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The Baratheons of Dragonstone

The branch of House Baratheon based on the island of Dragonstone, currently headed by Lord Stannis Baratheon, who is technically the rightful king in light of Joffrey's true heritage.

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• The Remnant: The faction's status as of Book 3. With all their leadership dead or in Asgard, they've been reduced to just holding their lands against all comers rather than fighting proactively.
• Took a Level in Badass: After Thor terrifies the Stormlanders, they go from having the smallest army in the war to having the entirety of the Stormlands on their side.

Stannis Baratheon

Stannis Baratheon

The middle Baratheon brother, lord of Dragonstone, and (technically) the rightful King of Westeros.

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• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: He ultimately ascends to Valhalla upon his death.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Amora mind controls him into trying to sacrifice his daughter.
• The Chains of Commanding: After prompting from Thor, he admits that he'd be miserable as King, but feels an obligation to take the Iron Throne anyway. Considering the fact that the other options right now are Renly and Joffrey, he has a valid point.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: He dies at the Battle of the Blackwater, long before the point of his death in the show.
• Empowered Badass Normal: While fairly badass on his own, when he's put into the Destroyer, he becomes powerful enough to fight against Thor.
• Face Death with Dignity: Before the Valkyrie carries his soul to Warrior Heaven, he tells Shireen how much she made him proud, entrusts her to his retainers and asks for Thor to destroy the Destroyer, so as to prevent it ruining more lives.
• I Need a Freaking Drink: After seeing his "guest" flying, he grabs a tankard of ale to quaff with such gusto that Robert's soul must be bursting with pride.
• Knight Templar: He is utterly convinced about what's right and what's wrong.
• Mistaken for Badass:
  • When Tywin hears about a "divine" warrior pledging his sword to him and treating Jane Seaworth as a queen, Tywin immediately thinks Stannis is trying to boost his popularity amongst the superstitious smallfolk to legitimize his claim and discreetly divorce Selyse Florent for a more fertile wife.
  • Downplayed, since Stannis is still an experienced soldier, commander, and ruler, being instrumental in the defeat of the Ironborn during their rebellion, and having commanded the Royal Fleet in battle against numerous pirates. He's just... not Thor.
• Morality Pet: He may not be the world's best dad, but he still cares about Shireen.
• Odd Friendship: The anal-retentive, compulsively honest and law-abiding Stannis decided to be best friends with a laidback smuggler who actually was the human identity for a deity of chaos and lies.
• Only Sane Man: Among the Baratheon brothers, he's pretty much this. Robert cared for nothing if he couldn't fuck it, fight it, or drink it, and Renly is a narcissistic brat who wants power for himself.
• Pals with Jesus: Unbeknownst to him, Stannis gained Loki's respect and friendship, so much that "Davos Seaworth" swore himself to him. He also works with Thor.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He might have a stick up his ass regarding rule and law, but he knows not to point blame where it doesn't belong. Case in point, he knows not to push the subject regarding Thor mistaking Jane as Queen and him as her servant, and lets her know that he doesn't blame her for the confusion.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives one to Renly about how he's done absolutely nothing deserving of being a king.
• So Proud of You: Some people would claim he was dishonored by his lack of a son. But if you ask for his opinion, being Shireen's father was his greatest achievement.
• Take Care of the Kids: His Last Request to Jane and Davos before he dies is to love Shireen as their own and seat her on the Iron Throne.
• This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: On paper, he's allied with a bonafide god, but Thor firmly insists he's not gonna do the heavy lifting of winning the Iron Throne for Stannis. How can you be worthy of a crown if it's handed to you instead of earned?
• Warrior Heaven: His injuries from fighting Thor are deadly, but he's judged worthy of entering Valhalla.

Davos Seaworth (Spoilers)

Warning! This character is deemed a Walking Spoiler for Book 2. Because of this, all spoilers for this character folder will be unmarked.

Ser Davos Seaworth/Loki Odinson, aka the Stranger

Formerly a commoner, he was knighted by Stannis Baratheon and followed him ever since. Father to Jane. Revealed in Chapter 43 of A Crack of Thunder to be Loki Odinson.

