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Real-world woodcut depicting a unicorn, circa 13th century

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]

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

The House Brax coat of arms features a unicorn.

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

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.[8]

In the cave of the three-eyed crow Leaf tells Bran Stark that the unicorns are all but gone.[9]

Among some of the tribute collected from the wildlings passing through the Wall is a helm made with a unicorn’s head.[10]

Notes and References

External links

  • Unicorn - Wikipedia article on the real-world mythological creature.