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** Tywin Lannister. Both of them are powerful, competent, and highly respected lords with a lot of sway in Kings Landing, but their methodologies are almost complete opposites. Eddard rules with respect and justice, Tywin rules through fear. Eddard leads by example, Tywin delegates. Both men value their families, but where Eddard loves all of his children unconditionally, Tywin approaches paternal duties as a cold necessity. They also both place a high value on honor, but whereas for Eddard that means always doing the right thing, Tywin is more concerned with his reputation.

** Arya Stark. Despite being the only one of Cat's children not to take after her physically, and her TomboyPrincess attitude not much resembling Cat's ProperLady one, it's clear that Arya inherited a lot of personality traits from her mother: her HotBlooded nature, her tendency to be more practical and cynical than the rest of their family, and less inclined to follow HonorBeforeReason, her strong sense of justice that often translates into a desire for vengeance, and her ability to hold a grudge. However, Cat was the eldest child and PromotedToParent very young, meaning she grew up [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask wearing the queenly mask]], and so the traits she shares with her daughter only really become apparent as she becomes increasingly traumatised. Arya, being a middle child with two parents, and then later [[spoiler:being separated from her family]], is able to be [[RebelliousPrincess rebellious]] a lot longer. [[spoiler:After they both believe most of their family is dead, they both end up on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]]. Arya is also one of the least class-conscious people in Westeros, easily making friends such as Mycah (the butcher's boy), Hot Pie, and Gendry, whereas Catelyn is, despite her generally compassionate nature, more classist -- being put a bit out of sorts by illegitimate children (as they remind her of her husband's own [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]] Jon Snow by an [[MissingMom unknown woman]], a woman who Catelyn feared Ned loved more than her due to Ned's fierce protectiveness over Jon) and her reference to the smallfolk [[spoiler:Edmure lets take shelter in Riverrun]] as 'useless mouths' (understandable, given [[spoiler:the castle was about to be besieged]], but still).

** Cersei Lannister. Brinne provides a counterpoint as the other important woman in Jaime's life. Brienne is precisely everything Cersei is not; ugly where Cersei is beautiful, honorable where Cersei is treacherous, a warrior where Cersei is a plotter. Brienne is physically grotesque but noble in spirit, while Cersei is beautiful but monstrous. The more Jaime distances himself in spirit from Cersei, the closer he becomes in spirit to Brienne.

** Stannis Baratheon. Both are second sons with a strong sense of duty, both helped Robert Baratheon greatly during his rebellion, and both rule grim and harsh areas of Westeros. Both try to clean up the corruption in the realm. However, Stannis knows that being brutal is necessary, which enables him to survive longer. Ned is liked by Robert as a brother, while Robert doesn't get on with his actual brothers and is on especially bad terms with Stannis. Ned's accomplishments in the Rebellion are admired, Stannis does not receive appreciation for his less glamorous role. Robert names Ned as Hand instead of Stannis, a title Ned didn't want, while Stannis resented not being considered for the position after all the help he had given Robert. Both are considered traitors by the majority of the realm but are, in reality, among the most moral and principled characters in a CrapsackWorld.
** Kevan Lannister. Both are highly capable and basically decent -- or at least, principled -- men who are loyal to less scrupulous, more murderous lords they regard as family (Robert and Tywin, respectively, though Tywin actually ''is'' Kevan's family), generally ignoring the faults that ultimately get those men killed (ie. their whoring and their treatment of the ''rest'' of their family) because they think said men deserve to be in charge -- Ned gets a twofer since he thinks his older brother Brandon would have been a better head of House Stark, just as Kevan thought that Tywin was most suited to heading House Lannister. They both show themselves to be good family men who genuinely love their family. [[spoiler:Both men die pretty much because they followed their principles and both men's' deaths serve mainly to make Westeros more unstable; its less direct with Ned, but both are also killed by children.]]

** Davos Seaworth. See below.
** Roose Bolton. Ned loves his bastard son Jon Snow, openly acknowledges him as his child, and raises Jon in his home castle as part of the family alongside his trueborn children, giving Jon a highborn upbringing. Roose, on the other hand, treats his bastard son Ramsay very poorly, leaves Ramsay to his peasant mother, and only gives her money to keep Ramsay ''away'' from his home castle, refusing to acknowledge him until he has no other choice. Both Ned and Roose strongly follow the old ways of the First Men. For Ned, that means prioritizing the well-being of his subjects; for Roose, that means [[DroitDuSeigneur raping lowborn women]] on the basis of archaic, outlawed traditions. They also both married a woman from the Riverlands as part of a wartime alliance and ended up happy in those marriages.

** Stannis Baratheon. They both believe in doing their duty, even if they hate it and how much doing it costs them. They also end up taking dark paths because of it. Stannis starts to dabble in BloodMagic and HumanSacrifice while Catelyn [[spoiler: becomes utterly fixated on revenge when she [[CameBackWrong returns from death]] as Lady Stoneheart, and commits indiscriminate murders along the way.]]
** Tywin Lannister. Both Catelyn and Tywin practically raised their siblings by themselves and in both cases, their siblings were not up to par; when it comes to their children, both their legacies went down after a series of their own mistakes. Also, they are abusive towards a family member that they consider unworthy (Jon Snow and Tyrion), they have a son who is crippled/stunted (Bran and Tyrion again), have adventurous sons who are heirs to the family name (Jaime and Robb), a rebellious daughter (Arya and Cersei) and a princess-like daughter (Sansa and Cersei again).
** Theon Greyjoy. Both are foreigners at Winterfell, having come to the North from very different cultures which follow different gods (the Seven and the Drowned God, respectively), and both still feel like outsiders because of this. However, Catelyn -- as Lady Stark and the wife of the warden of the North -- is clearly an integral part of the family, whereas Theon -- as the Starks' hostage -- clearly isn't. Both have somewhat [[GoingNative Gone Native]] as well. Their respective homelands, the Riverlands and the Iron Islands, are both associated with water, and have a long but troubled history together: the Riverlands had been ruled by the Ironborn prior to Aegon's Conquest, but very unhappily, and both Catelyn and Theon's families only became rulers of their respective regions of Westeros thanks to Aegon's destruction of House Hoare. Both have a very bitter attitude towards Jon Snow fueled partly by jealousy: Theon's jealousy of Jon's acceptance by his father and siblings and as one of the Stark children, despite his illegitimate status, while Catelyn fears Ned might have loved Jon's [[MissingMom mother]] more than her. Theon is a StepfordSmiler whereas Catelyn is TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask, but both attitudes are a way of hiding all their doubts and insecurities behind a facade, until it [[SanitySlippage starts to eat away at their sanity]] and severely hampers their decision making. Catelyn is utterly devoted to others, namely her family, whereas Theon is very selfish. However, [[spoiler:[[HourGlassPlot after her family's deaths, Catelyn devotes her]] [[CameBackWrong 'life']] [[HourGlassPlot to pursuing her own need for vengeance, whereas Theon has been broken and brainwashed into considering himself worthless and only]] [[FateWorseThanDeath 'lives']] [[HourGlassPlot for his captor, Ramsay]]]]. Both are physically beautiful, [[spoiler:but undergo a death either [[LossOfIdentity symbolic]] or [[BackFromTheDead literal]] that leaves them horrifically mutilated, white-haired, sallow-skinned and CoveredInScars]]. Both adopt new names after this. As [[spoiler:Lady Stoneheart,]] Cat becomes the embodiment of RevengeBeforeReason, pursuing a twisted form of justice against the people she considers responsible for her family's demise in such a way it's impossible for most readers to consider her actions at all just, whereas [[spoiler:as Reek]] Theon receives a dose of LaserGuidedKarma so cruel and disproportionate it's impossible for most readers to consider it justice for his crimes.

** Rhaegar Targaryen. Both are [[WarriorPrince Warrior Princes]] widely thought of as TheAce and BigGood, with a HundredPercentAdorationRating, and are in-universe [[MemeticBadass Memetic Badasses]]. Both made bad decisions in regards to a woman (Rhaegar eloping with/kidnapping Lyanna Stark, Robb [[spoiler:marrying Jeyne Westerling]]) that required breaking marriage-related vows (Rhaegar's vows to Elia Martell, Robb's [[spoiler:marriage alliance with the Freys]]) and ultimately [[spoiler:got them killed]]. They were both possibly motivated by family history regarding childbearing (Rhaegar's wish to fulfill the Prince That Was Promised prophecy, Robb fear of siring a bastard like his father). After their deaths, former supporters remain deeply devoted to their memories, and [[spoiler:plot to put their heirs (Aegon VI and Rickon Stark) on the throne]]. Both are entirely shown to us from others' perspectives -- Robb is one of two Starks (the other being Rickon) who is not a viewpoint character and Rhaegar is one of the most notable [[PosthumousCharacter Posthumous Characters]], leaving both subject to a lot of AlternateCharacterInterpretation. Both Robb and Rhaegar are also brothers to two characters who are often speculated to be TheChosenOne (Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen respectively, see below.)

** Daenerys Targaryen. Sansa is what would have happened to Daenerys if Daenerys didn't have the mechanisms to fight back and if she weren't surrounded by prophecy. It's fair to point out that Dany greatly relied in the charity of others to survive up to the events of ''A Game of Thrones'' and these same people might be pushing these gifts for her to fulfill said prophecy. While Sansa is largely a political pawn, Dany has several people on her back trying to make her an ideological pawn. Both see themselves as dissatisfied with their aspirations once they fulfill them: Sansa has dreamt of a courtly, glamorous life; Dany was told all her life she is a natural-born leader who is meant to rule -- but once they come to realize these aspirations, they both find out that the reality of their aspirations is far more crushing, dangerous and difficult than either of them could know. Both are very attractive but have found little advantage to it. Both have been separated from their families. Sansa has four brothers (Robb, Jon, Rickon and Bran) who love her while Daenerys' own brother (Viserys) uses her as a pawn and treats her poorly. [[spoiler: In more recent events, both Sansa and Daenerys are trying to shed their personae and become more pragmatic... only that Dany has dragons and hasn't used them fully.]]
** Brienne of Tarth. See below.

