Revenants

Revenants are legendary creatures believed to be animated corpses which have revived to haunt the living.

Culture

According to The Seven-Pointed Star, a pious man cannot be harmed by revenants.

History

Septon Sefton considered the kin of Lady Rohanne Webber's late husbands who remained at Coldmoat to be revenants.

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Depressed after having fled to Essos, Tyrion Lannister thinks only his revenant remains.

Jon Connington thinks of the Golden Company as revenants from forgotten wars, lost causes, and failed rebellions.

Quotes

I fear no shade, ser. It is written in The Seven-Pointed Star that spirits, wights, and revenants cannot harm a pious man, so long as he is armored in his faith.

—Bonifer Hasty to Jaime Lannister

And if truth be told, he had perished long ago, back in King's Landing. It was only his revenant who remained, the small vengeful ghost who throttled Shae and put a crossbow bolt through the great Lord Tywin's bowels. No man would mourn the thing that he'd become.

—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

See also

• Wights