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The Mother's Hymn

**The Mother's Hymn** is a hymn to the Mother of the Faith of the Seven. Sansa sings it with the other ladies of the court in Maegor's Holdfast, during the Battle of the Blackwater. She later sings the last verse again for Sandor Clegane in her bedchamber, just before he flees from the city.

## Lyrics

Gentle Mother, font of mercy,

save our sons from war, we pray,

stay the swords and stay the arrows,

let them know a better day.

Gentle Mother, strength of women,

help our daughters through this fray,

soothe the wrath and tame the fury,

teach us all a kinder way.
The World of Ice and Fire

**The World of Ice and Fire** is a companion volume to the *Song of Ice and Fire* novels. The book is being written by Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson in consultation with George R.R. Martin and will be published in the USA by Bantam. The text was finalised in April 2014. A provisional release date has been set for November 2014, dependant on when the book's remaining artwork is submitted.

Garcia and Antonsson are the webmasters and creators of Westeros.org, the largest online concordence of information on the series and also the site of its largest fan forum. Martin has already confirmed that he sometimes uses the existing online concordence to rapidly double-check information if he is away from his notes. He has joked that his co-authors know more about Westeros than he does. Garcia and Antonsson started work on the book in 2008, mostly writing it whilst Martin worked on the novels. Martin then added additional material and chapters after completing the fifth novel in the series.

## Description

The world book will be a companion volume to the series, consisting of sections on history, geography and heraldry. There will also be a substantial guide to both major and minor characters in the series, and original artwork throughout. Tolkien artist Ted Nasmith has already completed a number of portraits of the major castles of Westeros for the project. There will also be some new maps.

## Cut material

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After finishing *A Dance with Dragons*, Martin started working on material for the world book. His expansion of the material for the Dance of Dragons grew extremely long, so he cut it and turned it into a novella, *The Princess and the Queen*, which will be published in his *Dangerous Women* anthology.
The Rains of Castamere

**The Rains of Castamere** is a song chronicling the fall of House Reyne and House Tarbeck at the hands of a young Tywin Lannister. The song serves as a reminder to houses of the Westerlands of what befalls those who rise against Casterly Rock.

## Lyrics

And who are you, the proud lord said,

that I must bow so low?

Only a cat of a different coat,

that's all the truth I know.

In a coat of gold or a coat of red,

a lion still has claws,

And mine are long and sharp, my lord,

as long and sharp as yours.

And so he spoke, and so he spoke,

that Lord of Castamere,

But now the rains weep o'er his hall,

with no one there to hear.

Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall,

and not a soul to hear.
Shrike

## The Shrike

The **Shrike** was a priest of the Drowned God on the Iron Islands during the reigns of King Harmund III Hoare and his brother, King Hagon Hoare.

## History

Harmund III had been raised to follow the Faith of the Seven and, due to this background, announced that reavers would be hanged as pirates, outlawed salt wives, claiming the offspring of such marriages were no more than bastards and held no right to inheritance, and considered outlawing the tradition of thralldom also. The Shrike started to preach against him as a result of these actions.

Soon, other priests took up the call, and the lords of the Iron Islands listened. The Shrike managed to overthrow Harmund bloodlessly. Afterwards, the Shrike took Harmund's tongue, to prevent him from speaking "lies and blasphemies!. Harmund was also blinded and his nose cut off.

Harmund's brother, Hagon Hoare, succeeded him, and allowed for the mutilation of his mother, Dowager Queen Lelia Lannister, whom the Shrike blamed for turning King Harmund II Hoare away from the Drowned God and towards the Faith of the Seven.

The westermen wanted vengeance for what happened to Lelia and, led by Ser Aubrey Crakehall, defeated Hagon. Aubrey then named himself the new King of the Iron Islands. His reign lasted for less than half a year. He was captured by the Ironborn and the Shrike sacrificed him to the sea.
Valyrian Peninsula

The **Valyrian Peninsula** is a large headland extending south from Essos into the Summer Sea. It is located south-east of the Free Cities and west of Slaver's Bay. It was the former location of Valyria, the capital city of the Valyrian Freehold. The southern part of the peninsula was destroyed in the volcanic cataclysm known as the Doom of Valyria some four hundred years before the War of the Five Kings.

## Geography

The Valyrian Peninsula was originally about 900 miles long from north to south and was about 600 miles across from east to west, at its widest point. The Doom shattered the southern third or so of the peninsula, reducing it to three large and numerous smaller islands surrounding by smouldering waters (an area known as the Smoking Sea). The main breach came along the volcanic chain known as the Fourteen Fires, at least some of which survived the Doom to continue belching smoke and lava into the sky.

Most of the Valyrian Peninsula is uninhabited, lying as it does in the shadow of the Fourteen Fires and the volcanic debris they continue to emit. The Lands of the Long Summer, formerly the Valyrian hinterland, are located on the peninsula and are no longer settled. The western half of the peninsula is dominated by the Sea of Sighs, at the northern tip of which lies the city of Mantarys. The largest settled city on the peninsula, Mantarys is considered a nightmarish city of demons and is shunned by travellers and merchants, who prefer to take the much longer (but much safer) sea trip right around Valyria instead.

At the north-eastern tip of the peninsula, where it joins the mainland, lies the city of Tolos. The city of Elyria lies on an island just off its north-eastern coast.

