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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Borderline meta-example, in that he is no-where near as bad as many characters in the series including most of the ones who wanted him dead, and he became King- and a decent, if not necessarily competent, King at that- by rebelling against overthrowing TheCaligula. But the longer the story goes on the more apparent it is that Robert was not a particularly good person- for instance, his quest to kill all Targaryen children, while arguably bad in itself, is worse because it was likely motivated not by pragmatism (ie. risk of future war with adult Targaryen heirs) but petty vengeance against the guy / family who stole his girlfriend (whom he probably would still have cheated on and might not really have loved in any meanignful way). If the "Jon Snow= Rhaegar's son" theory is true, then Ned was probably protecting Jon from Robert above everyone else; Robert ''would'' have killed him, such was his hatred for Rhaegar, though he's the only one who thought Rhaegar was anything other than an all-round fantastic man.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Borderline meta-example, in that he is no-where near as bad as many characters in the series including most of the ones who wanted him dead, and he became King- and a decent, if not necessarily competent, King at that- by rebelling against overthrowing TheCaligula. But the longer the story goes on the more apparent it is that Robert was not a particularly good person- for instance, his quest to kill all Targaryen children, while arguably bad in itself, is worse because it was likely motivated not by pragmatism (ie. risk of future war with adult Targaryen heirs) but petty vengeance against the guy / family who stole his girlfriend (whom he probably would still have cheated on and might not really have loved in any meanignful way). If the "Jon Snow= Rhaegar's son" theory is true, then Ned was probably protecting Jon from Robert above everyone else; Robert ''would'' have killed him, such was his hatred for Rhaegar, though he's the only one who thought Rhaegar was anything other than an all-round fantastic man.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Arrives just in time to save the Night's Watch and the Wall during the battle with Mance Ryder.
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* WorthyOpponent: Melisandre claims to [[spoiler:Jon Snow]] that Stannis views him as something like this (as the reason he is refusing Stannis is because his duty demands it). He [[DeadpanSnarker notes that this must be true]], since in their last conversation Stannis only threatened to behead him for treason ''twice''.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: A fan theory, given a line by Tommen which indicated abuse by Joffrey (it being sexual is not confirmed, though.)
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--> - '''Baratheon House Words'''
--> - '''Baratheon House Words'''
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* MaritalRapeLicense: He doesn't care about Cersei desires or pleasure when performing his duty in bed. When Cersei tries to complain 'cause ''he's hurting her'', he justifies saying it's the wine to make him ruthless. And keeps drinking.
* TheMourningAfter: He still visits Lyanna's grave to pay his respects. She didn't fool herself about whether he would be unfaithful to her in life; but her death kept him loyal to her forever. Go figure.
* TheMourningAfter: He still visits Lyanna's grave to pay his respects. She didn't fool herself about whether he would be unfaithful to her in life; but her death kept him loyal to her forever. Go figure.
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* MoralityPet: Davos, who tells him everything and gets away with it.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: When the Night's Watch cries for help, for they have no chance to win against the Wildlings, Stannis leaves the battle for the Iron Throne, calls his banners and runs to Wall to defend the realm. He's the only one to put Westeros needs before his own.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Borderline meta-example, in that he is no-where near as bad as many characters in the series including most of the ones who wanted him dead, and he became King- and a decent, if not necessarily competent, King at that- by rebelling against overthrowing TheCaligula. But the longer the story goes on the more apparent it is that Robert was not a particularly good person- for instance, his quest to kill all Targaryen children, while arguably bad in itself, is worse because it was likely motivated not by pragmatism (ie. risk of future war with adult Targaryen heirs) but petty vengeance against the guy / family who stole his girlfriend (whom he probably would still have cheated on and might not really have loved in any meanignful way). If the "Jon Snow= Rhaegar's son" theory is true, then Ned was probably protecting Jon from Robert above everyone else; Robert ''would'' have killed him, such was his hatred for Rhaegar, though he's the only one who thought Rhaegar was anything other than an all-round fantastic man.
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* CouldntFindAPen: In [[spoiler: ''The Winds of Winter'' me must sing a contract with the Iron Bank but his ink has frozen. Instead of heating the ink, which would take some time, he cuts the ball of his thumb and signs in blood.]]
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* HiddenDepths: Much of Davos' interactions with him are there to showcase that Stannis than he appears to be to the rest of the world. Amongst other things he openly resents his brothers for their charm (something he's never had), [[spoiler:and appears to mourn Renly's death that he may or may not have ordered himself and regretting [[ShootHimHeHasAWallet pulling a weapon during a negotiation when Renly tried to offer him a peach]].]]
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help me pray.]] It has been so long I have quite forgotten how."''
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* HiddenDepths: Much of Davos' interactions with him are there to showcase that Stannis than he appears to be to the rest of the world. Amongst other things he openly resents his brothers for their charm (something he's never had), [[spoiler:and appears to mourn Renly's death that he may or may not have ordered himself and regretting [[ShootHimHeHasAWallet pulling a weapon during a negotiation when Renly tried to offer him a peach]].]]
