A turnkey is a dungeon overseer who is under the command of the undergaoler.[1]
Recent Events
[edit]A Game of Thrones
[edit]Mord, the turnkey of the Sky cells, repeatedly taunts the prisoner Tyrion Lannister, dropping his food over the side and beating him with his leather strap, but Tyrion promises him gold if he tells Lady Lysa Arryn that Tyrion wishes to confess his crimes.[2]
A Storm of Swords
[edit]When Jaime Lannister forces Varys to help him release his convicted brother Tyrion Lannister,[1] Varys drugs the turnkeys with sweetsleep.[3]
A Feast for Crows
[edit]Boros Blount learns from the gaolers that Tyrion disappeared from the black cells. The Queen Cersei Lannister then orders Boros and Osmund Kettleblack to murder the two turnkeys who fell asleep during Tyrion's escape.[4]
A Dance with Dragons
[edit]When Davos Seaworth is held captive at the Wolf's Den, he meets Garth, a gaoler and headsman, and Therry, a young turnkey.[5]
Quotes
[edit]Varys had transformed himself into a grizzled turnkey, reeking of sweat and sour wine.[6]
—thoughts of Eddard Stark
The turnkey was twenty stone of gross stupidity, with brown rotting teeth and small dark eyes.[7]
— thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 8, Jaime I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 42, Tyrion VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 77, Tyrion XI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 3, Cersei I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 29, Davos IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 58, Eddard XV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.