** Daenerys Targaryen. Both are highborn girls who have fallen on hard times, lost many family members, and have spent much time living in squalor in a foreign land. While Arya has four brothers -- Robb, Jon, Rickon and Bran -- who love her, Daenerys' only brother that she has ever known -- Viserys -- treats her horribly. Their quests each involve the supernatural and the pursuit of justice. Unlike Daenerys though, Arya doesn't blindly judge people; she understands that just because a person is part of a group, it doesn't automatically make them like the rest. Daenerys orders the crucifixion of 163 slavers, not wanting to think that there might be good people among them, because being a slaver makes someone evil by default. Arya chooses not to include the Freys on her list because she doesn't know the names of the ones involved in the deaths of [[spoiler:her brother Robb and her mother Cateylyn]].
** Varys. From their great information-gathering abilities to [[spoiler: mummering]], Arya is becoming more like him by every page, yet the two have never had an interaction together. In a way, this mirrors Sansa and Littlefinger's lessons, except Littlefinger is feeding Sansa with his teachings while Arya's teacher has been life.
** [[spoiler: Aegon VI Targaryen]]. Varys gives a monologue about the ideal leader Westeros needs and it fits Arya perfectly. Trained in arms, reads and writes, speaks several tongues [[note]](Common Tongue, High Valyrian, Braavosi, Lysen and Pentoshi)[[/note]] has studied history [[note]](she adores female figures like Visenya and Nymeria)[[/note]] and law [[note]]([[spoiler: the reason she killed Daeron]])[[/note]] and poetry [[note]](prefers songs of Wenda the White Fawn)[[/note]]. She has lived with fishermen, worked with her hands, swam in rivers (like a fish according to Jon), mended nets, and learned to wash her own clothes at need. She can fish, cook and bind up a wound. She knows what it is like to be hungry, to be hunted, to be afraid. She understands kingship is a duty, that a king must put his people first, and live and rule for them [[note]](she defended the butcher's boy Mycah from Prince Joffrey, and understands that the smallfolk deserve freely-given justice.)[[/note]] Varys, however, wasn't talking about Arya, but about [[spoiler: Aegon VI]].
** Myrcella Baratheon. Myrcella is every bit the child princess Arya refuses to be, but with none of the abuse that Sansa saw. Myrcella, for the most part, was able to see herself safe precisely by abiding to her betrothed. Arya, herself, was betrothed to a Frey boy that she actually met, but neither of them knew each other when it happened. When it came to the time, however, [[spoiler:Myrcella was unable to avoid becoming a political pawn and was maimed for it]], while Arya was able to escape being a political pawn, but through a great deal of suffering.
** Lyanna Stark. Arya is frequently compared to her aunt by many characters, especially by her father, from looks to personality. Like Lyanna, Arya is tomboy-ish, one-of-the-boys, HotBlooded, good horsewoman and swordsman in contrast to Westerosi expectations of gender, and has a tendency to defend the weak. Both were separated from their families during a war. However, Lyanna was reunited with one of her brothers while Arya has yet to be reunited with any family members, longing to see them again. Where Lyanna was taken by the crown prince, with multiple noble houses drawn into a war that was motivated to take her back, Arya hides among the smallfolk, is removed from the politics of the Seven Kingdoms, and is either forgotten about/overlooked by warring factions, or members of her family try to save her but they are unable to get to her. Lyanna had an ArrangedMarriage with Robert Baratheon but didn't love him and was aware he only saw her beauty and not her iron underneath. In contrast, Arya befriends Gendry (King Robert Baratheon's [[HeroicBastard bastard]] son) without either of them knowing his true identity or having a match forced upon them, they figh and suffer together as commoners, and Gendry respects her spirited nature and ability to survive under harsh circumstances.
** Brienne of Tarth. See below.

** Lysa Arryn. Both the younger of two daughters, who grew up in the shadow of more traditionally ladylike older sisters - Sansa being more feminine, Catelyn being more responsible and mature. Arya openly dreads having to fulfill the proscribed role for Westerosi women of marrying and having children, whereas Lysa [[spoiler:resented her arranged marriage enough to eventually murder her husband]]. Both their fathers love them deeply, but are somewhat put off by their rebelling against their set out life plan, but where Ned accepts this part of Arya and allows her to train in swordfighting, Hoster [[spoiler:forces Lysa to abort her child so he can marry her to Jon Arryn, for which she never forgives him]]. Both develop significant mental health problems. When separated, Arya grows more forgiving of her sister Sansa having been something of a BigSisterBully in their childhood, whereas while Lysa is separated from Catelyn, her resentments thicken into a deep-seated hatred of her for something - Petyr loving her and not Lysa - that really isn't Catelyn's fault. Also, while Arya spends most of her arc on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the people who destroyed her family, Lysa [[spoiler:inadvertently destroyed her own family via her murder of Jon Arryn]].

** Robert Arryn. Sweetrobin is what could have happened to Bran if Bran had yielded to Theon or stayed at Winterfell. They are both young kids when they are thrown into ruling their respective keeps; Bran has a bit of a grasp on leadership while Sweetrobin ''really'' does not. Bran is physically impaired due to his fall, while Sweetrobin is impaired by his feebleness and coddling from his mother. Bran is significantly more mature and resourceful than Sweetrobin and is able to avoid becoming a political token at the price of losing Winterfell; Sweetrobin is holding on for dear life to the seat of the Eyrie with multiple people expecting him to die.
** Tommen Baratheon. Both are children thrown into a position of authority. Much like in the case of Sweetrobin, Bran avoids becoming a political token like Tommen is.

** Gendry. See below.
** Daenerys Targaryen. See below.

** Arys Oakheart. Both are decent, good-hearted [[SkilledButNaive martial-savvy but somewhat naive boys]] who join orders which have them become the CelibateHero. Both came to a foreign land and were seduced by respective women in those lands, who they fell in love with. Both are influenced by their environment and love. But they take different actions as a result -- Jon remains heroic, undergoes CharacterDevelopment and matures while, in contrast, Arys becomes rather perverted [[spoiler:and does not mature, dying before any additional CharacterDevelopment can occur]]. [[spoiler: Arys changes his allegiance to Arianne and "betrays" both the Kingsguard and Myrcella, Jon chooses Night's Watch over Ygritte. Both pay because they dabble in politics -- Arys dies after SuicideByCop when Arianne's scheme, which he joins, fail; Jon is betrayed in a mutiny by some members of the Night's Watch because he gave some advice to Stannis, let the Free Folk south of the Wall in his efforts to save everyone from the oncoming threat of [[GreaterScopeVillain the Others]], and intended to go south and deal with [[BastardBastard Ramsay Bolton]] when Ramsay threatened to attack Castle Black first.]]

[[folder:Lyanna Stark]]
* Lyanna Stark
** Arya Stark. See above.
** Jeyne Westerling. A liaison with a highborn nobleman of the royalty leads them to elope against everyone's wishes to disastrous results. Lyanna and Jeyne are considered overtly willful by their own families. They are both reminisced by the Lannisters as women who were not worth going to war for or throwing away a kingdom for (Robb put his kingdom and war campaign in jeopardy for marrying Jeyne; Rhaegar started a war due to his kidnapping of Lyanna). Lyanna ends up dying while Jeyne is made a captive of her own family (who are Lannister loyalists) [[spoiler:though differing accounts of Jeyne's appearance lead to the possibility that she escaped Riverrun with the Blackfish, sending an impostor to the Westerlings]].

[[folder:Torrhen Stark]]
* Torrhen Stark
** Princess Meria Martell, the Yellow Toad of Dorne. Torrhen went to face Aegon with a mighty Northern army, but still found himself outmatched and knelt before Aegon in fealty. Meria did not surrender, did not raise an army and never faced Aegon and went undefeated. The Dornish faced a century and a half of war with the Targaryens, while the North adapted to the new monarchy. In the end, both regions retained their customs anyway while swearing fealty to the Targaryens.

[[folder:Cregan Stark]]
* Cregan Stark
** Eddard Stark. Like his distant descendant Ned, he's a Stark who loyally came south to serve his monarch. [[spoiler:In his time at King's Landing, he managed to succeed at everything that Ned failed -- namely ensuring a smooth succession for his ruler's heir after her death, cleaning out most of the more corrupt elements of the royal court, and ultimately returning home to Winterfell with his head still attached]].
** Robb and Brandon Stark. He rode south like them, [[spoiler:yet lived to tell the tale and administer proper justice even when his side lost the war]].
** Stannis Baratheon. He did what Stannis planned to do -- enforce justice on everybody at the corrupt court, regardless of their class or title. And they both try and avenge a king's murder, even if they were opposed to said King, out of their feeling that treachery should be punished.

!!House Lannister

[[folder:In General]]
* In General
** House Stark. See above.
** House Tyrell. See below.
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[[folder:Tywin Lannister]]
* Tywin Lannister

** Hoster Tully. See below.
** Roose Bolton. See below.
** Wyllas Tyrell. Both are more competent lords than their fathers. Both have brothers and one sister. Both are no longer physically fit -- Wyllas was crippled by Oberyn, Tywin is over the hill (50-something in the books, 67 in TV series). Both like to hunt. Wyllas is NiceGuy who get overshadowed by his siblings, Tywin is a grim, ruthless man who overshadow his siblings. They have different situations when they inherited the position (which may or may not contribute to their respective ruthlessness) -- Lannisters are at their low at social grace and both [[TheStarscream Reynes and Tarbecks]] can openly challenge their authority, Tyrell are strong under Queen of Thorn and are definitely stronger than [[TheStarscream Florents]].

[[folder:Cersei Lannister]]
* Cersei Lannister
** Catelyn Stark. See above.

