Florian the Fool was an ancient hero of the Age of Heroes. He is remembered in a story that has him fall in love with Jonquil.
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Ser Dontos Hollard, a former knight and one of the fools of the Red Keep calls himself Florian after promising to save Sansa Stark, his Jonquil, from the clutches of king Joffrey I Baratheon and hid mother, Queen Cersei Lannister.
Brienne of Tarth remembers being told tales of the valour of many knights, amongst them Florian. She feels like this portrayal is a poor one after how she was treated by many men in the Tyrell army.