Editing Kraken (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Sea of Blood by Tim Durning.png|thumb|A kraken attacks a ship. Art by Tim Durning © FFG]]
While traveling on the ''[[Balerion (ship)|Balerion]]'' in the [[Summer Sea]] from [[Qarth]] to [[Pentos]], Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] convinces Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to instead sail for [[Astapor]], buy an army of [[Unsullied]], and continue to Pentos overland. When she points out that there are dangers on such a long march, he tells her that there are dangers at sea as well, such as krakens that could pull their ship under.{{Ref|ASOS|8}}

During the [[small council]] meeting in [[King's Landing]] to discuss the progress of the [[War of the Five Kings]], [[Varys]] tells the attendees that a kraken has been seen off the [[Fingers]]. The kraken reportedly attacked an [[Ibbenese]] [[whale]]r [[ship]] and pulled it under.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}

While traveling on [[Old King Andahar's two-headed water horse|a ferry]] across the [[Trident]] during a storm, [[Arya Stark]] sees an uprooted tree whose roots and limbs reach for them like the arms of a kraken.{{Ref|ASOS|47}}

Ser [[Axell Florent]] suggests that King [[Stannis Baratheon]] sack [[Claw Isle]] for its treasure, but [[Davos Seaworth]] convinces him otherwise.{{Ref|ASOS|36}} Later, Stannis's sellsail [[Salladhor Saan]] chides Davos for not letting him acquire [[House Celtigar]]'s treasure, reportedly including a [[magic]] [[horn]] that can summon krakens from the deep.{{Ref|ASOS|54}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Quaithe]] gives Daenerys Targaryen a [[prophecy|prophetic]] warning about the dangers coming to her, including a [[Victarion Greyjoy|kraken]].{{Ref|ADWD|11}}

At the [[Merman's Court]] in [[House Manderly]]'s [[New Castle]] in [[White Harbor]], Davos Seaworth sees a painting of a kraken and a grey [[leviathan]] locked in battle.{{Ref|ADWD|15}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Lady [[Valena Toland]] tells Princess [[Arianne Martell]] that [[Golden Company|sellswords]] have invaded the [[Stepstones]], and that there are tales of krakens off the [[Broken Arm]], pulling under crippled galleys. Valena says their [[maester]] claims that the blood draws them to the surface. She adds that there are bodies which remain in the water, while a few have washed up on [[Ghost Hill]]'s shores.{{Ref|TWOW||[[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]}}

[[File:Victarion Greyjoy by Mattie Victoria.jpg|thumb|[[Victarion Greyjoy]], with his kraken helm, kraken cloak, and kraken sigil. Art by Mattie Victoria ©]]