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* MadeASlave: His parents sold him to the Breaded Priests, who trained him as a warrior.
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* MadeASlave: His parents sold him to the Breaded Bearded Priests, who trained him as a warrior.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Her dad never told her that [[spoiler:he was planning to betroth her to Viserys]], because he knew she would tell her friend Garin or her cousin Tyene, and then Garin would spread the gossip to the other orphans of the Greenblood or Tyene would tell her other cousins. Instead, he "betrothed" Arianne to undesirable suitors, knowing she would reject them without hesitation. Unfortunately, this backfired because it made her think he didn't love her and was planning to strip her of her inheritance and give it to her little brother Quentyn.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Her dad never told her that [[spoiler:he was planning to betroth her to Viserys]], because he knew she would tell her friend Garin or her cousin Tyene, and then Garin would spread the gossip to the other orphans of the Greenblood or Tyene would tell her other cousins. Instead, he "betrothed" Arianne to a long succession of undesirable suitors, knowing she would reject them without hesitation. Unfortunately, this backfired because it made her think he didn't love her and was planning to strip her of her inheritance and give it to her little brother Quentyn.
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* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Oberyn's daughter Doreah is named for his brother Doran.
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* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Oberyn's daughter Doreah Dorea is named for his brother Doran.Doran.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Children of both nobles and smallfolk are allowed to play and mingle in the pools of the Water Gardens. This tradition was started by Princess Daenerys Targaryen, wife of Maron Martell. It is said that she looked at them playing together, and realized she could not tell the highborn from the low: all she saw were children, all innocent and deserving of protection.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Children of both nobles and smallfolk are allowed to play and mingle in the pools of the Water Gardens. This tradition was started by Princess Daenerys Targaryen, wife of Maron Martell. It is said that she looked at them playing together, and realized she could not tell the highborn from the low: all she saw were children, all innocent and deserving of protection.
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* AnimalMotifs: Snakes, despite not being their sigil. Oberyn is called "the Red Viper", his bastard daughters have been dubbed "Sand Snakes", and their cousin Arianne wears snake-shaped bracelets. Just like the snake has a reputation for staying hidden and attacking when disturbed, [[spoiler:the Martells have been secretly planning for many years to undermine the Lannisters for committing grave crimes against them]].
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* AnimalMotifs: Snakes, despite not being their sigil. Oberyn is called "the Red Viper", Viper" and uses poisoned weapons in battle, his bastard daughters have been dubbed "Sand Snakes", and their cousin Arianne wears snake-shaped bracelets. Just like the snake has a reputation for staying hidden and attacking when disturbed, [[spoiler:the Martells have been secretly planning for many years to undermine the Lannisters for committing grave crimes against them]].
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* MissingMom: At an early age, Quentyn was sent to Lord Yronwood as a diplomatic gesture by his father on account of Oberyn killing Lord Anders Yronwood. This drove a wedge in his parents' marriage and she ended up leaving Doran and living in Norvos. Quentyn contemplates visiting Norvos to meet his mother, [[spoiler:but he ends up dead instead]].
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* MissingMom: At an early age, Quentyn was sent to Lord Yronwood as a diplomatic gesture by his father on account of Oberyn killing Lord Anders Edgar Yronwood. This drove a wedge in his parents' marriage and she ended up leaving Doran and living in Norvos. Quentyn contemplates visiting Norvos to meet his mother, [[spoiler:but he ends up dead instead]].
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* ForWantOfANail: If her brother didn't screw over every possible engagement, she could be very much safe and sound. The same thing if Tywin Lannister accepted her match with Jaime, or managed to marry off Cersei to Rhaegar Targaryen.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: While he doesn't move his pieces as fast as others, he's shown he can be flexible and adapt to the circumstances. Inadvertently, however, half his plans rely on people [[TooDumbToLive that seem to be intent on]] [[TemptingFate tempting their fate]].
