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* PunchClockVillain: He and his fellow Kingsguard were true heroes... who dutifully served and protected [[PyroManiac Aerys]] [[TheCaligula The Mad]] [[CompleteMonster King]].
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*LongRunner: "Long Tom" Costayne served for 60 years.
*ReassignedToAntarctica: Ser Lucamore Strong was sent to the Wall after breaking his vow of chastity, but not before being gelded.
*WorthyOpponent: Daemon Blackfyre thought Ser Gwayne Corbray so gallant in their battle that he ordered him healed.
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*DirtyCoward: Ser Oryvel.
*FaceHeelTurn: Ser Gyles Greycloak.
*KidHero: Seventeen year old Ser Roland Darklyn, who died an hour after being knighted.
*LongRunner: "Long Tom" Costayne served for 60 years.
*ReassignedToAntarctica: Ser Lucamore Strong was sent to the Wall after breaking his vow of chastity, but not before being gelded.
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-->See the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseClegane House Clegane]].
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword. Subverted in that Trant is in full plate armor with an actual sword, while Forel is both only armed with said wooden sword and unarmored.
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Edric's uncle and one of the most famed knights in recent Westerosi history, Arthur Dayne was a member of the Kingsguard at the time of Robert's Rebellion. He died at the Tower of Joy.
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Edric's uncle
Considered the finest knight who ever lived and
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* {{Badass}}: Jaime Lannister himself says when inspecting five members of the current Kingsguard that Arthur Dayne could have slain the five of them with his left hand while taking a piss with his right.
** LongDeadBadass
* {{BFS}}: The greatsword Dawn.
* KnightInShiningArmor: By reputation. Jamie recalls that during his duel with the Smiling Knight, Arthur disarmed him, but waited for the Smiling Knight to [[GiveMeASword get another sword]] before resuming the duel and killing him.
* InSeriesNickname: He is the most recent "Sword of the Morning".
* MasterSwordsman
** LongDeadBadass
* {{BFS}}: The greatsword Dawn.
* KnightInShiningArmor: By reputation. Jamie recalls that during his duel with the Smiling Knight, Arthur disarmed him, but waited for the Smiling Knight to [[GiveMeASword get another sword]] before resuming the duel and killing him.
* InSeriesNickname: He is the most recent "Sword of the Morning".
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* {{Badass}}: Jaime Lannister himself says when inspecting five members of BlackKnight: As the current Kingsguard that Arthur Dayne could have slain the five of them with his left hand while taking a piss with his right.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: By reputation. Jamie recalls that during his duel with the Smiling Knight, Arthur disarmed him, but waited for the SmilingKnight to [[GiveMeASword get another sword]] before resuming the duel and killing him.
* InSeriesNickname: He is the most recent "Swordof the Morning".
Tears.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: To Naerys.
* KnightInShiningArmor
** LongDeadBadass
* {{BFS}}: The greatsword Dawn.
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Edric's uncle and one of the most famed knights in recent Westerosi history, Arthur Dayne was a member of the Kingsguard at the time of Robert's Rebellion. He died at the Tower of Joy.
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* {{Badass}}: Jaime Lannister himself says when inspecting five members of the current Kingsguard that Arthur Dayne could have slain the five of them with his left hand while taking a piss with his right.
** LongDeadBadass
* {{BFS}}: The greatsword Dawn.
* KnightInShiningArmor: By reputation. Jamie recalls that during his duel with the Smiling Knight, Arthur disarmed him, but waited for the Smiling Knight to [[GiveMeASword get another sword]] before resuming the duel and killing him.
* InSeriesNickname: He is the most recent "Sword of the Morning".
* MasterSwordsman
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* TheyCallHimSword
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Edric's uncle and one of the most famed knights in recent Westerosi history, Arthur Dayne was a member of the Kingsguard at the time of Robert's Rebellion. He died at the Tower of Joy.
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* {{Badass}}: Jaime Lannister himself says when inspecting five members of the current Kingsguard that Arthur Dayne could have slain the five of them with his left hand while taking a piss with his right.
** LongDeadBadass
* {{BFS}}: The greatsword Dawn.
* KnightInShiningArmor: By reputation. Jamie recalls that during his duel with the Smiling Knight, Arthur disarmed him, but waited for the Smiling Knight to [[GiveMeASword get another sword]] before resuming the duel and killing him.
* InSeriesNickname: He is the most recent "Sword of the Morning".
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Edric's uncle and one of the most famed knights in recent Westerosi history, Arthur Dayne was a member of the Kingsguard at the time of Robert's Rebellion. He died at the Tower of Joy.
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* {{Badass}}: Jaime Lannister himself says when inspecting five members of the current Kingsguard that Arthur Dayne could have slain the five of them with his left hand while taking a piss with his right.
** LongDeadBadass
* {{BFS}}: The greatsword Dawn.
* KnightInShiningArmor: By reputation. Jamie recalls that during his duel with the Smiling Knight, Arthur disarmed him, but waited for the Smiling Knight to [[GiveMeASword get another sword]] before resuming the duel and killing him.
* InSeriesNickname: He is the most recent "Sword of the Morning".
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* AntiHero / AntiVillain: Jaime starts off presented as rather villainous from the perspective of the Starks, but his own POV reveals he has plenty of emotional baggage beneath his confident and amoral attitude. Tired of the constant disdain he has gained as "the Kingslayer" and influenced by Brienne, Jaime reconsider what has become of his life and honour, and tries to become hero worthy of the Kingsguard.
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* AntiHero / AntiVillain: Jaime starts off presented as rather villainous from the perspective of the Starks, but his own POV reveals he has plenty of emotional baggage beneath his confident and amoral attitude. Tired of the constant disdain he has gained as "the Kingslayer" and influenced by Brienne, Jaime reconsider what has become of his life and honour, honor, and tries to become hero worthy of the Kingsguard.
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* TheAtoner: Gradually morphs into one after [[spoiler:losing his hand]] and travelling with Brienne. He still has some distance to go, though.
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* TheAtoner: Gradually morphs into one after [[spoiler:losing his hand]] and travelling traveling with Brienne. He still has some distance to go, though.
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* BullyingADragon: Merrett Frey is off-handedly mentioned as having been a bully in his squire years, but his attempt to bully Jaime was...a bad idea.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Probably the best example in the series. [[spoiler: Jaime's overconfidence and callousness was an armour that was destroyed with his hand; he's a very damaged man traumatised by the events of his past, and decides to try and live a life of honour in ''A Feast for Crows''. It's a testament to Martin's writing that Jaime goes from one of the most disliked characters in the first book, to one of the most loved and sympathised with amongst fans.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Probably the best example in the series. [[spoiler: Jaime's overconfidence and callousness was an armour armor that was destroyed with his hand; he's a very damaged man traumatised traumatized by the events of his past, and decides to try and live a life of honour honor in ''A Feast for Crows''. It's a testament to Martin's writing that Jaime goes from one of the most disliked characters in the first book, to one of the most loved and sympathised sympathized with amongst fans.]]
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* HalfIdenticalTwins: Until he shaves his head and grows a beard, which symbolises his change into a better person, he's described as an identical male version of Cersei.
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* HeelFaceTurn: A number of ordeals along with the startling realisation that he's made a mess of his life cause him to reconsider the things his family has done.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Jaime has an... ''unconventional'' approach to honour. He realises that because of his kingslaying [[NeverLiveItDOwn no-one will ever trust him to act honourably or give him any credit for decency.]] He also realises that this basically gives him free reign to be as dishonourable as he likes, since if he's already dishonoured then what does he have to lose? But he ''wants'' to [[ValuesDissonance be honourable]] and will often go to extreme lengths to avoid doing "dishonourable" things (breaking his oath-at-swordpoint to never again bear arms against Stark or Tully, finishing off Ned Stark after their duel is interrupted by a man-at-arms because "it wouldn't have been clean" etc). This causes him [[AngstDissonance considerable angst]] at times.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Jaime has an... ''unconventional'' approach to honour. honor. He realises realizes that because of his kingslaying [[NeverLiveItDOwn no-one will ever trust him to act honourably honorably or give him any credit for decency.]] He also realises realizes that this basically gives him free reign to be as dishonourable dishonorable as he likes, since if he's already dishonoured dishonored then what does he have to lose? But he ''wants'' to [[ValuesDissonance be honourable]] honorable]] and will often go to extreme lengths to avoid doing "dishonourable" "dishonorable" things (breaking his oath-at-swordpoint to never again bear arms against Stark or Tully, finishing off Ned Stark after their duel is interrupted by a man-at-arms because "it wouldn't have been clean" etc). This causes him [[AngstDissonance considerable angst]] at times.
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* ImportantHaircut: He shaves his head in order to make himself harder to recognise. However, the events of that time mark a turning point in his life, as he finally decides he's just had enough of the man he had become.
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* ImportantHaircut: He shaves his head in order to make himself harder to recognise.recognize. However, the events of that time mark a turning point in his life, as he finally decides he's just had enough of the man he had become.
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See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDaenerysTargaryenAndHerCourt Daenerys Targaryen And Her Court]].
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[[folder: Ser Arys Oakheart*]]
The youngest son of Lady Arwyn Oakheart, head of House Oakheart. He is a sworn knight of the Kingsguard and was sent to Dorne to protect Princess Myrcella Baratheon. Serves as a POV character in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows''.
See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDaenerysTargaryenAndHerCourt Daenerys Targaryen And Her Court]].
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[[folder: Ser Arys Oakheart*]]
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[[folder: Ser Arys Oakheart*]]
The youngest sonJaime Lannister*]]
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--> ''"There are no men like me. There's only me."''
Jaime is one ofLady Arwyn Oakheart, head of House Oakheart. He is a sworn the most beautiful and dangerous men in Westeros. A knight of the Kingsguard [[PraetorianGuard Kingsguard]], he developed a bad reputation after backstabbing the King he swore to defend, causing him to be nicknamed "Kingslayer." He is the twin brother of Cersei, and was sent the two share a strong resemblance. Jaime seems to Dorne to protect Princess Myrcella Baratheon. Serves as be little more than a JerkAss until the third book, when he becomes a POV character in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows''.and much, much more sympathetic.
