Every one of the 180 five-letter answers in the Game of Thrones bank, grouped by category, with what each one refers to in the story.
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Targaryen conqueror who united Westeros astride his dragon Balerion.
Blind maester of Castle Black, the secret Targaryen who once refused the Iron Throne.
King of the Iron Islands who dies falling from a storm-battered rope bridge at Pyke.
Lightning Lord resurrected repeatedly by Thoros of Myr to lead the Brotherhood.
Sellsword who wins trial by combat for Tyrion, later bought off with a lordship.
Former butcher who seized Astapor's throne and styled himself "the Great".
Mance Rayder's wildling wife, who dies birthing their son at the Wall.
The Onion Knight, smuggler-turned-Hand who serves Stannis then Jon Snow.
One-armed Night's Watch armorer who forged Robert's warhammer before taking the black.
Khal of the Dothraki and Daenerys's first husband, whose death sparked her rise.
Young Lord of Starfall who reveals he and Jon Snow share the same wet nurse.
Greyjoy pirate-king who returns with the Silence to seize the Iron Islands.
Tywin Lannister's sharp-tongued sister, wed for decades into House Frey.
Craster's daughter-wife who flees the Wall with Sam Tarly and her baby son.
Night's Watch recruit nicknamed "Aurochs," who dies holding the Wall against a giant.
Knight of Cornfield used by Cersei as a puppet Hand of the King.
Winterfell stableboy whose name shrank from "hold the door" after Bran wormed into his mind.
Kingslayer and Lannister twin who lost his sword hand at Harrenhal.
Corrupt commander of the City Watch who betrays Ned Stark for a lordship.
Sansa's childhood friend forced to impersonate Arya in marriage to Ramsay Bolton.
Crannogman with greensight whose prophetic dreams guide Bran Stark north.
Exiled bear-sigil lord who serves and secretly loves Daenerys for years.
Tywin Lannister's loyal younger brother, murdered by Varys as Lord Regent.
Orphan boy in Yoren's recruit band, speared through the throat by a Lannister guard.
The Knight of Flowers, a champion jouster and Renly Baratheon's secret lover.
King-Beyond-the-Wall who united the free folk tribes against the Others.
Crannogwoman who guards Bran Stark on his journey beyond the Wall.
Eldest Sand Snake, a spear-wielding daughter of Oberyn Martell.
Wildling warg who skinchanges an eagle and is killed by Jon Snow.
Dwarf performer from Joffrey's wedding feast who later befriends Tyrion in Essos.
Littlefinger, the low-born schemer who claws his way to Lord of the Vale.
Former mummer's boy at Castle Black known for his comic voices and big ears.
Youngest Baratheon brother who claimed the crown before dying to Melisandre's shadow.
"Sweetrobin" Arryn, the sickly young Lord of the Eyrie raised by Lysa Tully.
Cold-blooded Lord of the Dreadfort who orchestrates the Red Wedding.
Eldest Stark daughter who survives King's Landing and the Boltons to rule Winterfell.
Former Oldtown prostitute who rises to become one of Jon Snow's stewards.
Braavosi "dancing master" Forel who trained Arya Stark with a wooden sword.
Ward of Winterfell turned Greyjoy turncloak, later broken into "Reek" by Ramsay Bolton.
Poison-skilled Sand Snake daughter of Oberyn, deceptively sweet-faced.
Ruthless Lord of Casterly Rock, killed on the privy by his son Tyrion.
The eunuch Master of Whisperers who serves the realm through a web of "little birds".
Called "Fat Walda," the Frey bride Roose Bolton chose for her weight in silver.
Starfall servant long believed by many to be Jon Snow's true mother.
Night's Watch recruiter who cuts Arya's hair to disguise her as a boy.
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House whose words are "As High as Honor," ruling the Vale from the Eyrie.
House Blackwood of Raventree Hall keeps the old gods and an ancient feud with the Brackens.
Stormlands house of Nightsong, ruled by Bryce Caron until his death at Blackwater.
Crackclaw Point house descended from the legendary headhunter Clarence Crabb.
Reach house of Red Lake whose women are rumored able to transform into cranes.
Riverlands house whose plowman sigil once guarded a keep on the kingsroad.
Ancient Dornish house of Starfall, keepers of the pale greatsword Dawn.
Westerlands house granted Nightsong after its knight slew Bryce Caron at Blackwater.
Twins-holding house whose betrayal of guest right triggered the Red Wedding.
Emblem of House Lannister, the golden lion of Casterly Rock on crimson.
Lannister-sworn house whose humble squire Podrick famously serves Tyrion and Brienne.
Westerlands house wiped out by Tywin Lannister, immortalized in "The Rains of Castamere".
Vale house of Runestone whose lords still fight in ancient runed bronze armor.
House of the famed knight Barristan the Bold, once Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.
Emblem of House Baratheon, the crowned stag that once sat the Iron Throne.
