Companion

Factions

Introductory information only.

Sovereign Organizations

Armies, crowns, councils, and ruling powers whose commands shape the war.

Robb Stark’s War Council

The northern council, Stark council

Chapter 4: The Young Wolf

House Stark and northern bannermen

Robb Stark's War Council is the gathering of northern lords and captains who weigh what the war has cost and what it will demand next.

The Lannister Host

Tywin Lannister's host, The Westerlands host

Prologue: From Death's Maw

House Lannister

The Lannister Host stands opposite the northern army. Tywin Lannister commands the force that bloodies the northern line at the Green Fork, while other Lannister forces are broken…

The Northern Host

Robb Stark's army, The Stark host

Prologue: From Death's Maw

House Stark and the North

The Northern Host is the army Tom marches with after Ironrath calls its men and the Forresters answer House Stark. It is the force bloodied at the Green…

Religious Organizations

Faiths, priesthoods, sacred traditions, and religious authorities encountered through the story.

The Faith of the Seven

The Seven, Southern faith

Chapter 2: Smallfolk - Big Hearts

Common across much of the south

The Faith of the Seven has not yet taken center stage in Tom's path, but it belongs to the wider world beyond the northern customs that shape many…

The Old Gods

The old gods of the North

Chapter 4: The Young Wolf

Northern custom and worship

The Old Gods are invoked through northern custom, burial, and memory. Jory offers words for the old gods when the survivors put their dead in the ground.

Guilds

Professional orders, learned institutions, craftsmen, and organized trades that influence the world around the story.

The Citadel

The maesters, Order of Maesters

Chapter 5: March of the Greatjohn

Maesters and learned service

The Citadel and its maesters stand behind the raven messages and written learning that carry news across the realm, though the order itself remains mostly off the page…

Mercenary Companies

Sellsword bands and hired companies encountered through the story.

No entries introduced yet.

Secret Societies

Hidden orders, conspiracies, and unseen networks revealed as the story unfolds.

No entries introduced yet.