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*[[Shrouded Lord]], said to be a corsair from the [[Basilisk Isles]] | *[[Shrouded Lord]], said to be a corsair from the [[Basilisk Isles]] | ||
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− | *[[Aurane Waters]], the [[Bastard]] of [[Driftmark]], former [[master of ships|grand admiral]] to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] and possibly the self-styled Lord of the | + | *[[Aurane Waters]], the [[Bastard]] of [[Driftmark]], former [[master of ships|grand admiral]] to Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] and possibly the self-styled [[Lord of the Waters]] |
==References and Notes== | ==References and Notes== |
Revision as of 19:00, 26 February 2017
Pirates or corsairs commit acts of robbery or criminal violence at sea, on a shore, or in other major bodies of water, such as the river pirates on the Rhoyne.
Contents
Dens
Pirates make their dens upon the Stepstones and venture forth to prey on honest men.[1]
While the Qohorik rule the Qhoyne and the Darkwash north of Ar Noy, pirates are thickest on the rivers between Ar Noy and the Sorrows. There are pirates on Dagger Lake, which is full of islands where pirates lurk in hidden caves and secret strongholds. Pirates do not sail into the Sorrows, and the Rhoyne south of the Sarrows is held by Volantene galleys.[2]
The Basilisk Isles off Sothoryos is a base for corsairs who raid shipping in the Summer Sea for captives to sell as slaves in Meereen, Yunkai, and Astapor.[3]
History
The Three Sisters have been a favorite haunt of smugglers for hundreds of years, and were pirate nests before that. The ancestors of House Borrell of Sweetsister were pirate kings until the Starks came down on them with fire and sword in the Rape of the Three Sisters.[4]
Bellegere Otherys, the first Black Pearl of Braavos and the fourth of Aegon IV Targaryen's mistresses, was a pirate queen.[5][6]
The Braavosi innkeeper Pynto was formerly a pirate.[7]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Stannis Baratheon hires Salladhor Saan, a Lysene pirate known as the Prince of the Narrow Sea, to provide him with more ships to aid in his battle for the Iron Throne.[8]
A Storm of Swords
Three days before Daenerys Targaryen inspects Unsullied in Astapor, a corsair king was interested in purchasing one hundred of the slave soldiers.[9]
A Feast for Crows
The Cinnamon Wind is attacked by pirates off the Stepstones.[10]
Aurane Waters flees King's Landing with the royal dromonds after the arrest of Queen Cersei Lannister. Grand Maester Pycelle believes that Aurane is sailing to the Stepstones to set himself up as a pirate.[11]
A Dance with Dragons
When Quentyn Martell sails incognito on the Meadowlark, pirates come aboard when the ship is anchored off the coast of the Disputed Lands; the crew fends off the pirates off at the cost of twelve lives. [12]
The Winds of Winter
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Lady Nymella Toland tells Princess Arianne Martell that a new pirate king, calling himself the "Lord of the Waters", has set up on Torturer's Deep.
Known Pirates
- a corsair king active in the Summer Sea
- Prendos
- Korra the Cruel, based in Dagger Lake
- Pynto, a Braavosi innkeeper and former pirate
- Salladhor Saan, Lord of Blackwater Bay and self-styled Prince of the Narrow Sea, a Lysene pirate and sellsail
- Shrouded Lord, said to be a corsair from the Basilisk Isles
- Urho the Unwashed, based in Dagger Lake
- Aurane Waters, the Bastard of Driftmark, former grand admiral to Queen Cersei Lannister and possibly the self-styled Lord of the Waters
References and Notes
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 8, Tyrion III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 16, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 34, Cat Of The Canals.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 45, The Blind Girl.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 23, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 35, Samwell IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 43, Cersei X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 6, The Merchant's Man.