A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five: 5 [PART-2]

Cleos’s second son, WILLEM FREY, a squire, Genna’s younger sons, SER LYONEL FREY, {TION FREY}, WALDER FREY called RED WALDER, {SER TYGETT LANNISTER}, died of a pox, TYREK, Tygett’s son, missing and feared dead, LADY ERMESANDE HAYFORD, Tyrek’s child wife, {GERION LANNISTER}, lost at sea, JOY HILL, Gerion’s bastard daughter, eleven, Lord Tywin’s other close kin: {SER STAFFORD LANNISTER}, a cousin and brother to Lord Tywin’s wife, slain in battle at Oxcross, CERENNA and MYRIELLE, Sta ord’s daughters, SER DAVEN LANNISTER, Sta ord’s son, SER DAMION LANNISTER, a cousin, m. Lady Shiera Crakehall, their son, SER LUCION, their daughter, LANNA, m. Lord Antario Jast, LADY MARGOT, a cousin, m. Lord Titus Peake, bannermen and sworn swords, Lords of the West: DAMON MARBRAND, Lord of Ashemark, ROLAND CRAKEHALL, Lord of Crakehall, SEBASTON FARMAN, Lord of Fair Isle, TYTOS BRAX, Lord of Hornvale,

QUENTEN BANEFORT, Lord of Banefort, SER HARYS SWYFT, goodfather to Ser Kevan Lannister, REGENARD ESTREN, Lord of Wyndhall, GAWEN WESTERLING, Lord of the Crag, LORD SELMOND STACKSPEAR, TERRENCE KENNING, Lord of Kayce, LORD ANTARIO JAST, LORD ROBIN MORELAND, LADY ALYSANNE LEFFORD, LEWYS LYDDEN, Lord of the Deep Den, LORD PHILIP PLUMM, LORD GARRISON PRESTER, SER LORENT LORCH, a landed knight, SER GARTH GREENFIELD, a landed knight, SER LYMOND VIKARY, a landed knight, SER RAYNARD RUTTIGER, a landed knight SER MANFRYD YEW, a landed knight, SER TYBOLT HETHERSPOON, a landed knight.

HOUSE MARTELL Dorne was the last of the Seven Kingdoms to swear fealty to the Iron Throne. Blood, custom, geography, and history all helped to set the Dornishmen apart from the other kingdoms. At the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings Dorne took no part, but when Myrcella Baratheon was betrothed to Prince Trystane, Sunspear declared its support for King Jo rey. The Martell banner is a red sun pierced by a golden spear. Their words are Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken. DORAN NYMEROS MARTELL, Lord of Sunspear, Prince of Dorne, his wife, MELLARIO, of the Free City of Norvos, their children:

PRINCESS ARIANNE, heir to Sunspear, PRINCE QUENTYN, a new-made knight, fostered at Yronwood, PRINCE TRYSTANE, betrothed to Myrcella Baratheon, SER GASCOYNE OF THE GREENBLOOD, his sworn shield, his siblings: {PRINCESS ELIA}, raped and murdered during the Sack of King’s Landing, her daughter {RHAENYS TARGARYEN}, murdered during the Sack of King’s Landing, her son, {AEGON TARGARYEN}, a babe at the breast, murdered during the Sack of King’s Landing, {PRINCE OBERYN, called THE RED VIPER}, slain by Ser Gregor Clegane during a trial by combat, his paramour, ELLARIA SAND, natural daughter of Lord Harmen Uller, his bastard daughters, THE SAND SNAKES: OBARA, his daughter by an Oldtown whore, NYMERIA, called LADY NYM, his daughter by a noblewoman of Old Volantis, TYENE, his daughter by a septa, SARELLA, his daughter by a trader captain from the Summer Isles, ELIA, his daughter by Ellaria Sand, OBELLA, his daughter by Ellaria Sand, DOREA, his daughter by Ellaria Sand, LOREZA, his daughter by Ellaria Sand, Prince Doran’s court at the Water Gardens: AREO HOTAH, of Norvos, captain of guards,

