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| Title = Elder Brother
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| Title = [[Knight|Ser]]<br>[[Elder Brother]]
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| Allegiance = [[House Targaryen]] (formerly)<br>[[Faith of the Seven]]<br>[[Quiet Isle]]
 
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| Culture = [[Rivermen]]
 
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| Date_of_Birth = +/- [[256 AL]]
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|255}} or {{Date|256}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)|Elder Brother (Quiet Isle)]] calculation.''</ref>
 
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| Books = [[A Feast for Crows]] (Appears)
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| Books = ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appears)
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The '''Elder Brother''' is the leader of the Refuge on the [[Quiet Isle]]. He is reputed to have powers as a healer.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 31|Chapter 31]], Brienne</ref>
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The '''Elder Brother''' is the leader of a [[septry]] on the [[Quiet Isle]]. He is reputed to have powers as a healer.{{Ref|AFFC|31}} This [[Elder Brother|elder brother's]] given name is unknown.
  
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
He is a tall man, with a large, square head, shrewd eyes, a veined, red nose, and a heavy jaw. He shaves his head.
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The Elder Brother is a tall man, with a large, square head, shrewd eyes, a veined, red nose, and a heavy jaw. He shaves his head.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The Elder Brother was once a knight. His father and his family had all been knights. He was the third son of a knight and had nothing to offer the woman he wanted to marry but the shield, sword and horse of his knighthood. He fought for [[House Targaryen]] at the [[Battle of the Trident]] where he was knocked unconscious. Others thought him dead so they stripped his armor and possessions and dumped his body into the river. He floated downstream where he woke up naked on the Quiet Isle. He spent the next ten years in silence.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 31|Chapter 31]], Brienne</ref>
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The Elder Brother was the third son of a family of [[knight]]s, and he had nothing to offer the woman he wanted to marry but the shield, sword and horse of his own knighthood. He fought for [[House Targaryen]] at the [[Battle of the Trident]] where he was knocked unconscious. Others thought him dead so they stripped his armor and possessions and dumped his body into the [[Trident]]. He floated downstream where he woke up naked on the [[Quiet Isle]]. He spent the next ten years in silence.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Feast for Crows===
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Brienne of Tarth|Brienne]], [[Hyle Hunt]], [[Podrick Payne]] and Septon [[Meribald]] met with the Elder Brother on the Quiet Isle. He tells them of the events at [[Saltpans]] and the end of the true [[Sandor Clegane]] and breaks the news to [[Brienne]] that it was [[Arya Stark]] that Sandor had held captive, not [[Sansa Stark]].<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 31|Chapter 31]], Brienne</ref>
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[[Brienne of Tarth]], Ser [[Hyle Hunt]], [[Podrick Payne]], and Septon [[Meribald]] meet with the Elder Brother on the [[Quiet Isle]]. He tells them of the [[raid on Saltpans]] and the end of [[Sandor Clegane]], and he informs Brienne that it was [[Arya Stark]] whom Sandor held captive, not [[Sansa Stark]].{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
  
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|The Seven have blessed our Elder Brother with healing hands. He has restored many a man to health that even the maesters could not cure, and many a woman too.{{Ref|AFFC|31}}|[[Narbert]] to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}
  
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{{Quote|He looks more like a man made to break bones than to heal one, thought the Maid of [[Tarth]], as the Elder Brother strode across the room to embrace Septon [[Meribald]] and pat [[Dog (Meribald)|Dog]].{{Ref|AFFC|31}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}
  
==References and Notes==
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==References==
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{{References}}
  
 
[[Category:Characters from the Riverlands]]
 
[[Category:Characters from the Riverlands]]
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[[Category:Healers]]
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[[Category:Knights]]
 
[[Category:Members of the Faith]]
 
[[Category:Members of the Faith]]
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[[Category:Members of the Quiet Isle's septry]]
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[[Category:Nobles]]
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[[Category:Royalists of Robert's Rebellion]]
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[[Category:Unnamed characters]]
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[[Category:Veterans of Robert's Rebellion]]
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[[ru:Старший брат]]
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Latest revision as of 19:24, 15 January 2023

Star of the Faith.svgElder BrotherStar of the Faith.svg
Titles
Allegiances
Culture Rivermen
Born 255 AC or 256 AC[1]
Book A Feast for Crows (appears)

The Elder Brother is the leader of a septry on the Quiet Isle. He is reputed to have powers as a healer.[2] This elder brother's given name is unknown.

Appearance

The Elder Brother is a tall man, with a large, square head, shrewd eyes, a veined, red nose, and a heavy jaw. He shaves his head.[2]

History

The Elder Brother was the third son of a family of knights, and he had nothing to offer the woman he wanted to marry but the shield, sword and horse of his own knighthood. He fought for House Targaryen at the Battle of the Trident where he was knocked unconscious. Others thought him dead so they stripped his armor and possessions and dumped his body into the Trident. He floated downstream where he woke up naked on the Quiet Isle. He spent the next ten years in silence.[2]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Brienne of Tarth, Ser Hyle Hunt, Podrick Payne, and Septon Meribald meet with the Elder Brother on the Quiet Isle. He tells them of the raid on Saltpans and the end of Sandor Clegane, and he informs Brienne that it was Arya Stark whom Sandor held captive, not Sansa Stark.[2]

Quotes

The Seven have blessed our Elder Brother with healing hands. He has restored many a man to health that even the maesters could not cure, and many a woman too.[2]

He looks more like a man made to break bones than to heal one, thought the Maid of Tarth, as the Elder Brother strode across the room to embrace Septon Meribald and pat Dog.[2]

—thoughts of Brienne of Tarth

References

  1. See the Elder Brother (Quiet Isle) calculation.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 31, Brienne VI.