Liste des personnages de Game of Thrones

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Les personnages de la série télévisée médiévale fantastique Game of Thrones sont basés sur leurs homologues respectifs de la série de romans A Song of Ice and Fire de l’auteur George RR Martin . Situé dans un univers fictif qui a été appelé jusqu’à présent “Le monde connu”, la série suit une guerre civile pour le trône de fer du continent de Westeros , menée entre les familles royales et nobles rivales et leurs partisans respectifs. ^[1]

Moulage

Le casting principal

= Acteur principal (crédité) = Distribution récurrente (3+) = Casting invité (1-2)

Acteur de cinéma	Personnage	Les apparences
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Sean Haricot	Eddard “Ned” Stark	Principale	Récurrent [a]	Invité [b]
Marc Addy	Robert Barathon	Principale
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	Jaime Lannister	Principale
Michelle Fairley	Catherine Stark	Principale
Léna Headey	Cersei Lannister	Principal [c]
Emilia Clarke	Daenerys Targaryen	Principale
Iain Glen	Jorah Mormont	Principale
Harry Loyd	Viserys Targaryen	Principale
Kit Harington	Jon Snow	Principale
Richard Madden	Robb Stark	Principale
Sophie Turner	Sansa Stark	Principale
Maisie Williams	Arya Stark	Principale
Alfie Allen	Théon Greyjoy	Principale
Isaac Hempstead-Wright	Bran Stark	Principale	Principale
Jack Gleson	Joffrey Barathéon	Principale
Rory McCann	Sandor “Le Chien” Clegane	Principale	Principale
Pierre Dinklage	Tyrion Lannister	Principale
Jason Momoa	Khal Drogo	Mettant également en vedette [d]
Aidan Gillen	Petyr “Petit Doigt” Baelish	Principale
Liam Cunningham	Davos Seaworth	Principale
Jean Bradley	Samwell Tarly	Récurrent	Principale
Stephen Dillane	Stannis Barathéon	Principale
Carice van Houten	Mélisandre	Principal [e]
James Cosmo	Jeor Mormont	Récurrent	Principale
Jérôme Flynn	Bronn	Récurrent	Principale
Colline de Conleth	Varie	Récurrent	Principale
Sibel Kekilli	Shae	Invité	Principale
Nathalie Dormer	Margaery Tyrell	Principale
Charles Danse	Tywin Lannister	Récurrent	Principal [f]
Oona Chaplin	Talisa Maegyr	Récurrent	Principale
Rose Leslie	Ygritte	Récurrent	Principale
Joe Dempsie	Gendry	Invité	Récurrent	Principale	Principale
Kristofer Hivju	Tormund Giantsbane	Récurrent	Principale
Gwendoline Christie	Brienne de Tarth	Récurrent	Principale
Iwan Rhéon	Ramsay Bolton	Récurrent	Principale
Hannah Murray	Gilly	Récurrent	Principale
Michel Huisman	Daario Naharis	Récurrent [g]	Principale
Nathalie Emmanuel	Missandei	Récurrent	Principale
Dean-Charles Chapman	Tommen Barathéon	Récurrent [h]	Récurrent	Principale
Indira Varma	Sable d’Ellaria	Récurrent	Principale
Tom Wlaschiha	Jaqen H’ghar	Corps double	Récurrent	Principale
Michael McElhatton	Roose Bolton	Récurrent	Invité	Principale
Jonathan Price	Le grand moineau	Récurrent	Principale
Jacob Anderson	Ver gris	Récurrent	Principale

Remarques

1. ↑ Dans la saison six, Ned Stark est interprété par les acteurs récurrents Sebastian Croft et Robert Aramayo dans des scènes de flashback.
2. ↑ Dans la saison sept, Ned Stark est interprété par l’acteur invité Robert Aramayo dans une scène de flashback.
3. ^ Dans la saison cinq, Cersei Lannister est également représentée par l’actrice invitée Nell Williams dans une scène de flashback.
4. ^ Jason Momoa n’apparaît que dans un épisode de la saison deux, bien qu’il soit crédité en tant que membre principal de la distribution.
5. ↑ Carice van Houten n’apparaît que dans un épisode de la saison huit, bien qu’elle soit considérée comme l’un des acteurs principaux.
6. ^ Charles Dance n’apparaît que dans un épisode de la saison cinq, bien que crédité en tant que membre principal de la distribution.
7. ↑ Dans la troisième saison, Daario Naharis est interprété par l’acteur récurrent Ed Skrein .
8. ^ Dans les saisons un et deux, Tommen Baratheon est interprété par l’acteur récurrent Callum Wharry.

Distribution récurrente

= Distribution récurrente (3+) = Casting invité (1-2)

Acteur de cinéma	Personnage	Les apparences
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Donald Sumpter	Mestre Luwin	Récurrent
Jamie Sives	Jory Cassel	Récurrent
Ron Donachie	Rodrik Cassel	Récurrent	Invité [un]
Joseph Mawlé	Benjamin Stark	Récurrent	Récurrent [b]	Invité
Dar Salim	Qotho	Récurrent
Esmé Bianco	Ros	Récurrent
Susan Brun	septa mordane	Récurrent
ArtParkinson	Rickon Stark	Récurrent	Invité
Nell Tiger gratuit	Myrcella Barathéon	Récurrent [c]	Récurrent	Invité
Kristian Naïrn	Hodor	Récurrent	Invité [d]
Roxanne Mc Kee	Dorée	Récurrent
Amrita Acharia	Irri	Récurrent
Wilko Johnson	Ilyn Payne	Récurrent	Invité
Luc Barnes	Rast	Récurrent	Récurrent	Invité
Owen Teale	Alliser Thorne	Récurrent	Récurrent
Ian Mc Elhinney	Barristan Selmy	Récurrent	Récurrent
Francis Magee	Yoren	Récurrent	Invité
Julien Glover	Grand Mestre Pycelle	Récurrent
Gethin Antoine	Renly Barathéon	Récurrent
Pierre Vaughan	Mestre Aemon	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Miltos Yérolemou	Syrio Forel	Récurrent
Marc Stanley	Grenn	Récurrent
Josef Altin	Pypar	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Élyes Gabel	Rakharo	Récurrent	Invité
Eugène Simon	Lancel Lannister	Récurrent	Récurrent
Dominique Carter	Janos Slynt	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Emun Elliott	Marillion	Récurrent
Kate Dickie	Lysa Arryn	Récurrent	Invité
Lino Facioli	Robin Arryn	Récurrent	Récurrent	Invité	Invité
Natalia Tena	Ocha	Récurrent	Invité
Manteau Clive	Ombre de Greatjon	Récurrent
Mia Sotériou	Mirri Maz Duur	Récurrent
Ian Gelder	Kevan Lannister	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Robert Poug	Craster	Récurrent	Invité
Ben Crompton	Eddison Tollet	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Ben Hawke	Tarte Chaude	Invité	Récurrent	Invité	Invité
Éros Vlahos	Les mains vertes de Lommy	Invité	Récurrent
Steven Cole	Kovarro	Récurrent
Kerr Logan	Matthos Seaworth	Récurrent
Tony Way	Dontos Hollard	Récurrent	Récurrent
Karl Davies	Alton Lannister	Récurrent
Ian Beattie	Meryn Trant	Invité	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Maisie Dee	Marguerite	Récurrent
Andy Beckwith	Rorge	Corps double	Récurrent	Invité
Gemma Whelan	Yara Greyjoy	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent	Invité
Gérard Jordan	mordant	Corps double	Récurrent	Invité
Daniel Portman	Podrick Payne	Récurrent
Finn Jones	Loras Tyrell	Invité	Récurrent	Invité
Fintan Mc Keown	Amory Lörch	Récurrent
Hafór Júlíus Björnsson	Gregor “La Montagne” Clegane	Invité [e]	Récurrent [f]	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Nicolas Blane	Roi des épices	Récurrent
Nonso Anozie	Xaro Xhoan Daxos	Récurrent
Ian Hanmore	Pyat Pree	Récurrent
Ralph Inson	Mâchoire-fourchue de Dagmer	Récurrent
Forbes KB	Lorren noir	Récurrent
Simon Amstrong	Demi-main Qhorin	Récurrent
Slavko Juraga	Roi de la soie	Récurrent
Ciarán Hinds	Mance Rayder	Récurrent	Invité
Anton Lesser	Qyburn	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Jean Stahl	Rickard Karstark	Invité [g]	Récurrent
Dan Hildebrand	Kraznys mo Nakloz	Récurrent
Diana Rigg	Olenna Tyrel	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent	Invité
Mackenzie Crook	Orel	Récurrent
Paul Kaye	Thoros de Myr	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Noé Taylor	Locke	Récurrent
Thomas Brodie Sangster	Jojen Reed	Récurrent
Ellie Kendrick	Roseau Meera	Récurrent	Récurrent
Philippe McGinley	Anguy	Récurrent
Clive Russel	Brynden Tully	Récurrent	Invité
Tobias Menzies	Edmure Tully	Récurrent	Récurrent	Invité
Guillaume et James Wilson	Petit Sam	Récurrent [h]	Invité
Richard Dormer	Béric Dondarrion	Invité [je]	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Jamie Michie	Steelshanks Walton	Récurrent
Pedro Pascal	Oberyn Martell	Récurrent
Iouri Kolokolnikov	Stir	Récurrent
Joseph Gatt	Thenn Warg	Récurrent
Brian Fortune	Othell Yarwyck	Invité	Récurrent
Tara Fitzgerald	Sélyse Florent	Invité [j]	Récurrent
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	Mace Tyrell	Récurrent
Kerry Ingram	Shireen Barathon	Invité	Récurrent
Paul Bentley	Haut-Septon	Invité	Récurrent	Invité
Brenock O’Connor	Olly	Récurrent
Joël Fry	Hizdahr zo Loraq	Invité	Récurrent
Will Tudor	Olyvar	Invité	Récurrent
Michel Condon	Marais de Bowen	Récurrent
Alexandre Siddig	Doran Martell	Récurrent	Invité
DeObia Oparei	Aréo Hotah	Récurrent	Invité
Toby Sébastien	Trystan Martell	Récurrent	Invité
Faye Marsay	Le Waif	Récurrent
Charlotte Espoir	Myranda	Invité	Récurrent	Invité
Elisabeth Webster	Walda Bolton	Invité	Récurrent	Invité
Château de Keisha-Hughes	Sable d’Obara	Récurrent	Invité
Vendeurs Rosabell Laurenti	Sable de Tyène	Récurrent	Invité
Jessica Henwick	Sable de Nyméria	Récurrent	Invité
Hannah Waddingham	Septa Unella	Récurrent
Joe Naufahu	Khal Moro	Récurrent
Staz Nair	Qhono	Récurrent
Max von Sydow	Corbeau à trois yeux	Invité [k]	Récurrent
Ian Pourquoi	Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun	Invité	Récurrent
Alexandre Kae	Feuille	Invité [l]	Récurrent
Paul Rattray	Harald Karstark	Récurrent
Richard E.Grant	Izembaro	Récurrent
Essie Davis	Dame Grue	Récurrent
Leigh Gill	bobono	Récurrent
Rob Callender	Clarenzo	Récurrent
Tim Plester	Rivières Walder noires	Invité	Récurrent
Daniel Tuité	Lothaire Frey	Invité [m]	Récurrent
Bella Ramsey	Lyanna Mormont	Récurrent	Invité	Récurrent
Jim Broadbent	Archmestre Ebrose	Récurrent
Pilou Asbaek	Euron Greyjoy	Invité	Récurrent
Tim Mc Innerny	Robert Glover	Invité	Récurrent
Rupert Vansittart	Yohn Royce	Invité	Récurrent
Richard Rycroft	Mestre Wolkan	Invité	Récurrent
James Faulkner	Randyll Tarly	Invité	Récurrent
Tom Hopper	Dickon Tarly	Invité [n]	Récurrent
Brendan Cowell	Harrag	Récurrent
Vladimir Fourdik	Roi de la nuit	Invité [o]	Récurrent	Invité
Megan Parkinson	Alys Karstark	Invité	Récurrent

Remarques

1. ↑ Dans la saison six, Rodrik Cassel est interprété par Fergus Leathem dans des scènes de flashback.
2. ↑ Dans la saison six, Benjen Stark est également interprété par Matteo Elezi dans des scènes de flashback.
3. ↑ Dans les saisons un et deux, Myrcella Baratheon est représentée par Aimee Richardson .
4. ^ Dans la saison six, Hodor (initialement nommé Wylis) est également interprété par Sam Coleman dans des scènes de flashback.
5. ↑ Dans la première saison, Gregor Clegane est interprété par Conan Stevens .
6. ↑ Dans la deuxième saison, Gregor Clegane est interprété par Ian Whyte .
7. ↑ Dans la première saison, Rickard Karstark est interprété par Steven Blount.
8. ^ Dans les saisons trois à cinq, Little Sam est décrit par des figurants pour bébés non crédités.
9. ↑ Dans la première saison, Beric Dondarrion est interprété par David Michael Scott.
10. ↑ Dans la deuxième saison, Selyse Florent est interprétée par Sarah MacKeever, une extra non créditée.
11. ↑ Dans la quatrième saison, le corbeau à trois yeux est interprété par Struan Rodger .
12. ↑ Dans la quatrième saison, Leaf est interprété par Octavia Alexandru.
13. ↑ Dans la troisième saison, Lothar Frey est interprété par Tom Brooke .
14. ↑ Dans la saison six, Dickon Tarly est interprété par Freddie Stroma .
15. ↑ Dans les saisons quatre et cinq, le roi de la nuit est interprété par Richard Brake .

Casting invité

Introduit dans la saison 1

• Dennis McKeever en tant qu’officier de la Garde de nuit (saison 1)
• David Bradley comme Walder Frey (saisons 1, 3, 6-7)
• Andrew Wilde comme Tobho Mott (saisons 1-2)
• Roger Allam comme Illyrio Mopatis (saison 1)
• Jefferson Hall comme Hugh of the Vale (saison 1)
• Margaret John comme Old Nan (saison 1)
• Mark Lewis Jones comme Shagga (saison 1)
• Bronson Webb comme Will (saison 1)
• Rob Ostlere comme Waymar Royce (saison 1)
• Dermot Keaney comme Gared (saison 1)
• John Standing comme Jon Arryn (saison 1)
• Rhodri Hosking comme Mycah (saison 1)
• Antonia Christophers comme Mhaegen (saisons 1-2)
• Sahara Knite comme Armeca (saisons 1–2)

Introduit dans la saison 2

• Josephine Gillan comme Marei (saisons 2-6, 8)
• Sara Dylan dans le rôle de Bernadette (saisons 2–4, 6–7)
• Patrick Malahide comme Balon Greyjoy (saisons 2-3, 6)
• Edward Dogliani (saisons 2-3) et Ross O’Hennessy (saison 5) en tant que Lord of Bones
• Lucian Msamati dans le rôle de Salladhor Saan (saisons 2 à 4)
• Andy Kellegher comme Polliver (saisons 2, 4)
• Roy Dotrice comme Hallyne (saison 2)
• Oliver Ford Davies comme Maester Cressen (saison 2)
• David Coakley comme Drennan (saison 2)
• Peter Ballance comme Farlen (saison 2)
• Paul Caddell comme Jacks (saison 2)
• Aidan Crowe comme Quent (saison 2)
• Tyrone McElhennon comme Torrhen Karstark (saison 2)
• Anthony Morris comme Tickler (saison 2)
• Laura Pradelska comme Quaithe (saison 2)
• David Fynn comme Rennick (saison 2)

Introduit dans la saison 3

• Burn Gorman dans le rôle de Karl Tanner (saisons 3-4)
• Dean-Charles Chapman dans le rôle de Martyn Lannister (saison 3)
• Timothy Gibbons dans le rôle de Willem Lannister (saison 3)
• Alexandra Dowling comme Roslin Tully (saison 3)
• Mark Killeen comme Mero (saison 3)
• Ramon Tikaram comme Prendahl na Ghezn (saison 3)
• Will O’Connell comme Todder (saisons 3, 5)
• Pixie Le Knot dans le rôle de Kayla (saisons 3-4)
• Clifford Barry dans le rôle de Greizhen mo Ullhor (saison 3)
• George Georgiou comme Razdal mo Eraz (saisons 3, 6)

Introduit dans la saison 4

• Mark Gatiss dans le rôle de Tycho Nestoris (saisons 4-5, 7)
• Reece Noi comme Mossador (saisons 4-5)
• Gary Oliver comme Ternesio Terys (saisons 4-5)
• Lu Corfield en tant que madame de Mole’s Town (saison 4)
• Lois Winstone en tant que prostituée de Mole’s Town (saison 4)
• Alisdair Simpson dans le rôle de Donnel Waynwood (saison 4)
• Paola Dionisotti comme Anya Waynwood (saison 4)
• Deirdre Monaghan comme Morag (saison 4)
• Jane McGrath comme Sissy (saison 4)
• Sarine Sofair dans le rôle de Lhara (saisons 4-5)

Introduit dans la saison 5

• Enzo Cilenti dans le rôle de Yezzan zo Qaggaz (saisons 5-6)
• Murray McArthur dans le rôle de Dim Dalba (saisons 5-6)
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje comme Malko (saison 5)
• Birgitte Hjort Sørensen comme Karsi (saison 5)
• Zahary Baharov comme Loboda (saison 5)
• JJ Murphy comme Denys Mallister (saison 5)
• Ali Lyons comme Johnna (saison 5)
• Oengus MacNamara comme homme mince (saison 5)
• Hattie Gotobed ​​comme Ghita (saison 5)
• Meena Rayann comme Vala (saisons 5-6)

Introduit dans la saison 6

• Lucy Hayes comme Kitty Frey (saisons 6-7)
• Dean S.Jagger dans le rôle de Smalljon Umber (saison 6)
• Michael Feast comme Aeron Greyjoy (saison 6)
• Kevin Eldon comme Camello (saison 6)
• Eline Powell comme Bianca (saison 6)
• Gerald Lepkowski comme Zanrush (saison 6)
• Souad Faress en tant que grande prêtresse du Dosh Khaleen (saison 6)
• Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson comme Lem Lemoncloak (saison 6)
• Sean Blowers comme Wyman Manderly (saison 6)
• Tom Varey comme Cley Cerwyn (saison 6)
• Samantha Spiro dans le rôle de Melessa Tarly (saison 6)
• Rebecca Benson comme Talla Tarly (saison 6)
• Ania Bukstein comme Kinvara (saison 6)
• Ian McShane comme frère Ray (saison 6)
• Ricky Champ comme Gatins (saison 6)
• Ian Davies comme Morgan (saison 6)
• Nathanael Saleh comme Arthur (saison 6)
• Annette Hannah comme Frances (saison 6)
• Eddie Jackson comme Belicho Paenymion (saison 6)
• Andrei Claude comme Khal Rhalko (saison 6)
• Tamer Hassan comme Khal Forzho (saison 6)
• Chuku Modu comme Aggo (saison 6)
• Deon Lee-Williams comme Iggo (saison 6)
• Hannah John-Kamen comme Ornela (saison 6)

Introduit dans la saison 7

• Harry Grasby dans le rôle de Ned Umber (saison 7-8)

Introduit dans la saison 8

• Marc Rissmann comme Harry Strickland (saison 8)
• Bea Glancy comme Teela (saison 8)

Casting de personnages non humains

• Ian Whyte dans le rôle de divers White Walkers (saisons 1–2), le géant Dongo the Doomed (saisons 3–4) et un wight géant (saison 7–8)
• Spencer Wilding en tant que marcheur blanc (saison 1)
• Ross Mullan dans le rôle de divers White Walkers (saisons 2 à 4)
• Neil Fingleton dans le rôle du géant Mag Mar Tun Doh Weg (saison 4) et d’un wight géant (saison 7)
• Tim Loane en tant que marcheur blanc (saison 5)

Casting des flashbacks

• Jodhi May dans le rôle de Maggy la grenouille (saison 5)
• Nell Williams dans le rôle de la jeune Cersei Lannister (saison 5)
• Isabella Steinbarth dans le rôle de Melara Hetherspoon (saison 5)
• Sebastian Croft comme enfant Eddard Stark (saison 6)
• Matteo Elezi enfant Benjen Stark (saison 6)
• Cordelia Hill en tant qu’enfant Lyanna Stark (saison 6)
• Sam Coleman dans le rôle du jeune Wylis / Hodor (saison 6)
• Annette Tierney dans le rôle de la jeune Old Nan (saison 6)
• Fergus Leathem dans le rôle du jeune Rodrik Cassel (saison 6)
• Robert Aramayo dans le rôle du jeune Eddard Stark (saisons 6-7)
• Luke Roberts comme Arthur Dayne (saison 6)
• Eddie Eyre comme Gerold Hightower (saison 6)
• Leo Woodruff dans le rôle du jeune Howland Reed (saison 6)
• Wayne Foskett comme Rickard Stark (saison 6)
• David Rintoul dans le rôle d’ Aerys “The Mad King” Targaryen (saison 6)
• Aisling Franciosi dans le rôle de Lyanna Stark (saisons 6-7)
• Wilf Gronder comme Rhaegar Targaryen (saison 7)
• Tom Chadbon comme High Septon Maynard (saison 7)

Personnages principaux

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Eddard “Ned” Stark

Sean Haricot

Ned Stark (principal: saison 1; invité: saisons 6 à 7) interprété par Sean Bean à l’âge adulte, Sebastian Croft dans son enfance et Robert Aramayo dans sa jeunesse. Eddard “Ned” Stark de la Maison Stark, Seigneur de Winterfell et Gardien du Nord, devient la Main du Roi après la mort de Lord Jon Arryn. Il est connu pour son sens de l’honneur et de la justice. Il a participé à la rébellion de Robert après l’enlèvement de sa sœur Lyanna par le prince héritier Rhaegar Targaryen .. Lorsque le père et le frère de Ned sont allés vers le sud pour la récupérer, le “roi fou” Aerys Targaryen les a brûlés vifs tous les deux. Ned et Robert Baratheon ont mené la rébellion pour le renverser du trône. À l’ouverture du spectacle, Ned s’est contenté de rester dans le nord, mais après la mort de Lord Jon Arryn, il est convaincu qu’il est de son devoir d’accepter le poste de Main du Roi. Ned ne s’intéresse pas à la politique et préfère gouverner avec honneur et suivre la loi. En enquêtant sur la raison de la mort de Jon Arryn, il découvre que les trois enfants de Robert avec la reine Cersei ont été engendrés par le frère jumeau de Cersei, Jaime. Lorsque Ned confronte Cersei à propos de la vérité, elle le fait emprisonner pour trahison après avoir publiquement dénoncé Joffrey. Ned est convaincu par Varys que s’il va à sa mort honorablement, comme il est prêt à le faire, ses filles n’en souffriront pas. Pour les protéger, il sacrifie son honneur et déclare publiquement qu’il complotait pour voler le trône et que Joffrey est le vrai roi. Malgré la promesse de Cersei que Ned serait autorisé à rejoindre la Garde de Nuit en exil, Joffrey ordonne l’exécution de Ned pour son propre amusement et tourmente plus tard Sansa en la forçant à regarder la tête de son père. Ses os sont ensuite rendus à Catelyn dans les Stormlands par Petyr Baelish, qui déplore la chute de Ned et qu’il était trop honorable pour prendre le pouvoir par la force, insistant plutôt pour que le trône passe à Lord Stannis Baratheon, le frère cadet de Robert. Le plan d’action préféré de Baelish, révélé uniquement à Ned, avait été de s’emparer d’abord de Cersei et de ses enfants et de régner au nom de Joffrey en tant que régent et seigneur protecteur. Ned’ Le sacrifice de Stannis n’est pas vain, car sa notification à Stannis de la vérité sur la filiation de Joffrey met en branle la revendication de Stannis sur le trône et garantit que l’illégitimité est portée à la connaissance de tout Westeros. Renly, cependant, dépose séparément une réclamation avec le soutien de la puissante maison Tyrell. Les actions de Ned ont ainsi déclenché la guerre des cinq rois contre la maison Lannister et le trône de fer.

