Editing Deer (section)

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Zippo514 Coldhands.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Coldhands astride his [[great elk]], by Zippo514 ©]]
When a [[white hart]] is sighted in the [[kingswood]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] goes to hunt it with his royal retinue, including his brother [[Renly Baratheon|Renly]] and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]].{{ref|AGOT|35}} [[Sansa Stark]] wishes that [[Joffrey Baratheon]] would be the one to kill the deer, noting that white harts are believed to be rare and [[magic]]al.{{ref|AGOT|44}} Robert does not find the hart until it is too late; wolves kill and devour it before the hunters arrive, leaving behind little more than hooves and horns. Robert is infuriated, until scouts bring word that a monstrous [[boar]] was sighted deeper in the forest, so Robert goes off to pursue it.{{ref|AGOT|45}}

[[Syrio Forel]] teaches [[Arya Stark]] multiple phrases of animals she should try to be like, including "Swift as a deer."{{Ref|AGOT|32}} After [[arrest of Eddard Stark|the arrest]] of her father, [[Eddard Stark]], Arya has to flee [[King's Landing]], and she frequently repeats the phrases to strengthen herself.{{Ref|AGOT|50}}{{Ref|ACOK|38}}{{Ref|ASOS|17}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Patchface]] wears a mock helm fashioned from an old [[tin]] bucket strapped with a rack of deer antlers.{{Ref|ACOK|Prologue}}

[[Yoren]] commands the former poachers, [[Koss]] and [[Kurz]], to go hunt in the woods to feed their group marching towards the Wall. They come back with deer or quails.{{Ref|ACOK|9}}

The lands on [[Cape Wrath]] given to Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] by Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] include woods containing red deer.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}

While confined to [[Rosby]], Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]] adopts a fawn brought back from the hunt by Ser [[Jacelyn Bywater]]'s men.{{ref|ACOK|49}}

[[Summer]] and [[Shaggydog]] kill and eat a young elk in the [[wolfswood]].{{Ref|ACOK|50}}

The ''[[White Hart]]'' and ''[[Stag of the Sea]]'' are both destroyed by [[wildfire]] during the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{Ref|ACOK|58}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
The roof of [[Mance Rayder]]'s tent is crowned with a set of a great elk's antlers.{{Ref|ASOS|7}}

[[Bran Stark]] hunts a deer while [[Skinchanger|skingchanging]] Summer.{{Ref|ASOS|9}}

[[Coldhands]] travels the lands [[beyond the Wall]] on a [[great elk]].{{Ref|ASOS|46}}