** Robert Baratheon. In ''Feast'', Cersei displays many of the behaviors she found repulsive in Robert: constant drinking, promiscuity, and ineffective leadership. Jaime starts to step away from her the same way she stepped away from Robert early in their marriage.
** Tyrion Lannister. Cersei is considered to be the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman, while Tyrion is ugly and stunted. Though Tyrion proves to be a much more competent leader, Cersei is favored over him by their father. Cersei thinks of herself as Tywin 2.0, but it's Tyrion who has the most in common with Tywin.
** Daenerys Targaryen. Cersei is surrounded by the riches and opulence that come through the Lannister family and developed an ego to match it; Daenerys was brought up with meager means in spite of her Targaryen name and ekes off the charity of sparse benefactors. Once they both came into power, however, they found themselves ill prepared to rule. Cersei tries to rule just out of her family's influence and fails miserably; Daenerys instead tries to learn about the nuances of ruling and finds that it's not nearly as easy as she thought it would be.
** Lysa Arryn. Two cruel, petty, vindictive, paranoid regent mothers who are extremely bitter from being forced to marry a man they hate when they were young, [[spoiler:killed said husbands with wine at the first opportunity]], became {{Knight Templar Parent}}s to their firstborn sons, [[spoiler:terrorize and try to force Sansa to marry their SpoiledBrat of a firstborn son the second she's in their custody]], and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter horrible judges of character]] who surround themselves with (what they think are) fawning yes-men, while pushing away trustworthy allies just because they ''might'' contradict them. However, while Cersei is a legitimately cunning WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who can at least turn on the charm when she wants, Lysa is a FatIdiot who doesn't even try to hide her PsychopathicWomanchild nature. Cersei also has legitimate power and ambition co-ruling from King's Landing, while Lysa wants nothing more than to hide in her practically deserted mountain fortress.
** Genna Lannister. Genna is everything a Lady of Lannister should ever be, grounded, proud and authoritative... much unlike her niece Cersei, who is neither grounded nor authoritative. Much of the things Cersei has accomplished by being a Lannister, Genna has done so ''in spite of being a Frey''.
** Rhaenyra Targaryen. They both faced questions of the legitimacy of their children and are proven to have been historically incompetent rulers; both Rhaenyra and Cersei are considered to be among the most beautiful women of their respective times; they both started a war when the legitimacy was called into question and both managed to scorn their lovers (to whom they are related) and allies due to their caustic personalities; both had their older and younger sons become kings (in the case of Rhaenyra, her surviving ''legitimate'' children); and finally, they both lost control of their navies due to their mistakes regarding House Velaryon[[note]]Rhaenyra lost her navy when he imprisoned Corlys Velaryon after he let his heir Addam escape; Cersei lost her navy when he gave control of it to Aurane Waters, a Velaryon bastard, who fled and crowned himself a pirate with it[[/note]].
** Alicent Hightower. They both crowned their sons as kings bypassing the chain of succession once their husbands died, angering an awful lot of people; they are both in dispute of the title of Queen with a younger contender and they staunchly want to avoid ever becoming dowagers or regents; they both are the daughters of the on/off and extremely influential Hands of the King, which are at the time the most powerful men in Westeros (Otto Hightower and Tywin Lannister); they are both the mothers of two of the most caustic people that ever sat in the Iron Throne (Prince Regent Aemond Targaryen and King Joffrey I Baratheon) and two of each others' sons also sat in the throne (Kings Aegon II and Tommen I) ; Cersei belongs to the most powerful lordly house in Westeros while Alicent belongs to the most powerful vassal house in Westeros, both the houses which opportunistically jumped the gun; [[spoiler:they are made prisoners and they both survive the killing of their Throne-sitting sons]]; they both are considered still very lean and beautiful even after birthing numerous sons.
** Kevan Lannister. See below.
** Brienne of Tarth. See below.
** Myrcella Baratheon. See below.
** Arianne Martell. See below.

[[folder:Jaime Lannister]]
* Jaime Lannister
** Brienne of Tarth. She's a KnightInShiningArmour who shows HonorBeforeReason and always keeps her word while he's a BloodKnight who breaks promises. Unusually for foils, after some tension caused by being on different sides of a civil war, each quickly develops respect for the other's combat prowess, which evolves into mutual admiration and trust over time as they travel together and save each other's lives.
** Prince Aemon the Dragonknight. Both members of the Kingsguard, both The Ace in fighting, both are accused of fathering the son of their sister the Queen. Aemon is remembered as the greatest Kingsguard to have ever lived, protecting a cruel King at the cost of their life, Jaime is thought of as the worst for murdering his cruel King.
** Eddard Stark. See above.
** Jon Snow. See above.
** Victarion Greyjoy. See below.
** Edmure Tully. See below.
** Daario Naharis. See below.
** Brienne of Tarth. See below.
** Theon Greyjoy. See below.

[[folder:Tyrion Lannister]]
* Tyrion Lannister
** Sansa Stark. See above.

** Robert Baratheon. See below.
** Stannis Baratheon. See below.
** Samwell Tarly. See below.
** Brynden Rivers. Both served as hand of the king and both during a time of war, and were instrumental in their side's victory. Even though they were far more competent Hands than the kings they served (who also happened to be their nephews), they were disliked and distrusted by most people because of their physical appearance, Tyrion being a dwarf and Bloodraven an albino, and also they get in battle a serious injure that makes them even more menacing. They were imprisoned after their time as Hand (though Tyrion was definitely unjustly imprisoned) and were offered to go to the Wall - Bloodraven accepted, Tyrion escaped before it would have happened. Finally, they're both kinslayers - Branden's archers killed Daemon Blackfyre and his sons at his orders and also murdered his nephew Aenys Blackfyre by himself, Tyrion is accused of Joffrey's murder and eventually kills his own father.

[[folder:Kevan Lannister]]
* Kevan Lannister.
** Cersei Lannister. He represents everything that Cersei doesn't respect and doesn't have. Common sense, loyalty, reliability, prudence, the actual ability to rule, kindness, humility and understanding how power actually works.
** Eddard Stark. See above.
** Brynden "Blackfish" Tully. Each is the younger brother of a Lord Paramount who is ambitious and ruthless, but while Kevan willingly chose to always defer to Tywin's authority, Hoster and Brynden were known for their quarrels. Kevan is HappilyMarried, Brynden famously refused all attempts to marry him off.

[[folder:Gerion Lannister]]
* Gerion Lannister
** Benjen Stark. The kids' more adventurous, youngest uncle who disappeared [[spoiler:but might as well be alive for all we know?]]

[[folder:Devan Lannister]]
* Devan Lannister
** Robert Baratheon. An affable, boisterous man of a warrior that drinks a lot, swears a lot, doesn't care much for politics and is decidedly different from his family. Had Robert met him in his own glory days, they would have been drinking buddies. Other than that, Daven is actually loved by his family; the Baratheons didn't care much for each other.

[[folder:Genna Lannister]]
* Genna Lannister.
** Cersei Lannister. See above.

[[folder: House Lannister of Lannisport]]
* House Lannister of Lannisport
** House Karstark, who are a cadet house of the Starks of Winterfell. Unlike the Karstarks, the Lannisters of Lannisport are significantly less prominent in comparison, but they are said to be fiercely loyal to the Lannisters, have more intermarriage and more in common with them than what the Karstarks have with the Starks.
** House Velaryon, who functioned as a cadet house for the Targaryen Kings because of their Valyrian traits. Their intermarriage was very prominent during the first two centuries of the dynasty, but weaned during the last because the Targaryens started to look down on incest and married with houses outside the Valyrian descent until the reign of Jaehaerys II, who reinstated the practice of incest. Like the Velaryons, the Lannisters of Lannisport are not particularly wealthy compared to their liege lords, and unlike them, they remained loyal to the Lannisters of Casterly Rock.
** House Blackfyre. The Lannisters of Lannisport do not have pretensions beyond their level like the Blackfyres had and are recognized as Lannisters in spite of not being in the main line; the Blackfyres are Targaryens proper but are not recognized as such because of their hostility to the Targaryens. In summary, the Blackfyres would have turned out like the Lannisters of Lannisport and given lands and recognition if they had bent the knee to the Targaryen Kings.

!!House Baratheon

[[folder:Robert Baratheon]]
* Robert Baratheon
** Rhaegar Targaryen. Both {{Warrior Prince}}s in their own way, but whereas Robert is a larger than life BoisterousBruiser ProudWarriorRaceGuy with no love for music save for bawdy songs, Rhaegar was a more thoughtful EmoTeen WarriorPoet who made women weep with his harp.
** Aerys II Targaryen. Robert went into physical and moral decline late in his reign. He was clearly not so different from his archenemy.
** Jaime Lannister. He was one of the best warriors of the realm ([[MenaceDecay before he let himself go]]) but also had a sinister reputation (they both have good and bad nicknames). [[spoiler: But it's Jaime who chooses to try to redeem himself, while Robert dies before he could potentially do so.]]
** Daenerys Targaryen. They're both pretty good at waging war. And then they each prove that they're not particularly good rulers.
** Daven Lannister. A boisterous bruiser bearded man with a penchant for alcohol? They would have been good friends.
** Tyrion Lannister. While they're both hard drinking and depressive hedonists who desire most of all to be liked, they are completely opposite in everything else. Where Robert's strength is physical on the battlefield who knows how out of his depth at politics he is, Tyrion essentially tries to stay off in the corner of the battle while he is a master politician.
** Edmure Tully. Robert is a fantastic leader in wartime and a terrible in peacetime; Edmure is a fantastic leader in peacetime, but he's a terrible wartime leader. Both are renowned friendly guys who get carried by the river because they didn't paddle.
** King Aegon IV Targaryen. They were both greedy and lecherous kings who didn't rule well. However while Robert is more amiable and didn't really want the throne, basically being too lazy to rule, Aegon was an actively bad ruler who was more obsessed with his pleasures. Also both of their heirs were accused of being fathered by a Kingsguard who was the Queen's brother. A difference is while Aegon hated his son Daeron II and is thought to have begun the rumours of illegitimacy, Daeron being one of the best Kings of the Seven Kingdoms, Robert never realises his son Joffrey is illegitimate and Joffrey proves to be TheCaligula.
** Willas Tyrell. See below.
** Euron Greyjoy. See below.
** Robb Stark. See above.
** Tattered Prince. He's a ruler who abdicated his throne and left to become a wandering soldier of fortune. Exactly what Robert Baratheon wished he could do. Both have IconicItem -- The Tattered Prince is his tattered raiment, Robert is his horned helm. Their positions are just PuppetKing -- Tattered Prince left because of this and his life will be endangered should any misfortune happen to Pentos, Robert's circumstance happen because he is too depressed and lazy to give a damn. Both take different action to their unwanted "leader" position -- The Tattered Prince left but yearns to return to Pentos (but not as Magisters' puppet), Robert stayed (because giving free rein to Joffrey and Cersei is bad idea) yet always wished to be a sellsword.

