History Characters / OurBladesAreSharp

* TheDreaded: PlayedForLaughs when Domeric is busy fretting about Lord Stark going OverprotectiveDad on poor little him.

* OverprotectiveDad: He's described as glaring at Robb as Robb and Myrcella walk together in Chapter 13.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: She has a more stern demeanor as Queen, something that Garlan is disappointed at because she has it even with her relatives.

* UncattyResemblance: Behavioral rather than physical. For example, Grey Wind is the alpha male and the only one that can calm Shaggydog down.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In Chapter 14 of Red Reign, she's killed by the Ironborn raiders while traveling to Winterfell with Arya.]]

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: [[spoiler: After she and Robb sleep together in chapter 16 of The Red Reign, she imagines her (now dead) mother approving of her and suggesting she keep any potential baby they might have conceived and use it to manipulate Robb into marrying her. She drinks moon tea afterwards and refuses to do what her mother would.]]

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:As of Chapter 51, he’s on his way to Casterly Rock to learn how to rule under his great-aunt Genna]].

* UncannyValley: In-universe, there's something about her that is definitely strange, yet Robb can't put his finger on it.

* AnAxeToGrind: Selects an axe as a weapon before going into battle.

* AnAxeToGrind: Uses one as his main weapon. [[spoiler:His new task is to train Domeric to use either an axe or a mace.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: Carries an axe in a holster.

* AnAxeToGrind: Prefers axes as her main weapons.

* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: Much less of an AlphaBitch to Arya than she was in the books and even apologizes for it. She also apologizes to Jon for holding him at an arm's-length and becomes much closer to him as a result.

* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: Resolves to become one to Myrcella to lessen the CultureClash from Myrcella's move northward to become Robb's wife.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:By the end of Chapter 39, all except [[TheMole Robard and Damon]] are dead.]]

* [[EvilNephew Evil Niece]]: Kevan considers her a complete waste of space as she constantly impedes his efforts to keep the realm more or less intact and goes out of her way to antagonize him.

* PoisonousFriend: Robard believes that Reek, along with Ramsay's mother, has been filling his head with thoughts of who should be Lord of the Dreadfort.

* WeaponOfChoice: A set of pincers.

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: [[spoiler: After she and Robb sleep together in chapter 16 of The Red Reign, she imagines her mother approving of her and suggesting she keep any potential baby they might have conceived and use it to manipulate Robb into marrying her. She drinks moon tea afterwards and refuses to do what her mother would.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Doesn't know that Jon is no longer traveling with Tyrion and made it to King's Landing.

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], [[ShrinkingViolet quiet]] and [[ShrinkingViolet introverted]] to a more confident, outgoing, even snarky person. Arya notes that where her brother would have hated drawing attention to himself before, now he seems quite comfortable in it. His [[spoiler:defeat of the Mountain and the respect it earned him, as well as his betrothal to Dacey Mormont has a lot to do with it.]]

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Theon calls him the “Little Leech Lord”, as a play on his father's nickname "the Leech Lord".

* IllBoy: Spends Chapters 27 and 28 ill with a stomach complaint.

* IllBoy: He's mostly bedridden during his pagetime.

* KnifeNut: Packs quite a few knives with her for the trip to Winterfell.

* {{Foil}}: To Lyanna Stark. Both are ladies of House Stark who are betrothed to a lord who was fostered in the Vale. However, Sansa is very happy in her betrothal because of her friendship with Domeric, while Lyanna was reluctant due to Robert's checkered sexual history. Each also attracted the (unwanted in Sansa’s case) attentions of a Prince (Rhaegar for Lyanna, Joffrey for Sansa).

* PolitenessJudo: As Lord Bolton says: "Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy." It's one of the things Domeric likes about her, as shown during her coversations with Queen Cersei.

* EvilPlan: Take over the North via a claim to Winterfell by the female line through his son Domeric’s marriage to Sansa Stark.

* {{Foil}}: Aegon IV Targaryen, also known as Aegon "the Unworthy". Both are men who abuse their position of power to bed women (Aegon because he was the king while Roose invokes DroitDuSeigneur). Each sired a legitimate son who was bookish and a bastard son who was more martial, though Roose preferred Domeric to Ramsay while Aegon threatened to disown Daeron whenever they had arguments. Finally, Aegon was infamous for his hedonistic habits ([[AdiposeRex such as eating]]) while [[LeanAndMean Roose]] is the closest thing Westeros has to a health nut with his leechings and hippocras.

