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| image = [[File:Marc Fishman theboar.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption = Borroq by [http://yapattack.deviantart.com/ Yapattack
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| image_caption = Borroq by [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marc-Fishman/107533946000148?sk=photos_stream Marc Fishman
 
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| Allegiance = [[Mance Rayder]]
 
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| Culture = [[Free folk]]
 
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| Books = ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
 
| Books = ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
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[[File:Marc Fishman theboar.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Borroq and his boar - by [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marc-Fishman/107533946000148?sk=photos_stream Marc Fishman]©]]
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'''Borroq''' is a [[free folk]] [[skinchanger]] who can inhabit the body of a [[boar]].{{Ref|ADWD|0}}
'''Borroq''' is a [[free folk]] [[skinchanger]] who can inhabit the body of a boar.{{ref|adwd|0}}
 
  
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
 
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Borroq|Images of Borroq]]''
 
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Borroq|Images of Borroq]]''
  
Borroq is hulking, black browed, with a flat nose, heavy jowls dark with stubble, and small close-set eyes.{{ref|adwd|58}} Reflecting on an encounter with Borroq in his youth, [[Varamyr]] describes him as having looked so much like his boar, that all he lacked were tusks.{{ref|adwd|0}} His boar is as large as a bull, covered in coarse black hair, with tusks as long as a man's arm{{ref|adwd|58}} or a sword.{{ref|ADWD|69}}
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Borroq is hulking, black browed, with a flat nose, heavy jowls dark with stubble, and small close-set eyes.{{Ref|ADWD|58}} Reflecting on an encounter with Borroq in his youth, [[Varamyr]] describes him as having looked so much like his boar, that all he lacked were tusks.{{Ref|ADWD|0}}
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Borroq's boar is as large as a bull, covered in coarse black hair, with tusks as long as a man's arm{{Ref|ADWD|58}} or a sword.{{Ref|ADWD|69}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Borroq was one of those present at a meeting of skinchangers that [[Haggon]] took [[Varamyr]] to in his youth.{{ref|adwd|0}}
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[[File:Borroq by Yapattack.jpg|thumb|Borroq by Yapattack ©]]
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Borroq was one of those present at a meeting of skinchangers that [[Haggon]] took [[Varamyr]] to in his youth.{{Ref|ADWD|0}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Borroq and his boar are amongst [[Tormund]]'s group which crosses [[the Wall]].{{ref|adwd|58}} Because his boar does not get along with the direwolf [[Ghost]], Borroq takes up residence in an ancient tomb near [[Castle Black]]'s lichyard, where the boar roots amongst the graves.{{ref|ADWD|69}} [[Jon Snow]] intends to have Borroq eventually accompany [[Soren]] to [[Stonedoor]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}
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Borroq and his boar are amongst [[Tormund]]'s group which crosses the [[Wall]].{{Ref|ADWD|58}} Because his boar does not get along with the [[Ghost]], the [[direwolf]] of [[Jon Snow]], Borroq takes up residence in an ancient tomb near [[Castle Black]]'s lichyard, where the boar roots amongst the graves.{{Ref|ADWD|69}} Jon, the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], intends to have Borroq eventually accompany [[Soren Shieldbreaker]] to [[Stonedoor]]. Borroq attends Jon's speech in the [[Shieldhall]].{{Ref|ADWD|69}}
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==Quotes by Borroq==
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{{Quote|'''Borroq''': Brother.<br>'''Jon''': You'd best go on. We are about to close the gate.<br>'''Borroq''': You do that. You close it good and tight. [[Others|They're]] coming, [[Night's Watch|crow]].{{Ref|ADWD|58}}|Borroq and [[Jon Snow]]}}
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{{quote|'''Jon''': But now I find I cannot go to [[Hardhome]]. The ranging will be led by [[Tormund Giantsbane]], known to you all. I have promised him as many men as he requires.<br>
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'''Borroq''': And where will you be, [[Night's Watch|crow]]? Hiding here in [[Castle Black]] with [[Ghost|your white dog]]?<br>
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'''Jon''': No. [[Bastard Letter|I ride south]].{{ref|ADWD|69}}|[[Jon Snow]] and Borroq}}
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==Quotes about Borroq==
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{{quote|The company of men long dead seemed to suit him better than that of the living, and his boar seemed happy rooting amongst the graves, well away from other animals.{{ref|ADWD|69}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Characters from Beyond the Wall]]
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[[Category:Skinchangers]]
 
[[Category:Wildlings]]
 
[[Category:Wildlings]]
[[Category:Skinchangers]]
 
[[Category:Characters from Beyond the Wall]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 00:12, 6 August 2020

Borroq
Marc Fishman theboar.jpg
Borroq by Marc Fishman©

Allegiance Mance Rayder
Culture Free folk
Book A Dance with Dragons (appears)

Borroq is a free folk skinchanger who can inhabit the body of a boar.[1]

Appearance

See also: Images of Borroq

Borroq is hulking, black browed, with a flat nose, heavy jowls dark with stubble, and small close-set eyes.[2] Reflecting on an encounter with Borroq in his youth, Varamyr describes him as having looked so much like his boar, that all he lacked were tusks.[1]

Borroq's boar is as large as a bull, covered in coarse black hair, with tusks as long as a man's arm[2] or a sword.[3]

History

Borroq by Yapattack ©

Borroq was one of those present at a meeting of skinchangers that Haggon took Varamyr to in his youth.[1]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Borroq and his boar are amongst Tormund's group which crosses the Wall.[2] Because his boar does not get along with the Ghost, the direwolf of Jon Snow, Borroq takes up residence in an ancient tomb near Castle Black's lichyard, where the boar roots amongst the graves.[3] Jon, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, intends to have Borroq eventually accompany Soren Shieldbreaker to Stonedoor. Borroq attends Jon's speech in the Shieldhall.[3]

Quotes by Borroq

Borroq: Brother.
Jon: You'd best go on. We are about to close the gate.
Borroq: You do that. You close it good and tight. They're coming, crow.[2]

—Borroq and Jon Snow

Jon: But now I find I cannot go to Hardhome. The ranging will be led by Tormund Giantsbane, known to you all. I have promised him as many men as he requires.

Borroq: And where will you be, crow? Hiding here in Castle Black with your white dog?

Jon: No. I ride south.[3]

Jon Snow and Borroq

Quotes about Borroq

The company of men long dead seemed to suit him better than that of the living, and his boar seemed happy rooting amongst the graves, well away from other animals.[3]

—thoughts of Jon Snow

References