See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDaenerysTargaryenAndHerCourt Daenerys Targaryen And Her Court]].
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[[folder: Ser Arys Oakheart*]]
The youngest son
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--> ''"There are no men like me. There's only me."''
Jaime is one of
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* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: How he views Myrcella, since as a member of the Kingsguard he will never be able to have children.
* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffrey's orders to beat Sansa, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal to Myrcella.
* [[spoiler:TheOathBreaker: Breaks his vow to not have sex after being seduced by Arianne Martell. He is terrified of people finding out and becoming listed in the White Book as someone who broke their vows]].
* [[spoiler:SenselessSacrifice: Charges into a fight against Areo Hotah once it becomes apparent the jig is up, and [[CurbStompBattle is promptly]] [[OffWithHisHead beheaded.]] His action not only gets him killed, it also proves to be utterly pointless, as even Arianne points out.]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Played like a fiddle by Arianne into joining her plot to crown Myrcella as Queen of Westeros, which ends up getting him killed]].
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: How he views Myrcella, since as a member of the Kingsguard he will never be able to have children.
* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffrey's orders to beat Sansa, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal to Myrcella.
* [[spoiler:TheOathBreaker: Breaks his vow to not have sex after being seduced by Arianne Martell. He is terrified of people finding out and becoming listed in the White Book as someone who broke their vows]].
* [[spoiler:SenselessSacrifice: Charges into a fight against Areo Hotah once it becomes apparent the jig is up, and [[CurbStompBattle is promptly]] [[OffWithHisHead beheaded.]] His action not only gets him killed, it also proves to be utterly pointless, as even Arianne points out.]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Played like a fiddle by Arianne into joining her plot to crown Myrcella as Queen of Westeros, which ends up getting him killed]].
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* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Gets killed by Areo Hotah when he and AbhorrentAdmirer: A tragic example. Pia, the other conspirators who plan to put Myrcella buttery girl from Harrenhal, has had a crush on the throne are discovered]].
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: How he views Myrcella,him since as a member of the Kingsguard he will never be able to have children.
* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffrey's orders to beat Sansa,girlhood, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal even used this to Myrcella.
* [[spoiler:TheOathBreaker: Breaks his vow to not have sex aftercope with being seduced by Arianne Martell. raped. He is terrified of people finding out lets her down gently, and becoming listed in the White Book as someone who broke their vows]].
feels terrible about it.
*[[spoiler:SenselessSacrifice: Charges into a fight against Areo Hotah once it becomes apparent the jig is up, and [[CurbStompBattle is promptly]] [[OffWithHisHead beheaded.]] His action not only gets him killed, it also proves [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg: Loses his sword hand to be utterly pointless, as even Arianne points out.Vargo Hoat.]]
*[[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: AntiHero / AntiVillain: Jaime starts off presented as rather villainous from the perspective of the Starks, but his own POV reveals he has plenty of emotional baggage beneath his confident and amoral attitude. Tired of the constant disdain he has gained as "the Kingslayer" and influenced by Brienne, Jaime reconsider what has become of his life and honour, and tries to become hero worthy of the Kingsguard.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: '''Brienne:''' "Are you so craven?"
* TheAtoner: Gradually morphs into one after [[spoiler:losing his hand]] and travelling with Brienne. He still has some distance to go, though.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: How his murder of Aerys Targaryen was viewed by Robert and Ned. Robert was in fact glad the Lannisters got the Targaryen blood on their hands, saving him the trouble.
-->"Do you think the noble Lord of Winterfell wanted to hear my feeble explanations? Such an ''honorable'' man. He only had to look at me to judge me guilty."
* BeardOfEvil: Subverted, as [[spoiler:he starts growing one after [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a better person]]]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Jamie has always protected Tyrion when no one else would. In fact, when Catelyn holds Tyrion hostage, Jamie slaughters some of Ned's guard in response.
* BigDamnHeroes: His rescue of [[spoiler: Brienne]].
* BloodKnight: He says he never feels alive unless he's fighting (or with Cersei.)
* BodyguardBetrayal: His killing of King Aerys.
* BreakTheHaughty: Jaime starts off as extremely arrogant, but after spending so much time imprisoned and later [[spoiler:crippled]], he gets off his high horse and wonders just what happened to the young boy who joined the Kingsguard looking up to Ser Arthur Dayne.
* BullyingADragon: Merrett Frey is off-handedly mentioned as having been a bully in his squire years, but his attempt to bully Jaime was...a bad idea.
* ByronicHero: He's on the darker end of this trope, Tyrion's on the lighter end, though the two seem to be drifting in the opposite direction, with Jaime becoming lighter and Tyrion becoming darker.
* CelibateHero: Somehow. Playedlike just about every which way. As a fiddle by Arianne into Kingsguard, he is supposed to be one; but his foremost reason for joining in was his [[TwIncest twin sister]], who then becomes Queen, taking [[TheOathBreaker the oath breaking]] to the highest level. Despite being [[EstrogenBrigade Mr.Fanservice]] he slept with her plot only, and is quite proud of it, always turns down other women, at first reminding himself his sister is waiting for him, [[spoiler: but after seeing his sister's paranoia and cruelty and learning of her infidelity, Jaime is at least noticing other women and may possibly be willing to crown Myrcella sleep with them.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Probably the best example in the series. [[spoiler: Jaime's overconfidence and callousness was an armour that was destroyed with his hand; he's a very damaged man traumatised by the events of his past, and decides to try and live a life of honour in ''A Feast for Crows''. It's a testament to Martin's writing that Jaime goes from one of the most disliked characters in the first book, to one of the most loved and sympathised with amongst fans.]]
* CripplingOverSpecialization: Jaime is acknowledged asQueen the best swordsman of Westeros, his time, and there is very little else he cares for, or is good at. [[spoiler: Then he loses his sword hand...]]
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: He wants to learn to fight as well with his left hand as he can with his right. It's been difficult. [[spoiler:He also has a tendency to try to grab things with his prosthetic hand, and is constantly knocking over cups of wine, to the point of it being a RunningGag.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: A lot... including aiming some of it at himself. He also has shades of being a StepfordSnarker alongside his sister at some points in his character arc, particularly after his Kingslaying and at many points afterwards. He may be slowly graduating towards becoming TheSnarkKnight, in truth, though... as he's actually gaining some morals worth snarking for. [[spoiler: This only, ironically, after being made a DisabledSnarker alongside his brother, but, there you go.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Briefly after his hand is removed. Brienne accuses him of being a coward for his attitude, after whichends he [[WorthLivingFor resolves to live so he can help his family and take revenge on his enemies]]]].
--> [[spoiler: "Jaime," Brienne whispered. "Jaime, what are you doing?" \\
"Dying," he whispered back." \\
"No," she said, "no, you must live." \\
He wanted to laugh. "Stop telling me what to do, wench. I'll die if it pleases me." \\
"[[ArmorPiercingQuestion Are you so craven?]]"]]
* TheDragon: Acts as this to his father, until he undergoes some CharacterDevelopment in the third book that causes him to have a falling out with Tywin.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Averted, Jaime feels antipathy towards his mother since she tried to keep him and Cersei apart, and she died shortly after that. Jaime muses how he scarcely remembers how she looks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He sincerely loves Cersei, Tyrion, his father and his children (though Jaime still struggles with the fact that he can only seem them as his niece and nephews rather than his sons and daughter). He was pretty concerned that he doesn't seem to care about Joffrey's death, though, but considering that it was [[TheCaligula Joffrey]]...
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jaime Has Standards]]: In ''A Feast For Crows'' he threatens Edmure Tully with the death of his baby son. He considered it a low blow and reckons that if Edmure had called his bluff, he wouldn't have gone through with it.
* EvilFormerFriend: He pretty much is this to the Tully family. Prior to joining the Kingsguard, the young Jaime was going to have an arranged marriage to Lysa Tully, and so spent time at Riverrun, at which he was friendly with Lysa and Cat and idolized the Blackfish. This history combined with his more recent actions is probably why the Tullys have a particular hatred of Jaime.
* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Following his time on the road with Brienne, Jaime continues to wear a beard, which symbolizes his development into a better person. In part, this is because it is a physical symbol of him realizing he's a very different person than his [[HalfIdenticalTwins half-identical twin]], Cersei.
* AFatherToHisMen: One of his viewpoint chapters shows him passing through his army's camp, where people of much lower rank invite him to join their meals and ask his advice on battle tactics (and do so sincerely rather than because they want to suck up.) Even people like Ned Stark advise against this level of familiarity with their subordinates, so it says a lot about Jaime that they're so comfortable around him, and vice versa. His squires love him as well, even though two of them are from rebel houses.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: On returning to King's Landing after his imprisonment, Jaime starts wearing pure white for his Kingsguard uniform instead of his [[GoldMakesEverythingShiny famous gilded armor]].
* GoodFeelsGood: He starts to discover this, and while at first he brushes off his heroic actions with an ItAmusedMe excuse, by the time he beheads the man who tried to rape [[MoralityPet Pia]], it is clear that her smile means a great deal to him. Later on in his Riverlands campaign Jaime hangs some Lannister thieves, and notices how good protecting the people felt.
* GuileHero: After he swears an oath not to take up arms against House Tully and [[spoiler: he loses his hand]], he's forced to become one, and actually does a pretty good job of it. Unfortunately, doing so has required him to threaten to KickTheDog several times, and everybody believes his threats because he's [[TheOathBreaker the Kingslayer]] and has no honor.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: Until he shaves his head and grows a beard, which symbolises his change into a better person, he's described as an identical male version of Cersei.
