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A Storm of Swords
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A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 3

A Storm of Swords (2000) (edit title/settings)

by George R. R. Martin (Author) (edit contributors)

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Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings . As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue,... read more

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Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. . . .

But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords. . .

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  • Jon Snow: "Lord Snow" - 16 years old; Bastard son of Eddard Stark, by a mother of unknown identity, he was raised at Winterfell side-by-side with the true-born Stark children; Is slender with brown hair and grey eyes like his father; A sworn brother of the Nights Watch; He finds himself struggling with the life he's currently leading with the wildings and the vows that he swore to his brotherhood.
  • Robb Stark: "Lord of Winterfell" - "King in the North and King of the Trident" - "Young Wolf" - 16 years old; Eldest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Big and broad with fair skin, auburn hair falling to his shoulders and blue eyes; Recently returned to Riverrun, Robb faces struggles of retaining his sworn bannermen and maintaining peace with the high lords.
  • Sansa Stark: "Princess Sansa" - 12 years old; Eldest daughter of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Has thick autumn auburn hair and deep Tully blue eyes; Sansa, betrothed to Joffery Baratheon, is struggling to keep her head high after the Battle of the Blackwater. What's in store for the eldest Stark Daughter?
  • Arya Stark: "Princess Arya" - "Arya Underfoot" - "Nan" - "Weasel" - "Arry" - "Squab" - 10 years old; Youngest daughter of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Looks like her father and has brown hair and grey eyes; Is missing and presumed dead; Lost and lingering, Arya will once again struggle to survive.
  • Bran Stark: "Prince Bran" - "Brandon Stark" - 9 years old; Second to youngest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Has auburn hair and blue eyes; Is paralyzed from the waist down; Prince of the North and heir to Robb; Has green dreams and is a warg; Is believed dead
  • Rickon Stark: "Prince Rickon" - 4 years old; Youngest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Has auburn hair and blue eyes; Is believed dead; was last seen in the company of Osha, a wildling woman in the service of House Stark
  • Catelyn Stark: "Cat" - "Catelyn Tully" - "Lady Stark" - Eddard Stark's widow; Mother to Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran & Rickon Stark; Lord Hoster Tully's daughter; Sister to Lysa Arryn and Edmure Tully; Has fair skin, auburn hair and blue eyes; Will Catelyn Stark be forgiven for releasing the Kingslayer, or will her son the King of the North charge her with treason?
  • Eddard Stark: "Ned" - Was Warden of the North, Lord of Winterfell and The Hand of King Robert; Husband to Catelyn Stark; Father to Jon Snow, Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran & Rickon Stark; Had long brown hair, a closely trimmed beard shot with white and grey eyes; Deceased
  • Jaime Lannister: "Ser Jaime Lannister" - "Kingslayer" - "The Lion of Lannister" - Younger twin to Cersei and brother to Tyrion; Cersei's lover; Biological father of Joffrey, Tommen & Myrcella Baratheon; Has golden hair and cat-green eyes; Lord Commander of the Kingsguard; A member of the king's small council; Jaime isn't perfect, but his perspective in this novel may change your preconceived notions. Then again, this is the kingslayer.
  • Cersei Lannister: "Queen Regent" - Mother of Joffrey, Tommen & Myrcella Baratheon; Jaime Lannister's older twin sister and lover; Sister to Tyrion; Has golden hair and green eyes; A member of the king's small council; Cersei Lannister is finally in full power, having successfully seated her son in the Iron Throne.
  • Tyrion Lannister: "The Imp" - Acting Hand of the King; Was grievously wounded at the battle of the Blackwater. As he recovers, will he be able to maintain grace within his family? This is the Lannisters we're talking about, right? Has a great gash that runs from above one eye down to his jaw, across what remains of his nose.
  • King Joffrey I Baratheon: "King Joffrey" - "Joff" - The King on the Iron Throne is maintaining his power in the realm, and many houses are swearing loyalty to him. Will this spell success for his reign, or will more complications occur? 13 years old; Thought to be the son and heir of King Robert Baratheon; Is very tall with a thick tangle of golden curls hanging down to his neck and deep green eyes
  • Lord Tywin Lannister: "Lord Tywin Lannister" - The Hand of the King, maintains the realm brokering deals with several houses, but is he able to maintain his family?
  • Tommen Baratheon: "Prince Tommen" - 8 years old; Joffrey's younger brother; A plump little boy with golden curls and green eyes
  • Myrcella Baratheon: "Princess Myrcella" - Joffrey's younger sister; 9 years old; A shy little girl; Has golden hair; Has been sent to Sunspear where she is to wed Prince Trystane in a few years
  • Joanna Lannister: "Lady Joanna" - Mother to Queen Cersei, Ser Jaime the Kingslayer and Tyrion the Imp; Died while birthing Tyrion
  • Daenerys Targaryen: "Queen Daenerys" - "Dany" - "Stormborn" - "The Unburnt" - "Mother of Dragons" - 14 years old; Last heir to the Targaryen Dynasty; Khaleesi (Queen) to the Dothraki in the East; Has silver-gold hair and violet eyes; Daughter of King Aerys II and Queen Rhaella; Sister to Prince Rhaegar and Prince Viserys; Widow of Khal Drogo; Mother to Rhaego; Daenerys is currently fighting in the Free Cities to battle centuries-old city rule by slavery. Once the battle is won, though, will that be enough? Just how loyal are her subjects?
  • Robert Baratheon: Was King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm; Deceased; Had black hair and blue eyes; Fathered no trueborn heirs; Fathered eight (maybe more) bastards, all with his black hair regardless of the mothers hair color
  • Gendry: "The Bull" - 15 years old; A boy with shaggy black hair and deep blue eyes; Big for his age, with a broad chest and strong-looking arms; Trying to reach Riverrun with Arya; One of King Robert's bastards, but he does not know it; An apprentice smith
  • Edric Storm: One of King Robert's bastards; Delena Florent's son; Has coal-black hair falling to his collar and deep blue eyes; Is tall and broad in the chest and shoulders just like his father; Has the same mouth, jaw, cheekbones, hair and eyes as Robert and Renly; Has the big Florent ears he inherited from his mother
  • Renly Baratheon: "King in Highgarden" - "Lord of Storm's End" - Youngest brother of Robert & Stannis Baratheon; Had a very likable personality; Deceased
  • Margaery Tyrell: "Queen Margaery" - 16 years old; King Renly's widow; Younger sister of Willas, Garlan & Loras; Daughter of Lord Mace & Lady Alerie; betrothed to King Joffrey; Is brown-haired, brown-eyed, slender and beautiful
  • Stannis Baratheon: "King Stannis" - "Lord of Dragonstone" - Rightful heir to the Iron Throne in Westeros; Younger brother to King Robert Baratheon, heir to House Baratheon; Has dark blue eyes and only a fringe of thin black hair remaining on his head, circling behind his ears like the shadow of a crown; His close-cropped beard is spider webbed with grey hairs; After his loss on the Blackwater he has become skin and bones; Stannis has been dealt a terrible loss at the Battle of the Blackwater. He must face several hard decisions in this novel, and the scope of the battle may change forever.
  • Selyse Baratheon: "Selyse Florent" - "Queen Selyse" - Stannis' wife; Is as tall as her husband, thin of body and thin of face, with prominent ears, a sharp nose, and the faintest hint of a mustache on her upper lip
  • Shireen Baratheon: "Princess Shireen" - "Lady Shireen" - Stannis' daughter; 9 years old; Has blue eyes; A sad, sweet, gentle child but far from pretty; Has Stannis' square jaw and Selyse's Florent ears; One cheek and half her neck is grey, cracked and hard due to greyscale when she was in the cradle.
  • Hoster Tully: "Lord Hoster Tully from Riverrun" - Father to Catelyn Stark, Lysa Arryn and Edmure Tully; Brother of Brynden "Blackfish" Tully
  • Lord Edmure Tully: "Lady Minisa Tully" - Wife to Lord Hoster; Mother to Catelyn Stark, Lysa Arryn and Edmure Tully; Deceased
  • Edmure Tully: "Ser Edmure Tully" - Lord Hoster's heir; Catelyn & Lysa's younger brother; A stocky young man with deep blue eyes, a shaggy head of auburn hair and a fiery beard
  • Lysa Meadows: "Lysa Tully" - "Lady Arryn" - Younger sister of Lady Catelyn Stark and Ser Edmure Tully; Widow of former Hand of the King, Jon Arryn; Daughter of Lord Hoster Tully of Riverrun; Resides in the Eyrie with her only son, Robert Arryn; Has thick auburn tresses falling down past her waist and pale, watery blue eyes; Is thick of body with a pale and puffy face
  • Jon Arryn: Lysa's husband; Robert Arryn's father; Deceased; Was the Hand of King Robert Baratheon for fifteen years; Was Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale and Warden of the East
  • Robert Arryn: "Lord of the Eyrie" - "Lord of the Vale" - 8 years old; Only son of Jon Arryn and Lysa Tully; A painfully thin child, small for his age and sickly and from time to time he trembles; Has fine brown hair
  • Theon Greyjoy: 20 years old; Son and heir to Balon Greyjoy, King of the Iron Islands; He was taken by Lord Stark after Balon's Rebellion and was raised at Winterfell side-by-side with all of Eddard Stark's children; Is believed to have killed Bran & Rickon Stark
  • Samwell Tarly: "Sam" - "Ser Piggy" - Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Sam has survived the battle at the Fist of the First Men, and must fight his way to return to Castle Black. Maester Aemon' squire
  • Grenn: "Aurochs" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Jon & Sam's friend; Has long hair and a thick brown beard; Is stocky, thick-necked and strong
  • Aemon Targaryen: "Aemon Targaryen" - Maester at Castle Black; Is past 100 years old and blind
  • Jeor Mormont: "The Old Bear" - 997th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch; A gruff old man with an immense bald head and a shaggy grey beard; Ser Jorah Mormont's father
  • Benjen Stark: "Ben" - Jon Snow's uncle; Eddard Stark's younger brother; First Ranger for the Night's Watch; Has been missing since he went beyond The Wall months ago
  • Waymar Royce: "Ser Waymar Royce" - Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Has been missing since he went beyond The Wall months ago; Deceased
  • Qhorin Halfhand: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Chett: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Has a wen on his neck the size of a pigeon's egg and a face red with boils and pimples
  • Blane: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Head ranger from the Shadow Tower
  • Dywen: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Old forester with wooden teeth
  • Lark the Sisterman: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Small Paul: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Has a broad brutal face with a flat nose, small black eyes and a thicket of coarse brown beard
  • Yoren: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Clydas: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Maester Aemon' half-blind steward
  • Dolorous Edd Tollett: "Dolorous Edd" - Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; A dour grey-haired squire
  • Tumberjon: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Ser Mallador Locke: "Ser Mallador Locke" - Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Donnel Hill: "Sweet Donnel Hill" - Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; A slender blond squire to Ser Mallador Locke
  • Ottyn Wythers: "Ser Ottyn Wythers" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Jarman Buckwell: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Craster: Has 19 wives; A thick man made thicker by the ragged smelly sheepskins he wears day and night; Has a broad flat nose, a mouth that droops to one side and a missing ear; Has matted hair and a tangled grey beard that's going white
  • Mance Rayder: "The King Beyond the Wall" - Mance Rayder leads the Wildings to the wall. The question, though, is why? A man of middling height, slender, sharp-faced with shrewd brown eyes and long brown hair that has gone mostly to grey; A singer and lute player; Wears a tattered cloak of black and red; Used to be a Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Harma the Dogshead: Wildling raider; A squat keg of a woman with cheeks like slabs of white meat; Hates dogs and kills one every fortnight to make a fresh head for her banner
  • Brienne of Tarth: "Lady of Evenfall" - Sworn sword to Lady Catelyn Stark; Has a broad homely face, flax-colored hair and big blue eyes; Was one of King Renly's Rainbow Guard; Was in love with Renly; Is en route to deliver Jaime Lannister to Kings Landing to exchange the Stark girls. This will be a very interesting trip.
