History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheon

* EasilyForgiven: Zig-zagged. Jaehaerys did gently forgive Rogar and welcome him back to court on account of his past service and no real harm ultimately being done, bringing the lord to shed ManlyTears after he'd resigned himself to execution or taking the black. It is likely his mother Queen Alyssa's devastation at being rejected by Rogar, and an unwillingly to further hurt her by a worse punishment on Rogar, also contributed to Jaehaerys settling for pardoning Rogar with his lands and titles intact and merely being ordered to reconcile with Alyssa. At the same time, the young king also made it plain he wasn't happy with Rogar's attempted treason, forced Rogar to make amends for attempting to split up the marriage between Jaehaerys and Alysanne by becoming Alysanne's biggest supporter, and dropped a hint through a demonstration-by-dragon that he wouldn't be so forgiving if Rogar crossed him again. Needless to say, Rogar got the message and reconciled with Jaehaerys.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Puts the Baratheon family into the most precarious state it's ever been by trying to usurp his brother. Stannis and Renly together could have easily brushed aside the Lannisters, avenge their brother and put a proper Baratheon back on the Throne. However, by trying to jump the succession line, Renly divided the family's army and gave their enemy time to gather forces and shore up defenses. Consequently, the family got absolutely decimated by each other and their enemy, reducing what was left of the once great house to a single army led by Stannis in the North.

!!!The Baratheons of the Current Age

!!!Baratheons of the Previous Age

!!!Historical Baratheons
!!Reign of Aegon I

!!Reign of Aenys I

!!Reign of Jaehaerys I

!!Reign of Viserys I

!!Dance of the Dragons Era

!!Reign of Daeron II

!!!Historical Baratheons

[[folder:Lord Orys Baratheon]]
!!Lord Orys Baratheon, Hand of the King, Lord of Storm's End, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands
!!!Orys One-Hand
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->"My shield, my stalwart, my strong right hand."
-->-- '''King Aegon Targaryen I'''

Best friend, trusted advisor and rumored bastard brother of Aegon the Conqueror. Became the founder of House Baratheon when he defeated the Storm King Argilac Durrandon, claiming his ancient castle, Storm's End, and the Storm Queen Argella. He and Argella had at least one child together, a son named Davos. He was also the first person to serve the office of Hand of the King.

* AnArmAndALeg: Was captured by the Dornish and had his sword hand chopped off by Wyl of Wyl the second time Aegon invaded Dorne. He later paid the debt back by capturing Walter Wyl, the son of Wyl of Wyl, and cut off his sword hand. Then he cut off Walter's other hand and both feet due to interest gathered over the years since his own hand was cut off.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Argella Durrandon ended up falling in love with Orys and marrying him willingly because he treated her with respect and kindness after her own men betrayed and humiliated her.
* BestServedCold: He became obsessed with getting revenge against House Wyl after losing his hand. He paid them back by chopping off the limbs of the son of the man who took his hand.
%%* BodyMotifs: Hands.
* ChildByRape: He was conceived after Lord Aerion Targaryen claimed his right to the first night and forcibly took Orys's mother on her wedding night.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: He's mentioned as being "black of hair and black of eyes".
* DrivenToMadness: Losing his hand to the Wyl of Wyl during the First Dornish War took a toll on his sanity.
* DroitDuSeigneur: He's the result of a Targaryen exercising this "right."
* FrontlineGeneral: He always personally led his men into battle and could often be found at the thickest part of the fighting.
* GenerationXerox: A dead ringer for the younger version of his descendant, Robert Baratheon, except for Robert's blue Durrandon eyes.
* GoOutWithASmile: Orys's son Davos said he died content, smiling at the [[CreepySouvenir rotten hands and feet]] dangling in his tent.
* HeroicBastard: Orys was a dragonseed, being a bastard child resulting from a Targaryen lord taking a peasant woman on her wedding night. The heroic part is there, though. All in all, he was an awesome guy. He was Aegon the Conqueror's NumberTwo, a great general, a powerful lord, and a KnightInShiningArmor. When fighting King Argilac during the Last Storm, he dismounted and met the king in single combat, on equal terms, because he respected him. When Queen Argella's men betrayed her to him, instead of raping her and taking her as a concubine, he covered her up with his own cloak, offered her food and drink, and treated her respectfully. She ended up willingly marrying him and ruled as Lady of the Stormlands, recognizing his greatness when once she and her father had rejected him for his birth.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Conqueror. Orys was his best friend and rumored bastard half-brother, and the King respected him above all others. Argilac the Arrogant's outrageous insult in maiming Aegon's envoy was doubly so because he honestly thought offering Orys as a husband for Princess Argella was as close as one could come to marrying Aegon himself.
* {{Hunk}}: Definitely, if the younger Robert did look like him. Robert is after all described in his prime as tall, handsome, and muscled like a maiden's fantasy.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Averted with Princess Argella. When she was handed over to him, bound and naked, he didn't lay a hand on her and treated her with respect. Eventually, they married in what was generally considered a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage.
* {{Irony}}:
** Yes, the founder of the dynasty that ended up removing the Targaryens from power, was utterly loyal to the Targaryens.
** The whole reason Argilac Durrandon went to war against the Targaryens was because he felt Aegon was insulting him by offering his bastard half-brother as a suitor for Argilac's daughter. She ended up marrying him in the end anyway.
* KnightInShiningArmor: After Orys slew her father in combat, Queen Argella continued the resistance against him... until her people betrayed her and [[NakedFirstImpression sent her to Orys naked in chains]]. Orys wrapped her in his cloak and offered her food and wine -- a gesture which also granted her protection from harm due to SacredHospitality. She later accepted him as ruler of Storm's End and they married.
%%* TheLancer: To Aegon during the Conquest.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: He was rumored to be a Targaryen bastard.
* NamedAfterTheInjury: Orys Baratheon, the founder of House Baratheon, became known as Orys One-Hand after losing his sword hand during the war in Dorne.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He splits the role of William the Conqueror of England with his best friend, Aegon I; Aegon gets the 'conquering', Orys gets the mockery for being a bastard. William was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy and seems to have been known to his contemporaries before he became king of England (and afterwards, behind his back) as 'William the Bastard'. Like Argilac and Argella with Orys, William's desired bride, Matilda of Flanders, at first declined him because of his bastardy, and in response he ambushed her either on the street or at her home, threw her to the ground by her long braids, and possibly even beat her -- after which she refused to marry anyone but him. (Surprisingly, the marriage seems to have been a truly happy one!) According to legend, William also engaged in his own round of hand and foot chopping, though for a different reason than Orys; when he was besieging the town of Alençon the residents mocked him for being the grandson of a tanner by hanging animal hides on their walls, and in retribution he mutilated several captured residents of the city, which promptly got the town to surrender.
* NumberTwo: As Aegon's Hand of the King. This received a bitter CallBack when Orys lost his sword hand, as he also resigned as Hand.
-->'''Orys Baratheon''': The King's Hand should have a hand. I will not have men speaking of the King's Stump.
* OnlyFriend: Aegon was notoriously solitary and introverted in life; Orys was his only confidant and companion besides his sister-wives.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Despite Argella being his enemy, Orys treated her well, which led to her consenting to marry him.
* PetTheDog: Towards Princess Argella Durrandon. After she was betrayed by her own bannerman, she was brought before Orys gagged, chained, and naked. Instead of [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty having his way with her as his men expected]], Orys instead removed her shackles, wrapped her in a cloak, offered her food and wine, and treated her chivalrously.
%%* UndyingLoyalty: To the Targaryens.
* WouldHitAGirl: Advocated that Princess Deria Martell be sent back to Sunspear minus a hand, even [[KickTheDog though she had nothing to do with his own mutilation]].
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: When he defeated the Storm King, he was rewarded with Storm's End, all its lands, and eventually married the king's daughter. He even adopted the Durrandon sigil, the black stag on yellow, and their house words, ''Ours Is The Fury'', as his own.