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• Action Dad: One of the greatest sorcerers in all the Nine Realms and is father to a daughter and several sons.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: Zigzagged. He certainly accumulated weight and years, but the books made a point to describe Davos as plain and homely, without any indication that he ever was a knockout in his youth. And even his actor in the series didn't have the god-level handsomeness of Loki.
• Adaptational Badass: He's very much a Non-Action Guy in canon, and is at the most an Action Survivor. It's a massive change when he reveals himself as a god able to duel Amora the Enchantress, herself no small fish.
• Adaptational Heroism: Not so much for Davos, who's a hero throughout the series, but this more applies to his true self as Loki.
• Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Not really idiocy, but crossdressing when drunk indicates quite the loosening of habits.
• Angel Unaware: Unknown to everyone, he's actually Loki.
• Annoying Younger Sibling: Thor apparently was his main target when he was in a pranking mood.
• Becoming the Mask: Loki actually grew to enjoy being Davos Seaworth, Honest Advisor to Stannis Baratheon and loving father that even after he reveals his true form to the others, he makes plans to bring the family he formed with him to Asgard and swears to a dying Stannis that he will do everything he can to make Shireen Queen of Westeros.
• Been There, Shaped History: During his many trips to Midgard over the centuries, he's played a trickster advisor to many prominent historical figures:
  • Taught Lann the Clever everything he knew.
  • Guided King Theon Stark towards raiding Andalos.
  • Convinced Ser Criston Cole to get revenge on Rhaenrya by siding with Aegon II.
  • Wrote the Pureborn of Qarth's rules and doctrines.
• Big Damn Heroes: He arrives to deal with Amora right as she binds Thor with her magic and nearly kills Jane.
• Black Sheep: No matter his godly identity, Loki cannot escape this. He was a trickster among the honorable and warrior-like Asgardians, and everyone in Westeros shuns the Stranger out of fear for being a death deity.
• Blade Enthusiast: He taught all his tricks to his son Matthos and his daughter Jane. It's minor foreshadowing that he's Loki, who's practically the MCU king of this trope.
• Composite Character:
  • He combines his character from the books with Loki.
  • With the Stranger, fittingly enough — in the myths, Loki was infamously a loose cannon, never actually integrated within the Aesir pantheon and associated with death through his hereafter-ruling daughter Hela. Also, the Stranger is from Ambiguous Gender, while Loki sometimes showed hints of being gender-fluid (he was rumored to shapeshift into a woman for banging mortals and bearing children).
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Delivers a very well deserved one to Amora when he reveals himself as Loki. He treats the entire thing like a minor issue and spends more time talking with his family than he does acknowledging his opponent.
• Didn't See That Coming: Ironically for a Trickster God, Loki never expected he would fall in love for the human Marya.
• Divine Date: Him being Loki means that him courting and marrying Marya was this.
• Fingore: As punishment for past sins, he had several fingers amputated. Since he's an Asgardian and can either regrow the fingers or just hide that he's missing them with illusions, this... doesn't exactly work.
• Foreshadowing: There were several hints that the author snuck in that Davos wasn't exactly what he seemed.
• The Gadfly: Well, duh. He's Loki, it comes with the territory.
• Godzilla Threshold: Amora imperiling his children finally persuades Loki to cast his human disguise away and fight her as a god.
• Good Parents: He's a loving father to his children, which makes him a very odd duck amongst the Westerosi highborns. He is freshly ennobled, mind you.
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Never once had Thor suspected this fat, aging mortal to be his missing brother.
• Honest Advisor: The reason why Stannis values him so much.
• I Choose to Stay: He never went back to Asgard when the time for his pilgrimage came to an end, and continued to live simply with his wife and children. He confirms that the reason he remained in Westeros was because he loved his wife and wanted to be there to raise his children.
• I Have Many Names: Befitting a trickster, "Loki Odinson" and "the Stranger" are only two of his identities. He's currently living as "Davos Seaworth".
• I Just Want to Be Normal: Davos is perfectly happy to be a simple man who loves his family. It even led him to briefly renounce Asgard, and Loki is anguished when he's forced to abandon this persona.
• Interspecies Romance: It's ultimately revealed that he's Loki Odinson, a Frost Giant (with potentially Aesir ancestry), and he married a human woman in his time on Westeros.
• In the Blood: Jane is just as blunt and loyal a person as him. She also shows hints of Guile Hero and manages to unlock magic when attacking Amora.
• Irony: Davos is infamous for his Brutal Honesty, but one of Loki's mantles is God of Lies.
• I Was Quite a Looker: Nobody can see his Strong Family Resemblance with Jane because he grew old and fat, but she certainly didn't inherit her beauty from her mother. As Loki, it overlaps with Hot God.
• Love Redeems: Davos the smuggler was quite the satisfied, unrepentant scoundrel. Until he met his future wife Marya and sired Jane, which gave him the need to be worthy of their love. And when you have been turning tricks for several millennia, it's quite the change of character.
• Magic Knight: Loki wields his spear with as much skill as he does magic. He even tells Amora that Frigga emphasizes this philosophy in her training: "a true wielder of the mystic arts must have a body as honed as their mind if they wish to succeed."
• The Man Behind the Man: This is the role that Loki typically assumes when he comes down to Westeros, playing things in the shadows. He's changed his ways since becoming Davos.
• Master Actor: Despite being a lowborn smuggler, he's remarkably skilled at this, as he is revealed to be Loki. Meaning he perfectly knew who Thor was when he arrived yet never slipped once in front of his brother, which shows how crafty he was to pull the wool over someone who had millennia to learn all his ticks' eyes.
• Master of Disguise: A very good one. So good that his own brother couldn't see through "Davos Seaworth" as a cover identity.
• Master of Illusion: A talent of his, which he put to use by disguising himself as a woman.
• Momma's Boy: Thor mentions he was his mother Frigga's best student.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The Stranger, since they're supposed to be the Westerosi death god.
• Never Gets Drunk: According to Jane, neither of them ever gets drunk no matter what they drink. This is because he's actually Loki, so drinks from Westeros won't get him plastered.
• No-Sell: He casually stops Melisandre's magic with his bare hands. This reveals that he's really Loki.
• Papa Wolf: He pulls his daughter to safety when a shooting star falls right on Dragonstone's beach and quite disapproves of Thor fondling Jane's breasts when she obviously dislikes it. He later reveals his true identity as Loki when Amora threatens the life of his children and Shireen, and when he learns that Amora attempted to have Jane raped to death, he horrifically disfigures her with magical venom and brutally kills her.
• The Promise: Swears to Stannis that he'll place Shireen on the Iron Throne as Stannis lays dying.
• Sibling Rivalry: In the past, Loki and Thor were awful towards each other, both out of obliviousness and genuine malice. Fortunately, they managed to mend their relationship before it was too late.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Thor is very loud and favors honesty, while Loki disappears into the background and hides his true intentions.
• And This Is for...: As Loki, he finishes Shireen's job in ruining Amora's face while pointing out he's doing it for all the people Amora murdered and tried to murder.
• The Three Faces of Adam: With the revelation that he is Loki, he takes up the role of The Lord. He's strongly attached to kingly power as Stannis' adviser and his own status as Crown Prince of Asgard, and his mortal family anchors him to the material realm.
• Tranquil Fury: Loki was already furious when Amora tried to kill Jane and Shireen. Then Thor revealed she was planning to do worse to Jane. He says nothing, but he vibrates in wrath as he realizes what Thor refers to.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Inverted. Marya is described as homely at best by her own daughter while Davos appears to have been quite the tall drink of sexy in his glory days.
• Villainous Breakdown: Downplayed as he only was a Royal Brat at the time, but he willingly undermined and hated Thor once upon a time. Then his elder announced him he was Rejecting the Inheritance since he felt Loki was more worthy of the crown, and the younger prince briefly went to pieces over it.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Right before going to town on Melisandre, aka Amora, he peels his "Davos" appearance away to regain his youth and divine power.
• Walking Spoiler: Just as big as the Night's Queen. Hence why all spoilers are unmarked for this character.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: Thor comments that he wears dresses when he gets drunk. He even confused Jane for Loki when he first saw her.

