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4!!!See also the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTully book character sheet]] for these characters.
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6'''Only spoilers from the current season will be hidden, so beware spoilers if you're not up to date on the episodes.'''
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8----
9!House Tully
10[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/house_tully_main_shield.png]]
11[[caption-width-right:200:''"Family, Duty, Honor."'']]
12
13->''"'Family, Duty, Honor.' Every Tully child learns our words. But I was a woman before I understood them."''
14-->-- '''Catelyn Stark'''
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16Great House of the Riverlands, the only constituent part of the Seven Kingdoms that was not a kingdom before Aegon's conquest. Their central, flat location ensures that the Tullys will be drawn into the fight whenever there is a war between the other houses, whether they like it or not.
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18House Tully's ancestral seat, Riverrun, is built where the Tumblestone meets the Red Fork, one of the three constituents of the Trident. It is naturally protected on two sides by those rivers, and a man-made moat between them can cut it off on the third. It is, for most intents and purposes, unassailable.
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22[[folder: In General]]
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24* AdaptedOut: In Seasons 1 and 2. This is particularly noteworthy because, as mentioned above, the Riverlands are central to the Seven Kingdoms and almost all of the war seen in the first season actually took place there.
25* AnimalMotifs: The Tully sigil is the Trout and its members are often compared to fish. Brynden and Edmure even use fish-like scale leather armor.
26* BackFromTheBrink: Years after having its titles usurped after the Red Wedding, House Tully is officially restored to lordship over the Riverlands under Edmure after the war's end.
27* BigFancyCastle: Riverrun is huge. Littlefinger mentions in the History and Lore videos that he was mesmerized when he first saw it.
28* BlessedWithSuck: In the Blu-ray lore, Blackfish considers Aegon the Conqueror making the Tullys the ruling house of the Riverlands as this since they've had to arbitrate and negotiate among the quarrelsome river lords ever since.
29* ButtMonkey: ''Nothing'' goes well for them during the course of the war. Of all the regions in Westeros, theirs is the one that's hit most hard by the War of the Five Kings, and Edmure's greatest accomplishment ends up hindering his campaign's war efforts. Their marriage alliance with House Frey even ends up killing their king, their queen, and Lady Catelyn.
30* ConflictingLoyalty: The family, duty, honor motto ends up causing this during the siege of Riverrun, Edmure has to choose about upholding his duty as a family man or as a lord and choose the former.
31* FantasyCounterpartCulture: House Tully has quite a bit of similarities with the [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic Habsburg dynasty]], given their penchant for forging alliances and marrying off members of their family to secure even greater power. Basically, the Riverlands in general which they rule over are the Low Countries and Rhineland of Westeros. Like those regions in Medieval Europe, they're rich and fertile flatlands, but not particularly unified and lacking natural defenses, while also being the borderlands between all of the major powers (England, France, Germany, Italy), so they're on the front line of almost ''every'' major war. Only the fact that they're one of the more fertile breadbasket regions of Westeros (along with the Reach) allows them to recover in the generations between major wars.
32* GuiltByAssociation / RevengeByProxy: Invaded by the Lannisters in response to Catelyn arresting Tyrion, despite the fact that Catelyn has not been in the Riverlands for years and her husband, Ned Stark, claimed responsibility for it.
33* TheLancer: To House Stark in Season 3. Even deciding to break off from the Iron Throne themselves and accept Robb as their king.
34[[/folder]]
35
36[[folder:Lord Hoster Tully]]
37!!Lord Hoster Tully
38!!!'''Played By:''' Christopher Newman
39
40->''"Every time he would leave for the capital or fight in a campaign I'd see him off. 'Wait for me, little Cat', he'd say. 'Wait for me and I'll come back to you'."''
41-->-- '''Catelyn Stark'''
42
43The late Lord of Riverrun and father of Catelyn, Lysa, and Edmure.
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45* AdaptationalHeroism:
46** Since he's more or less TheGhost, his coarser edges are AdaptedOut. Especially his history with his daughter Lysa Tully. In the books, when Lysa had a child with Petyr Baelish after a one-night stand of QuestionableConsent, he tricked her into drinking a potion that caused an abortion. This is implied to have hurt her fertility and been a cause for Robin Arryn's health problems. At his deathbed, Hoster Tully expresses regret for this and sends several ravens to Lysa to come and see him but she refuses.
