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'''White ravens''' are [[raven]]s that are white. They are not albino ravens, but a separate species. This is known because their eyes are black. They are more clever than their black cousins and larger.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Prologue|Prologue]]</ref>
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'''White ravens''' are [[raven]]s that are white. They are not albino ravens, but a separate species. This is known because their eyes are black. They are more clever than their black cousins and larger.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Prologue|Prologue]]</ref> According to [[Alleras]] White ravens and Black ravens are kept in separate rookeries in the [[Citadel]] otherwise they fight each other.{{Ref|aFfC|45}}
  
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==

Revision as of 16:50, 10 August 2013

© Fantasy Flight Games

White ravens are ravens that are white. They are not albino ravens, but a separate species. This is known because their eyes are black. They are more clever than their black cousins and larger.[1] According to Alleras White ravens and Black ravens are kept in separate rookeries in the Citadel otherwise they fight each other.[2]

Uses

White ravens are used by the Citadel to send only the most important messages to other maesters throughout Westeros. They are commonly sent when the seasons change.[3]

A Clash of Kings

A White Raven arrives at Dragonstone from the Citadel with a message declaring the end of this 10-year-long summer (10 years, two turns and 16 days, the longest in living memory).[4]

A White Raven arrives at Winterfell, which brought word of autumn.[5]

A Dance with Dragons

At the end of A Dance with Dragons, a messenger then announces that Grand Maester Pycelle is asking for Kevan Lannister's presence. Kevan arrives at the Maester's chambers and enters to find a White raven sitting on the window ledge...a sign from the Citadel that winter has come. He sees Pycelle is dead at his table, and then is hit by a crossbow bolt. He now sees Varys, who tells Kevan that he had to die because has been too successful as Hand of the King at uniting the realm.[6]

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