| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | !!House Stark of Winterfell |
| 3 | |
| 4 | [[folder:Lord Eddard Stark*]] |
| 5 | !!'''Lord Eddard Stark, the Warden of the North, Hand of the King, Protector of the Realm''' |
| 6 | !!! Ned |
| 7 | Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, father of Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:He became the Stark stuck as a hostage in King's Landing, until he's finally released in exchange for Jamie as part of the truce between the Crown, the Lannisters and the Starks.]] |
| 10 | * 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, so Ned started a food fight. |
| 11 | * DemotedToExtra: Ned's only had three POV chapters. Presumably, his storyline [[AsYouKnow is going just as it did in the books/show]], so there's no need to tell it twice. |
| 12 | * TheDreaded: PlayedForLaughs when Domeric is busy fretting about Lord Stark going BoyfriendBlockingDad on poor little him. |
| 13 | * AFatherToHisMen: [[spoiler:While imprisoned, his first questions are about the members of his household]]. |
| 14 | * FoodFight: Robert tells a story of how Ned started one during his time in the Vale. And Lord Arryn made them clean up the whole mess. |
| 15 | * FormerTeenRebel: Apart from the aforementioned FoodFight, Ned remembers a time when he and Robert went out at night and tried to leave the Eyrie using the baskets. Lord Arryn was not pleased. |
| 16 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Inverted; he tells Jon he's ''not'' his father.]] |
| 17 | * MyGreatestFailure: The sequel indicates that his failures as Hand of the King haunt him. |
| 18 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler:Myrcella notes that Ned is not a man to seek power, which makes the idea of attempting to usurp the throne ludicrous.]] |
| 19 | * ParentalSubstitute: To [[spoiler:Jon Snow, to the point that Jon sees him as his true father instead of Rhaegar Targaryen]]. |
| 20 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: With Catelyn. He also hopes for one for all of his children. |
| 21 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he quickly guesses Lord Bolton seeks to secure Sansa as a bride for Domeric and acknowledges the match is politically sound, he still waits to see how well Domeric and Sansa fit together. When he concludes Domeric will be a good husband to his daughter, he happily agrees to the betrothal. |
| 22 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Sansa is able to arrange for his release]]. |
| 23 | * 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]]. |
| 24 | [[/folder]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Lady Catelyn Stark]] |
| 27 | !!'''Lady Catelyn Stark (nee Tully)''' |
| 28 | !!! Cat |
| 29 | Lady of Winterfell and mother to Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | * TheBusCameBack: Returns to Winterfell in Chapter 46. |
| 32 | * DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:Robb sent Catelyn back North after meeting up at Moat Cailin. It's implied that he's unhappy with her for her treatment of Jon at the Crossroads Inn.]] |
| 33 | * KickTheDog: Arresting Tyrion, even after Jon vouched for him, deciding it's too little, too late. |
| 34 | -->"The actions of a guilty man who had a change of heart. Your repentance comes too late." |
| 35 | * OutOfFocus: Catelyn has yet to have a POV chapter. |
| 36 | * PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: With Ned. |
| 37 | * SpottingTheThread: Notes pretty quickly that Roose Bolton has more things on his mind than just fostering when Domeric arrives at Winterfell. |
| 38 | * YouExclamation: When she sees Jon at the Crossroads Inn. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Robb Stark*]] |
| 42 | !!'''Robb Stark''', Warden of the North |
| 43 | Eldest son and heir of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn Tully. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | * ArrangedMarriage: With Myrcella Baratheon. [[spoiler: It falls through when he learns of her true parentage.]] |
| 46 | * AscendedExtra: Robb was a non-POV in the books. As of Chapter 41, he has had six POV chapters. |
| 47 | * BrotherSisterTeam: Although he was hesitant to involve her at first, when he actually starts working with Sansa to outsmart or negotiate with their enemies, they make a formidable pair. |
| 48 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: Robb muses on the dual roles a lord has as a leader and a father (in his case, an older brother). |
| 49 | -->''It seemed in order to be the Lord of Winterfell, Robb had to put aside his role as their older brother and that hurt him more than he could say.'' |
| 50 | * CoolBigBro: To Bran and Rickon. This is another aspect that sets him as a {{Foil}} to Joffrey, who is a BigBrotherBully. |
| 51 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: At one point, refers to himself as the "hasty wolf", due to his habit of quickly leaving meetings. |
| 52 | * HonorBeforeReason: He's shocked when [[AntiHero Domeric]] kills a wildling woman begging for mercy - as the Bolton heir thought she would try to backstab them - and lies when reporting the event in a misguided attempt to save his friend's reputation. |
| 53 | * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Inverted when [[spoiler:he receives Myrcella's letter to come to King's Landing. He realizes it's not her idea because she doesn't ask about Bran.]] |
| 54 | * TheseHandsHaveKilled: After killing the wildling he fought, he drops his sword and tries not to look at it. |
| 55 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: When he hears that he and Sansa are to entertain the guests when King Robert comes to Winterfell. |
| 56 | * WarriorPoet: Writes poetry to Myrcella (though not very good poetry). |
| 57 | * WouldntHitAGirl: Much less an unarmed, surrendering one. |
| 58 | * YouAreInCommandNow: At the end of the first story, Ned passes the title of Warden of the North to him. |
| 59 | [[/folder]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | [[folder:Sansa Stark*]] |
| 62 | !!'''Sansa Stark''' |
| 63 | Elder daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn Tully. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | * AdaptationalBadass: Develops SilkHidingSteel much earlier. [[spoiler:She also wargs into Lady a couple times during the trip to White Harbor and later during Domeric's battles to protect him]]. |
| 66 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: This time around, she's not blind to Joffrey's cruelty or Cersei's malice and is better at navigating the DecadentCourt of King's Landing. Also, she obeys her father when he tells her and Domeric to leave King's Landing. |
| 67 | * AdaptationalNiceGirl: 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. |
| 68 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Averted this time around; she has no interest whatsoever in Joffrey. |
| 69 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Zig-zagged. The betrothal between Sansa and Domeric was politically based, but they love each other for who they are. |
| 70 | * AlmostKiss: During the chapters before the equivalent of ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'', it's a RunningGag. |
| 71 | * ArrangedMarriage: With Domeric Bolton. Although considering how much they love each other, it's more of a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage. |
| 72 | * BigSisterMentor: Resolves to become one to Myrcella to lessen the CultureClash from Myrcella's move northward to become Robb's wife. |
| 73 | * BodySnatcher: Wargs into Lady, which she doesn't realize until Jon explains it to her. |
| 74 | * BrokenPedestal: A lot of her notions about the South are broken down fairly quickly when the King comes to Winterfell. |
| 75 | * CompositeCharacter: Seems to be taking Bran's role as the "Stark in Winterfell" in the sequel. |
| 76 | * ConflictingLoyalty: Sansa feels torn between wanting to treat Jon as a brother and not wanting to hurt her mother. This finally comes to a 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.]] |
| 77 | * FlowerMotifs: Roses. Domeric sends her messages with blue roses attached. When he crowns her the Queen of Love and Beauty at the Hand's tourney, he gives her a crown of golden roses. |
| 78 | * {{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). |
| 79 | * GreenAroundTheGills: Poor Sansa gets a horrible case of seasickness. |
| 80 | * IHatePastMe: She's genuinely ashamed of the way she was enthralled by the songs and tales of brave knights and fair ladies. |
| 81 | * InSpiteOfANail: Still winds up going to King's Landing. It's heavily implied that Joffrey is responsible. |
| 82 | * LoveInterest: To Domeric Bolton. |
| 83 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:In the sequel, it's revealed she arranged for Fair Walda to be caught in a compromising position]]. |
| 84 | * TheMatchmaker: She's determined to find good husbands for the ladies of House Frey in her retinue so they won't have to go home again. |
| 85 | * 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 conversations with Queen Cersei. |
| 86 | * PutOnABus: With Domeric in Chapter 32, as the two head back to the North. TheBusCameBack in Chapter 40. |
| 87 | * SilkHidingSteel: This time, Sansa doesn't let Cersei fool her and keeps her composure even when the Queen deliberately tries to unsettle her. She also successfully bargains with Walder Frey for letting her brother cross the Twins, and handles the negotiation with the Lannisters alongside Robb. |
| 88 | * SoBeautifulItsACurse: A reviewer from Chapter 10 points out that no matter how good her situation is, with a betrothed who loves her, Sansa will always attract the worst kind of men (i.e. Joffrey). |
| 89 | * WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Domeric is sure she'll become this. |
| 90 | * YouAreInCommandNow: After Ned gets injured, Sansa and Domeric have to take charge of the household for a week. Later, when Ned goes to the Vale to secure allies, she and Domeric are put in charge of Winterfell. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Arya Stark*]] |
| 94 | !!'''Arya Stark''' |
| 95 | !!! Pup |
| 96 | Third child and second daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn Tully. |
| 97 | |
| 98 | * AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: Arya's terrified of warging, since Old Nan often tells stories of evil wargs. She's afraid of being seen as an abomination by people like her mother, Septa Mordane, Harwin, and Jeyne Poole. |
| 99 | * AmazonBrigade: Sent to foster at Bear Island. |
| 100 | * ArrangedMarriage: To Colmar Frey. She's predictably unhappy about it. |
| 101 | * BodySnatcher: She's already started warging into Nymeria in Chapter 29. |
| 102 | * DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:In Chapter 14 of Red Reign, she's captured by Ironborn raiders at the Neck while making her way to Winterfell.]] |
| 103 | * InSeriesNickname: Arya receives the nickname "Pup" from the ladies of House Mormont, [[GenerationXerox just like her uncle Benjen, who was nicknamed the "Wolf Pup".]] |
| 104 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Didn't know that Jon was no longer traveling with Tyrion and made it to King's Landing, so she spends quite some time worried for him as a result. |
| 105 | * OffWithHisHead: Decapitates a dummy. Also doubles as StabTheSalad. |
| 106 | * TextileWorkIsFeminine: Subverted when she learns there are more practical means to use sewing: stitches. |
| 107 | * TheUnfavorite: As far as [[SternNun Septa Mordane]] is concerned. |
| 108 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Notes to Sansa that Myrcella reminds her (Arya) of Sansa. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Bran Stark]] |
| 112 | !!'''Brandon Stark''' |
| 113 | !!!Bran |
| 114 | Second son of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn Tully. |
| 115 | |
| 116 | * CheerfulChild: Just listen to how excited he was to go to King's Landing, to the point where he was too excited to pack. |
| 117 | * DreamCrushingHandicap: Gets pushed out of a tower and gets paralyzed. |
| 118 | * HeroicBSOD: He's spent Chapters 21 and 35 in one after falling and getting paralyzed. |
| 119 | * OutOfFocus: Has yet to have a POV chapter. |
| 120 | * PrecociousCrush: Jorelle Mormont implies he has one on Meera Reed. |
| 121 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:In the sequel, he's gone north of the Wall]]. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Rickon Stark]] |
| 125 | !!'''Rickon Stark''' |
| 126 | Youngest son of Lord Eddard Stark and Lady Catelyn Tully. |
| 127 | |
| 128 | * OutOfFocus: Even more so than in the books. |
| 129 | [[/folder]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[folder:Jon Snow*]] |
| 132 | !!''' [[spoiler:Ser]] Jon Snow''' |
| 133 | Lord Eddard Stark's illegitimate son, raised alongside his trueborn children. |
| 134 | |
| 135 | * ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:To Dacey Mormont. Judging by their interactions in later chapters, it seems to be moving into a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage]]. |
| 136 | * AsleepForDays: [[spoiler:When Chapter 47 opens, he's been unconscious for several days thanks to head injuries inflicted by the Mountain]]. |
| 137 | * AnimalEyeSpy: Through Ghost. It allows him to see the Mountain's army at the Mummer's Ford. |
| 138 | * BigBrotherMentor: [[spoiler:Begins teaching Sansa how to warg]]. |
| 139 | * BodySnatcher: He's started warging into Ghost. |
| 140 | * CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Takes Oberyn Martell's place as the character responsible for slaying The Mountain. This time, he actually gets to live past it]]. |
| 141 | * CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being [[ShrinkingViolet shy, quiet and 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.]] |
| 142 | * CoolSword: Longclaw, given to him by Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. |
| 143 | * HeroicBSOD: Downplayed example, but after [[spoiler:Ned reveals his true parentage to him]], he spends a quite few days in shock. |
| 144 | * IHaveManyNames: To quote Lord Piper: |
| 145 | -->"You are now Ser Jon Snow, the Knight of the Hollow Hill, Protector of the Red Fork, [[spoiler:Slayer of the Mountain]], the White Wolf, the names might go on, I cannot recall." |
| 146 | * MasterSwordsman: Even out of practice, he can beat Domeric in sparring. |
| 147 | * OhCrap: When he runs into Lady Catelyn at the Crossroads Inn. |
| 148 | * ShrinkingViolet: When Domeric arrived, before eventually warming up to him. |
| 149 | * TapOnTheHead: Chapter 24 ends with Jon knocked out on the floor of the Crossroads Inn thanks to a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind with the pommel of a sword. |
| 150 | * TemptingFate: He considers the idea of Starks with Valyrian looks laughable while discussing the Dance of the Dragons and the Pact of Ice and Fire. [[spoiler:He eventually finds out that he is half-Targaryen.]] |
| 151 | * TranquilFury: When he confronts [[spoiler:Amory Lorch, his sister's murderer, his voice never raises above normal speaking volume, even when he's ordering Ghost and his pack to rip the man apart.]] |
| 152 | * YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Averted; he bears no ill will for Robert for killing his father Rhaegar, since he can't blame a man fighting for his life. He even pities him for the state he was in.]] |
| 153 | ** A variant when he kills [[spoiler:the Mountain and Amory Lorch to avenge his siblings and step-mother]]. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Theon Greyjoy]] |
| 157 | !!'''Theon Greyjoy''' |
| 158 | Last surviving son of Balon Greyjoy, after both his elder brothers were killed in an ill-fated rebellion, and heir to the Iron Islands. Eddard Stark took him hostage in order to prevent another uprising by Balon, and Theon is a reluctant member of the Stark household when the story begins. |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * AllMenArePerverts: Manages to turn House Cerwyn's words into a bawdy joke. |
| 161 | * AttentionWhore: Tries to offer his own toast at the feast to announce the betrothal between Cley Cerwyn and Jorelle Mormont after Robb makes a toast. |
| 162 | -->"And to the whores I fu-" ''[Robb gives him a DeathGlare]'' |
| 163 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Getting his nose broken has done nothing to lessen his appeal. |
| 164 | * BondOneLiner: After shooting dead three wildlings in an ambush that he accidentally led Robb, Jon and Domeric into. |
| 165 | -->"You're welcome." |
