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| Character_name = Balaq [[File:Golden Company pike.png|11px|left]] [[File:Golden Company pike.png|11px|right]]
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| Character_name = Black Balaq [[File:Golden Company.svg|45px|left]] [[File:Golden Company.svg|45px|right]]
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| Title = Commander of the [[Golden Company]]'s archers
 
| Allegiance = [[Golden Company]]
 
| Allegiance = [[Golden Company]]
 
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| Culture = [[Summer Islands|Summer Islander]]
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| Books = ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
 
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'''Balaq''' is a sellsword in service to the [[Golden Company]]. He commands the company's archers.
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'''Black Balaq''' is a [[sellsword]] in service to the [[Golden Company]], in command of the company's archers.{{ref|ADWD|61}}
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==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
Balaq is a white-haired [[Summer Islands|Summer Islander]] with skin as dark as soot. He wears a feathered cloak of green and orange which is magnificent to behold. He wears golden arm rings. {{Ref|aDwD|24}}
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Black Balaq is a white-haired [[Summer Isles|Summer Islander]] with skin as dark as soot. He wears his worldly wealth upon his person, including a feathered cloak of green and orange which is magnificent to behold. He wears a lord's ransom in golden arm rings.{{Ref|aDwD|24}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Dance with Dragons===
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Balaq is present during during [[Jon Connington]]’s rendezvous with the [[Golden Company]] three miles south of [[Volon Therys]].
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Black Balaq is present during [[Jon Connington]]'s rendezvous with the [[Golden Company]] three miles south of [[Volon Therys]]. Like the rest of the company, Black Balaq swears his allegiance to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]].{{Ref|ADWD|24}}
  
He, like the rest of the company, swears his allegiance to [[Aegon Targaryen]] before they [[Landing of the Golden Company|invade Westeros]].
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For the long voyage to [[Westeros]] Jon insists that [[Harry Strickland]] break Black Balaq's command into ten companies of a hundred men and place each company upon a different ship. Six of the ships stay together well enough for the [[landing of the Golden Company]] on [[Cape Wrath]], which leaves the company with six hundred bows until the lagging ships turn up. For the [[taking of Griffin's Roost]] two hundred bows are sufficient.{{Ref|ADWD|61}}
  
For the long voyage to Westeros [[Jon Connington]] insisted that Harry Strickland break Balaq's command into ten companies of 100 men and place each company upon a different ship.  Six of those ships stayed together well enough to deliver their passengers to the shores of [[Cape Wrath]], which left the company with 600 bows until the lagging ships turn up. For the taking of [[Griffin's Roost]] 200 bows were sufficient.
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During the victors' feast in the castle's great hall, Jon presides from the Griffin's Seat while Black Balaq shares the high table with Homeless Harry, [[Franklyn Flowers]], and the three young [[House Connington|Conningtons]] they had taken captive. Black Balaq is one of nine men present during the company's war council.{{Ref|ADWD|61}}
  
During the victors feast in the Griffin's Roost's great hall [[Jon Connington]] presides from the Griffin’s Seat while Black Balaq shares the high table with Homeless [[Harry Strickland]], [[Franklyn Flowers]], and the three young griffins they had taken captive
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==References==
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==References and Notes==
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[[Category:Characters from the Summer Isles]]
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[[Category:Members of the Golden Company]]
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[[fr:Balaq le Noir]]
 
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[[ru:Черный Балак]]

Revision as of 17:29, 25 February 2020

Black Balaq
Golden Company.svg
Golden Company.svg
Balaq TheMico.jpg

Title Commander of the Golden Company's archers
Allegiance Golden Company
Culture Summer Islander
Book A Dance with Dragons (appears)

Black Balaq is a sellsword in service to the Golden Company, in command of the company's archers.[1]

Appearance

Black Balaq is a white-haired Summer Islander with skin as dark as soot. He wears his worldly wealth upon his person, including a feathered cloak of green and orange which is magnificent to behold. He wears a lord's ransom in golden arm rings.[2]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Black Balaq is present during Jon Connington's rendezvous with the Golden Company three miles south of Volon Therys. Like the rest of the company, Black Balaq swears his allegiance to Aegon Targaryen.[2]

For the long voyage to Westeros Jon insists that Harry Strickland break Black Balaq's command into ten companies of a hundred men and place each company upon a different ship. Six of the ships stay together well enough for the landing of the Golden Company on Cape Wrath, which leaves the company with six hundred bows until the lagging ships turn up. For the taking of Griffin's Roost two hundred bows are sufficient.[1]

During the victors' feast in the castle's great hall, Jon presides from the Griffin's Seat while Black Balaq shares the high table with Homeless Harry, Franklyn Flowers, and the three young Conningtons they had taken captive. Black Balaq is one of nine men present during the company's war council.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 61, The Griffin Reborn.
  2. 2.0 2.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 24, The Lost Lord.