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[[File:Joshua Cairos valyrianfire.jpg|thumb|350px|Two members of the Alchemist's Guild with [[wildfire]], by Joshua Cairos © Fantasy Flight Games]]

The '''Alchemists' Guild''',{{ref|ACOK|3}} also called the '''Guild of Alchemists''',{{ref|AFFC|12}}{{Ref|AWOIAF|Guild of Alchemists}} is an old order of '''pyromancers'''. The guild, was once powerful, though in the recent centuries, the [[maesters]] have largely replaced the alchemist everywhere.{{Ref|ACOK|20}} The pyromancers claim to posses vast secret stores of knowledge.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}

A full member of the Alchemists' Guild is called a ''[[wisdom]]''. There are also apprentices and [[Acolyte (Alchemists' Guild)|acolytes]] to assist them.{{Ref|aCoK|20}} The order is led by a wisdom known as the [[grand master]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

==Organization==
In its earlier years, the guild was very powerful, but by the reign of King [[Robert I Baratheon]] their abilities and influence have been greatly diminished. Now only a few of the old order remain.{{Ref|aCoK|58}}
The pyromancers from the Alchemists' Guild in [[King's Landing]] are not the only pyromancers that can be found across the world; pyromancers can also found in the city of [[Asshai]] in [[Essos]],{{ref|TWOIAF|The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow}} though it is unknown if they are connected with the Alchemists' Guild from [[Westeros]].

The alchemists claimed to be able to transmute metals and create living creatures of flame, at the height of their power. In more recent times, they are still likely to hint at possessing vast secret stores of knowledge, though they only demonstrate the skill to create [[wildfire]], which they call ''the substance''. The wildfire is created in the [[Guildhall of the Alchemists|Guildhall]], located on the [[Street of the Sisters]], close to [[Visenya's Hill]] in [[King's Landing]].{{ref|ACOK|20}} The hall is an imposing labyrinth of cold, black stone.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Guild of Alchemists}}{{Ref|ACOK|20}} Great care is taken when producing wildfire. Trained acolytes prepare the product in bare stone cells, and once a jar is ready, it is immediately removed by an apprentice and brought to the vaults.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}

==History==
Alchemists are known to have existed in the [[Age of Heroes]]. The [[Citadel]] was founded when Prince [[Peremore Hightower|Peremore the Twisted]], the second son of King [[Uthor of the High Tower]], invited numerous scholars, including wise men, teachers, priests, healers, singers, [[wizard]]s, alchemists, and [[sorcerer]]s, to [[Oldtown]]. After Peremore's death, his brother, King [[Urrigon Hightower|Urrigon]], granted land alongside the [[Honeywine]] to "Peremore's pets", who developed the tract into the [[maesters]]' Citadel.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Reach: Oldtown}}

===Aegon IV Targaryen===
[[File:Pyromancer's Apprentice LC.png|thumb|350px|Pyromancer's apprentice, by Lauren Cannon © Fantasy Flight Games]]
King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]], who dreamed of conquering [[Dorne]], commanded the Guild of Alchemists to build him "[[dragon]]s". Thus, the alchemists constructed [[dragons (mechanical)|massive devices]] fitted with pumps that shot jets of wildfire. One of the engines went up in flames in the [[kingswood]] and soon all seven burned, taking a quarter of the kingswood with them and forcing Aegon to abandon his scheme.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon IV}}

===Daeron II Targaryen===
Because of the [[Great Spring Sickness]], Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], the [[Hand of the King]], had the pyromancers burn the corpses that had been piled in the [[Dragonpit]]. A quarter of [[King's Landing]] burned in the aftermath.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Daeron II}}

===Aegon V Targaryen===
Pyromancers are mentioned in the fragments of [[Gyldayn]]'s writings which survived the [[tragedy at Summerhall]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}}

===Aerys II Targaryen===
The alchemists enjoyed a period of increased influence during the reign of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. The Alchemists visited court more frequently as Aerys's fascination with wildfire increased.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} When the king tasked them with driving off winter at the start of {{date|282}}, the wisdoms burned green fires along the [[Red Keep]]'s walls for a moon's turn.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} A few years before his reign ended, King Aerys also began using fire to burn traitors, murderers, and plotters.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} One such person to be executed in this way was Lord [[Rickard Stark]].

Three wisdoms during [[Robert's Rebellion]] were Lord [[Rossart]], [[Garigus]], and [[Belis]]. King Aerys tasked them with creating a vast quantity of wildfire to [[wildfire plot|potentially destroy]] King's Landing, should the war be lost. When Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], the [[Hand of the King]], opposed the plan and renounced his duties in disgust, Aerys had him burned to death with wildfire and made Rossart as his next and final Hand.{{Ref|aSoS|37}} This was one of the reasons why Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] slew both Rossart and King Aerys during the [[Sack of King's Landing]]. Days after the sack of the city, Jaime hunted down Garigus and Belis and killed them.{{Ref|ASOS|37}} 

The acolytes who remained at the Guild were inexperienced in destroying the wildfire. Some jars remained in the vaults of the Guild, while others were lost and forgotten.{{Ref|aCoK|20}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Alchemist's Guild Hall Jonny Klein.png|thumb|350px|The Alchemist's Guild Hall, by Jonny Klein © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The alchemists found a cache of two hundred jars of [[wildfire]] under the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] in {{Date|298}},{{Ref|aCoK|20}} and then three hundred jars under the [[Dragonpit]] in {{Date|299}}.{{Ref|ACOK|49}}

During the [[War of the Five Kings]], Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] commissions a great quantity of wildfire for the defenses of [[King's Landing]]. The alchemists report an unexplained increase in the effectiveness of their spells, where it is quickly noted that it had not been as easy since the time of the [[dragons]], which allowed them to create the substance more quickly.{{Ref|aCoK|20}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Lord [[Hallyne]] and his Guild of Alchemists are employed by Cersei to burn down the [[Tower of the Hand]].{{Ref|aFfC|12}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Wildfire is but one of the dread secrets of our ancient order. Many and wondrous are the things we might show you.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}|[[Hallyne]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|King [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] took a great interest in our work.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}|[[Hallyne]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|His brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] had told him a few stories of the [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad King]] and his pet pyromancers.{{Ref|ACOK|20}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]]'s thoughts}}

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