  • Lord Selwyn the Evenstar: "Lord of Evenfall" - Brienne's father
  • Walder Frey: "Lord of the Crossing" - Ninety-two and unhealthy, his large family is well aware of his vitality, but that doesn't stop Lord Walder from doing what he does best.
  • Walder Rivers: The eldest of Lord Walder's bastard brood; A stern, grey-haired man with a formidable reputation as a warrior
  • Ser Cleos Frey: "Ser Cleos Frey" - Jaime Lannister's cousin
  • Genna Frey: "Genna Lannister" - Ser Cleos' mother; Emmon Frey's wife; Jaime Lannister's aunt; Tywin Lannister's sister
  • Ser Emmon Frey: "Ser Emmon Frey" - Ser Cleos' father
  • Lord Jonos Bracken: "Lord Jonos Bracken"
  • Ser Marq Piper: "Lord Piper" - "Ser Marq Piper"
  • Lord Beric Dondarrion: "Lord Beric Dondarrion" - "The Lightning Lord" - A scarecrow of a man with a thicket of red-gold hair; Banner is a night sky (black speckled with stars) slashed with purple lightning; Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners are legendary in local tales. Some say they are impossible to kill, but everyone in the riverlands agree that they fight for the people.
  • Thoros of Myr: "The Red Priest" - Warrior priest; A tall thin man with a droopy face and a full head of shaggy grey hair; Used to be fat with a smooth face and a shiny bald head; Favorite weapon is a flaming sword; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Roose Bolton: The Lord of the Dreadfort is currently at Harrenhal holding the castle for the King in the North. Sigil is a flayed man.
  • Ser Amory Lorch: "Ser Amory Lorch"
  • Robin Ryger: "Ser Robin Ryger" - Riverrun's captain of guards; A stocky man with a bald head, bushy grey eyebrows, and brawny arms
  • Ser Desmond Grell: "Ser Desmond Grell" - Castellan of Riverrun
  • Utherydes Wayn: Lord Hoster's steward
  • Maester Vyman: Maester at Riverrun
  • Tansy: Mysterious woman from Lord Hoster Tully's past
  • Ser Gregor Clegane: "The Mountain That Rides" - Older brother to Sandor Clegane; Well over seven feet tall with massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunks of small trees; Banner is three black dogs on a yellow field; Is wreaking havoc throughout the riverlands. No one stands safe in his wake.
  • Sandor Clegane: "The Hound" has left Kings Landing after his refusal to fight at the fiery Battle of the Blackwater. Shamed, he must find a way to keep going and move on. Younger brother of Ser Gregor Clegane; A tall, muscled man with black hair, grey eyes and horrible burn scars on the left side of his face
  • Ser Addam Marbrand: "Ser Addam Marbrand" - A rangy man with dark copper hair that fell to his shoulders; Banner is a burning tree, orange and smoke; New Commander of the City Watch
  • Hot Pie: An orphan boy trying to reach Riverrun with Arya; Was the son of a baker; Has hair the color of straw
  • Jaqen H'ghar: Can change his appearance magically
  • Walton Steelshanks: Roose Bolton's captain
  • Vargo Hoat: Leader of the Brave Companions; Sigil is the black goat of Qohor
  • Syrio Forel: Sansa's teacher
  • Dunsen: Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service
  • Polliver: Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service; Has a spade-shaped beard covering his jaws and jowls, thick and black and neatly trimmed, but his head is more bald than not
  • Raff the Sweetling: Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service
  • The Tickler: Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service
  • Ser Ilyn Payne: "Ser Ilyn" - The King’s justice
  • Ser Meryn Trant: "Ser Meryn" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Has rust-red hair and pouches under his eyes
  • Shagwell the Fool: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
  • Urswyck the Faithful: "Faithful Urswyck" - One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
  • Rorge: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
  • Biter: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
  • Septon Utt: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; Likes little boys
  • Iggo: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; A scarred Dothraki horse lord
  • Ser Mandon Moore: "Ser Mandon" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Tried to kill Tyrion in the battle on the Blackwater; Deceased
  • Ser Bronn: "Ser Bronn of the Blackwater" - Has coal-black hair; A sellsword working for Tyrion; His knightly sigil is a flaming chain, green, on a smokegrey field
  • Podrick Payne: "Pod" - 12 years old; Tyrion's squire; Saved Tyrion's life
  • Jacelyn Bywater: "Ser Jacelyn Bywater" - "Ironhand" - Commander of the City Watch; Deceased
  • Osney Kettleblack: "Ser Osney Kettleblack" - Brother to Osmund and Osfryd; Tall with a hooked nose, dark hair and a cruel smile; Is clean shaven
  • Osfryd Kettleblack: "Ser Osfryd Kettleblack" - Brother to Osmund and Osney; Tall with a hooked nose, long black hair and a cruel smile; Has a drooping black mustache; Captain of the queen's red cloak guard
  • Osmund Kettleblack: "Ser Osmund Kettleblack" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Brother to Osney and Osfryd; A hedge knight; Stands six feet and six inches, most of it sinew and muscle, and his hook nose, bushy eyebrows, and spade-shaped brown beard give his face a fierce aspect and a cruel smile
  • Shagga son of Dolf: Of the Stone Crows; One of Tyrion's men
  • Timett son of Timett: "Timett One-Eye" - A red hand of the Burned Men; One of Tyrion's men
  • Chella daughter of Cheyk: Of the Black Ears; One of Tyrion's guards
  • Gunthor son of Gurn: Of the Stone Crows; One of Tyrion's men
  • Alayaya: "Yaya" - 16 years old; A whore, but sweet, brave and innocent; Chataya's daughter; Has skin as smooth and black as polished jet, wide dark eyes and small pointed breasts
  • Shae: Tyrion's whore; To keep her safe, Tyrion had Varys bring her to the Red Keep as Lollys Stokeworth's maidservant
  • Salladhor Saan: "Salla" - "Lord of Blackwater Bay" - Stannis' Lyseni pirate; Has a pointed silver beard
  • Kevan Lannister: "Ser Kevan Lannister" - Brother of Tywin Lannister; Uncle to Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion; A member of the king's small council; The king's master of laws
  • Maester Frenken: Maester at the Red Keep
  • Mathis Rowan: "Lord Mathis Rowan" - "Lord of Goldengrove" - Is clean-shaven and stout
  • Paxter Redwyne: "Lord Paxter Redwyne of the Arbor" - Is stoop-shouldered and thin; His bald head is fringed by tufts of orange hair
  • Petyr Baelish: "Littlefinger" - "Lord of Harrenhal" - "Lord Paramount of the Trident" - A member of the king's small council; The king's master of coin; Childhood friend of Catelyn Stark and Lysa Arryn; A small man, slender and quick, with the sharp features, laughing grey-green eyes, a little pointed chin beard and threads of silver in his dark hair; Sigil is a silver mockingbird; Has emerged after the Battle of the Blackwater to broker alliances with other Houses.
  • Tyrek Lannister: Cousin to Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion; Husband to Lady Ermesande; Is missing since a riot in King's Landing
  • Ermesande Hayford: Lady Ermesande, a suckling babe who happens to be the last surviving heir of House Hayford. Wife to Tyrek Lannister.
  • Lord Varys: "The Spider" - An eunuch; The king's master of whisperers; A member of the king's small council; A plump, perfumed and powdered man
  • Maester Ballabar: Maester at the Red Keep
  • Ser Helman Tallhart: "Ser Helman" - Castellan at Torrhen's Square; Killed in battle at Winterfell
  • Robett Glover: Of Deepwood Motte; A captive of Asha Greyjoy at Deepwood Motte
  • Arys Oakheart: "Ser Arys Oakheart" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Is protecting Princess Myrcella on Sunspear
  • Arianne Martell: "Princess Arianne of Dorne" - Prince Doran's eldest daughter; Heir to Sunspear
  • Trystane Martell: "Prince Trystane of Dorne" - Prince Doran's youngest son; Betrothed to Myrcella Baratheon
  • Quentyn Martell: Prince Doran's eldest son
  • Doran Martell: "Prince Doran of Dorne" - Is past 50 and gouty; Father to Arianne, Quentyn and Trystane; Prince Oberyn's brother
  • Mellario of Norvos: "Lady Mellario of Norvos" - Prince Doran's wife; Mother to Arianne, Quentyn and Trystane
  • Oberyn Nymeros Martell: "Prince Oberyn of Dorne" - "Oberyn Nymeros Martell" - "The Red Viper" - Past 40 years old; Prince Doran's brother; His face is lined and saturnine, with thin arched brows above large black eyes and a few streaks of silver marring the lustrous black hair that recedes from his brow in a widow's peak as sharply pointed as his nose; Comes to Kings Landing, and most know that no good can come from that.
  • Tysha: Tyrion's ex-wife; A whore
  • Ser Davos Seaworth: "Ser Davos" - "Lord Davos" - "Davos Shorthand" - "The Onion Knight" - A liege lord under King Stannis; A slight man with brown hair and eyes; His small beard is well peppered with grey; Banner is a black ship on a pale grey field-with an onion on its sails; Father to Dale, Allard, Maric, Matthos, Devan, Stannis and Steffon
  • Marya Seaworth: "Lady Marya" - Davos' wife; Mother to Dale, Allard, Maric, Matthos, Devan, Stannis and Steffon; Mistress of a small keep on Cape Wrath
  • Dale Seaworth: Davos' son; Brother to Allard, Maric, Matthos, Devan, Stannis and Steffon; Captain of the Wraith; Lost on the Blackwater
  • Allard Seaworth: Davos' son; Brother to Dale, Maric, Matthos, Devan, Stannis and Steffon; Captain of Lady Marya; Lost on the Blackwater
  • Maric Seaworth: Davos' thirdborn son; Brother to Dale, Allard, Matthos, Devan, Stannis and Steffon; Oarmaster on Fury; Lost on the Blackwater
  • Matthos Seaworth: Davos' son; Brother to Dale, Allard, Maric, Devan, Stannis and Steffon; Served as his father's second on Black Betha; Lost on the Blackwater
  • Devan Seaworth: 11 years old; Davos' son; Brother to Dale, Allard, Maric, Matthos, Stannis and Steffon; King Stannis' squire; Looks like Dale did at his age; Has the same square plain face, the same forthright brown eyes, the same thin brown flyaway hair and his cheeks and chin are dusted with blond hair just as Dale's were.
  • Stannis Seaworth: 9 years old; Davos' son; Brother to Dale, Allard, Maric, Matthos, Devan and Steffon
  • Steffon Seaworth: 6 years old; Davos' son; Brother to Dale, Allard, Maric, Matthos, Devan and Stannis
  • Melisandre of Asshai: "Lady Melisandre" - "The Red Woman" - The Red Preistess serves R'hllor, the lord of light. She believes Stannis Baratheon to be Azor Ahai, the prince that was promised. She has given him Lightbringer, the magical sword, and continues to sacrifice all that was sacred to advance Stannis' cause. Is young, full-bodied and strangely beautiful, with her heart-shaped face, long coppery hair and unearthly red eyes; Always wears red gowns
  • R'hllor: The Lord of Light
  • Maester Cressen: Maester at Dragonstone; Killed by Lady Melisandre
  • Dontos Hollard: "Ser Dontos the Red" - Sansa's "Florian" - An old drunk; Made a fool by King Joffrey; Banner is red and pink horizontal stripes beneath a black chief bearing three gold crowns
  • Loras Tyrell: "Ser Loras Tyrell" - "Knight of Flowers" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Former Lord Commander of the Rainbow Guard; Youngest son of Lord Mace & Lady Alerie; 17 years old; Brother to Willas, Garlan & Margaery; His hair is a soft brown tumble and his eyes are brown as well; Is slim as a sword, lithe and fit
  • Mace Tyrell: Lord of Highgarden and Warden of the South, Defender of the Marches, High Marshal of the Reach; A member of the king's small council; The king's master of ships; Father to Willas, Garlan, Loras & Margaery; Husband to Lady Alerie; Son of Lady Olenna; A heavy, robust man with curling brown hair and a spadeshaped beard well salted with white
  • Alerie Tyrell: "Lady Alerie of House Hightower of Oldtown" Wife to Lord Mace Tyrell; Mother to Willas, Garlan, Loras & Margaery; A tall, dignified woman; Wears her long silver hair in a braid
  • Olenna Tyrell: "Lady Olenna of House Redwyne" - "Queen of Thorns" - Widow to the late Luthor Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden; Mother of Mace Tyrell; Grandmother of Willas, Garlan, Loras & Margaery; A wizened white-haired doll of a woman
  • Willas Tyrell: Eldest son of Lord Mace & Lady Alerie; Heir to Highgarden; Older brother to Garlan, Loras & Margaery; Has a bad leg but a good heart
  • Ser Garlan Tyrell: "Ser Garlan the Gallant" - Son of Lord Mace Lady Alerie; Brother to Willas, Garlan Margaery; 22 years old; A taller bearded version of his more famous younger brother; Is thicker about the chest and broader at the shoulders, and though his face is comely enough, he lacks Ser Loras' startling beauty.
