Line #19 Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireTheMountainsMen


1	!!!For the main character index, see [[AC:[[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFire here]]]]
2	!!!For the main Westerlands entry, see [[AC:[[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireWesterlandsHouses here]]]]
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4	!The Mountain's Men
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6	->''"Those are Gregor's men at Harrenhal. The Mountain liked them cruel and stupid."''
7	-->-- '''Jaime Lannister'''
8
9	The Mountain's men are men-at-arms of the westerlands in service to Ser Gregor Clegane, the Mountain That Rides. And like their leader, they are a bunch of sadistic psychos. Other members are Joss Stilwood, Eggon, Tobbot and Dunsen
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11	* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Despite their brutality, the Mountain's Men are at least loyal to the Lannisters, unlike the [[PsychoForHire Bloody Mummers]] who are perfectly willing to switch sides if that allows them to continue their [[RapePillageAndBurn “foraging”]].
12	* BetterLivingThroughEvil: Averted; due to the deaths of [[spoiler:Ser Gregor and Lord Tywin]] they never get the gold they've been promised for their service, as the Crown is deeply in debt and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness everyone is eager to wash their hands of them now that the war is apparently over]].
13	* TheBrute: An extremely sadistic group of soldiers.
14	* DisproportionateRetribution: A minor member named Dunsen is on the receiving end. Arya has many reasons to want other members dead; by comparison, she adds Dunsen to her list of names to kill because he took Gendry's helm.
15	** An unnamed member is mentioned by Sandor as having been killed by Gregor simply for snoring too loudly.
16	* DoNotTauntCthulhu: They know to keep clear of the Mountain when he's brooding (an innkeeper who failed to do so saw his son stabbed and daughter raped). When the Sarsfield boy starts taunting Sandor Clegane about his desertion during the Battle of Blackwater, they quickly shut him up, too. Nothing but Bad Things.
17	* EliteMooks: They're highly effective soldiers, accompanying Gregor on some of his most dangerous missions (such as in the vanguard at Green Fork).
18	* EvilVersusEvil: A sick lot they may be, but you can't help but cheer when they take on the Bloody Mummers.
19	* HorrifyingTheHorror: For all that most of them are, underneath it all, [[PunchClockVillain on the clock]] and under one of the [[BadBoss worst bosses]] in the whole of Westeros, they present a genuine horror as a group to pretty much anybody. But, none of the more experienced of them would voluntarily take on Sandor for anything. Firstly, Gregor would probably take it personally if they did (a Very Bad Thing). Secondly, they're all well aware they'd have incredibly low, individual odds of walking away upright from that fight, whatever they tried and whatever the ultimate outcome.
20	* NoodleIncident: Randyll Tarly makes offhand mention of killing and gelding a bunch of them almost as soon as they turned up in Maidenpool and continued... well, acting like they always did.
21	* ObliviouslyEvil: When Jaime orders one of them executed for rape, the man is genuinely confused about it.
22	* OnlyOneName: Several of them, on account of being smallfolk.
23	* PlotTriggeringDeath: Their attacks on the Riverlands are the first large-scale actions in what eventually turns into the War of the Five Kings; Eddard Stark sends out Beric Dondarrion to bring them to justice, and the rest of Westeros follows into the fray.
24	* RapePillageAndBurn: Their standard operating procedure, although they're far more disciplined about it than, say, the Brave Companions. They can't stop doing it, on the other hand, so Randyll Tarly has to execute a lot of them.
25	* ReassignedToAntarctica: Those that are left are about to be sent to Braavos as an escort for Harys Swyft, largely because no one in King's Landing wants them around. They were about to be sent to an almost literal Antarctica, as Lord Tarly and Tyrell wanted to send them to the Wall, but Kevan Lannister decided to make a bit more use of them.
26	-->'''Randyll Tarly''': If it were up to me, I'd send the lot of them to the Wall...The Night's Watch is where such scum belong.
27	* ReassignmentBackfire: Rafford gets killed [[spoiler:by Arya while on Braavos as a bodyguard to Harys Swyft]]. The others might not be that lucky either.
28	* SociopathicSoldier: Most of them, anyway.
29	* TheSquire: Joss Stilwood, who is Gregor's squire. There is also an unnamed squire from House Sarsfield among them, who gets killed by Arya at an inn.
30	* UndyingLoyalty: Their loyal service to the Lannister is pretty much their only saving grace. When the Small Council discusses what to do with them, they are only saved from being sent to the Wall because the Realm needs all the loyal swords it can get.
31	* WouldHurtAChild: One of their larger-profile victims was Lord Lyman Darry, the last of his line. He was eight.
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33	[[foldercontrol]]
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35	[[folder:Polliver]]
36	!!Polliver
37
38	A man-at-arms of House Clegane. Dies fighting Sandor Clegane.
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40	* BaldOfEvil: Has lost almost all the hair on the top of his head.
41	* BeardOfEvil: He has one.
