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by George R. R. Martin


  MORGAN LIDDLE, his second son, called MIDDLE LIDDLE,

  RICKARD LIDDLE, his third son, called LITTLE LIDDLE,

  TORGHEN FLINT, of the First Flints, called THE FLINT, or OLD FLINT,

  BLACK DONNEL FLINT, his son and heir,

  ARTOS FLINT, his second son, half-brother to Black Donnel.

  The Stark arms show a grey direwolf racing across an ice-white field. The Stark words are Winter Is Coming.

  * * *

  HOUSE TULLY

  Lord Edmyn Tully of Riverrun was one of the first of the river lords to swear fealty to Aegon the Conqueror. King Aegon rewarded him by raising House Tully to dominion over all the lands of the Trident. The Tully sigil is a leaping trout, silver, on a field of rippling blue and red. The Tully words are Family, Duty, Honor.

  EDMURE TULLY, Lord of Riverrun, taken captive at his wedding and held prisoner by the Freys,

  his bride, LADY ROSLIN of House Frey, now with child,

  his sister, {LADY CATELYN STARK}, widow of Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell, slain at the Red Wedding,

  his sister, {LADY LYSA ARRYN}, widow of Lord Jon Arryn of the Vale, pushed to her death from the Eyrie,

  his uncle, SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called THE BLACKFISH, lately castellan of Riverrun, now an outlaw

  his household at Riverrun:

  MAESTER VYMAN, counselor, healer, and tutor,

  SER DESMOND GRELL, master-at-arms,

  SER ROBIN RYGER, captain of the guard,

  LONG LEW, ELWOOD, DELP, guardsmen,

  UTHERYDES WAYN, steward of Riverrun,

  his bannermen, the Lords of the Trident:

  TYTOS BLACKWOOD, Lord of Raventree Hall,

  BRYNDEN, his eldest son and heir,

  {LUCAS}, his second son, slain at the Red Wedding,

  HOSTER, his third son, a bookish boy,

  EDMUND and ALYN, his younger sons,

  BETHANY, his daughter, a girl of eight,

  {ROBERT}, his youngest son, died of loose bowels,

  JONOS BRACKEN, Lord of the Stone Hedge,

  BARBARA, JAYNE, CATELYN, BESS, ALYSANNE, his five daughters,

  HILDY, a camp follower,

  JASON MALLISTER, Lord of Seagard, a prisoner in his own castle,

  PATREK, his son, imprisoned with his father,

  SER DENYS MALLISTER, Lord Jason’s uncle, a man of the Night’s Watch,

  CLEMENT PIPER, Lord of Pinkmaiden Castle,

  his son and heir, SER MARQ PIPER, taken captive at the Red Wedding,

  KARYL VANCE, Lord of Wayfarer’s Rest,

  NORBERT VANCE, the blind Lord of Atranta,

  THEOMAR SMALLWOOD, Lord of Acorn Hall,

  WILLIAM MOOTON, Lord of Maidenpool,

  ELEANOR, his daughter and heir, thirteen, m. Dickon Tarly of Horn Hill,

  SHELLA WHENT, dispossessed Lady of Harrenhal,

  SER HALMON PAEGE,

  LORD LYMOND GOODBROOK.

  * * *

  HOUSE TYRELL

  The Tyrells rose to power as stewards to the Kings of the Reach, though they claim descent from Garth Greenhand, gardener king of the First Men. When the last king of House Gardener was slain on the Field of Fire, his steward, Harlen Tyrell, surrendered Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror. Aegon granted him the castle and dominion over the Reach. Mace Tyrell declared his support for Renly Baratheon at the onset of the War of the Five Kings, and gave him the hand of his daughter Margaery. Upon Renly’s death, Highgarden made alliance with House Lannister, and Margaery was betrothed to King Joffrey.

