
Bags of chestnuts are among the stores of Castle Black.[17] Jon sees a chestnut tree turned into a heart tree by free folk while traveling to Mole's Town.[18]
Asha Greyjoy sees chestnut trees in the wolfswood.[19]
Venison with roasted chestnuts is included in the feast welcoming Ser Wylis Manderly back to White Harbor.[20]
A peddler offers hot roasted chestnuts during Cersei's walk of atonement through the streets of King's Landing.[21]
Quotes
The chestnut was leafless and skeletal, but its bare brown limbs were not empty. On a low branch overhanging the stream a raven sat hunched, its feathers ruffled up against the cold.[18]
—thoughts of Jon Snow
References
- ↑ The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3, Jon I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 23, Jon III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 52, Sansa IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 54, Tyrion XII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 1, Jaime I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 21, Jaime III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 42, Brienne VIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 4, Bran I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 21, Jon V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 29, Davos IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 65, Cersei II.