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Completely Missing The Point is a comedic trope, and thus does not fit this example.
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* MightMakesRight: When discussing the legitimacy of his claim, he's quick to point out that he's got the biggest army.
* PetTheDog: Brienne.
* TheResenter: Perhaps not as much as Stannis, but it figures into his motivation nonetheless.
* ItsAllAboutMe: shades of this. His quest for kingship is -not- improving things.
* PetTheDog: Brienne.
* TheResenter: Perhaps not as much as Stannis, but it figures into his motivation nonetheless.
* ItsAllAboutMe: shades of this. His quest for kingship is -not- improving things.
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It doesn\'t mean \"gay couple\", it means a couple designed to bring in Yaoi Fangirls.
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* TheAlcoholic: Suggested. Heavy drinking is one of the (many) activities he prefers to actually governing his kingdom, and after he [[spoiler: borderline rapes his wife in a drunken stupor]], he says upon waking that it was the wine that was responsible, not him.
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All together now, children, \"genes are not dominant. Individual alleles of genes and the traits they express are dominant.\"
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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: All of his (numerous) children have the same black hair and blue eyes that he does. In RealLife, genes for black hair are dominant, so [[ShownTheirWork no problem there]]. Genes for blue eyes, however, [[AWizardDidIt not so much]].
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* DumbassHasAPoint[=/=]TheExtremistWasRight[=/=]HilariousInHindsight: [[spoiler: Alright, Robert was rather... zealous... in having the surviving Targaryens hunted down. It's still funny, now, in a BlackComedy sort of way, that Daenerys is, sooner or later, going to turn up in Westeros with (probably) a huge BadassArmy and a trio of dragons... and other than the couple of people directly planning for it, about the only one who even kind of saw it coming was poor, paranoid Robert.]]
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it\'s a sample on GRRM\'s own website hardly counts as a leak, specially since its labeled as sample.
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* {{Bishounen}}: He's very, very pretty. ''[[RuleOfThree VERY]]''.
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!!This is a listing of member of House Baratheon that appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.
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The current royal house. A house with a tradition of being aggressive, they rule the stormy eastern coast. Their brutal treatment at the hands of Aerys the Mad made them the first to rise in rebellion against the Targaryens. The impregnable castle Storm's End is their seat. The Baratheon sigil is a black stag, crowned since they became the royal house. The youngest of the Great Houses, and descended from the early Targaryens.
!'''King Robert Baratheon'''
-> ''How do you fight someone if you can't hit them?''
The King of Westeros when the story begins, he was the victor of the first civil war, known variously as "The War of the Usurper" or "Robert's Rebellion." A brave and unstoppable warrior in his youth, the death of the woman King Robert loved has caused him to degenerate over the years into a fat drunk man whose only interests are eating, drinking, hunting and whoring. Since he is uninterested in governing the realm, the real power lies with Varys and Jon Arryn. He hates the Targaryens but can't control his own vassal lords. [[spoiler:He is eventually murdered by his wife Cersei, who orchestrated a hunting 'accident.']]
* AdiposeRex: Not as obese as some, but he really lets himself go after gaining the throne.
* TheAlcoholic: Suggested. Heavy drinking is one of the (many) activities he prefers to actually governing his kingdom, and after he [[spoiler: borderline rapes his wife in a drunken stupor]], he says upon waking that it was the wine that was responsible, not him.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Robert was one of the most powerful warriors in his day. Although Ned was the real tactician in charge of "Robert's Rebellion," it seems that Robert's reputation as a BadAss made him its de facto leader, and won him the throne.
** Robert led the army during the inital battles in the south (with mixed success) and in the key battle on the Trident, where Ned arrived by the time it was over. He specifically gives the credit to Ned for defeating Connington's army, but not for the whole war.
** Well, that and the fact that it was [[TheDulcineaEffect the kidnapping of his betrothed]] that started the whole thing.
** He also gains the throne because he was actually part of the line to inherit the throne through a distant relative.
*** Though it's fairly apparent that the only people who cared were Ned(who's made of HonorBeforeReason) and, according to Renly, the maesters in the citadel. Renly plainly states that Robert's "right" to the throne was his warhammer, and Robert himself laments that Ned should have been the one to take the crown. Cersei even states that it would have been as simple as Ned sitting in the Iron Throne after telling Jaime to get off of it.
* BlueEyes
* BoisterousBruiser: Rather brutally [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]].
* {{Casanova}}
* DeconstructedTrope: A charismatic battle leader is a bad choice for King. Robert knows it, and surrounds himself with more cunning StraightMan advisors. [[spoiler: And that still isn't enough.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Unfortunately, Robert subjects his wife Cersei to this. Had he not done that, [[spoiler:he might not have ended up dead by "hunting accident".]]