House of Winterfell whose words, "Winter Is Coming," warn of the ancient enemy.
Westerlands house of Cornfield whose daughter Dorna married Kevan Lannister.
House of Horn Hill wielding the Valyrian blade Heartsbane, led by stern Randyll.
Stormlands island house of Evenfall Hall; Brienne the Maid of Tarth is its heir.
Riverlands house sigil'd with a leaping trout, words "Family, Duty, Honor".
Northern house of Last Hearth led by the fierce, fingerless Greatjon.
A minor northern and Dornish house name, including the loyal knight Theodan the True.
Stormlands house of the Rain House, sworn to Storm's End.
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Riverlands seat of House Smallwood where the Brotherhood Without Banners hosts Arya.
What Olly used to shoot Ygritte through the chest during the Battle of Castle Black.
Braavos's Canal of Heroes and Long Canal, threading the lagoon city's bridges.
Winterfell's underground burial halls holding statues of the dead Kings of Winter.
Sun-scorched southern realm ruled by House Martell, never conquered by dragonfire.
Island seat of House Velaryon in the crownlands, home to the Driftwood Throne.
The vast eastern continent home to Braavos, Meereen, and the Dothraki Sea.
Nearly impregnable Vale castle atop the Giant's Lance, seat of House Arryn.
Black Gate beneath the Wall, or the fabled Jade Gates linking Qarth to the east.
The ravine flanking the Wall's western end, spanned by the Bridge of Skulls.
Ancient Ghiscari emblem topping Meereen's Great Pyramid before Daenerys tore it down.
Fortified strongholds like the Red Keep, seat of the Iron Throne in King's Landing.
The Neck's boggy terrain protecting Moat Cailin, home to the crannogmen.
Ruined causeway fortress Moat Cailin, gateway between the North and the riverlands.
Wealthy Essos trading city at the Jade Gates, ruled by merchant princes called the Thirteen.
Easternmost Free City of Essos, called the City of Sorcerers, home of the Black Goat.
Fertile southern region of Westeros ruled by House Tyrell from Highgarden.
The Trident's waterway region ruled by House Tully from Riverrun.
Iron Islands coastline where the ironborn "pay the iron price" through reaving.
Bay of cities Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen that Daenerys conquers and frees.
The Tower of Joy in Dorne, site of Ned Stark's duel with Ser Arthur Dayne.
Frey stronghold on the Green Fork where the Red Wedding massacre took place.
Casterly Rock's legendary treasury, source of the Lannisters' vast gold wealth.
Three-hundred-mile ice barrier built to guard Westeros against the Others.
White Harbor, the North's largest port city, ruled by House Manderly from the New Castle.
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House Royce's ancient runed bronze plate, said to ward its wearer from harm.
The Hand of the King wears one — the hand-shaped pin Ned Stark bore so reluctantly.
Needle, Arya Stark's thin Braavosi practice sword gifted by Jon Snow.
Crossbow ammunition, the weapon Tyrion used to kill his father Tywin.
Maester's neck chain of many metals, forged link by link for each field mastered.
The white one marks the Kingsguard — Jaime Lannister wore his through years of infamy.
The iron coin Jaqen H'ghar gave Arya — "valar morghulis" buys her passage to Braavos.
Viserys demanded a golden one — Khal Drogo delivered it molten, poured over his head.
Short stabbing daggers, the kind used in the Night's Watch mutiny against Jeor Mormont.
The Red Wedding banquet at the Twins, where Robb and Catelyn Stark were murdered.
Dragonglass, obsidian that kills White Walkers, mined heavily on Dragonstone.
The signal blasts of the Night's Watch, with three meaning the White Walkers have come.
Jousting weapon Loras Tyrell wielded to unhorse the Mountain at the Hand's tourney.
A maester's writing tool, used to pen ravens' messages across the Seven Kingdoms.
A rider's horse controls, as when Daenerys learns to ride among the Dothraki.
Daenerys dropped one as a trail marker for Jorah and Daario when the Dothraki seized her.
Bridge rigging at Pyke that snapped in a storm, killing Balon Greyjoy.
Greyscale, the stone-skin plague that scarred Shireen Baratheon and infected Jorah Mormont.
A fragment of dragonglass or Valyrian steel, prized as a weapon against the dead.
A house's heraldic emblem, like the direwolf of Stark or the lion of Lannister.
Oberyn Martell's poisoned weapon of choice in his trial by combat against Gregor Clegane.
Weapon a blinded Arya learns to fight with against the Waif's stick beatings in Braavos.
Valyrian steel, a rare magical metal that can kill White Walkers and hold an edge forever.
Ice, the Stark greatsword Ned Stark used for executions before it was melted down.
Fire wielded against wights, since flame is one of the few things that stops them.
Ramsay Bolton's specialty, baiting Jon Snow with Rickon at the Battle of the Bastards.
