History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireTheWindblown

* BadassGay: Implied: when the Tattered Prince is listing ways the false defectors can prove to Daenerys they're legitimate, he points out Lanster can claim "I killed that boy you liked".

* BadassGay: His cover story for defecting is that the Tattered Prince killed a boy Lewis was fond of.

* Turncoat: [[spoiler: They were hired by the Yunkish to sack Meereen, but when the Tattered Prince gets a better offer from Barristan Selmy, the Windblown promptly turn on their former paymasters]].

* GrayEyes: They are described as "cold and dead like two grey stones" and help heighten her deadly demeanor.

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[[folder: The Tattered Prince]]

[[folder: Caggo]]

[[folder: Pretty Meris]]

[[folder: Dick Straw]]

[[folder: Jack]]

[[folder: Lewis Lanster]]

[[folder: Ser Lucifer Long]]

[[folder: Hugh Hungerford]]

[[folder: Webber]]

* {{Fingore}}: Three of his fingers were removed because... (see below).

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!!This is a listing of members of the Windblown that appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.

* MeaningfulName: The company name not only evokes an image of those without roots, but also sounds a lot like a C16th and C17th alternative description of often-conscripted sailors forced to serve in colonial wars so far away from home, they'd often not know where in the world they actually were in any given month; "Children of the Wind", "Lads of the Canvas" or "Boys Under the Ropes and Sheets" -- same basic idea, slightly different wording. Lack of agency + sails.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: As all sellsword companies.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Windblown ''"blow away"'' when it becomes obvious [[spoiler: Quentyn's plan to steal two extremely bad tempered dragons has gone ''spectacularly'' tits up]]. In their defence, [[spoiler: only [[TooDumbToLive prize idiots]] continue to [[KnowWhenToFoldThem hang around a place where two dragons are free to let their metaphorical hair down as they please]] just to make a bit of money or gain questionable backing. Leaving those with more skin in the game alone to face the kind of roasting they've witnessed first-hand is a downright ''[[PragmaticVillainy reasonable]]'' response when learning that the legends surrounding dragons aren't exaggerations.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Windblown ''"blow away"'' when it becomes obvious [[spoiler: Quentyn's plan to steal two extremely bad tempered dragons has gone ''spectacularly'' tits up]]. In their defence, [[spoiler: only [[TooDumbToLive prize idiots]] continue to [[KnowWhenToFoldThem hang around a place where two dragons are free to let their metaphorical hair down as they please]] just to make a bit of money or gain questionable backing. Leaving those with more skin in the game face the kind of roasting they've witnessed first-hand is a downright ''[[PragmaticVillainy reasonable]]'' response.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Windblown ''"blow away"'' when it becomes obvious [[spoiler: Quentyn's plan to steal two extremely bad tempered dragons has gone ''spectacularly'' tits up]]. In their defence, [[spoiler: only [[TooDumbToLive prize idiots]] continue to [[KnowWhenToFoldThem hang around a place where two dragons are free to let their metaphorical hair down as they please]] just to make a bit of money.]]

* MeaningfulName: The company name not only evokes an image of those without roots, but also sounds a lot like a C16th and C17th alternative description of often-conscripted sailors, "Children of the Wind".

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Windblown ''"blow away"'' when it becomes obvious [[spoiler: Quentyn's plan to steal two extremely bad tempered dragons has gone ''spectacularly'' tits up]].

* GreatestStoryNeverTold: We know what she is, now. But, not a huge amount of where she's from, or what actions she took (or couldn't) to wind up as she has done. Whatever her full story, it's likely a lot more bleak than Brienne of Tarth's is.

* CoolOldGuy[=/=]EvilOldFolks: He is an affable warrior who inspires loyalty in his people, but he also has a habit of maiming those who displease him and is quite the schemer.

* OnlyOneName

* IronicNickname: She is not pretty at all due to the scars and mutilations she has suffered.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She accompanies [[spoiler:Quentyn and his companions in their effort to steal a dragon, but quickly leaves with her men when the beasts turn violent and attack them]].

* {{Foil}}: Is one to Viserys Targaryean. Both are rulers without a throne and have similar nicknames bestowed upon them ("The Beggar King" vs. "The Tattered Prince"), but the Tattered Prince took a very different, proactive path, in regard to his situation.

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* FakeDefector: The Tattered Prince has some of his men fake defection to Dany's forces, but gets a surprise when some of his men defect for real [[spoiler:Quentyn Martell and his companions]], as they had only been masquerading as sellswords to gain entrance to Meereen.

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Some of the more minor members such as Bill Bone, Books and Will of the Woods. a Myrish crossbowman named Beans actually averts this trope, as his name "Baqq" literally translates to Beans.

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* [[OneSteveLimit One Gerrold Limit]]: Besides "Dornish Gerrold" (Gerris Drinkwater's alias), there's a Gerrold Redback and a "Black" Gerrold.
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* [[PrincessInRags Prince In Rags]]: Literally!

* ColonelBadass
* [[CoolSword Cool Arakh]]: Owns a very rare black-colored Valyrian steel Arakh.

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* WarriorPoet

* IcyBlueEyes
* SlasherSmile[=/=]TheUnSmile: His smile is described as "unsettling".
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* BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil
* EvilRedhead

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* BlondGuysAreEvil: While being even tangentially related to the Lannisters would be a good start towards meeting the trope, his chosen profession kind of clinches it.

* WouldHurtAGirl: He apparently took a girl one of his men had claimed as a prize, raped her and then killed her, apparently because "she was ugly. That was reason enough".

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Founded thirty years ago by The Tattered Prince and five fellow sellswords, the Windblown are a fearsome mercenary company. When Quentyn Martell and his companions are crossing Essos, they pose as mercenaries and join the Windblown to reach Meereen, which the Windblown have been hired to help besiege.

* BlondGuysAreEvil

* PunnyName: Has spider tattoos across his head, chest and arms.
* TattooedCrook