A Clash of Kings

## Basic Info

Author: George R R Martin

Original Language: English

Released:

* UK - 1998
* US - 1999

Pages: ~750

## Characters (89)

* Cressen - Maester of Dragonstone and servent of Stannis Baratheon
* Shireen Baratheon - Daughter of Stannis
* Steffon Baratheon - Father of Robert, Stannis, and Renly
* Patchface
* Ser Davos - Also known as the Onion King
* Lady Selyse Florent - Wife of Stannis Baratheon
* Melisandre
* Hot Pie
* Dontos Hollard - Noble who was made a jester
* Timett - Wildling bodyguard of Tyrion
* Jaqen H'ghar
* Donal Noye - Blacksmith of the Night's Watch
* Jacelyn Bywater - Replacement for Janos Slynt as captain of the City Watch
* Dale & Allard Seaworth - Oldest sons of Davos Seaworth
* Salladhor Saan - Lyseni pirate
* Balon Greyjoy - Father of Theon
* Euron Greyjoy
* Aeron Greyjoy/Damphair
* Asha Greyjoy
* Jason Mallister
* Rhaegal - Green dragon
* Viserion - Cream and Gold dragon
* Drogon - Black dragon
* Lysenne Hightower - Jonah Mormont's wife
* Doreah - Handmaiden of Daenerys
* Amory Loch - Knight in the service of House Lannister who lead the attack against Yoren and his group
* Ramsey Bolton/Snow - Legitimized bastard of House Bolton
* Cley Cerwyn - Friend of Bran, son of a local lord in the North
* Doran Martell - Current head of House Martell and ruler of Dorne
* Hallyn the Pyromancer - Head of the Alchemist Guild
* Lancel Lannister - Squire to Robert Baratheon and later a knight
* Podrick Payne - Tyrion's squire
* Lommy
* Weasel
* Beric Dondarrion
* Meera Reed
* Jojen Reed
* Howland Reed
* Mace Tyrell
* Brienne of Tarth
* Craster - Freeman who took his own daughters to wife
* Gilly - One of Craster's daughters
* Lord Vargo Hoat - Leader of the Brave Companions
* Rorge & Biter - Dangerous men who went with Yoren to the wall with Arya
* Chiwyck - One of Gregor Clegane's men who is killed by request of Arya by Jaqen
* Durran Godsgried & Elenei - Important in the legend of Storm's End's construction
* Mathis Rowan - Follower of Renly and later House Tyrell
* Stafford Lannister - Leader of Lannister forces at the battle of Oxcross
* Lady Minsa Tully - Catelyn Stark's mother
* Lady Hornwood
* Dagmar Cleftjaw - Uncle-figure to Theon Greyjoy, was a great warrior in his youth
* Edric Storm - Bastard son of Robert Baratheon
* Reek - cruel assistant of Ramsey Bolton
* Tyrek "Wet Nurse" Lannister
* Courtney Penrose - castellan of Storm's End
* Quorin Halfhand - Legendary ranger of the Night's Watch
* Ser Balon Swann - Kingsguard Member
* Ser Osmund Kettleblack - Kingsguard Member
* Ygritte
* Stonesnake
* Jeyne Westerling - Robb's wife
* Gerald Hightower - Captain of the Kingsguard under Aerys
* Ser Imry - Commander of Stannis' fleet at the Battle of Blackwater
* Baelor I - Pious Targaryan King
* Moon Boy - King's Landing jester
* Strong Belwas
* Arstan Whitebeard - Alias of Barriston Selmy
* Nan - Alias of Arya
* Qyburn - Brave Companions medic and alleged necromancer
* Elmar Frey - Frey who was arranged to be betrothed to Arya
* Garlan Tyrell - Brother of Mace Tyrell, younger by 5 years
* Theon Turncloak - Nickname for Theon
* Tysha - Wife of Tyrion, ended up being a whore
* Rattleshirt/Lord of Bones
* Paxter Redwyne - Lord of the Arbor
* Randyll Tarly - Supporter of Renly and father of Sam Tarly