[[folder:Lady Argella Baratheon]]
!!Lady Argella Baratheon (nee Durrandon)

Lady Argella Baratheon was the wife of Orys Baratheon and the last member of House Durrandon of Storm's End. See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseDurrandon the House Durrandon character page]] for more information.
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[[folder:Lord Davos Baratheon]]
!!Lord Davos Baratheon
The son of Orys Baratheon and Argella Durrandon and Lord of Storm's End during the reign of Aenys I Targaryen.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Barely but he did have five sons: Rogar, Garon, Borys, Ronnal, and Orryn Baratheon.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Despite being the son of the first Hand of the King and the father of another Hand, we know almost nothing about him.
* ShortLivedLeadership: Since Rogar was already Lord of Storm's End during the reign of Maegor Targaryen, it's very likely his rule as Lord of the Stormlands was brief.
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[[folder:Ser Raymont Baratheon]]
!!Ser Raymont Baratheon
Ser Raymont Baratheon was a knight from House Baratheon and a younger son of Lord Baratheon. He was a member of Aenys I Targaryen's Kingsguard. Ser Raymont saved the life of his king when Poor Fellows attempted to murder him in his bed after scaling the walls of the Red Keep.
--> See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHistoricalKingsguard Historical Kingsguard character page]]
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[[folder:Lord Rogar Baratheon]]
!!Lord Rogar Baratheon, Protector of the Realm, Hand of the King
!!!Rogar Baratheon

