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Perestan is one of the archmaesters at the Citadel. He wrote A Consideration of History.[1]
Appearance and Character
Perestan's ring, rod, and mask are made of copper.[2] He has a poor opinion of Archmaester Marwyn, believing him to be of unsound mind.[3]
Perestan highly regards Archmaester Gyldayn's uncompleted work, Fire & Blood, Being a History of the Targaryen Kings of Westeros, which drew Maester Yandel's attention.[4][5]
History
Archmaester Perestan claims the world is forty thousand years old, though his colleague Mollos believes it is five hundred thousand years old.[3]
Because the double-bladed axe was a symbol used by the Andals of old and the modern Norvoshi see the axe as a symbol of power, Perestan proposed that Andals were the first to settle Norvos. The archmaester suggested the bearded priests of Norvos took the emblem from ruins they found as they established the city.[6] He also suggested that the name "Erreg" was a corruption of an Andal title.[7]
Perestan suggested that the ancient Valyrians once reached Oldtown but turned away after an unknown calamity.[8] The archmaester theorized that Lann the Clever inherited Casterly Rock after marrying the daughter of the last Casterly.[8] Regarding the legend of Ser Artys Arryn riding a huge falcon, Perestan suggests the storytellers were inspired by dragonriders.[9]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Perestan teaches history at the Citadel.[2][10]
Quotes about Perestan
Perestan says the world is forty thousand years old.[3]
Marwyn is unsound. Archmaester Perestan would be the first to tell you that.[3]
[Aemon Targaryen] was the oldest man in Westeros, and lived through more history than Archmaester Perestan has ever learned.[10]
—Alleras to Samwell Tarly
Quotes by Perestan
This was not a case of the Eyrie winning so much as Winterfell losing interest. For ten long centuries the direwolf and the falcon had fought and bled over three rocks, until one day the wolf awoke as from a dream and realized it was only stone between his teeth, whence he spat it out and walked away.[1]
—Perestan in A Consideration of History
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Vale.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons.
- ↑ When did they update ? (February 3, 2020)
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Norvos.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Riverlands.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Vale: House Arryn.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.