[[folder:Stannis Baratheon]]
* Stannis Baratheon
** Renly Baratheon. Stannis is the very lawful older brother with limited social skills who is unpopular among the populace and claims the throne after his oldest brother's death as by law, it should be his. Renly, the younger brother, is a well-liked and charismatic figure who uses these qualities to try and win him the Iron Throne and gets more support than Stannis. They also both promote someone for merit despite social convention. Renly promotes Brienne of Tarth to his Rainbow Guard even though she is a woman. Stannis knights a lowborn smuggler, Ser Davos Seaworth, and makes Davos his Hand, valuing his counsel more than that of his lords. However, Renly only really respects Brienne for her martial skills and shows disdain for her behind her back due to her unattractiveness. Stannis respects Davos far more and shows some affection for him... not much, but by Stannis' standards, a lot.
** Garlan Tyrell. See below.
** Euron Greyjoy. See below.
** Eddard Stark. See above.
** Catelyn Stark. See above.
** Jon Snow. See above.
** Tyrion Lannister. Both are second sons who are hated by the majority of the Seven Kingdoms and thought of as [[EvilUncle evil uncles]] to Joffrey who were plotting to usurp the crown themselves. The difference is Stannis knows [[spoiler:Joffrey isn't his nephew, making him the rightful Head of House Baratheon. Tyrion is accused of poisoning Joffrey and found guilty, but is actually innocent.]] Both have terrible relationships with their siblings, though Tyrion at least has a good relationship with Jaime for most of his life, while Stannis [[spoiler:was never treated well.]] Both have brilliant minds and win great victories, but don't receive their due appreciation for this. Both show some respect for lower folk -- with Tyrion, this is because, being a dwarf, he holds sympathy for those in similar positions. Stannis shows more respect for the lower folk out of his obsession with giving everybody their due, regardless of social rank. However Stannis is a stern PrinciplesZealot who is uncomfortable with sex and terrible socially, though with a dry deadpan sense of humor. Tyrion is a hedonistic figure who regularly consorts with prostitutes and is able to find witty answers most of the time.
** Jon Arryn. See below.
** Daenerys Targaryen. They are the two 'legitimate' heirs to the two dynasties, Baratheon and Targaryen, claiming the Iron Throne (compared with Joffrey and Tommen, who are false claimants, Renly, who's a usurper, and Balon and Robb, who are secessionists) – [[spoiler:at least until Aegon shows up, [[EpilepticTrees and possibly even then]]]]. On the surface, they're as different as night and day: Dany is a young woman whereas Stannis is a middle-aged man, Stannis is plain whereas Dany is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman, Dany is highly charming whereas Stannis is famously unlikeable. However, they share a number of character traits, including a {{Determinator}} nature, a strong sense of justice bordering on BlackAndWhiteMorality, particularly when it comes to those who they view as usurping their throne, and a habit of having people burned alive, either by dragons or by Melisandre. Both also have strong followings among those of the Red Faith, many of whom view one of them to be Azor Ahai.

[[folder:Renly Baratheon]]
* Renly Baratheon
** Stannis Baratheon. See above.
** Loras Tyrell. See below.
** Euron Greyjoy. See below.
** Aegon V Targaryen. Aegon was the youngest son and not expected to succeed. However a series of deaths put him close in the line of succession and at a Great Council his young nephew was passed over in succession making him King. Renly is also the youngest son, however he greedily decides to take the throne even though the laws of succession don't favor him, using military force, and even sneers at Catelyn's suggestion of another Great Council, showing he is ultimately a vain and greedy guy. While Aegon was a kind King who cared for the smallfolk, Renly puts on a caring persona but is quite happy to starve hundreds of thousands of people in King's Landing to help him usurp rule.

[[folder:Joffrey Baratheon]]
* Joffrey Baratheon
** Robb Stark. See above.
** Viserys Targaryen. See below.
** Robert Arryn. See below.
** Gendry. See below.
** Tommen Baratheon. While Tommen Baratheon is virtually incorruptible, sweet, and caring, Joffrey Baratheon is universally despised among the A Song Of Ice And Fire fandom for being utterly psychopathic and for his enjoyment of tormenting others.

[[folder:Tommen Baratheon]]
* Tommen Baratheon
** Bran Stark. See above.
** Robert Arryn. See below.
** Joffrey Baratheon. See above.

[[folder:Myrcella Baratheon]]
* Myrcella Baratheon
** Arya Stark. See above.
** Cersei Lannister. Both born as the only girl beside two brothers, which put her on a dead end of the chain of inheritance. But while Cersei just ''feels'' she is more competent than any of her brothers, Myrcella really is smarter than both of hers -- she is more stable than Joffrey, stronger than Tommen, and would probably be better ruler material than either of them -- [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen and their mother]].

[[folder:Shireen Baratheon]]
* Shireen Baratheon.
** Robert Arryn. Both are the sole living result of two deeply unhappy arranged marriages who have suffered a lot of miscarriages and stillbirths, and both are regarded as inadequate heirs due to physical characteristics – Robert's epilepsy and general feebleness, Shireen's greyscale and sex. Shireen suffers a level of ParentalNeglect, particularly from her mother, whereas Robert has a MyBelovedSmother. Shireen, despite having quite the FreudianExcuse not to be so, is a sweet, smart and sensible girl, whereas '[[IronicNickname Sweetrobin]]' is a SpoiledBrat.
[[/folder]]

!!House Targaryen

** House Stark. See above.
** House Martell. See below.

[[folder:Rhaegar Targaryen]]
* Rhaegar Targaryen
** Robert Baratheon. See above.
** Eddard Stark. Like Eddard, Rhaegar was almost universally loved [[spoiler:and their supporters are resorting to frankly insane measures to restore their children to their rightful place as rulers of the realm]].
** Robb Stark. See above.
** Bael the Bard. The parallelism between their lives are uncanny, like it was no coincidence. The former heir of Westeros was a WarriorPrince who shared Bael's taste for [[WarriorPoet songs]], Stark ladies, [[FlowersOfRomance blue winter roses]] and [[AbductionIsLove style of courtship]]. Both love affairs brought misery to House Stark and ultimately brought about their own deaths. Lord Brandon almost died without heirs but Bael's son with Lord Brandon's daughter is the next Lord Stark who ends up [[{{Patricide}} killing Bael himself]]. Rhaegar Targaryen's actions caused a civil war that killed another Brandon Stark and ultimately leads to his own death. Lady Stark eventually gave birth to her son by Bael and later commits suicide after his death. Lyanna Stark died [[spoiler: but also with the [[EpilepticTrees strong possibility]] she had just given birth to her son with Rhaegar before her death]].

[[folder:Viserys III Targaryen]]
* Viserys III Targaryen
** Joffrey Baratheon. They are both very arrogant, [[spoiler:products of brother-sister incest]], prone to acting irrationally (especially when they lose their temper), torment those weaker than themselves, and are cowards at heart. Viserys abuses Daenerys in some way whenever presented with the opportunity, and it is implied that Joffrey abuses his little brother Tommen. However, the most notable similarity is that both of them order a subordinate to beat their victim: during one of his humiliations, Viserys orders Mormont to hit Daenerys, and Joffrey does this all the time with his Kingsguard and Sansa. Daenerys tentatively saying that Viserys "wouldn't be a very good king" was always an understatement, but we see just ''how much'' of an understatement it was when we see how [[TheCaligula Joffrey]] turned out.
** Robert Baratheon. They never got over the loss of their loved ones, turned to drink to cope, [[spoiler:and got killed for it.]]
** House Blackfyre. Both continually claimed to be the rightful rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. However, the Blackfyres actually had an army to back up their claim.
** Theon Greyjoy. See below.

[[folder:Daenerys Targaryen]]
* Daenerys Targaryen
** Robert Baratheon. Like Robert, she is great at leading people, galvanizing them to fight for her and acquiring power, but [[MirrorCharacter an awful ruler]].
** Jon Snow. Both are [[AChildShallLeadThem very young leaders]] suffering from TheChainsOfCommanding who resort to starting to wear [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask an authoritative mask]]; both have members of House Mormont (a father and son, no less) that play an important role in their respective character arcs; both are driven by compassion and do their best to do what’s right but also end up [[NotQuiteTheRightThing experiencing difficulties]] in their quests to do so. Additionally, they fulfill the title of "''A Song of Ice and Fire''" with Daenerys being the first DragonRider after centuries and is of Targaryen blood (fire), while Jon fights in the [[GrimUpNorth far north]] a ZombieApocalypse of frozen beings and also has Stark blood (ice). [[spoiler: They also are heavily implied by EpilepticTrees to be related and most of all the major candidates for the role of TheChosenOne.]]
** Sansa and Arya Stark. They each start off as fairly naive young girls with rosy/idealistic views on life and each quickly learn of the hard truths their environments have to offer, forcing them to survive the dangerous world they live in with whatever means at their disposal. The difference is Daenerys grew up impoverished and is just now gaining power, while Sansa and Arya grew up peacefully as nobles but have now fallen on extremely hard times. Also, all of them are powerful royalty.
** Aegon V Targaryen. He likewise tried to be an InternalReformist but faced opposition from the nobility and was eventually made to compromise on his reforms. Like Egg, Dany realizes that trying to be a good person and being a good ruler are two different things. Also where Egg wanted to bring back the dragons to force people to change, Dany has brought back her dragons but is afraid of the power they possess and the innocent lives they will take if she were to unleash it.
** Alys Karstark. See below.
** Stannis Baratheon. See above.

!!House Greyjoy

[[folder:Theon Greyjoy]]
* Theon Greyjoy
** Jon Snow. Both feel like outsiders, both are raised at Winterfell, and both experience identity issues that have left them bitter and with the desire to prove themselves. While Jon Snow faces societal prejudice for being an illegitimate child who does not even know the identity of his mother, he is loved by his father, siblings, and uncle, and raised alongside his siblings by his father Ned Stark. Theon -- though he is heir to the Iron Islands -- is sent away to another family as a hostage at age 10, raised by another family away from his own family, and his father treats him poorly. Jon is a blood Stark in all but name and raised as part of his family as Ned Stark's son. Theon has his family's name, Greyjoy, but is a Greyjoy son raised as a ward among all of Ned Stark's children to keep his father Baelon Greyjoy from rebelling again. Both Jon and Theon share very close relationships with Robb, Jon's half-brother and Theon's surrogate brother. Jon decides to join the Night's Watch for the sake of honor and duty, has risen to Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, and [[spoiler:might possibly be the heir to the Iron Throne]]. Meanwhile, Theon becomes a traitor to win his father's love, failed at keeping Winterfell after he captured it in an effort to gain affection from aforementioned father who doesn't even like him, [[spoiler:and was later tortured into thinking he was a commoner named Reek]].
** Aeron Greyjoy. See below.
** Viserys Targaryen. Both are sons of Kings who were defeated in a rebellion: one the king being rebelled against, who died; one the king rebelling to crown himself, who lived. Both were forced to leave the only homes they had ever known as boys. Both deeply romanticise their past and their heritage. Both are obsessed with their status, even though this primarily incites mockery from the people around them. Both of them attempt to gain the positions of power they think are rightfully theirs, which leads to a HumiliationConga. When Viserys loses his status (because the Dothraki just don't care about it), his subsequent FreakOut [[spoiler:leads to his death]]. When Theon loses his status (because [[spoiler:Ramsay cruelly and deliberately takes it from him]]), he symbolically 'dies', [[spoiler:being recreated as the commoner Reek – however he is later 'resurrected' and regains his identity]].
** Jaime Lannister. Both are [[BeautyIsBad handsome, arrogant, morally dubious]] [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smilers]] who struggle with ConflictingLoyalty and are reviled for [[spoiler:betraying Kings]]. However, Jaime hated Aerys, betrayed him for noble reasons and does not regret it, whereas Theon loved [[spoiler:Robb, betrayed him]] for selfish ones and ends up regretting it terribly. Both did not kill Bran Stark -- Jaime [[spoiler:tried to and failed, crippling Bran permanently]], whereas Theon [[spoiler:merely pretended to, but convinces everyone Bran is dead]]. Both seemingly have lost [[spoiler:body parts]] they defined themselves by – Jaime's [[spoiler:swordhand]] and, it's implied, Theon's [[spoiler:genitals]] – to the Boltons, and generally undergo a lot of BreakTheHaughty at their hands.
** Catelyn Stark. See above.

