1. Living in the Seven Kingdoms
(World of Westeros/Miscellaneous)

... Though considered extraneous in your own house, you have found a place of employment with your family’s liege house. Maesters Trained by the Citadel in Oldtown, you have been assigned as the maester ...

2. The Maester
(About Game of Thrones/Game Rules)

Maesters are often referred to as “knights of the mind,” and their broad learning and experience is useful to nobles and lords across the Seven Kingdoms. Maesters are trained in a grand fortress, the Citadel ...

3. Beastiary
(World of Westeros/Miscellaneous)

... human, poisonous sting that is fatal to humans) Unicorn (found on Skagos) Walking Lizard Walrus Whale (also called leviathans, found in the east) White Raven (with black eyes, bred in the Citadel, rare; ...

4. The Alchemist's Guild
(Houses of Westeros/Independents)

... powerful, but the Maesters of the Citadel have largely supplanted them and the Guild's abilities and influence are now greatly diminished. At the height of their power, Alchemists claimed the ability to ...

5. Grand Maester Pycelle
(World of Westeros/People)

... Baratheon, Pycelle has been Grand Maester to the kings of Westeros for 40 years. The Grand Maester is appointed by the Citadel at Oldtown, and Pycelle has entrenched himself in the Red Keep and on the ...

6. Samwell Tarley
(World of Westeros/People)

... At Jon's command, Sam traveled to the Citadel, with Maester Aemon and the wildling Gilly, to train as a maester. While at sea, Sam began a relationship with Gilly, but was ashamed of his feelings for her; ...

7. Qyburn
(World of Westeros/People)

Qyburn is an advisor to Queen Cersei and serves as her chief interrogator and spy. He was a former maester stripped of his chain and title by the Citadel for conducting immoral research (vivisection and ...

8. Maester Luwin
(World of Westeros/People)

... maesters to study the higher mysteries, or “magic,” at the Citadel, earning a link of Valyrian steel. He learned its theories and history, although he believes it has long fled the world.  ...

9. Maester Aemon
(World of Westeros/People)

... was far down the line of succession. His grandfather, King Daeron II, sent him to the Citadel as a boy, and once he took his vows, he remained true to this destiny. When his father, King Maekar I, died, ...

10. Archmaester Marwyn
(World of Westeros/People)

Archmaester Marwyn is the order's leading researcher into the occult and magic. He distrusts the other maesters in the Citadel and is derisively called the Mage by his peers. ...

11. The Citadel
(World of Westeros/Strongholds)

The Citadel is an impressive structure in the city of Oldtown and is home to all maesters. Here maesters undergo their training, from the time they arrive as novices until they have achieved the title ...

12. Maesters of the Citadel
(Houses of Westeros/Independents)

... begin their training as novices in The Citadel, a massive structure in the city of Oldtown that all maester's call home. Males of any age may begin training as a maester; females are not permitted to study ...

13. House Tarly
(Houses of Westeros/Minor Houses)

... of the Night's Watch, cleverly manipulating the other candidates for the Lord Commander's post so that they all supported Jon Snow against Janos Slynt. At Jon's command, Sam traveled to the Citadel, with ...

14. House Martell
(Houses of Westeros/Great Houses)

...  Holdings The Martells rule all of Dorne, from the Red Mountains to the Summer Sea. Their seat is the citadel of Sunspear and the city in its shadow. Near Sunspear lies the Water Gardens, a pleasure ...

15. Oldtown
(World of Westeros/Cities)

... the Citadel, home of the order of Maesters who serve as councillors, doctors, scientists, and postmasters for the Seven Kingdoms. The city's Starry Sept was the seat of the Holy Faith of the Seven until ...

16. The Reach
(World of Westeros/Geography)

... city in the Reach is Oldtown. It is the oldest city in Westeros, home to The Citadel and the previous seat of the Faith of the Seven. Bastards born in the Reach are given the surname Flowers. “The Tyrells ...