## Important Terms

* Oldtown - Second largest cty in Westeros, located in the Reach
* The Reach - Region administered to by House Tyrell
* The Citadel
* The Conclave
* The Order of Maesters
* Volantis - Free city on the east coast of Westeros
* Fury - Stannis' war galley
* The Rainbow Guard - Renly's Kingsguard
* The Painted Table
* R'hhlor - The Lord of Light
* Strangler Poison
* Jade Sea
* Blackwater Rush
* House Redwyne - House that rules over the Arbor in Highgarden
* Barriston the Bold - Title for Barriston Selmy
* Mountains of the Moon - Mountains inhabited by the Mountain Clans. Situated between the Crossroads and the Vale
* Wild Fire
* Robert - Steel; Stannis - Iron; Renly - Copper
* Lightbringer - Stannis' sword
* The Seven:
	+ The Maid
	+ The Mother
	+ The Crone
	+ The Stranger
	+ The Warrior
	+ The Smith
	+ The Father
* Pyke - Stronghold and seat of House Greyjoy on an island of the same name
	+ Was once an extremely large fortress but erosion of the island caused most of it to collapse
	+ Now only 4 major portions of the original structure remain, the Great Keep, the Kitchen Keep, the Bloody Keep, and the Sea Tower
* The Iron Islands are comprised of seven major islands
* The Drowned God - A god worshipped on the Iron Islands
* We Do Not Sow - Words of House Greyjoy
* *Silence* - Euron Greyjoy's ship
* Iron Fleet - Iron Islands fleet
* Bear Island - Land of House Mormont
* Seagard - Seat of House Mallister
* Qarth - Great trade city on Essos' southern coast
* God's Eye - Large lake in Westeros
* Arya - Aryn's male name
* Summer Isles - Archipelago in the south-west of the known world.
* Dorne - Principality in southern Westeros
* Alchemist Guild
* Lantern Bug
* Dawn - Sword of Ser Arthur Dwayne
* Frost Fangs - Mountain range beyond the wall
* Great Kraken - Balon Greyjoy's ship
* Iron Victory - Victarion Greyjoy's ship
* Sea Bitch - Theon Greyjoy's ship
* Seastone Chair - Throne of the Iron Islands
* Deepwood Motte - Seat of House Glover
* Qartheen - A person from Qarth
* Iron Price
* The Thirteen
* Tourmaline Brotherhood
* Guild of Spicers
* Towers of Harrenhall:
	+ Tower of Dread
	+ Widow's Tower
	+ Wailing Tower
	+ Tower of Ghosts
	+ Kingsypre Tower
* Hall of a Hundred Hearths - Great hall of Harrenhall
* Undying Ones - Elite order of warlocks
* Greensight - the ability to see the past, future, and present event far beyond one's location
* Shade-of-the-Evening - drink favored by the warlocks of Qarth that stains their lips blue
* Quaithe - Asshai shadowbender who wears a red mask at all times
* Robett Glover - Head of House Glover and loyal follower of Jon Snow and Robb Stark
* The Tickler
* Xaro - Qartheen merchant and member of The Thirteen
* Pyat Pree - Qartheen warlock
* Harren the Black - King who built Harrenhall at great expense. Eventually was burned alive within by Aegon the Conqueror and his dragons
* Lordsport - Harbor town in the Iron Islands
* Jogos Nhai - People who were known for riding zebra-like mounts
* Storm - Name for bastards in the Stormlands
* Brave Companions/Bloody Mummers
* Silent Sisters
* Battle of Oxcross - Occurred near the Golden Tooth
* Warg/shapechanger/beastling
* Shadowcat
* King Robert's Hammer (ship)
* Flea Bottom - impoverished district of King's Landing.
* Shipbreaker Bay - large bay in the Stormlands, Storm's end lies on its coast.
* Shadow Assassin
* Marcher Lords - Lords of the Stormlords and Reach
* Palace of Dust
* The Three Whores - Three large trebuchets that made King's Landing's defenses
* Antler Men - a group of merchants in King's Landing who sided with Stannis
* High Septon - Head of the Religion of the Seven
* Skirling Pass
* Fist of the First Men
* The Golden Tooth - Small but strategically positioned castle in the Westerlands. Has access to large gold stores in its holdings.
* Battle of Stonemill
* House Westerling of the Cray
* Hearteater - Joffery's second sword
* Black Betha - Davos' ship during the Battle of the Blackwater
* Battle Fever
* Astapor - Slaver Bay city
* Slaver's Bay - Bay in southern Essos
* Nine Free Cities
* Manticore - poisonous insect with a barbed tail
* "I'm so sorry."
* Vhagar, Meraxes, Balerion - Daenery's three ships
* Dreadfort - Seat of House Bolton
* Myrish Lens Tube - Telescope
* Lord Paramount of the Trident
* Sorrowful Men

