Stewards
| Order of stewards | |
|---|---|
 Stewards are responsible for an assortment of critical functions (from Game of Thrones Blu-ray) | |
| Type | Order |
| Region | Gift, Wall |
| Allegiance | Night's Watch |
| Current Leader | Bowen Marsh |
| Founded | Age of Heroes |
The order of stewards is one of the three orders that comprise the Night's Watch, the others being the builders and the rangers. The stewards' main duty is to supply the Watch with food, clothing, and anything else needed for war.[1] A senior member, known as the Lord Steward or First Steward, leads the order.[2]
Contents
Tasks
The stewards are responsible for an assortment of critical functions, providing vital day-to-day services for their brothers on the wall. They hunt and farm, tend horses, gather firewood, cook meals, make clothing, maintain weapons, and bring the supplies needed by the Night's Watch from the south.[3][4] Personal stewards can be assigned to higher officers (e.g. Jeor Mormont[2] and Ser Mallador Locke)[5][6] for whom they might also squire,[7] or to a maester (e.g. Aemon.[3])
Despite the fact that making war upon the wildlings is not among the tasks of the stewards, they are trained in arms, as the first duty of all the brothers of the Night's Watch is to defend the Wall.[1]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
With Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, leading two hundred brothers north of the Wall during the great ranging, most of the four hundred men who remain at Castle Black are builders and stewards.[8]
Several members of the Night's Watch, including multiple stewards, plot to kill the lord commander at the Fist of the First Men, but their plans are interrupted by the fight at the Fist.[9] Later, several of the stewards participate in the mutiny at Craster's Keep.[10]
A Feast for Crows
Clubfoot Karl, Orphan Oss and Muttering Bill, former stewards since their desertion, remain at Craster's Keep following the mutiny, along with several other of their brothers.[6]
A Dance with Dragons
Bowen Marsh, the Lord Steward, betrays Lord Commander Jon Snow in the mutiny at Castle Black.[11]
Known Stewards
Current Stewards
- Bowen Marsh, Lord Steward or First Steward
- Arron[12]
- Bass[4]
- Borcas[2]
- {Chett}, at first a personal steward of Maester Aemon,[3] later the dog handler[2][13]
- {Clubfoot Karl},[5] who deserts the Night's Watch after taking part in the mutiny at Craster's Keep.[10][6]
- Clydas, personal steward of Maester Aemon.[3]
- Cuger, in the appendices mistakenly listed as Cugen[13][5][6][14]
- Dannel[14]
- {Dareon},[2] who eventually deserts the Night's Watch while in Braavos,[15] after having been assigned the position of wandering crow[16]
- {Donal Noye}, the blacksmith of Castle Black.
- Donnel Hill, also known as Sweet Donnel, steward to Ser Mallador Locke[5][6]
- {Easy}[5]
- Eddison Tollett, personal steward to Lord Commander Jon Snow[6]
- {Hake}, a cook[5]
- Hobb, the chief cook[5]
- Jeren[5][6]
- Jon Snow, personal steward to Lord Commander Jeor Mormont[2]
- Left Hand Lew[5][6]
- {Maslyn}[5]
- Mully[5][6]
- {Muttering Bill},[5] who deserts the Night's Watch after taking part in the mutiny at Craster's Keep.[10][6]
- {Old Henly}[5]
- {Orphan Oss},[5] who deserts the Night's Watch after taking part in the mutiny at Craster's Keep.[10][6]
- Owen the Oaf[6]
- {Red Alyn of the Rosewood}[5]
- {Rolley of Sisterton},[5] part of the mutiny at Craster's Keep, where he dies[10]
- Samwell Tarly, one of the personal stewards of Maester Aemon[2]
- Satin, Lord Commander Jon Snow's personal steward and squire[17]
- Sawwood[5]
- {Small Paul}[5]
- Tim Tangletongue[5][6]
- Ty[14]
- Wallace Massey, steward to Denys Mallister, the commander at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea[5][6][14]
- Wick Wittlestick[6]
Historical stewards
- Rat Cook, a character from a legend of the Night's Watch.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Wall and Beyond: The Night's Watch.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 48, Jon VI.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 52, Jon VII.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 A Storm of Swords, Appendix.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Prologue.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 33, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon XIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 35, Jon VII.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 26, Samwell III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 39, Jon VIII.