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4	!!!See also the [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireHouseTarly book character sheet]] for these characters.
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6	'''Only spoilers from the current season will be hidden, so beware spoilers if you're not up to date on the episodes.'''
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9	!House Tarly
10	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/house_tarly_main_shield.png]]
11	[[caption-width-right:200:''"First in Battle."'']]
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13	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. 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 allies the Tyrells.
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17	[[folder:In General]]
18	* AdaptedOut: In the books, Randyll has three daughters, with Talla being the only one whose name is mentioned. In the show, Talla is the only daughter.
19	* AncestralWeapon: Heartsbane, a Valyrian steel sword which has been in the family for five hundred years.
20	* BigFancyCastle: Castle [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DG45fnAXYAArsJ_.jpg Horn Hill]] is huge.
21	* TheBigGuy: House Tarly is the muscle of the Reach.
22	* DoomedMoralVictor: The death of the family is cristisized by Tyrion as being needlessly harsh and liable to lead to unrest in the future. [[spoiler:[[RapePillageAndBurn Given Danys future fighting style,]] the killing of the Tarlys will likely go down in history as the Mad Queen's first atrocity.]]
23	* EverybodysDeadDave: After Randyll and Dickon get burned alive, the only remaining male Tarly is Sam and he can't inherit due to his vows to the Night's Watch. [[spoiler: Though this is very ambiguous at the end since Sam has left the Night's Watch, and seemingly rejoined the Maesters...but Gilly was pregnant with Sams child but they weren't married which would make the child a bastard and unable to inherit unless legitimized by royal decree. Which Bran might very well do if Samwell asked, but the subject isn't raised during their last onscreen conversation.]]
24	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: If the Tyrells from the north of the Reach are sort of an expy of northern France, the Tarlys in the southern Reach are sort of an expy of southern France. The Reach in general is an expy of France, and just as France has a historic/cultural divide between North and South, so does the Reach - notice that their costumes are ''nothing like'' the Tyrell household costumes, in contrast to the North or the Westerlands, where everyone imitates the fashions of the ruling family. Whereas the Tyrells seem to embody the more romantic and refined part of Medieval France, the Tarlys represent its rich martial culture.
25	* LaserGuidedKarma: After betraying their lieges and selling out their homeland to the Lannisters, House Tarly's reign over the Reach lasts about one episode before Drogon and the Dothraki destroy their army, with Randyll and Dickon both getting killed in the aftermath.
26	* LesCollaborateurs: Like the Boltons for the North, the Freys for the Riverlands, House Tarly becomes the latest Lannister stooge to subvert its FeudalOverlord. Randyll and Dickon Tarly take it to the next level by actually robbing and looting their own treasury and rations and giving it to the Lannisters.
27	* ModestRoyalty: Though definitely rich enough to afford it, the armor worn by Dickon and Randyll eschews the decoration seen on Lannister plate, giving them a much more Spartan and warlike appearance.
28	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Melessa and Talla are likely at home in Horn Hill while Sam is in Oldtown when Randyll and Dickon are burned alive by Drogon.
29	* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: Their banner is a hunter about to shoot an arrow.
30	* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Their banner is a hunter wielding a bow and arrow.
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33	[[folder:Lord Randyll Tarly]]
34	!!Lord Randyll Tarly
35	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/randyll_tarly.png]]
36	[[caption-width-right:300:''"If he were to become Lord Tarly of Horn Hill, it would be the end of this house."'']]
37	!!!'''Played By:''' James Faulkner
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39	->''"This you getting back at me, boy? Hmm? Bringing that to my table and making me dine with it? And you got what you were after, didn't you? A bastard. A half-breed bastard. Your invitation into our home."''
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41	Lord of Horn Hill and head of House Tarly, and one of Mace Tyrell's most powerful bannermen, as well as his foremost commander. Also father to Samwell Tarly.
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43	* AdaptationalWimp: He plays no role in the War of Five Kings or the small council in the show, in contrast to crushing a third of Robb's army at Duskendale, freeing Margaery from the Faith, and serving as Master of Laws. Moreover, Sam's boast that, "He can bloody well try," to get Heartsbane back would be utter lunacy in the novels where Sam remarks in A Feast For Crows that his father would've hunted him down mercilessly if he'd run off with so much as a mule, nevermind the family's Ancestral Weapon.
