Editing Curse

[[File:Rat cook legend.jpeg|thumb|350px|The [[Rat Cook]], by Amok ©]]
A '''curse''' is an expressed wish for misfortune to occur to a target. Curses are also believed to occur when terrible events have occurred{{ref|ACOK|7}}{{ref|ADWD|33}} or when someone performs an irredeemable act.{{ref|ASOS|20}}{{ref|ASOS|33}}{{ref|ASOS|54}}

==Culture==
Some believe that curses can be inflicted through [[magic]]al means.{{ref|ACOK|44}}

[[Kinslaying]]{{ref|ACOK|44}}{{ref|ASOS|20}}{{ref|ASOS|54}}{{ref|AFFC|18}} and violations of [[guest right]]{{ref|ASOS|33}}{{ref|ASOS|54}}{{ref|ASOS|56}} are believed to bring curses down upon transgressors.

Men of the [[free folk]] are expected to steal women from afar. Women who sleep with [[incest|their own kin]] or even with men from their village are believed to be cursed with with weak and sickly children.{{ref|ASOS|26}} Free folk also believe that a mother who leaves her son is cursed forever.{{ref|ADWD|7}}

[[Dothraki]] believe that salt water is [[poison]]ed and cursed because their [[horse]]s cannot drink it.{{ref|ADWD|16}} [[Ibbenese]], however, believe any man who goes beyond the sound of the sea is accursed.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Lorath}}

==History==
===Older History===
According to Maester [[Kennet (maester)|Kennet's]] ''[[Passages of the Dead]]'', a curse was placed on the [[Great Barrow]] preventing any living man from rivalling the [[First King]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The North}} 

The sorceress [[Ursula Upcliff]] cursed [[Torgold Tollett]] shortly before being slain by him during the [[Battle of Seven Stars]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Vale}}

King [[Sherrit]] called a curse down on the [[Andals]] while at the [[Nightfort]].{{ref|ASOS|56}} The [[Rat Cook]] was accursed for breaking [[guest right]] at the same castle.{{ref|ASOS|56}}

[[Garin's Curse]] is said to have been inflicted upon the [[Sorrows]] during the [[Rhoynish Wars]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}{{ref|ADWD|18}}

The ruins of [[Hardhome]] are considered accursed.{{ref|ADWD|39}}{{ref|ADWD|45}}

[[Valyria]] and the [[Lands of the Long Summer]] are believed to be cursed after [[Doom of Valyria|the Doom]] ruined the [[Valyrian peninsula]].{{ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}{{ref|ADWD|33}}

===Targaryen Era===
[[File:The Ghost in HarrenhalMarc Simonetti.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Harrenhall]], by Marc Simonetti]]
[[Harrenhal]] is believed to be cursed by [[Harren Hoare|Harren the Black]],{{ref|ASOS|37}} as the families who have held the castle since [[burning of Harrenhal|its burning]] during [[Aegon's Conquest]] have fallen into ruin.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands: House Tully}}{{ref|AGOT|69}}{{ref|ACOK|7}}{{ref|ACOK|8}}{{ref|AFFC|23}}

The [[Storm King]] [[Argilac Durrandon]] was slain with a curse on his lips by [[Orys Baratheon]].{{ref|FAB|Aegon's Conquest}}

When Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena]] gave birth to her brother [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]]'s daughters, [[Aerea Targaryen|Aerea]] and [[Rhaella Targaryen (daughter of Aegon)|Rhaella]], the [[High Septon (Aenys I)|High Septon]] proclaimed that they too were abominations, the fruits of lust and [[incest]], and accursed of the gods.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}

King [[Maegor I Targaryen]] was believed cursed for, among other crimes, having slain his nephew, Prince [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Aenys I)|Aegon]].{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}}{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], the [[Dowager Queen]] [[Alicent Hightower]] pronounced a dire curse upon Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] after the death of her daughter, Queen [[Helaena Targaryen]]; a [[Riot of King's Landing (Dance of the Dragons)|bloody riot]] began that night.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} Rhaenyra cursed her rival, King [[Aegon II Targaryen]], before she was devoured by his [[dragon]], [[Sunfyre]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} The [[Shepherd]] cursed [[Borros Baratheon]] before being captured by the [[Lord of Storm's End]].{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

After her followers defeated a loyalist host outside Harrenhal, [[Alys Rivers]] sent a captured man to [[Darry]] as a messenger the following day. The survivor relayed Alys's warning against further campaigns against her, and he claimed he had been cursed by Alys so that he would die if anyone laughed at his story. Despite Ser [[Damon Darry]]'s assurance that no one would laugh at the messenger's story, an onlooker did so. The messenger then choked to death in moments, with some saying they had seen the imprints of a woman's fingers on his throat.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}

There was talk of a "[[Maiden's Day curse]]" prior to the [[Maiden's Day Ball]] in {{Date|133}}.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] and a [[hunchbacked septon]] thought that the [[Seven Kingdoms]] were cursed because of Lord [[Brynden Rivers]].{{ref|TSS}}{{ref|TMK}}

