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  — BETHANY FAIR-FINGERS, a woman singer,

  — ALARIC OF EYSEN, a singer, far-traveled,

  — GALYEON OF CUY, a singer notorious for the length of his songs,

  — SYMON SILVER TONGUE, a singer.

  King Joffrey’s banner shows the crowned stag of Baratheon, black on gold, and the lion of Lannister, gold on crimson, combatant.

  THE KING IN THE NORTH

  THE KING OF THE TRIDENT

  ROBB STARK, Lord of Winterfell, King in the North, and King of the Trident, the eldest son of Eddark Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and Lady Catelyn of House Tully,

  — his direwolf, GREY WIND,

  — his mother, LADY CATELYN, of House Tully, widow of Lord Eddard Stark,

  — his siblings:

  — his sister, PRINCESS SANSA, a maid of twelve, a captive in King’s Landing,

  — Sansa’s direwolf, {LADY}, killed at Castle Darry,

  — his sister, PRINCESS ARYA, a girl of ten, missing and presumed dead,

  — Arya’s direwolf, NYMERIA, lost near the Trident,

  — his brother, PRINCE BRANDON, called BRAN, heir to the north, a boy of nine, believed dead,

  — Bran’s direwolf, SUMMER,

  — Bran companions and protectors:

  — MEERA REED, a maid of sixteen, daughter of Lord Howland Reed of Greywater Watch,

  — JOJEN REED, her brother, thirteen,

  — HODOR, a simpleminded stableboy, seven feet tall,

  — his brother, PRINCE RICKON, a boy of four, believed dead,

  — Rickon’s direwolf, SHAGGYDOG,

  — Rickon’s companion and protector:

  — OSHA, a wildling captive who served as a scullion at Winterfell,

  — his half-brother, JON SNOW, a Sworn Brother of the Night’s Watch,

  — Jon’s direwolf, GHOST,

  — his uncles and aunts, paternal:

  — his father’s elder brother, {BRANDON STARK}, slain at the command of King Aerys II Targaryen,

  — his father’s sister, {LYANNA STARK}, died in the Mountains of Dorne during Robert’s Rebellion,

  — his father’s younger brother, BENJEN STARK, a man of the Night’s Watch, lost beyond the Wall,

  — his uncles, aunts, and cousins, maternal:

  — his mother’s younger sister, LYSA ARRYN, Lady of the Eyrie and widow of Lord Jon Arryn,

  — their son, ROBERT ARRYN, Lord of the Eyrie,

  — his mother’s younger brother, SER EDMURE TULLY, heir to Riverrun,

  — his grandfather’s brother, SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called THE BLACKFISH,

  — his sworn swords and companions:

  — his squire, OLYVAR FREY,

  — SER WENDEL MANDERLY, second son to the Lord of White Harbor,

  — PATREK MALLISTER, heir to Seagard,

  — DACEY MORMONT, eldest daughter of Lady Maege Mormont and heir to Bear Island,

  — JON UMBER, called THE SMALLJON, heir to Last Hearth,

  — DONNEL LOCKE, OWEN NORREY, ROBIN FLINT, northmen,

  — his lords bannermen, captains and commanders:

  — (with Robb’s army in the Westerlands)

  — SER BRYNDEN TULLY, the BLACKFISH, commanding the scouts and outriders,

  — JON UMBER, called THE GREATJON, commanding the van,

  — RICKARD KARSTARK, Lord of Karhold,

  — GALBART GLOVER, Master of Deepwood Motte,

  — MAEGE MORMONT, Lady of Bear Island,

  —{SER STEVRON FREY}, eldest son of Lord Walder Frey and heir to the Twins, died at Oxcross,

  — Ser Stevron’s eldest son, SER RYMAN FREY,

  — Ser Ryman’s son, BLACK WALDER FREY,

  — MARTYN RIVERS, a bastard son of Lord Walder Frey,

  — (with Roose Bolton’s host at Harrengal),

  — ROOSE BOLTON, Lord of the Dreadfort,

  — SER AENYS FREY, SER JARED FREY, SER HOSTEEN FREY, SER DANWELL FREY

  — their bastard half-brother, RONEL RIVERS,

  — SER WYLIS MANDERLY, heir to White Harbor,

  — SER KYLE CONDON, a knight in his service,

  — RONNEL STOUT,

  — VARGO HOAT of the Free City of Qohor, captain of a sellsword company, the Brave Companions,

