| Koss | |
|---|---|
| Died |
299 AC Gods Eye |
| Book | A Clash of Kings (appears) |
Koss is a criminal taken from the dungeons of King's Landing by Yoren to join the Night's Watch.[1]
Character
Koss is a capable hunter and scout.[2] He is skilled with the longbow.[3]
History
Koss had been arrested as a poacher.[2]
Recent Events
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Koss is among the criminals Yoren picks for the Night's Watch when he cleans out the dungeons of King’s Landing.[1] and is part of the group moving north on the kingsroad to the Wall.[4]
Yoren's band arrives at an inn with a bathhouse where a group of gold cloaks carrying an arrest warrant for Gendry catches up with them. Yoren refuses to hand anyone over and the gold cloaks threaten to use force, prompting Yoren's band to announce their resistance, including Koss, who intends to use his longbow as weapon. In the end, the gold cloaks retreat without violence breaking out.[4]
Avoiding the kingsroad after this encounter, the group moves west- and northwards on side roads in the direction of the Gods Eye. Soon the food Yoren has brought north runs out and he turns to Koss and Kurz, both former poachers, to keep the group fed. They move ahead of the column and return by dusk, bringing in deer or quails.[2]
Koss comes across a camp of twenty to thirty armed men whose banner depicts a treecat (suggesting they are fighting for House Myatt and the Lannisters). Yoren decides it is better to avoid the camp and opts for a detour, costing the band two days.[2]
The band arrives at the eastern side of the river running south from the Gods Eye and Koss is the first to spot a dead soldier in the water. That morning, he and Yoren go upriver searching a ford to cross the river while Woth and Gerren search downstream, but they have no luck.[3]
They move on north to a town on the southern shore of the Gods Eye where Yoren intends to rent a boat for crossing the lake, but the town is deserted and no boats can be found. Koss suggests they could patch the bottom of a rotten rowboat they came across. Yoren decides to spend the night at the abandoned holdfast of the town and Koss again takes care of dinner, catching a goose and two chickens.[3]
That night, the whole town is burned down by westermen under the command of Ser Amory Lorch. Yoren assigns Koss and Urreg the task of holding the postern during the fight at the holdfast. Koss kills four men attacking the gate with his bow and arrow. As the holdfast is overtaken, Koss drops his blade and yields but is cut down all the same.[3]
Arya Stark later tries to catch fresh fish from the Gods Eye. She recalls Koss when doing so,[5] though it had actually been Kurz whom she had observed catching fish with his bare hands.[3]
Quotes
When four men assaulted the gate with axes, Koss shot them down with arrows, one by one.[3]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 9, Arya III.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 14, Arya IV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 5, Arya II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 19, Arya V.