Robert Barathon

Marc Addy

Robert Baratheon (saison 1) interprété par Mark Addy . Robert Baratheon de la maison Baratheon, autrefois un féroce guerrier, est devenu roides Sept Royaumes après avoir mené une rébellion contre Aerys II Targaryen. Il était fiancé à la sœur de Ned Stark, Lyanna, et l’aimait profondément, mais elle a été kidnappée par Rhaegar Targaryen. Son père et un autre frère ont été tués lorsqu’ils se sont rendus à King’s Landing pour la récupérer, ce qui a entraîné la révolte de Robert et Ned Stark connue sous le nom de Robert’s Rebellion, après quoi les Targaryen ont tous été massacrés ou chassés des Royaumes. Comme la famille de Robert avait des liens plus étroits avec l’ancienne famille royale, il a été placé sur le trône de fer. Maintenant, Robert est devenu gros et misérable ; il n’a plus de guerres à mener, est entouré de comploteurs et de sycophantes, déteste et s’ennuie du travail constant nécessaire pour gérer correctement les royaumes, et est piégé dans un mariage politique avec l’intrigante Cersei Lannister, qu’il n’a jamais aimée. Il ignore qu’aucun de ses trois enfants avec Cersei n’est le sien, mais plutôt celui de Jaime Lannister. Sous son règne, le royaume a été mis en faillite et Robert est profondément endetté envers la famille de sa femme. Mortellement blessé en chassant, il ne laisse sans le savoir aucun héritier légitime derrière lui. Ses bâtards sont condamnés à mort par Joffrey, dont beaucoup sont tués, et Gendry est ensuite contraint de fuir la capitale.

Jaime Lannister

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Jaime Lannister (saisons 1 à 8) est interprété par Nikolaj Coster-Waldau . Ser Jaime de la maison Lannister est membre de la Kingsguard et un épéiste exceptionnellement doué. Il est le frère jumeau de Cersei Lannister et a entretenu une histoire d’amour incestueuse avec elle toute sa vie, engendrant ses trois enfants vivants. Il est surnommé “Kingslayer” pour avoir tué l’ancien roi, Aerys II, qu’il avait juré de protéger. Jaime est capturé par l’armée de Robb Stark et retenu prisonnier jusqu’à ce qu’il soit libéré par Catelyn Stark et escorté à King’s Landing par Brienne de Tarth. Sur la route, sa main d’épée est coupée et il révèle qu’il a tué Aerys II pour sauver la population de King’s Landing, qu’Aerys II tentait de massacrer avec une traînée de poudre. À son retour à King’s Landing, il reprend sa place dans la Kingsguard et recommence sa liaison avec Cersei. Il se rend à Dorne pour sauver leur fille Myrcella, mais ne peut l’empêcher d’être empoisonnée. Après que le Faith Militant ait pris le contrôle de la capitale, Jaime est relevé de ses fonctions de Kingsguard et dit de récupérer Riverrun avec l’armée Lannister. Jaime est présent au couronnement de Cersei après le suicide de leur dernier enfant, Tommen, mais est ensuite pris en embuscade par Daenerys Targaryen, qui est venu à Westeros pour revendiquer le trône de fer. Après avoir retrouvé Brienne et rejoint l’effort pour vaincre les White Walkers, il retourne à King’s Landing pour sauver Cersei des forces de Daenerys. Les frères et sœurs Lannister meurent ensemble lorsque le dragon de Daenerys, Drogon, détruit le donjon rouge. qui est venu à Westeros pour revendiquer le trône de fer. Après avoir retrouvé Brienne et rejoint l’effort pour vaincre les White Walkers, il retourne à King’s Landing pour sauver Cersei des forces de Daenerys. Les frères et sœurs Lannister meurent ensemble lorsque le dragon de Daenerys, Drogon, détruit le donjon rouge. qui est venu à Westeros pour revendiquer le trône de fer. Après avoir retrouvé Brienne et rejoint l’effort pour vaincre les White Walkers, il retourne à King’s Landing pour sauver Cersei des forces de Daenerys. Les frères et sœurs Lannister meurent ensemble lorsque le dragon de Daenerys, Drogon, détruit le donjon rouge.

Catherine Stark

Michelle Fairley

Catelyn Stark (saisons 1 à 3) interprétée par Michelle Fairley. Catelyn Stark de la Maison Stark et de la Maison Tully (née Tully), Dame de Winterfell, est l’épouse de Lord Eddard Stark. Elle est également la sœur aînée de Lysa Arryn, Dame du Val et Maîtresse des Eyrié, et de Lord Edmure Tully, Seigneur de Riverrun. Catelyn est la première à soupçonner que les Lannister ont attenté à la vie de son fils Brandon et arrête Tyrion Lannister pour l’amener aux Eyrie pour y être jugé. Après la libération de Tyrion et l’exécution d’Eddard, Catelyn rejoint la campagne de son fils Robb pour sauver Sansa et Arya et vaincre les Lannister. Elle libère le prisonnier de Robb, Jaime Lannister, à condition qu’il ramène Sansa et Arya chez eux à Winterfell à son retour à King’s Landing. Elle met en garde Robb contre le fait d’épouser Talisa Maegyr, ce qui romprait un pacte de mariage qu’il a formé avec Walder Frey, mais est impuissante à l’arrêter.

Cersei Lannister

Léna Headey

Cersei Lannister (saisons 1 à 8) est interprétée par Lena Headey à l’âge adulte et Nell Williams dans son enfance. Cersei Lannister de la maison Lannister et de la maison Baratheon, reinedes Sept Royaumes de Westeros, est l’épouse du roi Robert Baratheon. Cersei a un frère jumeau, Jaime, avec qui elle a été impliquée dans une liaison incestueuse depuis sa plus tendre enfance. Les trois enfants de Cersei sont ceux de Jaime. Cersei a un fort désir de pouvoir. Lorsqu’elle apprend que le roi Robert est peut-être sur le point de découvrir sa liaison avec Jaime, elle s’arrange pour qu’il soit tué et est présente lors de l’exécution d’Eddard “Ned” Stark. Avec son fils Joffrey sur le trône, elle devient l’un de ses plus proches conseillers et se bat avec son éventuelle épouse Margaery Tyrell pour ses affections. Lorsque Joffrey est empoisonnée et que son frère Tyrion est accusé du meurtre, elle devient déterminée à voir Tyrion exécuté. Tyrion, cependant, assassine leur père Tywin et fuit King’s Landing. Avec son plus jeune fils Tommen maintenant sur le trône et marié à Margaery, elle demande l’aide du Faith Militant et de leur chef le High Sparrow pour reprendre le contrôle. Cependant, le groupe devient trop puissant et l’emprisonne lorsqu’ils découvrent ses crimes antérieurs. Après avoir été forcée de marcher nue dans les rues en guise de punition, et après avoir été confinée au Donjon Rouge, elle détruit le Septuaire de Baelor avec une traînée de poudre, anéantissant le Grand Moineau et les Tyrells, et est couronnée reine après le suicide de Tommen. Lorsque Daenerys Targaryen vient à Westeros et conteste sa demande, Cersei utilise la Grande Guerre contre les Marcheurs Blancs comme une chance de renforcer son armée. Elle est vaincue par Daenerys et tuée lors de la destruction de King’s Landing. Cependant, le groupe devient trop puissant et l’emprisonne lorsqu’ils découvrent ses crimes antérieurs. Après avoir été forcée de marcher nue dans les rues en guise de punition, et après avoir été confinée au Donjon Rouge, elle détruit le Septuaire de Baelor avec une traînée de poudre, anéantissant le Grand Moineau et les Tyrells, et est couronnée reine après le suicide de Tommen. Lorsque Daenerys Targaryen vient à Westeros et conteste sa demande, Cersei utilise la Grande Guerre contre les Marcheurs Blancs comme une chance de renforcer son armée. Elle est vaincue par Daenerys et tuée lors de la destruction de King’s Landing. Cependant, le groupe devient trop puissant et l’emprisonne lorsqu’ils découvrent ses crimes antérieurs. Après avoir été forcée de marcher nue dans les rues en guise de punition, et après avoir été confinée au Donjon Rouge, elle détruit le Septuaire de Baelor avec une traînée de poudre, anéantissant le Grand Moineau et les Tyrells, et est couronnée reine après le suicide de Tommen. Lorsque Daenerys Targaryen vient à Westeros et conteste sa demande, Cersei utilise la Grande Guerre contre les Marcheurs Blancs comme une chance de renforcer son armée. Elle est vaincue par Daenerys et tuée lors de la destruction de King’s Landing. anéantissant le High Sparrow et les Tyrells, et est couronnée reine après le suicide de Tommen. Lorsque Daenerys Targaryen vient à Westeros et conteste sa demande, Cersei utilise la Grande Guerre contre les Marcheurs Blancs comme une chance de renforcer son armée. Elle est vaincue par Daenerys et tuée lors de la destruction de King’s Landing. anéantissant le High Sparrow et les Tyrells, et est couronnée reine après le suicide de Tommen. Lorsque Daenerys Targaryen vient à Westeros et conteste sa demande, Cersei utilise la Grande Guerre contre les Marcheurs Blancs comme une chance de renforcer son armée. Elle est vaincue par Daenerys et tuée lors de la destruction de King’s Landing.

Daenerys Targaryen

Emilia Clarke

Daenerys Targaryen (saisons 1 à 8) est interprété par Emilia Clarke . Elle est la princesse exilée de la dynastie Targaryen. Elle et son frère Viserys ont été passés en contrebande à Essos à la fin de la rébellion de Robert. Pendant dix-sept ans, elle a été sous la garde de son frère instable. En échange d’une armée, Viserys la marie au puissant seigneur de guerre Dothraki Khal Drogo. Lorsque Drogo meurt, Daenerys utilise son bûcher funéraire pour donner naissance à trois dragons. Plus tard, elle conquiert et règne sur Slaver’s Bay avec une grande armée, battant finalement les maîtres esclaves avec ses dragons. Elle quitte la région pour Westeros, cependant, dans le but de récupérer son droit d’aînesse : le trône de fer. À son arrivée à Westeros, elle rencontre Jon Snow, le roi du Nord, qui la convainc de vaincre les White Walkers avant de faire pression sur sa revendication du trône. Le couple tombe bientôt amoureux. A Westeros, elle perd de nombreux amis et découvre que les gens ne soutiennent pas sa demande, tandis que deux de ses dragons périssent. N’ayant d’autre choix que de régner par la peur, elle utilise son dernier dragon, Drogon, pour détruire King’s Landing et prendre le trône de fer par la force. Elle est assassinée par Jon Snow dans la foulée.

Jorah Mormont

Iain Glen

Jorah Mormont (saisons 1 à 8) est interprété par Iain Glen . Ser Jorah Mormont de la Maison Mormont est un chevalier exiléau service de Daenerys Targaryen et du fils de Jeor Mormont de Night’s Watch. Au départ, Jorah espionne en fait les Targaryen pour Lord Varys en échange d’une grâce pour ses crimes. Mais après en avoir appris plus sur Daenerys, Jorah tombe amoureux d’elle et décide de la protéger et de l’aider à retrouver le trône de fer. Après qu’elle soit devenue veuve suite à la mort de Khal Drogo, il reste avec elle et devient le premier chevalier de son Queensguard. Finalement, l’espionnage de Jorah est révélé et Daenerys le bannit de son service. Il contracte des niveaux de gris, une maladie mortelle, lors d’un voyage avec Tyrion Lannister. Il retrouve finalement sa reine, qui lui ordonne de se guérir de l’échelle de gris. Il se rend à la Citadelle où il trouve Samwell Tarly, qui a servi sous son père Jeor en tant que frère de la Garde de Nuit. Samwell est capable de guérir Jorah, qui revient au service de Daenerys et fait partie du groupe qui voyage au-delà du Mur pour prouver l’existence des Marcheurs Blancs. Il meurt en défendant Daenerys à Winterfell lors de la victoire finale sur l’armée des morts.

Viserys Targaryen

Harry Loyd

Viserys Targaryen (saison 1) interprété par Harry Lloyd . Viserys Targaryen est le prince exiléet héritier de la dynastie Targaryen. Connu comme “le roi mendiant” pour sa recherche d’une armée pour reprendre son trône. Narcissique, il est arrogant et égocentrique, ne se souciant que de lui-même et méprisant les autres, en particulier sa sœur Daenerys. En échange d’une armée pour aider à regagner le trône de fer, Viserys marie sa sœur au puissant seigneur de guerre Dothraki Khal Drogo et suit le voyage de sa horde vers la capitale Dothraki pour s’assurer que Drogo tiendra sa part du marché. Mais au fur et à mesure de leur voyage, il devient évident que Viserys n’a pas les compétences en leadership pour récupérer le trône et son arrogance et son manque de respect pour les Dothraki ne lui gagnent aucun cœur. De plus, Daenerys, qu’il a toujours menacé tout au long de sa vie, commence à lui tenir tête. Réalisant que Daenerys est aimée par les Dothraki et elle et Drogo ‘ s fils à naître est prophétisé pour unir le monde, Viserys se rend compte que ce n’est pas lui, mais Daenerys qui récupérera le trône de fer. Dans un accès de rage ivre, il menace Drogo de lui donner son armée maintenant ou il tuera son fils à naître. En ayant assez de son comportement, Drogo tue Viserys en lui donnant une “couronne d’or”; de l’or fondu coulait sur sa tête. Daenerys nomme plus tard l’un de ses dragons Viserion, en hommage à Viserys.

Jon Snow

Kit Harington

Jon Snow (saisons 1 à 8) est interprété par Kit Harington. Jon Snow est le fils bâtard d’Eddard Stark. Se sentant isolé de sa famille en raison de son statut de bâtard, il quitte leur maison de Winterfell pour rejoindre la Garde de Nuit à Castle Black. Une fois sur place, il se lie d’amitié avec Samwell Tarly et sert d’intendant au Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. Au cours d’une expédition au-delà du mur, Jon est capturé par des sauvageons et rejoint finalement leur camp, tombant amoureux d’une femme sauvage, Ygritte. Après avoir remonté le mur avec Ygritte, Jon s’enfuit vers Castle Black. Il dirige la défense du château contre une attaque de sauvageons (au cours de laquelle Ygritte est tuée), héberge Stannis Baratheon et Lady Melisandre, et est élu nouveau Lord Commander suite à sa bravoure au combat. Il sauve une partie des sauvages d’une attaque des White Walkers au port de Hardhome. À son retour à Castle Black, un groupe de frères Night’s Watch, en colère contre le nouveau pacte avec les sauvageons, se mutine et le tue. Cependant, Jon est ressuscité par Lady Melisandre et il retrouve sa sœur Sansa. Jon est libéré de ses vœux de Night’s Watch et le couple bat la maison Bolton au combat, reprenant Winterfell comme leur maison.

Jon est nommé roi du Nord par les seigneurs du Nord. Lorsque la Reine Dragon Daenerys Targaryen arrive à Westeros, Jon la convainc de rejoindre le combat contre les Marcheurs Blancs et lui plie le genou. Ils voyagent ensemble au-delà du mur pour recueillir des preuves des marcheurs blancs dans le but de convaincre la reine Cersei Lannister de se joindre à la défense. Le dragon Viserion de Daenerys est mortellement blessé pendant la mission, mais les deux tombent amoureux. Jon se révèle alors être Aegon Targaryen, le fils légitime du frère de Daenerys, Rhaegar, et de la sœur de Ned Stark, Lyanna, faisant de lui l’héritier du trône de fer et le neveu de Daenerys. Malgré la victoire sur l’armée des morts et malgré le fait que Jon insiste sur le fait qu’il n’insistera pas sur sa prétention au trône, la nouvelle affaiblit leur relation. Daenerys, ayant perdu de nombreux amis proches et deux de ses dragons pendant la guerre contre les Marcheurs Blancs, découvre que la population soutient la revendication de Jon au trône sur la sienne. Après avoir détruit King’s Landing, qui voit des milliers de personnes mourir dans les tempêtes de feu, Jon l’assassine et est exilé à Night’s Watch en guise de punition.

Robb Stark

Richard Madden

Robb Stark (saisons 1 à 3) interprété par Richard Madden . Robb Stark de la maison Stark est le fils aîné d’Eddard et Catelyn Stark et l’héritier de Winterfell. Son grand loupest appelé Vent Gris. Robb est impliqué dans la guerre contre les Lannister après l’arrestation de son père, Ned Stark, pour trahison. Robb convoque ses bannerets pour la guerre contre la maison Lannister et marche vers les Riverlands. Finalement, traverser la rivière aux Twins devient stratégiquement nécessaire. Pour obtenir la permission de traverser, Robb accepte d’épouser une fille de Walder Frey, Lord of the Twins. Robb mène l’effort de guerre contre les Lannister et réussit à capturer Jaime. Après l’exécution de Ned, le Nord et les Riverlands déclarent leur indépendance des Sept Royaumes et proclament Robb comme leur nouveau roi, “le roi du Nord”. Il remporte une succession de batailles dans la saison 2, ce qui lui vaut le surnom de jeune loup. Cependant, il a le sentiment d’avoir bâclé les aspects politiques de la guerre. Il envoie Theon aux Îles de Fer dans l’espoir qu’il puisse négocier une alliance avec Balon Greyjoy, le père de Theon. En échange du soutien de Greyjoy, Robb en tant que roi du Nord reconnaîtra l’indépendance des îles de fer. Il envoie également sa mère Catelyn s’occuper de Stannis Baratheon et Renly Baratheon, qui se battent tous les deux pour être le roi légitime.

Theon et Catelyn échouent dans leurs missions et Balon lance une invasion du Nord. Robb tombe amoureux de Talisa Maegyr, une guérisseuse de Volantis en raison de sa gentillesse et de son esprit. Malgré la protestation de sa mère, Robb rompt ses fiançailles avec les Frey et épouse Talisa lors de la finale de la 2e saison. À la nouvelle de la mort de son grand-père, Lord Hoster Tully, Robb et son groupe se rendent au nord de Riverrun pour les funérailles, où le jeune roi retrouve son grand-oncle, Ser Brynden “Blackfish” Tully, et son oncle, Edmure Tully, le nouveau seigneur de Riverrun. Pendant son séjour à Riverrun, Robb prend la décision d’exécuter Lord Rickard Karstark pour les meurtres de deux écuyers adolescents liés aux Lannister, une décision qui perd le soutien des Karstarks et conduit Robb à prendre la décision finalement fatale de demander aux Freys leur alliance. . Il est tué dans le massacre des noces rouges, après avoir été témoin du meurtre de sa femme enceinte et de leur enfant. Lord Bolton exécute personnellement Robb, le poignardant au cœur tout en narguant que “les Lannister envoient leurs salutations”, en fait une promesse faite à Jaime (qui n’avait aucune connaissance de la trahison imminente de Bolton) lors de son départ pour les Twins. Son cadavre est ensuite décapité et la tête de Grey Wind est cousue et défilée alors que les forces Stark sont massacrées par les Bolton et Freys. trahison imminente) en partant pour les jumeaux. Son cadavre est ensuite décapité et la tête de Grey Wind est cousue et défilée alors que les forces Stark sont massacrées par les Bolton et Freys. trahison imminente) en partant pour les jumeaux. Son cadavre est ensuite décapité et la tête de Grey Wind est cousue et défilée alors que les forces Stark sont massacrées par les Bolton et Freys.

Sansa Stark

Sophie Turner

Sansa Stark (saisons 1-8) est interprétée par Sophie Turner. Sansa de la maison Stark est la première fille et le deuxième enfant d’Eddard et Catelyn Stark. Initialement fiancée au roi Joffrey, elle est plus tard libérée de son vœu par les fiançailles de Joffrey avec Margaery Tyrell. Lorsque Joffrey est empoisonné lors de son mariage avec Margaery, Sansa est sortie clandestinement de King’s Landing par Littlefinger et emmenée d’abord dans les Eyrie, puis dans sa maison de Winterfell, maintenant sous le contrôle de la maison Bolton. Elle est forcée d’épouser le violent et sadique Ramsay Bolton, mais s’échappe plus tard avec l’aide de Theon Greyjoy. Elle retrouve son frère Jon Snow à Castle Black et, avec l’armée de Littlefinger, l’aide à récupérer Winterfell. Elle dirige la forteresse tandis que Jon part se battre pour Daenerys Targaryen, que Littlefinger utilise comme une opportunité pour l’éloigner de ses frères et sœurs jusqu’à ce que Brandon Stark (maintenant le corbeau à trois yeux) révèle son passé perfide. Sansa donne l’ordre de faire exécuter Littlefinger par Arya. Sansa survit à l’attaque des Marcheurs Blancs et est finalement couronnée reine d’un Nord indépendant.

Arya Stark

Maisie Williams

Arya Stark (saisons 1 à 8) est interprétée par Maisie Williams . Arya de la maison Stark est la fille cadette de Lord Eddard et de Catelyn Stark de Winterfell. Garçon manqué dans l’âme, Arya est active et brillante. Elle nomme son loup- garouNymeria, d’après une reine guerrière légendaire. Après avoir voyagé à King’s Landing avec son père Ned Stark, nouvelle main du roi de Robert Baratheon, elle est enseignée par Syrio Forel dans l’art de la “danse de l’eau”, une forme de combat à l’épée. Lorsque Ned est exécuté, elle s’échappe de la capitale avec Yoren et ses recrues de Night’s Watch. Sur la route, elle est capturée par des soldats Lannister et, avec ses amis Gendry et Hot Pie, emprisonnée à Harrenhal, où elle rencontre le mystérieux assassin Jaqen H’ghar et sert d’échanson à Tywin Lannister. Après avoir échappé à Harrenhal, le trio rencontre la Confrérie sans bannières, un groupe de hors-la-loi religieux qui protègent la campagne. Lorsque la Confrérie vend Gendry à Lady Melisandre, Arya s’échappe et est capturée par Sandor Clegane, The Hound. Elle est emmenée aux Twins pour retrouver sa mère Catelyn et son frère Robb, mais n’arrive qu’à temps pour les voir massacrés au Red Wedding. Après avoir voyagé vers le nord, Sandor est gravement blessé dans un combat et Arya le laisse pour mort avant de naviguer vers Braavos. Elle s’entraîne avec Jaqen H’ghar pour devenir un homme sans visage mais, après avoir réalisé qu’elle ne peut pas renoncer à son identité, retourne à Westeros et venge le mariage rouge en massacrant Walder Frey. Elle retourne à Winterfell et aide finalement sa sœur Sansa et son frère Brandon (maintenant le corbeau à trois yeux) à découvrir l’ingérence de Petyr Baelish, qu’ils exécutent pour meurtre et trahison. Avant l’attaque de Winterfell par les White Walkers, elle retrouve Gendry et Sandor (qui a survécu à ses blessures). Pendant la bataille, elle tue le roi de la nuit et sauve Westeros de The Long Night. Lorsque Daenerys Targaryen prévoit d’attaquer King’s Landing, elle voyage vers le sud pour se venger de Cersei pour son rôle dans la mort de Ned. Cependant, Arya est prise dans les tempêtes de feu causées par le dragon de Daenerys, Drogon, et est forcée de fuir la ville à la place. Après l’assassinat de Daenerys, Arya quitte Westeros pour des terres inconnues.

Théon Greyjoy

Alfie Allen

Theon Greyjoy (saisons 1-8) est interprété par Alfie Allen. Theon de la maison Greyjoy est le plus jeune fils de Lord Balon Greyjoy des îles de fer. Il est l’otage et le pupille de Lord Eddard Stark, issu de l’échec de la rébellion Greyjoy des années plus tôt. Malgré sa position, il reste fidèle aux Starks et est de bons amis avec ses fils Robb et Jon. Après l’exécution de Ned à King’s Landing par les Lannister, il rejoint l’effort de guerre de Robb dans le Nord en tant que l’un de ses conseillers. Il reçoit l’ordre de Robb de retourner dans les îles de fer pour convaincre son père Balon de s’allier avec les soldats du Nord contre la couronne, mais trahit à la place Robb et décide de s’emparer de Winterfell pour lui-même, prenant le château à Brandon Stark. Alors qu’il dirige Winterfell, il prétend avoir brûlé vifs Bran et Rickon Stark. Lorsque les Bolton capturent Winterfell aux soldats Ironborn, Theon est retenu prisonnier par Ramsay Bolton. Il est ensuite mutilé et torturé au-delà de toute reconnaissance, et finit par croire qu’il s’appelle “Reek”. Il devient domestique à Winterfell et retrouve bientôt Sansa Stark, qui a été forcée de se marier avec Ramsay. Lorsque Stannis Baratheon attaque le château, le couple échappe à leur ravisseur et Theon rentre chez lui dans les îles de fer. Il découvre que son père est mort et que son oncle, Euron, s’est emparé du trône de sel. Theon s’échappe avec Yara et navigue à travers le détroit pour s’allier avec Daenerys Targaryen. Lors d’une mission à Dorne pour rassembler des soldats pour l’armée de Daenerys, Theon et Yara sont attaqués par Euron en mer, Theon sautant par-dessus bord et Yara étant fait prisonnier. Theon sauve Yara et la renvoie chez elle dans les Îles de Fer, tandis qu’il retourne à Winterfell pour affronter l’Armée des Morts, retrouver Sansa une fois de plus. Il défend Brandon Stark contre les forces de morts-vivants venant en sens inverse, mais est finalement tué par le roi de la nuit. Sa mort n’est cependant pas vaine, car les forces du roi de la nuit sont vaincues.

