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* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known by His Undercover Name]]: Jaqen H'ghar is almost definitely not the man's real name.
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* WeirdTradeUnion: An assassins assassins' guild ''religion''.
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* [[spoiler: FaceStealer]]: Their means of a more potent disguise: [[spoiler: they take the faces off corpses of those who drank from the poisonous waters and use some sort of magic to take their appearances]]
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* [[spoiler: FaceStealer]]: FaceStealer: Their means of a more potent disguise: [[spoiler: they take the faces off corpses of those who drank from the poisonous waters and use some sort of magic to take their appearances]]
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Because of his identity as a Faceless Man, he finds saving lives to be immoral and stresses BalancingDeathsBooks, and can't really be classified as good or evil.
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\"a fine strong woman with the biggest pair of teats you ever saw\"
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Averted; he counts "Husband to Bears" as one of his many titles, a reference to a time when he allegedly had sex with what he thought was a woman an AmazonianBeauty wearing a heavy fur coat.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Averted; he counts "Husband to Bears" as one of his many titles, a reference to a time when he allegedly had sex with what he thought was a HotAmazon woman wearing a heavy fur coat.
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Is this really an And I Must Scream situation? Not only is it the norm for skinchangers but Varamyr mentions that \"the second life is simpler, sweeter\".
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* AndIMustScream: Jon Snow kills the skinchanger Orell while Orell is inhabiting his falcon's body, so Orell is stuck as a falcon and can't return to his human body. Understandably, he has it out for Jon now.
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The Blood Magic Entry is too sppeculative, amounting to a WMG
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* BloodMagic: Their powers may derive from a version of this, given that it's the source of powers of other ASOIAF magic users.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Averted; he counts "Husband to Bears" as one of his many titles, a reference to a time when he allegedly had sex with what he thought was a BigBeautifulWoman HotAmazon wearing a hairy hide heavy fur coat.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Averted; he counts "Husband to Bears" as one of his many titles, a reference to a time when he allegedly had sex with what he thought was a BigBeautifulWoman wearing a hairy hide coat.
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* NonUniformUniform: He deserted the Night's Watch because they wouldn't allow him to wear one. Specifically, his black cloak was mended with red silk by a wilding healer, after she helped him recover from an injury he took during a ranging. His commanders expected him to switched it out with a fresh plain black one, but Mance wasn't having it.
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* EvilMentorEvilMentor: Or, Morally Ambiguous Mentor.
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* BodySurf: Mainly with animals, including to deprive other skinchangers of their "second life" in their animal hosts, but as a last ditch effort, he tries to save himself by taking over a Wilding woman.
* ContractualMorality: As a prologue POV, this is a given, although he doesn't die completely, but instead lives on to a degree in one of his "skins".
* ContractualMorality: As a prologue POV, this is a given, although he doesn't die completely, but instead lives on to a degree in one of his "skins".
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* ContractualMorality: As a prologue POV, this is a given, although he doesn't die completely, but instead lives on to a degree in one of his "skins".
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!! '''Varamyr Sixskins'''*
A Wilding who is a powerful skinchanger and is the POV of the prologue to ''A Dance With Dragons''.
*AwesomeMcCoolname: He was originally named "Lump", and deliberately chose the name Varamyr to be more impressive (not difficult), and as he added additional "skins" (animals he'd skinchange into), he changed his sobriquet accordingly.
*BeastMaster
*BodySurf: Mainly with animals, including to deprive other skinchangers of their "second life" in their animal hosts, but as a last ditch effort, he tries to save himself by taking over a Wilding woman.
*ContractualMorality: As a prologue POV, this is a given, although he doesn't die completely, but instead lives on to a degree in one of his "skins".
*EvilSorcerer
*FromNobodyToNightmare: He started as a weak and unwanted child, but once he discovered his powers, he became powerful and influential and widely feared.
* MrExposition: His chapter includes the "Rules of Warging" that he learned from his master. Interestingly, Bran Stark [[ObliviouslyEvil unknowingly]] breaks more rules and goes farther than even Varamyr was willing to.
*SquishyWizard: He's not physically imposing, but is powerful and dangerous because he mentally controls animals including three wolves, a [[PantheraAwesome shadowcat]], and a [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears gigantic snow bear]].
*VillainProtagonist: Varamyr's story is that of the traditional fantasy underdog character who discovers that they have impressive magical powers, with the twist that Varamyr spends his entire life using his to terrorize others and fulfill his selfish desires.
