| Ser Rolland Storm the Bastard of Nightsong | |
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| Alias | The Bastard of Nightsong[1] |
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| Culture | Marcher |
| Born | Dornish Marches[3] |
| Father | Lord Bryen Caron |
| Coat of arms | No known personal arms[N 1] |
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Rolland Storm, called the Bastard of Nightsong, is a knight of House Caron. He is the bastard son of the late Bryen Caron, Lord of Nightsong, and is the half-brother of Lord Bryce Caron.[2]
Appearance and Character
[edit]Rolland's face is covered in scars from the pox.[4][5]
Rolland Storm worships the Warrior, an aspect of the Faith of the Seven, with a faith as fierce as he is.[6] Queen Cersei Lannister considers him a seasoned killer.[5] Davos Seaworth and Stannis Baratheon both consider Rolland to be a good and loyal man.[4][7] Rolland gives off an "air of tattered chivalry", according to Davos.[4]
Recent Events
[edit]A Storm of Swords
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Ser Rolland joined his true born half-brother, Lord Bryce Caron, in declaring first for Renly Baratheon at the outset of the War of the Five Kings and then Stannis Baratheon after Renly's assassination at Storm's End. Rolland commanded the rearguard after the disastrous end to the Battle of the Blackwater, allowing Stannis to reach the safety of Salladhor Saan's fleet and escape to Dragonstone. Lord Bryce, however, was killed in the fighting by Ser Philip Foote.[6] The Iron Throne rewarded Philip with the lands, rights, and incomes of House Caron.[8]
Rolland is among the king's men, those Lord Davos Seaworth seeks out who are still loyal to Stannis without being believers in the new faith, the Lord of Light.[6] He is part of Davos's plot to send Edric Storm away from Dragonstone. The Bastard of Nightsong is the only conspirator who remains with Lord Davos at Dragonstone after Edric's escape, and he keeps watch over some guardsmen as Davos confronts King Stannis and his red priestess, Melisandre.[4]
Once at the Wall, Stannis sends word to Rolland, the new castellan of Dragonstone, to begin mining obsidian from the tunnels underneath the Dragonmont, as the king hopes to use dragonglass against the Others. Stannis thinks Dragonstone will not be be able to hold out for long, however.[9]
A Feast for Crows
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Ser Rolland commands the small garrison Stannis left to hold Dragonstone after he sailed north. Lord Paxter Redwyne is sent to besiege Dragonstone to appease the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister, and nullify the closest threat to King's Landing. After the taking of the Shields by Euron Greyjoy, however, Ser Loras Tyrell begs to take command so that the siege of Dragonstone can be concluded, allowing the Redwyne fleet to return to the Reach and defend their homelands from the ironborn.[5]
Aurane Waters later reports to Cersei that upon arrival at Dragonstone, Loras offered Rolland single combat, which was declined. The resulting assault cost more than a thousand lives and severely injured Loras, but Rolland was unable to hold the keep and Dragonstone was finally taken by the Iron Throne.[10] Rolland's status after the assault is unknown.
A Dance with Dragons
[edit]Rolland is considered the pretender Lord of Nightsong,[2] as the title had been granted by the Lannisters to Philip Foote.[8]
Quotes
[edit]The Bastard of Nightsong had a pox-ravaged face and an air of tattered chivalry; Ser Gerald Gower was broad, bluff, and blond; Ser Andrew Estermont stood a head taller, with a spade-shaped beard and shaggy brown eye-brows. They were all good men in their own ways, Davos thought.[4]
—thoughts of Davos Seaworth
The pox-scarred bastard that Stannis had left to hold his castle was no callow tourney champion but a seasoned killer. If the gods were good, he would give Ser Loras the glorious end he seemed to want.[5]
—thoughts of Cersei Lannister
Family
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Notes
[edit]- ↑ It is possible that, like other highborn bastards, Rolland uses his father's house sigil with reversed colors.
References
[edit]- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Rolland Storm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 63, Davos VI.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 32, Cersei VII.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 54, Davos V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 36, Davos IV.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 78, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 36, Cersei VIII.