MAESTER CALEOTTE, counselor, healer, and tutor, at Sunspear: MAESTER MYLES, counselor, healer, and tutor, RICASSO, seneschal, old and blind, SER MANFREY MARTELL, castellan at Sunspear LADY ALYSE LADYBRIGHT, lord treasurer, his ward, PRINCESS MYRCELLA BARATHEON, betrothed to Prince Trystane, her sworn shield, {SER ARYS OAKHEART}, slain by Areo Hotah, her bedmaid and companion, ROSAMUND LANNISTER, a distant cousin, his bannermen, the Lords of Dorne: ANDERS YRONWOOD, Lord of Yronwood, Warden of the Stone Way, the Bloodroyal, YNYS, his eldest daughter, m. Ryon Allyrion, SER CLETUS, his son and heir, GWYNETH, his youngest daughter, a girl of twelve, HARMEN ULLER, Lord of Hellholt, DELONNE ALLYRION, Lady of Godsgrace, RYON ALLYRION, her son and heir, DAGOS MANWOODY, Lord of Kingsgrave, LARRA BLACKMONT, Lady of Blackmont, NYMELLA TOLAND, Lady of Ghost Hill, QUENTYN QORGYLE, Lord of Sandstone,

SER DEZIEL DALT, the Knight of Lemonwood, FRANKLYN FOWLER, Lord of Skyreach, called THE OLD HAWK, the Warden of the Prince’s Pass, SER SYMON SANTAGAR, the Knight of Spottswood, EDRIC DAYNE, Lord of Starfall, a squire, TREBOR JORDAYNE, Lord of the Tor, TREMOND GARGALEN, Lord of Salt Shore, DAERON VAITH, Lord of the Red Dunes.

HOUSE STARK The Starks trace their descent from Brandon the Builder and the 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. When Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell was executed by King Jo rey, the northmen foreswore their loyalty to the Iron Throne and proclaimed Lord Eddard’s son Robb as King in the North. During the War of the Five Kings, he won every battle, but was betrayed and murdered by the Freys and Boltons at the Twins during his uncle’s wedding. {ROBB STARK}, King in the North, King of the Trident, Lord of Winterfell, called THE YOUNG WOLF, murdered at the Red Wedding,

{GREY WIND}, his direwolf, killed at the Red Wedding, his trueborn siblings: SANSA, his sister, m. Tyrion of House Lannister, {LADY}, her direwolf, killed at Castle Darry, ARYA, a girl of eleven, missing and thought dead, NYMERIA, her direwolf, prowling the riverlands, BRANDON, called BRAN, a crippled boy of nine, heir to Winterfell, believed dead, SUMMER, his direwolf, RICKON, a boy of four, believed dead, SHAGGYDOG, his direwolf, black and savage, OSHA, a wildling woman once captive at Winterfell, his bastard half-brother, JON SNOW, of the Night’s Watch, GHOST, Jon’s direwolf, white and silent, his other kin: his uncle, BENJEN STARK, First Ranger of the Night’s Watch, lost beyond the Wall, presumed dead, his aunt, {LYSA ARRYN}, Lady of the Eyrie, her son, ROBERT ARRYN, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale, a sickly boy, his uncle, EDMURE TULLY, Lord of Riverrun, taken captive at the Red Wedding, LADY ROSLIN, of House Frey, Edmure’s bride, great with child, his great-uncle, SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called THE BLACK-FISH, lately castellan of Riverrun, now a hunted man, bannermen of Winterfell, the Lords of the North: JON UMBER, called THE GREATJON, Lord of the Last Hearth, a captive at the Twins,

