History Characters / GameOfThronesHouseStarkHousehold

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:In spite of losing his only son and many of his allies, Davos is one of the few characters in the series that has a happy ending. Even with all the dangers he's been through over the eight seasons, Davos ends the series as the newly crowned King Brandon's Master of Ships, happy with his position and role to help the kingdom, and presumably lives to a ripe old age.]]

A former smuggler who gained his knighthood by smuggling onions to the besieged Storm's End, garrisoned by Stannis and his men, during Robert's Rebellion. For the onions he was granted a knighthood and choice lands, for the smuggling Stannis cut off four fingers of his right hand (his left in the books; Liam Cunningham's a southpaw).

* WomenAreWiser: Partially a result of her being a CompositeCharacter, as explained above.

* HeroesLoveDogs: Justified because the family sigil is a direwolf.

* HeroesLoveDogs: Justified, because the family sigil is a direwolf.

* UncattyResemblance: Not physical, but behavioral. Like Jon Snow, Ghost is initially the unnoticed runt of the litter to individuals outside his family, but he's strong and loyal. Also like Jon, he has this habit of disappearing off to do his own thing without warning others and occasionally getting into hot water for it. Abandoning Jon may also not have been what it looked like, any more than Jon's [[FakeDefector "abandoning"]] of the the Watch to live with the Free Folk was. Whatever he got up to, this wolf probably had Reasons. Ghost's white fur is a subtle reference to Jon's biological father, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, who had the classic Targaryen look of silver hair, whereas Jon himself mostly resembles his mother Lyanna Stark.

* WorfHadTheFlu: The only reason Meryn Trant was able to kill him (assuming he truly is dead) is that Syrio was caught without any weapons or armor by the heavily armed and suited Ser Meryn. Arya basically invokes this trope later to defend Syrio's memory from The Hound when the latter basically describes Ser Meryn as one of the worst sword fighters.

* TheDogBitesBack: [[JustForPun Literally]] does this to Joffrey on Arya's behalf when he's bullying her.

* OddFriendship: With Stannis, Salladhor Saan, Shireen, Gendry and later Tormund Giantsbane.

* RagsToRiches: Grew up in Flea Bottom as the son of a crabber and was a smuggler. However Stannis knighted him as a reward for smuggling food into Storm's End and even made him their Hand. Stannis even tells him "You'll be the first crabber's son to ever be the hand of the King." All this before he even learns how to read.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Stannis.

* ArrestedForHeroism:
** In the old days, we would have called this trope 'The Davos.'

* BigDamnHeroes: Saving Bran from an assassin hired by [[spoiler: Litterfinger]].

* KilledOffscreen: Her execution was given a GoryDiscretionShot.

* SaltAndPepper: With Shaggydog, with him being the "white" one.

* SaltAndPepper: With Summer, with him being the "black" one.

* LoveTriangle: Happens multiple times for Brienne, [[Analysis/LoveTriangle types 4, 5, and 7]]:
** Type 4]]: She (a) is in love with Renly (b), but he and Loras (c) have already been a romantic couple for years, and she doesn't believe in any of the gossip surrounding them. While Renly is aware that Brienne is very loyal to him, it's unclear on the show if he ever suspected that she fancied him.
** A variation on Type 7: Brienne (c) and Cersei (b) both have strong feelings for Jaime (a). Jaime is in love and in a relationship with Cersei, but he also has ''some'' kind of mutual attraction to and BelligerentSexualTension with Brienne. Cersei notices this and takes a dislike to Brienne.
** A Type 5 that eventually becomes a Type 4, with Brienne (b) being in the middle this time: Tormund (a) has a huge crush on her, but she considers him to be an AbhorrentAdmirer and clearly loves Jaime (c), who ''does'' have feelings for her on some level but is currently with Cersei, whom he loves. However, in Season 8, [[spoiler:Jaime has left Cersei, leaving Jaime to compete for Brienne's attention with Tormund. Tormund is obviously jealous of Jaime's and Brienne's chemistry together and is heartbroken when she chooses Jaime over him, and Jaime, for his part, makes a remark about Tormund that Brienne notes makes ''him'' sound jealous, too. Jaime and Brienne finally act on their mutual feelings and get together (even though it doesn't last), to Tormund's heartbreak]].

* CanineCompanion: Sansa's direwolf. Like her siblings, Sansa is very fond of Lady and is proud she has such an awesome pet.

%% * ProperLady: Mirroring Sansa's personality.

%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Much like their respective owners, she's the GirlyGirl to Nymeria's tomboy.

