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* ArrangedMarriage: His betrothal to Sansa gets a few mentions in Act I. [[spoiler:His betrothal switches to Margaery by the time Act II rolls in]].

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* ArrangedMarriage: His betrothal to Sansa gets a few mentions in Act I. [[spoiler:His betrothal switches to Margaery by I, mostly in the context of Sansa liking the arrangement less and less. [[spoiler:By the time Act II rolls in]].in, he's engaged to Margaery instead]].



* ArrangedMarriage: With [[spoiler:Sansa]].

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* ArrangedMarriage: With [[spoiler:Sansa]]. While feeling it doesn't quite fit the heroic character he thinks himself to be, he's trying at least be a decent husband and doesn't react well to [[spoiler:Tywin arranging for Catelyn and Robb's assassination]].
* BadassBureaucrat: There is no Act I song featuring him that doesn't mention at least one of his feats as Hand, with the biggest focus being on his defense of King's Landing that is shown across three different songs.

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Cersei and Jaime's younger brother, who has drawfism in canon. He's also the child in a MaternalDeathBlameTheChild situation, which makes him the family BlackSheep. He gets an unexpected opprotunity to prove himself when he's made Joffrey's Hand of the King by his father so the latter can keep his focus on fighting the War of the Five Kings. Tyrion thinks of himself as both the protagonist and hero of the play and as such exepects ProtagonistCenteredMorality to come into play more than he should.

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Cersei and Jaime's younger brother, who has drawfism in canon. He's also the child in a MaternalDeathBlameTheChild situation, which makes him the family BlackSheep. He gets an unexpected opprotunity to prove himself when he's made Joffrey's Hand of the King by his father so the latter can keep his focus on fighting the War of the Five Kings. Tyrion thinks of himself as both the protagonist and hero of the play and as such exepects expects ProtagonistCenteredMorality to come into play more than he should.should. Other than that, he actually does have the brains for the job, and being the nicest Lannister to be shown onstage is a low bar to clear.



* CrosscastRole: The role requires a short person to be anything close to the text, and such a criterion favors women when there are no people with dawarfism in the cast.

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* AntiHero: What he really is, but it takes [[spoiler:killing two people out of frustration]] for him to admit it.
* ArrangedMarriage: With [[spoiler:Sansa]].
* CrosscastRole: The role requires a short person to be anything close to the text, and such a criterion favors women when there are no people with dawarfism dwarfism in the cast.cast.

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Cersei and Jaime's younger brother, who has drawfism in canon. He's also the child in a MaternalDeathBlameTheChild situation, which makes him the family BlackSheep. He's made Joffrey's Hand of the King so his father can keep his focus on fighting the War of the Five Kings

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Cersei and Jaime's younger brother, who has drawfism in canon. He's also the child in a MaternalDeathBlameTheChild situation, which makes him the family BlackSheep. He's He gets an unexpected opprotunity to prove himself when he's made Joffrey's Hand of the King so by his father so the latter can keep his focus on fighting the War of the Five KingsKings. Tyrion thinks of himself as both the protagonist and hero of the play and as such exepects ProtagonistCenteredMorality to come into play more than he should.


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* CrosscastRole: The role requires a short person to be anything close to the text, and such a criterion favors women when there are no people with dawarfism in the cast.

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* PetTheDog: During "Ten Siege Commandments", she makes the noble ladies are confined in safe place.



* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Of all the people who die in the play, he's the smallest loss.]]



* InbredAndEvil: His parents are brother and sister (and his sole set of grandparents cousins in canon). He's one of the most vile characters to make it onstage.

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* InbredAndEvil: His parents are brother and sister (and sister[[note]] and his sole set of grandparents cousins in canon).canon[[/note]]. He's one of the most vile characters to make it onstage.


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[[folder:Tyrion Lannister]]

Cersei and Jaime's younger brother, who has drawfism in canon. He's also the child in a MaternalDeathBlameTheChild situation, which makes him the family BlackSheep. He's made Joffrey's Hand of the King so his father can keep his focus on fighting the War of the Five Kings
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* HeartbrokenBadass: "King Robert Baratheon" outright states he never got over Lyanna's death.



* TheMourningAfter: "King Robert Baratheon" outright states he never got over Lyanna's death.



* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Probaly one of the characters who had his death coming the most.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Probaly one of the characters who had his death coming the most.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: If a situation requires him to be amicable, or at least appear to be so, you can be he'll choose that moment to have a temper tantrum. Which may or may not include death threats.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first scene consists of him walking onstage holding Ned Stark's head and proudly showing it to Cersei. This occurs right as Cersei and Littlefinger are discussing plans that require Ned as a ''live'' hostage.
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* ChocolateBaby: Is blonde despite his official father being black-haired, hinting toward the fact that "a few are branches missing in the family tree" as Ned put it.

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* ChocolateBaby: Is blonde despite his official father being black-haired, hinting toward the fact that he has "a few are branches missing in the family tree" as Ned put it.
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* ChocolateBaby: Is blonde despite his official father being black-haired, hinting toward the fact that "there are a few branches missing in the family tree" as Ned put it.

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* ChocolateBaby: Is blonde despite his official father being black-haired, hinting toward the fact that "there "a few are a few branches missing in the family tree" as Ned put it.
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Robert's oldest son and official heir, who becomes King after his death. Biologically speaking, his father is actually his own maternal uncle, making his claim non-existent in practice. The more immediate problem with his rule is that he was a PsychopathicManchild even before he was crowned, which makes him TheCaligula as a King. His older family members and advisors hence find themselves having to keep him in check in addition to managing the war that needs to be won to keep him on the throne.

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Robert's oldest son and official heir, who becomes King after his death. Biologically speaking, his father is actually his own maternal uncle, making his claim to the throne non-existent in practice. The more immediate problem with his rule is that he was a PsychopathicManchild even before he was crowned, which makes him TheCaligula as a King. His older family members and advisors hence find themselves having to keep him in check in addition to managing the war that needs to be won to keep him on the throne.
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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play, who quickly meets an early death. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an political marriage with Cersei Lannister, which officially produced three children who take suspiciously little after him. Roberts own extra-marital activities, meanwhile, have produced a high number of bastards.

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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play, who quickly meets an early death. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an political marriage with Cersei Lannister, which officially produced three children who take suspiciously little after him. Roberts Robert's own extra-marital activities, meanwhile, have produced a high number of bastards.



* ArrangedMarriage: He's betrothed to Sansa when play starts[[spoiler:, and to Margaery by the time Act II rolls in]].

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* ArrangedMarriage: He's betrothed His betrothal to Sansa when play starts[[spoiler:, and gets a few mentions in Act I. [[spoiler:His betrothal switches to Margaery by the time Act II rolls in]].

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Robert's oldest son and official heir, who becomes King after his death. Biologically speaking, his father is actually his own maternal uncle, making his claim non-existent in practice. The more immediate problem with his rule is that he was a PsychopathicManchild even before he was crowned, which makes him TheCaligula as a King.

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Robert's oldest son and official heir, who becomes King after his death. Biologically speaking, his father is actually his own maternal uncle, making his claim non-existent in practice. The more immediate problem with his rule is that he was a PsychopathicManchild even before he was crowned, which makes him TheCaligula as a King. His older family members and advisors hence find themselves having to keep him in check in addition to managing the war that needs to be won to keep him on the throne.


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* ArrangedMarriage: He's betrothed to Sansa when play starts[[spoiler:, and to Margaery by the time Act II rolls in]].
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: At some point, he reacts to the latest act of discipline towards him by threatening to kills eight kittens in retaliation.
* BastardBastard: He's technically born out of wedlock, and not exactly the nicest character in the play.
* ChocolateBaby: Is blonde despite his official father being black-haired, hinting toward the fact that "there are a few branches missing in the family tree" as Ned put it.
* CrosscastRole: He's played by a woman according to the cast credits.
* InbredAndEvil: His parents are brother and sister (and his sole set of grandparents cousins in canon). He's one of the most vile characters to make it onstage.

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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an political marriage with Cersei Lannister, which officially produced three children who take suspiciously little after him. Roberts own extra-marital activities, meanwhile, have produced a high number of bastards.

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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play.play, who quickly meets an early death. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an political marriage with Cersei Lannister, which officially produced three children who take suspiciously little after him. Roberts own extra-marital activities, meanwhile, have produced a high number of bastards.


