History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireOtherWesterosi

** Having said that, any cover story he could've invented would've automatically counted as incredibly obvious ImplausibleDeniability, especially given the fact that the ''Lord Paramount'' asking the questions was 1) a personal friend of Robert's going way back, 2) who getting caught lying to could get Mott a death sentence and that 3) said Lord Paramount could definitely see the truth behind Gendry's birth as the [[StrongFamilyResemblance proof was standing right in front of him]]. Almost swinging Dad's hammer just to prevent any ambiguity, too.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Burned Men perform self-mutilation as a rite of passage to demonstrate their bravery. Cutting off one's nipple or finger is pretty typical. Timett took it further by gouging out his own eye with a hot knife, which was so impressive that he was immediately promoted to warleader.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Timmett's ability to withstand pain won him his position.

%%* TheChick: Of Jaime's group.

* OpportunisticBastard: Bronn intends to rise in the world any way he can, and attaches himself to anybody who can do that for him. Starting out as a simple sellsword, he first latches onto Catelyn Stark's revenue transporting Tyrion Lannister to the Vale, for the possibility of a reward. He then proceeds to quickly switch sides from Catelyn to Tyrion, championing him in a [[DuelToTheDeath Trial by Combat]], thus becoming the right-hand man of one of the richest and most powerful men in the Seven Kingdoms. He stays on for a while, accumulating riches, titles and a knighthood, before eventually refusing Tyrion's request to [[spoiler:champion him again in the trial over Joffrey's murder]] because Cersei Lannister offered him a marriage into a powerful noble house with no risk to himself. Seizing any opportunity that came his way, Bronn went from an ordinary mercenary all the way to the Lord Protector of House Stokeworth.

* WidowWoman: Her husband was executed by Roose shortly before he "claimed his rights" to her.

Weasel is a toddler found in the war-torn Riverlands by Yoren's group traveling to the Wall. She is added to the caravan heading north shortly after.

** Having said that, any cover story he could've invented would've automatically counted as incredibly obvious ImplausibleDeniability, especially given the fact that the ''Lord Paramount'' asking the questions was 1) a personal friend of Robert's going way back, 2) who getting caught lying to could get Mott a death sentence and that 3) said Lord Paramount could definitely see the truth behind Gendry's birth as the [[StrongFamilyResemblance proof was standing right in front of him]]. Almost swinging [[WeaponOfChoice Dad's hammer]] just to prevent any ambiguity, too.

* AnAxeToGrind: He carries three axes as his weapons, normally wielding two at once with the third as a backup.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Tywin points out to his son that there's little difference between the Mountain Clans and the PsychoForHire thugs he uses to RapePillageAndBurn villages in the Riverlands. Later we hear of the Stone Crows massacring villages in the Vale and carrying off their women. On the positive end they also have a lot of the better traits of the free folk as well, the tribes of the mountains of the moon are very democratic and egalitarian, all are expected to sit and speak at war councils, and they allow their women a level of freedom second only to Dorne.

Savage clans who live in the Mountains of the Moon in the Vale, they hate the Arryns and rob any passing travelers. The clans include the Black Ears, Stone Crows, Burned Men, Milk Snakes, Moon Brothers, Painted Dogs, Sons of the Mist, and the Stone Crows. They are descended from those of the original First Men inhabitants of the Vale who fled into the mountains rather than assimilate themselves with the invading Andals.

* RapeAsDrama: Theon raped her in a fit of anger after having nightmare (prior to that their relationship had been consensual). Ramsay presumably raped her while holding her prisoner.

* RapeAsBackstory: Molested by her father.

* RefugeInAudacity: At a time when it would be political suicide to do so, the newly ennobled Bronn names his son . And gets away with it.

* TheSociopath: Beneath his ((AffablyEvil affable demeanor)) is still a man who'd kill a baby for money and murdered his in-laws for their inheritance.

* RefugeInAudacity: At a time when it would be political suicide to do so, the newly ennobled Bronn names his son [[BlackHumor Tyrion]]. And gets away with it.

