History Characters / GameOfThronesHouseTarly

* SourSupporter: As the''Histories and Lore'' of seasons 6 and 7 show, he was this to house Tyrell. He continued to serve because House Tarly "Knows [its] place", but he seemed to heavily dislike them due to their ancestors just giving up against Aegon, surrendering Highgarden without a fight. This goes against his warrior's mentality, as he believed that they shouldn't have simply bent knee to a foreign conqueror. He's also shown to hate the current generation Tyrells due to defying his StayInTheKitchen worldview. In House Tyrell, the women are the political masterminds while the men follow their orders, the opposite of what he believes.

* {{foil}}: [[spoiler: They share similarities to House Bolton, who betrayed the Starks the same way House Tarly betrayed the Tyrells. Their betrayal was motivated by their liege being in a weak position and the promise of their wardenships. Randyll and Roose seem to rule more through fear and punishments, whereas the Tyrells and Starks were about good PR. Finally, the betrayal is what leads to the trueborn male members being killed.]]

* CorruptPolitician: What he ends up becoming after a lifetime of leal service. He serves a corrupt and terrible Queen that he does not personally respect against his own liege, forcing himself and his son in battle against his own countrymen and then finally robbing the treasury and rations of his own land and region for a foreign occupying power.

* BigFancyCastle: Castle [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/c/ca/Horn_Hill_highres.png/revision/latest?cb=20160530100639 Horn Hill]] is huge.

House Tyrell's most powerful banner house, especially since the fall of House Florent, which supported Stannis in the War of the Five Kings. House Tarly rules Horn Hill, one of the key castles defending the Reach's border with Dorne. [[spoiler: When House Tyrell rebels against the Iron Throne and assists Daenerys Targaryen, House Tarly sides with the Lannisters to siege their former masters, and takes the place of the Tyrells as the new Great House of the Reach. However, while returning to King's Landing via Blackwater Reach, the Lannister/Tarly forces are decimated by the Dothraki and Drogon the Dragon. Randyll and Dickon get burned alive soon afterwards. Since Samwell is the only male heir remaining, and he may still be subject to the vow of the Night's Watch, House Tarly is in danger of extinction, much like their former allys the Tyrells.]]

* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Well, if ashes after getting burned by dragon fire doesn't count anyway.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: He willingly joins [[spoiler:his father in being executed by dragon fire]].

* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Well, if ashes after getting burned by dragon fire doesn't count anyway.]]

House Tyrell's most powerful banner house, especially since the fall of House Florent, which supported Stannis in the War of the Five Kings. House Tarly rules Horn Hill, one of the key castles defending the Reach's border with Dorne. [[spoiler:When House Tyrell rebels against the Iron Throne and assists Daenerys Targaryen, House Tarly sides with the Lannisters to siege their former masters, and takes the place of the Tyrells as the new Great House of the Reach. Randyll and Dickon get burned alive soon afterwards]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: He's not wrong to regard the Dothraki as a horde of savage, bloodthirsty barbarians.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:He is burned alive by Drogon right beside his father.]]

* BigLittleBrother: Is taller, and fitter than his eldest brother Samwell. Particularly after the recast since Tom Hopper stands at 6'5.

* PetTheDog: Following dinner, [[{{Jerkass}} where he spent all of his time verbally abusing Sam and Gilly]], he says he'll still allow Gilly to work in his kitchens and her son to be educated under his roof as he originally promised, even though he's just found out they're both wildlings, which he hates with a passion. In case the audience feels an involuntary spasm of gratitude towards him, he follows it up with another KickTheDog moment by saying this will be the last night Sam stays in Horn Hill.

The eldest son of Lord Randyll and Lady Melessa, now a man of the Night's Watch. See Characters/GameOfThronesNightsWatch.

* LovableJock: Despite being groomed to be his father's heir, Dickon doesn't seem to be inheriting Randyll's JerkAss traits, as shown by his polite and affable behavior towards Sam. Sam returns the favor.

* AlliterativeName: Talla Tarly.

* UpperClassTwit: Though she's very nice, she still shows signs of this. Immediately after hugging Sam upon his return, she begins to complain about an ArrangedMarriage because of her groom's teeth, she later asks Gilly what her color is so she can give her a dress, not realizing that as a lowborn girl Gilly is unfamiliar with what she's talking about.

* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:He refuses to bend the knee to Daenerys or abandon his father even though he knows it'll result in his death and theoretically end of House Tarly.]]

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: He who once served the Mad King now aids the man that murdered said king against his daughter.]] Moreover, [[spoiler:He survived the Mad King's rule and all the nobles Aerys immolated in his madness only to be burned to death by Aerys' daughter.]]
** He did everything possible to stop Sam from becoming Lord Tarly. [[spoiler: Now, thanks to his refusing to bend the knee and grooming Dickon to be absolutely loyal to his House, Sam is now the only surviving male heir.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:He refuses to bend the knee to Daenerys or abandon his father even though he knows it'll result in his death and theoretically end of House Tarly -- although Sam has seemingly renounced his vows to become a maester.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:He refuses to bend the knee to Daenerys or abandon his father even though he knows it'll result in his death and theoretically end of House Tarly.]]

* BigLittleBrother: Is taller, and fitter than his eldest brother Samwell. Particularly after the recast.

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: He who once served the Mad King now aids the man that murdered said king against his daughter.]]

* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:After Randyll and Dickon get burned alive, the only remaining male Tarly is Sam and he can't inherit.]]

** Well-to-do nobleman with a military record and a family of two sons and a daughter. Daughter has a tomboyish streak that he, as something of a misogynist, tries to curb by asserting his authority to marry her to whomever he feels most convenient. Has one fighter for a son, one bookish, less traditionally "manly" son, prefers the former, hates and demeans the latter. Also has a problem with the latter's choice of women. Cares for the family name much more than he values the actual people in his family, although his wife is something of a MoralityPet for him. All of this fits Randyll Tarly. It's also a fairly accurate description of Tywin Lannister. The two characters even bear a passing resemblance to one another -- or rather, Tarly's depiction in the show is fairly close to what Tywin was described as looking like in the books, save for the gray hair. To add to this, they even wear red sashes across their armour. They diverge in that Randyll Tarly would kill his own son, while kinslaying is one of the few lines Tywin would never cross. Another difference is that, despite his hatred for Tyrion, Tywin did acknowledge that his son's intellect had its uses, whereas Randyll spent years trying to beat Sam's bookish nature out of him.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: One of the reasons he joined the Lannisters was because Daenerys brought Dothraki to Westeros, a culture known for pillaging. He later aids Jaime in sacking Highgarden and stealing the fortune and food from his very own countrymen, sending it away to aid Cersei in financing her war.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Randyll was abusive to his elder son, and flat out threatened to murder him once he sired a more adequate heir. He was an oathbreaker who betrayed his leigelord, Lady Olenna, resulting in her death for his own advancement. By all accounts he was a cruel man who deserved to die, but being burned alive by Drogon alongside his favored son, Dickon, was a bad way to go. Not only did Daenerys kill them just as an intimidation tactic against other soldiers, but Randyll's last actions were trying and failing to convince his son not to throw his life away, then touching his arm reassuringly before they both died.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His care for his wife is one of his few redeeming qualities. Even when she tells him off, he doesn't get mad, he merely tells Sam that he doesn't deserve a mother like her.