Lord of Storm's End and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands during the reign of Maegor Targaryen. He was the first lord to declare for the young Jaehaerys Targaryen and was proclaimed Hand of the King and Protector of the Realm as a result. He later married Alyssa Velaryon, siring Boremund and Jocelyn Baratheon.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Rogar went a long time without having children of his own, but ''did'' have four younger brothers he was close to: Borys, Ronnel, Garon, and Orryn. When his attempted coup went south, Rogar didn't expect to live but did swallow down the pride his House is known for to [[PleaseSpareHimMyLiege beg for his brothers and their children to be spared, insisting they were ignorant to his schemes]] (which they almost certainly weren't, given that Orryn was caught red-handed helping him and Rogar downplayed his complictness too). Unfortunately, relations between Rogar and Borys soured after Rogar finally had a son of his own and [[UngratefulBastard Borys]] lost his status as Rogar's heir, with Borys siding with the Vulture King to help pillage his ancestral homeland and Rogar helping leading the hunt for the two; if not for Jaehaerys killing Borys himself, Rogar had intended to "deal with" Borys himself. Blood only runs so thick.
* BigGood: While Jaehaerys was the main claimant against Maegor, his young age meant Rogar effectively led the campaign for him. When writing of Rogar's later fumbles, overreaches, and attempts to defy Jaehaerys as his Hand, Archmaester Gyldayn reiterates that [[WartsAndAll Rogar was not a bad man]] and reminds the reader that he had been a hero.
* BloodKnight: Rogar always claimed to have regretted not being able to personally fight Maegor the Cruel. His brother Borys stated that Rogar had told him once that he dreamed of facing Maegor one on one and killing him with his axe.
* BystanderSyndrome: The reason his stepdaughter Rhaena Targaryen disliked Rogar (and disapproved of her mother remarrying to him) was because Rogar had kept House Baratheon out of the conflict between her brother/husband Aegon and Maegor, yet had been quick to revolt in support of Jaehaerys when it was clear Maegor's rule was on its last legs.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Supported Jaehaerys over the tyrannical Maegor.
* DoNotGoGentle: Subverted ultimately: believing himself to be dying of illness, Rogar asked Jaehaerys and Alysanne to raise his children as wards of the crown, as he hoped to die in battle tracking down his traitorous brother Borys, who had joined forces with the second Vulture King. Rogar didn't get his wish, though he did personally kill the Vulture King in the following military campaign, dying in his bed at Storm's End several months later.
* EasilyForgiven: Zig-zagged. Jaehaerys did gently forgive Rogar and welcome him back to court on account of his past service and no real harm ultimately being done, bringing the lord to shed ManlyTears after he'd resigned himself to execution or taking the black. It is likely his mother Queen Alyssa's devastation at being rejected by Rogar, and an unwillingly to further hurt her by a worse punishment on Rogar, also contributed to Jaehaerys settling for pardoning Rogar with his lands and titles intact and merely being ordered to reconcile with Alyssa. At the same time, the young king also made it plain he wasn't happy with Rogar's attempted treason, forced Rogar to make amends for attempting to split up the marriage between Jaehaerys and Alysanne by becoming Alysanne's biggest supporter, and dropped a hint through a demonstration-by-dragon that he wouldn't be so forgiving if Rogar crossed him again. Needless to say, Rogar got the message and reconciled with Jaehaerys.
* FourStarBadass: As Jaehaerys was still a young teenager when he laid claim to the Iron Throne, Rogar was named Protector of the Realm, the topmost military commander of the Seven Kingdoms.
* GracefulLoser: Rather surprising for one as bullheaded and proud as a Baratheon. When his plot to usurp Jaehaerys' reign in favor of Aerea was discovered and foiled, instead of trying to come up with yet another plan or stick his heels in and dig himself in any deeper, Rogar accepted that he was finished, resigned himself to whatever punishment (either execution or banishment to the Wall) the king had in store for him, and sent letters to King's Landing and Dragonstone admitting surrender and [[PleaseSpareHimMyLiege pleading for his brothers' lives]]. Luckily, Jaehaerys spared him and the two reconciled, restoring their friendship.
* HonorableWarriorsDeath: As his time was running out, Rogar tried to invoke this by going off to deal with the second Vulture King and his hundreds of bandit followers. Death on the battlefield wound up eluding him, however; thanks to being joined by the King and his forces, the bandits were dealt with easily and when Rogar faced the Vulture King in one on one combat with the Vulture promised his freedom if he defeated Rogar, the Vulture King turned out not to be up to the challenge, despite Rogar being old and his health failing. A disappointed Rogar easily won the fight and went home, where he died in his bed months later.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Rogar decried Jaehaerys marrying Alysanne as putting his own feelings ahead of the good of the Realm. However, Rogar himself would almost send the Realm into civil war for no other reason than to satisfy his own wounded ego.
* LeaveHimToMe: When the second Vulture King was finally captured, Rogar gave orders for his chains to be removed and the Vulture given a spear and shield so he could fight, adding that the Vulture was to be given his freedom if he succeeded in killing Rogar in [[DuelToTheDeath their duel]]. [[CurbStompBattle The Vulture proved unequal to the task.]]
* TheMourningAfter: Enforced by his late wife Alyssa's grieving daughter Rhaena, who angrily blamed him for her mother's death and threatened to [[KillItWithFire turn Storm's End into a second Harrenhal]] if she found out he'd even considered taking another wife. He never did remarry.
* MyNaymeIs: Rogar instead of Roger. Rather confusingly, he's called Ro''b''ar Baratheon in ''The World of Ice and Fire''.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Roger Mortimer, the Earl of March. Rebelled against the reigning king (Edward II/Maegor) to replace him with a child (Edward III/Jaehaerys), and entered into a relationship with the Queen Regent (Isabella/Alyssa), only to be removed from power when the boy king began to assert himself. Unlike Mortimer, he got away with his life.
* NoSell: What happened to his efforts to force Jaehaerys's Kingsguard to stand down from trying to stop him separating Jaehaerys and Alysanne; when his men moved to separate the royal couple, Ser Gyles Morrigen stepped forward and vowed anyone who tried would die. When Rogar ordered them to stand down, Sour Sam retorted that they were sworn to obey Jaehaerys, not his Hand. When Rogar finally threatened that he had the Kingsguard outnumbered and could easily have his men kill them, Ser Pate the Woodcock just replied if it came to that, Rogar would be the first to die.
-->'''Gyles Morrigen''': [[YouShallNotPass Come no closer. Any man who lays a hand on our King and Queen will die today]].
-->'''Rogar Baratheon''': Sheath your steel and move aside. Have you forgotten? I am the King's Hand!
-->'''Sour Sam''': [[ShutUpHannibal Aye, but we're the Kingsguard, not the Hand's guard, and it's the lad who sits the chair, not you]].
-->'''Rogar Baratheon''': You are seven. I have half a hundred swords behind me. A word from me and they will cut you to pieces.
-->'''Ser Pate''': [[BadassBoast They might kill us, but you will be the first to die, m'lord, you have my word upon that]].
* NumberTwo: As Hand of the King and Protector of the Realm, he was the second most powerful man of the realm.
* SuddenNameChange: He was originally called Robar Baratheon, which changed to Rogar in ''Sons of the Dragon''. [[WordOfStPaul Elio Garcia]] confirmed that "Rogar" is the correct name and will be used in the future.
* TurnInYourBadge: When Rogar declared his intention to force Jaehaerys to abdicate and put Princess Aerea on the throne under his guidance, Dowager Queen Alyssa [[GrewASpine angrily told him]] she was [[GetOut relieving him of his position as Hand of the King]]. Rogar scoffed at her command, but when Lord Qarl Corbray drew his sword in support of Alyssa, Rogar threw his chain of office at Alyssa in a rage and stormed out.
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[[folder:Borys Baratheon]]
!!Borys Baratheon
-> ''"Rather name me a kingslayer than him a kinslayer!"''

