A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire 4) by George R. R. Martin

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The War of the Five Kings is slowly coming to an end.

Robb Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, and Balon Greyjoy are all dead, and King Stannis Baratheon has gone to the aid of the Wall, where Jon Snow has become Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. King Tommen Baratheon,... read more

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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows , Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....

With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist — or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.

But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces — some familiar, others only just appearing — are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.

It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests — but only a few are the survivors.

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Arya Stark: "Princess Arya" - "Arya Underfoot" - "Arya Horseface" - "Arry" - "Weasel" - "Nan" - "Squab" - "Salty" - 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; Recently caught a ship sailing for Braavos; Meanwhile an impostor Arya has been betrothed to Ramsay Snow
Sansa Stark: "Princess Sansa" - "Alayne Stone" - 13 years old; Eldest daughter of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Has thick autumn auburn hair and deep Tully blue eyes; Has dyed her hair a burnt brown color so that she is not easily recognized; Was forced to marry Tyrion Lannister but the marriage was never consummated; Sansa is now hiding in the Vale as Alayne Stone, Petyr Baelish's bastard daughter.
Jon Snow: "Lord Snow" - 16 years old; 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch; 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; Has burn scars on one hand from when he saved Lord Mormont's life from a wight; Has faint scars on one cheek where an eagle once tried to rip his eye out.
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 rightful heir to Robb; Has green dreams and is a warg; Is believed dead; The new "Lord of Winterfell" but he does not know it yet since he is on a journey beyond The Wall.
Robb Stark: "Lord of Winterfell" - "King in the North and King of the Trident" - "Young Wolf" - Eldest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Big and broad with fair skin, auburn hair falling to his shoulders and blue eyes; Slain at The Twins during his uncle, Edmure Tully's wedding to Roslin Frey; the wedding is now being called "The Red Wedding".
Rickon Stark: "Prince Rickon" - 4 years old; Youngest son of Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully; Has auburn hair and blue eyes; Is believed dead; Is traveling south with Shaggy Dog and Osha, a wildling woman
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, and Rickon Stark; Had long brown hair, a closely trimmed beard shot with white and grey eyes; Beheaded at King's Landing by Ser Ilyn Payne under King Joffrey's orders
Catelyn Stark: "Cat" - "Catelyn Tully" - "Lady Stark" - "Lady Stoneheart" - "The Silent Sister" - "Mother Merciless" - "The Hangwoman" - Eddard Stark's widow; Mother to Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran & Rickon Stark; Lord Hoster Tully's daughter; Sister to Lysa Arryn and Edmure Tully; Had fair skin, auburn hair and blue eyes; Slain at The Twins during her brother, Edmure Tully's wedding to Roslin Frey; The wedding is now being called "The Red Wedding"; Beric Dondarrion resurected her and she now rides with the Brotherhood without Banners seeking revenge; Her hair is dry and brittle, white as bone; Her brow is mottled green and grey, spotted with the brown blooms of decay; The flesh of her face clings in ragged strips from her eyes down to her jaw; Some of the rips are crusted with dried blood, but others gape open to reveal the skull beneath.
Benjen Stark: "Ben"- Eddard Stark's younger brother. Uncle to Jon, Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, and Rickon
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; Is leading the largest pack of wolves ever seen all over the riverlands near the Trident
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)
Cersei Lannister: "Queen Regent" - "Lady of Casterly Rock" - Mother of Joffrey, Tommen & Myrcella Baratheon; Jaime Lannister's older twin sister and lover; Sister to Tyrion; King Robert Baratheon's widow; Has golden hair and green eyes; A member of the king's small council
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. Lost his right (fighting) hand while being held captive by the Brave Companions.
Myrcella Baratheon: "Princess Myrcella" - Joffrey & Tommen's sister; 10 almost 11 years old; A shy little girl; Has skin as pale as milk with a mop of golden curls and green eyes; Has been sent to Sunspear where she is to wed Prince Trystane Martell in a few years
Tommen Baratheon: "King Tommen, the First of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms" - "The Little King" - 9 years old; Joffrey's younger brother; A plump little boy with golden curls and green eyes
Joffrey Baratheon: "King Joffrey" - "Joff" - Was 13 years old; Thought to be the son and heir of King Robert Baratheon; Was very tall with a thick tangle of golden curls hanging down to his neck and deep green eyes; Married to Margaery Tyrell for a few hours; Was poisoned and choked to death at his wedding feast.
Lord Tywin Lannister: "Lord Tywin Lannister" - Was Hand of the King to three kings, Warden of the West, Lord of Casterly Rock; Father to Queen Cersei, Ser Jaime the Kingslayer and Tyrion the Imp; Grandfather to King Joffrey; Slain by Tyrion while sitting on the privy
Joanna Lannister: "Lady Joanna" - Mother to Queen Cersei, Ser Jaime the Kingslayer and Tyrion the Imp; Died while birthing Tyrion
Tyrion Lannister: "The Imp" - A dwarf son of Tywin Lannister; Brother of Cersei and Jaime Lannister; His height and appearance are scoffed at but his cunning and intelligence are difficult to equal; His head is too large for his body, with a brute's squashed-in face beneath a swollen shelf of brow; One green eye and one black one peer out from under a lank fall of hair so blond it seems white; Has a yellow and black, wiry beard covering his pushed-in face; Was acting Hand of the King under Joffrey; Was grievously wounded at the Battle of the Blackwater and now has a great gash that runs from above one eye down to his jaw, across what remains of his nose; Was forced to marry Sansa Stark but he never pressed the issue of consummating the marriage, even though he was ready and willing too do so; Convicted (wrongly) and sentenced to death for murdering King Joffrey at the king's wedding feast; Escaped the black cells under the Red Keep and fled the Seven Kingdoms as he is a fugitive wanted for kinslaying and regicide.
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; 55 years old; Is fair-skinned and blond though he has lost most of his hair; Thick of waist, round of shoulder, with a square jutting chin that his close-cropped yellow beard does little to conceal, he looks like some old mastiff.
Lancel Lannister: "Ser Lancel Lannister" - "Lance" - "Lord of Darry" - 17 years old; Cersei, Jaime & Tyrion's cousin; Was King Robert's squire; Ser Kevan Lannister’s son; Nephew to Lord Tywin; Has thick sandy hair and green Lannister eyes; Has had a very difficult time healing from the injuries he sustained during the Battle of the Blackwater; Is now grey-faced, gaunt, with hollow cheeks, sunken eyes and hair as white and brittle as chalk; Has a sandy wisp of a mustache on his upper lip; Was Cersei's lover for a time and is in love with her; Is betrothed to a Frey girl, a widow with Darry blood
Martyn Lannister: Ser Kevan Lannister’s son; Cersei, Jaime & Tyrion's cousin; Nephew to Lord Tywin
Robert Baratheon: Was King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm; Cersei Lannister's husband; Had black hair and blue eyes; Fathered no trueborn heirs; Fathered sixteen bastards, all with his black hair regardless of the mothers hair color; Was gutted by a wild boar while hunting when extremely drunk
Gendry: "The Bull" - "Ser Gendry" - Knight of the Hollow Hill" - A 15 years old smith; A boy with dark stubble covering his cheeks and chin, a thick black mop of hair that grows down past his ears and deep blue eyes; Big for his age, with a broad chest and strong-looking arms; Has the heavy shoulders and muscular right arm so often seen on smiths; One of King Robert's bastards, but he does not know it; Looks very much like Robert & Renly; Arya's friend; Rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
Mya Stone: The bastard daughter of King Robert Baratheon; Robert's first born; A slim and sinewy girl; Has short, shaggy raven-black hair and big blue eyes; Myranda Royce's friend
Doran Martell: "Prince Doran of Dorne" - "Doran Nymeros Martell" - Is 52 years old and gouty; Father to Arianne, Quentyn and Trystane; Prince Oberyn's brother; The Prince of Dorne is known for his patience and prudence. Met for the first time in the series.
Mellario Martell: "Lady Mellario" - Mother to Arianne, Quentyn and Trystane; Is in Norvos
Arianne Martell: "Princess Arianne of Dorne" - 23 years old; Prince Doran's eldest daughter; Heir to Sunspear; Has big black eyes, a mane of jet-black ringlets that falls to the small of her back and around her brow she wears a band of copper suns; Is only five foot two
Trystane Martell: "Prince Trystane of Dorne" - 13 years old; Prince Doran's youngest son; Betrothed to Princess Myrcella Baratheon; Has olive skin and straight black hair
Quentyn Martell: "Prince Quentyn of Dorne" - Prince Doran's eldest son; Fostered by Lord Yronwood from a tender age, served him as a page, then a squire, even took knighthood at his hands in preference to the Red Viper's; Rumored to have crossed the narrow sea in secret, posing as a common merchant.
Oberyn Martell: "Prince Oberyn of Dorne" - "Oberyn Nymeros Martell" - "The Red Viper" - 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; Obara's father; Was slain by Gregor Clegane in single combat during a trial by battle; His 8 bastard daughters are called "Sand Snakes"
Ellaria Sand: Was Prince Oberyn's paramour; Has black hair; Has two bastard daughters by the prince; Natural daughter of Lord Harmen Uller of Hellholt
Obara Sand: The eldest Sand Snake, a big-boned woman near to 30, with the close-set eyes and rat-brown hair of the Oldtown whore who'd birthed her.
Nymeria Sand: "Lady Nym" - The second Sand Snake; 25 years old; Is slender as a willow; Has straight black hair, worn in a long braid bound up with red-gold wire, making a widow's peak above her dark eyes, just like father; Has high cheekbones, full lips and milk-pale skin; Her mother was from the noblest blood of old Volantis
Tyene Sand: The third Sand Snake; Has golden hair and her eyes are deep blue pools; Her mother had been a septa
Sarella Sand: Another Sand Snake; Almost 20 years old
Loreza Sand: Another Sand Snake; 6 years old
Dorea Sand: Another Sand Snake; 8 years old
Aero Hotah: Captain of the Guards of the Prince of Dorne
Maester Caleotte: Prince Doran Martell's maester
Arys Oakheart: "Ser Arys Oakheart" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Has light brown hair and a face that is not unpleasant to look upon; Was sent to Dorne to protect Princess Myrcella Baratheon at Sunspear
Balon Greyjoy: "Lord Balon Greyjoy" - "King of the Iron Islands" - "King of Salt and Rock" - "Son of the Sea Wind" - "Lord Reaper of Pyke" - "Balon the Brave" - Asha Theon's father; Recently Deceased
Aeron Damphair: "Damphair" - The prophet of the Drowned God; Lord Balon Greyjoy's youngest brother; Asha Theon's uncle; Is tall and thin, with fierce black eyes and a beak of a nose; Has black hair draping his shoulders like a ragged, ropy cloak and it falls down past his waist (no blade has touched it since the sea raised him up), he weaves strands of seaweed through it and through his tangled, uncut beard
Euron Greyjoy: "Euron Crow's Eye" - "King of the Isles and the North" - Lord Balon Greyjoy's younger brother; Asha & Theon's uncle; His ship is the Silence; The most comely of Lord Quellon's sons; His hair is as black as a midnight sea and his face is smooth and pale beneath his neat dark beard; A black leather patch covers his left eye, but his right is as blue as a summer sky; Has blue lips
Victarion Greyjoy: "Lord Commander the Iron Fleet" - Lord Balon Greyjoy's younger brother; Asha & Theon's uncle; His ship is the Iron Victory; Though his hair is flecked with hoarfrost, he is as strong as he has ever been, with a bull's broad chest and a boy's flat belly.
Asha Greyjoy: "Lady Asha Greyjoy" - Daughter of Lord Balon Greyjoy; 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; After her father's death, Asha struggles for power with the Krakens of Pyke.
Quellon Greyjoy: "Lord of the Iron Islands" - Had nine male children; Harlon, Quenton & Donel born of his first wife, a woman of the Stonetrees; Balon, Euron, Victarion, Urrigon & Aeron were the sons of his second, a Sunderly of Saltcliffe; For a third wife Quellon took a girl from the green lands, who gave him a sickly idiot boy named Robin; Only four sons lived to manhood (Balon, Euron, Victarion & Aeron)
Alannys Greyjoy: "Lady Alannys Greyjoy" - "Alannys Harlaw" - "Lanny" (but only by her brother, Lord Rodrick) - Lord Balon Greyjoy's widow; Asha & Theon's mother; Dwells on Harlaw, with her own sister & brother
Theon Greyjoy: "Theon Turncloak" - "Prince of Winterfell" (What Theon called himself when he took the castle) - A lean, dark youth with black hair; 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; Presumed-dead after Winterfell was taken by Ramsay Snow
Rodrik Greyjoy: Asha & Theon's older brother; Died beneath the walls of Seagard
Maron Greyjoy: Asha & Theon's older brother; Deceased
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
Viserys Targaryen: "The Beggar King" - Daenerys' older brother; Second son of King Aerys II and Queen Rhaella; Slain in Vaes Dothrak by Khal Drogo
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; Had silver-gold hair and purple eyes; Liked to play a silver-stringed harp and sing; Slain by King Robert on the Trident
Elia Martell: "Princess Elia of Dorne" - Doran Martell's sister; Wife to Rhaegar Targaryen; Mother to Rhaenys and Aegon; Raped and murdered by Gregor Clegane during the Sack of King's Landing
Rhaenys Targaryen: "Princess Rhaenys" - Rhaegar's daughter by Elia of Dorne; Murdered during the Sack of King's Landing
Aerys Targaryen II: "The Mad King" - Father to Rhaegar, Viserys and Daenerys; Husband to Rhaella; Had purple eyes; Slain by Ser Jaime Lannister, one of his Kingsguard
Rhaella Targaryen: "Queen Rhaella" - Mother to Rhaegar, Viserys and Daenerys; Wife to Aerys II
Stannis Baratheon: "King Stannis" - "Lord of Dragonstone" - Younger brother to King Robert 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
Quenton Hightower: "Lord Leyton of the Hightower" - "Oldtown's Old Man" - "Protector of the Citadel" - A sworn bannerman of House Tyrell
Gregor Clegane: "The Mountain That Rides" - "Ser" (by his men) - 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; Was poisoned by Prince Oberyn of Dorne in single combat during a trial by battle and is dying a very slow and painful death.
Senelle: One of Cersei's maids
Jocelyn Swyft: "Lady Jocelyn Swyft" - Cersei's companion
Dorcas: One of Cersei's maids
Osmund Kettleblack: "Ser Osmund Kettleblack" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Older 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
Osney Kettleblack: "Ser Osney Kettleblack" - Younger brother to Osmund and Osfryd; Tall with a hooked nose, black hair and a cruel smile; Is clean shaven and has three long scratches on one cheek from Alayaya (one of Tyrion's whore friends)
Osfryd Kettleblack: "Ser Osfryd Kettleblack" - Middle 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
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; Cersei stripped him of his white clock but Lord Tywin restored him to the white cloaks
Loras Tyrell: "Ser Loras Tyrell" - "Knight of Flowers" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Former Lord Commander of Renly's Rainbow Guard; Youngest son of Lord Mace & Lady Alerie; 17 years old; Brother to Willas, Garlan & Margaery; Has thick brown hair falling in lazy ringlets to his shoulders and big brown eyes; Is slim as a sword, lithe and fit; Looks like Margaery's twin
Meryn Trant: "Ser Meryn" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Has rust-red hair and pouches under his eyes
Balon Swann: "Ser Balon Swann" - A knight of the Kingsguard; Second son to Lord Gulian Swann of Stonehelm
Grand Maester Pycelle: 84 years old; 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; Lord Tywin freed him and gave him back his maesters chain and his council seat
Maester Ballabar: Lord Mace Tyrell's maester
Maester Frenken: Maester in Lady Tanda Stokeworth's service; Is plump and ginger-headed
Lord Qyburn: Was one of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; Was a maester until the Citadel took his chain; Is said to use black magic; A grey-haired, soft-spoken, fatherly man with warm brown eyes
Shae: Tyrion's whore; To keep her safe, Tyrion had Varys bring her to the Red Keep as Lollys Stokeworth's maidservant; Later became Sansa Stark's new maidservant after she was wed to Tyrion Lannister; Slain by Tyrion when he found her in his fathers bed
Jon Arryn: Lysa Tully's husband; Robert Arryn's father; Was the Hand of King Robert Baratheon for fifteen years; Was Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale and Warden of the East; Deceased
Lysa Arryn: "Lysa Tully" - "Lady Arryn" - "Lysa Baelish" - 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; Recently married the love of her life, Petyr Baelish; Is crazy; Deceased
Robert Arryn: "Lord of the Eyrie" - "Defender of the Vale" - "Sweetrobin" - 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
Petyr Baelish: "Littlefinger" - "Lord of Harrenhal" - "Lord Paramount of the Trident" - "Lord Protector of the Eyrie and the Vale of Arryn" - Was a member of the king's small council; Was 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; Lysa Arryn's widow
Edmure Tully: "Lord of Riverrun" - "Ser Edmure Tully" - Catelyn & Lysa's younger brother; A stocky young man with deep blue eyes, a shaggy head of auburn hair and a fiery beard; Married to Roslin Frey; Is now a captive of the Frey's since his wedding, which is now being called "The Red Wedding"
Roslin Frey: "Lady Roslin" - "Roslin Tully" - 16 years old; Ser Edmure Tully's new wife; 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 can put his hands around it and her breasts look small but shapely; Is very fond of her husband and is currently carrying their first child
Brynden Tully: "Ser Brynden Tully" - "Brynden the Blackfish" - Catelyn & Lysa's uncle; Sigil is a black fish; Has grey hair that was once auburn and deep blue eyes; Was Robb's eyes and ears, the commander of his scouts and outriders; New Warden of the Southern Marches; Currently holding Riverrun
Hoster Tully: "Lord Hoster Tully of Riverrun" - Father to Catelyn Stark, Lysa Arryn and Edmure Tully; Brother of Brynden "Blackfish" Tully; Deceased
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
Margaery Tyrell: "Queen Margaery" - 16 years old; King Renly's widow; King Joffrey's widow; Betrothed to King Tommen; Is twice widowed and said to still be a maid; Younger sister of Willas, Garlan & Loras; Daughter of Lord Mace & Lady Alerie; Has thick brown hair falling in lazy ringlets to her shoulders and big brown eyes; Is slender and beautiful; Looks like Loras' twin
Renly Baratheon: "King in Highgarden" - "Lord of Storm's End" - Youngest brother of Robert & Stannis Baratheon; Margaery Tyrell's husband; Very close to Loras Tyrell; Had a very likable personality. Killed by dark sorcery.
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
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
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.
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
GARTH GREENFIELD: "Garth the Gross" - "Lord Seneschal of Highgarden" - Mace's uncle; Garse amp; Garrett Flowers' father. Flatulent, hence his nickname.
Garse Flowers: Garth's bastard son; Garrett's brother
Garrett Flowers: Garth's bastard son; Garse's brother
Paxter Redwyne: "Lord Paxter Redwyne of the Arbor" - Is stoop-shouldered and thin; His bald head is fringed by tufts of orange hair
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
Mathis Rowan: "Lord Mathis Rowan" - "Lord of Goldengrove" - Is clean-shaven and stout
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 while at court but he can make himself blend in anywhere
Brienne of Tarth: "Lady of Evenfall" - "The Maid of Tarth" - "Brienne the Beauty" - "Brienne the Blue" - Daughter to Lord Selwyn the Evenstar; Has been betrothed three times; Was one of King Renly's Rainbow Guard; Was in love with Renly; Has a broad homely face, flax-colored hair and big blue eyes; Her features are broad and coarse, her teeth prominent and crooked, her mouth too wide, her lips so plump they seem swollen. A thousand freckles speckle her cheeks and brow, and her nose has been broken more than once; Was given the sword "OathKeeper" by Jaime Lannister at the conclusion of the last book to find and protect Sansa Stark.
Selwyn of Tarth: "Lord of Evenfall" - "The Evenstar of Tarth" - Brienne's father; 54 years old
Galladon of Tarth: Brienne's older brother; Drowned when Brienne was four and he was eight
Alysanne of Tarth: Brienne's sister; Died still in the cradle
Arianne of Tarth: Brienne's sister; Died still in the cradle
Podrick Payne: "Pod" - 13 years old; Is extremely shy & stutters when he's nervous, which means usually; A scrawny boy with straight, thin hair and a sty beneath one eye; Ser Ilyn's distant cousin; Was Tyrion's squire; Saved Tyrion's life at the Battle of the Blackwater; From a lesser branch of House Payne; His father died in the Greyjoy Rebellion and his mother abandoned him when he was four, so she could run after a wandering singer who had put another baby in her belly; Has squired for Ser Cedric Payne, Ser Lorimer the Belly and then Tyrion Lannister
Cleos Frey: "Ser Cleos Frey" - Son of Lady Genna & Ser Emmon; Cersei, Jaime & Tyrion Lannister's cousin; Had stringy brown locks, pale eyes, a weak chin and a thin face of his sire; Killed by outlaws
Roose Bolton: "Lord Roose Bolton of the Dreadfort" - The Iron Throne's "Warden of the North" - House sigil is a flayed man; His eyes are curiously pale, almost without color
Ramsay Bolton: "Bolton's Bastard" - "Ramsay Bolton" - Roose Bolton's bastard; A sly and cruel creature; Has the pale eyes of his father; Is betrothed to an impostor Arya Stark in the hopes of claiming Winterfell and The North.
Creighton Longbough: "Ser Creighton Longbough" - A hedge knight; Has a big belly, a shaggy untrimmed beard covering his cheeks and chin the color of old gold; Carries a green shield showing a brown chief; Travel companion of Ser Illifer the Penniless; Younger than Ser Illifer; Loves to talk about how fiercely he fought at the Battle of the Blackwater
Illifer the Penniless: "Ser Illifer the Penniless" - A hedge knight; 60 years old; His face is pinched and narrow; Travel companion of Ser Creighton Longbough; Older than Ser Creighton
Ser Shadrich: "The Mad Mouse" - A wiry, fox-faced man with a sharp nose and a shock of orange hair; Is no more than five foot two
Dontos Hollard: "Ser Dontos the Red" - Sansa's "Florian" - A funny, old drunk; Made a fool by King Joffrey; Banner is red and pink horizontal stripes beneath a black chief bearing three gold crowns; Deceased
Samwell Tarly: "Sam" - "Ser Piggy" - "Sam the Slayer" - Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Steward to Maester Aemon; Eldest son of Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill; A self-proclaimed coward, grossly fat, timid and near as bad a rider as he is with a sword; Sam has shown a lot of courage recently even though he still calls himself craven.
Lord Randyll Tarly: "Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill" - Samwell Tarly's father; A bannerman to the Tyrells of Highgarden; His greatsword is Heartsbane
Dickon Tarly: 12-13 years old; Samwell's younger brother; Heir to Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill; Betrothed to the daughter of Lord Mooton of Maidenpool
Gilly: One of Craster's wives/daughters; Sam rescued her from Craster's Keep; Recently birthed a baby boy; Wet-nurse to Mance & Dalla's newborn baby boy; Is dark-haired and slim, with the big brown doe eyes
Craster: Marries all of his daughters and has 19 wives; Sacrifices all of his sons to the Others; 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; Deceased
Val: "Wildling Princess" - 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
Dalla: Wildling Queen; Mance Rayder's wife; Perished giving birth to Mance's son
Mance Rayder: "The King Beyond the Wall" - Dalla's husband; 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; King Stannis' prisoner at Castle Black
Pypar: "Pyp" - Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Jon & Sam's friend; Has very large ears
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
Maester Aemon: "Aemon Targaryen" - Maester at Castle Black; 102 years old and blind, dies during passage to Oldtown. Last desire is that Dany is brought to the maesters.