44	* AbusiveParents: Even worse than Tywin Lannister, who at least has never threatened to murder any of his children. [[note]]Although Tywin not-so-subtly put Tyrion in situations where he stood a good chance of getting [[UriahGambit killed]] [[KangarooCourt off]] several times.[[/note]]
45	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The only military commander to defeat Robert Baratheon in combat, which Jaime notes is something that even Prince Rhaegar failed to do.
46	* AssholeVictim: While his death scene earns him some sympathy, this is still the same man who once threatened to kill his eldest son in a HuntingAccident, and near the end of his life betrayed his rightful liege lords to the Lannisters and helped sack their castle.
47	* BadBoss: Jaime more or less promising him Warden of the South, it means the people he is robbing blind of their food are his own. And he has no problem flogging prisoners of war or anyone who'll slow them down.
48	* BaldOfEvil: Evil is exaggerated but he's a grade A {{Jerkass}}.
49	* BrutalHonesty: When Jaime notes that Randyll answered Cersei's summons, Tarly points out that he's fully aware of what Cersei does to people who don't toe the line, clearly disgusted with the Lannisters ability to break norms like the Red Wedding and destroy a place of worship.
50	* ConflictingLoyalty: He has to choose between a tradition of having House Tarly loyally serve their liege that goes back thousands of years to the oath to the Crown, and of course the once-in-a-millennium opportunity for advancement. He chooses the latter.
51	* CorruptPolitician: What he ends up becoming after a lifetime of loyal 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.
52	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Burned alive by Drogon.
53	* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Gave Robert Baratheon his only loss during his eponymous rebellion.
54	* DragonInChief: To Mace Tyrell. He led the vanguard that defeated Robert Baratheon at the Battle of Ashford and is heavily implied to be much more competent on the battlefield than his Lord.
55	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: While having dinner with his family, he doesn't say anything at first, preferring to just stare at Sam coldly while also making a silent gesture of favoritism towards Dickon. His very first spoken line of dialogue is a vicious KickTheDog moment, outlining his hatred for his elder son and his racism towards Wildlings. After his wife calls him out on his cruelty, Randyll, without missing a beat, shows that he is also a [[HappilyMarried loving husband]] by deciding to let Gilly stay as a servant and raising his (supposed) grandchild as a Tarly just to make his wife happy, while still taking another chance to stick it to Sam by ordering him to leave and never return.
56	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
57	** 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.
58	** He's also horrified when Dickon chooses to die alongside him, even non-verbally insisting that he bend the knee to Daenerys. When Dickon remains firm in his decision, he reluctantly accepts it and they die together.
59	* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Jaime probes his allegiance, he plainly [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech expresses disgust]] over the Lannisters, the Red Wedding, and the Freys' breach of SacredHospitality; he also has reservations about breaking his oath to House Tyrell. It's a {{subversion}} however, as he is convinced at the end to side with the Lannisters and helps Jaime Lannister in sacking Highgarden.
60	-->"I'm a Tarly. That name means something. We're not oathbreakers. We're not schemers. We don't stab our rivals in the back or cut their throats at weddings."
61	* FaceDeathWithDignity: PlayedWith, Randyll faces his own death with dignity, but when Dickon refuses to bend the knee (which means Dickon dies too), Randyll is horrified. Still, when he knows he can't stop his son, they face their deaths together.
62	* FantasticRacism: He very much despises Wildlings, to the point where he calls Gilly an [[ItIsDehumanizing "it"]] after he finds out where she was born. He is also hesitant to the idea of Dothraki on the continent, which is a bit justified as they have a reputation of RapePillageAndBurn.[[labelnote:From the books...]] Sam doesn't even allude to this, saying that Randyll "might be pleased to think I got a bastard on some Wildling girl" (since it would be proof of Sam doing at least one "manly" thing). Given how far Horn Hill is from The Wall, it's likely he doesn't care about Wildlings one way or the other.[[/labelnote]]
63	* FourStarBadass: A very competent and renowned general who dealt Robert Baratheon his only defeat [[labelnote: From the books...]] He's not only one the best commanders on the entire continent, he's also an excellent swordsman and wields a red Valyrian steel greatsword.[[/labelnote]]
64	* TheGhost: He is a fairly prominent character in the books, but in the show he is only sparsely mentioned. He finally appears in Season 6.