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* XanatosSpeedChess: While he doesn't move his pieces as fast as others, he's shown he can be flexible and adapt to the circumstances. Inadvertently, however, half his plans rely on people [[TooDumbToLive that seem to be intent on]] on [[TemptingFate tempting their fate]].
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* UnknownRival: Oberyn finally confronts Gregor Clegane, the man who raped and murdered his sister. The brutish psychopath doesn't even know who Oberyn is, [[BloodKnight nor does he particularly care.]] [[BestServedCold Oberyn swiftly reminds him, though.]]
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* UnknownRival: Oberyn finally confronts Gregor Clegane, the man who raped and murdered his sister. The brutish psychopath doesn't even know who Oberyn is, [[BloodKnight nor does he particularly care.]] care]]. [[BestServedCold Oberyn swiftly reminds him, though.]]
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* DramaticIrony: In a sample chapter from ''The Winds of Winter'', Arianne assumes Daenerys had a hand in Viserys' death as [[WomanScorned revenge for her brother intending to take Arianne as his queen instead of her]] [[BrotherSisterIncest per Targaryen tradition]], instead wedding her off to a savage Dothraki warlord, unaware that Daenerys and Khal Drogo were HappilyMarried, that Viserys brought his death on himself by [[BullyingADragon constantly antagonising Drogo and his khalasar]], and Daenerys' sole involvement in her brother's demise was [[MurderByInaction refusing to intervene]] when Drogo reacted violently to Viserys threatening her and their unborn child.
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* DramaticIrony: In a sample chapter from ''The Winds of Winter'', Arianne assumes Daenerys had a hand in Viserys' death as [[WomanScorned revenge for her brother intending to take Arianne as his queen instead of her]] per [[BrotherSisterIncest per Targaryen tradition]], instead wedding her off to a savage Dothraki warlord, unaware that Daenerys and Khal Drogo were HappilyMarried, that Viserys brought his death on himself by [[BullyingADragon constantly antagonising Drogo and his khalasar]], and Daenerys' sole involvement in her brother's demise was [[MurderByInaction refusing to intervene]] when Drogo reacted violently to Viserys threatening her and their unborn child.
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* NervesOfSteel: Being a diplomat to negotiate peace with ''the'' Dragon and his court requires you to have this. Doubly so when Dorne was not in a position of strength at the time and pretty much everyone at court wanted to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example out of her]] [[SinsOfTheFather for her family's actions]]. [[note]]The Princess of Dorne had just died, her successor an already elderly man, and Dorne had suffered from Aegon's reprisal for his queen's disappearance, also known as the Dragon's Wroth.[[/note]]
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* NervesOfSteel: Being a diplomat to negotiate peace with ''the'' Dragon and his court requires you to have this. Doubly so when Dorne was not in a position of strength at the time and pretty much everyone at court wanted to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example out of her]] for [[SinsOfTheFather for her family's actions]]. [[note]]The Princess of Dorne had just died, her successor an already elderly man, and Dorne had suffered from Aegon's reprisal for his queen's disappearance, also known as the Dragon's Wroth.[[/note]]
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* BlamingTheCuckold: Occurs posthumously; Daenerys wonders if Rhaegar left because Elia treated him poorly since Viserys once said that Rhaegar wouldn't have needed Lyanna if he was happy with Elia. Jon Connington thinks Elia wasn't "worthy" of Rhaegar because of her fragile health. Cersei and Kevan both think Elia wasn't attractive enough to keep Rhaegar's attention and that he would have been faithful to Cersei because of her beauty.
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* DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler:He's somewhat successful in his quest for revenge against Gregor Clegane and the Lannisters for the brutal murder and rape of his sister Elia, but suffers a CruelAndUnusualDeath for his trouble. He comes very close to killing Gregor in Tyrion's trial by combat, using a poison-tipped spear which ends up killing him slowly and painfully. And he also gets Gregor to admit he raped and killed Elia. Unfortunatley, his desire for revenge gets the better for him at the last moment, allowing Gregor to gain the upper hand and cave in his skull, before succumbing to Oberyn's poison over the next few days.]]