  — his lieutenant, URSWYCK called THE FAITHFUL,

  — his lieutenant, SEPTON UTT,

  — TIMEON OF DORNE, RORGE, IGGO, FAT ZOLLO, BITER,

  TOGG JOTH of Ibben, PYG, THREE TOES, his men,

  — QYBURN, a chainless maester and sometime necromancer, his healer,

  — (with the northern army attacking Duskendale)

  — ROBETT GLOVER, of Deepwood Motte,

  — SER HELMAN TALLHART, of Torrhen’s Square,

  — HARRION KARSTARK, sole surviving son of Lord Rickard Karstark, and heir to Karhold,

  — (traveling north with Lord Eddard’s bones)

  — HALLIS MOLLEN, captain of guards for Winterfell,

  — JACKS, QUENT, SHADD, guardsmen,

  — his lord bannermen and castellans, in the north:

  — WYMAN MANDERLY, Lord of White Harbor,

  — HOWLAND REED, Lord of Greywater Watch, a crannogman,

  — MORS UMBER, called CROWFOOD, and HOTHER UMBER, called WHORESBANE, uncles to Greatjon Umber, joint castellans at the Last Hearth,

  — LYESSA FLINT, Lady of Widow’s Watch,

  — ONDREW LOCKE, Lord of Oldcastle, an old man,

  —{CLEY CERWYN}, Lord of Cerwyn, a boy of fourteen, killed in battle at Winterfell,

  — his sister, JONELLE CERWYN, a maid of two-and-thirty, now the Lady of Cerwyn,

  —{LEOBALD TALLHART}, younger brother to Ser Helman, castellan at Torrhen’s Square, killed in battle at Winterfell,

  — Leobald’s wife, BERENA of House Hornwood,

  — Leobald’s son, BRANDON, a boy of fourteen,

  — Leobald’s son, BEREN, a boy of ten,

  — Ser Helman’s son, {BENFRED}, killed by ironmen on the Stony Shore,

  — Ser Helman’s daughter, EDDARA, a girl of nine, heir to Torrhen’s Square,

  — LADY SYBELLE, wife to Robett Glover, a captive of Asha Greyjoy at Deepwood Motte,

  — Robett’s son, GAWEN, three, rightful heir to Deepwood Motte, a captive of Asha Greyjoy,

  — Robett’s daughter, ERENA, a babe of one, a captive of Asha Greyjoy at Deepwood Motte,

  — LARENCE SNOW, a bastard son of Lord Hornwood, and ward of Galbart Glover, thirteen, a captive of Asha Greyjoy at Deepwood Motte.

  The banner of the King in the North remains as it has for thousands of years: the grey direwolf of the Starks of Winterfell, running across an ice-white field.

  THE KING IN THE NARROW SEA

  STANNIS BARATHEON, the First of His Name, second son of Lord Steffon Baratheon and Lady Cassana of House Estermont, formerly Lord of Dragonstone,

  — his wife, QUEEN SELYSE of House Florent,

  — PRINCESS SHIREEN, their daughter, a girl of eleven,

  — PATCHFACE, her lackwit fool,

  — his baseborn nephew, EDRIC STORM, a boy of twelve, bastard son of King Robert by Delena Florent,

  — his squires, DEVAN SEAWORTH and BRYEN FARRING,

  — his court and retainers:

  — LORD ALESTER FLORENT, Lord of Brightwater Keep and Hand of the King, the queen’s uncle,

  — SER AXELL FLORENT, castellan of Dragonstone and leader of the queen’s men, the queen’s uncle,

  — LADY MELISANDRE OF ASSHAI, called THE RED WOMAN, priestess of R’hllor, the Lord of Light and God of Flame and Shadow,

  — MAESTER PYLOS, healer, tutor, counselor,

  — SER DAVOS SEAWORTH, called THE ONION KNIGHT and sometimes SHORTHAND, once a smuggler,

  — Davos’s wife, LADY MARYA, a carpenter’s daughter,

  — their seven sons:

  —{DALE}, lost on the Blackwater,

  —{ALLARD}, lost on the Blackwater,

  —{MATTHOS}, lost on the Blackwater,

  —{MAR
IC}, lost on the Blackwater,

  — DEVAN, squire to King Stannis,

  — STANNIS, a boy of nine years,

  — STEFFON, a boy of six years,

  — SALLADHOR SAAN, of the Free City of Lys, styling himself Prince of the Narrow Sea and Lord of Blackwater Bay, master of the Valyrian and a fleet of sister galleys,

  — MEIZO MAHR, a eunuch in his hire,

  — KHORANE SATHMANTES, captain of his galley Shayala’s Dance,

  —“PORRIDGE” and “LAMPREY, ” two gaolers,

  — his lords bannermen,

  — MONTERYS VELARYON, Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark, a boy of six,