A Wilding who is a powerful skinchanger and is the POV of the prologue to ''A Dance With Dragons''.
*AwesomeMcCoolname: He was originally named "Lump", and deliberately chose the name Varamyr to be more impressive (not difficult), and as he added additional "skins" (animals he'd skinchange into), he changed his sobriquet accordingly.
*BeastMaster
*BodySurf: Mainly with animals, including to deprive other skinchangers of their "second life" in their animal hosts, but as a last ditch effort, he tries to save himself by taking over a Wilding woman.
*ContractualMorality: As a prologue POV, this is a given, although he doesn't die completely, but instead lives on to a degree in one of his "skins".
*EvilSorcerer
*FromNobodyToNightmare: He started as a weak and unwanted child, but once he discovered his powers, he became powerful and influential and widely feared.
* MrExposition: His chapter includes the "Rules of Warging" that he learned from his master. Interestingly, Bran Stark [[ObliviouslyEvil unknowingly]] breaks more rules and goes farther than even Varamyr was willing to.
*SquishyWizard: He's not physically imposing, but is powerful and dangerous because he mentally controls animals including three wolves, a [[PantheraAwesome shadowcat]], and a [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears gigantic snow bear]].
*VillainProtagonist: Varamyr's story is that of the traditional fantasy underdog character who discovers that they have impressive magical powers, with the twist that Varamyr spends his entire life using his to terrorize others and fulfill his selfish desires.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Timett, son of Timett, of the Burned Men is described as a gaunt youth, and is implied to be in his teens. He leads the Burned Men because he is the most BadAss one there - he put out his own eye with a red hot knife just to prove it. The Burned Men were so impressed they promoted him to War Leader on the spot.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Timett, son of Timett, of the Burned Men is described as a gaunt youth, and is implied to be in his teens.not yet twenty years old when he first appears. He leads the Burned Men because he is the most BadAss one there - he put out his own eye with a red hot knife just to prove it. The Burned Men were so impressed they promoted him to War Leader "Red Hand" (a war leader) on the spot.
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* FiveBadBand: He has this going on with his war leaders, [[TheDragon Styr]], [[TheBrute Tormund]], [[EvilGenius Rattleshirt]], [[EvilSorcerer Orell]], and [[TheDarkChick Harma]]. The "bad" part [[{{YMMV}} is debatable]] for everyone except [[BlackAndGreyMorality Styr and Harma]].
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* FiveBadBand: He has this going on with his war leaders, [[TheDragon Styr]], [[TheBrute Tormund]], [[EvilGenius Rattleshirt]], [[EvilSorcerer Orell]], and [[TheDarkChick Harma]]. The "bad" part [[{{YMMV}} is debatable]] debatable for everyone except [[BlackAndGreyMorality Styr and Harma]].
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* NonUniformUniform: He deserted the Night's Watch because they wouldn't allow him to wear one.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Timett, son of Timett, of the Burned Men is described as a gaunt youth, and is implied to be in his teens. He leads the Burned Men because he is the most BadAss one there - he put out his own eye with a red hot knife just to prove it. The Burned Men were so impressed they promoted him to War Leader on the spot.
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* RunningGag: "I'll chop off your manhood and feed it to the goats" is Shagga's favourite threat ; sometimes used by [[DeadpanSnarker Tyrion]] to great effect.
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* RunningGag: "I'll chop off your manhood and feed it to the goats" is Shagga's favourite threat ; sometimes used by [[DeadpanSnarker Tyrion]] to great effect. [[spoiler:It turns out that Shagga refers to a man's beard as his "manhood"]]
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** TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Tormund, Mead-king of Ruddy Hall, called Giantsbane, Tall-talker, Horn-blower, and Breaker of Ice, also Thunderfist, [[ButYouScrewOneGoat Husband to Bears]], Speaker to Gods, and Father of Hosts.
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* NamesToRunAwayRealFast: Alfyn ''Crowkiller'' ("Crow" being a nickname for a man of the Night's Watch), Harma ''Dogshead'', The Lord O' Bones
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* AmazonBrigade: The group of spearwives he [[spoiler:takes in his quest to infiltrate Winterfell.]]
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* NamesToRunAwayReallyFast: Alfyn ''Crowkiller'' ("Crow" being a nickname for a man of the Night's Watch), Harma ''Dogshead'', The Lord O' Bones
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* TheBard: When he takes on the guise of "Abel" [[spoiler:to infiltrate Winterfell and save whom he thinks its Arya Stark.]]
