Red gold and rose gold are alloys of gold with copper.[1]
Culture
Dornish armor is heavily enameled and inlaid with burnished copper, shining silver, and soft red gold.[2] For instance, Oberyn Martell's round steel shield displays the Martell sun-and-spear in red gold, yellow gold, white gold, and copper.[2][3]
Red gold is among the metals of which a student can earn links for their chain.[4]
Dragonbinder is a dragon horn banded with red gold and Valyrian steel.[5]
Melisandre is never without a red gold choker containing a ruby which fits tightly around her neck.[6]
History
As king, Maekar I Targaryen wore a warlike crown of black iron points in a band of red gold,[7][8] which was later used by Jaehaerys II Targaryen.[9]
Aegon IV Targaryen's crown was of red gold, huge and heavy, each of its points a dragon's head with gemstone eyes.[9]
Recent events
A Clash of Kings
Stannis Baratheon wears a crown of red gold wrought with points that look like flames,[10] while the breastplate of his uncle Alester Florent depicts a red gold fox.[11]
A Storm of Swords
Oberyn gives King Joffrey I Baratheon a red gold scorpion brooch for the royal wedding.[12]
A Feast for Crows
Lord William Mooton pins his ermine cloak at his shoulder with a red-gold brooch in the shape of a salmon.[13]
A Dance with Dragons
Queen Selyse Florent's crown matches that of her husband King Stannis Baratheon, red gold with points in the shape of flames.[14]
The Winds of Winter
King Euron Greyjoy wears a suit of black scale armor, whose Valyrian steel scales are dark like smoke and edged in red gold.[15]
Quotes
Slaves perished by the score, but their masters did not care. Red gold and yellow gold and silver were reckoned to be more precious than the lives of slaves, for slaves were cheap in the old Freehold.[16]
—the kindly man to Arya Stark
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Colored gold
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 70, Tyrion X.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 20, Eddard IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 19, The Drowned Man.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Maekar I.
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Targaryen Kings, November 1, 2005
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 So Spake Martin: Targaryen Kings (November 1, 2005).
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 31, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 42, Davos II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 44, Jon IX.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, The Forsaken
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 22, Arya II.