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* DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler:He's somewhat successful in his quest for revenge against Gregor Clegane and the Lannisters for the brutal murder and rape of his sister Elia, but suffers a CruelAndUnusualDeath for his trouble. He comes very close to killing Gregor in Tyrion's trial by combat, using a poison-tipped spear which ends up killing him slowly and painfully. And he also gets Gregor to admit he raped and killed Elia. Unfortunatley, Unfortunately, his desire for revenge gets the better for him at the last moment, allowing Gregor to gain the upper hand and cave in his skull, before succumbing to Oberyn's poison over the next few days.]]
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* SiblingYinYang: He's a calm, retiring, mostly housebound invalid, while his brother Oberyn is a hot-blooded, brash world traveler. But behind the scenes the brothers were as close as Tywin and Kevan or Robb and Jon, and they used people's assumptions about them to outmaneuver their enemies.
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* SiblingYinYang: He's a hot-blooded, brash world traveler, while his brother Doran is a calm, retiring, mostly housebound invalid. But behind the scenes the brothers were as close as Tywin and Kevan or Robb and Jon, and they used people's assumptions about them to outmaneuver their enemies.
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* MyNameIs: MyNaymeIs: Trystane, not Tristan.
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* TheNicknamer: Amused himself in his youth by slapping mocking nicknames on any of Elia's potential suitors, ensuring she couldn't take them seriously and wrecking any chance of an arranged marriage. It's implied he regrets it now, as both he and Tyrion conclude that, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero had Oberyn kept his mouth shut]], [[ForWantOfANail Elia might have married one of her other suitors instead of Rhaegar Targaryen and would still be alive]].
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* TheNicknamer: Amused himself in his youth by slapping mocking nicknames on any of Elia's potential suitors, ensuring she couldn't take them seriously and wrecking any chance of an arranged marriage. It's implied he regrets it now, as both he and Tyrion conclude that, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero had Oberyn kept his mouth shut]], [[ForWantOfANail Elia might have married one of her other suitors instead of Rhaegar Targaryen and would still be alive]].alive.
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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: Her plan to crown Myrcella might have started a war between Dorne and the Iron Throne but she didn't have any plans on how Dorne was supposed to win. As Doran points out to her Dorne has the smallest population of the Seven kingdoms. Tommen by contrast is supported by the Lannisters and the Tyrells the former of whom is the wealthiest House in Westeros while the latter has the largest army.
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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough: Her plan to crown Myrcella might have started a war between Dorne and the Iron Throne but she didn't have any plans on how Dorne was supposed to win. As Doran points out to her Dorne has the smallest population of the Seven kingdoms. Tommen by contrast is supported by the Lannisters and the Tyrells the former of whom is the wealthiest House in Westeros while the latter has the largest army.
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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: Her plan to crown Myrcella might have started a war between Dorne and the Iron Throne but she didn't have any plans on how Dorne was supposed to win. As Doran points out to her Dorne has the smallest population of the Seven kingdoms. Tommen by contrast is supported by the Lannisters and the Tyrells the former of whom is the wealthiest House in Westeros while the latter has the largest army.
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* FamousAncestor: To the Martells. Apart from Nymeria Sand in modern day, Meria Martell and Nymor Martell were also clearly [[AncestralName named for her]].
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* FamousAncestor: To the Martells. Apart from Nymeria Sand in modern day, Meria Martell and Nymor Martell were also clearly [[AncestralName named for her]]. Through Mariah Martell, she is also one to the current line of Targaryens, ironically making Nymeria the ancestor of the last Valyrian dragonlords.