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* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Qhorin mentions Mance was the best Ranger at the Shadow Tower
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* FieryRedhead: Ygritte. "You know NOTHING, Jon Snow!"
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* SmallNameBigEgo
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!!'''Ygritte'''
A wildling spearwife, Ygritte is first encountered by Jon Snow while he's scouting Mance Rayder's army in the Skirling Pass, where he captures and then frees her. After Jon joins the wildlings as a ReverseMole, she takes a great interest in him, having taken his refusal to kill her when she was his captive as a sign he has feelings for her. Eventually, Jon really does start to love her, which provides him with much angst because his vows as a member of the Night's Watch prevent him from taking a wife.
* AccidentalMarriage: Or what passes for marriage in wildling society anyway -- when Jon captures her and refuses to kill her, she takes this to mean he wants her, because for a wildling woman to stay with a man he has to capture her first.
* ActionGirl
* TheArcher: Her preferred weapon is a bow.
* CatchPhrase: "You know nothing, Jon Snow."
* FieryRedhead: The wildlings decribe people with red hair as being "kissed by fire"; this provides an excellent description of Ygritte's personality.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Despite his angst about breaking his vows, it's clear that Jon genuinely has feelings for her.
A wildling spearwife, Ygritte is first encountered by Jon Snow while he's scouting Mance Rayder's army in the Skirling Pass, where he captures and then frees her. After Jon joins the wildlings as a ReverseMole, she takes a great interest in him, having taken his refusal to kill her when she was his captive as a sign he has feelings for her. Eventually, Jon really does start to love her, which provides him with much angst because his vows as a member of the Night's Watch prevent him from taking a wife.
* AccidentalMarriage: Or what passes for marriage in wildling society anyway -- when Jon captures her and refuses to kill her, she takes this to mean he wants her, because for a wildling woman to stay with a man he has to capture her first.
* ActionGirl
* TheArcher: Her preferred weapon is a bow.
* CatchPhrase: "You know nothing, Jon Snow."
* FieryRedhead: The wildlings decribe people with red hair as being "kissed by fire"; this provides an excellent description of Ygritte's personality.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Despite his angst about breaking his vows, it's clear that Jon genuinely has feelings for her.
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!!'''Jaqen H'ghar'''
->''"Valar Morghulis."''
A Faceless Man introduced as a prisoner being taken as "recruit" to the Wall, he ends up owing a debt to Arya during ''A Clash Of Kings'' and serves as an important mentor figure to Arya/impetus for her later decisions. He more than likely appears with a different face and identity in ''A Feast For Crows''.
* AffablyEvil: He's polite and charming and while a professional killer, displays no signs of sadism.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Because of his identity as a Faceless Man, he finds saving lives to be immoral and stresses BalancingDeathsBooks, and can't really be classified as good or evil.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: In ''A Feast For Crows'', he's heavily implied to be a character calling himself the Alchemist [[spoiler: and in this identity, ends up killing and taking the identity of Citadel student, Pate]].
* EvilMentor
* {{Foil}}: Regardless of whether the [[EpilepticTrees popular fan theory]] is true that he is also Arya's fencing teacher Syrio, he's definitely presented as a foil to him. Both men are from Braavos and serve as mentors to Arya, but Jaqen is a much more morally ambiguous figure, and his helpfulness to her is very conditional.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Played with. He ''can'', but [[spoiler: when Arya names ''him'' as the third person he must kill (see ThreeWishes below), he asks her to 'unsay' it.]]
* HitmanWithAHeart: Has some shades of this, as he seems to have some genuine affection for Arya
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Generally kills in this manner, which appears to be a Faceless Man trademark.
* MasterOfDisguise / VoluntaryShapeshifting: Comes with the Faceless Man package.
* PunctuationShaker: Possibly the oddest and most "fantasy" name in the series.
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker / ThirdPersonPerson: Always refers to himself in a detached way as "A Man" rather than saying "I". Likewise, he speaks of Arya in third person as "A girl" rather than saying "You".
* ThreeWishes: After Arya saves him, Rorge, and Biter, he offers her the lives of any three people in exchange as a kind of BalancingDeathsBooks.
* VillainyDiscretionShot: FridgeLogic would suggest that he must have done something pretty horrible to end up in the Black Cells/inspire the respect and fear of monsters like Rorge and Biter.
->''"Valar Morghulis."''
A Faceless Man introduced as a prisoner being taken as "recruit" to the Wall, he ends up owing a debt to Arya during ''A Clash Of Kings'' and serves as an important mentor figure to Arya/impetus for her later decisions. He more than likely appears with a different face and identity in ''A Feast For Crows''.
