Horn
The horn is a popular instrument in A Song of Ice and Fire for quick and easy communication.
Contents
About
A horn is often made from the horn of a horned animal, such as an aurochs[1] or even a dragon.[2][3]. Horns can come in various sizes. They can be banded with metals, such as bronze or gold. A dragon horn can have Valyrian glyphs written upon it.[2] A warhorn's sound can be long and low[4] and can carry far and wide.
Horns can be used to sound the alarum,[5] to rouse camps,[6] and to herald the coming of pit fighters.[7] Sentries of the Night's Watch sound one blast when rangers return to the Wall, two blasts for wildlings, and three blasts for Others.[8][6]
Culture
The sigils of Houses Merryweather and Goodbrother include a horn of plenty[9][10] and a warhorn respectively.[11][12]
Hammerhorn, Horn Hill, Hornvale and Sow's Horn are the seats of Houses Goodbrother, Tarly, Brax and Hogg.[13][14][15]
House Hornwood of Hornwood is a noble house from the north sworn to the Starks of Winterfell.[16]
Some horns
- Horn of Winter
- Horn of Herrock
- Dragon horns
- old warhorn
- House Celtigar horn
- Big Liddle's warhorn
- Kurz's hunting horn[17]
- Rory's horn
- Tormund Horn-Blower's warhorn
- Lord Roderick Dustin's warhorn[18]
- Lord Jon Umber's warhorn[19]
- Alester Oakheart’s warhorn[20]
Quotes
—Jon Snow's narrative
A sentry's horn greeted them as they approached, sounding from on high like the cry of some, huge, deep-throated bird, a single long blast the meant rangers returning. [22]
—Jon Snow’s narrative
AHooooooooooooooooooooooo, the warhorn cried, long and low, a sound to curdle blood. Asha began to hate the sound of horns. On Old Wyk her uncle’s hellhorn had blown a death knell for her dream, and now Hagen was sounding what might well be her last hour on earth.[4]
—Asha Greyjoy's narrative
The gate tuned out to be closed but not barred; it gave way at the second blow, and Ser Franklyn's men were halfway up the throat before a warhorn sounded the alarum from the castle proper.[5]
—Jon Connington's narrative
References
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 34, Jon IV.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 19, The Drowned Man.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 63, Victarion I.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 61, The Griffin Reborn.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 62, The Sacrifice.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 59, The Discarded Knight.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Prologue.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 11, Jaime II.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Reach
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Iron Islands
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 14, Arya IV.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 53, Jon XI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 35, Jon VII.
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