Lord 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 Marshall 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,
—his wife, LADY LEONETTE of House Fossoway,
—SER LORAS, the Knight of Flowers, their youngest son, a Sworn Brother of the Kingsguard,
—MARGAERY, their daughter, a widow of fifteen years, betrothed to King Joffrey I Baratheon,
—Margaery’s companions and ladies-in-waiting:
—her cousins, MEGGA, ALLA, and ELINOR TYRELL,
—Elinor’s betrothed, ALYN AMBROSE, squire,
—LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, a girl of eight,
—MEREDYTH CRANE, called MERRY,
—TAENA OF MYR, wife to LORD ORTON MERRY-WEATHER,
—LADY ALYCE GRACEFORD,
—SEPTA NYSTERICA, a sister of the Faith,
—his widowed mother, LADY OLENNA of House Redwyne, called the QUEEN OF THORNS,
—Lady Olenna’s guardsmen, ARRYK and ERRYK, called LEFT and RIGHT,
—his sisters:
—LADY MINA, wed to Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor,
—their children:
—SER HORAS REDWYNE, twin to Hobber, mocked as HORROR,
—SER HOBBER REDWYNE, twin to Horas, mocked as SLOBBER,
—DESMERA REDWYNE, a maid of sixteen,
—LADY JANNA, wed to Ser Jon Fossoway,
—his uncles and cousins:
—his father’s brother, GARTH, called THE GROSS, Lord Seneschal of Highgarden,
—Garth’s bastard sons, GARSE and GARRETT FLOWERS,
—his father’s brother, SER MORYN, Lord Commander of the City Watch of Oldtown,
—Moryn’s son, {SER LUTHOR}, m. Lady Elyn Norridge,
—Luthor’s son, SER THEODORE, m. Lady Lia Serry,
—Theodore’s daughter, ELINOR,
—Theodore’s son, LUTHOR, a squire,
—Luthor’s son, MAESTER MEDWICK,
—Luthor’s daughter, OLENE, m. Ser Leo Blackbar,
—Moryn’s son, LEO, called LEO THE LAZY,
—his father’s brother, MAESTER GORMON, a scholar of the Citadel,
—his cousin, {SER QUENTIN}, died at Ashford,
—Quentin’s son, SER OLYMER, m. Lady Lysa Meadows,
—Olymer’s sons, RAYMUND and RICKARD,
—Olymer’s daughter, MEGGA,
—his cousin, MAESTER NORMUND, in service at Blackcrown,
—his cousin, {SER VICTOR}, slain by the Smiling Knight of the Kingswood Brotherhood,
—Victor’s daughter, VICTARIA, m. {Lord Jon Bulwer}, died of a summer fever,
—their daughter, LADY ALYSANNE BULWER, eight,
—Victor’s son, SER LEO, m. Lady Alys Beesbury,
—Leo’s daughters, ALLA and LEONA,
—Leo’s sons, LYONEL, LUCAS, and LORENT,
—his 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 lords bannermen:
—RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill,
—PAXTER REDWYNE, Lord of the Arbor,
—ARWYN OAKHEART, Lady of Old Oak,
—MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove,
—ALESTER FLORENT, Lord of Brightwater Keep, a rebel in support of Stannis Baratheon,
—LEYTON HIGHTOWER, Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port,
—ORTON MERRYWEATHER, Lord of Longtable,
—LORD ARTHUR AMBROSE,
—his knights and sworn swords:
—SER MARK MULLENDORE, crippled during the Battle of the Blackwater,
—SER JON FOSSOWAY, of the green-apple Fossoways,
—SER TANTON FOSSOWAY, of the red-apple Fossoways.