  MACE TYRELL, Lord of Highgarden, Warden of the South, Defender of the Marches, and High Marshal of the Reach,

  his wife, LADY ALERIE, of House Hightower of Oldtown,

  their children:

  WILLAS, their eldest son, heir to Highgarden,

  SER GARLAN, called THE GALLANT, their second son, newly raised to Lord of Brightwater,

  Garlan’s wife, LADY LEONETTE of House Fossoway,

  SER LORAS, the Knight of Flowers, their youngest son, a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard, wounded on Dragonstone

  MARGAERY, their daughter, twice wed and twice widowed,

  Margaery’s companions and ladies-in-waiting:

  her cousins, MEGGA, ALLA, and ELINOR TYRELL,

  Elinor’s betrothed, ALYN AMBROSE, squire,

  LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, LADY ALYCE GRACE-FORD, LADY TAENA MERRYWEATHER, MEREDYTH CRANE called MERRY, SEPTA NYSTERICA, her companions,

  his widowed mother, LADY OLENNA of House Redwyne, called THE QUEEN OF THORNS,

  his sisters:

  LADY MINA, m. Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor,

  her son, SER HORAS REDWYNE, called HORROR,

  her son, SER HOBBER REDWYNE, called SLOBBER,

  her daughter, DESMERA REDWYNE, sixteen,

  LADY JANNA, wed to Ser Jon Fossoway,

  his uncles:

  his uncle, GARTH TYRELL, called THE GROSS, Lord Seneschal of Highgarden,

  Garth’s bastard sons, GARSE and GARRETT FLOWERS,

  his uncle, SER MORYN TYRELL, Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown,

  his uncle, MAESTER GORMON, serving at the Citadel,

  Mace’s household at Highgarden:

  MAESTER LOMYS, counselor, healer, and tutor,

  IGON VYRWEL, captain of the guard,

  SER VORTIMER CRANE, master-at-arms,

  BUTTERBUMPS, fool and jester, hugely fat,

  his bannermen, the Lords of the Reach:

  RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill, commanding King Tommen’s army on the Trident,

  PAXTER REDWYNE, Lord of the Arbor,

  SER HORAS and SER HOBBER, his twin sons,

  Lord Paxter’s healer, MAESTER BALLABAR,

  ARWYN OAKHEART, Lady of Old Oak,

  MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove

  LEYTON HIGHTOWER, Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port,

  HUMFREY HEWETT, Lord of Oakenshield,

  FALIA FLOWERS, his bastard daughter,

  OSBERT SERRY, Lord of Southshield,

  GUTHOR GRIMM, Lord of Greyshield,

  MORIBALD CHESTER, Lord of Greenshield,

  ORTON MERRYWEATHER, Lord of Longtable,

  LADY TAENA, his wife, a woman of Myr,

  RUSSELL, her son, a boy of six,

  LORD ARTHUR AMBROSE,

  LORENT CASWELL, Lord of Bitterbridge,

  his knights and sworn swords:

  SER JON FOSSOWAY, of the green-apple Fossoways,

  SER TANTON FOSSOWAY, of the red-apple Fossoways.

  The Tyrell sigil is a golden rose on a grass-green field. Their words are Growing Strong.

  * * *

  THE SWORN BROTHERS OF THE NIGHT’S WATCH

  JON SNOW, the Bastard of Winterfell, nine-hundred-and-ninety-eighth Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch,

  GHOST, his white direwolf,

  his steward, EDDISON TOLLETT, called DOLOROUS EDD,

  at Castle Black

  MAESTER AEMON (TARGARYEN), healer and counselor, a blind man, one hundred and two years old,

  Aemon’s steward, CLYDAS,

  Aemon’s steward, SAMWELL TARLY, fat and bookish,

  BOWEN MARSH, Lord Steward,

  THREE-FINGER HOBB, steward and chief cook,

  {DONAL NOYE}, one-armed armorer and smith, slain at the gate by Mag the Mighty

  OWEN called THE OAF, TIM TANGLETONGUE, MULLY, CUGEN, DONNEL HILL called SWEET DONNEL, LEFT HAND LEW, JEREN, TY, DANNEL, WICK WHITTLESTICK, stewards,

