Locations
The Citadel is a complex of buildings in Oldtown that serves as the central home to the order of the maesters. At the Citadel, the residing archmaesters teach and train new students, and convene in the Conclave. The Citadel lies on the Honeywine, where its towers and domes are connected with arching stone bridges. Houses and stalls sit on the bridges. It lies upriver compared to the Starry Sept and Battle Island. The gates are flanked by a pair of tall green sphinxes with the bodies of lions, the wings of eagles and the tails of serpents. One has the face of a man, the other a woman. It is considered to be the greatest seat of knowledge in the known world.
Students who start their education at the Citadel are known as novices. Once they have earned a link for their chain, they become acolytes.
Just inside the gates of the Citadel lies the Scribe's Hearth. Here, the citizens of Oldtown come to hire scribes, usually acolytes, to write and read letters for them. The scribes wait in open stalls as is their custom. Other stalls situated at the Scribe's Hearth include those where books are bought and sold. Others offer maps.
Outside the Seneschal's Court lies the stocks where acolytes and novices are punished for minor crimes, such as petty thievery. Inside the doors is a hall with a stone floor and high, arched windows. At the far end of the hall there is a raised dais where a gatekeeper greets all those who wish to make an appointment to see the Seneschal. Behind the dais is a turnpike stair.
The Isle of Ravens is linked to the eastern bank of the Honeywine by a weathered wooden drawbridge. On the island is located the Ravenry, the oldest building of the Citadel.
The walls of the Ravenry are covered in moss and vines and within its yard sits a weirwood tree on which the ravens like to perch. The white raven rookery is located in the west tower.
The Library of the Citadel is known to be a great repository of knowledge. The Citadel has a copy of Lives of Four Kings and a partial collection of The Fires of the Freehold. A locked vault beneath the Citadel is said to contain the sole remaining copy of Blood and Fire. The Citadel also has an account of Redwyn's journey to Lorn Point and the Frozen Shore, as well as a fragment of Unnatural History. Some of the oldest documents in the Citadel's archives are ancient ballads regaling Kings of Winter.
The Quill and Tankard is an old inn located on an island in the Honeywine. It is a tall, timbered building that leans toward the south and has a common room and a torchlit terrace. There is an apple tree by the river. The island connects to the rest of the city with an old plank bridge. The inn is renowned for its fearsomely strong cider. Novices from the Citadel go there to drink. Some serving wenches also entertain men. Emma is the oldest of the inn's wenches, who also include her daughter, Rosey.
Oldtown is a city located on Whispering Sound on the southwestern coast of the Reach. It was constructed around the Hightower, the seat of House Hightower on Battle Isle. The Citadel, home to maesters and their Conclave, is located in Oldtown, and the city also contains the Starry Sept, formerly the seat of the High Septon of the Faith of the Seven.
Built by the First Men before the coming of the Andals, Oldtown is the largest and richest city in the Seven Kingdoms, although the capital, King's Landing, is now more populous. Trading ships from all the world, including the rest of Westeros, the nine Free Cities, the Summer Isles, and more, are known to call upon Oldtown's port. Traders from the city often visit Qarth.
Oldtown is built in stone, with all its streets cobbled, which can make them wet and slippery on a damp day. Most bridges are made of stone, although some wooden bridges can be found as well. The city itself is surrounded by massive, thick, high stone walls.
Oldtown is a labyrinth of wynds, crisscrossing alleys, narrow crookback streets, and markets. These include the Thieves Market and Ragpicker's Wynd.
The mighty Hightower is a massive stepped lighthouse located on Battle Isle, where the Honeywine widens into Whispering Sound. The Hightower has a great beacon on top, which shows ships the way to port.
Highgarden is a castle which serves as the seat of House Tyrell, the regional capital of the Reach, and the heart of chivalry in the Seven Kingdoms. It lies on the Mander where the ocean road meets the roseroad, making it an important crossroads.
Highgarden is located on a broad verdant hill overlooking the Mander. The castle is surrounded by three rings of white stone whose crenellated curtain walls increase in height. Between the outer and middle walls is a famous briar labyrinth which serves to entertain as well as slow invaders. The oldest towers, squat and square, date from the Age of Heroes. Newer towers are tall and slender, round fortifications dating from after the coming of the Andals.
The castle sept, which has rows of stained-glass windows honoring Garth Greenhand and the Seven, is matched only by the Great Sept of Baelor and the Starry Sept. The castle's godswood contains three weirwoods known as the Three Singers. The palatial keep is decorated with statues and colonnades. Also within Highgarden's walls are groves, fountains, and courtyards. The castle's structures are covered in ivy, grapes, and climbing roses.
Highgarden is filled with flowers, singers, pipers, fiddlers and harpers. The stables have a fine selection of horseflesh, and there are pleasure boats to sail along the Mander. There are fields of golden roses that stretch as far as the eye can see. Fruits grown nearby include melons, peaches, and fireplums.
Bitterbridge, formerly known as Stonebridge, is the seat of House Caswell in the Reach.
Bitterbridge is situated where the river Mander meets the Roseroad. It takes its name from an ancient stone bridge that crosses the Mander. The castle is small, made of stone and timber. The keep is not that tall, but the land is low and flat and makes it seem taller.
Harrenhal, the largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms, is on the north shore of the Gods Eye. Harrenhal's holdings are some of the richest in Westeros, claiming vast tracts of green fertile land. Harrenhal is immensely strong. The castle has five towers of dizzying size, with equally monstrous curtain walls. The walls are incredibly thick and its rooms are built on a scale that would be more comfortable for giants than humans.
Harrenhal is built on a gigantic scale; its colossal curtain walls are sheer and high as mountain cliffs while atop the battlements the wood-and-iron scorpions seem as small as their namesakes when seen from the ground. Harrenhal's gatehouse is as large as Winterfell's Great Keep, and its stone is discolored and fissured. From outside the gatehouse, only the tops of five immense towers can be seen because the height of the walls obscure the view of them. Harrenhal's walls and towers are made of black stone.
The Tower of Dread is one of Harrenhal's five melted towers. It is near the middle bailey and the mews.
The Widow's Tower is one of the five melted towers of Harrenhal. A stone bridge connects the Widow's Tower to Kingspyre Tower. A winding stair leads to a dungeon below the Widow's Tower, a long stone vault without windows.
The Wailing Tower is one of the five melted towers of Harrenhal. The ground floor of the tower contains storerooms and granaries, and the next two floors can house part of the garrison. The upper stories have not been occupied for eighty years, however, and the topmost story has huge bats. Beneath the Wailing Tower are cavernous vaults. Wind blowing from the north through cracks in the stone creates a wailing sound.
The Tower of Ghosts is the most ruined of Harrenhal's five melted towers. In front of it lies a ruined sept, and close to the tower is a postern gate in the east wall.
Kingspyre Tower is the largest and tallest of the five melted towers of Harrenhal. The tower is lopsided beneath the weight of slagged stone, the result of dragonfire. There is an arching stone bridge that connects it to the Widow's Tower. The castellan's chambers are within this tower, and are as spacious as any lords. The lord's bedchamber contains a hearth and a featherbad. Half a flight of stairs below is the solar, a spare, drafty room that is as large as a hall in a smaller castle. The solar contains a huge oaken table.
The Hall of a Hundred Hearths is the largest hall at Harrenhal. The Hall of a Hundred Hearths is a cavernous and drafty room at Harrenhal, larger than even the throne room of the Red Keep. Huge hearths are arranged along the walls every ten feet or so. Despite its name, it only contains thirty-some hearths. The hall has a smooth slate floor and two galleries.