65	* HatesSmallTalk: Doesn't take part in the family dinner's conversation unless it's to attack his hated son and asks Jaime to cut to the point as he was ready to go back to the Reach after Cersei's meeting ended.
66	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He's so concerned about the his house's honor, he's borderlined AxCrazy towards Sam. Other scenes suggest he can be just as AxCrazy to peasants. The same 'honor' he used to justify the abuse he's doled out, also gets him, and his eldest son executed by Dany. By implication, his inflexibility effectively hands his house over to Sam; the exact event he considered killing Sam to prevent.
67	* {{Hypocrite}}:
68	** 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.
69	** He also shows disgusts with Tyrion for murdering his own father. Coming from the same guy that threatened his eldest son's life just so he could surrender inheritance to his younger brother.
70	** When Tyrion suggests he take the black and head to the Wall to avoid his execution, he flatly refuses to go. Meanwhile, he forced his own son into a life of exile at the Wall.
71	* {{Irony}}:
72	** He served Aerys II during Robert's Rebellion. He ends up aiding the man who killed King Aerys against his daughter. Moreover, 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.
73	** He did everything possible to stop Sam from becoming Lord Tarly. After refusing to bend the knee and grooming Dickon to be absolutely loyal to his House, the two are executed and Sam becomes the only surviving male heir.
74	* {{Jerkass}}: Kind of given Sam's backstory, but witnessed in first hand in "Blood Of My Blood" where he insults Gilly for being an Wildling and impugns Sam for being a coward.
75	* JerkassHasAPoint:
76	** He's not wrong to regard the Dothraki as a horde of savage, bloodthirsty barbarians.
77	** His rabid refusal accept to Samwell becoming a Maester ended up being this as well, since the Order of Maesters are revealed to be extremely unhelpful and useless as an institution, causing Sam to lose all respect he had for them and bitterly repeating the same words his father said about them "spending their lives recording and studying the 'works of better men'".
78	* JockDadNerdSon: His relationship with Sam is essentially a medieval version of this. Even though Sam returns home with the news he's been chosen to train as a maester in Oldtown, his father couldn't care less because Randyll still believes Sam is a fat bastard who can't wield a sword for shit, and that makes him useless in Randyll's eyes.
79	* KnightTemplar: Randyll sees himself as a man protecting his family tradition from a weakling son that will crash everything down, so he doesn't feel an ounce of remorse.
80	* LaserGuidedKarma: He disowns his firstborn son and exiles him under threat of death because he feels his intellectualism and physical weakness would bring ruin to his House. Come Daenerys' invasion, he is not only burned alive but his preferred son chooses to die alongside him, compelled by the traditional sense of martial honor his father instilled in him. Now the only Tarly man remaining is legally forbidden from fathering children, ensuring House Tarly's extinction.
81	* LawfulStupid: It's pretty obvious he has such a strict 'honor code,' it causes other characters to ignore his advice, and in very Game of Thrones fashion, eventually gets him killed.
82	* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: With Samwell. By the time of Season 7, the difference has been made more clear now that Sam found the treatment and possible cure of greyscale (one of the worst diseases in the known world) while Randyll is a corrupt feudal lord serving an evil regime that starves its own subjects.
83	* LivingLegend: Dealt Robert Baratheon his only defeat during his eponymous rebellion.
84	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: He gave Sam a choice: either join the Night's Watch, or die in a "hunting accident."
85	* MiseryBuildsCharacter: In the History and Lore extras, it's revealed that he forced Sam to wander around in his mother's dress because he believed humiliation would have made him stronger.
86	* NoBodyLeftBehind: Well, if ashes after getting burned by dragonfire doesn't count anyway.
87	* OffingTheOffspring: Threatened to murder Sam if he didn't give up his inheritance and join the Night's Watch. He even says he'd be glad to do it.
88	* PapaWolf: His attempt to spare the life of his younger son Dickon result in both of them being burned alive by Drogon.