The younger brother of Lord Rogar Baratheon, who would eventually betray the kingdom and joined the second Vulture King. During the Third Dornish War, while Rogar fought and killed the Vulture King, he faced and was killed by King Jaehaerys I himself.
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* AlliterativeName: '''B'''orys '''B'''aratheon
* BringIt: When facing Jaehaerys and his Valyrian steel blade Blackfyre, he answered with the above quote.
* CainAndAbel: He became the Cain to Rogar's Abel.
* FaceHeelTurn: Joined the enemy of the Stormlands, the second Vulture King, and fought against his own family.
* HairTriggerTemper: Considered the most volatile and belligerent of Rogar's brothers.
* OffWithHisHead: Jaeharys all but decapitated Borys with Blackfyre.
* PercussiveTherapy: A variation; Jaehaerys found the military campaign against Borys and the Vulture King did much to help him deal with the stress of ruling through the plague known as the Shivers, and his grief over the death of his eldest daughter Daenerys from the disease.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Borys urged his brother Rogar to do this after Jaehaerys summoned the latter to King's Landing over Rogar's attempts to replace him with Aerea: believing Rogar would be going to an inevitable execution. Borys advised him to go to the Wall instead.
* TheStarscream: Resenting the birth of his nephew Boremund made him leave his family and eventually join an enemy of the realm and help raid his former home.
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[[folder:Lord Boremund Baratheon]]
!!Lord Boremund Baratheon
->''"Lord Boremund was stone, hard and strong and unmoving."''
-->-- '''Septon Eustace'''

The Lord of Storm's End and Lord Paramount of the Stormlands who died prior to the Dance of the Dragons. ''The World of Ice and Fire'' reveals he was the son of Rogar Baratheon (grandson of Orys Baratheon) and Alyssa Velaryon (King Aenys I's widow), and the older brother to Jocelyn Baratheon (who married Prince Aemon, oldest son of King Jaehaerys I).
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* AlliterativeName: B's.
* BloodKnight: The classic trait among Baratheons.
* GenerationXerox: Described as growing up to be almost identical to his father in both looks and temper.
* TrueCompanions: With his niece Princess Rhaenys, the Queen Who Never Was.
* UndyingLoyalty: Boremund was a staunch supporter of Rhaenyra's claim, leading her to be confident that House Baratheon would side with her. Unfortunately, his son lacked this loyalty.
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[[folder:Lady Jocelyn Baratheon]]
!!Lady Jocelyn Baratheon

The younger sister of Boremund Baratheon, who married Prince Aemon Targaryen, oldest son of King Jaehaerys I and mother of their only child, Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen who Never Was.
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* AdoptedIntoRoyalty: A terminally ill Rogar Baratheon asked Jaehaerys and Alysanne to raise Jocelyn as their ward, along with two of Jocelyn's cousins whose parents had died during the Shivers pandemic.
* ArrangedMarriage: She and Aemon were betrothed at 14 and married two years later.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Alysanne sat Aemon and Jocelyn beside each other at the feast to celebrate Aemon's investiture as Prince of Dragonstone, where the couple were said to have eyes for no-one but each other.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Her half-brother Jahaerys I was 20 years older than her. She ended up as his ward and marrying one of his sons.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Had the typical Baratheon look, with dark hair and dark eyes.
* StatuesqueStunner: At sixteen, she was an inch short of six feet tall, and was considered one of the great beauties of her day.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The time of her death or even what became of her after Aemon was killed, other than being mad her daughter Rhaenys wasn't made heir by King Jaehaerys I, is unknown.
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[[folder:Lord Borros Baratheon]]
!!Lord Borros Baratheon
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->''"Lord Borros was the wind, which rages and howls and blows this way and that."''
-->-- '''Septon Eustace'''