[[folder:Euron Greyjoy]]
* Euron Greyjoy
** Robert Baratheon. Both are extremely bloodthirsty, both like fucking everything that moves, both are charismatic legends who overshadow a younger, more principled sibling, both like drinking and they both father several bastards they don't care about. Robert said that he always wanted to let the throne go and go across the world as a "sellsword king", fighting, drinking and fornicating. Sounds a lot like what Euron's been doing for several years. All that said though, while Robert had his dark side he never had anywhere near the level of sociopathic cruelty Euron possesses. They are both TheCharmer, good at rallying men to their cause, but with Euron it seems to be a more sociopathic way of manipulation.
** Stannis Baratheon. They both intend to rule the Seven Kingdoms despite ruling only a group of Islands. Stannis is disliked for being a Principles Zealot, Euron for being psychotic and cruel even by Ironborn standards. They are both brilliant tacticians and strategists who are also using magic to achieve their ends. Stannis is bad with people due to No Social Skills, but wins support through his lawfulness. Euron can be charming when he wants too, and is a skilled manipulator, winning support through his riches and rousing speeches. After their older brother's death they claim rule ahead of their brother's children. The difference is Stannis knows Robert has no legitimate children, which by the law of the Seven Kingdoms makes him the heir. Euron simply claims the Seastone Chair by strength and partially because many of the Ironborn wouldn't support a woman and Theon is presumed dead. Also, Stannis kills his brother so he can become King. However, he kills a younger brother who was trying to usurp the Iron Throne and kill him, it is unclear how knowledgeable Stannis was of Renly's death, and Stannis is clearly upset over Renly's death. Euron probably murdered his older brother so he could take over the Iron Islands and shows no remorse at this.
** Renly Baratheon. They are the more famous, colorful and magnetic brothers who rally great armies to their cause and usurp crowns from cold, hard, unglamorous military men. They contrast in that Renly is a younger brother whose quest to ignore the laws of succession and become king over Stannis is fully supported by the a large number of Lords, and Euron is the older brother as well as the unpopular vote and has to convince The Iron Islands to make him king over his more traditional brother, Victarion. Where Renly hoped to prevail over his brother and become king through battle, Euron needed only words to sway the Ironborn to his side. And while Renly is a flashy man who has pretensions of being a Warrior Prince despite never seeing any actual fighting, Euron is a flashy man who really is a WarriorPrince as well as an OmnicidalManiac known for his battle prowess, his devious mind, and the brutal tactics he employs. While Renly is quite willing to kill his older brother in battle because of them opposing his weaker claim, Euron probably murdered his older brother with an assassin, making it look like an accident.
** Roose Bolton. Both are cunning sociopaths who are placed high in their liege Lord counsels. Both [[spoiler:murder their King and take control of their Kingdom.]] Euron didn't perform the murder directly, [[spoiler:probably sent an assassin to make Balon's death look like an accident, though it doesn't take much to work out Euron was behind it.]] Roose personally [[spoiler:murders Robb Stark during the Red Wedding, though it isn't widely known he was involved, however some people are suspecting his involvement.]] Balon twigged onto Euron's villainy and exiled him from the Iron Islands years before [[spoiler:his death]]. Robb, despite finding Roose a scary figure, still gave him command of a large part of his army, and trusted him [[spoiler:up to just before he was murdered.]] Euron and Roose are both rapists and have sired bastards who they don't show much care for, Roose barely seeing Ramsay for most of their life and only bringing him to the Dreadfort when they became his only son. [[spoiler:Roose at least shows some affection for his family, showing some sadness that his legitimate son Domeric was murdered by his illegitimate son Ramsay, meaning he can't avenge Domeric as it would be kinslaying.]] In contrast Euron shows even less care for his bastards and doesn't fear the stigma of kinslaying, Asha even saying he would happily murder one of them if he was accused of being afraid of kinslaying.
** Varamyr Sixskins. Both of them are powerful magic users with a LackOfEmpathy, who willfully break the sacred taboos of their culture. Also like Varamyr, Euron fathered a lot of children, but doesn't care about them and sees them as worthless.

[[folder:Victarion Greyjoy]]
* Victarion Greyjoy
** Stannis Baratheon. Both place honour and their versions of justice very high on the list of priorities. They are both very hard men, but also brittle in some surprisingly similar ways, as well — and, they don't react well to being baulked, eventually bending their principles enough to seek "alternative" means to get what they see as their due. Neither gets on particularly well with their siblings, but Victarion wins the "worst brother", Freudian Excuse prize with Euron. He shares Stannis' Middle Child Syndrome when it comes to attitude and expectations. They both follow their older brother dutiful in rebelling against the Iron Throne, then on said brother's death expect to succeed. The main difference between the pair is in the settings they find themselves in — and, the fact that Victarion doesn't have a trusty Davos to keep him vaguely on an even keel (or, he might have had, had he taken Asha up on her offer). Also, both lose their chances to be King to be more charismatic brothers (Euron is older then Victarion, but Victarion felt he had more right to be King as Euron was a cruel and godless man). Also, both Stannis and Victarion have creepy, manipulative priests of R'hllor as advisors. However, while Stannis isn't particularly religious and his R'hllorism seems largely pragmatic, Victarion is very devoted to Ironborn religion.
** Jaime Lannister. They are both among the greatest warriors of the current generation, and command fearsome reputations as well as Names to Run Away from Really Fast. Both are deeply conflicted over their lovers' alleged infidelity, stress over their place in Medieval society and how people perceive them, and undergo major personality changes after suffering a traumatic wound to their hands. Jaime will forever be seen as dishonorable for slaying the Mad King, who was going to burn King's Landing to the ground, whereas Victarion beat his own wife to death to secure his honor after his brother had his way with her and he is respected by his culture for doing so. Jaime is cunning, witty and charming, while Victarion is conventional, dull and not too bright. Also, Jaime loses his hand and later resolves to be a better person, but when Victarion's maimed hand is healed and changed by Moqorro, he becomes less honorable and duty-bound and more brutal and self-serving.
** Quentyn Martell. They are both naive, socially awkward, highborn princes suffering from MiddleChildSyndrome and have strong desires to prove themselves as men in the eyes of their peers. However, Victarion is an older, seasoned, RatedMForManly WarriorPrince, whereas Quentyn is a younger lad, sheltered and scholarly, who is totally out of his element as a fighter and adventurer. Victarion embodies everything an Ironborn should be, while Quentyn is not at all the exotic viper one would expect a Martell of Dorne to be. They both seem to make a habit of DidntThinkThisThrough, though. And Quentyn is a NiceGuy and TheEveryman as opposed to Victarion who is the DumbMuscle DragonWithAnAgenda.

[[folder:Aeron Greyjoy]]
* Aeron Greyjoy
** Melisandre of Asshai. They are both TheFundamentalist who support grim warriors of "royal blood" and are totally cool with HumanSacrifice to their respective gods. They both have a DarkAndTroubledPast that is implied to be rife with abuse, which influenced their passions for religion. They each find comfort in their respective elements and are all about fulfilling the will of their god through, no matter what their interpretation of that goal truly is. This includes attaching themselves to people of power and influence, and shoving their dogma down the throat of anyone who spends more than five minutes with them. The difference is that there is a lot more evidence that Melisandre's god is real, whereas Aeron only has blind faith to go on. Perhaps because of this, Melisandre is more calm and confident in her beliefs and the way she presents herself, which greatly contrasts with [[SinisterMinister Aeron]] [[LargeHam Damphair.]] Another contrast is that Aeron is always a freakishly disheveled mess covered in salt water, sea weed and rags, and Melisandre is always hauntingly beautiful, composed and wearing bright red silks.
** Thoros of Myr. They both grew up with strong religious influences, of which they are now strongly devoted. They spent most of their lives as TheAlcoholic BoisterousBruiser due to their troubled pasts only to have a spiritual awakening following a resurrection (his own resurrection in the case of Aeron, and Beric Dondarrion's in the case of Thoros). Thoros' spiritual awakening sets him on a path to defend the smallfolk of the Seven Kingdoms from the warring factions that plague the land, whereas Aeron's made him one of the Ironborn's biggest supporters of the return of The Old Way (which is assuredly not for the good of anyone but the strongest, most brutal people in Westeros). While Aeron's revival left him a stern and gloomy individual who carries out every action in service to The Drowned God, Thoros retains his good nature for the most part, even as The Brotherhood Without Banners suffers HeWhoFightsMonsters.
** Theon Greyjoy. They are the youngest sons of their respective Greyjoy lord fathers. And, after suffering deeply traumatic events during war, they each become completely different from the men they were before the war started. Specifically, Aeron was a fun-loving, hard-drinking rake who became a humorless, grumpy and devout priest after he was revived from drowning in a sea battle, and Theon [[spoiler: went from a cocky young warrior and JerkJock to a crippled, ugly, half-mad shell of his former self after he is captured and relentlessly tortured by the enemy.]]

!!House Tyrell

** House Florent. They are the royal in-laws to two of the kings of the War of the Five Kings. They are both from the Reach, boast descent from Garth Greenhand and are disputing domain over the region for most of the contemporary era. Whereas the Tyrells are physically attractive and pleasant, the Florents are ugly with a sense of entitlement and no social skills; the Tyrells left the Reach to sunny King's Landing while the Florents left the Reach to the snowy North.
** House Frey. Where the Freys have tried their social climbing the direct and dirty way when not marrying into every power in sight, the Tyrells have gone about it rather differently (if, also including marriage). Both have large families (granted, the Tyrells don't outnumber the Freys: but, they're still not a tiny family), both have ThickerThanWater tendencies. But, only one is succeeding at this whole PR thing and has plans in place for when various linchpins may no longer be in the world.
** House Stark. They seem to have a flexible code of honor and a love of family that's seeing them stick together and manage to stay together while forging ahead in the Decadent Court atmosphere. "Strong" is in their motto. "Stark" also means strong. The Starks remain strong through endurance and willpower, the Tyrells through clever alliances. Both are loved by their smallfolk but while the former is honorable to a fault, the latter is have no true loyalties but to themselves. Both have ancestors who surrendered without a fight to Aegon the Conqueror.
** House Tully. They have the focus on family, they worked to achieve more political power (like joining Aegon I to depose the Harren or Hoster's arranged marriages to House Stark and Arryn) and neither house ever held a kingship.
** House Lannister. Both are ancient and powerful houses that have been working to exert their influence over the Iron Throne to their own benefit, but whereas the Lannisters are essentially a BigScrewedUpFamily who cooperate through TeethClenchedTeamwork at best, the Tyrells work together out of genuine love and affection for one another, treating one another as actual family rather than rivals for power.