The kitchens are located in a round stone building with a domed roof containing nothing but kitchens.
The Barracks Hall above the armory is where the men-at-arms take their meals.
Adjoining the armory is the smithy, a long building in the shape of a tunnel. It has twenty forges, stone water troughs, and a high roof.
The long stables have slate roofs.
The godswood of Harrenhal is walled over twenty acres and has a small stream running through it. The wood contains oaks, pines, and sentinels. Its heart tree, a weirwood, appears to have a terrible visage full of hatred, with a twisted mouth and flaring eyes. The heart tree has thirteen deep marks carved into it dating to the Battle Above the Gods Eye in 130 AC during the Dance of the Dragons. These marks still bleed every spring.
Flowstone Yard is where men-at-arms exercise and drill and squires clean arms and armor. It has a lumpy surface and is located near the Wailing Tower. There is a covered gallery above the yard with arches looking towards it.
The bear pit is ten yards across and five yards across, walled in stone, floored with sand, and encircled by six tiers of marble benches. It is located in the middle ward.
The bathhouse is a low-ceilinged room filled with great stone tubs large enough to hold six or seven after the fashion of the Free Cities. The bathhouse is made of stone and timber, with only one entrance to the room.
Harrenhal is said to be cursed, as many Houses and individuals who have held the castle have eventually come to bad ends.
The Red Keep is a castle on Aegon's Hill in King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms.
The Red Keep is made of pale red stone and overlooks the mouth of the Blackwater Rush. The Red Keep has seven massive drum-towers crowned with iron ramparts. The castle is patrolled by gold cloaks. Much of the Red Keep is connected underground.
Massive curtain walls surround the castle, with nests and crenelations for archers. Thick stone parapets, some four feet high, protect the outer edge of the wall ramparts, where the heads of traitors are traditionally placed on iron spikes between the crenels at the gatehouse. The walls have great bronze gates and portcullises, with narrow postern doors nearby. The castle also has great cornerforts. The immense barbican has a cobbled square in front of it. Behind the walls are small inner yards, vaulted halls, covered bridges, barracks of the City Watch of King's Landing, dungeons, granaries, kennels, and stables.
The Red Keep has serpentine steps which can be strenuous to climb. Maegor's Holdfast, the small council chambers, the Tower of the Hand, the lower bailey, a small sunken courtyard, and the black cells are located below the steps. The Great Hall with the throne room is found above the steps, and the outer yard or ward is found near the main gate. The Great Yard can be seen from the windows of the Tower of the Hand. Also above the steps are the godswood, the river walk, the small kitchen, and the pig yard. The royal sept and the Maidenvault are located above the serpentine steps as well.
Relics of the Targaryen dynasty, such as dusty suits of black armor, sit in some corridors. Doors are made of oak banded with black iron. Sweet-smelling rushes can be spread on floors. The Red Keep is full of cats, including those kept as pets as well as strays.
People at the Citadel
Archmaester Perestan teaches history at the Citadel. He wrote A Consideration of History. Perestan's ring, rod, and mask are made of copper. He has a poor opinion of Archmaester Marwyn.
Archmaester Gallard teaches language at the Citadel. He is the author of Children of Summer, the chief source on the history of the Summer Isles in the Seven Kingdoms, which he wrote after translating the highly complicated, formal verses narrating Summer Islander history carved on the Talking Trees of Tall Trees Town. Gallard's ring, rod, and mask are made of tin.
Archmaester Ryam teaches sums and numbers at the Citadel. He has a poor opinion of Archmaester Marwyn. His ring, rod and mask are made of yellow gold. His maester's chain has no link of Valyrian steel.
Archmaester Walgrave teaches ravencraft at the Citadel. He is an elderly man who is losing his wits. Walgrave's ring, rod, and mask are made of black iron. He wrote a book about the subject called Black Wings, Swift Words. His chambers are located in the west tower of the Ravenry, below the rookery of the white ravens. The birds are Walgrave's pride, and he wants them to eat him when he dies.
Archmaester Ebrose teaches healing at the Citadel. The elderly man is kind and soft spoken. His ring, mask, and rod are made of silver.
Archmaester Benedict teaches accounts at the Citadel. He is well-known for being a pedant. His ring, rod and mask are made of red gold.
Archmaester Nymos teaches warcraft at the Citadel. He is a harsh taskmaster. His ring, rod and mask are made of iron.
Archmaester Castos teaches statecraft at the Citadel. The elderly man is eccentric and prone to distracted ramblings. His ring, road and mask are made of platinum.
Maester Walys was born a bastard son of a Hightower girl and an archmaester of the Citadel. After forging his chain, he served at Winterfell when Lord Rickard Stark was head of House Stark. Some, including Jon, suspect that Walgrave was the archmaester who fathered Walys.
Maester Gormon, born Gormon Tyrell, is a maester serving at the Citadel. He is an uncle of Mace Tyrell, Lord of Highgarden. He takes Archmaester Walgrave's place beneath the black iron mask to judge those attempting for the ravencraft link.
Maester Yandel is a maester of the Citadel who is eleven years older than Jon. Having finished his studies in 292 AC, Yandel remained at the Citadel, serving the archmaesters and aiding them in all that they required. Meanwhile, he set about completing his work, The World of Ice & Fire, and is glad of Jon's help in proofing the manuscript.
Pate is a novice of the Citadel and is two years older than Jon. He is pale, soft, and pasty-faced. He dreams of being a maester in a castle, respected and admired. His duties include looking after old senile Archmaester Walgrave, who sometimes thinks Pate is someone called Cressen, and tending the ravens in the Ravenry. The white ravens know his name, and often quork "Pate, Pate, Pate" whenever they see him. Originally from the westerlands, Pate is named after the folk hero Spotted Pate, the pig boy who always manages to save the day.
Mollander, often called Hopfrog, is a new novice at the Citadel from the Reach and is the same age as Jon. He has thick arms and broad shoulders. He has a clubfoot, which prevents him from becoming a knight, like his father.
Armen, better known as Armen the Acolyte, is an acolyte at the Citadel and is two years older than Jon. He has a long, thin, pointy nose. He has earned a tin link.
Leo Tyrell, known as Lazy Leo, is a member of House Tyrell, a first cousin of Mace Tyrell, the Lord of Highgarden. He is the second son of Ser Moryn Tyrell, the commander of Oldtown's City Watch. Leo is a long-term novice of the Citadel and is seven years older than Jon. Having sly hazel eyes and ash-blonde hair which falls over one eye, Leo stands out from the traditional brown eyes and brown hair of the Tyrells. He is handsome and pale, and has a soft voice. Leo dresses in satin striped in the Tyrell colors of green and gold. He has worn a black silk half cape, pinned to his shoulder by a jade rose, and a half cape striped in green and gold. The arrogant and malicious Leo often gives mocking names to his acquaintances, and speaks unpleasantly of Dornishmen and Summer Islanders. He is disliked by his fellow students. Leo sometimes gambles at the Checkered Hazard, to the point of losing all his money and having to beg for drinks from acquaintances. He has been trained to arms, and is known to be deadly with a bravo's blade and dagger.