  OTHELL YARWYCK, First Builder,

  SPARE BOOT, HALDER, ALBETT, KEGS, ALF OF RUNNYMUDD, builders,

  SEPTON CELLADOR, a drunken devout,

  BLACK JACK BULWER, First Ranger,

  DYWEN, KEDGE WHITEYE, BEDWYCK called GIANT, MATTHAR, GARTH GREYFEATHER, ULMER OF THE KINGSWOOD, ELRON, GARRETT GREEN-SPEAR, FULK THE FLEA, PYPAR called PYP, GRENN called AUROCHS, BERNARR called BLACK BERNARR, TIM STONE, RORY, BEARDED BEN, TOM BARLEYCORN, GOADY BIG LIDDLE, LUKE OF LONGTOWN, HAIRY HAL, rangers

  LEATHERS, a wildling turned c
row,

  SER ALLISER THORNE, former master-at-arms,

  LORD JANOS SLYNT, former commander of the City Watch of King’s Landing, briefly Lord of Harrenhal,

  IRON EMMETT, formerly of Eastwatch, master-at-arms,

  HARETH called HORSE, the twins ARRON and EM-RICK, SATIN, HOP-ROBIN, recruits in training,

  at the Shadow Tower

  SER DENYS MALLISTER, commander,

  his steward and squire, WALLACE MASSEY,

  MAESTER MULLIN, healer and counselor,

  {QHORIN HALFHAND, SQUIRE DALBRIDGE, EGGEN}, rangers, slain beyond the Wall,

  STONESNAKE, a ranger, lost afoot in Skirling Pass,

  at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea

  COTTER PYKE, a bastard of the Iron Islands, commander,

  MAESTER HARMUNE, healer and counselor,

  OLD TATTERSALT, captain of the Blackbird,

  SER GLENDON HEWETT, master-at-arms,

  SER MAYNARD HOLT, captain of the Talon,

  RUSS BARLEYCORN, captain of the Storm Crow.

  * * *

  the WILDLINGS, or THE FREE FOLK

  MANCE RAYDER, King-Beyond-the-Wall, a captive at Castle Black,

  his wife, {DALLA}, died in childbirth,

  their newborn son, born in battle, as yet unnamed,

  VAL, Dalla’s younger sister, “the wildling princess,” a captive at Castle Black,

  {JARL}, Val’s lover, killed in a fall,

  his captains, chiefs, and raiders:

  THE LORD OF BONES, mocked as RATTLESHIRT, a raider and leader of a war band, captive at Castle Black,

  {YGRITTE}, a young spearwife, Jon Snow’s lover, killed during the attack on Castle Black,

  RYK, called LONGSPEAR, a member of his band,

  RAGWYLE, LENYL, members of his band,

  TORMUND, Mead-King of Ruddy Hall, called GIANTSBANE, TALL-TALKER, HORN-BLOWER, and BREAKER OF ICE, also THUNDERFIST, HUSBAND TO BEARS, SPEAKER TO GODS, and FATHER OF HOSTS,

  Tormund’s sons, TOREGG THE TALL, TORWYRD THE TAME, DORMUND, and DRYN, his daughter MUNDA,

  THE WEEPER, called THE WEEPING MAN, a notorious raider and leader of a war band,

  {HARMA, called DOGSHEAD}, slain beneath the Wall,

  HALLECK, her brother,

  {STYR}, Magnar of Thenn, slain attacking Castle Black,

  SIGORN, Styr’s son, new Magnar of Thenn,

  VARAMYR called SIXSKINS, a skinchanger and warg, called LUMP as a boy,

  ONE EYE, SLY, STALKER, his wolves,

  his brother, {BUMP}, killed by a dog,

  his foster father, {HAGGON}, a warg and hunter,

  THISTLE, a spearwife, hard and homely,

  {BRIAR, GRISELLA}. skinchangers, long dead,

  BORROQ, called THE BOAR, a skinchanger, much feared,

  GERRICK KINGSBLOOD, of the blood of Raymun Redbeard,

  his three daughters,

  SOREN SHIELDBREAKER, a famed warrior,

  MORNA WHITE MASK, the warrior witch, a raider,

  YGON OLDFATHER, a clan chief with eighteen wives,

  THE GREAT WALRUS, leader on the Frozen Shore,

  MOTHER MOLE, a woods witch, given to prophecy,

  BROGG, GAVIN THE TRADER, HARLE THE HUNTSMAN, HARLE THE HANDSOME, HOWD WANDERER, BLIND DOSS, KYLEG OF THE WOODEN EAR, DEVYN SEALSKINNER, chiefs and leaders amongst the free folk,

