A Storm of Swords

— his father's brother, STANNIS BARATHEON, rebel Lord of Dragonstone, styling himself King Stannis the First,

— Stannis's daughter, SHIREEN, a girl of eleven,

— his father's brother, (RENLY BARATHEON), rebel Lord of Storm's End, murdered in the midst of his army,

— his grandmother's brother, SER ELDON ESTERMONT,

— Ser Eldon's son, SER AEMON ESTERMONT,

— Ser Aemon's son, SER ALYN ESTERMONT,

— his uncles and cousins, maternal,

—his mother's brother, SER JAIME LANNISTER, called THE KINGSLAYER, a captive at Riverrun,

—his mother's brother, TYRION LANNISTER, called THE IMP, a dwarf, wounded in the Battle of the Blackwater,

— Tyrion's squire, PODRICK PAYNE,

— Tyrion's captain of guards, SER BRONN OF THE BLACKWATER, a former sellsword,

— Tyrion's concubine, SHAE, a camp follower now serving as bedmaid to Lollys Stokeworth,

— his grandfather's brother, SER KEVAN LANNISTER,

— Ser Kevan's son, SER LANCEL LANNISTER, formerly squire to King Robert, wounded in the Battle of the Blackwater, near death,

—his grandfather's brother, ITYGETT LANNISTER), died of a POX,

— Tygett's son, TYREK LANNISTER, a squire, missing since the great riot,

— Tyrek's infant wife, LADY ERMESANDE HAYFORD,

—his baseborn siblings, King Robert's bastards:

—MYA STONE, a maid of nineteen, in the service of Lord Nestor Royce, of the Gates of the Moon,

—GENDRY, an apprentice smith, a fugitive in the riverlands; and ignorant of his heritage,

—EDRIC STORM, King Robert's only acknowledged bastard son, a ward of his uncle Stannis on Dragonstone,

—his Kingsguard:

—SER JAIME LANNISTER, Lord Commander,

—SER MERYN TRANT,

—SER BALON SWANN,

—SER OSMUND KETTLEBLACK,

—SER LORAS TYRELL, the Knight of Flowers,

—SER ARYS OAKHEART,

—his small council:

—LORD TYWIN LANNISTER, Hand of the King,

—SER KEVAN LANNISTER, master of laws,

—LORD PETYR BAELISH, called LITTLEFINGER, master of coin,

—VARYS, a eunuch, called THE SPIDER, master of whisperers,

—LORD MACE TYRELL, master of ships,

—GRAND MAESTER PYCELLE,

—his court and retainers:

—SER ILYN PAYNE, the King's Justice, a headsman,

—LORD HALLYNE THE PYROMANCER, a Wisdom of the Guild of Alchemists,

—MOON BOY, a jester and fool,

—ORMOND OF OLDTOWN, the royal harper and bard,

—DONTOS HOLLARD, a fool and a drunkard, formerly a knight called SER DONTOS THE RED,

—ALABHAR XHO, Prince of the Red Flower Vale, an exile from the Summer Isles,

—LADY TANDA STOKEWORTH,

— her daughter, FALYSE, wed to Ser Balman Byrch,

— her daughter, LOLLYS, thirty-four, unwed, and soft of wits, with child after being raped,

— her healer and counselor, MAESTER FRENKEN, LORD GYLES ROSBY, a sickly old man,

—SER TALLAD, a promising young knight,

—LORD MORROS SLYNT, a squire, eldest son of the former Commander of the City Watch,

— JOTHOS SLYNT, his younger brother, a squire,

— DANOS SLYNT, younger still, a page,

—SER BOROS BLOUNT, a former knight of the Kingsguard, dismissed for cowardice by Queen Cersei,

—OSMYN PECKLEDON, a squire, and a hero of the Battle of the Blackwater,

—SER PHILIP FOOTE, made Lord of the Marches for his valor during the Battle of the Blackwater,

—SER LOTHOR BRUNE, named LOTHOR APPLE-EATER for his deeds during the Battle of the Blackwater, a former freerider in service to Lord Baelish,

other lords and knights at King's Landing:

—MATHIS ROWAN, Lord of Goldengrove,

—PAXTER REDWYNE, Lord of the Arbor,

— Lord Paxter's twin sons, SER HORAS and SER HOBBER, mocked as HORROR and SLOBBER,

— Lord Redwyne's healer, MAESTER BALLABAR, ARDRIAN CELTIGAR, the Lord of Claw Isle,

—LORD ALESANDER STAEDMON, called PENNYLOVER,

—SER BONIFER HASTY, called THE GOOD, a famed knight, SER DONNEL SWANN, heir to Stonehelm,

—SER RONNET CONNINGTON, called RED RONNET, the Knight of Griffin's Roost,

—AURANE WATERS, the Bastard of Driftmark,

—SER DERMOT OF THE RAINWOOD, a famed knight,

—SER TIMON SCRAPESWORD, a famed knight,

the people of King's Landing:

— the City Watch (the "gold cloaks"),

— (SER JACELYN BYWATER, called IRONHAND), Commander of the City Watch, slain by his own men during the Battle of the Blackwater,

— SER ADDAM MARBRAND, Commander of the City Watch, Ser jacelyn's successor,

— CHATAYA, owner of an expensive brothel,

— ALAYAYA, her daughter,

— DANCY, MAREI, JAYDE, Chataya's girls,

— TOBHO MOTT, a master armorer,

— IRONBELLY, a blacksmith,

— HAMISH THE HARPER, a famed singer,

— COLLIO QUAYNIS, a Tyroshi singer,

— BETHANY FAIR-FINGERS, a woman singer,

— ALARIC OF EYSEN, a singer, far-traveled,

— GALYEON OF CUY, a singer notorious for the length of his songs,

— SYMON SILVER TONGUE, a singer.

King Joffrey's banner shows the crowned stag of Baratheon, black on gold, and the lion of Lannister, gold on crimson, combatant.

THE KING IN THE NORTH KING OF THE TRIDENT

ROBB STARK, Lord of Winterfell, King in the North, and King of the Trident, the eldest son of Eddark Stark, Lord of Winterfell, and Lady Catelyn. of House Tully,

— his direwolf, GREY WIND,

— his mother, LADY CATELYN, of House Tully, widow of Lord Eddard Stark,

— his siblings: