History Characters / GameOfThronesHouseMartell

* HateSink: The narrative makes it very clear that Ellaria’s actions are irrational, shortsighted, and against Oberyn’s wishes. And after killing his brother and nephew, Ellaria has officially joined the ranks of the [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating Freys and the Boltons]].

* FamousLastWords: "My son... Trystane."

* FamousLastWords: "Elia Martell! You ''raped'' her! You ''murdered'' her! ''You killed her children!'' SAY IT! SAY HER NAME! ''SAY IT!''"

** To Ser Loras Tyrell. They share a lot in common: both are formidable warriors who hail from a relatively liberal region of Westeros, non-heterosexual, are in a loving relationship with a person that they can't marry, dearly care about their only sister, brothers of a queen, hate the Lannisters, but are nevertheless allied to the family through political marriage, driven by revenge after the murder of a loved one, and dress in a manner which would be considered somewhat effeminate by people outside of their homeland. However, Oberyn is more passionate, with barely restrained TranquilFury and quite clear about his true feelings and sexuality. Loras is calm and restrained for the most part, more attentive to decorum and his responsibilities to his family at a DeadlyDecadentCourt, so he tries his best to conceal his true feelings and orientation beneath a genteel facade, becoming a StepfordSmiler with a lot of SuppressedRage.

* CultureClash: According to Oberyn in the History and Lore video, Elia found the shock of living in the WretchedHive capital and the DeadlyDecadentCourt hard to live in, since she was raised in the much more open and warmhearted environment of Dorne.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Oberyn states that she genuinely loved her husband, but he "[[YourCheatingHeart left her for another woman]]" – Lyanna Stark. In Season 7, it's revealed that Rhaegar had their marriage annulled so he could marry Lyanna.

** To Cersei. Ellaria can enjoy an open relationship and have children with a man who is not her husband, while Cersei has to hide it. After Oberyn's death, she becomes just as vindictive and underhanded as Cersei, and perhaps even worse than her in some ways.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Ellaria was always feisty, but she was less HotBlooded than Oberyn and even kept him somewhat in line. After his death, she becomes much more vindictive and rage-driven.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Punched so hard all his front teeth fly out, then has his eyes gouged out and skull crushed by The Mountain while fully conscious and screaming.

* BadassBisexual: He's openly bisexual and openly badass.

* SmugSnake: Puns aside, she and the Sand Snakes are none too pleased with themselves for their successful plot against Doran Martell, but they not only fail to recognize that Dorne going to war to take revenge on the Lannisters will accomplish absolutely nothing, but also that it is an ''incredibly'' bad idea which will likely kill thousands and which could very easily backfire on them. In Season 7, it does, Euron Greyjoy kills two of the Sand Snakes and Cersei poisons Tyene with the same poison used to kill Myrcella and forces Ellaria to watch her daughter die until she rots in chains.

* AssholeVictim: Though Cersei is a worse person and Ellaria's fate is pretty horrific, let's not forget that Ellaria murdered Myrcella, who was an innocent little girl. She also murdered the rest of the Martell family to seize power for herself. She brought this fate on herself.

* BastardBastard: As her surname 'Sand' suggests, she's the bastard daughter of a Dornish nobleman. Unlike the other bastards in the cast, she really doesn't let this bother her at all, thanks to Dorne's far more casual attitude towards illegitimate children. However, she eventually takes this privileges too far and goes off the deep end by murdering Myrcella and then killing off legitimate Martells and completing a Palace Coup.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In Season 5, her long curls are gone and replaced with a shorter hairdo that makes her look tougher.

* HateSink: The narrative makes it very clear that Ellaria’s actions are irrational, shortsighted, and against Oberyn’s wishes. And after killing his brother and nephew, Ellaria has officially joined the ranks of the [[ZeroPerCentApprovalRating Freys and the Boltons]].

* SmugSnake: She and the Sand Snakes are too pleased with themselves for their successful plot against Doran Martell, but they not only fail to recognize that Dorne going to war to take revenge on the Lannisters will accomplish absolutely nothing, but also that it is an ''incredibly'' bad idea which will likely kill thousands and which could very easily backfire on them. In Season 7, it does, Euron Greyjoy kills two of the Sand Snakes and Cersei poisons Tyene with the same poison used to kill Myrcella and forces Ellaria to watch her daughter die until she rots in chains.
* TheSociopath: By the time of Season 5 to Season 6, she becomes this. Cold, unfeeling, manipulative, feigning good intentions and superficial charm, and killing remorselessly and gloating over the dead bodies of her own relatives. She does, however, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes still love her daughter very much]], suggesting she's not completely unfeeling.

* FatalFlaw: His lust for vengeance clouds his better judgment at the most crucial moment. Had he simply killed Gregor, which he could have done near-effortlessly, he'd have emerged from his fight unscathed.