REBELS, ROGUES, AND
SWORN BROTHERS
THE SWORN BROTHERS OF THE
NIGHT’S WATCH
(ranging Beyond the Wall)
JEOR MORMONT, called THE OLD BEAR, Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch,
—JON SNOW, the Bastard of Winterfell, his steward and squire, lost while scouting the Skirling Pass,
—GHOST, his direwolf, white and silent,
—EDDISON TOLLETT, called DOLOROUS EDD, his squire,
—THOREN SMALLWOOD, commanding the rangers,
—DYWEN, DIRK, SOFTFOOT, GRENN, BEDWYCK called GIANT, OLLO LOPHAND, GRUBBS, BERNARR called BROWN BERNARR, another BERNARR called BLACK BERNARR, TIM STONE, ULMER OF KINGSWOOD, GARTH called GREYFEATHER, GARTH OF GREENAWAY, GARTH OF OLDTOWN, ALAN OF ROSBY, RONNEL HARCLAY, AETHAN, RYLES, MAWNEY, rangers,
—JARMEN BUCKWELL, commanding the scouts,
—BANNEN, KEDGE WHITEYE, TUMBERJON, FORNIO, GOADY, rangers and scouts,
—SER OTTYN WYTHERS, commanding the rearguard,
—SER MALADOR LOCKE, commanding the baggage,
—DONNEL HILL, called SWEET DONNEL, his squire and steward,
—HAKE, a steward and cook,
—CHETT, an ugly steward, keeper of hounds,
—SAMWELL TARLY, a fat steward, keeper of ravens, mocked as SER PIGGY,
—LARK called THE SISTERMAN, his cousin ROLLEY OF SISTERTON, CLUBFOOT KARL, MASLYN, SMALL PAUL, SAWWOOD, LEFT HAND LEW, ORPHAN OSS, MUTTERING BILL, stewards,
—{QHORIN HALFHAND}, commanding the rangers from the Shadow Tower, slain in the Skirling Pass,
—{SQUIRE DALBRIDGE, EGGEN}, rangers, slain in the Skirling Pass,
—STONESNAKE, a ranger and mountaineer, lost afoot in Skirling Pass,
—BLANE, Qhorin Halfhand’s second, commanding the Shadow Tower men on the Fist of the First Men,
—SER BYAM FLINT,
(at Castle Black)
BOWEN MARSH, Lord Steward and castellan,
—MAESTER AEMON (TARGARYEN), healer and counselor, a blind man, one hundred years old,
—his steward, CLYDAS,
—BENJEN STARK, First Ranger, missing, feared dead;
—SER WYNTON STOUT, eighty years a ranger,
—SER ALADALE WYNCH, PYPAR, DEAF DICK FOLLARD, HAIRY HAL, BLACK JACK BULWER, ELRON, MATTHAR, rangers,
—OTHELL YARWYCK, First Builder,
—SPARE BOOT, YOUNG HENLY, HALDER, ALBETT, KEGS, SPOTTED PATE OF MAIDENPOOL, builders,
—DONAL NOYE, armorer, smith, and steward, one-armed,
—THREE-FINGER HOBB, steward and chief cook,
—TIM TANGLETONGUE, EASY, MULLY, OLD HENLY, CUGEN, RED ALYN OF THE ROSEWOOD, JEREN, stewards,
—SEPTON CELLADOR, a drunken devout,
—SER ENDREW TARTH, master-at-arms,
—RAST, ARRON, EMRICK, SATIN, HOP-ROBIN, recruits in training,
—CONWY, GUEREN, recruiters and collectors,
(at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea)
—COTTER PYKE, Commander Eastwatch,
—MAESTER HARMUNE, healer and counselor,
—SER ALLISER THORNE, master-at-arms,
—JANOS SLYNT, former commander of the City Watch of King’s Landing, briefly Lord of Harrenhal,
—SER GLENDON HEWETT,
—DAREON, steward and singer,
—IRON EMMETT, a ranger famed for his strength,
(at Shadow Tower)
SER DENYS MALLISTER, Commander, Shadow Tower
—his steward and squire, WALLACE MASSEY,
—MAESTER MULLIN, healer and counselor.
THE BROTHERHOOD WITHOUT
BANNERS
AN OUTLAW FELLOWSHIP
BERIC DONDARRION, Lor
d of Blackhaven, called THE LIGHTNING LORD, oft reported dead,
—his right hand, THOROS OF MYR, a red priest,
—his squire, EDRIC DAYNE, Lord of Starfall, twelve,
—his followers:
—LEM, called LEM LEMONCLOAK, a one-time soldier,
—HARWIN, son of Hullen, formerly in service to Lord Eddard Stark at Winterfell,
—GREENBEARD, a Tyroshi sellsword,
—TOM OF SEVENSTREAMS, a singer of dubious report, called TOM SEVENSTRINGS and TOM O’ SEVENS,
—ANGUY THE ARCHER, a bowman from the Dornish Marches,
—JACK-BE-LUCKY, a wanted man, short an eye,
—THE MAD HUNTSMAN, of Stoney Sept,
—KYLE, NOTCH, DENNETT, longbowmen,
—MERRIT O’ MOONTOWN, WATTY THE MILLER, LIKELY LUKE, MUDGE, BEARDLESS DICK, outlaws in his band,
—at the Inn of the Kneeling Man:
—SHARNA, the innkeep, a cook and midwife,
—her husband, called HUSBAND,
—BOY, an orphan of the war,
—at the Peach, a brothel in Stoney Sept:
—TANSY, the red-haired proprietor,
—ALYCE, CASS, LANNA, JYZENE, HELLY, BELLA, some of her peaches,
—at Acorn Hall, the seat of House Smallwood:
—LADY RAVELLA, formerly of House Swann, wife to Lord Theomar Smallwood,
—here and there and elsewhere:
—LORD LYMOND LYCHESTER, an old man of wandering wit, who once held Ser Maynard at the bridge,
—his young caretaker, MAESTER ROONE,
—the ghost of High Heart,
—the Lady of the Leaves,
—the septon at Sallydance.