| 166 | * TheCasanova: Theon's a hedonistic skirt-chaser. |
| 167 | * {{Foil}}: To Domeric Bolton. Both are the heirs to houses with cold, cruel Lords, fostered at Winterfell. However, Balon grudgingly relinquished Theon, while Roose gave Domeric for fostering with a plan in mind. Theon is a hedonistic skirt-chaser, Domeric is a virgin and doesn't intend on sleeping with anyone but Sansa. |
| 168 | * {{Jerkass}}: Quick to make a jape at Domeric's expense, such as calling him the "Little Leech Lord". At one point, Domeric asks how Robb and Theon are friends. |
| 169 | * ReallyGetsAround: Theon is infamous for his love of brothels. It's one of the reasons why Robb thought better of a betrothal between Theon and Sansa. |
| 170 | * 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. |
| 171 | * TheResenter: Towards Domeric, for finding acceptance among the Starks so quickly despite how many years Theon spent with them, and for being seen as a better match for Sansa despite Theon being the heir to a Great House. |
| 172 | * WreckedWeapon: Domeric sabotaged Theon's bow, breaking his nose. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:The Direwolves]] |
| 176 | !! '''The Direwolves''' |
| 177 | Six direwolf pups found close by their dead mother that were adopted by the Stark children. |
| 178 | |
| 179 | * BadassFamily: Grey Wind, Lady, and Ghost have all seen battle. |
| 180 | * BondCreature: With the Stark siblings. So far, the only one not seen on page warging with their wolf is Robb, and it's implied that he's a late bloomer. |
| 181 | * CanisMajor: Massive wolves that are always close to their masters. |
| 182 | * EvilDetectingDog: Lady gets uppity when Sansa reaches [[WretchedHive King's Landing]]. For one, Lady is not fooled by [[TheChessmaster Petyr Baelish]]. When Ned gets attacked, Lady and Ghost get restless and aggressive and have to be locked up temporarily by Sansa. |
| 183 | * GoThroughMe: {{Played for Laughs}}. At Sansa and Domeric's wedding, the direwolves serve as a rather formidable barrier between the bride and groom, and the people who want to commence with the bedding ceremony. Needless to say, no one was willing to test them. |
| 184 | * FluffyTheTerrible: Bitter Robard considers Lady a jape of a name. |
| 185 | * JumpScare: Lady does one in Chapter 27 while Myrcella and Tommen are in the Red Keep's godswood. |
| 186 | * NoNameGiven: Bran's direwolf in Chapter 12 [[SubvertedTrope until later]]. This becomes a problem when he's packing and the direwolf is lying on a set of pants and too comfortable to move. |
| 187 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: Since there is no incident at the Trident, Lady makes it all the way to King's Landing and back. |
| 188 | * StraightMan: Grey Wind to Shaggydog. |
| 189 | * UncattyResemblance: Behavioral rather than physical. For example, Grey Wind is the alpha male and the only one that can calm Shaggydog down, and Lady is gentler than her siblings but still proves to be very dangerous. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:House Stark Household]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | * BreakTheCutie: Not as much as in canon, but Jeyne Poole is definitely much changed since her ordeal in King's Landing. |
| 195 | * ButtMonkey: Septa Mordane, who winds up being a MomentKiller [[RunningGag numerous times]] and on the receiving end of an InsultBackfire. |
| 196 | * ChildhoodFriend: Jeyne Poole and Beth Cassel to Sansa. |
| 197 | * DoomedByCanon: |
| 198 | ** Jory Cassel is killed in the ambush where Jaime wounds Ned. It's not stated on-page, but since Ned's storyline cleaves pretty close to the text... |
| 199 | ** Most of the House Stark Household is killed during Chapter 33. |
| 200 | * GirlPosse: Jeyne Poole and Beth Cassel. Sansa winds up having to put them in their places after they make some unkind comments about Domeric, namely about his house's reputation and lack of good looks. |
| 201 | * InsultBackfire: Septa Mordane's conversation with Sansa at the Hand's tourney puts her on the receiving end. |
| 202 | -->'''Jeyne''': Sansa, people are staring. |
| 203 | -->'''Sansa''': Let them. |
| 204 | -->'''Septa Mordane''': Now, now Lady Sansa, a noble lady is expected to retain their etiquette. You're acting as wild as [[{{Tomboy}} Ar]][[TheUnfavorite ya]]. |
| 205 | -->'''Sansa''': I could think of no finer compliment, Septa. ''(Septa Mordane and Jeyne are left speechless)'' |
| 206 | * PrecociousCrush: Jeyne has one on Beric Dondarrion. |
| 207 | * SternNun: Septa Mordane, even more so than in the books since Sansa also starts acting more spirited. |
| 208 | * SternTeacher: Ser Rodrik Cassel to Domeric about jousting. Chapter 5 begins with a lecture after Domeric wound up getting unseated during practice. |
| 209 | * ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:Kevan arranges for Jeyne to be put under his custody, which is hopefully better than what Littlefinger did to her in the books]]. |
| 210 | * UncertainDoom: Jeyne Poole is not mentioned in the mention of the massacre of the Stark household. But considering that there's no missing Arya Stark to impersonate... |
| 211 | ** Subverted. Kevan says he would keep Jeyne safe and healthy, no matter how negotiations go. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | !! House Bolton of the Dreadfort and Retainers |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Lord Roose Bolton]] |
| 217 | !! '''Lord Roose Bolton''' |
| 218 | !!! The Leech Lord |
| 219 | Lord of the Dreadfort and head of House Bolton. |
| 220 | |
| 221 | * AllAccordingToPlan: Discussed when asked why Ramsay isn't dead yet; whatever Roose is planning, he's waiting until Domeric marries Sansa and gets her pregnant. |
| 222 | * ArrangedMarriage: Has Maester Uthor arrange a match between himself and Jonelle Cerwyn. Why? So he can have another spare now that [[spoiler:Ramsay is dead.]] |
| 223 | * BadBoss: Bitter Robard constantly has the fear of winding up in a cell at the Dreadfort where the only visitor is Lord Bolton. [[FlayingAlive And every time he comes, he takes a piece of skin]]... |
| 224 | * BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:Plays a similar game that Ramsay plays with Theon in the books/show where he appears to be releasing him, only to put him somewhere more nightmarish, in this case a flaying cross]]. |
| 225 | * BerserkButton: Don't insult Domeric. Grunt lost his tongue over that. |
| 226 | * TheChessmaster: He plans to establish a power base in the North and stake a claim to Winterfell through Domeric's marriage to Sansa. |
| 227 | * CrazyPrepared: At the very least, he thinks he is in regards to succession. It remains to be seen if he actually qualifies. |
| 228 | * DissonantSerenity: Just listen to him calmly describe FlayingAlive, among other torture methods implemented at the Dreadfort. |
| 229 | * DroitDuSeigneur: Ned has heard disquieting rumors that Roose conducts First Night. This turns out to be more than just a rumor, if [[ChildByRape Ramsay Snow]] is any indication. |
| 230 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He actually seems to care for Domeric, considering him more than just a pawn. |
| 231 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Refuses to engage in kinslaying, which is the reason why Ramsay has been running wild in the Weeping Water and Lonely Hills for a few years. [[spoiler:This might have factored into his decision to deal with Ramsay once and for all after Ramsay murders his mother.]] |
| 232 | * 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. |
| 233 | * EvilPlan: Take over the North via a claim to Winterfell by the female line through his son Domeric's marriage to Sansa Stark. |
| 234 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: Downplayed; Roose didn't want Domeric to learn how to play the harp, but his wife did, and Roose consented. |
| 235 | * FlayingAlive: Wouldn't be a Bolton without this. There's a fairly disturbing scene where Roose is playing MrExposition to Bitter Robard and there's a freshly flayed body in the room. It's still alive. |
| 236 | * {{Foil}}: To King 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. |
| 237 | * GoodOldWays: Roose is very proud of being of First Men heritage, and keeps to quite a few of their traditions, such as flaying and DroitDuSeigneur. He also believes in "[[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword]]" pretty strongly, as evidenced when he had Domeric execute a man when he was a boy. |
| 238 | * HumanResources: Uses arm bones to hold torches. Bitter Robard wonders if his arm will be used to hold a torch when his time comes. |
| 239 | * IcyBlueEyes: Sansa in particular is disturbed by his pale eyes and is happy that Domeric doesn't have them. |
| 240 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He has a very good reason for keeping Domeric well away from Ramsay, as Ramsay would murder Domeric if he ever set eyes on him. |
| 241 | * LivingLieDetector: He can easily tell if someone is lying, such as whether or not Domeric is ashamed of his ancestry. Or if Robb Stark left out a few details about a skirmish with wildlings. |
| 242 | * LoopholeAbuse: Kinslaying is a very serious crime, and a sin under the Old Gods, which is why Roose does not have Ramsay killed. [[spoiler:Roose points out that this does not prevent him from having Ramsay tortured, as long as he is kept alive.]] |
| 243 | * PapaWolf: He won't broker any disrespect or harm toward Domeric in his presence. |
| 244 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Has Ramsay Snow tortured after he kills his mother and it becomes obvious he is becoming too much of a danger to Domeric.]] |
| 245 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: By marrying his son and heir to Lord Stark's daughter, he ensures his bloodline will be preserved and have a claim on Winterfell by the female line. |
| 246 | * 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. |
| 247 | * TheStoic: Roose shows an open disdain for emotion and/or sentiment. |
| 248 | * {{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. |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Lady Bethany Bolton]] |
| 252 | !!Lady Bethany Bolton, née Ryswell |
| 253 | Older daughter of Lord Rodrik and sister of Lady Barbrey. She was the second wife of Roose Bolton. They had one son, Domeric. |
| 254 | |
| 255 | * AlliterativeName: After marrying Roose. |
| 256 | * PosthumousCharacter: She's been dead for more than ten years. |
| 257 | * SilkHidingSteel: Domeric knows his parents had no love for one another, but she made such an impression on Roose that he allowed Domeric to play the harp. |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[folder:Domeric Bolton*]] |
| 261 | !!'''Domeric Bolton''' |
| 262 | !!! Dom, Dread Knight, Little Leech Lord |
| 263 | The only trueborn child of Lord Roose Bolton, Domeric returns from fostering in the Vale with Lord Redfort and is sent to foster at Winterfell. |
| 264 | |
| 265 | * 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. |
| 266 | * AffectionateNickname: Sansa calls him "Dom". |
| 267 | * AlliterativeName: Theon calls him the “Little Leech Lord”, as a play on his father's nickname "the Leech Lord". |
| 268 | * AnimalMotifs: Horses. It's talked about a few times about how well he rides a horse, his mother's house has a horse head for its sigil, and Domeric wears a horse head-shaped helmet for the Hand's tourney. Theon had once suggested that Domeric make his own sigil: [[{{Squick}} a flayed centaur]]. |
| 269 | * AntiHero: A PragmaticHero. Domeric loves Sansa and will do anything for her, but he is shown to be ruthless in combat and isn't above being sneaky if someone pisses him off. |
| 270 | * ArrangedMarriage: With Sansa. Right now, it's heading toward a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, which Domeric sometimes feels guilty about as following his father's agenda. |
| 271 | * AscendedExtra: In the books, Domeric was a PosthumousCharacter who was only mentioned in ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' and AdaptedOut of ''Series/GameOfThrones''. Here, he's a central character. |
| 272 | * AtrociousAlias: Joffrey tried to give him one by calling him the "Flayed Knight." |
| 273 | * BadassBookworm: A well-read individual and deadly fighter. |
| 274 | * BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Poisons Joffrey for a few days with a spiked glass of wine. How he got it to him? By trusting Joffrey would steal it.]] |
| 275 | * BestServedCold: Domeric doesn't believe in getting angry, so he gets revenge on the quiet. |
| 276 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's always well-mannered and a genuine NiceGuy. He's still Roose Bolton's offspring and it shows - more subtly than for Ramsay, but he won't let anyone trample on his name or what's his without exacting revenge. Even if the offender is the Prince himself. |
| 277 | * BlackKnight: Participates in the Hand's tourney wearing black plate armor [[BlingOfWar adorned with rubies]]. |
| 278 | * TheBusCameBack: He and Sansa reach White Harbor in Chapter 40. |
| 279 | * ChildrenForcedToKill: Before Domeric left for the Vale, Roose had him conduct an execution. |
| 280 | * CombatPragmatist: Won't hesitate to kill an unarmed person if he doesn't trust them or hit someone in the head in a joust. |
| 281 | * ConflictingLoyalty: Between his duties to his father and his love for Sansa. So far, the two goals are aligned, but when they're not... |
| 282 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Contrasting with his pale-eyed father and half-brother, Domeric has brown eyes that match his dark hair. |
| 283 | * CynicismCatalyst: Domeric had a hard lesson in the Vale when a Vale tribeswoman pulled an ISurrenderSuckers and Domeric had to kill her to save Creighton Redfort. Honor doesn't matter in a fight to the death, living and dying does. |
| 284 | -->'''Domeric''' ''[thinking]'': Honor and chivalry make a poor shield when your enemy doesn't heed to your sort of character. |
| 285 | * DeadpanSnarker: Domeric has a rather acidic sense of humor. |
| 286 | ** When he finds Arya rummaging through his trunk: |
| 287 | -->"I keep my flayed skins in my other trunk." |
| 288 | ** And to Septa Mordane when he and Sansa AlmostKiss: |
| 289 | -->"Fear not, for ''my'' virtue is still intact." |
| 290 | * 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. |
| 291 | * EvilCounterpart: If Roose Bolton is Ned Stark's EvilCounterpart and Ramsay Snow is Jon Snow's, Domeric is Robb's. A little subverted in that Domeric isn't evil, but there are a couple things that Robb wouldn't do that Domeric has done, like [[WouldHitAGirl stab a woman who was begging for mercy]]. |
| 292 | * FalseFlagOperation: Lays down a false trail or two to throw royal spies off the scent when he and Sansa escape King’s Landing for White Harbor. |
| 293 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 294 | ** To Robb Stark. Both are the heirs to powerful Northern houses and have bastard half-brothers, but while Robb is HonorBeforeReason, Domeric is a CombatPragmatist, more experienced and more accustomed to killing. |
| 295 | ** To Sandor "The Hound" Clegane. Both are [[BlackKnight Black Knights]] that wear animal-themed [[RageHelm Rage Helms]], look down on the institution of knighthood, and the Abels in a CainAndAbel relationship. However, Domeric has never met his bastard brother, while Sandor actively hates The Mountain; plus, Domeric may be cynical, but has nothing on the Hound. |
| 296 | ** To Rhaegar Targaryen. Both are [[AcademicAthlete Academic Athletes]] able to play the harp and in a relationship with a Stark girl. Still, Domeric is arranged to lawfully wed Sansa and both their families support the match, which was very much not the case with Rhaegar abducting/eloping with Lyanna. |
| 297 | ** 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. |
| 298 | * GracefulLoser: Has no problem with losing to a superior opponent. |
| 299 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Robb and Jon. |
| 300 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Domeric shows open disdain for the South's cultural practices, conveniently forgetting that he was fostered in the Vale (part of the South) and his mother-in-law to be follows the Faith of the Seven. |
| 301 | * IdenticalStranger: Wearing his tourney armor, he bears a passing resemblance to Rhaegar Targaryen with his black plate armor and rubies. The difference is that instead of a three-headed dragon, the rubies on Domeric's armor form a flayed man. |
| 302 | * InadequateInheritor: [[TheResenter Ramsay]] [[UnreliableNarrator certainly thinks so]]. |