Jane Seaworth*

Queen Jane Seaworth, the Stormtamer

The eldest daughter of Ser Davos Seaworth, Jane is Shireen's nursemaid and de facto mother figure. An atheist with a critical mind, she doesn't believe in magic. Of course, all these things would change when a man fell from the sky, and declared her a queen.

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• 11th-Hour Superpower: The wildfire explosion unlocks her Asgardian/Frost Giant heritage, allowing her to use magic to make her knives explosive.
• Adaptation Species Change: In the comics, Jane is a full-blooded human. A Crack of Thunder reveals that she is actually half-human, half-Frost Giant since she is the daughter of Loki, otherwise known as Davos Seaworth.
• Agent Scully:
  • She firmly believes everything can be explained by mundane reasons, such as highborns living longer because they have a better quality of life. She also believes the White Walkers were nothing but another wildling tribe. Then Thor drops by on the beach of Dragonstone...
  • She starts going back on this later, acknowledging that maybe there are some things that you can't logically explain.
• Big Sister Instinct: She didn't hesitate to lie about seeing the prince threatening Shireen - knowing the king would strike him - because he was bullying the poor girl.
• Brutal Honesty: She is Davos' daughter, so much that her father has to tell her to step down a bit or she will get herself in trouble.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: Thor marvels at her magnificent breasts. She's not flattered by his groping.
• Dating What Daddy Hates: Davos isn't really too hot on her growing closer from Thor, which is quite reasonable since he introduced himself to her by groping her against her will. In hindsight, of course Loki wouldn't like to see his daughter going frisky with her (adopted but still) uncle.
• Deadpan Snarker: When it suits her. Like making snide comments about Renly throughout his parley with Stannis.
• Defiant Captive: Even when facing rape by Amora's followers, she never stops fighting, and promises bloody vengeance on them all.
• The Dreaded: At least she is to Tyrion, who calls her 'The Stranger's Daughter' and internally acknowledges one of the reasons he is not going to spread rumors about Shireen being a bastard is that he knows Jane will carve him up.
• Generation Xerox: She's basically her father's younger female version, being a blunt commoner-turned-noble who's fiercely loyal to a Baratheon.
• Half-Human Hybrid: It's revealed in chapter 43 of Book 2 that she's half-Asgardian/Frost Giant on her father's side. Which, by the rules in this universe, makes her Asgardian.
• Happily Married: By A Web of Lies, she's married with Thor.
• I Have Brothers: Jane certainly isn't afraid to speak her mind or wield a knife — in the latter case, that's because her brother Matthos was learning how to use it and so she pestered their father until he let her in the lessons.
• Informed Ability: She pestered her dad for learning how to use a knife after hearing her brother would benefit from these lessons. She hasn't been seen making use of it but she's apparently so good that Tyrion doesn't want to draw her ire upon him.
• In Love with Your Carnage: Her reaction when Thor gorily murders her would-be rapists right in front of her isn't fear or disgust, oh no... She's actually envious because she would like to be the one doing the mess.
  • When Loki begins to tell her about his story, Jane mentions she has no trouble if he does it while he keeps brutalizing Amora.
• Lady Swears-a-Lot: While several characters curse in the story Jane tends to be the one to drop f-bombs more than anyone else. She is the daughter of a sailor, after all.
• My Nayme Is: Averted, she's Jane rather than Jeyne.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Tyrion nicknamed her the "Stranger's Daughter". Remember that the Stranger is the local death god. This takes on a new meaning when it's revealed that she's actually Loki's daughter.
• Near-Rape Experience: Chapter 41 of A Crack of Thunder begins with three men about to rape her, only to be saved in the nick of time by Thor. It is still a really disturbing experience.
• Never Gets Drunk: She claims that she and her father never get drunk no matter what they drink. She thinks they might have a Stark in their ancestry because of this. Then Chapter 43 of A Crack of Thunder shows the actual reason - Davos is Loki Odinson.
• Not So Above It All:
  • Davos playfully reminds her she used to put her milk teeth on the window for the Tooth Queen to take. She claims it was because she wanted the copper to buy sweets.
  • Melisandre's attempts to seduce Thor while disparaging Jane's charms annoy her so much she thinks about ripping her dress to let Thor feel her again.
• Parental Substitute:
  • As Lady Selyse outright washes her hands of her daughter, Jane has to care for the girl as she were her own. Unintentionally lampshaded when Thor is introduced to Shireen and thinks she's Jane's child. Stannis requests her to outright become Shireen's mother.
  • Chapter 15 reveals that Shireen finds the fact that people are now mistakenly thinking Jane is her mother to be hilarious, and as such has started referring to her as "Mother" or "Mama" in front of everyone other than her parents.
  • She's officially elevated to this when the dying Stannis entrusts Shireen to her, asking for Jane to love the girl as her blood daughter.
• Plucky Girl: Her reaction when a star falls on Dragonstone's beach? She immediately runs for it, giddy at the idea of finding sky-metal. Even before it landed, she only went for cover because her father dragged her and because she wanted to protect Shireen.
• Related in the Adaptation: In the original comics, Loki and Jane's only connection was the fact she was dating his brother. Here, she's his daughter.
• Silk Hiding Steel: Very much steel with a touch of silk. She's Shireen's primary caretaker who will have no remorse in shredding anyone threatening her charge, no matter their rank.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Averted. Despite being Davos's daughter, she hardly looks like him, and is considered too beautiful to have much resemblance to her homely mother. Then it's revealed that Davos is Loki and that she really takes after her father. It also puts Thor's confusing her for his brother in a new context.
• Thunder Bolt Iron: Thor gives her a pair of star-metal daggers as a gift before Team Dragonstone left to parley with Renly.
• Tomato in the Mirror: Her refusal to believe in magic becomes hilarious when she learns she's actually a demigoddess through her father.
• The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: People are scratching their head over the fact that "such a pretty flower grew into a pile of shit". It's explained by Davos being a real stunner before letting himself go. And seeing him in his Loki appearance confirms it.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: When she bluntly reminds Thor she's nothing but a knight's daughter from a painfully new noble house, he gently points Aegon the Dragon started as a man without a home and in spite of not being highborn enough, she's the queen Dragonstone's people deserve.