Battles
Area : Population : Men-at-arms
Beyond the Wall : 2,500 : 2,000
Night's Watch : 2,000 : 1,000
North : 500,000 : 10,000
Iron Islands : 50,000 : 10,000
Vale : 1,000,000 : 15,000
Riverlands : 3,500,000 : 30,000
Westerlands : 2,000,000 : 30,000
Crownlands : 1,500,000 : 20,000 inc. King's Landing : 500,000 : 5,000
Stormlands : 1,000,000 : 15,000
Reach : 5,000,000 : 50,000
Dorne : 1,000,000 : 10,000
{Loss includes dead, injured, imprisoned and deserted}
298 AC
Month 1
Death of Jon Arryn
Month 4
Robert Baratheon in Winterfell
Month 7
Tourney at King's Landing
Escape of Jaime Lannister
Death of Robert Baratheon
Arrest of Eddard Stark
Month 8
Catelyn Stark arrests Tyrion Lannister and they Travel to the Eyrie
Month 9
Gathering at Storm's End
Gathering at Dragonstone
Gathering at Casterly Rock
Gathering at Winterfell
Month 10
Robb Stark's March to the Riverlands : 15,000
Renly Baratheon's March to Highgarden : 10,000
Gathering at Riverrun
Lannister Raids in the Riverlands : 1,000
Stannis Baratheon's Blockade of Blackwater Bay : 5,000
Jaime Lannister's Assault on Riverrun : 5,000 : Loss of 1,000
Month 11
Renly Baratheon Allies with Mace Tyrell {Reach stops shipments of grain to King's Landing}
Riverland Defense of Riverrun : 5,000 : Loss of 5,000
Tywin Lannister's March to Harrenhal : 15,000
Stannis Baratheon Hires Mercenaries : 5,000 {one month}
Gathering at Highgarden
Robb Stark's Army at the Twins : 15,000
Renly Baratheon's March to Bitterbridge : 30,000 {slow}
Month 12
Robb Stark's March to Riverrun : 5,000
Roose Bolton's March to Darry : 12,000
Tywin Lannister Occupies Harrenhal : 15,000
Tywin Lannister's March to Darry : 12,000
Jaime Lannister's Scouting in the Whispering Wood : 500 : Loss of 500
Robb Stark's Army in the Whispering Wood : 5,000 : Loss of 200
Escape of Theon Greyjoy {Theon is internally bitter and resentful. No Jon Snow}
Roose Bolton's Assault near Darry : 12,000 : Loss of 2,000
Tywin Lannister's Defense near Darry : 12,000 : Loss of 1,000
Tywin Lannister's Retreat to Harrenhal : 12,000
Roose Bolton's March to Riverrun : 10,000
Robb Stark's Assault on Riverrun : 5,000 : Loss of 1,000
Lannister Defense of Riverrun : 4,000 : Loss of 4,000
Mance Rider's Army at the Fist of First Men : 500
Balon Greyjoy's Fleet near the Iron Islands : 5,000
Lannister Army at the Golden Tooth : 5,000
Roose Bolton's Army on the March to Riverrun : 10,000
Robb Stark's Army at Riverrun : 4,000
Riverland Army at Riverrun : 10,000
Lannister Army in the Riverlands : 1,000
Sellsword Army in the Riverlands : 1,000 {Lannister}
Tywin Lannister's Army at Harrenhal : 15,000
King's Landing Army : 10,000
Stannis Baratheon's Fleet near Dragonstone : 5,000
Stannis Baratheon's Army at Dragonstone : 5,000
Stannis Baratheon Sailing to Storm's End : 5,000
Baratheon-Tyrell Army at Bitterbridge : 50,000
Paxter Redwyne's Fleet near the Arbor : 4,000
299 AC
Month 1
Stannis Baratheon's Siege of Storm's End : 5,000
Roose Bolton's Arrival at Riverrun : 10,000
Renly Baratheon's March to Storm's End : 10,000
Theon Greyjoy meets Balon Greyjoy
Catelyn Stark's Arrival at Bitterbridge
Exchage of prisoners between Riverrun and Harrenhal : 500
Catelyn Stark's Retreat to Riverrun
Death of Eddard Stark
Month 2
Renly Baratheon's Arrival at Storm's End : 10,000
Tyrion Lannister's March to King's Landing : 2,000
Death of Renly Baratheon
Gregor Clegane's Assault on Darry : 1,000
Randyll Tarly's Retreat to Bitterbridge : 5,000
Ralph Buckler's March to Storm's End : 5,000
Tyrion Lannister's Arrival at King's Landing : 2,000
Month 3
Tyrion Lannister Appointed as Hand of the King
Randyll Tarly's Arrival at Bitterbridge : 5,000
Ralph Buckler's Arrival at Storm's End : 5,000
Stannis Baratheon's Arrival at Dragonstone : 5,000
Ralph Buckler's March to King's Landing : 8,000 {slow}
Sellsword Arrival at Maidenpool : 1,000 {Lannister}
Month 4
Robb Stark's Assault on the Golden Tooth : 15,000 : Loss of 5,000 {No Goat Path}
Petyr Baelish's Negotiation with Mace Tyrell at Bitterbridge {failure. Jon Snow}
Lannister Defense of the Golden Tooth : 5,000 : Loss of 3,000
Robb Stark's Retreat to Riverrun : 10,000
Gathering at Pyke
Month 5
Tywin Lannister's March to King's Landing : 12,000
Kevan Lannister's Army at Harrenhal : 5,000
Robb Stark's Arrival at Riverrun : 10,000
Death of Hoster Tully
Escape of Jaime Lannister {Catelyn is desperate for her daughters to be returned. Death of Eddard and Hoster}
Dissension in the Northern Army {Robb has spent a lot more time with his father and is thus better at managing the Lords. No Jon Snow}
Ralph Buckler's Arrival at King's Landing : 8,000
Tywin Lannister's Arrival at King's Landing : 12,000 {no wildfire}
Month 6
Stannis Baratheon's Siege of King's Landing : 25,000 : Loss of 23,000
Victarion Greyjoy's Assault on Moat Cailin : 2,000
Aeron Greyjoy's Assault on Barrowton : 1,000 : Death of 1,000 {Theon would have put the target on Torrhen's Square but Aeron decides to sack the much closer and richer Barrowton since he does not believe in Theon's personal plan to take Winterfell}
Harwood Stout's Defense of Barrowton : 2,000 : Death of 1,000 {Barrowton would have sent a minimal force of 500 men to the South}
Death of Aeron Greyjoy
Asha Greyjoy's Assault on Deepwood Motte : 2,000
Robb Stark's March to Lannisport : 10,000
Brynden Tully's Army at Riverrun : 5,000
Randyll Tarly's March to the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush : 20,000 {Reach border with Crownlands and Riverlands}
Month 7
Rodrik Cassel's March to Deepwood Motte : 1,000 {Perversely, the ferocity of the battle in Barrowton induces Rodrik to travel}
Kevan Lannister's March to Riverrun : 5,000
Lannister Army at Harrenhal : 1,000
Stafford Lannister's Army at Lannisport : 20,000
Randyll Tarly's Arrival to the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush : 20,000 {Reach border with Crownlands and Riverlands}
Theon Greyjoy's Infiltration of Winterfell : 50 : Death of 40 {Nobody expects this, not even any of the Greyjoys}
Death of Bran Stark {Bran refuses to yield and is accidently killed}
Asha Greyjoy's Assault on Bear Island : 2,000 : Death of 500
Rodrik Cassel's Arrival at Deepwood Motte : 1,000
Paxter Redwyne's Fleet near the Shield Islands : 4,000
Kevan Lannister's Assault on Riverrun : 5,000 : Loss of 4,000 {slow, patient battle}
Rodrik Cassel's March to Winterfell : 500 {500 men left at Deepwood Motte}
Month 8
Death of Balon Greyjoy
Robb Stark's Assault at Oxcross : 10,000 : Loss of 8,000
Rodrik Cassel's Siege of Winterfell : 1,000 {addition of Tallhart men}
Frey Army March to Riverrun : 2,000 {slow}
Stafford Lannister's Defense at Oxcross : 20,000 : Loss of 15,000
Death of Robb Stark and Stafford Lannister
Victarion Greyjoy's Retreat to Pyke : 1,500 {500 men left at Moat Cailin}
Asha Greyjoy's Retreat to Pyke : 1,500
Month 9
