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,
—with King Stannis at Castle Black:
—LADY MELISANDRE OF ASSHAI, called THE RED WOMAN, a priestess of R’hllor, the Lord of Light,
—his knights and sworn swords:
—SER RICHARD HORPE, his second-in-command,
—SER GODRY FARRING, called GIANTSLAYER,
—SER JUSTIN MASSEY,
—LORD ROBIN PEASEBURY,
—LORD HARWOOD FELL,
—SER CLAYTON SUGGS, SER CORLISS PENNY, queen’s men and fervent followers of the Lord of Light,
—SER WILLAM FOXGLOVE, SER HUMFREY CLIFTON, SER ORMUND WYLDE, SER HARYS COBB, knights
—his squires, DEVAN SEAWORTH and BRYEN FARRING
—his captive, MANCE RAYDER, King-Beyond-the-Wall,
—Rayder’s infant son, “the wildling prince,”
—the boy’s wet nurse, GILLY, a wildling girl,
—Gilly’s infant son, “the abomination,” fathered by her father {CRASTER},
—at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea:
—QUEEN SELYSE of House Florent, his wife,
—PRINCESS SHIREEN, their daughter, a girl of eleven,
—PATCHFACE, Shireen’s tattooed fool,
—her uncle, SER AXELL FLORENT, foremost of the queen’s men, styling himself the Queen’s Hand,
—her knights and sworn swords, SER NARBERT GRANDISON, SER BENETHON SCALES, SER PATREK OF KING’S MOUNTAIN, SER DORDEN THE DOUR, SER MALEGORN OF REDPOOL, SER LAMBERT WHITEWATER, SER PERKIN FOLLARD, SER BRUS BUCKLER
—SER DAVOS SEAWORTH, Lord of the Rainwood, Admiral of the Narrow Sea, and Hand of the King, called THE ONION KNIGHT,
—SALLADHAR SAAN of Lys, a pirate and sellsail, master of the Valyrian and a fleet of galleys,
—TYCHO NESTORIS, emissary from the Iron Bank of Braavos.
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.