Shireen Baratheon

Shireen Baratheon

Daughter of Stannis, and thus de facto princess of the Seven Kingdoms, as far as his followers are concerned.

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• Beware the Nice Ones: After Amora tries to have Stannis burn her alive, she drives a burning brand straight into Amora's left eye, blinding her and melting the flesh on that side.
• Brutal Honesty: She doesn't sugarcoat her words, bluntly acknowledging she's scared by the burnings and wants Davos with her to be reassured.
• Daddy's Girl: Her father may not be the greatest when he has to act as a normal human being, but his love for her is plain as day and she happily returns it.
• Generation Xerox: Her and Jane Seaworth mimic their fathers' dynamic, with Shireen as the blunt Baratheon. They are only younger and female.
• Happily Adopted: Right before dying, Stannis officially entrusts her to her beloved Parental Substitute Jane Seaworth.
• Harmful to Minors: She's Forced to Watch while people are burned alive by her father's fanatic priestess-adviser.
• Kick the Dog: She was on the receiving end when Joffrey destroyed her brand-new doll only because he didn't want to visit Dragonstone, saying that now the doll looked as ugly as her and trying to bully her into admitting she did it herself. Thankfully, Jane put a stop to it.
• Legacy Character: Replaces Brunhilde as the new Queen of the Valkyries.
• Like a Son to Me: Jane basically stepped up as her Parental Substitute since her birth mother is very neglectful and too fanatic to properly care for her child. Lampshaded by Thor when she's introduced to him and he mistakenly thinks she's Jane's daughter.
  • Apparently, others have started to mistakenly believe that Jane is her mother. Shireen finds this hilarious, and has started calling her "Mother" and "Mama" in front of everyone who isn't her parents.
• Lonely Doll Girl: Broken dolls seem to be a recurrent thing with her: it starts with the one which gave her grayscale then you have the one Joffrey ruined to make it as "ugly" as Shireen. Fortunately, her latest set averts it.
• Morality Pet: To her parents. Stannis genuinely tries to put his grumpiness and awkwardness away to interact with her, and Selyse flat-out refuses to let her die even to satisfy her fanaticism.
• Plot-Relevant Age-Up: After leaving Westeros for Asgard at the end of A Crack of Thunder, she returns in A Shield of Man as an adult, despite only being away for months at most. It is explained that time flows differently in Asgard.
• Scars Are Forever: Her grayscale-marred face always makes people pity her. Except for Thor who thinks she fought a dragon and praises her for being so brave at her young age.
• Shared Family Quirks: Like Stannis, she grinds her teeth when frustrated, which is often when around the Guardians.
• She Is All Grown Up: She wasn't much to look at as a child. As an adult, she's so beautiful that Rickon is dumbstruck by her looks and awkwardly keeps hitting on her.
• Shipper on Deck: For Thor and Jane.
• Spared by the Adaptation: She never gets burned alive to Rh'llor here.
• Took a Level in Badass: Spent "years" training in Asgard, becoming Queen of the Valkyries.
• Troll: Plays along with Thor's initial mistaken belief that she's Jane's daughter just because she finds Jane's annoyance at it funny.
• Valkyrie: Shireen becomes the new Queen of the Valkyries as a fully-grown adult.

Thor Odinson

Thor Odinson, the Warrior, the Storm God

The God of Thunder, who travels from Asgard to Westeros in search of his missing brother Loki. He doesn't look quite like what people expected.

