History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireWesterlandsHouses

* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody: He was shot with several crossbow bolts freeing Grey Wind during the Red Wedding, but the only sign of him afterwards was a blood trail leading to the river]].

->- '''Marbrand House Words'''

Garrison’s cousin. He is part of Jamie Lannister’s army in the Riverlands.

* ColonelBadass: The only Lannister commander to act competently when the camps besieging Riverrun were assaulted by Robb Stark’s forces, managing to withdrew with his forces intact and retreat back to the Golden Tooth.

[[folder: House Clegane]]
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A relatively new knightly house created by Lord Tytos Lannister after his kennelmaster lost a leg and three dogs saving him from a lioness. In reward, the kennelmaster was granted a keep and his son taken as a squire. Two generations later, House Clegane gives Lord Twyin Lannister two of his most ferocious killers: Gregor and Sandor Clegane. Their sigil is three dogs on a golden field.

!!Ser Gregor Clegane
-->''"Her name was Elia of Dorne. First, I killed her screaming whelp. ''Then'' I raped her. Then I smashed her fucking head in. Like this." '''* [[BoomHeadshot CRUNCH]]* '''''

Called "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Mountain That Rides]]," Ser Gregor Clegane is the biggest man in Westeros. Apart from his freakish size, he is feared for his cruelty and unstoppable force on the battlefield. His most famous deed was smashing the baby Aegon's head apart against a wall and then raping his mother Princess Elia with the infant's brains still covering him before killing her. As the older brother to Sandor Clegane, he's responsible not only for Sandor's horrific burn scars, but also for the murder of their little sister and miserable childhood that made the Hound such a brutal and cynical man. He is a monster even among others, and his overlord Tywin Lannister often uses him as a scourge and enforcer to spread terror.

