A spearwife is a free folk woman who is also a warrior.[1]
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A Clash of Kings
During the great ranging of the Night's Watch in the lands beyond the Wall, Jon Snow and Qhorin's rangers encounter the spearwife Ygritte and other raiders in the Skirling Pass.[2]
A Storm of Swords
Ragwyle is part of Rattleshirt's band of raiders.[3] Jon sees long-haired spearwives in the host of Mance Rayder during the battle beneath the Wall.[4]
A Dance with Dragons
Varamyr Sixskins, a skinchanger, attempts to take over a spearwife, Thistle.[5]
Lord Harwood Fell counts dozens of spearwives among the free folk who have surrendered to Stannis Baratheon.[6] Jon, now Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, houses nineteen women and girls, including a dozen spearwives, in Hardin's Tower at Castle Black.[7] Jon sends spearwives to garrison Long Barrow.[8]
Melisandre has a vision of a grey girl on dying horse, whom Jon believes is his half sister, Arya Stark.[9] Jon is convinced to release Mance and send him with six spearwives on a mission to rescue the girl.[7] Disguised as the bard Abel, Mance infiltrates Winterfell with Frenya, Holly, Myrtle, Rowan, Squirrel, and Willow Witch-eye.[10][11][12][13][14]
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- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 68, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 51, Jon VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 7, Jon I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Prologue.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 21, Jon V.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 35, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 53, Jon XI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 28, Jon VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 41, The Turncloak.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 51, Theon I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon XIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 15, Jon II.