Editing Alleras

{{Infobox character
| firstname = Alleras
| epithet = the Sphinx
| nametemplate = /firstname/epithet
| image = Alleras by eldritch-historian.png
| image_caption = Alleras the Sphinx, by eldritch-historian ©
| Alias = The Sphinx{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}
| Title = [[Acolyte]]
| Allegiance = [[Citadel]]
| Race = Mixed <small>(half-[[Dornishmen|Dornish]], half-[[Summer Isles|Summer Islander]])</small>
| Culture = [[Dornishmen|Dornish]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth = [[Dorne]]{{ref|AWOIAF|Alleras}}
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears)
}}

'''Alleras''', known as the '''Sphinx''', is an [[acolyte]] studying at the [[Citadel]] in [[Oldtown]].{{ref|AFFC|Appendix}} His mother is a [[Summer Isles|Summer Islander]] trader, and he claims not to be a [[lord]]'s son, despite the claims of a few others.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Alleras|l1=Images of Alleras}}
Alleras is slender, comely, and has a soft smile.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}} He has curly black hair, a widow's peak, and big black eyes like [[onyx]].{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} Alleras has skin the color of teak{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} or a light brown [[ale]].{{ref|AFFC|45}} The youth usually wears doeskin breeches, and a snug green brigandine with [[iron]] studs.{{ref|AFFC|45}} He speaks with a soft [[Dornish]] drawl.{{ref|AFFC|45}}

Alleras prefers the sweet [[wine]]s of the [[Summer Isles]] rather than of those of [[Westeros]].{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} He displays remarkable skill with his [[goldenheart]] longbow, also from the [[Summer Isles]].{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}

Alleras is in a circle of friends that includes [[Armen]], [[Pate (novice)|Pate]], [[Mollander]], and [[Roone]]. He does not consider their fellow novice [[Leo Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Leo Tyrell]] to be a friend.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} Alleras is doted on by the serving wenches of the [[Quill and Tankard]], including [[Rosey]], which makes Pate jealous.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

==History==
Alleras has a [[Dornishmen|Dornishman]] for a father and a [[Summer Isles|Summer Islander]] for a mother.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} He has been at the [[Citadel]] for a year, and has forged three links in his [[maester]]'s chain, the most recent of which is [[copper]].{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}} At some point in their time at the Citadel, Leo Tyrell gave Alleras the nickname "Sphinx", as he was "a bit of this, a bit of that", like a [[sphinx]] is made of multiple creatures.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File: Alleras by Dallas Williams (detail).jpg|thumb|350px|Alleras and a [[glass candle]], by Dallas Williams © FFG]]
Having forged his copper link, Alleras celebrates at the [[Quill and Tankard]] by purchasing drinks for his friends. He practices his archery skills by shooting at apples thrown above the [[Honeywine]] by [[Mollander]]. Alleras strikes them all, except for the last apple which he allows to fall into the river untouched, as he believes the day you make them all, you stop improving. He and his friends speak of rumors of [[dragon]]s in [[Essos]], and Alleras tells them that [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is still alive, and that "the dragon has three heads". [[Leo Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Leo Tyrell]] arrives at the inn, and insults the companions while confirming Alleras's story, and informing them that there is a [[glass candle]] burning in [[Archmaester]] [[Marwyn]]'s chambers. The friends decide to head back to the Citadel to retire for the evening, except for [[Pate (novice)|Pate]] who is left with Leo. Before he goes, Alleras reassures Pate that if Leo does not have the [[coin]] to buy wine, he cannot afford [[Rosey]] either.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

Via a glass candle, Archmaester Marwyn [[prophecy|foresees]] the arrival in [[Oldtown]] of [[Samwell Tarly]], and sends Alleras to the [[Seneschal's Court]] to meet him. After Sam tells his story to Alleras — including the fact that his traveling companion, [[Maester]] [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], mysteriously spoke that "the [[sphinx]] is the riddle, not the riddler", before his death — the Sphinx brings him to Marwyn at the [[Ravenry]]. Maester Aemon believed that [[Daenerys Targaryen]] was the [[prince that was promised]], and must be taught and protected by a maester; but since Aemon died on the way to Oldtown, Marwyn decides to sail to find her in [[Slaver's Bay]]. The archmaester tasks Alleras with looking after Sam.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}

==Quotes by Alleras==
[[File: Alleras by elalendi.png|thumb|350px|Alleras the Sphinx, by elalendi ©]]
{{Quote|'''Roone''': You always miss your last shot. See?<br>
'''Alleras''': The day you make them all is the day you stop improving.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}|[[Roone]] and Alleras}}

{{quote|'''Leo''': I understand you won your [[copper]] link. I'll drink to that.<br>
'''Alleras''': I only buy for friends. And I am no [[lord]]'s son, I've told you that. My mother was a trader.<br>
'''Leo''': Your mother was a [[monkey]] from the [[Summer Isles]]. The [[Dornishmen|Dornish]] will fuck anything with a hole between its legs. Meaning no offense. You may be brown as a nut, but at least you bathe.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}|[[Leo Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Leo Tyrell]] and Alleras}}

{{quote|You shame [[House Tyrell|your House]] with every word you say. You shame the [[Citadel]] by being one of us.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}|Alleras, to [[Leo Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Leo Tyrell]]}}

{{quote|'''Samwell''': Are you a [[novice]]?<br>
'''Alleras''': An [[acolyte]]. Alleras, by some called Sphinx.<br>
'''Samwell''': The [[sphinx]] is the riddle, not the riddler. Do you know what that means?<br>
'''Alleras''': No. Is it a riddle?<br>
'''Samwell''': I wish I knew.{{ref|AFFC|45}}|[[Samwell Tarly]] and Alleras}}

==Quotes about Alleras==
[[File:Sarella Sand by NyanmiEuphoriA.jpg|thumb|350px|Alleras by Nyanmi EuphoriA ©]]
{{quote|It had been [[Leo Tyrell (son of Moryn)|Lazy Leo]] who dubbed Alleras "the Sphinx." A [[sphinx]] is a bit of this, a bit of that: a human face, the body of a [[lion]], the wings of a hawk. Alleras was the same: his father was a [[Dornishman]], his mother a black-skinned [[Summer Isles|Summer Islander]]. His own skin was dark as teak. And like the green [[marble]] sphinxes that flanked the [[Citadel]]'s main gate, Alleras had eyes of [[onyx]].{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}|thoughts of [[Pate (novice)|Pate]]}}

{{quote|The Sphinx was always smiling, as if he knew some secret jape.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}|thoughts of [[Pate (novice)|Pate]]}}

==Theories==
{{Main|Alleras/Theories}}
Evidence suggests that Alleras may be a disguised [[Sarella Sand]], one of [[Oberyn Martell]]'s [[bastard]] daughters known as the [[Sand Snakes]].<ref>[http://www.towerofthehand.com/blog/2010/08/24_if_its_chains_you_want_/index.html If It's Chains You Want, Come With Me], Tower of the Hand</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Acolytes of the Citadel]]
[[Category:Characters from Dorne]]
[[Category:Characters with black eyes]]
[[Category:Characters with black hair]]
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