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: His fate at the hands of Oberyn Martell was absolutely horrific, but considering who Gregor is, it's not like he didn't earn it and then some.]]
* {{Autocannibalism}}: What he does to [[spoiler:Vargo Hoat]]. Gregor entertains himself by cutting off his victim's limbs and feeding them to him.
* AxCrazy: Highly unstable with a violent temper, Gregor is prone to flying into murderous rages at the slightest provocation. For example, in his second appearance, he is unhorsed by Ser Loras Tyrell in a joust, and after getting up he immediately grabs his sword, ''kills his horse'', and then attacks Ser Loras.
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: It is heavily hinted that he is the newest member of the Kingsguard, "Robert Strong". Who is eight feet tall and has conveniently taken a vow of silence until all of King Tommen's enemies are dead.]]
* TheBerserker: See AxCrazy.
* BigBrotherBully: A nightmarish variant.
* BlackKnight
* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting, especially the "hurting" and "killing" parts.
* TheBluebeard: Married two times. Wives have died under 'mysterious circumstances.' It's not hard to figure that one out with Gregor's... track record.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Doesn't remember his victim when Oberyn Martell accuses him of murdering his sister. Given Gregor's propensity for murder and rape, falling into this trope would be understandable, except that the woman in question was ''Princess'' Elia of Dorne, the wife of the former heir to all of Westeros.
** Subverted, he remembers killing Elia, he was just taunting Oberyn before [[spoiler:killing him]].
* CainAndAbel: Gregor and Sandor. The fact that Sandor, a murderer and (attempted) rapist who could easily qualify as the BigBad in any other story, ''is the Abel of this relationship'' tells you something about just how bad ''Gregor'' is.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He's quite fond of this, sometimes because he wants information, but as often as not because [[ForTheEvulz he just enjoys hurting people]].
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath: Gregor's poisoning at the hands of The Red Viper. The venom had eaten a hole in his side the size of a fist and his constant screams of agony kept the entire Red Keep awake. Qyburn surmises it was a poison likely enhanced by magic to prolong the victims suffering. After days of lingering in pure agony Gregor was ''then'' handed over to Qyburn, who brutally experimented on him until he finally expired.]]
* TheDreaded: Lampshaded by Lord Tywin. "No knight is more feared by our enemies."
* DumbMuscle: He doesn't talk too much so the reader doesn't get to see this but Jamie's POV has him thinking of Gregor as quite unintelligent.
* EvilIsBigger: He's quite probably the biggest man in Westeros.
* EvilerThanThou: He's bad enough that a face-off against [[SmugSnake Smug]] [[JustForPun Snake]] [[DepravedBisexual Oberyn]] "The Red Viper" [[AnythingThatMoves Martell]] leaves the guy who has a snake theme and likes to use poisoned weapons looking like a LovableSexManiac in comparison.
* FacePalmOfDoom: How he kills [[spoiler:Oberyn Martell]].
* FanNickName: "The Mountain That Rapes". [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Guess why]].
* ForTheEvulz: Gregor takes a sick pleasure in the rape, torture and slaughter of innocents, with looting as an afterthought. This is called "foraging" in polite conversation.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HeroKiller
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]
* ImplacableMan: For years he is infamous for being Tywin's indestructible knight who can kill anyone. However, [[spoiler:Gregor ends up being {{Hoist By His Own Petard}} when he is critically wounded and poisoned in a duel with Oberyn Martell, suffering unimaginable agony for weeks due to his physical resilience keeping him from dying. The trope seems to be played completely straight now that he is implied to be Qyburn's monstrous super-knight, Ser Robert Strong.]]
* ImmuneToDrugs: It is mentioned that he regularly took Milk of the Poppy to deal with migraine headaches, which made it less effective when Qyburn was treating him [[spoiler: after he got poisoned by Oberyn Martell]].
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: His slow and horrific death at the hands of Oberyn Martell's poisoned spear was a fitting end for a monster who had done nothing but spread unspeakable misery, fear and death his entire life]].
* KnightOfCerebus: His sigil is of three black dogs and he is unquestionably one of the realm's most dangerous men.
* {{Patricide}}: Heavily implied to have killed his father in a HuntingAccident.
* TheQuietOne: He's barely said anything onscreen but his [[AxCrazy character]] is well-established through his atrocities.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Referenced in-universe ConversationalTroping to highlight how repellent he really is. Seriously, Gregor is practically an {{Expy}} of [[SilentHill Pyramid Head]].
* SerialKiller: He murdered his father, his younger sister and his two wives. And members of his household. And numerous peasants. And many, many others.
** If not stopped, he would have probably killed his younger brother, who got off "just" with half his face being burned.
* SiblingYinYang: Gregor is a one-man checklist of monster traits; Sandor is... [[ALighterShadeOfGray kind of]] [[{{Jerkass}} a dick.]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality This fits]] [[CrapsackWorld the setting.]]
* SociopathicSoldier: Type 2, he only fights for Tywin because it gives him more opportunities to hurt people. In fact, it's implied he is a SerialKiller when he's not waging war, when he's at home many members of his household tend to go missing. In war, he also tends to surround himself with other soldiers of this type.
* SuperStrength: He's undoubtedly the most physically powerful "human" in the series, that doesn't rely on some form of magic. He can cave in a man's skull with a punch, wield a six foot long greatsword in one hand as though it were a dagger, and use it to cut men in plate mail in half. He's even broken pike lines on foot.
* TeensAreMonsters: He's been this way since at least his early teens.
* UngratefulBastard: As Sandor points out, Gregor had the great honor of being knighted by Rhaegar Targaryen. This still didn't stop him from later on brutally murdering Rhaegar's wife (whom he also raped) and son.
* [[WorldsStrongestMan World's Strongest Man]] Among other examples, he wields a gigantic two-handed greatsword one-handed, and at one point is noted as waving it around "like it was a dagger."
* WouldHitAGirl: Oh, he does ''far more'' than hit them.
* WouldHurtAChild: And ''how''.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Averted; Lord Tywin considers Tyrion's proposal to hand over Gregor in exchange for an alliance with Dorne, but concludes that his role as TheDreaded makes him too useful to get rid of. [[spoiler:At least until Gregor kills Oberyn Martell during their duel, leaving Tywin with no choice but to execute him to smooth over relations with Dorne. At least, he would have if Oberyn hadn't poisoned Gregor during their duel. As it was, Tywin tried and failed to have Gregor healed only so he could be killed at a proper execution]].

!!Sandor Clegane
-->''"There are no [[KnightInShiningArmor true knights]], no more than there are gods. If you can't protect yourself, die and get out of the way of those who can. [[MightMakesRight Sharp steel and strong arms rule this world]], don't ever believe any different."''

Called "The Hound," Sandor is the younger brother of Ser Gregor Clegane and the fiercely loyal bodyguard of Prince Joffrey. He is a badass but hideously scarred warrior with a brutally cynical attitude, and he hates his brother Gregor more than anything else. Built up in the first chapters as an unquestioningly obedient and sadistic enforcer of the Lannisters, he evolves into a very complex character. As of the end of the second book, he has ceased to work for Lannisters and has gone "rabid," wandering with no particular motive or allegiance. Despite his ugliness and callous behavior, he has deeply sympathetic traits. He currently has UnresolvedSexualTension with Sansa. Arguably one of the most complex and tormented characters and therefore is very popular amongst the fans.