47** During the Rebellion, he rode through the villages of loyalist Houses, putting smallfolk to the sword and burning as he went. In the show, he's a protector of the smallfolk.
48* BigGood: A farmer who Arya and Sandor Clegane meet discusses Hoster Tully's lordship of the Riverlands as a time where the smallfolk felt safe and peaceful. His death and the defeat of the Tullys at the hands of the Freys made everything worse.
49* CreatorCameo: He is played by one of the series' producers.
50* DeathByAdaptation: Of the "died earlier in the source material". His death and Rickard Karstark's deaths were switched around in order.
51* TheGhost: Referred to several times in Season 1, but never appears, as Riverrun was cut from those episodes.
52* ThePatriarch: Of the Tully family.
53* PosthumousCharacter: He dies off-screen in early Season 3.
54* StageMom: According to his second daughter Lysa, Hoster Tully was very concerned over young Catelyn's eating habits and had septas watch over her to make sure she did not grow fat and dilute her marriage possibilities.
55* VikingFuneral: A tradition among the Tullys.
56[[/folder]]
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58[[folder:Lord Edmure Tully]]
59!!Lord Edmure Tully
60[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edmure_tully_2.png]]
61[[caption-width-right:300:''"Well. I didn't know that."'']]
62!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TobiasMenzies
63
64->'''Brynden Tully:''' The gods love to reward a fool.\
65'''Catelyn Stark:''' Uncle!\
66'''Brynden Tully:''' What? He's my nephew. I love him. And he's a damned fool.
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68Son of Hoster and the new Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. A competent man in the politics of peacetime, in time of war not so much.
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71* AdaptationDistillation: His military blunder is a relatively minor battle with The Mountain. [[labelnote:From the Books...]]In the books, it involves Tywin Lannister and his whole main army. Thanks to Edmure, Tywin slips away and is able to participate in the Battle of the Blackwater, ruining Robb's plan to keep Tywin delayed until Stannis had taken King's Landing and dealt with Joffrey, allowing Robb to negotiate a peace with Stannis.[[/labelnote]]
72* AdaptationalVillainy: When handing Riverrun over to the Lannisters, he orders for his uncle Brynden Tully to be captured and put into their custody. In the books, he only surrenders the castle after he "[[BlatantLies accidentally]]" lets the Blackfish escape.
73* AdaptationalWimp:
74** A minor example, but in the books, the reason he misses his father's funeral pyre is because of grief. In the show, he just [[ButtMonkey misses]].
75** In the novels, Edmure pulls off an impressive tactical victory against Tywin Lannister, Gregor Clegane, and most of Tywin's competent knights and commanders defending Robb's rear from the Westermen[[labelnote:Strategically...]]This does end up being a strategic disaster for Robb's side, since the repulse Westermen are able to ride to King's Landing in time instead of being where Robb wanted them to be [[/labelnote]]. In the show, this engagement is a much more minor affair over a stone mill, where Edmure fails to capture Clegane like he intended to.
76* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books, Edmure has auburn hair like most of his family. On the show, he is dark-haired.
77* AgeLift: Like his sisters. He is clearly not in his twenties in the show.
78* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Is this to Catelyn, to a degree. She loves him, anyways. And compared to [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Lysa]] he is really not that bad.
79* ArrangedMarriage: To Roslin Frey, as of "The Climb".
80* BackForTheFinale: Returns for the Dragonpit council after being restored as Lord Paramount of the Riverlands.
81* BornLucky: He got handed a stunner of a wife in exchange of the massacre of his family. He also manages to survive the Red Wedding, albeit as a prisoner.
82* BreakTheHaughty: Takes himself just a little too seriously, sometimes (okay, most of the time). Unfortunately for him, the Blackfish is always on hand to tell him to shut his mouth or threaten him with bodily harm (usually both). From the looks of it in Season 6, his time as a prisoner of the Freys has ''not'' done wonders for his health. It gets even worse when Jaime has to use Edmure to take Riverrun back from the Blackfish. How does he do this? By threatening the life of his wife and child. It's pretty clear that this threat is what completely breaks Edmure and convinces him to reluctantly turn on his uncle.
83* TheBusCameBack: After being kept prisoner by Walder Frey since "The Rains of Castamere", he finally reappears in Season 6's "Blood of my Blood".
