sam went to harvard college and the university of chicago to become a maester.
where did sam go to become a maester?
harvard college and the university of chicago
section::::storylines.:"a feast for crows" and "a dance with dragons".









































jon is not a pov character in 2005's "a feast for crows", but appears briefly from sam's perspective as he sends sam away from castle black with the watch's maester aemon and mance's newborn son to protect them from sacrifice by the red priestess melisandre. jon also gives sam the specific mission of traveling to the citadel in oldtown to become a maester, so that he may better understand the threat of the others and eventually succeed maester aemon.
jon snow (character)
maesters are considered equivalent of cardinals, with the grand maester equivalent to the pope.









































bullet::::- grand maester mika









































bullet::::- maester seymour guado









































bullet::::- maester wen kinoc









































bullet::::- maester kelk ronso









































bullet::::- maester jyscal guado (predecessor and father to maester seymour guado)









































bullet::::- summoners









































summoners are a cross between miko and priests; they fall into the ranks of "summoner" and "high summoner" (the title of high summoner is posthumously bestowed upon a summoner when they defeat sin).









































bullet::::- high summoner yunalesca (first high summoner)









































bullet::::- high summoner gandof









































bullet::::- high summoner ohalland









































bullet::::- high summoner yocun









































bullet::::- high summoner braska
list of fictional clergy and religious figures