The Citadel: The 'A Song of Ice and Fire' Archive

The Citadel is an archive of information for George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.

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  • A compilation of Frequently Asked Questions, with some quite lengthy, essay-like answers to common discussion-topics. Contains spoilers.
    Which are the dragons that have been named?

    The three great dragons of Aegon and his sisters were Balerion, Meraxes, and Vhagar. Aegon rode Balerion, Rhaenys rode Meraxes, and Visenya rode Vhagar.

    Queen Alysanne, wife of Jaehaerys the Conciliator, rode a dragon named Silverwing. We are told that Balerion was killed some time in Jaehaerys’s...

  • A comphrehensive collection of fan correspondance with George R.R. Martin. Also included are interviews and chats as well as reports from conventions, signings, etc. May contain spoilers even for as of yet unreleased books.
    House Greyiron

    House Greyiron is the house of Urron Redhand, the older ruling dynasty of the Iron Islands, wiped out by the Andals. House Hoare is the house of Harwyn Hardhand and Harren the Black, that Aegon the Conquerer wrote an end to.

Setting & Story

  • In-depth articles on a variety of topics.
  • An exhaustive compilation of thematic notes, arranged in a hierarchical structure. Contains direct spoilers for pre-book history and indirect spoilers through the facts noted down for events in the books.
    The Karstarks of Karhold
    The Karstarks are able to bring nearly two thousand foot and three hundred horse to the gathering of the northern banners (I: 474) The Karstarks are said to have Stark blood in them from hundreds of years in the past (I: 474) The Karstarks do not look like Starks. The are big, fierce men who often...
  • A gallery of A Song of Ice and Fire fan art, scans of the various maps from the books, speculative maps made by fans and scans of the heraldic images from the appendices. Contains spoilers as some of the fan art depicts specific scenes.
    Rhaegar’s Death
  • Graphical representations of almost all known banners as well as info files for houses and individuals. Contains minor spoilers in the actual listings of Houses, while major spoilers are placed in specially marked files except when it concerns banners belonging to individuals: these files may contain major spoilers right off
    House Stane

    One of the houses descended of the First Men which rule on the mountainous island of Skagos, nominally owing their fealty to the Starks in Winterfell but usually being left to their own devices.

  • A compilation of prophecies, visions and dreams which appear to reveal something about the future. Contains spoilers, as we note when we believe a prophecy has been fulfilled.
    V: 59 - Daggers in the Dark

    You are wrong. I have dreamed of your Wall, Jon Snow. Great was the lore that raised it, and great the spells locked beneath its ice. We walk beneath one of the hinges of the world." Melisandre gazed up at it, her breath a warm moist cloud in the air. "This is my place as it is yours, and soon...