Ebony is a black wood usable as a building material. It is unknown if there is a connection with the black-barked trees of Qarth, the ironwoods of Westeros, or the nightwoods of Essos.
Material
[edit]The house of Tobho Mott in King's Landing has double doors decorated with a hunting scene in ebony and weirwood.[1]
The doors of the House of Black and White in Braavos are made of ebony and weirwood. A statue of the Lion of Night is located within the temple on an ebony throne.[2] Faceless Men gather beneath the temple in a chamber housing tall chairs of ebony and weirwood.[3]
Some inhabitants of Asshai ride in palanquins of ebony and iron.[4]
History
[edit]Ebony from the Summer Isles was popular in the Valyrian Freehold.[5]
According to Mushroom, Sandoq the Shadow played a stringed instrument of ebony and goldenheart for Larra Rogare.[6]
Maester Caleotte designed a rolling chair with wheels of ebony and iron for Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne.[7]
Recent Events
[edit]A Clash of Kings
[edit]Xaro Xhoan Daxos gives Daenerys Targaryen a palanquin of ebony and gold.[8] Within the House of the Undying, Daenerys sees doors of ebony and weirwood. Drogon flies to the top of a door and bites at the carved wood.[9]
A Storm of Swords
[edit]Following the siege of Meereen, Daenerys replaces the harpy throne in the Great Pyramid's audience chamber with a simple bench of polished ebony.[10][11]
A Feast for Crows
[edit]Doran Martell has a rolling chair with wheels of ebony and iron made by Maester Caleotte.[7]
A Dance with Dragons
[edit]Ser Balon Swann delivers the Mountain's skull to Sunspear in a box of carved ebony.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 6, Arya I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 64, The Ugly Little Girl.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: The Summer Isles.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 40, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 48, Daenerys IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 71, Daenerys VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 59, The Discarded Knight.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 38, The Watcher.