Roose Bolton's Retreat to Riverrun : 2,000
Riot in King's landing : Loss of 2,000
Howland Reed's Siege of Moat Cailin: 250
Frey Assault on Riverrun : 2,000 : Loss of 500
Brynden Tully's Defense at Riverrun : 5,000 : Loss of 5,000 {Frey betrayal}
Roose Bolton's Negotiation with Kevan Lannister {successful}
Roose Bolton's Retreat to Moat Cailin : 1,000 {slow}
Kevan Lannister's Retreat to Casterly Rock : 1,000 {slow}
Frey Army at Riverrun : 2,000
Month 10
Randyll Tarly's March to Harrenhal : 15,000 {Reach stops shipments of grain to Lannisport}
Bolton Army near Winterfell : 500 : Loss of 500
Death of Rodrik Cassel {Rodrik is paranoid because of Bran's death and his army takes the betrayal in stride and assaults the Boltons}
Death of Theon Greyjoy and Ramsay Snow {Theon kills Ramsay in a moment of deep bitterness and is killed in return by one of Ramsay's men}
Randyll Tarly's Siege of Harrenhal : 15,000
Battle in King's Landing : Loss of 20,000
Death of Gregor Clegane
Stark Army at Winterfell : 250
Month 11
Kevan Lannister's Arrival at Casterly Rock : 1,000
Tywin Lannister's Defense of King's Landing : 18,000 : Loss of 12,000
Stannis Baratheon's Retreat to Dragonstone : 2,000 {Blockade of Blackwater Bay lifted}
Randyll Tarly Occupies Harrenhal : 15,000
Roose Bolton's Arrival near Moat Cailin : 1,000
Howland Reed's Retreat to Greywater Watch : 250
Jamie Lannister Arrives at King's Landing
Month 12
Stannis Baratheon Travels to Eastwatch-by-the-sea : 3,000 {Advice of Melisandre}
Petyr Baelish Travels to the Eyrie via Gulltown {Without Sansa Stark}
Roose Bolton's Assault on Moat Cailin : 1,000 : Loss of 500
Dispersal of Northern Army from Moat Cailin : 500 {15,000 men travelled South from Moat Cailin}
Mance Rider's Army at the Wall : 250
Stannis Baratheon's Army at the Wall : 2,500
Night's Watch at the Wall : 1,000
Stark Army at Winterfell : 250
Dustin Army at Barrowton : 500
Euron Greyjoy's Fleet near the Iron Islands : 4,000
Frey Army at Riverrun : 2,000
Randyll Tarly's Army at Harrenhal : 15,000
Sellsword Army at Maidenpool : 2,000 {Lannister - guarding the only major food route to King's Landing}
Luthor Tyrell's Army on the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush : 5,000
Kevan Lannister's Army at Lannisport : 20,000 {majority conscripts - poorly trained}
Laurent Caswell's Army at Bitterbridge : 5,000
Mathis Rowan's Army at Goldengrove : 15,000
Reach Army at Highgarden : 20,000
Colin Florent's Army at Brightwater Keep : 5,000
Tywin Lannister's Army at King's Landing : 7,000
Ralph Buckler's Army at King's Landing : 5,000 {Stormland men sworn to the King}
King's Landing Fleet : 1,000
Paxter Redwyne's Fleet near the Shield Islands : 4,000
300 AC
Month 1
Tywin Lannister's March on the Gold Road : 5,000
Ralph Buckler's March to Bitterbridge : 5,000
Tywin Lannister's Assault near Blackwater Rush : 5,000 : Loss of 2,000 {slow patient battle meant to fix position}
Euron Greyjoy's Assault on the Shield Islands : 3,000 : Death of 2,000 {Euron intends to sack Highgarden}
Asha Greyjoy's Assault on Barrowton : 1,000 : Death of 500 {Asha believes Aeron would have softened up the settlement}
Harwood Stout's Defense of Barrowton : 500 : Death of 500 {retreat into castles leads to a sack}
Death of Harwood Stout
Paxter Redwyne's Defense of the Shield Islands : 4,000 : Death of 4,000
Death of Paxter Redwyne and Victarion Greyjoy
Riot in King's Landing : Loss of 5,000 {Red Keep hoarding food}
Asha Greyjoy's Retreat to Pyke : 500
Catelyn Stark Arrives at the Eyrie {Kevan would have sent her after Jaime arrives in King's Landing in order to induce the Vale Lords}
Baelor Hightower's Arrival at Old Oak from Highgarden : 5,000
Colin Florent's Arrival at Bandallon : 4,000
Kevan Lannister's March to Deep Den : 15,000
Gathering at the Eyrie {Significant dissension among the Vale Lords}
Ralph Buckler's Assault on Bitterbridge : 5,000 : Loss of 2,000
Jon Fossoway's March to Bitterbridge from Highgarden : 5,000
Month 2
Laurent Caswell's Defense of Bitterbridge : 5,000 : Loss of 3,000 {Laurent Caswell retreats into the castle at the end}
Ralph Buckler's March to the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush : 3,000
Jon Fossoway's Arrival at Bitterbridge : 5,000
Euron Greyjoy's Assault on Highgarden : 1,000 : Death of 1,000
Mace Tyrell's Defense of Highgarden : 5,000 : Loss of 4,000 {Mace Tyrell retreats in the middle of the battle}
Death of Loras Tyrell and Euron Greyjoy
Vale declares itself for the King {Baelish is given the seat of Harrenhal}
Jon Fossoway's Retreat to Highgarden : 3,000
Riot in King's Landing : Loss of 5,000 {Insuficient food}
Ralph Buckler's Arrival near Blackwater Rush : 3,000
Luthor Tyrell's Defense near Blackwater Rush : 5,000 : Loss of 5,000
Colin Florent's March to Highgarden via Brightwater Keep : 5,000
Baelor Hightower's Siege of Cornfield : 5,000 {quick success}
Kevan Lannister's March to Harrenhal : 12,000 {mostly conscripts}
Tywin Lannister's Retreat to King's Landing : 2,000 {includes 500 prisoners}
Ralph Buckler's March to Harrrenhal : 5,000
Randyll Tarly's March to Maidenpool : 5,000
Jon Fossoway's Arrival at Highgarden : 3,000
Reach Army Occupies Cornfield : 1,000
Month 3
Mance Rider's Assault on the Wall : 250 : Loss of 250
Stannis Baratheon's Defense on the Wall : 2,000 : Loss of 500
Randyll Tarly's Assault on Maidenpool : 5,000 : Loss of 1,000
Sellsword Army Defense of Maidenpool : 2,000 : Loss of 2,000
Colin Florent's Assault on Highgarden : 5,000 : Loss of 5,000
Randyll Tarly's Retreat to Harrenhall : 2,000
Mathis Rowan's Siege of Silverhill : 10,000 : Loss of 1,000 {slow patient battle}
Baelor Hightower's Siege of Crakehall : 5,000 : Loss of 2,000 {slow patient battle}
Frey Army March to Harrenhal : 2,000
Randyll Tarly's Arrival at Harrenhall : 2,000
Jon Fossoway's Defense of Highgarden : 8,000 : Loss of 5,000
Death of Colin Florent
Month 4
Martell Assault on Dragonstone : 5,000 : Loss of 3,000
King's Landing Fleet Defense near Dragonstone : 1,000 : Death of 1,000
Martell Army and Fleet at Dragonstone : 2,000
Vale Army March to Harrenhal from the Bloody Gate : 5,000
Vale Assault on Maidenpool : 2,000 : Loss of 2,000
Coalition Army Assault near Harrenhal : 18,000 : Loss of 15,000 {around 10,000 conscripts}
Garlan Tyrell's Defense of Maidenpool : 2,500 : Loss of 1,000
Golden Company's Assault on Griffin's Roost : 2,000
Golden Company's Assault on Crow's Nest : 1,000
Golden Company's Assault on Rain House : 1,000 : Loss of 500
Death of Ralph Buckler {news from the South makes him lose his patience - meant to wait for the arrival of the Vale army}
Randyll Tarly's Defense near Harrenhal : 10,000 : Loss of 7,000
Garlan Tyrell's March to Darry : 1,500
Brynden Blackwood's Assault on Riverrun : 500 {everyone related to the Freys is put to the sword}
Month 5
Vale Army Siege of Harrenhall : 6,000 : Loss of 1,000