[[folder:Willas Tyrell]]
* Willas Tyrell
** Robert Baratheon. Willas is the eldest and brightest of three sons, just like Robert. Both men also had an interest in hunting with hawks. However, Willas is not as famous as his younger brothers, as opposed to the shadow Robert casts of his own brothers. Robert is a legendary WarriorPrince and BloodKnight, while Willas is handicapped, scholarly, and disinterested in combat. Willas is considered a greater lord than his own father, whereas Robert, despite his battle prowess, proves to be a completely ineffective ruler.
** Tywin Lannister. See above.

[[folder:Garlan Tyrell]]
* Garlan Tyrell
** Stannis Baratheon. Both are the middle child between two respected brothers, renowned warriors and leaders, and tend to recognize the good in those in their society who others would look down on or disregard without hesitation. A big difference is that Garlan didn't succumb to MiddleChildSyndrome like Stannis. Garlan is also charming, polite, and kind to just about everyone he meets, whereas Stannis is stoic, resentful, and grim. Stannis's marriage is notoriously unhappy, while Garlan and his wife seem to get on pretty well together in public. And both of them were sent to deal with one of Balon Greyjoy's fearsome brothers.

[[folder:Loras Tyrell]]
* Loras Tyrell
** Renly Baratheon. They're the youngest, most handsome, and most well-loved of their respective families; idolized by highborn and lowborn alike, proud, arrogant, and ready to prove themselves. Both wear expensive, elaborate armour that and have glamourous, eye-catching fashion sense.

[[folder:Margaery Tyrell]]
* Margaery Tyrell
** Sansa Stark. Both are betrothed to Joffrey Baratheon, but while Sansa naively threw herself into her betrothal and wound up trapped by Joffrey, Margaery takes the time to scope Joffrey out and manipulate him.

[[folder:Olenna Tyrell]]
* Olenna Tyrell
** Tywin Lannister. She's basically a {{Gender Flip}}pped version of Tywin. She's an excellent Chessmaster and every bit as ruthless. The different is that Tywin doesn't care if people know he is behind things, and Olenna's cultivated the facade of being just a rude old woman to hide her own manipulations.

!!House Martell

** House Targaryen. Both have forms of CultureClash with much of the rest of Westeros, if in somewhat differing ways, thanks to the historical Valyrian persecution of the Rhoynar in Essos that drove them to Westeros in the first place. Westeros has changed both (arguably the Targaryens more than the Martells), while they've also kept their distinct flavours. However, they still share more in common with each other than they do with much of the continent.
** House Stark. The Martells rule a hedonistic kingdom in the desert. Starks rule what is seen as a domain of frozen waste and grim men. Doran, Oberyn and Elia's relationship mirror that of Eddard, Brandon and Lyanna. Even more so then that; whereas the Starks' lineage is infamous due to Torrhen Stark, the King Who Knelt, the Martells are proud to be the only unconquered kingdom of Westeros. And while the Starks are the in-universe poster family for HonorBeforeReason, the Martells are marked by their pragmatic and sneaky approach to life. And yet in spite of these differences, both families have a major hate-on for the Lannisters, even though they were on opposite sides of Robert's Rebellion. Both Houses were disconnected from ruling court and unlike virtually every other house, had no interest in the Iron Throne itself but got involved in the war to avenge loved ones at the hands of the Lannisters (Ned and Elia). Both Houses continue to be impacted by the events of Robert's Rebellion [[note]] the Starks went to Kings Landing due to Robert and Ned's friendship from the rebellion, and Sansa/Joffrey's bethrothal was motivated by the failed Robert/Lyanna match, Oberyn defended Tyrion over Joffrey's death to avenge Elia who was murdered in the rebellion. [[/note]] Additionally, both regions share the fact that they're cultural outliers among the Seven Kingdoms: The Dornish for their aforementioned Rhoynish influences, and the North for being the only kingdom not to have been overrun or assimilated by the Andals. Both care deeply for the smallfolk -- Starks heed the wisdom of First Men, Martells discover the wisdom after Princess Daenerys (no, not our Dany) that was betrothed to their Prince came to conclusion that under their clothes, the children of nobles can't be distinguished from children of smallfolk. Both lead the regions which are good at fighting defensively in respective harsh home terrains and easily defended pass (or fighting in general) -- [[HadToBeSharp men]] [[GrimUpNorth of north]] are famed for their martial prowess by either nobles or smallfolk, Dorne produces long list of finest knights in Seven Kingdom and have their guerrilla tactics as defensive strategy.

[[folder:Doran Martell]]
* Doran Martell

[[folder:Oberyn Martell]]
* Oberyn Martell
** Robert Baratheon. Had Robert not physically degenerated and had been a good parent, he'd be Oberyn.
** Arya Stark. They both specializes in an acrobatic form of combat and want to avenge their murdered families.
** Ned Stark. They were on opposite sides of the incident of the Queen of Love and Beauty on the Tourney at Harrenhal (Ned being Lyanna's brother, Oberyn being Elia's brother). They both traveled later to King's Landing on royal ordnance after pacts of betrothed were arranged between their families and the Crown (Sansa and Joffrey; Myrcella and Trystane) [[spoiler:and neither left alive to tell the tale]].

[[folder:Arianne Martell]]
* Arianne Martell
** Cersei Lannister. They're both the daughters of powerful lords that resent being marginalized because they're women, are very promiscuous and use their sex appeal to their advantage, consider themselves more clever than they really are, are [[spoiler:(wrongly)]] convinced that a relative is trying to undermine/harm them, and hatch plots that end disastrously for themselves and others. They both even make the mistake of [[spoiler:trusting attractive men that later turn on them]]. Where they differ though is that Arianne genuinely loved the man she slept with for her plans and regrets that people got hurt and killed when those plans fell apart; while Cersei doesn't care for any of the people she sleeps with for her plans and makes excuses whenever anyone gets hurt or killed because of her. In addition, Arianne stands to become the official ruler of Dorne with power in her own right, while Cersei has no power in her own right and has to rule behind the scenes through the claim of her [[PuppetKing underage son]]- which will only last until said son comes of age.

!!House Tully

[[folder:In General]]
* In General
** House Tyrell. See above.
** House Frey. The motto of the Tullys is "Family, Duty, Honor", and while the Freys have the "family" part down...[[BigScrewedUpFamily ish]], they don't give a damn about honor or duty. Like the Tullys, the Freys form a marriage alliance with a Northern house; in their case House Bolton, which itself is a foil to the House Tully's ally, House Stark.

[[folder:Hoster Tully]]
* Hoster Tully
** Tywin Lannister. He's a "[[NominalHero good-guy]]" version of Tywin, ruthless about securing good marriage alliances for his children and willing to ride over their feelings and impulses if they disagree with him and willing to estrange himself from those, like the Blackfish, who don't play by his rules. Indeed, Tywin was in serious negotiations with Hoster Tully to marry Jaime to Lysa Tully. The main difference is that Lord Hoster truly does love his family and [[spoiler:at the time of his death repairs his relationship with the Blackfish and died in remorse of his betrayal of his daughter]].

[[folder:Edmure Tully]]
* Edmure Tully
** Robert Baratheon. See above.
** Jaime Lannister. Like Edmure, Jaime Lannister can be impulsive and act independently of command serving as a SpannerInTheWorks. Most notably attacking Ned Stark in the streets of King's Landing which ruined Tywin's BatmanGambit of forcing Ned to come in the field to strike Gregor Clegane in an ambush intended to capture him. This prevents the Stark-Lannister feud from having the speedy resolution Tywin envisioned. Later Jaime gets lured into a trap by Blackfish who correctly used his LeeroyJenkins restlessness against him, forcing Jaime to be a captive for most of the War of the Five Kings.

[[folder:Roslin Tully]]
* Roslin Tully (nee Frey)
** Alys Karstark. See below.

[[folder:Brynden Tully]]
* Brynden "The Blackfish" Tully
** Kevan Lannister. See above.

!!House Arryn

[[folder:Jon Arryn]]
* Jon Arryn
** Eddard Stark. Both are honorable, duty-bound men who lord over respective great houses. Ned practically learnt a lot from his time in the Eyrie as many of late Jon's virtues rubbed to him. While Eddard is CountryMouse who is a newbie to [[DecadentCourt politics of King's Landing]], Late Jon did well for years he acted as Hand. Both have ArrangedMarriage to Tully sisters -- Ned and Cat became happy, Jon and Lysa are not.
** Stannis Baratheon. Both are honorable, duty-bound men from respective great houses. Both have played part at Robert's Rebellion but their deeds are seldom mentioned and less glorious -- Stannis shows entitlement problem by this, Jon preferred that way. Both also suffers AwfulWeddedLife with many miscarriages which give them less "desirable" offsprings (Stannis's kid suffered greyscale as infant, Jon's suffers seizure).

[[folder:Lysa Arryn]]
* Lysa Arryn
** Catelyn Stark. See above.
** Cersei Lannister. See above.
** Sansa Stark. See above.
** Arya Stark. See above.

[[folder:Robert Arryn]]
* Robert Arryn
** Bran Stark. See above.
** Joffrey Baratheon. Both inherited a position of power from their fathers when they were far from ready for it and are being smothered by their regent mothers. Unlike Joffrey, who is cruel and venomous to his core, Robert isn't inherently malicious and could get better with the proper guiding hand.
** Tommen Baratheon. Ironically, Tommen has all the sweetness "Sweetrobin" lacks, though he's just as much a political pawn. Tommen is also significantly less clingy to his mother than Sweetrobin.
** Shireen Baratheon. See above.

!!House Bolton

[[folder:In General]]
* In General
** House Stark. See Above.
** House Manderly. Wyman Manderly is a Seven-worshiping Andal (not to mention managing a shipping and trading empire as the head of the only city in the North). Wyman could be seen as representing the "new," at least relative to Roose Bolton, who not only is a First Man who worships the old gods, but who practices some archaic customs such as the right of first night and flaying that have fallen out of favor elsewhere, though Roose cares little for the ancient tradition of guest right. The Boltons are an old Northern House who have often rebelled against the Starks [[spoiler:and end up displacing them as rulers of the North, taking control by one of them marrying a fake Stark.]] The Manderlys are relatively new to the North but are very loyal to the Starks and trying to return them to rule the North. The Manderlys also tried to become the rulers of another Kingdom, the Reach, when a Gardner King died without sons and one of his daughters was married to Lord Manderly, the Manderlys were eventually driven out of the Reach as they threatened the Gardeners, but settled in the North.

[[folder:Roose Bolton]]
* Roose Bolton
** Eddard Stark. See Above.
** Tywin Lannister. Both are ruthless, competent lords who believe in PragmaticVillainy. Both are TokenEvilTeammate at respective rebel team (Tywin to Robert's, Roose to Robb's). [[spoiler:Both also sleep with other women after their wives die.]] Both are very cold -- Tywin is this to the bone while Roose hides his sadism underneath said facade. Both cannot continue their legacies by their preferred heir. Both have another son who they treat poorly but they take different course when they have to name said sons as respective heir (especially considering said sons are their ''last'' choice) -- Roose eventually legitimizes Ramsay, Tywin stubbornly refuses to name Tyrion as his heir.
** Wyman Manderly. See below.
** Euron Greyjoy. See above.
** Robett Glover. Contrasted in their introduction, where both ask Robb to name them commander of the Northern forces, Roose "brusquely" and Robett "with a smile and a jest." Both are respected Northern nobles and experienced commanders who end up as NumberTwo to a more powerful lord (Roose to Robb Stark, and Robett to Roose himself); together, they take part in some of the most intricate and successful Northern military operations of the War of the Five Kings. While both are pragmatic and not above deceit in warfare, Robett is by all appearances an honorable man, a devoted father and husband, and very close to his brother Galbart, while Roose's [[TheSociopath personality]], [[UriahGambit tactics]], and [[DroitDuSeigneur family life]] are...unorthodox. Finally, Robett is a dogged Stark loyalist who [[spoiler:plots towards Stark restoration even after Robb's death]], while Roose uses the war as a chance to rid himself of rival nobles (including Robett himself!) [[spoiler:and eventually betrays and supplants the Starks.]]
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[[folder:Ramsay Snow]]
* Ramsay Snow
** Jon Snow. See Above.
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!!Other Characters

[[folder: Alys Karstark]]
* Alys Karstark
** Roslin Frey. She disapproved of her father's nefarious plans and went along with his deceitful marriage scheme where Alys fled her family.
** Daenerys Targaryen. She found escape from her blood family via ArrangedMarriage to a barbarian dude and hopes to use this to reclaim her birthright.
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[[folder:Areo Hotah]]
* Areo Hotah
** To Arys Oakheart. Areo acknowledges this trope in his internal monologue. In his word, both are soldiers coming to foreign Dorne guarding respective princess, ChasteHero, loyal, decent blokes who even have similar names, Arys and Areo but noted the similarities end there. Areo loves Princess Arianne (in parental way), Arys is loved (genuinely, as lover) by Arianne. Arys is Kingsguard who is supposed to be CelibateHero who loves Arianne because she seduced him, Areo is suspected to have CargoShip to his axe. Areo even wondered who would survive if the two clashed in his POV chapter. [[spoiler: Both shift their allegiances from their initial princesses -- Areo to Prince Doran, Arys to Princess Arianne. When the time comes for Arianne to start her scheme -- Areo sticks to Prince Doran while Arys "betrays" Myrcella to Arianne because he reciprocated Arianne's love. Finally, because the scheme failed miserably, Arys dies (suspected to be SuicideByCop) at the hand of Areo.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Arys Oakheart]]
* Arys Oakheart
** Areo Hotah. See above.
** Jon Snow. See above.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brienne of Tarth]]
* Brienne of Tarth
** Jaime Lannister. See above.
** Cersei Lannister. Brinne provides a counterpoint as the other important woman in Jaime's life. Brienne is precisely everything Cersei is not; ugly where Cersei is beautiful, honorable where Cersei is treacherous, a warrior where Cersei is a plotter. Brienne is physically grotesque but noble in spirit, while Cersei is beautiful but monstrous. The more Jaime distances himself in spirit from Cersei, the closer he becomes in spirit to Brienne.
** Sandor Clegane. They both have what it takes to be a knight but neither are for different reasons. Brienne is idealistic while Sandor is jaded. Brienne remains loyal to her dead king Renly while Sandor deserted his king Joffrey. Jaime even calls her in one of his POV chapters, "The Hound with teats."
** Sansa and Arya Stark. She is as romantic and idealistic as Sansa, while also as being tough and strong-willed as Arya.
** Pretty Meris. They both are tall, blonde, ugly female warriors with marred noses and cheeks that dress in mail, and they have both been victims of sexual violence. But while Brienne strives to follow the precept of chivalry, Meris serves as the company's torturer, while Brienne is often mocked by her small bust size, underneath Meris shirt only scars are left by the men who cut off her breasts, and while Brienne is said to have astonishing blue eyes, Meris is said to have cold dead eyes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Daario Naharis]]
* Daario Naharis.
** Shae. They are both the lovers of two of the most influencing people in the books (Tyrion Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen), both against their lovers' better judgement. Both Tyrion and Daenerys admit that they are better off without them, but still keep them close out of lust.
** Bronn. They are both the extremely snarky and extremely dangerous sellsword lieutenants to powerful, polarizing figures that they each grow very close to in different ways. However, Bronn is more pragmatic and business savvy, whereas Daario is considerably more devil-may-care and unpredictable. And where Bronn is rather thuggish looking with a plain, utilitarian style, Daario always looks exotic and colorful to a ridiculously self-indulgent extant.
** Jaime Lannister. They are both {{Blood Knight}}s for their queens and are in grossly inappropriate relationship with them, as far as making them forsake their Queenly duties. These relationships are nevertheless opposite to each other; Daenerys realizes that Daario means nothing but trouble, while Jaime thinks the same of Cersei; Daenerys staunchly holds on to Daario in spite of her better judgement while Jaime abandons Cersei to her fate.
** Daemon Targaryen. They are the bad influence on their queen that wants them to be more war-like. They are also very prone to be at the butt end of he-says-she-says situations, they are not particularly respected by their peers and are definitely not afraid of getting their hands dirty. They are also spectacular warriors who brim in charisma.
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[[folder:Davos Seaworth]]
* Davos Seaworth
** Melisandre. Both grew up very poorly off (though Melisandre worse off), both loyal to Stannis to the end (and are the only ones truly respected by him), both generally kind and subservient to others, and both will fight for what they believe in without fail. The similarities end there.
** Janos Slynt. They are both lowborn men raised to nobility. Janos Slynt was in an apparently honorable position, commanding the Goldcloaks, but earns his position through being corrupt and self-serving, supporting a usurper. Davos was a criminal who used his smuggling skills to help Stannis, leading to his position. He earns more honors through being honest, loyal and deserving. While Davos continues to act humble, feeling undeserving of his honors and not using his title often, Slynt after becoming a Lord acts [[SmallNameBigEgo arrogantly]] and insists on being referred to as a Lord. Also, Davos helps save one of Robert's bastards though he knows he risks execution, while Slynt shows no remorse for carrying out a purge of Robert's bastard children. [[spoiler:Slynt ends up losing his head for disobeying orders, Davos apparently loses his head while loyally trying to carry out Stannis' wishes, but Davos -- in reality -- survives.]]
** Ned Stark. Each man is a trusted right-hand man to a Baratheon king, relied upon for his loyalty and honest counsel. They're also two of the most noble and heroic characters of the series, but their honor tends to get them in trouble.
** Petyr Baelish. Both have humble origin who risen to noble through combination of skill, connection and deeds to said connenction. While Davos [[AppropriatedAppellation embraces his insulting nickname]], Petyr hates his. Davos is decent guy loyal to Stannis, Petyr is evil guy loyal to himself with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder streak. Davos is HappilyMarried with several kids, Littlefinger is single for long time who only marry for political reason but still a {{yandere}} to his wife's sister.
** Wyman Manderly. See below.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gendry]]
* Gendry
** Jon Snow. They are both [[HeroicBastard bastard sons]], they both look like their fathers (who are best friends), Jon doesn't have a clue about who may be his mother and Gendry doesn't about his father. They also have a close brotherly relationship with Arya, who may have seen Gendry as a ReplacementGoldfish for her half-brother Jon. Jon joined the Night's Watch for the sake of earning his own honor, Gendry joined the Brotherhood for the same reason. However, Jon is an acknowledged, noble-born illegitimate son of a lord who grows up under privileged circumstances, raised by his father in a castle, while Gendry is an unacknowledged illegitimate son of a king who grows up working as a blacksmith’s apprentice after his mother dies. [[spoiler: Even more ironic if Jon is Rhaegar Targaryen's son as Robert (Gendry's father) and Rhaegar were [[ArchEnemy archenemies]] but yet managed to father sons around the same age with several similarities — namely being the hidden sons of royalty.]]
** Joffrey Baratheon. Gendry is the [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]] of King Robert, Joffrey is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of Queen Cersei. They both don't know about their SecretLegacy. Gendry has inherited all his father's good qualities (strength, courage, sense of justice, generosity), while Joffrey has inherited all his mother's flaws (selfishness, insolence and senseless cruelty). Joffrey grew up in luxury, relishes in his power and abuses the subjects under him, while Gendry was raised as a bastard in Flea Bottom, has no control over his own fate, spends his life being captured and sold by different masters, but still defends those more vulnerable than himself. Joffrey was [[{{ArrangedMarriage}} bethrothed]] to Sansa Stark to formally join the two families and give the failed Baratheon/Stark match a second chance (after the failure of the Lyanna Stark/Robert Baratheon match) but, while Sansa was initially enthralled by Joffrey, he relentlessly abuses and bullies her, and she grows to hate him. In contrast, Gendry develops a genuine friendship with Arya Stark (who is much like a GenerationXerox of Lyanna Stark), they mutually protect each other throughout the hell they've suffered together, and [[{{ShipTease}} developed a close connection]], despite not knowing each other's true identities or having any Stark-Baratheon match forced upon them. Had Gendry and Joffrey been in each other's positions, the kingdom would have been a better place.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jon Connington]]
* Jon Connington
** Petyr Baelish. See above.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Petyr Baelish]]
* Petyr Baelish
** Varys. Both are [[TheSpymaster Spymaster]], {{Magnificent Bastard}}s who are usually underestimated by more "honorable" nobles because of respective commoner's origin and with respective mysterious endgame. Littlefinger prefers Chaos, while Varys supports Order. Both cannot fight, so they order other people fight for them, Littlefinger with Knights of Vale, Varys with [[spoiler:his sparrows, Golden Company and maybe Dany's force]].
** Bronn. Both have low origin who rise fast to high society and marrying noble lady but still disdained by other aristocrats. Both are better off at the end of the book than the start. Bronn with his martial skill, Petyr with his cleverness. Bronn will betray his ally when he knows his ally will betray (or, at least dump) him after objective is completed (like Catelyn after Eyrie) or he has no confidence to do that ([[spoiler:like refusing to championing Tyrion]]), basically betrayal happens after crisis is over, while Littlefinger's betrayal before crisis is over and forcing result favorable in his benefit.
** Davos Seaworth. See above.
** Jon Connington. Both fell in love with a PeerlessLoveInterest (Lady Catelyn Tully and Prince Rhaegar Targaryen respectively) in the backstory, both are extremely bitter men, and both become the guardians of [[spoiler:their beloved's child, who is in disguise as their own, and who they are planning to help retake their family's ancestral lands]]. However, Jon is genuinely devoted to Rhaegar's memory, whereas Petyr seems to value Catelyn more as a symbol than a person, [[spoiler:shows little grief over her death, and is quick to try and turn her daughter into a ReplacementGoldfish]]. Jon views [[spoiler:Aegon]] like a son, whereas Petyr manipulates and molests [[spoiler:Sansa]]. Jon considers Rhaegar's death [[ItsAllMyFault all his fault]], whereas Petyr [[spoiler:shows no such guilt over Catelyn's, even though he began the whole series of events that caused it]]. Jon's role in the plan [[spoiler:to restore Aegon]] to the throne is essentially under Varys' command, whereas Petyr himself is the {{Chessmaster}} behind [[spoiler:getting Sansa to reclaim Winterfell]].
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[[folder:Samwell Tarly]]
* Samwell Tarly
** Tyrion Lannister. The academically minded but physically inadequate son of an abusive father who hates him and ignores his potential. Unlike Tyrion, who channels his bitterness and resentment into biting wit and sarcasm, Sam had basically no self-confidence due to his father's abuse.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Tattered Prince]]
* Tattered Prince
** Robert Baratheon. See above.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:House Umber]]
* House Umber
** House Karstark. Both are among the most powerful Northern Houses. While the Greatjon Umber shows dissent to Robb Stark early on, after being [[DefeatMeansFriendship defeated]] he becomes a loyal ally. Rickard Karstark seems loyal early on, but ends up murdering prisoners to avenge his sons, causing Robb to execute him. Both Lords appoint their uncles as castellans and both the Lords are captured by the Lannisters, [[spoiler:the Greatjon at the Red Wedding while his son Smalljon Umber is murdered, after Rickard's death his only surviving son Harrion, now Lord Karstark, is captured.]] The Last Hearth castellans split under Bolton rule, with Mors declaring for Stannis and Hother for Roose Bolton, however Mors is clear that he doesn't want to fight his family and the Umbers want their nephew home safely. Rickard's uncle Arnolf Karstark declares for Stannis, [[spoiler:but is really working with the Boltons and planning to betray Stannis, hoping his great-nephew Harrion will be executed for [[EvilUncle this]], enabling his branch of the family to take control of Karhold.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Varamyr Sixskins]]
* Varamyr Sixskins
** Bran Stark. See above.
** Euron Greyjoy. See above.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Varys]]
* Varys
** Brynden "Bloodraven" River. He is as good a spymaster without having to resort to magic and he is as equally dreaded. The two of them are considered the absolute best spymasters in the history of Westeros; if it were a position that earned the respect that a Hand gets, they would be at the level of Viserys II.
** Arya Stark. See above.
** Petyr Baelish. See below.
[[/folder]]

