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Master of Laws under Viserys I and Aegon II. He supported the Greens during the Dance of the Dragons.

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Master of Laws under Viserys I and Aegon II. He supported the Greens during the Dance of the Dragons.Dragons until his execution when King's Landing fell to Rhaenyra.



* InSeriesNickname: "Ironrod" due to his uncompromising nature. Mushroom, however, claims it was due to the stiffness of his member, given he fathered 29 children on 4 seperate women.

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* InSeriesNickname: "Ironrod" due to his uncompromising nature. Mushroom, however, claims it was due to the stiffness of his member, given [[ReallyGetsAround he fathered 29 twenty nine children on 4 four seperate women.women]].
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** Ser Gyles Morrigan, nephew of Damon and Lord Commander of [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfJaehaerysI King Jaehaerys I]]'s [[Characters/AASongOfIceAndFireHistoricalKingsguard Kingsguard]].

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** Ser Gyles Morrigan, nephew of Damon and Lord Commander of [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfJaehaerysI King Jaehaerys I]]'s [[Characters/AASongOfIceAndFireHistoricalKingsguard [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHistoricalKingsguard Kingsguard]].

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* CatapultToGlory: Stannis was going to do this with Gawen and his fellow turncoats, flinging them at the Tyrells via trebuchet, relenting only when Maester Cressen argued that the condemned [[ImAHumanitarian might have to be used as food]] if the siege dragged on.



* InSeriesNickname: "Ironrod" due to his uncompromising nature.

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* InSeriesNickname: "Ironrod" due to his uncompromising nature. Mushroom, however, claims it was due to the stiffness of his member, given he fathered 29 children on 4 seperate women.
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** Ser Gyles Morrigan, nephew of Damon and Lord Commander of [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCourtOfJaehaerysI King Jaehaerys I]]'s [[Characters/AASongOfIceAndFireHistoricalKingsguard Kingsguard]].
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* BecomingTheMask: She was sent to Dragonstone to be a maid to Alysanne while trying to seduce Jahaerys into breaking his marriage vows with her, but in one account, Coryanne grew so fond of the royal couple that instead of seducing Jahaerys, she instead showed the young man how to be a better and more attentive lover when the time came to consummate his marriage with Alysanne.

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"The One that got away" describes someone who one had a former relationship with that was broken up in some way. Ser Joffrey didn't leave, he died, making him a Lost Lenore.


* TheLostLenore: To Laenor Velaryon, who tried to honor him for the rest of his life.



* TheOneThatGotAway: To Laenor Velaryon, who tried to honor him for the rest of his life.

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* InSeriesNickname: Is known as Pennylover, either out of {{Greed}} or for just having a keen eye over his finances.



* RedBaron: Is known as Pennylover, either out of {{Greed}} or for just having a keen eye over his finances.
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* MayDecemberRomance: He is in his seventies while Sylva is in her very early twenties.

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* MayDecemberRomance: Her second husband was 20 years younger than she was.