Garlan Tyrell's Arrival near Darry : 1,000 {Blockade of the Trident}
Jon Fossoway's March to the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush via Bitterbridge : 1,000 {slow}
Gerold Grafton's Assault on Maidenpool : 3,000
Month 6
Golden Company's Siege of Storm's End : 5,000 : Loss of 500 {men from Bronzegate harass}
Jamie Lannister's March to Storm's End : 5,000 {including many Gold Cloaks}
Gerold Grafton's March to Darry : 3,000
Brynden Blackwood's Retreat to Raventree Hall : 500
Tywin Lannister's March to Harrenhal : 1,000
Garlan Tyrell's Assault near Darry : 1,000 : Loss of 1,000
Frey Army March to Raventree Hall : 2,000 {mostly conscripts - poorly trained}
Gerold Grafton's Defense near Darry : 3,000 : Loss of 2,000 {immediately on arrival}
Month 7
Jon Fossoway's Arrival at the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush : 2,000
Gerold Grafton's Arrival at Harrenhal : 1,000
Tywin Lannister's Arrival at Harrenhal : 1,000
Jamie Lannister's Assault near Storm's End : 5,000 : Loss of 5,000
Reach Army Occupies Silverhill : 1,000
Frey Assault on Raventree Hall : 2,000 : Loss of 2,000
Golden Company's Defense near Storm's End : 7,000 : Loss of 3,000
Death of Jon Connington, Jamie Lannister and Sandor Clegane
Brynden Blackwood's Defense of Raventree Hall : 500 : Loss of 300
Death of Brynden Blackwood
Tywin Lannister's March to King's Landing : 7,000 {includes 500 prisoners}
Randyll Tarly's Defense of Harrenhal : 3,000 : Loss of 500
Golden Company's Assault on Bronzegate : 6,000
Month 8
Tywin Lannister's Arrival at King's Landing : 7,000
Mathis Rowan's Siege of Deep Den : 10,000 : Loss of 1,000 {slow patient battle}
Golden Complany's Assault on King's Landing : 6,000 : Loss of 1,000
Tyrion Lannister's Defense of the River Gate : 2,000 : Loss of 2,000
Death of Tyrion Lannister
Randyll Tarly's Retreat to Highgarden : 4,000 {includes 1,000 prisoners}
Martell Assault on King's Landing : 2,000 : Loss of 1,000
Battle in King's Landing : Loss of 10,000
Death of Gerold Grafton
Asha Greyjoy's Assault on the Twins : 1,000 : Death of 500
Death of Aegon Targaryen
Martell Retreat to Dragonstone : 1,000
Golden Company's Retreat to Essos : 1,000
Frey Defense of the Twins : 500 : Death of 500
Death of Walder Frey {old age}
Tywin Lannister's Army in King's Landing : 2,000
Asha Greyjoy's Retreat to Pyke : 500
Month 9
Reach Army Occupies Crakehall : 1,000
Baelor Hightower's March to Lannisport : 2,000 {slow}
Sellsword Army in King's Landing : 1,000
Baelor Hightower's Arrival near Lannisport: 2,000 {to prevent reinforcements to Deep Den}
Sellsword March on the Gold Road : 1,000 {attempt to interdict Tarly fails}
Sellsword Assault on the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush : 1,000 : Loss of 1,000
Jon Fossoway's Defense on the Gold Road near Blackwater Rush : 2,000 : Loss of 1,500
Month 10
Randyll Tarly's Arrival at Highgarden : 4,000
Jon Fossoway's Retreat to Bitterbridge : 500
Month 11
Baelor Hightower's Retreat to Crakehall : 1,000
Exchage of prisoners between Highgarden and King's Landing : 500 {others are ransomed}
Month 12: Vale Army Arrives at Harrenhal : 2,000 {includes Baelish}
Others Arrive at the Wall : 2,000 {includes wights}
Others Army at the Wall : 2,000
Stannis Baratheon's Army at the Wall : 4,000 {includes Night's Watch and men from the North armed with dragonglass}
Vale Army at Harrenhal : 2,000
Mathis Rowan's Army at Deep Den : 9,000
Kevan Lannister's Army at Lannisport : 2,000 {including many city watch members}
Baelor Hightower's Army at Crakehall : 2,000
Martell Army at Dragonstone : 1,000
Tywin Lannister's Army at King's Landing : 3,000
Jon Fossoway's Army at Bitterbridge : 2,000
Reach Army at Highgarden : 2,000
Daenerys Targaryen Sailing to Dragonstone : 10,000 {3 dragons}
301 AC
Month 1
Others Assault the Wall : 2,000 : Death of 1,500
Daenerys Targaryen's Arrival at Dragonstone : 10,000
Stannis Baratheon's Defence of the Wall : 4,000 : Loss of 4,000
Death of Stannis Baratheon and Davos Seaworth
Jon Fossoway's March to the Gold Road : 2,000
Mace Tyrell's March on the Ocean Road : 1,000
Gathering at Dragonstone {includes Varys}
Tywin Lannister's Retreat to the Red Keep : 1,000 {hoarding of food}
Month 2
Jon Fossoway's Arrival at the Gold Road : 2,000
Vale Army Arrival in King's Landing : 1,000 : Loss of 1,000
Daenerys Targaryen's Assault on King's Landing : 15,000 : Loss of 2,000
Death of Drogon
Battle in King's Landing : Loss of 10,000 {harbour blown up by wildfire}
Oberyn Martell's Siege of the Red Keep : 5,000 : Loss of 2,000 {skirmish in the underground tunnels}
Month 3
Mace Tyrell's Arrival at Lannisport : 4,000 {men from Cornfield, Goldengrove and Old Oak}
Kevan Lannister's Negotiation with Mace Tyrell {successful. desperation}
Kevan Lannister's March to King's Landing : 2,000
Reach Army Occupies Deep Den : 3,000
Jon Fossoway's Retreat to Highgarden : 2,000
Reach Army Occupies Hornvale : 5,000
Month 4
Mace Tyrell's Retreat to Highgarden : 5,000
Death of Viserion
Month 5
Kevan Lannister's Siege of King's Landing : 2,500 {a few hundred men near each gate other than the river gate}
Mace Tyrell's Arrival at Highgarden : 5,000
Month 6
Riot in King's Landing : Loss of 5,000
Oberyn Martell's Assault near King's Landing : 5,000 : Loss of 3,000
Kevan Lannister's Defense near King's Landing : 2,500 : Loss of 2,500
Death of Kevan Lannister
Month 7
Red Keep Breached
Death of Tywin Lannister, Cersei Lannister and Joffrey Lannister
Martell Army at King's Landing : 1,000
Crownland Army at King's Landing : 1,000
Daenerys Targaryen's Army at King's Landing : 3,000
Month 8
Reach Army at King's Landing : 2,000
Riverland Army at King's Landing : 500
Westerland Army at King's Landing : 500
Month 9
Daenerys Targaryen Crowned Queen
Dorne, Reach, Stormlands, Crownlands, Riverlands and Westerlands Pledge for the Queen
Month 10
Others Assault the Dreadfort : 2,000 : Death of 2,000
Roose Bolton's Defense of the Dreadfort : 1,000 : Death of 1,000
Death of Roose Bolton
Month 11
Daenerys Targaryen's Travel to Winterfell on Rhaegal
Others Assault Winterfell : 3,000 : Death of 3,000
Daenerys Targaryen's Defense of Winterfell
North Pledges to the Queen {Rickon Stark}
Daenerys Targaryen's Travel to the Eyrie on Rhaegal
Month 12
Vale Pledges to the Queen
Background
[Varys receives word of the events in the Tower of Joy from a servant and has it thoroughly investigated by a trusted sellsword. He decides to wait while baby Jon is in Winterfell. He stumbles on the relationship between Cersei and Jaime, and concludes that a new war is inevitable. He learns that a new sept has been built in Winterfell and conjectures that Eddard Stark is as short-sighted as all the other Starks. And so, when the Iron Islands rebel, he forces the man to send "the bastard" to the Citadel.]