* AnimalStereotypes / AppropriatedAppellation: Sandor is nicknamed "the Hound" and is often likened to a mad dog. Sandor gladly accepts this, and his helm is shaped like the head of a snarling dog. The sigil of House Clegane is three dogs on a yellow field, as his grandfather and his hunting dogs saved of his lord, and was knighted for it.
* AntiVillain: Type II.
* [[HeroesLoveDogs Anti-Villains Love Dogs]]
* TheAtoner: If [[spoiler: the gravedigger Brienne sees at the monastery is in fact him]], he may be going in this direction.
* BadAss
* BadassAndChildDuo: [[spoiler:Sandor and Arya.]]
* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: "Here's a brave man, baring steel on an unarmed captive. Untie me, why don't you? We'll see how brave you are then."]]
* BeastAndBeauty: Sandor and Sansa. PortmanteauCoupleName? "San-San".
* BigDamnHeroes: Gets a couple moments, a bit ironically considering his abhorrence of heroics. The first comes with his rescue of Loras Tyrell from Gregor; the second, his rescue of Sansa during the bread riots.
** Don't forget how he saved Arya's life at the Red Wedding, despite herself.

* BodyguardCrush: Seems to be reciprocal. Sandor obviously lusts after Sansa and displays apparent genuine affection for the "[[BrokenBird pretty little bird]]" in his tender actions towards her. Meanwhile Sansa, as mentioned in her entry, is developing affection for him in turn.
* BrutalHonesty: About the CrapsackWorld.
* CainAndAbel: Gregor and Sandor. Even though Sandor is the more ugly one, Gregor is definitely the more evil one.
* CoolHelmet: His most distinctive piece of equipment is a helmet shaped like a snarling dog. It's [[spoiler: eventually stolen by the outlaw Rorge, which leads to Sandor getting blamed for several atrocities he didn't commit.]]
* CynicalMentor: To Arya[[spoiler:, briefly.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: Gregor murdering their baby sister and burning half of Sandor's face off made the Hound a very cynical, violent man. Rhaegar Targaryen knighting Gregor soured Sandor on the whole idea of knighthood, hence why he never became a knight.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Of the UnexplainedRecovery variety, ''maybe''. It's too early to tell, but [[spoiler:clues on the Quiet Isle indicate that his NearDeathExperience has set him up for some serious CharacterDevelopment and that he's the limp gravedigger of the monastery. For one, he's living in a religious order when he previously disdained all gods, and there are definite parallels to be drawn between his situation and the Elder Brother's story about his own near-death moral awakening. The overall indication is that Sandor's on the path to [[TheAtoner becoming a more moral, less bloodthirsty person]]. Also fits with the lyrics of the hymn Sansa sang him in the second book and her prayer that the Mother find a way to soothe the fury in his soul.]]
* [[DontCallMeSir Don't Call Me Ser]]: Doesn't technically have the rank anyway, but he functions as a knight in everything but name, and as such, other knights and courtiers often address him as "ser". He hates it. Direct use of the trope name occurs when Sansa makes this mistake and he snaps, "Don't call me Ser." A result of his thuggish psycho brother being knighted -- by Rhaegar Targaryen no less, regarded as the personification of a KnightInShiningArmor.
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* EmotionalBruiser: In public he's very much TheStoic. [[ManlyTears In private...]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Half his face is horribly burned, which makes him even more threatening.
* InferredSurvival: The general consensus among fans; see LeftForDead below.
* InsistentTerminology: Repeatedly points out that he is ''not'' a knight. This is likely due to his brother gaining a knighthood at an early age, simply for being a murderous thug with a sword.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Oh, boy, does he sport a pair. And, is quite willing to try [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids tinting other people's lenses]]. Particularly, but not exclusively, Sansa's.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig Zagged]], averaging about to a JerkAss PsychoForHire with [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] and [[MoralityPet Morality Pets]].
* KickTheDog: "He ran. But not very fast."
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: A wound on Sandor's thigh festers, and he ends up too ill to stand. Instead of killing him as he begs, Sansa's sister Arya just walks away. While others have taken his distinctive helmet and get in Brienne's way -- she kills the outlaw Rorge who is disguised as "the Hound" -- she also notes a large man with a limp digging graves at a monastery...]]
* LightningBruiser: Jaime notes that what makes the Hound so dangerous is not only his brutality, but the fact that he is ''far'' quicker than a man his size has any right to be.
* MemeticBadass: In-universe. It helps that he's one of exactly four people to ever defeat the series' other MemeticBadass, Jaime.
* MoralityPet: Has two -- Sansa and Arya Stark.
* NearRapeExperience: The perpetrator. He gets so far as pinning Sansa down on the bed, knife at her throat. Later he admits, "I ''took'' the song, she never gave it. I meant to take her, too." The fact that he starts crying both during the near-rape and when later admitting to it suggests he has some... mixed feelings about the whole affair.
* NobleDemon: Has his own code of honor that revolves mostly around killing, but he refuses to approve of or follow some of the more evil actions done by his employers.
* ParentalSubstitute: Cersei believes this was what Joffrey was looking for in Sandor, since Robert wasn't so involved with him.
* PetTheDog: Several moments. Most notable are preventing Sansa from killing herself when she considers it, rescuing Sansa from the rioting mob, saving Arya from certain death at the Red Wedding, attempting to build a fire when Arya is sick despite his intense fear of fire, and actually crying while he threatens Sansa (and when he recalls threatening Sansa).
** He also seems on the way to aproach [[spoiler:Catelyn's death]] in a more gentle way, after seeing Arya's denial, but she cuts him short after a wolf dream.
-->'''Sandor:''' This thing about [[spoiler:your mother]]...
-->'''Arya:''' It doesn't matter. I know [[spoiler:she's dead]]. I saw [[spoiler:her]] in a dream.
* ProfessionalKiller
* RageHelm: His helmet is forged in the shape of a snarling dog.
* RedBaron: He's called "the Hound" in reference to both his family's coat of arms and his savage, unquestioning obedience.
* SiblingYinYang: It's a [[BlackAndGrayMorality grey and black]] Yin-yang, but "troubled and morally ambiguous" is still a diametric opposite of Gregor the mass-murdering rapist, who crossed the MoralEventHorizon at ''[[EnfanteTerrible twelve]]''.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Deserts the Kingsguard during the Battle of the Blackwater.
* [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou The Only One Allowed To Defeat My Brother]]: King Robert admits on his deathbed he was glad someone else told Sandor that Ned had sent forces out after his brother for this very reason. It was never confirmed, but the Hound indicated on several occasions that he was keen on the idea.
* TwoFaced: Subverted; most characters assume his disfigured face is indicative of him being a monster, but while he's far from heroic he's not nearly as bad as his (unscarred) brother Gregor.
* WhatTheHellHero: A bunch of heroic [[JustLikeRobinHood Robin Hood-alikes]] capture him and accuse everyone associated with the Lannisters of being murdering scumbags. ''[[Awesome/ASongOfIceAndFire He calls bullshit on them]]''. "NotSoDifferent now, are we?"
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Fire?]]: Afraid of fire ever since his brother burned his face. This is the impetus for his dereliction during the Battle of the Blackwater.