Valyrian roads criss-cross the peninsula, having survived even the Doom, but are no longer regularly used. The road stretching across the neck of the peninsula is known as the Demon Road between Volantis and Tolos (the stretch centered on Mantarys) and is also shunned, for the same reasons that Mantary is avoided.

The Painted Mountains separate the Valyrian Peninsula from the Dothraki Sea to the north.
Summer

**Summer** is the direwolf that belongs to Bran Stark. He is the littermate of Grey Wind, Ghost, Nymeria, Shaggydog and Lady.

In the books, he is described as having silvery grey fur and yellow eyes, but in the show, he has yellow fur.

## A Game of Thrones

**Summer** serves as protection for Bran Stark after he becomes crippled. When an intruder, hired by House Lannister, attempts to kill him, Catelyn Stark and Summer kill the assassin.

## A Clash of Kings

**Summer** becomes even more bonded to Bran Stark, to the point that it seems Bran Stark can transport himself into **Summer**'s body while he is asleep (making him a warg.) He learns that this is significant from Jojen Reed. He also regularly threatens the two boys of House Frey who have come to stay with the family, using Summer to make up for his injury.
Ternesio Terys

**Ternesio Terys** is a trader from Braavos and captain of the *Titan's Daughter*.

## Books

### A Feast for Crows

He guides the ship under the legendary Titan of Braavos, and has a conversation with two other captains shortly after. He is very eager to drop Arya off on the shore before the ship comes into port. He makes sure that she knows his name before letting her depart.
Sweetport Sound

**Sweetport Sound** is the seat of House Sunglass. It is sworn to House Baratheon of Dragonstone.

## Location

Sweetport Sound is located in the Crownlands, though its exact location is unknown.

## Books

### A Storm of Swords

Guncer Sunglass, the Lord of Sweetport Sound, gets burned alive by Melisandre. His brother inherits his family seat, and then frees for Volantis.
Steffarion Sparr

**Steffarion Sparr** is the only known child of The Sparr, an Ironborn lord on the island of Great Wyk. He is the heir to the lands and titles of House Sparr.

## History

Steffarion was drowned for the Drowned God on his first nameday, as per the rituals of The Iron Islands. Aeron Greyjoy believes that it will have been little more than him being placed in a bowl of saltwater.

## Books

### A Feast for Crows

Steffarion joins his father and Gormond Goodbrother in riding down to the beach where Aeron and his Drowned Men are honouring the Drowned God. There they inform him of the death of his brother, King Balon Greyjoy. Steffarion offers to give his horse to Aeron, so he can ride to the Hammerhorn, but he takes Gormond's instead.
Tyrion I - A Game of Thrones

## Overview

Tyrion Lannister breaks his fast with his brother and sister, telling them that Maester Luwin believes that Bran Stark will live, even after the damage done to him by Jaime Lannister pushing him from a tower of Winterfell.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Tyrion Lannister
* Jaime Lannister

### Minor Characters

* Septon Chayle
* Joffrey Baratheon
* Sandor Clegane
* Myrcella Baratheon
* Tommen Baratheon
* Cersei Lannister

## Locations

* The North
* Winterfell
Simon Toyne

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**Simon Toyne** is an unseen character in *Game of Thrones*. He is not expected to appear in the series, being long dead by the time it starts. Simon Toyne was the leader of the Kingswood Brotherhood. He was killed by Ser Barristan Selmy.

#### **Background**

Simon Toyne was the leader of the Kingswood Brotherhood, a band of outlaws and bandits opposed to the rule of House Targaryen. They inhabited the Kingswood, a large area of woodland south-east of King's Landing. Roughly twenty years before the events of the series, King Aerys II Targaryen ordered the Brotherhood destroyed, a mission led by Ser Barristan Selmy of the Kingsguard. Selmy himself killed Toyne with a counter-riposte, a move witnessed by the then-squire Jaime Lannister.[1]

Season1

Jaime recalls Selmy killing Toyne and cites his counter-riposte as the finest sword move he'd ever seen

##### **In the books**[1]

In the *Song of Ice and Fire* novels, Simon was a descendant of House Toyne. House Toyne was formerly a house of honor, with one member serving in the Kingsguard of King Aegon IV Targaryen. When Aegon IV found this knight abed with one of his mistresses, he had him executed in a horrible fashion. The knight's brothers declared war against House Targaryen, slaying the infamous Dragonknight, Ser Aemon Targaryen. Simon was their descendant and the last of his line.

**Simon Toyne** was the leader of a group of outlaws calling themselves the Kingswood Brotherhood, who roamed the Kingswood during the reign of King Aerys II.

A member of the disgraced House Toyne, he led the brotherhood to infamy, kidnapping noblemen and earning the trust of the local smallfolk. Toyne even once competed in a tourney at Storm's End against Rhaegar Targaryen, disguised as a mystery knight.

When the Kingsguard cracked down on the brotherhood in 281 AL, Toyne was killed by Ser Barristan Selmy.

## Notes and References

1. ↑ *A Storm of Swords*

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Theomore Harlaw

Lord **Theomore Harlaw** was a past Lord of Ten Towers and Harlaw Hall. He was also the head of House Harlaw. He is the great-great grandfather of the current head of the house, Lord Rodrik Harlaw. He was wed six times.

## History

After losing three of his sons to sickness in the cradle, Theomore decided that the dampness of the ancestral Harlaw seat of Harlaw Hall was responsible. He decided to raise a new seat.