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• Accidental Truth: Thor tells Jane she is the Queen Westeros deserves to have. Then it turns out he was only half-right - because Jane, as Loki's heir, is fated to become Asgard's Queen.
• Angel Unaware: His people frequently travel to Westeros to mingle with mankind. Thor himself was a sellsword, a smith, even a maester once.
• Apologetic Attacker: He expresses his regret when he's forced to fight Stannis while in The Destroyer under Amora's control.
• Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Apparently believes in this, since he deems Jane a Queen for not cowering in front of his arrival.
• Been There, Shaped History: Was the King-Beyond-The-Wall who fought against the Others during the Long Night.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He's an affable Nice Guy and a great drinking buddy, but he is a powerful thunder god whose rage is something you DO NOT want to invoke. As seen in Chapter 41 of A Crack of Thunder, where he brutally kills Jane's would-be rapists, doing anything to hurt those he cares for is a terrible, terrible idea.
• Big Brother Instinct:
  • His main reason for being in Westeros is to search for his missing brother.
  • He swears he won't let any harm come to Shireen if he can help it.
• Big Eater: When he said he'd hold seven days of feasting, he wasn't joking. He still looks like he could go for more when it was over.
• Book Dumb: While a savant in the battlefield and remarkably perceptive, he's rather ill-fit for more intellectual, diplomatic pursuits that would be needed for a ruler. He was a maester in the past, but he has no trouble admitting that he wasn't a very good one.
• Composite Character:
  • In-universe, his people were mixed together to become the Seven. When he lands on Dragonstone, the audience remarks on the fact he's dressed as the Warrior but holds the Smith's hammer.
  • Out of universe, his character is assimilated with Joramun, the legendary first King-Beyond-the-Wall, who he lived as in one of his past mortal lives.
  • He's also the Storm God the Ironborn fear, while Ægir^note It isn't confirmed if he is an Asgardian, as the Ægir of Norse mythology was a sea jotunn, though he was friends with the gods and often hosted parties for them is the Drowned God. While the Ironborn do have a somewhat more accurate view of his appearance and abilities (Theon realizes who Thor is when he recognizes Mjölnir, and he knows that only the worthy can wield it), Thor and Ægir are actually friends, and the whole Drowned God thing was a nickname Sif gave him after she dropped him in a pond for trying to bed her.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Chapter 41 of Crack reveals that, in one of his past lives, he was turned into a Sex Slave in Lys when he was a boy.
• The Dreaded: For Theon, who recognizes him as being The Storm God, responsible for casting down the Drowned God that the Ironborn worship. Among the Ironborn, he's depicted as a horrific boogeyman who kills and tortures the Drowned God's followers for his amusement.
• Flight: Using his hammer, he can fly through the air at high speeds. This floors everyone when they first see it, even causing Stannis of all people to down his drink at a rate that Robert would be proud of.
• Foil: Reviewers lament Stannis' plight, since he's stuck with a blond version of Robert. However, Thor has a genuine respect for women - while Robert has no qualms hitting his queen - and refused to take the throne which is his birthright since he knew he would be an awful king. Lampshaded in Chapter 15, with Jane thinking to herself that Thor is basically Robert reborn as an immortal blonde.
• Friend to All Children:
  • Immediately takes a shine to Shireen whose curiosity he indulges. It's apparently a cultural thing for his people, since they hold children as sacred.
  • Chapter 15 reveals that he got Shireen a quarterstaff as a gift and has promised to train her with it when he returns from the meeting with Renly.
• God Is Good: He immediately becomes popular among Dragonstone's smallfolk because of that, as a deity who genuinely cares about people and enjoys their friendship instead of asking for bloody tributes.
• God of Thunder: Need we say more?
• Hero of Another Story: His being a Composite Character with the first King-beyond-the-Wall, Joramun, means he helped Azor Ahai to banish the Others and win the War for the Dawn thousands of years ago.
• Hidden Depths:
  • Boisterous as he is, he is able to recognize his flaws and the flaws in others, admitting that he would make a poor king and pointing out that Stannis would be miserable as king.
  • When Renly is about to start his famous peach speech, he interrupts saying that he would like a peach, throwing Renly off completely. At first, it seems like he's just being his usual, somewhat ditzy self, only for him to reveal that Renly doesn't have any other peaches, and tell Renly that he shouldn't offer people things he can't give them, regardless of whether he's offering peaches or promises of success.
  • He also reveals that he understands what Jane is going through after being nearly raped - because he was also raped when he was turned into a Sex Slave in one of his past Midgardian lives.
• Humble Hero: He confesses he's not king material and sees no shame in crowning and serving his adopted brother instead. Downplayed in that he still loves to talk about his adventures, but he also likes to talk about his friends.
• I Am X, Son of Y: He outright introduces himself as a son of Odin and calls Jane "Davosdaughter". He has also referred to himself as simply being "The Odinson".
• I Have Many Names:
  • The Odinson, Prince of Asgard, and God of Thunder are the ones he's called among his own. In Westeros, he's The Warrior to the Andals, both the Storm God and the Skybreaker to the Ironborn, and Punor of Oaks to the First Men.
  • His hammer Mjölnir is also called Thunder Maker, the Crusher and the Grinder.
• I Hate Past Me: He's not really proud of the Glory Hound, selfish and spoiled princeling he was, and specifically expresses regret about being a Big Brother Bully to Loki.
• I Will Find You: Claims he was sent on Westeros to find his brother Loki's whereabouts.
• Irony: He chose to renounce to the throne of Asgard because he didn't feel he was the right choice. If he does end up being Jane's husband, he will be Consort King when Jane becomes the Queen of Asgard.
• Jerkass Gods: Played for Laughs when he cursed Brandon the Builder to be unable of getting drunk, because the Stark helped "that shit" Durran Godsgrief to build Storm's End (intended to be a defiance towards the gods themselves). Outside of this, he's a complete aversion.
• Life of the Party: His first deed after landing on Dragonstone was commanding a feast for seven days. Seven days as a whole. He personally ensured the food and drink wouldn't run out and had a great time retelling his and his friends' various adventures.
• Nice Guy: A tad insensitive, but he genuinely praises Jane's bravery when he fell on Dragonstone and doesn't disparage Shireen when he sees her scar, telling her she's strong for living.
• Not Hyperbole: When he said he was going to feast for seven days, he meant seven days nonstop.
• Only the Chosen May Wield: His hammer can only be lifted by those worthy to wield it. He asks Renly to hold it... and the royal brat promptly fails and falls off his horse.
• Refusal of the Call: Was meant to inherit his father's throne, but has refused it, as he does not feel worthy.
• Shut Up, Hannibal!: Calmly and easily shoots down all of Renly's claims to greatness.
• Story-Breaker Power: Given that he's a Physical God in a world of human warriors, few of whom are augmented in some ways, he could quite literally end the war and 90% of Westeros's problems in a few days if he wanted. However, he's only in Westeros to find Loki and is only helping Stannis until he accomplishes his goal. Even then, he makes it a point not to do any heavy lifting for Stannis since he would not have earned his crown if he did so. To get around this, enemies, such as the Destroyer armor, are introduced and shown to be among the few that can challenge him.
• Super-Strength: Par for the course with Thor. After he returns with more food for the feast, he's seen carrying a massive stag on his shoulders without effort, something that would have broken anyone else's back from the attempt. He also apparently carried dozens of other animals over to be slaughtered for the seven day feast.
• Surprise Incest: The revelations in Chapter 43 of Book 2 put his whole relationship with Jane at risk of being tanked by the reveal that Davos was Loki's human identity, which makes him Jane's paternal uncle. Okay, that's only through adoption and gods infamously slept with their own siblings, but still...
• Thanks for the Mammary: When he meets Jane, he grabs her tits and remarks on their beauty. She's quite disgruntled. In his defense, he was checking to see if it was Loki in disguise... which, given Loki's talents of illusion and disguise, is somewhat reasonable... somewhat.
• Thunder Hammer: Carries Mjolnir.
• The Three Faces of Adam: The Hunter. He loves adventure, openly confesses he would be ill-suited for responsibility and is currently on a quest to find his younger brother.
• Troll: Turns out that the Starks' fabled inability to get drunk is because he pranked Brandon the Builder by giving him an Asgardian constitution so he could not get drunk on Midgardian alcohol. All because he helped Durran Godsgrief build Storm's End.
• Weather Manipulation: He is the God of Thunder. When Renly make him really angry, he unleashed a raging storm so powerful it completely blackened the sky and made the storm that took Stannis's parents away seem like a gentle breeze.