!!Polliver

A man-at-arms of House Clegane.

* {{Badass}}: Arya notes that he is a "grim, methodical fighter" who swung his longsword with "brutal precision".
* BeardOfEvil
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Killed by the Hound at the Inn at the Crossroads]].
* TheDragon: To The Mountain. He is left in command of Harrenhall when Ser Gregor is summoned to King's Landing.
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead: Well, half his head at least]].
* OnlyOneName: Due to being a commoner.

!!Rafford

A man-at-arms of House Clegane, better known as Raff the Sweetling.

* IronicNickname: He is not sweet at all.
* KickTheDog: Shoving a spear through a crippled Lommy Greenhands throat as he begs for help.
* OnlyOneName: Due to being a commoner.
* VillainsOutShopping: In ''A Feast For Crows'', Jamie sees him splashing around in a stream with a girl on his shoulders facing a similar pair, just having fun trying to knock each other down.

!!Shitmouth

A man-at-arms of House Clegane.

* OhCrap: Has one when he meets Jamie Lannister and exclaims "Well bugger me with a bloody spear!" and Jaime immediately requests someone hand Ser Ilyn a spear so he can shove it up Shitmouth's ass.
-->'''Shitmouth''': (eying the spear) Get away from me with that thing!
-->'''Jaime''': Well make up your mind.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* PunchClockVillain
* SirSwearsALot: How he got his nickname.
* TheDarkChick: For the Mountain's forces, due to his relatively decent (in-comparison) personality.
* TokenGoodTeammate: In comparison to the rest of the Mountain's men. He gives extra food to the prisoners they take if they ask nicely and doesn't mistreat them.

!!The Tickler

A man-at-arms of House Clegane who serves The Mountain as a torturer.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Stabbed to death by Arya at the Inn at the Crossroads, and she yells at him the same questions he asked his victims]].
* DualWielding: Uses a short sword and knife when fighting.
* TheEvilGenius: For the Mountain's men: he devises the torture methods used on their captives.
* KnifeNut: Has throwing knives and a regular one for fighting.
* TheNondescript: Arya thinks he could disappear in a crowd of three.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* {{Sadist}}
* TortureTechnician: He is Gregor Clegane's designated torturer, using a variety of horrible methods to inflict pain while asking the same litany of questions over and over until the prisoner dies. When he is not torturing, he is a perfectly mundane soldier.