* DropTheHammer: His weapon of choice is a giant iron warhammer that is described as being so heavy Ned Stark could hardly even lift it. Robert used it effortlessly. With '''one''' hand because he had a shield on his other arm.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Robert's motivation for fighting in the civil war that overthrew the Targaryens was to rescue his betrothed Lyanna.
* FailureKnight: ...and Lyanna died during the war. Woe. Robert himself comments on this:
-->"Rhaegar won, damn him. I killed him, Ned, I drove the spike right through that black armor into his black heart, and he died at my feet. They made up songs about it. Yet somehow he still won. He has Lyanna now, and I have ''her''."
* FatBastard: He's not the worst guy in the world, but he's gained a lot of weight since he became king, and this self-indulgence seems to go hand-in-hand with an increasing moral laziness. Upon seeing him for the first time in years, Ned thinks to himself that Robert has gained at least 8 stone(100 Imperial pounds); given the descriptions of him as a young man, that easily puts him north of 300 pounds.
** StoutStrength: Even still, he could still carry that hammer of his easily enough and could skewer a wild boar. He'd just be a bit more winded afterwards.
* FreudianTrio: With his brothers. He's the Id.
* GeneralRipper: Has an overwhelming and irrational hatred of all Targaryens, and has no moral qualms with sending assassins after a 14-year old girl currently located on another continent and moving away from him.
* [[spoiler: HuntingAccident: How he meets his end.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: As a young man, he was tall, handsome and "muscled like a maiden's fantasy." By the beginning of the first book, he...isn't.
* ReallyGetsAround: If the prophecy Cercei got is to be believed Robert has fathered 16 children (all bastards) in his time. Despite Cercei's best effort only one is known to have been killed in her revenge. It seems his genes might stay around for somet time.
** Varys was only able to count eight bastards from Robert, at least that's what he tells Tyrion.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: His bastard offsprings all show a strong resemblance to Robert both physicaly and in being headstrong.
** Renly is said to look just like him, minus twenty years of drinking, overeating, and whoring.
* TheMourningAfter: He still visits Lyanna's grave to pay his respects. She didn't fool herself about whether he would be unfaithful to her in life; but her death kept him loyal to her forever. Go figure.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Eddard Stark.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: All of his (numerous) children have the same black hair and blue eyes that he does. In RealLife, genes for black hair are dominant, so [[ShownTheirWork no problem there]]. Genes for blue eyes, however, [[AWizardDidIt not so much]].
!'''Joffrey Baratheon'''
-> ''"So long as I am your King, treason will never go unpunished! Ser Ilyn, bring me his head."''
The firstborn son and successor of King Robert. Actually the son of [[spoiler:Cersei and Jaime Lannister, who have an incestuous relationship.]]. He is betrothed to Sansa Stark, who completely falls in love with the handsome Prince. He gradually reveals [[CompleteMonster what he]] [[TheCaligula really is]], however, and ItGotWorse.
* BigBrotherBully: And how!
* {{Bishounen}}: Joffrey's pretty looks are described as a combination of his sister Myrcella and his uncle ([[spoiler: and father]]) Jaime.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Used with a twist: Robert is black-haired, and [[ArtMajorBiology the Baratheon phenotype is invariably dominant over the Lannister one]]. Joffrey and his siblings Tommen and Myrcella are all blond. Hmmm...
* TheCaligula
* ChocolateBaby: See BlondGuysAreEvil, above.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: After Robert got angry at Cersei and smacked her, Cersei tells Joffrey that a king should not strike his wife/fiancee. So whenever Joffrey gets angry at Sansa, he makes one of his knights hit her.
* EnfantTerrible
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* ForTheEvulz
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Not too many readers are unhappy to see him go out as painfully as he does.]]
* GreenEyes
* HighCollarOfDoom: Wears one when he shows [[spoiler:Sansa the heads of her father and septa.]]
* KickTheDog: Or disembowel the pregnant cat, as the case may be.
* RoyalBrat: Was almost the TropeNamer; "TheJoffrey" exists as a redirect.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: A list of Joffrey's senselessly cruel acts would fill up the whole page.
* StepfordSmiler
* TeensAreMonsters
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: "Joffrey of the Houses Baratheon and Lannister, the First of his Name, King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm".
* WellDoneSonGuy: In a very twisted way, Joffrey inflicted so much pain on others because he wanted to look "tough" and impress his neglectful father Robert. Among this acts was [[spoiler:sending an assassin to kill Bran Stark after he was crippled. To put him out of his misery.]]
* TheWhitePrince: Cruelly subverted.
!'''Tommen and Myrcella Baratheon'''
-->'''Tommen:''' "When I'm king in my own right, I'm going to ''outlaw'' beets."
Eight-year-old Myrcella and seven-year-old Tommen are Cersei's other two children. They also are nothing like their older brother Joffrey: they're sweet-tempered, nice and gentle. In short, Innocents. Their favorite family member is their uncle Tyrion. Of course, considering how much of a CrapsackWorld this is, it probably won't end well for them.
