The Citadel

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11.3. Creatures
  • Rough-coated, small garrons are used by the Night's Watch (I: 2, etc.)
  • Knights use heavy destriers (I: 2, etc.)
  • Sables (I: 2)
  • Bears (I: 30)
  • Sparrows (I: 68)
  • There are wild aurochs in the lands north of the Trident (I: 102, 116)
  • Lizard-lions (alligators or crocodiles) live in the deep swamps and slow streams of the Neck (I: 118. II: 321)
  • Shadowcats, which are between a mountain lion and tiger in size (I: 124. SSM: 1)
  • One hundred gold dragons are far too much for a wolf pelt (I: 131)
  • Particularly intelligent ravens can mimic a few human words (I: 158)
  • Ravens are used to carry messages (I: 201, 334)
  • Nightingales, at least in the area of the Marches and the Reach (I: 248, 257. III: 252. IV: 3)
  • Sometimes knights might use coursers (I: 263, 570)
  • Shadowcats have thick black fur with white stripings (I: 280, 283)
  • Black foxes (I: 299)
  • In the Mountains of the Moon, surefooted and shaggy mountain horses are often used (I: 305)
  • Black squirrels (I: 336)
  • White harts (I: 336)
  • Turkeys (I: 342)
  • Seals (I: 475)
  • Wildcats (I: 478)
  • The bogs of the Neck teem with snakes (I: 499)
  • Badgers (I: 509. II: 533. TSS: 144)
  • Most ravens will eat great, but they prefer flesh (I: 552)
  • Oxen (I: 566)
  • Snow shrikes (I: 583)
  • Horses called stots (THK: 458)
  • Riding palfreys (THK: 458)
  • Dragonflies (THK: 464)
  • White ravens with black eyes rather than the albino red, bred in the Citadel of the Maesters which fly to herald the change of seasons. They are larger and more clever than other ravens, and are known to mimic words (II: 2, 4, 5)
  • Elkhounds can get to be as big as a fullgrown direwolf (II: 80)
  • Quail (II: 91)
  • Rabbits (II: 103)
  • Poisonous snakes (II: 107)
  • Goshawks (II: 120)
  • Gyrfalcon (II: 120)
  • Cod (II: 124)
  • Magpies (II: 130)
  • Seals (II: 134)
  • Water snakes in the waters of the God's Eye and the river that flows from it (II: 156)
  • Lantern bugs have lights which flicker on and off (II: 159)
  • Otters (II: 159)
  • Mastiffs (II: 184)
  • Lamprey (II: 188)
  • A lioness (II: 211)
  • Black swans (II: 214)
  • Whitefish (II: 238)
  • Herring (II: 238)
  • Salmon (II: 238)
  • Lobster (II: 238)
  • Large, lumbering dray horses used to pull wagons (II: 261)
  • Shaggy ponies from Harlaw (II: 282)
  • White foxes (II: 394)
  • Magpies (II: 446)
  • Black bears can be caught in the riverlands (II: 494)
  • Red deer (II: 530. TSS: 113)
  • Elk (II: 530)
  • Shadowcats can smell blood six miles away. They'll eat every shred of meat from a kill and crack the bones to get at the marrow (II: 543)
  • Shadowcats tend to not attack living men unless very starved (II: 557)
  • Common wolves in the lands of the Trident are large, grey-brown animals (II: 655)
  • There are horses bred specifically for the needs of the hunt (II: 659)
  • Quail (III: 15)
  • Tiny crabs can be found on a spear of the merling king at low tide (II: 55)
  • Dolphins and flying fish exist in the waters of the narrow sea (III: 87)
  • Squirrels (III: 100)
  • Kites (III: 100)
  • There are plenty of frogs north of the Neck (III: 104, 105)
  • Walruses (III: 172)
  • Merlins and peregrines are used by noblemen and women in hawking (III: 183)
  • Herons (III: 183)
  • Using an eagle for hawking is very rare (III: 183)
  • Krakens are said to be so large that they can pull down great Ibbenese whalers (III: 216)
  • Wild goats can be found in the mountains of the North (IIII: 277)
  • Great black mastiffs (III: 334)
  • Lean wolfhounds (III: 334)
  • Black-and-white sheepdogs (III: 334)
  • Shaggy brindled dogs with long yellow teeth (III: 334)
  • The fabled sand steeds of Dorne are smaller than proper warhorses and cannot bear such weight of armor, but it is said that they can run for a day and a night and another day and never tire. They are all slim and swift with long necks and narrow beautiful heads and their coats are red, gold, or even pale grey or black as well. One example is black with a mane and tail the color of fire, which may be natural or dyed (III: 431)
  • Rounseys, a type of horse (III: 445)
  • Cave lions (III: 506)
  • King crabs (III: 524)
  • River pike (III: 574)
  • Silverfish (III: 589)
  • Sea eagles (III: 603)
  • Heron (III: 676)
  • Partridge (III: 676)
  • Cave bears in the Mountains of the Moon (III: 732)
  • Scorpions can be found in Dorne (III: 747. TSS: 101)
  • Feral sand dogs can be found in Dorne (TSS: 101, 103)
  • Giant elk and aurochs could be found in some areas of the Reach before the Conquest (TSS: 113)
  • Great, brown tree cats can be found in the Reach (TSS: 113)
  • A swift, larger courser crossed with Dornish sand steed for endurance is a very fine and costly riding horse (TSS: 157)
  • A golden sand steed with a mane like fine white silk (IV: 38)
  • Pricklefish (IV: 164)
  • It's said that men on Skagos ride great shaggy unicorns to war (IV: 220)
  • Seals, sea lions, walruses, and spotted whales, the wolves of the sea, are familiar in the Iron Islands (IV: 271)
  • Dornish sand steeds can run for hours after other horses tire, it's said, but even they need water (IV: 298)
  • Poisonous vipers in the Dornish desert (IV: 298)
  • Terns, sandpipers, frogs, crickets, and foxes can be found in the wetlands northwest of Maidenpool (IV: 371)
  • Storks (IV: 405, 460)
  • Enormous goats, possibly one-horned, in a remote area of the North (V: 46)