  • Leonette Tyrell: "Lady Leonette Fossoway" - Wed to Ser Garlan; A dainty and bright-eyed woman
  • Megga Tyrell: Margaery's cousin
  • Alla Tyrell: Margaery's cousin
  • Elinor Tyrell: Margaery's cousin
  • Janna Fossoway: "Lady Janna Tyrell" - Lord Tyrell's sister; Wed to Ser Jon of the green-apple Fossoways; A buxom woman
  • Septa Nysterica: Has a homely poxscarred face but seems jolly
  • Alyce Graceford: "Lady Alyce Graceford" - Pale, elegant and is with child
  • Alysanne Bulwer: "Lady Alysanne Bulwer" - 8 years old
  • Meredyth Crane: "Merry" - A boisterous plump woman
  • Taena Merryweather: "Lady Taena Merryweather" - "Taena of Myr" - Wife to Lord Orton Merryweather; A sultry dark-haired, black-eyed Myrish beauty
  • Orton Merryweather: "Lord Orton Merryweather"
  • Erryk: "Left" - Lady Olenna's guardsmen; Arryk's identical twin; Seven feet tall, wide of shoulder, narrow of waist and magnificently muscled; Has a strong jaw, deep blue eyes and a thick red mustache
  • Arryk: "Right" - Lady Olenna's guardsmen; Erryk's identical twin; Seven feet tall, wide of shoulder, narrow of waist and magnificently muscled; Has a strong jaw, deep blue eyes and a thick red mustache
  • Butterbumps: A fool and jester; An immense round fat man
  • Balon Swann: "Ser Balon Swann" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Second son to Lord Gulian Swann of Stonehelm
  • Horas Redwyne: "Ser Horas Redwyne" - "Horror" - Son of Lord Paxter; Twin to Hobber
  • Hobber Redwyne: "Ser Hobber Redwyne" - "Slobber" - Son of Lord Paxter; Twin to Horas
  • Ser Tallad: A promising young knight
  • Kennos of Kayce: "Ser Kennos of Kayce" - A chunky knight in Tywin Lannister's service
  • Morros Slynt: "Lord Morros Slynt" - A squire; Eldest son of the former Commander of the City Watch, Janos Slynt; Jothos & Danos' older brother
  • Jothos Slynt: A squire; Son of the former Commander of the City Watch, Janos Slynt; Morros' younger brother; Danos' older brother
  • Ser Robar Royce: "Ser Robar Royce" - "Robar the Red" - 21 years old; Part of Renly's the Rainbow Guard; One of Bronze Yohn's sons; Slain by Loras Tyrell at Storm's End
  • Lord Rickard Karstark: "Lord Rickard Stark" - Eddard Stark’s father; Had a long, stern face; Slain at the command of King Aerys II
  • Moon Boy: A jester and fool
  • Ghost: An albino (white as snow with red eyes) direwolf with no voice, adopted by Jon Snow; Ghost is a litter-mate to the five (non-albino) direwolves belonging to Jon's five half-siblings (Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria, Summer & Shaggydog)
  • Grey Wind: Robb Stark's direwolf; Litter-mate to the direwolves belonging to Robb's siblings (Ghost, Lady, Nymeria, Summer & Shaggydog); Lean and smoke-dark, with eyes like molten gold
  • Lady: Sansa Stark's direwolf; Litter-mate to the direwolves belonging to Sansa's siblings (Ghost, Grey Wind, Nymeria, Summer & Shaggydog); The smallest of the litter, the prettiest, the most gentle and trusting; Had bright golden eyes and thick grey fur; Queen Cersei ordered her killed while at Castle Darry
  • Nymeria: Arya Stark's direwolf; Named after Queen Nymeria of Rhoynar; Litter-mate to the direwolves belonging to Arya's siblings (Ghost, Grey Wind, Lady, Summer & Shaggydog); Has dark golden eyes; Was set free near the Trident by Arya to avoid Queen Cersei having her killed
  • Summer: "Prince of the Green" - "Prince of the Wolfswood" - Bran Stark's direwolf; Saved Bran's life; Litter-mate to the direwolves belonging to Bran's siblings (Ghost, Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria & Shaggydog); Has silver and smoke fur with eyes of yellow gold
  • Shaggydog: "Shaggy" - Rickon Stark's direwolf; Litter-mate to the direwolves belonging to Rickon's siblings (Ghost, Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria & Summer); Has black fur and green eyes; Has a lot of anger inside since he has been separated from his pack
  • Rattleshirt: "Lord of Bones" - Wildling raider; A small man with a knobby chin, thin mustache and sallow, pinched cheeks; His eyes are close-set, one eyebrow creeping all the way across his forehead and dark hair thinning back from a sharp widow's peak.
  • Ygritte: 19 years old; Wildling in the North; Jon Snows' companion; Has red hair and pretty blue-grey eyes; Has a round peasant face, a pug nose, slightly crooked teeth and her eyes are too far apart
  • Lenyl: Wildling
  • Ragwyle: Wildling; A big spearwife
  • Longspear Ryk: Wildling; A short homely man
  • Ebben: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Killed by wildlings
  • The Weeper: Wildling raider; A fleshy blond man with watery eyes
  • Alfyn Crowkiller: Wildling raider
  • Orell: Wildling; Killed by Jon
  • Styr: "Magnar of Thenn" - Wildling; Tall, lean man, all long wiry muscle, clean-shaved, bald with a strong straight nose, deepset grey eyes and no ears making his head seem narrow and pointed.
  • Tormund Giantsbane: "Tall-talker" - "Horn-blower" - "Breaker of lce" - "Thunderfist" - "Husband to Bears" - "Mead-King of Ruddy Hall" - "Speaker to Gods" - "Father of Hosts" - A short but immensely broad man with a snow-white beard
  • Dalla: Wildling; Mance's pregnant wife
  • Val: Wildling; Dalla's younger sister; A pretty blonde woman; Has thick honey-colored hair that falls to her waist and pale grey eyes; Is slender, full-breasted, graceful and has high sharp cheekbones
  • Jarl: Wildling; A dark young man; Val's latest lover
  • Ser Arron Qorgyle: Previous Lord Commander of the Night's Watch
  • Tomard: "Fat Tom" - Winterfell guardsman; Killed at King's Landing
  • Orland of Oldtown: A singer and harpist; Also plays a gilded lute with silver strings
  • Maester Mullin: Maester at the Shadow Tower
  • Ser Denys Mallister: "Ser Denys Mallister" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Commander at the Shadow Tower for the last 33 years; Is courtly, cautious and as chivalrous as he is elderly; His beard is white as snow, his hair is largely gone, his face is deeply lined and he has blue-grey eyes
  • Khal Drogo: Daenerys' deceased husband; A great khal of the Dothraki; Was never defeated in battle; Died of a wound that festered and was help along by Mirri Maz Duur
  • Rhaego: Daenerys' stillborn son by Khal Drogo, slain in the womb by Mirri Maz Duur
  • Ser Jorah Mormont: "Ser Jorah Mormont" - First knight of Daenerys' Queensguard, commander of her army and most valued counselor; Jeor "Old Bear" Mormont's son; An exile knight from the Seven Kingdoms; Once was "Lord of Bear Island"; An older man, past forty and balding, but still strong and fit; Has a neck and shoulders like a bull, and coarse black hair cover his arms and chest so thickly that there is none left for his head.
  • Rakharo: "Ko Rakharo" - One of Daenerys' three bloodriders; His weapon is the arakh
  • Aggo: "Ko Aggo" - One of Daenerys' three bloodriders; His weapon is the bow
  • Ko Jhogo: "Ko Jhogo" - One of Daenerys' three bloodriders; His weapon is the whip
  • Irri: Daenerys' handmaid; A copper-skinned Dothraki with black hair and almond shaped eyes
  • Jhiqui: Daenerys' handmaid; A copper-skinned Dothraki with thick black hair and almond shaped eyes
  • Viserys Targaryen: "The Beggar King" - Daenerys' older brother; Second son of King Aerys II and Queen Rhaella; Slain in Vaes Dothrak by Khal Drogo
  • Aerys Targaryen II: "The Mad King" - Father to Rhaegar, Viserys and Daenerys; Husband to Rhaella; Had purple eyes
  • Rhaella Targaryen: "Queen Rhaella" - Mother to Rhaegar, Viserys and Daenerys; Wife to Aerys II
  • Prince Rhaegar Targaryen: "Prince Rhaegar" - "Prince of Dragonstone" - Son of King Aerys II and Queen Rhaella; Heir to the Iron Throne; Older brother to Viserys and Daenerys; Husband to Princess Elia of Dorne; Father of Rhaenys and Aegon; Slain by King Robert on the Trident
  • Elia of Dorne: "Princess Elia of Dorne" - Doran Martell's sister; Wife to Rhaegar Targaryen; Mother to Rhaenys and Aegon; Murdered during the Sack of King's Landing
  • Viserion: Daenerys' cream-and-gold dragon; Named for Dany's brother, Viserys; His scales are the color of fresh cream, his horns, wing bones and spinal crest are a dark gold that flashes bright as metal in the sun; Is the size of a small dog
  • Rhaegal: Daenerys' green-and-bronze colored dragon; Named for Dany's brother, Rhaegar who died on the green banks of the Trident; Is the size of a small dog
  • Drogon: Daenerys' shiny black dragon, the largest of the three, his scales are slashed with streaks of vivid scarlet to match his wings and horns; Named for Dany's husband, Khal Drogo; Is a little larger than a small dog
  • Silver: Daenerys' horse
  • Captain Groleo: Captain of the great cog Balerion; An old Pentoshi like his master, Illyrio Mopatis
  • Illyrio Mopatis: "Magister Illyrio" - An old Pentoshi dealer in spices, gemstones, dragonbone, and other, less savory things.