===Recent History===
[[File:Blood and prophecies by crisurdiales.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Cersei Lannister]], [[Melara Hetherspoon]], and [[Maggy the Frog]], by Cris Urdiasles ©]]
[[Craster]] is believed by other [[free folk]] to be cursed.{{ref|ASOS|26}}

[[Cersei Lannister]] believes that she and [[Melara Hetherspoon]] were cursed by [[Maggy the Frog]].{{ref|AFFC|24}}{{ref|AFFC|36}}

Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] cursed his son and heir, [[Samwell Tarly]], in a failed attempt to turn the meek boy into a [[knight]].{{ref|AGOT|26}}

[[Balon Greyjoy]], [[Lord of the Iron Islands]], exiled his younger brother [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron]] instead of executing him, because [[kinslaying]] would have brought a curse.{{ref|AFFC|18}}

[[Smallfolk]] of the [[Dreadfort]] believe that [[Reek]]'s smell is a curse.{{ref|ADWD|32}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
The birthing women in the ''[[khalasar]]'' of Khal [[Drogo]] refuse to see the pregnant [[Daenerys Targaryen]] because they believe she is accursed.{{ref|AGOT|64}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Septon [[Barre]] curses the [[queen's men]] when they ruin the [[sept at Dragonstone]].{{ref|ACOK|10}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:The_Red_Wedding.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The [[Red Wedding]] by Conor Campbell ©]]
Before [[Rickard Karstark]], [[Lord of Karhold]], is executed for [[treason]], he warns [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]], that [[kinslaying|kinslayers]] are accursed.{{ref|ASOS|20}}

Some believe [[House Frey]] to be cursed because of their orchestration of the [[Red Wedding]].{{ref|ASOS|54}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Petyr Baelish]], [[Lord of Harrenhal]], discusses the supposed curse of [[Harrenhal|the castle]] with [[Sansa Stark]].{{ref|AFFC|23}}

[[Victarion Greyjoy]] desires to kill his elder brother, King [[Euron Greyjoy|Euron Crow's Eye]], but he does not want to be cursed by the [[Drowned God]] for kinslaying.{{ref|AFFC|29}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Queen Whore]] curses the [[Yunkai|Yunkai'i]] before being slain during the [[siege of Astapor]].{{ref|ADWD|30}}

Lord [[Ondrew Locke]] believes that Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s host has been cursed by the blizzard engulfing [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|46}}

The crew of ''[[Iron Victory]]'' fear that [[Moqorro]] has cursed Victarion.{{ref|ADWD|56}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|We shall meet in hell before [[130 AC|this year]] is done.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}|[[Shepherd]] to [[Borros Baratheon]]}}

{{quote|Whatever curse may linger over the [[Tower of the Hand]], I pray I'm small enough to escape its notice.{{ref|ACOK|3}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Petyr Baelish]]}}

{{quote|'''Varys''': My lord, do you believe in the old powers?<br>'''Tyrion''': [[Magic]], you mean? [[Bloodspells]], curses, [[shapeshifting]], those sorts of things?{{ref|ACOK|44}}|[[Varys]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{quote|Kill me, and be cursed. You are no [[King in the North|king of mine]].{{ref|ASOS|20}}|[[Rickard Karstark]] to [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{quote|'''Mance''': [[Qhorin]] was my enemy. But also [[Shadow Tower|my brother]], once. So ... shall I thank you for killing him, Jon Snow? Or curse you?<br>'''Jon''': You ought to thank me for killing your enemy, and curse me for killing your friend.{{ref|ASOS|7}}|[[Mance Rayder]] and [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{quote|'''Davos''': No man is as cursed as the [[kinslaying|kinslayer]], in the eyes of [[gods]] and [[men]].<br>'''Melisandre''': There are no gods save [[R'hllor]] and [[Great Other|the Other]], whose name must not be spoken. And small men curse what they cannot understand.{{ref|ASOS|54}}|[[Davos Seaworth]] and [[Melisandre]]}}

{{quote|'''Petyr''': Ah, and what a castle it is. Cavernous halls and ruined towers, [[ghosts]] and draughts, ruinous to heat, impossible to garrison ... and there's that small matter of a curse.<br>'''Sansa''': Curses are only in songs and stories.<br>'''Petyr''': Has someone made a song about [[Gregor Clegane]] dying of a [[poison]]ed spear thrust? Or about [[Vargo Hoat|the sellsword]] before him, whose limbs Ser Gregor removed a joint at a time? That one [[fall of Harrenhal|took the castle]] from Ser [[Amory Lorch]], who received it from Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. A [[bear]] killed one, [[Tyrion Lannister|your dwarf]] the other. [[Shella Whent|Lady Whent's]] died as well, I hear. [[House Lothston|Lothstons]], [[House Strong|Strongs]], [[House Harroway|Harroways]] ... [[Harrenhal]] has withered every hand to touch it.{{ref|AFFC|23}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] and [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{quote|If I must die, I will die with an axe in my hand and a curse upon my lips.{{ref|ADWD|26}}|thoughts of [[Asha Greyjoy]]}}

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