— his uncle and cousins:
— SER ELDON ESTERMONT, an uncle,
— Ser Eldon’s son, SER AEMON ESTERMONT, a cousin,
— Ser Aemon’s son, SER ALYN ESTERMONT,
— his lords bannermen:
— MACE TYRELL, Lord of Highgarden and Hand of the King,
— RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill,
— MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove,
— BRYCE CARON, Lord of the Marches,
— SHYRA ERROL, Lady of Haystack Hall,
— ARWYN OAKHEART, Lady of Old Oak,
— ALESTER FLORENT, Lord of Brightwater Keep,
— LORD SELWYN OF TARTH, called the EVENSTAR,
— LEYTON HIGHTOWER, Voice of Oldtown, Lord of the Port,
— LORD STEFFON VARNER,
— his Rainbow Guard:
— SER LORAS TYRELL, the Knight of Flowers, Lord Commander,
— LORD BRYCE CARON, the Orange,
— SER GUYARD MORRIGEN, the Green,
— SER PARMEN CRANE, the Purple,
— SER ROBAR ROYCE, the Red,
— SER EMMON CUY, the Yellow,
— BRIENNE OF TARTH, the Blue, also called BRIENNE THE BEAUTY, daughter to Lord Selwyn the Evenstar,
— his knights and sworn swords:
— SER CORTNAY PENROSE, castellan of Storm’s End,
— Ser Cortnay’s ward, EDRIC STORM, a bastard son of King Robert by Lady Delena of House Florent,
— SER DONNEL SWANN, heir to Stonehelm,
— SER JON FOSSOWAY, of the green-apple Fossoways,
— SER BRYAN FOSSOWAY, SER TANTON FOSSOWAY, and SER EDWYD FOSSOWAY, of the red-apple Fossoways,
— SER COLEN OF GREENPOOLS,
— SER MARK MULLENDORE,
— RED RONNET, the Knight of Griffin’s Roost,
— his household,
— MAESTER JURNE, counselor, healer, and tutor.
King Renly’s banner is the crowned stag of House Baratheon of Storm’s End, black upon a gold field, the same banner flown by his brother King Robert.
THE KING IN THE NORTH
ROBB STARK, Lord of Winterfell and King in the North, eldest son of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and Lady Catelyn of House Tully, a boy of fifteen years,
— his direwolf, GREY WIND,
— his mother, LADY CATELYN, of House Tully,
— his siblings:
— PRINCESS SANSA, a maid of twelve,
— Sansa’s direwolf, {lady}, killed at Castle Darry,
— PRINCESS ARYA, a girl of ten,
— Arya’s direwolf, NYMERIA, driven off a year past,
— PRINCE BRANDON, called Bran, heir to Winterfell and the North, a boy of eight,
— Bran’s direwolf, SUMMER,
— PRINCE RICKON, a boy of four,
— Rickon’s direwolf, SHAGGYDOG,
— his half brother, JON SNOW, a bastard of fifteen years, a man of the Night’s Watch,
— Jon’s direwolf, GHOST,
— his uncles and aunts:
—{BRANDON STARK}, Lord Eddard’s elder brother, slain at the command of King Aerys II Targaryen,
— BENJEN STARK, Lord Eddard’s younger brother, a man of the Night’s Watch, lost beyond the Wall,
— LYSA ARRYN, Lady Catelyn’s younger sister, widow of {Lord Jon Arryn}, Lady of the Eyrie,
— SER EDMURE TULLY, Lady Catelyn’s younger brother, heir to Riverrun,
— SER BRYNDEN TULLY, called the BLACKFISH, Lady Catelyn’s uncle,
— his sworn swords and battle companions:
— THEON GREYJOY, Lord Eddard’s ward, heir to Pyke and the Iron Islands,
— HALLIS MOLLEN, captain of guards for Winterfell,
— JACKS, QUENT, SHADD, guardsmen under Mollen’s command,
— SER WENDEL MANDERLY, second son to the Lord of White Harbor,
— PATREK MALLISTER, heir to Seagard,
— DACEY MORMONT, eldest daughter of Lady Maege and heir to Bear Island,
— JON UMBER, called the SMALLJON,
