Line #49 Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheWindblown


1	[-This is a listing of members of the Windblown in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.-]
2	!!!For the main character index, see [[AC:[[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]]]]
3	!!!For the main sellsword companies entry, see [[AC:[[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireSellswordCompanies here]]]]
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5	!The Windblown
6	[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/windblown_card.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:340:Windblown carrying their standard banners]]
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9	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. Their standards are fork-tailed blue-and-white banners, with streamers of pale blue silk on their lances.
10
11	!!!Tropes related to The Windblown:
12	* AlliterativeName: Several of the Windblown sport these: Myrio Myrakis, Lucifer Long, Lewis Lanster, Hugh Hungerford.
13	* ArchEnemy: The Windblown and the Company of the Cat despise each other.
14	* BadassArmy: They are one of the more renowned sellsword companies in Essos.
15	* TheExile: A couple, Orson Stone and Will of the Woods most notably.
16	* 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.
17	* InSeriesNickname: Orson Stone, aka "the Bastard Knight", an exile from Westeros.
18	* 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.
19	* MeaningfulName: The company name not only evokes an image of those without roots, but also sounds a lot like C16th and C17th alternative descriptions 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", "Brothers of the Canvas" or "Boys Under the Ropes and Sheets" -- same basic idea, slightly different wording. Lack of agency + sails. It also doubles as a subtle mission statement or warning of sorts: the company will always turn in the direction the wind is blowing (ie: to the side with the faction with most chances of winning).
20	* MoralMyopia: The Tattered Prince fosters a culture of this within the band. Harsh-but-fair measures to keep morale up are encouraged, looking after their own before others and dealing honourably with others only for as long as it's safe to, but turning on them or running away if threatened. Those are their bare minimum of principles.
21	* MusicForCourage: "We are the Windblown. Blow us east to Slaver's Bay, we’ll kill the Butcher King and fuck the Dragon Queen."
22	* OneSteveLimit: Besides "Dornish Gerrold" (Gerris Drinkwater's alias), there's a Gerrold Redback and a "Black" Gerrold.
23	* PrivateMilitaryContractors: As all sellsword companies. They come across as being somewhere between the Second Sons and the Golden Company for sticking to contracts, but because of being a much smaller, less well equipped concern than either of those, they will up-sticks to preserve their own skins if things get too dangerously out of control. Unlike the Second Sons, they aren't simply weathervanes for profit.
24	* 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.]]
25	* TokenMinority: Bill Bone, a swordsman from the Summer Isles.
26	* {{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]].
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28	[[foldercontrol]]
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30	[[folder:The Tattered Prince]]
31	!!The Tattered Prince
32	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tattered_prince_ffg_579.jpg]]
33	->''"In this world, a man must learn to seize whatever gifts the gods chose to send him. That was a lesson I learned at some cost."''
34
35	An exiled Pentoshi noble who was one of the five founders of the Windblown and is its current commander.
36	----
37	* AFatherToHisMen: He treats his soldiers well and they get a good percentage of the company's spoils.
38	* AffablyEvil: He has the same habit of cutting off body parts of people who displease him that Vargo Holt did, but he actually treats most people pretty well. He even spared the life of the former company paymaster, Hugh Hungerford, after discovering that he was stealing from the unit, and only punished him by cutting off three of his fingers and demoting him to Serjeant. He always removes one foot from deserters though.
39	* AppropriatedAppellation: It is suggested that his nickname might be a case of this- originally a slur about him being a ruler without a throne; he "reclaimed it" by building his [[CreepySouvenir cloak]].
40	* ArchEnemy: Despises Bloodbeard, the commander of the Company of the Cat.
41	* BenevolentBoss: Compared to how most mercenary commanders would treat thieves and deserters [[CrapsackWorld in this setting]], he qualifies.
42	* CharacterCatchphrase: He says "And now we ride" to his men in High Valyrian.
43	* CreepySouvenir: Has a colorful cloak stitched from the bloodstained rags of the cloaks of enemies he's defeated.
44	* 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.
45	* TheExile: From Pentos, due to fleeing the city after being elected prince several hours after the last one had been beheaded.
46	** He's a ruler who abdicated his throne and left to become a wandering soldier of fortune. Exactly what Robert Baratheon wished he could do.
47	* IconicItem: The aforementioned cloak, without it he's completely unremarkable.