## Quotes

* "the past is dust"
* "I am only a little lion, child, and I vow, I will not savage you."
* "Courage and folly are cousins, or so I've heard."
* "Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them"
* "Truly, sister, you were born to a a widow"
* "Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening."
* "Men with cold steel and colder hearts"
* "Is that why they call it the tower of the hand"
* "It be dragons boy." - Old Nan
* "Sam was almost as frightened of whores as he was of the haunted forest."
* "Can a whore truly love anyone, I wonder."
* "Power resides where men believe in resides."
* "Hard places breed hard men, and hard men rule the world."
* "With my mouth?" - "It's what those lips were made for sweetling."
* "Boys believe nothing can hurt them. Grown men know better."
* "When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."
* "The song is sung. The wine is spilled. The wench is pregnant."
* "Fuck you dwarf." "That's Shae's task."
* "If I could pray with my cock, I'd be much more religious."
* "Don't tell lady Stark, I beg you. We don't have a hundred of me to trade."
* "Nothing was simple and little was true."
* "Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger."
* "A hound will die for you, and never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face."
* "They would have burned the lake if they could of."
* "Part of her wanted to be a swan. The other part wanted to eat one."
* "I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning."
* "I should have been born a man. I would have no need of any of you then."
* "No one has ever died of restlessness, but rashness is another matter."
* "Better to live free than die a slave."
* "Gentler than the Lannisters is drier than the sea."
* "Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman."
* "Dragons die, but so do dragon slayers."
* "Sweet smells are sometimes used to cover foul ones."
* "It is not what we do, so much as why we do it."
* "A man should never refuse to taste a peach,"
* "Humble" "You must allow a king some flaws, my lady."
* "Like their dragons the Targaryans answered to neither gods nor men."
* "Do direwolves vote on who should lead the pack."
* "King have no friends, only subjects and enemies."
* "Nothing knits a broken realm together so quick as an invading army on its soil."
* "Last year they were Robert's men. A moon ago they were Renly's. This morning they are yours, whose will they be on the morow."
* "A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good, Each shall have its own reward."
* "Fools love a fool."
* "The night is dark and full of terrors."
* "The god of darkness protects us now."
* "Shadows cannot live in the dark, Ser Davos. They are the servants of light."
* "There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk."
* "Cruel places breed cruel people."
* "They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't think they'll die for it."
* "One man on a wall is worth ten beneath."
* "If there are gods, they made sheep so wolves could eat mutton, and they made the weak for the strong to play with."
* "If you can't protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can."
* "Love is poison."
* *Valar morghulis -* all men must die (High Valyrian)
* "There are no men line me. There's only me."
* "What's a brother's life when honor is at stake."
* "No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or the other.”
* "Loyal sellswords are as rare as virgin whores."
* "Their orange and scarlet pennons fluttering insignificantly against the jade Holocaust."
* "Fuck your water. Bring me wine."
* "Eyes of wildfire."
* "Tears. The woman's weapon, my lady other used to call them. The man's weapon is a sword. And that tells us all what you need to know doesn't it."
* "You little fool. Tears are bit a woman's only weapon. You've got another between your legs, and you'd best learn how to use it. You'll find men use their sword
* "The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy."
* "Death in snow-white silk."
* "Drunk with slaughter."
* "Those are brave men. Let's go kill them."
* "Terrible times breed terrible things."
* "Hush now child, I'm much older than you. I can . . . die as I please."

## Vocab

* Droll - curious or unusual in a way that provokes amusement
* Unctuous - to be excessively flattering and insincere
* Blithely - to do something with a uncaring and indifferent attitude
* Conflagration - an extensive and destructive flame
* Missive - a letter, typically an especially long and official one
* Languid - to be slow and relaxed; weak or frail from illness or fatigue
* Quintains - target for jousting that would swing around and hit an unsuccessful lancer
* Truculent - to be aggressively defiant; looking for a fight
* Portent - an ill omen essentially
* Pontificate - to express one's opinion in an irritating manner
* Codpiece - a pouch or flag that covered the groin in royal/court dress for men in medieval times
* Sinecure - an office that provides income and requires little to no responsibility/effort
* Prodigious - remarkable or impressive in size or degree
* Furtive - attempting to avoid notice or detection because of guilt; secretive
* Astringent - Slightly acidic or bitter
* Genial - friendly and cheerful
* Capon - castrated male chicken
* Acrid - to have a very strong and unpleasant taste or smell; to be angry or bitter
* Morose - sullen or ill-tempered
* Chastely - virginal
* Baleful - to be menacing
* Provender - animal fodder; food (in a joking way)
* Samite - silk interwoven with gold and silver threads
* Drum Tower - A tower that has a great diameter length than height
* Quarrel - Crossbow bolt
* Palfrey - docile horse used for riding, generally by women
* Surfeit - an excessive quantity of something
* Palanquin - covered litter that is carried by servants
* Ringfort - Fort surrounding a village, usually composed of compacted earth
* Gaunt - to be lean and haggard because of age, hunger, or suffering
* Whey-faced - pale-faced
* the butcher's bill - list of casualties after a battle
* Grapnel - Grappling hook
* Filch - to steal pilfer something in a casual way
* Caltrop - small spike that is built to always face upward to puncture tires or feet
* Listless - to lack enthusiasm or energy
* Alacrity - brisk and cheerful readiness
* Amity - friendly relationship
* Inimical - tending to obstruct or harm
* Jerkin - Sleeveless jacket
* Hale - to be strong or healthy
* Spoor - the track or scent of an animal
* Harridan - strict, bossy old woman
* Jet - organic black gemstone
* Ballast - stones used to form the bedrock of a road or used in the hull of a ship to stabilize it
* Boom - chain used to block off rivers from naval attacks
* Surcoat - decorative coat worn over chainmail and other armor
* Distended - swollen or bloated