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The Martells
The ruling family of Dorne, who have a complicated history with the other major Houses of Westeros.
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Oberyn Martell
Oberyn Martell, the Red Viper of Dorne
Brother of Prince Doran of Dorne. A longtime friend of Tony's.- Adaptational Early Appearance: In canon, he first appeared in A Storm of Swords, the third book in the series. Here, he's introduced in A Crack of Thunder, which follows the events of A Clash of Kings, the second book of the series.
- Birds of a Feather: He and Tony share a love of drinking, sex, and snark.
- Everyone Has Standards: As much as he hates the Lannisters, he refuses to tolerate Ellaria's suggestion that Myrcella be tortured to punish them.
- Foil: After meeting him, Jon declares he's the Dornish Tony - which Oberyn counters by claiming Tony is the Westerland Oberyn.
- Locked Out of the Loop: His eldest daughter and the Council kept him away from their operations since he was unable to keep a secret.
- Noodle Incident: A font of these:
- He apparently owns a portrait of him and Tony in a compromising position.
- Tony's pretty sure Oberyn tried to sell him as a sex slave once.
- He claims he once taught a goat to milk itself.
- Tony claims that there are tons of stories about Oberyn, and that most of them came from Oberyn himself, though Tony claims he helped Oberyn write a few.
- Really Gets Around: As per canon, he's not picky about his sexual partners.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Doesn't let his hatred of the Lannisters ruin his friendship with Tony, who's their bannerman.
- Spanner in the Works: Unknowingly screws Tywin Lannister's plot to secure Jon's loyalties by presenting the boy his daughter Natasha as a bride, tying him to the Martells via marriage.
- Spared by the Adaptation: So far. With Gregor and Tywin both dead, this means that he has nobody to directly go after revenge for the death of Elia. And with him not dying at the Trial by Combat, he's already lived past his rough deathtime in the books/show.
- Tranquil Fury: Jon notes that when he gets angry, his voice stays perfectly even and calm.
Ellaria Sand
Paramour of Oberyn Martell and mother of four of his children.
- "Not So Different" Remark: Natasha muses to herself that as much as Ellaria dislikes noble women, she shares a number of traits with them: putting her own flesh and blood over that of others, a tendency to hold grudges, and defaulting to extreme reactions.
- Unskilled, but Strong: She's noted by Natasha to have some talent for fighting but no interest in training.
- Would Hurt a Child: She is very quick to suggest chopping off one of Myrcella's toes to send a message to Joffrey and Cersei. Despite Oberyn's disapproval of the idea.
Natasha Martell*
Natasha Stark née Martell, the Black Widow of Dorne
Oberyn's oldest bastard daughter, legitimized by Ned as his last legal act as Hand of the King. Betrothed (and later married) to Jon.- Action Dress Rip: Rips off the bottom of her dress to better fight the Ironborn raiders attacking the wedding tourney with.
- Action Girl: Her father's ensured that she's skilled in all forms of combat.
- All Women Are Lustful: Her father is well-known for his sexual appetite, and she inherited all of his kinkiness. Jon very much approves.
- Arranged Marriage: Her father sets her up with Jon to cement his alliance with the Starks.
- The Atoner: Before meeting Jon, she had to do many unsavory things for the Council - including murdering people. She sees Jon and his crusade as the Centurion as her chance to redeem herself.
- Badass Normal: Just like the original, she jumps into battle alongside people with superpowers despite having none herself.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Gets quietly enraged at the thought of anyone else having Jon.
- Dual Wielding: Wields a pair of Braavosi tonfas, a wedding present from her father.
- Foil:
- To her betrothed Jon, with whom she shares a background of bastardry. However, her nobleman father loved and raised her as if she were his trueborn daughter, and she considers her being legitimized more binding than freeing.
- To Pepper, the current redheaded Lady of Iron Pointe, who also comes from an unsavory background and whose husband took up heroism in his free time. Except that Natasha's marriage was arranged, she's rather less fiery and actually supports Jon about his hobby.
- The Gadfly: She enjoys teasing Jon and Gwen as well after the latter becomes her maid in Book 4.
- History Repeats: Once again, a daughter of the House Martell marries a Targaryen prince.
- I Just Want to Be Free: She muses the Martell name is more a chain than a boon. As a bastard, she could have done anything she wanted and no one would have cared. As a Martell, there is standards she must uphold.
- In Love with Your Carnage: She gets aroused when she sees Jon being a badass. Jon verbally eviscerating Littlefinger makes her want to have wild sex with him right then and there.
- Innocently Insensitive: Assumes that Jon was raised just like her, treated no differently from a trueborn child, and that no man would stop and think about what might happen if they got a prostitute pregnant. She's wrong.
- Irony: Catelyn Stark, née Tully, ruined Jon's childhood. Pepper thinks that his wife-to-be's mother was probably a Tully.
- It Meant Something to Me: When Jon learns she's really an agent for the Council and accuses her from marrying him to further their goals, she tearfully assures him she married him for himself and sees him as her way to redeem herself.
- Noodle Incident: Had at least one past encounter with Varys that contributed to the "red in [her] ledger", and may explain her nickname.
- Race Lift: In the comics, Black Widow is a white Russian. In A Song of Metal and Marvels, she is brown-skinned but retains the red hair.
- Sherlock Scan: Is constantly analyzing everyone around her for strengths and weaknesses.
- Unfortunate Names: Tony notes that her nickname has some negative connotations. Especially as a prospective bride.
- We Used to Be Friends: Her cousin Arianne genuinely enjoyed doting on her when they were younger. Then Natasha was legitimized, and the Princess grew paranoid about her plotting to steal Arianne's birthright — The Black Widow is hinted to feel bitter over the matter.
