Valyrian Steel

The prized steel of some of the most famous swords in Westeros.

Valyrian steel is the metal of several of the most prized swords in A Song of Ice and Fire. The smiths of Qohor, one of the Free Cities, have the rare ability to reforge it, even infusing the metal with different colours.

Quick Facts

Reforged by: The smiths of Qohor

Lore & Background

Lord Commander Jeor Mormont gives Jon Snow House Mormont's ancestral sword, Longclaw, made of Valyrian steel, with a wolf's-head pommel made for Jon. Tywin Lannister gives his son Jaime a Valyrian steel sword forged from Ice, the ancestral sword of House Stark; Jaime later entrusts that sword, Oathkeeper, to Brienne of Tarth when he sends her to protect Catelyn Stark's children.