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%% * MayDecemberRomance: AgeGapRomance: Her second husband was 20 years younger than she was.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Though ''much'' less pronounced than any of the other regions, the Stormlands as a whole are loosely like medieval Germany. Like medieval Germany, the Stormlands have a fairly cold climate, low urbanization, and are the most densely forested part of the Seven Kingdoms (of the three major forests, two are located in the Stormlands, the third in the North; but while the North is vast, those two forests take up most of the Stormlands). The other similarities have more to do with their history, which is a lot like the Kingdom of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire.[[note]]Before the Targaryen Conquest, the Stormlands under the Durrandon dynasty conquered the Riverlands, the future Crownlands, and bits of the eastern Reach, and expanded further into the Dornish Marches. This Durrandon super-kingdom controlled essentially the entire eastern half of southern Westeros, and it held these lands for a full three centuries. They had over-expanded, however, because now they shared hostiles borders with ''all six'' of the other Kingdoms. Most kingdoms could handle having two powerful bordering kingdoms: the Westerlands border the Reach and are right near the Iron Islands, Dorne borders the Reach and the Stormlands, etc. The Reach gets away with having four powerful neighbors (the Westerlands, the Stormlands, Dorne, and the nearby Iron Islands to the north) because it’s the most fertile part of Westeros, has twice the population, and can field twice as many armies (though this balances out because they have twice as many hostile borders). The old Storm Kingdom’s westward expansion, however, meant it wasn’t just fighting its traditional enemies of the Reach and Dorne: now it had to defend its conquests against the Westerlands, the Vale, the North, and particularly the Iron Islands pressing from the west -- ''nor'' did they have the numbers advantages the Reach did. This is much like what happened to the medieval Holy Roman Empire – basically centered around Germany, but also trying to hold on to the eastern parts of France, northern Italy, fighting Slavs to the east and Vikings to the north. Its borders were so amorphous, and faced so many powerful rivals on every side, that its lands got chipped away over time. Similarly, about three generations before the Targaryen Conquest, King Harwyn Hoare led the Ironborn to conquer the Riverlands from the Stormlands. In the next generation his son kicked them out of the future Crownlands, while the Gardener Kings of the Reach from the southwest chipped away at their lands on the upper Mander, and the Dornish edged them back in the Marches. The remaining core territories of “the Stormlands”, ruled from Storm’s End, got taken over by the Baratheons during the Conquest, when a Targaryen general named Orys Baratheon married the daughter of the last Durrandon king. Finally, the southern half of the Crownlands, which used to be a core part of the Stormlands, got folded with the now-lost northern half into... well, the Crownlands; lands directly under the control of the Targaeryn crown. Other points going towards considering the Stormlands to be a fantasy counterpart to Germany are their long history of wars across a poorly defined border to the west with the Reach (which is much more clearly fantasy France). One difference is that Germany doesn’t border Spain, but the Stormlands do have contested mountainous borders with Dorne (fantasy Muslim Spain) – though the Holy Roman Empire at its height did compete with Spain for control of the southern parts of France. Again, the similarity to a real life counterpart isn’t quite as pronounced as in other regions.[[/note]]
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* PetTheDog: Is polite and courteous when he addresses Davos amongst Stannis's entourage.
-->'''Cortnay Penrose''': Is that your Onion Knight I see there? Well met, Ser Davos.

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!!House Tarth of Evenfall Hall
House Tarth of Evenfall Hall is a noble house from Evenfall Hall in the stormlands. The family rules Tarth, a beautiful island northeast of Shipbreaker Bay that controls the Straits of Tarth between the island and mainland Westeros. They are one of the main houses sworn to Storm's End.

Their blazon is quartered with yellow suns on rose and white crescents and azure. Their words are not known. Lord Tarth is sometimes called the Evenstar.
--> See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTarth House Tarth]] page.

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!!House Tarth of Evenfall Hall
House Tarth of Evenfall Hall is a noble house from Evenfall Hall in the stormlands. The family rules Tarth, a beautiful island northeast of Shipbreaker Bay that controls the Straits of Tarth between the island and mainland Westeros. They are one of the main houses sworn to Storm's End.

Their blazon is quartered with yellow suns on rose and white crescents and azure. Their words are not known. Lord Tarth is sometimes called the Evenstar.
--> See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTarth House Tarth]] page.

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!!House Staedmon of Broad Arch

House Staedmon of Broad Arch is a noble family from the Stormlands.

Neither their arms or their motto appear in the books. In a semi-canon source, they blazon the arms as a black dagger piercing a red heart on white within an undulating red border.


!!Lord Alesander Staedmon
!!! Pennylover
Lord of Broad Arch and Head of House Staedmon
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* IHaveYourWife: Is likely the wife in this case, having last been seen still in the court of King's Landing after his capture.
* MyNaymeIs: Alesander, rather than Alexander.
* RedBaron: Is known as Pennylover, either out of {{Greed}} or for just having a keen eye over his finances.
* TurnCoat: Swears loyalty to Renly, then Stannis, then Joffrey.

