Editing Moss

[[File:Dimitri Bielak The Drunkard's tower.jpg|thumb|350px|The moss-covered [[Drunkard's Tower]], by Dimitri Bielak © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{for|the family|House Moss}}
'''Moss''' are flowerless plants found in the [[known world]].

==Culture==
The [[Green Fork]] of the [[Trident]] is so named because of its mossy waters which originate in the [[Neck]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}

[[House Moss]] is a noble house of the [[north]].<ref>The Citadel. Heraldry: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/Heraldry/Houses/2/#In the North]</ref>

[[Crannogmen]] are believed by some to have moss growing under their arms instead of hair.{{ref|ACOK|50}}

==Locations==
Many cottages in the [[stormlands]] are covered with moss.{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} Green, grey, purple, red-tailed, and silvery moss grows in the [[rainwood]].<ref name=Ar2>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne II (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne II]]</ref>

Thick moss grows between the stones of [[Raventree Hall]] in the [[riverlands]].{{ref|ADWD|48}} The hidden village of the [[Lady of the Leaves]] has little moss-covered houses.{{ref|ASOS|22}} Mossy hummocks are all that remain of [[Oldstones]]' ruined keep.{{ref|ASOS|Epilogue}} The strongholds of [[Crackclaw Point]] are covered in moss; the keep of the [[Whispers]], for instance, is overgrown with green and purple moss.{{ref|AFFC|20}}

Green moss covers the three remaining towers of [[Moat Cailin]],{{ref|AGOT|55}} as well as a wall of the [[godswood of Winterfell]].{{ref|AGOT|53}} Grey stones on [[Bear Island]]{{ref|ACOK|12}} and the ringwall of the [[Fist of the First Men]]{{ref|ACOK|34}} are bearded with moss. Moss covers "[[Tumbledown Tower]]"{{ref|ASOS|9}} and [[Queenscrown]].{{ref|ASOS|41}} [[Deepwood Motte]] has mossy walls.{{ref|ADWD|26}}

Longships of the [[Shield Islands]] are kept in moss-covered stone pens.{{ref|AFFC|29}} Moss covers the [[Ravenry]] in [[Oldtown]], with purple moss hanging from its [[weirwood]].{{ref|AFFC|45}}

The lower city of [[Norvos]] has a palisade overgrown with moss.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Norvos}}

==History==
[[Haggon]] lived in a hall of moss and mud and hewn logs which was claimed by [[Varamyr]] after Haggon's death.{{ref|ADWD|Prologue}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord [[Eddard Stark]] sits on a moss-covered stone while cleaning [[Ice]] in the [[godswood of Winterfell]].{{ref|AGOT|2}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[Tarber]] packs the shoulder wound of [[Kurz]] with mud and moss from the [[Gods Eye]] after the [[fight at the holdfast]] in a futile attempt to save his life.{{ref|ACOK|19}}

[[Qhorin Halfhand]] makes torches in the [[Skirling Pass]] by soaking bundles of dry moss with oil.{{ref|ACOK|68}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Arya Stark]] tries to use the presence of moss on trees for orientation in the [[riverlands]].{{ref|ASOS|3}}{{ref|ASOS|17}}

Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] rests his head on a [[weirwood]] stump covered in moss.{{ref|ASOS|44}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Tyrion Lannister]] sees mossy ruins while near [[Pentos]], along the [[Rhoyne]], and in in [[Ny Sar]] and [[Chroyane]].{{ref|ADWD|5}}{{ref|ADWD|8}}{{ref|ADWD|14}}{{ref|ADWD|18}} Tyrion observes water moss on the shell of one of the [[Old Men of the River]].{{ref|ADWD|14}}

Within the [[cave of the three-eyed crow]], [[children of the forest]] make a seat of soft grey moss for [[Bran Stark]].{{ref|ADWD|34}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|'''Hot Pie''': Which way is north?<br>'''Arya''': That way.<br>'''Hot Pie''': But there's no sun. How do you know?<br>'''Arya''': From the moss. See how it grows mostly on one side of the trees? That's south.{{ref|ASOS|3}}|[[Hot Pie]] and [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{quote|They rode through [[pine]]s and bogs, under dark skies and intermittent rain, past sinkholes and caves and the ruins of ancient strongholds whose stones were blanketed in moss. Every heap of stones had a story, and [[Dick Crabb|Nimble Dick]] told them all. To hear him tell it, the men of [[Crackclaw Point]] had watered their pine trees with blood.{{ref|AFFC|20}}|thoughts of [[Brienne Tarth]]}}

{{quote|In [[godswood of Winterfell|the godswood]] the snow was still dissolving as it touched the earth. Steam rose off the hot pools, fragrant with the smell of moss and mud and decay.{{ref|ADWD|46}}|thoughts of [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

{{quote|[[Raventree Hall]] was old. Moss grew thick between its ancient stones, spiderwebbing up its walls like the veins in a crone's legs.{{ref|ADWD|48}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

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