48	* KarmicTrickster: He likes to impose ironically appropriate and/or darkly humorous punishments:
49	** He punishes rapists by giving them over to the [[ColdBloodedTorture "mercies"]] of Pretty Meris, who was the victim of gang rape herself.
50	** He punished a man who deserted because of bad food by chopping off his leg, roasting it, and [[{{autocannibalism}} feeding it to him]], and then making the guy company cook. Oddly, the man didn't hold a grudge and willingly reenlisted after that.
51	* TheNondescript: He's totally unmemorable looking without his infamous cloak.
52	-->'''The Tattered Prince:''' My ragged raiment? A poor thing... yet those tatters fill my foes with fear, and on the battlefield the sight of my rags blowing in the wind emboldens my men more than any banner. And if I want to move unseen, I need only slip it off to become plain and unremarkable.
53	* OldSoldier: He fled from Pentos thirty years ago and has been fighting as a mercenary ever since.
54	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His true name is unknown to the reader, and everyone simply refers to him as the Tattered Prince.
55	* PrincessInRags: Gender flipped version. He abdicated the Pentosi throne.
56	* TheRival: To Bloodbeard, the commander of the Company of the Cat.
57	* SoleSurvivor: He is the last living founder of the Windblown.
58	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When he was chosen as the Prince of Pentos, he ran away from the city because the Pentoshi Prince is used as TheScapegoat and sacrificed if anything goes wrong in the city.
59	* TheUsurper: He offers aid to Quentyn and then to Ser Barristan in exchange of Pentos. Clearly he intends to seize his place as Prince, but not as a [[PuppetKing puppet]] to the Magisters.
60	[[/folder]]
61
62	[[folder:Caggo]]
63	!!Caggo
64	!!!Caggo Corpsekiller
65
66	One of the captains of the Windblown, known for his cruelty.
67	----
68	* AmbiguousRace: Due to having OnlyOneName that sounds similar to Dothraki names and keeping an arakh as his weapon. WordOfDante [[http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/FAQ/Entry/Which_are_the_known_Valyrian_steel_swords confirms]] he's a Dothraki.
69	* ColonelKilgore: He's second only to the Tattered Prince within the Windblown's hierarchy and is noted for his cruelty.
70	* CoolSword: Owns a very rare black-colored Valyrian steel Arakh.
71	* CoDragons: With Denzo D'han.
72	* CoveredWithScars: Has quite a few scars on his face.
73	* HairTriggerTemper: Noted for being very easy to anger.
74	* InSeriesNickname: Caggo Corpsekiller, due to being the one who "killed" the Butcher King of Astapor during the sacking of the city, which was just [[ElCidPloy the dead king's body tied to a horse]]. No smart man [[BerserkButton calls him this]] within Caggo's hearing though.
75	* {{Jerkass}}: His temper and sour attitude precedes him, and he rarely disappoints.
76	* WouldHitAGirl: 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".
77	[[/folder]]
78
79	[[folder:Denzo D'han]]
80	!!Denzo D'han
81	!!!The Warrior Bard
82
83	Another captain of the Windblown, he is a veteran of more than hundred battles.
84	----
85	* AlliterativeName: Two D's
86	* ColonelBadass: He's second only to the Tattered Prince within the Windblown's hierarchy and has fought in over a hundred battles.
87	* CoDragons: With Caggo.
88	* InSeriesNickname: "The Warrior Bard".
89	* WarriorPoet: Invoked by his nickname.
90	[[/folder]]
91
92	[[folder:Pretty Meris]]
93	!!Meris
94	!!!Pretty Meris
95
96	A female sellsword from Westeros who serves as the Windblown's torturer.
97	----
98	* ActionGirl: She is a feared warrior and lieutenant in one of Essos's best sellsword companies.
99	* BerserkButton: Rape. The Tattered Prince allows her to give "special treatment" to caught rapists.
100	* BrawnHilda: She's huge with almost none of it being fat, is also very badly scarred and is downright psychotic when she lets herself be. LadyOfWar she most emphatically ''isn't''.
101	* CoveredWithScars: Her whole body is covered in scars, including a slit nose and several crisscrossing on both her cheeks. Underneath her armor is said to be nothing but scars from where her rapists cut off her breasts.
102	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: 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.
103	* IcyGrayEyes: Her gray eyes are described as "cold and dead like two grey stones" and help heighten her deadly demeanor.
104	* IronicNickname: She is not pretty at all, due to all the scars and mutilations she has suffered.
