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<p>GoT red-link fill, book-canon (Corvus)</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:40, 14 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Sons of the Harlot''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are an Alethi soldiers' </del>company <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">referenced </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Brandon Sanderson's </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Stormlight Archive</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, one </del>of the many <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bands of fighting men who served </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">highprinces during </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">long war on the Shattered Plains</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Sons of the Harlot''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were a free </ins>company <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of sellswords active </ins>in [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Essos</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in the history of ''A Song </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ice and Fire''. Like </ins>the many <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mercenary companies that fight for coin across </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disputed Lands and </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Free Cities]], they were a band of hired soldiers serving whoever could meet their price</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Background </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Free Companies of Essos </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">During the Alethi campaign on the Shattered Plains, pursued under the </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vengeance Pact</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">against </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">listeners</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the armies of the highprinces were composed of </del>numerous companies <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and units bearing colorful names</del>. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sons </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Harlot are among the rougher soldier </del>companies <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of this army</del>, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">kind </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hard-bitten fighting men who made up </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bulk of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forces vying for plateaus and chasmfiend gemhearts</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The squabbling </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Free Cities</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Essos, chief among them Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh, have warred among themselves for centuries over </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disputed Lands</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and these endless conflicts gave rise to </ins>numerous <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">free </ins>companies<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, sellsword brotherhoods that sell their swords to the highest bidder</ins>. The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most famous </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these is </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Golden Company, but a great many lesser </ins>companies, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sons </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Harlot among them, have risen and fallen over </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">years</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Role </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Reputation </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Companies such as the Sons of the Harlot reflect the texture of ordinary military life on the Shattered Plains in [[The Stormlight Archive]], far </del>from <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the glory claimed by lighteyed officers</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Their presence underscores </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">grinding, attritional nature </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">plateau war</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in which common soldiers and bridge crews bore </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">brunt </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the fighting while their commanders competed for spoils and status</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Such companies took colorful and often boastful names to distinguish themselves and attract recruits and employers. They ranged </ins>from <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">disciplined and honorable bands to little better than organized brigands</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sellsword companies are notorious for their fickle loyalty, breaking contracts and changing sides when </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fortunes </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">war or </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">size of a purse shifted</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a reputation that follows mercenaries throughout </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">histories </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Essos</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See also </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Context </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Vengeance Pact]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Sons of the Harlot belong to this long tradition of hired arms that shaped the wars of the Free Cities and the Disputed Lands. Exiled lords, claimants, and merchant princes alike have made use </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">such companies, and a man down on his fortune, like the exiled knight Ser Jorah Mormont, might find himself drawn into their ranks across the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Narrow Sea</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Codes </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">War]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Stormlight Archive</del>]]</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Stormlight Archive</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Game of Thrones</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Factions</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Houses</ins>]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Archmaesterjimmie https://archmaester.site/wiki/index.php?title=Sons_of_the_Harlot&diff=463&oldid=prev 2026-06-14T18:27:05Z

<p>Cosmere/Stormlight red-link fill, book-canon (Corvus)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Sons of the Harlot&#039;&#039;&#039; are an Alethi soldiers&#039; company referenced in Brandon Sanderson&#039;s [[The Stormlight Archive]], one of the many bands of fighting men who served the highprinces during the long war on the Shattered Plains.<br /> <br /> == Background ==<br /> During the Alethi campaign on the Shattered Plains, pursued under the [[Vengeance Pact]] against the listeners, the armies of the highprinces were composed of numerous companies and units bearing colorful names. The Sons of the Harlot are among the rougher soldier companies of this army, the kind of hard-bitten fighting men who made up the bulk of the forces vying for plateaus and chasmfiend gemhearts.<br /> <br /> == Role ==<br /> Companies such as the Sons of the Harlot reflect the texture of ordinary military life on the Shattered Plains in [[The Stormlight Archive]], far from the glory claimed by lighteyed officers. Their presence underscores the grinding, attritional nature of the plateau war, in which common soldiers and bridge crews bore the brunt of the fighting while their commanders competed for spoils and status.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Vengeance Pact]]<br /> * [[Codes of War]]<br /> * [[The Stormlight Archive]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:The Stormlight Archive]]<br /> [[Category:Factions]]</div>

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