Fool
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A fool, is a court jester used to entertain nobles and their guests at court. Fools are sometimes lackwits and simpletons.
They often wear brightly coloured motley. They use storytelling, japes, juggling, music, acrobatics and other skills to entertain their audiences.
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Known Fools
- Mushroom - a dwarf fool of the court at King Viserys I Targaryen in King's Landing. Lived trough the reign of King Aegon II Targaryen, and at least partly through the reign of King Aegon III Targaryen.
- Lord Toad - a hunchbacked fool at Casterly Rock during the time of Lord Gerold the Golden.
Legendary Fools
- Florian the Fool - a great fool and a great knight
Dunk and Egg
- Lord Swann's fool
A Song of Ice and Fire
- Moon Boy - the royal fool of the court at King's Landing
- Butterbumps - fool and jester of House Tyrell
- Jinglebell - son of Ser Stevron Frey and lackwit fool
- Shagwell - psychotic jester and member of the Brave Companions
- Ser Dontos Hollard – a drunken knight made court fool
- Wyman Manderly's fool - used by one of Betharios of Braavos's handmaids to gather information for Symond Frey
Quotes
- Dontos Hollard to Sansa Stark
All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than the ones with crowns.[2]
- Olenna Redwyne to Sansa Stark
References and Notes
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 52, Sansa IV, p 548.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 6, Sansa I, p 67.