[[folder: House Crakehall]]
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-> ''"None So Fierce"''
-->- '''Crakehall House Words'''

A noble house seated at Crakehall, located on the Searoad in the southwestern portion of the Westerlands. It is currently head by Lord Roland Crakehall. Their sigil is a black and white boar on a brown field.
!!!Tropes related to the Crakehall's
* FullBoarAction: Their sigil, and they are a famously robust and strong family.

!!Ser Lyle Crakehall

Second son of Roland Crakehall. Serves under Jamie Lannister in his campaign to end resistance in the Riverlands during ''A Feast for Crows''.

* TheBrute
* GlorySeeker
* InSeriesNickname: The "Strongboar".

[[folder: House Lefford]]

A noble house seated at Golden Tooth, which controls the mountain passage leading from the Westerlands to the Riverlands.

!!Lord Leo Lefford

Head of House Lefford and Lord of the Golden Tooth.

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[[folder: House Lorch]]

A landed knightly house currently headed by Ser Lorent Lorch. Their sigil is a black manticore on a white background, beneath a crimson chief with three gold coins.

!!Ser Amory Lorch

A brutal knight sworn to House Lannister.

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
* BlackKnight
* BloodKnight
* TheBrute: To Ser Gregor's TheDragon and Tywin's BigBad.
* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath:Forced to face a bear for Roose Bolton and the Bloody Mummers' entertainment.]]
* DirtyCoward: Sobs and screams all the way to his death.
* DumbMuscle
* [[spoiler:ExitPursuedByABear]]: And how!
* FatBastard
* ILied: He threatened to hang a beekeeper and his wife unless Beric Dondarrion surrendered to him. To no one's surprise, he killed all of them, hanging Dondarrion between the other two.
* {{Jerkass}}: He even raids the lands of lords and knights that have remained loyal to the Iron Throne.
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* MookLieutenant
* RapePillageAndBurn: Like Gregor, Lorch is in charge of [[DeadlyEuphemism "foraging"]], i.e. steal everything you can and burn the rest.
* SmugSnake
* WouldHurtAChild: He was the one who killed the four-year-old Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. He stabbed her ''fifty times'' because she [[DisproportionateRetribution kicked him]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: House Marbrand]]
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-> ''"Burning Bright"''
->- '''Marbrand House Words'''

A noble house seated at Ashemark. Their sigil is a burning tree on a smoky background.

!!Lord Damon Marbrand

Head of House Marbrand and Lord of Ashemark.

* TheGhost: Has yet to appear in the series.

!!Ser Addam Marbrand

Son of Damon and heir to House Marbrand. He is a childhood friend of Jamie Lannister.

* {{Badass}}
* CavalryOfficer: Commands Tywin Lannister's cavalry forces. Later does the same for Jamie.
* TheCaptain: Appointed as commander of the Goldcloaks after the Battle of the Blackwater, a job which he hates. After Jamie asks him to join him on his campaign to subdue the Riverlands, Addam eagerly quits his job to do so.
* MasterSwordsman

[[folder: House Payne]]

!!Ser Ilyn Payne

A knight who served in Tywin Lannister’s guard when he was Hand to King Aerys, he had his tongue cut out for remarking that Tywin was the one who ruled the kingdom. He was appointed as the King’s Justice under Robert Baratheon.
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* BaldOfEvil
* LeanAndMean
* MenCantKeepHouse: Jaime stops by his living quarters at one point and finds it filthy and full of vermin. Payne doesn't care.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong[=/=]PunchClockVillain: He kills people whenever ordered to because that's his job.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* OffWithHisHead: His method of execution, and is very good at it.
* PunnyName: Ser "Ill In Pain".
* SilentSnarker: Comes across this way to Jaime (and once openly laughs at him). This makes sense since the reason Ilyn got his tongue cut out was for [[BullyingADragon snarking about King Aerys]].
* TheSpeechless: His tongue was cut out under orders of the Mad King.
* TongueTrauma