* AffablyEvil: He's polite and charming and while a professional killer, displays no signs of sadism.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Because of his identity as a Faceless Man, he finds saving lives to be immoral and stresses BalancingDeathsBooks, and can't really be classified as good or evil.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: In ''A Feast For Crows'', he's heavily implied to be a character calling himself the Alchemist [[spoiler: and in this identity, ends up killing and taking the identity of Citadel student, Pate]].
* EvilMentor
* {{Foil}}: Regardless of whether the [[EpilepticTrees popular fan theory]] is true that he is also Arya's fencing teacher Syrio, he's definitely presented as a foil to him. Both men are from Braavos and serve as mentors to Arya, but Jaqen is a much more morally ambiguous figure, and his helpfulness to her is very conditional.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Played with. He ''can'', but [[spoiler: when Arya names ''him'' as the third person he must kill (see ThreeWishes below), he asks her to 'unsay' it.]]
* HitmanWithAHeart: Has some shades of this, as he seems to have some genuine affection for Arya
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Generally kills in this manner, which appears to be a Faceless Man trademark.
* MasterOfDisguise / VoluntaryShapeshifting: Comes with the Faceless Man package.
* PunctuationShaker: Possibly the oddest and most "fantasy" name in the series.
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker / ThirdPersonPerson: Always refers to himself in a detached way as "A Man" rather than saying "I". Likewise, he speaks of Arya in third person as "A girl" rather than saying "You".
* ThreeWishes: After Arya saves him, Rorge, and Biter, he offers her the lives of any three people in exchange as a kind of BalancingDeathsBooks.
* VillainyDiscretionShot: FridgeLogic would suggest that he must have done something pretty horrible to end up in the Black Cells/inspire the respect and fear of monsters like Rorge and Biter.
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!!'''Mance Rayder'''
Even as early as King Robert's arrival at Winterfell, there are worries surrounding the so-called "King-beyond-the-Wall," a former member of the Night's Watch who has forsworn his vows, gone out to live amongst the wildlings, and become their leader. This king, Mance Rayder, is formally introduced in the third book and becomes entangled in the game of thrones as he leads a vast wildling host south against the Wall and the Night's Watch.
* AntiVillain ([[spoiler:He's not even coming to conquer]])
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: how you become leader of the wildlings.
* FiveBadBand: He has this going on with his war leaders, [[TheDragon Styr]], [[TheBrute Tormund]], [[EvilGenius Rattleshirt]], [[EvilSorcerer Orell]], and [[TheDarkChick Harma]]. The "bad" part [[{{YMMV}} is debatable]] for everyone except [[BlackAndGreyMorality Styr and Harma]].
* FriendlyEnemies: as a deserter from the Night's Watch, he knows and respects many of the "crows" who oppose him.
* IJustWantToBeFree
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SmallNameBigEgo
* WickedCultured: loves music and is his own bard. (Also, for limited values of "wicked".)
!!'''Tormund Giantsbane'''
One of Rayder's chief lieutenants, Tormund is a giant gasbag of a man whose bark is worse than his bite. He replaces Mance as de-facto leader of the Wildlings after the latter's capture at the end of ''A Storm of Swords''. He helps broker a fragile peace between the Wildlings and the Night's Watch, and in this capacity Jon begins to rely on him heavily.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: from a preview chapter at the end of ''SoS'', Jon is asked his opinion of the man. (Note that this description does not appear in the published version of ''DwD'', but it's still the best encapsulation of him.)
-->"Tormund Giantsbane seemed to me the sort of man who would make a good friend and a bad enemy, Your Grace."
* BoisterousBruiser: despite that, the man does not seem to have a single malicious bone in his body.
* TheBrute: He fills this role in Mance's FiveBadBand of commanders.
* FriendlyEnemy: He is one of the only Wildlings to never threaten Jon Snow, physically or otherwise, and we never see him actually do violence. Even when they meet as enemies at the end of ''A Storm of Swords'' to parley the wildlings's surrender, he just seems disappointed in Jon rather than betrayed.
* IHaveManyNames
* ShroudedInMyth: He tells Jon Snow some of the stories that are circulating about them, and admits to some of the exaggerations.
* TokenGoodTeammate
Even as early as King Robert's arrival at Winterfell, there are worries surrounding the so-called "King-beyond-the-Wall," a former member of the Night's Watch who has forsworn his vows, gone out to live amongst the wildlings, and become their leader. This king, Mance Rayder, is formally introduced in the third book and becomes entangled in the game of thrones as he leads a vast wildling host south against the Wall and the Night's Watch.
