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| Alias = Lover{{Ref|AGOT|41}}<br>The black singer{{Ref|AFFC|34}}
 
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| Place_of_Birth = [[Westeros]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Dareon}}
 
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| Place_of_Death = [[Braavos]]
 
| Place_of_Death = [[Braavos]]
| Date_of_Death = [[300 AL]]
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| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = [[A Game of Thrones]]
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| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appendix)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
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| TV_series = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]]
 
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'''Dareon''' is a Steward of the [[Night's Watch]], known primarily for his excellent singing voice. He deserts the Watch in [[Braavos]] before ultimately being slain by [[Arya Stark]].
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'''Dareon''' is a recruit of the [[Night's Watch]], known primarily for his excellent singing voice. Ser [[Alliser Thorne]] refers to him as '''Lover'''.{{Ref|AGOT|41}}
  
==Life before the Night's Watch==
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==Appearance and Character==
Dareon was an apprentice singer in the Reach, before being caught in bed with a daughter of Lord [[Mathis Rowan]].  Though he maintains that she was waiting for him naked, and helped him into her room, under her father's eye she named it rape. For this he was sent to join the [[Night's Watch]].
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A handsome{{ref|AFFC|34}} young man, Dareon has fair hair and hazel eyes.{{ref|AFFC|15}} The singer is a lothario, and [[Samwell Tarly]] thinks Dareon has "a loose tongue and quick temper".{{Ref|AFFC|26}} He is a better singer than a fighter.{{Ref|AGOT|19}}{{Ref|AFFC|15}}
  
==On the Wall==
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Dareon is an aspiring songwriter who plays the [[fiddle]] and [[harp|woodharp]].{{Ref|AFFC|15}} His voice is "honey poured over thunder", according to Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]].{{Ref|AGOT|26}} Dareon knows numerous songs, including "[[The Day They Hanged Black Robin]]", "[[The Mermaid's Lament]]", "[[Autumn of My Day]]", "[[Iron Lances]]", "[[Seven Swords for Seven Sons]]," "[[Milady's Supper]]", "[[Her Little Flower]]", "[[Meggett Was a Merry Maid, a Merry Maid Was She]]", "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]", and "[[A Thousand Eyes, and One]]".{{Ref|AFFC|15}} He is also familiar with songs about [[Skagos]].{{Ref|AFFC|15}}
Dareon is a recruit in the same "class" as [[Jon Snow]]; Jon describes him as "quick, but afraid of being hit."<ref>A Game of Thrones. US MMPB, Jon, p.177</ref>  He is an excellent singer, and is known to sing for the Watch at dinner.  [[Maester Aemon]] describes his voice as "honey poured over thunder." He is raised to a man of the Night's Watch at the same time as Jon, named to the Stewards, and sent to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]].
 
  
==Braavos and Desertion==
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==History==
Jon Snow, after being named Lord Commander, sends Dareon south with [[Samwell Tarly]], [[Maester Aemon]], and [[Gilly]], with the idea that his singing could bolster recruitment to the Night's Watch.  They stop in [[Braavos]], and, with Maester Aemon's condition worsening, they are forced to spend their coin on a healer and an inn. With their money running low, Dareon is sent to sing for coin, with which to buy food and passage.  Instead, he becomes increasingly distant and desultory, and sings largely for wine and trade from the city's whores.  Samwell finds him in a whorehouse called the Happy Port, where Dareon has wed a whore called the Sailor's Wife, who only beds the men she weds.  Samwell confronts him for this and accuses him of breaking his vows, and Dareon responds by throwing his cloak in Samwell's face and announcing that he's done with black.  Samwell punches him and eventually finds passage and leaves Braavos without him.
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While an apprentice singer in the [[Reach]], Dareon he was caught in bed with a daughter of Lord [[Mathis Rowan]] of [[Goldengrove]]. Though Dareon maintains that the girl was waiting for him naked and helped him into her room, under her father's eye she named it rape. Dareon was sent to the [[Wall]],{{Ref|AGOT|26}} though he maintains his innocence.{{Ref|AGOT|48}}{{ref|AFFC|15}}
  
==Death==
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==Recent Events==
After his desertion, Dareon is successful for a time as a singer in Braavos, bragging that in time he will be playing in the Sealord's Palace.  He is known to [[Arya Stark]], who, under the guise of her most recent identity Cat of the Canals, sells oysters for the Braavosi fishmonger [[Brusco]] in the same areas where Dareon sings. She recognizes him as a deserter of the Night's Watch and one night lures him into an alley where she slits his throat as punishment for his desertion and dumps his body into a canal, though she keeps his boots.
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
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Dareon is a recruit of the [[Night's Watch]] with [[Jon Snow]],{{ref|AGOT|19}} and he sings sometimes at dinner.{{Ref|AGOT|26}} According to Jon, Dareon is "quick, but afraid of being hit" during their training.{{ref|AGOT|19}}
  