105	* TheLadette: In the most brutal way imaginable.
106	* RapeAsBackstory: She was raped by half the members of a sellsword company. The Tattered Prince notes that it didn't happen during her time with the Windblown, though.
107	* 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]]. [[PragmaticEvil Thick she isn't]].
108	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member of note with the Windblown.
109	* TortureTechnician: She is the designated torturer for the Windblown and can make a victim last for a month.
110	[[/folder]]
111
112	[[folder:Dick Straw]]
113	!!Dick Straw
114
115	A Westerosi sellsword.
116	----
117	* CoveredWithScars: His back is covered in scars for the whippings he's received for poor discipline.
118	* FakeDefector: He's one of the Westerosi Windblown commanded by the Tattered Prince to [[DefectorFromDecadence "go over"]] to Daenerys.
119	%%* IcyBlueEyes
120	* SlasherSmile: His smile is described as "unsettling".
121	%%* WhiteHairBlackHeart
122	[[/folder]]
123
124	[[folder:Jack]]
125	!!Jack
126	!!!Ginger Jack
127
128	A Westerosi sellsword.
129	----
130	%%* EvilRedhead
131	* FakeDefector: He's one of the Westerosi Windblown commanded by the Tattered Prince to [[DefectorFromDecadence "go over"]] to Daenerys.
132	* InSeriesNickname: "Ginger" Jack Due to his red beard.
133	* TongueTrauma: He bit half his tongue off in his first battle.
134	* TheUnintelligible: Because of the aforementioned half-tongue.
135	[[/folder]]
136
137	[[folder:Lewis Lanster]]
138	!!Lewis Lanster
139
140	A Westerosi sellsword, presumably from Lannisport.
141	----
142	* AlliterativeName: '''L'''ewis '''L'''anster.
143	* FakeDefector: He's one of the Westerosi Windblown commanded by the Tattered Prince to [[DefectorFromDecadence "go over"]] to Daenerys.
144	* MeaningfulName: His surname and golden hair indicates he's likely from Lannisport - which is filled with people with surnames like Lanny, Lannett, Lantell, etc - and a distant kin of the Lannisters.
145	[[/folder]]
146
147	[[folder:Ser Lucifer Long]]
148	!!Ser Lucifer Long
149
150	A Westerosi knight and sellsword.
151	----
152	* AlliterativeName: '''L'''ucifer '''L'''ong
153	* FakeDefector: One of the Westerosi Windblown commanded by the Tattered Prince to [[DefectorFromDecadence "go over"]] to Daenerys.
154	* SexSlave: Kept a slave girl whom Caggo took from him and then killed instead of returning.
155	* MeaningfulName: He's described as lanky.
156	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The name Lucifer does have rather negative implications for most Western readers.
157	[[/folder]]
158
159	[[folder:Hugh Hungerford]]
160	!!Hugh Hungerford
161
162	A Westerosi sergeant, formerly paymaster.
163	----
164	* AlliterativeName: '''Hu'''gh '''Hu'''ngerford
165	* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite being a cynical PerpetualFrowner, he has a small moment of naivety when he asks what to do if the Astapori refugees refuse to head to Meereen; the Tattered Prince reminds him they have swords and spears for a reason.
166	* FakeDefector: He was one of the Westerosi Windblown commanded by the Tattered Prince to [[DefectorFromDecadence "go over"]] to Daenerys.
167	* {{Fingore}}: Three of his fingers were removed because... (see StickyFingers).
168	* PerpetualFrowner: Not particularly cheerful.
169	* PunchClockVillain: He's never depicted doing anything actually villainous, and is usually one of the first to question the Tattered Prince's plans.
170	* StickyFingers: ... he was caught stealing from the war chest.
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Webber]]
174	!!Webber
175
176	A Westerosi sellsword with claims to lost lands in Westeros. Implied to be a descendant of House Webber.
177	----
178	* FakeDefector: He's one of the Westerosi Windblown commanded by the Tattered Prince to [[DefectorFromDecadence "go over"]] to Daenerys.
179	* OnlyOneName: He has no listed surname. He's only called Webber.
180	* PunnyName: Has spider tattoos across his head, chest and arms. Justified: if he is a descendant of House Webber, a spider in a web would be his House shield. So, it'd be a case of a punny tattoo to match his claim.
181	* TattooedCrook: The aforementioned spiders. And, he's basically a land-pirate, so... Yeah.
182	[[/folder]]
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