Dywen
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Dywen is a veteran ranger of the Night's Watch. He is renowned for his tracking ability.[1]
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Appearance
He has wooden teeth.[1] He has a leathery, wrinkled face and gnarled hands.[2]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
When Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly go out to the Haunted Forest to swear their vows, Dywen is among the rangers who escort them. He is the first to notice the human hand that Ghost found.[3] Dywen accompanies Lord Commander Mormont when he goes to look at the corpses of Othor and Jafer Flowers in the Haunted Forest.[4]
A Clash of Kings
According to Dywen, giant bears can be found beyond the Wall. The Lord Commander doubts this.[5]
Dywen is among the two hundred brothers of the Night's Watch that left Castle Black to search for the wildlings.[6] While camped out on the Fist of the First Men, Dywen senses the smell of cold, to the disbelief of his brothers with the exception of Jon, who also understands the cold as a sign of Wights and The Others.[2]
A Storm of Swords
He is part of the force that left Castle Black in search of the wildlings. He is one of those selected to die by the conspirators on account of his excellent tracking abilities.[1] Before the conspiracy could be followed through on, the Fist of the First Men was attacked by wights. Dywen is among the survivors of the attack.
Once at Craster's Keep, Dywen is one of the few men that takes Samwell Tarly seriously when he tells the men he slew an Other with his dragonglass dagger. Dywen joins Dolorous Edd in making Sam and Grenn tell the Lord Commander the tale. [7]
Dywen stays loyal to the Watch during the mutiny at Craster's Keep and was one of the few survivors of the ranging to make it all the way back to Castle Black.[8]
A Dance with Dragons
Dywen and Kedge Whiteye report that two of the Queen's Men, Ser Richard Horpe and Ser Justin Massey, rode south along the kingsroad.[9] He was the leader of one of the three man groups of rangers that Jon Snow sent ranging that did not return. His group included Ser Alliser Thorne.
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Storm of Swords, Prologue.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 34, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 48, Jon
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 52, Jon
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 6, Jon
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 13, Jon
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 33, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 48, Jon VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 7, Jon II.