89	* ThePatriarch: Of the Tarly family, a position he takes seriously.
90	* ParentalFavoritism: Sees Dickon as everything he wanted in a son, as opposed to Sam. This is perfectly illustrated during the dinner scene in "Blood Of My Blood", all without dialogue: Dickon is regaling his family about his latest hunting exploit, to which Randyll gives him an approving nod and raises his goblet.
91	* PetTheDog:
92	** 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.
93	** He holds Dickon's hand as Drogon prepares to roast them, showing that they legitimately care about one another.
94	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Not to the same level as his book counterpart, in the "History and Lore" videos he narrates, he laments how Sam became "soft and plump as a daughter" while growing up and how House Tyrell is run by women who “don’t know their place”. He also regards Gilly as a subhuman due to her status as a Wildling. It's also why he chooses to die rather than swear allegiance to Daenerys, as she is a foreigner leading an army of Dothraki.
95	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: He's willing to murder his own son to preserve the legacy of the Tarly family, famous as the best warriors in the Reach.
96	* SourSupporter: As the ''Histories and Lore'' of seasons 6 and 7 show, he was this to House Tyrell. He continued to serve because the sons of House Tarly "Know [their] 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.
97	* TheStarscream: Although he has reservations about backstabbing House Tyrell, Jaime convinces Randyll by promising to make him new Warden of the South. Tarly assists the Lannisters in sacking Highgarden.
98	* StayInTheKitchen: Forbids Talla from hunting and betrothed her to someone she doesn't like.
99	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Though he sides with them out of fear of the Dothraki, Randyll makes it clear from the offset that he has no respect for the Lannisters, and doesn't trust Cersei any farther than he can throw her.
100	* TogetherInDeath: He is burned alive by Drogon right beside his son.
101	* TokenEvilTeammate: His wife and their children are shown to be decent human beings. Unfortunately for them, Randyll is ThePatriarch.
102	* VillainHasAPoint: Despite accumulating plenty of despicable moments and earning no sympathy by invoking xenophobic grounds, he's ultimately proven right when he decides not to bend the knee to a tyrant.
103	* WellIntentionedExtremist: He views himself as such: a man protecting his family whatever the cost may be.
104	-->'''Randyll''': If the hunter returns home with empty hands, his family starves. If the warrior carries an empty scabbard, his home burns. House Tarly has stood for thousands of years. It will ''not fall'' on my watch.
105	* WorthyOpponent: Stannis considers him to be this.
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108	[[folder:Lady Melessa Tarly, née Florent]]
109	!!Lady Melessa Tarly
110	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melessa_tarly.png]]
111	!!!'''Played By:''' Samantha Spiro
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113	Wife of Lord Randyll and mother to Samwell, Dickon and Talla Tarly.
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115	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Like her cousin Queen Selyse, the show version lacks the unfortunate Florent ears (it hasn't been explicitly stated in the books that Melessa has them, but they are said to be omnipresent).
116	* GoodParents: In stark contrast to her [[AbusiveParents husband]], Melessa is incredibly loving and non-judgemental towards Sam, doesn't care that Gilly is a Wildling, and is ecstatic to be a grandmother, even though little Sam is technically a bastard which would normally be somewhat scandalous for the Westerosi nobilility.
117	* MamaBear: She stands up to Randyll when the latter disparages Sam's inability to man up.
118	* MoralityPet: She seems to be this for her husband, Randyll. He's still an abhorrent Jerkass but her presence makes him do things he normally wouldn't, like taking Wildlings into his home despite his FantasticRacism. Or sparing his son's life because his death would make her sad.
119	* ProperLady: As opposed to her {{Jerkass}} husband, Melessa is kind, gracious, elegant, and cannot stand her husband's mistreatment of others.
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122	[[folder:Samwell Tarly]]
123	!!Samwell Tarly
124	!!!'''Played By:''' John Bradley
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126	The eldest son of Lord Randyll and Lady Melessa, now a man of the Night's Watch. See ''[[Characters/GameOfThronesTheOrderOfTheMaesters The Order of the Maesters]]''.