During the construction of his new seat, he changed his mind many times, and ten keeps were built. These keeps were eventually connected by bridges and walkways, and became known as Ten Towers.
Rhaella Targaryen

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**Rhaella Targaryen** was the sister-wife of Aerys II Targaryen and the mother of Rhaegar Targaryen, Viserys III Targaryen, and Daenerys I Targaryen. She died during childbirth with Daenerys.

## Marriage

She was not happy to marry her brother Aerys II Targaryen but did it due to the command of their family. They had a very bad marriage, and Aerys II Targaryen would only sleep with her after just having executed someone by burning, which aroused him perversely. He regularly abused her.

## Death

Her son Rhaegar Targaryen died during the fall of House Targaryen, when she was pregnant. She later gave birth to Daenerys I Targaryen on Dragonstone. She died during childbirth, leaving behind only Viserys III Targaryen and Daenerys I Targaryen.
Torrhen Stark

Torrhen Stark was the last King in the North. When Aegon the Conqueror brough his army north, Torrhen called up his bannerman to meet them. When he saw the size of the army, swelled by the ranks of their conquered foes and Aegon's three dragons, he knew that his army couldn't win. Rather than watching his people suffer and die fiery deaths on the battlefield, Torrhen bent the knee to Aegon the Conquerer. Aegon named him Lord Paramont of the North. However, Torrhen would forever after be known as "The King Who Knelt".
Syrio Forel

**Syrio Forel** is a Bravo master fencer, and a former First Sword of Braavos. He trains Arya Stark while she is in King's Landing at the request of her father, Lord Eddard Stark. He is killed by Ser Meryn Trant, a knight of the Kingsguard .

Appearance and Character
Syrio is a slight, bald man with a beak of a nose. He is very strict and used to give Arya an extremely hard training that lord Eddard wanted to have Jory Cassel take over her lessons.

## History

The day the old First Sword died, the Sealord of Braavos sent for Syrio. Syrio, upon entering the Sealord's presence, was asked what was special about the cat, claimed to be from a far off land, seated on the Sealord's lap. Syrio answered him truthfully, telling him that he has seen tomcats like him a thousand times in the alleys of Braavos. Because he saw the reality of what the cat was, common not special and male not female, he was named First Sword.

## Books

### A game of thrones.

Eddard Stark hires Syrio to teach Arya Stark how to use her sword, Needle, believing the slender blade would suit the Braavosi water dancer style.

Syrio trains Arya using wooden swords filled with lead. He also mentors her on how to move and think like a warrior: to be perceptive, move with grace, and command her fear. Syrio teaches Arya to see with her ears, nose, and skin, and he covers her eyes with a black cloth over her eyes and has her do spins and backflips.

After the Hand's tourney, Eddard and his household are at the feast. His daughters are finally being cordial each other, and Sansa asks Arya how her dancing has gone. Arya happily tells her she is sore all over, and shows her a nasty bruise on her leg. Sansa states that she must be a terrible dancer. Later, while Sansa is busy, Eddard exams the Arya’s bruise himself while she is standing on one leg—she is getting better at that. He asks if Syrio Forel is being too hard on her, and she replies that Syrio says every hurt is a lesson and every lesson makes you better. Eddard is concerned even though Syrio had come with an excellent reputation, and the Braavosi style suits Arya’s slim blade. Eddard offers to have Jory Cassel take over her lessons, or maybe find someone else, but Arya emphatically tells Eddard she does not want them, she wants Syrio. Eddard knows that any decent master at arms could give Arya the basics of sword fighting without the blindfolds, cartwheels and hopping around on one leg, but he knows there was no arguing with her. He tells her very well, and to try to be careful.

When Cersei Lannister ordered all Starks in the Red Keep to be captured or killed, Syrio orders Arya to flee while he holds off the Lannister men. With only his wooden practice sword, he defeats or kills five guardsmen and then attacks Ser Meryn Trant of the Kingsguard. Syrio rains down ineffective blows onto Meryn's plate armor until his sword is cut in half. Arya flees, obeying Syrio's orders.

## Quotes

"Boy, girl, You are a sword, that is all." To Arya Stark.

"My words lied. My eyes and my arm shouted out the truth, but you were not seeing." To Arya Stark.
The Last of the Giants

**The Last of the Giants**  is a song sung by Ygritte and Tormund Giantsbane, among others, as Jon is riding with the Wildlings.

## Lyrics

Ooooooh, I am the last of the giants,

my people are gone from the earth.

The last of the great mountain giants,

who ruled all the world at my birth.

Oh the smallfolk have stolen my forests,

they’ve stolen my rivers and hills.

And they’ve built a great wall through my valleys,

and fished all the fish from my rills.

In stone halls they burn their great fires,

in stone halls they forge their sharp spears.

Whilst I walk alone in the mountains,

with no true companion but tears.

They hunt me with dogs in the daylight,

they hunt me with torches by night.

For these men who are small can never stand tall,

whilst giants still walk in the light.

Oooooooh, I am the LAST of the giants,

so learn well the words of my song.

For when I am gone the singing will fade,

and the silence shall last long and long.
Theon Stark

**Theon Stark** was a King of The North, known as the **Hungry Wolf** for the constant state of warfare during his reign, and his own gaunt appearance. He's buried at the crypts of Winterfell.

## Appearance and Character

Theon's statue in the crypts is depicted as thin, with long hair and a skinny beard

## Reign

Theon Stark, aided by House Bolton, defeated the greatest Andal invader, Argos Sevenstar, during the Battle of the Weeping Water and tied his body to the prow of his ship, sailing all the way to Andalos, where he slaughtered hundreds of Andals, and set their heads on spikes across the North's Eastern coast, a determent for future would be conquerors.