* AntiVillain ([[spoiler:He's not even coming to conquer]])
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: how you become leader of the wildlings.
* FiveBadBand: He has this going on with his war leaders, [[TheDragon Styr]], [[TheBrute Tormund]], [[EvilGenius Rattleshirt]], [[EvilSorcerer Orell]], and [[TheDarkChick Harma]]. The "bad" part [[{{YMMV}} is debatable]] for everyone except [[BlackAndGreyMorality Styr and Harma]].
* FriendlyEnemies: as a deserter from the Night's Watch, he knows and respects many of the "crows" who oppose him.
* IJustWantToBeFree
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SmallNameBigEgo
* WickedCultured: loves music and is his own bard. (Also, for limited values of "wicked".)
!!'''Tormund Giantsbane'''
One of Rayder's chief lieutenants, Tormund is a giant gasbag of a man whose bark is worse than his bite. He replaces Mance as de-facto leader of the Wildlings after the latter's capture at the end of ''A Storm of Swords''. He helps broker a fragile peace between the Wildlings and the Night's Watch, and in this capacity Jon begins to rely on him heavily.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: from a preview chapter at the end of ''SoS'', Jon is asked his opinion of the man. (Note that this description does not appear in the published version of ''DwD'', but it's still the best encapsulation of him.)
-->"Tormund Giantsbane seemed to me the sort of man who would make a good friend and a bad enemy, Your Grace."
* BoisterousBruiser: despite that, the man does not seem to have a single malicious bone in his body.
* TheBrute: He fills this role in Mance's FiveBadBand of commanders.
* FriendlyEnemy: He is one of the only Wildlings to never threaten Jon Snow, physically or otherwise, and we never see him actually do violence. Even when they meet as enemies at the end of ''A Storm of Swords'' to parley the wildlings's surrender, he just seems disappointed in Jon rather than betrayed.
* IHaveManyNames
* ShroudedInMyth: He tells Jon Snow some of the stories that are circulating about them, and admits to some of the exaggerations.
* TokenGoodTeammate
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!!This is a listing of groups that are outsiders to Westeros that appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.
!'''The Clans of the Mountains of the Moon'''
* ActionGirl/ DarkActionGirl/ ActionMom: Chella, daughter of Cheyk. She has forty-eight ears on the necklace around her neck. According to her, her sons have [[BadassFamily also taken many]].
* AnAxeToGrind: Shagga, son of Dolf.
* [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Self-Mutilation Equals Authority]]: 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.
* AxCrazy: The rest of Westeros see mountain clans as this, the mountain clans see the Burned Men as this, and even the ''Burned Men'' are a little wary around Timmett.
* BadAss: Especially Shagga and Timmett.
* BerserkerTears: Shagga, when his friend Conn is killed.
* BoisterousBruiser: Shagga. He never stops.
* TheBrute: The entire clan becomes this to Tyrion, and they are widely hated by the people of King's Landing. Shagga is the most obvious example.
* DualWielding: Shagga, and sometimes Timmett.
* EyeScream: Timmett. He burned out his own eye just to prove how BadAss he is.
* RunningGag: "I'll chop off your manhood and feed it to the goats" is Shagga's favourite threat ; sometimes used by [[DeadpanSnarker Tyrion]] to great effect.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Chella's necklace of ears.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Shagga.
!'''The Wildlings'''
* ActionGirl: Ygritte, and many, many more.
* AndIMustScream: Jon Snow kills the skinchanger Orell while Orell is inhabiting his falcon's body, so Orell is stuck as a falcon and can't return to his human body. Understandably, he has it out for Jon now.
* FieryRedhead: Ygritte. "You know NOTHING, Jon Snow!"
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Rattleshirt.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Rattleshirt. [[invoked]]
!'''The Guild of the Faceless Men'''
* AffablyEvil: They seem a pretty decent bunch considering what they are.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: At least until their true agenda (if any) is exposed, it's hard to classify them as good or evil.
* BloodMagic: Their powers may derive from a version of this, given that it's the source of powers of other ASOIAF magic users.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Their worship of death is expressed in an unusual moral system which will readily provide this "gift" to anyone who desires it for themselves, but is very expensive when it comes to providing it to others (although it's implied that the price paid doesn't have to be financial). For instance, while the original Faceless Men lead Valyrian slaves to freedom, the initial action of the first Faceless Man was to MercyKill a slave rather than killing an abusive master.