84* ButtMonkey: Is the recipient of not one, but TWO [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" Speeches]] within his first five minutes of screentime, courtesy of the Blackfish and Robb Stark. Later in the season, he is forced into an arranged marriage because of Robb's mistakes, and just after finding out that his wife is [[ThrowTheDogABone surprisingly beautiful]] he is [[YankTheDogsChain taken prisoner by the Freys and remains in captivity for several seasons.]]
85* CharacterExaggeration: His GeneralFailure and GloryHound tendencies are played up compared to the books, and few of his positive traits are even touched upon. This is at least partially due to being TheGhost in Seasons 1 and 2, while he appeared in the corresponding books.
86* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Whilst he may suck at strategy - he still sent Tywin's mad dog back to casterly rock fair and square.
87* DistressedDude: He's been imprisoned by the Freys since late Season 3. He's finally given a chance to be freed in Season 6... only to be cruelly thrown back in a cell after he has served his purpose for Jaime and the Freys.
88* TheDitz: Not the brightest guy around. Claiming that "no man can compel another man to marry" in ''this'' universe alone makes one wonder if he'd been asleep his whole life.
89* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets treated like crap by his family and bannermen, despite being the rightful Lord Paramount of the Riverlands.
90* DumbassHasAPoint: While a poor strategist, Edmure proves more talented as a politician -- he is correct in saying it would be better if Robb covered up the death of Martyn and Willem Lannister until after the war, as the news would only damage his war effort, and held Lord Karstark hostage against his troops' loyalty. Talisa and Catelyn agree with him.
91** In the novels it's more fully explained that Edmure isn't a complete incompetent, it's just that he's not "a wartime consigliere" (in ''Godfather'' terms). In peacetime he'd actually be praised as a great ruler who genuinely cares about his subjects. When the Riverlands are first invaded he lets hundreds of refugees inside Riverrun, even though having extra mouths to feed is a disastrous tactical decision during a siege -- he felt honor bound not to abandon those who followed him.
92* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Trying to light his father's [[VikingFuneral funeral pyre boat]] with a burning arrow and failing repeatedly. Edmure tries his best, but he just keeps making mistakes.
93** In the books, Catelyn notes that he is extremely distraught over their father's death, and the Blackfish points out that even Hoster missed once when lighting ''their'' father's pyre.
94* FaceDeathWithDignity: When it looks as though the Freys are about to kill him he keeps his composure despite clearly being terrified. Luckily, they don't go through with it as he's their only bargaining chip.
95* FaceHeelTurn: Jaime convinces him to turn on the Blackfish by threatening his son and promising to release him from captivity. Though in Edmure's defense, the Blackfish made it clear that he thought Riverrun was more important than Edmure's life when the Freys were trying to make him co-operate.
96* GeneralFailure: Impulsively attacked Ser Gregor Clegane's position contrary to orders from Robb Stark, who was maneuvering his armies to encircle the Mountain, losing 208 of his men and allowing Gregor to slip away (though he still soundly defeated Clegane's forces). In return, he got two teenage Lannister hostages... and a mill. In military parlance, this would be a tactical victory but a strategic defeat. He's got a decent eye for individual battles, but he doesn't really grasp the larger picture of the entire campaign, nor his part in it.
97* GloryHound: He has shades of this, although Robb harshly corrects him.
98--> '''Edmure''': There's glory enough to go around!
99* HotBlooded: His impatience damages Robb's war effort.
100* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the series until Season 3.
101* KarmaHoudini: Despite betraying his uncle to his death, [[spoiler:Edmure is reinstated as Lord of Riverrun in the finale and seems to be as much of a bufoon as he was before.]] Though to be fair, the Blackfish was quite happy to let Edmure die because he didn't want to give up Riverrun, so it all balances out.
102* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler: As of the finale, he is the last of Hoster Tully's children to survive and one of two Tully's left in the world.]]
103* TheNicknamer: Edmure coined the name "Littlefinger" for Petyr Baelish as the two were growing up, for his small size and lands in the Finger Islands in the Vale.
104* PapaWolf: He very much wants to get back to his wife and son and Jaime exploits this to seize Riverrun. Given how the son was born and the wife being a HoneyTrap that's dedication.
105* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Edmure beams with joy when he finds out how pretty his wife is! Too bad he's imprisoned before he can even spend a full night with her.