!!Podrick Payne

A member of a lesser branch of House Payne, he was assigned to be Tyrion's squire following Tyrion's appointment as temporary Hand of the King.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's constantly nervous and flustered around people.
* AlliterativeName
* ApologizesALot
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: You wouldn't expect the constantly nervous, twelve-year-old boy to be able to [[spoiler:kill a member of the Kingsguard]] or take on members of the Brave Companions.
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Due to his constant nervousness, he's slow to pick up on Tyrion’s snark.
* IWillFindYou: A non-romantic example to [[spoiler:Tyrion]]. In the fourth book he follows Brienne because he believes [[spoiler:if she finds Sansa, he can find Tyrion]].
* ParentalAbandonment: His father died during the Greyjoy rebellion while his mother literally abandoned him when he was four. He had two {{Parental Substitute}}s who also died, the first while fighting in the Riverlands for Tywin, the second was executed for stealing a ham. After the second one died, Pod was handed over to Tyrion as a squire. Losing so many people is probably why he's so dedicated to [[spoiler:finding Tyrion]].
* TheQuietOne
* TagAlongKid: To [[spoiler:Brienne]] in ''AFeastForCrows''.
* UndyingLoyalty: He's Tyrion's squire and he takes his duty very seriously. [[spoiler:He's even trying to find Tyrion to serve him after Tyrion was falsely accused of killing Joffrey and rightly accused of killing the Hand of the King, Tywin Lannister]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: House Prester]]

A noble House in the Westerlands seated at Feastfires. Its current head is Lord Garrison Prester. Their sigil is a red ox on ermine.

!!Ser Forley Prester

Garrison’s cousin. He is part of Jamie Lannister’s army in the Riverlands.
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* ColonelBadass: The only Lannister commander to act competently when the camps besieging Riverrun were assaulted by Robb Stark’s forces, managing to withdrew with his forces intact and retreat back to the Golden Tooth.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: House Westerling]]
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-> ''"Honor Not Honors"''
-->- '''Westerling House Words'''

A noble house in the Westerlands seated at the Crag. They are an old house that has dwindled in influence and wealth over the centuries, to the point where they can no longer keep their castle’s defenses fixed, but are still a prideful family. While initially loyal to House Lannister in the War of Five Kings, they defected to House Stark when Robb Stark took the Crag and married Jeyne Westerling after having sex with her.

Their sigil is six white shells on a yellow background.

!!Lord Gawen Westerling

Head of House Westerling and Lord of the Crag.
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!!Sybell Westerling (nee Spicer)

Wife of Lord Gawen Westerling.
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* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch: She was complicit in the Red Wedding, and ensured that Jeyne did not get pregnant with Robb by giving her potions that decreased her fertility rather than ones that helped]].
* [[spoiler:FakeDefector]]
* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBitch]]
* [[spoiler:TokenEvilTeammate: She and her brother serve as this to the Westerlings, being complicit in the Red Wedding while the rest of their family were completely loyal to Robb]].

!!Ser Raynald Westerling

First son of Gawen Westerling and heir of the Crag.
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* BadassMustache
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody: He was shot with several crossbow bolts freeing Grey Wind during the Red Wedding, but the only sign of him afterwards was a blood trail leading to the river]].
* NiceGuy: He has an extremely cheerful attitude and becomes one of Robb's closest companions.

!!Elenya Westerling

Second daughter of Gawen Westerling.
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!!Rollam Westerling

Second son of Gawen Westerling. He serves as Robb's squire after he and Jeyne are married. [[spoiler:Now heir of the Crag following Raynald’s death]].
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[[/folder]]

* {{Badass}}: Arya notes that he is a "brutal, methodical fighter" who swung his longsword with "brutal precision".

* DualWielding: Uses a sword and knife when fighting.

* NiceHat: His most distinctive piece of equipment is a helmet shaped like a snarling dog. It's [[spoiler: eventually stolen by the outlaw Rorge, which leads to Sandor getting blamed for several atrocities he didn't commit.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: House Crakehall]]
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-> ''"None So Fierce"''
-->- '''Crakehall House Words'''

A noble house seated at Crakehall, located on the Searoad in the southwestern portion of the Westerlands. It is currently head by Lord Roland Crakehall. Their sigil is a black and white boar on a brown field.
!!!Tropes related to the Crakehall's
* FullBoarAction: Their sigil, and they are a famously robust and strong family.

!!Ser Lyle Crakehall

Second son of Roland Crakehall. Serves under Jamie Lannister in his campaign to end resistance in the Riverlands during ''A Feast for Crows''.

* TheBrute
* GlorySeeker
* InSeriesNickname: The "Strongboar".
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[[folder: House Lefford]]

A noble house seated at Golden Tooth, which controls the mountain passage leading from the Westerlands to the Riverlands.

!!Lord Leo Lefford

Head of House Lefford and Lord of the Golden Tooth.

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[[folder: House Lorch]]

A landed knightly house currently headed by Ser Lorent Lorch. Their sigil is a black manticore on a white background, beneath a crimson chief with three gold coins.

!!Ser Amory Lorch

A brutal knight sworn to House Lannister.

