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Revision as of 20:38, 29 May 2014
A unicorn is a large goat-like animal, with a long single horn on its head. They are believed to live on Skagos.[1][2] Several houses feature unicorns in their sigils, including Houses Brax[3], Wydman[4], Doggett[5], and Rogers[6].
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Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Samwell Tarly recalls having read that the Skagosi ride great shaggy unicorns to war.[1]
Unicorn horns are amongst plunder brought from distant lands by Euron Greyjoy.[7]
A Dance with Dragons
In the cave of the three-eyed crow Leaf tells Bran that the unicorns are all but gone.[8]
Among some of the tribute collected from the wildlings passing through the Wall is a helm made with a unicorn’s head.[9]
Jon Snow, in a wolf dream as Ghost, sees that Shaggydog has fought and killed what may be a unicorn:
A wild rain lashed down upon his black brother as he tore at the flesh of an enormous goat, washing the blood from his side where the goat’s long horn had raked him.[10]
Notes and References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 9, Davos I.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Westerlands
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Vale
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Westerlands
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from the Stormlands
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 34, Bran III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 58, Jon XII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3, Jon I.
External links
- Unicorn - Wikipedia article on the real-world mythological creature.
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