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* WouldntHurtAChild: Ish. Deliberately going out of your way to hurt or kill kids unnecessarily might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has, as he deliberately [[spoiler: went against Stannis on to prevent it]]. Cutting down a young squire in the middle of battle or hanging a young thief probably gets his KnightInSourArmor acceptance that such things happen when them's the normal breaks to be expect for what the child is found doing: [[spoiler: burning an innocent kid alive simply for Blood Magic? That's way too much.]]

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Ish. Deliberately going out of your way to hurt or kill kids unnecessarily might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has, as he deliberately [[spoiler: went against Stannis on to prevent it]]. it, knowing the possible consequences.]] Cutting down a young squire in the middle of battle or hanging a young thief probably gets his KnightInSourArmor acceptance that such things happen when them's the normal breaks to be expect for what the child is found doing: [[spoiler: burning an innocent kid alive simply for Blood Magic? That's way too much.]]
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Hell, no: not on his watch will child, [[spoiler: live sacrifice]] occur, thank you very much! Hurting kids might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has.

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Hell, no: not on his watch will child, [[spoiler: live sacrifice]] occur, thank you very much! Hurting Ish. Deliberately going out of your way to hurt or kill kids unnecessarily might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has.has, as he deliberately [[spoiler: went against Stannis on to prevent it]]. Cutting down a young squire in the middle of battle or hanging a young thief probably gets his KnightInSourArmor acceptance that such things happen when them's the normal breaks to be expect for what the child is found doing: [[spoiler: burning an innocent kid alive simply for Blood Magic? That's way too much.]]

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Hell, no: not on his watch will child sacrifice occur, thank you very much! Hurting kids might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Not him, but he's had to dish this out a number of times for Stannis (and, has even tried to do so with Melisandre without much luck). He's the only one allowed to get away with it, and all.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Hell, no: not on his watch will child sacrifice child, [[spoiler: live sacrifice]] occur, thank you very much! Hurting kids might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has.
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* GoodWithKids: He might not go out of his way to be around children, but he deals with them as he does with others: honestly and straightforwardly. Even better, he approaches them as people, rather than exotic or inferior creatures -- like a lot of the people around Stannis seem to do. This seems to go down rather well in contrast, for some reason. His sons seem to be happy enough with him as a father (well, aside from the whole Flea Bottom thing), and Shireen and Edric like him.

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* GoodWithKids: FriendToAllChildren: He might not go out of his way to be around children, but he deals with them as he does with others: honestly and straightforwardly. Even better, he approaches them as people, rather than exotic or inferior creatures -- like a lot of the people around Stannis seem to do. This seems tends to go down rather well in contrast, for some reason. His sons seem to be happy enough with him as a father (well, aside from the whole Flea Bottom thing), and Shireen and Edric like him.

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Hell, no: not on his watch will child sacrifice occur, thank you very much! Hurting kids might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has.



* WouldntHurtAChild: Hell, no: not on his watch will child sacrifice occur, thank you very much! It might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has, even.
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* GoodWithKids: He might not go out of his way to be around children, but he deals with them as he does with others: honestly and straightforwardly. Even better, he approaches them as people, rather than exotic or inferior creatures -- like a lot of the people around Stannis seem to do. This seems to go down rather well in contrast, for some reason. His sons seem to be happy enough with him as a father (well, aside from the whole Flea Bottom thing), and Shireen and Edric like him.


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* WouldntHurtAChild: Hell, no: not on his watch will child sacrifice occur, thank you very much! It might even approach the closest to a BerserkButton he has, even.

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* [[DontCallMeSir Don't Call Me Ser]]: Is told off for this by his sons, given that his fellow knights look down on him. "If you don't remember it, Father, why should they?"

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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: When thrown into Manderly's dungeon, he's always polite to the TortureTechnician in the hope that -- if ordered to execute Davos -- he'll cut off his head ''before'' mutilating the rest of his body.
* DontCallMeSir: Is told off for this by his sons, given that his fellow knights look down on him. "If you don't remember it, Father, why should they?"