==References and Sources==
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Dareon is raised to a man of the Watch at the same time as Jon, with both named to the [[steward]]s. [[Jeor Mormont]], [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], sends Dareon to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]], hoping the singer can aid [[Cotter Pyke]] when dealing with merchant ships.{{Ref|AGOT|48}}
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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Dareon serves as a steward and singer at Eastwatch.{{ref|ACOK|Appendix}}
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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Jon Snow, after being chosen Lord Commander, names Dareon as a replacement for [[Yoren]], a missing [[wandering crow]].{{ref|AFFC|15}} He sends Dareon south with [[Samwell Tarly]], the elderly Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]], and [[Gilly]], with the idea that his singing could bolster recruitment in southern [[Westeros]] for the Night's Watch.{{Ref|AFFC|5}}
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While sailing from Eastwatch to [[Braavos]], Dareon sings numerous songs to the oarsmen of ''[[Blackbird]]'', and they join him in singing "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]".{{Ref|AFFC|15}} The singer dislikes the [[wildling]] Gilly and [[Aemon Steelsong|the baby with her]],{{ref|AFFC|15}} and he is often drunk on [[firewine]].{{ref|AFFC|15}}
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Aemon's condition worsens in Braavos, and they are forced to spend their coin on a healer and an inn. With their money running low, Dareon is sent to sing for coin, with which to buy food and passage. Instead, he becomes increasingly distant and desultory, and sings largely for wine and trade from the city's whores. He prefers to perform at  the [[Inn of the Green Eel]], the [[Black Bargeman]], and [[Moroggo's]], establishments along [[Ragman's Harbor]] where the [[Common Tongue]] is more likely to be spoken. He also sings at the [[Moon Pool]], where the [[Moonshadow]] gives him a kiss on one occasion.{{Ref|AFFC|26}}
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Sam finds Dareon in a whorehouse called the [[Happy Port]]; Dareon has wed a whore called the [[Sailor's Wife]], who only beds the men she weds. Sam confronts him for this and accuses him of breaking his vows, and Dareon responds by throwing his cloak in Sam's face and renouncing the Night's Watch. Sam begins pummeling Dareon,{{Ref|AFFC|26}} so [[Meralyn]] has Sam tossed out of the brothel into the canal.{{Ref|AFFC|26}} Sam, Gilly, and Aemon find passage on ''[[Cinnamon Wind]]'' and leave Braavos without the singer.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
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After his desertion, Dareon is successful for a time as a singer in Braavos, visiting the [[Cattery]], the Happy Port, and the [[House of Seven Lamps]]. The whores call him the black singer, though he begins wearing fancy clothing with only his boots remaining black.{{Ref|AFFC|34}} He sleeps at the Happy Port, where [[Lanna]] often asks him to sing love songs.{{Ref|AFFC|34}}
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Dareon is recognized as a deserter of the Night's Watch by [[Arya Stark]], who, under her guise of "Cat of the Canals", sells oysters for the Braavosi fishmonger [[Brusco]] in the same areas where Dareon sings. Arya accompanies Dareon when he departs the Happy Port one night, and he brags he will one day perform in the [[Sealord's Palace]]. The singer also admits he remained behind when Sam left Braavos. Arya lures Dareon into an alley and slits his throat as punishment for his desertion. She dumps his body into a canal, though she keeps his boots.{{Ref|AFFC|34}}
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==Quotes by Dareon==
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{{Quote|'''Dareon''': The stewards are fine for the likes of you and me, [[Samwell Tarly|Sam]], but not for Lord Snow.<br>
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'''Jon''': I'm a better swordsman and a better rider than any of you. It's not fair.<br>
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'''Dareon''': Fair? [[House Rowan|The girl]] was waiting for me, naked as the day she was born. She pulled me through the window, and you talk to me of fair?{{Ref|AGOT|48}}|Dareon and [[Jon Snow]]}}
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{{Quote|'''Samwell''': You should have asked [[Moonshadow|her]] for [[silver]]. It's [[coin]] we need, not kisses.<br>
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'''Dareon''': Some kisses are worth more than yellow [[gold]], Slayer.{{ref|AFFC|26}}|[[Samwell Tarly]] and Dareon}}
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{{Quote|'''Dareon''': Have a girl or go away, Sam. You're ruining my wedding.<br>
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'''Samwell''': I'll go, but you'll come with me.<br>
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'''Dareon''': No. I'm done with you. I'm done with [[Night's Watch|black]].{{Ref|AFFC|26}}|Dareon and [[Samwell Tarly]]}}
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{{Quote|Hard beds, salt cod, and endless watches, that's the [[Wall]]. Besides, there's no one half as pretty as you at [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea|Eastwatch]]. How could I ever leave you?{{ref|AFFC|34}}|Dareon to [[Blushing Bethany]]}}
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==Quotes about Dareon==
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{{Quote|Dareon, I am told that you sang at many a high lord's table and shared their meat and mead. We are sending you to [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]]. It may be your palate will be some help to [[Cotter Pyke]] when merchant galleys come trading.{{ref|AGOT|48}}|[[Jeor Mormont]] to Dareon}}
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{{Quote|'''Gilly''': That was pretty, Sam. You sing good."<br>
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'''Samwell''': You should hear Dareon. His voice is sweet as [[mead]].{{Ref|ASOS|46}}|[[Gilly]] and [[Samwell Tarly]]}}
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{{Quote|Dareon was supposed to be his brother. Ask him to sing, and no one could be better. Ask him to do aught else ...{{Ref|AFFC|26}}|thoughts of [[Samwell Tarly]]}}
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{{Quote|The whores called him the black singer, but there was hardly any black about him now. With the coin his singing brought him, the [[Night's Watch|crow]] had transformed himself into a peacock. Today he wore a plush purple cloak lined with vair, a striped white-and-lilac tunic, and the parti-colored breeches of a [[bravo]], but he owned a silken cloak as well, and one made of burgundy velvet that was lined with cloth-of-gold. The only black about him was his boots. Cat had heard him tell [[Lanna (Happy Port)|Lanna]] that he'd thrown all the rest in a canal. "I am done with darkness," he had announced.{{Ref|AFFC|34}}|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|He sings a pretty song. The gods must have loved him to give him such a voice, and that fair face as well.{{Ref|AFFC|34}}|The [[Sailor's Wife]] to [[Arya Stark|Cat of the Canals]]}}
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{{Quote|Dareon had been a deserter from the [[Night's Watch]]; he had deserved to die.{{Ref|ADWD|45}}|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}
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==Behind the scenes==
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Dareon may be a reference by [[George R. R. Martin]] to Daeron, an Elvish minstrel from ''[[w:The Silmarillion|The Silmarillion]]'' by [[w:J. R. R. Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien]].
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Latest revision as of 21:26, 14 December 2023

