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'''White ravens''' are [[raven]]s that are are a rarer separate species to their black counterparts. They are reared at the [[Citadel]] in [[Oldtown]]. | '''White ravens''' are [[raven]]s that are are a rarer separate species to their black counterparts. They are reared at the [[Citadel]] in [[Oldtown]]. |
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White ravens are ravens that are are a rarer separate species to their black counterparts. They are reared at the Citadel in Oldtown.
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About
- See also: Images of White ravens
White ravens are not albino, but a separate species. This is known because their eyes are black. They are larger and more intelligent than their black counterparts.[1] They are sent by the maesters of the Citadel exclusively to announce the changing of the seasons.[2] White ravens and black ravens are kept in separate rookeries, otherwise they fight each other.[3] The white raven rookery is located in the west tower on the Isle of Ravens, at the Citadel in Oldtown.[3]
Recent Events
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 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]
Quotes
There has been a white raven from the Citadel. Winter has come.[7]
The white ravens fly only from the Citadel.[1]
– Cressen
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Epilogue.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 4, Bran I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Epilogue.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
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