* TheSociopath: For all his affable banter and ability to get on with most people you drop him near, Bronn is very likely one of these. He's [[MoralSociopathy found a way to make it pay]], though, and fully explains the code he has. But, it's hard to argue that he [[LackOfEmpathy feels much beyond "getting on" with others]], even if he can obviously see their viewpoint and where the lines are -- and, even seems to have a somewhat soft spot for those unjustifiably disadvantaged by others (won't stop him prioritizing his position, though). His code involves doing the job (whatever it might entail, including killing people he knows from previous jobs) and getting paid and/or advancing without getting killed while maintaining a good enough reputation to get hired again elsewhere: everything else is peripheral, however enjoyable it might be at the time. If you can't meet his price and/or a better one comes along, well... that's goodbye. NothingPersonal. Number One is always first and foremost.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Yes-no. They illustrate the often murky divide between a private and public police force, while occasionally throwing being a politically militarized organisation into the mix -- worse, all too often paid for by a specific individual within government, rather than a supervised, publicly accountable group beholden to the citizens of the city. Ergo, they have repeatedly acted ''as'' a company of specialist sellswords, without being classified as such. From Daemon Targaryen to Brynden Rivers to [[spoiler: Petyr Baelish]], they can turn into an armed political force, given the right bribes and assurances.

* AbnormalAmmo: During the Battle of the Blackwater, they are flung from the great trebuchets called the Three Whores.

* AscendedExtra: Comes out of the woodwork during the first book.

* PunchClockVillain: Pretty much completely amoral but with money being his only concern he's still much better than the psychopaths employed by some characters. Heck, he's not picky: he'll play PunchClockHero if that's what the boss wants. It's basically what he did at Blackwater. Either way: as long as he gets paid.

* TheSleepless: Tyrion notes this when they first travel together. No explanation is ever offered.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a Dornishman with the sobriquet "the Dornishman"

* SculleryMaid: Is not impressed when Tyrion suggests this as her cover, as she'd run away to become a whore to avoid it.

* MissKitty: Although, she'd argue not in the way most expect the trope. People in the Seven Kingdoms might consider her lifelong profession a soiled one, yet she sees it as exactly that: a calling to a profession. She is of the Summer Islands, and they have a [[ValuesDissonance completely different take on sexual matters]]. Doesn't stop everybody else seeing her as this trope, though. Still a looker. And, a remarkably good business woman under difficult conditions.

* DualWielding: He likes to kill with both hands and carries two axes for this purpose.

* {{Foil}}:
** To the Mountain Clans of the North. The Northern Clansmen are formalized houses with leaders and fealty to House Stark, of First Men origin; this is precisely the problem of the Mountain Clans of the Vale (who are First Men), as the Vale lords are Andals and are not very fond of them.
** They are the equivalent of the Free Folk in the Vale. They are both being denied self-determination and a right to live in their ancestral lands, so they resort to violence and pillaging.

** Understated, but Bronn is quietly appalled when Tyrion reveals to him what his father [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil did to]] [[DefiledForever Tyrion's first wife.]] It might be the only time in the series where Bronn has explicitly displayed a sense of empathy.

* SecondLove: Shae is Tyrion's ReplacementGoldfish for Tysha, or what he believes anyway, [[spoiler:it turns out that he was wrong about Tysha and that she was not a prostitute [[GoldDigger while Shae]] [[OpportunisticBastard definitely is]]]].

* BreakTheCutie: She was abused and raped by the soldiers in Tywin's army while he occupied Harrenhal. Later, Roose Bolton puts her in the dungeons for any man to use. Afterwards, [[DisproportionateRetribution Gregor ruins her face when she makes the mistake of talking]] [[HairTriggerTemper when he wanted quiet]].

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Her real name is unknown (although Cersei comments that it was "something long and eastern and outlandish"), and Qyburn theorises that Maggy is likely a corruption of the Essosi word ''maegi.''