Clydas: Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; Maester Aemon' half-blind steward
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; Slain by turncloak's while at Craster's Keep
Qhorin Halfhand: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch from the Shadow Tower; Had grey eyes and a long grey braid; Deceased
Donal Noye: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch; Armorer at Castle Black; Has a big gut and a barrel chest, a flat nose, bristly black jaw and a stump for a left arm; Deceased
Eddison Tollett: "Dolorous Edd" - Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch; A dour grey-haired steward. Now Steward to Jon Snow, Lord Commander 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
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
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
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
Hairy Hal: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
Mully: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
Small Paul: Sworn brother of the Night's Watch
Coldhands: Lives beyond the Wall; His hands are cold as ice; Has a flock of ravens and rides an elk
Melisandre of Asshai: "Lady Melisandre" - "The Red Woman" - Sorceress, shadowbinder, and priestess to R’hllor; Always wears red from head to heel, around her throat is a red gold choker ornamented with a single great ruby; Is young, full-bodied and strangely beautiful, with her heart-shaped face, long coppery hair and unearthly red eyes; Advisor to Stannis
R'hllor: The Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow
Dareon: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; A handsome young singer with fair hair and hazel eyes; Was sent to Eastwatch after taking his vows; Was sent to the Wall accused of rape but he has always claimed he is innocent; Jon & Sam's friend; Jon named him a recruiter to replace Yoren who vanished on his way to the wall; He will travel the Seven Kingdoms, singing of the valor of the Night's Watch, and from time to time return to the Wall with new recruits; His singiing voice his like honey poured over thunder; He plays woodharp and fiddle too, and writes his own songs.
Maester Mullin: Maester at the Shadow Tower; Is more fighter than scholar
Maester Harmune: Maester at Eastwatch; Is drunk more than he's sober
Three-Finger Hobb: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Cook at Castle Black
Left Hand Lew: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
Bulwer: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch
Yoren: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Looks stooped and sinister with a beard as black as his clothing; Was slain while escorting a group to the Wall, Arya posing as Arry was with him at the time since he had promised to take her to Winterfell
Denyo Terys: Youngest of Captain Ternesio's sons; Yorko's younger brother; A plump, cheerful boy of twelve who keeps his father's cabin and helps his eldest brother do his sums.
Ternesio Terys: Tradesman-Captain of the Titan's Daughter; Yorko & Denyo's father; Has short, neat grey hair framing his square, windburnt face
Yorko Terys: Oldest of Captain Ternesio's sons; Denyo's older brother
Syrio Forel: Arya's "dancing master"; Formerly the "First Sword of Braavos"; A slight man with a bald head and a great beak of a nose; Deceased
Old Nan: Storyteller and nurse to the children of Winterfell for many years
Maester Luwin: Maester at Winterfell; Had grey hair and grey eyes; Deceased
Jaqen H'ghar: Was on his way to the Wall with Yoren as a prisoner; Is slender, fine-featured and always smiling; Has red-and-white hair; Can change his appearance magically; From Lorath
Dunsen: Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service; Stole Gendry's horned helm
Raff the Sweetling: "Rafford" - Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service; A young man with a mop of sandy hair
Ilyn Payne: "Ser Ilyn" - The King’s justice; A gaunt grim man; Has a pockmarked and beardless face, with deepset eyes and hollow cheeks; Though not an old man, only a few wisps of hair remain to him, sprouting above his ears, but those he had grown long as a woman’s; Has pale colorless eyes; Aerys Targaryen had his tongue ripped out with hot pincers.
Sandor Clegane: "The Hound" - Was part of King Joffrey's Kingsguard; Younger brother of Gregor Clegane; A tall, muscled man with black hair, grey eyes and horrible burn scars on the left side of his face; After his refusal to fight at the fiery Battle of the Blackwater he leaves Kings Landing in shame; The last time Arya saw him he had been dying on the banks of the Trident, burning up with fever from a wound he received while slaying Polliver; Rumored to be riding with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
Polliver: "Polly" - Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service; Had a spade-shaped beard covering his jaws and jowls, thick and black and neatly trimmed, but his head is more bald than not; Stole Needle from Arya but she got it back when he was slain by Sandor Clegane
The Tickler: Interrogator/torturer in Gregor Clegane's service
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
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; Leader of the Brotherhood without Banners
Addam Marbrand: "Ser Addam Marbrand" - Commander of the City Watch; A rangy man with dark copper hair that falls to his shoulders; A boyhood friend of Jaime's; Banner is a burning tree, orange and smoke
Gyles Rosby: "Lord Gyles" - Has a never ending cough; The king's new master of coin; A member of the king's small council
Falyse Stokeworth: Lady Tanda's acid-tongued daughter; Lollys' older sister; Heir to Stokeworth; Has been married ten years to Ser Balman Byrch but is still barren.
Balman Byrch: "Ser Balman Byrch" - Falyse Stokeworth's husband; Was a noted jouster once and one of the handsomest knights in the Seven Kingdoms; He still has a handsome mustache but has not aged well; His wavy blond hair has retreated, whilst his belly advanced inexorably against his doublet.
Tanda Stokeworth: "Lady Tanda" - Mother to Falyse & Lollys
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 ended up pregnant as a result; Recently married to Ser Bronn of the Blackwater
Ser Bronn: "Ser Bronn of the Blackwater" - Was a sellsword working for Tyrion; Was knighted by Tywin Lannister for his part in the Battle of the Blackwater; His knightly sigil is a flaming chain, green, on a smokegrey field; Recently married to Lollys Stokeworth; Is bone thin with black eyes, coal-black hair and a stubble of beard
Alyce Graceford: "Lady Alyce Graceford" - Pale, elegant and is with child; One of Margaery Tyrell's ladies in waiting
Taena Merryweather: "Lady Taena Merryweather" - "Taena of Myr" - Wife to Lord Orton Merryweather; A sultry dark-haired, black-eyed Myrish beauty; Is extremely beautiful, long-legged and full-breasted, with smooth olive skin, ripe lips, huge dark eyes, and thick black hair that always looks as if she's just come from bed; One of Margaery Tyrell's ladies in waiting
Orton Merryweather: "Lord Orton Merryweather" - Husband to Taena Merryweather; Is not a comely man, with his big lumpish nose and shock of unruly reddish-orange hair
Russell Merryweather: 6 almost 7 years old; Lord Orton & Lady Taena's only child; Currently at Longtable
Elinor Tyrell: Margaery's cousin; One of Margaery's ladies in waiting; Like a sister to Margaery; Betrothed to Alyn Ambrose
Alyn Ambrose: A squire; Betrothed to Elinor Tyrell
Alla Tyrell: Margaery's cousin; One of Margaery's ladies in waiting; Like a sister to Margaery
Megga Tyrell: Margaery's cousin; One of Margaery's ladies in waiting; Like a sister to Margaery
Janna Fossoway: "Lady Janna Tyrell" - Lord Tyrell's sister; Wed to Ser Jon of the green-apple Fossoways; A buxom woman
Meredyth Crane: "Merry" - A boisterous plump woman
Alysanne Bulwer: "Lady Alysanne Bulwer" - 8 years old
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
Moon Boy: A jester and fool
Barristan Selmy: "Ser Barristan Selmy" - "Barristan the Bold" - "Arstan Whitebeard" - A knight of Daenerys' Queensguard; 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; As a boy he squired for Lord/Ser Manfred Swann; Banner is three stalks of wheat, yellow, on a brown field
Jon Darry: "Ser Jon Darry" - A knight of Aerys' Kingsguard; Deceased
Arthur Dayne: "Ser Arthur Dayne" - "The Sword of the Morning" - Deadliest of the seven knights of Aerys' Kingsguard; Lord Edric Dayne's uncle; His greatsword was named "Dawn"; Deceased
Vargo Hoat: "Lord Vargo Hoat" - "The Crippler" - "The Qohorik" - Leader of the Brave Companions; Is stick-thin and very tall, with a drawn emaciated face made even longer by the ropy black beard that grew from his pointed chin nearly to his waist; Speaks with a lisp; Lord Tywin's pet hellhound; Sigil is the black goat of Qohor; Deceased
Zollo: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; A fat Dothraki; He cut off Jaime's sword hand
Rorge: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; Has a whole where his nose used to be; Is squat and thick, with huge hands, black hair covers his arms and legs and chest, even his back
Shagwell the Fool: "Shags" - One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
Pyg: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; Has small eyes and wide flat nostrils
Timeon: One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions; Dornishman
Urswyck the Faithful: "Faithful Urswyck" - One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
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; Captain of guards at the Eyrie
Lord Nestor Royce: "Lord Nestor Royce" - "Keeper of the Gates of the Moon" - "High Steward of the Vale" - A massive, bullnecked, barrel-chested, balding man with a grey-shot beard and a stern look on his square, plain face; Bronze Yohn’s cousin, from a lesser branch of House Royce
Ser Albar Royce: "Ser Albar Royce" - Lord Nestor's son; A blunt broad-shouldered knight; He shaves his chin but cultivates thick black side-whiskers that frame his homely face
Marillion: The singer who journeyed with Tyrion Lannister and Catelyn Stark through the Mountains of the Moon; A handsome youth of some 18 years with a wisp of a mustache and long sandy curls; Tried to rape Sansa Stark the night of Petyr Baelish and Lysa Arryn's wedding
Maester Colemon: Maester at the Eyrie; A tall, thin and nervous man with too little hair and too much neck
Ser Marwyn Belmore: "Ser Marwyn Belmore" - A lanky ginger-headed knight; Had been Captain of guards at the Eyrie till Petyr put Ser Lothor Brune in his place
Mord: Goaler of the Sky Cells at the Eyrie; A monstrous man with small black eyes and a lopsided, scarred face; One ear and part of his cheek had been cleaved off in some battle
Bronze Yohn: "Lord Yohn Royce" - "Bronze Yohn Royce" - "Lord of Runestone" - One of the six Lords Declarant; Nestor's cousin and the chief of the senior branch of House Royce; Has grey hair and his face is lined, but he still looks as though he could break most younger men like twigs in his huge gnarled hands; Has slate-grey eyes, half-hidden beneath extremely bushy eyebrows
Waymar Royce: "Ser Waymar Royce" - Bronze Yohn's youngest son; Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Went missing when he went beyond the Wall on a ranging; Was a handsome youth of eighteen, grey-eyed and graceful and slender as a knife; Killed by the Others
Oswell Kettleblack: Father of Ser Osney, Ser Osfryd & Ser Osmund; An old man, tall and gangling, with long white hair and a great hooked nose; Has been in Petyr Baelish's service for a long time
Rodrik Harlaw: "Lord Rodrik of Harlaw" - "The Reader" - "Lord of the Ten Towers" - "Harlaw of Harlaw" - Asha & Theon's uncle; Lady Alannys Greyjoy's brother; Lady Gwynesse's younger brother by 7 years; He is neither fat nor slim, neither tall nor short, neither ugly nor handsome; His hair is brown, as are his eyes, though the short, neat beard he favors has gone grey; Banner is a silver scythe plain upon a night-black field
Gwynesse Harlaw: "Lady Gwynesse" - Widow; Lady Alannys Greyjoy's sister; Lord Rodrik Harlaw's older sister by 7 years
Robett Glover: Of Deepwood Motte; Asha Greyjoy's captive along with his wife and children
Lady Glover: Robett Glover's wife; Asha Greyjoy's captive along with her husband and children
Maester Wendamyr: Maester at Pyke
Harras Harlaw: "Ser Harras Harlaw" - "The Knight" - Keeps court at Grey Garden; Lord Rodrik Harlaw's heir; His sword is Nightfall
Tristifer Botley: "Tris" - Is in love with Asha Greyjoy and wants to make her his wife; Has unruly hair and large, sweet eyes in a comely face
Hotho Harlaw: "Hotho Humpback" - Of the Tower of Glimmering; A Greyjoy cousin