* [[spoiler: HandicappedBadass: Is now getting by pretending to be one. He's attempting to relearn how to fight by training with Ilyn Payne, who of course can't tell anyone about how bad Jaime sucks at fighting with his left hand, as Ilyn's tongue was pulled out by Aerys years ago and he never learned to write]].
* HappyPlace: Jaime tends to "go away inside" when he's in a situation he can't do anything about. He first learned to do this when he was in Aerys' Kingsguard and had to stand by and watch as the King he was sworn to protect burned people alive and brutally raped his wife.
* HeelFaceTurn: A number of ordeals along with the startling realisation that he's made a mess of his life cause himkilled]].to reconsider the things his family has done.
* HiddenDepths: Before we get a look inside his head, he seems like a grade-A douchebag.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jaime has an... ''unconventional'' approach to honour. He realises that because of his kingslaying [[NeverLiveItDOwn no-one will ever trust him to act honourably or give him any credit for decency.]] He also realises that this basically gives him free reign to be as dishonourable as he likes, since if he's already dishonoured then what does he have to lose? But he ''wants'' to [[ValuesDissonance be honourable]] and will often go to extreme lengths to avoid doing "dishonourable" things (breaking his oath-at-swordpoint to never again bear arms against Stark or Tully, finishing off Ned Stark after their duel is interrupted by a man-at-arms because "it wouldn't have been clean" etc). This causes him [[AngstDissonance considerable angst]] at times.
* HotDad: Though only biologically. Jaime has very little emotional attachment to his biological kids. As of book four he's been making an effort with Tommen, but even he acknowledges he does way better as a cool uncle than he would as a father.
* HowDoIShotWeb: [[spoiler: Re-learning to fight with his left hand, after a lifetime of being a righty, is taking as long as you'd expect it to.]]
* ImportantHaircut: He shaves his head in order to make himself harder to recognise. However, the events of that time mark a turning point in his life, as he finally decides he's just had enough of the man he had become.
* InSeriesNickname: The Kingslayer.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He starts off the series as an arrogant, self-serving bastard at ''best'', and for a long time seems like the stereotypical fantasy villain... but in the third book he's revealed as feeling enormous guilt over many of his past actions, as well as being capable of compassion and valor.
* KickedUpstairs: The real reason Aerys II made Jaime a Kingsguard was to spite Tywin Lannister by depriving him of his only desirable heir.
* LaserGuidedKarma: At the beginning of the series, he pushes Bran out of a window, costing him his ability to walk, which given that one of Bran's favorite activities was climbing, as well as his dreams of being a knight, essentially robbed him of one of the things he loved the most and leaving him a cripple. In ''Storm of Swords'' [[spoiler: Jaime gets his sword hand cut off, robbing him of one of the things he loved the most, his sword fighting, and leaving him a cripple. Losing a hand is also the traditional punishment for striking a member of the Royal blood, so Jaime loses the hand he used to slay King Aerys II.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Averted, despite what Jaime thinks, which is lampshaded by Genna. Jaime is light-hearted like Gerion, fights like Tygett, and prefers to serve not lead like Kevan. Tyrion is the most like Tywin.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]: "The things I do for love."
* MasterSwordsman: He serves as the MemeticBadass of his generation, and only four people have ever defeated him in tourneys or combat--[[BloodKnight Sandor Clegane]], [[KnightInShiningArmour Loras Tyrell]], [[ZergRush Robb Stark and several northern knights]], and [[spoiler:[[BadAss Brienne]] [[ActionGirl of]] [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon Tarth]].]].
* MemeticBadass: In-universe. He was such a good fighter that after he killed King Aerys, King Robert ''still'' wanted him for the Kingsguard.
* MoralityPet: Has a number of those. He cares enough about Tyrion to seek revenge for Catelyn arresting him, and later develops a softer side with Brienne. He is also fond of the squires he gains when he goes to reclaim Riverrun, and Pia, the sexually, physically and emotionally abused girl who has been the sex toy of several different factions by the time Jaime meets her again at Harrenhal. He beheads one man for trying to rape her, and tells one of the squires who has a crush on her that he is not to touch her without her consent, and to treat her gently if she gives it.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Jaiie's decision not to uphold this was the reason he became a Kingslayer.
* NeverLiveItDown: An in-universe example. Jaime is more often than not referred to as "Kingslayer" because he killed Aerys Targaryen, whom he had sworn to protect. However, the people who think of him as an "oathbreaker" and declare that he has no honor always seem to conveniently forget that Aerys was an AxCrazy [[TheCaligula Caligula]], and unknown to everyone still alive but Jaime is the fact that Aerys was [[spoiler: preparing to burn King's Landing down with everyone in it with wildfire instead of letting it be taken so he could spite his enemies]]. Jaime has only told the truth of the matter to Brienne, and then only because he was feverish (or so he tells himself). See BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork for more.
-->"''Aerys,'' Jaime thought resentfully. ''It always turns on Aerys.''"
* NiceToTheWaiter: He treats his squires and washerwomen well. This is likely an extension of his being AFatherToHisMen. He even [[ShipperOnDeck ships them]], and invites a poor raped girl into his household because he can.
* NoodleIncident: What he did to Merrett Frey when Frey tried to bully him when they were both squires. Whatever it was, it completely broke Merrett's hold over the other squires and made him a laughing stock.
* NotSoDifferent: One possible interpretation of a comment he makes about Ned Stark condemning him after he killed Aerys: "By what right does the wolf judge the lion? ''By what right?''". [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation It's up to personal opinion]] whether he means "how dare a lowly wolf judge something as superior as a lion!" (which is what Cersei and Tywin would say), or whether he means "the wolf and lion both slaughter those weaker than themselves, so how can he claim the moral high ground?". Since he's in the middle of his gradual HeelFaceTurn at this point, it could be either.
* TheOathBreaker: Infamously.
-->“I’m the bloody Kingslayer, remember? When I say you have honor, that’s like a whore vouchsafing your maidenhood.”
* OddFriendship: Him and Brienne are as different as night and day. The only reason they manage to stay together long enough is because Brienne is dead set on fulfilling the task Catelyn gave her and Jaime is in chains. When Jaime, however, sees just how honest she is, and reveals some of the things that burden him most emotionally, they develop respect for each other.
* PetTheDog: In the early books, before he becomes more sympathetic, these mostly have to do with his family. For example, when he's in chains in the bowels of Riverrun. Lady Catelyn tries to interrogate him about her son's accident. He isn't swayed by threats or offers of comfort or the real possibility that if he pisses her off, Cat could make his already miserable circumstances even worse. There is, however, one thing that he values enough to make him willing to talk to her: the truth about whether or not his father, brother, and sister have been hurt.
* RedemptionQuest: His oath to Catelyn to return her daughters unharmed and to never take up arms against the Starks or Tullys again.
* ReformedButRejected: He knows it doesn't matter whether he tries to redeem himself, because he will always be the Kingslayer with shit for honour in everyone's eyes. Instead, he uses his infamy to advantage.
* ScarsAreForever: When [[spoiler:his right hand is amputated. To make matters worse, he has ''not'' become a HandicappedBadass, as his reflexes are all shot from a lifetime of being right-handed.]]
* ScrewYourself: Tyrion quips that he doesn't know what Jaime sees in Cersei, "except his own reflection." When Jaime loses weight and grows a beard during his captivity, he reflects that Cersei won't be happy that he no longer resembles her.
* ShootTheDog: How Jaime views his slaying of King Aerys the Mad, who was going to [[spoiler: burn the city and everyone in it]]. The fact that everyone else views it as a MoralEventHorizon is basically the character's dramatic tension.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Jaime has this for Cersei, to the point of being squicked out when he experiences attraction to another woman. [[spoiler: Subverted once he finds out that Cersei has been unfaithful to him and falls out of love with her. He then overtly flirts when he encounters an attractive whore.]]
* SkilledButNaive: In regards to his family: he genuinely believed that [[ManipulativeBitch Cersei]] and [[TheChessmaster Tyrion]] never ever lied to him. Also, in a dream where he faced the ghosts of Rhaegar and the former Kingsguards members, he said that he didn't do anything to protect Elia and her children 'cause he thought that Tywin wasn't going to hurt them.
* SmugSmiler: [[InvokedTrope Deliberately used.]] Jaime does this a lot (which fits with his first appearance as a stereotypical fantasy villain), but the chapters written from his POV show that he consciously puts on a knowing smile whenever he's unsure of the situation, because he's learned that it makes people nervous, and that they will read lots of different things from it depending on what the issue is. [[spoiler: This is in fact one of the early indications that he might turn out to be a better manipulator than you'd think from his initial thoughtlessness.]]
* SureWhyNot: A fair bit of his reputation as the Kingslayer is this. Once it happened, he saw that nobody was going to ask if he'd [[ShootTheDog Shot The Dog]] and would just assume the worst. For good or ill, he rolled with it.
* SympatheticPOV: Starting with the third book, we see he's not the evil jerk everyone thinks he is.
* TeamDad: He fulfills this role to his squires and Pia, especially in regard to his treatment of Peck and Pia's relationship.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Jaime's struggles with this question are a large part of his character arc. A large part of his past troubles stem from this: [[spoiler:protect the King even though he plans to burn the whole city, or stop him and avert the tragedy?]]
* {{Troll}}: Like Tyrion, a lot of his problems are down to failures to control the impulse to verbal baiting.
* {{Twincest}}: Since he was nine years old.
* VillainBallMagnet: To the point he's blamed for things he cannot possibly do: he's blamed for not returning Catelyn's daughters to her, even if [[spoiler:she ''died'' before he had the chance]] and Sansa [[spoiler:left King's Landing]] prior his returning. Also, it looks like he's considered to be part of the [[spoiler:Red Wedding]], although he was still a prisoner and traveling when it happened.
* VillainousIncest: A subversion. Though he does love Cersei, he grows disgusted at the things she's hidden from him.
* WithMyHandsTied: Brienne is amazed at how competent he is in a fight despite being manacled and half-starved at the time.