* ArrangedMarriage: Tommen and Margaery. Myrcella was supposed to marry Prince Trystane Martell, and they got along pretty well before shit happened.
* [[spoiler: BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted: Myrcella loses an ear and has her face scarred by Darkstar.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: A fan theory, given a line by Tommen which indicated abuse by Joffrey (it being sexual is not confirmed, though.)
* TheCutie: Both of them.
** BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Especially Myrcella]].
* [[spoiler: FallenPrincess: Poor, ''poor'' Myrcella]]
* GreenEyes: Both of them.
* [[spoiler:InfantImmortality: Averted, BecauseDestinySaysSo. While no one was sad to see Joffrey go, it'll be a shame if/when these two do.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Tommen really likes his kittens.
* MommasBoy: Tommen is completely dominated by his mom Cersei. That does '''not''' bode well, and his wife Margaery tries to reverse it but it doesn't really work either.
* TheOjou: Myrcella.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: It looks like Myrcella's marriage to Trystane may become this [[spoiler: if she avoids her prophesized fate.]]
** Tommen and Margaery Tyrell get along famously. She takes him hawking, out for visits among the smallfolk in King's Landing, gives him a litter of kittens as a gift, and lets her brother Loras teach him how to joust. Because of their age difference, though, Tommen looks up to her like a CoolBigSis rather than as a romantic partner. It's telling that when Cersei makes an offhand comment about taking off Margaery's head, he puts his eight-year-old foot down and stands up to her for the first time in the series.
* [[spoiler:PuppetKing: Tommen, although it's really no secret.]]
* SiblingYinYang: Tommen and Joffrey.
!'''Stannis Baratheon'''
-> ''"Great or small, '''we must do our duty'''."''
-> ''"There is no creature on earth half as terrifying as a truly just man."''
-> Varys, about Stannis
King Robert's stern and uptight younger brother, Stannis is a man obsessed with his principles and always, always does what he feels to be his duty. [[spoiler:He finds out that Joffrey is not Robert's son, and rebels after his brother's death since he's his sole heir.]] He is unpopular with the people for his merciless sense of justice, but proves to be a very complex man who dislikes what he forces himself to do.
* {{Badass}}: He's described as a mighty war leader and is without mercy.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BeYourself: SubvertedTrope in the very first Davos chapter. Stannis describes a hawk he rescued and [[PetTheDog nursed back to health]], though not enough that it could hunt for him. Everyone tells him, "Give up, try a different bird." [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop He does]].
* BlueEyes
* BrutalHonesty: an EstablishingCharacterMoment. He can't even make small talk.
** His BrutalHonesty is an interesting case, because while speaking his mind can cause him to hurt people's feelings, it also means that on the rare occasions he says something nice, it is truly heartfelt. This can sometimes lead him to kick and pet the dog almost simultaneously, such as [[KickTheDog when he bluntly tells maester Cressen that he is too old and confused to be of any use to him anymore]], but then states a few sentences later that the maester's age makes the stairs he would need to use to perform his duties dangerous to him, and says [[PetTheDog "I will not have you kill yourself in my service".]] This may not seem like much, but considering Stannis' general grimness, (plus the YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness mentality that many characters have,) this is actually quite a significant sign of affection and respect for the maester's past services.
* CainAndAbel: Stannis and his younger brother Renly. The series' GrayAndGreyMorality being what it is, though, it's impossible to tell who is the "good" and the "evil" one.
** Case in point: Renly wants power as king. Stannis seems to see it more as his duty as Robert's heir, though Renly acknowledges that Stannis may well have a better claim but he (Renly) has the larger army. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a Cain and Cain situation however, as Renly is assassinated before his vastly superior army can crush Stannis' own.]] It's never quite clear whether Stannis knew about this. He ''says'' he didn't, and that's [[BrutalHonesty usually enough]], it's not 100% certain.
* CharacterTic: Grinding his teeth.
* TheChosenOne: Maybe, maybe not.
* {{Cult}}: The religion that Melisandre, his sorceress-advisor, brings to Dragonstone.
* DeadpanSnarker: Despite his rigidity and seriousness, does demonstrate a very dry sense of humor on occasion.
* {{Determinator}}: His stubbornness in the face of adversity is well known. He demonstrated this during the Siege of Storm's End, and keeps on trucking despite incredible setbacks in the War of the Five Kings.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He has shown himself to be a capable leader, and won several victories for Robert, but because (in the words of [[Series/GameOfThrones TV!Loras]]) he "has the personality of a lobster!", he is disdained in favor of his more likable brothers. This bothers him more than he cares to admit..
** [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material]] says that Stannis remaining on Dragonstone in a fit of pique throughout the first book was in part due to Robert refusing to name him Hand of the King after Jon Arryn's death.
** He openly complains about how much this annoys him:
-->'''Stannis:''' Robert could piss in a cup and men would call it wine, but I offer them cold clear water and they squint in suspicion and mutter to each other about how queer it tastes.