{JON, called THE SMALLJON}, the Greatjon’s eldest son and heir, slain at the Red Wedding, MORS called CROWFOOD, uncle to the Greatjon, castellan at the Last Hearth, HOTHER called WHORESBANE, uncle to the Greatjon, likewise castellan at the Last Hearth, {CLEY CERWYN}, Lord of Cerwyn, killed at Winterfell, JONELLE, his sister, a maid of two-and- thirty, ROOSE BOLTON, Lord of the Dreadfort, {DOMERIC}, his heir, died of a bad belly, WALTON called STEELSHANKS, his captain, RAMSAY BOLTON, his natural son, called THE BASTARD OF BOLTON, Lord of the Hornwood, WALDER FREY and WALDER FREY, called BIG WALDER and LITTLE WALDER, Ramsay’s squires, BEN BONES, kennelmaster at the Dreadfort, {REEK}, a man-at-arms infamous for his stench, slain while posing as Ramsay, the Bastard’s Boys, Ramsay’s men-at-arms: YELLOW DICK, DAMON DANCE-FOR- ME, LUTON, SOUR ALYN, SKINNER, GRUNT,

{RICKARD KARSTARK}, Lord of Karhold, beheaded by the Young Wolf for murdering prisoners, {EDDARD}, his son, slain in the Whispering Wood, {TORRHEN}, his son, slain in the Whispering Wood, HARRION, his son, a captive at Maidenpool, ALYS, his daughter, a maid of fteen, his uncle ARNOLF, castellan of Karhold, CREGAN, Arnolf’s elder son, ARTHOR, Arnolf’s younger son, WYMAN MANDERLY, Lord of White Harbor, vastly fat, SER WYLIS MANDERLY, his eldest son and heir, very fat, a captive at Harrenhal, Wylis’s wife, LEONA of House Wool eld, WYNAFRYD, their eldest daughter, WYLLA, their younger daughter, {SER WENDEL MANDERLY}, his second son, slain at the Red Wedding, SER MARLON MANDERLY, his cousin, commander of the garrison at White Harbor, MAESTER THEOMORE, counselor, tutor, healer, WEX, a boy of twelve, once squire to Theon Greyjoy, mute, SER BARTIMUS, an old knight, one-legged, one- eyed, and oft drunk, castellan of the Wolf’s Den, GARTH, a gaoler and headsman, his axe, LADY LU, THERRY, a young turnkey,

MAEGE MORMONT, Lady of Bear Island, the She- Bear, {DACEY}, her eldest daughter, slain at the Red Wedding, ALYSANE, her daughter, the young She- Bear LYRA, JORELLE, LYANNA, her younger daughters, {JEOR MORMONT}, her brother, Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, slain by own men, SER JORAH MORMONT, his son, an exile, HOWLAND REED, Lord of Greywater Watch, a crannogman, his wife, JYANA, of the crannogmen, their children: MEERA, a young huntress, JOJEN, a boy blessed with green sight, GALBART GLOVER, Master of Deepwood Motte, unwed, ROBETT GLOVER, his brother and heir, Robert’s wife, SYBELLE of House Locke, BENJICOT BRANCH, NOSELESS NED WOODS, men of the wolfswood sworn to Deepwood Motte, {SER HELMAN TALLHART}, Master of Torrhen’s Square, slain at Duskendale, {BENFRED}, his son and heir, slain by ironmen on the Stony Shore, EDDARA, his daughter, captive at Torrhen’s Square,

{LEOBALD}, his brother, killed at Winterfell, Leobald’s wife, BERENA of House Hornwood, captive at Torrhen’s Square, their sons, BRANDON and BEREN, likewise captives at Torrhen’s Square, RODRIK RYSWELL, Lord of the Rills, BARBREY DUSTIN, his daughter, Lady of Barrowton, widow of Lord Willam Dustin, HARWOOD STOUT, her liege man, a petty lord at Barrowton, {BETHANY BOLTON}, his daughter, second wife of Lord Roose Bolton, died of a fever, ROGER RYSWELL, RICKARD RYSWELL, ROOSE RYSWELL, his quarrelsome cousins and bannermen, LYESSA FLINT, Lady of Widow’s Watch, ONDREW LOCKE, Lord of Oldcastle, an old man, the chiefs of the mountain clans: HUGO WULL, called BIG BUCKET, or THE WULL, BRANDON NORREY, called THE NORREY, BRANDON NORREY, the Younger, his son, TORREN LIDDLE, called THE LIDDLE, DUNCAN LIDDLE, his eldest son, called BIG LIDDLE, a man of the Night’s Watch, 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 eld. The Stark words are Winter Is Coming.