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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: When thrown into Manderly's dungeon, he's Davos is always polite to the TortureTechnician in the hope that -- if ordered to execute Davos -- he'll the torturer will cut off his head ''before'' mutilating the rest of his body.
* DontCallMeSir: [[DontCallMeSir Don't Call Me Ser]]: Is told off for this by his sons, given that his fellow knights look down on him. "If you don't remember it, Father, why should they?"
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: In a verbal sparring match with Lord Borrell; after saying he's been called many things, Borrell lists some of them off: "Rebel. Traitor. Turncloak." Davos shrugs off the first two, but bristles at being called a turncloak, as [[UndyingLoyalty his loyalty has always been to Stannis.]]
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* RedOniBlueOni: Red to both Stannis and Melisandre. The latter is especially strange as Davos is represented by water and Mel is represented by fire, but Davos is definitely Red to her Blue in personality.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: He tries to kill Melisandre. Who can see into the future. He ends up in jail.


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* HeroicBSOD: Loosing it a bit after the Battle of Blackwater, becoming extremely depressed, becoming convinced the Mother saved him to kill Melisandre, and taking unnecessary risks with his life. He recovers relatively quickly.
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: When thrown into Manderly's dungeon, he's always polite to the TortureTechnician in the hope that -- if ordered to execute Davos -- he'll cut off his head ''before'' mutilating the rest of his body.
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* NouveauRiche: How the rest of Stannis' bannermen see him.

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* NouveauRiche: How the rest of Stannis' bannermen see him. Even Davos' sons are a bit ashamed of their lowly beginnings.
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* ConspicuousGloves: He wears gloves to help hide his maimed hand.

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Davos' fourth son. Oarmaster of the Fury

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!!Lord Davos Seaworth, the Hand of the King

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-->'''Davos:''' ''I did not do so ill. I rose up from Flea Bottom to be a King's Hand, and I learned to read and write.''

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-->'''Davos:''' ''I I did not do so ill. I rose up from Flea Bottom to be a [[spoiler:a King's Hand, Hand]], and I learned to read and write.''

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!!Lord Davos Seaworth, the Hand of the King



* RagsToRiches: Born in Flea Bottom, elevated to landed knight and ended up [[spoiler:Hand of the King. And Lord of the Rainwood. And Admiral of the Narrow Sea.]].

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* RagsToRiches: Born in Flea Bottom, elevated to landed knight and ended up [[spoiler:Hand of the King. And Lord of the Rainwood. And Admiral of the Narrow Sea.]].Sea]].




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!!Lady Marya Seaworth




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!!Dale Seaworth



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!!Matthos Seaworth




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!!Maric Seaworth




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!!Devan Seaworth



* MoralityPet: To Melisandre. She keeps him at the Wall instead of campaigning with Stannis in the North because she thinks Davos has lost enough children and doesn't want Devan to die as well.
* PrecociousCrush: Develops one on Melisandre, of all people. She thinks it is rather amusing.




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-->'''Davos:''' ''I rose up from Flea Bottom to be a King's Hand, and I learned to read and write. I did not do so ill.''

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-->'''Davos:''' ''I did not do so ill. I rose up from Flea Bottom to be a King's Hand, and I learned to read and write. I did not do so ill.write.''
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* IRegretNothing: Has a moment of this when he's writing what he thinks will be his final letters to his wife and sons before being put to death by Wyman Manderly.
-->'''Davos:''' ''I rose up from Flea Bottom to be a King's Hand, and I learned to read and write. I did not do so ill.''
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* HonestAdvisor: Why Stannis respects him so much: he never minces words, and always gives his honest moral and strategic opinions. [[spoiler:This is why Stannis makes him Hand of the King over all the YesMen vying for the position]].

