Trout are freshwater fish similar to the real-life animal.
Range
Trout has been found in the Trident,[1] including the Red Fork[2] and the Green Fork,[3] in the Blackwater Rush,[4] in the wolfswood,[5][6] and in the Vale of Arryn.[7]
Culture
A leaping silver trout is included in the arms of House Tully of Riverrun, the Lords Paramount of the Trident.[8] The pillars of Lord Hoster Tully's bed in the keep of Riverrun are carved in the shapes of leaping trout.[9] A trout scaled in silver and bronze crowns the crest of Hoster's greathelm,[10] and a silver trout ornaments the crest of the greathelm of his son, Ser Edmure Tully.[11] Ser Brynden Tully, known as the Blackfish, has a black trout on his own helm.[12] Ser Robin Ryger, the captain of Riverrun's guards, clasps his cloak with a silver trout.[2]
A statue of a leaping trout spouts water into a shallow pool in the market square of Stoney Sept.[13]
History
Lord Medgar Tully clasped his striped blue-and-red cloak with a silver trout at each shoulder.[14]
Jory Cassel once brought Robb Stark, Bran Stark, and Jon Snow to the wolfswood to fish for trout.[5]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Prince Joffrey Baratheon and Sansa Stark dine on fresh trout from the Trident while visiting a holdfast near the river.[1]
Trout fresh from the Blackwater Rush is baked in clay and then served during the Hand's tourney.[4]
Bronn catches trout while Lord Tywin Lannister's host marches north along the Green Fork.[3]
A Clash of Kings
Catelyn Stark eats trout wrapped in bacon at Riverrun.[15]
A Storm of Swords
Ser Jaime Lannister sees trout in the Red Fork.[2]
Meera Reed catches two small silvery trout and six fat green frogs in the wolfswood.[6]
Trout cooked in a crust of crushed almonds is served during the wedding feast of King Joffrey I Baratheon and Queen Margaery Tyrell.[16]
A Feast for Crows
Ser Creighton Longbough and Ser Illifer the Penniless offer grilled trout to Brienne of Tarth.[17]
Jaime is served trout while staying at Hayford.[18]
The Winds of Winter
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Pike, salmon, and trout are served at the Gates of the Moon.[7]
Quotes
During one of their louder quarrels, when Catelyn was eight, Lord Hoster had called Brynden "the black goat of the Tully flock." Laughing, Brynden had pointed out that the sigil of their house was a leaping trout, so he ought to be a black fish rather than a black goat, and from that day forward he had taken it as his personal emblem.[19]
—thoughts of Catelyn Stark
Birds flew overhead, or cried out from the trees along the shore, and Jaime glimpsed silvery fish knifing through the water.[2]
—thoughts of Jaime Lannister
Meera was a fine huntress, and even better at taking fish from streams with her three-pronged frog spear. Bran liked to watch her, admiring her quickness, the way she sent the spear lancing down and pulled it back with a silvery trout wriggling on the end of it.[20]
—thoughts of Bran Stark
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 15, Sansa I.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 1, Jaime I.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 37, Bran V.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 9, Bran I.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Winds of Winter, Alayne I
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 35, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 38, Jaime VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 29, Arya V.
- ↑ The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 34, Catelyn VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 24, Bran II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 37, Jaime V.