Melisandre

Melisandre/ Amora the Enchantress

Stannis' advisor-priestess. A fundamentalist who likes nothing more than spreading her Lord's word and fire everywhere. She also has a very uncomfortable obsession with Thor.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: Towards Thor, who prefers Jane over her. She really wants him for her paramour and King consort, even after he declined the crown for Loki.
• Adaptational Dye-Job: In the original source material, Amora has golden blond hair. Melisandre confesses it was formerly the same for this story, but she's now a redhead - which prevented Thor from immediately identifying her, even if he could guess she wasn't a normal human.
• Adaptational Villainy: In the books, she's more of an Affably Evil Anti-Villain at her worst. Being Amora in this story throws out her redeeming qualities.
• Ambiguously Human: After meeting her, Thor starts to suspect she could be Asgardian. She ultimately reveals herself as Amora the Enchantress, an Asgardian.
• Arc Villain: Towards Thor and Jane in A Crack of Thunder.
• Asshole Victim: Her death is one of the more cruel fates in the story so far. She's stabbed, mutilated, branded, poisoned into an almost corpse-like state, then executed by Loki, knowing that how she looks when she dies will carry over to the afterlife. She's such a heartless, cruel, narcissistic, petty, vain witch that every second of her fate is well deserved, and no character morns her loss.
• Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted with a vengeance when Shireen strikes her face with a brand, leaving her horrendously burned on the left side and blind from this eye. And then Loki pours magical venom all over over her as payment for trying to have Jane brutally raped to death, leaving her face falling off her skull in pieces. Plus, since Asgardians look the same in the afterlife as they do in the moment of their death, Loki condemns her to exist forever as the hideous and warped being she's become.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Oh she's certainly a threat, but in the grand scheme of things, she's rather pathetic and unimportant. Once Loki reveals himself, the entire conflict with her becomes so one-sided against her that she goes from a moderate threat to completely pathetic in the span of moments.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: Loki notes that she does genuinely have the potential to be a great sorceress, but she utterly cripples herself by being a vain narcissist. She doesn't want to develop and hone herself because that would require that she put actual effort into being a better person. Rather than take her magic to new heights through practice, she gets others to do the job for her, coasting by on the work of others. This leads to her undoing when she goes against Loki, a master of magic who has trained and honed himself almost every single day of his life to become the sorcerer he is today.
• Charm Person: She's really persuasive when she has to convince a man to do something. Thor explicitly explains that it's not her beauty and charisma alone, she's able to magically "enthrall" people of the male persuasion.
• Composite Character: Melisandre gets combined with Amora the Enchantress. She also has shades of MCU Loki, who jumped from the Bifrost after raising chaos in Asgard, landed on Midgard and started to make trouble.
• Didn't See That Coming: When Thor crashes on Dragonstone, she's just as flat-footed as everyone else on the beach.
  • The big one comes when she attacks Davos Seaworth only for him to effortlessly stop her magic attack... because he is actually Loki Odinson.
• Dirty Coward: Thor calls her out on this, saying that she relies on others to fight her battles and then flees when they fail.
• Distaff Counterpart: Shireen actually compares her to Joffrey, since both are spoiled narcissists bullying people into obedience through the destruction of treasured possessions.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: As Amora, she was never able to realize the real power things like friendship or love have. She still hasn't learned anything to this day.
• The Exile: If only because she fled the actual punishment meant for her. She fled from Asgard rather than face Odin's wrath after her attempt on Sif's life.
• Eye Scream: Shireen drives a burning brand into her left eye, melting it.
• Fate Worse than Death: She is without a doubt the epitome of a Vain Sorceress. So when Loki finally executes her, he brutally disfigures her. Since Asgardians look in death as they were at the moment of death, Amora will spend her afterlife as a repulsive, disgusting monster.
• Female Misogynist: A hint of this. As long as another woman is beautiful, she's a threat. If she's not, then she's good for nothing.
• The Fundamentalist: She's a disturbed follower of R'hllor, the "Lord of Light". Even when she's revealed to be Amora, Word of God confirms that she still highly believes in R'hllor and that it's a religion she became deeply attached to in her time on Westeros.
• Hate Sink: She's a despicable, narcissistic witch who has no compunctions with burning innocent children and having potential rivals raped to death for her selfish needs. She's as horrid as can be to make the readers root for Jane and Thor all the more, and to make it her gruesome death at Loki's hands as satisfying as possible.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: Once the prime adviser to Stannis, Thor's arrival utterly destroyed her influence because smallfolk would rather worship a compassionate, helpful deity than a terrifying entity asking for Human Sacrifice.
• Irony: She manages to enthrall any man she meets, but the one she truly covets is utterly impervious to her charm and glamour.
• Jerkass Gods: It's revealed in A Crack of Thunder that she's actually an Asgardian sorceress whose only goal is to become a Queen, and she doesn't care about collateral damage.
• Laser-Guided Karma: She tried to burn Shireen alive, but the girl defends herself by burning her face (which a Vain Sorceress such as Amora would undoubtedly considers a Fate Worse than Death).
• Manipulative Bitch: Via her sex appeal. It works on most men, but Thor is completely unperturbed.
• Meaningful Rename: "Melisandre" isn't her true name, and it comes from a legend about a beautiful woman trying and failing to hide her monstrous nature from her husband. Amora is a metaphorical monster, but a monster all the same under her beauty.
• Oh, Crap!: She totally loses it when she understands Davos Seaworth is NOT a soft target, but Loki Odinson, who's far above her regarding magical prowess.
• Psychopathic Womanchild: Shireen's description of her has vibes of it — she only cares about her wants, and she enjoys destroying what other people hold dear to bully them into compliance.
• Rasputinian Death: Completely brutal, and completely deserved. She gets stabbed by Jane, her right eye branded by Shireen, blown off her feet by Jane's magically empowered dagger, Loki cuts her hand off with her own spell, magically pummelled into the ground, her other hand stabbed with a spear, her face and hand utterly ruined with Skaði's serpent's poison and finally executed via spear.
• Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: She was assumed dead after jumping off the Bifrost, but instead made her way to Westeros.
• The Resenter: Strongly implied to be this for Jane Seaworth, since the girl basically replaced her. She outright told Stannis Jane had to be killed for being named a contender in the War of Five Crowns. It's later revealed to be because she's a Yandere for Thor.
• Selective Obliviousness:
  • Good luck getting her to acknowledge that Thor doesn't return her feelings.
  • She also deludes herself into believing that she was Frigga's greatest student, when she was anything but.
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: She grew absolutely paranoid about Jane stealing everything she coveted (a queenly crown and Thor's love) and as such decided to destroy the other woman. Well, it certainly ticked Jane off, so much that she decided to avenge herself by utterly ruining Melisandre.
• Self-Proclaimed Love Interest: She does everything she can imagine to seduce Thor to her cause, but he barely notices or is creeped out. When Amora finally eschews her mask, Thor has nothing but disgust towards her.
• The Sociopath: She's a manipulative, cruel, rude, cold-blooded and spoiled sorceress who will do anything to get Thor, from sending three men to rape Jane to trying to trick Stannis into sacrificing his own daughter to R'hllor.
• The Three Faces of Eve: The classical Seductress, she uses her looks to manipulate people.
• The Vamp: Absolutely no shame about baring her tits to Thor while hinting she wouldn't be adverse to him touching her package. Alas for her, he thinks Jane's cleavage far more superior.
• Villainous Breakdown: Her perception of Jane as a threat to her power and influence gradually chips away at her self-control, and seeing Jane opposing her on the Blackwater finally reduces the red witch to throw a fully-blown tantrum. Goes completely off her gourd when Davos reveals himself to be Loki.
• Would Hurt a Child: Her plans involve having Shireen killed.
• Yandere: She's revealed to be this much like the version from the comicbook depiction, she hates to see Thor more interested in another woman. So she orders two of her brainwashed cronies to go and rape Jane by "all her orifices" before slitting her throat.
• You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good!: Loki points out she could have used her skills to become a Goddess, make Westeros a rival to Asgard or even turned the Cult of R'hollor into a force to be reckoned with. Instead, she just coasted by on what she learned from Frigga and a bit from Midgardian magic and went to a desperate man and promised him things she would never give him.