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
* BlackKnight
* BloodKnight
* TheBrute: To Ser Gregor's TheDragon and Tywin's BigBad.
* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath:Forced to face a bear for Roose Bolton and the Bloody Mummers' entertainment.]]
* DirtyCoward: Sobs and screams all the way to his death.
* DumbMuscle
* [[spoiler:ExitPursuedByABear]]: And how!
* FatBastard
* ILied: He threatened to hang a beekeeper and his wife unless Beric Dondarrion surrendered to him. To no one's surprise, he killed all of them, hanging Dondarrion between the other two.
* {{Jerkass}}: He even raids the lands of lords and knights that have remained loyal to the Iron Throne.
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* MookLieutenant
* RapePillageAndBurn: Like Gregor, Lorch is in charge of [[DeadlyEuphemism "foraging"]], i.e. steal everything you can and burn the rest.
* SmugSnake
* WouldHurtAChild: He was the one who killed the four-year-old Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. He stabbed her ''fifty times'' because she [[DisproportionateRetribution kicked him]].

[[folder: House Marbrand]]
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-> ''"Burning Bright"''
->- '''Marbrand House Words'''

A noble house seated at Ashemark. Their sigil is a burning tree on a smoky background.

!!Lord Damon Marbrand

Head of House Marbrand and Lord of Ashemark.

* TheGhost: Has yet to appear in the series.

!!Ser Addam Marbrand

Son of Damon and heir to House Marbrand. He is a childhood friend of Jamie Lannister.
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* {{Badass}}
* CavalryOfficer: Commands Tywin Lannister's cavalry forces. Later does the same for Jamie.
* TheCaptain: Appointed as commander of the Goldcloaks after the Battle of the Blackwater, a job which he hates. After Jamie asks him to join him on his campaign to subdue the Riverlands, Addam eagerly quits his job to do so.
* MasterSwordsman

[[folder: House Payne]]

!!Ser Ilyn Payne

A knight who served in Tywin Lannister’s guard when he was Hand to King Aerys, he had his tongue cut out for remarking that Tywin was the one who ruled the kingdom. He was appointed as the King’s Justice under Robert Baratheon.

* BaldOfEvil
* LeanAndMean
* MenCantKeepHouse: Jaime stops by his living quarters at one point and finds it filthy and full of vermin. Payne doesn't care.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong[=/=]PunchClockVillain: He kills people whenever ordered to because that's his job.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* OffWithHisHead: His method of execution, and is very good at it.
* PunnyName: Ser "Ill In Pain".
* SilentSnarker: Comes across this way to Jaime (and once openly laughs at him). This makes sense since the reason Ilyn got his tongue cut out was for [[BullyingADragon snarking about King Aerys]].
* TheSpeechless: His tongue was cut out under orders of the Mad King.
* TongueTrauma

!!Podrick Payne

A member of a lesser branch of House Payne, he was assigned to be Tyrion's squire following Tyrion's appointment as temporary Hand of the King.

* {{Adorkable}}: He's constantly nervous and flustered around people.
* AlliterativeName
* ApologizesALot
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: You wouldn't expect the constantly nervous, twelve-year-old boy to be able to [[spoiler:kill a member of the Kingsguard]] or take on members of the Brave Companions.
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Due to his constant nervousness, he's slow to pick up on Tyrion’s snark.
* IWillFindYou: A non-romantic example to [[spoiler:Tyrion]]. In the fourth book he follows Brienne because he believes [[spoiler:if she finds Sansa, he can find Tyrion]].
* ParentalAbandonment: His father died during the Greyjoy rebellion while his mother literally abandoned him when he was four. He had two {{Parental Substitute}}s who also died, the first while fighting in the Riverlands for Tywin, the second was executed for stealing a ham. After the second one died, Pod was handed over to Tyrion as a squire. Losing so many people is probably why he's so dedicated to [[spoiler:finding Tyrion]].
* TheQuietOne
* TagAlongKid: To [[spoiler:Brienne]] in ''AFeastForCrows''.
* UndyingLoyalty: He's Tyrion's squire and he takes his duty very seriously. [[spoiler:He's even trying to find Tyrion to serve him after Tyrion was falsely accused of killing Joffrey and rightly accused of killing the Hand of the King, Tywin Lannister]].

[[folder: House Prester]]

A noble House in the Westerlands seated at Feastfires. Its current head is Lord Garrison Prester. Their sigil is a red ox on ermine.

!!Ser Forley Prester

Garrison’s cousin. He is part of Jamie Lannister’s army in the Riverlands.

* ColonelBadass: The only Lannister commander to act competently when the camps besieging Riverrun were assaulted by Robb Stark’s forces, managing to withdrew with his forces intact and retreat back to the Golden Tooth.