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* KingmakerScenario: It's implied by his words to Tyrion Lannister that after [[spoiler:Joffrey's death and before his own]], Oberyn has started plotting to crown his brother's ward Princess Myrcella as the new Queen of Westeros in order to turn Lannister against Lannister and sow division in their ranks. Not to mention, as Myrcella is betrothed to his nephew Prince Trystane, this would position the Martells as a powerful influence on the Iron Throne. While Lord Tywin would staunchly back Tommen as the heir in his possession he can rule through and raise to be the kind of king he wants his grandson to be, Tyrion is tempted by Oberyn's offer to join him in Dorne and support Myrcella (not only to piss off Daddy, he also believes she is smarter and more capable than Tommen). Tyrion is unsure which child Cersei would support, as Tommen would be the clearest choice (Andal law favors Tommen which would give them more allies, Tommen is the only child she still has with her, Tywin would defend his claim) while making Myrcella queen would all but cinch Cersei inheriting Casterly Rock ahead of her brothers.
** It is unclear how [[spoiler:sincere Oberyn was with the idea of crowning Myrcella, however. While backing her ''would'' lead to Martells sitting the throne through Trystane being the father of Myrcella's children, Oberyn had been working with Doran towards a Targaryen restoration for years, with Viserys to be king and Arianne to be queen, which would have the exact same benefit for the Martells. Word of Viserys' death had already reached Westeros by "A Storm of Swords", tanking that plan, but Daenerys still lived and it is possible that the Martells had heard that she had hatched dragons and already decided to offer Quentyn to her as her consort... which would AGAIN achieve Martells on the throne. It is possible Oberyn seized the chance to push Mycella's claim as a ploy to pit Lannister forces against each other, similar to the heavy losses the Targaryens took in the Dance of Dragons, so that Daenerys would have an easier time swooping in and reclaiming the Iron Throne.]].
** It is unclear how [[spoiler:sincere Oberyn was with the idea of crowning Myrcella, however. While backing her ''would'' lead to Martells sitting the throne through Trystane being the father of Myrcella's children, Oberyn had been working with Doran towards a Targaryen restoration for years, with Viserys to be king and Arianne to be queen, which would have the exact same benefit for the Martells. Word of Viserys' death had already reached Westeros by "A Storm of Swords", tanking that plan, but Daenerys still lived and it is possible that the Martells had heard that she had hatched dragons and already decided to offer Quentyn to her as her consort... which would AGAIN achieve Martells on the throne. It is possible Oberyn seized the chance to push Mycella's claim as a ploy to pit Lannister forces against each other, similar to the heavy losses the Targaryens took in the Dance of Dragons, so that Daenerys would have an easier time swooping in and reclaiming the Iron Throne.]].
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* KingmakerScenario: She attempts to make herself a "Queenmaker" in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', with her trying to push Myrcella's claim to the Iron Throne, based on Dornish law—in which an older sister would inherit before a younger brother. She does this in an attempt to get {{Revenge}} on the Iron Throne for [[spoiler:Oberyn's death]] and as her own bid her support in Dorne, hoping to rally the other Dornish houses into the war and usurping her father's position. But Doran ends up learning of her scheme and outmaneuvers her.
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* KingmakerScenario: She While Oberyn and Tyene had previously suggested pushing the claim of their ward Myrcella ahead of Tommen and crowning her based on Dornish law—in which an older sister would inherit before a younger brother—Arianne is the one who actually attempts to put the plan into practice and make herself a "Queenmaker" in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', with her trying all the recent political upheaval and rebellions presenting an opportunity to push Myrcella's claim break precedent in the old Iron Throne inheritance laws[[note]]There was several opportunities to crown a Targaryen queen regnant in the past, but as precedent kept being set to favor more distant Targaryen princes over more direct Targaryen princesses, they got increasingly shunted out of the line of succession even more than typical Westeros inheritance laws would do (as at least the rest of the Seven Kingdoms favor the daughter over an uncle or cousin). Dorne joined the Seven Kingdoms later so they did not get to weigh in or back their preferred candidate most of those times, and as the Targaryens were ousted from power, there is an argument to be made that the old precedents that applied to the Iron Throne, based on Dornish law—in which an older sister would inherit before Targaryens need not apply to a younger brother. new regime[[/note]]. She does this in an attempt part to get overthrow the Lannisters and take {{Revenge}} on the Iron Throne them for [[spoiler:Oberyn's death]] and as her own bid her death]]. She also has a secret secondary motive to stir up support in Dorne, and secure allies for herself as the legal heir to Dorne being wrongfully passed over, hoping to rally the other Dornish houses into the war war, seize the moment to displace her father as the authority in Dorne, and usurping defuse his attempts to deny her father's position. But her birthright. Doran ends up learning of her scheme and outmaneuvers her.is the one who outmaneuver ''her'', [[spoiler:believing there is too high a chance Dorne wouldn't prevail as they do not really have the manpower alone to withstand the armies of the rest of Westeros attacking them, much less enough to assure victory. By now he has also heard of Daenerys Targaryen hatching dragons and plans to support her as queen instead as their best bet for success, also reinstating Arianne as his heir since his initial plan to make ''her'' queen is no longer viable.]]
