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A '''hedge wizard''' is a [[Westeros]]i local or traveling herb-doctor or [[w:witchdoctor|witchdoctor]] who also likely uses traditional healing, spells and charms to heal the sick or help the needy.   
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A '''hedge wizard''' is a [[Westeros]]i local or traveling herb-doctor, who also likely uses traditional healing, spells and charms to heal the sick or help the needy.   
  
Like [[hedge knight]]s they are probably quite poor and sleep in hedges on occasion. They are probably most popular amongst the [[smallfolk]] as they are likely to be more affordable and accessible. Nobles probably do not employ the services of hedge wizards or if they do so they do it clandestinely.  
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Like [[hedge knight]]s, they are probably quite poor and sleep in hedges on occasion. They are probably most popular amongst the [[smallfolk]], as they are likely to be more affordable and accessible. Nobles probably do not employ the services of hedge wizards, or if they do, they do so clandestinely.  
  
Some hedge wizards may be charlatans, [[w:quack|quacks]] and [[w:snake oil|snake oil]] salesmen.  
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==Recent Events==
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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During a meeting in [[Winterfell]], the steward of [[Deepwood Motte]] informs Prince [[Bran Stark]] and his councilors that he is setting aside only a tenth of his harvest. A hedge wizard had told him that there would be a bountiful spirit summer before the cold set in.  Maester [[Luwin]] has a number of choice things to say about hedge wizards in reply.{{ref|ACOK|16}}
  
A hedge wizard is likely a wizard of low ability, perhaps self-taught or with a poor education background.  Some may have apprenticed to a mentor hedge wizard.  Some hedge wizards are probably more genuine and talented than others.
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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In the [[Citadel]], rumors say that [[Archmaester]] [[Marwyn]] keeps the company of hedge wizards, among other social outcasts.{{Ref|aFfC|Prologue}}
  
The birth of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]’s dragons may have made even a hedge wizard's spells and charms more powerful.  
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In [[King's Landing]], one of the men trying to pass the head of a murdered [[dwarf]] as that of [[Tyrion Lannister]] - to collect the reward offered by Queen [[Regent]] [[Cersei Lannister]] - argues that a hedge wizard had regrown Tyrion's missing nose.{{ref|affc|36}}
==References in the books==
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===A Song of Ice and Fire===
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
*[[Marwyn]] is said to keep the company of hedge wizards.
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*When [[Davos]] arrives at [[White Harbor]] he visits [[Fishfoot Yard]].  He finds the yard teeming with people. Beneath the arches of the peddler’s colonnade he sees that a hedge wizard has set up for business.  
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When [[Davos]] arrives at [[White Harbor]], he visits [[Fishfoot Yard]] and he finds it teeming with people. Beneath the arches of the peddler's colonnade, he sees that a hedge wizard has set up for business.{{Ref|aDwD|15}}
==References and Notes==
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==See also==
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*[[Wizard]]
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*[[Woods witch]]
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==References==
 
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Revision as of 16:35, 5 August 2021

A hedge wizard is a Westerosi local or traveling herb-doctor, who also likely uses traditional healing, spells and charms to heal the sick or help the needy.

Like hedge knights, they are probably quite poor and sleep in hedges on occasion. They are probably most popular amongst the smallfolk, as they are likely to be more affordable and accessible. Nobles probably do not employ the services of hedge wizards, or if they do, they do so clandestinely.

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

During a meeting in Winterfell, the steward of Deepwood Motte informs Prince Bran Stark and his councilors that he is setting aside only a tenth of his harvest. A hedge wizard had told him that there would be a bountiful spirit summer before the cold set in. Maester Luwin has a number of choice things to say about hedge wizards in reply.[1]

A Feast for Crows

In the Citadel, rumors say that Archmaester Marwyn keeps the company of hedge wizards, among other social outcasts.[2]

In King's Landing, one of the men trying to pass the head of a murdered dwarf as that of Tyrion Lannister - to collect the reward offered by Queen Regent Cersei Lannister - argues that a hedge wizard had regrown Tyrion's missing nose.[3]

A Dance with Dragons

When Davos arrives at White Harbor, he visits Fishfoot Yard and he finds it teeming with people. Beneath the arches of the peddler's colonnade, he sees that a hedge wizard has set up for business.[4]

See also

References