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* ArbitrarySkepticism: She's a talking raven, but gets baffled by the appearance of the shadow-baby in "Crownless". ''After'' having complained about the play's constraints keeping it from showing much of Daenerys' dragons.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: She's a talking raven, but gets baffled by the appearance of the shadow-baby in "Crownless". ''After'' having complained Just a short time before casually complaining about the play's constraints keeping it from showing much of fact that the play doesn't have time for Daenerys' dragons.
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* StupidEvil: His evil acts have a tendency to be detrimental to his own reign.
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* AllThereInTheScript: They aren't named onstage, but their names can be found in the cast credits (Tormund is double casted with Robb, Val with Catelyn, Wun Wun with Littlefinger and Roose Bolton).

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* AllThereInTheScript: They aren't named onstage, but their names can be found in the cast credits (Tormund is double casted cast with Robb, Val with Catelyn, Wun Wun Wun-Wun with Littlefinger and Roose Bolton).



* CoconutSuperpowers: Wun Wun is very obviously the tallest guy in the cast, wearing thick platform shoes, a mask and a Giants jersey.

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* CoconutSuperpowers: Wun Wun Wun-Wun is very obviously the tallest guy in the cast, wearing thick platform shoes, a mask and a Giants jersey.

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* OCStandIn: Sarella wasn't in the TV series and has only been mentioned to exist in the books (there is, however, an androgynous male character named [[SdrawkcabAlias Alleras]] walking around). The characterization of her play version is hence the scriptwriter's idea.



* OCStandIn: Sarella wasn't in the TV series and has only been mentioned to exist in the books (there is, however, an androgynous male character named [[SdrawkcabAlias Alleras]] walking around). The characterization of her play version is hence the scriptwriter's idea.

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* DoubleAgent: Sam calls a double agent in "Sword in the Darkness" while alluding to his FakeDefector stint.



* PrettyBoy: He's called "that pretty crow" by some wildlings.

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* PrettyBoy: He's called "that pretty crow" by some wildlings.Tormund.



A friend of Jon's and the only other character to appear in both Night's watch songs.

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A friend of Jon's and the only other character to appear in both Night's watch Watch songs.



* FiveSecondForeshadowing: He joins Pyp and Grenn in bemoaning the fact that their host's daughters are avoiding them, which sets up the fact that he's interested in one of them. The set-up and reveal are both in "First Watch", which is one of the shorter songs.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: He joins Pyp and Grenn in bemoaning the fact that their host's Craster's daughters are avoiding them, which sets up the fact that he's interested in one of them. The set-up and reveal are both in "First Watch", which is one of the shorter songs.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: She's a talking raven, but gets baffled by the appearance of the shadow-baby in "Crownless". ''After'' having complained about the play's constraints keeping it from showing much of Daenerys' dragons.
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* InteractiveNarrator: She's not beyond interacting with the characters to keep the play on track.
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Act I's IntereactiveNarrator, an antropomorphic talking raven who is a big fan of the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books.

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Act I's IntereactiveNarrator, InteractiveNarrator, an antropomorphic talking raven who is a big fan of the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books.

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* MissingStepsPlan: In "I'll Be Back", she points out a few hole in her canon counterpart's plan: by the time she's singing the song, she can't have children, has no heir and her brother Viserys had died without leaving any descendants behind.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Rhaegar was already married with children when he, his wife and children died seventeen year prior to the beginning of the play. Canonically, Daenerys hasn't married prior to the beginning of the story because she was too young too young to do so.
* WackyWaysideTribe: In "The Storm's End", she points out that the current state of Westeros would be a good time for her to try becoming a Queen... but that she first needs to conquer three different places that are canonically large cities.

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* MinorCharacterMajorSong: Her only impact on the events taking place in Westeros is being briefly discussed in "Small Council". This doesn't keep her from getting two songs of her own.
* MissingStepsPlan: In "I'll Be Back", she points out a few hole holes in her canon counterpart's plan: by the time she's singing the song, she can't have children, has no heir and her brother Viserys had died without leaving any descendants behind.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Rhaegar was already married with children when he, his wife and children died seventeen year years prior to the beginning of the play. Canonically, Daenerys hasn't married prior to the beginning of the story because she was too young too young to do so.
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* WackyWaysideTribe: In "The Storm's End", she points out that the current state of Westeros would be a good time for her to try becoming a its Queen... but that she first needs to conquer three different places that are canonically non-Westerosi large cities.cities.
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!!The raven