the WILDLINGS, or
the FREE FOLK
MANCE RAYDER, King-beyond-the-Wall,
—DALLA, his pregnant wife,
—VAL, her younger sister,
—his chiefs and captains:
—HARMA, called DOGSHEAD, commanding his van,
—THE LORD OF BONES, mocked as RATTLESHIRT, leader of a war band,
—YGRITTE, a young spearwife, a member of his band,
—RYK, called LONGSPEAR, a member of his band,
—RAGWYLE, LENYL, members of his band,
—his captive, JON SNOW, the crow-come-over,
—GHOST, Jon’s direwolf, white and silent,
—STYR, Magnar of Thenn,
—JARL, a young raider, Val’s lover,
—GRIGG THE GOAT, ERROK, QUORT, BODGER, DEL, BIG BOIL, HEMPEN DAN, HENK THE HELM, LENN, TOEFINGER, STONE THUMBS, raiders,
—TORMUND, Mead-King of Ruddy Hall, called GIANTS-BANE, TALL-TALKER, HORN-BLOWER, and BREAKER OF ICE, also THUNDERFIST, HUSBAND TO BEARS, SPEAKER TO GODS, and FATHER OF HOSTS, leader of a war band,
—his sons, TOREGG THE TALL, TORWYRD THE TAME, DORMUND, and DRYN, his daughter MUNDA,
—{ORELL, called ORELL THE EAGLE}, a skinchanger slain by Jon Snow in the Skirling Pass,
—MAG MAR TUN DOH WEG, called MAG THE MIGHTY, of the giants,
—VARMYR called SIXSKINS, a skinchanger, master of three wolves, a shadowcat, and a snow bear,
—THE WEEPER, a raider and leader of a war band,
—{ALFYN CROWKILLER}, a raider, slain by Qhorin Halfhand of the Night’s Watch,
CRASTER, of Craster’s Keep, who kneels to none,
—GILLY, his daughter and wife, great with child,
—DYAH, FERNY, NELLA, three of his nineteen wives.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
If bricks aren’t well made, the wall falls down.
This is an awfully big wall I’m building here, so I need a lot of bricks. Fortunately, I know a lot of brickmakers, and all sorts of other useful folk as well.
Thanks and appreciation, once more, to those good friends who so kindly lent me their expertise (and in some cases, even their books) so my bricks would be nice and solid—to my Archmaester Sage Walker, to First Builder Carl Keim, to Melinda Snodgrass my master of horse.
And as ever, to Parris.
PRAISE FOR
A GAME OF THRONES
“Reminiscent of T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, this novel is an absorbing combination of the mythic, the sweeping historical, and the intensely personal.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
“I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers. A Game of Thrones grabs hold and won’t let go. It’s brilliant.”
—Robert Jordan
“Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out.”
—Anne McCaffrey
“Martin makes a triumphant return to high fantasy … [his] trophy case is already stuffed with major prizes, including Hugos, Nebulas, Locus Awards and a Bram Stoker. He’s probably going to have to add another shelf, at least.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A vast, rich saga, with splendid characters and an intricate plot flawlessly articulated against a backdrop of real depth and texture.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“The keen and complex human characters and the convincing force of their surroundings operate as magic … setting George R. R. Martin’s first fantasy epic well above the norms of the genre.”
—Locus Magazine
“It is perhaps the best of the epic fantasies—readable and realistic.”
—Marion Zimmer Bradley
“The major fantasy of the decade … compulsively readable.”
—The Denver Post
“George R. R. Martin is one of our very best science fiction writers, and this is one of his very best books.”
—Raymond E. Feist
“We have been invited to a grand feast and pageant: George R. R. Martin has unveiled for us an intensely realized, romantic but realistic world … if the next two volumes are as good as this one, it will be a wonderful feast indeed.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
“I would be very surprised if this is not the major fantasy publishing event of 1996, and I’m already impatient for the next installment.”
—Science Fiction Chronicle
“A colorful, majestic tapestry of characters, action and plot that deserves a spot on any reader’s wall … the pages seem to pass in a blur as you read.”
—Albuquerque Journal
“George Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy.”
—Katharine Kerr
“A Game of Thrones offers the rich tapestry that the very best fantasy demands: iron and steel within the silk, grandeur within the wonder, and characters torn between deep love and loyalty. Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse. George R. R. Martin is to be applauded.”
—Janny Wurts
“A dazzling fantasy adventure … with a great cast of characters that weave a tapestry of court intrigue, skullduggery, vicious betrayal and greathearted sacrifice.”
—Julian May
“Terrific, incredibly powerful, with phenomenal characterizations and exquisite writing.”
—Teresa Medeiros
“The characterization was superb, the story vivid and heartbreaking … when is the next one coming out?”
—Linda Howard
A CLASH OF KINGS
“A truly epic fantasy set in a world bedecked with 8,000 years of history, beset by an imminent winter that will last ten years and bedazzled by swords and spells wielded to devastating effect … here he provides a banquet for fantasy lovers with large appetites.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Martin amply fulfills the first volume’s promise and continues what seems destined to be one of the best fantasy series ever written.”
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