  {ORELL, called ORELL THE EAGLE}, a skinchanger slain by Jon Snow in the Skirling Pass,

  {MAG MAR TUN DOH WEG, called MAG THE MIGHTY}, a giant, slain by Donal Noye at the gate of Castle Black,

  WUN WEG WUN DAR WUN, called WUN WUN, a giant,

  ROWAN, HOLLY, SQUIRREL, WILLOW WITCH-EYE, FRENYA, MYRTLE, spearwives, captive at the Wall.

  * * *

  BEYOND THE WALL

  in the Haunted Forest

  BRANDON STARK, called BRAN, Prince of Winterfell and heir to the North, a crippled boy of nine,

  his companions and protectors:

  MEERA REED, a maid of sixteen, daughter of Lord How-land Reed of Greywater Watch,

  JOJEN REED, her brother, thirteen, cursed with greensight,

  HODOR, a simple lad, seven feet tall,

  his guide, COLDHANDS, clad in black, once perhaps a man of the Night’s Watch, now a mystery,

  at Craster’s Keep

  the betrayers, once men of the Night’s Watch:

  DIRK, who murdered Craster,

  OLLO LOPHAND, who slew the Old Bear, Jeor Mormont,

  GARTH OF GREENAWAY, MAWNEY, GRUBBS, ALAN OF ROSBY, former rangers

  CLUBFOOT KARL, ORPHAN OSS, MUTTERING BILL, former stewards,

  in the caverns beneath a hollow hill

  THE THREE-EYED CROW, also called THE LAST GREENSEER, sorcerer and dreamwalker, once a man of the Night’s Watch named BRYNDEN, now more tree than man,

  the children of the forest, those who sing the song of earth, last of their dying race:

  LEAF, ASH, SCALES, BLACK KNIFE, SNOWYLOCKS, COALS.

  * * *

  ESSOS

  BEYOND THE NARROW SEA

  * * *

  IN BRAAVOS

  FERREGO ANTARYON, Sealord of Braavos, sickly and failing,

  QARRO VOLENTIN, First Sword of Braavos, his protector,

  BELLEGERE OTHERYS called THE BLACK PEARL, a courtesan descended from the pirate queen of the same name,

  THE VEILED LADY, THE MERLING QUEEN, THE MOON-SHADOW, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DUSK, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE POETESS, famous courtesans,

  THE KINDLY MAN and THE WAIF, servants of the Many-Faced God at the House of Black and White,

  UMMA, the temple cook,

  THE HANDSOME MAN, THE FAT FELLOW, THE LORDLING, THE STERN FACE, THE SQUINTER, and THE STARVED MAN, secret servants of Him of Many Faces,

  ARYA of House Stark, a novice in service at the House of Black and White, also known as ARRY, NAN, WEASEL, SQUAB, SALTY, and CAT OF THE CANALS,

  BRUSCO, a fishmonger,

  his daughters, TALEA and BREA,

  MERALYN, called MERRY, proprietor of the Happy Port, a brothel near the Ragman’s Harbor,

  THE SAILOR’S WIFE, a whore at the Happy Port,

  LANNA, her daughter, a young whore,

  RED ROGGO, GYLORO DOTHARE, GYLENO DOTHARE, a scribbler called QUILL, COSSOMO THE CONJURER, patrons of the Happy Port,

  TAGGANARO, a dockside cutpurse and thief,

  CASSO, KING OF THE SEALS, his trained seal,

  S’VRONE, a dockside whore of a murderous bent,

  THE DRUNKEN DAUGHTER, a whore of uncertain temper.