106* PutOnABus: Does not appear in Seasons 4 and 5, as he has been taken prisoner by the Freys. Happens to him again after his reappearance in Season 6, this time seemingly more permanently. He makes a brief appearance in Great Council during the finale.
107* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Is on the wrong end of two biting ones from the Blackfish and Robb Stark over blowing a strategic maneuver to make a dramatic statement in the war against the Lannisters.
108* ShaggyDogStory: Jamie convinces him to betray his uncle and return command of Riverrun to the Freys, all based off the promise that he'll be with his wife and son again. He ends up getting thrown back in a cell immediately after fulfilling this action.
109* SixthRanger: To Robb's inner council.
110* SpannerInTheWorks: To the Stark war effort.
111* TheSquire: Served as Brandon Stark's squire for his duel with Petyr Baelish.
112* ThrowTheDogABone: He's very excited to learn that his new bride is the most beautiful daughter in Walder Frey's brood.
113** YankTheDogsChain: "Mhysa" reveals he spent his wedding night inside the dungeons, not with his bride.
114*** By the series finale, after spending years rotting in the dungeons of the Twins and being disrespected and threatened, [[spoiler: Edmure has been reinstated as Lord of Riverrun, is HappilyMarried with a son and is the only one of Hoster's children to have survived the game. He's still the family doofus, but it's obvious his nieces and nephews are fond of their uncle.]]
115* TookALevelInBadass: It seems that years of imprisonment have hardened Edmure by the time he returns in Season 6. He's brave enough to keep his composure when the Freys threaten to hang him and then slit his throat. When Jaime confronts him he even is able to fire back with some pretty good insults, though unfortunately it doesn't take long for him to be broken again.
116* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Isn't seen again after being thrown into a cell by the Freys at the end of Season 6. With all of the male Freys dead as of the Season 7 premiere, his fate has become even more ambiguous.
117** [[spoiler:As of the series finale it's revealed that he's alive and well, and has been restored as lord of Riverrun... although he still [[ButtMonkey can't get anyone to take him seriously]]]].
118* YouAreInCommandNow: The de facto Lord of Riverrun due to his father's sickness, it becomes official when Hoster passes away in early Season 3.
119[[/folder]]
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121[[folder:Ser Brynden Tully]]
122!!Ser Brynden Tully "The Blackfish"
123[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brynden_tully_8.png]]
124[[caption-width-right:300:''"As long as I'm standing, the war is not over."'']]
125!!!'''Played By:''' Clive Russell
126
127->'''Edmure Tully:''' The Laws of Gods and Men are very clear, no man can compel another man to marry!\
128'''Brynden Tully:''' The laws of '''my fist''' are about to compel your teeth!
129
130Hoster's younger brother, a knight. Acknowledged far and wide as one of the best knights and tacticians in Westeros, and a grade-A badass.
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132* AdaptationalJerkass: In the books, after Edmure fails repeatedly to hit the funeral boat with arrows, Blackfish steps in for his nephew out of sympathy, and tells Catelyn "It is no disgrace to miss your shot. Edmure should hear that. The day my own lord father went downriver, Hoster missed as well". In the show, he looks extremely annoyed and harshly pushes Edmure out of the way.
133* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. In the books, Blackfish continues to hold Riverrun because that's what his king last ordered him to do, and to protect Queen Jeyne, and continues to display the direwolf above Riverrun out of loyalty to the Stark cause. In the show, he acknowledges that Sansa genuinely needs his help but still refuses to help her, even after there's no chance of him defending Riverrun.
134* AppropriatedAppellation: "Blackfish" started as an insult because he was seen as the BlackSheep of the Tully family. Rather than being offended, Brynden made the appellation his own and even adopted a black fish as his personal sigil.
135* BadassBoast: His retort to Jaime arguing that Brynden is nothing but TheRemnant of a past war.
136-->'''Brynden:''' As long as I'm standing, the war is not over.
137* TheBigGuy: Taken over from Rickard Karstark and the Greatjon as Robb's skullcracker-in-chief. Clive Russell is 6'6".
138* BlackSheep: When he was younger. He still carries the stain on his reputation, but he's appropriated it.
139* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Is one of the most badass and hardassed individuals in Westeros, but he's actually a really good guy. And despite his threats, he'd never actually hurt Edmure.
140%%* BrutalHonesty: To Edmure.
141* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Season 6, having retaken Riverrun from the Freys.