  • Arstan Whitebeard: An old man with pale blue eyes, long white hair falling to his shoulders and a silky white beard covering the lower half of his face; Was born on the Dornish Marches; As a boy he squired for a knight of Lord Swann's household; Belwas' squire; Serves Magister Illyrio
  • Strong Belwas: An eunuch; A fat brown man with a gleaming bald head and smooth cheeks; Is squat but broad, his great brown gut crisscrossed by faded white scars; An ex-slave from Meereen; Serves Magister Illyrio; Carries a great curved arakh
  • Lynesse Hightower: "Lady Lynesse" - Ser Jorah's second wife; The youngest daughter of Lord Leyton Hightower; The White Bull was her greatuncle; Highborn and beautiful; She led Jorah to ruin and then abandoned him; Had skin like cream and hair like spun gold
  • Willem Darry: "Ser Willem Darry" - Was master-at-arms at the Red Keep; Took Viserys & Daenerys Targaryen away from Dragonstone and to the safety of the free cities
  • Pyat Pree: A Qartheen warlock
  • Xaro Xhoan Daxos: A merchant prince from Qarth; Of the Thirteen
  • Quaithe of the Shadow: A strange woman in a lacquered wooden mask; Has given Dany some cryptic counsel
  • Mirri Maz Duur: A godswife or Maegi to the Great Shepherd; Killed Daenerys' husband, Khal Drogo and unborn son, Rhaego
  • Hodor: Real name is "Walder" - Stableboy from Winterfell; A simple-minded, gentle but very strong giant with guileless brown eyes; Nearly seven feet tall; His arms are thick with muscle and matted with brown hair, might have giant blood in his veins; Old Nan's great-grandson; Only thing he ever says is "Hodor"; Carries Bran where he needs to go
  • Meera Reed: "Lady Meera of House Reed of Greywater Watch" - 16 years old; Jojen's older sister; Lord Howland's daughter; Brown-haired, green-eyed, and flat as a boy
  • Jojen Reed: "Jojen of House Reed of Greywater Watch" - "Little Grandfather" - 13 years old; Meera's younger brother; Lord Howland's son; Is slight of build and has moss green eyes; Has green dreams
  • Little Walder Frey: Lord Walder's grandson; One of Lady Catelyn's two wards; Younger (by fifty-two days) but bigger of the two Walder's at Winterfell; Is tall and stout, with a red face and a big round belly; Big Walder's cousin; Son of Merrett, his grandmother was Lord Walder's third wife, the Crakehall; Ahead of Big Walder in the line of succession even though he's younger
  • Big Walder Frey: Lord Walder's grandson; One of Lady Catelyn's two wards; Older (by fifty-two days) but smaller of the two Walder's at Winterfell; Is sharp-faced and skinny and half a foot shorter than Little Walder; Little Walder's cousin; Son of Jammos, his father was Lord Walder's son by his fourth wife; Behind Little Walder in the line of succession even though he's older
  • Ramsay Snow: "Bastard of Bolton" - "Ramsay Bolton" - Roose Bolton's bastard; A sly and cruel creature; Has the pale eyes of his father
  • Wyman Manderly: "Lord Wyman Manderly from White Harbor" - A stout man with a massive belly and fingers as fat as sausages; Banners is a white merman with trident in hand, rising from a blue-green sea
  • Brandon Stark: Was the true heir, the eldest son of Rickard; Had been 20 when he was strangled by order of the Mad King Aerys Targaryen; Was to wed Catelyn Tully of Riverrun a few days later; Ned’s older brother
  • Greatjon Umber: "Lord Umber" - The loudest of Robb's northern bannermen; Sigil is a roaring giant in shattered chains
  • Hother Umber: "Hother Whoresbane" - Greatjon's uncle; A gaunt old man with a white bear
  • Mors Umber: "Mors Crowfood" - Greatjon's uncle; A blustery old man with a white beard; A crow once took Mors for dead and pecked out his eye, so he wears a chunk of dragonglass in its stead.
  • Maester Luwin: Maester at Winterfell; Deceased
  • Cley Cerwyn: Lord Cerwyn's heir; Deceased
  • Khorane Sathmantes: A Lyseni ship captain working for Salladhor Saan; Has pale blue eyes set in a bony weatherworn face
  • Lord Alester Florent: "Lord Florent" - "Lord of Brightwater Keep" - Hand of the King on Dragonstone; Queen Selyse's uncle; Axell's brother
  • Patchface: "Patches" - Princess Shireen's lackwit fool; Has never been the same since he was lost to the sea for 3 days after a shipwreck; Is tattooed from neck to scalp, his skin is patterned in squares of red and green motley
  • Meizo Mahr: An eunuch working for Salladhor Saan
  • Lord Guncer Sunglass: "Lord Sunglass" - Burned by Lady Melisandre
  • Hubard Rambton: Deceased
  • Ser Cortnay Penrose: "Ser Cortnay Penrose" - Killed by Lady Melisandre
  • Ser Axell Florent: "Ser Axell Florent" - Is short and muscular, with a barrel chest, thick arms, bandy legs and hair growing from his big Florent ears and nostrils, more sprouts in tufts and patches beneath his double chin; His nose is broad, his brow beetled, his eyes close-set and hostile; Queen Selyse's uncle; Served as castellan of Dragonstone for a decade; Lord Alester's brother
  • Sumner Crakehall: "Ser Sumner Crakehall" - Jaime Lannister was his squire for four years
  • Ser Arthur Dayne: "Ser Arthur Dayne" - "The Sword of the Morning" - Deadliest of the seven knights of Aerys' Kingsguard; Lord Edric Dayne's uncle
  • Elys Westerling: "Ser Elys Westerling"
  • Roland Crakehall: "Lord Crakehall"
  • Grand Maester Pycelle: Maester in the Red Keep; A member of the king's small council; Had a flowing white beard until Tyrion had it chopped off; Tyrion stripped him of office, beard and dignity and flung him down into a black cell
  • Maester Turquin: The cordwainer's son; Candidate for new Grand Maester
  • Maester Erreck: The hedge knight's bastard; Candidate for new Grand Maester
  • Maester Gormon: A Tyrell of Highgarden; Candidate for new Grand Maester
  • Ser Boros Blount: "Ser Boros Blount" - A knight of the Kingsguard; An ugly, bald man with a jowly face, a broad chest and short, bandy legs
  • Ser Barristan Selmy: "Ser Barristan Selmy" - "Barristan the Bold" - Firstborn son of Ser Lyonel Selmy of Harvest Hall; Said to be the greatest living knight; Was Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and councilor to King Robert Baratheon and Aerys Targaryen II before him until King Joffrey dismissed him and then ordered him killed; An old man with white hair and pale blue eyes, yet he seems strong and graceful; Cannot be found since he left King's Landing; Banner is three stalks of wheat, yellow, on a brown field
  • Lollys Stokeworth: Lady Tanda's placid dull daughter; Falyse's younger sister; A large, soft, dim-witted girl with dull brown eyes; Was a maid at 33 years old until she was raped by an angry mob in King's Landing and she is now pregnant as a result
  • Tanda Stokeworth: "Lady Tanda" - Mother to Falyse & Lollys
  • Falyse Stokeworth: Lady Tanda's acid-tongued daughter; Lollys' older sister; Heir to Stokeworth; Has been married ten years but is still barren.
  • Symon Silver Tongue: A singer; Plays a twelve-stringed woodharp; A short man with thinning brown hair, pink cheeks, and a little pot belly
  • Chataya: Whore and brothel owner; Alayaya's mother; A tall woman with ebon skin and sandalwood eyes
  • Marei: Whore working for Chataya; A cool, pale, delicate girl with green eyes, porcelain skin and long straight pale white-gold hair but very solemn
  • Tom of Sevenstreams: "Tom Sevenstrings" - "Tom o' Sevens" - A singer and woodharpist; A small man with a big mouth, a sharp nose and thinning brown hair; About 50 years old
  • Lem Lemoncloak: "Lem" - A big soldier with a deep voice; Has bad teeth and a bushy brown beard; Wears a hooded yellow cloak, it's thick and heavy, frayed along the bottom and patched with deerskin on the right shoulder
  • Anguy: "Archer" - A youth as skinny as his longbow, if not quite as tall; Has red hair and freckles
  • Shama: Innkeeper at the Inn of the Kneeling Man; A very tall ugly woman with a knobby chin
  • Husband: Shama's husband; A head shorter than Shama, with a lumpy face and loose yellowish skin that still showed the marks of some pox
  • Harwin: Hullen's son; One of Eddard Stark's men; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Hullen: Was the master of horse at Winterfell; Harwin's father; Deceased
  • Patrek Mallister: Lord Jason's son & heir
  • Rymund the Rhymer: A singer
  • Ser Perwyn Frey: "Ser Perwyn Frey" - Son of Lord Walder Frey
  • Martyn Rivers: Bastard son of Lord Walder Frey
  • Maege Mormont: "Lady Maege Mormont" - House sigil is a black bear; Sister of Jeor Mormont; Jeor "Old Bear" Mormont's daughter; Stout and grey-haired; Is short and stout and dresses in mail and leather
  • Dacey Mormont: Lady Maege's eldest daughter; Is tall and lean and dresses in mail and leather
  • Jason Mallister: "Lord Jason Mallister of Seagard" - Bannerman to the Tullys; Banner is indigo with the silver eagle of Seagard; His hair has almost as much white in it as brown; Is still a handsome man, tall and lean with a chiseled clean-shaven face, high cheekbones, and fierce blue-grey eyes.
  • Tytos Blackwood: "Lord Tytos Blackwood"
  • Ser Brynden Tully: "Ser Brynden Tully" - "The Blackfish" - Lord Hoster's younger brother; Catelyn Lysa's uncle; Sigil is a black fish; Has grey hair that was once auburn and deep blue eyes; Robb's eyes and ears, the commander of his scouts and outriders
  • Rickard Karstark: "Lord Rickard Karstark" - Has a narrow face and a long ragged grey beard
  • Torrhen Karstark: Rickard Karstark's son; Slain in the Whispering Wood by Jaime Lannister
  • Eddard Karstark: Rickard Karstark's son; Slain in the Whispering Wood by Jaime Lannister
  • Galbart Glover: Eddard Stark's ally; Banner is scarlet with a silver mailed fist
  • Sybell Westerling: "Lady Sybell" - "Sybell Spicer" - Wife of Lord Gawen Westerling of the Crag
  • Lord Gawen Westerling: "Lord Gawen Westerling of the Crag" - Banner is six seashells, white on sand; Jason Mallister captured him in the Whispering Wood and has been holding him at Seagard for ransom.
  • Ser Rolph Spicer: "Ser Rolph Spicer" - Lady Sybell's brother; Jeyne's uncle; Castellan at the Crag when it was taken by Robb Stark; A square-built man with a broken nose and a close-cropped grey beard
  • Raynald Westerling: "Ser Raynald Westerling" - Son of Lord Gawen and Lady Sybell; Has a bushy mustache; Is young, lean, rough-hewn, he has good teeth and a thick mop of chestnut hair; Robb's royal banner-bearer
  • Elenya Westerling: Daughter of Lord Gawen and Lady Sybell
  • Rollam Westerling: Son of Lord Gawen and Lady Sybell
  • Jeyne Westerling: "Lady Jeyne Westerling" - 16 years old; Eldest daughter of Lord Gawen and Lady Sybell; Has chestnut curls, a heart-shaped face and a shy smile; Is slender, but with good childbearing hips
  • Black Walder Frey: Ser Stevron's grandson
  • Smalljon Umber: Greatjon's son
  • Walder Frey: "Lord Walder Frey"
  • Balon Greyjoy: "King of the Iron Islands" - "King of Salt and Rock" - "Son of the Sea Wind" - "Lord Reaper of Pyke" - Theon's father; Has grey hair and black eyes
  • Stevron Frey: "Ser Stevron" - Deceased
  • Ser Ryman Frey: "Ser Ryman"
  • Olyvar Frey: Robb Stark's squire
  • Randyll Tarly: "Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill" - Samwell Tarly's father; A bannerman to the Tyrells of Highgarden; His greatsword is Heartsbane
  • Rodrik Cassel: "Ser Rodrik Cassel" - Castellan of Winterfell
  • Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg: "Mag the Mighty" - "King of the Giants" - Looks older than other giants; His pelt is grey and streaked with white
  • Varamyr Sixskins: A small mouse of a man whose steed was a savage white snow bear that stood thirteen feet tall on its hind legs; Wherever Varamyr goes, a bear, three wolves and a shadowcat come following
  • Old Nan: Storyteller and nurse to the children of Winterfell for many years
  • Farlen: Was the kennelmaster at Winterfell; Deceased
  • Mikken: Blacksmith at Winterfell; Deceased
  • Gage: Cook at Winterfell; Deceased
  • Toregg: Wildling; Tormund's son
  • Dormund: Wildling; Tormund's son
  • Munda: Wildling; Tormund's daughter
  • Orell: An eagle; Has golden eyes; Was a wildling warg the Jon Snow killed, but some part of the man remains within the eagle
  • Bowen Marsh: Castellan of Castle Black
  • Jory Cassell: Was Captain of Eddard Stark's household guard; Slain in King's Landing
  • Ser Raymun Darry: "Ser Raymun Darry" - Deceased
  • Ser Gladden Wylde: "Ser Gladden Wylde" - Deceased
  • Lothar Mallery: "Lord Lothar Mallery" - Deceased
  • Alyn: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Jack-Be-Lucky: A one-eyed man in a rusty pothelm; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Pello of Tyrosh: "Greenbeard" - Has thick grey-and-green whiskers; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Lyanna Stark: "Lady Lyanna" - "Lya" - Eddard Stark's beloved sister; King Robert had loved her and she was to have been his bride; Died in the Mountains of Dorne during Robert's Rebellion
  • Black Bernarr: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch
  • Dickon Tarly: Samwell's younger brother
  • Talla Tarly: Samwell's younger sister
  • Gilly: One of Craster's wives/daughters; Is pregnant with a boy (she thinks); Wanted Sam and Jon to take her with them
  • Pypar: "Pyp" - Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Jon & Sam's friend
  • Rast: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch
  • Lancel Lannister: "Ser Lancel Lannister" - "Lance" - 16 years old; Queen Cersei's favorite cousin; Was King Robert's squire; Ser Kevan Lannister’s son; Nephew to Lord Tywin; Has thick sandy hair and green Lannister eyes
  • Ser Daven Lannister: "Ser Daven"
  • Forley Prester: "Ser Forley Prester"
  • Arwyn Oakheart: "Lady Oakheart" - "Lady of Old Oak"
  • Lord Leyton Hightower: "Lord Hightower" - "Voice of Oldtown" - "Lord of the Port"
  • Yohn Royce: "Lord Yohn Royce" - "Bronze Yohn Royce"
  • Lyn Corbray: "Ser Lyn Corbray" - Is slender as a sword and handsome; Heir to an ancient but impoverished house, vain, reckless, hot-tempered... and, it's was whispered, notoriously uninterested in the intimate charms of women.