* ParentsAsPeople: He has to be reminded that his kids exist, but when he does, he's rather nice to them. He even apologizes to Myrcella on his deathbed for not being as good a father as he should have been.

* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Myrcella is much more proactive than she is in canon. First, she suggests to her father that Tommen be sent to Winterfell to get him away from Joffrey, and make friends with Lord Stark’s children. When that fails due to Ned’s arrest, Myrcella summons [[spoiler:her grandfather Tywin to rein in Cersei and Joffrey, who sends Kevan in his place]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Instead of being cheerful and snarky, Dacey is the stoic one. When it comes to the topic of marriages, Dacey can be downright dour.

* OutnumberedSibling: The only girl among Robert Baratheon's children.

* NotSoDifferent: While talking to Loras, Domeric notes that the way Loras talks about his brothers is no different than how any of the Stark siblings would talk about each other.

* MixedAncestry: Half-Dornish and Half-Norvoshi.

* MixedAncestry: Half-Dornish, Half-Norvoshi.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Damon. Could also be considered ThoseTwoBadGuys, since they're part of the Bastard Boys.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Bitter Robard. Overlaps with ThoseTwoBadGuys.

* BerserkButton: The young Ned seemed to have one of these over calling Northerners "savage". Robert has a memory of one of the Waynwood boys saying the North was full of savages and Ned started a food fight.

* CompositeCharacter: Seems to be taking Bran’s role as the “Stark in Winterfell” in the sequel.
* ConflictingLoyalty: Sansa feels torn between wanting to treat Jon as a brother and not wanting to hurt her mother. This finally comes to head at [[spoiler:her wedding, where she insists that Jon is to be seated at the high table with his family, despite her mother's heavy protests.]]

* AllMenArePerverts: Manages to turn House Cerwyn’s words into a bawdy joke.

* TheRival: To Domeric, as they’re both wards of Ned Stark. Theon makes japes about House Bolton and Roose’s habit of leeching, while Domeric is more sneaky: breaking Theon’s nose by sabotaging his bow, sarcastically complimenting Theon shooting down a raven with a birthday message from Walder Frey, and suggesting that Theon’s wife will be a Frey, who aren’t known for their looks.

* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Roose hasn’t shown any inclination towards teaching Domeric some of his more sadistic behaviors, and concentrates on telling him what he needs to do to survive.

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Downplayed; Roose didn’t want Domeric to learn how to play the harp, but his wife did, and Roose consented.

* SitcomArchNemesis: He’s always trying to pull one over on the Umbers and/or Karstarks and gets a kick out of the two fighting over one of the towers at Moat Cailin because Domeric claimed one for the Boltons and the Starks claimed the other.

* {{Troll}}: On two levels regarding Domeric’s tourney armor. First off, he just wants to show that the North can play the ConspicuousConsumption game like anyone else. Second, the armor gives Domeric a passing resemblance to Rhaegar Targaryen, as if he's rubbing it in Robert Baratheon’s face that he didn't get a Stark bride for his son.

* PosthumousCharacter: She’s been dead for more than ten years.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Unlike his book counterpart [[StupidGood who tried to get to know Ramsay and paid for it with his life]], Domeric manages to concoct an escape plan for himself, Sansa, Lady, and 100 men on a ship on short notice and lay down a FalseFlagOperation from King’s Landing to Maidenpool to cover his tracks.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Theon calls him the “Little Leech Lord”, as a play on his father’s nickname “the Leech Lord”.
* AffectionateNickname: Sansa calls him “Dom”.

* TheDragon: Domeric is the main instrument of his father’s plans to gain power in the North. He fits this better than the canon versions of Ramsay, since he isn't as vicious or thuggish and can be counted on not to screw up Lord Bolton's plans too much.

** To Robert Baratheon. Both were fostered in the Vale and betrothed to a lady of House Stark. However, Domeric saw the [[SilkHidingSteel iron beneath Sansa’s beauty]] and loved her all the more for it, while Robert never saw Lyanna’s steely side. Also, Robert was a ProudWarriorRaceGuy who had no love for music besides bawdy drinking songs, while Domeric is a BadassBookworm and accomplished harpist.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Said to have inherited his mother's kind heart and his father's calculating mind. Overlaps with LikeFatherUnlikeSon because he isn’t as cruel as Roose.

