#pyromancers

"Queer that they never asked who killed Rossart...but of course, he was no one, lowborn, Hand for a fortnight, just another mad fancy of the Mad King. "

- a startling degree of class consciousness from Jaime there, good on you J-dog!

These minis are designed as a unit of generic pyromancers for the game, but I like to paint individual characters wherever possible. This guy leapt out at me as Rossart, because I feel like whatever weird burning people alive fetish he had would definitely also manifest as having a tonsure.

A Clash of Kings - Wildfire

He did not know whether he ought to be delighted or terrified. Perhaps a smidge of both. "I trust that your guild brothers are not engaging in any unseemly haste, Wisdom. We do not want ten thousand jars of defective wildfire, nor even one . . . and we most certainly do not want any mishaps.”

A Clash of Kings - Chapter 17 - Tyrion

Tyrion's inspection of the Pyromancer's stock of wildfire once again brings me back to my ongoing problem with Mr. Martin's descriptions. All he tells us is it's cold, damp, and dark. How is the "fruit" stored? I don't know!

Now, I don't expect a painting of words, a la Mervyn Peake, making the books twice as thick as they already are, but  is it asking to have a bit more to work with?

The Pyromancers of House Lannister.

“Once it takes fire, the substance will burn fiercely until it is no more. More, it will seep into cloth, wood, leather, even steel, so they take fire as well” - Wisdom Hallyne

Finished up these boys in more time than I cared to, but I’m glad that they’ve all been squared away. I am not a fan of these models, they are so flat and boring and have very little life to their poses. The idea of an entire unit of chemists taking to the field is a bit ridiculous, and they don’t seem dressed for battle or the handling of dangerous chemical weapons. Kind of would make more sense as a unit attachment, to force panic tests or create obstacles.

According to what we know, the Alchemist’s Guild is apparently older than the Citadel, so their rivalry may have been started when the maesters started to perform a similar service. I would imagine that the pyromancers would have had a presence in Oldtown, if for no other reason than they would want to be in an area where they could receive patronage, but they may have been based in Casterly Rock, or on the east coast if they came over from Essos.

The first time we hear about the pyromancers chronologically is Aegon IV’s dragon debacle, which would mean that they’re already established in the capital. If I had to speculate who would have permitted them to set up shop, I would guess Jaehaerys I or Maegor. Septon Barth seems the type of guy to want to have wildfire to study more about dragonlore and other magical elements of fire. Maegor doesn’t seem like a guy who would want to use wildfire, he’s either on dragonback or fighting with Blackfyre personally, but if he suspected the Citadel of disloyalty or the Citadel stopped sending maesters to Maegor because he kept murdering them, he may have looked to invite the Alchemist’s Guild to provide advice.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

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