History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireKingRobertsBastards

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She prefers stereotypically masculine clothing and keeps her hair short compared to Alayne who wears dresses or something.

* HiddenBackupPrince: When it comes down to it Edric, as a formally acknowledged bastard of two Great Houses, being raised properly by his father's family can be seen as semi-official insurance. Should either lineage, say, run out of heirs, need some marriage ties or suddenly need to shore any existing claims up a smidge with a little in-house double-back... There he is. Handy to be made legit.

* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted. Robert wasn't really involved in the lives of his bastards post-Mya (he doesn't even know about the existence of most of them), but not Edric. Because completely ignoring the raised voices of the Florents is not as easy as dodging various smallfolk dotted across the map.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Edric is described as having a personality resembling Robert and Renly.

* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted. Robert wasn't involved in the lives of most of his bastards (he doesn't even know about most of them), but not Edric.

** Considering who their parents are, he should actually look very similar to Shireen (minus the greyscale scars)... Of course, he has the slight "advantage" of being born male to try making the typical Florent ears they share work for him, rather than against.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Ned Stark argues that she looks like Mya Stone as a baby.

** Considering who their parents are, he should actually look similar to Shireen minus the greyscale... Of course, he has the slight "advantage" of being born a male to try pulling those ears off.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Bella has the thick black hair of the Baratheons. Arya notes that her hair is like Robert's and Gendry's. She also seems to have inherited Robert's easy, down-to-earth charm and lustful disposition.

* TheCharmer: The kid is said to charm whoever he encounters at such a young age, too. According to Stannis he got it from his dad.

* HumanSacrifice: Melisandre wanted to use him as a sacrifice because of his royal blood.

* DeathOfAChild: There's the rumor of Cersei ordering the death of a pair of twins Robert fathered on a servant at Casterly Rock. And there's the massacre of Robert's bastards in King's Landing.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Much unlike Robert's "trueborn" sons]], all the bastards are shown to have striking Baratheon features and psychological traits, like being very friendly and easygoing.

* ForWantOfANail: Robert initially had the firm intention of bringing Mya back to King's Landing and taking care of her, at least: [[spoiler:but, Cersei strongly implied that she would order the child harmed if he did so. Because of this, Mya was left back in The Vale, and Robert would not attempt to bring any more of his bastards up. He, in fact, went out of his way ''not'' to know much about them if avoidable from that point onwards as a distancing tactic. This is partially out of a wish to avoid heartbreak, true, but it's not simply an excuse if you're justified in trying to keep them alive, too.]]

Bella is a prostitute at a brothel called the Peach in Stoney Sept. She claims that Robert is her father, and seems to have inherited the king's legendary sex drive.

Barra is the bastard daughter of King Robert and a prostitute from Chataya's brothel in King's Landing. The child is an infant with thin, dark hair. She is said to resemble Mya Stone as a child. She is killed by the Gold Cloaks under Cersei's orders.

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Subverted. The City Guard has very little qualms with killing her in spite of being a baby.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Edric is one of the many bastards of King Robert, but he is the only recognized one and the only one born out of a noblewoman; as such, he is the highest-born bastard in Westeros.

* ParentalAbandonment: Mya has memories of spending time with Robert when she was young, but he then disappeared from her life, and, from her point of view, never showed any interest in her ever again (though unknown to her, he was strong-armed into doing so --see ForWantOfANail). This doesn't seem to bother her too much, at first. Later when Alayne and Myranda are descending from the Eyrie she describes her childhood memories of her father playing with her with great bitterness. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that Robert wanted to bring her to court, but Cersei threatened to kill her if he did. There are small hints, however, that her mother might have received some payment or tokens via Varys, and that strings may have been pulled to give her a few advantages in life, such as the chance to learn her trade as a mountain guide. Even if she doesn't know about that.]]

* {{Nephewism}}: He was raised mostly in Storm's End by Renly, [[spoiler: and after Renly's death, he lives with Stannis until Davos has to send him away for his own safety]]

* FamousAncestor: Not only are they descended from Robert, but they also share with their father, the Targaryen ancestry, which makes all of them direct descendants of Aegon the Conqueror and Queen Rhaenys.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Much unlike Robert's "trueborn" sons]], all the bastards are shown to have striking Baratheon features. They are also very friendly and easygoing.

* InfantImmortality: Averted with some of them. There's the rumor of Cersei ordering the death of a pair of twins Robert fathered on a servant at Casterly Rock. And there's the massacre of Robert's bastards in King's Landing.

