Mockingbirds are passerine birds which mimic the songs of other birds, similar to the real-life mockingbird.
Culture
[edit]Rather than the Titan's head used in the traditional arms of House Baelish, Lord Petyr Baelish has adopted mockingbird imagery for himself.[1] Petyr uses a mockingbird seal,[2] and he clasps his cloak with a silver mockingbird.[2][3] Petyr owns a plum-colored doublet with a mockingbird embroidered on the breast in black thread,[4] and he also has a silvery cape patterned with mockingbirds.[5] According to a semi-canon source, Petyr's arms are a field of silver mockingbirds on green.[6]
History
[edit]
Mockingbirds were part of the immense pie at the wedding at Whitewalls.[7]
Recent Events
[edit]A Feast for Crows
[edit]Sansa Stark, disguised as the bastard daughter of Lord Petyr Baelish, clasps her cloak with an enameled mockingbird given to her by Petyr.[8]
Quotes
[edit]Petyr: My grandfather's shield. His own father was born in Braavos and came to the Vale as a sellsword in the hire of Lord Corbray, so my grandfather took the head of the Titan as his sigil when he was knighted.
'Sansa: It's very fierce.
Petyr: Rather too fierce, for an amiable fellow like me. I much prefer my mockingbird.[1]
—Petyr Baelish and Sansa Stark
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 68, Sansa VI.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 18, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 45, Eddard XII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 47, Eddard XIII.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Changes
- ↑ The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 41, Alayne II.