Brandon “Bran” Stark

Isaac Hempstead-Wright

Bran Stark (saisons 1–4, 6–8) interprété par Isaac Hempstead Wright . Brandon “Bran” de House Stark est le quatrième enfant d’Eddard et Catelyn Stark. Il porte le nom de son oncle décédé, Brandon. Son grand loups’appelle l’été. Lors de la visite du roi Robert à Winterfell, il rencontre accidentellement Cersei et Jaime Lannister se livrant à leur liaison incestueuse, à la suite de quoi Bran est poussé par la fenêtre par Jaime, le laissant paralysé sous la taille. Lorsque Robb marche vers le sud pour venger la mort d’Eddard, Brandon règne sur Winterfell aux côtés de Maester Luwin. Lorsque les soldats Ironborn de Theon Greyjoy s’emparent de Winterfell, ils prétendent avoir brûlé Bran vivant, alors qu’en réalité Bran s’est échappé du château pour trouver un corbeau à trois yeux qui apparaît dans ses rêves. Il voyage au-delà du mur pour trouver le corbeau avec son frère Rickon, le serviteur Hodor, le sauvageon Osha, les loups-garous Summer et Shaggydog, et finalement Jojen et Meera Reed. Osha, Rickon et Shaggydog partent pour Last Hearth.

Une fois au-delà du mur, ils sont brièvement capturés par les mutins de Night’s Watch à Craster’s Keep, mais se libèrent et finissent par atteindre la grotte du corbeau à trois yeux. Jojen est tué par des morts-vivants avant qu’ils ne puissent atteindre la sécurité. Une fois sur place, Bran suit une formation pour devenir le prochain corbeau à trois yeux et expérimente plusieurs visions du futur et du passé. Lorsque le roi de la nuit entre dans l’une de ces visions et rompt le sort protégeant la grotte, Bran et Meera sont forcés de fuir tandis que Hodor et Summer sont tous deux tués par les morts-vivants. Maintenant le corbeau à trois yeux, Bran expérimente tout le temps à la fois et commence à perdre le sens de lui-même. De retour à Winterfell d’au-delà du mur, il fait un adieu froid à Meera et sa famille ne le reconnaît plus. Il est révélé que le roi de la nuit a l’intention de tuer Bran dans le but d’éliminer l’ordre des corbeaux à trois yeux et d’effacer la mémoire du monde. Bran est utilisé comme appât pour attirer le roi de la nuit dans un endroit où il peut être tué, ce que la sœur de Bran, Arya Stark, gère avec succès. Après que Daenerys Targaryen ait détruit King’s Landing avec son dragon et tué la reine Cersei Lannister, Bran est choisi pour être le nouveau dirigeant de Westeros.

Joffrey Barathéon

Jack Gleson

Joffrey Baratheon (saisons 1 à 4) interprété par Jack Gleeson . Joffrey Baratheon de la maison Baratheon est le prince héritierdes Sept Royaumes. Il est l’aîné des enfants de Cersei Lannister et héritier du trône de fer. Vicieux et cruel, il a un tempérament court et croit qu’il peut faire tout ce qu’il veut. Il est aussi un lâche face à ceux qui n’ont pas peur de lui. Joffrey ignore que le roi Robert n’est pas son vrai père – qui, en réalité, est Jaime Lannister. Après la mort de Robert, les Lannister font de Joffrey le roi contre la volonté de son père, et Joffrey devient un dirigeant cruel et un roi fantoche utilisé par sa mère. Après avoir été initialement fiancé à Sansa Stark, l’arrivée des Tyrell à King’s Landing amène Joffrey à mettre Sansa de côté pour Margaery Tyrell. Le jour de leur mariage, cependant, Joffrey est assassiné devant une grande foule par du poison.

Sandor Clegane

Rory McCann

Sandor Clegane (saisons 1–4, 6-8) est interprété par Rory McCann. Sandor Clegane, surnommé “le Chien”, est le frère cadet de Ser Gregor Clegane. Il est également le garde du corps personnel de Joffrey Baratheon. Le côté droit de son visage a été gravement brûlé alors qu’il n’était qu’un garçon après que son frère ait poussé son visage dans un brasier, laissant le côté droit de son visage brûlé et lui donnant peur du feu. Il est taciturne et brutal, mais non sans compassion. Il est protecteur envers Sansa après qu’elle a été capturée par les Lannister. Après que Joffrey soit devenu roi, Sandor est nommé membre de la Kingsguard. Bien qu’il soit fidèle à Joffrey, il défend fréquemment Sansa des tentatives de Joffrey de la maltraiter physiquement. Pendant la bataille de Blackwater, la peur du feu de Sandor le submerge. Il démissionne de la Kingsguard et quitte King’s Landing. Tandis que sur la route, il est capturé par Beric Dondarrion et Thoros de Myr, chefs de la Confrérie sans bannières. Il est libéré après avoir remporté un procès par combat.

Il kidnappe Arya Stark avec l’intention de la vendre à sa mère et son frère, Catelyn et Robb Stark, pour les voir massacrés au Red Wedding. Il prévoit ensuite d’emmener Arya chez sa tante, Lysa, dans le Val, pour découvrir qu’elle aussi est décédée récemment. La paire rencontre Brienne et Podrick sur la route, Sandor perdant un combat contre Brienne. Arya le laisse pour mort. Environ un an plus tard, il est révélé que Sandor a survécu à ses blessures et mène une vie paisible, construisant un petit sept dans les Riverlands. Lorsque les villageois avec lesquels il travaille sont massacrés, il retrouve Beric et Thoros dans leur mission au-delà du mur pour recueillir des preuves des White Walkers, avec Jon Snow, Ser Jorah Mormont, Tormund Giantsbane et Gendry Baratheon. Thoros meurt pendant la mission. Lors d’un parlement avec la reine Cersei Lannister, Sandor rencontre son frère et promet de se venger. Il retrouve Arya Stark, survit à l’attaque de Winterfell par le roi de la nuit et voyage vers le sud avec elle comme compagne. Une fois dans la capitale, il retrouve son frère et se bat avec lui jusqu’à la mort alors que le couple périt dans les tempêtes de feu provoquées par Daenerys Targaryen.

Tyrion Lannister

Pierre Dinklage

Tyrion Lannister (saisons 1 à 8) est interprété par Peter Dinklage . Surnommé “le diablotin” ou “Halfman”, Tyrion de la maison Lannister est le frère cadet de Cersei et Jaime Lannister. Il est nain et sa mère est décédée lors de sa naissance, pour laquelle son père, Tywin Lannister, lui reproche. Bien qu’il ne soit pas physiquement puissant, Tyrion a un esprit rusé. Après avoir été faussement accusé de la tentative de meurtre de Brandon Stark, il survit à une bataille avec les forces de Robb Stark et retourne à King’s Landing, où il prend le poste de King Joffrey’s Hand of the King. Après que Tywin ait remporté la bataille de Blackwater pour les Lannister, Tyrion est rétrogradé de son poste et renommé Master of Coin. Il s’engage dans une histoire d’amour secrète avec la prostituée Shae, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit marié de force à Sansa Stark (quelque chose que Shae lui en veut) et Cersei apprend la relation de Shae avec Tyrion. Après que le roi Joffrey ait été empoisonné lors de son mariage avec Margaery Tyrell, Tyrion est accusé du crime. Shae témoigne contre Tyrion et Tywin le condamne à mort.

Tyrion s’échappe de la capitale avec l’aide de son frère Jaime et Lord Varys, mais pas avant de se venger de Shae et Tywin en les tuant tous les deux. Il voyage à travers le détroit et atteint bientôt Meereen, où il rejoint l’équipe de conseillers de Daenerys Targaryen. Il règne sur la ville pendant son absence après une attaque des Fils de la Harpie et est nommé Main de la Reine à son retour. Tyrion accompagne Daenerys à travers le détroit, soutenant sa réclamation contre sa sœur Cersei. Ses plans pour s’assurer que l’invasion est sans effusion de sang, cependant, voient Daenerys perdre de précieux alliés, et elle commence à douter de ses capacités en tant que stratège. Après la défaite des White Walkers à Winterfell, Tyrion accompagne Daenerys lors de sa mission pour enfin conquérir King’s Landing. Ne voulant pas que sa famille meure au combat, cependant, il s’arrange secrètement pour que Jaime et Cersei s’échappent de la ville. Après que Daenerys ait détruit la ville et massacré la population de la ville, y compris Cersei et Jaime, Tyrion démissionne en tant que Main de la Reine et est emprisonné. Lorsque Daenerys est assassiné par Jon Snow, Tyrion est libéré et nommé Bran la main brisée du roi.

Petyr “Petit Doigt” Baelish

Aidan Gillen

Petyr Baelish (saisons 1 à 7) interprété par Aidan Gillen . SeigneurPetyr Baelish, surnommé “Littlefinger”, est le maître de la monnaie du petit conseil du roi Robert Baratheon. Petyr est un maître manipulateur qui connaît les affaires en cours au sein des Sept Royaumes, grâce à ses espions. Alors que Petyr est d’abord supposé être un allié de Ned Stark, il lui en veut secrètement d’avoir épousé Catelyn Tully et le trahit, conduisant à l’exécution de Ned. Petyr possède un bordel à King’s Landing, où il emploie (et maltraite) plusieurs ouvriers. Il a également une querelle en cours avec Lord Varys, un autre des maîtres-espions de Westeros. Après la bataille de Blackwater, Sansa Stark (la fille de Catelyn) est mise de côté par le roi Joffrey pour Margaery Tyrell. Petyr tente de persuader Sansa de quitter la capitale avec lui, mais elle refuse. Quand Joffrey est empoisonné à son propre mariage, Sansa est secrètement expulsée clandestinement de la capitale par Petyr, qui a planifié l’assassinat de Joffrey avec Lady Olenna Tyrell. Il l’emmène ensuite aux Eyrie où il doit épouser sa tante et la sœur de Catelyn, Lysa Arryn.

Pendant son séjour à l’Eyrie, il est révélé que Petyr est tombé amoureux de Sansa en raison de sa ressemblance avec sa mère. Lysa découvre cette information et essaie de faire tuer Sansa, seulement pour que Petyr la pousse à travers la porte de la lune du château à sa mort à la place. Sansa ment pour Petyr et dit que Lysa a sauté vers sa mort de son propre gré. Petyr et Sansa se rendent ensuite à Winterfell, où Petyr s’arrange pour que Sansa épouse Ramsay Bolton. Petyr se rend ensuite à King’s Landing et révèle à Cersei que Sansa, suspecte du meurtre de Joffrey, a refait surface dans le Nord. Petyr retourne dans le Val et ordonne aux Chevaliers du Val de se joindre à sa cause pour récupérer Winterfell aux Bolton. Les Chevaliers du Val assistent alors l’armée sauvage de Jon Snow contre les Bolton, et Winterfell revient aux mains de Stark. Avec Jon Snow, Nouveau roi au nord, au sud avec Daenerys Targaryen, Petyr tente de diviser Sansa, Arya et Bran, les frères Stark récemment réunis. Bran (maintenant le corbeau à trois yeux), cependant, découvre sa trahison, révèle la litanie des crimes qu’il a commis contre les Starks et condamne Petyr à mort.

Davos Seaworth

Liam Cunningham

Davos Seaworth (saisons 2 à 8) interprété par Liam Cunningham . Ser Davos Seaworth, connu sous le nom de “Chevalier de l’Oignon”, est un ancien contrebandier et chevalierau service de Stannis Baratheon. Sceptique naturel de la religion et de la magie, il se méfie d’un autre des conseillers de Stannis, Lady Melisandre, et de sa croyance au Seigneur de la Lumière. Avant les événements de la série, il a gagné son titre de chevalier en faisant passer de la nourriture à Stannis Baratheon assiégé et à son armée. Avant de le faire chevalier, cependant, Stannis a retiré les dernières articulations de quatre doigts de sa main droite en guise de punition pour ses années de contrebande. Davos mène la flotte de Stannis à King’s Landing lors d’un siège de la capitale, mais fait naufrage lors de la défense de la ville par Tyrion Lannister. Il se réveille sur une île et retourne à Dragonstone, le quartier général de Stannis, où il est emprisonné pour avoir tenté d’assassiner Lady Melisandre. Dans les cellules, il se lie d’amitié avec Shireen, la fille de Stannis, qui lui rend visite et lui apprend à lire. Il forme également un lien avec Gendry, le neveu illégitime de Stannis, qu’il libère des donjons et retourne à King’s Landing. Davos est de nouveau accueilli au service de Stannis malgré la libération de Gendry, et est présent lorsque Stannis se rend d’abord à Braavos, puis à Castle Black. Lorsque Stannis marche vers le sud depuis Castle Black avec Melisandre afin de revendiquer Winterfell, Davos est invité à retourner au mur et se lie d’amitié avec Jon Snow.

Davos apprend bientôt que Stannis, sa famille et toute son armée ont été tués lors de la tentative de prise de Winterfell, mais il ignore que Shireen a été brûlée vive en sacrifice par Melisandre, qui retourne au Mur en disgrâce, son roi ayant été vaincu. . Lorsque Jon Snow est assassiné lors d’une mutinerie pour avoir conclu un pacte avec les sauvageons, Davos est la première personne à retrouver son corps. Il convainc Melisandre de ressusciter Jon, en utilisant sa magie religieuse, et retrouve Jon vivant le lendemain matin. Il rejoint l’armée sauvage de Jon dans la bataille des bâtards, aidant à récupérer le château pour les Starks. Avant la bataille, il découvre que Shireen a été brûlée vive et confronte Melisandre une fois la bataille terminée, ce qui entraîne son bannissement du Nord. Davos devient alors un membre fidèle du conseil de Jon. Il accompagne Jon à Dragonstone pour rencontrer Daenerys Targaryen, puis à Eastwatch dans le cadre de la mission de collecte de preuves des White Walkers, puis à King’s Landing pour montrer les preuves à la reine Cersei Lannister. Il retrouve également Gendry. Lorsque le roi de la nuit traverse le mur et attaque Winterfell, Davos, avec le retour de Melisandre, fait partie de l’armée qui le bat. Davos est présent lorsque Daenerys détruit King’s Landing avec son dernier dragon restant, Drogon, et devient finalement membre du petit conseil de Bran the Broken. avec le retour de Melisandre, fait partie de l’armée qui le bat. Davos est présent lorsque Daenerys détruit King’s Landing avec son dernier dragon restant, Drogon, et devient finalement membre du petit conseil de Bran the Broken. avec le retour de Melisandre, fait partie de l’armée qui le bat. Davos est présent lorsque Daenerys détruit King’s Landing avec son dernier dragon restant, Drogon, et devient finalement membre du petit conseil de Bran the Broken.

Samwell Tarly

Jean Bradley

Samwell Tarly (saisons 1 à 8) est interprété par John Bradley. Samwell de House Tarly and the Night’s Watch est le fils aîné et ancien héritier de Lord Randyll Tarly, est une nouvelle recrue de Night’s Watch. Il a été envoyé au Mur par son père, qui l’a renié pour sa lâcheté. Il devient le meilleur ami de Jon Snow. Bien qu’il ne soit pas un guerrier, il est très intelligent et perspicace. Il est intronisé parmi les stewards et affecté à Maester Aemon. Il rejoint le Night’s Watch’s Great Ranging Beyond the Wall et survit à cette bataille avec White Walkers au Fist of the First Men. En revenant à Castle Black via Craster’s Keep, Sam échappe à la mutinerie avec Gilly et son fils nouveau-né, qu’elle nomme finalement Sam. Lorsque le trio est attaqué par un marcheur blanc lors d’une randonnée dans la nature, Sam utilise des poignards en verredragon (trouvés au poing) pour le tuer. Ils retournent à Castle Black, retrouver Jon Snow et survivre à l’attaque de l’armée sauvage de Mance Rayder. Craignant pour la sécurité de Gilly à Castle Black en raison de son statut de sauvageon, Sam quitte temporairement la Garde de Nuit avec la permission de Jon pour devenir un maester de la Citadelle. Prévoyant initialement le congé Gilly et le petit Sam à Horn Hill, sa maison familiale, il décide plutôt de les amener à la Citadelle.

Après avoir guéri Jorah Mormont de niveaux de gris, ils découvrent qu’une grotte de dragonglass se trouve sous Dragonstone, et Sam alerte Jon à ce sujet, menant finalement à la rencontre et à l’union de Jon et Daenerys. Plus tard, ils découvrent la vérité que Rhaegar Targaryen et Lyanna Stark se sont mariés avant la rébellion de Robert et la naissance de leur fils, Jon Snow. Lorsque l’ordre des mestres s’avère incrédule face à la menace des marcheurs blancs, il abandonne ses cours et retourne dans le Nord pour affronter l’armée des morts. Il rencontre Brandon Stark, maintenant le corbeau à trois yeux, et en corroborant leurs histoires, ils découvrent la vérité que Jon est en fait Aegon Targaryen, héritier légitime du trône de fer. Sam raconte cette vérité à Jon lorsque ce dernier revient à Winterfell, après avoir quitté la Garde de Nuit après son assassinat et sa résurrection, et après s’être allié avec Daenerys. Sam survit à l’attaque des White Walkers sur Winterfell et reste au château avec une Gilly nouvellement enceinte. Après que Daenerys Targaryen ait détruit King’s Landing, forçant Jon à l’assassiner, Sam se rend dans la capitale (vraisemblablement avec Gilly et le petit Sam) et est présent lorsque Bran (surnommé Bran the Broken) est choisi comme nouveau dirigeant de Westeros. Il devient grand-mère dans le petit conseil de Bran.

Stannis Barathéon

Stephen Dillane

Stannis Baratheon (saisons 2 à 5) interprété par Stephen Dillane . Stannis de la Maison Baratheon, Seigneurde Peyredragon, est l’aîné des frères cadets de Robert Baratheon. C’est un homme maussade et sans humour connu pour son sens aigu de la justice. À la mort de Robert, Ned Stark envoie à Stannis une lettre le désignant comme héritier légitime. Stannis devient un challenger pour le trône de fer après que son neveu Joffrey Baratheon soit devenu roi, devenant l’un des cinq de la guerre des cinq rois. Conseillé par la Prêtresse Rouge Lady Melisandre (adepte du Seigneur de la Lumière) et Davos Seaworth, Stannis est basé à Dragonstone, une île au large du Détroit, où il vit avec sa fille Shireen et sa femme Selyse. Melisandre convainc Stannis de tuer son frère Renly Baratheon avec un démon de l’ombre et de revendiquer la moitié de l’armée de Renly pour la sienne. Après que Renly ait été tué par un démon portant le visage de Stannis, Lady Brienne, chef de la garde royale de Renly, promet un jour de se venger de Stannis. L’armée de Stannis attaque King’s Landing pour tenter de s’emparer du trône, mais est repoussée contre les murs de la ville après une longue bataille. Après sa défaite, Stannis reste à Dragonstone tandis que Melisandre se dirige vers le continent de Westeros à la recherche de Gendry Baratheon, le fils illégitime de Robert. Melisandre retourne à Dragonstone avec Gendry et utilise la magie du sang pour lancer une malédiction fatale sur le roi Joffrey, le roi du nord Robb Stark et le seigneur des îles de fer Balon Greyjoy.

Robb Stark est abattu au Red Wedding peu de temps après, tandis que Joffrey est empoisonné lors de son propre mariage avec Margaery Tyrell. La guerre des cinq rois étant effectivement conclue par leur mort, Stannis navigue vers Braavos dans le but d’obtenir un financement de la Banque de fer. Il se rend ensuite plus au nord jusqu’à Castle Black et met fin par inadvertance au conflit entre l’armée sauvage de Mance Rayder et la Garde de Nuit. Il s’installe à la forteresse et donne des cours au jeune Lord Commander Jon Snow, auquel Melisandre s’intéresse vivement. À l’approche de l’hiver, Stannis se précipite vers le sud pour tenter de prendre Winterfell aux Bolton. Alors que le temps se rapproche d’eux et que ses approvisionnements diminuent, Melisandre suggère à Stannis que sa fille Shireen soit sacrifiée, dans l’espoir que son propre roi ‘ son sang plaira au Seigneur de la Lumière. Shireen est brûlée vive, obligeant la moitié de l’armée de Stannis à abandonner sa cause. Stannis tente malgré tout de prendre Winterfell mais est rapidement vaincu sur le terrain. Après la bataille, il est découvert dans une forêt voisine par Lady Brienne, qui venge son roi décédé depuis longtemps en exécutant Stannis. Stannis ne vit pas assez longtemps pour entendre parler de la mort de Balon Greyjoy aux mains de son jeune frère Euron, complétant la liste de ces Melisandre maudits par la magie du sang.

Mélisandre

Carice van Houten

Melisandre (saisons 2 à 8) interprété par Carice van Houten. Aussi connue sous le nom de “la Femme Rouge”, une prêtresse du Seigneur de la Lumière au service de Stannis Baratheon. Melisandre a des pouvoirs prophétiques qui lui donnent une connaissance partielle des événements futurs. Contrairement à de nombreuses autres personnes de Westeros ayant accès à la prophétie, Melisandre a une foi absolue en sa propre interprétation, même si elle se trompe parfois. Melisandre pense que Stannis est l’élu qui convertira les habitants de Westeros en disciples du Seigneur de la Lumière. Melisandre convainc Stannis de concevoir un démon de l’ombre avec elle, qu’elle utilisera pour assassiner Renly Baratheon, le frère de Stannis et challenger au trône. Le démon de l’ombre, portant le visage de Stannis Baratheon, tue Renly. Melisandre est laissé à Dragonstone lorsque Stannis est vaincu dans ses tentatives de s’emparer de King’s Landing. Après le retour de Stannis, Melisandre se dirige vers le continent à Westeros et rencontre la Confrérie sans bannières et son collègue prêtre rouge, Thoros de Myr. Gendry Baratheon, le fils bâtard du roi Robert, lui est vendu et elle le ramène à Peyredragon. Elle utilise le sang de son roi pour maudire les challengers de Stannis au trône de fer. Lorsque Stannis navigue vers le Mur et réside à Castle Black, Melisandre l’accompagne mais s’intéresse vivement au jeune Lord Commander, Jon Snow. Elle porte des vêtements légers même par temps glacial, affirmant que le feu du Seigneur de la Lumière vit en elle. challengers au Trône de Fer. Lorsque Stannis navigue vers le Mur et réside à Castle Black, Melisandre l’accompagne mais s’intéresse vivement au jeune Lord Commander, Jon Snow. Elle porte des vêtements légers même par temps glacial, affirmant que le feu du Seigneur de la Lumière vit en elle. challengers au Trône de Fer. Lorsque Stannis navigue vers le Mur et réside à Castle Black, Melisandre l’accompagne mais s’intéresse vivement au jeune Lord Commander, Jon Snow. Elle porte des vêtements légers même par temps glacial, affirmant que le feu du Seigneur de la Lumière vit en elle.