* AdaptationDyeJob: His fur is grey in the novels. Season 1 keeps this look, but for the rest of the show keeps changing his fur colors until settling on yellowish-gold.

* BigDamnHeroes: Saving Bran from an assassin hired by Joffrey.
%% * CanineCompanion: To Bran.
* CanonDiscontinuity: The direwolf whose coat has varied the most during the show's run. From grey to brown to mostly white color.
%% * DemotedToExtra: In Season 2.

* AdaptationalWimp: In the books, Sansa gets scared and hugs Lady when they first meet Ilyn Payne and Sandor Clegane, but Lady stood her ground at growled at them, enough to scare everyone else. The show omits this.

* PapaWolf/MamaBear: Literally all the male pups, while Nymeria be the Mama Wolf instead of the MamaBear. It’s never wise to threaten the Stark children when they have their loyal and protective direwolves around at all times. Subverted with Lady, since she’s killed early off and never got the chance to protect Sansa.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the novels, his eyes are green. In the show, they’re yellow.

* CanisMajor: They're ''huge''.

* EvilDetectingDog: With maybe Lady as the sole exception. They are rarely heeded.

* MeaningfulName: The Stark sigil is a grey direwolf, and his owner ''was'' the heir and then became the Lord of Winterfell until his death.

* ActionGirl: Nymeria gives Joffrey a good thrashing. Becomes an ActionMom upon her one-off return in Season 7.
* ActionMom: When she returned in Season 7, she is seen with her numerous offsprings.

* AdaptationalWimp: The biggest and most unruly of the direwolves in the books who was feasting on unicorns in Skagos when we glimpsed him by tree-vision in Book 5, gets killed off-screen.

* OhCrap: When he sees that the single Lannister ship in the mouth of the Blackwater Rush is empty and pouring wildfire on the water.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:After several seasons of [[UnresolvedSexualTension Unresolved]] BelligerentSexualTension, Jaime and Brienne finally get together in Season 8's "The Last of the Starks". Brienne loses her virginity to Jaime, and she is the only woman Jaime's ever slept with besides [[{{Twincest}} his twin sister]]. Sadly, though, it only lasts until the end of this episode before Jaime leaves to return to King's Landing]].

* TheDulcineaEffect: Despite knowing Catelyn Stark for a very short time, Brienne almost immediately pledges her allegiance to her and spends a huge potion of the show's runtime trying to track down and protect Catelyn's daughters. Even after Catelyn, is killed, Brienne is still determined to see this task through.

* LoveTriangle: In later seasons, ends up in two:
** One with Jaime and Cersei: she and Cersei both have feelings for Jaime, who loves Cersei but also has ''some'' kind of mutual attraction to and BelligerentSexualTension with Brienne. Cersei notices this and takes a dislike to Brienne because of it.
** Brienne, of all people, ends up in the middle of one, with both Jaime and Tormund clearly being into her. It's especially evident when [[spoiler:the three share scenes together in Season 8, which results in the two of them somewhat competing for her attention. Tormund is obviously jealous of Jaime's and Brienne's chemistry together and is heartbroken when she chooses Jaime over him, and Jaime, for his part, makes a remark about Tormund that Brienne notes makes ''him'' sound jealous, too]].

* TriangRelations: Happens multiple times for Brienne:
** A Type 4: She (a) is in love with Renly (b), but he and Loras (c) have already been a romantic couple for years, and she doesn't believe in any of the gossip surrounding them. While Renly is aware that Brienne is very loyal to him, it's unclear on the show if he ever suspected that she fancied him.
** A variation on Type 7: Brienne (c) and Cersei (b) both have strong feelings for Jaime (a). Jaime is in love and in a relationship with Cersei, but he also has feelings for Brienne on some level, which quickly leads to Brienne gaining Cersei's enmity.
** A Type 5 that eventually becomes a Type 4, with Brienne (b) being in the middle this time: Tormund (a) has a huge crush on her, but she considers him to be an AbhorrentAdmirer and clearly loves Jaime (c), who ''does'' have feelings for her on some level but is currently with Cersei, whom he loves. However, in Season 8, [[spoiler:Jaime has left Cersei, and he and Brienne finally act on their mutual feelings and get together (even though it doesn't last), to Tormund's heartbreak]].

* {{Cool Pet}}s: They're massive, powerful wolf-like creatures endlessly loyal to their masters.

* CoolPet: Like the other Direwolves, he's one for Jon Snow.

* CoolPet: For Arya.

* AnAxeToGrind: Wields an axe when she fights Robb.