Robert Baratheon is known to have fathered - according to Maggy the Frog's prophecy - a total of sixteen bastards, though only one has been acknowledged. Varys admits to knowing of eight. Five have been seen by point of view characters, while two others have been mentioned only in passing. Because of how Eddard words Robert's will, Cersei begins a campaign to kill all of Robert's bastards, but Tyrion stops it after an ugly scene with Barra's mother fighting to protect the baby.

* HeroicBastard: All of Robert's bastards seen so far are somewhere on the heroic side of things, being pleasant people who often show concern for others.

* ForWantOfANail: Robert had the firm intention of bringing Mya back to King's Landing and taking charge of her, at least: but, Cersei strongly implied that she would order the child harmed if he did so. Because of this, Mya was left back in The Vale, and Robert would not attempt to bring any more of his bastards up. He, in fact, goes out of his way ''not'' to know much about them from this point onwards as a distancing tactic. This is partially out of a wish to avoid heartbreak, true, but it's not simply an excuse if you're justified in trying to keep them alive, too.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Mya has memories of spending time with Robert when she was young, but he then disappeared from her life, and, for her point of view, never showed any interest in her ever again (though unknown to her, he was strong-armed into doing so --see ForWantOfANail). This doesn't seem to bother her too much, at first. Later when Alayne and Myranda are descending from the Eyrie she describes her childhood memories of her father playing with her with great bitterness. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that Robert wanted to bring her to court but Cersei threatened to kill her if he did. There are hints, however, that her mother might have received some payment or tokens via Varys and that some strings have been pulled to give her a few advantages in life, such as the chance to learn a trade. Even if she doesn't know about it.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Robert had the firm intention of bringing Mya back to King's Landing and taking care of her, but Cersei implied that she would order the child harmed if he did so. As such, Mya was left in The Vale, and Robert would not attempt to bring any more of his bastards henceforth.

* ParentalAbandonment: Mya has memories of spending time with Robert when she was young, but then he disappeared from her life and never showed interest in her again (though he was strong-armed into doing so -see ForWantOfANail). This doesn't seem to bother her too much, at first. Later when Alayne and Myranda are descending from the Eyrie she describes her childhood memories of her father playing with her with great bitterness. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that Robert wanted to bring her to court but Cersei threatened to kill her if he did.]]

* HeroicBastard: There really isn't much meanness to this lass, whatever her background. In fact, she's very grounded, if a touch naive.

* StarCrossedLovers: She and Mychel Redfort had feelings for each other, [[UnequalPairing despite his being a highborn knight and she a baseborn commoner]] (especially since Robert never officially recognized her). When Catelyn meets her in ''AGOT'', Mya is practically giggling with happiness. Lord Horton, of course, had no intention of allowing his son to marry a commoner, much less a bastard, and so he forced Mychel to marry Ysilla Royce, daughter of Bronze Yohn. When Alayne later meets Mya on her way to the Vale, the older girl is much quieter and sadder, as befits a broken heart.

* TheCharmer: At such a young age, too. According to Stannis he got it from his dad.

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Davos and the King's Men have him whisked away from Dragonstone and taken to Lys in Essos with several knights for protection in order to prevent Melisandre from sacrificing him]].

* BrotherSisterIncest: Averted with Gendry, who she propositioned when he came to the Peach.

The eldest of Robert's bastards, conceived whilst he was being fostered in the Vale. She serves as a guide on the rocky climb from the Vale to the Eyrie, leading trains of mules. She interacts with Alayne Stone [[spoiler: (who in truth is a disguised Sansa Stark)]] during her stay there.

* InnocenceLost: Said innocence however is gone, when her love, Mychel, is forced to marry a highborn lady and leaves her heartbroken.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Alayne's Girly Girl.

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[[folder:Tropes Related to King Robert's Bastards]]

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-->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireBrotherhoodWithoutBanners Brotherhood Without Banners page]].
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* See the House Arryn entry [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseArryn see here]].

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[[folder: Edric Storm]]
!!Edric Storm
-->''"My father taught me to fight."''

One of the bastard sons of King Robert, Edric grew up at Storm's End. Robert acknowledged him, mostly because his mother is Delena of House Florent (who is daughter of Colin Florent, Selyse Baratheon's uncle), and bastards that are of noble blood on both sides are a bit more acceptable. Edric was taken in by Stannis in ''Clash of Kings'' after he takes over Storm's End, and he has since then become friends with Shireen Baratheon, daughter of his uncle Stannis and his aunt Selyse.

[[folder: Barra and Bella]]
See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireOtherWesterosi Other Westerosi]] page, listed as prostitutes.