HOUSE TULLY Lord Edmyn Tully of Riverrun was one of the rst 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 eld 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 ve 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 Jo rey. 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 eld. 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 crow, SER ALLISER THORNE, former master-at-arms, LORD JANOS SLYNT, former commander of the City Watch of King’s Landing, brie y 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 shmonger, 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 erce 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 ghting slave, her Dothraki bloodriders: JHOGO, the whip, blood of her blood, AGGO, the bow, blood of her blood, RAKHARO, the arakh, blood of her blood, her captains a nd commanders: DAARIO NAHARIS, a amboyant Tyroshi sellsword, captain of the Stormcrows, a free company,

BEN PLUMM, called BROWN BEN, a mongrel sellsword, captain of the Second Sons, a free company. GREY WORM, a eunuch, commander of the Unsullied, a company of eunuch infantry, HERO, an Unsullied captain, second-in- command, STALWART SHIELD, an Unsullied spearman, MOLLONO YOS DOB, commander of the Stalwart Shields, a company of freedmen, SYMON STRIPEBACK, commander of FREE BROTHERS, a company of freedmen, MARSELEN, commander of the MOTHER’S MEN, a company of freedman, a eunuch, brother to Missandei, GROLEO of Pentos, formerly captain of the great cog Saduleon, now an admiral without a eet, ROMMO, a jaqqa rhan of the Dothraki, her Meereenese court: REZNAK MO REZNAK, her seneschal, bald and unctuous, SKAHAZ MO KANDAQ, called THE SHAVEPATE, shaven-headed commander of the Brazen Beasts, her city watch, her handmaids and servants: IRRI and JHIQUI, young women of the Dothraki, MISSANDEI, a Naathi scribe and translator, GRAZDAR, QEZZA, MEZZARA, KEZMYA, AZZAK, BHAKAZ, MIKLAZ, DHAZZAR, DRAQAZ, JHEZANE, children of the pyramids of Meereens, her cupbearers and pages,

people of Meereen, highborn and common: GALAZZA GALARE, the Green Grace, high priestess at the Temple of the Graces, GRAZDAM ZO GALARE, her cousin, a nobleman, HIZDAHR ZO LORAQ, a wealthy Meereenese nobleman, of ancient lineage, MARGHAZ ZO LORAQ, his cousin, RYLONA RHEE, freedwoman and harpist, {HAZZEA}, a farmer’s daughter, four years of age, GOGHOR THE GIANT, KHRAZZ, BELAQUO BONEBREAKER, CAMARRON OF THE COUNT, FEARLESS ITHOKE, THE SPOTTED CAT, BARSENA BLACKHAIR, STEELSKIN, pit ghters and freed slaves, her uncertain allies, false friends, and known enemies: SER JORAH MORMONT, formerly Lord of Bear Island, {MIRRI MAZ DUUR}, godswife and maegi, a servant of the Great Shepherd of Lhazar, XARO XHOAN DAXOS, a merchant prince of Qarth, QUAITHE, a masked shadowbinder from Asshai, ILLYRIO MOPATIS, a magister of the Free City of Pentos, who brokered her marriage to Khal Drogo, CLEON THE GREAT, butcher king of Astapor. the Queen’s Suitors on Slaver’s Bay:

DAARIO NAHARIS, late of Tyrosh, a sellsword and captain of the Stormcrows, HIZDAHR ZO LORAQ, a wealthy Meereenese nobleman, SKAHAZ MO KANDAQ, called THE SHAVEPATE, a lesser nobleman of Meereen, CLEON THE GREAT, Butcher King of Astapor, in Volantis: PRINCE QUENTYN MARTELL, eldest son of Doran Martell, Lord of Sunspear and Prince of Dorne, his sworn shields and companions: {SER CLETUS YRONWOOD}, heir to Yronwood, slain by corsairs, SER ARCHIBALD YRONWOOD, cousin to Cletus, called THE BIG MAN, SER GERRIS DRINKWATER, {SER WILLAM WELLS}, slain by corsairs {MAESTER KEDRY}, slain by corsairs, on the Rhoyne: YOUNG GRIFF, a blue-haired lad of eighteen years, his foster father, GRIFF, a sellsword late of the Golden Company, his companion, teachers, and protectors: SER ROLLY DUCKFIELD, called DUCK, a knight,

SEPTA LEMORE, a woman of the Faith, HALDON, called THE HALFMAESTER, his tutor, YANDRY, master and captain of the Shy Maid, YSILLA, his wife, at sea: VICTARION GREYJOY, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, called THE IRON CAPTAIN, his bedwarmer, a dusky woman without a tongue, a gift from Euron Crow’s Eye, his healer, MAESTER KERWIN, late of Greenshield, a gift from Euron Crow’s Eye, his crew on the Iron Victory: WULFE ONE-EAR, RAGNOR PYKE, LONGWATER PYKE, TOM TIDEWOOD, BURTON HUMBLE, QUELLON HUMBLE, STEFFAR STAMMERER his captains: RODRIK SPARR, called THE VOLE, captain of Gnef, RED RALF STONEHOUSE, captain of Red Jester, MANFRYD MERLYN, captain of Kite, RALF THE LIMPER, captain of Lord Quellon, TOM CODD, called BLOODLESS TOM, captain of the Lamentation, DAEGON SHEPHERD, called THE BLACK SHEPHERD, captain of the

Dagger. The Targaryens are the blood of the dragon, descended from the high lords of the ancient Freehold of Valyria, their heritage marked by lilac, indigo, and violet eyes and hair of silver-gold. To preserve their blood and keep it pure, House Targaryen has oft wed brother to sister, cousin to cousin, uncle to niece. The founder of the dynasty, Aegon the Conqueror, 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.

THE SELLSWORDS MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FREE COMPANIES THE GOLDEN COMPANY, ten thousand strong, of uncertain loyalty: HOMELESS HARRY STRICKLAND, captain-general, WATKYN, his squire and cupbearer, {SER MYLES TOYNE, called BLACKHEART}, four years dead, the previous captain-general, BLACK BALAQ, a white-haired Summer Islander, commander of the company archers, LYSONO MAAR, a sellsword late of the Free City of Lys, company spymaster, GORYS EDORYEN, a sellsword late of the Free City of Volantis, company paymaster, SER FRANKLYN FLOWERS, the Bastard of Cider Hall, a sellsword from the Reach, SER MARQ MANDRAKE, an exile escaped from slavery, scarred by pox, SER LASWELL PEAKE, an exile lord, his brothers, TORMAN and PYKEWOOD, SER TRISTAN RIVERS, bastard, outlaw, exile, CASPOR HILL, HUMFREY STONE, MALO JAYN, DICK COLE, WILL COLE, LORIMAS MUDD, JON LOTHSTON, LYMOND PEASE, SER BRENDEL BYRNE, DUNCAN STRONG, DENYS STRONG, CHAINS, YOUNG JOHN MUDD, serjeants of the company, {SER AEGOR RIVERS, called BITTERSTEEL}, a bastard son of King Aegon IV Targaryen, founder of the company},