Cressen*

Maester Cressen

The Maester of Dragonstone, who has faithfully served House Baratheon for decades. In the present, he serves as one of Stannis' chief advisors.

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• The Good Chancellor: Along with Davos, he tries to play this role to Stannis.
• Non-Action Guy: Well aware of his status as this, but he'll still follow Shireen wherever because he's not letting her walk into danger alone.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Shireen and Jane talk him out of protesting Melisandre's actions, so he never poisons himself trying to kill her.
• The Team Normal: When Shireen and the Guardians of the Galaxy team up, he's one of the only 2 normals alongside Roslin.
• You Are in Command Now: After the Battle of the Blackwater, he's put in charge of the remaining Baratheon forces until Shireen can return from Asgard to claim her throne.

The Baratheon of Storm's End

The branch of House Baratheon based out of their ancestral seat of Storm's End, currently ruled by Lord Renly Baratheon, who is so determined to become king that he allied with House Tyrell of the Reach to seize the throne by force. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as he plans.

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• How the Mighty Have Fallen: He begins book 2 as the most powerful alliance with the strongest army in the war alongside the Tyrells. After the meeting with Stannis and Renly pissing off Thor, they lose all support from the Stormlands. Then after it was discovered that Renly plotted to have Mace Tyrell killed, hold his children hostage, and give the Reach to the Ironborn, the support of Highgarden is long gone as well. He tries a move to undermine Tywin afterwards, but is foiled, and forced to flee.

Renly Baratheon

Renly Baratheon

Robert and Stannis' younger brother and Lord of Storm's End, upon the death of Robert has crowned himself, expecting to use the armies of the Stormlands and the Reach (having married Margaery Tyrell) to take King's Landing and the Iron Throne.