* WrongGenreSavvy: Thinks being an OpportunisticBastard to a rich, but delinquent, dwarf and his petty thug will pay off. But he's trying it on up both Tyrion (who can outwit most people while drunk) and Bronn (who could charge a mint for lessons on practical opportunism, were there a market for that). It's approaching MuggingTheMonster or BullyingADragon levels of misreading the script.

!!The Antler Men

!!Hot Pie

!!!The Gold Cloaks

!!Humfrey Waters

* TheCaptain: Of the Dragon Gate, and later of the whole City Watch.
* TheGhost: Only mentioned.

!!Allar Deem

* BlindObedience: Slynt mentions he carries orders without question.

* TheGhost: Only mentioned.

[[folder:Symon]]
!!Symon
!!!Symon Silver Tongue

-->''"I shall sing the night of King Joffrey’s wedding. Should it happen that I am called to court, why, I will want to offer the king my very best compositions, songs I have sung a thousand times that are certain to please. If I should find myself singing in some dreary winesink, though... well, that would be an apt occasion to try my new song. For hands of gold are always cold, but a woman’s hands are warm."''

[[folder:The Blue Bard]]
!!Wat
!!!The Blue Bard

!!Tobho Mott
-->''"My work is costly, and I make no apologies for that, my lord. You will not find craftsmanship equal to mine anywhere in the Seven Kingdoms, I promise you."''

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Gendry came into his apprenticeship via an unknown benefactor who paid for the craft. Though otherwise unremarkable, Mott noted Gendry for his strength and craftsmanship. He later saved Gendry's life from the Lannisters and the Gold Cloaks [[spoiler:after the last two Hands of the King die after inquiring about the boy]]; it is not known who warned him and when was he warned.[[note]]-It's speculated that both the benefactor and the informant were Varys-[[/note]] Unbeknownst, Gendry thought that he probably grew tired of him when he surrendered him to the Night's Watch. Considering that Gendry is a very talented blacksmith in the works, it must have been costly for Mott.

-->''"I truly didn't kick no one to death, Arry. I just sold my Mommy's pies."''

* LovableCoward: After befriending Arya and Gendry he becomes this.

[[folder:Lommy]]
!!Lommy Greenhands
-->''"If they come back, I say we yield."''

* UndyingLoyalty: To House Baratheon.

-->''"I sell my sword, I don't give it away. I'm not your bloody brother."''

* [[AffablyEvil Affably Amoral]]: He may be [[PunchClockVillain on the clock]], but that's no reason to be unreasonable or abrasive unless he's being paid to be exactly that. Decent work ethic, sense of humor and social skills, that man.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Understated, but Bronn is quietly appalled when Tyrion reveals to him what his father [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil did to]] [[DefiledForever Tyrion's first wife.]] It might be the only time in the series where Bronn has explicitly displayed a sense of empathy.
-->'''Bronn''': Thirteen or thirty or three, I would have killed the man who did that to me.

* [[HiredGuns Hired Swords]]: And, makes no bones about it. Ever.
* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: This is practically his second mantra -- after all, a Westerosi sellsword who doesn't fess up upfront when needed or who cannot live up to his word... generally doesn't live for very long. Expect it to come with flavors of BrutalHonesty and a complimentary side of sardonic wit. (Bronn has a very good point: most of the sellswords we get to meet or hear of with careers made of BlatantLies and ChronicBackstabbingDisorder often wind up... Well, like [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the Bloody Mummers]]. Modelling himself after the [[ConsummateProfessional Golden Company]] example seems to have paid dividends, by contrast.) As such, [[spoiler:Tyrion doesn't consider it a betrayal when Bronn abandons him after his arrest - Bronn never deceived or manipulated him like so many others, and was always completely honest and upfront about the nature of their relationship, and Tyrion doesn't hold it against him at all.]]
* HyperAwareness: He goes out of his way to cultivate this by drinking in details about other people he might end up fighting against ahead of time. Even when thrown into a surprise fight, he ''very'' quickly adapts his tactics to account for the environment the fight occurs in and what his opponent is bringing to bear. He's also quite the dab hand at picking up on the general atmosphere and politics around him, so even a "surprise" fight is unlikely to be a total shcoker for him.
** Having a very good idea what King's Landing under Cersei is going to be like thanks to his time soaking in the atmosphere with Tyrion has probably helped decide his move to profit from her, then name Lollys's little boy in such a way to have the perfect excuse to stay as much away from the place as possible before everything goes hideously tits-up. Holed up in a nice, defensible, tactically sound, well-constructed, historically renowned, small (and eminently manageable) keep-and-estate, too. Bronn is one of the few to see the writing on the wall and take the steps to bunker up.