Elle voyage ensuite vers le sud avec Stannis lorsqu’il tente de s’emparer de Winterfell aux Bolton. Alors que l’hiver approche et que les tempêtes de neige arrêtent leur progression, Melisandre sacrifie la fille de Stannis, Shireen, au Seigneur de la Lumière, dans le but d’adoucir le temps et de leur accorder un passage en toute sécurité. Au lieu de cela, les soldats de Stannis perdent confiance en sa cause et son roi est tué après une bataille. Melisandre retourne à Castle Black en disgrâce et découvre que Jon Snow a été assassiné lors d’une mutinerie. Doutant de sa foi, elle se cache de Davos et commence à porter des vêtements d’hiver. Sa foi est restaurée, cependant, lorsqu’elle parvient à ressusciter Jon d’entre les morts. Jon marche vers le sud pour prendre Winterfell aux Bolton avec une armée de sauvageons et récupère avec succès le château. Davos, devenu tuteur de Shireen, découvre que son défunt ami a été brûlé vif par Melisandre, ce qui a conduit Jon Snow à bannir la femme rouge du Nord. Elle arrive à Peyredragon peu de temps après Daenerys Targaryen et lui ordonne d’invoquer Jon Snow. Elle se rend ensuite à Volantis, affirmant qu’elle reviendra un jour à Westeros pour mourir. Des mois plus tard, Melisandre retourne une dernière fois à Winterfell et utilise sa magie dans la lutte contre les White Walkers. Pendant la bataille, elle fait preuve d’une puissante magie, comme beaucoup de combattants humains n’en ont jamais vu auparavant. Physiquement épuisée après avoir utilisé ses dernières forces pour vaincre l’armée des morts, elle enlève son collier enchanté, révèle sa véritable forme flétrie à Davos Seaworth et disparaît dans le vent. Elle arrive à Peyredragon peu de temps après Daenerys Targaryen et lui ordonne d’invoquer Jon Snow. Elle se rend ensuite à Volantis, affirmant qu’elle reviendra un jour à Westeros pour mourir. Des mois plus tard, Melisandre retourne une dernière fois à Winterfell et utilise sa magie dans la lutte contre les White Walkers. Pendant la bataille, elle fait preuve d’une puissante magie, comme beaucoup de combattants humains n’en ont jamais vu auparavant. Physiquement épuisée après avoir utilisé ses dernières forces pour vaincre l’armée des morts, elle enlève son collier enchanté, révèle sa véritable forme flétrie à Davos Seaworth et disparaît dans le vent. Elle arrive à Peyredragon peu de temps après Daenerys Targaryen et lui ordonne d’invoquer Jon Snow. Elle se rend ensuite à Volantis, affirmant qu’elle reviendra un jour à Westeros pour mourir. Des mois plus tard, Melisandre retourne une dernière fois à Winterfell et utilise sa magie dans la lutte contre les White Walkers. Pendant la bataille, elle fait preuve d’une puissante magie, comme beaucoup de combattants humains n’en ont jamais vu auparavant. Physiquement épuisée après avoir utilisé ses dernières forces pour vaincre l’armée des morts, elle enlève son collier enchanté, révèle sa véritable forme flétrie à Davos Seaworth et disparaît dans le vent. Melisandre retourne une dernière fois à Winterfell et utilise sa magie dans la lutte contre les White Walkers. Pendant la bataille, elle fait preuve d’une puissante magie, comme beaucoup de combattants humains n’en ont jamais vu auparavant. Physiquement épuisée après avoir utilisé ses dernières forces pour vaincre l’armée des morts, elle enlève son collier enchanté, révèle sa véritable forme flétrie à Davos Seaworth et disparaît dans le vent. Melisandre retourne une dernière fois à Winterfell et utilise sa magie dans la lutte contre les White Walkers. Pendant la bataille, elle fait preuve d’une puissante magie, comme beaucoup de combattants humains n’en ont jamais vu auparavant. Physiquement épuisée après avoir utilisé ses dernières forces pour vaincre l’armée des morts, elle enlève son collier enchanté, révèle sa véritable forme flétrie à Davos Seaworth et disparaît dans le vent.

Jeor Mormont

James Cosmo

Jeor Mormont (saisons 1 à 3) interprété par James Cosmo . Jeor Mormont, le 997e seigneurCommandant de la Garde de Nuit, est le père séparé de Ser Jorah. Il abandonna ses terres pour servir la Garde de Nuit. L’humiliation de son fils envers leur maison lui pèse lourdement. Il demande personnellement que Jon Snow devienne son intendant personnel et lui donne l’épée Hand-and-a-Half (également connue sous le nom d’épée bâtarde) de leur maison, Longclaw. Il fait remodeler le pommeau en tête de loup. Pour enquêter sur le retour des revenants, la disparition de plusieurs Rangers et les rumeurs d’une armée de sauvageons, Jeor dirige un corps expéditionnaire au-delà du mur dans la saison 2. Dans la saison 3, après son retour à Craster’s Keep, il est tué par Rast dans la suite. mutinerie. Sa mort déclenche l’appel du Maester Aemon aux seigneurs de Westeros pour aider la Garde de Nuit, qui convainc Stannis Baratheon que le moment est venu de combattre l’assaut des White Walkers. Son cadavre est apparemment profané par la suite, car dans la saison 4, Karl Tanner est montré en train de boire du vin d’un crâne qu’il prétend être celui de Jeor.

Bronn

Jérôme Flynn

Bronn (saisons 1-8) est interprété par Jerome Flynn. Bronn est un vendeur avec un sens de l’humour sardonique. On le voit pour la première fois en train d’aider Catelyn Stark lorsqu’elle arrête à tort Tyrion Lannister pour avoir tenté d’assassiner la vie de son fils Brandon. Pendant le procès de Tyrion à l’Eyrie, Bronn se porte volontaire pour se battre lorsque Tyrion demande un procès au combat. Bronn remporte le combat et devient le compagnon et le protecteur de Tyrion, l’accompagnant à King’s Landing. Lorsque Tyrion est nommé Main du Roi, Bronn devient chef du City Watch dans la capitale. Bronn devient également conseiller de Tyrion et est nommé Ser Bronn of the Blackwater après son héroïsme lors de la défense de la ville contre l’armée de Stannis Baratheon. Après la bataille, Bronn reste à l’emploi de Tyrion en tant que collègue et ami. Bronn est ensuite chargé de former Jaime Lannister ‘ la main la plus faible avec une épée – Jaime ayant perdu sa main la plus forte alors qu’il était prisonnier des Bolton. Lorsque le roi Joffrey est empoisonné et que Tyrion est à nouveau accusé à tort d’un crime, Bronn est soudoyé par Cersei pour épouser Lollys Stokeworth et quitter la capitale au lieu de se battre pour Tyrion dans un autre procès par combat. Tyrion fuit la capitale après que le prince Oberyn Martell se soit battu pour lui et soit tué par The Mountain.

Avant que Bronn ne puisse épouser Lollys, cependant, il retrouve Jaime, qui a été chargé de se rendre à Dorne pour récupérer Myrcella Baratheon des Martells, qui menacent de se venger de la mort de leur prince. Dans leurs tentatives pour sauver Myrcella, Bronn et Jaime provoquent les Sand Snakes (filles de feu Oberyn Martell) et Bronn est emprisonné. Il est libéré lorsque Jaime négocie sa liberté. Myrcella est empoisonnée par Ellaria Sand, malgré leurs efforts pour la ramener à King’s Landing. Bronn accompagne plus tard Jaime à Riverrun, où l’armée Lannister reprend le château aux Tullys, et il fait également partie de la force qui saisit Highgarden aux Tyrells. Bronn, Jaime et le reste des forces de Lannister sont pris en embuscade par Daenerys Targaryen sur le dos de son dragon, Drogon. Bronn blesse Drogon lors du massacre, mais est obligé de sauver Jaime d’une attaque de Daenerys. Le couple s’échappe en flottant en aval sur le Blackwater Rush. Après que Jaime ait quitté Cersei Lannister et chevauche vers le nord pour affronter les White Walkers, Bronn reste à King’s Landing mais est chargé par Cersei de tuer Jaime pour son apparente trahison. Au lieu d’exécuter les ordres de Cersei, cependant, Bronn utilise la menace de mort comme levier sur Jaime et Tyrion, s’assurant un siège au petit conseil de Bran the Broken en tant que Lord of the Reach.

Varie

Colline de Conleth

Varys (saisons 1 à 8) est interprété par Conleth Hill. Parfois appelé The Spider, Varys sert sous le roi Robert Baratheon, le roi Joffrey Baratheon et le roi Tommen Baratheon en tant que membre du petit conseil. Il est également un maître des chuchoteurs, avec de nombreux espions à son service sur deux continents, et se heurte fréquemment à Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish. Après avoir servi sous trois rois, Varys s’enfuit à Essos avec Tyrion Lannister après le meurtre par ce dernier de son père Tywin. Une fois sur place, Varys fait en sorte que Tyrion devienne l’un des conseillers de Daenerys Targaryen. Le couple dirige ensuite Meereen en son absence à la suite d’une attaque du groupe rebelle des Sons of the Harpy. Lorsque Daenerys revient pour vaincre les maîtres esclavagistes et les Fils de la Harpie, Varys et Tyrion l’accompagnent à Westeros et soutiennent sa prétention au trône de fer. Varys survit à la Grande Guerre entre les vivants et les morts,

Shae

Sibel Kekilli

Shae (saisons 1 à 4) interprété par Sibel Kekilli . Shae est une jeune adepte du campà qui Tyrion Lannister porte un intérêt particulier. Elle vient de Lorath, l’une des Cités libres de l’autre côté du Détroit. Tyrion tombe amoureux d’elle et afin de la cacher à son père, Tyrion nomme Shae pour être la servante de Sansa. En tant que servante, Shae est la seule personne à qui Sansa fait confiance et lui confie ses problèmes et ce qu’elle pense vraiment des Lannister. À son tour, Shae devient protectrice de Sansa et tente de l’aider de toutes les manières possibles. Dans la saison 3, elle devient jalouse de Tyrion après son mariage avec Sansa et est confrontée à Varys, qui la presse de quitter les Sept Royaumes, ce qu’elle refuse de faire, pensant que Tyrion a quelque chose à voir avec le fait que Varys lui parle. Dans la saison 4, Tyrion est obligé d’envoyer Shae loin de King’s Landing sur un navire après que sa présence ait été découverte par Cersei et que son père ait appris, l’insultant dans le processus. Shae, cependant, ne quitte pas King’s Landing et refait surface au procès de Tyrion pour le meurtre de Joffrey, où elle prétend à tort que Tyrion et Sansa étaient responsables de la mort de Joffrey. Il est révélé, cependant, que Shae avait une liaison avec Tywin. Après que Tyrion ait été libéré par Jaime, il trouve Shae endormi dans le lit de Tywin, lui faisant réaliser l’horrible vérité. Shae tente de tuer Tyrion avec un couteau, mais il l’étrangle à mort à la fois par légitime défense et par colère pour sa trahison. Après que Tyrion ait été libéré par Jaime, il trouve Shae endormi dans le lit de Tywin, lui faisant réaliser l’horrible vérité. Shae tente de tuer Tyrion avec un couteau, mais il l’étrangle à mort à la fois par légitime défense et par colère pour sa trahison. Après que Tyrion ait été libéré par Jaime, il trouve Shae endormi dans le lit de Tywin, lui faisant réaliser l’horrible vérité. Shae tente de tuer Tyrion avec un couteau, mais il l’étrangle à mort à la fois par légitime défense et par colère pour sa trahison.

Margaery Tyrell

Nathalie Dormer

Margaery Tyrell (saisons 2 à 6) interprétée par Natalie Dormer. Margaery de House Tyrell est la fille unique de Lord Mace Tyrell et la petite-fille de Lady Olenna Tyrell, ainsi que l’épouse de Renly Baratheon lors de son introduction à la série. Elle est rusée mais généreuse et rêve d’être la reine. Lorsque Renly Baratheon est tué par un démon de l’ombre, Petyr Baelish s’arrange pour que les Tyrell s’allient aux Lannister. Les Tyrell déménagent à King’s Landing et Margaery est immédiatement fiancée au sadique roi Joffrey Baratheon. Margaery et Olenna passent du temps dans les jardins de la ville, complotant ensemble et organisant leurs tactiques politiques. Lorsque Lady Olenna empoisonne Joffrey lors de son mariage avec Margaery, le timide et innocent roi Tommen Baratheon est couronné comme son successeur. Margaery épouse Tommen et les deux deviennent heureux ensemble, et Tommen tombe profondément amoureux de Margaery. Leur relation est brève, pourtant. Cersei Lannister donne le pouvoir au groupe militant religieux de King’s Landing, les Sparrows, afin de contester l’influence des Tyrell dans la capitale après la mort de Tywin Lannister.

Margaery et son frère Loras Tyrell sont emprisonnés par les Sparrows – Loras pour son homosexualité présumée et Margaery pour avoir caché les secrets de Loras. Cersei elle-même est alors arrêtée par les Sparrows pour ses relations incestueuses avec Lancel Lannister et Jaime Lannister. Alors qu’elle est prisonnière des Moineaux, Margaery manipule leur chef, le Grand Moineau, en lui faisant croire qu’elle s’est convertie à la Foi des Sept. Malgré une tentative infructueuse de sa famille de la retirer de force de la captivité du Grand Moineau, il en vient à profiter de la compagnie de Margaery et croit qu’elle ment sur sa fidélité. Dans une tentative de se libérer bientôt, Margaery convainc Tommen de rejoindre la Couronne et la Foi. Ses plans sont cependant déjoués le jour du procès de Cersei Lannister au Septuaire de Baelor. Au lieu de comparaître pour son procès, Cersei installe le Sept avec un feu de forêt et le détruit, massacrant les centaines de participants à l’intérieur – dont Margaery, Loras, Mace, Lancel Lannister, le High Sparrow et plusieurs membres de la population de King’s Landing. Témoin de l’événement depuis ses quartiers du Donjon Rouge, Tommen, ayant vu sa femme périr aux mains de sa mère, se suicide en se jetant d’une haute fenêtre.

Tywin Lannister

Charles Danse

Tywin Lannister (saisons 1 à 5) interprété par Charles Dance. Tywin de la maison Lannister est un homme calculateur, impitoyable et contrôlant. Il est également l’ancien Main du Roi Aerys II. Il est le père de Cersei, Jaime et Tyrion Lannister. Après l’arrestation d’Eddard Stark, Joffrey le nomme à nouveau Main du Roi, mais après que Jaime ait été fait prisonnier par les Starks, Eddard est exécuté de manière inattendue par Joffrey, et Renly et Stannis Baratheon contestent la prétention de Joffrey au trône. Tywin choisit de rester sur le terrain, commandant ses forces jusqu’à ce qu’il gagne sa guerre, et entre-temps donne le poste de Main du Roi à Tyrion. Pendant la Guerre des Cinq Rois, Tywin séjourne brièvement à Harrenhal, un château et une prison contrôlés par les Lannister. Là, il nomme une captive Arya Stark comme son échanson, bien qu’il ne soit pas certain qu’il connaisse sa véritable identité. Il s’allie aux Tyrell et arrive à King’s Landing pour écraser l’armée de Stannis Baratheon, qui tente de prendre la ville. Au lendemain de la bataille, il est à nouveau nommé Hand of the King, tandis que Tyrion est rétrogradé au rang de Master of Coin. En tant que Main du Roi, il arrange plusieurs mariages, s’occupe des affaires de sa famille et du royaume, et se dispute fréquemment avec Tyrion. Lorsque Tyrion est faussement accusé d’avoir empoisonné le roi Joffrey, Tywin condamne son fils à mort. Cependant, Tyrion s’échappe de la ville avec l’aide de Lord Varys et de son frère Jaime, assassinant son père avec une arbalète avant son départ. il arrange plusieurs mariages, s’occupe des affaires de sa famille et du royaume, et se dispute fréquemment avec Tyrion. Lorsque Tyrion est faussement accusé d’avoir empoisonné le roi Joffrey, Tywin condamne son fils à mort. Cependant, Tyrion s’échappe de la ville avec l’aide de Lord Varys et de son frère Jaime, assassinant son père avec une arbalète avant son départ. il arrange plusieurs mariages, s’occupe des affaires de sa famille et du royaume, et se dispute fréquemment avec Tyrion. Lorsque Tyrion est faussement accusé d’avoir empoisonné le roi Joffrey, Tywin condamne son fils à mort. Cependant, Tyrion s’échappe de la ville avec l’aide de Lord Varys et de son frère Jaime, assassinant son père avec une arbalète avant son départ.

Talisa Maegyr

Oona Chaplin

Talisa Stark (saisons 2-3) interprétée par Oona Chaplin . Talisa Maegyr est une guérisseuse travaillant sur les champs de bataille de la Guerre des Cinq Rois. Elle prétend être de la Cité libre de Volantis. Aucun personnage nommé Talisa n’apparaît dans les livres. Oona Chaplin a été initialement annoncée pour jouer un personnage appelé Jeyne, ce que beaucoup pensaient signifier qu’elle jouerait Jeyne Westerling, un personnage des livres. Talisa suit le camp militaire de Robb Stark pendant qu’il se déplace. Un jour, alors qu’ils parlent, ils sont interrompus par la nouvelle que Catelyn a libéré le prisonnier clé de Robb, Jaime Lannister. Talisa va plus tard réconforter Robb. Après qu’elle lui ait révélé davantage de son passé, ils admettent leurs sentiments communs l’un pour l’autre et dorment ensemble. Talisa et Robb se marient en secret devant un septon et elle devient une Stark. Dans la saison 3, Talisa révèle qu’elle est enceinte, bien qu’elle et son enfant à naître soient poignardés à mort par Lothar Frey dans le Red Wedding Massacre , le premier dans la salle à être attaqué.

Ygritte

Rose Leslie

Ygritte (saisons 2 à 4) interprétée par Rose Leslie. Une fille Wildling aux cheveux roux (“embrassée par le feu”, signe de chance parmi les Wildlings) et une adepte de Mance Rayder. Dans la saison 2, elle est capturée dans le Skirling Pass par Jon Snow et Qhorin Halfhand. Elle parvient à s’échapper, mais est reprise par Jon, le séparant de ses frères dans le processus. Plus tard, elle le conduit dans l’embuscade de Rattleshirt. Après cela, ils conduisent Jon au camp de sauvageons de Mance Rayder, où il fait semblant de faire défection vers les Wildlings pour découvrir leurs plans. Elle voyage ensuite avec lui jusqu’au mur, et pendant ce voyage, elle le séduit. Cependant, lorsqu’il est confronté à la mort d’un éleveur de chevaux innocent pour la montre qui a escaladé le mur, Jon échappe aux griffes du sauvageon à cheval. Mais en se reposant, Ygritte parvient à rattraper Jon à quel point elle lui avoue son amour puis, aveuglée par les larmes, lui tire dessus plusieurs fois alors qu’il s’échappe vers le mur. Dans la saison 4, Ygritte commence à attaquer les villages au sud du mur avec son groupe, clairement assoiffée de vengeance contre Jon, bien que Tormund soupçonne qu’elle l’a laissé partir. Lorsque les sauvageons attaquent Mole’s Town, Ygritte massacre toutes les femmes présentes, mais remarque que Gilly se cache avec son bébé et lui épargne la vie. Lorsque les sauvageons atteignent enfin Castle Black et attaquent, Ygritte tue de nombreux frères Night’s Watch avec ses talents de tir à l’arc, parmi lesquels Pyp. Lorsqu’elle est confrontée à Jon, cependant, elle ne peut se résoudre à lui tirer dessus et reçoit une balle dans le dos par Olly, un garçon dont le père Ygritte a déjà tué. Ygritte meurt par la suite dans les bras de Jon, et son corps est ensuite brûlé par Jon lui-même, séparément des autres soldats, dans son pays natal, au nord du mur. Ygritte commence à attaquer les villages au sud du mur avec son groupe, clairement assoiffée de vengeance contre Jon, bien que Tormund soupçonne qu’elle l’a laissé partir. Lorsque les sauvageons attaquent Mole’s Town, Ygritte massacre toutes les femmes présentes, mais remarque que Gilly se cache avec son bébé et lui épargne la vie. Lorsque les sauvageons atteignent enfin Castle Black et attaquent, Ygritte tue de nombreux frères Night’s Watch avec ses talents de tir à l’arc, parmi lesquels Pyp. Lorsqu’elle est confrontée à Jon, cependant, elle ne peut se résoudre à lui tirer dessus et reçoit une balle dans le dos par Olly, un garçon dont le père Ygritte a déjà tué. Ygritte meurt par la suite dans les bras de Jon, et son corps est ensuite brûlé par Jon lui-même, séparément des autres soldats, dans son pays natal, au nord du mur. Ygritte commence à attaquer les villages au sud du mur avec son groupe, clairement assoiffée de vengeance contre Jon, bien que Tormund soupçonne qu’elle l’a laissé partir. Lorsque les sauvageons attaquent Mole’s Town, Ygritte massacre toutes les femmes présentes, mais remarque que Gilly se cache avec son bébé et lui épargne la vie. Lorsque les sauvageons atteignent enfin Castle Black et attaquent, Ygritte tue de nombreux frères Night’s Watch avec ses talents de tir à l’arc, parmi lesquels Pyp. Lorsqu’elle est confrontée à Jon, cependant, elle ne peut se résoudre à lui tirer dessus et reçoit une balle dans le dos par Olly, un garçon dont le père Ygritte a déjà tué. Ygritte meurt par la suite dans les bras de Jon, et son corps est ensuite brûlé par Jon lui-même, séparément des autres soldats, dans son pays natal, au nord du mur. bien que Tormund soupçonne qu’elle l’a laissé partir. Lorsque les sauvageons attaquent Mole’s Town, Ygritte massacre toutes les femmes présentes, mais remarque que Gilly se cache avec son bébé et lui épargne la vie. Lorsque les sauvageons atteignent enfin Castle Black et attaquent, Ygritte tue de nombreux frères Night’s Watch avec ses talents de tir à l’arc, parmi lesquels Pyp. Lorsqu’elle est confrontée à Jon, cependant, elle ne peut se résoudre à lui tirer dessus et reçoit une balle dans le dos par Olly, un garçon dont le père Ygritte a déjà tué. Ygritte meurt par la suite dans les bras de Jon, et son corps est ensuite brûlé par Jon lui-même, séparément des autres soldats, dans son pays natal, au nord du mur. bien que Tormund soupçonne qu’elle l’a laissé partir. Lorsque les sauvageons attaquent Mole’s Town, Ygritte massacre toutes les femmes présentes, mais remarque que Gilly se cache avec son bébé et lui épargne la vie. Lorsque les sauvageons atteignent enfin Castle Black et attaquent, Ygritte tue de nombreux frères Night’s Watch avec ses talents de tir à l’arc, parmi lesquels Pyp. Lorsqu’elle est confrontée à Jon, cependant, elle ne peut se résoudre à lui tirer dessus et reçoit une balle dans le dos par Olly, un garçon dont le père Ygritte a déjà tué. Ygritte meurt par la suite dans les bras de Jon, et son corps est ensuite brûlé par Jon lui-même, séparément des autres soldats, dans son pays natal, au nord du mur. Lorsque les sauvageons atteignent enfin Castle Black et attaquent, Ygritte tue de nombreux frères Night’s Watch avec ses talents de tir à l’arc, parmi lesquels Pyp. Lorsqu’elle est confrontée à Jon, cependant, elle ne peut se résoudre à lui tirer dessus et reçoit une balle dans le dos par Olly, un garçon dont le père Ygritte a déjà tué. Ygritte meurt par la suite dans les bras de Jon, et son corps est ensuite brûlé par Jon lui-même, séparément des autres soldats, dans son pays natal, au nord du mur. Lorsque les sauvageons atteignent enfin Castle Black et attaquent, Ygritte tue de nombreux frères Night’s Watch avec ses talents de tir à l’arc, parmi lesquels Pyp. Lorsqu’elle est confrontée à Jon, cependant, elle ne peut se résoudre à lui tirer dessus et reçoit une balle dans le dos par Olly, un garçon dont le père Ygritte a déjà tué. Ygritte meurt par la suite dans les bras de Jon, et son corps est ensuite brûlé par Jon lui-même, séparément des autres soldats, dans son pays natal, au nord du mur.

Gendry

Joe Dempsie

Gendry (saisons 1–3, 7–8) interprété par Joe Dempsie . Gendry est un apprenti forgeronà King’s Landing et le fils bâtard du roi Robert Baratheon. Après la mort du roi Robert et l’exécution d’Eddard Stark, des dispositions sont prises pour que Gendry se rende à Castle Black avec Arya (déguisée en “Arry”) et d’autres recrues de Night’s Watch. Au cours de leur voyage, Gendry découvre la véritable identité d’Arya et les deux forment une amitié étroite. Après que les soldats de Lannister leur ont tendu une embuscade et les ont retenus captifs à Harrenhal, Gendry et Arya s’échappent avec l’aide de Jaqen H’ghar. Ils rencontrent bientôt la Confrérie sans bannières, qui vendra plus tard Gendry à Lady Melisandre, le séparant d’Arya. Melisandre emmène Gendry à Peyredragon et utilise le sang de son roi pour transformer la Guerre des Cinq Rois en faveur de l’oncle de Gendry, Stannis Baratheon. Gendry est alors libéré par Ser Davos Seaworth, Stannis’ Hand, et retourne à King’s Landing en chaloupe. Des années plus tard, Davos, maintenant au service de Jon Snow, retourne dans la capitale et trouve Gendry travaillant à nouveau comme forgeron. Davos recrute Gendry pour aller au-delà du Mur avec Jon et les autres membres de la Confrérie pour capturer un revenant et prouver l’existence des Marcheurs Blancs. Gendry survit à la mission et retourne à Winterfell, où il retrouve Arya et aide à vaincre l’armée des morts. Après la bataille, Gendry est légitimé par Daenerys Targaryen et nommé Lord of Storm’s End. Il est présent au couronnement du roi Bran le Brisé. Davos recrute Gendry pour aller au-delà du Mur avec Jon et les autres membres de la Confrérie pour capturer un revenant et prouver l’existence des Marcheurs Blancs. Gendry survit à la mission et retourne à Winterfell, où il retrouve Arya et aide à vaincre l’armée des morts. Après la bataille, Gendry est légitimé par Daenerys Targaryen et nommé Lord of Storm’s End. Il est présent au couronnement du roi Bran le Brisé. Davos recrute Gendry pour aller au-delà du Mur avec Jon et les autres membres de la Confrérie pour capturer un revenant et prouver l’existence des Marcheurs Blancs. Gendry survit à la mission et retourne à Winterfell, où il retrouve Arya et aide à vaincre l’armée des morts. Après la bataille, Gendry est légitimé par Daenerys Targaryen et nommé Lord of Storm’s End. Il est présent au couronnement du roi Bran le Brisé.

Tormund Giantsbane

Kristofer Hivju

Tormund Giantsbane (saisons 3 à 8) interprété par Kristofer Hivju. Un raider sauvage connu pour ses nombreux titres, “Giantsbane” étant le plus important. Bruyant et grégaire, il est l’un des meilleurs généraux de Mance, féroce et terrible au combat. Tormund prend goût à Jon Snow après les avoir rejoints et lui donne même des conseils sur sa relation avec Ygritte. Après que l’armée de Mance Rayder ait attaqué Castle Black, Tormund est fait prisonnier, où il forme un lien plus fort avec Jon et accepte d’aider le Lord Commander à former une trêve entre les sauvageons et la Garde de Nuit. Le couple se rend à Hardhome et survit à une attaque des White Walkers tout en sauvant des sauvageons. Après l’assassinat de Jon lors d’une mutinerie, Tormund est présent lorsque Lady Melisandre le ressuscite et fait partie de l’armée que Jon utilise pour récupérer Winterfell à la maison Bolton. Tormund est alors stationné à Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, et va au-delà du mur avec Jon pour capturer un revenant et prouver l’existence des marcheurs blancs à la reine Cersei Lannister. Tormund survit à une attaque contre Eastwatch par le roi de la nuit et se rend à Winterfell à temps pour rejoindre l’effort visant à vaincre l’armée des morts. Après la bataille, Tormund retourne à Castle Black. À la fin de la série, il retrouve finalement Jon Snow, après l’extradition de Jon après avoir assassiné Daenerys Targaryen.

Brienne de Tarth

Gwendoline Christie

Brienne of Tarth (saisons 2 à 8) interprétée par Gwendoline Christie. Un ancien membre du Kingsguard de Renly Baratheon. C’est une guerrière hautement qualifiée et qualifiée, rendue encore plus dangereuse par le fait que les hommes la sous-estiment. Elle est considérée comme démodée à cause de son physique. Elle est présente lorsque Renly Baratheon est assassiné par un démon de l’ombre et est faussement accusé d’avoir commis l’acte. Elle s’enfuit avec Catelyn Stark, qui était également présente lorsque Renly a été tué, et prête serment à son service. Brienne jure de se venger de Stannis Baratheon, qui a créé le démon de l’ombre qui a tué son roi. Brienne est chargée par Catelyn d’escorter Jaime Lannister à King’s Landing en échange de la libération des filles de Catelyn, Sansa et Arya. Sur la route, cependant, Brienne et Jaime sont capturés par des soldats travaillant pour la maison Bolton, et la main d’épée de Jaime est coupée. Brienne est gardée à la forteresse de la prison de Harrenhal pour divertir les soldats de Bolton en combattant un ours – Jaime la sauve de la fosse aux ours et le couple retourne bientôt à King’s Landing. Après le meurtre empoisonné du roi Joffrey, Brienne est renvoyée de King’s Landing pour retrouver Sansa et Arya, qui se sont toutes deux échappées de la capitale à son insu.

Se rendant aux Eyrie pour trouver les filles Stark, Brienne rencontre Sandor Clegane et sa compagne de voyage, Arya Stark. Incapable de persuader Arya de la rejoindre, et après avoir vaincu Sandor en combat singulier, Brienne voyage avec Podrick à Winterfell, où Sansa Stark a fait surface après avoir échappé à King’s Landing. Brienne abandonne brièvement sa mission de localiser Sansa afin d’exécuter Stannis Baratheon, qui ne parvient pas à capturer Winterfell, mais s’unit à la fille Stark peu de temps après. Sansa, Brienne et Podrick se rendent à Castle Black, où Sansa retrouve son frère, Jon Snow. Brienne est envoyée à Riverrun pour demander que l’armée de Brynden Tully aide Sansa et Jon à récupérer Winterfell. À son arrivée, elle retrouve brièvement Jaime mais est incapable de convaincre Brynden de monter vers le nord et d’aider Sansa. Elle retourne à Winterfell après que Sansa et Jon aient quand même récupéré le château, et est présente lorsque Sansa et Arya se réunissent à la forteresse, remplissant techniquement son serment envers Catelyn Stark. Elle se rend à King’s Landing pour représenter Sansa au sommet de Dragonpit, puis retourne à Winterfell pour affronter l’armée des morts, retrouvant Jaime Lannister. Après la mort de Jaime lorsque Daenerys Targaryen détruit King’s Landing, Brienne voyage vers le sud et est nommée à la tête de la garde royale de Bran the Broken.

Ramsay Bolton

Iwan Rhéon

Ramsay Bolton (saisons 3 à 6) interprété par Iwan Rheon . Fils illégitime de Roose Bolton , Ramsay Snow de la maison Bolton est cruel, sadique et rusé. Il est présenté pour la première fois à la série lorsque Theon Greyjoy capture Winterfell et Roose Bolton lui ordonne de reprendre la forteresse, apparemment pour la rendre aux Starks. Cependant, l’armée de Ramsay saccage le château et le laisse en ruine. Ramsay capture Theon, l’emprisonne au Dreadfort et le torture si sévèrement que Theon oublie son propre nom, se croyant finalement appelé “Reek”. Ramsay va même jusqu’à castrerPuanteur. Après avoir capturé Moat Cailin, les Bolton quittent Dreadfort pour Winterfell. Roose est nommé directeur du Nord et légitime Ramsay, faisant de lui Ramsay Bolton. Sansa Stark est alors mariée à Ramsay, grâce à un arrangement conclu par Petyr Baelish dans sa propre tentative de contrôler le Nord. Ramsay abuse et viole Sansa, la violant lors de leur nuit de noces.

Après que Sansa et Theon aient échappé à la capture de Ramsay lors de l’attaque ratée de Stannis Baratheon sur Winterfell, Roose réprimande Ramsay pour sa complaisance et laisse entendre que le légitimer était une erreur. Après que la femme de Roose, Walda, ait donné naissance à un héritier légitime, Ramsay organise rapidement l’assassinat de son père.. Alors que les Karstarks sont prêts à cacher l’information, Ramsay poignarde Roose dans le cœur, nourrit la femme et le fils de Roose à ses chiens et prend le titre de Lord Bolton. Peu de temps après, House Umber arrive à Winterfell avec deux prisonniers : Rickon Stark et Osha. Osha est tuée en essayant d’assassiner Ramsay elle-même. Lorsque l’armée sauvage de Jon Snow descend sur Winterfell pour prendre le château, Rickon est tué après avoir été utilisé comme appât pour perturber la tactique de Jon. Après une bataille, Ramsay est vaincu sur le terrain par une combinaison de l’armée sauvage et des Chevaliers du Val, qui arrivent sur les ordres de Petyr Baelish et Sansa Stark. Il est arrêté et enchaîné dans le chenil de Winterfell, où Sansa le regarde se faire dévorer par ses propres chiens.

Gilly

Hannah Murray

Gilly (saisons 2 à 8) interprétée par Hannah Murray. Jeune fille sauvage qui vit au nord du mur, Gilly est l’une des nombreuses filles de Craster, un sauvageon qui prend toutes ses filles comme épouses une fois qu’elles sont devenues des femmes. Pendant la grande distance de la Garde de nuit au-delà du mur, Gilly rencontre Samwell Tarly, un frère de la Garde de nuit. Elle est enceinte et donne bientôt naissance au fils de Craster. Craignant pour la vie de son fils, sachant que les fils de Craster sont remis aux White Walkers, elle s’enfuit avec Samwell lors d’une violente mutinerie à Craster’s Keep, au cours de laquelle Craster et le Lord Commander de Night’s Watch, Jeor Mormont, sont tous deux tués. Gilly et Samwell, avec le bébé (connu sous le nom de “Little Sam”), retournent au mur. En cours de route, un White Walker vient réclamer Little Sam, seulement pour que Samwell poignarde le Walker avec un poignard en dragonglass. Après son retour à Castle Black, Samwell commence à craindre pour la sécurité de Gilly et trouve à la place son travail à Mole’s Town, une colonie voisine. Lorsque Mole’s Town est attaqué par des sauvageons, Gilly retourne à Castle Black et survit à l’attaque de l’armée de sauvageons de Mance Rayder. Après que Maester Aemon soit tombé malade et soit mort, Samwell et Gilly se rendent au sud de la Citadelle, où Samwell s’entraîne pour devenir le nouveau maester de la Garde de Nuit. Après une brève escale avec sa famille à Horn Hill, Samwell emmène Gilly à la Citadelle. Lorsque Samwell devient frustré par les mestres, Gilly retourne avec lui vers le nord et le trio s’installe à Winterfell. Gilly survit alors à l’attaque des White Walkers et déclare qu’elle est enceinte du bébé de Samwell par la suite. Lorsque Samwell est nommé mestre du petit conseil de Bran le Brisé,

Daario Naharis

Michel Huisman

Daario Naharis (saisons 3 à 6) interprété par Ed Skrein dans la saison 3 et par Michiel Huisman à partir de la saison 4. Daario est un guerrier confiant et séduisant qui est lieutenant dans les Second Sons, un groupe de 2000 mercenaires. Daario est présenté lorsque Daenerys Tagraryen tente de s’emparer de la ville esclavagiste de Yunkai – elle engage les Second Sons pour l’aider à conquérir la ville. Daario assassine ses camarades commandants après avoir envisagé de se retourner contre Daenerys et lui déclare sa loyauté, l’aidant à prendre la ville. Lorsque Daenerys prend Meereen, Daario bat le champion de la ville et lui accorde l’entrée dans la ville. Daario rejoint alors l’équipe consultative de Daenerys et devient rapidement son partenaire amoureux. Au cours de leur relation, il enquête sur les origines des Sons of the Harpy, un groupe militant qui s’oppose au règne de Daenreys à Meereen. Lorsque Daenerys est forcée de fuir la ville et capturée par les Dothraki, Daario voyage avec Ser Jorah Mormont pour la récupérer à Vaes Dothrak. Lorsque Daenerys revient à Meereen, elle commence à planifier son départ pour Westeros. Daario l’aide à vaincre les Fils de la Harpie et les maîtres esclavagistes de la région. Après avoir créé une paix fragile à Slaver’s Bay, elle confie à Daario et aux Second Sons la responsabilité de maintenir l’ordre. Daario est contrarié par cette nouvelle, car rester à Meereen signifie la fin de sa relation avec Daenerys, mais on présume qu’il dirige la ville à sa place.

Missandei

Nathalie Emmanuel

Missandei (saisons 3 à 8) interprétée par Nathalie Emmanuel ^[2]Serviteur personnel de Daenerys Targaryen. Elle a été libérée de son statut d’esclave travaillant comme traductrice pour Kraznys mo Nakloz lorsque Daenerys a insisté lors des négociations avec Kraznys mo Nakloz pour que Missandei lui soit offerte en cadeau. Elle remplace effectivement Doreah après avoir trahi Daenerys à Qarth. Elle commence plus tard à enseigner à Grey Worm comment parler la langue commune, et ils développent des sentiments amoureux l’un pour l’autre, bien que Grey Worm soit un Unsullied qui a été castré dans sa jeunesse. Elle est visiblement attristée lorsqu’un autre Immaculé, Rat Blanc, est tué dans un bordel par les Fils de la Harpie. Après que Grey Worm ait failli être tué lors d’une attaque, Missandei l’embrasse après avoir révélé que pour la première fois, il avait peur, car il pensait qu’il ne la reverrait plus jamais. Le jour de l’ouverture des jeux de combat, les Fils de la Harpie lancent une autre attaque. Missandei est sauvée de justesse par Tyrion Lannister et regarde Daenerys s’envoler sur Drogon. Elle reste plus tard à Meereen avec Tyrion et Grey Worm pour aider à garder la ville unie. Malgré une attaque de la flotte des maîtres esclavagistes, Meereen est sauvée lorsque Daenerys revient avec les Dothraki et libère ses dragons sur la flotte, dont Missandei est témoin. Elle accompagne plus tard Daenerys lors de son voyage de retour à Westeros. Elle fait l’amour avec Grey Worm et s’inquiète pour lui lorsqu’il est envoyé attaquer Castral Rock. Dans la saison 8, elle est décapitée par la Montagne sous les ordres de Cersei. Malgré une attaque de la flotte des maîtres esclavagistes, Meereen est sauvée lorsque Daenerys revient avec les Dothraki et libère ses dragons sur la flotte, dont Missandei est témoin. Elle accompagne plus tard Daenerys lors de son voyage de retour à Westeros. Elle fait l’amour avec Grey Worm et s’inquiète pour lui lorsqu’il est envoyé attaquer Castral Rock. Dans la saison 8, elle est décapitée par la Montagne sous les ordres de Cersei. Malgré une attaque de la flotte des maîtres esclavagistes, Meereen est sauvée lorsque Daenerys revient avec les Dothraki et libère ses dragons sur la flotte, dont Missandei est témoin. Elle accompagne plus tard Daenerys lors de son voyage de retour à Westeros. Elle fait l’amour avec Grey Worm et s’inquiète pour lui lorsqu’il est envoyé attaquer Castral Rock. Dans la saison 8, elle est décapitée par la Montagne sous les ordres de Cersei.

Sable d’Ellaria

Indira Varma

Ellaria Sand (saisons 4 à 7) interprétée par Indira Varma . L’ amante sexuellement promiscuité d’ Oberyn Martell , c’est une bâtarde de Dorne . Elle est également la mère de plusieurs filles, connues collectivement sous le nom de Sand Snakes. Elle est présente au procès de Tyrion par combat, où Oberyn combat Gregor Cleganeau nom de Tyrion, et est horrifié quand Oberyn est tué. À la mort d’Oberyn, elle retourne à Dorne. Là, elle implore le prince Doran de déclarer la guerre aux Lannister pour se venger de la mort d’Oberyn aux mains des Lannister. Peu de temps après, lorsque Jaime Lannister arrive à Dorne pour une mission secrète visant à libérer la princesse Myrcella de Sunspear, Ellaria et les serpents de sable se battent en duel avec Jaime et Bronn, entraînant l’emprisonnement de Bronn et des serpents de sable. Une trêve est convenue et Ellaria abandonne son plan de se venger des Lannister lorsque le prince Doran autorise Jaime, Myrcella et Bronn à retourner à King’s Landing. Cependant, il est révélé qu’Ellaria a empoisonné Myrcella à son départ, a envoyé deux des serpents de sable pour tuer le prince Trystane (la fiancée de Myrcella), et avait secrètement comploté pour assassiner le prince Doran – trois missions secrètes qu’elle organise avec succès. Elle s’allie plus tard avecDaenerys Targaryen et les Tyrell contre les Lannister, mais est capturée et emprisonnée par Euron Greyjoy et Cersei Lannister tandis que deux de ses filles sont tuées. Sa mort n’est jamais montrée à l’écran, mais on suppose qu’elle meurt de faim dans les cachots de King’s Landing avec sa dernière fille Tyene.

Tommen Barathéon

Dean-Charles Chapman

Tommen Baratheon (saisons 1 à 6) interprété par Callum Wharry dans les saisons 1 et 2, et par Dean-Charles Chapmanà partir de la saison 4. Tommen Baratheon de la maison Baratheon est le prince présenté comme le plus jeune fils du roi Robert Baratheon et de la reine Cersei Lannister. Comme ses frères et sœurs aînés Joffrey et Myrcella, son vrai père est son oncle Ser Jaime Lannister. Comme sa sœur, il est bon enfant et passif contrairement à son frère Joffrey et aime son oncle Tyrion. Lorsque le roi Joffrey est empoisonné lors de son propre mariage, Tommen prend le trône et épouse Margaery Tyrell. Sa mère Cersei combat Margaery pour l’influence sur Tommen, et leur guerre de mots qui s’ensuit aboutit finalement à l’arrestation de Margaery et Cersei par le Grand Moineau. Après la libération temporaire de Cersei avant son procès devant le Faith Militant, elle détruit le Sept de Baelor avec une traînée de poudre, tuant plusieurs personnes à l’intérieur, dont Margaery. Témoin de l’événement,

Jaqen H’ghar

Tom Wlaschiha

” Jaqen H’ghar “ (saisons 2, 5–6) interprété par Tom Wlaschiha. Sournois, énigmatique et dangereux criminel, Jaqen fait partie du groupe de recrues de Yoren prises à King’s Landing pour rejoindre la Garde de Nuit. Un étranger de Braavos, bien qu’il revendique à l’origine Lorath, il parle à la troisième personne, se référant à lui-même comme “un homme”. Quand Arya Stark est prise comme l’une des prisonnières des Lannister à Harrenhal, Jaqen lui apprend les voies des hommes sans visage et l’aide à s’échapper. Il laisse Arya avec une pièce de fer et lui dit que si jamais elle rencontrait un homme de Braavos, elle devrait lui présenter la pièce et répéter les mots “Valar Morghulis”. Un an plus tard, Arya retrouve Jaqen à Braavos. Il l’intronise dans l’ordre des hommes sans visage et la prend à nouveau sous son aile, les hommes sans visage se révélant être des assassins qui utilisent les visages des morts pour changer leur apparence. Jaqen confie à Arya diverses tâches à accomplir et la punit pour sa désobéissance ou la récompense pour ses compétences. Jaqen informe plus tard Arya qu’elle est devenue “personne” et qu’elle est prête à rejoindre les hommes sans visage, mais son offre est rejetée alors qu’Arya retourne à Westeros.

Roose Bolton

Roose Bolton (seasons 2–6) portrayed by Michael McElhatton. A Bannerman of the North and Lord of the Dreadfort. The Bolton family have a nasty history of keeping to very old, and barbaric ways, including flaying their enemies alive, and Roose is no exception, being suspected of not feeling any emotion. His cunning makes him a valuable ally, but his unpredictable nature makes him a dangerous one.

The High Sparrow

Jonathan Pryce

The High Sparrow (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Jonathan Pryce. A devout and pious man, the High Sparrow came to King’s Landing after Tywin Lannister’s death to serve the poor, downtrodden and infirm. He quickly amasses a large following, including Cersei’s cousin and former lover Lancel, who swarm over the city, ministering to the needy and denouncing corruption. He is first noticed by Cersei Lannister when his followers assault and humiliate the High Septon at a brothel.

Grey Worm

Jacob Anderson

Grey Worm (seasons 3–8) portrayed by Jacob Anderson. A captain of the Unsullied, a group of eunuch slave soldiers. His name is pronounced Torgo Nudho in Valyrian and was chosen by his Astapor slave masters, who choose new names for the Unsullied which are designed to humiliate them and make them think they are not human. Despite this, Grey Worm chose to keep his current name because it was his name on the day Daenerys freed the Unsullied, so he considers it to be a lucky name. He is loyal to Daenerys and doesn’t like those who insult her. He develops feelings for Missandei, which appear to be reciprocated, and has a friendly rivalry with Daario Naharis. He is gravely injured in Meereen in an attack by the Sons of the Harpy, but ultimately survives. After Daenerys’s disappearance, Grey Worm partially recovers from his injuries and remains in Meereen to help Tyrion Lannister govern the city and maintain peace with the slave masters. When the slave masters go back on the deal and attack Meereen with ships, only to be countered by Daenerys’s dragons, Grey Worm kills Razdal mo Eraz and Belicho Paenymion, and later accompanies Daenerys and her retinue on their voyage to Westeros. From her stronghold on Dragonstone, Daenerys sends Grey Worm and his army to take Casterly Rock. The night before Grey Worm admits to Missandei that now he has her to love, he has begun to know what fear is. They make love. Grey Worm expects Casterly Rock to be hard to win and is surprised to find it barely defended: the capture is effected with ease. He then takes his army east and is outside King’s Landing when Daenerys and Cersei meet in the Dragonpit.

Recurring / Guest characters

House Arryn

• Robin Arryn^[a] (seasons 1, 4–6, 8) portrayed by Lino Facioli. Lino Facioli Robin Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale, is the only child of Jon and Lysa Arryn and a sickly boy doted on by his mother. He is still breastfed despite being well into pre-adolescence, and is mentally and socially maladjusted. He enjoys seeing people executed by defenestration, whether they are guilty or not (of note, Robin seems to enjoy seeing anything fall through the moon door, since the first thing he does when Petyr Baelish brings him a toy is to gleefully throw it through the moon door). In Season 1, he is present at Tyrion Lannister’s trial, but shows little to no interest in the details and continuously begs his mother to make the “little Lannister baby-man” fly, which would mean Tyrion being executed, although Tyrion is acquitted. In Season 4, he greets Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish as “Uncle Petyr” and meets his cousin, Sansa Stark, for the first time. Lysa later mentions in conversation that Robin and Sansa are to be betrothed. However, tensions arise between them when Robin ruins Sansa’s snow castle of Winterfell and Sansa slaps Robin in retaliation. After Lysa is killed, Petyr proposes that Robin be taken on several tours of the Vale so as to prepare him for ruling it one day as its new Lord, though Petyr implies that his intention is for Robin to be killed in the process. In season 5, Robin is being trained in the art of fighting, but lacks the skill and determination due to his upbringing. Petyr leaves him in the care of Yohn Royce. In season 6, Robin is informed of Sansa’s escape from House Bolton, and through Petyr’s manipulations, Robin gives the order for the Knights of the Vale to aid her and Jon Snow against Ramsay Bolton.
• Yohn Royce (season 4–8) portrayed by Rupert Vansittart. Rupert Vansittart Yohn Royce, known as “Bronze Yohn”, is the head of House Royce of Runestone, a powerful vassal house of House Arryn. Like Lady Waynwood, he suspects Petyr Baelish of having murdered Lysa Arryn, but her death is eventually ruled a suicide. In season 5, he takes Robin Arryn in as his ward. In the sixth season, he is summoned by Baelish to lead the Knights of the Vale to aid Sansa Stark and Jon Snow against the Boltons. In the aftermath, after voicing his disapproval of the wildlings, Yohn joins the Northern Lords in proclaiming Jon the new King in the North. When Baelish is accused by Sansa of Lysa’s murder, Yohn supports Sansa’s decision to try Baelish.
• Anya Waynwood (season 4) portrayed by Paola Dionisotti. Lady Anya Waynwood is the head of House Waynwood, a powerful vassal house of House Arryn. She suspects Petyr Baelish of murdering Lysa Arryn, but the death is ruled a suicide.
• Lysa Arryn (seasons 1 & 4) portrayed by Kate Dickie. Kate Dickie Lysa Arryn (née Tully), currently Mistress of the Eyrie, is the widow of Lord Jon Arryn. Born to the Lord and Lady of the Riverlands, she is the younger sister of Catelyn Stark, Lady of Winterfell, and the older sister of Lord Edmure Tully, Lord of Riverrun. She has grown mentally unstable since the death of her husband, and is convinced that as long as she stays boarded up in the Eyrie she will be safe. Justice for her husband rarely crosses her mind, unless exacting it doesn’t mean bestirring herself or her guards from her castle. She is also overly protective of her son, Robin Arryn, which has made him a weak and spoiled child. In season 1, Lysa sends Catelyn a letter suggesting that the Lannisters were responsible for the death of Jon Arryn, which prompts Catelyn to investigate. Tyrion Lannister is later taken before Lysa to face justice for attempting to murder Bran Stark. Though Tyrion is innocent, Lysa appears uninterested in the details and even accuses him of murdering Jon. Lysa loses when Tyrion demands a trial by combat and Tyrion’s champion, Bronn, wins. She later receives word that Robb Stark is marching on King’s Landing to rescue Ned Stark, who has been wrongfully imprisoned, but fails to tell Catelyn. Catelyn confronts her and pleads for help, but Lysa refuses to provide Catelyn with more men, since her only concern is Robin’s safety. By season 3, the Vale has remained untouched by the war, and she is betrothed to Littlefinger, who travels to the Vale to marry her. In season 4, it is revealed that Lysa and Littlefinger have been having an affair for quite some time, and are the ones responsible for poisoning Jon Arryn and (though indirectly) Joffrey Baratheon. When Littlefinger returns from King’s Landing with Sansa Stark, Lysa greets her niece warmly and insists on marrying Littlefinger that same day. Later, however, Lysa accuses Sansa of seducing Littlefinger, but when Sansa insists that she did not, Lysa immediately calms down and tells Sansa that she is to marry Robin. However, Lysa catches Petyr kissing Sansa and angrily confronts Sansa about it, threatening to push her through the moon door, but Petyr intervenes and pacifies Lysa, before telling her that the one woman he only truly ever loved was Catelyn, and pushing her through the moon door to her death. Her death is ruled a suicide thanks to lies by Petyr and Sansa.