* BiTheWay: Quoth D&D, "The boys love him, the girls love him, and he loves them all back." Dorne's more relaxed culture allows him to be far more open about his sexuality than he would be if he were from just about anywhere else in Westeros, except perhaps Highgarden.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is first seen at a brothel picking out a prostitute for a threesome with himself and Ellaria. [[BiTheWay He then propositions Olyvar for a foursome]]. When a Lannister soldier interrupts his foreplay by singing "The Rains of Castamere," Oberyn casually stabs him through the wrist (reminding them that longswords make poor weapons in close quarters), then goes back to making out with Ellaria after he runs away. He also tells the Lannister guard that he'll live if he gets medical attention quick enough, showing that for all his love for fighting [[PetTheDog he's not needlessly cruel.]]

* BiTheWay: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is helping Oberyn pick which female prostitute they'll hire together. In Season 7, she locks lips with Yara as well while flirting with Theon at the same time.

* FatalFlaw: [[DidNotThinkThisTheough Stupidity born of a lack of or inadequate prescience.]] It screws him over twice in his few appearances. After seeing the blood on Jaime and Bronn's clothes, he immediately reaches for his sword and gets socked in the face. Surely he must have known that Jaime was TheKingslayer and trying to take him on would be a death wish. Later on, his two bastard cousins have come to assassinate him and he decides to [[TooDumbToLive turn his back on the one with the spear because he wanted an honorable fight. This earns him a window through his skull.]]

* AllForNothing: He wanted revenge on the Lannisters and Gregor Clegane, but his actions indirectly lead to his house's death by his lover and bastards, who also die afterwards -- and Gregor is still kicking and committing plenty of atrocities. He could have simply agreed to Tywin's offer to at least have Gregor executed, but he wanted full scale revenge and a painful death for Gregor.

* AdaptationalHeroism: His apparent desire to let bygones be bygones and not go to war over the death of Elia and Oberyn turns out to be a ruse in the novels; he has in fact secretly been planning revenge against the Lannisters for nearly twenty years via supporting a Targeryen restoration and actually gets the Sand Snakes on his side after revealing this (to be fair, the Book!Snakes are nowhere near as [[AdaptationalVillainy horrible as their show counterparts.)]] In the series, he's completely sincere in his desire for peace and forgiveness.

* BloodKnight: He's spirited when told by Prince Doran that he'll have to use his axe again, after being idle a long time in that regard. When Areo meets Jaime, he declares that he would have very much enjoyed fighting the Lannister back when Jaime had his sword hand.[[labelnote:From the books]] Book!Areo was a Bearded Priest and while he indeed was highly alert and constantly assessed his opponents, it was merely part of his work as a bodyguard and his personality was that of a largely peaceful man bound to duty and service rather than someone who looked for a fight.[[/labelnote]]

* MinorMajorCharacter: He is one of the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, and he only shows up for one scene, doesn't talk save for voicing his approval to elect Bran as king and his name is not even mentioned. Basically, he's the ruling Westerosi house lord with the smallest amount of screentime and exposition in the entire show. He shows up in the finale not because he is an important character to the plot in and of himself, but in order to show that Dorne has not been completely forgotten.

* MinorMajorCharacter: He is one of the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, and he only shows up for one scene, doesn't talk save for voicing his approval to elect Bran as king and his name is not even mentioned. Basically, he's the ruling Westerosi house lord with the smallest amount of screentime and exposition in the entire show. He shows up not because he is an important character to the plot in and of himself, but in order to show that Dorne has not been completely forgotten.

* MinorMajorCharacter: He is one of the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, and he only shows up for one scene and his name is not even mentioned. Basically, he's the ruling Westerosi house lord with the smallest amount of screentime and exposition in the entire show. He shows up not because he is an important character to the plot in and of himself, but in order to show that Dorne has not been completely forgotten.

* RememberTheNewGuy: He's never been mentioned in the show prior to Season 8, specially not in the Dorne storyline, where it seemed all Martells were dead. However, Varys does mention him in Season 8 before his appearance in the last episode.

* MinorMajorCharacter: He is one of the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, and he only shows up for one scene and his name is not even mentioned. Basically, he's the ruling Westerosi house lord with the smallest amount of screentime and exposition in the entire show.

* RememberTheNewGuy: He's never been mentioned in the show prior to Season 8, specially not in the Dorne storyline, where it seemed all Martells were dead.

The new prince who took over Dorne after the demise of Ellaria Sand.

* DemocracyIsBad: Like the other remaining lords of Westeros, he scoffs at Sam Tarly, for the latter has ideas a little too advanced for the MedievalStasis of Westeros, that is, proto-democracy, when it comes to [[ElectiveMonarchy elect a new king]] at the very end of the show.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Like the other remaining lords of Westeros, he scoffs at Sam Tarly, for the latter has ideas a little too advanced for the MedievalStasis of Westeros, that is, proto-democracy, when it comes to [[ElectiveMonarchy elect a new king]] at the very end of the show.

* RememberTheNewGuy: He's never been mentioned in the Dorne storyline of the show prior to Season 8.