—SER CREIGHTON LONGBOUGH and SER ILLIFER THE PENNILESS, hedge knights and companions,
—HIBALD, a merchant fearful and niggardly,
—SER SHADRICK OF THE SHADY GLEN, called THE MAD MOUSE, a hedge knight in Hibald’s service,
—BRIENNE, THE MAID OF TARTH, also called BRIENNE THE BEAUTY, a maiden on a quest,
—LORD SELWYN THE EVENSTAR, Lord of Tarth, her father,
—[BIG BEN BUSHY], SER HYLE HUNT, SER MARK MULLENDORE, SER EDMUND AMBROSE, [SER RICHARD FARROW], [WILL THE STORK], SER HUGH BEESBURY, SER RAYMOND NAYLAND, HARRY SAWYER, SER OWEN INCHFIELD, ROBIN POTTER, her onetime suitors,
—RENFRED RYKKER, Lord of Duskendale,
—SER RUFUS LEEK, a one-legged knight in his service, castellan of the Dun Fort at Duskendale,
—WILLIAM MOOTON, Lord of Maidenpool,
—ELEANOR, his eldest daughter and heir, thirteen,
—RANDYLL TARLY, Lord of Horn Hill, commanding King Tommen’s forces along the Trident,
—DICKON, his son and heir, a young squire,
—SER HYLE HUNT, sworn to the service of House Tarly,
—SER ALYN HUNT, Ser Hyle’s cousin, likewise in Lord Randyll’s service,
—DICK CRABB, called NIMBLE DICK, a Crabb of Crackclaw Point,
—EUSTACE BRUNE, Lord of the Dyre Den,
—BENNARD BRUNE, the Knight of Brownhollow, his cousin,
—SER ROGER HOGG, the Knight of Sow’s Horn,
—SEPTON MERIBALD, a barefoot septon,
—his dog, DOG,
—THE ELDER BROTHER, of the Quiet Isle,
—BROTHER NARBERT, BROTHER GILLAM, BROTHER RAWNEY, pentitent brothers of the Quiet Isle,
—SER QUINCY COX, the Knight of Saltpans, an old man in his dotage,
—at the old crossroads inn:
—JEYNE HEDDLE, called LONG JEYNE, innkeep, a tall young wench of eighteen years,
—WILLOW, her sister, stern with a spoon,
—TANSY, PATE, JON PENNY, BEN, orphans at the inn,
—GENDRY, an apprentice smith and bastard son of King Robert I Baratheon, ignorant of his birth,
—at Harrenhal,
—RAFFORD called RAFF THE SWEETLING, SHITMOUTH, DUNSEN, men of the garrison,
—BEN BLACKTHUMB, a smith and armorer,
—PIA, a serving wench, once pretty,
—MAESTER GULIAN, healer, tutor, and counselor,
—at Darry,
—LADY AMEREI FREY, called GATEHOUSE AMI, an amorous young widow betrothed to Lord Lancel Lannister,
—Lady Amerei’s mother, LADY MARIYA of House Darry, widowed wife of Merrett Frey,
—Lady Amerei’s sister, MARISSA, a maid of thirteen,
—SER HARWYN PLUMM, called HARDSTONE, commander of the garrison,
—MAESTER OTTOMORE, healer, tutor, and advisor,
—at the Inn of the Kneeling Man:
—SHARNA, the innkeep, a cook and midwife,
—her husband, called HUSBAND,
—BOY, an orphan of the war,
—HOT PIE, a baker’s boy, now orphaned.