  • Horton Redfort: "Lord of Redfort"
  • Tion Frey: Son of Genna Lannister and Ser Emmon Frey; Ser Cleos' brother; Cersei's cousin
  • Willem Lannister: Ser Kevan's son; Martyn's twin; Lancel's younger brother
  • Martyn Lannister: Ser Kevan's son; Willem's twin; Lancel's younger brother
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  • Delp: Guardsman at Riverrun
  • Elwood: Guardsman at Riverrun
  • Torrhen Karstark: Lord Rickard Karstark's son; Slain in the Whispering Wood by Jaime Lannister
  • Eddard Karstark: Lord Rickard Karstark's son; Slain in the Whispering Wood by Jaime Lannister
  • Harrion Karstark: Lord Karstark's eldest son and heir
  • Myles Mooton: "Lord Mooton of Maidenpool" - Sigil is a red salmon
  • Ser Gerold Hightower: "The White Bull"
  • Lyle Crakehall: "Ser Lyle Crakehall" - "Strongboar of Crakehall" - Second son of Lord Roland
  • Timeon: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; Dornishman
  • Lady of the Leaves: A stick-thin white-haired woman
  • Lord Vance: Lord of the Riverlands
  • Lady Smallwood: "Lady Smallwood of Acorn Hall"
  • Carellen Smallwood: Lady Smallwood's daughter
  • Jalabhar Xho: "Prince of the Red Flower Vale" - An exile prince from the Summer Isles who has no other refuge but King's Landing; Has skin as dark as night
  • Master Mott: A master armorer; Gendry was his apprentice
  • Kraznys mo Nakloz: A fat Astapori slaver; Smells as if he bathes in raspberries and has a jutting red-black beard glistened with oil
  • Osha: Wildling; Captive/Servant at Winterfell; Has shaggy brown hair; Is very tall for a woman, and wiry strong; Is trying to take Rickon and Shaggydog to safety
  • Theo Wull: "Buckets" - "Lord Theo Wull" - Sigil is three brown buckets on a blue field, with a border of white and grey checks
  • Lord Knott: Northman
  • Lord Norrey: Northman
  • Lord Liddle: Northman
  • Maester Pylos: Maester on Dragonstone
  • Porridge: Goaler on Dragonstone; Is broad and squat, with thick shoulders and huge strong hands
  • Lamprey: Goaler on Dragonstone; Older than Porridge, stooped and sallow, with greasy unwashed hair and pebbled skin
  • Imry Florent: "Ser Imry Florent" - Lord Alester's nephew; Ryam's son; Died on the Fury
  • Ser Ryam Redwyne: Lord Alester's brother; Ser Imry's father
  • Ardrian Celtigar: "Lord Celtigar of Claw Isle" - Sigil is red crabs
  • Monford Velaryon: "Lord Monford Velaryon" - Deceased
  • Duram Bar Emmon: "Lord Bar Emmon" - "Lord of Sharp Point" - 15 years old; A fat and feeble boy
  • Grigg the Goat: Wildling; Has a long blond braid
  • Grazdan: Astapori slave broker
  • Missandei: Slave girl belonging to Kraznys mo Nakloz; A little scribe; Has big golden eyes
  • Eroeh: A Lhazareen girl; Raped and killed by Mago
  • Mago: Dothraki
  • Ser Philip Foote: "Lord Philip Foote"
  • Gyles Rosby: "Lord Gyles" - Has a never ending cough
  • Denys Arryn: "Ser Denys Arryn" - "The darling of the Vale"
  • Ser Wilbert: From Stoney Sept
  • The Mad Huntsman: A stocky man in patched tan leathers, balding and weak-chinned and quarrelsome
  • Alyce: Serving wench & whore at the Peach
  • Cass: Serving wench & whore at the Peach
  • Lanna: Serving wench & whore at the Peach
  • Jyzene: Serving wench & whore at the Peach
  • Helly: Serving wench & whore at the Peach
  • Ser Leslyn Haigh: Serving wench whore at the Peach
  • Bella: Serving wench & whore at the Peach; Has a great thick mop of black as coal hair; Possibly one of King Robert's bastard daughters
  • Stonesnake: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; A great mountain climber; Deceased
  • Errok: Wildling; A very thin man
  • Zollo: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; A fat Dothraki
  • Ser Oswell Whent: "Lord of Harrenhal" - Deceased
  • Ser Danwell Frey: "Ser Danwell" - Lord Walder's son
  • Ser Aenys Frey: "Ser Aenys" - Lord Walder's son
  • Hosteen Frey: "Ser Hosteen" - Lord Walder's son
  • Goodwife Amabel: Works at Harrenhal
  • Walton: Works at Harrenhal
  • Maester Qyburn: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; Was a maester until the Citadel took his chain; A grey-haired, soft-spoken, fatherly man with warm brown eyes
  • Ser Preston Greenfield: "Ser Preston Greenfield" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Killed by an angry mob in King's Landing
  • Galyeon of Cuy: A singer; A big barrel-chested man with a black beard, a bald head and a thunderous voice
  • Bethany Fair-fingers: A singer
  • Aemon Costayne: A singer
  • Alaric of Eysen: A singer
  • Hamish the Harper: A singer; Has a grey beard
  • Collio Quaynis: A singer; A Tyroshi with a vermilion beard and a ludicrous accent
  • Gerion Lannister: "Gery" - The youngest and most reckless of Lord Tytos Lannister's four sons; Lord Tywin's brother; Never returned from seeking after the lost Lannister greatsword, Brightroar some eight years past; The uncle Tyrion liked best
  • Janos Slynt: Was shortly "Lord Janos of Harrenhal" - Was Commander of the City Watch; Had a seat on the king's small council; Jowly and balding; Was knighted by King Joffrey, who also granted him lordship of Harrenhal; Tyrion sent him to the Wall to become a Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Allar Deem: Gold Cloak of the City Watch; Tyrion had him killed
  • Bannen: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Bedwyck: "Giant" - Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; A fierce little man; Stands no more than five feet tall, but the grey streaks in his hair show his age
  • Kedge Whiteye: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch
  • Fornio: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch
  • Ser Byam: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch
  • Hake: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Cook
  • Clubfoot Karl: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Garth of Oldtown: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Garth of Greenaway: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Alan of Rosby: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Ronnel Harclay: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Has a fox face
  • Ollo Lophand: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Tim Stone: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Ulmer: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; An archer; Is stooped and grey-bearded and loose of skin and limb; In his youth he had been an outlaw, a member of the infamous Kingswood Brotherhood
  • Dirk: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Rolley of Sisterton: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Garth Greyfeather: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Three-Finger Hobb: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Cook at Castle Black
  • Thoren Smallwood: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; A sinewy ranger with a weak chin and a weaker mouth hidden under a thin scraggle of beard; One of Alliser Thorne’s henchmen
  • Orphan Oss: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Dyah: One of Craster's wives/daughters
  • Ferny: One of Craster's wives/daughters
  • Nella: One of Craster's wives/daughters; Has had six boys and Craster has sacrificed all of them
  • Jeyne Poole: Sansa's best friend; Is most likely dead
  • Mycah: Arya's friend; A butcher’s boy from Winterfell; Had a coarse, freckled face and thick red hair; Killed by Sandor "The Hound" Clegane
  • Edric Dayne: "Ned" - "Lord Edric Dayne of Starfall" - 12 years old; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners; Lord Beric's squire; Has big blue eyes, so dark that they look almost purple and his hair is a pale blond, more ash than honey; Jon Snow's milk brother
  • Dennet: Archer; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Kyle: Archer; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Melly: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Lothar Frey: "Lame Lothar Frey" - Lord Walder's son; A soft-bodied portly man; In his mid-30's; Has close-set eyes, a pointed beard and dark hair that falls to his shoulders in ringlets; Has a leg that was twisted at birth; Served as his father's steward for the past dozen years
  • Beth Cassel: Ser Rodrik's little daughter
  • Septon Chayle: Septon at Winterfell; Deceased
  • Palla: Farlen's daughter
  • Roslin Frey: "Lady Roslin" - A maid of 16 years; Ser Perwyn, Ser Benfrey, Maester Willamen & Olyvar's sister; Lord Walder's youngest daughter by Lady Bethany of House Rosby (the sixth Lady Frey); Is small for her years, with very white skin; Her face is comely, with a small chin, delicate nose and big brown eyes; Has thick chestnut hair that falls in loose waves to a waist so tiny that Edmure should be able to put his hands around it and her breasts look small but shapely.
  • Bethany Rosby: "Lady Bethany of House Rosby" - Lord Walder's sixth wife
  • Lord Grandison: Captured by Robert Baratheon at the Battle of Summerhill during Robert's rebellion. He then fought with Robert.
  • Lord Cafferen: The lord of House Cafferen who was loyal to Aerys II. He was captured by Robert Baratheon at Summerhall. He then became a loyal friend to Robert.