42	* {{BFS}}: Though described as a "longsword" by [[UnreliableNarrator Arya,]] his weapon from the description appears to be a Zweihänder.
43	* TheDragon: To The Mountain. He is left [[TheCaptain in command]] of Harrenhall when Ser Gregor is summoned to King's Landing.
44	* LargeAndInCharge: He's only a couple of inches shorter than Sandor (who is 6'6 per WordOfGod), making him absolutely massive by medieval standards. He stands a head taller than most of his men.
45	* LeanAndMean: Is noted to be almost the same height as Sandor Clegane, but not as broad. Is not really a very nice guy.
46	* MookLieutenant: Although he'd always been around, he generally fades into the background when compared to such characters as Gregor, Sandor, Raff and even Shitmouth. Until he doesn't.
47	* OffWithHisHead: Well, half his head at least.
48	* PunchClockVillain: Arya doesn't believe him to be as violent as his comrades. He also acts downright brotherly with the Sarsfield squire he brings to the inn when he runs into Sandor.
49	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Has only a couple speaking scenes, but in one of those he tells Sandor and Arya about all that's happened since they've been wandering the Riverlands (directly dictating the direction of Arya's story) and actually [[spoiler: almost]] ''kills'' Sandor Clegane, a major character in his own right.
50	** FridgeBrilliance: He probably only takes his chances in that fight ''because'' he gets time to work out that [[spoiler: Sandor really isn't at his best thanks to his threadbare physical and emotional state due to being hungover ''and'' suffering from weeks of being an outlaw on the road.]] He knows the guy well enough to be able to judge how much more of a chance he had right then than he would usually get, even if the squire doesn't.
51	[[/folder]]
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53	[[folder:Rafford]]
54	!!Rafford
55	!!!Raff the Sweetling
56	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raff_ffg_7916.jpg]]
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58	A man-at-arms of House Clegane, better known as Raff the Sweetling.
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60	* CardCarryingVillain: Freely admits to Jaime that they're horrible people.
61	* CharacterDeath: Killed [[spoiler:by Arya in revenge for Lommy.]]
62	* FauxAffablyEvil: As noted in {{Foil}}, he seems pleasant on the surface, but he's a ruthless psychopath worthy of being in [[TheSociopath The Mountain's]] retinue. If
63	* {{Foil}}: To Shitmouth, a contrast noted by Arya. Raff comes across as well-spoken and pleasant, but is an inveterate dog-kicker without empathy. Conversely, Shitmouth has thuggish mannerisms and (as his nickname suggests) is SirSwearsALot, but is no more evil than his [[PunchClockVillain job demands]] and shows kindness to prisoners.
64	* GlobalIgnorance: In-universe in ''The Winds of Winter''. While in cold, damp Braavos, he complains that he heard about there being orange trees, lemons, limes, peppers and bare-bellied girls, to which one of his fellow soldiers points out that those are more likely to be found in the southern Free Cities like Lys, Myr and Volantis.
65	-->'''Older guard''': Braavos is ''north'' of King's Landing, fool. Can't you read a bloody map?
66	* IronicNickname: He is not sweet at all, although the name is suitable to the extent that he is well-spoken and [[FauxAffablyEvil deceptively pleasant]].
67	* KarmicDeath: He killed Lommy Greenhands because he was too lazy to carry the boy. Arya cuts his thigh, forcing him to beg her to carry him to a healer. Arya kills him instead.
68	* KickTheDog: Shoving a spear through a crippled Lommy Greenhands' throat as he begs for help.
69	* PaedoHunt: Is all too eager to accept when propositioned by a clearly prepubescent girl in Braavos. This gets him killed (see CharacterDeath).
70	* PragmaticVillainy: Even though he serves the Mountain, he knows better than to go toe-to-toe with his brother.
71	-->'''Raff:''' We're bad, m’lord, but you’d have to be mad to face the Hound.
72	* {{Sadist}}: He randomly goes around [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] because it pleases him.
73	* VillainsOutShopping: In ''A Feast For Crows'', Jamie sees him splashing around in a stream with a girl on his shoulders facing a similar pair, just having fun trying to knock each other down.
74	* WouldHurtAChild: His murder of Lommy Greenhands.
75	[[/folder]]
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77	[[folder:Shitmouth]]
78	!!Shitmouth
79
80	A man-at-arms of House Clegane.
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82	* AssShove: Fond of referencing these as a figure of speech; though is freaked out when Jaime threatens to oblige him. (See OhCrap below)
83	* BeardOfEvil: Has a thick, grey beard and works for the Mountain.
84	* BystanderSyndrome: He doesn't seem to revel in cruelty, but he's at least complicit to his fellow soldiers' [[RapePillageAndBurn actions]].
85	* {{Foil}}: As noted above, he's one to Raff. Shitmouth's mannerisms cause the uninformed to assume he's one of the worst of the lot, whereas Raff's mannerisms make him appear like a decent guy (this is the interpretation Jaime forms when meeting the two). However, the reality is that Raff is a vicious thug (at least on the job) and Shitmouth is a (comparably) good guy whose bark is worse than his bite.
