History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseBaratheon

[[folder:Orys Baratheon]]

* LeaveHimToMe: When the second Vulture King was finally captured, Rogar gave orders for his chians to be removed and the Vulture given a spear and shield so he could fight, adding that the Vulture was to be given his freedom if he succeeded in killing Rogar in [[DuelToTheDeath their duel]]. [[CurbStompBattle The Vulture proved unequal to the task.]]

* EasilyForgiven: Zig-zagged. While Jaehaerys did forgive Rogar and welcome him back to court, the young king also made it plain he wouldn't hesitate to unleash Vermithor on the Stormlands if Rogar crossed him again.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: At the end of ''A Clash of Kings'' and in ''A Storm of Swords'', Renly is elevated this by the winning Tyrell-Lannister coalition, playing up the [[spoiler:Ghost of Renly angle at the end of the Battle of Blackwater]]. The song "Lord Renly's Ride" is even performed at King Joffrey's wedding, never mind the inconvenience of Renly actually contesting Joffrey's claim as well as Stannis or that he's casually reduced to "Lord" Renly when Margaery, bride at Joffrey's wedding, was his Queen.

*** To be fair, Renly doesn't actually call her grotesque, rather that is Loras' description of her. Instead, Renly only privately admits to holding to the societal view of female warriors.

** Renly declaring himself a King divided the Stormlands into Pro-Stannis and Pro-Renly factions and furthermore alienated outsiders. The North rebelled against the Iron Throne after Ned's capture and execution, and when considering a rival claimant to back rejected Renly leapfrogging the line of succession and setting a dangerous precedent, which coupled with Stannis' silence, led them to declare Robb King in the North. This in turn led the North and Riverland Lords to declare Robb King in the North. [[ForWantOfANail Had it not been for Renly]], the North would have probably rallied behind Stannis as Ned intended, and there would have been a proper alliance against the Lannisters.

* UngratefulBastard: He argues that he owes no loyalty towards Stannis, nor anyone should either, even when Stannis almost died keeping him alive during the Siege of Storm's End... that very siege that was held by the Tyrells.

* AnAxeToGrind: Lord Rogar was said to favor a double-bladed axe in combat, one that he often described as "large and heavy enough to cleave through a dragon's skull". While Rogar didn't get the chance to use it against Maegor, he did use his to split the second Vulture King nearly in two.

* AnAxeToGrind: This was his weapon of choice when fighting at melees and tournaments.

* DragonInChief: As Jaehaerys was still a young teenager when he laid claim to the Iron Throne, Rogar was named Protector of the Realm, the topmost military commander of the Seven Kingdoms.

* OpportunisticBastard: An implied example. While he pledged fealty to Aegon II at the onset of the Dance of Dragons, he winds up avoiding most of the conflict by taking his army to Dorne to put down incursions lead by a third Vulture King. He only joins Aegon once Rhaenyra has been killed and the Greens had ostensibly won the war, with his army being the only one left intact for the Greens and himself in a position to demand Aegon marry his daughter to cement an alliance. Suffice to say if this was his plan, it backfired terribly on him once the Blacks chose to continue fighting.

* MaidenMotherAndCrone: The wives of the three Baratheon lords. Margaery, sweet and lovely, is the Maiden. Cersei, a little past her prime but still considered beautiful, is the Mother (of three not-very-Baratheon-looking children). Selyse, old, ugly and bitter, is the Crone.

* FamilyThemeNaming: Males of the House tend to have names that start with 'R', 'B', 'O' and 'S'; Robert, Renly Rogar, Boremund, Borros, Orys, Orryn, Ormund, Stannis and Steffon. Even names that don't start with an 'R' tend to have the letter in them.

* ShortRunner: Since Rogar was already Lord of Storm's End during the reign of Maegor Targaryen, it's very likely his rule as Lord of the Stormlands was brief.

* AlliterativeName: B's

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* {{Jerkass}}: Comes across as having been rather a pain in the rear, actually. [[EveryoneHasStandards If one with standards.]]

* FamilyThemeNaming: Males of the House tend to have names that start with 'R', 'B', 'O' and 'S'; Robert, Renly Rogar, Boremund, Borros, Orys, Orryn, Ormund, Stannis and Steffon.

* OpportunisticBastard: An implied example. While he pledged fealty to Aegon II at the onset of the Dance of Dragons, he winds up avoiding most of the conflict by taking his army to Dorne to put down incursions lead by a third Vulture King. He only joins Aegon once Rhaenyra has been killed and the Greens had more or less won the war, with his army being the only one left intact for the Greens and himself in a position to demand Aegon marry his daughter to cement an alliance. Suffice to say if this was his plan, it backfired terribly on him once the Blacks chose to continue the war.

* OpportunisticBastard: An implied example. While he pledged fealty to Aegon II at the onset of the Dance of Dragons, he winds up avoiding most of the conflict by taking his army to Dorne to put down incursions lead by a third Vulture King. He only joins Aegon once Rhaenyra has been killed and the Greens had more or less won the war, with his army being the only one left more-or-less intact and himself in a position to demand Aegon marry his daughter to cement an alliance. Suffice to say if this was his plan, it backfired terribly on him once the Blacks chose to continue the war.

* TheJuggernaut: He was pretty much unstoppable in the tourneys he took part.

