History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaelish

* AscendedExtra: He was a minor character in the first two books who was mentioned to be participating in some tournaments in King's Landing. ''A Storm of Swords'' reveals that he is in the employ of Littlefinger and he becames a supporting character in Sansa's POV.

** His killing of [[spoiler:his wife Lysa Arryn]] was cold, but pragmatic considering that [[spoiler:she ''had'' just drunkenly blabbed that she's conspired with him to assassinate her late husband Jon Arryn and blame it on the Lannisters, effectively kick-starting the events that would become the War of Five Kings, right in front of not only Sansa but Marillion, as well as threatening to throw Sansa out the Moon Door out of paranoid jealousy, meant that she'd become a potentially major liability to him]]. But going out of his way to [[spoiler:make it clear to the poor obsessed woman, who had been ''fanatically'' in love with him for ''decades'', that he had never cared for her in the slightest and indeed only ever loved the sister that she'd been jealous of]] was just plain ''sadistic.''

* PrematurelyGreyHaired: He is around thirty-two when the series starts, but his black hair already has streaks of grey going through it.

* InconsistentSpelling: A common mistake is writing his name as Lothar. Not even the author is spared of this.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A common mistake is writing his name as Lothar. Not even the author is spared of this.

* KickTheDog: His killing of [[spoiler:his wife Lysa Arryn]] was cold, but pragmatic considering that [[spoiler:she ''had'' just drunkenly blabbed that she's conspired with him to assassinate her late husband Jon Arryn and blame it on the Lannisters, effectively kick-starting the events that would become the War of Five Kings, right in front of not only Sansa but Marillion, as well as threatening to throw Sansa out the Moon Door out of paranoid jealousy, meant that she'd become a potentially major liability to him]]. But going out of his way to [[spoiler:make it clear to the poor obsessed woman, who had been ''fanatically'' in love with him for ''decades'', that he had never cared for her in the slightest and indeed only ever loved the sister that she'd been jealous of]] was just plain ''sadistic.''

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His closest historical parallel is Thomas Cromwell, who also went FromNobodyToNightmare, became a genius at politicking and serving as a virtually indispensable KnowledgeBroker for most of his life.

Son of the most minor lord in Westeros, Petyr is a man of pure ambition. He was fostered at Riverrun among his social betters, and fell in love with Catelyn Tully, who did not return his affection. His impropriety got him humiliated in a duel with Brandon Stark and thrown out of Riverrun. Determined to climb the social ladder, Petyr used his financial brilliance to become King Robert's Master of Coin [[spoiler: actually, he got the job from Lysa Tully. He manipulated her into making Jon Arryn hire him in his first job at court!]] and acquired a substantial personal fortune as well. Not content with mere riches, Petyr has become quite the ChessMaster. He works as the ManBehindTheMan for many powerful players, but few seem to grasp the full scope of his own ambitions, and even then they might be incorrect. In-world, Petyr is called "Littlefinger" due to his short stature and the small strip of land he inherited in the Fingers.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: A likely reason why he's still popular with a lot of fans, despite his pettiness and backstabbing. Whatever sympathy he lost for betraying Eddard, and however selfish his motives, it's hard not to applaud when he [[spoiler:orchestrates Joffrey's poisoning or shoves Lysa Arryn off a mountain.]]

* [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]]: Littlefinger treats ''everyone'' as pawns in his schemes, and poor little Sweetrobin is no exception. [[spoiler: It gets worse when he starts plotting to slowly poison him in order to gain control of The Vale.]]

* InformedAbility: He's supposedly a master manipulator, but numerous characters note how they don't trust him at all- even characters who subsequently place all their trust in him.