{MAELYS I BLACKFYRE, called MAELYS THE MONSTROUS}, captain-general of the company, pretender to the Iron Throne of Westeros, member of the Band of Nine, slain during the War of the Ninepenny Kings, THE WINDBLOWN, two thousand horse and foot, sworn to Yunkai, THE TATTERED PRINCE, a former nobleman of the Free City of Pentos, captain and founder, CAGGO, called CORPSEKILLER, his right hand, DENZO D’HAN, the warrior bard, his left hand, HUGH HUNGERFORD, serjeant, former company paymaster, ned three ngers for stealing, SER ORSON STONE, SER LUCIFER LONG, WILL OF THE WOODS, DICK STRAW, GINJER JACK, Westerosi sellswords, PRETTY MERIS, the company torturer, BOOKS, a Volantene swordsman and notorious reader, BEANS, a crossbowman, late of Myr, OLD BILL BONE, a weathered Summer Islander, MYRIO MYRAKIS, a sellsword late of Pentos, THE COMPANY OF THE CAT, three thousand strong, sworn to Yunkai, BLOODBEARD, captain and commander, THE LONG LANCES, eight hundred horse-riders, sworn to Yunkai, GYLO RHEGAN, captain and commander, THE SECOND SONS, ve hundred horse-riders, sworn to Queen Daenerys, BROWN BEN PLUMM, captain and commander,

KASPORIO, called KASPORIO THE CUNNING, a bravo, second-in-command, TYBERO ISTARION, called INKPOTS, company paymaster, HAMMER, a drunken blacksmith and armorer, his apprentice, called NAIL, SNATCH, a serjeant, one-handed, KEM, a young sellsword, from Flea Bottom, BOKKOKO, an axeman of formidable repute, UHLAN, a serjeant of the company, THE STORMCROWS, ve hundred horse-riders, sworn to Queen Daenerys, DAAERIO NAHARIS, captain and commander, THE WIDOWER, his second-in-command, JOKIN, commander of the company archers.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The last one was a bitch. This one was three bitches and a bastard. Once again, my thanks to my long-su ering editors and publishers: to Jane Johnson and Joy Chamberlain at Voyager, and Scott Shannon, Nita Taublib, and Anne Groell from Bantam. Their understanding, good humor, and sage advice helped through the tough bits, and I will never cease to be grateful for their patience. Thanks as well to my equally patient and endlessly supportive agents, Chris Lotts, Vince Gerardis, the fabulous Kay McCauley, and the late Ralph Vicinanza. Ralph, I wish you were here to share this day. And thanks to Stephen Boucher, the wandering Aussie who helps keep my computer greased and humming whenever he drops by Santa Fe for a breakfast burrito (Xmas) and a side of jalapeño bacon. Back here on the home front, thanks are also due to my dear friends Melinda Snodgrass and Daniel Abraham for their encouragement and support, to my webmaster Pati Nagle for maintaining my corner of the Internet, and to the amazing Raya Golden for the meals, the art, the unfailing good cheer that helped to brighten even the darkest days around Terrapin Station. Even if she did try to steal my cat. As long as it has taken me to dance this dance, it would surely have taken twice as long without the assistance of my faithful (and acerbic) minion and sometime traveling companion Ty Franck, who tends to my computer when Stephen’s not around, keeps the ravening virtual mobs from my virtual doorstep, runs my errands, does my ling, makes the co ee, walks the walk, and charges ten thousand dollars to change a light bulb—all while writing his own kick-ass books on Wednesdays. Last, but far from my least, all my love and gratitude to my wife, Parris, who has danced every step of this beside me. Love ya, Phipps.

George R. R. Martin May 13, 2011

ABOUT THE AUTHOR GEORGE R. R. MARTIN sold his rst story in 1971 and has been writing professionally every since. He has written fantasy, horror, and science ction, and for his sins spent ten years in Hollywood as a writer/producer, working on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature lms and television pilots that were never made. In the mid ’90s he returned to prose, his rst love, and began work on his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. He has been in the Seven Kingdoms ever since. Whenever he’s allowed to leave, he returns to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives with his wife Parris and their four cats. www.georgerrmartin.com