Theon later conquered the Three Sisters in the Bite and landed an army on The Fingers, possibly part of the War Across the Water. He also defeated rebels from the Rills and aided the Night's Watch in inflicting a defeat to the Wildlings that would take an entire generation for the wildlings to recover.

Harrag Hoare, King of the Iron Islands, led an army across the western coast, conquering the Stony Shore and burning part of the Wolfswood. Harrag's son Ravos the Raper set his base on Bear Island, but was eventually killed by Theon, expelling the Ironborn from his shores.
Tristifer Botley

**Tristifer Botley**, known to his friends as **Tris Botley**, is the second son of Lord Sawane Botley.

## Appearance and Character

He has messy hair and large eyes. He is considered handsome.

## History

Tris was amongst the five boys brought to Pyke to act as the foster sons of Alannys Harlaw after the deaths of two of her sons during the Greyjoy Rebellion. Tris became friends with Asha Greyjoy, but was sent away to Blacktyde by Balon Greyjoy after the two were caught touching each other.

## Books

### A Feast for Crows

Tristifer became the rightful Lord of Lordsport after his father was killed by Euron Greyjoy and his elder brother died during the Siege of Moat Cailin. He is, however, passed over, and his uncle, Germund, is named the new Lord.

Tris travels to Ten Towers after Lord Rodrik Harlaw calls all those loyal to Asha to gather there. He meets her there, and declares his love for her, but is spurned. Despite this, he stands as one of her champions during the Kingsmoot on Old Wyk.

### A Dance with Dragons

Tristifer travels to Deepwood Motte with Asha as she contemplates her next move. He proposes that the Ironborn under Asha abandon Westeros and try to make a living for themselves as traders. He is captured along with Asha when the castle is taken by Stannis Baratheon. Despite not being a warrior, he fought bravely during the battle.

He is later ransomed and freed by Tycho Nestoris, who needs an escort to guide him to the army of Stannis, which is camped nearby to Winterfell.
Red Jester

***Red Jester*** is an Ironborn longship belonging to House Stonehouse. its captain is Ralf Stonehouse. It is one of the ships of the Iron Fleet.

## Books

### A Dance with Dragons

*Red Jester* accompanies the rest of the Iron Fleet on their journey to Slaver's Bay. Ralf is sent along the Northern coast of Sothoryos by Victarion Greyjoy, and is currently missing. It is assumed that *Red Jester* is missing with him.
Old Gods

The children of the forest were the first inhabitants of Westeros and they worshiped the Old Gods. These were the ancient spirits of the forest which were given form in the sacred weir wood trees, which the children gave faces to and through which green seers could see throughout the lands.

The First Men arrived in Westeros crossing over a bridge of land that in those days connected Dorne to Essos. They fought bitterly against the Children of the Forest, but eventually reached a truce. In time the First Men adopted the gods of the children and worshiped at the weir wood heart trees.

When the Andal invaders came to Westeros, they brought with them the worship of the Seven Gods, which became the dominant religion in the lower six kingdoms, but in the north which the Andals never conquered, worship of the Old Gods continued.
War for the Dawn

The **War for the Dawn** was a major conflict in the history of Westeros, although it happened such a vast period of time ago that it is held to be little more than myth now.

Approximately eight thousand years before Aegon's Landing, in the midst of a great winter that lasted for years, a terrible darkness fell across Westeros and the east. The Long Night lasted a generation and laid waste to much of the world through famine and terror. In the midst of this darkness a race of apparent demons emerged from the uttermost north, wielding razor-thin swords of ice and raising the dead to fight the living. The children of the forest and their allies, the First Men, fought valiantly against them, but were driven southwards by their advance. The 'Others', as these demons were called, were eventually checked when it was discovered that weapons made of dragonglass (obsidian) could kill them. A great hero, who in the eastern tradition is known as Azor Ahai, led the war against the Others wielding his sword of fire, Lightbringer. Eventually the Others were driven back into the Lands of Always Winter. Brandon Stark, known as Bran the Builder, raised a great Wall of ice, gravel and magic, stretching one hundred leagues from the Gorge to the Shivering Sea to prevent the Others coming again. Brandon Stark was declared the First King in the North. The fortress of Winterfell (and possibly Storm's End in the south) was built at this time, and the Night's Watch founded to maintain a watch on the Wall. A later prophecy claimed that the Others would return and Azor Ahai, the Prince that was Promised, would be reborn to lead the fight against them.
Siege of Storm's End

Belligerents| **Rebels*** House Baratheon
	+ House Wylde
* House Stark (relief force)
	+ House Redwyne
	+ House Rowan

Losses| Heavy* Ser Gawen Wylde†
* All horses, dogs, and cats
* Donal Noye (WIA)

The **Siege of Storm's End**  was an important engagement in Robert's Rebellion. Lord Robert Baratheon's army had been driven from the south by the forces of Mace Tyrell, leaving the Stormlands largely unprotected. Robert named his brother Stannis the Castellan of Storm's End to hold the castle until his return.

Stannis was young and untested in battle, and most expected him to surrender when the Tyrell army laid siege to the castle. Paxter Redwyne's fleet had sealed off Shipbreaker Bay to any ships that might try to supply the beleaguered defenders. Stannis proved stubborn, however, and he held Storm's End through a full year of siege, despite the fact that his own men were starving. They were nearly forced to eat their own dead.