Hallyne the Pyromancer: "Lord Hallyne" - Of the Alchemists' Guild
Damion Lannister: Castellan of Casterly Rock; Cersei, Jaime & Tyrion's cousin
Daven Lannister: "Ser Daven Lannister" - "Warden of the West" - Cersei, Jaime & Tyrion's cousin; Stafford's son; Betrothed to a Frey; Has a bristling beard and bushy mustache growing into thick sidewhiskers and those into a tangled yellow thicket atop his head; Has a pug nose and a pair of lively hazel eyes
Butterbumps: A fool and jester; An immense round fat man; Came to King's Landing with the Tyrells from Highgarden
The Blue Bard: "Wat" - A favorite singer of Lady Margaery's; A dashing young cock-a-whoop clad all in shades of azure; Has long, curly blue hair and blue eyes
Maggy the Frog: An old witch; Told Cersei her future a very long time ago; She was short, squat and warty, with pebbly greenish jowls. Her teeth were gone and her dugs hung down to her knees.
Melara Hetherspoon: Cersei's childhood friend; Drowned in a well while a ward at Casterly Rock
Jeyne Farman: Cersei's childhood friend; Now lives on Fair Isle with her husband and a dozen children
Tallad the Tall: "Ser Tallad the Tall"
Aurane Waters: "Bastard of Driftmark" - 22 years old; A handsome, lean young man with grey-green eyes, long silver-gold hair and a cleft in his chin; Bears a striking resemblance to Prince Rhaegar Targaryen
Septa Eglantine: Princess Myrcella Baratheon's septa
Manfrey Martell: "Ser Manfrey Martell" - Castellan of Sunspear
Ricasso: Seneschal of Sunspear; An old blind man
Maester Myles: Maester at Sunspear
Alyse Ladybright: Doran Martell's treasurer
Gascoyne of the Greenblood: "Ser Gascoyne of the Greenblood" - Prince Trystane Martell's sworn shield
Anders Yronwood: "Lord of Yronwood" - "Warden of the Stone Way" - "The Bloodroyal" - Father of Ser Cletus
Cletus Yronwood: "Ser Cletus Yronwood" - Lord Anders' randy son; Is known for his lazy eye
William Mooton: "Lord of Maidenpool" - A pale, soft, fleshy man
Hyle Hunt: "Ser Hyle Hunt" - One of Lord Randyll Tarly's captains; Has shaggy brown hair, hazel eyes and a little scar by his left ear; His chin has a cleft and his nose is crooked.
Dick Crabb: "Nimble Dick" - Was born in Crackclaw Point
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
Old Tattersalt: Sworn Brother of the Night's Watch; Captain of the Blackbird; A grizzled brother with a belly like a keg of ale; Seldom speaks a word
Walder Frey: "Lord Walder Frey of the Crossing" - 92 years old and unhealthy; Has outlived seven wives; Has twenty-one living sons, thirty-six grandsons, nineteen great-grandsons, and numerous daughters, granddaughters, bastards, and grandbastards; Bannerman to the Tullys; Banner bore twin towers, dark blue on a field of pale silver-grey
Hosteen Frey: "Ser Hosteen" - Son of Lord Walder's by his third wife; His mother was a Crakehall
Aenys Frey: "Ser Aenys Frey" - Lord Walder's son; A grey stooped giant of a man with watery red eyes and huge gnarled hands
Harys Swyft: "Ser Harys Swyft" - Ser Kevan Lannister's father-in-law; Is soft, bald and obsequious; Has an absurd little white puff of beard where most men have a chin
Wyman Manderly: Lord Wyman Manderly from White Harbor" - A loyal bannerman to Eddard Stark; 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
Davos Seaworth: "Ser Davos" - "Lord Davos" - "Davos Shorthand" - "The Onion Knight" - "Lord of the Rainwood" - "Admiral of the Narrow Sea" - "Hand of the King" - 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
Nute the Barber: Victarion Greyjoy's man
Red Ralf Stonehouse: Victarion Greyjoy's man
Ralf Kenning: Victarion Greyjoy's man
Ralf the Limper: Victarion Greyjoy's man; Captain of the Lord Quellon
Pinchface Jon Myre: Euron Greyjoy's man
Torwold Browntooth: Euron Greyjoy's man
Left-Hand Lucas Codd: Euron Greyjoy's man
Germund Botley: Euron Greyjoy's man
Orkwood of Orkmont: Euron Greyjoy's man
Stonehand: Euron Greyjoy's man
Quellon Humble: Euron Greyjoy's man
The Red Oarsman: Euron Greyjoy's man; Keeps his fiery hair in braids
Ralf the Shepherd: Euron Greyjoy's man
Ralf of Lordsport: Euron Greyjoy's man
Qarl the Thrall: Euron Greyjoy's man
Gylbert Farwynd: "Lord of the Lonely Light" - Banner is a great black longship against a setting sun
Erik Anvil-Breaker: "Erik the Just" - "Erik Anvil-Breaker" - A great ruin of a man, twenty stones heavy and ninety years old. His hair is snow white and his huge beard covers him like a blanket from cheeks to thighs. One of the hopefuls at the Kingsmoot.
Thormor: Erik Ironmaker's granson
Dunstan Drumm: His Valyrian steel sword is "Red Rain"; His ship is the Thunderer
Hilmar Drumm: Dunstan's son; Donnel's brother; A stout fighter
Gormond Drumm: Dunstan's son; Denys' brother; A stout fighter
Andrik the Unsmiling: A giant of a man with arms as thick as trees
Qarl the Maid: Asha Greyjoy's man
Baelor Blacktyde: "Lord Baelor Blacktyde" - His ship is the Nightflyer
Maron Volmark: Lord of Volmark; A beardless boy of 16 years; One of Victarion's men
Lord Brune: "Old Lord Brune"
Andrey Dalt: "Ser Andrey Dalt" - "Drey" - One of Princess Arianne's dearest friends; Heir to Lemonwood
Deziel Dalt: "Ser Deziel Dalt" - "The Knight of Lemonwood" - Andrey's brother
Sylva Santagar: "Lady Sylva Santagar" - "Spotted Sylva" - 23 years old; One of Princess Arianne's dearest friends; Has freckles; Heir to Spottswood; Ser Symon Santagar's daughter; Lord Eldon Estermont's new wife
Garin of the Orphans: Princess Arianne's milk brother; A loose-limbed, swarthy, long-nosed fellow with a jade stud in one ear
Gerold Dayne: "Ser Gerold Dayne" - "Darkstar" - A knight of Starfall; Has an aquiline nose, high cheekbones and a strong jaw; He keeps his face clean-shaven, but his thick hair falls to his collar like a silver glacier, divided by a streak of midnight black and has dark purple eyes; Cousin of Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning
Dake: Lannister guardsman under Ser Arys Oakheart's command
Rolder: Lannister guardsman under Ser Arys Oakheart's command
Rosamund Lannister: Princess Myrcella's handmaid; A Lannister of Lannisport; Has straight golden hair
Harmen Uller: "Lord Harmen Uller" - "Lord of Hellholt" - Prince Doran's bannerman; Natural father of Ellaria Sand; Four of the Sand Snakes are his granddaughters
The Kindly Man: Priest of the House of Black and White; His robes are black on the right side and white on the left side
The Waif: Of the House of Black and White; Looks like a little girl; Has big eyes and a hollow face; 36 years old; Her robes are black on the right side and white on the left side
Umma: Cook of the House of Black and White
The Fat Fellow: A Faceless Man of Braavos; Has fierce black eyes, a hook nose and a wide mouth full of yellow teeth; His eyes are pale, his lips full and dark
The Handsome Man: A Faceless Man of Braavos; Has a beard of a different color every time Arya sees him and a different nose, but he is never less than comely.
The Squinter: A Faceless Man of Braavos
The Lordling: A Faceless Man of Braavos
The Starved Man: A Faceless Man of Braavos
Hot Pie: An orphan boy; Was the son of a baker; Has hair the color of straw; Arya's friend; Is now at the Inn of the Kneeling Man with friends of Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood Without Banners
Lommy Greenhands: Was an orphan boy on this way to the Wall with Yoren & Arya; Deceased
Harwin: Wasone of Eddard Stark's men; Hullen's son; Now rides with Beric Dondarrion and his Brotherhood without Banners
Mikken: Blacksmith at Winterfell; Deceased
Brusco: A fishmonger; A good man with a bad back
Talea: Brusco's daughter; Brea's younger sister; A gawky girl, all skin and bones and elbows
Brea: Brusco's daughter; Talea's older sister
Gretchel: Sansa/Alayne's handmaid at the Eyrie
Gilwood Hunter: "Young Lord Hunter" - "Lord of Longbow Hall" - Lord Eon's eldest son; Harlan's brother; One of the six Lords Declarant; Sigil is five fanned arrows; Is rumored to have killed his father for his inheritance
Lord Hunter: "Lord of Longbow Hall" - Father to Gilwood Harlan; Recently deceased
Harlan Hunter: Lord Eon's youngest son; Gilwood's brother
Ser Marywn Belmore: "Lord of Strongsong" - One of the six Lords Declarant; Is pear-bellied and round of shoulder; Sigil is six silver bells on purple; Has a horrible ginger-grey beard sprouting from his multiple chins
Symond Templeton: "Ser Symond Templeton" - "The Knight of Ninestars" - One of the six Lords Declarant; His beard is black and sharply pointed and he has a beak of a nose and icy blue eyes making him look like some elegant bird of prey; Sigil is nine black stars within a golden saltire
Horton Redfort: "Lord of Redfort" - One of the six Lords Declarant; A short man with a neat grey beard and mild eyes; Sigil is a red castle
Anya Waynwood: "Lady Anya Waynwood" - "Lady of Ironoaks" - One of the six Lords Declarant; Has greying hair, crow's-feet around her eyes and loose skin beneath her chin; Sigil is a broken wheel
Lyn Corbray: "Ser Lyn Corbray" - Is slender as a sword and handsome; Has shoulder length brown hair; Heir to an ancient but impoverished house, vain, reckless, hot-tempered... and, it's was whispered, notoriously uninterested in the intimate charms of women. His sword is "Lady Forlorn"; Lord Lyonel's younger brother; Sigil is three ravens, each clutching a blood-red heart in its talons
Lyonel Corbray: "Lord Lyonel Corbray" - "Lord of Heart's Home" - Ser Lyn's older brother; A widower of forty-odd years, and childless
Maester Helliweg: Maester at Runestone
Sam Stone: "Strong Sam Stone" - Runestone's master-at-arms
Septon Luceon: Septon at Runestone
Gerold Grafton: "Lord Gerold Grafton" - "Lord of Gulltown" - Gyles' father
Jon Lynderly: "Lord Jon Lynderly" -"Lord of the Snakewood" - Terrance's father
Harrold Hardyng: "Harry the Heir" - "Ser Harrold Hardyng" - Robert Arryn's heir; Lady Waynwood's ward at Ironoaks; Just knighted by Bronze Yohn; Betrothed to Alayne Stone; Has a bastard daughter by a common girl and another on the way by a different wench
Noho Dimittis: A dour envoy from the Iron Bank of Braavos
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
Archon of Tyrosh: The ruler of Tyrosh
Daemon Sand: "Ser Daemon Sand" - A bastard who once squired for the Red Viper
Symon Santagar: "Ser Symon Santagar" - "The Knight of Spottswood" - "Lord of Spottswood" - Lady Sylva's father
Eldon Estermont: "Lord Eldon Estermont" - "Lord of Greenstone" - 70 years old; Uncle to King Stannis; Great uncle to King Tommen; A cautious friend to both
Septon Meribald: A wandering septon; Has a seamed, windburnt face, a shock of thick grey hair and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes; A big man at six feet tall but hunches forward as he walks making him seem much shorter
Moonshadow: A courtesan in Braavos; Wears only white and silver
Terro: A dark-haired Bravo
Orbelo: A fair-haired Bravo; Speaks the Common Tongue
The Sailor's Wife: A whore in Braavos; One of Merry's girls
Yna: A whore in Braavos; One of Merry's girls; Has only one eye
Xhondo Dhoru: A massive Summer Islander; A mate on the Cinnamon Wind
Wylis Manderly: "Ser Wylis Manderly" - Lord Wyman's son; A very fat man with an ostentatious walrus mustache and a bald head; Is quiet and formal
Dermot of the Rainwood: "Ser Dermot of the Rainwood" - Knight sworn to the Iron Throne
Ronnet Connington: "Ser Ronnet Connington" - "Red Ronnet" - "The Knight of Griffin's Roost" - A husky, bearded man; Was the second man betrothed to Brienne of Tarth
Garrett Paege: Squire and hostage
Lewys Piper: "Little Lew" - Squire and hostage; Lord Clement's son; Marq's younger brother
Josmyn Peckledon: "Peck" - 15 years old; A squire and hero of the Blackwater; Is skinny as a spear, with long arms and legs, greasy mouse-brown hair and cheeks soft with peach fuzz; Sigil is ten purple mullets arrayed upon a yellow field
Honor: Jaime Lannister's palfrey; A blood bay
Glory: Jaime Lannister's destrier; A magnificent grey stallion
Kennos of Kayce: "Ser Kennos of Kayce"
Steffon Swyft: "Ser Steffon Swyft" - Knight sworn to Casterly Rock
Ser Bonifer Hasty: "Ser Bonifer Hasty" - "Bonifer the Good" - Leads the Holy Hundred
Lyle Crakehall: "Ser Lyle Crakehall" - "Strongboar" - Knight sworn to Casterly Rock
Maester Gulian: One of the Maesters at Oldtown.
Flement Brax: "Ser Flement Brax"
Ermesande Hayford: "Lady Ermesande Hayford" - A plump toddler who happens to be the last surviving heir of House Hayford; Wed to Tyrek Lannister before she was a year old so the Lannisters might claim her lands.
Tyrek Lannister: "Wet Nurse" - 14 years old; Lady Ermesande Hayford's husband; Was King Robert's squire; Nephew to Lord Tywin; Cousin to Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion; Is missing since a riot in King's Landing and is presumed dead but no body has ever been found