[[folder: House Westerling]]
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-> ''"Honor Not Honors"''
-->- '''Westerling House Words'''

A noble house in the Westerlands seated at the Crag. They are an old house that has dwindled in influence and wealth over the centuries, to the point where they can no longer keep their castle’s defenses fixed, but are still a prideful family. While initially loyal to House Lannister in the War of Five Kings, they defected to House Stark when Robb Stark took the Crag and married Jeyne Westerling after having sex with her.

Their sigil is six white shells on a yellow background.

!!Lord Gawen Westerling

Head of House Westerling and Lord of the Crag.

!!Sybell Westerling (nee Spicer)

Wife of Lord Gawen Westerling.

* [[spoiler:EvilMatriarch: She was complicit in the Red Wedding, and ensured that Jeyne did not get pregnant with Robb by giving her potions that decreased her fertility rather than ones that helped]].
* [[spoiler:FakeDefector]]
* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBitch]]
* [[spoiler:TokenEvilTeammate: She and her brother serve as this to the Westerlings, being complicit in the Red Wedding while the rest of their family were completely loyal to Robb]].

!!Ser Raynald Westerling

First son of Gawen Westerling and heir of the Crag.

* BadassMustache
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody: He was shot with several crossbow bolts freeing Grey Wind during the Red Wedding, but the only sign of him afterwards was a blood trail leading to the river]].
* NiceGuy: He has an extremely cheerful attitude and becomes one of Robb's closest companions.

!!Elenya Westerling

Second daughter of Gawen Westerling.
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!!Rollam Westerling

Second son of Gawen Westerling. He serves as Robb's squire after he and Jeyne are married. [[spoiler:Now heir of the Crag following Raynald’s death]].
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Ruled by [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseLannister House Lannister]] from the city of Casterly Rock, the Westerlands is the richest region of Westros, being home to numerous gold and silver mines. Bordered by the Riverlands to the northeast and the Reach to the southeast, numerous mountains and hills along the border give the Westerlands natural defensive barriers. However, the coastline is flat and very vulnerable to assault, particularly by Ironborn raiders. Bastards in the Westerlands are given the surname "Hill".

A noble house in the Westerelands seated at Hornvale. Its current head is Lord Tytos Brax. The War of the Five Kings has taken its toll on the house, killing Lord Andros Brax and his second son Robert. Their sigil depicts a purple unicorn on a silver background.

!!Ser Florent Brax

A relatively new knightly house created by Lord Tytos Lannister after his kennelmaster lost a leg and three dogs saving him from a lioness. In reward, the kennelmaster was granted a keep and his son taken as a squire. Two generations later, House Clegane gives Lord Twyin Lannister two of his most ferocious killers: Gregor and Sandor Celgane. Their sigil is three dogs on a golden field.

* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: His slow and horiffic death at the hands of Oberyn Martell's poisoned spear was a fitting end for a monster who had done nothing but spread unspeakable misery, fear and death his entire life]].

A noble house seated at Crakehall, located on the Searoad in the southwestern portion of the Westerlands. It is currently head by Lord Roland Crakehall. Their sigil is a black and white boar on a brown field. Their house words are unknown.

A noble house seated at Ashemark. Their sigil is a burning tree on a smoky background. Their house words are unknown.

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[[folder: House Crakehall

* CynicismCatalyst: Gregor murdering their baby sister and burning half of Sandor's face off made the Hound a very cynical, violent man.

* CavalryOfficer: Commands Tywin Lannister's cavalry forces.

* ManipulativeBitch

* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]

Second son of Gawen Westerling [[spoiler:Now heir of the Crag following Raynald’s death]].

A landed knightly house currently head by Ser Lorent Lorch. Their sigil is a black manticore on a white background, beneath a crimson chief with three gold coins.

* TheBluebeard: Married two times. Wives have died under 'mysterious circumstances.' It's not hard to figure that one out with Gregor's...track record

A noble house in the Westerelands seated at Hornvale. Their sigil depicts a purple unicorn on a silver background.

Head of House Brax and Lord of Hornvale.

!!Lord Tytos Brax

First son of Andros and new Lord of Hornvale.

!!Robert Brax

Second son of Andros.
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* CharacterDeath: Killed at the Battle of the Fords.

!!Ser Florent Brax

Third son of Andros and the new heir to House Brax. He is married to Morya Frey and has three children.
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* CalvaryOfficer: Commands Tywin Lannister's calvary forces.

A noble House in the Westerlands seated at Feastfires. Their sigil is a red ox on ermine.

!!Lord Garrison Prester

Head of House Prester and Lord of Feastfires.
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* TheGhost