Sables are a species of marten similar to the real-life animal.
Culture
Sables are hunted for their fur. Ser Waymar Royce has a long sable cloak,[1] and Ser Jaremy Rykker has a heavy cloak richly trimmed with sable.[2] Ramsay Snow also has a sable cloak.[3] Wisdom Hallyne has striped black-and-scarlet robes trimmed with sable.[4] Arnolf Karstark's grey wool cloak is trimmed with black sable.[5] Sable trims the collar of Ser Denys Mallister and accents the sleeves of his black velvet doublet.[6]
Sable Hall is one of the abandoned castles of the Night's Watch along the Wall.[7]
History
While drinking wine in the barracks of Castle Black, Gared joked that Ser Waymar Royce personally killed the sables for his fine cloak.[1]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Ser Waymar Royce's splendid sable cloak is slashed when the young ranger is attacked by Others in the haunted forest.[1]
A Clash of Kings
Thoren Smallwood claims Ser Jaremy Rykker's sable cloak after his death.[2]
Lord Mace Tyrell and two of his sons, Ser Garlan and Ser Loras, wear green velvet trimmed with sable while in the throne room after the Battle of the Blackwater.[8]
A Feast for Crows
King Tommen I Baratheon wears cloth-of-gold beneath a sable mantle while attending the funeral of his grandfather, Lord Tywin Lannister.[9]
Euron Greyjoy claims a sable cloak from Lord Baelor Blacktyde after having him executed.[10]
A Dance with Dragons
Lady Walda Bolton wears a sable hood when Lord Roose Bolton returns to the north,[11] and Lady Barbrey Dustin wraps herself in sable at Winterfell.[12]
Quotes
—thoughts of Will
—Gared to the Night's Watch
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Game of Thrones, Prologue.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 13, Jon II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 66, Theon VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 20, Tyrion V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 12, Reek I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 78, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 35, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 20, Reek II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 41, The Turncloak.