Southron

Southron Stronghold - Illustrated by Lino Drieghe. © Fantasy Flight Games.

Southron Vessel - Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk. © Fantasy Flight Games.

Southron is a northern Westerosi name for the southern Westerosi established below the Neck. It can also be a patronizing or outright derogatory name at times.

The free folk refer to all Westerosi south of the Wall as southron. The name is also employed outside of the Westerosi context. By the Isle of Cedars, Victarion Greyjoy thinks of the treacherous storms encountered by the Iron Fleet as “southron storms”.

Recent events

A Clash of Kings

Early in the War of the Five Kings, Catelyn Stark refers to the marriage of Renly Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell as the mortar that holds together the "great southron alliance" between the Reach and the Stormlands.

A Dance with Dragons

Barbrey Dustin tells Theon Greyjoy that Brandon Stark was enamored with her, but Rickard Stark arranged the betrothal of his eldest son to Catelyn Tully, a match that served the lord's "southron ambitions".

Quotes

There’s much and more you southrons do not know about the north.

—Bartimus to Davos Seaworth

Everything below the Wall's south to us.

—Ygritte, to Jon Snow

If Your Grace wishes to lose all of my lord father's bannermen, there is no more certain a way than by giving northern halls to southron lords.

—Jon Snow to Stannis Baratheon

And I am no southron lady but a woman of the free folk.

—Val to Jon Snow

Ned's girl ... And we would have had her and the castle both if you prancing southron jackanapes didn’t piss your satin breeches at a little snow.

—Hugo Wull to Robin Peasebury

Another bloody southron fool.

—Jon Snow's thoughts on Patrek of King's Mountain

See also

• Andals
• Northmen
• Free Folk