Brynden Rivers
Brynden Rivers | |
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Alias | Bloodraven |
Titles | |
Allegiance | House Targaryen |
Born |
175 AL [1] Riverlands |
Personal arms | a white dragon with red eyes breathing red flame on a black field |
Books |
Lord Brynden Rivers, called "Bloodraven", was a legitimized Great Bastard of Aegon IV and Mylessa Blackwood, his sixth mistress. His personal arms were a white dragon with red eyes breathing red flame on a black field. During his life, he was a Targaryen loyalist during the Blackfyre Rebellion, the Hand of Aerys I, and Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.[2] Shiera Seastar, another bastard of Aegon IV, was his mistress. His half brother, Bittersteel, desired Shiera also, which served in increasing the enmity between the two. He was known to be a sorcerer. He is widely believed to be the three-eyed crow. See Three-eyed crow/Theories.
Appearance
An albino, Brynden had milk white skin, long white hair, and red eyes. He had a red birthmark that extended from his throat up to his right cheek. Some thought that it resembled a bird.[3] Brynden was not as tall or muscular as his half-brothers. He typically wore the colors of "blood and smoke", with smoke being a dark grey that was mottled and streaked with black. Because his skin was sensitive to light, he usually went about cloaked and hooded. He lost an eye during the Blackfyre Rebellion and rarely covered the empty socket with a patch. He wore his white hair straight and to his shoulders, with the front brushed forward to cover his missing eye.[4]
History
A strong warrior, Brynden carried the Valyrian sword Dark Sister, but he preferred his weirwood longbow and was an expert archer. During the Blackfyre Rebellion, Brynden remained loyal to Daeron II, and commanded a group of longbowmen called the Raven's Teeth. At the Battle of the Redgrass Field, he lost an eye fighting his half-brother, Aegor Rivers. His Raven's Teeth ultimately gained the Weeping Ridge, and rained arrows down on Daemon Blackfyre from 300 yards away.[5] Daemon and his twin sons were killed. For this, people would name him a kinslayer.
Brynden served on the small council of Daeron II. On the council he advocated a hard line against rebels.[6] After the rebellion, he became Hand of the King to Aerys I. As "Lord Bloodraven," he was rumored to be a sinister sorcerer, effectively ruling the kingdom “with spies and spells." The events of The Sworn Sword take place during his reign as Hand, though he does not personally take part in the story. Somehow he ended up imprisoned in the Black Cells and around 233 AL. When King Aegon V ascended to the throne, he was sent to the Wall. Eventually he rose to Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. The song A Thousand Eyes, and One is written about him.[7]
The Mystery Knight
Aware of the plot to put Daemon II Blackfyre forward as the legitimate king of the Seven Kingdoms, Lord Bloodraven marched on Whitewalls, where he arrested Daemon after refusing single combat and contained the Second Blackfyre Rebellion.[8]
Family
Daena Targaryen | Aegon IV Targaryen | Barba Bracken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daemon I | Rohanne of Tyrosh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aegon | Daemon II | Aenys | Two sons | Calla | Aegor Rivers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aemon | Haegon | Unknown wife | Daughter(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daemon III | Son(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daemon | Maelys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References and Notes
- ↑ The Citadel. "Concerning the Great Bastards." April 6, 2004 So Spake Martin
- ↑ The Sworn Sword, page 43
- ↑ The Sworn Sword, page 5
- ↑ The Mystery Knight
- ↑ The Sworn Sword, page 33
- ↑ The Sworn Sword
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell
- ↑ The Mystery Knight
See Also
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