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| “ | Caggo Corpsekiller the men were calling him now, though not to his face; he was quick to anger, and that curved black sword of his was as nasty as its owner. | „ |
| ~ Quentyn Martell's thoughts on Caggo. |
Caggo, nicknamed Caggo Corpsekiller or simply The Corpsekiller, is a minor character in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series. Having Dothraki origins, he is a sellsword who serves as a captain of the sellsword company known as the Windblown and also serves as the right-hand man of its overarching captain, the Tattered Prince.
Appearance[]
Caggo is a huge man with a seared and scarred face. In battle, he wields a rare arakh made of Valyrian steel.
Personality[]
Caggo is feared for his bad temper, as he is quick to anger. Despite this, he is well-regarded by the Tattered Prince. He is also known to be cruel, as he murdered an innocent slave girl just because he considered her ugly. Though no one would dare call him by his nickname on his face, Caggo doesn't mind, nor does he care at all.
Biography[]
Caggo took a slave girl from Westerosi knight Ser Lucifer Long, and instead of returning her after he was done, Caggo killed the slave girl, as he considered her ugly, earning him the hatred of Ser Lucifer.
A Dance of Dragons[]
Caggo participates in the siege of Astapor, where the forces of Yunkai attacked the slaver city as part of Yunkai's war against the other two city-states of Slaver's Bay. During the ensuing conflict, the disguised Prince Quentyn Martell and his friends, Ser Archibald Yronwood and Ser Gerris Drinkwater, participate in the battle as part of the mounted Yunkish forces. Gerris pointed out to the youth that the King of Astapor, Cleon, is astride a tall armored horse wearing copper-scaled armor that flashes brilliantly in the sun. Riding his enormous warhorse, Caggo fights his way through Cleon's protectors to get to the Butcher King.
Reaching Cleon, he strikes him down, opening him from shoulder to hip with a single blow of his curved Valyrian steel arakh. Upon impact, Cleon's copper armor is easily destroyed, revealing an unbearable stench of rotting flesh and a hundred wriggling grave worms. It turns out, though Caggo had struck down Cleon, the latter is actually already dead, as he was killed earlier through a betrayal. By armoring his decomposed corpse and tying it to his horse, the Astapori had tricked Yunkai into believing that Cleon was still alive and ruling Astapor. Because he was the one who struck down King Cleon's corpse, Caggo ended up earning himself the nickname "Caggo Corpsekiller," though no one dared say this to his face due to his short temper.
Later, in the under-cellar of the Purple Lotus in Meereen, Caggo, along with two of his fellow sellswords, Denzo D'han and Meris, were present when the Tattered Prince met with Quentyn and his surviving companions, who sought to hire the Windblown so they would aid them in stealing one of the three dragons of Queen Daenerys Targaryen. Quentyn's reason is that because his proposal to marry Daenerys was spurned by the latter, he became desperate to not return to Dorne empty-handed, as doing so will only disappoint his father Prince Doran while Princess Arianne Martell and the Sand Snakes will mock him for his failure. In addition, as three of Quentyn's companions were killed by pirates while in Essos, their deaths would be in vain if Quentyn gives up on his mission. Though Caggo was amused that Quentyn seeks to capture one of Daenerys's dragons, the Tattered Prince nevertheless agrees to help the Dornish prince but only on the condition that he get the Free City of Pentos as payment for the allegiance.
Caggo and the Windblown join Quentyn and his companions as they, while in disguise as Brazen Beasts, head to the Dragon Pit, which is where two of Daenerys' dragons, Viserion and Rhaegal, were chained. Prince Quentyn had planned on feeding them a lot of meat until they become so full they would be left sluggish, which would give him and the Windblown the advantage of chaining one of them to take back to Dorne.
When they reached the Pit, they find it guarded by four Brazen Beasts, with three of them wearing locust masks while their serjeant's mask is a basilisk. Though the Tattered Prince had given him the codeword needed to gain access, however, the Sellsword didn't know that as Ser Barristan Selmy's coup against Daenerys' husband King Hizdahr zo Loraq is also taking place, the Brazen Beasts guarding the Pit are not aware of the code, due to being a part of the coup. As a result, when Quentyn attempted to use the codeword "Dog" on them, this ended up starting a fight between the Brazen Beasts and his group. During the skirmish, Caggo beheads one of the guards, even though the Brazen Beast had surrendered, and all four of the guards were killed in the end.
When the group breaks into the Dragon Pit, they discovered that Rhaegal had already broken free of his shackles, while Viserion, who had also freed himself, had made a cave for himself in the ceiling. As Quentyn tries to tame Viserion with a whip, the dragon loses interest and turns his focus on the Windblown. Caggo immediately calls for his fellow sellswords to bring in chains for the dragons, so they could try to chain him down. Unfortunately, Quentyn's plan to capture one of the dragons was ruined when one of the Windblown angers Viserion by slightly injuring him with a quarrel, and the crossbowman was killed as a result. Realizing that they cannot control the dragons, Caggo and the other Windblown fled to safety, while Rhaegal mortally wounds Quentyn before escaping from the Dragon Pit with Viserion.
Caggo is presumably participating in the ongoing second siege of Meereen, fighting for the Slaver Alliance.
The Winds of Winter[]
Caggo now presumably fights on the side of Meereen and House Targaryen, as it has been reported that the Winblown had betrayed their Yunkish employers.
Quotes[]
By Caggo[]
| “ | That is for the prince to decide, Hungerford. Your part is to do as you are told. | „ |
| ~ Caggo Corpsekiller to Hugh Hungerford, when he questions if the Windblown would Betray Yunkai and side with Daenerys Targaryen. |
| “ | She was ugly. That's cause enough. | „ |
| ~ Caggo making an excuse on killing Lucifer Long's slave girl. |
| “ | We were told these beasts are smaller than the queen's monster. | „ |
| ~ Caggo comparing the size of Viserion and Rhaegal to Drogon. |
| “ | Brazen Beast: Yield. I yield. Caggo Corpsekiller: No. You die. |
„ |
| ~ Caggo refusing to spare the life of one of the Brazen Beasts guarding the Dragon Pit, |
About Caggo[]
| “ | He could have given her back when he'd had her. He had no cause to kill her. | „ |
| ~ Lucifer Long complaining to The Tattered Prince on Caggo's killing of his slave girl. |
| “ | Caggo was the one who finally cut him down, fighting through the king's protectors on his monstrous warhorse and opening Cleon the Great from shoulder to hip with one blow of his Valyrian arakh. Frog did not see it but those who did claimed Cleon's copper armor rent like silk, and from within came an awful stench and a hundred wriggling grave worms. Cleon had been dead after all. | „ |
| ~ Quentyn Martell (Frog)'s thoughts on Caggo's victory over Cleon the Great's corpse. |
Gallery[]
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External Link[]
- Caggo on the A Wiki of Ice and Fire.