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* HonestAdvisor: Why Stannis respects him so much: he never minces words, and always gives his honest moral and strategic opinions. [[spoiler:This is why Stannis makes him Hand of the King over all the YesMen [[YesMan Yes Men]] vying for the position]].
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* HonestAdvisor: Why Stannis respects him so much: he never minces words, and always gives his honest moral and strategic opinions. [[spoiler:This is why Stannis makes him Hand of the King over all the YesMen vying for the position]].

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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted. He's not too keen on smuggling Melisandre to Storm's End but does it anyway. Nevertheless he has Edric Storm smuggled out of Dragonstone to save him from [[spoiler:being burned alive as a sacrifice for R'hllor.]]

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* KnightInSourArmor: Fully aware of just how [[CrapsackWorld cruel the world is]], Davos never stops fighting to put Stannis on the Iron Throne because he believes him to be the one man who could justly rule Westeros and stop as many wrongs as possible.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted. He's not too keen on smuggling Melisandre to Storm's End but does it anyway. Nevertheless he has Edric Storm smuggled out of Dragonstone to save him from [[spoiler:being burned alive as a sacrifice for R'hllor.]]R'hllor]].

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* GlorySeeker: He was excited that he and his families ships were positioned on the starboard side in the second line of the fleet attacking King's Landing, since that would put them in the middle of the actions and give them all a chance to prove their valor.
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* UndyingLoyalty-He is not Stannis's most trusted adviser for nothing.[[spoiler:He has lost 4 sons to Stannis's cause,and is quite prepared to die himself if Stannis would benefit by it.]]

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* UndyingLoyalty-He UndyingLoyalty: He is not Stannis's most trusted adviser for nothing.[[spoiler:He has lost 4 sons to Stannis's cause,and is quite prepared to die himself if Stannis would benefit by it.]]
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!!This is a listing of member of House Seaworth that appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.

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Created after Robert's Rebellion, House Seaworth is a knightly house in the Stormlands. Its seat is a small keep on Cape Wraith, in the south of the Storm Lands. Its sigil is a ship with an onion sail on a grey background.

[[folder: Ser Davos Seaworth, the Onion Knight*]]
-->''"It was just, what he did to me. I had flouted the king's laws all my life. He has earned my loyalty."''