[The Conclave assumes that Lord Stark intends Jon Snow to become the next Maester of Winterfell and decides to put special focus on the boy.]
Beginning of 290 AC : Six year old Jon arrives in Oldtown and is inducted into the Citadel as a novice. He attends lectures on history by Archmaester Perestan, lectures on language by Archmaester Gallard, lectures on numbers by Archmaester Ryam and lectures on ravencraft by Archmaester Walgrave.
Beginning of 293 AC : Nine year old Jon becomes an acolyte when he earns the first link of black iron, becoming the last novice to be judged by Archmaester Walgrave. He continues to attend lectures on history by Archmaester Perestan, lectures on language by Archmaester Gallard, and lectures on numbers by Archmaester Ryam. He starts attending other lectures with the intention of forging a full chain before manhood.
He has struggled to make friends due to his young age and bastardy, and thus spends most of his free time in the Isle of Ravens, the Library and the Scribe's Hearth. He exchanges a lot of letters with his father and half-brother with Walgrave's blessing.
Walgrave has a soft spot for Jon and often regales him with stories and tales, and frequently talks of Walys, the previous Maester of Winterfell, and the North.
Beginning of 297 AC : Thirteen year old Jon earns links of copper and tin from Archmaesters Perestan and Gallard, along with a link of black iron from Maester Gormon. He continues to attend lectures on money and accounts, sums and numbers, warcraft and statecraft, and healing. On the recommendation of Archmaester Perestan, he becomes an assistant to Maester Yandel.
He exchanges a few letters with his father and half-brother though the contents become more bland with each passing year. He spends the little free time he has at the weirwood tree with the ravens grieving for the loss of his family.
Leo Tyrell would have tried to befriend him, but he would have ended the relationship after realising that the man was a wastrel. He stops the attempted theft from the new novice Pate and covers for the boy in exchange for help to take care of the Ravenry. Pate is relieved at not having to face the Archmaesters and thus befriends Jon and intoduces him to the Quill and Tankard.
Middle of 297 AC : Fourteen year old Jon earns a link of yellow gold from Archmaester Ryam. He continues to attend lectures on money and accounts, warcraft and statecraft, and healing. Maester Yandel directs him to build a detailed index for the treatise, The World of Ice and Fire.
He goes with Pate to drink at the Quill and Tankard and gets to know Mollander and Armen.
He spends time with Archmaester Walgrave who is confined to the west tower.
End of 297 AC : Fourteen year old Jon continues to attend lectures on money and accounts, warcraft and statecraft, and healing.
He labours extensively to complete the index with many a sleepless night.
He goes with his friends to drink at the Quill and Tankard, and spends time with Archmaester Walgrave whose health is in rapid decline.
Beginning of 298 AC : Fourteen year old Jon earns a link of copper from Archmaester Perestan for his contribution to Maester Yandel's treatise, and a link of silver from Archmaester Ebrose. He continues to attend lectures on money and accounts, warcraft and statecraft. He attends the death ceremony of Archmaester Walgrave where the ravens eat all the meat and buries the bones next to the weirwood tree.
Maester Gormon succeeds Archmaester Walgrave to the ring, rod, and mask of black iron.
The news of Jon Arryn's death barely makes a ripple in the Citadel.
Pate earns a silver link while Armen earns a pewter link, and he celebrates with them at the Quill and Tankard.
[Varys uncovers Baelish's scheme and makes his own move by sending a secret message to Olenna Tyrell on the true parentage of Jon Snow. He also advises Eddard Stark to not accept the post of the Hand of the King which only makes the man suspicious of him.]
[Olenna sends word to Moryn Tyrell to ensure that Jon Snow has a favourable opinion of the Tyrells, and exchanges letters with various people to ascertain the veracity of the information.]
Middle of 298 AC : Fifteen year old Jon continues to attend lectures on money and accounts, warcraft and statecraft. Archmaester Gormon orders him to spend time with Leo Tyrell learning how to fight, and he grudgingly agrees when the man makes him the head of the Ravenry.
He states bluntly to Leo that he will never be the man's friend, and continues to attend the valuable lessons even after the man becomes harsh in training.
He goes with his friends to drink at the Quill and Tankard, and spends time with Maester Yandel discussing the history of Valyria.
He receives a message from Lord Stark about a possible trip to King's Landing and responds by declining to travel to the capital citing his studies.
The news of Robert Baratheon's death and Eddard Stark's arrest leads to a flurry of activity in the Citadel.
[Varys extracts letters and documents from Eddard Stark and sends a copy of some of them to Olenna Tyrell]
[After the declaration of war from the North, Olenna asks Archmaester Gormon to send Jon Snow to Highgarden]
End of 298 AC : Fifteen years old Jon earns a link of red gold from Archmaester Benedict. He continues to attend lectures on warcraft and statecraft and is preparing to take his vows as a Maester.
He goes with his friends to drink at the Quill and Tankard, and spends time with Maester Yandel discussing the history of Valyria.
Armen earns a lead link.
The declaration of war leads to an exodus of novices and acolytes from the Citadel, all hoping to acquire a patron among the various petty lords and knights.
Archmaester Gormon cajoles him into agreeing to go to the gathering Tyrell army at Highgarden by promising him the post of Archmaester wielding black iron in the succession.
Jon and Pate walk to Highgarden along with many other acolytes.
