History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireEthnicGroups

* LoveAtFirstSight: When the Maiden brought him a beautiful maiden with eyes like deep blue pools, Hugor immediately declared that he would have her for his bride.

* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl: A female warrior who also struck fear into the [=YiTish=].

* HomefieldAdvantage: How he defeated each host of Yi Ti.

* ForWantOfANail: Argos Sevenstar's defeat is singled out as the main reason why the Andals did not get a foothold in the Kingdom of the North like they did in the Southron kingdoms.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: They're a vague mixture of a couple of influences: they are the indigenous people that originally inhabited a large island off the coast of their world's Imperial China analogue, which were pushed to one corner of the island as settlers from the mainland encroached on their territory, though later the settlers broke away from the mainland -- so they're sort of like Japan's Ainu people or the indigenous Taiwanese. Physically, they share some common ground with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilotic_peoples Nilotic peoples]] of the Horn of Africa, especially their stature, their slenderness, their physical prowess, and especially the uniqueness of their racial characteristics compared to their closest neighboring cultures. The climate, skin tone, matrilineal element, and tension with Chinese settlers also evokes various Southeast Asian cultures.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: As conquerors, they are one to the Scythians, even having a name similar to the Sarmathian people. The presence of women among their warriors also brings to mind the Scythian women, who may have inspired the legendary amazons. As a settled empire, they resemble Achaemenid Persia.

** As pointed out by Archmaester Benedict in the Prologue for ''A Feast for Crows'', there were never "Five Kings" warring ''at the same time'' during the War of the Five Kings; at the most, there were three or four. When the war began, the "Kings" included Joffrey, Stannis and Renly; when Ned Stark was executed, his son Robb was named King in the North. Renly was then killed and most of his supporters joined Stannis. Upon seeing the bulk of Northerners pushing south, Balon Greyjoy crowned himself King of the Iron Islands and started razing the western coast of the North. Then, he himself was killed and his brother Euron the reins. Robb and his bannermen were slayed during the Red Wedding; later Joffrey was then was assassinated during his own wedding reception and then his brother Tommen took his place. Then the Golden Company landed, headed by a young man claiming to be Aegon Targaryen, making his own claim of kingship. As of ADWD, the remaining Kings are Tommen Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, Aegon Targaryen and Euron Greyjoy. So, that's eight Kings total... so far. Nine if you count Mance Rayder.

-->''The Father reached his hand into the heavens and pulled down seven stars and one by one he set them on the brow of Hugor of the Hill to make a glowing crown... The Maid brought him forth a girl as supple as a willow with eyes like deep blue pools and Hugor declared that he would have her for his bride. So the Mother made her fertile, and the Crone foretold that she would bear the king four-and-forty mighty sons. The Warrior gave strength to their arms, whilst the Smith wrought for each a suit of iron plates...''
-->--'''excerpts from The Seven Pointed Star'''

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: They may be pacifists but they're not stupid. After years of continuous slave raids, the Naathi got as far away from the coast as they possibly could.
* StupidGood: Their pacifistic natures make them easy targets for slavers.

* BadassNormal: Westerosi warriors are known abroad due to their resilience and endurance, yet in some instances they're not particularly admired for their swordsmanship, especially by the Braavosi.

** As pointed out by a character in the books, there were never "Five Kings" warring ''at the same time'' during the War of the Five Kings; at the most, there were three or four. When the war began, the "Kings" included Joffrey, Stannis and Renly; when Ned Stark was executed, his son Robb was named King in the North. Renly then was killed and most of his supporters joined Stannis. Upon seeing the bulk of Northerners pushing south, Balon Greyjoy crowned himself King of the Iron Islands and started razing the western coast of the North. Then, he himself was killed and his brother Euron took the reins. Robb and his bannermen were slayed during the Red Wedding; later Joffrey then was assassinated during his own wedding reception, and then his brother Tommen took his place. Then the Golden Company landed, headed by a young man claiming to be Aegon Targaryen, making his own claim of kingship. As of ADWD, the remaining Kings are Tommen Baratheon, Stannis Baratheon, Aegon Targaryen, and Euron Greyjoy. So, that's eight Kings total... so far. Nine if you count Mance Rayder.