A smuggling pirate turned knight [[spoiler:turned Admiral, Lord, and Hand of the King]], sponsored by Stannis Baratheon. He turned straight by smuggling food into Stannis' besieged castle, earning him a knighthood for his service. Stannis also demanded that he lose the first joint off the fingers of his right hand to balance out his life of crime. He is often called "the Onion Knight," somewhat disparagingly, because he earned his knighthood with crates of onions. Despite his past, he is a loyal and honorable man, and a devout follower of the Seven. He mistrusts the sorceress Melisandre, seeking to counter her influence over Stannis.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: Adopted the sigil of an onion on a black field.
* ArrestedForHeroism: He saved Stannis and his men by delivering them supplies while they were starving, however, Stannis's code of honor demanded that Davos pay for his crimes as a smuggler. Stannis knighted Davos for his heroism, but also cut the first finger joints off his left hand. Davos honestly doesn't mind that much.
* BigNo: He unleashes one during the Battle of the Blackwater when he realizes what Tyrion is about to do.
* BrutalHonesty: He never sweetens his words, even in situations where it would benefit him. This blunt honesty is actually why Stannis values him.
* TheConscience: Tries to act as one to Stannis, whether Stannis wants him to or not.
* TheConsigliere[=/=]TheLancer: Stannis trusts Davos more than any other man because of his integrity and honesty. [[spoiler:It's why Stannis makes him Hand of the King]].
* DontCallMeSir: Is told off for this by his sons, given that his fellow knights look down on him. "If you don't remember it, Father, why should they?"
* [[spoiler: FakingTheDead: Wyman Manderly staged his execution in order to appease the Lannisters and get his son Wylis returned to him safely. And also so he can track down Rickon Stark.]]
* {{Fingore}}: The first joints of the fingers on his left hand were taken by Stannis as punishment for Davos's smuggling. He keeps the bones in a pouch around his neck as a good luck charm until he lost them on the Blackwater.
* {{Foil}}: To Melisandre.
* HappilyMarried: Davos doesn't see much of his wife, but he thinks of her with fondness, and is happy that his knighthood has supplied her and their children with a future.
** Though he's admitted to cheating on her occasionally.
* {{Hero}}: In this CrapsackWorld, Davos is a shining example of a heroic character with his rescue of Edric.
* IOweYouMyLife: Not just to Stannis for not killing him, but because Stannis gave his family a future.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Subverted. He's not too keen on smuggling Melisandre to Storm's End but does it anyway. Nevertheless he has Edric Storm smuggled out of Dragonstone to save him from [[spoiler:being burned alive as a sacrifice for R'hllor.]]
* NeverLearnedToRead: Until ''A Storm of Swords'' where he begins taking lessons to.
* NiceGuy: To an impressive degree. When Stannis's former Hand is thrown into the dungeon for treason, Davos tries to defend the man and point out his good intentions so Stannis wouldn't kill him. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].
* NouveauRiche: How the rest of Stannis' bannermen see him.
* OddFriendship: With Stannis.
* OnlySaneMan: He becomes this when the rest of Dragonstone is swept up in Melisandre's religious madness.
* RagsToRiches: Born in Flea Bottom, elevated to landed knight and ended up [[spoiler:Hand of the King. And Lord of the Rainwood. And Admiral of the Narrow Sea.]].
* ReformedCriminal: From smuggler to knight, and then [[spoiler: lord, Admiral of Stannis' fleet, and King's Hand]].
* TragicHero: The deaths of his four oldest sons during the Battle of the Blackwater. [[spoiler:Davos might be one himself, as there are rumors of his death in ''A Feast For Crows''. Thankfully, it turns out that the rumours are greatly exaggerated.]]
* UndyingLoyalty-He is not Stannis's most trusted adviser for nothing.[[spoiler:He has lost 4 sons to Stannis's cause,and is quite prepared to die himself if Stannis would benefit by it.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: He's deeply in love with his wife, but he does admit he's slept with other women.
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[[folder:Marya Seaworth]]

Davos' wife.
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* TheGhost: Lives at Davos’ keep while he serves Stannis at Dragonstone.
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[[folder:Dale Seaworth]]

Davos' first son and heir. Captain of the Wraith.
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* TheCaptain: Of the Wraith.
* CharacterDeath: Dies in the Battle of Blackwater Bay.
* MauveShirt
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[[folder:Allard Seaworth]]
-->''"The Others take our onion… and that flaming heart. It was an ill thing to burn the Seven."''

Davos' second son. Captain of the Lady Marya.
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* TheCaptain: Of the Lady Marya.
* CharacterDeath: Dies in the Battle of Blackwater Bay.
* {{Pride}}: He tends to forget that his family was lowborn and tries to convince his father to act more knightly to gain the nobles respect.
* MauveShirt
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[[folder:Matthos Seaworth]]

Davos' third son. Second-in-command of the Black Bertha.
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* CharacterDeath: Dies in the Battle of Blackwater Bay.
* NumberTwo: To his dad on the Black Bertha.
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[[folder:Maric Seaworth]]

Davos' fourth son. Oarmaster of the Fury
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* CharacterDeath: Dies in the Battle of Blackwater Bay.
* RedShirt
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[[folder:Devan Seaworth]]

Davos' fifth son and squire to King Stannis. Now heir to House Seaworth after his four older brothers died.
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[[folder:Stannis Seaworth]]

Davos' sixth son.
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* TheGhost: Is not seen in the novels due to being only nine years old and living at Davos' keep with Marya.
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[[folder:Steffon Seaworth]]

Davos' seventh son.
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* TheGhost: Is not seen in the novels due to being only six years old and living at Davos' keep with Marya.
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