The Red Viper's poisoned spear tip, which slowly killed Gregor Clegane after their duel.
Daenerys's metaphor for the cycle of noble houses fighting for the Iron Throne.
Tools of slave masters in Astapor and Yunkai that Daenerys sought to abolish.
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House Targaryen's claim that "the dragon must have three heads" of royal blood.
What guest right leaves broken at the Red Wedding, when hospitality became a trap.
The King's Landing bread riot where a starving mob tore the High Septon limb from limb.
Littlefinger's creed that "chaos is a ladder" for those willing to climb it.
A house's heraldic device, such as the three-headed dragon of House Targaryen.
House Targaryen's hereditary madness, which the Mad King Aerys II embodied most infamously.
What the High Valyrian phrase "Valar Morghulis" declares all men must face.
"A Lannister always pays his debts" — the unofficial words, truer than "Hear Me Roar".
Tyrion Lannister, the "Imp" whose sharp wit outpaces his stature at every turn.
Daenerys and Viserys Targaryen's condition across the narrow sea after Robert's Rebellion.
The Faith of the Seven, Westeros's dominant religion led by the High Septon.
Wildfire, the volatile substance Aerys II hoarded to burn King's Landing.
Where Melisandre reads the will of her god R'hllor, the Lord of Light.
Where Gendry hammered out dragonglass weapons at Winterfell before the Long Night.
The deep chill beyond the Wall heralding the coming of the Others.
Jon Snow's pale albino direwolf, the runt of Winterfell's litter.
Wun Wun, the last giant beyond the Wall who fights for Jon Snow at Hardhome.
What Stannis Baratheon's Battle of the Blackwater assault was meant to win him.
Honorific "Your Grace" used to address kings and queens across Westeros.
Ned Stark's defining virtue, which ultimately leads to his execution in King's Landing.
Sandor Clegane, the scarred Lannister guard who protects and mentors Arya Stark.
A noble family line, like Stark, Lannister, or Targaryen, defined by sigil and words.
Rival claimants of the War of the Five Kings fighting for the Iron Throne.
What Jon Snow refuses to do before Ramsay Bolton, and what many bend to Daenerys.
A sworn overlord, as when Robb Stark is proclaimed King in the North by his bannermen.
The Lord of Light, Melisandre's red god who battles the darkness of the Others.
Force returning to the world alongside dragons, wargs, and the White Walkers.
Attendants like Shae, who serve highborn ladies such as Sansa in King's Landing.
What Daenerys offers defeated slavers at first, before turning to fire and blood.
The Night's Watch, sworn to guard the Wall for a thousand years without reward.
Stark-ruled kingdom that later declares independence under Sansa Stark as queen.
Vows of the Night's Watch and Kingsguard, sworn for life and rarely broken lightly.
The Small Council chamber where Varys and Littlefinger scheme against one another.
Varys and Littlefinger's riddle-tested subject: where true power actually resides.
Title claimed by Cersei, Daenerys, and Margaery amid the war for the Iron Throne.
Bird maesters use to carry messages across Westeros, also linked to the three-eyed seer.
The Seven Kingdoms as a whole, united under the Iron Throne since Aegon's Conquest.
A monarch's rule, as in Robert Baratheon's seventeen years atop the Iron Throne.
Blood status claimed by Targaryens, Baratheons, and later Stark rulers of the North.
The gods of the Faith: Father, Mother, Warrior, Maiden, Smith, Crone, and Stranger.
The walk Cersei Lannister endures naked through King's Landing, rung by a bell.
Stannis Baratheon's failed assault on King's Landing at the Battle of the Blackwater.
One of the Seven gods of the Faith, patron of craftsmen and laborers.
Silver, Daenerys's prized horse gifted to her at her wedding to Khal Drogo.
Dragonstone, the Targaryen ancestral seat and Stannis Baratheon's stronghold.
Night's Watch recruits become "sworn brothers" after reciting their vows.
Biter, Rorge's monstrous companion, filed his to points and fought like a rabid dog.
Tyrion's trial by combat, where Oberyn Martell fought Gregor Clegane for his life.
The Dragonpit parley's goal, where Cersei feigned one after seeing a captured wight.
Jaime and Cersei's secret incestuous meetings, first glimpsed in a Winterfell tower.
Robert Baratheon's Targaryen-given epithet, "the Usurper," for seizing their throne.
Half of the High Valyrian phrase "Valar Morghulis," meaning all men must die.
Trait praised in knights like Barristan Selmy, who guarded three kings in his prime.
Oberyn Martell, "the Red Viper" of Dorne, famed for his poisoned spear.
The Night's Watch, the black-clad order that mans the Wall against the wildlings.
A reanimated corpse raised and controlled by the Night King and the Others.
Cersei's, unleashed when she burned the Great Sept of Baelor with a cache of wildfire.
What Stannis refused to do at Storm's End, enduring a siege on rats and smuggled onions.