* WouldHurtAChild: Pushed a kid out of a window because the child witnessed his incestuous relationship with his sister.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: His [[spoiler: killing of Aerys]] turns out to have been one of these. He sacrificed his reputation and integrity to [[spoiler:stop him from burning King's Landing in a desperate mad fit.]]
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: How he views Myrcella,
* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffrey's orders to beat Sansa,
* [[spoiler:TheOathBreaker: Breaks his vow to not have sex after
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: '''Brienne:''' "Are you so craven?"
* TheAtoner: Gradually morphs into one after [[spoiler:losing his hand]] and travelling with Brienne. He still has some distance to go, though.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: How his murder of Aerys Targaryen was viewed by Robert and Ned. Robert was in fact glad the Lannisters got the Targaryen blood on their hands, saving him the trouble.
-->"Do you think the noble Lord of Winterfell wanted to hear my feeble explanations? Such an ''honorable'' man. He only had to look at me to judge me guilty."
* BeardOfEvil: Subverted, as [[spoiler:he starts growing one after [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a better person]]]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Jamie has always protected Tyrion when no one else would. In fact, when Catelyn holds Tyrion hostage, Jamie slaughters some of Ned's guard in response.
* BigDamnHeroes: His rescue of [[spoiler: Brienne]].
* BloodKnight: He says he never feels alive unless he's fighting (or with Cersei.)
* BodyguardBetrayal: His killing of King Aerys.
* BreakTheHaughty: Jaime starts off as extremely arrogant, but after spending so much time imprisoned and later [[spoiler:crippled]], he gets off his high horse and wonders just what happened to the young boy who joined the Kingsguard looking up to Ser Arthur Dayne.
* BullyingADragon: Merrett Frey is off-handedly mentioned as having been a bully in his squire years, but his attempt to bully Jaime was...a bad idea.
* ByronicHero: He's on the darker end of this trope, Tyrion's on the lighter end, though the two seem to be drifting in the opposite direction, with Jaime becoming lighter and Tyrion becoming darker.
* CelibateHero: Somehow. Played
* CharacterDevelopment: Probably the best example in the series. [[spoiler: Jaime's overconfidence and callousness was an armour that was destroyed with his hand; he's a very damaged man traumatised by the events of his past, and decides to try and live a life of honour in ''A Feast for Crows''. It's a testament to Martin's writing that Jaime goes from one of the most disliked characters in the first book, to one of the most loved and sympathised with amongst fans.]]
* CripplingOverSpecialization: Jaime is acknowledged as
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: He wants to learn to fight as well with his left hand as he can with his right. It's been difficult. [[spoiler:He also has a tendency to try to grab things with his prosthetic hand, and is constantly knocking over cups of wine, to the point of it being a RunningGag.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: A lot... including aiming some of it at himself. He also has shades of being a StepfordSnarker alongside his sister at some points in his character arc, particularly after his Kingslaying and at many points afterwards. He may be slowly graduating towards becoming TheSnarkKnight, in truth, though... as he's actually gaining some morals worth snarking for. [[spoiler: This only, ironically, after being made a DisabledSnarker alongside his brother, but, there you go.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Briefly after his hand is removed. Brienne accuses him of being a coward for his attitude, after which
--> [[spoiler: "Jaime," Brienne whispered. "Jaime, what are you doing?" \\
"Dying," he whispered back." \\
"No," she said, "no, you must live." \\
He wanted to laugh. "Stop telling me what to do, wench. I'll die if it pleases me." \\
"[[ArmorPiercingQuestion Are you so craven?]]"]]
* TheDragon: Acts as this to his father, until he undergoes some CharacterDevelopment in the third book that causes him to have a falling out with Tywin.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Averted, Jaime feels antipathy towards his mother since she tried to keep him and Cersei apart, and she died shortly after that. Jaime muses how he scarcely remembers how she looks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He sincerely loves Cersei, Tyrion, his father and his children (though Jaime still struggles with the fact that he can only seem them as his niece and nephews rather than his sons and daughter). He was pretty concerned that he doesn't seem to care about Joffrey's death, though, but considering that it was [[TheCaligula Joffrey]]...
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jaime Has Standards]]: In ''A Feast For Crows'' he threatens Edmure Tully with the death of his baby son. He considered it a low blow and reckons that if Edmure had called his bluff, he wouldn't have gone through with it.
* EvilFormerFriend: He pretty much is this to the Tully family. Prior to joining the Kingsguard, the young Jaime was going to have an arranged marriage to Lysa Tully, and so spent time at Riverrun, at which he was friendly with Lysa and Cat and idolized the Blackfish. This history combined with his more recent actions is probably why the Tullys have a particular hatred of Jaime.
* ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Following his time on the road with Brienne, Jaime continues to wear a beard, which symbolizes his development into a better person. In part, this is because it is a physical symbol of him realizing he's a very different person than his [[HalfIdenticalTwins half-identical twin]], Cersei.
* AFatherToHisMen: One of his viewpoint chapters shows him passing through his army's camp, where people of much lower rank invite him to join their meals and ask his advice on battle tactics (and do so sincerely rather than because they want to suck up.) Even people like Ned Stark advise against this level of familiarity with their subordinates, so it says a lot about Jaime that they're so comfortable around him, and vice versa. His squires love him as well, even though two of them are from rebel houses.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: On returning to King's Landing after his imprisonment, Jaime starts wearing pure white for his Kingsguard uniform instead of his [[GoldMakesEverythingShiny famous gilded armor]].
* GoodFeelsGood: He starts to discover this, and while at first he brushes off his heroic actions with an ItAmusedMe excuse, by the time he beheads the man who tried to rape [[MoralityPet Pia]], it is clear that her smile means a great deal to him. Later on in his Riverlands campaign Jaime hangs some Lannister thieves, and notices how good protecting the people felt.
* GuileHero: After he swears an oath not to take up arms against House Tully and [[spoiler: he loses his hand]], he's forced to become one, and actually does a pretty good job of it. Unfortunately, doing so has required him to threaten to KickTheDog several times, and everybody believes his threats because he's [[TheOathBreaker the Kingslayer]] and has no honor.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: Until he shaves his head and grows a beard, which symbolises his change into a better person, he's described as an identical male version of Cersei.
* [[spoiler: HandicappedBadass: Is now getting by pretending to be one. He's attempting to relearn how to fight by training with Ilyn Payne, who of course can't tell anyone about how bad Jaime sucks at fighting with his left hand, as Ilyn's tongue was pulled out by Aerys years ago and he never learned to write]].
* HappyPlace: Jaime tends to "go away inside" when he's in a situation he can't do anything about. He first learned to do this when he was in Aerys' Kingsguard and had to stand by and watch as the King he was sworn to protect burned people alive and brutally raped his wife.
* HeelFaceTurn: A number of ordeals along with the startling realisation that he's made a mess of his life cause him
* HiddenDepths: Before we get a look inside his head, he seems like a grade-A douchebag.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jaime has an... ''unconventional'' approach to honour. He realises that because of his kingslaying [[NeverLiveItDOwn no-one will ever trust him to act honourably or give him any credit for decency.]] He also realises that this basically gives him free reign to be as dishonourable as he likes, since if he's already dishonoured then what does he have to lose? But he ''wants'' to [[ValuesDissonance be honourable]] and will often go to extreme lengths to avoid doing "dishonourable" things (breaking his oath-at-swordpoint to never again bear arms against Stark or Tully, finishing off Ned Stark after their duel is interrupted by a man-at-arms because "it wouldn't have been clean" etc). This causes him [[AngstDissonance considerable angst]] at times.
* HotDad: Though only biologically. Jaime has very little emotional attachment to his biological kids. As of book four he's been making an effort with Tommen, but even he acknowledges he does way better as a cool uncle than he would as a father.
* HowDoIShotWeb: [[spoiler: Re-learning to fight with his left hand, after a lifetime of being a righty, is taking as long as you'd expect it to.]]
* ImportantHaircut: He shaves his head in order to make himself harder to recognise. However, the events of that time mark a turning point in his life, as he finally decides he's just had enough of the man he had become.
* InSeriesNickname: The Kingslayer.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He starts off the series as an arrogant, self-serving bastard at ''best'', and for a long time seems like the stereotypical fantasy villain... but in the third book he's revealed as feeling enormous guilt over many of his past actions, as well as being capable of compassion and valor.
* KickedUpstairs: The real reason Aerys II made Jaime a Kingsguard was to spite Tywin Lannister by depriving him of his only desirable heir.
* LaserGuidedKarma: At the beginning of the series, he pushes Bran out of a window, costing him his ability to walk, which given that one of Bran's favorite activities was climbing, as well as his dreams of being a knight, essentially robbed him of one of the things he loved the most and leaving him a cripple. In ''Storm of Swords'' [[spoiler: Jaime gets his sword hand cut off, robbing him of one of the things he loved the most, his sword fighting, and leaving him a cripple. Losing a hand is also the traditional punishment for striking a member of the Royal blood, so Jaime loses the hand he used to slay King Aerys II.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Averted, despite what Jaime thinks, which is lampshaded by Genna. Jaime is light-hearted like Gerion, fights like Tygett, and prefers to serve not lead like Kevan. Tyrion is the most like Tywin.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]: "The things I do for love."
* MasterSwordsman: He serves as the MemeticBadass of his generation, and only four people have ever defeated him in tourneys or combat--[[BloodKnight Sandor Clegane]], [[KnightInShiningArmour Loras Tyrell]], [[ZergRush Robb Stark and several northern knights]], and [[spoiler:[[BadAss Brienne]] [[ActionGirl of]] [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon Tarth]].]].
* MemeticBadass: In-universe. He was such a good fighter that after he killed King Aerys, King Robert ''still'' wanted him for the Kingsguard.