* HotBlooded: Invoked. Westerosi people are known in Essos for being notoriously humorless and easy to enrage; there's also the notion that they take everything too seriously.
* LanguageDrift: The Westerosi standard is the Common Tongue, a language brought by the Andal Invasion. Its great success is the product of its writing system, which is vastly superior to the archaic runic records of the First Men's Old Tongue. There are only a handful of exceptions to the rule, like the Thenns, and instances where there is still use of archaic wording, like some members of the Mountain Clans. There are also differences pervasive in the social strata of Westerosi society, as there are marked contrasts between the lowborn version of the baseborn and the educated version of the nobility. The Dornish also have a notoriously fast and heavily accented version of their own due to the Rhoynish influence (a language which in turn also withered). This brought some setbacks, however, because the Common Tongue rendered the Old Tongue's writing system completely unintelligible, leaving out information that could be extremely important, if not crucial, for the cataclysmic wars to come.
* MightyGlacier: This is how Westerosi warriors, especially knights, appear to Essosi. Most fighting styles in Essos tend to revolve around [[FragileSpeedster speed and manoeuvrability]], wearing little or no armour (usually cloth or leather), and using light slashing blades or rapier-like thrusting weapons. Meanwhile, Westerosi favour strength and endurance, wearing steel armour and wielding comparatively heavier longswords, battle axes, etc. As such, they are generally much slower than lightly armed and armoured Essosi, but can shrug off what would be killing blows to an unarmoured man and can hit a lot harder. Throughout the run of the series, armoured knights have fought a champion Braavosi [[MasterSwordsman water dancer]], a [[TheHorde Dothraki bloodrider]] and a famed Meereenese [[GladiatorGames pit fighter]]. Each time the Essosi fighter has been unable to penetrate their armour, and was hacked to pieces as soon as the knight could land a solid blow.

** A majority of Essosi (especially the Dothraki) refer to all people from Westeros as "Andals", even when the person is from First Men origin.

* BadassArmy: The Westerosi appear to have a good 1,000+ year military tech edge on everyone except the higher end Free Cities (and possibly Yi Ti): the formations of steel-armored pikemen, crossbowmen, dismounted men-at-arms with halberds and axes, and lance-using plate-armored heavy cavalry stand in stark contrast to the poorly armed and armored formations of the Essosi. It's not for nothing that the greatest mercs in Essos come from Westeros (with [[[[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheGoldenCompany Bittersteel's band of exiles even crushing Qohor, defended by the famed Unsullied), or that the vast majority of cross continental wars are known to have ended in Westerosi victory. When Barristan trains and arms a few dozen Essosi in the style of Westerosi squires, they end up shattering a force of slave soldiers tens of times their size in a charge at Meereen. In the same battle, the light infantry reavers of the Ironborn are shown going through the legions of New Ghis like a hot knife through butter.

Valyrian descendants are found scattered in the Free Cities, especially in Volantis (comprising the city's nobility) and Lys (occupying various berths in the city's social strata). Four remaining Westerosi noble houses are of Valyrian descent, namely [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTargaryen the Targaryens]], [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseVelaryon the Velaryons]], [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireNarrowSeaHouses the Celtigars]] and the Longwaters. Extinct Westerosi houses that claimed Valyrian descent included [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBlackfyre the Blackfyres]] and [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireRiverlandsHouses House Qoherys]]. Houses that have tangential ties to Valyria, though with otherwise unconfirmed descent (through their distinct appearance or by mere rumor) include [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseDayne the Daynes]], [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheon the Baratheons]] and [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseHightower the Hightowers]].

* BadassArmy: The Westerosi appear to have a good 1,000+ year military tech edge on everyone except the higher end Free Cities (and possibly Yi Ti): the formations of steel-armored pikemen, crossbowmen, dismounted men-at-arms with halberds and axes, and lance-using plate-armored heavy cavalry stand in stark contrast to the poorly armed and armored formations of the Essosi. It's not for nothing that the greatest mercs in Essos come from Westeros (with Bittersteel's band of exiles even crushing Qohor, defended by the famed Unsullied), or that the vast majority of cross continental wars are known to have ended in Westerosi victory. When Barristan trains and arms a few dozen Essosi in the style of Westerosi squires, they end up shattering a force of slave soldiers tens of times their size in a charge at Meereen. In the same battle, the light infantry reavers of the Ironborn are shown going through the legions of New Ghis like a hot knife through butter.