The son of Lord Boremund and Lord of Storm's End during the Dance of the Dragons. He had four daughters and a posthumous son.
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* AlliterativeName: Like his father.
* ArrangedMarriage: Arranged the marriage of one of his daughters to Prince Aemond Targaryen, and dangled one to Lucerys as well, though he was rebuffed when the young prince told him he was already betrothed. After Aemond was killed during the Dance of the Dragons, he eventually made plans to marry the oldest of the aforementioned daughters to the now widowed king Aegon II, but died before he could go through with it.
* BloodKnight: More so than his father.
* CavalryBetrayal: He was on the receiving end of one at the Battle of the Kingsroad; while his stormlanders were locked in battle with the Riverlanders under Kermit Tully, Borros signalled for his Crownlands reinforcements (most of them former Rhaenyra loyalists who'd reluctantly supplied troops) to enter the fray. Instead, they either [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere deserted]], [[BetrayalByInaction refused to obey the order]], or sided with the Riverlanders and attacked Borros's army in the rear.
* CharacterDeath: He was slain by Lord Kermit Tully.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Borros refused to surrender when Kermit Tully pointed out to him he'd lost the Battle of the Kingsroad, and kept fighting until Tully killed him.
-->'''Kermit Tully''': Yield, ser, the day is ours.
-->'''Borros Baratheon''': I'd sooner dance in hell than wear your chains.
* EverybodyHasStandards: Refused to allow Aemond to attack Luke as the latter was a guest under his roof. That said, he didn't much care what happened to him ''after''.
* GreatOffscreenWar: He spent most of the Dance in Dorne, which wasn't actually part of the war (the Prince of Dorne at the time refused to get involved), fighting a third Vulture King, which ''Fire and Blood'' doesn't elaborate on. Funnily enough, this ''conveniently'' kept him out of the fighting until Rhaenyra was dead, and he could definitely declare he was for Aegon.
* {{Jerkass}}: Comes across as having been rather a pain in the rear, actually. [[EveryoneHasStandards If one with standards]].
* LastStand: Before being killed, he cut down the Lords Darry and Mallister plus a dozen more knights.
* NeverLearnedToRead: His maester had to read any letters he received. [[spoiler:It is implied that the maester twisted Rhaenyra's message for the worse when Luke Velaryon arrived at Storm's End, as Rhaenyra was completely sure that she had Lord Borros' allegiance and sent Luke completely unarmed as a diplomat.]]
* OpportunisticBastard: A possible reading of his actions during the Dance of Dragons. While he pledged fealty to Aegon II at the onset of the war, he winds up avoiding most of the conflict by taking his army to Dorne to put down incursions lead by a third Vulture King. He only joins Aegon once Rhaenyra has been killed and the Greens had ostensibly won the war, with his army being the only one left intact for the Greens and himself in a position to demand Aegon marry his daughter to cement an alliance. Suffice to say if this was his plan, it backfired terribly on him once the Blacks chose to continue fighting.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He dismissed the young Riverlords and ladies who commanded the Blacks' host at the Kingsroad near King's Landing as no threat to him. They ended up killing him and crushing his army.
* YourHeadAsplode: He met his end when Lord Kermit swung a morningstar square into his face.
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[[folder:The Four Storms]]
The four daughters of Lord Borros Baratheon and Lady Elenda Caron: Cassandra, Floris, Ellyn and Maris.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Their father betrothed one of them to Aemond Targaryen, although Aemond died before the marriage could go through.
* IronicName: Floris and Maris were named after the legendary figures Florys the Fox, who was said to be cunning, and Maris the Maid, who was said to be a great beauty. However, with the Baratheon girls, Maris was the clever one and Floris the most pretty.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The three younger storms were named after daughters of Garth Greenhand; Floris the Fox, Ellyn Ever-Sweet and Maris the Maid.

!!Lady Cassandra Baratheon

The eldest of the Four Storms. Her father betrothed her to the widowed Aegon II Targaryen, and was devastated when the king was found dead because it meant she wasn't going to be queen. For her involvement in the poisoning attempt of King Aegon III and Queen Daenaera, she was forced to marry the elderly landed knight Walter Brownhill.
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* ArrangedMarriage: First to Aegon II and later to Ser Walter Brownhill.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Her mother thought being forced to marry a lesser knight and taking care of his children (both adopted and biological) would keep her away from scheming against the king. It did.
* MisplacedRetribution: An 8-year-old girl is chosen over you as queen, therefore, she must die.
* OddNameOut: The only one of her sisters not to be named after a legendary daughter of Garth Greenhand.
* OldManMarryingAChild: Her second husband was thirty years older than she was, had sixteen children, and had outlived three wives.
* TheResenter: She greatly disliked the young Queen Jaehaera, and blamed her for all her woes. This also extended to Daenaera Velaryon when she became queen.
* SexForServices: When Willam Stackspear asked if she slept with Tessario the Tiger as a reward for killing Jaehaera, she burst into tears. Make of that as you will.

!!Floris Baratheon

The second eldest of the Four Storms and considered the prettiest. She was described as a sweet girl, if somewhat frivolous.
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* ArrangedMarriage: First to Lord Larys Strong, and after his death to the elderly Thaddeus Rowan.
* DeathByChildbirth: She died this way.
* OldManMarryingAChild: She was 14 at her time of her marriage, and her hubby was already twice widowed with seven children.

!!Ellyn Baratheon

The third of the Four Storms. She and her sister Cassandra were presented to King Aegon III as marriage candidates. While she asked if he liked her gown, her sister later put it about that her question was if he liked her breasts.
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* OutOfFocus: She didn't have much role when compared to her sisters, usually being mentioned alongside them.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no mention of what became of her after the Maiden's Day Cattle Show. Semi-canon sources indicate she'll marry Benjicot Blackwood.