* EvilUncle: [[spoiler:He is this to Edric Storm, whom he is ''this close'' to burning as a sacrifice.]]
* FlatEarthAtheist: He hasn't believed in any gods since the tragic death of his parents combined with his observations of the unfairness of the world, but Melisandre and others believe he is the messiah of their religion, and at least in theory, her magical powers confirm that Rh'llor is real.
* FreudianTrio: With his brothers. He's the Superego.
* HonorBeforeReason: He also expects the ''rest'' of the world to act this way. This is part of why he is so disliked. He takes this to the greatest possible extreme in ''A Dance With Dragons'' by [[spoiler:attacking Winterfell while his army is starving, freezing and greatly outnumbered. This attack apparently resulted in his death, though there is a lot evidence that suggests otherwise.]]
* LonelyAtTheTop: So very much. "Kings have no friends, only subjects and enemies".
* MiddleChildSyndrome
* ([=aDwD=] spoilers) [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody: Ramsay Bolton sends a letter to Jon Snow in which he claims to have smashed Stannis' host and killed the king. Having said that, in that self-same letter Ramsay admits that some of Stannis's army escape by demanding the return of "his wife" (Jeyne Poole) and "his manservant" (Reek AKA Theon Greyjoy). It's not unrealistic that Stannis and Asha may be [[HesJustHiding Just Hiding]] along with them. And would ''you'' trust Ramsay Bolton?]]
* NoSocialSkills
* PrinciplesZealot: He has an almost pathological need to following the established rules of honor and duty, even if he himself thinks they're morally wrong. "[[LawfulStupid Screw What's Right, I'm Following The Rules]]!" if you will.
* SiblingYinYang: He's completely unlike either of his brothers, possibly as a result of his MiddleChildSyndrome.
* TheStoic
* SurroundedByIdiots: Sees most of the lords who support him as useless, two-faced fools who he very grudgingly tolerates because he needs their support to take the Iron Throne, or they're fanatical worshippers of R'hllor. Davos and Melisandre are the only two people he trusts and respects completely.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
!'''Renly Baratheon'''
-> ''"Ser Loras, stay here and [[HoYay pray with me.]]"''
King Robert's youngest brother. A handsome, flashy and charismatic young man, he is very popular with the common people. Later, Renly refuses to support either his nephew Joffrey's claim to the throne or his brother Stannis's rebellion, and declares himself King since that he has the largest army in Westeros thanks to his alliance with the Tyrells.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's very, very pretty. ''[[RuleOfThree VERY]]''.
* BlueEyes
* CainAndAbel: Renly and his older brother Stannis are mortal enemies, though both are equally "good" and "evil".
* CampGay: Averted. [[StraightGay The clues are fairly subtle]].
* DiscOneFinalBoss: By the end of the first book, Renly commanded an enormous war host larger than all other armies on the continent put together. It didn't last very long.
* FreudianTrio: With his brothers. He's the Ego.
* HoYay
* [[HideYourLesbians Hide Your Gays]]: Renly and Loras Tyrell had a sexual relationship. WordOfGay was necessary before some fans would believe it.
* {{Pride}}: His biggest flaw.
-->"I have it in me to be a great king, strong yet generous, clever, just, diligent. loyal to my freinds and terrible to my enemies, yet capable of forgiveness, patient-"
-->"-humble?" Catelyn supplied.
-->Renly laughed. "You must allow a king some flaws, my lady."
* SleazyPolitician: Is one at heart, although he doesn't appear like one.
* StraightGay
* YaoiGuys: With Loras.
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The current royal house. A house with a tradition of being aggressive, they rule the stormy eastern coast. Their brutal treatment at the hands of Aerys the Mad made them the first to rise in rebellion against the Targaryens. The impregnable castle Storm's End is their seat. The Baratheon sigil is a black stag, crowned since they became the royal house. The youngest of the Great Houses, and descended from the early Targaryens.
!'''King Robert Baratheon'''
-> ''How do you fight someone if you can't hit them?''
The King of Westeros when the story begins, he was the victor of the first civil war, known variously as "The War of the Usurper" or "Robert's Rebellion." A brave and unstoppable warrior in his youth, the death of the woman King Robert loved has caused him to degenerate over the years into a fat drunk man whose only interests are eating, drinking, hunting and whoring. Since he is uninterested in governing the realm, the real power lies with Varys and Jon Arryn. He hates the Targaryens but can't control his own vassal lords. [[spoiler:He is eventually murdered by his wife Cersei, who orchestrated a hunting 'accident.']]
* AdiposeRex: Not as obese as some, but he really lets himself go after gaining the throne.
* TheAlcoholic: Suggested. Heavy drinking is one of the (many) activities he prefers to actually governing his kingdom, and after he [[spoiler: borderline rapes his wife in a drunken stupor]], he says upon waking that it was the wine that was responsible, not him.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Robert was one of the most powerful warriors in his day. Although Ned was the real tactician in charge of "Robert's Rebellion," it seems that Robert's reputation as a BadAss made him its de facto leader, and won him the throne.