House Baratheon

• Myrcella Baratheon (seasons 1–2, 5–6) portrayed by Aimee Richardson on season 1 and 2, and by Nell Tiger Free on seasons 5 and 6. Aimee Richardson The Royal Princess, Myrcella is the younger sister of Prince Joffrey and only daughter of Cersei Lannister. She, like her brothers, is also the child of her mother’s brother, Jaime, though she remains unaware of this. Unlike her older brother Joffrey, Myrcella is a kind and good person and enjoys being with her uncle Tyrion who in turn dotes on his niece. As part of an alliance between House Lannister and Martell, Myrcella is betrothed to Trystane Martell, son of Prince Doran Martell of Dorne, and sent to Dorne as a ward of House Martell. For over two years, she has been a guest and ward of Prince Doran, betrothed to his son, but her position has become tenuous with the death of Oberyn Martell, the Prince’s brother. In season 5, Myrcella is shown at the Water Gardens with her betrothed, with whom she seems to have a good relationship. Unbeknownst to her, she has become a part of Ellaria Sand’s plans for revenge although Prince Doran refuses that the young princess be hurt as part of their revenge against the Lannisters. Myrcella is nearly taken by the Sand Snakes but is rescued by the Prince’s Guard. She later tells her uncle that she now considers Dorne her home and wants to marry Trystane. A while later, Prince Doran allows her to return to the capital with Jaime on the condition that Trystane accompany them, where he will become a member of the Small Council. On the jetty, about to board the ship, she forgives Ellaria Sand, who unexpectedly gives her a kiss on the mouth. On board the ship, Jaime awkwardly attempts to explain the true nature of his relationship with her mother, to which Myrcella responds that she already knows, having “felt” it for a long time. Jaime embraces his daughter, only to discover in horror that she is bleeding from a poison imbued orally by Ellaria. She collapses and dies in his arms. In season 6, her body is returned to King’s Landing and laid to rest in the Great Sept of Baelor. Her funeral is attended only by Jaime and Tommen.
• Selyse Florent (seasons 2–5) portrayed by Tara Fitzgerald. Tara Fitzgerald Selyse Baratheon (née Florent) is the wife of Stannis Baratheon who is kept locked in a tower on Dragonstone. She married Stannis sometime before the events of Robert’s Rebellion. Selyse is a fervent worshiper of R’hllor and a supporter of Melisandre. She keeps the preserved corpses of her stillborn sons in jars in her chambers, seemingly even to Stannis’s disgust, but expresses resentment over their daughter, Shireen, who suffers from greyscale and who Selyse sees as a demon, though she is only stopped from abusing her by Stannis. She later accompanies her husband to the Wall, and is present at the funeral of the Night’s Watch brothers who died in the Battle of Castle Black. She witnesses Mance Rayder’s execution and accompanies her husband on the march to Winterfell. After their army becomes trapped in a blizzard, she accepts Melisandre’s advice to have Shireen sacrificed as a gift to the Lord of Light, only to recant in the last moments, refusing to stand by as her daughter burns to death. Restrained by Baratheon soldiers, she collapses in screams of agony. The next morning, Selyse hangs herself out of grief.
• Shireen Baratheon (seasons 3–5) portrayed by Kerry Ingram. Kerry Ingram Shireen is the young daughter of Stannis Baratheon and Selyse Florent. Her face is disfigured by the disease Greyscale, but she is not yet crippled by it. She is a friend of Davos Seaworth and visits him during his captivity at Dragonstone with books, convincing him to teach himself to read, which he does. Though she does not get on well with Melisandre and has a bleak relationship with her mother, she shares a strong bond with her father, who loves her dearly. She later accompanies her father to the Wall, where she witnesses the funeral of the Night’s Watch brothers who died in the Battle of Castle Black, as well as the execution of Mance Rayder, and also becomes friends with Gilly and Samwell Tarly. She is sacrificed to the Red God, when Stannis’ army is stuck in a snow storm on the way to Winterfell, crying out for her parents who witness her death in tears. This leads to the departure of half of Stannis’s army and Stannis losing the battle against the Boltons.
• Renly Baratheon (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Gethin Anthony. Renly Baratheon, Lord of Storm’s End, is the youngest brother of King Robert and Master of Laws in the Small Council. He is popular with the people because he is handsome, jovial, and throws extravagant balls and masquerades. He is not fond of fighting or bloodshed, and would rather make friends than kill enemies. He is secretly the lover of Ser Loras Tyrell, the Knight of the Flowers, who convinces him that those qualities make him better ruling material than either of his older brothers. While Robert lies dying, Renly attempts to convince Ned of this, and that the two of them should kidnap Joffrey and rule the realm themselves. However, Ned refuses, so Renly, Loras, and their followers flee south. Once Joffrey becomes King and has Ned executed, Renly challenges his alleged nephew’s claim to the throne. Renly declares himself King of the Seven Kingdoms during Season 2 and wins the support of the Baratheon bannermen and the support of other houses, despite Stannis’ better claim. He also seals an alliance with the powerful House Tyrell and its bannermen (including Randyll Tarly, father of Samwell Tarly) by marrying Margaery Tyrell. He leads his massive army slowly through southern Westeros, biding his time. Catelyn Stark tries to convince Renly and Stannis to put aside their differences and unite against the Lannisters but it fails as both brothers refuses to give up their claim for the throne. On the night before a battle between his and Stannis’ forces, Renly agrees to Catelyn to allow the North and Riverlands be an independent kingdom if they allied with him, but on the condition that Robb Stark swear fealty to him. However, Renly is assassinated by Melisandre, who gives birth to a shadow demon and sends it to kill Renly in order to remove him from Stannis’ path. Stannis is initially unaware of the nature of Melisandre’s crime, and is later visibly shocked and saddened of the role he played in his brother’s death, which he visibly regrets.
• Salladhor Saan (seasons 2–4) portrayed by Lucian Msamati. Lucian Msamati The Prince of the Narrow Sea, Salladhor is a notorious pirate, trader, and smuggler from Lys. An old friend of Davos, he now sails for Stannis Baratheon on his ship, the Valyrian and his fleet of thirty ships. He has little patience for those that worship R’hollor – Melisandre’s God – since he has traveled the world and seen many gods and has come to the conclusion the only true god is between a woman’s legs. He agrees to work with Stannis after Davos promises him and his pirates they will be paid in gold and plunder from King’s Landing. Salladhor even goes as far as to request the chance to bed Cersei Lannister after the battle, but Davos refuses, unsure if Cersei will be alive at the time. After the Battle of the Blackwater, he finds Davos stranded on a rock and rescues him, but considers his allegiance broken and departs from Stannis’ cause after dropping Davos off at Dragonstone, warning him that the Red Woman will pose a threat to him. In season 4, Davos tracks him in Braavos, and offers him gold in exchange for his help in gathering a new army to help them aid the Night’s Watch.
• Matthos Seaworth (season 2) portrayed by Kerr Logan. Davos’ son and second-in-command on his father’s ship, Black Betha. Matthos is a devout follower of the Lord of Light and continually tries to convince his father to convert. During the Battle of Blackwater, the Black Betha is caught in a wildfire explosion, killing Matthos.
• Maester Cressen (season 2) portrayed by Oliver Ford-Davies. Oliver Ford Davies Cressen is the aged Maester of Dragonstone, and skeptical of Melisandre’s predictions and the ambitions she has instilled in Lord Stannis to proclaim himself king, claiming “since that boar killed his brother, every lord wants a coronation”. He is disgusted when Melisandre sets idols of the Seven gods on fire in the name of her god – R’hollor. He dies in a suicidal attempt to kill Melisandre by offering to share a poisoned cup of wine with her, which doesn’t affect her but kills the aged Cressen almost instantly.

House Bolton

• Walda Bolton (seasons 4–6) portrayed by Elizabeth Webster. Walda Bolton (née Frey) is a granddaughter of Lord Walder Frey. She is the new wife of Roose Bolton, the Lord of the Dreadfort. During the wedding feast of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, Lord Bolton recounts to Catelyn Stark and Ser Brynden “Blackfish” Tully how Lord Walder Frey proposed him to marry one of his granddaughters and offered her weight in silver as dowry. Lord Bolton then adds he chose the fattest bride available and she has made him very rich. In Season 4, she arrives at the Dreadfort with her new husband and his men (having been smuggled back into the North to avoid the Ironborn) and is greeted warmly by Ramsay Snow as “mother”. She accompanies the Boltons to Winterfell, and receives Sansa Stark and Petyr Baelish along with her husband and stepson. In season 5 it is revealed that she is pregnant, which makes Ramsay feel threatened for his position as Roose’s heir. In season 6, after she gives birth to a boy, she and her baby are mauled to death by Ramsay’s hounds, shortly after Ramsay kills his father.
• Harald Karstark (season 6) portrayed by Paul Rattray. The lord of Karhold and the son of Rickard Karstark, who was executed by Robb Stark. He declares for House Bolton in order to counter any Stark force that Sansa may muster after escaping Winterfell, and witnesses Ramsay kill Roose. In the subsequent battle between the Bolton forces and Jon Snow’s army, Harald leads the Karstark men into battle, but he disappears in the ensuing conflict. Although his death is not shown, Jon Snow confirms it in the season 7 premiere.
• Jon Umber (season 6) portrayed by Dean S. Jagger. “Smalljon” Umber is the son of Greatjon Umber, one of House Stark’s most powerful banner men. “Smalljon” became Lord of Last Hearth, the northernmost of the castles in the North, after his father’s death. Smalljon, however, chooses to side with the Boltons by handing his father’s wards, Rickon Stark and Osha, to Ramsay Snow as an alliance gift, to gain Ramsay’s help in countering Jon Snow and his wildling army. In the subsequent battle between Ramsay’s forces and Jon Snow’s army, he leads the Umber forces into battle and fights Tormund Giantsbane. Though it seems as if he will win, Smalljon is momentarily distracted by the arrival of the Knights of the Vale, long enough for Tormund to bite his throat out and stab him to death.
• Myranda (seasons 3–6) portrayed by Charlotte Hope. Myranda is a servant of House Bolton. She is one of Ramsay Snow’s bedwarmers and assists in his sadistic schemes, such as seducing Theon Greyjoy in order to give him an erection so Ramsay can castrate him, and helping Ramsay hunt a peasant girl with Ramsay’s hounds solely because she was more attractive than her. She later accompanies the Boltons to Winterfell, and is present when Sansa Stark arrives with Petyr Baelish, eyeing Sansa with jealousy and anger. During Sansa’s stay at Winterfell, Myranda encounters her again with Theon and torments her with stories of Ramsay’s sadism. When Sansa refuses to be bullied, Myranda points an arrow to her, preparing to injure her while leaving her usable for Ramsay to father a child. However, this tips Theon into finally rebelling against the Boltons and he saves Sansa by disarming Myranda and pushing her off the castle wall to her death. Her body is found shortly afterwards by Ramsay, who pays his respects to her before having her fed to the hounds.
• Locke (seasons 3–4) portrayed by Noah Taylor. Noah Taylor A man-at-arms sworn to House Bolton, and acts as Roose Bolton’s personal bounty hunter. He captures Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister who were on their way to King’s Landing, Locke later cuts off Jaime’s sword-hand on route to Harrenhal and tries to feed Brienne to a bear rather than hold her ransom, further demonstrating his contempt for wealth and nobility. He holds Harrenhal in Roose Bolton’s name until former Master of Coin Lord Petyr Baelish is proclaimed Lord of Harrenhal and the Riverlands. In Season 4, Locke has followed Lord Bolton in pledging loyalty to the Lannisters, and arrives at the Dreadfort with Roose and his men (having been smuggled back into the North to avoid the Ironborn). Locke warmly greets Roose’s bastard Ramsay – the two are friends and share mutual interests in flaying and mutilation of their enemies. When Roose learns Bran and Rickon Stark are alive, and may pose a threat to his new title as Warden of the North, he commands Locke to go on a hunt to find the boys, in exchange for a thousand acres of land and a holdfast of his own. Locke eventually arrives at the Wall and becomes acquainted with Jon Snow, Bran and Rickon’s half-brother, who he apparently plans to kill as per Ramsay’s suggestion. Locke is one of the few who join Jon on his mission to kill the Night’s Watch mutineers at Craster’s Keep, and in the ensuing battle, he escapes the fray and locates Bran Stark held captive with Jojen Reed, Meera Reed and Hodor. Locke attempts to kidnap Bran and kill him unseen, but Bran uses his warg abilities to enter Hodor‘s mind, and kills Locke by snapping his neck. His body is brought back to Craster’s Keep by Eddison Tollett, and burned along with the rest of the slain.

House Frey

• Walder Frey (seasons 1, 3, 6–7) portrayed by David Bradley. David Bradley Lord Walder Frey, nicknamed the “Late Lord Frey”, is the head of House Frey, Lord of the Crossing and bannerman to House Tully. He is known for outliving his many wives (now on his 8th) and siring over 100 children (both bastard and trueborn). Because the use of the Twins became a strategic necessity for Robb’s host, Walder was able to negotiate marriage contracts for his children to Robb and Arya Stark. But during Season 2 Robb broke his word and married Lady Talisa. For this slight, and willing to take advantage of the war’s changing fortunes, he conspires with Tywin Lannister and Roose Bolton to betray Robb Stark at the wedding of his liege Edmure Tully, which he insists in return for support of his men. Frey hosts the infamous “Red Wedding” at which Robb Stark, his wife and mother are all murdered, refusing to spare Robb even as Catelyn holds Lady Frey hostage and threatens to slit her throat, which she does. He is subsequently granted Riverrun and its lands (though the title Lord Paramount of the Riverlands passes to Harrenhal and House Baelish) and expresses delight to take another young wife, but his house is irredeemably tarnished by the betrayal and House Tully’s vassals refuse to submit to his rule. In Season 6, he is outraged when he hears of the Blackfish recapture’ of Riverrun and blames his sons Lothar and Black Walder for allowing him to escape. He then orders them to retake the castle using Edmure Tully as a hostage. Though they successfully retake Riverrun with the help of a Lannister host led by Jaime Lannister, Walder is ambushed shortly afterwards by Arya Stark, who slits his throat in revenge for the Red Wedding. In Season 7, Arya uses Walder’s face to deceive and poison the rest of his family.
• Lothar Frey (seasons 3 & 6) portrayed by Tom Brooke in season 3, and by Daniel Tuite in season 6. One of Lord Walder Frey’s many sons, nicknamed “Lame Lothar” because of his twisted leg. He and his half-brother Black Walder are sent by their father to Riverrun to propose a marriage between Lord Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey as terms for House Frey rejoining Robb Stark’s campaign against the Lannisters. He is one of the first to commence the “Red Wedding”, stabbing Talisa Stark in the womb several times and killing her and her unborn child. In the sixth season, he is ordered by Walder to retake Riverrun, which he manages to do with Lannister help. Eventually, he is killed by Arya Stark, who bakes him into a pie.
• Black Walder Rivers (seasons 3 & 6) portrayed by Tim Plester. One of Lord Walder Frey’s many bastard sons, nicknamed “Black Walder” for his dark demeanor. He and his half-brother Lame Lothar are sent by their father to Riverrun to propose a marriage between Lord Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey as terms for House Frey rejoining Robb Stark’s campaign against the Lannisters. He kills Catelyn Stark at the Red Wedding, after she slits Lady Frey’s throat in retaliation for her son’s death. In the sixth season, he takes part in the siege of Riverrun, which they reclaim with the help of a Lannister host. Eventually, Black Walder is killed along with Lothar by Arya Stark, who bakes them both into a pie.

House Greyjoy

• Yara Greyjoy^[b] (seasons 2–4, 6–8) portrayed by Gemma Whelan. Gemma Whelan The daughter of Balon Greyjoy and his wife Alannys Harlaw, and elder sister of Theon. She is fierce and proud, and defies traditional ironborn gender roles by commanding her own ship, the Black Wind. She has earned her father’s respect by commanding men, and killing men. When her brother Theon takes Winterfell, Yara tries to convince him to go back with her to the Iron Islands, but Theon refuses. Theon is betrayed by his own men and given to Ramsay Snow, Lord Bolton’s sadistic bastard son, who brutally tortures and eventually castrates him. Ramsay sends Theon’s penis in a box to Balon, with Ramsay threatening to mutilate Theon more unless the Ironmen leave the North, whom Ramsay also threatens to flay living. Balon refuses this, but Yara intends to save her brother of her own accord, taking one ship and fifty of the best killers on the Iron islands with her. In season 4, Yara and her men attack the Dreadfort, but find that Ramsay has broken Theon so badly that he refuses to leave with her and even insists that his name is Reek. Ramsay and his men confront Yara in the dungeon and a battle ensues in which Ramsay frees the hounds and sets them on Yara, who is forced to flee the Dreadfort without Theon, telling her men that Theon is dead. In season 6, Yara contests the Kingsmoot to decide Balon’s successor and appears to sway the Ironborn by declaring that she will build the world’s largest fleet, but is defeated by Euron, who plans to forge an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen to conquer Westeros. Correctly suspecting that Euron will have them killed, Yara and Theon flee the Iron Islands with their loyalists and the bulk of the Iron Fleet, and head to Meereen to forge an alliance with Daenerys first. After explaining the situation, Yara pledges her forces to Daenerys in return for the Iron Islands’ independence. Yara is ordered to sail to attack King’s Landing. While below decks enjoying the company of Ellaria Sand, her fleet is set upon by ships under Euron’s command and they are captured. Shortly before the Battle of Winterfell, Theon leads a raiding party and frees his sister. Yara sails to the Iron Isles, to retake them in the name of Daenerys, in case the Queen and her people need a fallback position after the battle.
• Euron Greyjoy (seasons 6–8) portrayed by Pilou Asbæk. Pilou Asbæk A brother of King Balon Greyjoy, and the uncle of Theon and Yara Greyjoy. Euron is an infamous pirate who has terrorized seas all around the world. He is cunning, ruthless, with a touch of madness. He kills Balon Greyjoy by throwing him off a rope bridge, declaring that Balon’s time is past and that it is time for a new king. At the Kingsmoot he confesses to killing Balon, but convinces the Ironborn that Balon was a poor military commander and declares that he will seduce Daenerys Targaryen and give her the Iron Fleet to conquer Westeros. The Ironborn declare Euron as their king, but before Euron can put Theon and Yara to death he discovers they have fled with the best ships of the Iron Fleet. Undeterred, he orders the Ironborn to begin constructing a new fleet. He uses this fleet to attack Yara’s fleet with fire. He kills two Sand Snakes and captures Yara, Ellaria Sand and Tyene Sand. He gives the Sands to Cersei and keeps Yara prisoner. When he meets Theon he taunts him over his captive sister. Euron later becomes a close partner of Cersei Lannister during the final weeks of her reign, and organizes the defence of King’s Landing in anticipation of an attack by Daenerys Targaryen. Euron’s navy is later destroyed by Daenerys and her dragon, Drogon. While King’s Landing falls, he fights and wounds Jaime Lannister, but is defeated and ultimately killed.
• Aeron Greyjoy (seasons 2 & 6) portrayed by Michael Feast. Michael Feast A brother of King Balon Greyjoy, and an uncle of Theon and Yara Greyjoy. Aeron is a Drowned Priest in service to the Drowned God. When Theon returned to the Iron Islands, Aeron reinitiated him into the faith of the Drowned God. After Balon’s death, Aeron held a Kingsmoot to determine Balon’s successor. Euron Greyjoy wins the election and is baptized by Aeron.
• Balon Greyjoy (seasons 2–3, 6) portrayed by Patrick Malahide. The Lord of the Iron Islands and the father of Theon and Yara. Balon wished to continue the conquering ways of his people, which led him to rebel against the Iron Throne 9 years prior to the start of the series. He lost, with two of his three sons killed in the war; his youngest, Theon, was taken as a ward at Winterfell as a way to keep him from attempting another rebellion. After Theon returns to the Iron Islands with an offer from King Robb Stark for an alliance against the Lannisters, Balon refuses and instead launches beach raids against the North, proclaiming himself King of the Iron islands and the North. Theon, however, is captured and brutally tortured by the sadistic Ramsay Snow, lord Bolton’s bastard, who eventually castrates him. Ramsay sends Theon’s penis in a box to Balon, with Ramsay threatening to mutilate Theon further unless the Ironmen retreat from the North, whom Ramsay also threatens to flay living. Balon refuses, stating that as Theon defied him by attacking Winterfell, claiming him a “fool” and “not a man anymore”, to which Yara responds she intends to save her little brother of her own accord. In Season 6, he is confronted by his younger brother, Euron, who declares that Balon has ruled for too long and throws him from a rope bridge to his death.
• Dagmer Cleftjaw (season 2) portrayed by Ralph Ineson. Ralph Ineson Dagmer is an Ironborn Raider and Theon Greyjoy’s first mate on the Sea Bitch. He suggests that Theon prove himself by taking Winterfell, and persuades him to commit further atrocities to shore up his rule, such as executing Ser Rodrik Cassel for defying Theon and killing two children to pass off as Bran and Rickon Stark. However, when Robb Stark sends Ramsay Snow with an offer to spare the Ironborn if they surrender Winterfell and Theon, he knocks Theon out to hand him over and fatally wounds Maester Luwin. It is revealed in the season three finale that Dagmer and the other ironborn were instead flayed alive by Ramsay Snow and his men.
• Black Lorren (season 2) portrayed by Forbes KB. Lorren is an infamous Ironborn raider better known as “Black Lorren”. He is considered among the fiercest Ironborn warriors. He is under Theon’s command while taking Winterfell. He is ultimately flayed alive by Ramsay Snow, along with the other Ironborn at Winterfell.

