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* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Downplayed; Robb has grey streaks in his hair due to the stresses of ruling the North exacerbated by [[spoiler:the invasion of the Others and the uneasy peace with the Iron Throne.]]

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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Catelyn's dying vision shows him holding a child]].
* BigGood: Serves as one for the story being the leader of the forces opposed to the Lannisters.

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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Catelyn's dying vision shows him holding a child]].
child. It's implied that it's his daughter with Margaery, Jeyne.]]
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Played with. [[spoiler:Robb is initially dumbfounded when Margaery gives birth to a daughter and plans on naming her Jeyne, as Robb still hurts from his first wife's death. However, when it becomes clear to him that Margaery is not only serious about it, but that she did so to honor her predecessor, the two begin warming up to each other.]]
* BigGood: Serves as one for the story being the leader of the forces opposed to the Lannisters. [[spoiler:He also later serves as one of the leaders of the forces of humanity against the Others.]]


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* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:Like with most of the Freys who stayed loyal to Robb, he takes on the house name of Truefaith.]]
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Rather than black or dark, her eyes are amber-colored.
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* EvilIsPetty: She relentlessly bullied Lysa and talked Jon Arryn into confining her to "Literature/TheYellowWallpaper"-style bedrest because Lysa was once proposed as a match for Jaime. After [[spoiler:Sansa is recaptured]] she gives her nothing to wear but old clothes she's outgrown until Olenna Tyrell makes a pointed remark to Kevan about it.

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* EvilIsPetty: She relentlessly bullied Lysa and talked Jon Arryn into confining her to "Literature/TheYellowWallpaper"-style bedrest because Lysa was once proposed as a match for Jaime. After [[spoiler:Sansa is recaptured]] recaptured]], she gives her nothing to wear but old clothes she's outgrown until Olenna Tyrell makes a pointed remark to Kevan about it.



* AllForNothing: Tywin dedicated his life to making House Lannister the dominant House in Westeros and dreamed of his blood ruling the continent. [[spoiler: All his children and grandchildren end up dying ending his bloodline (with his children all killing each other!!). Tywin's enemies the Starks and Targaryens rule Westeros. House Lannister far from dominating the Seven Kingdoms like Tywin wanted end up losing their traditional seat of Casterly Rock to the Lyddens and their rule of the Westerlands. What's more it was Tywin's own brutality, greed, and horrible parenting that ended up damaging the Lannisters in ways his father Tytos's weakness never did.]]

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* AllForNothing: Tywin dedicated his life to making raising House Lannister Lannister's standing to the dominant House in Westeros and dreamed of his blood ruling the continent. [[spoiler: All [[spoiler:All his children and grandchildren end up dying dying, ending his bloodline (with his children all killing each other!!). bloodline, and Tywin's enemies enemies, the Starks and Targaryens Targaryens, rule Westeros. Furthermore, House Lannister far from dominating the Seven Kingdoms like Tywin wanted end ends up losing their traditional seat of Casterly Rock to the Lyddens and their rule of the Westerlands. Lyddens. What's more more, it was Tywin's own brutality, greed, and horrible parenting that ended up damaging the Lannisters in ways his father Tytos's weakness never did.didn't.]]



* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler: After Mordryd Lydden takes Casterly Rock he has Tywin's corpse exhumed and personally flushes it down a privy.]]

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* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler: After Mordryd Lydden takes Casterly Rock Rock, he has Tywin's corpse exhumed and personally flushes it down a privy.]]



* SpannerInTheWorks: Elia throws a massive wrench into Varys and Illyrio's schemes by [[spoiler:managing to save both her children meaning that Varys and Illyrio's Aegon is exposed as a fraud.]]

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Elia throws a massive wrench into Varys and Illyrio's schemes by [[spoiler:managing to save both her children children, meaning that Varys and Illyrio's Aegon is exposed as a fraud.]]
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* DeadGuyJunior: [[His firstborn child with Margaery is named Jeyne in honor of his first wife, at Margaery's own suggestion.]]

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* DeadGuyJunior: [[His [[spoiler:His firstborn child with Margaery is named Jeyne in honor of his first wife, at Margaery's own suggestion.]]
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* DeadGuyJunior: [[His firstborn child with Margaery is named Jeyne in honor of his first wife, at Margaery's own suggestion.]]

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* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler: He loses the fourth and fifth toes on his right foot from gangrene after riding out in the middle of a blizzard causes his horse to fall and crush his foot.]]



* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:He undergoes a big one after enduring a multitude of harrowing situations, culminating in Howland Reed revealing to him that Lyanna Stark is his mother.]]

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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:He undergoes a big one after enduring a multitude of harrowing situations, culminating in Howland Reed revealing to him that Lyanna Stark is his mother. Learning the last fact leads to him riding out in the middle of a blizzard, uncaring of whether it would kill him.]]



* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Almost as bad as Tywins. After being strangled by Jaime, Cersei asphyxiates in the middle of a sewer in Casterly Rock.]]

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* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Almost as bad as Tywins.Tywin's. After being strangled by Jaime, Cersei asphyxiates in the middle of a sewer in Casterly Rock.]]



* BullyingADragon: Tyrion very foolishly pushes Cersei way too far, breaking her arm and threatening to choke her to death. [[spoiler: It gets him killed.]]

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* BullyingADragon: Tyrion very foolishly pushes Cersei way too far, breaking her arm and threatening to choke her to death. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It gets him killed.]]
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* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Almost as bad as Tywins. After being strangled by Jaime, Cersei asphyxiates in the middle of a sewer in Casterly Rock.

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* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Almost as bad as Tywins. After being strangled by Jaime, Cersei asphyxiates in the middle of a sewer in Casterly Rock. ]]

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* NeverMyFault: Despite planning for Myrcella [[spoiler: to unwittingly suicide bomb Olyvar, Cersei blames him as well as Ser Arys for her death. She later blames her father and Jaime for Sansa marrying Olyvar ignoring that she was the one who arranged it and it was her insistence of putting Sansa on trial that let it happen.]]

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* NeverMyFault: Despite planning for Myrcella [[spoiler: to unwittingly suicide bomb Olyvar, Cersei blames him as well as Ser Arys for her death. She later blames her father and Jaime for Sansa marrying Olyvar ignoring that she was the one who arranged it and it was her insistence of putting Sansa on trial that let it happen. The author has called her refusal to accept responsibility for her mistakes one of her biggest flaws.]]


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* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Almost as bad as Tywins. After being strangled by Jaime, Cersei asphyxiates in the middle of a sewer in Casterly Rock.


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* BullyingADragon: Tyrion very foolishly pushes Cersei way too far, breaking her arm and threatening to choke her to death. [[spoiler: It gets him killed.]]
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* LyingByOmission: He gives a vague response to Cortnay Penrose's sister that doesn't deny the rumor that [[spoiler:he killed Stannis]].

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* LyingByOmission: He gives a vague response to When Cortnay Penrose's sister that doesn't deny asks him about the rumor that [[spoiler:he killed Stannis]].he [[spoiler:killed Stannis]], his answer implies that he did without outright saying so.
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* LyingByOmission: He gives a vague response to Cortnay Penrose's sister that doesn't deny the rumor that [[spoiler:he killed Stannis]].

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* DeadGuyJunior: According to the author, his eldest daughter is named for Gwendolyn.

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* DeadGuyJunior: According to the author, his His eldest and favorite daughter is named for Gwendolyn.


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* FamilyThemeNaming: He and all of his children have Arthurian names.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler:He vents to Jon about his resentment toward the lords of the Vale for sitting on the fence until after the Red Wedding, the Tyrells for keeping the Lannisters afloat until Cersei turned on them, and Margaery in particular for making him an offer of marriage he felt unable to refuse.]]

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler:He vents to Jon about his resentment toward the lords of the Vale for sitting on the fence until after the Red Wedding, the Tyrells for keeping the Lannisters afloat until Cersei turned on them, and Margaery in particular for making him an offer of marriage he felt unable to refuse. He's also not amused by the fact that his alliance with House Targaryen essentially leaves his kingdom to take the brunt of the Others' offensive while Aegon finalizes his conquest of the South in the meantime.]]



* PutOnABus: In a sense. Her role in the overall story ends after Sansa, Olyvar and company depart for Westeros, and the rest of Book IV and Book V focus exclusively on Westeros.



* DueToTheDead: He surreptitiously donates a large sum for the faithful of Harrenhal to say prayers for his sister.

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* DueToTheDead: He surreptitiously donates a large sum for the faithful of Harrenhal to say prayers for his sister. [[spoiler:He also gives Cersei and Jaime the dignity of a proper interment, burying them together in the crypt their father Tywin used to occupy.]]

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