* TooCleverByHalf: Possibly. He’s able to coordinate an escape plan on short notice with 100 men, but is somewhat naive about [[CainAndAbel Ramsay]] [[BastardBastard Snow]].

* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Though obviously shocked at first, he manages to accept that his betrothed is a warg, even considering the potential benefits. He's more put off by the knowledge that she lied to him than anything.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:After his death, his arms are cut off to use in some other way]].

* BigFun: He’s a big, plump, kindhearted man.

* PhraseCatcher: Since Lady Barbrey Dustin spends a lot of time at the Dreadfort, where he serves, he’s typically on the receiving end of her nickname for Maesters: Grey rats.

* AxCrazy: He’s silently excited about using a set of pincers to rip out a tongue.

* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:With his father’s death, Cley is now the lord of House Cerwyn]].

* InsecureLoveInterest: For a brief moment after [[spoiler:Jon reveals his parentage to her, she worries that a Mormont isn't good enough for a prince. Jon puts those fears to rest by telling her that he would choose her over any crown.]]

Howland’s son and heir.

* EmbarrassingNickname: His bowel troubles earn him the nickname “the Privy Prince”.

** In the sequel, he was disgusted by [[spoiler:Cersei’s massacre of Robert’s bastards through Janos Slynt and had him sent to the Wall]].

* BigBrotherInstinct: Garlan is greatly concerned for Margaery’s well-being, during campaign and with what'll happen if they take King’s Landing. He’ll even chew out his other younger sibling Loras for not keeping that in mind.

* EveryManHasHisPrice: In the sequel, [[spoiler:he is able to leave King's Landing by bribing the City Watch and offers to bribe them again on Renly’s behalf]]. After all, he’s responsible for paying them, why not offer them a bit more?

* DemotedToExtra: Gets it even worse than Littlefinger since Varys goes nearly unmentioned until Chapter 32 and doesn’t appear until Chapter 38.

* DirtyOldMan: Sort of. Pycelle's disregard for his Maester's oath of chastity is not mentioned, but he is literally dirty with long, dirty nails and a smell of cabbage.

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:While Jon’s his squire, Beric is killed in a duel with the Mountain]].

* PitTrap: He’s using some of these in a plan to take down the Mountain.

* NoNameGiven: Only referred to as “mother”.

* TakingTheVeil: [[spoiler:The Lannisters want him to take the Black (go to the Night’s Watch), although Robb and Sansa manage to negotiate out of this deal]].

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:In the sequel, he’s gone north of the Wall]].

** Tyrion Lannister. Though Myrcella is beautiful and Tyrion is not, they possess quite a few similarities. Both have a respect for Northern culture that other members of their family lack. Each has an abusive elder sibling of the opposite gender (Cersei for Tyrion, Joffrey for Myrcella) and a sibling they are close to (Jaime for Tyrion, Tommen for Myrcella) and are often overlooked for different reasons by a parent of the same sex (Myrcella because she’s a girl, Tyrion because he's a dwarf) despite promising manipulative skills.

-->'''Jon''': ''[thinking]'' Jon remembered what Lord Tywin had done to his rebellious bannermen who had disrespected his family’s house. Houses Reyne and Tarbeck were only remembered in songs to serve as a warning to those who roused the fury of the Warden of the West and Lord of Casterly Rock. He shuddered thinking about how Lord Tywin would react to the news that his son had been abducted.

* {{Foil}}: To Roose Bolton. Roose knows his son Domeric is different and doesn’t pressure him to be otherwise, while Tywin is dead-set on controlling his children's lives through their conduct and marriages. Plus, Roose hasn't done anything that Domeric has considered unforgivable.
* TheGhost: He has yet to appear on-page, though his presence is felt in The Mountain’s rampage through the Riverlands and Tyrion’s conversations with Domeric.

Lord Tywin Lannister’s younger brother. Married to Dorna Swyft, with whom he has four children: Lancel, Willem, Martyn and Janei.

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:The Bastard Boys prey on the small folk of the Bolton lands and rely on speed and savagery. When confronted with men-at-arms who know what they’re doing, things quickly go downhill.]]

* RealityEnsues: A mare isn't going to be as fast as a destrier, as Loras finds out the hard way during his joust with Domeric.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Not that Ramsay isn’t a vile murderer, torturer and rapist in the novels and TV series, but in the books, he still speaks highly of his mother and the “relationship” she had with Lord Bolton. Here, [[spoiler:he murders her in cold blood.]]