** Robert led the army during the inital battles in the south (with mixed success) and in the key battle on the Trident, where Ned arrived by the time it was over. He specifically gives the credit to Ned for defeating Connington's army, but not for the whole war.
** Well, that and the fact that it was [[TheDulcineaEffect the kidnapping of his betrothed]] that started the whole thing.
** He also gains the throne because he was actually part of the line to inherit the throne through a distant relative.
*** Though it's fairly apparent that the only people who cared were Ned(who's made of HonorBeforeReason) and, according to Renly, the maesters in the citadel. Renly plainly states that Robert's "right" to the throne was his warhammer, and Robert himself laments that Ned should have been the one to take the crown. Cersei even states that it would have been as simple as Ned sitting in the Iron Throne after telling Jaime to get off of it.
* BlueEyes
* BoisterousBruiser: Rather brutally [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]].
* {{Casanova}}
* DeconstructedTrope: A charismatic battle leader is a bad choice for King. Robert knows it, and surrounds himself with more cunning StraightMan advisors. [[spoiler: And that still isn't enough.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Unfortunately, Robert subjects his wife Cersei to this. Had he not done that, [[spoiler:he might not have ended up dead by "hunting accident".]]
* DropTheHammer: His weapon of choice is a giant iron warhammer that is described as being so heavy Ned Stark could hardly even lift it. Robert used it effortlessly. With '''one''' hand because he had a shield on his other arm.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Robert's motivation for fighting in the civil war that overthrew the Targaryens was to rescue his betrothed Lyanna.
* FailureKnight: ...and Lyanna died during the war. Woe. Robert himself comments on this:
-->"Rhaegar won, damn him. I killed him, Ned, I drove the spike right through that black armor into his black heart, and he died at my feet. They made up songs about it. Yet somehow he still won. He has Lyanna now, and I have ''her''."
* FatBastard: He's not the worst guy in the world, but he's gained a lot of weight since he became king, and this self-indulgence seems to go hand-in-hand with an increasing moral laziness. Upon seeing him for the first time in years, Ned thinks to himself that Robert has gained at least 8 stone(100 Imperial pounds); given the descriptions of him as a young man, that easily puts him north of 300 pounds.
** StoutStrength: Even still, he could still carry that hammer of his easily enough and could skewer a wild boar. He'd just be a bit more winded afterwards.
* FreudianTrio: With his brothers. He's the Id.
* GeneralRipper: Has an overwhelming and irrational hatred of all Targaryens, and has no moral qualms with sending assassins after a 14-year old girl currently located on another continent and moving away from him.
* [[spoiler: HuntingAccident: How he meets his end.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: As a young man, he was tall, handsome and "muscled like a maiden's fantasy." By the beginning of the first book, he...isn't.
* ReallyGetsAround: If the prophecy Cercei got is to be believed Robert has fathered 16 children (all bastards) in his time. Despite Cercei's best effort only one is known to have been killed in her revenge. It seems his genes might stay around for somet time.
** Varys was only able to count eight bastards from Robert, at least that's what he tells Tyrion.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: His bastard offsprings all show a strong resemblance to Robert both physicaly and in being headstrong.
** Renly is said to look just like him, minus twenty years of drinking, overeating, and whoring.
* TheMourningAfter: He still visits Lyanna's grave to pay his respects. She didn't fool herself about whether he would be unfaithful to her in life; but her death kept him loyal to her forever. Go figure.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Eddard Stark.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: All of his (numerous) children have the same black hair and blue eyes that he does. In RealLife, genes for black hair are dominant, so [[ShownTheirWork no problem there]]. Genes for blue eyes, however, [[AWizardDidIt not so much]].
!'''Joffrey Baratheon'''
-> ''"So long as I am your King, treason will never go unpunished! Ser Ilyn, bring me his head."''
The firstborn son and successor of King Robert. Actually the son of [[spoiler:Cersei and Jaime Lannister, who have an incestuous relationship.]]. He is betrothed to Sansa Stark, who completely falls in love with the handsome Prince. He gradually reveals [[CompleteMonster what he]] [[TheCaligula really is]], however, and ItGotWorse.
* BigBrotherBully: And how!
* {{Bishounen}}: Joffrey's pretty looks are described as a combination of his sister Myrcella and his uncle ([[spoiler: and father]]) Jaime.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Used with a twist: Robert is black-haired, and [[ArtMajorBiology the Baratheon phenotype is invariably dominant over the Lannister one]]. Joffrey and his siblings Tommen and Myrcella are all blond. Hmmm...
* TheCaligula
* ChocolateBaby: See BlondGuysAreEvil, above.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: After Robert got angry at Cersei and smacked her, Cersei tells Joffrey that a king should not strike his wife/fiancee. So whenever Joffrey gets angry at Sansa, he makes one of his knights hit her.
