Wrecker

A wrecker is a person who takes valuables from a shipwreck. Some wreckers deliberately cause shipwrecks by turning off lighthouses and using false lights.

Culture

The watchmen within the statue of the Titan of Braavos can steer enemy ships onto the nearby rocks. The Stepstones is historically a home for wreckers.

Skagosi are rumored to lure passing ships to destruction with false lights, while some Sistermen use false lights to draw unwary captains and unsuspecting ships to wreck, so that they can take their cargo.

History

A wildling woman pulled some scarlet silk from Asshai from a wrecked cog which had washed up on the Frozen Shore. Her granddaughter later used the silk to mend Mance Rayder's torn-up cloak after he was attacked by a shadowcat.

King Aerys II Targaryen accused his Hand of the King, Lord Tywin Lannister, of somehow arranging the shipwreck of Windproud, causing the death of Lord Steffon Baratheon.

Lord Godric Borrell caused shipwrecks by turning off the Night Lamp, a lighthouse. Because the Three Sisters have long tolerated smugglers, Lord Stannis Baratheon, master of ships for King Robert I Baratheon, once sent a fleet to Sisterton and made Godric hang a dozen friends. Stannis threatened to hang Godric as well, should another ship sink because the Night Lamp had gone black.

Known wreckers

• Lord Godric Borrell

Quotes

The lords of the Three Sisters had a black repute, and none more so than Godric Borrell, Lord of Sweetsister, Shield of Sisterton, Master of Breakwater Castle, and Keeper of the Night Lamp… but even robber lords and wreckers were bound by the ancient laws of hospitality.

—Davos Seaworth's thoughts on Godric Borrell