%%* BloodKnight: People from Westeros, particularly the nobility, have this reputation in Essos.%%How?

Valyrian descendants are found scattered in the Free Cities, especially in Volantis (comprising the city's nobility) and Lys (occupying various berths in the city's social strata). Four remaining Westerosi noble houses are of Valyrian descent, namely [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTargaryen the Targaryens]], [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseVelaryon the Velaryons]], [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireCrownlandsHouses the Celtigars and the Longwaters]]. Extinct Westerosi houses that claimed Valyrian descent included [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBlackfyre the Blackfyres]] and [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireRiverlandsHouses House Qoherys]]. Houses that have tangential ties to Valyria, though with otherwise unconfirmed descent (through their distinct appearance or by mere rumor) include [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseDayne the Daynes]], [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheon the Baratheons]] and [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseHightower the Hightowers]].

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!!Hugor of the Hill

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Of Hannibal with a bit of Phyrrus.

** The Rhoynar religion revolved around the Rhoyne river and its goddess Mother Rhoyne, which might have been inspired by the veneration of the goddes Ganga, the personification of the Ganges river, amongst Hindus. Notably, one title for Ganga is Mother Ganga (''Ganga Mata'' in Hindi).

** The Rhoynar religion revolved around the Rhoyne river and its goddess Mother Rhoyne, which might have been inspired by the veneration of the goddes Ganga, the personifcication of the Ganges river, amongst Hindus. Notably, one title for Ganga is Mother Ganga (''Ganga Mata'' in Hindi).

* ArtisticLiscenseBilology: Their custom of gelding ''ninety-nine percent'' of their male population of each generation, with only one percent of men fathering all the children. In reality, this practice would quickly result in a dangerous lack of genetic diversity, leading to a massive increase in inheritable medical problems. Either the Westerosi (who are our only source on this fact) are very wrong, or something supernatural is going on.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: They had long limbs, brown skin, black eyes, and black hair, which is rather vague.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: As if being described as having skin the color of oiled teak wasn't vague enough, the only illustration of them shows the woman looking rather pale and having the same skin-tone as a [=YiTish=] man.

* ButtMonkey: Being regarded as the best choice for new slaves isn't much fun. Since the Century of Blood, when more slavers, pirates, and rogues began sailing, the Naathi have been forced to retreated from their coasts into the hills and forests.
* TheImmune: Anyone not from Naath will come down with butterfly fever once they come onto the island. This disease helps to protect the Naathi from conquerors. Although, slavers have found a way around it: they won't get sick if they don't stay more than a few hours and the butterflies who carry the disease aren't as active at night.

* DivineRightOfKings: The invasion of Westeros and their abandoning the Velvet Hills was mainly due to a religious endeavor that claimed that the Andals had a divine right to the continent of Westeros. They were able to take root in the South, but the North was able to repel them successfully. As such, the whole continent was referred to as the "Land of the Andals" by various Essosi cultures henceforth.
* TheExile: Some Maesters believe that the real reason why the Andals invade Westeros was because of the expanding Valyrian Freehold chasing them off from their own country.

* DivineRightOfKings: The invasion of Westeros and their abandoning the Hills of Andalos was mainly due to a religious endeavor that claimed that the Andals had a divine right to the continent of Westeros. They were able to take root in the South, but the North was able to repel them successfully. As such, the whole continent was referred to as the "Land of the Andals" by various Essosi cultures henceforth.
* TheExile: Maesters believe Valyria chased them off from their own country.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Divided Westeros into seven kingdoms like the Anglo-Saxons in England, though in many cases they simply moved in to take over kingdoms that were already established. Almost everything else about them, from their system of writing to their architecture to their language, is reminiscent of the Normans. Their role as the originator for the main semi-monotheistic religion in the setting, which is also a thinly veined Fantasy version of mediaeval Catholicism, may also make them the local equivalents of Semitic peoples, such as Jews or Arabs.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The man was known as Drox the Corpse-Maker. Hindsight, he might have not been a friendly guy.

The Valyrians are a race of people who lived in south-central Essos and founded the greatest empire ever seen thanks to their dragons. Once the dominant cultural and military power in the world, their empire was mostly wiped out in a cataclysm known as the Doom of Valyria.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Aside from Hukko, the Sarnori have a similar myth about "Huzhor Amai", and one of the many names of Azor Ahai is "Hyrkoon the Hero".