* EnfantTerrible
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* ForTheEvulz
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Not too many readers are unhappy to see him go out as painfully as he does.]]
* GreenEyes
* HighCollarOfDoom: Wears one when he shows [[spoiler:Sansa the heads of her father and septa.]]
* KickTheDog: Or disembowel the pregnant cat, as the case may be.
* RoyalBrat: Was almost the TropeNamer; "TheJoffrey" exists as a redirect.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: A list of Joffrey's senselessly cruel acts would fill up the whole page.
* StepfordSmiler
* TeensAreMonsters
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: "Joffrey of the Houses Baratheon and Lannister, the First of his Name, King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm".
* WellDoneSonGuy: In a very twisted way, Joffrey inflicted so much pain on others because he wanted to look "tough" and impress his neglectful father Robert. Among this acts was [[spoiler:sending an assassin to kill Bran Stark after he was crippled. To put him out of his misery.]]
* TheWhitePrince: Cruelly subverted.
!'''Tommen and Myrcella Baratheon'''
-->'''Tommen:''' "When I'm king in my own right, I'm going to ''outlaw'' beets."
Eight-year-old Myrcella and seven-year-old Tommen are Cersei's other two children. They also are nothing like their older brother Joffrey: they're sweet-tempered, nice and gentle. In short, Innocents. Their favorite family member is their uncle Tyrion. Of course, considering how much of a CrapsackWorld this is, it probably won't end well for them.
* ArrangedMarriage: Tommen and Margaery. Myrcella was supposed to marry Prince Trystane Martell, and they got along pretty well before shit happened.
* [[spoiler: BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted: Myrcella loses an ear and has her face scarred by Darkstar.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: A fan theory, given a line by Tommen which indicated abuse by Joffrey (it being sexual is not confirmed, though.)
* TheCutie: Both of them.
** BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Especially Myrcella]].
* [[spoiler: FallenPrincess: Poor, ''poor'' Myrcella]]
* GreenEyes: Both of them.
* [[spoiler:InfantImmortality: Averted, BecauseDestinySaysSo. While no one was sad to see Joffrey go, it'll be a shame if/when these two do.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Tommen really likes his kittens.
* MommasBoy: Tommen is completely dominated by his mom Cersei. That does '''not''' bode well, and his wife Margaery tries to reverse it but it doesn't really work either.
* TheOjou: Myrcella.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: It looks like Myrcella's marriage to Trystane may become this [[spoiler: if she avoids her prophesized fate.]]
** Tommen and Margaery Tyrell get along famously. She takes him hawking, out for visits among the smallfolk in King's Landing, gives him a litter of kittens as a gift, and lets her brother Loras teach him how to joust. Because of their age difference, though, Tommen looks up to her like a CoolBigSis rather than as a romantic partner. It's telling that when Cersei makes an offhand comment about taking off Margaery's head, he puts his eight-year-old foot down and stands up to her for the first time in the series.
* [[spoiler:PuppetKing: Tommen, although it's really no secret.]]
* SiblingYinYang: Tommen and Joffrey.
!'''Stannis Baratheon'''
-> ''"Great or small, '''we must do our duty'''."''
-> ''"There is no creature on earth half as terrifying as a truly just man."''
-> Varys, about Stannis
King Robert's stern and uptight younger brother, Stannis is a man obsessed with his principles and always, always does what he feels to be his duty. [[spoiler:He finds out that Joffrey is not Robert's son, and rebels after his brother's death since he's his sole heir.]] He is unpopular with the people for his merciless sense of justice, but proves to be a very complex man who dislikes what he forces himself to do.
* {{Badass}}: He's described as a mighty war leader and is without mercy.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BeYourself: SubvertedTrope in the very first Davos chapter. Stannis describes a hawk he rescued and [[PetTheDog nursed back to health]], though not enough that it could hunt for him. Everyone tells him, "Give up, try a different bird." [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop He does]].
* BlueEyes
* BrutalHonesty: an EstablishingCharacterMoment. He can't even make small talk.
** His BrutalHonesty is an interesting case, because while speaking his mind can cause him to hurt people's feelings, it also means that on the rare occasions he says something nice, it is truly heartfelt. This can sometimes lead him to kick and pet the dog almost simultaneously, such as [[KickTheDog when he bluntly tells maester Cressen that he is too old and confused to be of any use to him anymore]], but then states a few sentences later that the maester's age makes the stairs he would need to use to perform his duties dangerous to him, and says [[PetTheDog "I will not have you kill yourself in my service".]] This may not seem like much, but considering Stannis' general grimness, (plus the YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness mentality that many characters have,) this is actually quite a significant sign of affection and respect for the maester's past services.
* CainAndAbel: Stannis and his younger brother Renly. The series' GrayAndGreyMorality being what it is, though, it's impossible to tell who is the "good" and the "evil" one.
