History Characters / ASongOfIceAndFireHouseReed

** [[WordOfGod Yup, fighting on the frontlines]] [[FridgeBrilliance of a continent spanning civil war does that to you.]]

* FireForgedFriends: There is no known contact between him and Ned Stark before the events at Harrenhal. The two then end up fighting in a civil war for over a year to rescue Ned's sister. From barely knowing each other to becoming very close friends after the civil war certainly counts as this.

* HillbillyHorrors: They have this equivalent reputation in the North and the Riverlands, though undeservedly so. They are swamp folk and they are very territorial, but they are by no means hicks nor uneducated people. They still are one of the poorest noble houses in Westeros.

* {{Foil}}: Like the Freys, the Reeds are TheFriendNobodyLikes (with the notable exception of Eddard Stark). Very unlike the Freys, the Reeds are honorable, honest, loyal, and they meet their actions to their vows.
** Alternatively: the dangerous landscape with significantly different biome that the House is in, the equally dangerous reptiles (and other creatures) within said biome, the propensity for using said landscape and animals as weapons with toxic warfare, and enjoying a significantly different culture and lore to the rest of the Kingdom they're in? House Martell says hi, for all the Neck is a bit damper and colder than Dorne generally is. And, the culture arguably just a case of "retained differently" rather than "imported".
** House Mormont. The crannogmen take the meaning of HadToBeSharp in their own interpretation, be said terribly efficient guerrilla warfare and poisonous weapons. Also, they are the ones along with House Mormont to be unambiguously aligned with the deposed Stark, and they can afford to be this since no one would like to adventure in their lands voluntarily.

* {{Foil}}: To Robert "Sweetrobin" Arryn. They are both sickly, being very physically weak and feeble from an early age, and firstborn sons to noble lords. However, Robert is heir to one of the most famous and legendary houses, whereas Jojen is heir to a small, remote, floating castle that no one really cares about and part of a family and culture some in Westeros look down upon. Of course, Robert is also terribly spoiled, prone to violent temper tantrums, and barely has the courage to even leave his bedroom without a mommy figure to nestle against. [[spoiler: Jojen, who is even more critically handicapped than Sweetrobin, is by contrast eerily calm, collected, and mature for someone of his age and with his condition, to the point that he is able to travel beyond the Wall and rediscover the Children of the Forest.]] Jojen likely picked up his steadiness from his father, meaning Jon Arryn probably had the right idea about making his son a ward to Tywin or Stannis.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Meera is a Type IV: she fights with a three-pronged spear and a net like a ''retiarus'', which she also uses to fish.

* BlackSheep: They don't fit in with the rest of the Northmen, neither in appearance, customs nor territorial holds; still, they are of tremendous strategic value to the whole region and they are very loyal to the Starks. They don't fit in with the houses which are south of the Neck either, for that matter.

* FantasticSlurs: The crannogmen, who are looked down by just about everyone, suffer being called "frog-eaters", "mudmen" and "bog devils".
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: To the "Fenfolk" that inhabited the Fens, a marshy region of eastern England

* {{Foil}}: Like the Freys, the Reeds are TheFriendNobodyLikes (with the notable exception of Eddard Stark). Very unlike the Freys, the Reeds are honorable, honest, loyal and they meet their actions to their vows.
** Alternatively: the dangerous landscape with significantly different biome that the House is in, the equally dangerous reptiles (and other creatures) within said biome, the propensity for using said landscape and animals as weapons with toxic warfare and enjoying a significantly different culture and lore to the rest of the Kingdom they're in? House Martell says hi, for all the Neck is a bit damper and colder than Dorne generally is. And, the culture arguably just a case of "retained differently" rather than "imported".
** House Mormont. The crannogmen take the meaning of HadToBeSharp in their own interpretation, be said terribly efficient guerrilla warfare and poisonous weapons. Also they are the ones along with House Mormont to be unambiguously aligned with the deposed Stark, and they can afford to be this since no one would like to adventure in their lands voluntarily.
* TheGhost: While mentioned, no member of Houses Quagg, Greengood, Cray, Peat, Boggs, Blackmyre and Fenn have appeared in the main story yet, as no POV character has entered the Neck.
* GoodIsNotNice: Implied. House Reed and their crannogmen are braver and more loyal than the Freys would have you believe, but you ''do not'' want to be shot by one of their poisoned arrows, unless you feel like dying a horrible, excruciatingly painful death, shitting out your internal organs while covered in sores and maggots and having your limbs swell up like balloons.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Crannogmen are known for their short stature and some Maesters have theorized this is from interbreeding with the [[TheFairFolk Children of the Forest]]. Given the [[FantasticRacism bigotry]] the crannogmen face and the dislike Maesters tend to have for the North in general it's likely the theory is simply a way to dehumanize them. However most Maesters believe they are short either due to malnutrition or an adaptation to their environment.