  * * *

  IN OLD VOLANTIS

  the reigning triarchs:

  MALAQUO MAEGYR, Triarch of Volantis, a tiger,

  DONIPHOS PAENYMION, Triarch of Volantis, an elephant,

  NYESSOS VHASSAR, Triarch of Volantis, an elephant,

  people of Volantis:

  BENERRO, High Priest of R’hllor, the Lord of Light,

  his right hand, MOQORRO, a priest of R’hllor,

  THE WIDOW OF THE WATERFRONT, a wealthy freedwoman of the city, also called VOGARRO’S WHORE,

  her fierce protectors, THE WIDOW’S SONS,

  PENNY, a dwarf girl and mummer,

  her pig, PRETTY PIG,

  her dog, CRUNCH,

  {GROAT}, brother to Penny, a dwarf mummer, murdered and beheaded,

  ALIOS QHAEDAR, a candidate for triarch,

  PARQUELLO VAELAROS, a candidate for triarch,

  BELICHO STAEGONE, a candidate for triarch,

  GRAZDAN MO ERAZ, an envoy from Yunkai.

  * * *

  ON SLAVER’S BAY

  in Yunkai, the Yellow City:

  YURKHAZ ZO YUNZAK, Supreme Commander of the Armies and Allies of Yunkai, a slaver and aged noble of impeccable birth,

  YEZZAN ZO QAGGAZ, mocked as the YELLOW WHALE, monstrously obese, sickly, hugely rich,

  NURSE, his slave overseer,

  SWEETS, a hermaphrodite slave, his treasure,

  SCAR, a serjeant and slave soldier,

  MORGO, a slave soldier
,

  MORGHAZ ZO ZHERZYN, a nobleman oft in his cups, mocked as THE DRUNKEN CONQUEROR,

  GORZHAK ZO ERAZ, a nobleman and slaver, mocked as PUDDING FACE,

  FAEZHAR ZO FAEZ, a nobleman and slaver, known as THE RABBIT,

  GHAZDOR ZO AHLAQ, a nobleman and slaver, mocked as LORD WOBBLECHEEKS,

  PAEZHAR ZO MYRAQ, a nobleman of small stature, mocked as THE LITTLE PIGEON,

  CHEZDHAR ZO RHAEZN, MAEZON ZO RHAEZN, GRAZDHAN ZO RHAEZN, noblemen and brothers, mocked as THE CLANKER LORDS,

  THE CHARIOTEER, THE BEASTMASTER, THE PERFUMED HERO, noblemen and slavers,

  in Astapor, the Red City:

  CLEON THE GREAT, called THE BUTCHER KING,

  CLEON II, his successor, king for eight days,

  KING CUTTHROAT, a barber, slit the throat of Cleon II to steal his crown,

  QUEEN WHORE, concubine to King Cleon II, claimed the throne after his murder.

  * * *

  THE QUEEN ACROSS THE WATER

  DAENERYS TARGARYEN, the First of Her Name, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, called DAENERYS STORMBORN, the UNBURNT, MOTHER OF DRAGONS,

  her dragons, DROGON, VISERION, RHAEGAL,

  her brother, {RHAEGAR}, Prince of Dragonstone, slain by Robert Baratheon on the Trident,

  Rhaegar’s daughter, {RHAENYS}, murdered during the Sack of King’s Landing,

  Rhaegar’s son, {AEGON}, a babe in arms, murdered during the Sack of King’s Landing,

  her brother {VISERYS}, the Third of His Name, called THE BEGGAR KING, crowned with molten gold,

  her lord husband, {DROGO}, a khal of the Dothraki, died of a wound gone bad,

  her stillborn son by Drogo, {RHAEGO}, slain in the womb by the maegi Mirri Maz Duur,

  her protectors:

  SER BARRISTAN SELMY, called BARRISTAN THE BOLD, Lord Commander of the Queensguard,

  his lads, squires training for knighthood:

  TUMCO LHO, of the Basilisk Isles,

  LARRAQ, called THE LASH, of Meereen,

  THE RED LAMB, a Lhazarene freedman,

  the BOYS, three Ghiscari brothers,

  STRONG BELWAS, eunuch and former fighting slave,

 

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