  • Lord Estermont: King Stannis' maternal grandfather
  • Gilbert Farring: "Ser Gilbert Farring" - New castellan at Storm's End
  • Lord Morrigen: Lord of Crows Nest who remains loyal to Stannis after the Battle of Blackwater
  • Rolland Storm: "Ser Rolland Storm" - "The Bastard of Nightsong" - A baseborn son of the late Lord Bryen Caron
  • Chyttering: Young Chyttering
  • Ser Andrew Estermont: "Ser Andrew Estermont" - King Stannis' cousin
  • Elmar Frey: Roose Bolton's cupbearer
  • Alys Karstark: Lord Karstark's daughter
  • Fat Walda Frey: "Lady Walda" - "Walda Bolton" - "Fat Walda" - Roose Bolton's new bride; A round pink butterball of a girl with watery blue eyes, limp yellow hair, and a huge bosom
  • Fair Walda Frey: "Fair Walda" - 18 years old
  • Deziel Dalt: "Ser Deziel Dalt of Lemonwood" - Banner is a purple field strewn with lemons
  • Tremond Gargalen: "Lord Tremond Gargalen of Salt Shore" - Sigil is a red cockatrice with a black snake in its beak
  • Arron Qorgyle: "Ser Arron Qorgyle of Sandstone" - Sigil is three black scorpions on a red banner
  • Myria Jordayne: Heir to the Tor - Sigil is a golden quill on green checks
  • Larra Blackmont: "Lady Larra Blackmont of Blackmont" - Mother to Jynessa and Perros; Sigil is a big black vulture grasping a baby in its talons on a yellow field
  • Jynessa Blackmont: Lady Larra's daughter
  • Perros Blackmont: Lady Larra's son
  • Ellaria Sand: Prince Oberyn's paramour; Has black hair; Has two bastard daughters by the prince
  • Flement Brax: "Ser Flement Brax" - Heir to Homvale
  • Ser Harys Haigh: "Ser Harys Swyft" - Kevan Lannister's father by marriage
  • Merlon Crakehall: "Ser Merlon Crakehall" - Lord Roland's son
  • Lord Yronwood: Warden of the Stoneway and the Bloodroyal
  • Tytos Lannister: "Lord Tytos Lannister" - Lord Tywin's father; Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion's grandfather
  • Lord Buckler: From the noble houses of the Stormlands sworn to Storm's End. Attended the wedding feast of King Joffrey.
  • Emmon Cuy: "Ser Emmon Cuy" - "Emmon the Yellow" - Part of Renly's Rainbow Guard; Slain by Loras Tyrell at Storm's End
  • Dancy: Whore working for Chataya; Pug-nosed and bouncy, with freckles and a mane of thick honey colored hair that tumbles down past her waist
  • Notch: Archer; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Beardless Dick: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Mudge: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Watty the Miller: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Merrit o' Moontown: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Burton Crakehall: "Ser Burton Crakehall"
  • Jayde: Whore working for Chataya
  • Puddingfoot: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Lommy Greenhands: Was an orphan boy on this way to the Wall with Yoren; Deceased
  • Likely Luke: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Big Boil: Wildling
  • Hempen Dan: Wildling ropernaker
  • Donal Noye: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; One armed armorer
  • Septon Cellador: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; A drunk
  • Dick Follard: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; He is deaf
  • Wynton Stout: "Ser Wynton Stout" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Halder: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Jon & Sam's friend
  • Todder: "Toad" - Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Jon & Sam's friend
  • Albett: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Jon & Sam's friend
  • Quort: Wildling boy
  • Bodger: Wildling boy
  • Del: Wildling; A horsefaced youth near Jon's age
  • Henk the Helm: Wildling
  • Toefinger: Wildling
  • Stone Thumbs: Wildling
  • Quort: Wildling; No older than 14, though he's already stolen himself a wife and has a child on the way.
  • Lerm: Wildling
  • Grey Worm: Highest ranking Unsullied officer in Daenerys' army; Being trained by Ser Jorah for command
  • Prendahl na Ghezn: One of the three captains of the Stormcrows; A thickset Ghiscari with a broad face and dark hair going grey
  • Sallor the Bald: One of the three captains of the Stormcrows; Has a twisting scar across his pale Qartheen cheek
  • Daario Naharis: One of the three captains of the Stormcrows; A flamboyant Tyroshi - Has a great curving nose, his beard is cut into three prongs and dyed blue, the same color as his eyes and the curly hair that falls to his collar, his pointed mustachios are painted gold and his fingernails are enameled blue.
  • Mero: "The Titan's Bastard" - Commander of the Second Sons; A towering Braavosi with pale green eyes and a bushy red-gold beard that reaches nearly to his belt
  • Grazdan mo Eraz: One of the Yunkai; His hair is drawn up in a unicorn's horn that juts from his brow
  • Steffon Baratheon: "Lord Steffon Baratheon"
  • Simon Toyne: "The Smiling Knight" - Chief of the kingswood outlaws
  • Green Gergen: Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
  • Weese: From Harrenhal
  • Wylla: Lord Edric Dayne's wet nurse
  • Ashara Dayne: "Lady Ashara Dayne of Starfall" - Lord Edric Dayne's aunt; Beautiful young sister of Ser Arthur Dayne; Tall and fair, with haunting violet eyes; Threw herself into the sea from atop the Palestone Sword because of a broken heart; Catelyn Stark believe's she could possibly be Jon Snow's mother
  • Allyria Dayne: Lord Edric Dayne's aunt
  • Lymond Goodbrook: "Lord Lymond Goodbrook"
  • Pyg: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
  • Pia: Works at Harrenhal
  • Nage: A round little northman
  • Lord Tarbeck: From the Westerlands. Lord Tarbeck rebelled against the Lannisters and was captured by him. His wife ransomed him for three Lannisters.
  • Lady Tarbeck: Wife to Lord Tarbeck. She captured three Lannisters and ransomed her husband from the Lannisters.
  • Oswell Whent: "Ser Oswell Whent" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Deceased
  • Jon Darry: "Ser Jon Darry" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Deceased
  • Lewyn Martell: "Ser Lewyn" - "Prince Lewyn of Dorne" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Deceased
  • Maester Marwyn: Known as the Archmaester and is the order's leading researcher into the occult and magic
  • Three Toes: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
  • Hallis Mollen: "Hal" - Winterfell guardsman
  • Victarion Greyjoy: Lord Balon Greyjoy's brother; Theon's uncle; Commander the Iron Fleet
  • Euron Greyjoy: "Crow's Eye" - Lord Balon Greyjoy's brother; Theon's uncle; His ship is the Silence
  • Lord Botley: Lord of a noble house from the Iron Islands that sits opposite the Greyjoys
  • Asha Greyjoy: "Lady Asha Greyjoy" - 23 years old; Theon's older sister; Is lean and longlegged, with black hair cut short, wind-chafed skin, strong sure hands and a nose too big and too sharp for her thin face, but her smile makes up for it.
  • Howland Reed: "The Crannogman" - Father to Meera & Jojen Reed; Was Eddard Stark's friend
  • Dareon: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; A singer; Was sent to Eastwatch; Jon & Sam's friend
  • Softfoot: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Ryles: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Stranger: The Hound's horse
  • Lord Harroway: The Harroways are an extinct noble house from the Riverlands. Arya and Sandor visit Lord Harroway's Town.
  • Bowen Marsh: "The Old Pomegranate" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; First Steward; Castellan of Castle Black in The Old Bear's absence
  • Jaremy Rykker: "Ser Jaremy Rykker" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Deceased
  • Cotter Pyke: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Baseborn son of a tavern wench; Commands Eastwatch by the Sea; Is rough-tongued and bold to a fault; Is lean, hard and wiry strong; His eyes are small and close-set, his nose broken, and has a widow's peak; The pox ravaged his face badly and the beard he’s grown to hide the scars is thin and scraggly
  • Left Hand Lew: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Edwyn Frey: Lord Walder's eldest great grandson
  • Petyr Frey: "Petyr Pimple" - Lord Walder's great grandson; Was married off at 10 to a woman thrice his age; 17 or 18 years old
  • Joyeuse Frey: "Lady Joyeuse" - "Joyeuse Erenford" - Lord Walder's eighth wife; A pale frail girl of 17 years
  • Aegon Frey: "Jinglebell" - Ser Stevron's halfwit son; A stooped thin man of 50; Wears a crown and collar ornamented with tiny brass bells
  • Benfrey Frey: "Ser Benfrey" - Ser Perwyn, Maester Willamen, Olyvar & Lady Roslin's brother; Son of the sixth Lady Frey (Lady Bethany Rosby)
  • Arwyn Frey: 14 years old; Lord Walder's maiden daughter
  • Shirei Frey: 6 years old; Lord Walder's youngest trueborn daughter
  • Amerei Frey: "Ami" - Lord Walder's widowed granddaughter
  • Pate of Sevenstreams: "Ser Pate of Sevenstreams" - Ami Frey's deceased husband; Slain by Ser Gregor
  • Marianne Frey: Lord Walder's maiden granddaughter
  • Cersei Frey: "Little Bee" - One of Lord Walder's brood; Her mother is a Beesbury
  • Walda Bolton: Lord Walder's maiden granddaughter
  • Merry Frey: Lord Walder's maiden granddaughter
  • Tyta Frey: Lord Walder's maiden daughter
  • Alyx Frey: One of Lord Walder's brood; Symond's daughter; Alesander's sister
  • Marissa Frey: One of Lord Walder's brood
  • Serra Frey: One of Lord Walder's brood; Sarra's twin
  • Sarra Frey: One of Lord Walder's brood; Serra's twin
  • Walda Rivers: 4 years old; Lord Walder's great granddaughter
  • Aemon Rivers: "Ser Aemon Rivers" - Lord Walder's bastard son
  • Raymund Frey: Lame Lothar's brother
  • Lucias Vypren: "Lord Lucias Vypren" - Lythene Frey's husband
  • Lythene Vypren: "Lady Lythene Vypren" - "Lythene Frey" - Lord Lucias' wife
  • Damon Vypren: "Ser Damon Vypren" - Lord Lucias & Lady Lythene's son
  • Leslyn Haigh: "Ser Leslyn Haigh" - Father to Ser Harys and Ser Donnel
  • Harys Haigh: "Ser Harys Haigh" - Son of Ser Leslyn; Ser Donnel's brother
  • Donnel Haigh: "Ser Donnel Haigh" - Son of Ser Leslyn; Ser Harys' brother
  • Maester Brenett: Maester at the Twins; A great fat man, bald and double-chinned; Not too clean since he has raven droppings staining the sleeves of his robes
  • Maester Willamen: "Willamen Frey" - Ser Perwyn, Ser Benfrey, Olyvar & Lady Roslin's brother; Son of the sixth Lady Frey (Lady Bethany Rosby); Serves Lord Hunter in the Vale
  • Leobald Tallhart: the younger brother of Ser Helman Tallhart and castellan of Torrhen's Square
  • Wylis Manderly: "Ser Wylis Manderly"
  • Ronnel Stout: a member of House Stout.
  • Kyle Condon: "Ser Kyle Condon" - Was the late Lord Cerwyn's right hand
  • Sedgekins: Works at the Twins
  • Merrett Frey: Lord Walder's son
  • Ser Whalen Frey: "Ser Whalen Frey"
  • Alesander Frey: Symond's son; Alyx is his sister
  • Symond Frey: Father to Alyx & Alesander
  • Lord Dustin: one of the six companions that fought with Eddard Stark at the Tower of Joy.
  • Lucas Blackwood: the second son of Lord Tytos of House Blackwood
  • Donnel Locke: Ser Donnel was released from captivity, most likely at the re-capture of Harrenhal. He attended the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully at the Twins. He was among those nobles killed during the Red Wedding, getting hit with crossbow bolts.
  • Owen Norrey: Owen was among the nobles that attended the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully.
  • Joy Lannister: Gerion's bastard daughte
  • Delena Florent: Edric Storm's mother; Queen Selyse's cousin
  • Gerald Gower: "Ser Gerald Gower"
  • Lord Fell: slain by Robert Baratheon at Summerhall in a single combat
  • Silveraxe: Lord Fell's son
  • Roro Uhoris: "The Blind Bastard" - A Tyroshi; Captain of the Cobblecat; Davos served under him as a young boy; The Night's Watch took his head for trading with the wildlings
  • Mully: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Has greasy orange hair
  • Satin: 18 years old; Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Boy whore from Oldtown; Was born and raised in a brothel; Is pretty as a girl with his dark eyes, soft skin and raven's ringlets.