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* FamousAncestor: Lord Simon Dondarrion, who fought against the second Vulture King alongside Rogar Baratheon and King Jaehaerys I.
** Ser Manfred Dondarrion turned down Dunk's plea to fight with him in the Trial of Seven.

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* FamousAncestor: Lord Simon Dondarrion, who fought against the second Vulture King alongside Rogar Baratheon and King Jaehaerys I.
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!!Lord Simon Dondarrion

Head of the house during the reign of Jaehaerys the Wise, he fought against the second Vulture King alongside Rogar Baratheon and King Jaehaerys I.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Described as handsome and gallant, as well as an excellent fighter.
* RealMenWearPink: Besides being a knight, he was also an accomplished singer and harper.
* WarriorPoet: An experienced jouster who also happened to be a great singer and harper.
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* FamousAncestor: Lord Lorent Grandison was one of Aegon III's regents. He was known for his [[SleepyHead love of sleeping]]. He also thought the other regents were fools.

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* FamousAncestor: Lord Lorent Grandison was one of Aegon III's regents. He was known for his [[SleepyHead love of sleeping]]. He sleeping]] and also thought the other regents were fools.[[SurroundedByIdiots fools]].
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* FamousAncestor: Lorent Grandison was one of Aegon III's regents.

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* FamousAncestor: Lord Lorent Grandison was one of Aegon III's regents.regents. He was known for his [[SleepyHead love of sleeping]]. He also thought the other regents were fools.
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* TimeDelayedDeath: Lord Grandison was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Trident and died of his injuries a year later.
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* EpicFail: His attempts to replicate Serwyn of the Mirror Shield's slaying of Urrax ended with him [[KillItWithFire being burned alive by an unspecified dragon]].


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* TheDragonslayer: What he tried to be. He failed miserably.

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** Lord Manfred Swann, for whom Barristan Selmy squired in his youth.




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* UndyingLoyalty: An unnamed Lady Fell was executed by the greens at the start of the Dance of Dragons for remaining loyal to Rhaenyra Targaryen.

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* FamousAncestor: Lord Royce Caron, a initial member of the Council of Seven, the group who managed King Aegon III's regency. He resigned his post one year into the regency for unknown reasons.

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* FamousAncestor: Lord Morton Caron was present at the wedding of Lord Rogar Baratheon and Alyssa Velaryon.
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* UndyingLoyalty: An unnamed Lord Buckler refused to renounce his loyalty to Rhaenyra Targaryen and was executed for it.



!!Ronnel Penrose, Master of Coin

Second husband of Princess Elaena Targaryen and Master of Coin during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen. They had four children together, Robin, Laena, Jocelyn and Joy Penrose.

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!!Ronnel Penrose, Master !!Lucinda Penrose

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Second husband of Princess Elaena Targaryen and Master of Coin
House Penrose who lived during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen. They had four children together, Robin, Laena, Jocelyn and Joy Penrose.Aegon III. En route to be presented to the king, she was attacked by outlaws who scarred her nose.


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* MisplacedRetribution: She blamed Daenaera Velaryon for her scarring, and played a role in the poisoning attempt on the young royal couple, even though Unwin Peake was the one most likely behind her assault.
* ScarsAreForever: An outlaw cut her nose open, and she thought had that not happened, she would have been chosen instead of Daenaera.
* TakingTheVeil: Forced to join the Faith or she would have her nose cut off.
* UnwittingPawn: All signs indicate she was nothing but a pawn of Unwin Peake's supporters.