** In fairness, [[spoiler: facing Ser Gregor in a duel to the death for little to no personal gain]] would be a decidedly un-pragmatic thing to do.

* PetTheDog: Towards Lollys Stokeworth. There's partially the stuff he has to gain, but he has genuinely kind moments towards her. He's also protective of her son.
** There's also the fact that he names his son Tyrion (possibly a sign of respect for his former boss), despite the huge political ramifications that would come from it. Albeit, given the child is a ChildByRape (not Bronn's), it's also probable there's an element of BlackHumor.
* PunchClockVillain: Pretty much completely amoral but with money being his only concern he's still much better than the psychopaths employed by some characters.
** Heck, he's not picky: he'll play PunchClockHero if that's what the boss wants. It's basically what he did at Blackwater. Either way: as long as he gets paid.

!!Mallor
!!!Mallor the Dornishman

!!Shae
-->''"My mother called me Shae. Men call me... often."''

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:At Tyrion's trial she pretends he had her fiancé killed then took her as a SexSlave in order to gain the court's sympathy]].

!!Chataya
-->''"The gods made our bodies as well as our souls, is it not so? They gave us voices, so we might worship them with song. They gave us hands, so we might build them temples. And they gave us desire, so we might mate and worship them in that way."''

!!Alayaya

* PlatonicProstitution: Her arrangement with Tyrion.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Tywin points out to his son that there's little difference between the Mountain Clans and the PsychoForHire thugs he uses to RapePillageAndBurn villages in the Riverlands. Later we hear of the Stone Crows massacring villages in the Vale and carrying off their women.
** On the positive end they also have a lot of the better traits of the free folk as well, the tribes of the mountains of the moon are very democratic and egalitarian, all are expected to sit and speak at war councils, and they allow their women a level of freedom second only to Dorne.

-->''"When you meet your gods, say it was Gunthor son of Gurn of the Stone Crows who sent you to them."''

-->''"The Burned Men fear nothing. Timett son of Timett will ride with the lions."''

* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl[=/=]ActionMom: She has forty-eight ears on the necklace around her neck. According to her, her sons have [[BadassFamily also taken many]].
* BladeOnAStick: Favours a spear.

!!Kyra

!!Ramsay's mother

!!The Ghost of High Heart
-->''"The old gods stir and will not let me sleep."''

!!Pia
-->''"Pia was often seeing things in the buttery. Usually they were men."''
--->'''--Arya's narration'''

* BrokenBird: The result, after she's released.

* TheChick: Of Jaime's group.
* TheDitz: Sweet, but not very bright.

* ManChild: Jaime describes her as a five year old girl in a woman's body.
* MoralityPet: One of the people taken under Jaime's wings since he's started improving his morals, and definitely the one who owes him the most.

* ReallyGetsAround: Sometimes consensually, sometimes not.

!!Weasel
--> ''"Run, Weasel, run as fast as you can, run and never come back."''
---> '''--Arya's narration'''

!!Tysha

-->''"[[TrueLoveIsExceptional I love you, Tyrion.]] I love your lips. I love your voice, and the words you say to me, and [[{{Irony}} how you treat me gentle]]..."''