— ROBIN FLINT, SER PERWYN FREY, LUCAS BLACKWOOD,
— his squire, OLYVAR FREY, eighteen,
— the household at Riverrun:
— MAESTER VYMAN, counselor, healer, and tutor,
— SER DESMOND GRELL, master-at-arms,
— SER ROBIN RYGER, captain of the guard,
— UTHERYDES WAYN, steward of Riverrun,
— RYMUND THE RHYMER, a singer,
— the household at Winterfell:
— MAESTER LUWIN, counselor, healer, and tutor,
— SER RODRIK CASSEL, master-at-arms,
— BETH, his young daughter,
— WALDER FREY, called BIG WALDER, a ward of Lady Catelyn, eight years of age,
— WALDER FREY, called LITTLE WALDER, a ward of Lady Catelyn, also eight,
— SEPTON CHAYLE, keeper of the castle sept and library,
— JOSETH, master of horse,
— BANDY and SHYRA, his twin daughters,
— FARLEN, kennelmaster,
— PALLA, a kennel girl,
— OLD NAN, storyteller, once a wet nurse, now very aged,
— HODOR, her great-grandson, a simpleminded stableboy,
— GAGE, the cook,
— TURNIP, a pot girl and scullion,
— OSHA, a wildling woman taken captive in the wolfswood, serving as kitchen drudge,
— MIKKEN, smith and armorer,
— HAYHEAD, SKITTRICK, POXY TYM, ALEBELLY, guardsmen,
— CALON, TOM, children of guardsmen,
— his lords bannermen and commanders:
— (with Robb at Riverrun)
— JON UMBER, called the GREATJON,
— RICKARD KARSTARK, Lord of Karhold,
— GALBART GLOVER, of Deepwood Motte,
— MAEGE MORMONT, Lady of Bear Island,
— SER STEVRON FREY, eldest son of Lord Walder Frey and heir to the Twins,
— 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 the Twins),
— ROOSE BOLTON, Lord of the Dreadfort, commanding the larger part of the northern host,
— ROBETT GLOVER, of Deepwood Motte,
— WALDER FREY, Lord of the Crossing,
— SER HELMAN TALLHART, of Torrhen’s Square,
— SER AENYS FREY,
— (prisoners of Lord Tywin Lannister),
— LORD MEDGER CERWYN,
— HARRION KARSTARK, sole surviving son of Lord Rickard,
— SER WYLIS MANDERLY, heir to White Harbor,
— SER JARED FREY, SER HOSTEEN FREY, SER DANWELL FREY, and their bastard half brother, RONEL RIVERS,
— (in the field or at their own castles),
— LYMAN DARRY, a boy of eight,
— SHELLA WHENT, Lady of Harrenhal, dispossessed of her castle by Lord Tywin Lannister,
— JASON MALLISTER, Lord of Seagard,
— JONOS BRACKEN, Lord of the Stone Hedge,
— TYTOS BLACKWOOD, Lord of Raventree,
— LORD KARYL VANCE,
— SER MARQ PIPER,
— SER HALMON PAEGE,
— his lord bannermen and castellans in the north:
— WYMAN MANDERLY, Lord of White Harbor,
— HOWLAND REED of Greywater Watch, a crannogman,
— Howland’s daughter, MEERA, a maid of fifteen,
— Howland’s son, JOJEN, a boy of thirteen,
— LADY DONELLA HORNWOOD, a widow and grieving mother,
— CLEY CERWYN, Lord Medger’s heir, a boy of fourteen,
— LEOBALD TALLHART, younger brother to Ser Helman, castellan at Torrhen’s Square,
— 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, heir to Torrhen’s Square,
— Ser Helman’s daughter, EDDARA, a maid of nine,
— LADY SYBELLE, wife to Robett Glover, holding Deepwood Motte in his absence,
— Robett’s son, GAWEN, three, heir to Deepwood,
— Robett’s daughter, ERENA, a babe of one,
— LARENCE SNOW, a bastard son of Lord Hornwood, aged twelve, ward of Galbart Glover,
— MORS CROWFOOD and HOTHER WHORESBANE of House Umber, uncles to the Greatjon,
— LADY LYESSA FLINT, mother to Robin,
— ONDREW LOCKE, Lord of Oldcastle, an old man.
