A wagon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals. It is used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies, and sometimes people. A wayn is a type of wagon pulled by horses or oxen and used for agricultural purposes.[N 1]
Culture
Due to their heavy weight, wagons and wheelhouses are much slower than riders.[1]
Ironmongers sell blades and razors from their wagons in the Street of Steel in King's Landing.[2]
Two wagons can pass abreast on the stone bridge of the Twins,[3] and three on the Valyrian roads in Essos.[4] The Long Bridge in Volantis has buildings along both sides of its roadway, making the road barely wide enough for two wagons to pass side by side.[5]
History
During his conquest, Aegon the Conqueror ordered that the swords of his enemies be brought by wagons to the Aegonfort. Aegon later used the swords to build the Iron Throne.[6]
In 43 AC, Prince Aegon the Uncrowned and his sister-wife, Princess Rhaena Targaryen, infiltrated King's Landing incognito using a wagon pulled by mules. They left the city on dragonback, however.[7]
In 136 AC, the Hand of the King, Lord Torrhen Manderly, organized a great royal progress to mark the coming of age of King Aegon III Targaryen. Among the preparations, he ordered the royal wagons and wheelhouses to be repaired and repainted. However, when Aegon came of age, he cancelled the progress.[8]
After the shipwreck of Windproud in 278 AC, Jommy was one of the men sent to reclaim the corpses that washed up on the shore. He grabbed Patchface to put him into a burial wagon with the others corpses, but the boy spat up water and sat up. In the end, Patchface was the only survivor of the shipwreck.[9]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Arya Stark likes to ride along wagons and talk to people during her journey from Winterfell to King's Landing. On her way to the capital, Arya befriends Mycah, a butcher's son who sleeps in the meat wagon.[10]
After the arrest of Lord Eddard Stark, the Red cloaks are looking for his daughter Arya. She spies on some of them searching wagons and carriages at the King's Gate.[11]
Lord Leo Lefford is in charge of the wagons in the westermen army led by Lord Tywin Lannister.[12]
A Clash of Kings
Yoren and his recruits leave King's Landing with five wagons laden with supplies for the Wall.[13] Jaqen H'ghar, Rorge, and Biter are judged too dangerous by Yoren, and are kept chained at the back of a wagon.[14]
When Ser Amory Lorch storms and burns a holdfast where Yoren's group was staying, Arya frees Jaqen, Rorge, and Biter from their chains.[15]
During Lord Petyr Baelish's tenure as master of coin, he bought wagons with the royal treasury, amongst other things.[16]
Ser Gregor Clegane brings back nine wagons of salt fish to Harrenhal after his foraging of the riverlands.[17]
Silent sisters wrap the corpse of Lord Medger Cerwyn in a cloak of silk decorated with the battle-axe sigil of House Cerwyn, and load him into their wagon. Arya Stark sees them leave Harrenhal, presumably to return him home.[18]
A Storm of Swords
Daenerys Targaryen parleys with Mero, the Commander of the Second Sons, outside of Yunkai. After they trade insults, Daenerys gifts him a wagon of wine, as a strategy to make the Second Sons too drunk to fight in the battle near Yunkai.[19]
Lord Walder Frey provides wagons of wine, ale, and mead to the common soldiers of Robb Stark's army on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter, Roslin, to Lord Edmure Tully. Walder's generous gifts have the purpose of inebriating the Starks soldiers to facilitate his planned betrayal.[20]
A Feast for Crows
Ser Shadrich is hired by the merchant Hibald to protect his wagon of goods from King's Landing to Duskendale.[21]
The corpse of Lord Tywin Lannister leaves the capital in a tall wagon draped with crimson banners, with six silent sisters riding attendance on his bones and an honor guard of fifty knights.[22]
Victarion Greyjoy is disgusted when he sees survivors of the attack on Lord Hewett's Town putting the slain on burial wagons, as he believes men should not be buried in the ground but rather drowned in the sea.[23]
Samwell Tarly plans on hiring a wagon and some horses to take Gilly and her son (in reality Mance and Dalla's son) to the safety of Horn Hill.[24]
A Dance with Dragons
The wayns and wagons of the baggage train of Stannis Baratheon's army have difficulty keeping up the pace of the march on Winterfell.[25]
Dolorous Edd makes the journey between Long Barrow and Castle Black with six wagons to transport spearwives to their new home.[26]
After Tyrion Lannister and Penny sign on with the Second Sons, Nail admits them to the wagons at the forge to pick out some armor from the company steel. Ser Jorah Mormont also acquires new armor from the wagons.[27]
Notes
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 14, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 59, Catelyn IX.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 27, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Aegon's Conquest.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 15, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 1, Arya I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 5, Arya II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 14, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 17, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 26, Arya VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 30, Arya VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 42, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 42, The King's Prize.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 58, Jon XII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 66, Tyrion XII.