Shitmouth: Soldier in Gregor Clegane's service
Jon Bettley: "Ser Jon Bettley" - "Beardless Jon" - Knight sworn to Casterly Rock
Ben Blackthumb: A bent-back armorer at Harrenhal
Pia: "Pretty Pia" - Worked in the buttery at Harrenhal; Slept with almost knight that came to the castle; Was thrown in the dungeons by Gregor Clegane after he broke her nose and knocked out half her teeth for speaking when he wanted quiet
Hamish the Harper: A singer
Alaric of Eysen: A singer
Mark Mullendore: "Ser Mark Mullendore" - Hyle Hunt's friend; Lost his arm on the Blackwater; Had a monkey he liked to dress in a little suit of chainmail
Lambert Turnberry: "Ser Lambert Turnberry" - Knight sworn to the Iron Throne; Swore to wear a patch over his right eye, until he could bring Cersei, Tyrion's head
Wulfe One-Ear: Victarion's crewman
Ragnor Pyke: Victarion's crewman
Osbert Serry: "Lord of Southshield" - Ser Talbert's father
Talbert Serry: "Ser Talbert Serry" - Son and heir to the lord of Southshield
The Dusky Woman: Victarion's bedmate; A gift from his brother Euron; Mute and tongueless
Gorold Goodbrother: "Lord Gorold Goodbrother" - Lord of the Hammerhorn; Father to triplets Greydon, Gran & Gormond
Greydon Goodbrother: Lord Gorold's son; Gran & Gormond's fellow triplet
Gran Goodbrother: Lord Gorold's son; Greydon & Gormond's fellow triplet
Gormond Goodbrother: Lord Gorold's son; Greydon & Gran's fellow triplet
Humfrey Hewett: "Lord Humfrey Hewett" - Lord of Oakenshield
Lady Hewett: Lord Humfrey Hewett's wife
Falia Flowers: Lord Humfrey Hewett's bastard daughter; A pretty, buxom girl of 17 or 18 years
Hugo Vance: "Ser Hugo Vance" - Knight sworn to the Iron Throne
Maester Ottomore: Maester at Darry
Amerei Frey: "Lady Amerei" - "Gatehouse Ami" - 18 years old; Ser Pate of Sevenstreams's widow; Ser Lancel Lannister's new wife; Has brown eyes
Pate of Sevenstreams: "Ser Pate of Sevenstreams" - Amerei Frey's deceased husband; Slain by Ser Gregor Clegane
Harwyn Plumm: "Ser Harwyn Plumm" - "Hardstone" - Commander of the garrison at Darry
Darry smallfolk: "Lady Mariya" - "Mariya Darry" - Lady Amerei's mother; A handsome woman with grey hair
Merrett Frey: Lady Amerei's late father; Squired alongside Jaime Lannister; Hanged by the Brotherhood Without Banners
Petyr Frey: "Petyr Pimple" - Slain by the Brotherhood Without Banners
White Fawn: The outlaw queen of the Kingswood Brotherhood
Sumner Crakehall: "Ser Sumner Crakehall" - Jaime Lannister was his squire for four years
Danwell Frey: "Ser Danwell Frey"
Lucias Vypren: "Lord Lucias Vypren"
Black Walder Frey: Ser Stevron's grandson; Is rumored to have slept with all the Frey woman, married and unmarried
Arwood Frey: "Ser Arwood Frey"
Harys Haigh: "Ser Harys Haigh" - Ser Donnel's brother; Son of Ser Leslyn; A Frey on his mother's side
Donnel Haigh: "Ser Donnel Haigh" - Son of Ser Leslyn; Ser Harys' brother
Quincy Cox: "Ser Quincy Cox" - "The Knight of Saltpans" - An old man in his dotage
The Elder Brother: of the Quiet Isle; 44 years old; Stands straight and tall with broad shoulders; Has a large, square head, his eyes are shrewd and his nose is veined and red; Though he wears a tonsure, his scalp is as stubbly as his heavy jaw; Was once a knight
Brother Narbert: Penitent brother of the Quiet Isle; A proctor of the order
Brother Gillam: Penitent brother of the Quiet Isle; A bandy-legged little man; Has a mop of blond hair and one ear
Brother Rawney: Penitent brother of the Quiet Isle
Stranger: "Driftwood" - The Hound's warhorse; A huge black stallion
Moribald Chester: "Lord Moribald Chester" - Lord of Greenshield
Guthor Grimm: "Lord Guthor Grimm" - Lord of Greyshield
Genna Lannister: "Lady Genna" - "Genna Lannister" - Emmon Frey's wife; Ser Cleos' mother; Cersei, Jaime Tyrion's aunt; Tywin Lannister's sister; A fat woman; Her face is broad and smooth, her neck a thick pink pillar and her bosom enormous.
Lord Emmon Frey: "Ser Emmon Frey" - New "Lord of Riverrun" - "Emm" - 60 years old; Genna Lannister's husband; Ser Cleos' father; Lord Walder's second son; A skinny fretful man with nervous hands; Has no chin to speak of, with a prominent apple in his throat and only a few white wisps of hair on his head.
Tywin Frey: "Ser Tywin Frey" - "TY" - Ser Cleos' son; Ser Emmon & Genna's grandson
Jeyne Frey: "Jeyne Darry" - Ser Cleos' widow; Tywin Frey's mother; Ser Emmon & Lady Genna's good-daughter; Lady Mariya's sister
Ryman Frey: "Ser Ryman Frey" - Ser Hosteen's brother; Past 40 years old
Edwyn Frey: Lord Walder's eldest great grandson
Ser Walder Rivers: "Bastard Walder" - The eldest of Lord Walder's bastard brood; A stern, grey-haired man with a formidable reputation as a warrior
Perwyn Frey: "Ser Perwyn Frey" - Lord Walder Frey's son
Desmera Redwyne: Paxter Redwyne's daughter; Has lots of freckles
Lord Gawen Westerling: "Lord Gawen Westerling of the Crag" - Banner is six seashells, white on sand
Sybell Westerling: "Lady Sybell" - "Sybell Spicer" - Wife of Lord Gawen Westerling of the Crag; A stern-faced woman
Jeyne Westerling: "Queen Jeyne Stark" - "Lady Jeyne Westerling" - 16 years old; King Robb's widow; Eldest daughter of Lord Gawen and Lady Sybell; Has a mop chestnut curls, a heart-shaped face, a shy smile and the soft brown eyes of a doe; Is slender, but with good childbearing hips and breasts the size of apples
Elenya Westerling: 12 years old; Daughter of Lord Gawen and Lady Sybell
Rollam Westerling: 9 years old; Son of Lord Gawen and Lady Sybell; Was King Robb's squire
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; Was at "The Red Wedding" and is unknown if he is a captive or if he is dead
Sybell Spicer: "Ser Rolph Spicer" - Lady Sybell's brother; Queen 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
Forley Prester: "Ser Forley Prester"
Manfryd Yew: A landed knight
Whitesmile Wat: A singer in service to Lady Genna
Raynard Ruttiger: A landed knight
Tytos Blackwood: "Lord of Raventree Hall"
Jonos Bracken: "Lord of the Stone Hedge"
Jason Mallister: "Lord of Seagard" - A prisoner in his own castle
Karyl Vance: "Lord of Wayfarer's Rest"
Norbert Vance: "Lord Norbert Vance" - The blind Lord of Atranta
Brother Clement: "Lord of Pinkmaiden Castle" - A short, rotund, bowlegged man with a bush of wild red hair; Lewys Marq's father
Marq Piper: "Ser Marq Piper" - Lord Clement's son and heir; Lewys' older brother; Taken captive at the Red Wedding
Tygett Lannister: "Tyg" - Tyrek's father; Brother of Tywin Lannister; Uncle to Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion; Deceased
Gerion Lannister: Uncle to Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion; Brother of Tywin Lannister; Joy Hill's father; Lost at sea
Joy Hill: 11 years old; Gerion Lannister's bastard daughter
Ellyn Tarbeck: "Lady Ellyn Tarbeck"
Blind Beqqo: A fishmonger
Lotho Lornel: A bookseller; Is sleeping with Captain Moredo Prestayn's wife
Moredo Prestayn: "Captain Moredo Prestayn" - The honorable tradesman-captain of the Vixen
Red Roggo: A cutpurse in Braavos
Gyloro Dothare: Gyleno's brother
Gyleno Dothare: Gyloro's brother
Quill: The sad-eyed little man who makes up all the bawdy farces for the Ship
Tagganaro: A cutpurse in Braavos
Cossomo the Conjurer: from Braavos
Salladhar Saan: of Lys; A pirate and sellsail; Master of the Valyrian and a fleet of galleys
S'vrone: A vicious dockside whore in Braavos
The Drunken Daughter: A vicious dockside whore in Braavos; Could be sweet when sober, but not with wine in her
Canker Jeyne: A vicious dockside whore in Braavos; Is really a man
Meralyn: "Merry" - A madame; Has the biggest pair of teats in all of Braavos
Blushing Bethany: A whore in Braavos; One of Merry's girls
Wat: A sailor on the Brazen Monkey
Lanna: 14 years old; A pretty little whore in Braavos; One of Merry's girls
Assadora: A whore in Braavos; One of Merry's girls; An Ibbenese woman with the mustache
The Poetess: A courtesan in Braavos; Always has a book in hand
The Merling Queen: A courtesan in Braavos; Is never seen without her Mermaids (four young maidens in the blush of their first flowering who hold her train and do her hair)
The Veiled Lady: A courtesan in Braavos; Only those she takes as lovers ever see her face
The Black Pearl: "Bellegere Otherys" - The most famous courtesan in Braavos; Daughter of Bellonara
Casso: "King of Seals"
Little Narbo: A cutpurse in Braavos; Works with Tagganaro
Joss the Gloom: A mummer of the Ship
Quence: A mummer of the Ship
Allaquo: A mummer of the Ship
Sloey: A mummer of the Ship
Myrmello: A mummer of the Ship
Ezzelyno: A cheerful wine-soaked red priest
Eustace: Once was a septon at the Sept-Beyond-the-Sea
Kojja Mo: of Tall Trees Town in the Summer Isles; Quhuru's daughter
Quhuru Mo: "The Red Archer" - of Tall Trees Town in the Summer Isles; Master of the merchantman Cinnamon Wind; Kojja's father
Aemon Battleborn: "Aemon Steelsong" - Mance & Dalla's son; This will be his name once he turns 2 years old
Masha Heddle: Innkeep; A kindly woman, fond of sourleaf and honey cakes; Deceased
Jeyne Heddle: "Long Jeyne" - 18 years old; Willow's sister; Masha's niece; Innkeep; A tall young wench; Has brown hair and brown eyes
Willow Heddle: 12 years old; Long Jeyne's sister; Masha's niece; Stern with a spoon
Tansy: Orphan at the inn
Pate: Orphan at the inn
Jon Penny: Orphan at the inn
Biter: Is bald, has a stump for a tongue and very sharp teeth; Was on his way to The Wall with Yoren as a prisoner; One of Vargo Hoat's Brave Companions
Hugh Clifton: A handsome young Tyrell guardsman
Bors: A servant with a stubbly jaw
Timoth: A tall servant
Morra: A servant; Mellei's sister
Mellei: A servant; Morra's sister
Cedra: A pretty little servant
Belandra: An old servant; Was Princess Arianne's mother's bedmaid
Franklyn Fowler: "Lord of Skyreach" - "Warden of the Prince's Pass"
Myria Jordayne: "Lady Myria Jordayne" - "Lady of the Tor"
Nymella Toland: "Lady Nymella Toland" - "Lady of Ghost Hill"
Jeyne Fowler: Jennelyn's sister
Jennelyn Fowler: Jeyne's sister
Maester Kedry: a maester of the Citadel. He has spent half his life studying the Free Cities. He is fluent in all the tongues of the Free Cities and Ghiscari
Maddy: Maid at the Vale
Terrance Lynderly: Robert Arryn's squire; Lord Jon Lynderly's son an heir of the Snakewood
Gyles Grafton: Robert Arryn's squire; Youngest son of Lord Gerold Grafton of Gulltown
Edmund Waxley: "Lord Edmund Waxley" - "The Knight of Wickenden"
Myranda Royce: "Randa" - Lord Nestor Royce's daughter; Keeps her father's castle for him; Mya Stone's friend; A short, fleshy woman - broad of hip, thick of waist, and extremely buxom; Has thick chestnut curls framing round red cheeks, a small mouth and a pair of lively brown eyes; A widow
Ossy: One of Sky's men-at-arms
Carrot: One of Sky's men-at-arms
Donnel Waynwood: "Ser Donnel Waynwood" - "The Knight of the Bloody Gate" - Lady Waynwood's son
Mychel Redfort: Used to be Lyn Corbray's squire; Mya was in love with him and thought they would wed one day until he wed one of Bronze Yohn's daughters
Ser Byron: An elegant young knight; His thick blond mane cascades down well past his shoulders
Ser Morgarth: A burly fellow with a thick salt-and-pepper beard, a red nose bulbous with broken veins and gnarled hands as large as hams
Lem Lemoncloak: "Lem" - A big soldier with a deep voice; Has bad teeth, brown hair, a bushy brown beard, brawny, with a broken nose that has healed badly; Wears a stained hooded yellow cloak, it's thick and heavy, frayed along the bottom and patched with deerskin on the right shoulder
Theodan the True: "Ser Theodan the True" - formerly "Ser Theodan Wells" - Wears the rainbow-striped robes of the Warrior's Sons
Septa Unella: A huge woman
Septa Scolera: Septa in King's Landing.
Septa Moelle: Is a white-haired harridan with a face as sharp as an axe and lips pursed in perpetual disapproval.
Desmond Grell: "Ser Desmond Grell" - Master-at-arms at Riverrun
Robin Potter: "Ser Robin Ryger" - Riverrun's captain of guards; A stocky man with a bald head, bushy grey eyebrows, and brawny arms
Tom of Sevenstreams: "Tom Sevenstrings" - "Tom o' Sevens" - Singer and woodharpist in the Frey camp at Riverrun; A small man with a big mouth, a long, sharp nose and thinning brown hair that falls to his collar; About 50 years old
Maester Vyman: Riverrun's old maester
Lord Leyton Hightower: "The Mad Maid" - Lord Leyton's daughter
Gunthor Hightower: Lord Leyton's son
Leyton Hightower: Lord Leyton's son
Humfrey Hightower: Lord Leyton's son
Mollander: A novice of the Citadel; Born with a club foot
Alleras: "The Sphinx" - An acolyte of three links; A devoted archer; A slim, slight, comely youth; Has a pointed chin, widow's peak and a dense mat of close-cropped jet-black curls and onyx eyes; Speaks in a soft Dornish drawl; His father is a Dornishman, his mother a black-skinned Summer Islander, his own skin is dark as teak.
