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The '''Window Fairs''' is the name given to the hundreds of marriages which took place in the [[riverlands]] after the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
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'''Widow Fairs''' were held in the [[riverlands]] in the aftermath of the [[Dance of the Dragons]].{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In the aftermath of the [[Dance of the Dragons|war]], more than a thousand [[northmen]] settled in the riverlands, marrying women in Widow Fairs, held at [[Raventree]], [[Riverrun]], [[Stoney Sept]], [[the Twins]], and [[Fairmarket]], and taking service as guards and men-at-arms.
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Lord [[Cregan Stark]], [[Warden of the North]], marched south during the [[Dance of the Dragons]] in support of first Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and then her son, King [[Aegon III Targaryen]]. Cregan's army, which is said to have numbered between eight thousand and twenty thousand men,{{ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}} arrived at [[King's Landing]] after the death of King [[Aegon II Targaryen]], however.{{ref|FAB|Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf}} Many of the northerners were childless and homeless men, unwed men, old men, and younger sons,{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III}} people who might become burdens in the upcoming winter if they returned north. [[Alysanne Blackwood]], who became betrothed to Lord Cregan during the [[Hour of the Wolf]], suggested that northmen remain in the south to help rebuild the [[riverlands]], as many widows had lost their husbands during the war.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
  
The northmen strengthened the riverlords and led a partial revival of worship of the [[old gods]] in the region.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
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More than a thousand northmen settled in the riverlands, with hundreds of women meeting prospective husbands in Widow Fairs held at [[Fairmarket]], [[Raventree Hall]], [[Riverrun]], [[Stoney Sept]], and the [[Twins]].{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}} Many northmen who did not want to marry at that time took service as guards and men-at-arms. Houses [[Blackwood|Blackwood]] and [[House Tully|Tully]] in particular benefited from the northmen. There was also a partial revival of worship of the [[old gods]] in the region.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}
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==Quotes==
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{{quote|A [[north|wolf]] for every widow, he will warm her bed in winter, and gnaw her bones come spring.{{ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}|[[Mushroom]]}}
  
 
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Revision as of 20:24, 12 February 2019

Widow Fairs were held in the riverlands in the aftermath of the Dance of the Dragons.[1]

History

Lord Cregan Stark, Warden of the North, marched south during the Dance of the Dragons in support of first Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and then her son, King Aegon III Targaryen. Cregan's army, which is said to have numbered between eight thousand and twenty thousand men,[2] arrived at King's Landing after the death of King Aegon II Targaryen, however.[3] Many of the northerners were childless and homeless men, unwed men, old men, and younger sons,[4] people who might become burdens in the upcoming winter if they returned north. Alysanne Blackwood, who became betrothed to Lord Cregan during the Hour of the Wolf, suggested that northmen remain in the south to help rebuild the riverlands, as many widows had lost their husbands during the war.[1]

More than a thousand northmen settled in the riverlands, with hundreds of women meeting prospective husbands in Widow Fairs held at Fairmarket, Raventree Hall, Riverrun, Stoney Sept, and the Twins.[1] Many northmen who did not want to marry at that time took service as guards and men-at-arms. Houses Blackwood and Tully in particular benefited from the northmen. There was also a partial revival of worship of the old gods in the region.[1]

Quotes

A wolf for every widow, he will warm her bed in winter, and gnaw her bones come spring.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
  2. Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II.
  3. Fire & Blood, Aftermath - The Hour of the Wolf.
  4. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon III.