** The second action was to help another slave kill his master, because it was the one thing he desired more than anything else, but afterwards the first Faceless Man told him that he must now serve, and that slave became the second Faceless Man.
* [[spoiler: FaceStealer]]: Their means of a more potent disguise: [[spoiler: they take the faces off corpses of those who drank from the poisonous waters and use some sort of magic to take their appearances]]
* {{Glamour}}: One means of disguise.
* IndividualityIsIllegal: You can't become one of them unless you totally forsake your identity.
* MasterOfDisguise / VoluntaryShapeshifting: Their powers.
* MentorArchetype: Jaqen and the Kindly Man are both this to Arya. The latter's persona could be viewed as a conscious invocation of this trope.
* MercyKill: Will gladly provide this to anyone who desires it. Their temple has a poisonous spring that the suffering can drink from to receive painless euthanasia.
* NoNameGiven: None of them have names other than Jaqen H'ghar (which is a fake persona anyway) and Arya identifies them by physical descriptors.
* ReligionOfEvil: Maybe.
* WeirdTradeUnion: An assassins guild ''religion''
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!'''The Clans of the Mountains of the Moon'''
* ActionGirl/ DarkActionGirl/ ActionMom: Chella, daughter of Cheyk. She has forty-eight ears on the necklace around her neck. According to her, her sons have [[BadassFamily also taken many]].
* AnAxeToGrind: Shagga, son of Dolf.
* [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Self-Mutilation Equals Authority]]: 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.
* AxCrazy: The rest of Westeros see mountain clans as this, the mountain clans see the Burned Men as this, and even the ''Burned Men'' are a little wary around Timmett.
* BadAss: Especially Shagga and Timmett.
* BerserkerTears: Shagga, when his friend Conn is killed.
* BoisterousBruiser: Shagga. He never stops.
* TheBrute: The entire clan becomes this to Tyrion, and they are widely hated by the people of King's Landing. Shagga is the most obvious example.
* DualWielding: Shagga, and sometimes Timmett.
* EyeScream: Timmett. He burned out his own eye just to prove how BadAss he is.
* RunningGag: "I'll chop off your manhood and feed it to the goats" is Shagga's favourite threat ; sometimes used by [[DeadpanSnarker Tyrion]] to great effect.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Chella's necklace of ears.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Shagga.
!'''The Wildlings'''
* ActionGirl: Ygritte, and many, many more.
* AndIMustScream: Jon Snow kills the skinchanger Orell while Orell is inhabiting his falcon's body, so Orell is stuck as a falcon and can't return to his human body. Understandably, he has it out for Jon now.
* FieryRedhead: Ygritte. "You know NOTHING, Jon Snow!"
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Rattleshirt.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Rattleshirt. [[invoked]]
!'''The Guild of the Faceless Men'''
* AffablyEvil: They seem a pretty decent bunch considering what they are.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: At least until their true agenda (if any) is exposed, it's hard to classify them as good or evil.
* BloodMagic: Their powers may derive from a version of this, given that it's the source of powers of other ASOIAF magic users.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Their worship of death is expressed in an unusual moral system which will readily provide this "gift" to anyone who desires it for themselves, but is very expensive when it comes to providing it to others (although it's implied that the price paid doesn't have to be financial). For instance, while the original Faceless Men lead Valyrian slaves to freedom, the initial action of the first Faceless Man was to MercyKill a slave rather than killing an abusive master.
** The second action was to help another slave kill his master, because it was the one thing he desired more than anything else, but afterwards the first Faceless Man told him that he must now serve, and that slave became the second Faceless Man.
* [[spoiler: FaceStealer]]: Their means of a more potent disguise: [[spoiler: they take the faces off corpses of those who drank from the poisonous waters and use some sort of magic to take their appearances]]
* {{Glamour}}: One means of disguise.
* IndividualityIsIllegal: You can't become one of them unless you totally forsake your identity.
* MasterOfDisguise / VoluntaryShapeshifting: Their powers.
* MentorArchetype: Jaqen and the Kindly Man are both this to Arya. The latter's persona could be viewed as a conscious invocation of this trope.
* MercyKill: Will gladly provide this to anyone who desires it. Their temple has a poisonous spring that the suffering can drink from to receive painless euthanasia.
* NoNameGiven: None of them have names other than Jaqen H'ghar (which is a fake persona anyway) and Arya identifies them by physical descriptors.
* ReligionOfEvil: Maybe.
* WeirdTradeUnion: An assassins guild ''religion''
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