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| Book | A Storm of Swords (appears) | |||
Collio Quaynis is a Tyroshi singer.
Character
Collio's Tyroshi accent is thick, making it sometimes hard to understand him when he sings in the Common Tongue.[1]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
Collio is one of the seven singers chosen to compete in the singers tourney at the wedding of King Joffrey I Baratheon and Lady Margaery Tyrell.[1] He sings "The Dance of the Dragons", "Bessa the Barmaid", "The Rains of Castamere", and an unnamed ballad in High Valyrian about two lovers dying in the Doom of Valyria.[2]
Quotes
And Collio, with that absurd Tyroshi accent! If you understand one word in three, count yourself fortunate.[1]
Then the heralds summoned another singer; Collio Quaynis of Tyrosh, who had a vermilion beard and an accent as ludicrous as Symon had promised. Collio began with his version of "The Dance of the Dragons," which was more properly a song for two singers, male and female. Tyrion suffered through it with a double helping of honey-ginger partridge and several cups of wine. A haunting ballad of two dying lovers amidst the Doom of Valyria might have pleased the hall more if Collio had not sung it in High Valyrian, which most of the guests could not speak.[2]
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 32, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.