!!Maris Baratheon

The youngest of the Four Storms, and considered the cleverest, but also the least comely. When Lucerys Velaryon left Storm's End after being rejected, she apparently taunted Aemond by asking him if his nephew had taken his eye or "one of his balls". Aemond immediately left the room and killed Lucerys on dragonback. By the time of Aegon III's coronation, she had joined the Silent Sisters.
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* AndShowItToYou: According to Mushroom, after killing Lucerys, Aemond cut out his nephew's eyes and presented them to Maris on a bed of seaweed. Gyldayn believes that seems excessive.
* TakingTheVeil: Joined the Silent Sisters rather than look for a marriage -- or possibly as punishment for her words to Aemond. Mushroom claims Maris' mother ordered her tongue cut out to that end as well, but Gyldayn is quick to note that the notion of the Silent Sisters lacking tongues is only a myth.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If she really did taunt Aemond Targaryen after Lucerys Velaryon had just left, then the first kill that would start the Dance can be considered her fault.
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[[folder:Lord Royce Baratheon]]
!!Lord Royce Baratheon
The only son and youngest child of Borros Baratheon and his wife Elenda Caron. He was born seven days after the death of his father Borros at the Kingsroad and became Lord of Storm's End since birth.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Became Lord of Storm's End when he was ''born''.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Subverted; his father initially wanted to name him Aegon to honor the king, but after Borros and Aegon II were killed in rapid succession, Royce's mother chose to play it safe and named him after her father instead.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: His sisters were already in their teens or older by the time he was born.
* SuddenNameChange: In earlier editions of ''Fire and Blood'', he was called Olyver; of course, attentive readers noticed that Elenda Caron's father was elsewhere given as ''Royce'', not Olyver. Given that him being named after his maternal grandfather is a minor plot point, future editions corrected this and called them both Royce.
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[[folder:Lord Lyonel Baratheon]]
!!Lord Lyonel Baratheon
!!!The Laughing Storm
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->"''There has not been a Trial of Seven for more than a hundred years. I was not about to miss a chance to fight the Kingsguard knights, and [[BreakTheHaughty tweak Prince Maekar's nose]] in the bargain."''

Called the Laughing Storm, Lyonel Baratheon was a knight from House Baratheon who participated in the Ashford Tourney during ''The Hedge Knight.'' He was noted for his skill in jousting and his booming laugh. When Ser Duncan was on trial, Lyonel supported him during the Trial of the Faith. He knighted Raymun Fossoway so that he might help Duncan as well.

Later in life he rose in rebellion against King Aegon V, outraged that Prince Duncan had broken his marriage contract to his daughter. The rebellion ended when Ser Duncan the Tall defeated Lyonel in a duel and another marriage pact (between Lyonel's heir, Ormund, and Aegon V's daughter, Rhaelle) was brokered.
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* BoisterousBruiser: And, funny with it. Some of his outrageous behavior is for intimidation's sake. But, mostly... you get the impression he's greatly enjoying himself by getting stuck in.
* TheChampion: To Dunk.
* TheCharmer: He is known for his friendly and engaging personality.
* DramaticIrony: Aegon V had promised Prince Duncan to Lyonel's daughter. After Prince Duncan refused the match and married Jenny of Oldstones instead, Lyonel was furious, breaking all ties with the Iron Throne and naming himself Storm King. Lyonel returned to the fold after he was beaten in single combat by a member of Aegon V's Kingsguard. That member? Ser Duncan the Tall.
* TheDreaded: A lighthearted example. At a jousting tournament Lyonel had developed the habit of laughing the entire time he faced lesser foes and then tossing his defeated opponents expensive decorative helm pieces to his adoring fans as a souvenir. After a string of these victories most high born knights were terrified of challenging him to a joust lest they be made a fool of.
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Briefly. Lyonel spends most of his time firmly in the face camp, but his rebellion was a serious heel turn. Luckily, after being bested by Ser Duncan the Tall in a trial by combat, Lyonel accepted defeat graciously and returned to being a loyal friend of Aegon V.
* TheGadfly: Oh, yes. Not just one to leave the puffed-up and pointless looking embarrassed on the field. He's quite capable of making them openly trip over their own misdeeds, words, oaths, and promises, too. Can be oddly [[BrutalHonesty Brutally Honest]], about it: a prince may be a prince, but if he's also a little snot, he'll be called out for that.
* TheJuggernaut: He was pretty much unstoppable in the tourneys he took part. He may also be the second largest man in Westeros at the time since it was mentioned he was nearly as big as Dunk.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Champions for Ser Duncan at his trial without any hesitation, upon being asked by Aegon to do so.
* KnightInShiningArmor: He championed Ser Duncan against Prince Aerion during the Trial of the Seven in order to save Dunk from losing a foot and a hand for attacking Aerion in defense of a commoner. He even questioned Crown Prince Baelor Breakspear about how chivalrous his pragmatic strategy against the Kingsguard was before the trial. Later in life he was willing to stake his entire rebellion on an honorable fight between him and Ser Duncan, and gave up his crown when he lost instead of continuing any bloodshed.
* LargeHam: Lyonel would've been a tremendous professional wrestler if such a thing existed in Westeros. A boisterous bruiser with a booming laugh, he was also adored by the commoners at tourneys and knew how to work a crowd.
* NiceGuy: A genuinely kind, outgoing man, respectful to Dunk in all their exchanges and is immediately ready and willing to fight by his side for Dunk's Trial Of Seven. Quite possibly the kindest and most good-natured Baratheon man we meet in the series.
* OurFounder: He can be seen as this, in light of the recent turn in fortunes for the Baratheons. His unsuccessful rebellion gave them a claim to the Iron Throne, which they made good on in Robert's Rebellion.
* ThePrankster: When jousting any challenger he felt was unworthy to face him, he proceeded to laugh until he'd unhorsed them. In many instances instead of aiming to knock his challengers off their horses, he often aimed for his opponent's decorative pieces to knock them off or simply chopped them off afterwards with his sword and flung them into the crowd.
* SignatureLaugh: His laugh earned him his nickname.
* StartMyOwn: Tried to break away from the Iron Throne and reestablish himself as king of an independent Stormlands.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He inherited the trademark Baratheon black hair and good looks.
* TrialByCombat: Participated in the Trial of the Seven in favor of Ser Duncan the Tall against Prince Aerion. Later he fought against Ser Duncan in a trial to determine the outcome of Lord Lyonel's rebellion against Aegon V.
* UnstoppableRage: Lyonel was a genuinely affable man, but he sure lived up to his House's words. So furious was he at the breaking of the betrothal of his daughter to Prince Duncan that he rebelled over it.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Aegon V and Lyonel were such close friends that they sought to cement their friendship formally by betrothing their children to one another, uniting the two houses. Unfortunately, Aegon's son Prince Duncan had other plans, and ran off to wed his lover in a secret marriage. Lyonel was so outraged at this affront that he renounced his pledge of loyalty and rose up in revolt. Thankfully, he and Aegon were able to patch things up again eventually.
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[[folder:Lord Ormund Baratheon]]
!!Lord Ormund Baratheon