* MoralityPet: Has a number of those. He cares enough about Tyrion to seek revenge for Catelyn arresting him, and later develops a softer side with Brienne. He is also fond of the squires he gains when he goes to reclaim Riverrun, and Pia, the sexually, physically and emotionally abused girl who has been the sex toy of several different factions by the time Jaime meets her again at Harrenhal. He beheads one man for trying to rape her, and tells one of the squires who has a crush on her that he is not to touch her without her consent, and to treat her gently if she gives it.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Jaiie's decision not to uphold this was the reason he became a Kingslayer.
* NeverLiveItDown: An in-universe example. Jaime is more often than not referred to as "Kingslayer" because he killed Aerys Targaryen, whom he had sworn to protect. However, the people who think of him as an "oathbreaker" and declare that he has no honor always seem to conveniently forget that Aerys was an AxCrazy [[TheCaligula Caligula]], and unknown to everyone still alive but Jaime is the fact that Aerys was [[spoiler: preparing to burn King's Landing down with everyone in it with wildfire instead of letting it be taken so he could spite his enemies]]. Jaime has only told the truth of the matter to Brienne, and then only because he was feverish (or so he tells himself). See BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork for more.
-->"''Aerys,'' Jaime thought resentfully. ''It always turns on Aerys.''"
* NiceToTheWaiter: He treats his squires and washerwomen well. This is likely an extension of his being AFatherToHisMen. He even [[ShipperOnDeck ships them]], and invites a poor raped girl into his household because he can.
* NoodleIncident: What he did to Merrett Frey when Frey tried to bully him when they were both squires. Whatever it was, it completely broke Merrett's hold over the other squires and made him a laughing stock.
* NotSoDifferent: One possible interpretation of a comment he makes about Ned Stark condemning him after he killed Aerys: "By what right does the wolf judge the lion? ''By what right?''". [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation It's up to personal opinion]] whether he means "how dare a lowly wolf judge something as superior as a lion!" (which is what Cersei and Tywin would say), or whether he means "the wolf and lion both slaughter those weaker than themselves, so how can he claim the moral high ground?". Since he's in the middle of his gradual HeelFaceTurn at this point, it could be either.
* TheOathBreaker: Infamously.
-->“I’m the bloody Kingslayer, remember? When I say you have honor, that’s like a whore vouchsafing your maidenhood.”
* OddFriendship: Him and Brienne are as different as night and day. The only reason they manage to stay together long enough is because Brienne is dead set on fulfilling the task Catelyn gave her and Jaime is in chains. When Jaime, however, sees just how honest she is, and reveals some of the things that burden him most emotionally, they develop respect for each other.
* PetTheDog: In the early books, before he becomes more sympathetic, these mostly have to do with his family. For example, when he's in chains in the bowels of Riverrun. Lady Catelyn tries to interrogate him about her son's accident. He isn't swayed by threats or offers of comfort or the real possibility that if he pisses her off, Cat could make his already miserable circumstances even worse. There is, however, one thing that he values enough to make him willing to talk to her: the truth about whether or not his father, brother, and sister have been hurt.
* RedemptionQuest: His oath to Catelyn to return her daughters unharmed and to never take up arms against the Starks or Tullys again.
* ReformedButRejected: He knows it doesn't matter whether he tries to redeem himself, because he will always be the Kingslayer with shit for honour in everyone's eyes. Instead, he uses his infamy to advantage.
* ScarsAreForever: When [[spoiler:his right hand is amputated. To make matters worse, he has ''not'' become a HandicappedBadass, as his reflexes are all shot from a lifetime of being right-handed.]]
* ScrewYourself: Tyrion quips that he doesn't know what Jaime sees in Cersei, "except his own reflection." When Jaime loses weight and grows a beard during his captivity, he reflects that Cersei won't be happy that he no longer resembles her.
* ShootTheDog: How Jaime views his slaying of King Aerys the Mad, who was going to [[spoiler: burn the city and everyone in it]]. The fact that everyone else views it as a MoralEventHorizon is basically the character's dramatic tension.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Jaime has this for Cersei, to the point of being squicked out when he experiences attraction to another woman. [[spoiler: Subverted once he finds out that Cersei has been unfaithful to him and falls out of love with her. He then overtly flirts when he encounters an attractive whore.]]
* SkilledButNaive: In regards to his family: he genuinely believed that [[ManipulativeBitch Cersei]] and [[TheChessmaster Tyrion]] never ever lied to him. Also, in a dream where he faced the ghosts of Rhaegar and the former Kingsguards members, he said that he didn't do anything to protect Elia and her children 'cause he thought that Tywin wasn't going to hurt them.
* SmugSmiler: [[InvokedTrope Deliberately used.]] Jaime does this a lot (which fits with his first appearance as a stereotypical fantasy villain), but the chapters written from his POV show that he consciously puts on a knowing smile whenever he's unsure of the situation, because he's learned that it makes people nervous, and that they will read lots of different things from it depending on what the issue is. [[spoiler: This is in fact one of the early indications that he might turn out to be a better manipulator than you'd think from his initial thoughtlessness.]]
* SureWhyNot: A fair bit of his reputation as the Kingslayer is this. Once it happened, he saw that nobody was going to ask if he'd [[ShootTheDog Shot The Dog]] and would just assume the worst. For good or ill, he rolled with it.
* SympatheticPOV: Starting with the third book, we see he's not the evil jerk everyone thinks he is.
* TeamDad: He fulfills this role to his squires and Pia, especially in regard to his treatment of Peck and Pia's relationship.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Jaime's struggles with this question are a large part of his character arc. A large part of his past troubles stem from this: [[spoiler:protect the King even though he plans to burn the whole city, or stop him and avert the tragedy?]]
* {{Troll}}: Like Tyrion, a lot of his problems are down to failures to control the impulse to verbal baiting.
* {{Twincest}}: Since he was nine years old.
* VillainBallMagnet: To the point he's blamed for things he cannot possibly do: he's blamed for not returning Catelyn's daughters to her, even if [[spoiler:she ''died'' before he had the chance]] and Sansa [[spoiler:left King's Landing]] prior his returning. Also, it looks like he's considered to be part of the [[spoiler:Red Wedding]], although he was still a prisoner and traveling when it happened.
* VillainousIncest: A subversion. Though he does love Cersei, he grows disgusted at the things she's hidden from him.
* WithMyHandsTied: Brienne is amazed at how competent he is in a fight despite being manacled and half-starved at the time.
* WouldHurtAChild: Pushed a kid out of a window because the child witnessed his incestuous relationship with his sister.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: His [[spoiler: killing of Aerys]] turns out to have been one of these. He sacrificed his reputation and integrity to [[spoiler:stop him from burning King's Landing in a desperate mad fit.]]
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[[folder: Ser Meryn Trant]]
A member of House Trant and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword. Subverted in that Trant is in full plate armor with an actual sword, while Forel is both only armed with said wooden sword and unarmored.
* WouldHitAGirl: On Joffery's orders.
* YesMan
A member of House Trant and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword. Subverted in that Trant is in full plate armor with an actual sword, while Forel is both only armed with said wooden sword and unarmored.
* WouldHitAGirl: On Joffery's orders.
* YesMan
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[[folder: Ser Meryn Trant]]
A member of House Trant and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword. Subverted in that Trant is in full plate armor with an actual sword, while Forel is both only armed with said wooden sword and unarmored.
* WouldHitAGirl: On Joffery's orders.
* YesManBarristan Selmy*]]
-->See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDaenerysTargaryenAndHerCourt Daenerys Targaryen And Her Court]].
A member of House Trant and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword. Subverted in that Trant is in full plate armor with an actual sword, while Forel is both only armed with said wooden sword and unarmored.
* WouldHitAGirl: On Joffery's orders.
* YesMan
-->See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDaenerysTargaryenAndHerCourt Daenerys Targaryen And Her Court]].
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[[folder: Ser Mandon Moore]]
A member of House Moore and sworn knight of the Kingsguard. He was recruited to by Lord Jon Arryn.
A member of House Moore and sworn knight of the Kingsguard. He was recruited to by Lord Jon Arryn.
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[[folder: Ser Mandon Moore]]
A memberArys Oakheart*]]
The youngest son of Lady Arwyn Oakheart, head of HouseMoore and Oakheart. He is a sworn knight of the Kingsguard. He Kingsguard and was recruited sent to by Lord Jon Arryn.Dorne to protect Princess Myrcella Baratheon. Serves as a POV character in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows''.
A member
The youngest son of Lady Arwyn Oakheart, head of House
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* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}: One of the more dangerous members of the Kingsguard, according to Jamie Lannister.
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: Pulls one on Tyrion during the Battle of the Blackwater for unknown reasons, but Tyrion suspects that he had been ordered by Cersei to kill him]].
* TheStoic: Throughout the second book Tyrion continually makes note of how neither he nor anyone else (including Jaime, based on recollected conversations) can tell what the man is thinking at any given moment since his face and voice never betray an ounce of emotion.
* {{Badass}}: One of the more dangerous members of the Kingsguard, according to Jamie Lannister.
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: Pulls one on Tyrion during the Battle of the Blackwater for unknown reasons, but Tyrion suspects that he had been ordered by Cersei to kill him]].
* TheStoic: Throughout the second book Tyrion continually makes note of how neither he nor anyone else (including Jaime, based on recollected conversations) can tell what the man is thinking at any given moment since his face and voice never betray an ounce of emotion.
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* AlliterativeName
[[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Gets killed by Areo Hotah when he and the other conspirators who plan to put Myrcella on the throne are discovered]].
*{{Badass}}: One [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: How he views Myrcella, since as a member of themore dangerous members Kingsguard he will never be able to have children.
* NiceGuy: The only member of theKingsguard, according Kingsguard to Jamie Lannister.
object to Joffrey's orders to beat Sansa, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal to Myrcella.
*[[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: Pulls one on Tyrion during [[spoiler:TheOathBreaker: Breaks his vow to not have sex after being seduced by Arianne Martell. He is terrified of people finding out and becoming listed in the Battle of White Book as someone who broke their vows]].