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* OddFriendship: With Princess Myrcella, who is a [[FeudingFamilies Lannister]] by birth and a young girl where Arianne is a grown woman. However, Myrcella fits in surprisingly well in Dorne and Arianne shows her nothing but fondness, respect, and concern in her dialogue and narration. Even after [[spoiler:Arianne's plan got Myrcella disfigured and her sworn shield killed, Arianne is able to persuade Myrcella to lie to protect the Martells from the wrath of Myrcella's mother Queen Cersei.]] It probably helps that Myrcella is betrothed to Arianne's little brother Prince Trystane and the two children are already close friends.
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* FatalFlaw: Doran is too secretive, which causes the people he needs for his plans to be LockedOutOfTheLoop, [[spoiler: and end up being SpannerInTheWorks for his own plans]].
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** Doran is too secretive, which causes the people he needs for his plans to be LockedOutOfTheLoop, [[spoiler: and end up being SpannerInTheWorks for his ownplans]].plans. He planned for Arianne to marry Viserys ever since she was a little girl, but he never told her and instead offered her to various unappealing potential husbands so she would refuse them, which made her think he didn't care about her and eventually drove her to try and take back House Martell's throne in an ill-fated coup]].
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** Also, Doran has a tendency to base his plans on incomplete and/or out-of-date information. [[spoiler: He betroths his daughter to Viserys without any real knowledge of Viserys's character and doesn't even consider the possibility that Viserys might simply be incapable of performing the task required of him. He sends his son off to marry Daenerys and never considers that there might be practical obstacles to that plan as well.]]
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: After her death, there are false rumors that she may have killed her own children to save them from the Lannisters. Daenerys also wonders if her brother Rhaegar made Lyanna his Queen of Love and Beauty and then kidnapped her because Elia was a bad wife to him.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: After her death, there are false rumors that she may have killed her own children to save them from the Lannisters. Daenerys also briefly wonders if her brother Rhaegar made Lyanna his Queen of Love and Beauty and then kidnapped her because Elia was a bad wife to him.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In his youth, he made fun of one of Elia's suitors and torpedoed the match, causing Elia to later marry Rhaegar instead. Upon being told this story, Tyrion ponders how many lives would have been saved if that joke had not been made.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In his youth, he made fun of one of Elia's suitors and torpedoed the match, causing Elia to later marry Rhaegar instead. Upon being told this story, Tyrion ponders how many lives would have been saved if that joke had not been made.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Oberyn's poisoned spear may have failed to save his life, but it condemned Ser Gregor Clegane, rapist, murderer, and monster in every sense of the word, to a slow and horrible death. Doran lampshades this, remarking that "if ever a man deserved to die screaming, it was Gregor Clegane."]]
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* PrincessesRule: Another thing that makes them unique among all the old royal families of Westeros.