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Dareon by Amuelia

Aliases
Allegiance Night's Watch
Culture Reach
Born Westeros[3]
Died 300 AC
Braavos
Books

Played by Unidentified
TV series Game of Thrones: Season 1

Dareon is a recruit of the Night's Watch, known primarily for his excellent singing voice. Ser Alliser Thorne refers to him as Lover.[1]

Appearance and Character

A handsome[2] young man, Dareon has fair hair and hazel eyes.[4] The singer is a lothario, and Samwell Tarly thinks Dareon has "a loose tongue and quick temper".[5] He is a better singer than a fighter.[6][4]

Dareon is an aspiring songwriter who plays the fiddle and woodharp.[4] His voice is "honey poured over thunder", according to Maester Aemon.[7] Dareon knows numerous songs, including "The Day They Hanged Black Robin", "The Mermaid's Lament", "Autumn of My Day", "Iron Lances", "Seven Swords for Seven Sons," "Milady's Supper", "Her Little Flower", "Meggett Was a Merry Maid, a Merry Maid Was She", "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", and "A Thousand Eyes, and One".[4] He is also familiar with songs about Skagos.[4]

History

While an apprentice singer in the Reach, Dareon he was caught in bed with a daughter of Lord Mathis Rowan of Goldengrove. Though Dareon maintains that the girl was waiting for him naked and helped him into her room, under her father's eye she named it rape. Dareon was sent to the Wall,[7] though he maintains his innocence.[8][4]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Dareon is a recruit of the Night's Watch with Jon Snow,[6] and he sings sometimes at dinner.[7] According to Jon, Dareon is "quick, but afraid of being hit" during their training.[6]

Dareon is raised to a man of the Watch at the same time as Jon, with both named to the stewards. Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, sends Dareon to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, hoping the singer can aid Cotter Pyke when dealing with merchant ships.[8]

A Clash of Kings

Dareon serves as a steward and singer at Eastwatch.[9]