  — DURAM BAR EMMON, Lord of Sharp Point, a boy of fifteen years,

  — SER GILBERT FARRING, castellan of Storm’s End,

  — LORD ELWOOD MEADOWS, Ser Gilbert’s second,

  — MAESTER JURNE, Ser Gilbert’s counselor and healer,

  — LORD LUCOS CHYTTERING, called LITTLE LUCOS, a youth of sixteen,

  — LESTER MORRIGEN, Lord of Crows Nest,

  — his knights and sworn swords,

  — SER LOMAS ESTERMONT, the king’s maternal uncle,

  — his son, SER ANDREW ESTERMONT,

  — SER ROLLAND STORM, called THE BASTARD OF NIGHT-SONG, a baseborn son of the late Lord Bryen Caron,

  — SER PARMEN CRANE, called PARMEN THE PURPLE, held captive at Highgarden,

  — SER ERREN FLORENT, younger brother to Queen Selyse, held captive at Highgarden,

  — SER GERALD GOWER,

  — SER TRISTON OF TALLY HILL, formerly in service to Lord Guncer Sunglass,

  — LEWYS, called THE FISHWIFE,

  — OMER BLACKBERRY.

  King Stannis has taken for his banner the fiery heart of the Lord of Light: a red heart surrounded by orange flames upon a yellow field. Within the heart is the crowned stag of House Baratheon, in black.

  THE QUEEN ACROSS THE WATER

  DAENERYS TARGARYEN, the First of Her Name, Khaleesi of the Dothraki, called DAENERYS STORMBORN, the UNBURNT, MOTHER OF DRAGONS, sole surviving heir of Aerys II Targaryen widow of Khal Drogo of the Dothraki,

  — her growing dragons, DROGON, VISERION, RHAEGAL,

  — her Queensguard:

  — SER JORAH MORMONT, formerly Lord of Bear Island, exiled for slaving,

  — JHOGO, ko and bloodrider, the whip,

  — AGGO, ko and bloodrider, the bow,

  — RAKHARO, ko and bloodrider, the arakh,

  — STRONG BELWAS, a former eunuch slave from the fighting pits of Meereen,

  — his aged squire, ARSTAN called WHITEBEARD; a man of Westeros,

  — her handmaids:

  — IRRI, a Dothraki girl, fifteen,

  — JHIQUI, a Dothraki girl, fourteen,

  — GROLEO, captain of the great cog Balerion, a Pentoshi seafarer in the hire of Illyrio Mopatis,

  — her late kin:

  —{RHAEGAR}, her brother, Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne, slain by Robert Baratheon on the Trident,

  —{RHAENYS}, Rhaegar’s daughter by Elia of Dorne, murdered during the Sack of King’s Landing,

  —{AEGON}, Rhaegar’s son by Elia of Dorne, murdered during the Sack of King’s Landing,

  —{VISERYS}, her brother, styling himself King Viserys,

  the Third of His Name, called THE BEGGAR KING, slain in Vaes Dothrak by Khal Drogo,

  —{DROGO}, her husband, a great khal of the Dothraki, never defeated in battle, died of a wound,

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

  — her known enemies:

  — KHAL PONO, once ko to Drogo,

  — KHAL JHAQO, once ko to Drogo,

  — MAGGO, his bloodrider,

  — THE UNDYING OF QARTH, a band of warlocks,

  — PYAT PREE, a Qartheen warlock,

  — THE SORROWFUL MEN, a guild of Qartheen assassins,

  — her uncertain allies, past and present:

  — 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,

  — in Astapor:

  — KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ, a wealthy slave trader,

  — his slave, MISSANDEI, a girl of ten, of the Peaceful People of Naath,

  — GRAZDAN MO ULLHOR, an old slave trader, very rich,

  — his slave, CLEON, a butcher and cook,

  — GREY WORM, an eunuch of the Unsullied,

  — in Yunkai:

  — GRAZDAN MO ERAZ, envoy and nobleman,

  — MERO OF BRAAVOS, called THE TITAN’S BASTARD, captain of the Second Sons, a free company,

  — BROWN BEN PLUMM, a sergeant in the Second Sons, a sellsword of dubious descent,

  — PRENDAHL NA GHEZN, a Ghiscari sellsword, captain of the Stormcrows, a free company,

  — SALLOR THE BALD, a Qartheen sellsword, captain of the Stormcrows,

  — DAARIO NAHARIS, a flamboyant Tyroshi sellsword, captain of the Stormcrows,

  — in Meereen:

  — OZNAK ZO PAHL, a hero of the city.