  • Othell Yarwyck: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; First Builder at Castle Black
  • Runcel Hightower: Lord Commander of the Night's Watch; Deceased; Tried to bequeath the Watch to his bastard son
  • Rodrik Flint: Lord Commander of the Night's Watch; Deceased; Thought to make himself King-beyond-the-Wall
  • Tristan Mudd: Lord Commander of the Night's Watch; Deceased
  • Marq Rankenfell: "Mad Marq Rankenfell" - Lord Commander of the Night's Watch; Deceased
  • Robin Hill: Lord Commander of the Night's Watch; Deceased
  • Sky Blue Su: a whore from Mole's Town
  • Lady Meliana: (Is no lady, all her friends agree)
  • Old Kegs: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Stout old man
  • Spare Boot: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Has a carved wooden leg
  • Half-mad Easy: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Fancies himself Florian the Fool reborn
  • Dornish Dilly: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch
  • Red Alyn: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; From the Rosewood
  • Young Henly: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Is well past fifty
  • Old Henly: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Is well past seventy
  • Hairy Hal: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch
  • Spotted Pate: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; From Maidenpool
  • Owen the Oaf: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Is tall, towheaded and amiable; A tireless worker and surprisingly deft when it comes to working wood but his mother dropped him on his head when he was a baby and only has half his wits.
  • Coldhands: His hands are cold as ice; He has a flock of ravens and rides an elk.
  • Oznak zo Pahl: The hero of Meereen; His hair is shaped and teased and lacquered into two great curling ram's horns; His uncle is the richest man in Meereen and his father commands the city guard
  • Brown Ben Plumm: New commander of the Second Sons; Has a speckled grey-and-white beard; Has a broad brown face with a broken nose, a head of nappy grey hair and large, dark, almond-shaped eyes; He claims to be part Braavosi, part Summer Islander, part Ibbenese, part Qohorik, part Dothraki, part Dornish, part Westerosi and part Targaryen.
  • Brella: Sansa's new maidservant; In former days, she had run Lord Renly's household in King's Landing
  • Oswell Kettleblack: An old man, tall and gangling, with long white hair and a great hooked nose; Father of Ser Osney, Ser Osfryd & Ser Osmund
  • Ser Lothor Brune: "Ser Lothor Brune" - Freerider turned knight in the service of Lord Petyr Baelish; Was knighted for his valor in the Battle of the Blackwater; A square-faced stocky man with a squashed nose and a mat of nappy grey hair
  • Bertram Beesbury: "Ser Bertram Beesbury" - A red-faced tub of a knight; Banner is three beehives on a field striped black and yellow
  • Samwell Spicer: is a member of House Spicer. He is the cousin of Sybell and Rolph Spicer. He looks for Jaime Lannister when he is freed.
  • Lewys the Fishwife: a man sworn to House Baratheon of Dragonstone. He was part of Lord Davos Seaworth's group of men that shipped Edric Storm off of Dragonstone
  • Triston of Tally Hil: "Ser Triston of Tally Hill" - Was Lord Guncer Sunglass' man before he went into Melisandre's fires
  • Omer Blackberry: a sworn sword in service at Dragonstone. Omer was among the small group of knights loyal to Stannis Baratheon who escorted Edric Storm onto the Mad Prendos
  • Ser Rolland: was the fourth husband of Lady Rohanne Webber. He is the brother of Lady Helicent Uffering. He died of the Great Spring Sickness
  • Hareth: "Horse" - Wants to be a Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Big, blond and with buck teeth; Was a stablehand in Mole's Town
  • Zei: A whore from Mole's Town; Has proved very handy with a crossbow
  • Orphan 1: 9 years old; One of three orphan brothers from Mole's Town whose father died on the steps of the Wall at Castle Black
  • Orphan 2: 8 years old; One of three orphan brothers from Mole's Town whose father died on the steps of the Wall at Castle Black
  • Orphan 3: 5 years old; One of three orphan brothers from Mole's Town whose father died on the steps of the Wall at Castle Black
  • Black Jack Bulwer: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Arron: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Emrick: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Craven: Arya's sorrel palfrey mare
  • Pinkeye: His true name is "Mebble" - Works at Harrenhal; A drunk
  • Ser Balon Swann: Lord of Stonehelm; Father to Ser Balon and Ser Donnel
  • Donnel Swann: "Ser Donnel"
  • Elwood Harte: "Ser Elwood Harte"
  • Parmen Crane: "Ser Parmen Crane" - "Parmen the Purple" - Part of Renly's the Rainbow Guard; Deceased
  • Grisel: Part of Lord Petyr's household; A thin old woman; Was Petyr's wet nurse; She keeps his castle now
  • Kella: Part of Lord Petyr's household; A fat middle-aged woman
  • Bryen Caron: Part of Lord Petyr's household; An ancient white-haired man; Looks to be at least 80; Petyr's captain of the guard
  • Umfred: Part of Lord Petyr's household; An ancient white-haired man; Petyr's steward
  • Alayne Baelish: Lord Petyr Baelish's mother
  • Nestor Royce: the senior member of a cadet branch of House Royce and Keeper of the Gates of the Moon. He had been High Steward of the Vale for the fourteen years prior to Lord Jon Arryn's death
  • Marillion: A handsome singer with a wisp of a mustache and long sandy curls
  • Vardis Egen: "Ser Vardis Egen" - Slain by Bronn
  • Watt of Long Lake: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Endrew Tarth: "Ser Endrew Tarth" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Aladale Wynch: "Ser Aladale Wynch" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Tim Tangletongue: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
  • Ser Alliser Thorne: "Ser Alliser Thorne" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; A compact, spare and hard man, with grey in his black hair and eyes like chips of onyx; Was the master-at-arms at Castle Black; Was sent to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea by Lord Commander Mormont
  • Ser Glendon: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; A tall man
  • Daemon Sand: "Ser Daemon Sand" - "Bastard of Godsgrace" - Bastard son of Ser Ryon Allyrion
  • Baelor Breakspear: "Baelor Brightsmile" - Secretly "Baelor Breakwind" by Prince Oberyn; Lord Leyton's heir; Was at one point Elia Martell's suitor; Is wealthy, handsome and a knight of splendid repute
  • Leyton Hightower: "Lord Leyton Hightower"
  • Noble Ghael: Envoy from Astapor; A pale ferret-faced man
  • Cleon the Great: "King Cleon" - King in Astapor; Was once owned by Grazdan mo Ullhor; Was a butcher in Grazdan's kitchen
  • Jaehaerys Targaryen: "King Jaehaerys" - Dany's grandfather
  • Septa Donyse: helped Brienne of Tarth find good clothing that fit her when she arrived in King's Landing
  • Torwynd: "Torwynd the Tame" - Wildling; One of Tormund's sons
  • Quenn: Wildling
  • Hop-Robin: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Has a clubfoot
  • Lum: Lord Tywin's guardsman
  • Lester: Lord Tywin's guardsman
  • Maester Harmune: Maester at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea
  • Iron Emmett: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; A long, lanky young ranger whose endurance, strength and swordsmanship are the pride of Eastwatch
  • Myranda Royce: Lord Nestor Royce's daughter; Keeps her father's castle for him; Mya Stone's friend
  • Mya Stone: The bastard daughter of King Robert Baratheon; Robert's first born; A wiry girl with dark hair cropped short and straight around her head; Myranda Royce's friend
  • Lord Sumner: Ser Jaime Lannister squired for him for four years. Jaime saved his life in the battle with the Kingswood Brotherhood when he stopped Big Belly Ben from killing Lord Sumner
  • Wenda: "The White Fawn" - A woman of the Kingswood Brotherhood
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  • “You know nothing, Jon Snow.”
    Ygritte
  • “I understand that a marriage can be just as binding without a dancing bear.”
    Tyrion Lannister
  • “Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.”
    Night's Watch vow
  • “She wants power, but has no notion what to do with it when she gets it. Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.”
    Petyr Baelish
  • “Another name? Oh, certainly. And when the Faceless Men come to kill me, I'll say, 'No, you have the wrong man, I'm a different dwarf with a hideous facial scar.'”
    Tyrion Lannister
  • “If ice can burn, then love and hate can mate.”
    Jojen Reed
  • “When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.”
    Loras Tyrell
  • “A coin is as dangerous as a sword in the wrong hands.”
    Tyrion Lannister
  • “A man grows lonely in the dark and hungers for the sound of a human voice.”
  • “Obedience is all they know. If you told them not to breathe, they would find that easier than not to obey.”
    Missandei
  • “I know I am not the sort of husband young girls dream of, Sansa," he said softly, "but neither am I Joffrey.”
    Tyrion Lannister
  • “We’re all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.”
    Catelyn Stark
  • “In King's Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces... Every man's a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Everyone wants something, Alayne. And when you know what a man wants, you know who he is, and how to move him.”
    Littlefinger
  • “It's death and destruction I want to bring down on House Lannister, not scorn.”
    Jon Snow
  • “No one who wears a crown is ever safe.”
    Cersei Lannister
  • “Sometimes I think everyone is pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.”
    Grenn
  • “That might've hurt me once, when I still felt pain.”
    Tyrion Lannister
  • “Your father <Tywin> was that sort of man as well. A man who did what was needed.”
    Grand Maester Pycelle
  • “Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails.”
    Davos Seaworth
  • “You have a certain cunning, Tyrion, but the plain truth is you talk too much. That loose tongue of yours will be your undoing.”
    Tywin Lannister
  • “When you enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet.”
    Tywin Lannister
  • “All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.”
    Lady Olenna
  • “I used to be scared of Jon, whenever I had to fight him. He was so quick, and he fought like he meant to kill me...I never said, though. Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe prettending is how you get brave, I don't know.”
    Grenn
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  • The Night's Watch: “Night's Watch at The Wall” - Dedicated to defending the realms of Westeros; The Night's Watch guards the Wall. The Wall is also embued with mystical defenses which keep the Others from crossing into the realms of men so long as the Wall stands. However, at the time of the series' events the severely reduced numbers of the Night's Watch necessitate limited, irregular maintenance duty and complete ignorance of the Wall's magical qualities. Along (and perhaps in conjunction) with the Watch's ignorance of its greatest defense, the Brothers of the Watch seem to have forgotten that their greatest antagonists are the Others, leading them to focus on defense against unorganized bands of human wildlings inhabiting the lands beyond the Wall. For the vast majority of the Watch's recent history, it has served as a practical penal colony, filled with petty and violent criminals, political exiles, and vanquished nobility. Although their numbers are dwindling and the title of Brother of the Night's Watch no longer holds the honor and prestige it once did, the core of the Watch remains composed of capable and dedicated men. These men now serve the Watch and the Realm of Men by helping ensure that the barbarian human settlers of the areas north of the Wall, known as wildlings, are not allowed to raid south of the Wall, with their ancient task all but forgotten by time and mostly replaced by practical, modern concerns.
  • House Stark: "Starks of Winterfell" - The Starks trace their descent from Brandon the Builder and the ancient Kings of Winter. For thousands of years, they ruled from Winterfell as Kings in the North, until Torrhen Stark, the King Who Knelt, chose to swear fealty to Aegon the Dragon rather than give battle. Their blazon is a grey direwolf on an ice-white field. The Stark words are "Winter Is Coming". The principal houses sworn to Winterfell are Karstark, Umber, Flint, Mormont, Hornwood, Cerwyn, Reed, Manderly, Glover, Tallhart, Bolton.
  • House Tully: "Tullys of Riverrun" - The Tullys never reigned as kings, though they held rich lands and the great castle at Riverrun for a thousand years. During the Wars of Conquest, the riverlands belonged to Harren the Black, King of the Isles. Harren’s grandfather, King Harwyn Hardhand, had taken the Trident from Arrec the Storm King, whose ancestors had conquered all the way to the Neck three hundred years earlier, slaying the last of the old River Kings. A vain and bloody tyrant, Harren the Black was little loved by those he ruled, and many of the river lords deserted him to join Aegon’s host. First among them was Edmyn Tully of Riverrun. When Harren and his line perished in the burning of Harrenhal, Aegon rewarded House Tully by raising Lord Edmyn to dominion over the lands of the Trident and requiring the other river lords to swear him fealty. The Tully sigil is a leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red. The Tully words are "Family, Duty, Honor". Lesser houses sworn to Riverrun include Darry, Frey, Mallister, Bracken, Blackwood, Whent, Ryger, Piper, Vance.