86	* LowerClassLout: Most likely one of the smallfolk, and speaks in unfiltered profanity even in front of nobles and higher-ups.
87	* OhCrap: Has one when he meets Jamie Lannister and exclaims "Well bugger me with a bloody spear!" and Jaime immediately requests someone hand Ser Ilyn a spear so he can shove it up Shitmouth's ass.
88	-->'''Shitmouth:''' (eyeing the spear) Get away from me with that thing!
89	-->'''Jaime:''' Well, make up your mind.
90	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Called "Shitmouth" because he swears a lot.
91	* PunchClockVillain: He's really only as evil as he "needs" to be.
92	* SirSwearsALot: How he got his nickname.
93	* TokenGoodTeammate: In comparison to the rest of the Mountain's men. He gives extra food to the prisoners they take if they ask nicely and doesn't mistreat them. Arya doesn't add him to her list and his name never comes up as one of the men who [[KickTheDog rape or torture]] civilians.
94	[[/folder]]
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96	[[folder:The Tickler]]
97	!!The Tickler
98	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tickler_ffg_7620.jpg]]
99	->''"Is there gold hidden in the village? Is there silver? Gems? Is there food? Where is Lord Beric? Where did he go? How many men were with him? How many knights? How many bowman? How many, how many, how many, how many, how many? Is there any gold in the village?"''
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101	A man-at-arms of House Clegane who serves The Mountain as a torturer.
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103	* AssholeVictim: A thoroughly repellent character who finds himself at the wrong end of Arya's knife... multiple times.
104	* DeadlyEuphemism: His nickname comes from this and his habit of [[ColdBloodedTorture "tickling"]] people.
105	* DualWielding: Uses a short sword and knife when fighting.
106	* InTheBack: How he dies: he's so focused on Sandor in front of him, it's easy for Arya to drive a knife into his unsuspecting back.
107	* IronicEcho: Arya murders him while repeating the exact same lines he used when interrogating and torturing his victims.
108	* KarmicDeath: Stabbed to death by Arya at the Inn at the Crossroads, and she yells at him the same questions he asked his victims.
109	* TheNondescript: Arya thinks he could disappear in a crowd of three.
110	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only called "The Tickler".
111	* {{Sadist}}: It's more than apparent that he doesn't expect answers to the questions he's asking all the people he works on (he doesn't give them time to answer, for one thing, by too quickly moving from one to another). ItAmusedMe is definitely in play. Particularly for those who are obviously too young or too clueless to know anything.
112	* SilenceYouFool: A non-verbal example; after the Sarsfield squire doesn't get the message from Polliver [[BullyingADragon to stop goading Sandor]], the Tickler [[EarAche twists the boy's ear]] so he takes the hint.
113	* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of what makes him so unsettling for Arya is how he looks like a perfectly ordinary man you'd see anywhere, even as he's [[ColdBloodedTorture "tickling"]] people to death, and once he blends back into the crowd he's just another face you would never look twice at, and would never suspect of torturing and killing people for a living.
114	* TortureTechnician: He is Gregor Clegane's designated torturer, using a variety of horrible methods to inflict pain while asking the same litany of questions over and over until the prisoner dies. When he is not torturing, he is a perfectly mundane soldier.
115	* WouldHurtAChild: Tortures the child of his previous victim to death. What makes it even more brutal is that the woman volunteered to be tortured solely on the condition that ''[[ILied her daughter be spared]]''.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder: Chiswyck]]
119	!!Chiswyck
120	->''"Baker boy, here’s your choice. Come join the ghosts, or be one."''
121
122	An older man-at-arms serving under the Mountain.
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124	* AssholeVictim: No one is sad when Jaqen takes him out.
125	* BlackComedyRape: Well, for him it is -- Chiswyck tells a story to amuse his fellow soldiers of a night where he, Gregor, Raff and some of their accomplices stopped via an inn and passed the innkeeper's daughter around like a toy. Unfortunately for him, he does it within earshot of Arya.
126	* DisneyVillainDeath: Is discovered having fallen off a walkway and broken his neck. Many think he got drunk and fell, but others know better.
127	* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He thinks the funniest part of his story about the gang-rape of the innkeeper's daughter is Gregor demanding some of his change back from her father because "she wasn't worth a silver."
128	* EvilOldFolks: Quite old.
129	* FauxAffablyEvil: Is jolly and upbeat; Arya comments how this contrasts his brutality.
130	* NeckSnap: How Jaqen kills him.
131	* OldSoldier: Although not so old that he can't fight or rape.
132	* {{Sadist}}: As many of the Mountain's men.
133	* TheStoryteller: A horrifying example as his stories involve gang-rape and murder, both of which [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor he finds hilarious]].
134	[[/folder]]

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