A shoemaker,[1][2] cordwainer,[3][4] or cobbler,[5][6] is a maker of shoes. A cordwainer makes shoes from new leather.
Culture
Cobbler's Square is an area of King's Landing.[7]
Captives taken by Ironborn during their raids become thralls bound to their captors in service, with skilled craftsmen, like cordwainers, being considered to be of even more value.[8]
History
During the Dance of the Dragons, the one-handed prophet known as the Shepherd made his first of many speeches against Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and the dragons at Cobbler's Square.[9] The square hosted rallies for the Shepherd's followers (known as his "lambs"), who, at the height of his power, numbered as many as 10,000.[10] After King Aegon II Targaryen returned to the capital, he had 241 of the Shepherd's followers burned along Hill Street between Cobbler's Square and the Dragonpit.[7]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
When Lady Lysa Arryn departed King's Landing following the death of her husband, Lord Jon Arryn, Jon Arryn's potboy chose to remain in the capital, becoming a cordwainer.[3]
A Clash of Kings
Tyrion Lannister, the acting Hand of the King, sees a a prophet preaching on Cobbler's Square against him and his siblings.[11]
A Storm of Swords
Maester Turquin, a cordwainer's son, is considered by the Conclave as a replacement for Grand Maester Pycelle.[4]
Shoemakers, alongside many other common men, have joined the brotherhood without banners.[1]
Ser Jaime Lannister rides through Cobbler's Square along with Steelshanks Walton, Qyburn, and two hundred northmen from House Bolton on his way to the Red Keep.[12]
A Feast for Crows
At the Stinking Goose, Brienne of Tarth hears a man who has the looks of a cobbler state that Tyrion is a "vile little dwarf" for having killed his own father.[13]
According to Septon Meribald, the Smith can also be referred to as the Cobbler.[14]
When Jaime leaves King's Landing for the riverlands, he sees sparrows gathering up in Cobbler's Square.[15]
A Dance with Dragons
Sons of the Harpy break into the house of Rylona Rhee, killing a cobbler, a moneylender, and Rylona.[5]
Conwy, a wandering crow of the Night's Watch, brings a batch of new recruits to the Wall, including a cobbler's son called Jace.[6]
Daenerys Targaryen receives the news of the siege of Astapor from three escaped Astapori: a cobbler, a weaver, and a bricklayer. The cobbler told them how the body of the Butcher King had been disinterred and clad in copper armor, and that while they were starving inside the walls of Astapor, they ate cats and rats and leather.[16]
Gylo Rhegan looks "more shoemaker than soldier" to Daenerys.[2]
Quotes
No one could doubt the value of a smith, and so we name one of the Seven in his honor, but we might as easily have called him the Farmer or the Fisherman, the Carpenter or the Cobbler. What he works at makes no matter. What matters is, he works. The Father rules, the Warrior fights, the Smith labors, and together they perform all that is rightful for a man. Just as the Smith is one aspect of the godhead, the Cobbler is one aspect of the Smith. It was he who heard my prayer and healed my feet.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 50, Daenerys VIII.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 12, Tyrion II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 28, Jon VI.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Iron Islands.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 20, Tyrion V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 62, Jaime VII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 25, Brienne V.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 30, Daenerys V.