Fortunately, before they were forced to that extreme, a notorious smuggler named Davos sailed through the stormy bay and right past the Redwyne ships to land under the castle. The food he brought allowed the garrison to survive long enough for Eddard Stark to lead a rebel army to their defense. There proved to be no battle; the Battle of the Trident had already been fought, and as soon as the rebels appeared on the field, Lord Tyrell surrendered.

Davos was knighted for assisting the garrison, but Stannis decreed that he must lose one joint from each finger on his left hand for his years of smuggling. Forthwith, Davos was known as *Davos Shorthand*, and took the name Seaworth for his new house.
Titan's Daughter

**The *Titan's Daughter*** is a merchant ship from Braavos, and is captained by Ternesio Terys.

## Books

### A Feast for Crows

The ship arrives at Braavos with Arya still on board. She is disguised as a poor girl called Salty. Some of the sailors try to befriend her, and many give her gifts or teach her words in the Braavosi language. They also try to teach her their names. Arya is forced to disembark by Ternesio. and his son, Yorko Terys, is tasked with rowing her ashore.

## Known Crew

* Ternesio Terys - The Ship's captain.

* Yorko Terys - Ternesio's son. He has an unknown role.

* Denyo Terys - Ternesio's son, a boy of twelve. He is the ship's cabin boy
Skagos

**Skagos** is a large island in the Bay of Seals, with the Shivering Sea washing against its northern and eastern shores. The currents around the water are treacherous, and the great autumn storms often cut off the island from the mainland, and make the journey from the north-east coast of Westeros to the Free Cities extremely hazardous. Skagos is a remote and harsh land dominated by hills and mountains, where the people are savage, little more than tribes of raiders who are thought to be cannibals. They either live in caves or grim, remote strongholds. In theory they owe fealty to the Stark in Winterfell, but they are mostly left to their own devices, unless they start causing trouble for other lands by raiding. Unicorns are reported to live on Skagos, but are normally considered a myth by outsiders.

Adjacent to Skagos is Skane, an island where all the inhabitants were reportedly slaughtered and than eaten by the Skagans.
The Sparr

**The Sparr** is the head and lord of House Sparr of Great Wyk. His given name is unknown.

## Appearance and Character

He is a hatchet-faced old man with watery eyes.

## History

He was ritually drowned in honour of the Drowned God when he was a boy.

## Books

### A Feast for Crows

The Sparr, his son Steffarion, and Gormond Goodbrother meet Aeron Greyjoy to give him the news that his brother, Balon Greyjoy, is dead.
The Crownlands

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The **Crownlands** form one of the constituent regions of Westeros.

Unlike the other regions, it was not a separate entity prior to the War of Conquest, instead being carved out of the territory of the Riverlands and Stormlands to form a region directly controlled by the King on the Iron Throne, dominated by the new city of King's Landing and the old Targaryen trading port of Dragonstone.

## People

Whoever holds King's Landing and Dragonstone controls the Crownlands and, by extension, has a strong claim to the Iron Throne itself. Currently both are held in the name of King Tommen Baratheon.

Bastards born in the Crownlands take the surname Waters.
Randyll Tarly

Lord **Randyll Tarly** is the Lord of Horn Hill, and the head of House Tarly.

## Personality

Randyll is a renowned and almost legendary commander of soldiers and armies, but that is his one and only redeeming quality. He is unspeakably cruel to his eldest son Sam, and has been his entire life, so much that he actually confessed that nothing would please him more than hunting Sam down if the latter didn't take the black and renounce his claim to Horn Hill. A pitiless and utterly warlike man in the best of times, Randyll easily resorts to violent and sadistic punishments that (strangely) seem to match the crime. He is considered both dangerous and invaluable because of his ruthlessness. Randyll is also an especially proud man, hence his devotion to raising Dickon Tarly to become the prospective lord of Horn Hill.

## Family

He is married to Melissa Florent, who bore him two sons, Samwell and Dickon. He was disappointed in Samwell not being manly or brave enough, so he threatened him into joining the Night's Watch.

## History

During Robert's Rebellion he defeated Robert I Baratheon at Ashford. He is considered one of the best soldiers in Westeros.

## In the Books

After King Robert's death, he joined his liege lord, Mace Tyrell, in supporting Renly Baratheon. In the early stages of the War of the Five Kings, he advised Brienne of Tarth that the men had placed bets on her virginity, as well as advising her that women have no place on the battlefield. He also fought with House Lannister at Blackwater against Stannis Baratheon.

He protected the city of Duskendale, capturing Harrion Karstark and Robett Glover and killing Helman Tallhart. He later took the town of Maidenpool.

He marched from Maidenpool to King's Landing after hearing that Margaery Tyrell had been imprisoned on the command of Cersei Lannister. From there, he was named as a good candidate for Hand of the King, but Mace Tyrell took the position instead.

He became the Master of Laws in King's Landing, being given the title by Kevan Lannister as a way of repairing the Lannister-Tyrell alliance.

## Notes and References

1. ↑ *A Clash of Kings*
2. ↑ *A Storm of Swords*
3. ↑ *A Feast for Crows*
4. ↑ *A Dance with Dragons*
Warlocks

The **warlocks** are a mysterious order of sorcerers who reside in the House of the Undying in Qarth.