* HappilyMarried: For a fortnight, Tyrion and Tysha were genuinely happy living in a cottage. Even when Tyrion believed that she was a whore this was the happiest he had ever been, [[spoiler:the revelation that she was not a prostitute, made them even more bitter]].

* {{Leitmotif}}: The song she sang for Tyrion

* LoveRuinsTheRealm: In a roundabout way, but Tywin fearing that a relationship between his son and Tysha would sully the Lannister name. This forces [[spoiler:Jaime to lie about Tysha and discredit her to Tyrion. Years later, when Tyrion is accused of regicide and freed by Jaime, Jaime tells him the truth about Tysha, which infuriates Tyrion. He then confronts Tywin and upon hearing him confirm the truth, he murders him -- the Hand of the King -- which ends up plunging Westeros into instability after a terrible war, all for an innocent girl whose [[DeliberateValuesDissonance treatment]] few in the seven kingdoms would bat an eye at]].
* MaliciousSlander: [[spoiler:In Tywin's eyes the only reason any girl would want to marry Tyrion was for his gold so to him all common born girls are whores, but he went the extra distance and had Jaime give a FalseConfession to slander Tysha before his son's eyes.]]

* OneTrueLove: [[spoiler:Jaime reveals to Tyrion that Tysha was no prostitute and that Tywin forced him to lie about Tysha to hurt Tyrion. This makes Tyrion realize that Tysha did fall in love with him and is the only person that has ever loved him romantically regardless of his deformity, so he embarks on a quest to find her]].
* RapeAsBackstory: One of the most cruel examples. Upon learning that his son, a Lannister, a scion of the richest family in Westeros, married a crofter's daughter, Tywin had his household guard gang-rape her and then forced Tyrion to rape her as well.
* RescueRomance: Though technically it was Jaime who saved her.

[[folder:Maggy]]
!!Maggy the Frog

* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: She told Cersei she would never marry Rhaegar Targaryen and implied to Melara Hetherspoon that Cersei intended to murder her for her attraction to Jaime. Neither of them believed her]].

* FamousAncestor: Not so much famous, but her son was ennobled by Tytos Lannister and became the first lord of House Spicer, making Maggy the grandmother of Sybell and Rolph Spicer, and the great grandmother of Jeyne, Rollam, Raynald and Elenya Westerling.

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Her real name is unknown (though Cersei comments that it was "something long and eastern and outlandish"), and Qyburn theorises that Maggy is likely a corruption of the Essosi word ''maegi.''

!!Wylla

* HornyVikings: Wears a horned helmet.
* LeanAndMean: He is described as very thin and is amongst the most brutal clansmen.

* PetTheDog: A very minor one, as before Tyrion convinced them to ally with him, Gunthor first offered him a choice on how to die and then decided to spare him to use as a goat milker since Shagga found him amusing.
* PragmaticVillainy: He decides to spare Tyrion and Bronn and ally with the Lannisters out of a desire to gain better weapons that would enable the mountain clans to raid the settlements of the Vale easier so he can feed his people.

* AnAxeToGrind: Carries three axes as his weapons, normally wielding two at once with the third as a backup.

* TheBrute: Fills this role for Tyrion acting as his muscle.
* CatchPhrase: "I'll chop off your manhood and feed it to the goats" is Shagga's favorite threats; it is sometimes used by [[DeadpanSnarker Tyrion]] to great effect. It turns out that Shagga refers to a man's beard as his "manhood".
** While in Kings Landing Tyrion would often pre-empt Shagga from saying he would feed people's man hoods to goats. When Tyrion said this Shagga would then bring up how there are no goats around.
* DualWielding: Likes to kill with both hands and carries two axes for this purpose.

* ThirdPersonPerson: He often speaks in this manner.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Burned Men perform self-mutilation as a rite of passage to demonstrate their bravery. Cutting off one's nipple or finger is pretty typical. Timett took it UpToEleven by gouging out his own eye with a hot knife, which was so impressive that he was immediately promoted to warleader.