Spiders are arachnids found throughout the known world.
Geography
In the Green Hell of Sothoryos, spotted spiders weave webs in great trees.[1]
Yeen is said to be haunted by ghouls and spiders,[2] and the Great Pyramid of Ghis is also said to be a haunt of bats and spiders.[3]
Culture
The arms of House Webber of Coldmoat depict a spotted spider on a silver web.[4] Lady Rohanne Webber wore a cloak of silvery silk which resembled a spider's web, and her banner bearer carried a staff crowned by an iron spider painted white and red.[4] Ser Lucas Inchfield, Rohanne's castellan, wore a helm decorated with an onyx spider.[4]
Webber, a sellsword of the Windblown, has spiders tattooed across his head, chest, and arms.[5]
Some free folk warriors decorate their shields with painted images of snakes and spiders.[6]
Acolytes of a spider goddess are said to have lived in the lost city of Lyber.[7]
Spiderwood is a settlement in the riverlands.[8]
History
During the Long Night, the Others are said to have hunted the last hero with packs of giant ice spiders.[9] In another telling, the Others rode the ice spiders as mounts.[10]
Spider silk was worn by the riders of the Kingdom of Sarnor.[7]
Tyanna of the Tower is said to have been a witch who spoke with rats and spiders.[11]
Lady Rohanne Webber gave Ser Duncan the Tall an ivory spider brooch with silver legs as a gift after he helped resolve her conflict with Ser Eustace Osgrey.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Bran Stark recalls that the First Keep of Winterfell is now inhabited only by rats and spiders.[12] Old Nan tells him a tale of the Long Night, in which the Others hunted the last hero with packs of spiders big as hounds.[9] While riding in the wolfswood, Bran sees the silvery web of an empress spider.[13] Arya Stark recalls Old Nan telling her that spiders live in the crypt of Winterfell.[14]
A Storm of Swords
Bran finds cobwebs in the armory and the forge of the Nightfort.[15]
A Dance with Dragons
Bran sees spiderwebs in the cave of the three-eyed crow.[16]
Queen Selyse Florent has heard that the abandoned castles of the Night's Watch are full of rats and spiders, but Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, thinks that the cold has killed the spiders.[17] The rafters of the Shieldhall have become festooned with cobwebs.[18]
The Winds of Winter
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According to a semi-canon source, Spiderkiss is a ship of the Iron Fleet.[19]
Quotes
Spiders do not lie.[11]
At Highgarden we have many spiders amongst the flowers. So long as they keep to themselves we let them spin their little webs, but if they get underfoot we step on them.[20]
Tyrion: Varys, you are as cold and slimy as a slug, has anyone ever told you? You did your best to kill me. Perhaps I ought to return the favor.
Varys: The faithful dog is kicked, and no matter how the spider weaves, he is never loved.[21]—Tyrion Lannister and Varys
References
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 67, The Kingbreaker.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 58, Jon XII.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: The Grasslands.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 24, Bran IV.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Long Night.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 8, Bran II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 37, Bran V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 50, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 13, Bran II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 53, Jon XI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon XIII.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, Victarion chapter read by George R.R. Martin
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 77, Tyrion XI.