Once their magic was powerful, but when dragons and all the other magical creatures of the world (unicorns, kraken, etc.) disappeared, their power beganto diminish. When the last dragon died, they lost most of their magic. However, their power is returning since Daenerys Targaryen's dragons hatched.

The ancient warlocks in the House of the Undying live on in a semblance of life, preserved by their combined power. They try to hold Daenerys and her dragons there, but she escapes them, setting fire to the place and killing the ancients. The warlocks have vowed to kill her for this, and even went to Pentos looking for her.
Northmen

The **Northmen** are the people from the North in Westeros.

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They are closely descended from the First Men and are described as tough, hard-lived and rugged. They worship the Old Gods and generally have disdainful feelings toward the south. Many of them are loyal to House Stark. Few Northmen chose to become knights because they do not believe in the Faith of the Seven, and the most common way to become a knight is to stand vigil through the night in a sept.
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Ser **Robert Strong** is a mysterious knight of the Kingsguard, who is abnormally large and tall. Ser Robert never shows his face, hidden under his greathelm, and never speaks. The reason for his silence is, according to Qyburn, that he has made a vow of silence that will last until all of King Tommen's enemies are dead.

## Appearance and Character

Ser Robert is around eight feet tall. He is inhumanly strong, with his massive weight being composed almost merely of muscles. He never shows his face, hiding it behind his greathelm, and he never speaks due to his supposed *vow of silence*. His armor is themed after the Faith of the Seven, with rainbow-colored feathers on his helmet and seven-pointed stars clasping his white cloak of the Kingsguard.

## Recent Events

### *A Dance with Dragons*

Prior to Queen Cersei Lannister's walk of atonement, she tells Qyburn to appoint a new member of the Kingsguard, who would fight as her champion in her trial by combat. When Cersei reaches the Red Keep, Qyburn introduces Ser Robert Strong as the newest member of the Kingsguard, and her champion in the coming trial by combat.

Ser Meryn Trant notes that he never saw Ser Robert eat or drink, and Ser Boros Blount claimed that he never used the privy. Kevan Lannister, Mace Tyrell, and Randyll Tarly are quick to speculate on Ser Robert's identity. However, Kevan says that his identity, as of now, is a petty issue, and that all that matters is that he emerges victorious in Cersei's trial by combat.
Tyrion II - A Game of Thrones

## Overview

Tyrion Lannister begins the ride north to the Wall, accompanied by Benjen Stark and Jon Snow. He thinks of the death of dragons, and Jon finally understands that the Night's Watch isn't the legendary bastion that he believed it to be.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Tyrion Lannister
* Jon Snow

### Minor Characters

* Benjen Stark
* Yoren
* Morrec

## Locations

* The North
* The Wolfswood
Kaeth

**Kaeth** was a maester of the Citadel. Circa 257 AL he was made Grand Maester at the age of eighty and sent to serve the court of King Aegon V Targaryen in King's Landing. He served for less than a year before dying. He was succeeded by Ellendore.

Kaeth is well-regarded for his work, *Lives of Four Kings*, a detailed history of the reigns of Kings Daeron I, Baelor the Blessed, Aegon IV Targaryen and Daeron II. The book is considered to be an excellent treatise of the art of rulership. Ser Kevan Lannister and his nephew Tyrion are amongst its appreciators, as was Prince Oberyn Martell.

Kaeth was the first of three Grand Maesters to die in less than two years, which eventually encouraged the Citadel to elect Pycelle to the post at the surprisingly young age of forty-two.
Ten Towers

**Ten Towers** is the modern ancestral seat of House Harlaw. The current lord of the castle is Rodrik Harlaw.

## History

Ten Towers is the newest castle of the Iron Islands. It was built by Lord Theomore Harlaw, who blamed the dampness of Harlaw Hall, the old Harlaw seat, for the deaths of three infant sons. Theomore was indecisive, however, so built ten separate keeps, which were connected by bridges and walkways.

Whilst in her youth, Asha Greyjoy preferred spending her time at Ten Towes than the Greyjoy seat of Pyke. She enjoyed racing on the walkways, and reading in her uncle's vast library,

## Locations in the Castle

### The Main Hall

The main hall of Ten Towers is where the high seat of House Harlaw sits. Above the seat hang two giant scythes made of silver,

### The Widow's Tower

The tower is named after Rodrik's sister, Gwynesse Harlaw, who resides there. Gwynesse was widowed during the Battle of Fair Isle, and returned to Ten Towers, where she grieved her loss.

### The Book Tower

The Book Tower is the fattest of the ten towers of Ten Towers. It is octagonal, and made up of large stone blocks. It is the location of Rodrik's library. It used to house septons, who would care for Rodrik's books.

## Books

### A Feast for Crows

Lord Baelor Blacktyde visits Ten Towers to consult Rodrik on what will happen at Old Wyk. Botleys, Myres, Stonetrees, and Volmarks gather at Ten Towers to support Asha. Ser Harras Harlaw, Hotho Harlaw, Boremund Harlaw, and Sigfryd Harlaw all gather at Ten Towers to support her, also. Asha meets with the castles steward, Three-Tooth, and her mother, Alannys Harlaw, who has returned to the castle, before having Lady Sybelle Glover and her children quartered in one of the keeps. Rodrik offers to name Asha heir to Ten Towers, but she chooses to push her claim on the Seastone Chair.