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129	[[folder:Dickon Tarly]]
130	!!Dickon Tarly
131	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dickon_tarly.png]]
132	[[caption-width-right:300:''"All my life, we've been pledged to House Tyrell. I knew some of those men. I hunted with them. They didn't deserve to die."'']]
133	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/FreddieStroma (season 6), Creator/TomHopper (season 7)
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135	The second son of Lord Randyll and Lady Melessa, and now heir to Horn Hill following his brother's joining the Night's Watch.
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137	* AdaptationalBadass: Thanks to AgeLift, he is a great hunter and decent fighter.
138	* AdaptationalHeroism: Played with. In the books it was implied that he was a Jerkass due to Samwell imagining him among Rast and Allisor Thorne mocking him and he was called his father's "Perfect Heir". He has yet to be introduced in the books, but here he's a genuinely nice person.
139	* AgeLift: A somewhat dramatic and strange one for a relatively minor character: In the books, Dickon is a "young squire," somewhere in early adolescence, and the youngest Tarly child. Here, he's played by the 29-year-old Freddie Stroma (who, in fact, is a year or two ''older'' than Sam's actor, John Bradley-West) and appears to be the second child before the teenage Talla. The second actor Tom Hopper is also older than both as well.
140	* BigLittleBrother: Is taller, and fitter than his eldest brother Samwell. Particularly after the recast since Tom Hopper stands at 6'5".
141	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Burned alive by Drogon.
142	* EveryoneHasStandards: He seems genuinely appalled when Randyll verbally abuses Sam and Gilly at dinner. He is also upset about killing Tyrell men, as they were former allies.
143	* FaceDeathWithDignity: He willingly joins his father in being executed by dragonfire.
144	* HonorBeforeReason: He refuses to bend the knee to Daenerys or abandon his father even though he knows it'll result in his death and the end of House Tarly's male line.
145	** On the other hand, Tyrion thinks Danys is being TooDumbToLive by executing so many families of Westeros instead of imprisoning them as the people may turn against her. [[spoiler:Given her FaceHeelTurn and insanity at Castlery Rock, he's probably right. [[DoomedMoralVictor His and so many other people's deaths and sacrifices are likely to see the new Mad Queen dethroned.]]]]
146	* JustFollowingOrders: He doesn't approve of his father's shift in allegiances or the Lannister army's actions but he is bound by duty to serve.
147	* LovableJock: Despite being groomed to be his father's heir, Dickon never inherited Randyll's {{Jerkass}} traits, as shown by his polite and affable behavior towards Sam. Sam returns the favor.
148	* ManlyMenCanHunt: He is first seen boasting about his hunting prowess. This is one of the reasons why his father preferred him over his oldest son.
149	* NiceGuy: He's a benevolent and well-meaning man.
150	* NoBodyLeftBehind: Well, if ashes after getting burned by dragonfire doesn't count anyway.
151	* ParentalFavoritism: Lord Tarly makes no effort to conceal that Dickon is his favorite.
152	* PunchClockVillain: Dickon is a {{nice guy}} who happens to have a brutal feudal lord as his father and he has to follow his orders, even if he decides to throw his lot with the Lannisters and slaughter his former allies.
153	* TogetherInDeath: He is burned alive by Drogon right beside his father.
154	* UndyingLoyalty: To House Tarly. A lifetime of being groomed to succeed his father results in this for him, and unfortunately, it cost him death by dragonfire.
155	* UnfortunateNames: Bronn laughs at it upon hearing for the first time.
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158	[[folder:Lady Talla Tarly]]
159	!!Lady Talla Tarly
160	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/talla_tarly.png]]
161	!!!'''Played by:''' Rebecca Benson
162
163	The only daughter of Lord Randyll and Lady Melessa.
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165	* AlliterativeName: '''Ta'''lla '''Ta'''rly.
166	%% * ArrangedMarriage: Her father is apparently forcing her into one. She's not too thrilled about it.
167	* MotorMouth: She talks until her parents tell her to stop.
168	* NiceGirl: She's kind to her brother Sam whom she's delighted to see and extends her kindness to Gilly, a Wildling young woman.
169	%% * SheIsAllGrownUp: Sam is surprised at how much she's grown.
170	* UpperClassTwit: Though she's very nice, she still shows signs of being sheltered and not used to hardships of real life. 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.
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