Son and heir of Lyonel Baratheon. Lord of Storm's End and Hand to King Jaehaerys II, Lord Ormund commanded the Westerosi army during the War of the Ninepenny Kings. He was married to Rhaelle Targaryen (sister to Jaehaerys II), with whom he had a son, Steffon.
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* AltarDiplomacy: Married Princess Rhaelle Targaryen to alleviate tensions between the Iron Throne and House Baratheon after her elder brother, Prince Duncan, broke off his betrothal to one of Ormund's sisters to be with Jenny of Oldstones.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: He perished in the arms of his son and heir, Steffon.
* FrontlineGeneral: He personally led the forces of the Seven Kingdoms into the Stepstones to defeat the Ninepenny Kings.
* NumberTwo: To King Jaehaerys II.
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* StraightGay: Although this isn't known to the public at large.

** Subverted somewhat, as Renly ''does'' mock people to their face, as in the case of Stannis, Littlefinger or Joffrey, among others. He doesn't necessarily put on a facade of being kind or compassionate in public and still indulges in cruel jokes, it's just that he's charming and witty enough to get away with it.

** Additionally, whether through said spurned arranged marriages or just plain bad luck, Baratheon women seem to get cheated out of becoming queen. Jocelyn's husband Aemon died before he could inherit the throne (plus her daughter Rhaenys was later passed over in favor of her uncle, becoming known as "The Queen Who Never Was"); one of Borros Baratheon's daughters was promised to Aemond Targaryen, but he died before he could follow through on the engagement. Borros later proposed his oldest daughter Cassandra as Aegon II's new consort, but like his brother, he was killed before the wedding could happen. Cassandra and her sister Ellyn would go on to be put forth as potential new queens for Aegon III, but he chose Daenaera Velaryon over them. Finally, there was the aforementioned daughter of Lyonel, whom Prince Duncan spurned.

* HistoryRepeats: The Baratheons have made a habit of marching off to war after being spurned out of arranged marriages. Orys killed Argillac the Arrogant after the latter chopped a man's hands off over a proposed betrothal to Argillac's daughter; Lyonel the Laughing Storm rose up in revolt against Aegon the Unlikely after Prince Duncan broke his own betrothal to Lyonel's daughter to marry his lover Jenny of Oldstones; Robert deposed the Targaryens and took the Iron Throne for himself after Prince Rhaegar abducted Lyanna Stark.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Rogar had four younger brothers: Borys, Ronnel, Garon, and Orryn. They generally got along quite well... Until Rogar and Borys had a falling out that led to Borys siding with the Vulture King.
* BigGood: While Jaehaerys was the main claimant against Maegor, his young age meant Rogar effectively led the campaign for him.

* EasilyForgiven: Zig-zagged. While Jaehaerys did forgive Rogar and welcome him back to court, the young king also made it plain he wouldn't hesitate to unleash Vermithor on the Stormlands if Rogar crossed him again. Needless to say, Rogar got the message and reconciled with Jaehaerys.

* GracefulLoser: When his plot to usurp Jaehaerys' reign in favor of Aerea was discovered and foiled, Rogar rather calmly accepted that he was finished and resigned himself to whatever punishment (either execution or banishment to the Wall) the king had in store for him. Luckily, Jaehaerys spared him and the two reconciled, restoring their friendship.

* TheMourningAfter: He never remarried after his wife Alyssa died, though this may have been to do with the fact her grieving daughter Rhaena (who angrily blamed him for her mother's death) threatened to [[KillItWithFire turn Storm's End into a second Harrenhal]] if she found out he'd even considered taking another wife.

