George Martin: A Storm of Swords

— 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.

The banner of Daenerys Targaryen is the banner of Aegon the Conqueror and the dynasty he established: a three-headed dragon, red on black.

BALON GREYJOY, the Ninth of His Name Since the Grey King, styling himself King of the Iron Islands and the North, King of Salt and Rock, Son of the Sea Wind, and Lord Reaper of Pyke,

— his wife, QUEEN ALANNYS, of House Harlaw,

— their children:

—{RODRIK}, their eldest son, slain at Seagard during Greyjoy’s Rebellion,

—{MARON}, their second son, slain at Pyke during Greyjoy’s Rebellion,

— ASHA, their daughter, captain of the Black Wind and conqueror of Deepwood Motte,

— THEON, their youngest son, captain of the Sea Bitch and briefly Prince of Winterfell,

— Theon’s squire, WEX PYKE, bastard son of Lord Botley’s half-brother, a mute lad of twelve,

— Theon’s crew, the men of the Sea Bitch :

— URZEN, MARON BOTLEY called FISHWHISKERS, STYGG, GEVIN HARLAW, CADWYLE,

— his brothers:

— EURON, called Crow’s Eye, captain of the Silence , a notorious outlaw, pirate, and raider,

— VICTARION, Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet, master of the Iron Victory ,

— AERON, called DAMPHAIR, a priest of the Drowned God,

— his household on Pyke:

— MAESTER WENDAMYR, healer and counselor,

— HELYA, keeper of the castle,

— his warriors and sworn swords:

— DAGMER called CLEFTJAW, captain of Foamdrinker ,

— BLUETOOTH, a longship captain,

— ULLER, SKYTE, oarsmen and warriors,

— ANDRIK THE UNSMILING, a giant of a man,

— QARL, called QARL THE MAID, beardless but deadly,

— people of Lordsport:

— OTTER GIMPKNEE, innkeeper and whoremonger,

— SIGRIN, a shipwright,

— his lords bannermen:

— SAWANE BOTLEY, Lord of Lordsport, on Pyke,

— LORD WYNCH, of Iron Holt, on Pyke,

— STONEHOUSE, DRUMM, and GOODBROTHER of Old Wyk,

— LORD GOODBROTHER, SPARR, LORD MERLYN, and LORD FARWYND of Great Wyk,

— LORD HARLAW, of Harlaw,

— VOLMARK, MYRE, STONETREE, and KENNING, of Harlaw,

— ORKWOOD and TAWNEY of Orkmont,

— LORD BLACKTYDE of Blacktyde,

— LORD SALTCLIFFE and LORD SUNDERLY of Saltcliffe.

The Arryns are descended from the Kings of Mountain and Vale, one of the oldest and purest lines of Andal nobility. House Arryn has taken no part in the War of the Five Kings, holding back its strength to protect the Vale of Arryn. The Arryn sigil is the moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky-blue field. The Arryn words are As High As Honor .

ROBERT ARRYN, Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale, Warden of the East, a sickly boy of eight years,

— his mother, LADY LYSA, of House Tully, third wife and widow of Lord Jon Arryn, and sister to Catelyn Stark,

— their household:

— MARILLION, a handsome young singer, much favored by Lady Lysa,

— MAESTER COLEMON, counselor, healer, and tutor,

— SER MARWYN BELMORE, captain of guards,

— MORD, a brutal gaoler,

— his lords bannermen, knights, and retainers:

— LORD NESTOR ROYCE, High Steward of the Vale and castellan of the Gates of the Moon, of the junior branch of House Royce,

— Lord Nestor’s son, SER ALBAR,

— Lord Nestor’s daughter, MYRANDA,

— MYA STONE, a bastard girl in his service, natural daughter of King Robert I Baratheon,

— LORD YOHN ROYCE, called BRONZE YOHN, Lord of Runestone, of the senior branch of House Royce, cousin to Lord Nestor,

— Lord Yohn’s eldest son, SER ANDAR,

— Lord Yohn’s second son, {SER ROBAR}, a knight of Renly Baratheon’s Rainbow Guard, slain at Storm’s End by Ser Loras Tyrell,

— Lord Yohn’s youngest son, {SER WAYMAR}, a man of the Night’s Watch, lost beyond the Wall,

— SER LYN CORBRAY, a suitor to Lady Lysa,

— MYCHEL REDFORT, his squire,

— LADY ANYA WAYNWOOD,

— Lady Anya’s eldest son and heir, SER MORTON, a suitor to Lady Lysa,

— Lady Anya’s second son, SER DONNEL, the Knight of the Gate,

— EON HUNTER, Lord of Longbow Hall, an old man, and a suitor to Lady Lysa,

— HORTON REDFORT, Lord of Redfort.

The Florents of Brightwater Keep are Tyrell bannermen, despite a superior claim to Highgarden by virtue of a blood tie to House Gardener, the old Kings of the Reach. At the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, Lord Alester Florent followed the Tyrells in declaring for King Renly, but his brother Ser Axell chose King Stannis, whom he had served for years as castellan of Dragonstone. Their niece Selyse was and is King Stannis’s queen. When Renly died at Storm’s End, the Florents went over to Stannis with all their strength, the first of Renly’s bannermen to do so. The sigil of House Florent shows a fox head in a circle of flowers.