### A Dance with Dragons

After Euron Greyjoy is chosen as King of the Iron Islands, Asha flees to Ten Towers. She leaves Gawen and Erena Glover there, but takes Sybelle with her as she flees to Deepwood Motte.
Serenei of Lys

**Serenei of Lys**, also known as Sweet Serenei, was the ninth and final mistress of King Aegon IV Targaryen. The two had one child together, Shiera Seastar.

## Appearance

Serenei's exact appearance is unknown, but she was considered by many to have been the most beautiful of Aegon's many mistresses.

## History

Serenei was the last daughter of an ancient and impoverished Valyrian noble family, born in Lys. She was cold and haughty towards the members of Aegon's court. It was rumoured that she was much older than she looked, older than the king even, and that she practiced dark arts to maintain her youth and beauty. These rumours would also follow her daughter. Serenei died in childbirth.
Tommen Tully

Lord **Tommen Tully** was the Lord of Riverrun and head of House Tully under the reign of Arrec Durrandon over the Riverlands.

## History

After the Riverlands were invaded by Harwyn Hoare, the King of the Iron Islands, Tommen's bastard son, Samwell Rivers, was slain on the Tumblestone. Tommen himself then fled Riverrun and joined the rest of the resistance assembled at Raventree Hall. They were defeated, however, and House Hoare became rulers of the Riverlands.
Slaver's Bay

**File:350px-Slaver bay world.png** **Slaver's Bay** is a large and substantial inlet of the Summer Sea, located on the south coast of Essos some distance between the Free Cities and Qarth. The bay is several hundred miles wide and is enclosed by the Lands of the Long Summer and Valyria on its western side and the lands of Ghis on the east. The bay takes its name from the three great slave-trading cities along it's north-eastern shores, Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen.
Sister's Stew

**Sister's Stew** is a thick creamy white seafood stew that is served on the three islands known as the Three Sisters.

The stew is made with leeks, carrots, barley, and turnips white and yellow, pepper, salt, clams, chunks of cod and crabmeat in a stock of heavy cream and butter. There are three kinds of crabs in it: Red crabs and spider crabs and conquerors.

## Appearance

In A Dance with Dragons, Lord Godric Borrell served Davos Seaworth a bowl of Sister's Stew when he arrived on the Three Sisters. This particular version also included saffron.

*“The beer was brown, the bread black, the stew a creamy white. She served it in a trencher hollowed out of a stale loaf. It was thick with leeks, carrots, barley, and turnips white and yellow, along with clams and chunks of cod and crabmeat, swimming in a stock of heavy cream and butter. It was the sort of stew that warmed a man right down to his bones, just the thing for a wet, cold night...”*
## Recipes

* Sister's Stew from Inn at the Crossroads
Storm's End

Storm's End is a fortress on the east coast of Westeros. The ancestral seat of House Baratheon, it lies just inland of Shipbreaker Bay and is one of the most impenetrable castles in the series. According to legend, it has never been successfully seized or destroyed by a storm. At the start of the series, it belonged to Renly Baratheon, to whom it was granted by his brother King Robert. Stannis Baratheon felt that it should have been given to him, and seized it during the War of the Five Kings.

## History

According to legend, the castle was raised by the first Storm King, Durran Godsgrief, who married the goddess Elenei. Because this marriage doomed her to die a mortal's death, her parents, the god of the sea and goddess of the wind, raised a great storm that shattered the castle and drowned the wedding party, save for Durran, who was protected by Elenei.

When the storm had ended, Durran rebuilt his castle, but again the gods destroyed it. Refusing to give up and move inland, he built five more castles in succession; four were battered down by the storms. The seventh was finally built strong enough to withstand the storms blowing in from Shipbreaker Bay; the curtain wall that faces the sea is eighty feet thick. There are several theories about the building of the final castle; one myth is that a child who would become Brandon the Builder told Durran how to build it, another that the children of the forest helped raise it with magic.

During the War of the Usurper, the castle was under seige by Mace Tyrell. Stannis, holding the castle in the name of his brother Robert, refused to surrender to him, preferring instead to starve his men. Davos Seaworth smuggled food into the castle, helping Stannis to fight the Tyrell army off and keep his hold on Storm's End.
Vaes Dothrak

**Vaes Dothrak** is the only city of the Dothraki, and the meeting place for the khalasars. The name Vaes Dothrak means City of Riders.

## Location

It is located in the northeast of the vast Dothraki Sea, it lies close to the Mother of Mountains and near a lake known by the Dothraki as the Womb of the World. From where, according to Dothraki myth, the first man emerged riding the first horse.

The City has no walls. It sprawls languorously, baking in the warm sun. It is large enough to hold every Khalasar, were they all to return at once. Daenerys Targaryen thinks that Vaes Dothrak must be ten times as large as Pentos.

The city is ruled and inhabited by slaves and the dosh khaleen, the wives of all the *khals* who have come before. It is forbidden to wear a blade or shed a free man's blood within the confines of the city.

## Notable Places

### **Horse Gate**

The City of Vaes Dothrak has no true walls or gates. However, the Horse Gate is a name used for two gigantic bronze stallions whose hooves meet a hundred feet above the roadway to form a pointed arch.

The path beneath the Horse Gate is the godsway, where monuments and holy symbols from a hundred different religions line both sides, showing the vast range and power of the Dothraki's conquests.

### **Markets**

The markets are actually more for the merchants from the west and east to trade with *each other* - explaining how the Dothraki "don't believe in money".