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!!King Joffrey "Joff" Baratheon

Robert's oldest son and official heir, who becomes King after his death. Biologically speaking, his father is actually his own maternal uncle, making his claim non-existent in practice. The more immediate problem with his rule is that he was a PsychopathicManchild even before he was crowned, which makes him TheCaligula as a King.
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** She says she's "nothing but joyus" about how Joffrey turned out. Note that Joffrey caused a riot by odering a crowd to be killed after one member throws a ball of dung on him during a visit in the city during a famine.
** During "The Riot", Tyrion also deliberately goes behind her back while putting his plans to defend King's Landing against Stannis in place, because he knows Cersei will disagree with them regardless of how sensible they are. He turns out to be right.

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** She says she's "nothing but joyus" about how Joffrey turned out. Note that Joffrey caused a riot by odering a crowd to be killed after one member throws a ball of dung on him during a visit in the city during a famine.
** During "The Riot", Tyrion also deliberately goes behind her back while putting his plans to defend King's Landing against Stannis in place, because he knows Cersei will disagree with them regardless of how sensible they are. He turns out to be right.right.
** During "Opposing Council", she calls Joffrey "amusing" after he suggests killing the Night's Watch for acknowledging other kings besides himself, and says she's "nothing by joyous" when Tyrion asks if she's pleased with how he turned out.
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** She says she's "nothing but joyus" about how Joffrey turned out during "The Riot". Note that Joffrey caused the riot in question by shooting a beggar with a crossbow while visiting the city during a famine.
** During "The Riot", Tyrion also deliberately keeps her out of the loop while putting his plans to defend King's Landing against Stannis in place, because he knows Cersei will disagree with them regardless of how sensible they are. He turns out to be right.

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** She says she's "nothing but joyus" about how Joffrey turned out during "The Riot". out. Note that Joffrey caused the a riot in question by shooting odering a beggar with crowd to be killed after one member throws a crossbow while visiting ball of dung on him during a visit in the city during a famine.
** During "The Riot", Tyrion also deliberately keeps goes behind her out of the loop back while putting his plans to defend King's Landing against Stannis in place, because he knows Cersei will disagree with them regardless of how sensible they are. He turns out to be right.
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* SelectiveObliviousness:
** She says she's "nothing but joyus" about how Joffrey turned out during "The Riot". Note that Joffrey caused the riot in question by shooting a beggar with a crossbow while visiting the city during a famine.
** During "The Riot", Tyrion also deliberately keeps her out of the loop while putting his plans to defend King's Landing against Stannis in place, because he knows Cersei will disagree with them regardless of how sensible they are. He turns out to be right.

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* MamaBear: She's shown to be quite protective towards Joffrey.

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* MamaBear: She's shown to be quite protective towards Joffrey. When [[spoiler:Joffrey gets poisoned]], she fabricates evidence against the person who seemingly did it, even though the person being framed means there was already plenty of incriminating false evidence against the person.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Robert just as much as he's cheating on her.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Sleeps with Jaime, who's her own brother.
* MamaBear: She's shown to be quite protective towards Joffrey.

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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an politcal marriage with Cersei Lannister, which officially produced three children who take suspiciously little after him. Roberts own extra-marital activities, meanwhile, have produced a high number of bastards.

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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an politcal political marriage with Cersei Lannister, which officially produced three children who take suspiciously little after him. Roberts own extra-marital activities, meanwhile, have produced a high number of bastards.


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* ArrangedMarriage: Her marriage with Robert is a political one.
* BattleOfWits: An active participant in the one taking place in the King's Landing court.
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Robert's wife and later widow. For the better part of the marriage, she has been having an affair with her brother Jaime, who's the biological father of her children. She is also much more active in Westerosi politics than Robert ever was, and hence sees Joffrey ascending to the throne as a way to secure more power. Ned finding out about her childrens' true parentage prompts her to accelerate that agenda, only to have to deal with the consequences of giving nominal power to an already sociopathic teenager.

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Robert's wife and later widow. For the better part of the marriage, she has been having an affair with her brother Jaime, who's the biological father of her children. She is also much more active in Westerosi politics than Robert ever was, and hence sees Joffrey ascending to the throne as a way to secure more power. Ned finding out about her childrens' true parentage prompts her to accelerate that agenda, only to have to deal with the consequences of giving nominal power to an already a sociopathic teenager.

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* HuntingAccident: This is canonically the cause of his death, and the talk about strong wine and boar hunting in "Plot Development" alludes to this.



Robert's wife and later widow. For the better part of the marriage, she has been having an affair with her brother Jaime, who's the biological father of her children. She is also much more active in Westerosi politics than Robert ever was.

