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− | '''Southron''' is a [[north]]ern [[Westeros]]i name for the southern Westerosi | + | '''Southron''' is a [[north]]ern [[Westeros]]i name for the southern Westerosi established below the [[Neck]]. It can also be a patronizing or outright derogatory name at times. |
− | The [[free folk]] refer to all Westerosi south of the [[Wall]] as southron.{{Ref|aDwD|39}} The name | + | The [[free folk]] refer to all Westerosi south of the [[Wall]] as southron.{{Ref|aDwD|39}} The name is also employed outside of the Westerosi context. By the [[Isle of Cedars]], [[Victarion Greyjoy]] thinks of the treacherous storms encountered by the [[Iron Fleet]] as “southron storms”.{{Ref|ADWD|56}} |
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== |
Revision as of 17:30, 13 September 2020
Southron is a northern Westerosi name for the southern Westerosi established below the Neck. It can also be a patronizing or outright derogatory name at times.
The free folk refer to all Westerosi south of the Wall as southron.[1] The name is also employed outside of the Westerosi context. By the Isle of Cedars, Victarion Greyjoy thinks of the treacherous storms encountered by the Iron Fleet as “southron storms”.[2]
Quotes
If Your Grace wishes to lose all of my lord father's bannermen, there is no more certain a way than by giving northern halls to southron lords.
Ned's girl ... And we would have had her and the castle both if you prancing southron jackanapes didn’t piss your satin breeches at a little snow.
Another bloody southron fool.
—Jon Snow's thoughts on Patrek of King's Mountain
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 39, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 56, The Iron Suitor.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 51, Jon VI.
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