A Clash of Kings

— 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,