* MisplacedWildlife: Their sigil is a "lizard-lion", implied to be type of crocodilian (since ''The World of Ice and Fire'' mentions crocodiles as a separate species). The climate at the Neck would seem to be too cold for crocodiles. (They are never mentioned in the Riverlands, which are further south.)

* TheRemnant: One of the very few hold-out houses who are still openly loyal to the Starks after the Red Wedding. They can afford this luxury by living in a remote ass-end of the world and thus being invulnerable to any punitive expeditions by Boltons, Freys or Lannisters.

* FireForgedFriends: There is no known contact between the him and Ned Stark before the events at Harrenhal. The two then end up fighting in a civil war for over a year to rescue Ned's sister. From barely knowing each other to becoming very close friends after the civil war certainly counts as this.

* TookALevelInBadass: As a younger man, he had his spear taken away from him by three fifteen-year-olds, who beat and humiliated him until Lyanna Stark came to his rescue. As an older man, he fought at the Tower of Joy beside Ned Stark, and at one point saved him from [[FamedInStory Arthur Dayne]], thought by many to have been the greatest swordsman of his time.

* WalkingTheEarth: As per his daughter's story, he traveled away from the Neck as a young man, and sailed by boat up the Trident (even [[RefugeInAudacity under the Twins]]) and visited the Isle of Faces, an island of Weirwood Trees, at the God's Eye in Harrenhal and lived there with the Green Men for several years until he decided to attend the Tourney at Harrenhal where he met the Starks. Also he traveled as far as Dorne to escort Ned in his mission at the Tower of Joy,and it's possible he's fought in others battles as well.

* FishOutOfWater: She and Jojen are very noticeable in Winterfell due to their green cloaks, their marked youth and their "infamy" as crannogmen. Both also seem to be ill suited for the trip North of The Wall as they're not quite the snow-type, though it's through Meera's hunter and trapper's knowledge and Summer's hunting that the group get sustenance throughout the trip.

* {{Foil}}: To Robert "Sweetrobin" Arryn. They are both sickly, being very physically weak and feeble from an early age, and firstborn sons to noble lords. However, Robert is heir to one of the most famous and legendary houses, whereas Jojen is heir to a small, remote, floating castle that no one really cares about and part of a family and culture some in Westeros look down upon. Of course, Robert is also terribly spoiled, prone to violent temper tantrums, and barely has the courage to even leave his bedroom without a mommy figure to nestle against. [[spoiler: Jojen, who is even more critically handicapped than Sweetrobin, is by contrast eerily calm, collected, and mature for someone of his age and with his condition, to the point that he is able to travel beyond The Wall and rediscover The Children of the Forest.]] Jojen likely picked up his steadiness from his father, meaning Jon Arryn probably had the right idea about making his son a ward to Tywin or Stannis.

* WaifProphet: He is thirteen, but is described as relatively frail. Meera even has to help him stand up back up after he kneels before Bran.

* {{Foil}}: To Robert "Sweetrobin" Arryn. They are both the IllBoy, being very physically weak and feeble from an early age, and firstborn sons to noble lords. However, Robert is heir to one of the most famous and legendary houses, whereas Jojen is heir to a small, remote, floating castle that no one really cares about and part of a family and culture some in Westeros look down upon. Of course, Robert is also terribly spoiled, prone to violent temper tantrums, and barely has the courage to even leave his bedroom without a mommy figure to nestle against. [[spoiler: Jojen, who is even more critically handicapped than Sweetrobin, is by contrast eerily calm, collected, and mature for someone of his age and with his condition, to the point that he is able to travel beyond The Wall and rediscover The Children of the Forest.]] Jojen likely picked up his steadiness from his father, meaning Jon Arryn probably had the right idea about making his son a ward to Tywin or Stannis.

* IllBoy: He is somewhat weakened by his visions, and doesn't handle travelling beyond the Wall as well as Meera, Bran, and Hodor do.

* {{Seer}}: He can dream glimpses of the future, but they are often confusing and metaphoric in nature.

* MasterPoisoner: Crannogmen are feared by many for their deadly poisoned arrows.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Invoked. People who enter the Neck tend to disappear from thin air, as some characters have done in the books.