** Renly declaring himself a King divided the Stormlands into Pro-Stannis and Pro-Renly factions and furthermore alienated outsiders. The North rebelled against the Iron Throne after Ned's capture and execution, and when considering a rival claimant to back rejected Renly leapfrogging the line of succession and setting a dangerous precedent, which coupled with Stannis' silence, leading to them declaring Robb Stark King in the North. This in turn led to the North and Riverland Lords to declare for Robb. [[ForWantOfANail Had it not been for Renly]], the North would have probably rallied behind Stannis as Ned intended, and there would have been a proper alliance against the Lannisters.

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Briefly. Lyonel spends most of his time firmly in the face camp, but his rebellion was a serious heel turn. Luckily, after being bested by Sir Duncan the Tall in a trial by combat, Lyonel accepted defeat graciously and returned to being a loyal friend of Aegon V.

* KnightInShiningArmor: He championed Ser Duncan against Prince Aerion during the Trial of the Seven in order to save Dunk from losing a foot and a hand for attacking Aerion in defense of a commoner. He even questioned Crown Prince Baelor Breakspear about how chivalrous his pragmatic strategy against the Kingsguard was before the trial. Later in life he was willing to stake his entire rebellion on an honorable fight between him and Sir Duncan, and gave up his crown when he lost instead of continuing any bloodshed.

* FreudianExcuse: His parents died when he was only an infant and he was raised in Storm's End away from his brothers, not to mention the trauma he most likely sustained while nearly starving in Storm's End as a child. He recounts watching Stannis prepare to catapult would-be defectors from the castle wall.

** When Catelyn more or less calls out Renly as being a usurper, Renly blows off her accusation by mentioning his own claim to the thrown is no less "legitimate" than Robert's original, since his older brother overthrew the previous monarcy to take the throne for himself.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Renly openly laughs at and mocks Joffrey for getting utterly thrashed by Arya.

* RatedMForManly: Let's see. [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall, dark, handsome]] and [[{{Hunk}} muscular men]], with [[LargeHam big personalities]], [[HotBlooded passionate]] {{Determinator}}s with a long history of producing [[BloodKnight great warriors]] and [[FourStarBadass military commanders]]. Oh, and [[BlueBlood the hereditary title]] of House Baratheon is the Stormlord. Yeah.

** Although he does tease Barristan Selmy about his age in ''A Game of Thrones'', Renly tells Catelyn in the next book that he respected Selmy for his loyalty and lengthy service, [[EveryoneHasStandards and outright calls the Lannisters fools for dismissing him from the Kingsguard in such an offensive manner]]. Renly also gives specific instructions Barristan is not to be harmed if they find him fighting for Stannis. Although this might be for pragmatic reasons too, as having a MasterSwordsman and genuine KnightInShiningArmor on one's side would benefit him if Barristan could be convinced to join him.

** Although he does tease Barristan Selmy about his age in ''A Game of Thrones'', Renly tells Catelyn in the next book that he respected Selmy for his loyalty and lengthy service, [[EveryoneHasStandards and outright calls the Lannisters fools for dismissing him from the Kingsguard in such an offensive manner]]. Renly also gives specific instructions Barristan is not to be harmed if they find him fighting for Stannis.

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Loras.]]

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He splits the role of William the Conqueror of England with his best friend, Aegon I; Aegon gets the 'conquering', Orys gets the mockery for being a bastard. William was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy and seems to have been known to his contemporaries before he became king of England (and afterwards, behind his back) as 'William the Bastard'. Like Argilac and Argella with Orys, William's desired bride, Matilda of Flanders, at first declined him because of his bastardy, and in response he ambushed her either on the street or at her home, threw her to the ground by her long braids, and possibly even beat her -- after which she refused to marry anyone but him. (Surprisingly, the marriage seems to have been a truly happy one!) William also engaged in his own round of hand and foot chopping, though for a different reason than Orys; when he was besieging the town of Alençon the residents mocked him for being the grandson of a tanner by hanging animal hides on their walls, and in retribution he mutilated them.

* KnightInShiningArmor: He championed Ser Duncan against Prince Aerion during the Trial of the Seven in order to save Dunk from losing a foot and a hand for attacking Aerion in defense of a commoner. He even questioned Crown Prince Baelor Breakspear about how chivalrous his pragmatic strategy against the Kingsguard was before the trial.

* UngratefulBastard: He argues that he owes no loyalty towards Stannis, nor anyone should either, even when Stannis almost died keeping him alive during the Siege of Storm's End... the very siege that was held by the Tyrells.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Conqueror. Orys was his best friend and rumored bastard brother, and the King respected him above all others. Argilac the Arrogant's outrageous insult in killing Aegon's envoy was doubly so because he honestly thought offering Orys as a husband for Princess Argella was as close as one could come to marrying Aegon himself.

* {{Irony}}: Yes, the founder of the dynasty that ended up removing the Targaryens from power, was very loyal to the Targaryens.

* KnightInShiningArmor: After Orys slayed her father in combat, Queen Argella continued the resistance against him... until her people betrayed her and [[NakedFirstImpression sent her to Orys naked in chains]]. Orys wrapped her in his cloak and offered her food and wine -- a gesture which also granted her protection from harm due to SacredHospitality. She later accepted him as ruler of Storm's End and they married.