* BastardBastard: As in the books and TV series, Ramsay is the personification of several negative stereotypes of bastards in Westeros. Born of lust and weakness? Check. Wanton and treacherous? Double-check. Power-hungry? Big ol’ check.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Inverted; he’s an ugly man whose actions are even uglier.

* IconicItem: A ring with the Bolton flayed man on it. [[spoiler:Roose shows it to the Bolton household as proof of Ramsay’s demise.]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: Fancies himself the true heir to Lord Bolton, with his trophy skins "proof of his heritage", and has the audacity to wear the Bolton sigil. Except that Lord Bolton already ''has'' an heir. It’s more pronounced here than in the books or TV series, since he doesn’t even have the status of “temporary” heir tacked on to him.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the books, most of the Bastard Boys are spying on Ramsay for Lord Bolton. Here, with the exception of Bitter Robard and Damon, they’re loyal only to Ramsay and are all monstrous in their own right; [[PsychoForHire they just serve someone worse like Ramsay]].
* AdaptedOut: Ben Bones isn’t a member of the Bastard Boys, most likely because Ramsay doesn’t even get close to the Dreadfort.

* BreakTheCutie: Learning her true parentage and returning to King’s Landing where she's bullied by her older brother and mother does a number on her. For her there’s plenty of days where she wanted to sit in her room and brood.

** To Daenerys Targaryen. Like Daenerys, Myrcella is the product of BrotherSisterIncest and has an abusive elder brother. Each are promised to a lord who is considered less cultured (Khal Drogo for Daenerys, Robb for Myrcella) but also treats them better than their family. However, Daenerys never had a younger brother to look after, while Myrcella’s actions are primarily based on BigSisterInstinct. Daenerys prefers to be in the forefront, while Myrcella is more of a manipulator.
** Tyrion Lannister. Though Myrcella is beautiful and Tyrion is not, they possess quite a few similarities. Both have a respect for Northern culture that other members of their family lack. Each has an abusive elder sibling of the opposite gender (Cersei for Tyrion, Joffrey for Myrcella) and a sibling they are close to (Jaime for Tyrion, Tommen for Myrcella) and are often overlooked for different reasons by a parent of the same sex (Myrcella because she’s a girl, Tyrion because he’s a dwarf) despite promising manipulative skills.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Myrcella appropriates some food, paying for it with her own coin, and distributes it amongst the smallfolk in King's Landing. Someone in the crowd shouts "Bastard!" and the rest start heckling her]].

* WomenAreWiser: She’s more competent than Joffrey and less easily swayed than Tommen, mainly occupied with making sure the Lannisters and Starks don’t kill each other.

* BreakTheCutie: According to Myrcella, Joffrey’s bullying has left lasting psychological damage.

!!Lord Stannis Baratheon.

* {{Foil}}: To Roose Bolton. Roose knows his son Domeric is different and doesn’t pressure him to be otherwise, while Tywin is dead-set on controlling his children’s lives through their conduct and marriages. Plus, Roose hasn’t done anything that Domeric has considered unforgivable.

-->”What good is a prisoner who dies before judgment? What good is a hostage who cannot be used?“

* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Played with. Domeric has a similar personality and background to Ned Stark. A Northern highborn raised in the Vale? Check. Balances kindness to his friends and family with a reserved personality that gives the appearance of coldness and disdain? Check. However, Domeric lacks Ned’s strict adherence to honor and is on occasion a ruthless killer.

* NeverMyFault: When confronted about [[spoiler:her attempt to have Amory Lorch kill Gendry in her purge of King Robert’s bastards]], Cersei blames it on Lorch’s incompetence.

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Seems to have taken Tyrion's plotline of getting sent to King’s Landing to act as Hand in Tywin's place. He also takes Varys' role of trying to get Ned to back down]]. This is subverted when [[spoiler:Kevan is summoned back into the field and Tyrion takes his place as acting Hand of the King as he did in the books/show, then double-subverted when they both wind up back in King's Landing]].

* IHaveYourWife: Kevan’s first order of business after making sure Ned won’t die is to try and secure hostages to make sure they’ll have less enemies. He planned on having Robb come to King’s Landing, marry Myrcella, and get a seat in the Small Council, Theon transferred to King’s Landing to be used to quell Balon Greyjoy, and they can put down the rebellions led by Stannis and Renly. This is used again in the sequel when he has Horas and Hobber Redwyne transferred to Casterly Rock alongside Tyrion and Myrcella to stave off an attack.

