Difference between revisions of "Quenton Hightower"

From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Jump to: navigation, search
(4 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{See homonyms | Quenton}}
 
{{See homonyms | Quenton}}
  
{{Character
+
{{Infobox character
 
| Character_name = [[File:House Hightower.svg|50px|left]] Quenton Hightower [[File:House Hightower.svg|50px|right]]
 
| Character_name = [[File:House Hightower.svg|50px|left]] Quenton Hightower [[File:House Hightower.svg|50px|right]]
| image =  
+
| image =
| image_caption =  
+
| image_caption =
 
| Alias =
 
| Alias =
 
| Title = [[Beacon of the South]]<br>[[Defender of Oldtown]]<br>[[Defender of the Citadel]]<br>[[Lord of Oldtown]]<br>[[Lord of the Hightower]]<br>[[Lord of the Port]]<br>[[Voice of Oldtown]]
 
| Title = [[Beacon of the South]]<br>[[Defender of Oldtown]]<br>[[Defender of the Citadel]]<br>[[Lord of Oldtown]]<br>[[Lord of the Hightower]]<br>[[Lord of the Port]]<br>[[Voice of Oldtown]]
 
| Allegiance = [[House Hightower]]
 
| Allegiance = [[House Hightower]]
 +
| Predecessor =
 +
| Successor =
 
| Race =
 
| Race =
 
| Culture = [[Reach]]
 
| Culture = [[Reach]]
Line 20: Line 22:
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''Quenton Hightower''' was a head of [[House Hightower]] and [[Lord of the Hightower]] during the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{Ref|AFFC|8}}
+
'''Quenton Hightower''' was the Lord of the [[Hightower]] and the head of [[House Hightower]] during the reign of King [[Maekar I Targaryen]].{{Ref|AFFC|8}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
When the [[grey plague]] hit [[Oldtown]] when [[Pycelle]] was a boy, Lord Quenton had the city gates closed, burned every ship in the port, and ordered that anyone trying to flee was to be killed. Once the plague burned itself out, Quenton rescinded those orders. On the day he did so, however, he and his young son were pulled from their [[horse]]s by the survivors and had their throats slit.{{Ref|AFFC|8}}
+
When Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] was a boy, the [[grey plague]] hit [[Oldtown]]. Lord Quenton had the city gates closed, burned every [[Watercraft|ship]] in the port, and ordered that anyone trying to flee was to be killed. Once the plague burned itself out, Quenton rescinded those orders. On the day he did so, however, he and his young son were pulled from their [[horse]]s by the survivors and had their throats slit.{{Ref|AFFC|8}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
Line 33: Line 35:
 
[[Category:Characters from the Reach|Hightower, Quenton]]
 
[[Category:Characters from the Reach|Hightower, Quenton]]
 
[[Category:Deaths by slit throat|Hightower, Quenton]]
 
[[Category:Deaths by slit throat|Hightower, Quenton]]
[[Category:Lords of the Hightower|Hightower, Quenton]]
+
[[Category:Lords of the Hightower]]
 
[[Category:Nobles|Hightower, Quenton]]
 
[[Category:Nobles|Hightower, Quenton]]
  

Revision as of 13:04, 20 July 2022

House Hightower.svg
Quenton Hightower
House Hightower.svg
Titles
Allegiance House Hightower
Culture Reach
Died In 216232 AC[1]Oldtown[2]
Issue Son
Book A Feast for Crows (mentioned)

Quenton Hightower was the Lord of the Hightower and the head of House Hightower during the reign of King Maekar I Targaryen.[2]

History

When Grand Maester Pycelle was a boy, the grey plague hit Oldtown. Lord Quenton had the city gates closed, burned every ship in the port, and ordered that anyone trying to flee was to be killed. Once the plague burned itself out, Quenton rescinded those orders. On the day he did so, however, he and his young son were pulled from their horses by the survivors and had their throats slit.[2]

References

  1. See the Quenton Hightower calculation.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 8, Jaime I.