Roone: A young novice of the Citadel; Is the youngest of them, a chunky boy still two years shy of manhood
Rosey: 15 years old; Emma's daughter; Is freshly flowered; Her maidenhead will cost a golden dragon; Has hazel eyes, dimples and budding breasts
Pate: 18 years old; A novice of the Citadel with little promise; He tends Archmaester Walgrave's ravens; A pale, fleshy, pasty-faced young fellow with round shoulders, soft hands and close-set eyes
Emma: 40 years old; The oldest of the serving wenches at the Quill and Tankard; Still pretty in a fleshy sort of way
Armen the Acolyte: "The Acolyte" - An acolyte of four links
Archmaester Ebrose: The healer, whose ring and rod and mask are silver
Leo Tyrell: "Lazy Leo" - A highborn novice of the Citadel; Mace Tyrell's cousin; Has ash-blond hair; Is very handsome, though his eyes are sly and his mouth cruel
Archmaester Walgrave: An old man of uncertain wit, whose ring and rod and mask are black iron
Maester Gormon: He oft serves in Walgrave's stead
Archmaester Benedict: serves at the Citadel in Oldtown
Archmaester Vaellyn: "Vinegar Vaellyn" - The stargazer, whose ring and rod and mask are bronze
Archmaester Marwyn: "Marwyn the Mage" - His ring and rod and mask are Valyrian steel; Looks more like a dockside thug than a maester; Has a big head and though he is short and squat, he is heavy in the chest and shoulders, with a round, rock-hard ale belly straining at the laces of the leather jerkin he wears in place of robes; Has bristly white hair sprouting from his ears and nostrils, his nose has been broken more than once and sourleaf has stained his teeth a mottled red.
Archmaester Perestan: The historian, whose ring and rod and mask are copper
Archmaester Ryam: His ring and rod and mask are yellow gold
Maester Cressen: Maester at Dragonstone; Killed by Lady Melisandre
Lorcas: An acolyte of nine links; In service to the Seneschal
Archmaester Theobald: Seneschal for the coming year; His ring and rod and mask are lead
Archmaester Norren: Seneschal for the waning year; His ring and rod and mask are electrum
The Grave Digger: A mysterious man dig graves and pets dog. Is this someone we have met before?
King Joffrey: Dead, it's only his memory which lingers on in the book.
Vickon Greyjoy: Lord Vickon Greyjoy of Pyke was the first Lord of the Iron Islands after the War of Conquest.
Lady Brienne: After Renly's death at the hands of the shadow-monster, Brienne pledges her service to Lady Catelyn Stark. She transports Jamie Lannister as a prisoner to King's Landing to trade for Sansa.
Lady Melisandre: Also known as the Red Priestess, she aids Stannis Baratheon on his rightful quest for the throne. Melisandre wears red gowns and a jeweled collar, and spreads word of The Lord of Light.
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Clarence Crabb
Lord Stokeworth
Symon Hollard
Lord Piper
Nimble Dick
Peck
Steffarion Sparr
Rennifer Longwaters
Lord Hewett
Septon Raynard
Urri
Grey King
Edmund Ambrose
Ser Manfrey Martell
Kemmett Pyke
Ser Garlan
King Tommen
Alys
Tom Costayne
Ser Emmon
Little Lew Piper
Cedric Payne
Lord Rodrik
Lazy Leo
Mander
Lord Merlyn
Randa
Jasper Arryn
Lord Hightower
Hibald
Ser Kennos
Brown
Ser Dermot
Kingslayer
Ser Goodwin
Weese
Aegon Targaryen
Young Lord Hunter
Richard Farrow
Lord Harrold
Drey
Red Ronnet Connington
Rafford
Ghaston Grey
Lady Merryweather
Lord of Highgarden
Spotted Sylva
Strongboar
Denys Arryn
Crabbs
Dorne
Pyp
Humfrey Wagstaff
Ser Ronnet
Brackens
Lord Grandison
Lord Belmore
Ser Ronnel Arryn
Vinegar Vaellyn
Owen Merryweather
Whalen
King Jaehaerys
Prince Trystane
Ben Beesbury
Ned Stark
Lord Lancel
Dolorous Edd Tollett
Terrence Toyne
Amory Lorch
Ser Elys Waynwood
Lord Hallyne
Alayne Stone
Black Harren
Lady Nym
Ser Barristan
Lady Waynwood
Martin
Lord Botley
Septon Torbert
Lord Grimm
Lollys Lackwit
Lady Falyse
Ser Tallad
Raymun Darry
Lord Merryweather
Rugen
Lord Yronwood
Sawane Botley
Puckens
Ser Quincy Cox
Lord Tarly
Lewyn Martell
Gates
High Septon
Lord Mooton
Ser Kevan
Lord Waters
Lady Mariya
Shortear
King Baelor
Roger Hogg
Little Lenwood Tawney
Oberyn Viper
Septa Roelle
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“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
“Arya." She whispered the word the first time. The second time she threw it at him. "I am Arya, of House Stark.”
Arya Stark
“Old powers waken. Shadows stir. And age of wonder and terror will soon be upon us, an age for gods and heroes.”
Leo Tyrell
“Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.”
“A thief was a thief, whether he stole a little or a lot.”
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Westeros: A South American sized continent located West of Essos. It is home to 'Western" civilization, mimicking that of medieval Europe. It is a diverse land, divided into three specific regions. The North is ruled by the ancient House Stark, descendants of the First Men. The South (This name is really a misnomer, since 'The South' actually lies in Central Westeros) is home to the capital of Westeros, King's Landing, and the Royal Family. The richests lands and bounties come from The South. The third region is Dorne, a hot, desert land under the rule of the Martells.
King's Landing: The capital city of Westeros. Situated at the back of Blackwater Bay, King's Landing serves as a major port. It serves both Westeros and Essos merchants.
The Wall: A massive fortification built primarily of ice located in the far north of Westeros. The Wall is 100 leagues or 300 miles (480 km) long and over 700 feet (210 m) high. It extends from the Frostfangs mountain range in the west to the Bay of Seals in the east. According to Westerosi legend, it was built after the period known as The Long Night by the nearly mythical Brandon the Builder over 8,000 years prior to the present setting, in an attempt forever to shut out the inhabitants of the far north (in particular the Others), who had overrun Westeros during that period, before being turned back by an alliance of men and the almost-mythical Children of the Forest. Several mentions in the text suggest that the Wall was much smaller at the time, having been built upon by the Night's Watch over the centuries to its present size. 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. There are nineteen of Night's Watch castles along the wall, though no more than seventeen were ever been manned at any one time. Now only three castles are manned (Castle Black, the Shadow Tower & Eastwatch) due to the reduced numbers of the Night's Watch.
Winterfell: The great Stark stronghold; Has been sacked and burned and its people put to the sword.
Riverrun
The Vale of Arryn
The Eyrie
Casterly Rock
Pyke: The Greyjoy stronghold stands upon a broken headland, its keeps and towers built atop massive stone stacks that thrust up from the sea. Bridges knot Pyke together; arched bridges of carved stone and swaying spans of hempen rope and wooden planks.
Dragonstone
Iron Islands
Dorne
Sunspear: The ancient stronghold of House Martell stands at the easternmost end of a little jut of stone and sand, surrounded on three sides by the sea. To the west, in the shadows of Sunspear's massive walls, mud-brick shops and windowless hovels cling to the castle like barnacles to a galley's hull.
Old Valyria
Citadel of Oldtown: Where maesters are trained and chained
The Quill and Tankard: Where the women are willing and the cider is fearsomely strong.
The Honeywine
The Checkered Hazard
Qarth
Asshai
Yi Ti
Blackwater Rush
Blackwater Bay
Great Wyk
Stony Shore
Stepstones
Lordsport
Fair Isle
Lannisport
Pebbleton
Ten Towers: The seat of the Lord of Harlaw
Old Wyk
Nagga's Hill: Where the Grey King's Hall stood
Norvos
The Boneway
The Broken Arm
The Greenblood
The Kingsroad
The Water Gardens
The Old Palace
Maegor's Holdfast: The strongest place in the Red Keep, a castle within the castle, surrounded by a deep dry moat lined with spikes.
The Red Keep
Rosby
The Twins
Moat Cailin
The Neck
Maidenpool
Fist of the First Men
Castle Black: The Night's Watch center stronghold
Nightfort: One of the Night's Watch 16 abandoned castles; Said to be haunted; It was the first castle on the Wall and the largest. The only castle where the stairs were cut into the ice.
Eastwatch: "Eastwatch-by-the-Sea" - The Night's Watch stronghold on its grey windswept shore
Craster's Keep
Brandon's Gift
New Gift
Karhold: The Karstarks stronghold
White Harbor
The Haunted Forest
Horn Hill
The Arbor
Braavos: The whole city is built in a lagoon on a hundred little islands. They have boats instead of horses (almost like Venice, Italy).
Trident River
Chequy Port
Summer Isles
Ibben
Great Sept of Baelor
Hollow Hill
The House of Black and White: Home to the Faceless Men of Braavos
Lorath
Castle Darry
Myr
Lys
Tyrosh
The Reach
Brightwater
The Golden Tooth
Castamere
Storm's End
The Seven Swords: The largest inn in Duskendale, a four-story structure that towers over its neighbors.
The Dun Fort: In Duskendale
The Stinking Goose: An unsavory place in Maidenpool always full of sailors
Gulltown
Crackclaw Point
Gates of the Moon: The great castle that stands at the base of the mountain that guards the steps up to the Eyrie.
Deepwood Motte
Saltcliffe
Orkwood
Blacktyde
Harlaw Hall
Tower of Glimmering
Grey Garden
Harridan Hill
Longtable
Driftmark
The Greenblood
Yronwood
The Boneway
Nightsong
The Whispers: An ancient, tumbledown castle, abandoned and overgrown on the edge of a cliff in Crackclaw Point.
Bay of Seals
Skagos
Skane
Runestone
Volantis
Nagga's Cradle
Fever River
Orkmont
Torrhen's Square
Sea Dragon Point
The Lonely Light
The Kingswood
The Rainwood
Dornish Marches
Mountains of the Moon
Crab Isle
Bitterbridge
The Dyre Den: Where old Lord Brune keeps his seat
Shandystone
Planky Town
Astapor
Basilisk Isles
Tall Trees Town
Qohor
High Hermitage: Ser Gerold Dayne's castle in Dorne
Lemonwood
Spottswood
Starfall
The Prince's Pass
Sandstone
Hellholt
The Gods Eye
The Drowned Town
Ragman's Harbor: Crowded with ships from the other Free Cities, from Westeros and Ibben and the fabled, far-off lands of the east.
Sky: Is six hundred feet below the Eyrie; One of the three waycastles on the mountainside leading up to the Eyrie
Snow: One of the three waycastles on the mountainside leading up to the Eyrie
Stone: One of the three waycastles on the mountainside leading up to the Eyrie
Strongsong
Ninestars
Redfort
Ironoaks
Longbow Hall
Heart's Home
Meereen
Greenstone: The seat of House Estermont
Estermont: A mountainous little island off Cape Wrath
Cape Wrath
Pentos
The Fingers
Sisterton
Darry
Bay of Crabs
Quiet Isle
Moon Pool
The House of the Red Hands
Purple Harbor: Where Braavosi traders tie up beneath the domes and towers of the Sealord's Palace
The Sealord's Palace: in Braavos
Inn of the Green Eel: in Braavos
The Black Bargeman: in Braavos
Moroggo's: in Braavos
The Foghouse: A dingy winesink in Braavos beneath the second arch of Nabbo's Bridge
Nabbo's Bridge: in Braavos
Outcast Inn: in Braavos
House of Seven Lamps: in Braavos
The Cattery: A brothel in Braavos
The Happy Port: in Braavos
The Mummer's Ship: in Braavos
Mole's Town
Old Crossroads Inn: "The Old Inn" - "The Two Crowns" - "The Bellringer Inn" - "The Clanking Dragon" - "The River Inn" - The inn has been around for hundreds of years and has had many names.
Oxcross
Sow's Horn
Shield Islands: Greenshield, Greyshield, Oakenshield & Southshield
Southshield: One of the four Shield Islands
Oakenshield: One of the four Shield Islands
Greenshield: One of the four Shield Islands
Greyshield: One of the four Shield Islands
The Mander
Hammerhorn
Grimston: Castle on Greyshield
Seagard
Lord Hewett's Town
Redwyne Straits
Slaver's Bay
Crakehall
Oldstones
Fairmarket
Hag's Mire
Shipbreaker Bay
The Whispering Wood
Tumblestone
The Red Fork
Raventree Hall
The Stone Hedge
Seagard
Wayfarer's Rest
Pinkmaiden Castle
Tarbeck Hall
The Long Canal: in Braavos
The Palace of Truth: in Braavos
The Prestayns: in Braavos
The Antaryons: in Braavos
Sweetwater River: in Braavos
Silty Town: District in Braavos
The Blue Lantern: in Braavos
The Ship: in Braavos
Isle of the Gods: in Braavos
The Happy Port: in Braavos
The Nightingale: in Braavos
Sept-Beyond-the-Sea
Summerhall
Whispering Sound
Red Flower Vale
Lord Harroway's Town
Whitewalls
Nutten
Riverbend
The River Road
The High Road
Atranta
Ghaston Grey: A crumbling old castle perched on a rock in the Sea of Dorne, a drear and dreadful prison where the vilest of criminals were sent to rot and die.
Skyreach
The Tor
Ghost Hill
The Giant's Lance
Brownhollow
The Bloody Gate
The Green Fork
Ryamsport
Vinetown
Starfish Harbor
Three Towers: The seat of House Costayne
Stonecrab Cay
Isle of Pigs
The Mermaid's Palace
Horseshoe Rock
Bastard's Cradle
The Weeping Dock
Bloody Isle
The Seneschal's Court
Whitetree
Isle of Ravens
Beyond-the-Wall
The Narrow Sea