House Lannister

• Gregor Clegane (seasons 1–2, 4–8) portrayed by Conan Stevens in season 1, by Ian Whyte in season 2, and by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from season 4 onwards. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, the third and latest actor to portray Ser Gregor Clegane Ser Gregor Clegane is a huge knight and the elder brother of Sandor Clegane. Called “the Mountain That Rides”, he is known for his incredibly cruel nature and uncontrollable temper. His size and strength make him a fearsome warrior, and he has earned a reputation for cruelty and brutality. He is able to wield a two-handed sword one handed. When they were children, Gregor shoved Sandor’s face into a brazier, gruesomely scarring him. In Season 1, Tywin Lannister sends him to raid the Riverlands. Beric Dondarrion is sent to arrest Gregor. When war breaks out, Gregor is given command of Tywin’s vanguard and left flank and leads his men through intimidation. In Season 2 he is left to command Harrenhal in Tywin’s absence and to find and destroy “the Brotherhood Without Banners”, invoking the escape of Arya, Gendry and Hot Pie from Harrenhal. He later abandons the castle after slaughtering the prisoners and is defeated by Edmure Tully at the Stone Mill, but manages to escape back to the Westerlands. Robb chides his uncle, having planned to draw the Mountain into a trap of his own making to be captured or killed. In season 4, Gregor is chosen as Cersei’s champion for Tyrion’s trial by combat, and fights Oberyn Martell, Tyrion’s champion who wants to kill Clegane as revenge for the needless murder of his sister, Elia Martell Targaryen. Oberyn inflicts several serious injuries on Clegane with a weapon that is laced with poison, but Clegane kills Oberyn by crushing his skull, while admitting that he did rape Elia, killed her children and enjoyed it, before collapsing from his own injuries. It is later revealed that Clegane has been poisoned with manticore venom, a poison that Oberyn had laced his weapon with, and that he is slowly dying. Cersei enlists ex-maester Qyburn to save him, though Qyburn claims that the procedure will “change” Clegane. The procedure is a seemingly a success, as Gregor has become active again and joins the Kingsguard as a personal knight for Cersei, though the procedure has changed his physical appearance and his behavior. In the sixth season, he continues to act as Cersei’s bodyguard to intimidate all those who may bother or mock her. After Cersei destroys the Great Sept of Baelor and retakes power, she has Gregor torture Septa Unella in revenge for Unella torturing her during her time in prison.
• Kevan Lannister (seasons 1–2, 5–6) portrayed by Ian Gelder. Lord Tywin’s younger brother, Captain of his Guard, Ser Kevan Lannister is a skilled warrior but overshadowed by his brother Tywin to whom he is deeply loyal and obedient. Unlike his older brother, Kevan is very amiable and cares more about the safety of his family members even if it will humiliate the family’s honour. In Season 1, he is present when Tyrion returns from the Vale and informs him on Jaime’s military victories against Tully bannermen. After Jaime’s capture, he suggests to his brother that they “should sue for peace” which is immediately refuted by Tyrion who reminds that Ned Stark’s beheading prevents it. In Season 2, he sits on a war council in Harrenhal, surmising (correctly) that Robb Stark would not march on Casterly Rock until “at full force” and also suggests that Cersei and her children leave King’s Landing before Stannis Baratheon sacks the city but the proposition is countered by Tywin, refusing to surrender the Iron Throne. In season 5, he returns to King’s Landing to attend Tywin’s funeral alongside his only surviving son, Lancel, who has joined the Sparrows movement, which Kevan disapproves. He later refuses to serve on Cersei’s Small Council, in spite her offering him the position of “Master of War”, questioning her authority, and returning to Casterly Rock until the King himself calls for him. When his niece is arrested by the Faith Militant for sleeping with his son among other sins, Grand Maester Pycelle summons him back to offer him the position of Hand of the King. He later is present at Cersei’s return to the Red Keep, immediately after her enduring Walk of Atonement. In the sixth season, Kevan continues to serve as Tommen’s Hand while attempting to deal with the High Sparrow without bloodshed and spurning Cersei’s attempts to regain influence in the royal court. On the day of Cersei’s trial, Kevan is killed when Cersei has the Great Sept of Baelor destroyed with wildfire.
• Lancel Lannister (seasons 1–2, 5–6) portrayed by Eugene Simon. Eugene Simon Lancel Lannister is the eldest son of Kevan Lannister and cousin of Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion Lannister. He served as King Robert’s squire; in which he is clumsy and incompetent in his duties leading Robert to dislike him intensely. In Season 2, Cersei knights him for his part in Robert’s death. When Jaime goes to war, Cersei takes Lancel as a lover because he resembles her brother. Tyrion eventually discovers the affair and blackmails Lancel into spying for him. During an attack on King’s Landing, Lancel guards Cersei’s son King Joffrey Baratheon and takes a serious wound in the fighting, causing him to retreat. When Joffrey later abandons the battle out of cowardice, Lancel pleads with Cersei to let him take Joffrey back to the battle in order to inspire the troops, but Cersei, clearly more concerned for Joffrey than the city, refuses to listen. In season 5, he and his father return to King’s Landing to attend Tywin’s funeral. Lancel joins the sparrows, a devout religious movement, and apologises to Cersei for the sins they committed together, such as their affair and conspiracy to murder Robert Baratheon. With the re-establishment of the Faith Militant, Lancel abandons his family name and leads the sparrows on a rampage throughout King’s Landing, arresting Ser Loras Tyrell in the process. Later, on Littlefinger and Olenna Tyrell’s urging, he confesses his own sins to the High Sparrow, which leads to Cersei’s arrest. In the sixth season, Lancel continues to serve in the Faith Militant. On the day of Cersei and Loras’s trial, he is lured by one of Qyburn’s little birds to the catacombs underneath the Great Sept of Baelor, where he is stabbed in the spine, rendering him unable to use his legs. He spots a cache of wildfire rigged to explode and crawls towards it, but is too late to stop the detonation and is the first to die.
• Polliver (seasons 2 & 4) portrayed by Andy Kellegher. A Lannister man-at-arms who comes into possession of Arya Stark’s sword; Needle. He captures Arya – believing her to be a recruit of the Night’s Watch called “Arry” and takes her sword which he then uses to kill a crippled Lommy after he asks Polliver to carry him. In Season 4, he inadvertently crosses paths with Arya and Sandor Clegane in an inn in the north. After a brief exchange of insults, a fight breaks out and Polliver’s comrades are slain by Clegane. Arya wounds Polliver from behind, retrieves Needle and kills him in exactly the same manner that he killed Lommy.
• Alton Lannister (season 2) portrayed by Karl Davies. A cousin of Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister, and a captive of Robb Stark. In the books there is no character by this name. Here the character Cleos Frey, also a cousin to the Lannisters, has the role of being a captive of House Stark and delivering terms to House Lannister. While held prisoner in the same cell he talks with his cousin Jaime at Stark’s camp, he talks about the time he was allowed to prove himself by squiring for Jaime in a tourney, however during this encounter he is killed by Jaime in an attempt to escape.
• Amory Lorch (season 2) portrayed by Fintan McKeown. Ser Amory Lorch is a knight and loyal but brutal bannerman of House Lannister. He catches Arya in stealing a parchment containing war orders concerning her brother Robb Stark. She manages to escape him, then finds and hurries the assassin Jaqen H’ghar, to kill Ser Amory to repay the second of the three “lives” he owes her. Before Ser Amory can denounce Arya, he drops dead on the doorstep of Tywin’s chambers with a poisoned dart lodged in his neck, as Tywin (who comes to believe the attempt was on his life) raises the alarm. The Mountain subsequently kills a number of Lannister soldiers in his hunt for the culprit, but Jaqen leaves Harrenhal without being captured.
• Lord Leo Lefford (season 2) portrayed by Vinnie McCabe. Lord Lefford is a powerful Bannerman to Lord Tywin, who fought for him against House Stark. He is Head of House Lefford and Lord of The Golden Tooth.

House Martell

• Tyene Sand (seasons 5–7) portrayed by Rosabell Laurenti Sellers. Rosabell Laurenti Sellers Tyene Sand is the daughter of Prince Oberyn Martell by Ellaria Sand. Tyene is fiercer than she looks, especially with her twin daggers. She assists her mother in her plot to assassinate Myrcella Baratheon as revenge against Cersei, whose actions led to Oberyn’s death. In the ensuing fight with Jaime Lannister and Bronn, she poisons Bronn by striking him with a poison-coated dagger before they are all arrested. In the cells, she strips in front of Bronn to hasten his heartbeat as well as the poison’s effects, though she shows him mercy and gives him the cure. She later synthesises a similar poison for Ellaria, who uses it to poison Myrcella. She gives Ellaria the antidote before she too is killed. When Doran finds out, Tyene kills Areo Hotah while Ellaria stabs Doran in the chest. Tyene subsequently watches her own uncle die without remorse. She is later present when Ellaria meets with Olenna Tyrell to discuss an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen, where she is silenced by Olenna before she can speak. While journeying to Sunspear with her sisters and Ellaria aboard Yara Greyjoy’s ship, Tyene is captured by Euron Greyjoy while defending her mother and taken as a captive aboard his flagship, Silence. Given as a gift to Cersei, Tyene is chained with her mother in a dungeon. Cersei uses a version of the poison on Tyene and leaves her chained in front of her mother so that Ellaria can watch her daughter not just die but decompose.
• Nymeria Sand (seasons 5–7) portrayed by Jessica Henwick. Jessica Henwick Nym Sand is the second eldest of Prince Oberyn’s bastard daughters. Her mother was an Eastern noblewoman who brought Nym up to be cultured, graceful and deadly with a whip. She assists Ellaria Sand in her plot to assassinate Myrcella Baratheon as revenge against Cersei Lannister, whose actions led to Oberyn’s death. Though she is briefly imprisoned by her uncle Doran for her treachery, Ellaria murders Myrcella, and Nym joins her in her coup by ambushing and murdering Trystane Martell. She is later present when Ellaria meets with Olenna Tyrell to discuss an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen, where she is silenced by Olenna. In Season 7, Nymeria accompanies Ellaria, Yara and Theon Greyjoy, and her sisters on the journey to Sunspear from Dragonstone. After they are ambushed by Euron Greyjoy and his fleet, both Nymeria and Obara confront Euron while Tyene protects Ellaria. After the Lord Reaper of the Iron Islands kills Obara, an enraged Nymeria attacks him with her whip, only to be choked to death and then hung from the prow of the ship with her weapon, next to her sister.
• Obara Sand (seasons 5–7) portrayed by Keisha Castle-Hughes. Keisha Castle-Hughes A fearsome warrior, Obara Sand is the eldest bastard daughter of Prince Oberyn Martell. Her mother was a Dornish peasant girl who caught the eye of the Prince. She assists Ellaria Sand in her plot to kill Myrcella Baratheon as revenge against Cersei Lannister, whose actions led to Oberyn’s death. Though she is briefly imprisoned by her uncle Doran for her treachery, Ellaria kills Myrcella, and Obara joins her in her coup by personally murdering Trystane Martell, her own cousin. She is later present when Ellaria meets with Olenna Tyrell to discuss an alliance with Daenerys Targaryen, where she is silenced by Olenna. In Season 7, Obaara accompanies Ellaria, Yara and Theon Greyjoy, and her sisters on the journey to Sunspear from Dragonstone. After they are ambushed by Euron Greyjoy and his fleet, both Nymeria and Obara confront Euron while Tyene protects Ellaria. Ultimately, Euron proves to be a more skillful fighter and ultimately stabs her in the stomach with her own spear. She is impaled at the front of the ship with her spear, next to her hanging sister, Nymeria.
• Trystane Martell (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Toby Sebastian. Toby Sebastian Trystane Martell is Prince Doran’s son and heir to Dorne. His father betrothed him to Myrcella Baratheon as part of the alliance offered by Tyrion Lannister, then acting as Hand of the King. He and Myrcella later grow to love each other and Trystane offers to ask his father if they can marry immediately. He is struck by Bronn when he and Jaime Lannister arrive to take Myrcella back, but Trystane later shows Bronn mercy and decides not to have him mutilated, satisfied with having Areo Hotah strike him in a similar manner instead. Doran allows Trystane to accompany Myrcella back to King’s Landing to take his uncle Oberyn’s place on the Small Council, but Trystane’s life is put in danger when Ellaria Sand secretly poisons Myrcella just as their boat leaves Dorne. Though Jaime prepares to send him back to Dorne unharmed, Trystane refuses to leave, insisting on being present for Myrcella’s funeral, so Jaime instructs him to stay on the boat for his own safety. However, as he is painting funeral stones for Myrcella, he is ambushed and killed by Obara and Nymeria Sand, his own cousins, sent by Ellaria Sand to kill him as part of her coup, though most believe his death was Cersei’s doing.
• Doran Martell (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Alexander Siddig. Alexander Siddig Doran Martell is the ruling lord of Dorne and older brother to the late Prince Oberyn Martell. Unlike his brother, Doran is even-tempered and deliberate. In season 4, he is invited to the wedding of Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell, but due to suffering from gout, he is unable to attend and sends Oberyn in his stead. After Oberyn is slain by Gregor Clegane, Doran grieves but takes no action, claiming that Oberyn suffered a self-imposed death in a trial by combat, a legal act, and coldly rebutts Ellaria’s proposal to harm Myrcella Baratheon to exact revenge on the Lannisters. However, after a skirmish in which Jaime Lannister and Bronn fight with the Sand Snakes over possession of Myrcella, Doran orders all locked up, including Ellaria. He later grants Jaime an audience and agrees to allow Myrcella to return to King’s Landing along with his son, Trystane Martell, Myrcella’s betrothed, while threatening Ellaria and the Sand Snakes with severe consequences should they defy him again. However, Ellaria later secretly poisons Myrcella despite Doran’s warning. In the sixth season, Doran finds out about Myrcella’s assassination, but he is immediately killed by Ellaria, while his men stand and watch as he dies.
• Areo Hotah (seasons 5–6) portrayed by DeObia Oparei. Areo Hotah is the long-serving captain of Doran Martell’s palace guard, renowned for his loyalty and his longaxe. He arrests Jaime Lannister, Bronn, Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes following their battle over Myrcella Baratheon, but releases them all on Doran’s request. As retribution for striking Trystane Martell, Areo strikes Bronn across the face. In the sixth season, after Doran finds out about Myrcella’s death at Ellaria’s hands, he is stabbed and poisoned by Tyene Sand, and dies immediately.
• Oberyn Martell (season 4)^[3] portrayed by Pedro Pascal. Pedro Pascal Prince of Dorne, known as the Red Viper. He is the hot-headed younger brother of Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne and Lord of Sunspear. A renowned warrior and traveler, Oberyn has eight bastard daughters, called the Sand Snakes. His sister, Elia Targaryen, was raped and killed during the Sack of King’s Landing by Ser Gregor Clegane. In season 4, Oberyn arrives in King’s Landing with his paramour, Ellaria Sand, to attend Joffrey’s wedding in his brother’s stead, and his meeting with Tyrion makes it clear that he has actually come to take revenge against the Lannisters for their role in the deaths of his sister, nephew and niece. At the wedding, Joffrey dies after being poisoned, and Tywin initially suspects Oberyn of having a hand in the murder since Oberyn has a past with poison chemistry, while Oberyn denies involvement and accuses Tywin of ordering Gregor Clegane to rape and murder Elia. The two reach a settlement when Tywin promises Oberyn a meeting with Clegane in exchange for Oberyn serving as one of the three judges at Tyrion’s trial. At the trial, Oberyn implies that he is not convinced of Tyrion’s guilt, and openly questions Cersei’s testimony and asks Shae why Tyrion would tell her about all of his plans to murder Joffrey if he was the perpetrator. When Tyrion demands a trial by combat and Gregor Clegane is chosen as Cersei’s champion, Oberyn volunteers to fight for Tyrion, proclaiming that he will exact his vengeance, starting with Ser Gregor. Martell valiantly fights Clegane, his superior speed making up for Clegane’s size, and manages to wound him in the shoulder and the leg, flooring him. Refusing to kill him immediately, Oberyn furiously demands that Clegane admit to raping and killing Elia and her children, and that the order came from Tywin himself. Distracted for a moment, Oberyn is floored by Clegane, who – in a manner self-admittedly paraphrasing the murder of Elia – knocks out his teeth, straddles him and slowly gouges out his eyes, admitting to the rape and murder of Elia before crushing his skull. Tyrion is subsequently sentenced to death, but Oberyn’s objective of vengeance was not in vain, since his spear is revealed to have been laced with the deadly venom of the manticore, which is slowly killing Clegane. Oberyn’s death, however, throws House Martell into chaos, since Ellaria is driven insane to the point that she kills Myrcella Baratheon, Doran Martell and Trystane Martell (Oberyn’s own brother and nephew, respectively) to get revenge against the Lannisters.

House Stark

• Robett Glover (seasons 6–7) portrayed by Tim McInnerny. Tim McInnerny Robett is the brother of Galbart Glover, the Master of Deepwood Motte. He succeeded him after Galbart’s death in the War of the Five Kings. House Glover were bannermen of House Stark but this changed after the Boltons helped him take Deepwood Motte back from the Ironborn who had captured it. He refuses Jon and Sansa’s request for aid against the Boltons, citing his brother’s death fighting for Robb, the fact that Robb marching to war in the south provided an opportunity for the Ironborn to capture his castle, in the process killing his subjects and imprisoning his family, and finally the fact that Jon’s army is composed primarily of Wildings, who the Northern houses have been fighting for generations. However, after Jon Snow and Sansa Stark successfully recapture Winterfell from the Boltons, with help from Littlefinger and the Knights of the Vale, House Glover becomes sworn to House Stark once more, with Lord Glover apologizing for his previous refusal of aid and crowning Jon the King in the North. Despite this, when Jon Snow swears fealty to Daenerys Targaryen, Lord Glover and his men return to Deepwood Motte and do not aid House Stark during the Battle of Winterfell.
• Meera Reed (seasons 3–4, 6–7) portrayed by Ellie Kendrick.^[2] Ellie Kendrick Jojen’s elder sister and daughter of Lord Howland Reed, Eddard Stark’s old friend from Robert’s Rebellion. In season 3 Meera and her brother join Bran in his journey to the Wall and beyond in order to help him to find the Three-Eyed Raven. In season 4, they stumble across Craster’s Keep and are captured by the Night’s Watch mutineers led by Karl. Meera is almost raped by Karl, but is saved when Bran reveals his identity in order to protect her. Karl later tries again to rape her, but an attack by Night’s Watch rangers saves her, and they manage to escape during the fray. They eventually reach the Three-Eyed Raven in a cave, but are attacked by reanimated skeletons outside it. Jojen is fatally stabbed, and Meera performs a mercy killing on him. In season 6, she continues to mourn for Jojen. After the cave is attacked by White Walkers, she pulls Bran to safety until the wights catch up. They are rescued by Bran’s uncle, Benjen Stark, who ultimately takes them back to the Wall. When she leaves Bran to go back south to her home, she is devastated that he gives no acknowledgement of her sacrifices or her brother’s.
• Lyanna Mormont (seasons 6–8) portrayed by Bella Ramsey. Bella Ramsey Lyanna Mormont is the fierce and outspoken, 10-year-old head of House Mormont of Bear Island. She is the niece of Lord Commander Jeor Mormont of the Night’s Watch and cousin of Ser Jorah Mormont. In the fifth season, she refuses Stannis Baratheon’s request to aid him in his campaign to overthrow the Boltons and rally the North to help him retake the Iron Throne, asserting her loyalty to House Stark. In the sixth season, she is approached by Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Davos Seaworth for help in retaking Winterfell from Ramsay Bolton. Though Lyanna is ready to refuse, citing Jon as a bastard and Sansa as a Lannister/Bolton wife, she is persuaded to offer help when Davos informs her of the coming battle against the Night King. She accompanies the Mormont forces and witnesses the subsequent battle between Jon and Ramsay’s armies. After the castle is retaken, Lyanna admonishes Wyman Manderly and Robett Glover for refusing Jon’s calls for help, and is the first to proclaim Jon the new King in the North. As Jon and the Northern Lords plan for the coming war she insists that girls as well as boys should be taught military skills. She dies heroically in the Battle of Winterfell, sacrificing herself to singlehandedly slay an undead ice giant.
• Maester Wolkan (season 6–8) portrayed by Richard Rycroft. Richard Rycroft A member of the Order of Masters who is in service to House Bolton at Winterfell. He witnesses Ramsay kill Roose and reluctantly summons Walda and the baby for Ramsay to murder as well. After the Boltons’ defeat, he serves the Starks. He unwillingly helps Petyr Baelish cause friction between Sansa and Arya Stark. He builds a wheelchair for Bran.
• Lyanna Stark (seasons 6–7) portrayed by Cordelia Hill as a child, and by Aisling Franciosi as an adult. Aisling Franciosi Lyanna is the sister of Ned Stark, she was promised to wed Robert Baratheon, but she was supposedly kidnapped and raped by Rhaegar Targaryen. During the tourney at Harrenhal, Rhaegar rode past his wife, Elia Martell, and placed a crown of winter roses in Lyanna’s lap. Lyanna in fact loved Rhaegar, and was married to him in secret. At the Tower of Joy, Lyanna is being protected by several members of the Kingsguard when Ned arrives to try to find her. Defeating Ser Arthur Dayne of the Kingsguard, Ned enters the Tower of Joy where he finds Lyanna in a bed of blood, but still alive. Lyanna asks Ned to promise to protect her son, who is revealed to be Jon Snow, and prevent Robert from killing him by hiding his Targaryen lineage.
• Rickon Stark (seasons 1–3, 6) portrayed by Art Parkinson. Rickon Stark is Lord Eddard & Lady Catelyn’s youngest child, naturally aggressive and strong-willed. His black dire wolf Shaggydog shares these qualities also. When Theon Greyjoy captures Winterfell in Season 2, Rickon hides in the crypts. After Winterfell is sacked and burned, he, Bran, Hodor, the Wildling woman Osha and the direwolves travel through the North. In Season 3 before they reach the Wall, Rickon, his direwolf and Osha split up from the rest of the group heading to Last Hearth, the seathouse of the Umbers. In Season 6, Rickon and Osha are betrayed by the Umbers to the Boltons following Greatjon Umber’s death, and become hostages of Ramsay Bolton. At the beginning of a grand showdown between the Boltons and the Northern rebels led by Jon Snow, Rickon is released by Ramsay and told to run towards Jon, unaware that it is merely a trap to lure Jon into the open. Just before he can reach Jon, Rickon is shot and killed by Ramsay. Following Ramsay’s defeat, Jon orders Rickon’s body buried in the Winterfell crypt.
• Hodor (seasons 1–4, 6) portrayed by Kristian Nairn. Kristian Nairn Hodor is a huge, physically strong and intellectually disabled stablehand at Winterfell who can only say the word “Hodor“. He hides in the crypts along with Osha, Bran and Rickon, faking their escape out of the castle. They eventually leave the crypts only to find the castle destroyed. After speaking to the dying Maester Luwin, it is decided that they must go to the Wall. In Season 3 Bran decides to go beyond the Wall to find the Three-Eyed Raven and Hodor helps him along with Meera and Jojen Reed after the departure of Rickon and Osha. In season 4, they stumble across Craster’s Keep, where they are captured by the Night’s Watch mutineers led by Karl. Hodor is chained to a post and abused by some mutineers, who poke him with spears and eventually stab him in the leg to stop him intervening on Bran’s behalf. Hodor is later chained in a hut with the other prisoners, and when Bran is abducted by Locke, Bran wargs into Hodor and uses him to kill Locke by snapping his neck. Hodor frees the others and they escape, eventually reaching the Three-Eyed Raven in his cave. During Season 6, Bran learns through visions of the past that, as a boy, Hodor was named Wyllis and possessed normal abilities of speech. When the cave is overrun by White Walkers and wights while Bran is viewing the past, Bran simultaneously wargs into Hodor to induce him to carry Bran to safety. Once they exit through a passageway, Meera orders Hodor to “hold the door” against the wights; in the past, Wyllis collapses and repeats this phrase until it slurs into “Hodor“. In the present, Hodor is killed as the wights eventually tear through the door, but Meera escapes with Bran. Hodor only ever says one word: “Hodor“. However, according to Kristian Nairn’s interview to Vulture,^[4] he has developed 70 ways to say it.^[5]
• Osha (seasons 1–3, 6) portrayed by Natalia Tena. Natalia Tena Osha is a Wildling woman captured by Robb and held captive at Winterfell. Osha works in the kitchens, often giving Bran advice when she bathes in the godswood. After Winterfell is taken by the turncloak Theon Greyjoy, Osha bends the knee to Theon. After the Sack of Winterfell, Osha helps Bran and Rickon escape, along with their direwolves and Hodor. She gives a mercy kill to wounded Maester Luwin. Later, she and her companions travel to the Wall to seek help. In Season 3 before they reach the Wall, Osha, Rickon and his direwolf split up from the rest of the group heading to Last Hearth, the seathouse of the Umbers. In Season 6, they are betrayed by the Umbers to the Boltons after Greatjon Umber dies, and become hostages of Ramsay Bolton. Osha later attempts to kill Ramsay, but is instead killed herself.
• Jojen Reed (seasons 3–4) portrayed by Thomas Brodie-Sangster.^[2] Thomas Sangster A boy with special insights and son of Lord Howland Reed, Eddard Stark’s old friend from Robert’s Rebellion. In season 3 Jojen and his sister join Bran in his journey to the Wall and beyond in order to help him to find the Three-Eyed Raven. In season 4, they stumble across Craster’s Keep and are captured by the Night’s Watch mutineers led by Karl, during which time Jojen suffers from a seizure. Jojen and the others are freed when Bran wargs into Hodor and has him kill Locke and cut them all loose, but Jojen stops Bran from reuniting with his brother, Jon Snow, since he knows Jon would try and stop their journey. Once they reach their destination, however, they are attacked by reanimated skeletons, and Jojen is stabbed in the ensuing fight. Meera finishes him out of mercy.
• Rickard Karstark (seasons 1–3) portrayed by Steven Blount in season 1, and by John Stahl from season 2 onwards. Rickard Karstark is a Bannerman of the North, Lord of Karhold and he is a chief member of Robb Stark’s war council. The Karstarks are distant cousins of the Starks of Winterfell. Karstark’s sons Harrion and Torrhen was killed by Jaime Lannister and Karstark vows retribution. He is enraged when Catelyn Stark decides to free Jaime in an attempt to secure the safety of her daughters. When Karstark discovers that Edmure Tully has defeated the Lannisters in battle near Riverrun and taken two of his young relatives hostage, Karstark orders his men to kill them. Karstark is subsequently sentenced to death by Robb, and he cryptically warns Robb that his actions will eventually lead to his own demise, just before he is executed.
• Maester Luwin (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Donald Sumpter. Donald Sumpter Luwin, Maester of Winterfell, is a chief advisor to Lord Stark. He is one of the few Maesters to have studied magic and the occult. With Robb Stark’s departure, the day-to-day rule of the North falls to Ser Rodrik Cassel and Maester Luwin, acting with Bran’s voice. After Winterfell is taken by Theon, Luwin must advise him because of his valour to serve to the ruler of Winterfell. When Ramsay Snow launches an attack on Winterfell to drive the Ironborn away, Luwin advises Theon to flee to the Wall and join the Night’s Watch, where his crimes will be pardoned, but Theon instead rallies his few remaining men to face Ramsay, and betrayed by his own men. Luwin, in an attempt to save Theon, is stabbed by Dagmer. Bran Stark and his party emerge from hiding to find Winterfell sacked by Ramsay and his men and Luwin dying in the Godswood, where he declares his loyalty and love for the Starks before having Osha perform a mercy killing on him, out of sight of Bran and Rickon.
• Rodrik Cassel (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Ron Donachie. Ron Donachie Ser Rodrik Cassel is the Master-at-Arms at Winterfell. After the discovery of the origin of the knife from the attempted assassination of Bran Stark, he accompanies Lady Catelyn Tully to King’s Landing. Later Lady Catelyn decides to join Robb at Moat Cailin, and names Ser Rodrik castellan of Winterfell. When the Ironmen attack Torrhen’s Square, Ser Rodrik gathers a force to expel them, including most of the Winterfell garrison. The Ironborn under Theon Greyjoy then attack and take Winterfell, and Ser Rodrik is captured while defending himself. Ser Rodrik refuses to swear allegiance to Theon, and spits in his face. Theon orders him thrown into the dungeons, but Dagmer insists that Theon execute him in order to gain respect. Theon executes Ser Rodrik himself, but it takes several blows of the sword to behead him and only gains more contempt and hatred from the Northerners.
• Jory Cassel (season 1) portrayed by Jamie Sives. Jory Cassel was Captain of the Guard at Winterfell and the nephew of Ser Rodrik. Killed by Jaime Lannister during a fight between Jaime’s men and Eddard Stark over Tyrion Lannister’s abduction by Eddard’s wife.
• Septa Mordane (season 1) portrayed by Susan Brown. Septa Mordane was a priestess of the Faith of the Seven Gods (of which Catelyn Stark is an observer) and governess to the young ladies of Winterfell. She was killed by the Lannisters after Eddard Stark’s failed attempt to arrest King Joffrey and Queen Regent Cersei.
• Old Nan (season 1) portrayed by Margaret John. Old Nan was an old serving woman at Winterfell who tells the Stark children stories from beyond the Wall. She is the great-grandmother of Hodor. Margaret John died before the filming of Season 2 and the writers decided that Old Nan died between seasons instead of recasting the role.
• Jon Umber (season 1) portrayed by Clive Mantle. Clive Mantle Called “the Greatjon”, Lord Umber is the Lord of Last Hearth and a Bannerman of the North. In Season 1 he joins Robb Stark in the war and is the first one calling him The King in the North. In Season 3, the North loses the war after the death of King Robb, but his youngest brother Rickon heads to the seat of House Umber to seek refuge. In between the third and sixth seasons, Rickon and Osha arrive at Last Hearth, but at some point, Greatjon dies under unknown circumstances and his lands pass to his son, Smalljon Umber, who betrays Rickon and Osha to Ramsay Snow.

