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life. Wisps of smoke still rose into the grey sky, but no more than might have risen from Winterfell’s chimneys on a cold autumn afternoon. Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance. Beyond, the tops of the keeps and towers still stood as they had for hundreds of years, and it was hard to tell that the castle had been sacked and burned at all. The stone is strong, Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I’m not dead either.

APPENDIX

MAPS

THE KINGS AND THEIR COURTS

THE KING ON THE IRON THRONE

JOFFREY BARATHEON, the First of His Name, a boy of thirteen years, the eldest son of King Robert I Baratheon and Queen Cersei of House Lannister,

— his mother, QUEEN CERSEI, Queen Regent and Protector of the Realm,

— his sister, PRINCESS MYRCELLA, a girl of nine,

— his brother, PRINCE TOMMEN, a boy of eight, heir to the Iron Throne,

— his uncles, on his father’s side:

— STANNIS BARATHEON, Lord of Dragonstone, styling himself King Stannis the First,

— RENLY BARATHEON, Lord of Storm’s End, styling himself King Renly the First,

— his uncles, on his mother’s side:

— SER JAIME LANNISTER, the Kingslayer, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, a captive at Riverrun,

— TYRION LANNISTER, acting Hand of the King,

— Tyrion’s squire, PODRICK PAYNE,

— Tyrion’s guards and sworn swords:

— BRONN, a sellsword, black of hair and heart,

— SHAGGA SON OF DOLF, of the Stone Crows,

— TIMETT SON OF TIMETT, of the Burned Men,

— CHELLA DAUGHTER OF CHEYK, of the Black Ears,

— CRAWN SON OF CALOR, of the Moon Brothers,

— Tyrion’s concubine, SHAE, a camp follower,eighteen,

— his small council:

— GRAND MAESTER PYCELLE,

— LORD PETYR BAELISH, called LITTLEFINGER, master of coin,

— LORD JANOS SLYNT, Commander of the City Watch of King’s Landing (the “gold cloaks”),

— VARYS, a eunuch, called the SPIDER, master of whisperers,

— his Kingsguard:

— SER JAIME LANNISTER, called the KINGSLAYER, Lord Commander, a captive at Riverrun,

— SANDOR CLEGANE, called the HOUND,

— SER BOROS BLOUNT,

— SER MERYN TRANT,

— SER ARYS OAKHEART,

— SER PRESTON GREENFIELD,

— SER MANDON MOORE,

— his court and retainers:

— SER ILYN PAYNE, the King’s Justice, a headsman,

— VYLARR, captain of the Lannister household guards at King’s Landing (the “red cloaks”),

— SER LANCEL LANNISTER, formerly squire to King Robert, recently knighted,

— TYREK LANNISTER, formerly squire to King Robert,

— SER ARON SANTAGAR, master-at-arms,

— SER BALON SWANN, second son to Lord Gulian Swann of Stonehelm,

— LADY ERMESANDE HAYFORD, a babe at the breast,

— SER DONTOS HOLLARD, called the RED, a drunk,

— JALABHAR XHO, an exiled prince from the Summer Isles,

— MOON BOY, a jester and fool,

— LADY TANDA STOKEWORTH,

— FALYSE, her elder daughter,

— LOLLYS, her younger daughter, a maiden of thirty-three years,

— LORD GYLES ROSBY,

— SER HORAS REDWYNE and his twin SER HOBBER REDWYNE, sons of the Lord of the Arbor,

— the people of King’s Landing:

— the City Watch (the “gold cloaks”):

— JANOS SLYNT, Lord of Harrenhal, Lord Commander,

— MORROS, his eldest son and heir,

— ALLAR DEEM, Slynt’s chief sergeant,

— SER JACELYN BYWATER, called IRONHAND, captain of the River Gate,

— HALLYNE THE PYROMANCER, a Wisdom of the Guild of Alchemists,

— CHATAYA, owner of an expensive brothel,

— ALAYAYA, DANCY, MAREI, some of her girls,

— TOBHO MOTT, a master armorer,

— SALLOREON, a master armorer,

— IRONBELLY, a blacksmith,

— LOTHAR BRUNE, a freerider,