One of Kevan’s twin sons.

* DistressedDude: Got captured in the Battle of the Whispering Wood.

* LeeroyJenkins: Once Tyrion learns [[spoiler:that Robb's army is in the Westerlands, he knows that Stafford's first instinct will be to attack it.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Tyrion only appears in five chapters (of a 66-chapter story) and hasn’t been seen since Chapter 24, but his advice to Domeric enabled him and Sansa to escape King’s Landing unscathed and persuaded Jon to not join the Night’s Watch, leading to [[spoiler:Jon killing The Mountain in combat]]. It goes even further: because [[spoiler:Jon killed The Mountain, he puts a big dent in Doran Martell’s plans, prompting him to send his brother Oberyn and son Quentyn to seek out Daenerys Targaryen]].

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Subscribes to this philosophy, with himself as the one who is called on to do dirty work and snuff out people who would be trouble down the line.

* TheBrute: He’s a big, dumb SociopathicSoldier like The Mountain, only smaller.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:When his men are ambushed by Jon Snow’s men, he resolves to kill his own men so they won’t blab about what they were sent to do]].

* VillainProtagonist: The viewpoint character for the sequel’s opening chapter. [[spoiler:He doesn’t last beyond that]].
* WouldHurtAChild: He threw the Tarbeck boyd down a well, killed Rhaenys Targaryen by stabbing her multiple times, and was sent to [[spoiler:kill Gendry]].

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After being dismissed from the Kingsguard in Chapter 38. Presumably he’s gone east to seek out Daenerys Targaryen as he did in the books/show]].

* AnimalMotifs: Snakes. When he loses his temper upon hearing of [[spoiler:The Mountain's demise]], Quentyn describes his movements like a snake poised to strike.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Garlan is greatly concerned for Margaery’s well-being, during campaign and with what’ll happen if they take King’s Landing. He’ll even chew out his other younger sibling Loras for not keeping that in mind.

* EveryManHasHisPrice: In the sequel, [[spoiler:he is able to leave King’s Landing by bribing the City Watch and offers to bribe them again on Renly’s behalf]]. After all, he’s responsible for paying them, why not offer them a bit more?

* MundaneWish: A downplayed, non-magical example. He offers [[spoiler:information on the Starks and the City Watch to help take King’s Landing. What he wants in return? Retaining his job as Master of Coin. At least that what he’s willing to request at the moment; the rest he’ll reveal later]].

* BreakTheCutie: Learning her true parentage and returning to King’s Landing where she’s bullied by her older brother and mother does a number on her. For her there’s plenty of days where she wanted to sit in her room and brood.

* SpannerInTheWorks: To Roose Bolton on the one side and [[spoiler:Myrcella]] on the other. Cersei's insistence on Sansa going to King's Landing means that Roose's plans to get a claim on Winterfell through the female line get stalled because Domeric accompanies Sansa to King's Landing. [[spoiler:Myrcella's]] plan to get Tommen out of King's Landing via fostering gets messed up when King Robert gets killed by the boar thanks to Cersei having Lancel give Robert strongwine.

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Seems to have taken Tyrion's plotline of getting sent to King’s Landing to act as Hand in Tywin’s place. He also takes Varys' role of trying to get Ned to back down]]. This is subverted when [[spoiler:Kevan is summoned back into the field and Tyrion takes his place as acting Hand of the King as he did in the books/show, then double-subverted when they both wind up back in King's Landing]].

%%* DeadpanSnarker: He can play the sarcasm game just as well as his brother’s children.

* PragmaticVillainy: Has Ned taken out of the Black Cells and has Pycelle heal his leg because they need a hostage to negotiate peace with the North. He also encourages Myrcella’s interactions with Ned, to show that his statements about the Baratheon children’s parentage hurts her and Tommen just as much as it does Joffrey.
* TakeCareOfTheKids: Before sending Tyrion away to Casterly Rock, he tells Tyrion that he’s putting their family’s fate in his hands.

* TheDragon: To his brother Tywin, as his chief lieutenant for almost 40 years. As Acting Hand of the King he is a DragonInChief to his niece Queen Cersei; when he loses his patience with Cersei over her incompetence and calls for guards to escort her to her chambers, they listen to him, not the Queen Regent.