!!Ronnel Penrose, Master of Coin

Second husband of Princess Elaena Targaryen and Master of Coin during the reign of Daeron II Targaryen. They had four children together, Robin, Laena, Jocelyn and Joy Penrose.
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Stormlanders have a reputation for in-fighting. During the Rebellion, when Robert called his banners, several of them remained loyal to the Crown; Robert had to win three successive battles on the same day at Summerhall to win them over. During the War of the Five Kings, they are divided by a SuccessionCrisis between Joffrey, the supposed son of Robert's issue, his elder brother Stannis and the younger brother Renly.

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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Stormlanders have a reputation for in-fighting. During the Rebellion, when Robert called his banners, several of them remained loyal to the Crown; Robert had to win three successive battles on the same day at Summerhall to win them over. During the War of the Five Kings, they are divided by a SuccessionCrisis between Joffrey, the supposed son of Robert's issue, his elder brother Stannis and the younger brother Renly. [[spoiler:The invasion the Golden Company under Aegon's banner has led to further divisions, with some minor knights and lords already declaring for them]].



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!! Lord Harmon Dondarrion

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!! House Selmy of Harvest Hall

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!! House !!House Selmy of Harvest HallHall
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* ContinuitySnarl: According to semi-canon sources, House Selmy are only landed knights. In the appendix of A Dance with Dragons, however, the head of the house, Arstan Selmy, is listed as a full lord, making the Selmys marcher lords.

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* ContinuitySnarl: According to semi-canon sources, House Selmy are only landed knights. In the appendix of A ''A Dance with Dragons, Dragons'', however, the head of the house, Arstan Selmy, is listed as a full lord, making the Selmys marcher lords.



* TheGhost: Has yet to physically appear and has only been mentioned a handful of times.



!! Lady Ravella Swann

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-->'''Pride and Purpose'''
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** Lord Jon Mertyns, who attended the wedding of Lord Rogar Baratheon and Alyssa Velaryon.



!!Lord Jasper Wylde
!!!Ironrod

Master of Laws under Viserys I and Aegon II. He supported the Greens during the Dance of the Dragons.

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!!Lord Jasper Wylde
!!!Ironrod

Master
!!Lady Coryanne Wylde

A daughter
of Laws under Viserys I and Aegon II. He supported the Greens Lord Morgan Wylde who lived during the Dance early reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen. Believed to be the Dragons.author of ''A Caution for Young Girls''


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* DefiledForever: Losing her maidenhead to a much older man was seen as a great embarrassment to her family, who kept the whole affair in secret.
* {{Elopement}}: Coryanne eloped with the married Ser Howard Bullock, the younger son of the commander of Dragonstone's garrison. They left for the Disputed Lands until his death in 53 AC.
* HoneyTrap: Sent by either Rogar Baratheon or his brother Borys to seduce young King Jaehaerys to break his marriage to his sister Alysanne. Which obviously failed.

!!Lord Jasper Wylde
!!!Ironrod

Master of Laws under Viserys I and Aegon II. He supported the Greens during the Dance of the Dragons.
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* TheChampion: He is Edric Storm's: the main reason he does not surrender Storm's End to Stannis is because he is convinced that he means to harm Edric (he's right).

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House Peasebury of Poddingfield is a noble house from Poddingfield in the Stormlands. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a pea pod burst open, green on white, bordered by three rows of green peas. Their words are not known.

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House Peasebury of Poddingfield is a noble house from seated at Poddingfield in the Stormlands. According to semi-canon sources they blazon their arms with a pea pod burst open, green on white, bordered by three rows of green peas. Their words are not known.



-->'''Set Down Our Deeds'''
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* FamousAncestor: Lord Gawen Swann was an Ashford tourney participant. His fool named Matarys Targaryen the "Even Younger Prince".

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* FamousAncestor: Denys Swann, one of the four squires sent to court Princess Daella Targaryen.
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!!Lord Pearse Caron
Pearse Caron was the head of House Caron, Lord of Nightsong, and Lord of the Marches during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.