** Before Mors Martell married Princess Nymeria of Ny Sar, the Martells of old were only ever lords in service to other Dornish kings. Princess Nymeria was the first example of this trope in Westeros, as the Rhoynar used the title of prince and princess for their rulers in their city-states in Essos. Princess Nymeria was such a powerfully influential figure that when Mors (and after his death, her other husbands) married her, it was ''Dorne'' that adapted to suit ''her'' tastes rather than her adapting to Westerosi ways: she remained addressed as Princess in her people's tradition instead of Queen, they became ''her'' Prince Consorts, and ''she'' remained the new high ruler of Dorne, elevating House Nymeros Martell to what they are today. She had children with both Mors Martell and Davos Dayne, but it was her eldest daughter with Mors who inherited her throne rather than her only son with Davos, in direct defiance of [[HeirClubForMen Westeros' sexist traditions]]. As House Martell's claim to royal blood derives from Princess Nymeria, her children and descendants have stuck to her people's Rhoynish royal stylings, and ever since the Martells have ruled Dorne as Princesses and Princes.
** ''Much'' later, when House Martell finally agreed to join the rest of Westeros under the Iron Throne, one of the privileges they enjoyed was keeping their ancestral titles. Where other old royal families were conquered and demoted from kings of their lands to lords sworn to the Targaryen royal family (hence Ned Stark is Lord Stark instead of King Eddard), the Martell princes and princesses alone of the great families of Westeros have kept their titles, and still rule Dorne with much the same powers and in much the same ways as they did before joining the Seven Kingdoms.
** Before Mors Martell married Princess Nymeria of Ny Sar, the Martells of old were only ever lords in service to other Dornish kings. Princess Nymeria was the first example of this trope in Westeros, as the Rhoynar used the title of prince and princess for their rulers in their city-states in Essos. Princess Nymeria was such a powerfully influential figure that when Mors (and after his death, her other husbands) married her, it was ''Dorne'' that adapted to suit ''her'' tastes rather than her adapting to Westerosi ways: she remained addressed as Princess in her people's tradition instead of Queen, they became ''her'' Prince Consorts, and ''she'' remained the new high ruler of Dorne, elevating House Nymeros Martell to what they are today. She had children with both Mors Martell and Davos Dayne, but it was her eldest daughter with Mors who inherited her throne rather than her only son with Davos, in direct defiance of [[HeirClubForMen Westeros' sexist traditions]]. As House Martell's claim to royal blood derives from Princess Nymeria, her children and descendants have stuck to her people's Rhoynish royal stylings, and ever since the Martells have ruled Dorne as Princesses and Princes.
** ''Much'' later, when House Martell finally agreed to join the rest of Westeros under the Iron Throne, one of the privileges they enjoyed was keeping their ancestral titles. Where other old royal families were conquered and demoted from kings of their lands to lords sworn to the Targaryen royal family (hence Ned Stark is Lord Stark instead of King Eddard), the Martell princes and princesses alone of the great families of Westeros have kept their titles, and still rule Dorne with much the same powers and in much the same ways as they did before joining the Seven Kingdoms.
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A legendary warrior queen who managed to unite the Rhoynar people and lead them to escape the expansion of Old Valyria, fleeing across the Narrow Sea in allegedly ten thousand ships. Upon landing, she then married Mors Martell and with his support conquered the rest of Dorne. After the death of Mors, she was married two more times, to Lord Uller and Davos Dayne respectively. Nymeria had four daughters by Mors Martell (the eldest of which succeeded her as ruler of Dorne) and at least one son by Davos Dayne.
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* TheHighQueen: Or rather, The High ''Princess''.''[[PrincessesRule Princess]]''. It was because of her that the Rhoynar were able to escape the Valyrian Conquest and find a new home in Dorne.
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* OnlyOneName: By all appearances, since presumably if she'd ''had'' a family name then it would have been hitched to House Martell's. Instead, the name of her husband's House was extended to ''Nymeros'' Martell to mark their children as Nymeria's descendants as well as Mors'.
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* PrincessesRule: In Rhoynish tradition, and ''the'' defining example for Westeros. At a time when Dorne was far more influenced by Andal culture than the Rhoynar who had just arrived, and had only ever been ruled by kings with their queens being consorts, Nymeria still ruled as a princess rather than call herself a queen, and her husbands were ''her'' consorts, not the other way around.