A Feast for Crows

Jon Snow, after being chosen Lord Commander, names Dareon as a replacement for Yoren, a missing wandering crow.[4] He sends Dareon south with Samwell Tarly, the elderly Maester Aemon, and Gilly, with the idea that his singing could bolster recruitment in southern Westeros for the Night's Watch.[10]

While sailing from Eastwatch to Braavos, Dareon sings numerous songs to the oarsmen of Blackbird, and they join him in singing "The Bear and the Maiden Fair".[4] The singer dislikes the wildling Gilly and the baby with her,[4] and he is often drunk on firewine.[4]

Aemon's condition worsens in Braavos, and they are forced to spend their coin on a healer and an inn. With their money running low, Dareon is sent to sing for coin, with which to buy food and passage. Instead, he becomes increasingly distant and desultory, and sings largely for wine and trade from the city's whores. He prefers to perform at the Inn of the Green Eel, the Black Bargeman, and Moroggo's, establishments along Ragman's Harbor where the Common Tongue is more likely to be spoken. He also sings at the Moon Pool, where the Moonshadow gives him a kiss on one occasion.[5]

Sam finds Dareon in a whorehouse called the Happy Port; Dareon has wed a whore called the Sailor's Wife, who only beds the men she weds. Sam confronts him for this and accuses him of breaking his vows, and Dareon responds by throwing his cloak in Sam's face and renouncing the Night's Watch. Sam begins pummeling Dareon,[5] so Meralyn has Sam tossed out of the brothel into the canal.[5] Sam, Gilly, and Aemon find passage on Cinnamon Wind and leave Braavos without the singer.[11]

After his desertion, Dareon is successful for a time as a singer in Braavos, visiting the Cattery, the Happy Port, and the House of Seven Lamps. The whores call him the black singer, though he begins wearing fancy clothing with only his boots remaining black.[2] He sleeps at the Happy Port, where Lanna often asks him to sing love songs.[2]

Dareon is recognized as a deserter of the Night's Watch by Arya Stark, who, under her guise of "Cat of the Canals", sells oysters for the Braavosi fishmonger Brusco in the same areas where Dareon sings. Arya accompanies Dareon when he departs the Happy Port one night, and he brags he will one day perform in the Sealord's Palace. The singer also admits he remained behind when Sam left Braavos. Arya lures Dareon into an alley and slits his throat as punishment for his desertion. She dumps his body into a canal, though she keeps his boots.[2]

Quotes by Dareon

Dareon: The stewards are fine for the likes of you and me, Sam, but not for Lord Snow.

Jon: I'm a better swordsman and a better rider than any of you. It's not fair.

Dareon: Fair? The girl was waiting for me, naked as the day she was born. She pulled me through the window, and you talk to me of fair?[8]

—Dareon and Jon Snow

Samwell: You should have asked her for silver. It's coin we need, not kisses.
Dareon: Some kisses are worth more than yellow gold, Slayer.[5]

Samwell Tarly and Dareon

Dareon: Have a girl or go away, Sam. You're ruining my wedding.

Samwell: I'll go, but you'll come with me.

Dareon: No. I'm done with you. I'm done with black.[5]

—Dareon and Samwell Tarly

Hard beds, salt cod, and endless watches, that's the Wall. Besides, there's no one half as pretty as you at Eastwatch. How could I ever leave you?[2]

—Dareon to Blushing Bethany

Quotes about Dareon

Dareon, I am told that you sang at many a high lord's table and shared their meat and mead. We are sending you to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. It may be your palate will be some help to Cotter Pyke when merchant galleys come trading.[8]

Jeor Mormont to Dareon

Gilly: That was pretty, Sam. You sing good."
Samwell: You should hear Dareon. His voice is sweet as mead.[12]

Dareon was supposed to be his brother. Ask him to sing, and no one could be better. Ask him to do aught else ...[5]

—thoughts of Samwell Tarly

The whores called him the black singer, but there was hardly any black about him now. With the coin his singing brought him, the crow had transformed himself into a peacock. Today he wore a plush purple cloak lined with vair, a striped white-and-lilac tunic, and the parti-colored breeches of a bravo, but he owned a silken cloak as well, and one made of burgundy velvet that was lined with cloth-of-gold. The only black about him was his boots. Cat had heard him tell Lanna that he'd thrown all the rest in a canal. "I am done with darkness," he had announced.[2]

—thoughts of Arya Stark

He sings a pretty song. The gods must have loved him to give him such a voice, and that fair face as well.[2]

Dareon had been a deserter from the Night's Watch; he had deserved to die.[13]

—thoughts of Arya Stark

Behind the scenes

Dareon may be a reference by George R. R. Martin to Daeron, an Elvish minstrel from The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien.

References