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 QUEEN ACROSS THE WATER
DAENERYS TARGARYEN, called Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the Dothraki, and First of Her Name, sole surviving child of King Aerys II Targaryen by his sister/wife, Queen Rhaella, a widow at fourteen years,
— her new-hatched dragons, DROGON, VISERION, RHAEGAL,
— her brothers:
—{RHAEGAR}, Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne, slain by King Robert 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}, styling himself King Viserys, the Third of His Name, called the Beggar King, slain in Vaes Dothrak by the hand of Khal Drogo,
— her husband {DROGO}, a khal of the Dothraki, died of wounds gone bad,
—{RHAEGO}, stillborn son of Daenerys and Khal Drogo, slain in the womb by Mirri Maz Duur,
— her Queensguard:
— SER JORAH MORMONT, an exile knight, once Lord of Bear Island,
— JHOGO, ko and bloodrider, the whip,
— AGGO, ko and bloodrider, the bow,
— RAKHARO, ko and bloodrider, the arakh,
— her handmaids:
— IRRI, a Dothraki girl,
— JHIQUI, a Dothraki girl,
— DOREAH, a Lyseni slave, formerly a whore,
— the three seekers:
— XARO XHOAN DAXOS, a merchant prince of Qarth,
— PYAT PREE, a warlock of Qarth,
— QUAITHE, a masked shadowbinder of Asshai,
— ILLYRIO MOPATIS, a magister of the Free City of Pentos, who arranged to wed Daenerys to Khal Drogo and conspired to restore Viserys to the Iron Throne.
The banner of the Targaryens is the banner of Aegon the Conqueror, who conquered six of Seven Kingdoms, founded the dynasty, and made the Iron Throne from the swords of his conquered enemies: a three-headed dragon, red on black.
OTHER HOUSES GREAT AND SMALL
HOUSE ARRYN
House Arryn declared for none of the rival claimants at the outbreak of the war, and kept its strength back to protect the Eyrie and the Vale of Arryn. The Arryn sigil is the moon-and-falcon, white, upon a sky-blue field. Their 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}, late Hand of the King, and sister to Catelyn Stark,
— his household:
— MAESTER COLEMON, counselor, healer, and tutor,
— SER MARWYN BELMORE, captain of guards,
— LORD NESTOR ROYCE, High Steward of the Vale,
— Lord Nestor’s son, SER ALBAR,
— MYA STONE, a bastard girl in his service, natural daughter of King Robert,
— MORD, a brutal gaoler,
— MARILLION, a young singer,
— his lords bannermen, suitors, and retainers:
— LORD YOHN ROYCE, called BRONZE YOHN,
— Lord Yohn’s eldest son, SER ANDAR,
— Lord Yohn’s second son, SER ROBAR, in service to King Renly, Robar the Red of the Rainbow Guard,
— Lord Yohn’s youngest son, {SER WAYMAR}, a man of the Night’s Watch, lost beyond the Wall,
— LORD NESTOR ROYCE, cousin of Lord Yohn, High Steward of the Vale,
— Lord Nestor’s son and heir, SER ALBAR,
— Lord Nestor’s daughter, MYRANDA,
— SER LYN CORBRAY, a suitor to Lady Lysa,
— MYCHEL REDFORT, his squire,