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* RatedMForManly: Rather a metrosexual version, but still an undeniable, smouldering badass who can take wannabes like Lancel Lannister to the cleaners without getting winded.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Barristan has to tell him that he has overstayed his welcome when all suspicions are raised when someone attempts to poison Daenerys or Hizdahr, as he's been flagged as a culprit. Not wanting to return to Dorne empty-handed, Quentyn attempts to woo the remaining dragons, which earns him third-degree burns]].
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Barristan has to tell him that he has overstayed his welcome when all suspicions are raised when someone attempts to poison Daenerys or Hizdahr, as he's been flagged as a culprit. Not wanting to return to Dorne empty-handed, Quentyn attempts to woo the remaining dragons, which earns him third-degree (and ultimately fatal) burns]].
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Daenerys is already betrothed by the time he arrives, and then he tries to impress her by taming her dragons and gets himself roasted crispy.]]
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Daenerys is already betrothed by the time he arrives, and then he tries to impress her by taming her dragons and gets himself [[KillItByFire roasted crispy.crispy]] and a slow and painful death.]]
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* ManOnFire: [[spoiler: He doesn't live to tell the tale.]]
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* ManOnFire: KillItWithFire: Tries to avert this fate happening to him in his attempt to [[spoiler: tame the dragons. He doesn't live to tell the tale.]]
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* CannotKeepASecret: Her dad never told her that [[spoiler:he was planning to betroth her to Viserys]], because he knew she would tell her friend Garin or her cousin Tyene, and then Garin would spread the gossip to the other orphans of the Greenblood or Tyene would tell her other cousins. Instead, he "betrothed" Arianne to undesirable suitors, knowing she would reject them without hesitation. Unfortunately, this backfired because it made her think he didn't love her and wanted her brother Quentyn to rule Dorne instead.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Her dad never told her that [[spoiler:he was planning to betroth her to Viserys]], because he knew she would tell her friend Garin or her cousin Tyene, and then Garin would spread the gossip to the other orphans of the Greenblood or Tyene would tell her other cousins. Instead, he "betrothed" Arianne to undesirable suitors, knowing she would reject them without hesitation. Unfortunately, this backfired because it made her think he didn't love her and wanted was planning to strip her of her inheritance and give it to her little brother Quentyn to rule Dorne instead.Quentyn.
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* AnimalMotifs: Snakes, despite not being their sigil. Oberyn is called "the Red Viper", his bastard daughters have been dubbed "Sand Snakes", and their cousin Arianne wears snake-shaped bracelets. The snake has a reputation for staying hidden and attacking when disturbed, and the Martells have been secretly planning for many years to undermine the Lannisters for committing grave crimes against them.
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* AnimalMotifs: Snakes, despite not being their sigil. Oberyn is called "the Red Viper", his bastard daughters have been dubbed "Sand Snakes", and their cousin Arianne wears snake-shaped bracelets. The Just like the snake has a reputation for staying hidden and attacking when disturbed, and the [[spoiler:the Martells have been secretly planning for many years to undermine the Lannisters for committing grave crimes against them.them]].
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* AnimalMotifs: Snakes, despite not being their sigil. Oberyn is called "the Red Viper", his bastard daughters have been dubbed "Sand Snakes", and their cousin Arianne wears snake-shaped bracelets. The snake has a reputation for staying out of sight and only attacking when disturbed, and the Martells have been secretly planning for many years to undermine the Lannisters for committing grave crimes against them.
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* AnimalMotifs: Snakes, despite not being their sigil. Oberyn is called "the Red Viper", his bastard daughters have been dubbed "Sand Snakes", and their cousin Arianne wears snake-shaped bracelets. The snake has a reputation for staying out of sight hidden and only attacking when disturbed, and the Martells have been secretly planning for many years to undermine the Lannisters for committing grave crimes against them.