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Robert's wife and later widow. For the better part of the marriage, she has been having an affair with her brother Jaime, who's the biological father of her children. She is also much more active in Westerosi politics than Robert ever was.was, and hence sees Joffrey ascending to the throne as a way to secure more power. Ned finding out about her childrens' true parentage prompts her to accelerate that agenda, only to have to deal with the consequences of giving nominal power to an already sociopathic teenager.
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Robert's wife and later widow.

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Robert's wife and later widow. For the better part of the marriage, she has been having an affair with her brother Jaime, who's the biological father of her children. She is also much more active in Westerosi politics than Robert ever was.
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* OldFriend: Having been foster borther with Ned Stark is one of the reasons he wants Ned to be his new Hand of the King.

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* OldFriend: Having been foster borther brothers with Ned Stark is one of the reasons he wants Ned to be his new Hand of the King.
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!King Robert "Bobby" Baratheon

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!Queen Cersei Lannister

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!Robert "Bobby" Baratheon

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!Robert !King Robert "Bobby" Baratheon



* The Casanova: The reason his has so many bastard children.

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* The Casanova: TheCasanova: The reason his has so many bastard children.



* ReluctantRuler: He outright spells out that being King hasn't been working for him in "Small Council".

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* ReluctantRuler: StrongFamilyResemblance: Justified between him and Stannis, as the actor playing him goes on to play Stannis after his death.
* UnfitForGreatness:
He outright spells out that being King hasn't been working for him in "Small Council".Council".
* YourCheatingHeart: He's cheating on Cersei with his whoremongering.
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!Queen Cersei Lannister

Robert's wife and later widow.
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* BigFun: His part in "Small Council" has him casually mention how he's been taking things easy on his royal obligations. While rapping.

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* BigFun: His part in "Small Council" has him casually mention rapping about how he's been taking things easy on his royal obligations. While rapping.obligations, while holding a drink.



* HearbrokenBadass: "King Robert Baratheon" outright states he never got over Lyanna's death.

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* HearbrokenBadass: HeartbrokenBadass: "King Robert Baratheon" outright states he never got over Lyanna's death.



* TheHedonist: "King Robert Baratheon" mentions he became this after being crowned King.

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* TheHedonist: "King Robert Baratheon" mentions he became this got really into drinking, hunting and sleeping with whores after being crowned King.King.
* OldFriend: Having been foster borther with Ned Stark is one of the reasons he wants Ned to be his new Hand of the King.
* ReallyGetsAround: In "Small Council", he claims to have fathered two dozen bastards and to be working on the third dozen.
* ReluctantRuler: He outright spells out that being King hasn't been working for him in "Small Council".
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* BigFun: His part in "Small Council" has him casually mention how he's been taking things easy on his royal obligations. While rapping.
* BrokenAce: His best days were during a rebellion that is now very far behind, and he hates his current lot in life.
* The Casanova: The reason his has so many bastard children.
* HearbrokenBadass: "King Robert Baratheon" outright states he never got over Lyanna's death.
* FormerlyFit: Just as informed as his AdiposeRex status, as the actor portaying him seems to be ''currently'' fit.
* TheHedonist: "King Robert Baratheon" mentions he became this after being crowned King.
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* AloofOlderBrother: Stannis lodges that complaint against him during "A H(e)rt Aflame".

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* AloofOlderBrother: Stannis lodges that complaint against mentions Robert not paying much attention to him during their childhood in "A H(e)rt Aflame".H(e)art Inflamed".

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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an politcal marriage with Cersei Lannister.

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The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an politcal marriage with Cersei Lannister.Lannister, which officially produced three children who take suspiciously little after him. Roberts own extra-marital activities, meanwhile, have produced a high number of bastards.




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* AdiposeRex: A purely informed one. While one of Renly's parts in "King Robert Baratheon" mentions him gaining a lot of weight, the actor portraying him looks ''really'' slim compared to the character's canon live-action portrayal.
* TheAlcoholic: He's seen without holding a drink only in "Hand-Holding" and he regularly reminds Ned that he's constantly drunk in that song.
* AloofOlderBrother: Stannis lodges that complaint against him during "A H(e)rt Aflame".
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!Robert "Bobby" Baratheon

The King of Westeros at the beginning of the play. He came to his position after leading a rebellion against the previous royal family, which was sparked by prince Rhaegar Targaryen kidnapping Robert's betrothed Lyanna. Lyanna having died during the rebellion, Robert ended up in an politcal marriage with Cersei Lannister.
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