The foreign merchants gift tribute to the *dosh khaleen, like* salt, silver and seed. In return they are being allowed to trade in the city and promise of safe passage across the Dothraki Sea. Sometimes Dothraki visit the market to obtain something interesting (e.g. Daenerys and her handmaidens), but on the whole the entire business of trade and commerce seems alien to the Dothraki.

#### ***The Western Market***

It is a grand bazaar used by traders from the Free Cities. who may sell wares that indirectly originated in Westeros (e.g. Westerosi wines from the Arbor).

It consists of a great square of beaten earth surrounded by mud-baked brick, animal pens and whitewashed drinking halls. Hummocks rise from the earth and beneath the square lie large storerooms. The interior of the square is made up of stalls and aisles.

#### ***The Eastern Market***

The Eastern market contains traders from more exotic lands from the east such as Qarth, Yi Ti and the plains of the Jogos Nhai.

It has rarer items than the Western Market, such as manticores, elephants and striped white and black horses of the Jogos Nhai.

## Books

### A Game of Thrones

Daenerys Targaryen travels east to Vaes Dothrak with her new husband Khal Drogo. This frustrates her brother Viserys, since Vaes Dothrak is a thousand miles or more in the "wrong" direction compared to his desire to invade Westeros.
Stoney Sept

**Stoney Sept** is a large town in The Riverlands famous for its large sept.

## Location

Stoney Sept is in the southern most part of the Riverlands, to the south of Pinkmaiden Castle and west of the Gods Eye. It is near the border with The Westerlands and is to the north of the Gold Road.

## History

Stoney Sept was the site of a major battle during Robert's Rebellion. Lord Robert Baratheon was hiding in the town when the armies of House Targaryen converged on it, under the command of Lord Jon Connington. jon tried to find Robert but the armies of Lords Eddard Stark, Jon Arryn and Hoster Tully arrived just in time to save Robert, who dueled Jon and killed Ser Myles Mooton, and smash the Targaryen army in a decisive victory.

## Books

### A Storm of Swords

the Brotherhood without Banners visits Stoney Sept with Arya Stark and Gendry. Arya sees Northmen in the cages reserved for prisoners. They had been caught by the Mad Huntsman, a brotherhood sympathizer. Gendry declines the advances of a prostitute called Bella, who might have been his half sister as she claimed to be a bastard of King Robert Baratheon. It is at Stoney Sept that the Brotherhood take Sandor Clegane prisoner.
Rodrik Stark

**Rodrik Stark** was a member of House Stark. He was known as the **Wandering Wolf**.

He served with the Second Sons, a sellsword company, hence his nickname. He was the second son of Lord Beron Stark and younger brother ofArtos Stark, he had 4 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters. He married Arya Flint and had two daughters, Branda and Lyarra Stark. He's the grandfather of Eddard Stark.
Symond Frey

> "*Symond the spymaster, always clinking coins.*"
> ― Wyman Manderly
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**Symond Frey** is the seventh son of Lord Walder Frey, and is a spymaster at the Twins. He is sent, along with his brother Jared Frey and nephew Rhaegar Frey, to White Harbor with Ser Wendel Manderly's bones.

## Books

### A Dance with Dragons

Symond is sent with Rhaegar and Symond Frey to deliver the bones of Lord Wyman Manderly's son Wendel, who was killed at the Red Wedding, back to his father. They are also tasked with securing marriage pacts between Rhaegar Frey and Wynafryd Manderly, as well as between Little Walder Frey and Wylla Manderly, and also to make sure that White Harbor bent the knee to the Iron Throne and didn't support Stannis Baratheon.

Wyman Manderly reveals to Lord Davos Seaworth that Symond has bought several members of Lord Manderly's household, including a few knights.

Ser Symond is given a palfrey as a guest gift by Lord Manderly, and chooses to ride to Winterfell quickly, as opposed to going with Lord Manderly's slower approach. None of the Freys reach Winterfell however, and Ser Hosteen Frey and Ser Aenys Frey suspect foul play on the behalf of Lord Wyman.
Shae

Shae** is a prostitute who becomes the lover of Tyrion Lannister in A Game of Thrones. Little is known of her background other than the fact that she became a prostitute after escaping sexual abuse by her father.

## Appearance

She is described as having small breasts, dark hair and dark eyes.

## In the Books

* In A Game of Thrones she meets Bronn and Tyrion as they are on their way to King's Landing. She becomes Tyrion's lover. She agrees to go with him to King's Landing even though his father, Tywin Lannister forbade it.

* In A Clash of Kings she is kept in hiding in King's Landing so that Tywin will not find out she is sleeping with Tyrion. Tyrion falls madly in love with her and does not want to be with anyone else, although he does frequent the whorehouse to throw Cersei off, making her think he is in love with a different prostitute. To protect her, he makes her a maid of Lollys Stokeworth.

* In A Storm of Swords, **Shae** becomes the maid to Sansa Stark, who Tyrion was forced to marry for political reasons. She shows little jealousy over the marriage which troubles Tyrion. Eventually, Tyrion proposes a marriage deal for her so that Cersei will not know he is in love with her. Before he can finalize the deal, he is apprehended for the murder of Joffrey I Baratheon (for which he is innocent). During the trial she lies and says that Tyrion is guilty, and also displayed details of their affair. She did this in exchange for a knight that Cersei promised to wed her to if she testified against Tyrion.

Later, Tyrion found her sleeping with his father and he killed both of them.

* In A Feast for Crows her body was discovered and Cersei kept it a secret.