Act I's IntereactiveNarrator, an antropomorphic talking raven who is a big fan of the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books.
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* CanonForeigner: No talking birds in the original story.
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* WackyWaysideTribe: In "The Storm's End", she points out that the current state of Westeros would be a good time for her to try becoming a Queen... but that she first needs to conquer three different places that are canonically large cities.
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* AllThereInTheScript: He first name is never told onstage, but appears in the cast credits (she's double cast with Margaery).
* LastOfHisKind: She's outight called "The last Dragon" in "Small Council".
* MissingStepsPlan: In "I'll Be Back", she points out a few hole in her canon counterpart's plan: by the time she's singing the song, she can't have children, has no heir and her brother Viserys had died without leaving any descendants behind.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Rhaegar was already married with children when he, his wife and children died seventeen year prior to the beginning of the play. Canonically, Daenerys hasn't married prior to the beginning of the story because she was too young too young to do so.
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[[folder:Daenerys Targaryen]]
!!Daenerys Targaryen

Rhaegar Targaryen's much younger sister, who was taken to another continent as a young child to ensure her survival. At the begnning of the play, she had just gotten married, which puts her in a position to attempt to take the throne for herself. Fortunately for the rest of the cast, she has a few things to do in her adoptive land before returning home.
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* CoconutSuperpowers: Wun Wun is very obviously the tallest guy in the cast, wearing thick platform shoes, a mask and a Giants jersey.

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* BraidsOfAction: The presence of single braid in her hair is one of the element that makes Val recognizable.
* BadassBeard: Tormund had his TV version's distinctive red beard.



* SpearCarrier: Tormund and Val both get a couple of solo lines in "Sword in the Darkness".

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* SpearCarrier: Tormund and Val both get a couple of few solo lines in "Sword in the Darkness".

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A man who has become the leader of all wildlings, the people who live beyond the Wall guarded by the Night's Watch. He and his people are trying to force their way into Westeros due to the threat the Night's Watch is protecting Westeros from having already driven them away from their homes.

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A man who has become the leader of all wildlings, the people who live beyond the Wall guarded by the Night's Watch. He and his people are trying to force their way into Westeros due to the threat the Night's Watch is protecting Westeros from having already driven them away from their homes. He and Jon Snow know each other due to events that took place off-stage.


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[[folder:Tormund, Val and Wun-Wun]]
!!Tormund, Val and Wun-Wun

Three unamed members of Mance's army whose appearances are distictive enough to be recognizable as named characters from the original story. The events that led to Mance and Jon Snow meeting result in them knowing his face, as well.
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* AllThereInTheScript: They aren't named onstage, but their names can be found in the cast credits (Tormund is double casted with Robb, Val with Catelyn, Wun Wun with Littlefinger and Roose Bolton).
* DemotedToExtra: They don't have much more than a role than three other extras standing in for Mance's army.
* SpearCarrier: Tormund and Val both get a couple of solo lines in "Sword in the Darkness".
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!Free Folk aka wildlings

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!Free Folk !Wildlings aka wildlings
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* TheHighKing: There are many tribes of Wildlings that united because of their recent strenuous circumstances, and said union is led by Mance.



* TheHighKing: There are many tribes of Wildlings that united because of their recent strenuous circumstances, and said union is led by Mance.

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* TheHighKing: There are many tribes of Wildlings that united because of their recent strenuous circumstances, RememberTheNewGuy: For Jon Snow's storyline. "First Watch" takes place before Jon and said union is led by Mance.Mance's mutual introduction, while "Sword in the Darkness" takes place after the period during which Jon was pretending to be Mance's ally. This results in the fact the two of them know each other being an element of the play's TwiceToldTale.
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!!Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall

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!!Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall
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* TheHighKing: There are many tribes of Wildlings who united because of their recent strenuous circumstances, and said union is led by Mance.

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* TheHighKing: There are many tribes of Wildlings who that united because of their recent strenuous circumstances, and said union is led by Mance.

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A man who has become the leader of the wildlings, the people who live beyond the Wall guarded by the Night's Watch. He and his people are trying to force their way into Westeros due to the threat the Night's Watch is protecting Westeros from having already driven them away from their homes.

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A man who has become the leader of the all wildlings, the people who live beyond the Wall guarded by the Night's Watch. He and his people are trying to force their way into Westeros due to the threat the Night's Watch is protecting Westeros from having already driven them away from their homes.


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* TheHighKing: There are many tribes of Wildlings who united because of their recent strenuous circumstances, and said union is led by Mance.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, thanks to having exactly the same first name as Jon Arryn. Considering his parentage, everything points towards him having actually been named after the him.


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!Free Folk aka wildlings

[[folder:Mance Rayder]]
!!Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall

A man who has become the leader of the wildlings, the people who live beyond the Wall guarded by the Night's Watch. He and his people are trying to force their way into Westeros due to the threat the Night's Watch is protecting Westeros from having already driven them away from their homes.
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* InvadingRefugees: He outright states he wants passage for himself and his people because they are running away from the wights.
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* ButtMonkey: Pyp implies he likes Sam's company much less than Jon's in "First Watch".