142* CoolOldGuy: To Catelyn, Robb, and even Edmure (who he's only trying to snap out of his pomposity). He even faces off against Jaime Lannister without any fear.
143%%* CoolUncle: To Catelyn especially.
144%%-->'''Catelyn''': I have missed you, uncle.
145* CompositeCharacter: With the Greatjon, who was PutOnABus, in both temperament and actions.
146* CompressedAdaptation: He appears much earlier in ''Literature/{{A Song Of Ice And Fire}}'' and has a lot more plot afterwards. In the books he has been informally exiled from the Riverlands for a time and he accompanied Lysa to the Eyrie when she married Jon Arryn. There, she was named Knight of the Gate, commander of the Bloody Gate. He meets Catelyn there when she is carrying Tyrion to the Eyrie. He resigns and returns to Riverrun upon hearing the news of Hoster's convalescence.
147* DarkIsNotEvil: Dresses in all-black armour and mail, and is a rather grumpy old soul, but he's unmistakably one of the heroes of the Northern rebellion.
148* DeadpanSnarker: As part of his BrutalHonesty, he has some of the best lines especially when putting Edmure in his place. Even his last onscreen words are snark.
149* DeathByAdaptation: Brynden survives and escapes Riverrun in the novels. Here, he refuses to leave with Brienne and dies fighting Frey soldiers.
150* TheDreaded: Due to his MemeticBadass status, Roose Bolton is actually worried that he survived the Red Wedding and escaped.
151* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Lighting Hoster's [[VikingFuneral funeral pyre boat]] with ease after Edmure fails repeatedly. Brynden has to clean up after his nephew's mistakes.
152* FourStarBadass: He's an extremely competent archer, soldier, commander, strategist and knight. It's notable that the very intelligent Roose Bolton is concerned and unable to enjoy victory knowing that the Blackfish survived the Red Wedding, fearing he will keep the Tullys as a fighting force. He does more than that, outfighting the Freys for Riverrun.
153* GrumpyOldMan: A mild version. It seems he just has a very low tolerance threshold for incompetence.
154* GuyLiner: Look at those eyelids!
155* HeroOfAnotherStory: In the years since the Red Wedding, he managed to rally the Tully loyalists and kick the Freys out of Riverrun.
156* HonorBeforeReason: He refuses to yield Riverrun even though the inevitable outcome of that refusal is the deaths of himself and all of his men. When Edmure uses his authority as Lord of Riverrun to order the Tully garrison to surrender, the Blackfish decides to make a last stand against the Lannisters by himself, even though he could easily escape with Brienne and Pod. This naturally leads to his death.
157* HypocriticalHumor:
158** He chides Edmure for calling Robb "nephew" rather than "King" -- while himself calling Edmure "nephew" rather than "Lord".
159** He staunchly refused to marry, driving a rift between him and Lord Hoster. He then proceeds to make Edmure marry a Frey. The biggest difference is that Edmure's marriage means an awful lot more.
160* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the series until Season 3.
161* ImprobableAimingSkills: After Edmure screws up the VikingFuneral, he disdainfully lights the pyre with a flaming arrow on the first try, while the boat was very far away. He also takes a moment to look at the direction of the wind and compensate for it, showing more care and foresight than his nephew. After shooting, he immediately starts walking away without bothering to wait and see if the arrow will hit. He knows it will, because he's just that good.
162* InformedAbility: His [[DroppedABridgeOnHim underwhelming]], offscreen demise gives grounds to Walder Frey to underscore this.
163-->'''Walder Frey:''' So the famous Blackfish killed by foot soldiers, eh? Legendary warrior, everyone said.
164* InSeriesNickname: "The Blackfish". Promotional material also seems to name him "Blackfish Tully" whenever possible.
165-->'''Brynden''': He (Hoster) asked me to stop calling myself 'Blackfish.' Said it was an old joke, and it was never funny to begin with. I told him [[OnlyknownByTheirNickname people have been calling me 'Blackfish' for so long, they don't remember my real name.]]
166* JerkassHasAPoint: His refusal to consider negotiating with the Freys to save Edmure seems heartless but as he points out The Freys would most likely murder him and his men if he took their deal and it wouldn't benefit anyone.
167* KickTheSonOfABitch: After Lord Karstark kills the Lannister boys and goads Robb by invoking Ned's name, Brynden smashes him so hard in the face he knocks the man to his knees, spitting blood. Were it almost anyone else, it would be much more difficult to side with someone so viciously beating an unarmed prisoner, but given the circumstances...
