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This is a listing of members of the Band of Nine in A Song of Ice and Fire.

For the main character index, see here

The Band of Nine

The Ninepenny Kings

A group of nine outlaws, exiles, pirates and sellsword captains who banded together in Essos to carve out kingdoms from Essos, the Stepstones, and Westeros for each of its members during the reign of Aegon V and Jahaerys II. They were responsible for the War of the Ninepenny Kings.


  • Ambition Is Evil: All of them hoped to become kings or queens.
  • Big Bad Duumvirate: The 9 seem to have acted in concert, making their decisions via committee.
  • Expy: A cross-work one to the Nazgul, being a villainous band of nine whose leader was killed in single combat in the last battle of the war. Unlike the Nazgul, they're all distinct entities who have formed an alliance.
  • In-Series Nickname: "The Ninepenny Kings" after Prince Duncan remarked that crowns were being sold nine a penny.
  • Legion of Doom: In the eyes of their enemies.
  • Uncertain Doom: Only Maelys and Alequo's deaths have been confirmed, with the fates of the other seven unknown. It's strongly implied Alequo was the only one left by the time of his death, however.

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     Maelys Blackfyre 

     The Old Mother 

The Old Mother

A pirate queen.


     Samarro Saan 

Samarro Saan

The Last Valyrian

A notorious pirate from a family of pirates and a member of the Band of Nine.


     Xhobar Qhoqua 

Xhobar Qhoqua

The Ebon Prince

An exile prince from the Summer Isles turned leader of a sellsword company.


     Liomond Lashare 

Liomond Lashare

The Lord of Battles

A famed sellsword captain.


     Spotted Tom 

Tom

Spotted Tom the Butcher

A Westerosi sellsword captain.


     Ser Derrick Fossoway 

Ser Derrick Fossoway

The Bad Apple

An exiled Westerosi knight with a notoriously black reputation.


  • Black Knight: Has a "black" reputation. In fact that's pretty much the only thing we know about him.
  • The Exile: Driven from Westeros. Whether this was for being a Blackfyre supporter (not unlikely given his association with Maelys) or just a general bastard is unknown.
  • In-Series Nickname: The Bad Apple, a pun on the Fossoway sigil.
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: If you think about it, making "bad apple" jokes has to be pretty tempting wherever the Fossoways are concerned, so Ser Derrick's apparent monopoly on the nickname says a lot about what a deeply unpleasant man he must have been.

     Nine Eyes 

Nine Eyes

Captain of the Jolly Fellows, a group of mercenary pirates.


     Alequo Adarys 

Alequo Adarys

The Silvertongue, the Tyrant of Tyrosh

A Tyroshi merchant prince who sacked Tyrosh with the Band of Nine and installed himself as Tyrant, only to be poisoned by his own Queen.


  • Alliterative Name: Two "A's"
  • Ambition Is Evil: He sacked his own city in the process of becoming its ruler.
  • In-Series Nickname: The Silvertongue and the Tyrant of Tyrosh.
  • Intrepid Merchant: So intrepid he involves himself with a band of mercenaries and pirates to become ruler of his own city.
  • Last of His Kind: Even after the Band of Nine was defeated and lost all its holdings, the Tyrant managed to hold unto control of Tyrosh for six more years, before being poisoned by his own wife.
  • Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Implied to have been the Nine's financial backer.
  • The Usurper: Usurped the rule of Tyrosh from the Archon.

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