| 303 | * LargeHam: In-universe, he takes a turn at this in Chapter 11 as he, Sansa, Arya and Jon watch Joffrey and Robb spar in the courtyard, with Domeric speaking with a dramatically exaggerated delivery. |
| 304 | -->"Lords and Ladies, we present to you, his Shittiness, Joffrey Baratheon." |
| 305 | * 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. |
| 306 | * 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. |
| 307 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Has no idea that his half-brother is an AxCrazy SerialKiller who wants to murder Domeric and steal his inheritance. |
| 308 | * ManipulativeBastard: Chapters 3-5 have him trying to figure out the Stark family dynamics and how to get them to like him, such as treating Jon with respect despite being a bastard, playing his harp while Sansa sings, and encouraging Arya's interest in non-ladylike pursuits. |
| 309 | * MeaningfulAppearance: In contrast with his father and half-brother's IcyBlueEyes, his brown eyes indicate his warmer, kinder nature - Sansa always feels safe and happy when she looks at them while Lord Bolton's gaze chills and frightens her. |
| 310 | * MissingMom: She died years ago. |
| 311 | * NiceToTheWaiter: A trueborn son of a noble house isn't under obligation to be friendly with a bastard, yet Domeric genuinely enjoys Jon's company. Since he has a bastard brother of his own, it's easy to see he's projecting his desire of a brotherly bond with Ramsay on Jon. |
| 312 | * TheNondescript: Domeric's often described as plain. |
| 313 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 314 | ** What did Domeric do to sabotage Theon's bow, causing him to break his nose? |
| 315 | ** Did Domeric [[spoiler:poison Joffrey?]] |
| 316 | * NotSoStoic: Domeric only really lets his stoic demeanor lighten up around the Starks, particularly Sansa. |
| 317 | * OddFriendship: With Tyrion Lannister, alongside Jon. The two bond over their love of reading and their stern, pragmatic fathers. |
| 318 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Inflicts this wholesale on the Brave Companions]]. |
| 319 | * PutOnABus: As of Chapter 32, he and Sansa are on their way back to the North. |
| 320 | * RageHelm: His helmet for the Hand's tourney is a snarling horse head. |
| 321 | * RedBaron: "Dread Knight", which he gains in King's Landing due to his prowess in jousting, status as Heir to the Dreadfort, and his helmet of a snarling horse. |
| 322 | * ShadowArchetype: An inverted one to Samwell Tarly. Both are the first-born sons of powerful bannermen to Wardens, who are similar in demeanor, and both are very bookish. However, Domeric has managed to balance being a fighter and a scholar, while Sam... has not. |
| 323 | * SoWasX: A confrontation between Domeric and Joffrey has Domeric compare Joffrey to [[PosthumousCharacter Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]], as a MythologyGag to the episode "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E4GardenOfBones Garden of Bones]]". |
| 324 | -->'''Joffrey''': I'm the prince! I can do what I want! |
| 325 | -->'''Domeric''': There was another prince who thought he could take what was not his. Mayhaps you should ask your father what happened to him. |
| 326 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: It's the premise. |
| 327 | * TheStoic: Myrcella describes him as having impassive facial features and dark eyes that don't betray emotions. |
| 328 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Very much an IceKing and TheStoic when interacting with people he doesn't like or know very well. He defrosts with Sansa and his friends and family. |
| 329 | * TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that he poisoned Joffrey by spiking a glass of wine that Joffrey subsequently stole from him, leaving Joffrey bedridden for a few days.]] |
| 330 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Compared with his cold-hearted father and psychopathic half-brother, Domeric is the Bolton you'd prefer to deal with. |
| 331 | * 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]]. |
| 332 | * {{Troll}}: Not as much as his father, but he has his moments. Case in point [[spoiler:dropping hints about the fact that he might have gotten Joffrey sick on purpose.]] |
| 333 | * 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. |
| 334 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Since she only knows his IceKing persona, Princess Myrcella is quite bemused by Sansa's happiness and eagerness for her upcoming nuptials with him. |
| 335 | * WouldHitAGirl: Kills a wildling woman after a one-on-one fight. |
| 336 | * WrongGenreSavvy: After meeting Robb and Jon, he thinks he can have the same relationship with [[BastardBastard Ramsay]] and happily makes plans to get to know him, such as inviting him to his wedding with Sansa. He's so wrong it's almost horrific. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Rylen]] |
| 340 | !!'''Captain Rylen''' |
| 341 | The captain of the Bolton men sent to King's Landing with Domeric. |
| 342 | |
| 343 | * JuniorCounterpart: An inverted one for Jory Cassel. |
| 344 | * OlderSidekick: To Domeric in King's Landing. He acts as a squire for Domeric during the Hand's tourney. |
| 345 | * OldSoldier: An aging man who is the leader of the Bolton men sent to King's Landing with Domeric. |
| 346 | * OnlyOneName: Only ever known as Captain Rylen. |
| 347 | * UndyingLoyalty: To House Bolton and the Dreadfort. |
| 348 | -->''(in response to Ser Meryn Trant saying "this is the Crown Prince you're speaking to")''"I'm aware. But our oaths are to Lord Bolton and our loyalty is to the Dreadfort." |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Maester Uthor*]] |
| 352 | !!Maester Uthor |
| 353 | The Maester of the Dreadfort. |
| 354 | |
| 355 | * AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:After his death, his arms are cut off to use in some other way, most likely to hold torches]]. |
| 356 | * ArrangedMarriage: Betrothing Sansa to Domeric was his idea. |
| 357 | * BigFun: He's a big, plump, kindhearted man. |
| 358 | * CultureClash: Uthor hopes to teach the next maester how to live in the North, since the North is much different from the rest of the Seven Kingdoms and other maesters tend to be arrogant and indifferent. |
| 359 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 36 delves into his life at the Dreadfort. |
| 360 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Robert's Rebellion served as a catalyst from an idle acolyte to a determined maester. |
| 361 | * DontCallMeSir: Asks Will not to call him "Lord". |
| 362 | * TheMedic: His chain includes a silver link for his knowledge in healing, medicine and the ways of the human body. |
| 363 | * TheMentor: |
| 364 | ** To Will, an eleven-year-old boy at the Dreadfort who wants to become a man-at-arms for House Bolton. |
| 365 | ** To Maester Wolkan, sent to succeed him as the Dreadfort’s maester. |
| 366 | * MyNaymeIs: Uth'''o'''r instead of Uth'''e'''r. |
| 367 | * 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. |
| 368 | * SympathyForTheHero: He pities the Barrowton maester, considering he serves a lady who has a strong dislike for maesters. |
| 369 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: He is dying of a mysterious stomach ailment, similar to the disease that afflicted Hoster Tully. [[spoiler:He does indeed pass on a fortnight after Domeric's wedding]]. |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Maester Wolkan]] |
| 373 | !!Maester Wolkan |
| 374 | A maester sent from the citadel to replace Maester Uthor. |
| 375 | |
| 376 | * TheApprentice: Sent to learn how to be part of a Northern household under Maester Uthor before the latter dies. |
| 377 | * CanonForeigner: Wolkan was the maester for the Dreadfort, later Winterfell from Season 5 onward. |
| 378 | * TheMedic: As far as his duties as a maester are concerned. He can handle the leeching just fine, but still needs a grasp on the politics of the North. |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Bitter Robard*]] |
| 382 | !! '''Robard''' |
| 383 | !!!Bitter |
| 384 | A common man from the Bite who committed a murder and was sent by Lord Roose Bolton to befriend and spy on his bastard Ramsay Snow. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | * CarryABigStick: [[spoiler:Apparently has enough skill with a mace to train Domeric.]] |
| 387 | * FalseFriend: To Ramsay, spying on the bastard on Lord Bolton's orders. |
| 388 | * FateWorseThanDeath: Been stuck in this since joining Ramsay on Lord Bolton's orders. More than once, he thinks that he should have let Lord Bolton take his head. |
| 389 | * InSeriesNickname: Known to the Bastard Boys as "Bitter", because he hails from the Bite. Robard believes it could be worse, like being called "Yellow Dick". |
| 390 | * MookLieutenant: [[spoiler:Put in charge of Bolton men alongside Damon to get rid of Ramsay.]] |
| 391 | * TheNondescript: His physical appearance is never described. |
| 392 | * NoodleIncident: How exactly he wound up on the floor of an inn with someone else's blood on his hands is never explained. |
| 393 | * PunchClockVillain: Very much so. He considers himself two people: his true identity (Robard) and his persona among the Bastard Boys (Bitter). |
| 394 | * RankUp: [[spoiler:After taking down Ramsay, he appears to be promoted to master-at-arms.]] |
| 395 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Damon. |
| 396 | * TokenGoodTeammate: For the Bastard Boys. It seems he was written with this trope in mind. |
| 397 | * TooDumbToFool: Since Robard has no real understanding of aristocratic bloodlines, he isn't concerned with legacy and thinks that Ramsay should be killed. |
| 398 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Hasn't been seen since Chapter 49. |
| 399 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Robard's idea of keeping Ramsay at the farthest distance from Domeric is to put Ramsay six feet under. Unfortunately, Lord Bolton hasn't given his say-so. |
| 400 | [[/folder]] |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[folder:Damon]] |
| 403 | !!Damon |
| 404 | Another one of the Bastard Boys who is an ally of Bitter Robard. |
| 405 | |
| 406 | * AdaptationalHeroism: He lacks the sadism of his book counterpart. Here, he's just Damon. |
| 407 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Instead of being a {{Sadist}}, Damon is TheStoic. |
| 408 | * DissonantSerenity: Looks almost bored waiting for Ramsay to finish with his latest "conquest". |
| 409 | * FalseFriend: To Ramsay. Unlike Bitter Robard, Damon gets paid. |
| 410 | * MookLieutenant: [[spoiler:Alongside Robard, Damon is put in charge of Bolton men sent to put down Ramsay.]] |
| 411 | * PerpetualFrowner: He'd be considered handsome if not for the ever-present scowl he has. |
| 412 | * PunchClockVillain: Only as evil as he needs to be for his cover. |
| 413 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Bitter Robard. |
| 414 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Hasn't been heard of since he and Robard took down the Bastard's Boys]]. |
| 415 | [[/folder]] |
| 416 | |
| 417 | [[folder:Gaoler]] |
| 418 | A man who is in charge of prisoners at the Dreadfort. |
| 419 | |
| 420 | * AxCrazy: He's silently excited about using a set of pincers to rip out a tongue. |
| 421 | * DeadlyDoctor: Not by title, but he has some medical knowledge that enables him to treat a man without needing a maester. |
| 422 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Only known by his position. |
| 423 | * {{Foil}}: To Mord, the turnkey at the Eyrie. Mord is fat and stupid, the Gaelor is a thin man with medical expertise. |
| 424 | * TheNondescript: Described as unassuming with plain features. |
| 425 | * TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:Rips out Ramsay Snow’s tongue.]] |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | !!House Cerwyn of Cerwyn |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[folder:Lord Medger Cerwyn]] |
| 431 | !!Lord Medger Cerwyn |
| 432 | Lord of Castle Cerwyn and father of Jonelle and Cley. |
| 433 | |
| 434 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Instead of getting captured at the Battle of the Green Fork and dying in captivity, he is killed in that battle]]. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder:Jonelle Cerwyn]] |
| 438 | !!Jonelle Cerwyn |
| 439 | Daughter of Lord Medger Cerwyn. |
| 440 | |
| 441 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: She's shown making eyes at Theon, which he doesn't notice. Then her father pawns her off to [[spoiler:Roose Bolton]]. |
| 442 | * ArrangedMarriage: To [[spoiler:Roose Bolton]]. |
| 443 | * CompositeCharacter: With Walda "Fat Walda" Frey as [[spoiler:Roose Bolton's new wife]]. |
| 444 | [[/folder]] |
| 445 | |
| 446 | [[folder:Cley Cerwyn]] |
| 447 | !![[spoiler:Lord]] Cley Cerwyn |
| 448 | Only son and heir of Lord Medger Cerwyn. |
| 449 | |
| 450 | * AlliterativeName: '''C'''ley '''C'''erwyn. |
| 451 | * ArrangedMarriage: To Jorelle Mormont. |
| 452 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Jorelle's sisters are quite bemused by the fact she seems to ''like'' him. |
| 453 | * YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:With his father's death, Cley is now the lord of House Cerwyn]]. |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | !!House Dustin of Barrowton |
| 457 | [[folder:Lady Barbrey Dustin]] |
| 458 | !!'''Lady Barbrey Dustin, née Ryswell''' |
| 459 | Sister of Bethany Ryswell, Roose Bolton's deceased wife. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | * BerserkButton: She holds a strong dislike of Maesters. And Tullys. Roose gets annoyed with her opposition to his plans over Sansa's parentage. |
| 462 | * BrutalHonesty: Blunt and opinionated, Lady Dustin never hesitates to speak her mind. |
| 463 | * CoolAunt: To Domeric. She gave him his harp and they've only disagreed on one topic: Sansa. It's worth telling that Domeric identifies with being Ryswell just as much as he is a Bolton, as he pays homage to her house with his horse-shaped tourney helm. |
| 464 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 465 | ** To Genna Frey, nee Lannister. Despite having vastly different physical appearances (Barbrey is tall and thin with dark hair while Genna is large and blonde), both are blunt and sarcastic, and they took a maternal role to their nephews after their mothers died. |
| 466 | ** Lysa Arryn, nee Tully. Like Lysa, she fell in love with a lord that she gave her virginity to, only to have their crushes wind up separated from them by the ambitions of a Lord Paramount and grew very bitter. However, Barbrey never resented Bethany like Lysa did Catelyn and became a surrogate mother to Bethany's son Domeric after Bethany died. |
| 467 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: She bluntly asks Sansa what she could have done had she stayed at King's Landing. |
| 468 | * TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: She grudgingly concedes Sansa has good hips and will bear Domeric sons aplenty since Catelyn Tully proved her fertility by giving five children - whose three are boys - to her husband. |
| 469 | * ParentalSubstitute: She's acted as a surrogate mother to Domeric ever since his mother died. |
| 470 | * SlasherSmile: Gives a feral smile when she hears of [[spoiler:Ramsay's death.]] |
| 471 | * VirginShaming: Jokingly asks Domeric if he bedded any girls during his time in the Vale. |
| 472 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Tells Domeric he reminds her of his mother. This makes it difficult to lie to her. |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !!House Mormont of Bear Island |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Maege Mormont]] |
| 478 | !!Lady Maege Mormont |
| 479 | !!! The She-bear |
| 480 | Current Lady of Bear Island and Head of House Mormont, inheriting the position from her nephew Jorah. She has five daughters: Dacey, Alysane, Lyra, Jorelle, and Lyanna. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | * TwentyFourHourArmor: Always wears ringmail. |
| 483 | * AlliterativeName: '''M'''aege '''M'''ormont. |
| 484 | * CarryABigStick: Her main weapon is a mace. She's threatened the maester at least once. |
| 485 | * CoveredWithScars: As shown when she explains the use of stitches to Arya. |
| 486 | * LoveHurts: A familial example regarding [[TheExile Jorah]]. |
| 487 | -->"I loved my nephew, Maester. That is why the shame he brought to our house hurts so much." |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Dacey Mormont]] |
| 491 | !!Dacey Mormont |
| 492 | Maege's oldest daughter and heir. |
| 493 | |
| 494 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Instead of being cheerful and snarky, Dacey is introduced as the stoic one. When it comes to the topic of marriages, Dacey can be downright dour. Subverted in Chapter 53, where Jon notes how her mouth seems made for smiles or smirks. |
| 495 | * ArrangedMarriage: The Mormont's maester Mathis is always trying to arrange a marriage for Dacey. Possible suitors have ranged from Theon Greyjoy to Jon Snow. In Chapter 53, she’s betrothed to [[spoiler:Jon]]. |
| 496 | * 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.]] |
| 497 | * OutOfFocus: Hasn't been talked about as much as the other siblings, although she starts coming back into focus as part of Robb's army and [[spoiler:Jon's]] betrothed. |
| 498 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Though they are tied because of an ArrangedMarriage, she starts falling for [[spoiler:Jon]] when he proves himself as a loyal, kind and honorable man. |
| 499 | * SecretKeeper: Becomes one of very few number of people to know the truth of [[spoiler:Jon's parentage]]. |
| 500 | * [[UnderstandingBoyfriend Understanding Girlfriend]]: Takes the news that [[spoiler:Jon is Rhaegar's son]] relatively calmly, doesn't hold his parentage against him and reassures him when he starts feeling insecure about his relationship to his siblings. |
| 501 | [[/folder]] |
| 502 | |
| 503 | [[folder:Alysane Mormont]] |
| 504 | !!Alysane Mormont |
| 505 | Maege's second eldest daughter. |
| 506 | |
| 507 | * ActionMom: Has two children and just as tough as any of her sisters. Her first scene has her balancing her two-year-old son on her lap while arm-wrestling. |
| 508 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: TheStoic and taciturn in the books, a BoisterousBruiser here. Perhaps justified, due to the War of the Five Kings and the resulting tragedies not having happened yet. |
| 509 | * BoisterousBruiser: Her first scene has her laughing while arm-wrestling. |
| 510 | * TheMentor: To Arya for warging. |
| 511 | [[/folder]] |
| 512 | |
| 513 | [[folder:Lyra Mormont]] |
| 514 | !!Lyra Mormont |
| 515 | The third daughter of Maege Mormont. Between Robb and Sansa in age. |
| 516 | |
| 517 | * ArmyScout: Lyra serves as a scout, patrolling the woods and coast for Ironborn and wildlings. |
| 518 | * DualWielding: Typically wields two axes. |
| 519 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Described as short, but [[LightningBruiser fast]]. |
| 520 | [[/folder]] |
| 521 | |
| 522 | [[folder:Jorelle Mormont]] |
| 523 | !!Jorelle Mormont |
| 524 | !!!Jory |
| 525 | The fourth daughter of Maege Mormont. Between Sansa and Arya in age. |
| 526 | ---- |
| 527 | * ArrangedMarriage: With Cley Cerwyn. |
| 528 | * AscendedExtra: In the books, Jorelle is PutOnABus to the Neck with her mother and sister Lyra. Here, she plays a larger role in the story due to having a skillset, a betrothal and being a [[HeterosexualLifePartners Heterosexual life partner]] to Arya alongside Lyanna. |
| 529 | * ChastityDagger: Keeps a dagger in her dress. |
| 530 | * {{Foil}}: Sansa Stark. Like Sansa, Jorelle is tall, pretty, and has more lady-like tastes than her {{Tomboy}} younger sister. However, Jorelle managed to find her own niche in her mostly martial family, while Sansa is still working at it. |
| 531 | * InSeriesNickname: "Jory". |
| 532 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Unlike the other Mormont sisters, Jorelle prefers to wear a dress. |
| 533 | * StatuesqueStunner: Described as being tall for her age and very pretty. |
| 534 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Lyanna's Tomboy. Really she's this to all the other Mormont sisters, but since Arya interacts with Jorelle and Lyanna the most, it's more noticeable between the two of them. |
| 535 | * YouRemindMeOfX: Jorelle's fretting about what to write to Cley reminds Arya of Jeyne Poole and Beth Cassel's gossiping about songs, men and dreams about their future husbands. |
| 536 | [[/folder]] |
| 537 | |
| 538 | [[folder:Lyanna Mormont]] |
| 539 | !!Lyanna Mormont |
| 540 | The fifth and youngest daughter of Maege Mormont. |
| 541 | |
| 542 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Likes to tease Jorelle about her fondness for dresses and fretting about Cley Cerwyn. |
| 543 | * BerserkButton: All the Mormonts share a dislike of the Ironborn, but Lyanna is downright furious at the idea of Dacey marrying an Ironborn like Theon Greyjoy. |
| 544 | * BirdsOfAFeather: A friends example with Arya Stark. |
| 545 | * DeadGuyJunior: Named for Lyanna Stark, the deceased sister of Lord Eddard Stark. |
| 546 | * DeadpanSnarker: When Jorelle is fretting about what to write to Cley Cerwyn, Lyanna remarks that she might finish the letter... in time for the wedding. [[ShaggyDogStory Then she won't need a raven to deliver it.]] |
| 547 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In Chapter 14 of ''Red Reign'', she's killed by the Ironborn raiders while traveling to Winterfell with Arya.]] |
| 548 | * {{Foil}}: Like Elia Sand, Lyanna is the fifth of her siblings, a {{Tomboy}}, and a DeadGuyJunior. |
| 549 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Jorelle's Girly Girl. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Ser Jorah Mormont]] |
| 553 | !!Ser (formally Lord) Jorah Mormont |
| 554 | Son of Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch and nephew of Maege Mormont. Exiled. |
| 555 | |
| 556 | * TheGhost: Thanks to being across the Narrow Sea. |
| 557 | * YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Maege thinks he should have died in the Siege of Pyke before his knighthood and his disastrous marriage to Lynesse Hightower. |
| 558 | [[/folder]] |
| 559 | |
| 560 | [[folder:Maester Mathis]] |
| 561 | The Maester at Bear Island. |
| 562 | |
| 563 | * ArrangedMarriage: He's always trying to set up a match for Dacey, to the point that it's a RunningGag. |
| 564 | * ButtMonkey: He's a target of scorn from Jorelle and Lyanna Mormont and gets threatened by Maege Mormont whenever he brings up a possibility for an ArrangedMarriage for Dacey. |
| 565 | * OhCrap: Whenever Maege pulls out her axe or "offers" to introduce him to her mace. |
| 566 | * StayInTheKitchen: Seems to have this philosophy. Which gets him nowhere on Bear Island, where women are trained for combat just as much as men. |
| 567 | -->'''Maege''': You must forgive my maester, Pup. He thinks women are only for babes and betrothals. He forgets that we too have hands and can use them for blades. |
| 568 | [[/folder]] |
| 569 | |
| 570 | !!House Reed of Greywater Watch |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder:Meera Reed]] |
| 573 | !!Meera Reed |
| 574 | Daughter of Howland Reed. |
| 575 | |
| 576 | * ActionGirl: Which [[AmazonBrigade the Mormont girls]] approve of. |
| 577 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:She, Bran, Jojen, Hodor, Osha, and Summer go north of the Wall.]] |
| 578 | [[/folder]] |
| 579 | |
| 580 | [[folder:Jojen Reed]] |
| 581 | !!Jojen Reed |
| 582 | Howland's son and heir. |
| 583 | |
| 584 | * ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:In the sequel, Sansa is considering a betrothal between him and Marissa Frey as a means of alleviating tensions between House Frey and the crannogmen]]. |
| 585 | * CreepyChild: Greatly unnerves Arya. |
| 586 | * PsychicChildren: He has the Greensight, and describes some of his visions to Arya. |
| 587 | * RunawayBride: Male version. He's betrothed to Marissa Frey, but [[spoiler:he, Bran, Meera, Hodor, Osha, and Summer skip town, heading north for Beyond the Wall]]. |
| 588 | * ThousandYardStare: Prone to giving these, which chill and frighten Arya. |
| 589 | [[/folder]] |
| 590 | |
| 591 | !!House Ryswell |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Lord Rodrik Ryswell]] |
| 594 | !!Lord Rodrik Ryswell |
| 595 | Lord of the Rills and head of House Ryswell, father of Roger, Rickard, Roose, Bethany and Barbrey. |
| 596 | |
| 597 | * AlliterativeName: '''R'''odrik '''R'''yswell. |
| 598 | * CoolOldGuy: Described as being spry despite his age. |
| 599 | * TheManBehindTheMan: He's the brains behind the alliance linking Houses Ryswell, Dustin, Bolton and Stark. |
| 600 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: Sired three sons and two daughters. |
| 601 | [[/folder]] |
| 602 | |
| 603 | !!Bastard Boys |
| 604 | A group of brigands harassing the locals in the lands around the Dreadfort. They are led by Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Lord Roose Bolton. |
| 605 | |
| 606 | [[folder:Ramsay Snow]] |
| 607 | !!'''Ramsay Snow''' |
| 608 | !!! The Bastard of Bolton |
| 609 | Roose's bastard son, Ramsay is a sadistic man who takes great pleasure in the suffering of others. |
| 610 | |
| 611 | * 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.]] |
| 612 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Plans to murder Domeric and take all he has. |
| 613 | * AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:The Bolton household doesn't bother to hide their relief and satisfaction when news about his demise are made public. His own father's reaction is "welp, now I need to find another spare". Still, this is ''Ramsay'' and [[Literature/AClashOfKings he's not a stranger to]] FakingTheDead...]] |
| 614 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Nobody mourns his fate. This includes Robard, who feels no pity for what Ramsay is going through on account of his crimes]]. |
| 615 | * AxCrazy: Ramsay is sadistic, capricious, and thinks nothing of killing on a whim. One time, he took a whole week out of his schedule... just to murder people. |
| 616 | * 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. |
| 617 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Most of his life, he has wanted to have a place in the Dreadfort, his father's keep. [[spoiler:Roose grants him a place - as a torture victim.]] |
| 618 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: Inverted; he's an ugly man whose actions are even uglier. |
| 619 | * BerserkButton: Any of these will send him into a murderous rage. |
| 620 | ** Calling him a Snow. |
| 621 | ** ''Mentioning'' his trueborn brother. Or anything good happening to him. |
| 622 | * BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:All his raping and murdering with an end goal of being Lord of the Dreadfort wound up being a big hunk of nothing when his death is reported in Chapter 36 - and revealed to be real in Chapter 39.]] |
| 623 | * CainAndAbel: Very much the Cain to Domeric's Abel, though they've never met. |
| 624 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Lord Bolton admits that Ramsay causes him nothing but headaches, but feels obligated to keep him alive because of the law against kinslaying and he needs another heir in case Domeric does something stupid and dies. |
| 625 | * ChildByRape: Thanks to DroitDuSeigneur not being a legend in the North. |
| 626 | * DepravedBisexual: Bitter Robard mentions that he rapes young boys and girls. |
| 627 | * DrivenByEnvy: Ramsay's character is almost completely built around his resentment of Domeric's position as heir to the Dreadfort, because Ramsay sees himself as the true heir to Lord Bolton for his practices of raping, flaying and abusing power. |
| 628 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Built up to be a major threat when Domeric returns to the North, only to be KilledOffscreen]]. |
| 629 | * TheEvilPrince: Tried his hardest to be one of these, but [[spoiler:got cut off at the knees before he could get too far]]. |
| 630 | * FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Attempted to fake his death as part of his plan to displace Domeric as heir to the Dreadfort. Sadly for him, two of his men were his father's moles and warned Roose Bolton about what happened.]] |
| 631 | * FatBastard: Ramsay is a fat man and a violent, depraved psychopath. |
| 632 | * FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:His fate is to be tortured in the depths of the Dreadfort.]] |
| 633 | * FlayingAlive: [[DeadGuyOnDisplay And hang the skins]] at the mill the Bastard Boys call base. |
| 634 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 635 | ** Jon Snow. Both are bastards raised in the North but under different circumstances; Jon was raised alongside Ned Stark’s children and never knew his mother while Ramsay never met his father and only knew his mother. Both attracted the attention of Domeric Bolton for this reason and Domeric treats Jon the way he would want to treat Ramsay. However, Jon chose a life of duty and justice in facing [[spoiler:the Mountain]] and won honor and praise, while Ramsay tried to live through depravity and crime and [[spoiler:paid the price]]. |
| 636 | ** Tyrion Lannister. Both are from parts of society that make them undesirable (Tyrion is a dwarf, Ramsay is a bastard) and are extremely ugly. Their fathers are cold, pragmatic men and have another son who cares for them (Jaime for Tyrion, Domeric for Ramsay). However while Tyrion loves his brother, Ramsay seeks to murder his. Both are accused of killing their mothers; Tyrion [[DeathByChildbirth by being]] [[MaternalDeathBlameTheChild born]], while Ramsay [[spoiler:murdered his mother]]. |
| 637 | * TheFundamentalist: As far as Ramsay is concerned, there is only one way to be a Bolton: ''his'' way. |
| 638 | * HateSink: Ramsay is quite possibly the most despicable character in this fanfic, as a violent, depraved psychopath who hates his brother Domeric for not fitting into ''his'' idea of what it means to be a Bolton. He even trumps Joffrey since Joffrey most likely wouldn't have the guts to [[spoiler:murder his mother as part of a power grab]]. |
| 639 | * HiddenBackupPrince: Just in case Domeric dies. His status as the [[SpareToTheThrone Spare to the Lordship]] is the only reason why he's still alive. |
| 640 | * IconicItem: A ring with the Bolton flayed man on it. [[spoiler:Roose shows it to the Bolton household as proof of Ramsay's demise.]] |
| 641 | * IcyBlueEyes: Just like his father. |
| 642 | * ImpaledPalm: [[spoiler:Nailed by his hands to a flaying cross]]. |
| 643 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Roose reports his death in Chapter 36. Though [[UnreliableNarrator Roose]] isn't the most reliable source of information...]] |
| 644 | ** [[spoiler:{{Averted}}. Chapter 39 shows him being brutally tortured under the Dreadfort.]] |
| 645 | * KnightOfCerebus: The chapters with him are much darker than the rest of the work with no moments of levity, unlike his counterpart in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
| 646 | * LowerClassLout: Unlike the books and TV series, Ramsay isn't exposed to the aristocratic world of his father. He's still a violent and cruel bully who preys on the smallfolk who inhabit the lands administered by House Bolton. |
| 647 | * {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler:Murders his mother in order to fake his death as part of his plot to become Heir of the Dreadfort.]] |
| 648 | * PsychopathicManchild: His entire mindset is a temper tantrum because he doesn't get what he thinks he deserves as a "true" son of Lord Bolton, surrounds himself with a GangOfBullies and generally enjoys sadistic behavior. |
| 649 | * RapePillageAndBurn: Conducting these type of raids on the lands of the Weeping Water and the Lonely Hills. |
| 650 | * TheResenter: Very much so towards Domeric because he considers him unworthy of the title Lord Bolton. |
| 651 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He thinks being a bastard son of Lord Bolton gives him carte blanche to... [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil certain forms]] [[FlayingAlive of entertainment]]. |
| 652 | -->'''Ramsay''': The laws applied to the people, not to me. |
| 653 | * SerialKiller: And serial mass-murderer. [[spoiler:He murders several peasants to fake his death.]] |
| 654 | * SerialRapist: Part of the story takes place while Ramsay rapes and murders one of his victims. |
| 655 | * 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. |
| 656 | * SmugSnake: Really thought himself cleverer and more skilled than he really was. |
| 657 | * TantrumThrowing: Went on a week-long killing spree when he heard of Domeric and Sansa's betrothal. |
| 658 | * TooCleverByHalf: Roose refers to him as such while [[spoiler:reporting his death.]] |
| 659 | -->"He saw himself a smart and cunning man. But he was a fool, and no man can defy their nature." |
| 660 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When he realizes that he's going to be tortured]]. |
| 661 | * WouldHurtAChild: According to Robard, Ramsay rapes [[DepravedBisexual young girls and young boys alike]]. |
| 662 | [[/folder]] |
| 663 | |
| 664 | [[folder:Reek]] |
| 665 | !!'''Reek''' |
| 666 | A serving man of House Bolton, he'd go on to become Ramsay's childhood friend and future partner-in-crime. He was afflicted with a disease that caused him to smell terribly, hence his nickname. |
| 667 | |
| 668 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Killed in the attack on the Bastard Boys]]. |
| 669 | * EvilSmellsBad: Robard remarks that his sick cruelty radiates from him just as much as the foul stench that clings to him. |
| 670 | * ILoveTheDead: Rapes corpses after Ramsay kills them. |
| 671 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Robard believes that Reek, along with Ramsay's mother, has been filling his head with thoughts of who should be Lord of the Dreadfort. |
| 672 | [[/folder]] |
| 673 | |
| 674 | [[folder:Other Bastard Boys]] |
| 675 | |
| 676 | * 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]]. |
| 677 | * AdaptedOut: Ben Bones isn't a member of the Bastard Boys, most likely because Ramsay doesn't even get close to the Dreadfort. |
| 678 | * ADickInName: Yellow Dick (possibly). Bitter Robard considers it UnfortunateNames. |
| 679 | * EnemyMine: Grunt hates Domeric just as much as Ramsay and his hate deepened after losing his tongue. |
| 680 | * TheGhost: Skinner and Locke have yet to appear. The latter provides girls for Ramsay to rape and murder and Reek to rape again. |
| 681 | * InTheBack: [[spoiler:Grunt and Yellow Dick are killed when they are stabbed in the back by Robard and Damon]]. |
| 682 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[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.]] |
| 683 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 684 | ** Skinner likes to flay the victims just as much as Ramsay does. |
| 685 | ** Grunt can only vocalize via grunts. |
| 686 | * {{Mooks}}: For Ramsay. Due to his status as an unrecognized bastard, they haven't reached the status of elite. |
| 687 | * PsychoForHire: "They were all monsters. They just served the worst of them in the form of Ramsay Snow." |
| 688 | * SerialRapist: Yellow Dick prefers to rape the victims. |
| 689 | * SycophanticServant: Yellow Dick, who is shown bowing to Ramsay as a sign of respect that has to be done since Ramsay styles himself as a lord. |
| 690 | * TongueTrauma: Grunt lost his tongue thanks to an insult he gave about Domeric. This serves as {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler:what happens to Ramsay]]... |
| 691 | [[/folder]] |
| 692 | |
| 693 | !!House Baratheon of Storm's End and King's Landing |
| 694 | |
| 695 | [[folder:King Robert Baratheon]] |
| 696 | !!'''King Robert Baratheon, the First of His Name''' |
| 697 | The King of Westeros when the story begins, he was the victor of the first civil war, known variously as "The War of the Usurper" or "Robert's Rebellion." A brave and unstoppable warrior in his youth, the death of the woman King Robert loved has caused him to degenerate over the years into a fat drunk man whose only interests are eating, drinking, hunting and whoring. |
| 698 | |
| 699 | * AdiposeRex: Just like in the books. |
| 700 | * BerserkButton: Seeing anyone in black armor with rubies seems to set him off. When he sees Domeric adorned as such, he nearly charges the field in a rage, looking around for his hammer, until Ned calms him down by pointing out the differences in the shape of the rubies. |
| 701 | * DoomedByCanon: Killed by a boar while hunting. |
| 702 | * MoodSwinger: Might have to do with the alcohol. In said scene at the tourney, he goes from stunned shock to UnstoppableRage to despondent. By the same token, he goes from cursing about Ned's stubbornness to praising it and telling Myrcella that there are no better people than Starks. |
| 703 | * NostalgiaFilter: About his memories during the war and particularly during his time in the Vale. His sense of loss over Lyanna factored in his attempting to push a betrothal between Sansa and Joffrey. |
| 704 | * ParentsAsPeople: He has to be reminded that his kids exist, but when he does, he's rather nice to them as shown when he talks with Myrcella about fostering Tommen at Winterfell. He even apologizes to Myrcella on his deathbed for not being as good a father as he should have been. |
| 705 | [[/folder]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | [[folder:Prince Joffrey Baratheon]] |
| 708 | !!'''Prince/[[spoiler:King]] Joffrey Baratheon''' |
| 709 | !!! The Privy Prince |
| 710 | Eldest son and heir of King Robert Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister. |
| 711 | |
| 712 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Towards Sansa. |
| 713 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Of a kind, as he's more overtly cruel earlier than in the novels or TV series. |
| 714 | * ArcVillain: For Domeric's chapters in King's Landing. |
| 715 | * BastardBastard: He's a bastard son born out of the incestuous relationship between his mother and her brother, and he's one of the biggest [[{{JerkAss}} jerkasses]] in Westeros. |
| 716 | * BeautyIsBad: His attractiveness is noted by noblewomen and servants alike and as in the novels and TV series, he's a loathsome human being. Also counts as InbredAndEvil. |
| 717 | * BigBrotherBully: To Myrcella and Tommen. He forces Myrcella to write to Robb and Tommen has nightmares of Joffrey throwing him in the Black Cells. |
| 718 | * BullyingADragon: Spends a lot of time taunting Domeric, who is the heir to a house that is infamous for FlayingAlive. |
| 719 | * TheDandy: To the point that DudeLooksLikeALady. He even uses perfume. |
| 720 | * DemotedToExtra: He hasn't even appeared in the sequel. |
| 721 | * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Rather than stay and inspire his forces when Renly attacks King's Landing, he puts on a dress and tries to flee from the city.]] |
| 722 | * DrunkWithPower: One day as king and Myrcella can already tell that he enjoys power a little too much. |
| 723 | * EmbarrassingNickname: His bowel troubles earn him the nickname "the Privy Prince". |
| 724 | * FantasticRacism: Makes insulting remarks about Northmen, ''in their presence''. |
| 725 | * {{Foil}}: To Robb Stark. Both are the heirs to great houses, but Robb is a CoolBigBro and protective of his younger siblings while Joffrey is a BigBrotherBully who frightens his brother Tommen and bullies his sister Myrcella. |
| 726 | * HeManWomanHater: Comments about the "softness" of women to Myrcella when he refuses to release Ned. |
| 727 | -->"A woman's heart is too soft. It is why men lead and women follow." |
| 728 | ** In Chapter 51, he is quick to blame the Lannisters' recent losses on the fact that his sister Myrcella is privy to the Small Council meetings. |
| 729 | -->"Now it makes sense our current predicament. Grandfather cannot defeat a boy. Uncle Jaime got captured, and you my uncle, and my Hand, find my sister worthy of your time?" |
| 730 | * HistoryRepeats: Keeping with being [[TheCaligula "Aerys III"]], a reviewer for Chapter 23 compared his behavior around Sansa with Aerys II's unwanted attentions toward Joanna Lannister, betrothed (and later wife) of Tywin Lannister. |
| 731 | * {{Jerkass}}: No kidding. Joffrey can't go one scene without being a jerk. One particular exchange between him and Domeric begins with Joffrey insulting him. |
| 732 | * KarmaHoudini: |
| 733 | ** Double-subverted. He got poisoned in Chapter 27, but four chapters later, he’s back on his feet and resumed his usual antics. |
| 734 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In the sequel, [[spoiler:Cersei sends him from the city for his safety before Renly attacks. He gets caught by Renly's forces and thrown in the Black Cells.]] |
| 735 | * KickTheDog: |
| 736 | ** Breaking Domeric's harp. |
| 737 | ** Forcing Myrcella to write to Robb to get him to come to King's Landing. He even has the gall to threaten Tommen so she won't think of fleeing. |
| 738 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He put on a dress and pretended to be a woman to escape from King's Landing. Some soldiers looking for some "fun" nearly raped him before they realized the truth. He was brought before Renly in disgrace, and thrown in the Black Cells.]] |
| 739 | * NightmareFuel: In-universe. Tommen has nightmares of Joffrey throwing him in the Black Cells. |
| 740 | * NotGoodWithRejection: Hoo boy. Interestingly, Joffrey wasn't interested in Sansa ''until'' she rejected him, considering her the "daughter of a savage". This also makes him a {{Yandere}}. |
| 741 | * NotHelpingYourCase: Joffrey often describes himself as a Lannister, which does little to hide the fact that he's not actually a Baratheon. |
| 742 | -->"[Sansa] needs a lion, not a flayed man." |
| 743 | * TheRival: Towards Domeric. |
| 744 | * RoyalBrat: Shows his true colors as one of these on more occasions than in the books and show, where Sansa was blind to him. It's implied he asked for her presence in King's Landing so he could make passes at her. |
| 745 | -->'''Tyrion''': My nephew will one day be king. And he is not used to being told no. Thanks to my sweet sister. |
| 746 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Has The Hound tell different knights that he will pay them if they unhorse, injure or kill Domeric during the Hand's tourney. |
| 747 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: "...it would be such a shame for you if you leave the capital. Tommen would miss you terribly. ''[cackles]'' But don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't get lonely." |
| 748 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: His sword Lion's Tooth didn't get tossed into the Trident River this time around; he still has it in Chapter 33, which corresponds to the episode "The Pointy End." |
| 749 | * TantrumThrowing: Threw a filled privy at Grand Maester Pycelle in a rage while ill. |
| 750 | * {{Yandere}}: Rejection makes him even more determined to pursue Sansa. |
| 751 | [[/folder]] |
| 752 | |
| 753 | [[folder:Princess Myrcella Baratheon*]] |
| 754 | !!'''Princess Myrcella Baratheon''' |
| 755 | Second child and only daughter of King Robert Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister. |
| 756 | |
| 757 | * ArrangedMarriage: With Robb Stark. Joffrey threatens to break off the betrothal to force her to write to Robb. [[spoiler:It ends up broken anyway when the truth of her parentage comes out]]. |
| 758 | * AscendedExtra: In the books, Myrcella is a background character compared to [[RoyalBrat Joffrey]] and [[CheerfulChild Tommen]] and winds up being BackForTheDead in the TV series. So far, she's had five POV chapters. |
| 759 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: Unlike [[BeautyIsBad her brother Joffrey]], Myrcella is very pretty and has a kind heart. |
| 760 | * BigSisterInstinct: Very much towards Tommen. She suggests to her father that Tommen be fostered at Winterfell to get him away from Joffrey. |
| 761 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:How she is able to get past Varys to visit Lord Stark by threatening to reveal Varys' disguise as Rugen the turnkey.]] |
| 762 | * 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. |
| 763 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Gives an ''epic'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Cersei and Jamie. |
| 764 | * ColorMotif: Yellow. She's blonde-haired, and is typically seen wearing yellow dresses because it's a color that is common to both Houses Baratheon and Lannister, making it easier to hide her ancestry. |
| 765 | * CompositeCharacter: Takes Sansa's place as the one who is forced to write to Robb to make him come to King's Landing. |
| 766 | * FlawExploitation: Attempts to use her "father" King Robert's NostalgiaFilter to her advantage by suggesting that Tommen be fostered with the Starks. It might have worked... if Robert didn't get killed. |
| 767 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 768 | ** 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. |
| 769 | ** 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. |
| 770 | ** Stannis Baratheon. Myrcella may not be an actual Baratheon, but she shares some similarities with her "uncle": both are the middle child of three, with a hedonistic and bloodthirsty older brother who they have to help hold up, and actively assist a Hand of the King that is decades older than they are. Robert outright compares her to Stannis, saying that she's stubborn like Stannis, but more charming. |
| 771 | * GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:As of Chapter 38, she's summoning someone to King's Landing to rein her mother and brother in. Chapter 44 reveals this to be Tywin, who promptly sends Kevan to deal with the current problems.]] |
| 772 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Myrcella is golden-haired and sweet-tempered. |
| 773 | * HeroicBastard: She's the bastard child of her mother and her brother, and she's one of the nicest people you can find in King's Landing. |
| 774 | * LikeMotherUnlikeDaughter: Many people have noted that, while she looks a lot like Cersei at her age, Myrcella is gentle and careful. |
| 775 | -->'''Kevan''': ''[thinking]'' She is as lovely as her mother with none of the poison that lurks beneath. |
| 776 | * ModestRoyalty: Not interested in shoving her position in other people's faces, unlike Joffrey. |
| 777 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In the sequel, [[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]]. |
| 778 | * ParentalFavoritism: Robert seems to like her best. |
| 779 | * 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]]. |
| 780 | * PrecociousCrush: On Ser Loras Tyrell. Sansa's not too keen on this, since the last thing she wants is for Myrcella to not be faithful to Robb. |
| 781 | * PutOnTheBus: In the sequel, [[spoiler:she's [[LockedAwayInAMonastery set to join the Faith]] as part of King Stannis' terms of surrender for the Lannisters]]. |
| 782 | * StraightMan: 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. |
| 783 | * 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.]] |
| 784 | * YouRemindMeOfX: King Robert notes she's stubborn like Stannis, but more charming. |
| 785 | [[/folder]] |
| 786 | |
| 787 | [[folder:Prince Tommen Baratheon]] |
| 788 | !!'''Prince Tommen Baratheon''' |
| 789 | Youngest child of King Robert Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister. |
| 790 | |
| 791 | * BreakTheCutie: According to Myrcella, Joffrey's bullying has left lasting psychological damage. |
| 792 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Like his sister Myrcella, Tommen is sweet tempered and golden-haired. |
| 793 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: He has an unfortunate tendency to parrot his mother's opinions about the North, primarily to gain her respect. |
| 794 | * MrExposition: Shown quizzing Myrcella on the Northern houses, similar to how Maester Luwin was instructing Bran in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E5TheWolfAndTheLion The Wolf and the Lion.]]" |
| 795 | * OhCrap: When he comes face to face with Lady in the Red Keep's godswood. |
| 796 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:As of Chapter 51, he’s on his way to Casterly Rock to learn how to rule under his great-aunt Genna. In the sequel, he's to be fostered in Riverrun then sent to either the Faith or the Wall as per King Satnnis' terms of surrender for the Lannisters]]. |
| 797 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Yearns for his mother's approval, which leads into the InnocentlyInsensitive comments. |
| 798 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's terrified of the Starks' direwolves. |
| 799 | [[/folder]] |
| 800 | |
| 801 | [[folder:Lord Renly Baratheon]] |
| 802 | !!Lord Renly Baratheon |
| 803 | Youngest brother of King Robert Baratheon and Lord of Storm's End, serves as Master of Laws on Robert’s Small Council. Secures an alliance with the Reach by marrying Margaery Tyrell. |
| 804 | |
| 805 | * BlatantLies: Renly says that he did not marry Margaery for her counsel but to bear him children, but everyone knows that he won't follow through. |
| 806 | * CoolUncle: How Myrcella remembers him. He was always bringing gifts or trying to make her laugh when Joffrey bullied her. |
| 807 | * EtTuBrute: When he declares himself King, Myrcella has this reaction. |
| 808 | * RedOniBlueOni: He's the smooth-talking blue to Loras' brash, JerkJock red. |
| 809 | * StepfordSmiler: Sansa notes his smile isn't entirely genuine. |
| 810 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Ser Loras Tyrell. |
| 811 | [[/folder]] |
| 812 | |
| 813 | !!! Stannis' Inner Circle |
| 814 | [[folder:Lord Stannis Baratheon]] |
| 815 | !!Lord Stannis Baratheon |
| 816 | |
| 817 | Middle brother between Robert and Renly and Lord of Dragonstone, serves as Master of Ships on Robert’s Small Council. Married to Selyse Florent and father of Shireen. |
| 818 | |
| 819 | * TheGhost: Has yet to appear outside of mentions, though he appears in the sequel. |
| 820 | * ModestRoyalty: Robb notes that he doesn't dress like a king, with less fine jewels like garnets and topaz. |
| 821 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's willing to hear out both Robb and Ser Axell's plans before proceeding with a strategy. |
| 822 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He left King's Landing in the wake of Jon Arryn's death. |
| 823 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:He sends Davos Seaworth to Riverrun, where Robb, Jon and Sansa learn of the parentage of King Robert's children]]. |
| 824 | * UnseenNoMore: After being absent for the first story, he appears in the sequel. |
| 825 | [[/folder]] |
| 826 | |
| 827 | [[folder:Ser Davos Seaworth]] |
| 828 | !!Ser Davos Seaworth |
| 829 | |
| 830 | An upjumped smuggler sponsored by Stannis Baratheon. |
| 831 | |
| 832 | * BirdsOfAFeather: He and the Starks get along pretty well, to the point that Robb actively misses him while he has to deal with Axell Florent and Melisandre. |
| 833 | * {{Fingore}}: Lost the finger-joints on one of his hands as a punishment for smuggling. |
| 834 | [[/folder]] |
| 835 | |
| 836 | [[folder:Melisandre]] |
| 837 | !!Melisandre |
| 838 | A sorceress and Shadowbinder who serves as an advisor to Stannis. |
| 839 | |
| 840 | * AdaptationalWimp: Since the North was brought into Stannis' fold, Stannis is less desperate and her position is less stable. However, the author mentions that her position is rising. |
| 841 | * TheComicallySerious: Downplayed. Robb wants to scoff at her seeing him in her flames, but can't bring himself to do so. |
| 842 | * {{Foil}}: To Thoros of Myr. Contrast the way they say they see people in flames; Thoros uses it as a pickup line, while Melisandre seems to genuinely believe in what she says. |
| 843 | [[/folder]] |
| 844 | |
| 845 | [[folder:Ser Axell Florent]] |
| 846 | !!Ser Axell Florent |
| 847 | Lord Alester's brother, uncle of Queen Selyse, and castellan of Dragonstone. |
| 848 | |
| 849 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: Inverted as he's an ugly man with an unpleasant attitude. |
| 850 | * {{Foil}}: To Robb, of all people. Robb does not want Melisandre's attentions while Axell craves her attention but does not receive it. |
| 851 | * {{Jerkass}}: Insists on calling Robb a boy even though Robb has (to quote Stannis) "won more battles in a year than [Axell] has in 20". |
| 852 | * SmugSnake: He's arrogant, dismissive, and thinks he's more worth than he really is. |
| 853 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the Starks, but particularly Robb as they argue over battle plans. |
| 854 | [[/folder]] |
| 855 | |
| 856 | !!House Lannister of Casterly Rock and Associates |
| 857 | |
| 858 | [[folder:Lord Tywin Lannister]] |
| 859 | !! Lord Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock and the Westerlands, Warden of the West and Shield of Lannisport |
| 860 | !!! The Lion of Lannister, The Old Lion, The Great Lion of the Rock |
| 861 | |
| 862 | Lord of Casterly Rock and the Westerlands and one of the most powerful men in the Seven Kingdoms. |
| 863 | |
| 864 | * TheDreaded: Infamous for his destruction of Houses Reyne and Tarbeck. |
| 865 | -->'''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. |
| 866 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Kevan remembers that he was irate at Barristan Selmy's dismissal from the Kingsguard. |
| 867 | * {{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. |
| 868 | * 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. |
| 869 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Tywin Lannister hasn't appeared in the flesh yet, but as the force behind such actions as Joffrey's rule and the Mountain's atrocities in the Riverlands, his shadow looms over much of the Seven Kingdoms. |
| 870 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Jaime reports his death to Cersei during the battle with Renly's forces in the sequel.]] |
| 871 | * PragmaticVillainy: He believes in treating prisoners well, if only to make sure they can be useful. |
| 872 | -->"What good is a prisoner who dies before judgment? What good is a hostage who cannot be used?" |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[folder:Queen Cersei Lannister]] |
| 876 | !!'''Queen Cersei Lannister''' |
| 877 | Daughter of Tywin Lannister, wife and Queen of King Robert Baratheon. |
| 878 | |
| 879 | * ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:She gets one of the two [=POVs=] in Chapter 10 as the Lannisters lose the battle for King's Landing.]] |
| 880 | * BattleBallgown: One of her outfits in the sequel is described as having just as much metal as cloth, with crimson vambraces and [[BlingOfWar rubies and emeralds encrusting the dress and sewn into it]]. |
| 881 | * BrotherSisterIncest: With her twin brother Jaime. |
| 882 | * DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler:When she stabs Jaime, the latter hits her, causing her to fall off the Iron Throne, with her body being found with her neck broken and head smashed.]] |
| 883 | * EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Despite her uncle agreeing to a truce with the Starks with the stipulation that they leave the Riverlands, she sends Amory Lorch to waylay the party of Night's Watch recruits to try and kill Gendry]]. |
| 884 | * EvilNiece: 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. |
| 885 | * FantasticRacism: Won't miss a chance to say something disdainful about the North. |
| 886 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Towards Sansa. |
| 887 | * GoToYourRoom: In the sequel, Kevan decides he's had enough of her StupidEvil antics and has her confined to her room. |
| 888 | * IWarnedYou: |
| 889 | ** Cersei told Kevan that Ned would be hard to persuade to confess to treason. [[JerkassHasAPoint She turns out to be right]]. |
| 890 | ** In the sequel, she doesn't react with surprise when the Small Council learns about Stannis taking Antlers, claiming that the Starks couldn't be trusted. This one is subverted because [[spoiler:she broke the truce between the Lannisters and the Starks, meaning that she's responsible for this problem]]. |
| 891 | * KickTheDog: Yells at Myrcella just because the latter chooses to wear a dress in Baratheon colours. |
| 892 | * MyBelovedSmother: She doesn't see any problems with Joffrey hiding himself behind her skirts and tries to shoo Myrcella away from a Council meeting in spite of her future being discussed. In the sequel, she tries to [[spoiler:keep Myrcella in King's Landing despite the impending threat of two armies closing in on the city]]. |
| 893 | * 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. |
| 894 | * NotHelpingYourCase: Cersei's insistence on her children being Lannisters is in hindsight rather stupid, since she's supposed to be disguising the fact that her children are products of incest. |
| 895 | * SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler:Halfway. While she doesn't outlive her children, the ''valonqar'' portion of the prophecy winds up coming true. Unwilling to flee King's Landing as it falls on Jaime's advice, she stabs him when she says they can be together. Jaime retaliates by hitting her, causing her to fall off the Iron Throne and be killed when she hits the floor.]] |
| 896 | * SexForServices: She promised sex [[spoiler:for Amory Lorch if he succeeded in killing Gendry]]. |
| 897 | * SmugSnake: To quote Kevan when he gives her a dressing-down: "Thinking you are clever is not the same as actually ''being'' clever." |
| 898 | * SpannerInTheWorks: To Roose Bolton, Myrcella, and her uncle Kevan. |
| 899 | ** 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. |
| 900 | ** Myrcella's plan to get Tommen out of King's Landing via fostering gets scarpered when King Robert gets killed by the boar thanks to Cersei having Lancel give Robert strongwine. |
| 901 | ** The truce brokered by Myrcella and Kevan had the Starks and the Lannisters agree to not fight each other and focus on Renly for six months, with the stipulation that the Lannisters had to clear out of the Riverlands. And Stannis was willing to uphold his end of the deal as an ally of the Starks. How does Cersei respond? She [[spoiler:breaks the truce by sending Amory Lorch into the Riverlands to kill Gendry, meaning that the Starks would have no reason to keep the truce if Cersei was willing to break it.]] |
| 902 | * StealthInsult: Does a lot of these, particularly towards the North. |
| 903 | * StupidEvil: The above mentioned EvilIsPetty moment fails to work, [[spoiler:and in breaking the truce means their opponents have no reason to keep it either]]. |
| 904 | * TooMuchInformation: Uses this tactic to intimidate Sansa by going into uncomfortable detail about the executions of Sansa's grandfather and uncle. [[NoSell It doesn't work]]. |
| 905 | * VillainousBreakdown: Never a paragon of sanity, she's clearly lost what little wits she has left [[spoiler:when it becomes apparent the Lannisters have lost the Battle of King's Landing]]. |
| 906 | [[/folder]] |
| 907 | |
| 908 | [[folder:Ser Jaime Lannister]] |
| 909 | !! '''Ser Jaime Lannister''' |
| 910 | !!! The Kingslayer |
| 911 | Twin brother of Queen Cersei Lannister and elder brother of Tyrion, currently serving as a Kingsguard to Robert Baratheon. Infamous for his killing of King Aerys II Targaryen. |
| 912 | |
| 913 | * AbusiveParents: His callous attitude towards [[spoiler:the end of Myrcella’s betrothal to Robb]] marks him as such, despite not "officially" being her father. |
| 914 | * AdaptationalWimp: Gets out-jousted by Domeric in the Tourney of the Hand. |
| 915 | * BigBrotherInstinct: As in the books and TV series, why he attacked Ned in the streets of King's Landing. |
| 916 | * BrotherSisterIncest: With Cersei. All of King Robert's legal children are Jaime and Cersei's biological children. |
| 917 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: He's described as glaring at Robb as Robb and Myrcella walk together in Chapter 13. |
| 918 | * DemotedToExtra: Has only appeared twice and hasn't said anything in either scene. |
| 919 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: He doesn't understand ''why'' Myrcella is so unhappy about [[spoiler:her betrothal to Robb Stark being broken]]. |
| 920 | * FightingFingerprint: Jaime has a particular way of shifting in his saddle just before he reaches his opponent in jousting. |
| 921 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:During the Sack of King's Landing, Jaime was found sitting on the Iron Throne, waiting for the next person to claim it. The next time there's an invading army, Jaime is found dead, sitting on the Iron Throne again.]] |
| 922 | [[/folder]] |
| 923 | |
| 924 | [[folder:Tyrion Lannister]] |
| 925 | !!'''Tyrion Lannister''', acting Hand of the King, Master of Laws |
| 926 | !!! The Imp, Half-man |
| 927 | The last and least son of Tywin and Joanna Lannister, Tyrion is a deformed dwarf nicknamed "the Imp." Many scorn him for his hideous appearance and his father Tywin considers him an embarrassment to the perfectionist Lannisters. |
| 928 | |
| 929 | * BigBrotherMentor: Gives Domeric some advice about surviving King's Landing and even playing the Game of Thrones. |
| 930 | * BrutalHonesty: Tells Domeric quite clearly about the sort of environment King's Landing is. |
| 931 | * TheBusCameBack: Tyrion reappears in Chapter 5 of the sequel. |
| 932 | * CoolUncle: To Myrcella and Tommen; he provides them with a list of books on the Northern houses. Later on when Myrcella has to return to King’s Landing he helps cheer her up. |
| 933 | * DeadpanSnarker: Wouldn't be Tyrion Lannister with a sarcastic streak a mile wide. When the maester of Deep Den asks if Tyrion intends to face Robb Stark, Tyrion mutters "I thought those chains were forged through intelligence." |
| 934 | * {{Foil}}: To Domeric Bolton. Both are the heirs to powerful, cold, ruthless lords, and bond over their love of reading and each possesses a sharp wit. The difference is that Domeric is in a position to meet his father's expectations, while Tyrion, as a dwarf, is not. |
| 935 | * HumansAreBastards: He definitely has a more pessimistic view of the smallfolk, which is proven correct when Myrcella purveys food for the people of King's Landing and a mob jeers at her. |
| 936 | -->"The smallfolk will praise you with one side of their mouth and curse you with the other." |
| 937 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: Kevan urges him to surrender at the opportune moment to ensure the Lannisters survive. |
| 938 | * OddFriendship: With Jon Snow and Domeric Bolton. |
| 939 | * OutOfFocus: Hasn't had a POV chapter yet, unlike his fairly prolific book counterpart. |
| 940 | * PutOnABus: Hasn't been seen since Chapter 24 when Catelyn seized him at the Crossroads Inn. As of Chapter 51, he’s made it back from the Eyrie and is headed to King’s Landing to serve as Hand of the King as he did in canon. |
| 941 | * 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]]. |
| 942 | * YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:Due to the deaths of his father, uncle, and two siblings, Tyrion is left in command of House Lannister by Chapter 11 of the sequel.]] |
| 943 | * YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:He intends to intercept Robb Stark's army to negotiate terms before his uncle Stafford's army reaches them.]] |
| 944 | [[/folder]] |
| 945 | |
| 946 | [[folder:Ser Kevan Lannister*]] |
| 947 | !!Ser Kevan Lannister, [[spoiler:Hand of the King]] |
| 948 | Lord Tywin Lannister's younger brother. Married to Dorna Swyft, with whom he has four children: Lancel, Willem, Martyn and Janei. |
| 949 | |
| 950 | * 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]]. |
| 951 | * CoolUncle: Well, cool great-uncle to Myrcella and Tommen. |
| 952 | %%* DeadpanSnarker: He can play the sarcasm game just as well as his brother's children. |
| 953 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Killed by Baratheon soldiers during the battle with Renly's forces.]] |
| 954 | * TheDragon: To his brother Tywin, as his chief lieutenant for almost 40 years. As Acting Hand of the King he's 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. |
| 955 | * EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:He's really put off by Jaime's callous attitude towards Myrcella's broken betrothal and the allegations that Jaime and Cersei committed incest; he's physically sickened by the thought]]. |
| 956 | ** 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]]. |
| 957 | * 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. |
| 958 | * KickTheDog: Rubs Ned's powerlessness and his ruined political career in his face. |
| 959 | * {{Misblamed}}: In-universe, [[spoiler:Cersei blames him for losing the battle of King's Landing, even believing that he was the ''valonqar'' in her prophecy.]] |
| 960 | * NumberTwo: As Joffrey's Hand of the King. |
| 961 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Garlan mentions that he was decapitated and his head put on a spike.]] |
| 962 | * PetTheDog: Assures Ned that Jeyne Poole will be kept safe and healthy, no matter how negotiations proceed. |
| 963 | * 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. |
| 964 | * TakeCareOfTheKids: Before sending Tyrion away to Casterly Rock, he tells Tyrion that he's putting their family's fate in his hands. |
| 965 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: Chapter 5 of the sequel is a long exercise in this as he hears of Stannis' movements in the Crownlands and Cersei's attempt to kill Gendry, meaning that she broke the truce between the Starks and the Lannisters, so that they're being squeezed between Renly's forces on one side and Stannis's on the other. |
| 966 | [[/folder]] |
| 967 | |
| 968 | [[folder:Willem Lannister]] |
| 969 | !!Willem Lannister |
| 970 | One of Kevan's twin sons. |
| 971 | |
| 972 | %%* ChildSoldier |
| 973 | * DistressedDude: Got captured in the Battle of the Whispering Wood but was since released from captivity. |
| 974 | [[/folder]] |
| 975 | |
| 976 | [[folder:Ser Stafford Lannister]] |
| 977 | !!Ser Stafford Lannister |
| 978 | Oldest son of Jason Lannister and Marla Prester, brother of Joanna Lannister and uncle of Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion. Married to Myranda Lefford and father of Daven, Cerenna, and Myrielle. |
| 979 | |
| 980 | * TheGhost: Hasn't appeared on page as of yet. |
| 981 | * 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. So Tyrion opts to intercept Robb before Stafford can get there.]] |
| 982 | * WeNeedADistraction: Kevan sent Stafford's army into the Reach to delay or split Renly's army via raid, pillage, and plunder. |
| 983 | [[/folder]] |
| 984 | |
| 985 | [[folder:Ser Gregor Clegane]] |
| 986 | !! Ser Gregor Clegane |
| 987 | !!! The Mountain that Rides |
| 988 | Nicknamed “The Mountain that Rides”, Ser Gregor Clegane is the biggest man in Westeros, with a reputation for savagery and brutality. |
| 989 | |
| 990 | * AnnoyingArrows: [[spoiler:He gets shot full of arrows and despite only wearing chainmail, this only slightly inconveniences him]]. |
| 991 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:As a violent SociopathicSoldier and rapist, nobody mourns his demise at the hands of Jon Snow]]. |
| 992 | * AxCrazy: Killed his own horse before attacking Loras Tyrell at the tourney of the Hand. |
| 993 | * TheBrute: An enormous knight who does intimidation and strong-arming for the Lannisters. |
| 994 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Killed by Jon near Pinkmaiden]]. |
| 995 | * DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler:Jon sends his skull to Dorne. Chapter 65 reveals that it's being used as a table decoration, in this case a knife stand]]. |
| 996 | * DissonantSerenity: Jon, via Ghost, sees him watching a burning village with disinterest. |
| 997 | * TheDreaded: Myrcella and Jeyne Poole are absolutely terrified of him. Cersei on the other hand uses the possibility of Domeric facing him as an attempt to intimidate Sansa. Jon feels trepidation about possibly confronting The Mountain [[spoiler:though he's the one to kill him in the end]]. |
| 998 | * {{Foil}}: To Joffrey Baratheon. Both are two of the biggest [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] in the setting, descended from houses in the Westerlands, have two younger siblings [[BigBrotherBully whom they abuse]], and were doted on by a parent who refused to see anything wrong with them. The difference between them is while both are bullies who like hurting others, Gregor isn't a coward and resisting him makes him more eager to kill that person. |
| 999 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills Beric Donarrion and Thoros of Myr and gives Jon severe injuries during their duel, leaving him unconscious for several days]]. |
| 1000 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Falls into a spike pit, then speared three times: once through the torso, once through the throat, and once through the head by Jon. It takes the last one to actually kill him]]. |
| 1001 | * ImplacableMan: Even half-dressed (that is, only clad in mail), The Mountain is near-impossible to bring down. He gets [[spoiler:[[AnnoyingArrows shot a whole bunch]], endures several sword slashes, is still alive from falling into a spike pit, and has to be speared through the head to finally be killed]]. |
| 1002 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He killed Elia Martell and her infant son Aegon. He's killed by Jon Snow, Aegon's half-brother and Elia's step-son.]] |
| 1003 | * OhCrap: Has a split-second one when [[spoiler:he realizes he’s going to fall into a PitTrap full of spikes]]. |
| 1004 | * RapePillageAndBurn: Right now, he's going on raids to pacify the Riverlands. This includes burning towns, raping children, ripping babies from mother's breasts ''and'' wombs. |
| 1005 | * TheVoiceless: He never actually says anything on-page. |
| 1006 | [[/folder]] |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | [[folder:Sandor Clegane]] |
| 1009 | !!'''Sandor Clegane''' |
| 1010 | !!! The Hound |
| 1011 | Younger brother of Ser Gregor Clegane and sworn shield to Prince Joffrey Baratheon. |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | * CainAndAbel: The Abel to his brother Gregor's Cain. |
| 1014 | * DemotedToExtra: Only appeared twice so far. The sequel takes this further by not having him be mentioned at all. |
| 1015 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He's the only Lannister man ''not'' laughing at Domeric. |
| 1016 | * {{Foil}}: To Myrcella Baratheon. Despite the Hound being a large, TwoFaced warrior and Myrcella a pretty young lady getting into politics, they share similar backgrounds. Both are descended from Westerland houses, with an abusive [[BigBrotherBully elder brother]], a parent who spoils said elder brother (the former Ser Clegane for Sandor, Queen Cersei for Myrcella), and a younger sibling of the opposite sex that they fear for (formerly in Sandor’s case because his sister died, most likely at the hands of the elder brother). |
| 1017 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Saving Ser Loras Tyrell from the Mountain. |
| 1018 | * TheQuietOne: Only had one line of two words so far. |
| 1019 | * RageHelm: His snarling dog helmet. |
| 1020 | * TwoFaced: Thanks to his elder brother Gregor shoving his face into a lit brazier. |
| 1021 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:His fate is not mentioned in the aftermath of Renly's takeover of the capital.]] |
| 1022 | [[/folder]] |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | [[folder:Ser Amory Lorch*]] |
| 1025 | !!Ser Amory Lorch |
| 1026 | |
| 1027 | Another knight in service to House Lannister. |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 | * AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Ghost bites off his hand. And that's the first part of his death]]. |
| 1030 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:A child-killing SociopathicSoldier who meets a gruesome end from a pack of wolves]]. |
| 1031 | * BadHabits: He and his men disguise themselves as pilgrims to attack Yoren's party of recruits. |
| 1032 | * TheBrute: He's a big, dumb SociopathicSoldier like The Mountain, only smaller. |
| 1033 | * DeathBySecretIdentity: Invoked. [[spoiler:Jon Snow tells Lorch his true parentage just to let him know that what he thought was his biggest achievement (snuffing out the Targaryens) was all a lie before having him torn apart]]. |
| 1034 | * EatenAlive: [[spoiler:Torn apart by a pack of wolves]]. |
| 1035 | * 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]]. |
| 1036 | * IRegretNothing: He has no regrets about killing the young Tarbeck boy and Rhaenys Targaryen. |
| 1037 | %%* SociopathicSoldier |
| 1038 | * VillainProtagonist: The viewpoint character for the sequel's opening chapter. [[spoiler:He doesn't last beyond that]]. |
| 1039 | * WouldHurtAChild: He threw the Tarbeck boy down a well, killed Rhaenys Targaryen by stabbing her multiple times, and was sent to [[spoiler:kill Gendry]]. |
| 1040 | [[/folder]] |
| 1041 | |
| 1042 | !!House Tully of Riverrun |
| 1043 | |
| 1044 | [[folder:Lord Hoster Tully]] |
| 1045 | !!Lord Hoster Tully |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | Lord of Riverrun and Lord Paramount of the Riverlands, father of Lady Catelyn Stark, Lady Lysa Arryn and Edmure. |
| 1048 | |
| 1049 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Tells Sansa stories of Catelyn's childhood, stories that Sansa's sure would make her mother blush. |
| 1050 | [[/folder]] |
| 1051 | |
| 1052 | [[folder:Ser Edmure Tully]] |
| 1053 | !!Ser Edmure Tully |
| 1054 | |
| 1055 | Youngest child and only son of Lord Hoster Tully and younger brother of Catelyn and Lysa. |
| 1056 | |
| 1057 | * InSpiteOfANail: He marries Roslin Frey as in canon. |
| 1058 | * IOweYouMyLife: Sincerely thanks Jon for [[spoiler:killing the Mountain, who had been plaguing his lands]], and for helping to free Riverrun from the Lannister army beseiging it. |
| 1059 | * PetTheDog: He insists on Jon receiving lodgings in Riverrun despite Jon's past as Ned Stark's illegitimate son and a stain on Catelyn's honor. |
| 1060 | [[/folder]] |
| 1061 | |
| 1062 | !!House Frey of the Crossing |
| 1063 | |
| 1064 | [[folder:Lord Walder Frey]] |
| 1065 | !!Lord Walder Frey |
| 1066 | !!!The Late Lord Frey |
| 1067 | |
| 1068 | Current Lord of the Crossing, a man of ninety. |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | * DirtyOldMan: Creepily tries to hit on Sansa, who is many, many years younger than he is. |
| 1071 | -->"Here I thought my young wife had the sweetest honey, heh. Your betrothal won't help you here, girl. Mayhaps, you'll allow me a taste and then I'd consider letting your soldiers pass." |
| 1072 | * ReallyGetsAround: Eight wives, more than 20 children, and an unknown but likely high number of bastards. |
| 1073 | [[/folder]] |
| 1074 | |
| 1075 | !!!Lord Walder's Sons |
| 1076 | |
| 1077 | [[folder:Colmar Frey*]] |
| 1078 | !!Colmar Frey |
| 1079 | |
| 1080 | Twentieth son of Walder Frey by his seventh wife Annara Faring. |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | * ArrangedMarriage: Sansa’s set up the arrangements for a betrothal to Arya, but she’s waiting for her father’s say-so. |
| 1083 | * AscendedExtra: Only described in appendices, but makes a full appearance here. And in the sequel, he gets part of a POV. |
| 1084 | * CompositeCharacter: Takes his brother Elmar's role as Arya's betrothed. |
| 1085 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: Half of his POV involves trying to drink a pint of ale. He doesn't like ale, but he'd rather drink than listen to Little Walder. |
| 1086 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Unlike his father Walder, Colmar is shown as competent and better-looking than his father. |
| 1087 | * ShipTease: He's attracted to Jeyne Poole. This is [[{{Exploited trope}} taken advantage of]] by Sansa, who wishes to push them into a relationship to free Arya from her betrothal. |
| 1088 | * TheSquire: To Domeric. |
| 1089 | [[/folder]] |
| 1090 | |
| 1091 | !!!Lord Walder's Grandsons |
| 1092 | [[folder:"Little" Walder Frey]] |
| 1093 | !!Walder Frey |
| 1094 | |
| 1095 | Only son of Merrett Frey. Accompanies the Frey retinue to the North. |
| 1096 | |
| 1097 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: He has a crush on Jeyne Poole. |
| 1098 | * AgeLift: Raised up to his teenage years. |
| 1099 | * EnfantTerrible: An older example than most. Despite not being taken under Ramsay's wing, he has a disturbing amount of enthusiasm for Domeric's punishment of the Bloody Mummers, showing disappointment at not being there to witness it. |
| 1100 | * IronicNickname: "Little" Walder is [[FatBastard anything but little]]. |
| 1101 | [[/folder]] |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 | !!!Lord Walder's Daughters |
| 1104 | |
| 1105 | [[folder:Roslin Frey]] |
| 1106 | !!Roslin Frey |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | Fifth daughter of Walder Frey by his sixth wife Bethany Rosby. Accompanies Sansa Stark from the Twins. |
| 1109 | |
| 1110 | * InSpiteOfANail: She still marries Edmure Tully in this timeline. |
| 1111 | %%* JumpedAtTheCall |
| 1112 | * NiceGirl: She's the gentlest of the Freys that accompany Sansa, and Sansa believes that she'd have the easiest time of securing a match. |
| 1113 | [[/folder]] |
| 1114 | |
| 1115 | [[folder:Arwyn Frey]] |
| 1116 | !!Arwyn Frey |
| 1117 | |
| 1118 | Sixth Daughter of Walder Frey by his seventh wife Annara Faring and older sister of Colmar and Shirei. Accompanies Sansa Stark from The Twins. |
| 1119 | |
| 1120 | * AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:In the sequel, Colmar notes that she has peculiar tastes and he strongly suspects that no man could please her. This is given more possible hints after her father dies where she asks to put off marriage until her sister is old enough to wed. Her sister is not yet 6 and wouldn't marry for over a decade, meaning Arwyn would likely never marry.]]. |
| 1121 | * AscendedExtra: She only makes a brief appearance in the third book shortly before the Red Wedding, but here she's the most prominent of the Freys who accompany Sansa. |
| 1122 | %%* JumpedAtTheCall |
| 1123 | %%* NiceGirl |
| 1124 | * PillowPistol: Arwyn tells Sansa that every Frey girl finds it wise to sleep with a knife. |
| 1125 | * PromotionToParent: She's been like a mother to her sister Shirei after her mother Annara Faring died. |
| 1126 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Unlike most of Walder Frey's descendants, Arwyn is described as being quite pretty. |
| 1127 | [[/folder]] |
| 1128 | |
| 1129 | !!!Lord Walder's Granddaughters |
| 1130 | |
| 1131 | [[folder:Walda Frey]] |
| 1132 | !!Walda Frey |
| 1133 | !!!Fat Walda Frey |
| 1134 | |
| 1135 | Second daughter of Merrett Frey and Mariya Darry. Accompanies Sansa Stark from The Twins. |
| 1136 | |
| 1137 | * ArrangedMarriage: She's betrothed to Smalljon Umber. |
| 1138 | * DecompositeCharacter: Her role of Roose Bolton's newest wife is given to [[spoiler:Jonelle Cerwyn]]. |
| 1139 | * JumpedAtTheCall: She is the one who explains that the Freys who accompanied Sansa that they volunteered and they don't want to go back home. |
| 1140 | * LostInImitation: Fat Walda's personality better matches the demure and amenable show version rather than the BigFun book version. |
| 1141 | [[/folder]] |
| 1142 | |
| 1143 | |
| 1144 | !!The Kingsguard |
| 1145 | |
| 1146 | [[folder:Lord Commander Barristan Selmy]] |
| 1147 | !!'''Ser Barristan Selmy, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard''' |
| 1148 | !!! Barristan the Bold |
| 1149 | Lord Commander of King Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard. |
| 1150 | |
| 1151 | * CoolOldGuy: An older knight who is still one of the best fighters in the realm. |
| 1152 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Remarks that the other Kingsguard sometimes call him "Barristan the Old." |
| 1153 | * ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself for not attacking fast enough when [[spoiler:King Robert got killed by the boar.]] |
| 1154 | * TheMagnificent: Barristan "the Bold." |
| 1155 | * TheMentor: To Myrcella and Tommen. |
| 1156 | * 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]]. |
| 1157 | * ReluctantRetiree: [[spoiler:Just like in the books/show.]] |
| 1158 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gently scolds Tommen for his unkind words about Northerners. |
| 1159 | -->"My prince, I've known many men from the north and they are honorable and worthy of respect. You mustn't say such things about the north especially in front of Lord Stark, and the other men who have traveled with him." |
| 1160 | [[/folder]] |
| 1161 | |
| 1162 | [[folder:Ser Meryn Trant]] |
| 1163 | !! '''Ser Meryn Trant''' |
| 1164 | |
| 1165 | * CoolHelmet: A golden helm with a sunburst crest. It winds up getting dented when Domeric unhorses him. |
| 1166 | * {{Jerkass}}: Laughs along with the Lannister guardsmen at Domeric when Joffrey insults Ned, Jon and Domeric all in one swoop. |
| 1167 | * WhoDares: When Domeric makes a remark about the fate of Prince Rhaegar. |
| 1168 | -->"You threaten the prince in front of his Kingsguard?" |
| 1169 | [[/folder]] |
| 1170 | |
| 1171 | [[folder:Ser Arys Oakheart]] |
| 1172 | !! '''Ser Arys Oakheart''' |
| 1173 | |
| 1174 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He is absolutely disgusted with himself after laughing during [[spoiler:Ser Barristan Selmy's dismissal.]] |
| 1175 | * NiceGuy: Offers Myrcella a handkerchief after her argument with her mother over the dress she chose. He also allowed her to leave the argument by not stopping her. |
| 1176 | * SatelliteCharacter: Only appears in chapters with Myrcella. |
| 1177 | * UndyingLoyalty: Assures Myrcella that he will stand with the Royal Family no matter where his family's allegiance turns. |
| 1178 | [[/folder]] |
| 1179 | |
| 1180 | [[folder:Ser Boros Blount]] |
| 1181 | !! '''Ser Boros Blount''' |
| 1182 | |
| 1183 | * AlliterativeName: '''B'''oros '''B'''lount. |
| 1184 | * DirtyCoward: Not keen on a fight with the Bolton men at arms. |
| 1185 | * SycophanticServant: Described as "one of the Queen's creatures". |
| 1186 | [[/folder]] |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | !!House Martell of Sunspear |
| 1189 | |
| 1190 | [[folder:Prince Doran Martell]] |
| 1191 | !!Prince Doran Nymeros Martell, Prince of Dorne |
| 1192 | |
| 1193 | Elder brother of Elia and Oberyn and ruling Prince of Dorne. Married to Mellario of Norvos and father of Arianne, Quentyn and Trystane. |
| 1194 | |