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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 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 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 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.
The Sand Snakes: Prince Oberyn Martell's 8 bastard daughters
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.
Rainbow Guard: Renly's Kingsguard; They wore armor according to their assigned color and a rainbow cloak.
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
Faceless Men of Braavos: Assassins
Silent Sisters: Death's handmaidens
The Children of the Forest: Add a description of this organization.
The Others
Brotherhood Without Banners: A band of outlaws defending the common people of the realm. 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.
Queensguard: Daenerys' version of a Kingsguard
Alchemists' Guild
The Golden Company: Their words are, "Our word is good as gold." A free company of sellswords. A brotherhood of exiles and the sons of exiles, united by the dream of Bittersteel. It's home they want, as much as gold.
The Iron Bank of Braavos: Their words are, "The Iron Bank will have its due."
The Orphans of the Greenblood
The Holy Hundred: Lead by Ser Bonifer Hasty; They should actually be called the Holy Eighty-Six, having lost fourteen men upon the Blackwater.
The Antler Men
The Faith Militant: They date from before Aegon's Conquest. The ancient blessed orders of the Sword and Star (The Warrior's Sons and The Poor Fellows).
The Warrior's Sons: "Swords" - An order of knights who gave up their lands and gold and swore their swords to His High Holiness. They wore rainbow cloaks and inlaid silver armor over hair shirts, and bore star-shaped crystals in the pommels of their longswords.
The Poor Fellows: "Stars" - They were humbler than the Warrior's Sons, though far more numerous. Begging brothers of a sort, though they carried axes instead of bowls. They wandered the roads, escorting travelers from sept to sept and town to town. Their badge was the seven-pointed star, red on white, so the smallfolk named them Stars.
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
Burned Men: Clansmen from the Mountains of the Moon
The Citadel: Located in Oldtown, the Citadel is where maesters are trained. Novices become acolytes and then maesters as they master various subjects, forging a link in their maester's chain from a different metal for each subject.