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• Adaptational Villainy: Even more so than his rather morally dubious book counterpart and especially compared to his romanticized show counterpart. This Renly is so self-righteous and straight up narcissistic that he plots other people's deaths for minor slights. He's responsible for the bandit attack on Tony Stark and arranged for the Ironborn to attempt to kill Robb.
• Affably Evil: He is quite charismatic, alright. He is also the one that paid the bandits that nearly killed Tony Stark (all because he scorned his demand of an armor) and has paid Vanko to murder both Tony and Robb Stark, all so he can use that to make Eddard swear loyalty to him.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Renly thinks rather highly of himself - far more so than his actual ability. Whilst he certainly is clever, his ego and imatience outweigh his actual intellect. This serves him poorly multiple times. And then it turns out that he's just been a pawn of the Mandarin all along.
• Composite Character: He's eventually revealed as the equivalent to Justin Hammer, with some Obadiah Stane, as he is the one who hires the bandits that attempt to kill Tony, and Trevor Slattery, as he briefly claims to be the Mandarin before being revealed as a puppet of the real one.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He has a tendency to backstab any potential allies when they don’t show him the respect he thinks he deserves.
• Damned by Faint Praise: Jonos Bracken wanted the North to side with him because he was "the best of a bad lot" comprising Stannis Baratheon and Joffrey. Renly then loses his faint praise after Bracken spends more than a few minutes with him and his "leadership" style.
• Disproportionate Retribution: When he asked Antony Stark to make him a suit of armor, the blacksmith mocked his demand. Renly decided to retaliate by paying a bandit to "kidnap the jackass and slit his throat quick", and then Vanko and his men.
• Evil Is Petty: Renly responds to perceived snubs with assassination plots.
• Foil: Theon compares him to Robert Baratheon and Antony Stark and finds him lacking, since Robert was a Boisterous Bruiser and Antony actually hides a sharp mind, while Renly has only the surface details right.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: Starts off the war with the largest army. But between Thor's presence on Stannis' side and his plotting with the Ironborn being exposed, his forces all turn cloak on him, leaving him to flee and go into hiding. Later, the Mandarin decides he's no longer useful and erases all of his memories starting from when they first met. Since they first met when Renly was a child, this reverts him to the mindset of a child.
• It's All About Me: If there’s an argument to be made that Joffrey is a true Baratheon, Renly is Exhibit A. He's so self-centered that he allies with the Ironborn and plots to have Tony and Robb Stark killed because he cannot stand Eddard Stark (or anyone else) not giving him the respect he believes he deserves.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Has his mind wiped of all memories after the Siege of Storm's End by Wenwu, reverting him to his mental state as a seven year old boy.
• Pet the Dog: Congratulates Brienne on her newfound health and power before granting her wish of becoming a Rainbow Guard.
• Psychopathic Manchild: Theon thinks he looks like a kid playing at being a king. For the "psychopathic" part, arranging for someone's demise because they snubbed you is not a composed or mature reaction.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In the aftermath of being discovered as Vanko's backer, he has ran away to Essos. He later shows up in the presence of the Ten Rings.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Very much on the periphery in Book 1, but his arranging for Tony's kidnapping would make him responsible for the existence of Iron Man... who emboldened other mystics and metahumans to make themselves known.
• Spared by the Adaptation: In the books he's killed shortly after his meeting with Stannis by one of Melissandre's "shadow babies". Due to the different circumstances surrounding Stannis, namely Thor's presence and its effect on the lords of the Stormlands, Stannis refuses to have him killed.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Theon — who saw Robert at Pyke — concedes Renly looks like the late King, but calls him a weak imitation since Renly lacks in height and build.
• Stupid Evil: Enough to give Joffrey a run for his money. It takes a special kind of stupid to sell out your biggest supporter to the Ironborn.
• This Cannot Be!: Has a small moment of this when Brienne introduces herself - as he remembers her as a ill girl.
• Villain with Good Publicity: His publicity is more mixed than good, but he still starts as a popular choice for king. The good publicity erodes completely by the end of Book 2.
• Wants a Prize for Basic Decency: Thinks Brienne should be completely loyal to him just because he showed her kindness.

Brienne of Tarth

Brienne of Tarth

The only daughter of Lord Selwyn Tarth, she was a sickly child who would become ill too easily, but has managed to become a strong, powerful woman... at a price.

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• Action Girl: Well, of course.
• Adaptational Attractiveness: In the books, Brienne was considered an ugly girl growing up and her show version went the extra mile to look plain. Here, she's more attractive and her non-Hulk form is straight up gorgeous.
• Adaptational Dye-Job: In the source material, she's blonde with Innocent Blue Eyes. Here, she's dark-haired with green eyes. And of course, there's the matter of her skin...
• Adaptational Personality Change: She's much more confident and doesn't display any insecurities about her looks. Sure, people may stare at her, at least they don't think "oh, this poor girl, how can she be still alive" anymore.
• Amazing Technicolor Population: Her skin became deep green as a result of her transformation.
• Barehanded Blade Block: Pulls this when fighting an Ironborn.
• Beautiful All Along: Her non-Hulkified form is that of a beautiful blonde woman - and Theon notes that, even in her Hulk form, there's something quite appealing about her.
• Big Brother Worship: She's extremely grateful towards her cousin Bruce for doing the impossible: going to Valyria and coming back ALIVE with a cure for her chronical illness.
• Boyish Short Hair: A pagecut. Theon notices it suits her much better than long hair ever would.
• Composite Character: Canon Brienne mixed with She-Hulk and a touch of Captain America's backstory.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Spent most of her youth deathly ill, a situation made even worse by the presence of a fanatical Septon who convinced her father that her condition was the will of the gods and that they should therefore stop trying to fix it.
• Distaff Counterpart: Her being originally an ill girl who gained strength from a mysterious cure quite resembles Captain America's Origin Story. Only, you know, more medieval and fantastic.
• Emerald Power: What did you expect from She-Hulk?
• Green-Skinned Space Babe: Downplayed. Her skin is deep green, and she is powerful and strong, but she lost what beauty she had when her cousin Bruce cured her. Not that she cares.
• Horrible Judge of Character: What else can be said about someone who thought Renly Baratheon was a paragon of kingly virtues?
• In a Single Bound: She can jump this far, just like She-Hulk!
• Lady Looks Like a Dude: Heavily muscled with Boyish Short Hair. When she wears her armor, it's impossible to know she's actually female.
• Loyal to the Position: After discovering Renly's treachery, she tells him she had sworn loyalty to what he represented, not to him.
• Power at a Price: She gave her beauty up for health and strength, and considers it a fair trade. Subverted, as her non-Hulk form is incredibly gorgeous.
• Purple Is Powerful: When Renly grants her a place in his Rainbow Guard, she confesses being partial to purple. It is the Hulk's typical clothing color, after all.
• Samus Is a Girl: The people at Renly's tourney are surprised when they hear her speak for the first time.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Decides to take Theon back to the Riverlands when she discovers Renly has allied himself with the Ironborn.
• Ship Tease: With Theon Greyjoy, of all people.
• Super-Strength: She's got the full She-Hulk package in this regard, being able to jump so far and with enough force to shatter the sound barrier and easily bend metal.
• Tranquil Fury: She's never actually calm, she's just able to constructively release her frustration and rage.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: It's suggested there's the beginning of something between her and Theon. Merely hinting he's endangered is enough for her to almost go on a rampage.
• World's Strongest Woman: Being the In-Universe equivalent to She-Hulk certainly adds up to this.

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