House Targaryen

• Barristan Selmy (seasons 1, 3–5) portrayed by Ian McElhinney. Ian McElhinney Ser Barristan Selmy is the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard and a member of the Small Council. Known as “Barristan the Bold”, he is considered one of the most famous knights of the Seven Kingdoms. Ned has a tremendous respect for Barristan as he remained loyal to protect the Mad King, Aerys II. He sustained injuries at the Trident which prevented Selmy from taking place in the final battles of the war which ultimately led to his survival and pardon. When Ned attempts to arrest Cersei and Joffrey, he informs Ser Barristan of Robert’s will and tells his men not to harm him. After Joffrey becomes King and has Ned arrested, Cersei and Joffrey force Ser Barristan into retirement despite the Kingsguard being meant to serve for life, and much to his anger, his position of Commander is to be given to Jaime. His honor insulted, Ser Barristan refuses their offer of a castle and servants in recognition of his service and leaves King’s Landing. Ser Barristan returns in season 3 where he offers his service to Daenerys as a member of her Queensguard to redeem himself for failing her family. He and Ser Jorah Mormont tend to conflict over what actions Daenerys should use with the former preferring honorable choices while the latter preferring pragmatic choices. Barristan later discovers that Jorah’s original purpose was to spy on Daenerys for Robert and Lord Varys, and informs Daenerys, fearing for her safety and leading her to exile Jorah from Meereen on threat of execution. When a resistance movement, the Sons of the Harpy, openly hostile to Daenerys’s conquest and politics, arise, Barristan advises the Queen to remain just with her enemies and tells of her own father’s crimes and cruel attitude which led to his downfall. He eventually sustains mortal injuries in a fight with a group of Sons of the Harpy alongside Grey Worm even though he managed to slay most of them with prowess. He is mourned by Daenerys as she considered him a loyal friend and his death causes her to retaliate on the Great Masters.
• Hizdahr zo Loraq (seasons 4–5) portrayed by Joel Fry. Joel Fry Hizdahr is a slave-trader from the city of Meereen, on the coast of Slaver’s Bay, and a scion of the House of Loraq, an ancient and proud line of slavers. He claims to Daenerys Targaryen that his father, who Daenerys ordered crucified, was actually against the crucifixion of children, and requests permission to give his father a proper funeral, which she accepts. Daenerys later has Hizdahr sent to Yunkai along with Daario Naharis as her ambassador to persuade the wise masters there to submit to her rule. In season 5, he returns with Daario claiming to have succeeded, although the masters want Daenerys to reopen the fighting pits in return, which she refuses, though she grants him a position on her Small Council. After Barristan Selmy is killed and Grey Worm seriously injured in an attack by the Sons of the Harpy, Daenerys agrees to reopen the pits and marry Hizdahr to bring about peace, though Daario insinuates that Hizdahr is working with the Sons of the Harpy. On the opening day of the Great Games, however, the Sons of the Harpy attack again and Hizdahr is killed, revealing that he was loyal to Daenerys the entire time.
• Mossador (seasons 4–5) portrayed by Reece Noi. Mossador is a former slave who joined the rebellion against the masters of Meereen. In season 5, after the Sons of the Harpy rise and kill and Unsullied, Mossador advocates hunting them down and killing them without mercy, arguing that Meereen is not like Westeros and the only language the Meereenese understand is blood and violence. He is executed by Daario Naharis after murdering a captive Son without Daenerys’s consent.
• Kovarro (season 2) portrayed by Steven Cole. Kovarro is a Dothraki Bloodrider sworn to Daenerys Targaryen. His character does not appear in the books because Kovarro is created for the TV series. He finds Qarth and leads Daenerys there, following the betrayal of Pyat Pree he goes into hiding alongside Jorah Mormont and Daenerys until Daenerys reclaims her dragons. The only thing that interests him in Qarth is stealing all the gold and jewels from Xaro Xoan Daxos.
• Doreah (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Roxanne McKee. Roxanne McKee Doreah is a slave bought in order to school Daenerys in the art of love. She was sold to a brothel when she was nine, by her mother. She is bought by Viserys Targaryen and is shown to pleasure him as he tells her stories about the dragons of Westeros. In Season 2 after arriving in Qarth, Doreah is convinced by Xaro Xoan Daxos that Daenerys wouldn’t leave the city and she steals Daenerys dragons and becomes Xaro’s lover. After revealing the plans of Xaro, Daenerys locks him and Doreah alive in a vault.
• Irri (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Amrita Acharya. Irri is a slave, bought in order to school Daenerys in Dothraki riding. She’s in love with Rakharo and is deeply distressed by his death and the desecration of his corpse. She and Doreah are shown to be at odds, due to Irri valuing tradition and mythical beliefs of the Dothraki over Doreah’s foreign ideals. In Season 2 she is killed in Qarth during the stealing of the dragons. In a deleted scene it is shown she is strangled to death by Doreah.
• Rakharo (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Elyes Gabel. Elyes Gabel Rakharo is a young Bloodrider, favored by, and sworn to Khal Drogo and later Daenerys Targaryen. Deep into the Red Waste while facing starvation Daenerys sends Rakharo, Aggo, and Kovarro to scout in three different directions, using the last remaining horses. Later Rakharo’s horse comes back with his head. It is assumed that Rakharo is killed by some other Khal. Irri fears that without his head, Rakharo’s soul will become lost and will not find its way to the Night Lands.
• Rhaegar Targaryen (season 7) portrayed by Wilf Scolding. Prince Rhaegar Targaryen was the eldest son and heir of King Aerys II Targaryen, and was the Prince of Dragonstone. He was the elder brother of Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen, and the husband of Elia Martell, a distant cousin with whom he had two children, Rhaenys and Aegon Targaryen. However, he annulled his marriage to Elia, and he secretly married Lyanna Stark with whom he has a child, Jon Snow. The parentage of Jon is kept a secret, and he is raised by Lyanna’s brother, Eddard Stark as his bastard to protect him from the enemies of House Targaryen. Rhaegar was the assumed instigator of Robert’s Rebellion after allegedly kidnapping Lyanna, Lord Robert Baratheon’s betrothed.^[6]

House Tully

• Edmure Tully (seasons 3, 6, 8) portrayed by Tobias Menzies.^[2] Tobias Menzies Catelyn and Lysa’s younger brother and the Lord of Riverrun after their father Hoster dies during Season 3. A brash but good-hearted man, Edmure is not a good tactician but a skilled politician. To restore the alliance with Walder Frey, and to make amends with Robb Stark for unwittingly curtailing his plan to draw Tywin Lannister into battle, Edmure is promised to one of Frey’s daughters, Roslin. Edmure and Roslin are wed and carried off for a “bedding ceremony”, after which the Freys slaughter the Stark family in the “Red Wedding”. He becomes a prisoner of the Freys after the death of his sister Catelyn and nephew Robb. When his uncle Brynden retakes Riverrun from the Freys, Edmure is used as a hostage to coerce Brynden into surrendering, but he refuses, while the Freys also refuse to kill Edmure. Jaime Lannister later meets with Edmure and falsely threatens his wife and baby child with death if he does not persuade Brynden to stand down. He is subsequently released and allowed into Riverrun, where he gives the order to surrender. The Lannisters and Freys retake the castle and Edmure is taken captive once more to ensure the Tullys’ loyalty. He reappears in the series finale alongside the other lords and ladies of Westeros as they decide on their new king.
• Brynden Tully (seasons 3, 6) portrayed by Clive Russell.^[2] Clive Russell Commonly known as “the Blackfish”, Ser Brynden is the uncle of Catelyn, Lysa, and Edmure, and a seasoned war veteran. He returns to Riverrun during season 3 before his older brother’s death to make amends. He serves as both an adviser and confidant for both his niece Catelyn and grandnephew King Robb Stark. At Edmure’s wedding to Roslin Frey at the Twins, Brynden excuses himself from the feast to “find a tree to piss on”, and by so doing narrowly escapes the ensuing Red Wedding massacre when the Freys and Boltons betray the Starks. Lord Frey is visibly untouched by the man’s absence, while Roose Bolton appears disturbed, aware that Brynden is capable of holding Riverrun (which has been granted to Lord Frey as payment) against the Iron Throne even with its technical lord, Edmure, in captivity. Brynden indeed retakes Riverrun from the Freys and holds it in Robb’s name, refusing to surrender even when Edmure’s life is threatened. The castle eventually falls when Edmure is allowed inside and gives the order to stand down. Brynden, however, refuses to surrender and chooses to fight to the death. He is later reported dead.
• Roslin Frey (season 3) portrayed by Alexandra Dowling. Roslin Tully (née Frey) is Lord Walder Frey’s daughter and considered the most beautiful one. She was previously the intended bride for Robb Stark, who was unaware of her beauty and went on to marry Talisa Maegyr instead. She is married to Lord Edmure Tully as compensation at what becomes known as the Red Wedding. In the sixth season, it is mentioned that Roslin has given birth to Edmure’s child.

House Tyrell

• Olenna Tyrell (seasons 3–7) portrayed by Diana Rigg.^[2] Diana Rigg Lady Olenna, better known as “the Queen of Thorns”, is the sharp-witted grandmother of Loras and Margaery. Considered Tywin Lannister’s female counterpart, Olenna is a matriarch and the real power behind House Tyrell. She has very progressive views where she feels women should be more involved in politics and is accepting of Loras’ homosexuality where the people of Reach have no problems with it. After asking Sansa directly what Joffrey is like, and believing Sansa that Joffrey is an abusive “monster”, Olenna decides to protect both Margaery and Sansa. To prevent the other nobles from using her as heir of the North, Olenna secretly plots to have Sansa marry Loras. But her plan is foiled by Loras himself, who accidentally reveals it to Littlefinger’s male spy in the brothel, who reports to Tywin Lannister. Tywin forces Sansa marry his son Tyrion and, to secure the Reach, orders Cersei to marry Loras. Lady Olenna is at first against Loras marrying Cersei because she says Cersei is too old, and because of the scandal of Cersei’s incestuous affair with her twin brother, Jaime. Tywin threatens to make Loras join the celibate Kingsguard, which would make Joffrey and Margaery’s children the heirs of the Reach. Olenna admits defeat and praises Tywin for outwitting her. In season 4, Olenna conspires with Petyr Baelish to have Joffrey poisoned, to protect Margaery from Joffrey’s beastly nature, and advises Margaery to become acquainted with her new match, Tommen Baratheon, Joffrey’s malleable, much younger brother and heir. She returns to Highgarden shortly afterwards. When Loras is arrested by the recently reinstated Faith Militant for his homosexuality, Margaery writes to her grandmother who returns to the capital in order to protect her grandchildren from Cersei’s schemes. But, mistakenly believing Loras’s arrest was simply meant to humiliate House Tyrell, she helplessly assists Olyvar’s testimony which incriminates her grandson, as well as to Margaery’s incarceration for perjuring herself in front of the gods (in an effort to protect her brother). Olenna later confronts the High Sparrow without results and has a secret meeting with Littlefinger who, blackmailed by Olenna for his part in Joffrey’s death, and in order to placate his role in her grandchildren’s imprisonment in providing Olyvar to Cersei, gives valuable information about Lancel and Cersei’s adulterous relationship. This results in the arrest of Cersei by the Faith Militant. In the sixth season, Olenna takes steps to free Margaery from the High Sparrow and retake power from the Faith Militant, but the plan is thwarted when Tommen forges an alliance with the Faith and becomes the High Sparrow’s new puppet. Margaery feigns loyalty to the Faith and manages to instruct Olenna to leave the city when the High Sparrow threatens her life. After hearing of the Great Sept of Baelor’s destruction, which killed Mace, Loras and Margaery, Olenna vows revenge. She accepts an invitation to Dorne by Ellaria Sand, who reveals that she has followed Yara Greyjoy in declaring for Daenerys Targaryen. Seeking vengeance against Cersei for her slain family, Olenna pledges the Tyrell forces to Daenerys as well. When the Lannisters, supported by the turncoat Tarly forces formerly loyal to the Tyrells, attack Highgarden, they win with ease. Jaime Lannister finds Olenna in her tower, ready to be taken captive or killed. Jaime tells Olenna that Cersei had dreamed up horrible deaths for her but that he had persuaded his sister to let him offer Olenna poison instead. After drinking the poison Olenna confesses proudly to Joffrey’s murder.
• Mace Tyrell (seasons 4–6) portrayed by Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Roger Ashton-Griffiths is the Lord of Highgarden, Defender of the Marches, High Marshal of the Reach, and Warden of the South, he is the buffoonish father of Loras and Margaery, and Lady Olenna’s son. Lady Olenna has a low opinion of Mace, whom she calls “Lord Oaf”. Originally Hand of the King to Renly Baratheon before the latter’s death during the War of the Five Kings, Mace agrees to a Lannister-Tyrell alliance as proposed by Petyr Baelish. He is named Master of Ships on Joffrey’s Small Council, and attends Joffrey and Margaery’s wedding. After Joffrey’s death, Mace serves as one of the judges at the trial of his accused murderer, Tyrion Lannister. He is later present at Tywin Lannister’s funeral and at Tommen and Margaery’s wedding, and, in spite of offering himself as Hand of the King to Tommen, he is instead named Master of Coin by Cersei who, in the aim of keeping him away from the capital while she schemes against his daughter, sends him to renegotiate the royal debt with the Iron Bank of Braavos. He later arrives in Braavos, and is unsuccessful in his attempt to win over Tycho Nestoris, who is unimpressed with his buffoonish ways. In the sixth season, he returns to King’s Landing with the Tyrell army to free Margaery from the Faith Militant alongside Jaime Lannister, but is foiled when Tommen forges an alliance with the High Sparrow. He is later killed in the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor after being horrified, but unable to protect his son as he was mutilated by the Faith Militant.
• Loras Tyrell (seasons 1–6) portrayed by Finn Jones. Finn Jones Ser Loras Tyrell, known as the “Knight of Flowers”, is a highly skilled knight and jouster. Known across Westeros for his beauty, he is Renly Baratheon’s former squire and secretly his lover. He is widely known throughout Westeros for defeating Jaime Lannister in a jousting match. In Season 1, he charms Sansa Stark before his jousting match with Ser Gregor Clegane, but even though he wins, Clegane attacks him in a blind rage and he is only saved by Clegane’s brother, Sandor, who Loras names as the champion in gratitude. In private, while shaving Renly, Loras makes it clear that he disapproves of both Joffrey and Stannis as Robert’s closest heirs, and tells Renly that he would make a great king. In Season 2 when Renly makes his claim for the Iron Throne, Loras and the rest of House Tyrell back his claim and cement their support by marrying Loras’s sister Margaery to Renly. Loras and Renly remain inseparable even after Renly’s wedding. After Renly’s assassination, Loras goes berserk and vows vengeance against Stannis, but secretly blames himself for having pushed Renly to make his claim even though he was lawfully behind Stannis. When the Tyrells join the Lannister cause against Stannis, Loras fights wearing Renly’s armor in honour of the fallen king at the Battle of the Blackwater. During season 3, his family plots to have him marry Sansa for Sansa and his family’s benefit. However, he accidentally reveals this plot to his new lover and squire, Olyvar, who is actually a spy for Lord Baelish. Tywin stops the Tyrell plot by having Sansa marry his son Tyrion and engages Loras to his daughter Cersei. In season 4, at Joffrey and Margaery’s wedding, Loras exchanges banter with Jaime, who warns Loras that if he marries Cersei, she will likely kill him in his sleep, and that he will never marry her. Loras counters that Jaime will not marry Cersei either, implying that he knows of his incestuous relationship with Cersei. He is later present at Tyrion’s trial for murdering Joffrey, though he is apparently unaware that his grandmother, Olenna Tyrell, is the true killer. In season 5, he attends Tywin’s funeral and offers his condolences to Cersei. He continues his sexual relationship with Olyvar, flirtatiously suggesting that they should move to Dorne, where homosexuality is more tolerated, and expresses doubt that to Margaery that he is still obliged to marry Cersei with Tywin gone. He is later present at Tommen and Margaery’s wedding and, during a training session, is suddenly arrested for his homosexuality by the recently reinstated Faith Militant. He denies all of the Faith’s allegations against him, including his affair with Renly, during an inquest presided by the High Sparrow, but eventually loses his temper when Olyvar testifies against him, citing his birthmark “in the shape of Dorne” he has on his thigh as proof. This prompts the Faith to incarcerate both him and his sister, the latter for perjuring herself in front of the gods in an effort to protect him, and to open formal trials for them. In the sixth season, after being tortured for almost a year, Loras admits to his “crimes” on the day of his trial and joins the Faith Militant in order to survive and a seven-pointed star is carved on his forehead. Though he is accepted into their ranks, he is killed when the Great Sept of Baelor is destroyed by wildfire on Cersei’s orders.
• Randyll Tarly (seasons 6–7) portrayed by James Faulkner, is the Lord of Horn Hill and the head of House Tarly, a vassal family of House Tyrell of Highgarden. Randyll is the father of Samwell Tarly, and one of the greatest soldiers in Westeros. He has a humorless martinet, is severe and intimidating. He demands martial discipline in the field and in his home. He forces Sam to join the Night’s Watch on threat of death. In the sixth season, he is not pleased when Sam returns to Horn Hill with Gilly and his supposed son with her, and enraged when he realizes Gilly is a wildling. Despite his hatred for the wildlings, Randyll agrees to let Gilly work in the kitchens and raise the baby as a bastard of House Tarly, on the condition that Sam never again set foot in Horn Hill when he leaves for Oldtown. Sam ultimately takes Gilly and the baby with him, and takes House Tarly’s ancestral Valyrian steel sword, Heartsbane. In the seventh season Jaime Lannister persuades Lord Randyll to side with the Lannisters against the Tyrells. This goes well initially as the Tarlys help capture Highgarden, but when Daenerys ambushes the Tarly and Lannister forces they are soundly defeated. Daenerys demands that the Tarlys and their few surviving soldiers, now captives, bend the knee. Randyll refuses and is executed by dragonfire.
• Melessa Tarly (season 6) portrayed by Samantha Spiro. Lady Melessa of House Florent is the wife Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill and mother of Samwell Tarly of the Night’s Watch. She is a sweet, plump, and adoring mother, and has a soft spot for Samwell. When Sam returns to Horn Hill with Gilly and her baby on the way to Oldtown, she greets him warmly, and becomes infuriated when Randyll insults Sam and Gilly during dinner.
• Talla Tarly (season 6) portrayed by Rebecca Benson. Lady Talla is a kind, friendly and unpretentious woman, and is the sister of Samwell Tarly. She greets Sam warmly when he returns to Horn Hill with Gilly and her baby on his way to Oldtown.
• Dickon Tarly (seasons 6–7) portrayed by Freddie Stroma in season 6, and by Tom Hopper in season 7. Tom Hopper Dickon is athletic, a good hunter, an excellent swordsman, manly, not particularly bright but the favorite child of his father, Lord Randyll. He is the younger brother of Samwell Tarly, but was pronounced heir when Samwell was sent to the Night’s Watch. He greets Sam warmly when he returns to Horn Hill with Gilly and her baby on their way to Oldtown, but his dismissal of Sam’s claims that he killed a White Walker is what leads Randyll to realize Gilly is a wildling. Dickon acquits himself well enough in his first real battle, but his second – against Daenerys, her Dothraki and her dragon – ends in defeat. Captured, he is urged by his father to bend the knee to Daenerys and save himself, but instead he stands with his father in refusing. He is executed by dragonfire.

People of Essos

• