Feather is a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds.
Culture
The natives of the Summer Isles are a dark-skinned people who often wear capes of brightly-colored feathers when ashore.[1][2][3] Their feathers are popular with foreigners.[4] For instance, Jalabhar Xho wears an extravagant cape of green and scarlet feathers,[5] while Quhuru Mo wears a cape of green and yellow feathers.[6]
Goose feathers can be used as fletchings for arrows,[7][8][9] and to make quills.[10]
One of the known slave tattoos of Volantis is a mask of blue feathers.[11]
The arms of House Cockshaw is three feathers, red, white, and gold, on black
History
Duncan the Tall sees merchants selling feathers in the Ashford Meadow.[12]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
During the wedding of Drogo and Daenerys Targaryen, the bride receives several wedding gifts, including needles and feathers from Dothraki guests.[13] Daenerys Targaryen sees a feathered cloak in the Western Market of Vaes Dothrak.[14] SHe later smothers khal Drogo with a cushion of soft silk filled with feathers[15]
Tytos Blackwood, Lord of Raventree Hall, wears a magnificent cloak of raven feathers.[16]
A Clash of Kings
Salladhor Saan has a green cap decorated with a fan of peacock feathers.[17]
Myraham arrives in Lordsport from Oldtown with feathers from the Summer Islands among its cargo.[18]
A Storm of Swords
Butterbumps, the fool of House Tyrell, owns a jester's suit of green and yellow feathers with a floppy coxcomb.[19]
Ygritte fletches her arrows with pale grey goose feathers.[9]
During the wedding of King Joffrey I Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell, dancers from the Summer Isles wear robes made of bright feathers and smoky silk.[2]
A Feast for Crows
Feathers from the Summer Isles are among the plunder presented by Euron Greyjoy at the kingsmoot on Old Wyk.[20]
A Dance with Dragons
The Herons are the slave soldiers of Paezhar zo Myraq, so-called for wearing elongated helms with pointed steel beaks and crests of bobbing pink feathers.[21]
Quotes
Her favorites were the Summer Islanders, with their skins as smooth and dark as teak. They wore feathered cloaks of red and green and yellow, and the tall masts and white sails of their swan ships were magnificent.[22]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
References
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 21, Jaime III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 66, Theon VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 13, Arya II.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon XIII.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Volantis.
- ↑ The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 54, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 68, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 25, The Windblown.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 34, Cat Of The Canals.