* [[spoiler:SenselessSacrifice: Charges into a fight against Areo Hotah once it becomes apparent theBlackwater for unknown reasons, but Tyrion suspects that he had been ordered by Cersei to kill him]].
* TheStoic: Throughout the second book Tyrion continually makes note of how neither he nor anyone else (including Jaime, based on recollected conversations) can tell what the manjig is thinking at any given moment since his face up, and voice never betray an ounce [[CurbStompBattle is promptly]] [[OffWithHisHead beheaded.]] His action not only gets him killed, it also proves to be utterly pointless, as even Arianne points out.]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Played like a fiddle by Arianne into joining her plot to crown Myrcella as Queen ofemotion.Westeros, which ends up getting him killed]].
*
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: How he views Myrcella, since as a member of the
* NiceGuy: The only member of the
*
* [[spoiler:SenselessSacrifice: Charges into a fight against Areo Hotah once it becomes apparent the
* TheStoic: Throughout the second book Tyrion continually makes note of how neither he nor anyone else (including Jaime, based on recollected conversations) can tell what the man
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Played like a fiddle by Arianne into joining her plot to crown Myrcella as Queen of
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[[folder: Ser Boros Blount]]
A member of House Blount and knight of the Kingsguard. He is widely disliked due to his cruelty and cowardice.
A member of House Blount and knight of the Kingsguard. He is widely disliked due to his cruelty and cowardice.
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[[folder: Ser Boros Blount]]
Meryn Trant]]
A member of HouseBlount Trant and sworn knight of the Kingsguard. He is widely disliked due to his cruelty and cowardice.Kingsguard.
A member of House
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* AlliterativeName
* BaldOfEvil
* DirtyCoward: He was ordered to guard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The only reasons he probably wasn't executed was that Tyrion would never hurt his nephew, and the Kingsguard needed a new member after the desertion of Sandor Clegane. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for his disgrace.
* FatBastard
* HumiliationConga: The whole series is this for him, as he repeatedly gets embarrassed, insulted, defeated, and looked down upon by everyone who meets him. And he deserves all of it.
* BaldOfEvil
* DirtyCoward: He was ordered to guard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The only reasons he probably wasn't executed was that Tyrion would never hurt his nephew, and the Kingsguard needed a new member after the desertion of Sandor Clegane. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for his disgrace.
* FatBastard
* HumiliationConga: The whole series is this for him, as he repeatedly gets embarrassed, insulted, defeated, and looked down upon by everyone who meets him. And he deserves all of it.
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* AlliterativeName
* BaldOfEvil
* DirtyCoward: He was ordered{{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to guard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The kill five soldiers with only reasons he probably wasn't executed was a wooden practice sword. Subverted in that Tyrion would never hurt his nephew, Trant is in full plate armor with an actual sword, while Forel is both only armed with said wooden sword and the Kingsguard needed a new member after the desertion of Sandor Clegane. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for his disgrace.
unarmored.
*FatBastard
WouldHitAGirl: On Joffery's orders.
*HumiliationConga: The whole series is this for him, as he repeatedly gets embarrassed, insulted, defeated, and looked down upon by everyone who meets him. And he deserves all of it.YesMan
* BaldOfEvil
* DirtyCoward: He was ordered
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*
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[[folder: Ser Preston Greenfield]]
Member of House Greenfield and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
Member of House Greenfield and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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[[folder: Ser Preston Greenfield]]
MemberMandon Moore]]
A member of HouseGreenfield Moore and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.Kingsguard. He was recruited to by Lord Jon Arryn.
Member
A member of House
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* CharacterDeath: Got his head smashed in by a rock during the riot in King's Landing.
* RedShirt
* RedShirt
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* CharacterDeath: Got his head smashed in by a rock AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}: One of the more dangerous members of the Kingsguard, according to Jamie Lannister.
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: Pulls one on Tyrion during theriot in King's Landing.
Battle of the Blackwater for unknown reasons, but Tyrion suspects that he had been ordered by Cersei to kill him]].
*RedShirtTheStoic: Throughout the second book Tyrion continually makes note of how neither he nor anyone else (including Jaime, based on recollected conversations) can tell what the man is thinking at any given moment since his face and voice never betray an ounce of emotion.
* {{Badass}}: One of the more dangerous members of the Kingsguard, according to Jamie Lannister.
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: Pulls one on Tyrion during the
*
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[[folder: Ser Balon Swann]]
Member of House Swann and sworn knight of the Kingsguard, joining after Ser Preston Greenfield was killed.
Member of House Swann and sworn knight of the Kingsguard, joining after Ser Preston Greenfield was killed.
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[[folder: Ser Balon Swann]]
MemberBoros Blount]]
A member of HouseSwann Blount and sworn knight of the Kingsguard, joining after Ser Preston Greenfield was killed.Kingsguard. He is widely disliked due to his cruelty and cowardice.
Member
A member of House
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* TheAce: Considered one of the best knights in Westeros at the moment, he is also known for his courtly manners and valor. When reflecting on Ser Balon's skills after he is appointed, Tyrion Lannister notes that he is "good with a lance, [[CarryABigStick better with a morningstar]], [[ArcherArchetype superb with a bow]]."
* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Loras Tyrell as being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Enforced. Ser Balon has a brother, Donnel, who sided with first Stannis, then Renly, and now serves House Lannister. Tyrion, noting this at an unrelated time, is impressed with House Swann's pragmatism, but Jaime sees only potential holes in the Kingsguard.
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his sword to yet another usurper, and one day comes storming in the throne room? And there you stand all in white, between your king and your blood. What will you do?"\\
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me," Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush while bringing Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane Martell's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran Martell notes that though Ser Balon obviously hates the orders, he plans to obey]].
* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Loras Tyrell as being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Enforced. Ser Balon has a brother, Donnel, who sided with first Stannis, then Renly, and now serves House Lannister. Tyrion, noting this at an unrelated time, is impressed with House Swann's pragmatism, but Jaime sees only potential holes in the Kingsguard.
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his sword to yet another usurper, and one day comes storming in the throne room? And there you stand all in white, between your king and your blood. What will you do?"\\
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me," Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush while bringing Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane Martell's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran Martell notes that though Ser Balon obviously hates the orders, he plans to obey]].
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* TheAce: Considered one of the best knights in Westeros at the moment, he is also known for his courtly manners and valor. When reflecting on Ser Balon's skills after he is appointed, Tyrion Lannister notes that he is "good with a lance, [[CarryABigStick better with a morningstar]], [[ArcherArchetype superb with a bow]]."
AlliterativeName
*{{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Loras Tyrell as being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
BaldOfEvil
*MyMasterRightOrWrong: Enforced. Ser Balon has a brother, Donnel, who sided with first Stannis, then Renly, and now serves House Lannister. Tyrion, noting this at an unrelated time, is impressed with House Swann's pragmatism, but Jaime sees only potential holes in the Kingsguard.
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his swordDirtyCoward: He was ordered to yet another usurper, and one day comes storming in the throne room? And there you stand all in white, between your king and your blood. What will you do?"\\
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me," Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under ordersguard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to stage an ambush while bringing Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane Martell's death and Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The only reasons he probably wasn't executed was that Tyrion being framed would never hurt his nephew, and the Kingsguard needed a new member after the desertion of Sandor Clegane. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for the deed. Doran Martell notes that though Ser Balon obviously hates the orders, his disgrace.
* FatBastard
* HumiliationConga: The whole series is this for him, as heplans to obey]].repeatedly gets embarrassed, insulted, defeated, and looked down upon by everyone who meets him. And he deserves all of it.
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*
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his sword
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me," Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders
* FatBastard
* HumiliationConga: The whole series is this for him, as he
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[[folder:Ser Osmund Kettleblack]]
First son of Oswell. Becomes a member of the Kingsguard after the Battle of the Blackwater.
First son of Oswell. Becomes a member of the Kingsguard after the Battle of the Blackwater.
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First son
Member of
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* CoDragons: With his brothers to Cersei, [[spoiler:although he is also on Littlefinger's payroll. However, Littlefinger notes he has become more untrustworthy since becoming a member of the Kingsguard]].
* LineOfSightName: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime questions Osmund on who knighted him, and Osmund responds "Ser Robert... Stone". Jaime wonders to himself if this was a real person (presumably a bastard sellsword made good) or whether Osmund made him up, combining the name of the deceased king with a glance at the castle wall.
* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
* SmugSnake: Always has a self-confident grin on his face.
* LineOfSightName: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime questions Osmund on who knighted him, and Osmund responds "Ser Robert... Stone". Jaime wonders to himself if this was a real person (presumably a bastard sellsword made good) or whether Osmund made him up, combining the name of the deceased king with a glance at the castle wall.
* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
* SmugSnake: Always has a self-confident grin on his face.
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* CoDragons: With CharacterDeath: Got his brothers to Cersei, [[spoiler:although he is also on Littlefinger's payroll. However, Littlefinger notes he has become more untrustworthy since becoming head smashed in by a member of rock during the Kingsguard]].
riot in King's Landing.
*LineOfSightName: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime questions Osmund on who knighted him, and Osmund responds "Ser Robert... Stone". Jaime wonders to himself if this was a real person (presumably a bastard sellsword made good) or whether Osmund made him up, combining the name of the deceased king with a glance at the castle wall.
* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
* SmugSnake: Always has a self-confident grin on his face.RedShirt
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* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
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[[folder: Ser Balon Swann]]
Member of House Swann and sworn knight of the Kingsguard, joining after Ser Preston Greenfield was killed.
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* TheAce: Considered one of the best knights in Westeros at the moment, he is also known for his courtly manners and valor. When reflecting on Ser Balon's skills after he is appointed, Tyrion Lannister notes that he is "good with a lance, [[CarryABigStick better with a morningstar]], [[ArcherArchetype superb with a bow]]."
* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Loras Tyrell as being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Enforced. Ser Balon has a brother, Donnel, who sided with first Stannis, then Renly, and now serves House Lannister. Tyrion, noting this at an unrelated time, is impressed with House Swann's pragmatism, but Jaime sees only potential holes in the Kingsguard.
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his sword to yet another usurper, and one day comes storming in the throne room? And there you stand all in white, between your king and your blood. What will you do?"\\
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me," Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush while bringing Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane Martell's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran Martell notes that though Ser Balon obviously hates the orders, he plans to obey]].
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[[folder:Ser Osmund Kettleblack]]
First son of Oswell. Becomes a member of the Kingsguard after the Battle of the Blackwater.
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* CoDragons: With his brothers to Cersei, [[spoiler:although he is also on Littlefinger's payroll. However, Littlefinger notes he has become more untrustworthy since becoming a member of the Kingsguard]].
* LineOfSightName: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime questions Osmund on who knighted him, and Osmund responds "Ser Robert... Stone". Jaime wonders to himself if this was a real person (presumably a bastard sellsword made good) or whether Osmund made him up, combining the name of the deceased king with a glance at the castle wall.
* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
* SmugSnake: Always has a self-confident grin on his face.
[[/folder]]
Member of House Swann and sworn knight of the Kingsguard, joining after Ser Preston Greenfield was killed.
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* TheAce: Considered one of the best knights in Westeros at the moment, he is also known for his courtly manners and valor. When reflecting on Ser Balon's skills after he is appointed, Tyrion Lannister notes that he is "good with a lance, [[CarryABigStick better with a morningstar]], [[ArcherArchetype superb with a bow]]."
* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Loras Tyrell as being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Enforced. Ser Balon has a brother, Donnel, who sided with first Stannis, then Renly, and now serves House Lannister. Tyrion, noting this at an unrelated time, is impressed with House Swann's pragmatism, but Jaime sees only potential holes in the Kingsguard.
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his sword to yet another usurper, and one day comes storming in the throne room? And there you stand all in white, between your king and your blood. What will you do?"\\
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me," Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush while bringing Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane Martell's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran Martell notes that though Ser Balon obviously hates the orders, he plans to obey]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ser Osmund Kettleblack]]
First son of Oswell. Becomes a member of the Kingsguard after the Battle of the Blackwater.
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* CoDragons: With his brothers to Cersei, [[spoiler:although he is also on Littlefinger's payroll. However, Littlefinger notes he has become more untrustworthy since becoming a member of the Kingsguard]].
* LineOfSightName: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime questions Osmund on who knighted him, and Osmund responds "Ser Robert... Stone". Jaime wonders to himself if this was a real person (presumably a bastard sellsword made good) or whether Osmund made him up, combining the name of the deceased king with a glance at the castle wall.
* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
* SmugSnake: Always has a self-confident grin on his face.
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* HumiliationConga: The whole series is this for him, as he repeatedly gets embarrassed, insulted, defeated, and looked down upon by everyone who meets him. And he deserves all of it.
* TheAce: Considered one of the best knights in Westeros at the moment, he is also known for his courtly manners and valor. When reflecting on Ser Balon's skills after he is appointed, Tyrion Lannister notes that he is "good with a lance, [[CarryABigStick better with a morningstar]], [[ArcherArchetype superb with a bow]]."
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** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush in order to take Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran notes that though Swann obviously hates the orders, he plans to obey]].
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** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush in order to take while bringing Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane's Trystane Martell's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran Martell notes that though Swann Ser Balon obviously hates the orders, he plans to obey]].
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* ManInWhite: They wear all white, with blank white shields. This displays their office and also shows that they have renounced all ties to their former house.
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* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffery's orders to beat Sansa, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal to Myrcella.
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* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffery's Joffrey's orders to beat Sansa, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal to Myrcella.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword. Subverted in that Trant is in full plate armor with an actual sword, while Forel is both only armed with said wooden sword and unarmored.
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* DirtyCoward: He was ordered to guard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The only reason he probably wasn't executed was because Tyrion would never hurt his nephew. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for his disgrace.
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* DirtyCoward: He was ordered to guard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The only reason reasons he probably wasn't executed was because that Tyrion would never hurt his nephew.nephew, and the Kingsguard needed a new member after the desertion of Sandor Clegane. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for his disgrace.
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* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Ser Loras Tyrell's skills of being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
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* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Ser Loras Tyrell's skills of Tyrell as being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
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[[folder: Ser Barristan Selmy]]
See [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDaenerysTargaryenAndHerCourt Daenerys Targaryen And Her Court]].
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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush in order to take Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran notes that though Swann obviously hates the orders, it is his duty to obey]].
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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Enforced. Ser Balon has a brother, Donnel, who sided with first Stannis, then Renly, and now serves House Lannister. Tyrion, noting this at an unrelated time, is impressed with House Swann's pragmatism, but Jaime sees only potential holes in the Kingsguard.
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his sword to yet another usurper, and one day comes storming in the throne room? And there you stand all in white, between your king and your blood. What will you do?"\\
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me, Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush in order to take Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran notes that though Swann obviously hates the orders,it is his duty he plans to obey]].
-->"What will you do if brave Ser Donnel gives his sword to yet another usurper, and one day comes storming in the throne room? And there you stand all in white, between your king and your blood. What will you do?"\\
"I... My lord, that will never happen."\\
"It happened to me, Jaime said.
** For good or ill, Ser Balon appears to be taking this seriously. In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush in order to take Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran notes that though Swann obviously hates the orders,
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The youngest son of Lord Lady Arwyn Oakhear, Oakheart, head of House Oakheart. He is a sworn knight of the Kingsguard and was sent to Dorne to protect Princess Myrcella Baratheon. Serves as a POV character in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows''.
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!!This is a listing member of the Kingsguard that appear in the {{Fantasy}} series ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Visit [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]] for the main character index.
-->''"The Kingsguard does not flee."''
---> -- Ser Gerold Hightower
An institution from Westeros, the Kingsguard exists to... [[CaptainObvious guard the king]], and anyone close to him. They were founded by Aegon the Conqueror and consists of seven knights who swear themselves to bachelorhood, celibacy and duty, serve for life, and wear pure white when on-duty. Members of the Kingsguard, by virtue of ''being'' members, are considered the ''de facto'' finest knights in the realm, and all of them are at least excellent fighters; whether they are PillarsOfMoralCharacter is another question. Daenerys has gone to the effort of constituting a new Queensguard, which confers some legitimacy on her claim, but due to various circumstances it has never had more than one knight in it at a time.
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* CaptainErsatz: There are (at least) two of them in-universe. The first is Daenerys's Queensguard, while the second was Renly Baratheon's Rainbow Guard. Both orders were modeled after the original Kingsguard and fulfill a similar role to it.
* CelibateHero: Or, at least, they're ''supposed'' to be. Characters in the series know AllMenArePerverts, and there are knights who got away with it because it didn't get in the way of their duty.
** The only member of the Kingsguard that expresses any kind of regret at breaking this vow is Arys Oakheart, who is having an affair with Arianne Martell.
* HonorBeforeReason
* InadequateInheritor: The current Kingsguard, according to Barristan Selmy. He makes his contempt known when Joffrey dismisses him:
-->'''Barristan:''' Have no fear, sers, your king is safe...no thanks to you. Even now, I could cut through the five of you as easy as a dagger cuts cheese. If you would serve under the Kingslayer, not a one of you is fit to wear the white.
** Hell, even the Kingslayer himself acknowledges this as true (and after Selmy is dismissed the appointees only get worse and worse with two exceptions), telling Loras Tyrell:
-->'''Jaime Lannister''': I served with Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of Morning, who could have slain the six of you with his left hand while taking a piss with his right.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Played with. Many members are deconstructions, but some (Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, Barristan Selmy, and Lord Commander Duncan the Tall) run it straight.
* MasterSwordsman: Has featured several, such as Arthur Dayne, Barristan Selmy, and Jaime Lannister.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Kingsguard are sworn to live this trope, no matter how terrible their monarch might be. This is seen in full effect under Joffrey, and horror stories of what the Kingsguard either participated in or enabled under Aerys Targaryen have become the stuff of legend. Jaime Lannister, Barristan Selmy, and Sandor Clegane are notable for being the only three members of the order in recent history to say "fuck that noise" to this trope.
** Subverted with [[NiceGuy Arys Oakheart]], who's commanded by Joffrey to beat Sansa (like the rest of his brothers who do it without question and are pretty terrible about it). He objects to hitting her but gives in... and only hits her as lightly as possible.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Under terrible rulers, the Kingsguard sometimes act like this.
* OldMaster: Inevitably, as they age. At the start of the series, Ser Barristan Selmy qualifies.
** Jaime gets promoted after a previous member died in his sleep of old age. (The series gets a pun from it by mentioning he was a member of House Grandison, whose sigil is a sleeping lion. Wouldn't Aerys prefer a roaring one instead?)
* PraetorianGuard
* ReplacementMooks: Thanks to the War of the Five Kings, the Kingsguard has been bled of its most competent knights. When Jaime finally returns to Kings Landing near the end of ''A Storm of Swords'' to assume his new role as Lord Commander of the order, he's shocked beyond words to discover it's now comprised of second- and third-string knights, Lannister cronies and up-jumped commoners of dubious backgrounds. The only members that Jaime approves of are Loras Tyrell and Balon Swann.
* SiblingYinYang: With the Brotherhood of the Night's Watch. Members of both forswear lands, titles and family, and consider themselves to be brothers in a family. Their respective sigils are pure white and pure black. One wears white and guards the king; the other wears black and guards the kingdom.([[FridgeBrilliance This parallel has not yet been drawn by the text]].
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[[folder: Ser Arys Oakheart*]]
The youngest son of Lord Arwyn Oakhear, head of House Oakheart. He is a sworn knight of the Kingsguard and was sent to Dorne to protect Princess Myrcella Baratheon.
