Lichyard
A lichyard is a type of graveyard in Westeros where bones and remains can be laid to rest.[1] The lichyard at Winterfell is located near the First Keep; the servants of the old Kings of Winter are buried there beneath headstones spotted with lichen.[2] The lichyard of Castle Black is by the eastern road below the Wall, near ancient tombs.[3]
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A Game of Thrones
The bones of Lady are buried in the lichyard of Winterfell after her remains are returned from Darry.[2]
A Clash of Kings
Mikken is buried at Winterfell after his execution.[4]
A Storm of Swords
When Sansa Starks builds a snow castle of Winterfell while at the Eyrie, she uses bark to represent its lichyard.[5]
A Feast for Crows
Jon Snow has Samwell Tarly depart Castle Black for Eastwatch-by-the-Sea at first light from Castle Black's lichyard.[3]
Brienne of Tarth spots a lame gravedigger in the lichyard of the Quiet Isle.[1]
A Dance with Dragons
Theon Greyjoy thinks of Winterfell, damaged from its sack by Ramsay Bolton, as a "half-frozen lichyard of a castle".[6] The body of Ser Aenys Frey's squire is found naked in the castle's lichyard.[7] Borroq settles with his boar in the Castle Black's lichyard.[8]
The Winds of Winter
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The play The Bloody Hand starts in a lichyard.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 31, Brienne VI.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 5, Samwell I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 56, Theon V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 69, Jon XIII.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, Mercy