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"Dragons," said Mollander.

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Prologue
1. The Prophet
2. The Captain Of Guards
3. Cersei
4. Brienne
5. Samwell
6. Arya
7. Cersei
8. Jaime
9. Brienne
10. Sansa
11. The Kraken's Daughter
12. Cersei
13. The Soiled Knight
14. Brienne
15. Samwell
16. Jaime
17. Cersei
18. The Iron Captain
19. The Drowned Man
20. Brienne
21. The Queenmaker
22. Arya
23. Alayne
24. Cersei
25. Brienne
26. Samwell
27. Jaime
28. Cersei
29. The Reaver
30. Jaime
31. Brienne
32. Cersei
33. Jaime
34. Cat Of The Canals
35. Samwell
36. Cersei
37. Brienne
38. Jaime
39. Cersei
40. The Princess In The Tower
41. Alayne
42. Brienne
43. Cersei
44. Jaime
45. Samwell
Meanwhile, Back On The Wall . . .

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The Iron Throne: The throne of King Joffery and of the Seven Kingdoms. A metal throne made entirely out of sword points. Except for the seat.
The Seastone Chair: Describe this term.
Kingsmoot: A vote for king done in the Old Ways of the ironborn
OathKeeper: A Valyrian steel sword; The blade shimmers black and red, has rubies and a leather grip; A gift for Jaime Lannister from Lord Tywin; Jaime gave it to Brienne of Tarth at the conclusion of the last book to find and protect Sansa Stark.
Ice: Lord Eddard Stark's greatsword; The blade is Valyrian steel, spell-forged and dark as smoke; Was in the hands of Ser Ilyn Payne until he gave it to Tywin Lannister; Lord Tywin had it melted down and two new swords made from the valyrian steel, one he gave to Joffrey (Widow's Wail) and the other he gave to Jaime (OathKeeper).
Longclaw: A greatsword forged of Valyrian steel; The original pommel was a silver bear’s head; The Mormonts carried it for five centuries; Lord Jeor changed the pommel to a hunk of pale stone weighted with lead to balance the long blade, carved into the likeness of a snarling wolf’s head, with chips of garnet set into the eyes and gave it to Jon Snow for saving his life from a wight.
Blackbird: The largest of the Night's Watch's galleys; Captained by Old Tattersalt
Titan's Daughter: A trading galley out of the Free City of Braavos
Needle: Sword given to Arya Stark by her half brother Jon Snow; Made from castle-forged steel
Valar Morghulis: "All men must die" in old Valyrian; If Arya wishes to seek out Jaqen H'ghar, she is to present the iron coin he gave her to any man in Braavos and say the words "valar morghulis".
Valar Dohaeris: "All men must serve" in old Valyrian
Dawn: The greatsword of Ser Arthur Dayne; A pale blade that was so sharp that even a light touch would cut you and you wouldn't even know it
Black Wind: Asha Greyjoy's longship
Sea Song: Lord Rodrik Harlaw's ship
Silence: Euron Greyjoy's ship; A single-masted galley, lean and low, with a dark red hull and sails as black as a starless sky. On her prow is a black iron maiden with one arm outstretched. Her waist is slender, her breasts high and proud, her legs long and shapely. A windblown mane of black iron hair streams from her head and her eyes are mother-of-pearl, but she has no mouth.
Heartsbane: A storied two-handed greatsword forged of Valyrian steel and passed down from Tarly father to son for near five hundred years.
Storm Crow: A fighting ship belonging to the Night's Watch
Talon: A fighting ship belonging to the Night's Watch
Iron Victory: Victarion Greyjoy's ship
Grief: Part of the Iron Fleet
Iron Vengeance: Part of the Iron Fleet
Hardhand: Part of the Iron Fleet
Iron Wind: Part of the Iron Fleet
Grey Ghost: Part of the Iron Fleet
Lord Quellon: Part of the Iron Fleet; Captained by Ralf the Limper
Lord Vickon: Part of the Iron Fleet
Lord Dagon: Part of the Iron Fleet
Red Rain: Dunstan Drumm's famous sword, forged of Valyrian steel in the days before the Doom.
Thunderer: Dunstan Drumm's hip
Nightflyer: Lord Baelor Blacktyde's ship
Vaith: A poleboat
Lady Forlorn: Ser Lyn Corbray's sword; Passed down to him by his father even though he is the second son.
Gulltown Girl: A ship
Seastrider: A cog
Lady of Myr: A storm-wracked trading galley
Lady Ushanora: A ship
Cinnamon Wind: Ship Xhondo is a mate on
Horn of Herrock: Is black and twisted and banded in old gold
King Robert's Hammer: King Robert's flagship
Lord Tywin: A new dromond being built in King's Landing; Will be Queen Cersei's flagship; Will dip twice as many oars as King Robert's Hammer when complete
Sweet Cersei: A new dromond being built in King's Landing; Will bear a gilded figurehead carved in Cersei's likeness, clad in mail and lion helm, with spear in hand.
Brave Joffrey: A new dromond being built in King's Landing
Lady Joanna: A new dromond being built in King's Landing
Lioness: A new dromond being built in King's Landing
Queen Margaery: A new dromond being built in King's Landing; Named by King Tommen
Golden Rose: A new dromond being built in King's Landing; Named by King Tommen
Lord Renly: A new dromond being built in King's Landing; Named by King Tommen
Lady Olenna: A new dromond being built in King's Landing; Named by King Tommen
Princess Myrcella: A new dromond being built in King's Landing; Named by King Tommen
Iron Wind: Part of the Iron Fleet
Maiden's Bane: Part of the Iron Fleet
Nightfall: Ser Harras Harlaw's greatsword; Has a moonstone pommel
Great Kraken: Balon Greyjoy's ship
Vixen: Captained by Moredo Prestayn of Braavos
Lanna: A ship
Brazen Monkey: A huge Ibbenese whaler
Old Mother's Son: One of Salladhor Saan's ships
Valyrian: Salladhor Saan's flagship
Valonqar: "little brother" in High Valyrian
The Merling King: A Braavosi galley
Huntress: A war galley; She bears a figurehead of a slender maiden clad in leaves and brandishing a spear
Lady of the Tower: A ship
The Honor of Oldtown: Lord Hightower's towering four-decked banner ship

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This is book 4 of 12 in A Song of Ice and Fire. (standard series)

Preceded by A Storm of Swords, Part II, and followed by A Dance With Dragons, Part I.

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George R. R. Martin (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 8, 2005
ISBN: 978-0553801507
Page Count: 784

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Locus Fantasy Award (2006: Best Fantasy Novel, Nominee)
Hugo Award (Finalist, 2006: Best Novel)
British Fantasy Award (Finalist, 2006: Best Novel)
Quill Award (Finalist, 2006: Best Novel (Science Fiction & Fantasy))
Hugo Award (Finalist, 2006: Best Novel)
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Library of Congress: PS3563.A7239 F39 2005
Dewey: 813.54 22

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