STANNIS BARATHEON, the First of His Name, second son of Lord Steffon Baratheon and Lady Cassana of House Estermont, Lord of Dragonstone, styling himself King of Westeros,
—QUEEN SELYSE of House Florent, his wife, presently at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea,
—PRINCESS SHIREEN, their daughter, a girl of eleven,
—PATCHFACE, Shireen’s lackwit fool,
—EDRIC STORM, his bastard nephew, King Robert’s son by Lady Delena Florent, a boy of twelve, sailing the narrow sea on the Mad Prendos,
—SER ANDREW ESTERMONT, King Stannis’s cousin, a king’s man, commanding Edric’s escort,
—SER GERALD GOWER, LEWYS called THE FISHWIFE, SER TRISTON OF TALLY HILL, OMER BLACKBERRY, king’s men, Edric’s guards and protectors,
—Stannis’s court at Castle Black:
—LADY MELISANDRE OF ASSHAI, called THE RED WOMAN, a priestess of R’hllor, the Lord of Light,
—MANCE RAYDER, King-Beyond-the-Wall, a captive condemned to death,
—Rayder’s son by his wife [DALLA], a newborn as yet unnamed, “the wildling prince,”
—GILLY, the babe’s wet nurse, a wildling girl,
—her son, another newborn as yet unnamed, fathered by her father [CRASTER],
—SER RICHARD HORPE, SER JUSTIN MASSEY, SER CLAYTON SUGGS, SER GODRY FARRING, called GIANTSLAYER, LORD HARWOOD FELL, SER CORLISS PENNY, queen’s men and knights,
—DEVAN SEAWORTH and BRYEN FARRING, royal squires,
—Stannis’s court at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea:
—SER DAVOS SEAWORTH, called THE ONION KNIGHT, Lord of the Rainwood, Admiral of the Narrow Sea, and Hand of the King,
—SER AXELL FLORENT, Queen Selyse’s uncle, foremost of the queen’s men,
—SALLADHAR SAAN of Lys, a pirate and sellsail, master of the Valyrian and a fleet of galleys,
—Stannis’s garrison at Dragonstone:
—SER ROLLAND STORM, called THE BASTARD OF NIGHTSONG, a king’s man, castellan of Dragonstone,
—MAESTER PYLOS, healer, tutor, counselor,
—“PORRIDGE” and “LAMPREY,” two gaolers,
—lords sworn to Dragonstone:
—MONTERYS VELARYON, Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark, a boy of six,
—DURAM BAR EMMON, Lord of Sharp Point, a boy of fifteen years,
—Stannis’s garrison at Storm’s End:
—SER GILBERT FARRING, castellan of Storm’s End,
—LORD ELWOOD MEADOWS, Ser Gilbert’s second,
—MAESTER JURNE, Ser Gilbert’s counselor and healer,
—lords sworn to Storm’s End:
—ELDON ESTERMONT, Lord of Greenstone, uncle to King Stannis, great uncle to King Tommen, a cautious friend to both,
—SER AEMON, Lord Eldon’s son and heir, with King Tommen in King’s Landing,
—SER ALYN, Ser Aemon’s son, likewise with King Tommen in King’s Landing,
—SER LOMAS, brother of Lord Eldon, uncle and supporter of King Stannis, at Storm’s End,
—SER ANDREW, Ser Lomas’s son, protecting Edric Storm upon the narrow sea,
—LESTER MORRIGEN, Lord of Crows Nest,
—LORD LUCOS CHYTTERING, called LITTLE LUCOS, a youth of sixteen,
—Davos Seaworth, Lord of the Rainwood,
—MARYA, his wife, a carpenter’s daughter,
—[DALE, ALLARD, MATTHOS, MARIC], their four eldest sons, lost in the Battle of the Blackwater,
—DEVAN, a squire with King Stannis at Castle Black,
—STANNIS, a boy of ten years, with Lady Marya on Cape Wrath,
—STEFFON, a boy of six years, with Lady Marya on Cape Wrath.
Stannis has taken for his banner the fiery heart of the Lord of Light: a red heart surrounded by orange flames upon a yellow field. Within the heart is the crowned stag of House Baratheon, in black.