168* KilledOffscreen: We last see him running off to fight Frey soldiers, and his death is later reported to Jaime.
169* KnightInShiningArmor: One of the straightest examples in the series, along with Davos Seaworth and Barristan Selmy.
170* TheLancer: To Robb, once he's at Riverrun.
171* MemeticBadass: In-universe, he's regarded as one of the best fighters of an entire continent, right up there with Barristan Selmy and Jaime Lannister. As explained in the Histories & Lore videos, along with the young Ser Barristan he was one of the heroes of the War of the Ninepenny Kings (the Fifth and last Blackfyre Rebellion). He also happens to be the highest-born knight in the Riverlands and the most valuable asset in Robb's command when he comes into the fold. Davos describes him as a "legend" in Season 6.
172* NoSell: None of Jaime's attempts to get him to give up Riverrun work. Edmure can't be used as a bargaining chip, as Brynden has accepted that his nephew is likely going to die no matter what happens. Being the badass that he is, the threat of a siege doesn't intimidate him. And the Freys can't starve him out because he and his men have enough provisions to last two years.
173* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He gathered the remaining Tully forces and retook Riverrun by Season 6. [[labelnote: In the books...]] Riverrun was never lost. He defends it, and it stays besieged but unconquered by the Freys -- though it ''is'' considered impressive that he has defiantly been able to hold the castle against the Frey/Lannister forces for ''over a year'' after the Red Wedding, when Jaime arrives.[[/labelnote]]
174* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As he jokingly says himself.
175* OldSoldier: He's the eldest living Tully and has decades of experience in warfare.
176* ParentalSubstitute: He's Catelyn's main source of support after her father dies.
177* PragmaticHero: He evidently still loves Edmure, but won't give up Riverrun even when his nephew's life is threatened. He knows that Edmure likely will die no matter what he does.
178* PutOnABus: After the Red Wedding, he is absent from Seasons 4 and 5. TheBusCameBack in Season 6, with a final stop that happens to be inside Riverrun.
179* RebelLeader: He's been this for the past three seasons.
180* RedBaron: Again, Blackfish. Mentioned in-universe.
181* RedemptionEqualsDeath: From his point of view, at least. He refuses to escape the castle with Brienne and Pod because he is guilty about escaping from the Red Wedding and doesn't want to run again.
182* SoleSurvivor: The only named character in attendence to not get either killed or captured in the Red Wedding, thanks to a luckily-timed loo break.[[labelnote:From the Books...]]Brynden wasn't even at the Twins in the novels, Robb left him behind at Riverrun to hold the southern front against the Lannisters while he tried to kick the Greyjoys from the North and reconsolidate (Robb never contemplates a last-ditch attack on Casterly Rock in the novels). Both bringing Brynden along to the Twins, and hyping up a planned attack on Casterly Rock, seem to have been a deliberate attempt by the TV show to provide a HopeSpot -- so the Starks' sudden destruction at the Red Wedding would be more of a surprise. Think about it: if ''all'' of Robb's major commanders and supporting characters are at the Twins, the audience thinks it's even less likely that they're going to be disastrously attacked, strength in numbers. The TV show then simply established that off-screen, Brynden managed to fight his way through the assault on the Stark army camp -- ''presumably'' to flee back to Riverrun. In the sections of the novels corresponding to Season 4, Brynden and the surviving Tully garrison at Riverrun are besieged with no hope of rescue. They managed to hoard a lot of food resources before a new Lannister army arrived to encircle them, however, so they can hold out for some time -- while with all other Stark-Tully armies defeated, the Lannisters see no reason to waste men by forcing the siege and are just waiting them out until they starve. Brynden is essentially Put On A Bus as a result, with characters only mentioning in passing from time to time that the siege of Riverrun is still ongoing. Jaime Lannister lifts the siege after some convincing by using Edmure as a hostage. The castle opens its doors, but the Blackfish disappears.[[/labelnote]]
183* SurvivorsGuilt: His last words to Brienne indicate that he has some measure of guilt for surviving the Red Wedding when everyone else either died or was imprisoned. This is why he chooses to stay at the castle and perform a DyingMomentOfAwesome.
184* UnflinchingWalk: Shoots a flaming arrow at his brother's funeral barge and walks away before it lands, knowing that it will hit it.