** Doran Martell. While the two live a continent away, Wyman plays a very similar role in the story as Doran Martell. Both are physical invalids who gain a reputation as appeasers [[spoiler: while secretly plotting revenge and the restoration of the House they support]]. So far though, Wyman has been more successful and open about his motives. They also both have female relatives (Doran's daughter Arianne and bastard nieces the Sand Snakes, and Wyman's younger granddaughter Wylla) who more openly want revenge.
** Illyrio Mopatis. Both obese, powerful man, and both brilliant planners, plotting to put someone in rule.
** The Rat Cook. They were insulted by an Andal King, so murdered the King's son and fed them to the King in a pie. They had a right to vengeance, but were punished for transgressing [[SacredHospitality Guest Right]]. Wyman Manderly's [[spoiler:son Wendel and King Robb Stark are murdered by the Freys and Boltons while they are the Frey's guests. In revenge, Manderly murders three of the Freys, puts them in pies, and serves them to the Freys and Boltons, even wanting a song about the Rat Cook. However, unlike the Rat Cook, it is implied Wyman waits till the Freys are no longer his guests to murder them.]]

** Aerys II Targaryen. Robert went into physical and moral decline late in his reign. He was clearly NotSoDifferent from his archenemy.

** Robert Baratheon. Like Robert, she is great at leading people, galvanizing them to fight for her and acquiring power, but [[NotSoDifferent an awful ruler]].

** Eddard Stark. Both are honorable, duty-bound men who lord over respective great houses. Ned practically learnt a lot from his time in the Eyrie as many of late Jon's virtues rubbed to him. While Eddard is CountryMouse who is a newbie to [[DeadlyDecadentCourt politics of King's Landing]], Late Jon did well for years he acted as Hand. Both have ArrangedMarriage to Tully sisters -- Ned and Cat became happy, Jon and Lysa are not.

* Varamyr Sixskins. Both of them are powerful magic users with a LackOfEmpathy, who willfully break the sacred taboos of their culture. Also like Varamyr, Euron fathered a lot of children, but doesn't care about them and sees them as worthless.

* Devan Lannister
** Robert Baratheon. An affable, boisterous man of a warrior that drinks a lot, swears a lot, doesn't care much for politics and is decidedly different from his family. Had Robert met him in his own glory days, they would have been drinking buddies. Other than that, Daven is actually loved by his family; the Baratheons didn't care much for each other.

** Arya Stark. Despite being the only one of Cat's children not to take after her physically, and her TomboyPrincess attitude not much resembling Cat's ProperLady one, it's clear that Arya inherited a lot of personality traits from her mother: her HotBlooded nature, her tendency to be more practical and cynical than the rest of their family, and less inclined to follow Honor Before Reason, her strong sense of justice that often translates into a desire for vengeance, and her ability to hold a grudge. However, Cat was the eldest child and PromotedToParent very young, meaning she grew up [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask wearing the queenly mask]], and so the traits she shares with her daughter only really become apparent as she becomes increasingly traumatised. Arya, being a middle child with two parents, and then later [[spoiler:being separated from her family]], is able to be [[RebelliousPrincess rebellious]] a lot longer. [[spoiler:After they both believe most of their family is dead, they both end up on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]]. Arya is also one of the least class-conscious people in Westeros, easily making friends such as Mycah (the butcher's boy), Hot Pie, and Gendry, whereas Catelyn is, despite her generally compassionate nature, more classist -- being put a bit out of sorts by illegitimate children (as they remind her of her husband's own [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]] Jon Snow by an [[MissingMom unknown woman]], a woman who Catelyn feared Ned loved more than her due to Ned's fierce protectiveness over Jon) and her reference to the smallfolk [[spoiler:Edmure lets take shelter in Riverrun]] as 'useless mouths' (understandable, given [[spoiler:the castle was about to be besieged]], but still).

** Stannis Baratheon. Both are honorable, duty-bound men from respective great houses. Both have played part at Robert's Rebellion but their deeds are seldom mentioned and less glorious -- Stannis shows entitlement problem by this, Jon preferred that way. Both also suffers AwfulWeddedLife with many miscarriages which give them less "desirable" offsprings (Stannis's kid suffered greyscale as infant,Jon's suffers seizure).

[[folder:Jon arryn]]

** Wyllas Tyrell. Both are more competent lords than their fathers. Both have brothers and one sister. Both are no longer physically fit -- Wyllas was crippled by Oberyn, Tywin is over the hill (50-something in the books, 67 in TV series). Both likes to hunt. Wyllas is NiceGuy who get overshadowed by his siblings, Tywin is grim, ruthless man who overshadow his siblings. They have different situations when they inherited the position (which may or may not contribute to their respective ruthlessness) -- Lannisters are at their low at social grace and both [[TheStarscream Reynes and Tarbecks]] can openly challenge their authority, Tyrell are strong under Queen of Thorn and are definitely stronger than [[TheStarscream Florents]].

** Lysa Arryn. Two cruel, petty, vindictive, paranoid regent mothers who are extremely bitter from being forced to marry a man they hate when they were young, [[spoiler: killed said husbands with wine at the first opportunity]], became {{Knight Templar Parent}}s to their firstborn sons, [[spoiler:terrorize and try to force Sansa to marry their SpoiledBrat of a firstborn son the second she's in their custody]], and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter horrible judges of character]] who surround themselves with (what they think are) fawning yes-men, while pushing away trustworthy allies just because they ''might'' contradict them. However, while Cersei is a legitimately cunning WorldsMostBeautifulWoman who can at least turn on the charm when she wants, Lysa is a FatIdiot who doesn't even try to hide her PsychopathicWomanchild nature. Cersei also has legitimate power and ambition co-ruling from King's Landing, while Lysa wants nothing more than to hide in her practically deserted mountain fortress.

** Eddard Stark. Both are honorable, duty-bound men who lord over respective great houses. Ned practically learnt a lot from his time in Eyrie as many late Jon's virtues rubbed to him. While Eddard is CountryMouse who are newbie to [[DeadlyDecadentCourt politics of King's Landing]], Late Jon did well for years he acted as Hand. Both have ArrangedMarriage to Tully sisters -- Ned and Cat became happy, Jon and Lysa are not.

** Tattered Prince. He's a ruler who abdicated his throne and left to become a wandering soldier of fortune. Exactly what Robert Baratheon wished he could do. Both have IconicItem -- The Tattered Prince is his tattered raiment, Robert is his horned helm. Their positions are just PuppetKing -- Tattered Prince left because of this and his life will be endangered should any misfortune happen to Pentos, Robert's circumstance happen because he is too depressed and lazy to give a damn. Both take different action to their unwanted "leader" position -- The Tattered Prince left but yearns to return to Pentos (but not as Magisters' puppet), Robert stay (because giving free rein to Joffrey and Cersei is bad idea) yet always wish to be a sellsword.