| 1195 | * TheChessmaster: Deconstructed; like his book counterpart [[spoiler:he has been planning House Martell's revenge against the Lannisters via the Targaryens]], but didn't take spanners into account, like The Mountain pissing the Crown off enough for [[spoiler:Jon Snow to kill him]], or Viserys Targaryen pissing off Khal Drogo enough to kill him. |
| 1196 | * TheGhost: He doesn't actually appear on-page, as the one scene in Dorne takes place after he reveals his plans. |
| 1197 | [[/folder]] |
| 1198 | |
| 1199 | |
| 1200 | [[folder:Prince Oberyn Martell]] |
| 1201 | !!Prince Oberyn Nymeros Martell |
| 1202 | !!!The Red Viper |
| 1203 | |
| 1204 | The younger brother of the ruling Prince of Dorne, Doran Martell. |
| 1205 | |
| 1206 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: For Quentyn. He's everything Quentyn is not, and whenever they're in the same room, he always feels lacking compared to his uncle's strength, composure, looks, and brains. |
| 1207 | * AnimalMotifs: Snakes, as his moniker is the Red Viper. When he loses his temper upon hearing of [[spoiler:The Mountain's demise]], Quentyn describes his movements like a snake poised to strike. |
| 1208 | * HumanResources: [[spoiler:Fashioned a hole in the top of The Mountain's skull that serves as a place to sheath knives]]. |
| 1209 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler:Suffice it to say, he is most displeased to receive word of The Mountain's demise because he wanted to kill him to avenge the rape and murder of his sister Elia]]. |
| 1210 | -->''"By what right does this [[spoiler:Jon Snow]] have to kill him?"'' Oberyn had seethed, ''"Elia and Aegon are nothing to him. They were my blood! They were mine to avenge!"'' |
| 1211 | * TheQuest: [[spoiler:He and Quentyn are headed to Essos to seek out Daenerys Targaryen]]. |
| 1212 | * RedBaron: The "Red Viper". |
| 1213 | [[/folder]] |
| 1214 | |
| 1215 | [[folder:Princess Arianne Martell]] |
| 1216 | !!Princess Arianne Nymeros Martell |
| 1217 | |
| 1218 | Prince Doran's eldest child and heir. |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: She appears to be more confrontational and less conniving than in the books. While in the books she attempted a coup because she suspected that her father was seeking to use Quentyn to supplant her, here she barged into her father's chambers and outright accused him of the same thing, only for Doran to reveal his plans. |
| 1221 | * ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:She was betrothed to Viserys Targaryen, but that fell through when Viserys got molten gold poured on his head]]. |
| 1222 | * HotBlooded: Her hot temper is one of the few traits Quentyn is not envious of. |
| 1223 | [[/folder]] |
| 1224 | |
| 1225 | [[folder:Prince Quentyn Martell*]] |
| 1226 | !!Prince Quentyn Nymeros Martell |
| 1227 | |
| 1228 | Prince Doran's second child and eldest son. |
| 1229 | |
| 1230 | * ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:His father reveals that he was betrothed to Daenerys Targaryen as a backup plan in case Viserys died]]. Quentyn, believing himself not deserving of the match, amends it so that Daenerys has a choice between him, his uncle Oberyn, and his younger brother Trystane. |
| 1231 | * TheQuest: [[spoiler:He appears to be headed to Essos with his uncle Oberyn to find Daenerys Targaryen]]. |
| 1232 | * VirginShaming: Quentyn is aware of his lack of experience when it comes to women and feels shame at the possibility of not satisfying [[spoiler:Daenerys]]. |
| 1233 | [[/folder]] |
| 1234 | |
| 1235 | !!House Tyrell of Highgarden |
| 1236 | |
| 1237 | [[folder:Ser Garlan Tyrell*]] |
| 1238 | !!Ser Garlan Tyrell |
| 1239 | !!!The Gallant |
| 1240 | |
| 1241 | Second son of Lord Mace Tyrell and Lady Alerie Hightower. Married to Leonette Fossoway. |
| 1242 | |
| 1243 | * AscendedExtra: Originally a side character in the books, he's one of the POV characters for Chapter 65 and the main protagonist in Renly's camp. |
| 1244 | * 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. |
| 1245 | * ChekhovsGunman: First mentioned in Chapter 31 before making a POV in Chapter 65. |
| 1246 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He really doesn't like the fact that Renly isn't interested in Margaery, especially because she would be blamed if Renly doesn't have children with her. |
| 1247 | * HappilyMarried: To Leonette. While on campaign he constantly feels her absence. |
| 1248 | * LoveRuinsTheRealm: Warns Loras that he might have to keep his distance from Renly so that he may attend to Margaery. |
| 1249 | -->"...you need to remember that the more [Renly] is in your bed the less chance our sister has in having his babe. If she is not pregnant, who will the court and people blame, Renly or Margaery?" |
| 1250 | * MasterSwordsman: Loras says that he is the best swordsman in the Reach. |
| 1251 | [[/folder]] |
| 1252 | |
| 1253 | [[folder:Ser Loras Tyrell]] |
| 1254 | !!'''Ser Loras Tyrell''' |
| 1255 | !!! The Knight of Flowers |
| 1256 | Third son of Lord Mace Tyrell and Lady Alerie Hightower. As in the books, Loras is already a celebrity in Westeros due to his good looks and exceptional skill at swordsmanship and jousting. |
| 1257 | |
| 1258 | * AgentPeacock: A dandy and an excellent jouster. |
| 1259 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: As in the books, Loras is extremely prideful of his skills and tends to dismiss other opinions. Consider his first conversation with Domeric, which echoes the conversation Ned has with Jaime in "Winter is Coming": |
| 1260 | -->'''Loras''': As a third son, I've had to make my own way. I suppose we won't see you out there, Bolton, these sorts of tournaments are no place for amateurs. |
| 1261 | -->'''Domeric''': Indeed, most tournaments seem a bit too amateurish for my tastes. Maybe it's the North in me, but when I draw my sword it isn't for the praise of a fickle crowd, but in the roar of battle. And my sword isn't a tool to entertain, but a weapon to kill. ''[StunnedSilence from Loras]'' |
| 1262 | * BlingOfWar: Wears shiny plate armor with sapphires. The armor gets grass stains on it after the Mountain attacks him and the helmet gets dented when Domeric hits his helmet in their joust, unseating Loras. |
| 1263 | * JerkJock: Excellent jouster and quite arrogant. |
| 1264 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be arrogant and snobbish, but he does care about his father Mace, brothers Willas and Garlan, as well as his sister Margaery. |
| 1265 | * MadeOfIron: |
| 1266 | ** He seems to be perfectly fine after getting hit in the head at high speed with a lance, with enough force to dent his helmet. |
| 1267 | ** In the sequel, he [[spoiler:is nearly blown up by the wildfire trap and merely suffers a broken arm and burned face.]] |
| 1268 | * RedOniBlueOni: The brash, JerkJock red to Renly's blue. Also the arrogant and boastful red to Domeric's quiet, understated blue. Interestingly, the two swap colors in the jewels in their tourney armor when they face each other; Loras with blue sapphires and Domeric with red rubies. |
| 1269 | * TheRival: To Domeric in the field of jousting. The two butt heads in Loras' first scene. |
| 1270 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A mare isn't going to be as fast as a destrier, as Loras finds out the hard way during his joust with Domeric. |
| 1271 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Lord Renly Baratheon. |
| 1272 | [[/folder]] |
| 1273 | |
| 1274 | [[folder:Queen Margaery Tyrell]] |
| 1275 | !!Queen Margaery Tyrell |
| 1276 | |
| 1277 | Youngest child and only daughter of Lord Mace Tyrell and Lady Alerie Hightower. Married to "King" Renly Baratheon. |
| 1278 | |
| 1279 | * TheAce: According to Garlan, she's the Queen the Seven Kingdoms needs. |
| 1280 | * AndThenWhat: Discusses this trope with Garlan regarding the outcome of the war, arguing that the Starks could be brought to heel with the offer of a harvest when winter comes. |
| 1281 | * DeadpanSnarker: When Garlan discusses the truce between the Lannisters and the Starks and hoping that Renly will take action, Margaery responds wryly that her husband is more likely to throw another tournament. |
| 1282 | * TheScapegoat: Garlan worries that when Renly takes King's Landing, he won't visit her and Margaery's position will be in doubt until she bears children; if she doesn't she'll be held to blame. |
| 1283 | * ToughLeaderFacade: She has a more stern demeanor as Queen, something that Garlan is disappointed at because she has it even with her relatives. |
| 1284 | [[/folder]] |
| 1285 | |
| 1286 | !!Small Council |
| 1287 | |
| 1288 | [[folder:Lord Petyr Baelish]] |
| 1289 | !!'''Lord Petyr Baelish''' |
| 1290 | !!!Littlefinger |
| 1291 | Master of Coin on King Robert Baratheon's Small Council. |
| 1292 | |
| 1293 | * BadassBoast: When discussing his personal crest, the mockingbird. |
| 1294 | -->"I'm the only man in the city who wears it, but that doesn't mean [[WeAreEverywhere I'm not without friends.]]" |
| 1295 | * DemotedToExtra: Only appears a few times; presumably, [[AsYouKnow his role is the same as it was in the books and TV series.]] |
| 1296 | * 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 on a regular basis, why not offer them a bit more for a special job? |
| 1297 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:He's the traitor who arranged for the City Watch to betray the Lannisters.]] |
| 1298 | * MundaneWish: A downplayed, non-magical example. He offers [[spoiler:information on the Starks and the City Watch to help Renly 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]]. |
| 1299 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Puts up a SmugSnake front with Sansa and Domeric. It's all an act, since [[spoiler:he manipulated Ned into getting himself arrested, as it happened in the books and TV series.]] On the other hand, he can't fool [[EvilDetectingDog Lady]]. |
| 1300 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: Gets into a round with Lord Renly about betting on Domeric. Littlefinger wins, in the snark debate and the bet. |
| 1301 | -->'''Littlefinger''': Will you allow me to win my coin back, Lord Renly? My gold dragons on the northern lord. |
| 1302 | -->'''Renly''': The same northerner you bet against all tournament? |
| 1303 | -->'''Littlefinger''': Yes, but I have a feeling that you'll not bet against ''your'' friend, Ser Loras. |
| 1304 | -->'''Renly''': ''[voice strained]'' Very well, you have your wager. |
| 1305 | * StepfordSmiler: Domeric describes his smile not reaching his green-gray eyes. |
| 1306 | * {{Troll}}: Likes to get under people's skin. |
| 1307 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Catelyn Stark, née Tully. Domeric remembers hearing stories of his one-sided duel with Brandon Stark while in the Vale. |
| 1308 | [[/folder]] |
| 1309 | |
| 1310 | [[folder:Lord Varys]] |
| 1311 | !!Lord Varys, Master of Whisperers |
| 1312 | !!!The Spider |
| 1313 | An eunuch and Master of Whisperers of (supposedly) Lysene origin, no one really knows who Varys is. Although he is one of the King's advisors, he is the most mysterious member of the Westerosi government - and in some cases, he is the government. |
| 1314 | |
| 1315 | * DemotedToExtra: Gets it even worse than Littlefinger since Varys goes nearly unmentioned until Chapter 32 and doesn't appear until Chapter 38. |
| 1316 | * GroinAttack: Goes with being a eunuch. |
| 1317 | * MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:Myrcella meets him in his Rugen the turnkey disguise when she visits Lord Stark in the Black Cells.]] |
| 1318 | * VocalDissonance: Hearing him talk in his normal, airy tone is jarring when used with his [[FaceOfAThug Rugen the turnkey disguise]]. |
| 1319 | [[/folder]] |
| 1320 | |
| 1321 | [[folder:Grand Maester Pycelle]] |
| 1322 | !!Grand Maester Pycelle |
| 1323 | A Grand Maester of the Citadel at the Red Keep. |
| 1324 | |
| 1325 | * TheBore: Kevan has interacted enough with Pycelle to know when he's going to be doing long-winded babbling, and cuts him off before he can get too far. |
| 1326 | * DirtyOldMan: Sort of. Pycelle's canonical 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. |
| 1327 | * TheMedic: Appears to be his main role as he attends to Joffrey's sickness (getting a filled privy thrown at him) and to the injuries suffered by King Robert and Lord Stark. |
| 1328 | * ObfuscatingDisability: When Kevan orders everyone out of the Small Council chambers after hearing word of [[spoiler:Cersei breaking the truce]], Pycelle takes the longest time to leave, pretending to be more disabled than he is so Kevan will allow him to stay and listen. |
| 1329 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Refers to Stannis and his allies as savages and heretics. |
| 1330 | [[/folder]] |
| 1331 | |
| 1332 | !!Other Characters |
| 1333 | |
| 1334 | |
| 1335 | [[folder:Ser Beric Dondarrion]] |
| 1336 | !!Ser Beric Dondarrion |
| 1337 | TheLeader of the men sent by Lord Stark to arrest Ser Gregor Clegane. |
| 1338 | |
| 1339 | * AndThenWhat: How he manages to stop Jon's departure for King's Landing, pointing the boy will end up in the Black Cells with Ned or killed by the Lannister mooks. |
| 1340 | * ChekhovsGunman: First appears at the Hand's Tourney, before being sent to take down the Mountain. |
| 1341 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Killed by the Mountain near Pinkmaiden. This time, it's for real]]. |
| 1342 | * IGaveMyWord: He swore he would get Jon home to Winterfell. |
| 1343 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:While Jon's his squire, Beric is killed in a duel with the Mountain]]. |
| 1344 | * OnlySaneMan: Beric has to play mediator between the Stark guardsmen and the southern men when the latter insult the Old Gods and the Stark guardsmen get angry. He also has to talk down Jon when he thinks of returning to King's Landing to free Ned, which is a bad idea since the Lannisters are also looking for Jon just as much as they're looking for Domeric and Sansa. |
| 1345 | * PitTrap: He's using some of these in a plan to take down the Mountain. |
| 1346 | * TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Talks Jon out of trying to free Ned, which could get him killed or make him a hostage. |
| 1347 | [[/folder]] |
| 1348 | |
| 1349 | [[folder:Prince Rhaegar Targaryen]] |
| 1350 | !!Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, the Prince of Dragonstone |
| 1351 | !!! The Last Dragon, The Silver Prince |
| 1352 | Rhaegar was the eldest child of Aerys II and Rhaella and his father's heir. He is a PosthumousCharacter, and everything the readers know about him is filtered through SecondHandStorytelling. Robert Baratheon considers him an ArchEnemy, due to Rhaegar's (supposed) kidnapping and rape of his betrothed Lyanna Stark. |
| 1353 | |
| 1354 | * ArchEnemy: To Robert Baratheon, as the man who stole his betrothed and fought to the death in battle. Even years later Robert still refers to him with hatred. |
| 1355 | * BlackKnight: He wore black plate armor, with rubies that formed the three-headed dragon of House Targaryen. |
| 1356 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: According to Jaime Lannister, "Rhaegar was many things, but he was not his father". |
| 1357 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:This time, Ned gets to tell Jon that Rhaegar is Jon's father.]] |
| 1358 | * PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for years since the story began, though his presence is keenly felt by characters like Ned and Robert, who keep having flashbacks to the Tourney at Harrenhal due to Domeric's black armor with rubies. |
| 1359 | [[/folder]] |
| 1360 | |
| 1361 | [[folder:Miller's Wife]] |
| 1362 | |
| 1363 | An unnamed miller's wife who is the mother of Ramsay Snow. |
| 1364 | |
| 1365 | * DeathByAdaptation: Her fate is not mentioned in the novels. |
| 1366 | * DroitDuSeigneur: Roose Bolton raped her shortly after her wedding and Ramsay Snow is the result. |
| 1367 | * {{Foil}}: To Cersei Lannister. Both are beautiful, greedy and power-hungry women and each has a vicious bastard son which they believe is the rightful heir to their father's legacy. |
| 1368 | * TheGhost: She's only mentioned and seen [[spoiler:in a posthumous flashback.]] |
| 1369 | * TheMentallyDisturbed: Robard outright describes her as unhinged. |
| 1370 | * NoNameGiven: Only referred to as "mother". |
| 1371 | * TeamMom: An evil version for the Bastard Boys. They use her mill as a base of operations. |
| 1372 | * UngratefulBastard: Lord Bolton set her up quite nicely with a mill, livestock, and a servant. She repays him by persuading Ramsay to try murdering his half-brother. |
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