* BloodKnight: Rogar always claimed to have regretted not being able to personally fight Maegor the Cruel.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Though Brienne considers him a kind and good man for his treatment of her, even letting her join his Rainbow Guard, Renly privately considered her "absurd" according to Loras. It's also possible Renly knew of Joffrey's illegitimacy, meaning that Stannis was Robert's rightful heir, but refused to acknowledge its truth because Renly wanted to be King and it was easier to justify his campaign if Stannis was just as much a usurper as he was.

* DirtyCoward: Renly flees King's Landing back to Storm's End at a crucial moment with all his troops after the death of Robert, instead of staying with Ned to help secure the capital for Stannis against the Lannisters, his own brother and the rightful heir of the Iron Throne, as Renly had designs on [[TheUsurper being king himself]]. This helps lead to Ned being forced to trust Littlefinger and the corrupt City Watch, leading to his betrayal, arrest, imprisonment and execution, along with the deaths of his household guards and servants, with Sansa's being taken hostage and Arya being forced to flee the city.

* {{Foil}}: To Daemon Blackfyre. Both charismatic figures who are backed to usurp the throne despite incredibly weak claims (in Daemon's case, being a bastard and though legitimized still younger then his trueborn brother, in Renly's being the youngest brother), both make enemies of their own blood in doing so, [[spoiler:both ultimately killed by said blood in a fairly underhanded manner, [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade and both considered good kings who never were by their supporters.]]]] Daemon however, was considered an excellent warrior and an otherwise genuine KnightInShiningArmor despite his Rebellion, while Renly likely never fought for real outside of jousts and the like and is quite a SleazyPolitician at heart. [[spoiler:And while Bloodraven utterly loathed the Blackfyres and had zero regrets putting them in the ground, Stannis ends up regretting Renly's demise, and is haunted by whatever culpability he had in his assassination.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Jon Arryn. Both were lords of Great Houses who rose up in revolt against a tyrant king sitting on the Iron Throne (Maegor I and Aerys II) in support of a young man of royal blood under their protection, rather than obey a royal command to hand their ward over for execution. Both proved instrumental in establishing the post-revolution government and would serve as their royal charge's Hand of the King. That said, the relationship between Jaehaerys and Rogar was somewhat more tumultuous than that of Robert and Jon.

* {{Foil}}: His circumstances were very similar to his Westerlands' counterpart Loreon Lannister. They were both the youngest child and only son of their fathers, they had several sisters, and their fathers both died when they were very young. And their maternal grandfathers both served as regents for Aegon III.

* {{Foil}}:
** Lyonel Baratheon can be compared, ironically enough, to both Robb Stark and Walder Frey. He rebels against the Targaryens and secedes the Stormlands from the Seven Kingdoms and revives the pre-Targaryen title of "The Storm King" much like Robb Stark, however his motivations is that Prince Duncan Targaryen broke a marriage contract to his daughter who would have been Queen, like Walder Frey. Where the Freys were famous for being opportunistic and petty, the Baratheons were the oldest and most loyal supporters of the Targaryens, and likewise Lyonel went into open rebellion and conducted himself with honor whereas Walder Frey broke the laws of SacredHospitality.
** When Robert Baratheon made his mark as a great tourney knight, supporters, as per Maester Yandel, saw him as the second coming of the Laughing Storm. He's a BoisterousBruiser in the same fashion of his descendant and also rebelled against the Targaryen crown for legitimate reasons. Robert was a direct beneficiary of Lyonel's rebellion since the peace offering made by Aegon V involved the hand of Princess Rhaelle, which, years down the line, gave Robert a claim to the Iron Throne.

The youngest of the Four Storms, and considered the cleverest, but also the most comely. When Lucerys Velaryon left Storm's End after being rejected, she apparently taunted Aemond by asking him if his nephew had taken his eye or "one of his balls". Aemond immediately left the room and killed Lucerys on dragonback. By the time of Aegon III's coronation, she had joined the Silent Sisters.

* RatedMForManly: [[TallDarkAndHandsome Let's see. Tall, dark, handsome and]] [[{{Hunk}} muscular men]], [[LargeHam with big personalities]], [[HotBlooded passionate]] [[{{Determinator}} determinators]] [[BlueBlood with a long history of producing]] [[TheBerserker great]] [[BloodKnight warriors]] [[FourStarBadass and military commanders]]. Oh, [[AwesomeMcCoolName and the hereditary title of House Baratheon is the Stormlord]]. Yeah.

* OurFounder: He can be seen as this, in light of the recent turn in fortunes for the Baratheons. His unsuccessful rebellion gave them a claim to the Iron throne, which they made good on in Robert's Rebellion.

** However the fact Renly was plotting to displace Cersei with Margaery, which wouldn't make sense unless Cersei's children could be removed from the line of succession, implies he was aware of the incest... which just makes him more of a hypocrite.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Averted. While he did marry the last Storm King's daughter to secure the Stormlands' loyalty, he treated her with respect, which eventually led to a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage.

* BodyMotifs: Hands.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Mentioned as being "black of hair and black of eyes".

* TheLancer: To Aegon during The War of The Conquest.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Rumored to be a Targaryen bastard.

* NumberTwo: As Aegon's Hand of the King.
** This received a bitter CallBack when Orys lost his sword hand, as he also resigned as Hand.

* UndyingLoyalty: To the Targaryens.