185* TalkToTheFist: Invoked when Edmure complains about being forced into an ArrangedMarriage with Walder Frey's daughter.
186--> '''Edmure''': The Laws of Gods and Men are very clear, no man can compel another man to marry!\
187'''Blackfish''': The Laws of ''my fist'' are about to compel your teeth!
188* TeamDad: To the Starks and Tullys, after the deaths of Ned and Hoster.
189* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No word on his location or status is given for a very long time after The Red Wedding. Season 6 finally gives an answer. It turns out he was retaking Riverrun.
190* YouShallNotPass: He refuses to leave with Brienne and Pod, instead staying at Riverrun to die fighting.
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Lady Catelyn Stark, née Tully]]
194!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichelleFairley
195
196See ''[[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseStark House Stark]]''.
197[[/folder]]
198
199[[folder:Lady Lysa Arryn, née Tully]]
200!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KateDickie
201
202See ''[[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseArryn House Arryn]]''.
203[[/folder]]
204
205[[folder:Lady Roslin Tully, née Frey]]
206!!Lady Roslin Tully
207[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roslin_tully.png]]
208[[caption-width-right:300:''"Lord Edmure... I hope I'm not a disappointment to you."'']]
209!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlexandraDowling
210
211A daughter of Walder Frey who wed Edmure Tully. She is 19 years old.
212----
213* ArrangedMarriage: To Edmure Tully, as of "The Climb". The Freys refuse to let him see her before the wedding, and given the family's reputation for unconventional looks, he's a bit worried. Walder Frey hints in not so many words that she is what he had for Robb hidden in the Twins had he been patient. Robb himself jokingly admits that he lost a ''very'' delectable opportunity... until Frey made him swallow that joke back.
214* BeautifulAllAlong: Knowing of the reputation of the Frey girls' appearance, Edmure complains all the way to the Twins. That is, until he saw Roslin.
215* BeautyEqualsGoodness: She's the most attractive Frey girl alongside being one of the nicer family members.
216* EatingTheEyeCandy: Robb muses jokingly to Talisa that he completely missed out on Roslin. By the way Walder Frey looked at him, he had intended Roslin to marry Robb.
217* HeadTurningBeauty: A gorgeous, gorgeous woman. Edmure done fell off his ass.
218* HoneyTrap: Sort of. It is unlikely she was aware of her father's plans. [[labelnote:From the books...]]Unlike the series, in the books, she's constantly crying because she's aware of her family's plans and has been forced to go along. The Freys claim she's crying because she's nervous.[[/labelnote]]
219* InnocentBlueEyes: Her eyes are blue, and Roslin is easily the sweetest, most innocent Frey.
220* NiceGuy: Incredibly sweet, unlike her {{Jerkass}} father, brothers, and nephews.
221* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Much to both of their surprise.
222* PutOnABus: We don't see her again after the Red Wedding, although she's confirmed as still alive in the finale and gave birth to a son in-between.
223* RavenHairIvorySkin: Has dark brown hair, fair skin, ''and'' is undeniably beautiful (despite [[UglyGuysHotDaughter her family's reputation]]).
224* TokenGoodTeammate: While the rest of the Freys consist of entitled, deceitful and bitter people, Roslin is shy and kind.
225* UglyGuysHotDaughter: She's the daughter of Walder Frey, and the other Freys are nothing to boast about, but when Edmure finally sees her he is immediately struck by her beauty.
226[[/folder]]
227
228!Tully Bannermen, Retainers and Household
229
230[[folder:Lord Jonos Bracken]]
231!!Lord Jonos Bracken
232[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jonos_bracken.png]]
233!!!'''Played By:''' Gerry O'Brien
234
235Another Riverlord. Jonos Bracken is the Lord of Stone Hedge.
236----
237* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In Season 2. [[labelnote:From the books...]]Justified as having gone home to Stone Hedge to retake and rebuild his castle, Stone Hedge.[[/labelnote]]
238* DemotedToExtra: You'd be forgiven for having absolutely no idea who he is.
239* KneelBeforeFrodo: During Robb's 'King of the North' rally.
240* ReasonBeforeHonor: Sort of. He suggests declaring for Renly Baratheon, the most powerful of the claimants to the Iron Throne at the moment, even though Stannis has a better claim to it.
241[[/folder]]
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