Outline
Prologue for the series : 289 AC : Eddard Stark at the ceremony in Pyke where Balon Greyjoy kneels to Robert Baratheon pondering on the letter from Varys that he would have received during the invasion;
Book 1 : Chain
Prologue : 293 AC : Archmaester Walgrave on the day Jon earns the link of black iron reminiscing on his long life and his last protégé;
297 AC
1 : Jon is judged by Archmaester Peresten and earns a copper link; he is accosted by the persistent Leo Tyrell and blows the man off by showing his link; he visits the library and reads a well-worn book on numbers; he meets Maester Yandel and discusses his work for the man;
2 : Jon is judged by Maester Gormon and earns a black iron link; his perusal of the letters he receives from the North and his replies; he contemplates at the weirwood tree while caring for the ravens;
3 : Jon spends time with Archmaester Walgrave listening to an old tale of Moat Cailin; he talks to the new novice Pate of the duties; he visits the library to look up references for Maester Yandel's work;
4 : Jon is judged by Archmaester Gallard and earns a tin link; he catches Pate trying to leave the Ravenry with a few silver coins, and after a discussion, they travel to the Quill and Tankard to talk and drink;
Interlude : Gerold Grafton in Gulltown moving through his daily routine; {culture of the Vale and ship-trade across the narrow sea}
5 : Jon attends a lecture on accounts by Archmaester Benedict; he visits the library to look up references for Maester Yandel's work; he goes to the Quill and Tankard with Pate and meets Mollander and Armen;
6 : Jon attends a lecture on healing by Archmaester Ebrose with Pate; he and Pate go to the Scribe's Hearth via the Seneschal's Court and spend the day reading and writing letters for the common folk, and at the end he buys a map;
7 : Jon is judged by Archmaester Ryam and earns a yellow gold link; he meets Maester Yandel and discusses the nature of the index that he has to prepare; he goes to the Quill and Tankard with Pate, Mollander and Armen;
8 : Jon spends time with Archmaester Walgrave listening to the experiences of Maester Walys; he spends time at the Ravenry cleaning the rooms and grooming the ravens; he goes to the Quill and Tankard with Pate, Mollander and Armen;
Interlude : Loras Tyrell in King's Landing when Renly Baratheon is appointed as the new Master of Laws; {art, architecture and politics of the capital}
9 : Jon attends a lecture on different weapons by Archmaester Nymos in the training yard; he goes to the Quill and Tankard with Pate, Mollander and Armen; he spends the night at the library working on the index for Maester Yandel's work;
10: Jon attends a lecture on statecraft by Archmaester Castos; he spends time with Archmaester Walgrave listening to the man talk about his birth around the time of the third Blackfyre Rebellion and the tales of the Golden Company;
298 AC
11: Jon attends the death ceremony of Archmaester Walgrave where the ravens eat all the meat and buries the bones next to the weirwood tree; he spends the night at the library working on the index for Maester Yandel's work;
12: Jon is judged by Archmaester Ebrose and earns a silver link; Pate earns a silver link while Armen earns a pewter link, and he celebrates with them at the Quill and Tankard talking about the news of the King heading North; The news of Jon Arryn's death barely makes a ripple in the Citadel;
Epilogue : Maester Yandel on the day Jon hands the completed index reflecting on his treatise and his hard-working assistant;
Book 2 : Garden
Prologue : Archmaester Gormon on the day Jon is appointed to look after the Ravenry contemplating the changes in power and the bastard of Eddard Stark;
1 : Jon meets Archmaester Peresten for a discussion after which he is bestowed a copper link for his contribution to Maester Yandel's treatise; he meets Leo Tyrell for sparring where he states bluntly that he will never be the man's friend and takes the brutal beating in stride; he goes to the Quill and Tankard with Pate, Mollander and Armen; {Jon sees through the attempt to foster relations with the Tyrells but is unwilling to give up free practical lessons}
2 : Jon meets Maester Yandel for a discussion on the origins of Valyria; he spars with Leo Tyrell and takes the beating in stride; he goes to the Quill and Tankard with Pate, Mollander and Armen;
Interlude : Roose Bolton at the King's Feast in Winterfell when Eddard Stark is announced as the new Hand of the King; {culture and politics of the North}
3 : Jon meets Moryn Tyrell who, upon hearing of his treatment, takes Leo to task, and offers to teach which he accepts; he travels to the man's home where he eats a sumptuous supper with the Tyrell family;
4 : Jon meets Maester Yandel for a discussion on the dragonlords of Valyria; he goes to the Quill and Tankard with Pate, Mollander and Armen;
5 : Jon travels with Moryn Tyrell around Old Town with the older man entertaining the younger with stories about the place;
6 : Jon meets Maester Yandel for a discussion on the doom of Valyria; he receives a formal letter from Eddard Stark asking him to travel to the capital and he declines the offer with a bland reply citing his studies; he spends time at the weirwood tree with the ravens;
Interlude : Sandor Clegane at the farce in the Red Keep leading to Eddard Stark's arrest; {politics of the Kingdom}
7 : Jon travels with Moryn Tyrell to Hightower where he is introduced to Baelor Hightower, Rhonda Rowan and their children; he is judged by Archmaester Benedict and earns a red gold link; he meets Archmaester Gormon who wears him down until he agrees to travel to Highgarden to join the gathering army;
8 : Jon walks to Highgarden with Pate and other acolytes and novices hoping to find a patron;
9 : Jon meets Olenna Tyrell who chats with him about his interests and hobbies and general history; he and Pate attend the wedding feast of Renly Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell and eat their fill;
10: Jon is tested by Maester Lomys on the history of Westeros which derails into a long, fascinating discussion on Garth Greenhand and the First Men;
Interlude : Brynden Blackwood during the assault on Riverrun by Robb Stark; {politics of the Riverlands and tactics of the battle}
299 AC
11: Jon discusses with Willas Tyrell about birds and ciphers at the ravenry; Maester Lomys tests him on ways of accounting which derails into a discussion on the different tax systems implemented in Westeros;
12: Jon follows Falia Flowers, the bastard daughter of Lord Humfrey Hewett, to her small servant room where she seduces him and he caves after she reveals her knowledge regarding the special interest shown by the Tyrells; he spends the night with her learning about the petty politics of the court of Highgarden; {Jon would have assumed the special treatment was because of his potential claim on Winterfell and Falia wants to escape from her father's castle} {Jon's only friend is Pate and everybody else seems to be testing him whether explicitly or implicitly}
Epilogue : Maester Lomys on the day Jon completes his last test marvelling at the immense knowledge of the accomplished acolyte;
Book 3 : Web
Prologue : Maester ? (a travelling one) on the day Renly Baratheon's death is announced critiquing the movements of acolyte Jon during a friendly spar with Vortimer Crane;
1 : Jon confronts Olenna regarding the disappearance of Falia and threatens to go back to the Citadel leading to a long fractious debate eventually culminating in a compromise; {Olenna reveals the letters from Varys and asks Jon to keep the information secret to which he agrees}
2 : Jon and Pate stroll through the town and visit the market on the Mander; he visits Maester Lomys to learn about the course of the war and they discuss some general news as well;
3 : Jon spars with Vortimor Crane; he talks to Willas Tyrell about accounts and history; he has an entertaining supper with the Tyrell family - Olenna, Garth, Alerie, Janna, Mina, Willas and Margaery;
4 : Jon visits Maester Lomys to learn about the course of the war and they discuss some general news as well; he travels with Olenna in her carriage to Bitterbridge;
Interlude : Samwell Tarly fighting an Other at Craster's Keep; {culture of the Night's Watch and the wildlings}