** Case in point: Renly wants power as king. Stannis seems to see it more as his duty as Robert's heir, though Renly acknowledges that Stannis may well have a better claim but he (Renly) has the larger army. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a Cain and Cain situation however, as Renly is assassinated before his vastly superior army can crush Stannis' own.]] It's never quite clear whether Stannis knew about this. He ''says'' he didn't, and that's [[BrutalHonesty usually enough]], it's not 100% certain.
* CharacterTic: Grinding his teeth.
* TheChosenOne: Maybe, maybe not.
* {{Cult}}: The religion that Melisandre, his sorceress-advisor, brings to Dragonstone.
* DeadpanSnarker: Despite his rigidity and seriousness, does demonstrate a very dry sense of humor on occasion.
* {{Determinator}}: His stubbornness in the face of adversity is well known. He demonstrated this during the Siege of Storm's End, and keeps on trucking despite incredible setbacks in the War of the Five Kings.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He has shown himself to be a capable leader, and won several victories for Robert, but because (in the words of [[Series/GameOfThrones TV!Loras]]) he "has the personality of a lobster!", he is disdained in favor of his more likable brothers. This bothers him more than he cares to admit..
** [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material]] says that Stannis remaining on Dragonstone in a fit of pique throughout the first book was in part due to Robert refusing to name him Hand of the King after Jon Arryn's death.
** He openly complains about how much this annoys him:
-->'''Stannis:''' Robert could piss in a cup and men would call it wine, but I offer them cold clear water and they squint in suspicion and mutter to each other about how queer it tastes.
* EvilUncle: [[spoiler:He is this to Edric Storm, whom he is ''this close'' to burning as a sacrifice.]]
* FlatEarthAtheist: He hasn't believed in any gods since the tragic death of his parents combined with his observations of the unfairness of the world, but Melisandre and others believe he is the messiah of their religion, and at least in theory, her magical powers confirm that Rh'llor is real.
* FreudianTrio: With his brothers. He's the Superego.
* HonorBeforeReason: He also expects the ''rest'' of the world to act this way. This is part of why he is so disliked. He takes this to the greatest possible extreme in ''A Dance With Dragons'' by [[spoiler:attacking Winterfell while his army is starving, freezing and greatly outnumbered. This attack apparently resulted in his death, though there is a lot evidence that suggests otherwise.]]
* LonelyAtTheTop: So very much. "Kings have no friends, only subjects and enemies".
* MiddleChildSyndrome
* ([=aDwD=] spoilers) [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody: Ramsay Bolton sends a letter to Jon Snow in which he claims to have smashed Stannis' host and killed the king. Having said that, in that self-same letter Ramsay admits that some of Stannis's army escape by demanding the return of "his wife" (Jeyne Poole) and "his manservant" (Reek AKA Theon Greyjoy). It's not unrealistic that Stannis and Asha may be [[HesJustHiding Just Hiding]] along with them. And would ''you'' trust Ramsay Bolton?]]
* NoSocialSkills
* PrinciplesZealot: He has an almost pathological need to following the established rules of honor and duty, even if he himself thinks they're morally wrong. "[[LawfulStupid Screw What's Right, I'm Following The Rules]]!" if you will.
* SiblingYinYang: He's completely unlike either of his brothers, possibly as a result of his MiddleChildSyndrome.
* TheStoic
* SurroundedByIdiots: Sees most of the lords who support him as useless, two-faced fools who he very grudgingly tolerates because he needs their support to take the Iron Throne, or they're fanatical worshippers of R'hllor. Davos and Melisandre are the only two people he trusts and respects completely.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
!'''Renly Baratheon'''
-> ''"Ser Loras, stay here and [[HoYay pray with me.]]"''
King Robert's youngest brother. A handsome, flashy and charismatic young man, he is very popular with the common people. Later, Renly refuses to support either his nephew Joffrey's claim to the throne or his brother Stannis's rebellion, and declares himself King since that he has the largest army in Westeros thanks to his alliance with the Tyrells.
* {{Bishounen}}: He's very, very pretty. ''[[RuleOfThree VERY]]''.
* BlueEyes
* CainAndAbel: Renly and his older brother Stannis are mortal enemies, though both are equally "good" and "evil".
* CampGay: Averted. [[StraightGay The clues are fairly subtle]].
* DiscOneFinalBoss: By the end of the first book, Renly commanded an enormous war host larger than all other armies on the continent put together. It didn't last very long.
* FreudianTrio: With his brothers. He's the Ego.
* HoYay
* [[HideYourLesbians Hide Your Gays]]: Renly and Loras Tyrell had a sexual relationship. WordOfGay was necessary before some fans would believe it.
* {{Pride}}: His biggest flaw.
-->"I have it in me to be a great king, strong yet generous, clever, just, diligent. loyal to my freinds and terrible to my enemies, yet capable of forgiveness, patient-"
-->"-humble?" Catelyn supplied.
-->Renly laughed. "You must allow a king some flaws, my lady."
* SleazyPolitician: Is one at heart, although he doesn't appear like one.
* StraightGay
* YaoiGuys: With Loras.
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