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* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffery's orders to beat Sansa, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal to Myrcella.
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[[folder: Ser Meryn Trant]]
A member of House Trant and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword.
* WouldHitAGirl: On Joffery's orders.
* YesMan
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[[folder: Ser Mandon Moore]]
A member of House Moore and sworn knight of the Kingsguard. He was recruited to by Lord Jon Arryn.
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* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}: One of the more dangerous members of the Kingsguard according to Jamie Lannister.
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: Pulls one on Tyrion during the Battle of the Blackwater for unknown reasons, but Tyrion suspects that he had been ordered by Cersei to kill him]].
* TheStoic: Throughout the second book Tyrion continually makes note of how neither he nor anyone else (including Jaime, based on recollected conversations) can tell what the man is thinking at any given moment since his face and voice never betray an ounce of emotion.
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[[folder: Ser Boros Blount]]
A member of House Blount and knight of the Kingsguard. He is widely disliked due to his cruelty and cowardice.
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* AlliterativeName
* BaldOfEvil
* DirtyCoward: He was ordered to guard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The only reason he probably wasn't executed was because Tyrion would never hurt his nephew. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for his disgrace.
* FatBastard
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[[folder: Ser Preston Greenfield]]
Member of House Greenfield and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* CharacterDeath: Got his head smashed in by a rock during the riot in King's Landing.
* RedShirt
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[[folder: Ser Balon Swann]]
Member of House Swann and sworn knight of the Kingsguard, joining after Ser Preston Greenfield was killed.
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* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Ser Loras Tyrell's skills of being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush in order to take Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran notes that though Swann obviously hates the orders, it is his duty to obey]].
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[[folder:Ser Osmund Kettleblack]]
First son of Oswell. Becomes a member of the Kingsguard after the Battle of the Blackwater.
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* CoDragons: With his brothers to Cersei, [[spoiler:although he is also on Littlefinger's payroll. However, Littlefinger notes he has become more untrustworthy since becoming a member of the Kingsguard]].
* LineOfSightName: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime questions Osmund on who knighted him, and Osmund responds "Ser Robert... Stone". Jaime wonders to himself if this was a real person (presumably a bastard sellsword made good) or whether Osmund made him up, combining the name of the deceased king with a glance at the castle wall.
* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
* SmugSnake: Always has a self-confident grin on his face.
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-->''"The Kingsguard does not flee."''
---> -- Ser Gerold Hightower
An institution from Westeros, the Kingsguard exists to... [[CaptainObvious guard the king]], and anyone close to him. They were founded by Aegon the Conqueror and consists of seven knights who swear themselves to bachelorhood, celibacy and duty, serve for life, and wear pure white when on-duty. Members of the Kingsguard, by virtue of ''being'' members, are considered the ''de facto'' finest knights in the realm, and all of them are at least excellent fighters; whether they are PillarsOfMoralCharacter is another question. Daenerys has gone to the effort of constituting a new Queensguard, which confers some legitimacy on her claim, but due to various circumstances it has never had more than one knight in it at a time.
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* CaptainErsatz: There are (at least) two of them in-universe. The first is Daenerys's Queensguard, while the second was Renly Baratheon's Rainbow Guard. Both orders were modeled after the original Kingsguard and fulfill a similar role to it.
* CelibateHero: Or, at least, they're ''supposed'' to be. Characters in the series know AllMenArePerverts, and there are knights who got away with it because it didn't get in the way of their duty.
** The only member of the Kingsguard that expresses any kind of regret at breaking this vow is Arys Oakheart, who is having an affair with Arianne Martell.
* HonorBeforeReason
* InadequateInheritor: The current Kingsguard, according to Barristan Selmy. He makes his contempt known when Joffrey dismisses him:
-->'''Barristan:''' Have no fear, sers, your king is safe...no thanks to you. Even now, I could cut through the five of you as easy as a dagger cuts cheese. If you would serve under the Kingslayer, not a one of you is fit to wear the white.
** Hell, even the Kingslayer himself acknowledges this as true (and after Selmy is dismissed the appointees only get worse and worse with two exceptions), telling Loras Tyrell:
-->'''Jaime Lannister''': I served with Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of Morning, who could have slain the six of you with his left hand while taking a piss with his right.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Played with. Many members are deconstructions, but some (Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, Barristan Selmy, and Lord Commander Duncan the Tall) run it straight.
* MasterSwordsman: Has featured several, such as Arthur Dayne, Barristan Selmy, and Jaime Lannister.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Kingsguard are sworn to live this trope, no matter how terrible their monarch might be. This is seen in full effect under Joffrey, and horror stories of what the Kingsguard either participated in or enabled under Aerys Targaryen have become the stuff of legend. Jaime Lannister, Barristan Selmy, and Sandor Clegane are notable for being the only three members of the order in recent history to say "fuck that noise" to this trope.
** Subverted with [[NiceGuy Arys Oakheart]], who's commanded by Joffrey to beat Sansa (like the rest of his brothers who do it without question and are pretty terrible about it). He objects to hitting her but gives in... and only hits her as lightly as possible.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Under terrible rulers, the Kingsguard sometimes act like this.
* OldMaster: Inevitably, as they age. At the start of the series, Ser Barristan Selmy qualifies.
** Jaime gets promoted after a previous member died in his sleep of old age. (The series gets a pun from it by mentioning he was a member of House Grandison, whose sigil is a sleeping lion. Wouldn't Aerys prefer a roaring one instead?)
* PraetorianGuard
* ReplacementMooks: Thanks to the War of the Five Kings, the Kingsguard has been bled of its most competent knights. When Jaime finally returns to Kings Landing near the end of ''A Storm of Swords'' to assume his new role as Lord Commander of the order, he's shocked beyond words to discover it's now comprised of second- and third-string knights, Lannister cronies and up-jumped commoners of dubious backgrounds. The only members that Jaime approves of are Loras Tyrell and Balon Swann.
* SiblingYinYang: With the Brotherhood of the Night's Watch. Members of both forswear lands, titles and family, and consider themselves to be brothers in a family. Their respective sigils are pure white and pure black. One wears white and guards the king; the other wears black and guards the kingdom.([[FridgeBrilliance This parallel has not yet been drawn by the text]].
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[[folder: Ser Arys Oakheart*]]
The youngest son of Lord Arwyn Oakhear, head of House Oakheart. He is a sworn knight of the Kingsguard and was sent to Dorne to protect Princess Myrcella Baratheon.
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* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords]]:
-->[[spoiler:''"You will not take her whilst I still draw breath."'']]
* NiceGuy: The only member of the Kingsguard to object to Joffery's orders to beat Sansa, and while he does do it, he hits her as lightly as he can. He is also extremely loyal to Myrcella.
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[[folder: Ser Meryn Trant]]
A member of House Trant and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* {{Badass}}: Killed [[MasterSwordsman Syrio Forel]], who had managed to kill five soldiers with only a wooden practice sword.
* WouldHitAGirl: On Joffery's orders.
* YesMan
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[[folder: Ser Mandon Moore]]
A member of House Moore and sworn knight of the Kingsguard. He was recruited to by Lord Jon Arryn.
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* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}: One of the more dangerous members of the Kingsguard according to Jamie Lannister.
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: Pulls one on Tyrion during the Battle of the Blackwater for unknown reasons, but Tyrion suspects that he had been ordered by Cersei to kill him]].
* TheStoic: Throughout the second book Tyrion continually makes note of how neither he nor anyone else (including Jaime, based on recollected conversations) can tell what the man is thinking at any given moment since his face and voice never betray an ounce of emotion.
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[[folder: Ser Boros Blount]]
A member of House Blount and knight of the Kingsguard. He is widely disliked due to his cruelty and cowardice.
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* AlliterativeName
* BaldOfEvil
* DirtyCoward: He was ordered to guard Prince Tommen by Cersei but immediately gave the boy up to Tyrion's forces when they ambushed his own. He was temporarily stripped of rank, before being reinstated eventually. The only reason he probably wasn't executed was because Tyrion would never hurt his nephew. Jaime eventually makes him Tommen's food taster to repay the man for his disgrace.
* FatBastard
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[[folder: Ser Preston Greenfield]]
Member of House Greenfield and sworn knight of the Kingsguard.
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* CharacterDeath: Got his head smashed in by a rock during the riot in King's Landing.
* RedShirt
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[[folder: Ser Balon Swann]]
Member of House Swann and sworn knight of the Kingsguard, joining after Ser Preston Greenfield was killed.
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* {{Badass}}: When Jamie takes over as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, he considers only Ser Balon and Ser Loras Tyrell's skills of being worthy of wearing the White Cloak.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: In ''A Dance With Dragons'' [[spoiler:he's under orders by Cersei to stage an ambush in order to take Myrcella back to King's Landing which would end in Prince Trystane's death and Tyrion being framed for the deed. Doran notes that though Swann obviously hates the orders, it is his duty to obey]].
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[[folder:Ser Osmund Kettleblack]]
First son of Oswell. Becomes a member of the Kingsguard after the Battle of the Blackwater.
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* CoDragons: With his brothers to Cersei, [[spoiler:although he is also on Littlefinger's payroll. However, Littlefinger notes he has become more untrustworthy since becoming a member of the Kingsguard]].
* LineOfSightName: In ''A Storm of Swords'', Jaime questions Osmund on who knighted him, and Osmund responds "Ser Robert... Stone". Jaime wonders to himself if this was a real person (presumably a bastard sellsword made good) or whether Osmund made him up, combining the name of the deceased king with a glance at the castle wall.
* PetTheDog: Speaks kindly to Sansa when taking her to [[spoiler:marry Tyrion]], reminding her that wolves are supposed to be brave.
* SelfProclaimedKnight: Jamie Lannister suspects he and his brothers are this, due to the LineOfSightName incident.
* SmugSnake: Always has a self-confident grin on his face.
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