At the edge of the wolfswood, Bran turned in his basket for one last glimpse of the castle that had been his 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.
APPENDIX—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,
—SER OSMUND KETTLEBLACK, a hedge knight of unsavory reputation,
—OSFRYD and OSNEY KETTLEBLACK, his brothers,
—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 NARROW SEA
STANNIS BARATHEON, the First of His Name, the older of King Robert’s brothers, formerly Lord of Dragonstone, second-born son of Lord Steffon Baratheon and Lady Cassana of House Estermont,
—his wife, LADY SELYSE of House Florent,
—SHIREEN, their only child, a girl of ten,
—his uncle and cousins:
—SER LOMAS ESTERMONT, an uncle,
—his son, SER ANDREW ESTERMONT, a cousin,
—his court and retainers:
—MAESTER CRESSEN, healer and tutor, an old man,
—MAESTER PYLOS, his young successor,
—SEPTON BARRE,
—SER AXELL FLORENT, castellan of Dragonstone, and uncle to Queen Selyse,
—PATCHFACE, a lackwit fool,
—LADY MELISANDRE OF ASSHAI, called the RED WOMAN, a priestess of R’hllor, the Heart of Fire,
—SER DAVOS SEAWORTH, called the ONION KNIGHT and sometimes SHORTHAND, once a smuggler, captain of