5 : Jon and Olenna discuss with Randyll Tarly's contingent; Jon and Olenna discuss with Colin Florent's contingent;
6 : Jon and Olenna discuss with Paxter Redwyne's contingent; Jon and Olenna discuss with Mathis Rowan's contingent;
7 : Jon and Pate roam around the camps of the various bannermen while Petyr Baelish conducts the negotiations with the Reach Lords;
8 : Jon and Olenna discuss with Jon Fossoway's contingent; Jon and Olenna discuss with Tanton Fossoway's contingent; Jon and Olenna discuss with Arwyn Oakheart's contingent;
Interlude : Daenerys Targaryen giving birth to dragons; {culture and politics of the Dothraki}
9 : Jon and Olenna discuss with Baelor Hightower's contingent; Jon and Olenna discuss with the various contingents of the Shield Islands;
10: Jon and Olenna discuss with Laurent Caswell's advisors; Jon and Olenna discuss with Orton Merryweather's contingent; Jon and Olenna discuss with minor lords and their contingents;
11: Jon spars with various men and takes the losses well; he attends the war-planning discussion where he is interrogated bluntly and subtly about the potential plans;
12: Jon spars with various men and takes the losses well; he attends the war-planning discussion where he is interrogated bluntly and subtly about the potential plans;
Epilogue : Maester ? (of Bitterbridge) on the day the Reach Lords make the decision to go to war speculating on the potential course and the son of Rhaegar Targaryen;
Book 4 : Isle
Prologue : Maester ? (Randyll Tarly's Maester on the march) on the day Jon is made responsible for the ravens thinking about the battles to come and the son of Rhaegar Targaryen;
1 : Jon and Pate march with the vanguard to the Gold Road; he talks to various knights and servants and learns about life in the camps;
2 : Jon attends Randyll Tarly's war council where the decision is made to seize Harrenhal; he and Pate pack their rolls and walk along with the supply carts while talking to the stable boys about the adventures to come;
Interlude : Ralph Buckler during the battle in King's Landing; {politics of the Stormlands and tactics of the battle}
3 : Jon walks through the main gate of Harrenhal and tours through the castle; he takes over the castellan chambers in Kingspyre Tower, and makes his way to the Godswood to release his ravens;
4 : Jon catches Maester Tothmure trying to send information to the Lannisters and brings it to the attention of Randyll Tarly, and manages to save the maester after a gruelling session making his case for entrapment sways Tarly; he meets Arya Stark, disguised as Arry, and learns about her adventures before appointing her his cup-bearer;
5 : Jon spends time with Pate in the healing hall and talks to the ailing men and women; he spends time with Tothmure moving through the castle and listening to the man's suggestions and approving the sensible ones;
300 AC
6 : Jon spends time with Arya in the Godswood teaching her to spar along with some lectures on general history and numbers as well; he learns about the rumours among the servants and approves of her request to shift her friends to better places and to have the prisoners clean the Wailing Tower;
Interlude : Asha Greyjoy assaulting Barrowton; {culture and politics of the Iron Islands and tactics of the battle}
7 : Jon spends time with the various Knights while patrolling and discusses the war situation with them to get their perspective;
8 : Jon attends the war council in the solar where decisions are taken to neutralize the Vale threat; he inspects the granary and the armory and talks to Tothmure about problems and solutions;
9 : Jon spends time with Arya in the Godswood teaching her to spar along with some lectures on general history and numbers as well; he listens to her complaints and uses them to marginalize the ineffective leaders;
10: Jon attends the war council in the solar where decisions are made on the coming battle against the coalition army; he talks to Pate to increase the capacity of the healing hall and instructs Tothmure to redirect all effort to ensure smooth support for the fight;
Interlude : Kevan Lannister during the battle against Randyll Tarly; {politics of the war and tactics of the battle}
11: Jon spends time in the healing hall taking care of the injured; he walks on the walls inspecting the men and the gathered Vale army; he talks to Tothmure and handles all the problems including that of the logistics for the prisoners who are housed in the hall of the hundred hearths;
12: Jon attends the war council in the solar to learn about the latest developments; he talks to Arya and learns about the rumours running among the servants; he has Kevan Lannister brought to his chambers and talks with the man about strategy and history;
Epilogue : Maester Tothmure (original maester of Harrenhal) on the day Jon hands over responsibility of the castle considering his responsibilities and his life-saver;
Book 5 : Ring
Prologue : Maester ? (Jon Fossoway's maester on the march) on the day Jon leaves the camp with the vanguard considering the disposition of the army and the intriguing Prince;
1 : Jon and the victorious army are greeted by Mace Tyrell on his arrival at Highgarden; he attends the feast and talks to the various lords and ladies in attendance and deflects praise to all the appropriate people;
2 : Jon attends the war council with all the other residing lords and strongly objects to Mace's plan to besiege Lannisport usurping control over the meeting and allowing dicussion and debate until a final course is agreed upon; he meets Randyll Tarly to discuss the next course of action and eventually requests him to take Arya to Horn Hill with Dickon;
3 : Jon discusses with Willas and Lomys about the intricacies of the war including the tactics and strategies; he meets Olenna and they spar with words over the past and the future;
4 : Jon spends time with Margaery in the gardens gossiping and relaxing; he attends the end of year feast thrown for all the lords and ladies and mingles with the influential men and women of the Reach;
301 AC
Interlude : Davos Seaworth during the battle against the Others at the Wall; {politics of the war and tactics of the battle}
5 : Jon attends the war council where the appearence of Daenerys Targaryen is discussed and he successfully persuades the lords and ladies to back her claim for the throne citing the exhausted army; he meets Olenna and they spar with words over the past and the future;
6 : Jon discusses with Willas and Lomys about the history of the Targaryens; he spends time with Margaery in the gardens gossiping and relaxing;
7 : Jon discusses with Willas and Lomys about the Dance of the Dragons and the Blackfyre rebellions; he has an entertaining supper with the Tyrell family - Olenna, Garth, Alerie, Janna, Mina, Willas and Margaery;
8 : Jon spends time with Margaery in the gardens gossiping and relaxing; he attends the end of war feast thrown for all the lords and ladies and mingles with the influential men and women of the Reach;
Interlude : Nymeria Sand during the siege of the Red Keep; {culture and politics of Dorne and the disposition of Daenerys Targaryen}
9 : Jon spends time with Margaery in the gardens gossiping and relaxing; he meets Olenna and they spar with words over the past and the future;
10: Jon travels with Olenna, Margaery and Willas to the Red Keep in a grand carriage while discussing various contemporary and historical issues;
11: Jon meets Daenerys Targaryen and her advisors and discusses the options and possible courses of action while skillfully exposing the various agendas at play;
12: Jon attends the ceremony of the crowning of the Queen; he is married at the Red Keep to Margaery with the Queen attending the ceremony and bestowing Harrenhal on him while making him a direct liege to the Iron Throne;
Epilogue : Missandei on the day Jon declines the Queen's offer of a seat on the small council appreciating the powerful brother of her mistress;
Epilogue for the series : 305 AC : Margaery Targaryen presiding in the court of Harrenhal at the arrival of the white raven signifying the end of the Long Winter;
Small Council
Queen : Daenerys Targaryen
Commander of the Queensguard : Barristan Selmy
Hand of the King : Oberyn Martell
Grand Maester : Gormon
Master of Whisperers : Varys
Master of Coin : Mace Tyrell
Master of Laws : Edmure Tully
Master of Ships : Renfred Rykker