History Characters / GameOfThronesNightsWatch

* HateSink: He's nothing more than a cowardly bully and rapist who gleefully abuses the little power he has but immediately falls in line when someone stronger like Jon or Karl steps up.

* InformedAbility: Boasts to be [[TheArcher the best archer]] in his hamlet. True either way, since [[SoleSurvivor everyone else in his hamlet is dead]] now, and his hamlet is small enough that it doesn't even have a name. Nevertheless, he proves he is a competent archer when he [[{{Revenge}} fatally shoots Ygritte]] in "The Watchers on the Wall".

* GutturalGrowler: Thorne's voice is a harsh, raspy bark.

* GutturalGrowler: He has a raspy, throaty voice.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Slynt is filled with indignant fury when people don't respect him. He's outraged when Tyrion accuses him of lacking honor, revealing Slynt's betrayal of Ned Stark, and again when Jon Snow tells him that he must not have been good at his previous job as Commander of the City Watch. The trouble is, Slynt expects respect without doing a single thing to earn it. This crops back up in Season 5 when Jon is elected Lord Commander. Slynt's defiance of Jon's orders stems both from not wanting to take commands from him and his belief that the assignment he has been given doesn't seem worthy of him. It was actually a fine assignment—Slynt was given command of his own castle (a ruin, but still) and charged with the important task of rebuilding it and getting it ship-shape. It was probably a better assignment than Janos deserved, considering his desertion during the Battle of the Wall. Slynt still thinks he deserves more, and he gets executed for it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He shows some vague concern for the refugees arriving at King's Landing, asking Cersei what should be done with them; given how obvious the solution of "don't let them in the city" is, it's implied that Janos was hoping Cersei would come up with a solution that accounted for their well-being.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Karl's murder of daughter-raping, child-sacrificing professional {{Jerkass}} Craster doesn't exactly come across as an unforgivable sin. Though, as hinted at in "Breaker of Chains" and fully shown in "Oathkeeper", he's just as bad, if not ''worse'' than Craster. His bullying treatment of Rast also counts, since Rast honestly deserves everything he gets.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite disliking Jon, he doesn’t lift a finger to help Janos Slynt when his insubordination and disrespect gets him beheaded by Jon.

* BadassInCharge: Leads the defense against the wildings during 'Watchers on the Wall' and he's a most capable commander and warrior who kills at least half a dozen wildlings at the Battle of Castle Black, and despite being bested, he gives the nigh-unstoppable Tormund Giantsbane a very worthy opponent. You don't become a Master-At-Arms by being a wuss.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He may be a JerkAss, but at least he's one very effective military commander and fighter during battle.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He's the leader of the mutineers because the others are terrified that he'll kill them if they disobey.

* RebelLeader: He is the first of the Night's Watch brothers to mutiny against Jeor Mormont at Craster's Keep, and consequently becomes the undisputed leader of the mutineers. See AsskickingEqualsAuthority above for more.

* PlayingGertrude: His actor is only 13 years older than the actor who plays his son Jorah.

!!!'''Played By:''' Joseph Mawle

* DemotedToExtra: The entire order lost its screentime the moment Jon leaves to retake Winterfell from the Boltons.

* FatalFlaw: Janos relied too much of his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections ties with powerful friends]] rather than his fighting ability or office competence.

* AlasPoorVillain: While Janos was a loathsome person whose stupidity brought about his own death, his desperate pleas for mercy is so pathetic that even Jon can't help but pity him.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Slynt is filled with indignant fury when people don't respect him. He's outraged when Tyrion accuses him of lacking honor, revealing Slynt's betrayal of Ned Stark, and again when Jon Snow tells him that he must not have been good at his previous job as Commander of the City Watch. The trouble is, Slynt expects respect without doing a single thing to earn it. This crops back up in Season 5 when Jon is elected Lord Commander. Slynt's defiance of Jon's orders stems both from not wanting to take commands from him and his belief that that the assignment he has been given doesn't seem worthy of him. It was actually a fine assignment -- Slynt was given command of his own castle (a ruin, but still) and charged with the important task of rebuilding it and getting it ship-shape. It was probably a better assignment than Janos deserved, considering his desertion during the Battle of the Wall. Slynt still thinks he deserves more, and he gets executed for it.

* KarmicDeath: He tries to be insubordinate to the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. He ends up beheaded by Jon Snow, an [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]] -- like the illegitimate children Slynt slayed on Joffrey's orders -- and Jon is also supposedly the son of the man Slynt betrayed. Like Jon's supposed father, Slynt gets his head lopped off with a blade made of Valyrian steel. He also dies while a Baratheon (Stannis) is watching and approving of it -- he previously had Robert's bastard children killed, and one of them, a baby, died by his hand.

* KnifeNut: Karl seems to use knives for most of his duties, and he proves himself highly adept with them in combat.

* RememberTheNewGuy: He is first seen when the Night's Watch returns to Craster's Keep from the Fist of the First Men.

* KnifeNut: Rast's weapon of choice seems to be a knife, which is perfect for a back-stabber.

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: While the Night's Watch used to be regarded as a noble calling by the whole of Westeros in which the best of the best joined to defend the Wall against the Night King's army of the dead, it has gradually fallen into disrepair since the evil the Wall was built to defend against is believed to be long gone. As a result, the Watch lost support from many realms and, especially in recent decades, only a handful of nobles and noble-born bastard sons now join the Night's Watch voluntarily for the sake of honor and duty -- primarily from the North, the only realm in which the Watch is still seen as a noble calling. These days, many Watch members now were once criminals, disgraced nobles, or ex-knights who fought on the side of the Mad King during Robert's Rebellion who were either exiled or chose to serve, rather than be jailed or executed. This fills the ranks with haphazard members prone to [[TheMutiny mutinies]], a risk which is not dispelled by taking and oath of honor.

* BigBrotherInstinct: In Season 6, Edd returns to Castle Black with Tormund and the remaining Free Folk to prevent the mutineers from burning Jon's body. In Season 8, he saves Sam from being killed by a wight shortly before being stabbed in the back by one.

* InTheBack: Dies when he's stabbed from behind during the Battle of Winterfell.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Not as small as some examples of this trope, but he saves Arya's life, disguises her as a boy, and gets her safely out of Kings' Landing.

* AmbiguousSituation: The Night's Watch loose focus when Jon leaves, only making a cameo appearance when Bran crosses the wall, so it is unknown if Edd was ever officially elected the 999th Lord Commander, or if an election was never held.