  • House Baratheon: "Baratheons of Storm's End" - The youngest of the Great Houses, born during the Wars of Conquest. Its founder, Orys Baratheon, was rumored to be Aegon the Dragon’s bastard brother. Orys rose through the ranks to become one of Aegon’s fiercest commanders. When he defeated and slew Argilac the Arrogant, the last Storm King, Aegon rewarded him with Argilac’s castle, lands, and daughter. Orys took the girl to bride, and adopted the banner, honors, and words of her line. The Baratheon sigil is a crowned stag, black, on a golden field. Their words are "Ours is the Fury". The principal houses sworn to Storm’s End are Selmy, Wylde, Trant, Penrose, Errol, Estermont, Tarth, Swann, Dondarrion, Caron. The principal houses sworn to Dragonstone are Celtigar, Velaryon, Seaworth, Bar Emmon, and Sunglass.
  • House Lannister: "Lannisters of Casterly Rock" - Fair-haired, tall, and handsome, the Lannisters are the blood of Andal adventurers who carved out a mighty kingdom in the western hills and valleys. Through the female line they boast of descent from Lann the Clever, the legendary trickster of the Age of Heroes. The gold of Casterly Rock and the Golden Tooth has made them the wealthiest of the Great Houses. Their sigil is a golden lion upon a crimson field. The Lannister words are "Hear Me Roar"! Principal houses sworn to Casterly Rock are Payne, Swyft, Marbrand, Lydden, Banefort, Lefford, Crakehall, Serrett, Broom, Clegane, Prester, and Westerling.
  • House Targaryen: "The Old Dynasty House Targaryen" - The Targaryens are the blood of the dragon, descended from the high lords of the ancient Freehold of Valyria, their heritage proclaimed in a striking (some say inhuman) beauty, with lilac or indigo or violet eyes and hair of silver-gold or platinum white. Aegon the Dragon’s ancestors escaped the Doom of Valyria and the chaos and slaughter that followed to settle on Dragonstone, a rocky island in the narrow sea. It was from there that Aegon and his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys sailed to conquer the Seven Kingdoms. To preserve the blood royal and keep it pure, House Targaryen has often followed the Valyrian custom of wedding brother to sister. Aegon himself took both his sisters to wife, and fathered sons on each. The Targaryen banner is a three-headed dragon, red on black, the three heads representing Aegon and his sisters. The Targaryen words are "Fire and Blood".
  • House Greyjoy: The "Greyjoys of Pyke" claim descent from the Grey King of the Age of Heroes. Legend says the Grey King ruled not only the western isles but the sea itself, and took a mermaid to wife. For thousands of years, raiders from the Iron Islands—called “ironmen” by those they plundered—were the terrors of the seas, sailing as far as the Port of Ibben and the Summer Isles. They prided themselves on their fierceness in battle and their sacred freedoms. Each island had its own “salt king” and “rock king.” The High King of the Isles was chosen from among their number, until King Urron made the throne hereditary by murdering the other kings when they assembled for a choosing. Urron’s own line was extinguished a thousand years later when the Andals swept over the islands. The Greyjoys, like other island lords, intermarried with the conquerers. The Iron Kings extended their rule far beyond the isles themselves, carving kingdoms out of the mainland with fire and sword. King Qhored could truthfully boast that his writ ran “wherever men can smell salt water or hear the crash of waves.” In later centuries, Qhored’s descendents lost the Arbor, Oldtown, Bear Island, and much of the western shore. Still, come the Wars of Conquest, King Harren the Black ruled all the lands between the mountains, from the Neck to the Blackwater Rush. When Harren and his sons perished in the fall of Harrenhal, Aegon Targaryen granted the riverlands to House Tully, and allowed the surviving lords of the Iron Islands to revive their ancient custom and chose who should have the primacy among them. They chose Lord Vickon Greyjoy of Pyke. The Greyjoy sigil is a golden kraken upon a black field. Their words are "We Do Not Sow". Lesser houses sworn to Pyke include Harlaw, Stonehouse, Merlyn, Sunderly, Botley, Tawney, Wynch, Goodbrother.
  • House Arryn: The Arryns are descended from the Kings of Mountain and Vale, one of the oldest and purest lines of Andal nobility. Their sigil is the moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky blue field. The Arryn words are "As High As Honor". The principal houses sworn to the Eyrie are Royce, Baelish, Egen, Waynwood, Hunter, Redfort, Corbray, Belmore, Melcolm, and Hersy.
  • House Tyrell: "Tyrells of Highgarden" - The Tyrells rose to power as stewards to the Kings of the Reach, whose domain included the fertile plains of the southwest from the Dornish marches and Blackwater Rush to the shores of the Sunset Sea. Through the female line, they claim descent from Garth Greenhand, gardener king of the First Men, who wore a crown of vines and flowers and made the land bloom. When King Mern, last of the old line, perished on the Field of Fire, his steward Harlen Tyrell surrendered Highgarden to Aegon Targaryen, pledging fealty. Aegon granted him the castle and dominion over the Reach. The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a grass-green field. Their words are "Growing Strong". Principal houses sworn to Highgarden are Vyrwel, Florent, Oakheart, Hightower, Crane, Tarly, Redwyne, Rowan, Fossoway, and Mullendore.
  • House Martell: "Martells of Dorne" - Nymeria, the warrior queen of the Rhoyne, brought her ten thousand ships to land in Dorne, the southernmost of the Seven Kingdoms, and took Lord Mors Martell to husband. With her help, he vanquished his rivals to rule all Dorne. The Rhoynar influence remains strong. Thus Dornish rulers style themselves “Prince” rather than “King.” Under Dornish law, lands and titles pass to the eldest child, not the eldest male. Dorne, alone of the Seven Kingdoms, was never conquered by Aegon the Dragon. It was not permanently joined to the realm until two hundred years later, and then by marriage and treaty, not the sword. Peaceable King Daeron II succeeded where the warriors had failed by wedding the Dornish princess Myriah and giving his own sister in marriage to the reigning Prince of Dorne. The Martell sigil is a red sun pierced by a golden spear on an orange banner. Their words are "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken". The principal houses sworn to Sunspear include Jordayne, Santagar, Allyrion, Toland, Yronwood, Wyl, Fowler, and Dayne.
  • Kingsguard: The finest swords in all the realm. There are only seven of them at a time and they wear white armor with a white cloak and have no wives or children, but live only to serve the king.
  • Brotherhood Without Banners: A band of outlaws defending the common people of the realm.
  • Rainbow Guard: Renly's Kingsguard; They wore armor according to their assigned color and a rainbow cloak.
  • Queensguard: Daenerys' version of a Kingsguard
  • Brave Companions: Some call them "Bloody Mummers" (though never to their faces), and sometimes the "Footmen", for Lord Vargo's habit of cutting off the hands and feet of men who displease him.
  • Wildings: Barbarian human settlers of the areas north of the Wall
  • Stone Crows: Clansmen from the Mountains of the Moon; Tyrion's men
  • Burned Men: Clansmen from the Mountains of the Moon; Tyrion's men
  • Black Ears: Clansmen from the Mountains of the Moon; Tyrion's men
  • The Sorrowful Men: An ancient sacred guild of Qartheen assassins, so named because they always whisper, “I am so sorry,” to their victims before they kill them.
  • Dosh Khaleen: Khaleesi widows; A group of withered crones
  • Unsullied: Eunuch slave soldiers; They wear spiked bronze hats
  • Bright Banners: A company of sellswords
  • The Second Sons: A company of sellswords
  • Tourmaline Brotherhood: Add a description of this organization.
  • Faceless Men of Braavos: Assassins
  • Kingswood Brotherhood: The great outlaw band of yore; Some members were Simon Toyne, the Smiling Knight, Oswyn Longneck the Thrice-Hanged, Wenda the White Fawn, Fletcher Dick, Big Belly Ben and all the rest
  • Hornfoots
  • Nightrunners
  • The Lamb Men
  • Stormcrows: A company of sellswords
  • Silent Sisters
  • Milk Snakes: Clansmen from the Mountains of the Moon
  • Sons of the Mist: Clansmen from the Mountains of the Moon
  • The Gallant Men
  • The Children of the Forest
  • The Others
  • crannogmen: the swamp-dwelling inhabitants of the Neck, so called for their habit of living in crannogs. Despite their short stature and somewhat primitive lifestyle, the crannogmen have proven a notoriously difficult people to conquer.
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First Sentence edit see section history

The day was grey and bitter cold, and the dogs would not take the scent.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
1. Jaime
2. Catelyn
3. Arya
4. Tyrion
5. Davos
6. Sansa
7. Jon
8. Daenerys
9. Bran
10. Davos
11. Jaime
12. Tyrion
13. Arya
14. Catelyn
15. Jon
16. Sansa
17. Arya
18. Samwell
19. Tyrion
20. Catelyn
21. Jaime
22. Arya
23. Daenerys
24. Bran
25. Davos
26. Jon
27. Daenerys
28. Sansa
29. Arya
30. Jon
31. Jaime
32. Tyrion
33. Samwell
34. Arya
35. Catelyn
36. Davos
37. Jaime
38. Tyrion
39. Arya
40. Bran
41. Jon
42. Daenerys
43. Arya
44. Jaime
45. Catelyn
46. Samwell
47. Arya
48. Jon
49. Catelyn
50. Arya
51. Catelyn
52. Arya
53. Tyrion
54. Davos
55. Jon
56. Bran
57. Daenerys
58. Tyrion
59. Sansa
60. Tyrion
61. Sansa
62. Jaime
63. Davos
64. Jon
65. Arya
66. Tyrion
67. Jaime
68. Sansa
69. Jon
70. Tyrion
71. Daenerys
72. Jaime
73. Jon
74. Arya
75. Samwell
76. Jon
77. Tyrion
78. Samwell
79. Jon
80. Sansa
Epilogue

Glossary edit see section history

  • Direwolf: A close relative of the wolf, but larger and stronger. A grey direwolf in a white field is the banner of House Stark.
  • Warg: Someone who shares their soul with an animal and at times can see and feel through the animal and vice versa.
  • Khalasar: A tribe of Dothraki horse riders that can count tens of thousands of men.
  • Khaleesi: Wife of the khal; Dothraki Queen
  • Khal: A Dothraki warleader, commanding a tribe of tens of thousands of warriors and non-combatants.
  • Garron: Horse
  • Slattern: a woman who is careless and sloppy in her habits, appearance, work, etc.
  • Crupper: a piece of tack used on horses and other equids to keep a saddle, harness or other equipment from sliding forward.
  • Crinet: articulated armor protecting the upper surface of the neck of a medieval war horse.
  • Chamfron: Describe this term.
  • Crenel: A battlement
  • Puissant: Having great power or influence.
  • Crannog
  • Castellan
  • Dray
  • Brigantine: a small ship carrying both oars and sails.
  • Greaves: armour that protects the leg
  • Argot
  • Mummer
  • Pennon
  • Rounsey
  • Merlon
  • Susurrus
  • Harridan: A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman
  • Byrnie
  • Vambrace: a dueling guard that was worn over the forearm, sometimes extending over the hand...
  • Gorget: A piece of armor that fits around the neck, meant to protect the wears throat.
  • Spaulder: armoured plates worn on the upper arms and shoulders in a suit of plate armour.
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Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 12 in A Song of Ice and Fire. (standard series)

Preceded by A Clash of Kings, and followed by A Feast for Crows.

This is book 11 of 159 in Fantasy Book Review Top 100 fantasy books of all time. (community list)
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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. George R. R. Martin (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Larry Rostant (Cover Artist)
  2. Roy Dotrice (Narrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 31, 2000
ISBN: 978-0553106633
Page Count: 1177

Awards edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3563.A7239 S7 2000
  • Dewey: 813.54 21

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Strong language, Very graphic violence, Explicit Sexual situations including incest, rape and underage sex

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