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[-This is a listing of members of the Band of Nine in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.-]
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!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.
----
* AmbitionIsEvil: All of them hoped to become kings or queens.
* BigBadDuumvirate: The 9 seem to have acted in concert, making their decisions via committee.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Ninepenny Kings" after Prince Duncan remarked that crowns were being sold nine a penny.
* LegionOfDoom: In the eyes of their enemies.
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[[folder: Maelys Blackfyre]]
-->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBlackfyre House Blackfyre character page]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Old Mother]]
!!The Old Mother
A pirate queen.
----
* TheDarkChick: As the only female of the group.
* EvilOldFolks: Implied by her nickname.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Implied by her nickname.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It is clear "The Old Mother" is just her alias.
* {{Pirate}}: Her job description.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Samarro Saan]]
!!Samarro Saan
!!!The Last Valyrian
A notorious pirate from a family of pirates and a member of the Band of Nine.
----
* AlliterativeName: '''Sa'''marro '''Sa'''an.
* LastOfHisKind: His nickname is meant to invoke this, despite not actually being the last Valyrian.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: All the Saan's are pirates. His son Salladhor has inherited the family business.
* FamousAncestor: Of Salladhor Saan.
* {{Pirate}}: It's the family trade.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Valyrian features and member of a band that included the notorious Maelys the Monstrous.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Xhobar Qhoqua]]
!!Xhobar Qhoqua
!!!The Ebon Prince
An exile prince from the Summer Isles turned leader of a sellsword company.
----
* TheCaptain: Of his sellsword company.
* TheEvilPrince: Implied by his nickname. He most likely aimed to return to the Summer Isles and become king over them all.
* TheExile: In the Summer Isles, princes are exiled after losing a war. He then establishes on Essos.
* InSeriesNickname: The Ebon Prince.
* TokenMinority: The non white Ninepenny King, as emphasized by his nickname.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: He's the leader of a sellsword company.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Liomond Lashare]]
!!Liomond Lashare
!!!The Lord of Battles
A famed sellsword captain.
----
* AlliterativeName: Two "L"'s.
* TheCaptain: Of his sellsword company.
* InSeriesNickname: The Lord of Battles.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: He's a mercenary, and the leader of his own sellsword company.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Spotted Tom]]
!!Tom
!!!Spotted Tom the Butcher
A Westerosi sellsword captain.
----
* TheButcher: Its in his nickname!
* TheCaptain: Of his sellsword company.
* TheExile: A Westerosi exile (presumably from House Santagar) established on Essos.
* InSeriesNickname: Spotted Ton the Butcher.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Never trust a man named "The Butcher".
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: A mercenary captain.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ser Derrick Fossoway]]
!!Ser Derrick Fossoway
!!!The Bad Apple
An exiled Westerosi knight with a notoriously black reputation.
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* BlackKnight: Has a "black" reputation. In fact that's pretty much the only thing we know about him.
* TheExile: 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.
* InSeriesNickname: The Bad Apple, a pun on the Fossoway sigil.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nine Eyes]]
!!Nine Eyes
Captain of the ''Jolly Fellows'', a group of mercenary pirates.
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* TheCaptain: Of the Jolly Fellows.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only known by his alias of "Nine Eyes".
* {{Pirate}}: Pirate-for-hire anyway.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Jolly Fellows were a piratical mercenary company.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: 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.
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* AlliterativeName: Two "A's"
* AmbitionIsEvil: He sacked his own city in the process of becoming its ruler.
* InSeriesNickname: The Silvertongue and the Tyrant of Tyrosh.
* IntrepidMerchant: So intrepid he involves himself with a band of mercenaries and pirates to become ruler of his own city.
* LastOfHisKind: 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.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Implied to have been the Nine's financial backer.
* TheUsurper: Usurped the rule of Tyrosh from the Archon.
[[/folder]]
!! 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.
----
* AmbitionIsEvil: All of them hoped to become kings or queens.
* BigBadDuumvirate: The 9 seem to have acted in concert, making their decisions via committee.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Ninepenny Kings" after Prince Duncan remarked that crowns were being sold nine a penny.
* LegionOfDoom: In the eyes of their enemies.
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[[folder: Maelys Blackfyre]]
-->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBlackfyre House Blackfyre character page]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Old Mother]]
!!The Old Mother
A pirate queen.
----
* TheDarkChick: As the only female of the group.
* EvilOldFolks: Implied by her nickname.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Implied by her nickname.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It is clear "The Old Mother" is just her alias.
* {{Pirate}}: Her job description.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Samarro Saan]]
!!Samarro Saan
!!!The Last Valyrian
A notorious pirate from a family of pirates and a member of the Band of Nine.
----
* AlliterativeName: '''Sa'''marro '''Sa'''an.
* LastOfHisKind: His nickname is meant to invoke this, despite not actually being the last Valyrian.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: All the Saan's are pirates. His son Salladhor has inherited the family business.
* FamousAncestor: Of Salladhor Saan.
* {{Pirate}}: It's the family trade.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Valyrian features and member of a band that included the notorious Maelys the Monstrous.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Xhobar Qhoqua]]
!!Xhobar Qhoqua
!!!The Ebon Prince
An exile prince from the Summer Isles turned leader of a sellsword company.
----
* TheCaptain: Of his sellsword company.
* TheEvilPrince: Implied by his nickname. He most likely aimed to return to the Summer Isles and become king over them all.
* TheExile: In the Summer Isles, princes are exiled after losing a war. He then establishes on Essos.
* InSeriesNickname: The Ebon Prince.
* TokenMinority: The non white Ninepenny King, as emphasized by his nickname.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: He's the leader of a sellsword company.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Liomond Lashare]]
!!Liomond Lashare
!!!The Lord of Battles
A famed sellsword captain.
----
* AlliterativeName: Two "L"'s.
* TheCaptain: Of his sellsword company.
* InSeriesNickname: The Lord of Battles.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: He's a mercenary, and the leader of his own sellsword company.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Spotted Tom]]
!!Tom
!!!Spotted Tom the Butcher
A Westerosi sellsword captain.
----
* TheButcher: Its in his nickname!
* TheCaptain: Of his sellsword company.
* TheExile: A Westerosi exile (presumably from House Santagar) established on Essos.
* InSeriesNickname: Spotted Ton the Butcher.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Never trust a man named "The Butcher".
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: A mercenary captain.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ser Derrick Fossoway]]
!!Ser Derrick Fossoway
!!!The Bad Apple
An exiled Westerosi knight with a notoriously black reputation.
----
* BlackKnight: Has a "black" reputation. In fact that's pretty much the only thing we know about him.
* TheExile: 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.
* InSeriesNickname: The Bad Apple, a pun on the Fossoway sigil.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nine Eyes]]
!!Nine Eyes
Captain of the ''Jolly Fellows'', a group of mercenary pirates.
----
* TheCaptain: Of the Jolly Fellows.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He's only known by his alias of "Nine Eyes".
* {{Pirate}}: Pirate-for-hire anyway.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Jolly Fellows were a piratical mercenary company.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: 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.
----
* AlliterativeName: Two "A's"
* AmbitionIsEvil: He sacked his own city in the process of becoming its ruler.
* InSeriesNickname: The Silvertongue and the Tyrant of Tyrosh.
* IntrepidMerchant: So intrepid he involves himself with a band of mercenaries and pirates to become ruler of his own city.
* LastOfHisKind: 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.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Implied to have been the Nine's financial backer.
* TheUsurper: Usurped the rule of Tyrosh from the Archon.
[[/folder]]
