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By the design of Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]], to protect the wilding prince from [[Melisandre]] (who might be interested in sacrificing him for his king's blood), he is secretly switched with [[Monster|Gilly's babe]]. He is sent with Gilly and [[Samwell Tarly]] to [[Oldtown]], while Gilly's babe remains at [[Castle Black]]. Gilly suggests that when the baby turns two years old, he should be named Aemon Battleborn or Aemon Steelsong, [[named after|in honor of]] the late Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]].{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
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By the design of Lord Commander [[Jon Snow]], to protect the wilding prince from [[Melisandre]] (who might be interested in sacrificing him for his king's blood), he is secretly switched with [[Monster|Gilly's babe]]. He is sent with Gilly and [[Samwell Tarly]] and Maester [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] to [[Oldtown]], while Gilly's babe remains at [[Castle Black]]. For much of the journey, Gilly is overcome with grief at being separated from her child,{{Ref|AFFC|15}}{{Ref|AFFC|26}} but eventually comes to love Dalla's child as much as she loves her own.{{Ref|AFFC|45}}
  
Once they arrive at Oldtown, Sam leaves Gilly and the boy aboard the ''[[Cinnamon Wind]]''. Before going to the [[Citadel]], he tells Gilly that he will arrange for horses and a [[wagon]] to take her and the baby to his mother, [[Melessa Florent]], at [[Horn Hill]].{{Ref|AFFC|45}} Gilly is supposed to tell the [[House Tarly|Tarlys]] that the boy is her [[bastard]] son with Samwell.
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Maester Aemon dies during their journey, aboard the ''[[Cinnamon Wind]]''. The night before his death, he asks Gilly if he can hold the baby, and though she is afraid the old man will drop the child, she complies. Maester Aemon rocks the babe and hums a song for him, and Dalla's baby touches Aemon's face and pulls on his lip, making him laugh. At Maester Aemon's funeral aboard ship, Gilly suggests that when the baby turns two years old, he should be named Aemon Battleborn or Aemon Steelsong, [[named after|in honor of]] the late maester.{{Ref|AFFC|35}}
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When they arrive at Oldtown, Sam leaves Gilly and the boy aboard the ''Cinnamon Wind'' while he goes to present the news of his arrival to the [[Citadel]]. Before leaving, he tells Gilly that he will arrange for horses and a [[wagon]] to take her and the baby to his mother, [[Melessa Florent]], at [[Horn Hill]]. Gilly is supposed to tell the [[House Tarly|Tarlys]] that the boy is her [[bastard]] son with Samwell.{{Ref|AFFC|45}}
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==

Revision as of 22:26, 6 January 2023

Aemon Steelsong
Aliases
  • Aemon Battleborn
  • the wildling prince
  • born-in-battle
  • the little prince
Culture Free folk
Born In 300 AC, near Castle Black
Father Mance Rayder
Mother Dalla
Books

Aemon Steelsong is the name to be given to the free folk son of Mance Rayder and his wife Dalla when he is two years of age.[1][2][3]

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Dalla, the wife of Mance Rayder, the King-beyond-the-Wall, dies in childbirth during the battle beneath the Wall. Stannis Baratheon's men and the Night's Watchmen call the baby "wildling prince" and "the little prince" on account of his parentage, or "born-in-battle" for the moment of his birth. The infant is given to Gilly to nurse, alongside her own infant son.[4]

A Feast for Crows

By the design of Lord Commander Jon Snow, to protect the wilding prince from Melisandre (who might be interested in sacrificing him for his king's blood), he is secretly switched with Gilly's babe. He is sent with Gilly and Samwell Tarly and Maester Aemon to Oldtown, while Gilly's babe remains at Castle Black. For much of the journey, Gilly is overcome with grief at being separated from her child,[5][6] but eventually comes to love Dalla's child as much as she loves her own.[7]

Maester Aemon dies during their journey, aboard the Cinnamon Wind. The night before his death, he asks Gilly if he can hold the baby, and though she is afraid the old man will drop the child, she complies. Maester Aemon rocks the babe and hums a song for him, and Dalla's baby touches Aemon's face and pulls on his lip, making him laugh. At Maester Aemon's funeral aboard ship, Gilly suggests that when the baby turns two years old, he should be named Aemon Battleborn or Aemon Steelsong, in honor of the late maester.[1]

When they arrive at Oldtown, Sam leaves Gilly and the boy aboard the Cinnamon Wind while he goes to present the news of his arrival to the Citadel. Before leaving, he tells Gilly that he will arrange for horses and a wagon to take her and the baby to his mother, Melessa Florent, at Horn Hill. Gilly is supposed to tell the Tarlys that the boy is her bastard son with Samwell.[7]

Family

 
Man of the
Night's Watch
 
Free folk
woman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mance
Rayder
 
Dalla
 
Val
 
Jarl
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aemon
Steelsong
 


References