Editing Garin the Great

{{Infobox character
| title = Prince
| firstname = Garin 
| epithet = the Great
| nametemplate = title/firstname/epithet
| image = Garin the Great.png
| image_caption = Garin the Great, as depicted in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': ''Histories & Lore''.
| Alias = Garin the Great<br>[[Shrouded Lord]]
| Title = [[Prince of Chroyane]]
| Allegiance = [[Rhoynar]]
| Race = [[Rhoynar]]
| Culture = [[Rhoynar]]
| Spouse =
| Place_of_Birth =
| Date_of_Birth =
| Place_of_Death = [[Chroyane]]
| Date_of_Death = ~{{Date|-700}}
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
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'''Garin the Great''' was a noble of the [[Rhoynar]], and the [[Prince of Chroyane|Prince]] of [[Chroyane]].

==History==
During the [[Second Spice War]], Prince Garin gathered a great army of the [[Rhoynar]] at [[Chroyane]] to oppose the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. According to [[Beldecar]]'s ''[[History of the Rhoynish Wars]]'', Garin had a quarter of a million men in his command. The prince declared that as long as the army remained beside the [[Rhoyne]], they would be protected from the [[dragon]]s of [[Valyria]] by the Rhoynish [[water wizard]]s . Garin began to be called ''the Great'' after victories at [[Selhorys]], [[Valysar]], and [[Volon Therys]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}

However, after Garin the Great threatened [[Volantis]], his Rhoynish host was defeated by the [[dragonlords]] of [[Valyria]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} According to legend, the men of Volantis and Valyria hung Garin in a [[gold]]en cage, and carried him north to his city of Chroyane, to witness its destruction and the enslavement of his people. Garin called upon [[Mother Rhoyne]] to destroy his captors, but they only mocked him. Nevertheless, that very night, the waters of the [[Rhoyne]] flooded out of season and with great force, drowning the invaders. Additionally, a thick fog fell upon Chroyane, and the Valyrian conquerors began to die of [[greyscale]].{{Ref|ADWD|18}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}} 

Legend says that the fallen conquerors have never rested since that day, down beneath the waters of the [[Sorrows]]. It is said that their cold breath rises from the murk to make the fogs that infest the ruined city of Chroyane, and their flesh is said to have turned as stony as their hearts.{{Ref|ADWD|18}} Some also believe that Garin rose from his watery grave and became the [[Shrouded Lord]].{{Ref|ADWD|18}}

Some say [[Garin's Curse]] brought about the [[Doom of Valyria]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria}} 

==Recent Events==
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Princess [[Arianne Martell]], her companions [[Andrey Dalt]] and [[Gerold Dayne]], and her [[milk brother]], [[Garin (orphan)|Garin]] of the [[Orphans of the Greenblood]], discuss his [[namesake]], Prince Garin.{{Ref|AFFC|21}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Traveling through the [[Sorrows]] aboard the ''[[Shy Maid]]'', [[Tyrion Lannister]] insists that [[Garin's Curse]] is merely [[greyscale]], caused by dampness and foul humors in the air, not curses. However, [[Ysilla]] tells him that the Valyrian conquerors also mocked when Garin cursed them, until the river rose and drowned them. She says that the the Valyrians still remain, restless beneath the river. When Tyrion asks about the [[Shrouded Lord]], [[Yandry]] tells him that some say he is Garin the Great, but [[Haldon Halfmaester]] insists no man rises from the dead or lives for a thousand years, and that there have been over twenty Shrouded Lords.{{Ref|ADWD|18}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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[[Phario Forel]] is a [[Braavos]]i playwright, whose first play, ''[[Wroth of the Dragonlords]]'', features a speech made by Prince Garin on the eve of battle. [[Izembaro]], the King of the Mummers, quotes Prince Garin's speech on the night he and his group of mummers at [[the Gate]] are set to perform ''[[The Bloody Hand]]'', also written by Phario Forel.<ref name="Mercy">''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref>

==Quotes==
{{Quote|We shall all be [[slave]]s unless we join together to end [[Valyrian Freehold|this threat]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: Ten Thousand Ships}}|Garin, to the princes of the [[Rhoynar]]}}

{{Quote|It shall go ill for any man who fails me.<ref name="Mercy" />|The fictionalized Prince Garin in the play ''[[Wroth of the Dragonlords]]''}}

{{Quote|'''Garin''': Prince [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] was full of stories. He told about Prince Garin, I remember, the one that I was [[named for]].<br>
'''Andrey''': Garin the Great, the wonder of the [[Rhoyne]].<br>
'''Garin''': That's the one. He made [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyria]] tremble.
'''Gerold''': They trembled, then they killed him. If I led a quarter of a million men to death, would they call me Gerold the Great?{{Ref|AFFC|21}}|[[Garin (orphan)|Garin]], [[Andrey Dalt]], and [[Gerold Dayne]]}}

{{Quote|'''Tyrion''': [[Garin's Curse]] is only [[greyscale]]. Damp is said to be the culprit. Foul humors in the air. Not curses.<br>
'''Ysilla''': The conquerors did not believe either, [[Hugor Hill]]. The men of [[Volantis]] and [[Valyria]] hung Garin in a [[gold]]en cage and made mock as he called upon [[Mother Rhoyne|his Mother]] to destroy them. But in the night the [[Rhoyne|waters]] rose and drowned them, and from that day to this they have not rested. They are down there still beneath the water, they who were once the [[dragonlord|lords of fire]]. Their cold breath rises from the murk to make these fogs, and their flesh has turned as stony as their hearts.{{Ref|ADWD|18}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] and [[Ysilla]], in the [[Sorrows]]}}

==References==
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[[Category:Characters from the Rhoyne]]
[[Category:Legendary Heroes]]
[[Category:Monarchs]]
[[Category:Nobles]]
[[Category:Rhoynar]]

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