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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: He joins Pyp and Grenn in bemoaning the fact that their host's daughters are avoiding them, which sets up the fact that he's interested in one of them. The set-up and reveal are both in "First Watch", which is one of the shorter songs.
* NonActionGuy: He's explicitly stated to have a non-combat position, which Jon admits to envying a little.
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* FatBestFriend: He's much fatter than Jon and the person shown to be the closest to him.

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* TheOathBreaker: He's considered by other characters to have broken both an oath to the Watch and an oath to the wildlings. The wildlings coming to the wall and Jon being one of the few people who may be able to talk Mance out of attacking means that he's definitely going to betray one of the sides again no matter what.



* TheOathBreaker: He's considered by other characters to have broken both an oath to the Watch and an oath to the wildlings. The wildlings coming to the wall and Jon being one of the few people who may be able to talk Mance out of attacking means that he's definitely going to betray one of the sides again no matter what.

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!!Samwell "Sam" Tarly

A friend of Jon's and the only
other characters character to have broken appear in both an oath to the Watch and an oath to the wildlings. The wildlings coming to the wall and Jon being one of the few people who may be able to talk Mance out of attacking means that he's definitely going to betray one of the sides again no matter what.Night's watch songs.
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* CrosscastRole: The actress playing Jofrey and Edric is credited for playing his role, as well.
* FakeDefector: While none of his canon infiltration of the wildlings is shown on-stage, the ''consequences'' are a big part of "Sword in the Darkness". The Watch is no longer certain Jon isn't a turncloak because of said infiltration, while the wildlings don't trust him because he left them to return to the Watch.

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* CrosscastRole: The actress playing Jofrey Joffrey and Edric is credited for playing his role, as well.
* FakeDefector: While none of his canon infiltration of the wildlings is shown on-stage, the its ''consequences'' are a big part of "Sword in the Darkness". The Watch is no longer certain Jon isn't a turncloak because of said infiltration, while the wildlings don't trust him because he left them to return to the Watch.


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* TheOathBreaker: He's considered by other characters to have broken both an oath to the Watch and an oath to the wildlings. The wildlings coming to the wall and Jon being one of the few people who may be able to talk Mance out of attacking means that he's definitely going to betray one of the sides again no matter what.
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* CrosscastRole: The actress playing Jofrey and Edric is credited for playing his role, as well.
* FakeDefector: While none of his canon infiltration of the wildlings is shown on-stage, the ''consequences'' are a big part of "Sword in the Darkness". The Watch is no longer certain Jon isn't a turncloak because of said infiltration, while the wildlings don't trust him because he left them to return to the Watch.
* PrettyBoy: He's called "that pretty crow" by some wildlings.
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The main character of the Night's Watch focused songs, who's canonically Eddard Stark's bastard son. One of his duties consists of being on the look-out for a looming threat that threatens Westeros.

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The main character of the Night's Watch focused songs, who's canonically Eddard Stark's bastard son. One of his duties consists of being on the look-out for a looming threat that threatens presents a danger for all of Westeros.

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* OCStandIn: Sarella wasn't in the TV series and has only been mentioned to exist in the books (there is, however, an androgynous male named [[SdrawkcabAlias Alleras]] walking around). The characterization of her play version is hence entirely the scriptwriter's idea.
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* OCStandIn: Sarella wasn't in the TV series and has only been mentioned to exist in the books (there is, however, an androgynous male character named [[SdrawkcabAlias Alleras]] walking around). The characterization of her play version is hence entirely the scriptwriter's idea.
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!!Jon Snow

The main character of the Night's Watch focused songs, who's canonically Eddard Stark's bastard son. One of his duties consists of being on the look-out for a looming threat that threatens Westeros.
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Oberyn's three bastard daughters who come with him to King's Landing. The RebelliousSpirit is strong enough for them to debut in Act II despite the fact that canon introduced them after events that place at the end of the play and forcible take the place of the narrator who tries to shoo them away.

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Oberyn's three bastard daughters who come with him to King's Landing. The RebelliousSpirit is strong enough for them to debut in Act II despite the fact that canon introduced them after events that place at the end of the play and forcible forcibly take the place of the raven narrator who tries to shoo them away.


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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: A canon-accurate introduction would have been ''after the end'' of the play.


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* RebelliousSpirit: Their issues with authority is the reason Nymeria gives for them having no qualms about showing up early.
* OffingTheAnnoyance: Their response to the raven narrator trying to kick them out for showing up too early is to kill her.

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