Gulls are seabirds similar to the real-life animal.
Culture
Gulltown is a port city found in the Vale of Arryn.[1] According to a semi-canon source, House Shett of Gulltown include nine white seagulls in their arms.[2] Ser Damon Shett is the Knight of Gull Tower.[3]
One of the priests of the Drowned God is called the Old Grey Gull.[4]
History
The remains of Arrax were feasted upon by crabs and seagulls after washing up beneath Storm's End during the Dance of the Dragons.[5] The butchered people of Spicetown were left for gulls, rats, and carrion crows after the Battle of the Gullet.[6]
Theon Greyjoy once put an arrow through a seagull on the wing while training with Dagmer Cleftjaw in his youth.[7]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Salladhor Saan has roasted gull stuffed with mushrooms and fennel and onion prepared for him on Valyrian.[8]
A Storm of Swords
Ser Davos Seaworth sees gulls at the spears of the Merling King.[9]
A Feast for Crows
Prince Doran Martell's breakfast at the Water Gardens includes a plate of gull's eggs diced with bits of ham and fiery peppers.[10]
A raucous seagull watches the kingsmoot on Old Wyk from one of Nagga's ribs.[11]
Samwell Tarly sees seagulls on the statue of King Daeron I Targaryen in Oldtown.[12]
Quotes
A gull wheeled overhead as she made her way down the hill toward Flea Bottom. Arya glanced at it thoughtfully, but it was well beyond the reach of her stick. It made her think of the sea.[13]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
Now and again some gulls would land atop the spire and Davos would try to catch one, but they were too quick for him to get close. He took to flinging stones at them, but he was too weak to throw with much force, so even when his stones hit, the gulls would only scream at him in annoyance and then take to the air.[9]
—thoughts of Davos Seaworth
At Saltpans, they had found only death and desolation. By the time Brienne and her companions were ferried over from the Quiet Isle, the survivors had fled and the dead had been given to the ground, but the corpse of the town itself remained, ashen and unburied. The air still smelled of smoke, and the cries of the seagulls floating overhead sounded almost human, like the lamentations of lost children.[14]
—thoughts of Brienne Tarth
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 40, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, Alayne I
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 11, The Kraken's Daughter.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 37, Theon III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 5, Davos I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 19, The Drowned Man.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 37, Brienne VII.