Editing Wench

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'''Wenches''', or '''serving girls''', are serving women of [[smallfolk|common]] origin.{{ref|ACOK|22}} They are usually young women, though there are some older wenches.{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

The term can also refer to young women regardless of their profession{{ref|ADWD|32}}{{ref|ACOK|15}} or upbringing,{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}}{{ref|ASOS|35}}{{ref|ADWD|48}}{{ref|ADWD|56}} sometimes in a derogatory sense.{{ref|ASOS|1}}{{ref|AFFC|4}}

==Culture==
Some [[highborn]] ladies look down upon wenches because of their [[smallfolk|lower birth]].{{ref|AGOT|28}}{{ref|ADWD|65}} The term can have a connotation of promiscuity.{{ref|AGOT|4}} 

The ''[[Salty Wench]]'' is a longship captained by [[Quenton Greyjoy (cousin)|Quenton Greyjoy]].{{ref|ADWD|26}} ''[[Warrior Wench]]'' is a longship of the [[Iron Fleet]].{{ref|ADWD|63}}

==History==
The author of ''[[A Caution for Young Girls]]'' claimed to have spent part of her life as a serving wench in [[Myr]].{{ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}}

[[Viserra Targaryen]] was taken by her friends to see inns along [[Eel Alley]] and [[River Row]] where serving wenches danced on tables.{{ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

[[Munkun]] alleged that [[Alys Rivers]] was a serving wench who dabbled in potions and [[spell]]s.{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}

King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]] legitimized all of his [[bastard]]s on his deathbed, even those he had fathered on tavern wenches.{{ref|TSS}}{{ref|TMK}}

[[Cotter Pyke]] is the son of a tavern wench.{{ref|AGOT|19}} [[Lynora Hill]] is the daughter of Ser [[Jason Lannister (son of Gerold)|Jason Lannister]] and a serving girl.{{Ref|TWOIAF|Appendix: Lannister Lineage}} 

[[Cersei Lannister]] once dressed as a simple serving wench to meet with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], at an [[old inn on Eel Alley]].{{ref|ASOS|11}}

King [[Robert I Baratheon]] fathered [[Gendry]] on [[Gendry's mother|a tavern wench]].{{ref|AGOT|27}} He is also alleged to have fathered twins on a serving wench at [[Casterly Rock]]; when Queen Cersei found out, she had the babes killed and the mother sold to a [[slaver]].{{ref|AGOT|35}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[Tobho Mott]] employs a [[Tobho Mott's serving girl|slim serving girl]] in [[Shop of Tobho Mott|his shop]].{{Ref|AGOT|27}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Kyra_by_kep_trefler.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Kyra]] by Kep Trefler ©]]
During the [[Harvest feast (299)|harvest feast]] of [[Winterfell]], [[Mors Umber|Mors]] and his brother [[Hother Umber]] play a drinking game, and when a spinning skirl is started, Mors tosses an embarrassed serving girl in the air.{{Ref|ACOK|21}}

During the feast at [[Bitterbridge]], Lord [[Varner]] dandles a serving girl.{{Ref|ACOK|22}}

[[Tyrion Lannister]] catches Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] abed with [[Pycelle's serving girl|his serving girl]], who earns the interest of [[Shagga]], but the young girl is scared by the clansman.{{ref|ACOK|25}}

[[Arya Stark]] overhears Maester [[Tothmure]]'s serving girl tell her brother about the letter concerning the illegitimacy of Queen Cersei's children with King Robert.{{ref|ACOK|30}}

To better protect [[Shae]], Tyrion suggests having his concubine serve at the [[Red Keep]]. Shae objects to becoming a kitchen wench, however, and [[Varys]] instead arranges for her to become a maidservant to [[Lollys Stokeworth]].{{ref|ACOK|44}}

The [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers get on well with the serving wenches at the [[Red Keep]].{{ref|ACOK|60}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] denigrates [[Brienne of Tarth]] by repeatedly referring to her as a wench.{{ref|ASOS|1}}{{ref|ASOS|11}} While traveling through lands of [[House Bracken]], Ser [[Cleos Frey]] points out tavern wenches hanged by a [[Bracken inn|burned inn]] for having slept with [[westermen]] during the [[War of the Five Kings]].{{ref|ASOS|1}}

[[Tansy (innkeep)|Tansy]], the [[innkeep]] at the [[Peach]] in [[Stoney Sept]], teases Gendry by saying that [[Alyce]], a serving girl, would take his [[virgin]]ity.{{Ref|ASOS|29}}

Tyrion Lannister considers having his lover, Shae, who is disguised as a serving girl, wed [[Tallad]] in order to protect her from his sister, Queen Cersei.{{Ref|ASOS|58}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
All of the serving wenches at the [[Quill and Tankard]] dote on [[Alleras]].{{ref|AFFC|Prologue}}

During the dinner held at [[Darry]] for Jaime, [[Kennos of Kayce]] pulls a serving girl into his lap.{{ref|AFFC|30}}

While [[Arianne Martell]] is confined in the [[Spear Tower]], she convinces the young serving girl [[Cedra]] to help smuggle a letter to Lord [[Franklyn Fowler]] by telling her that she worries about [[Garin (orphan)|Garin]] during his imprisonment.{{ref|AFFC|40}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Lord [[Wyman Manderly]] reveals to Lord [[Davos Seaworth]] that [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]] hunts wenches in the woods near the [[Dreadfort]], with only a few women managing to escape.{{ref|ADWD|29}}

When a [[House Bolton|Bolton]] guard asks [[Theon Greyjoy]] what happened to the usual servant girls like [[Jez (serving girl)|Jez]] and [[Maisie]], Theon says they are not attending Lady [[Jeyne Poole|Arya Stark]] because they did not keep her water warm.{{Ref|ADWD|51}}

==Quotes==
{{quote|I am planning to make you run [[Seven Kingdoms|the kingdom]] and fight the wars while I eat and drink and wench myself into an early grave.{{ref|AGOT|4}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{quote|I am not accustomed to being summoned like a serving wench.{{ref|AGOT|18}}|[[Catelyn Stark]] to [[Petyr Baelish]]}}

{{quote|Two serving wenches stood beneath the sign of the [[Smoking Log]], the local [[ale]]house. When [[Theon Greyjoy]] called out to them, [[Kyra|the younger girl]] turned red and covered her face.{{ref|AGOT|37}}|thoughts of [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{quote|I have been singing love songs for hours. My blood is stirred. And yours, I know ... there's no wench half so lusty as one [[bastard]] born.{{ref|ASOS|68}}|[[Marillion]] to [[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]]}}

{{quote|'''Cletus''': This will be a tale to tell our grandchildren.<br>
'''Willam''': A tale to tell tavern wenches, you mean, in hopes they'll lift their skirts. For grandchildren, you need children. For children, you need to lift some skirts.{{ref|ADWD|6}}|[[Cletus Yronwood]] and [[Willam Wells]]}}

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