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!!Lord Pearse !!Lady Elenda Caron
Pearse The daughter of Lord Royce Caron was the head and wife of House Caron, Lord of Nightsong, Borros Baratheon. She and Lord of Borros had five children, Cassandra, Maris, Floris, Ellyn and Olyver Baratheon. She would later marry Ser Steffon Connington until his death in the Marches during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.Dornish Marches.



* MayDecemberRomance: Her second husband was 20 years younger than she was.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her daughter Floris apparently predeceased her.
* WidowWoman: She outlived both her known husbands.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Led House Baratheon since her son was too young to rule on his own.

!!Lord Pearse Caron
Pearse Caron was the head of House Caron, Lord of Nightsong, and Lord of the Marches during the reign of King Daeron II Targaryen.
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* FamousAncestor: Ser Manfred Dondarrion turned down Dunk's plea to fight with him in the Trial of Seven.

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* FamousAncestor: Lord Simon Dondarrion, who fought against the second Vulture King alongside Rogar Baratheon and King Jaehaerys I.
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* FamousAncestor
** Ser Byron Swann, a knight who lived during the Dance of the Dragons. According to ''The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling'' by Grand Maester Munkan, Byron tried to slay the dragon Vhagar by polishing his shield into a mirror to reflect back Vhagar's image so he could get close and kill him, much as the legendary Serwyn of the Mirror Shield famously did to the dragon Urrax. However, Tyrion Lannister notes that this makes little sense, since Vhagar was Prince Aemond Targaryen's dragon and the Swanns were supporters of Aemond's brother Aegon II. Instead, Tyrion notes that Byron attempted this against Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's dragon Syrax, which is supported by Byron's squire recording that the knight died fighting Syrax.
** Lord Gawen Swann was an Ashford tourney participant. His fool named Matarys Targaryen the "Even Younger Prince".

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* FamousAncestor
** Ser Byron Swann, a knight who lived during the Dance of the Dragons. According to ''The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling'' by Grand Maester Munkan, Byron tried to slay the dragon Vhagar by polishing his shield into a mirror to reflect back Vhagar's image so he could get close and kill him, much as the legendary Serwyn of the Mirror Shield famously did to the dragon Urrax. However, Tyrion Lannister notes that this makes little sense, since Vhagar was Prince Aemond Targaryen's dragon and the Swanns were supporters of Aemond's brother Aegon II. Instead, Tyrion notes that Byron attempted this against Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's dragon Syrax, which is supported by Byron's squire recording that the knight died fighting Syrax.
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!!Ser Byron Swann

A knight who lived during the Dance of the Dragons, and was famously killed by a dragon during it. Exactly ''which'' dragon is a bit of a mystery, though.
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* RashomonStyle: Exactly which dragon it was that killed him. According to ''The Dance of the Dragons, A True Telling'' by Grand Maester Munkan, Byron tried to slay the dragon Vhagar by polishing his shield into a mirror to reflect back Vhagar's image so he could get close and kill him, much as the legendary Serwyn of the Mirror Shield famously did to the dragon Urrax. However, Tyrion Lannister notes that this makes little sense, since Vhagar was Prince Aemond Targaryen's dragon and the Swanns were supporters of Aemond's brother Aegon II. Instead, Tyrion notes that Byron attempted this against Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's dragon Syrax, which is supported by Byron's squire recording that the knight died fighting Syrax. ... except Rhaenrya and Syrax weren't anywhere near at the time. Maester Gyldayn, in his own account of the Dance, tries working out which one it was that killed him, and can't for the life of him determine which one did it. He did definitely fry, though.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Tried imitating the legendary Serwyn of the Mirror Shield's deed with Urrax. Problem is, what works for a fantasy hero doesn't work in the more cynical reality of Westeros, since unlike in the tales, dragons aren't ''stupid'', and a mirror is not actually a good defence against flames.
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* TheChewToy: What little we know of them is that they're constantly suffering, either against the Dornish or the Mad King.
* GroinAttack: Ser Jon Cafferen was castrated by the Wyl of Wyl during his infamous raiding of Fawntown.

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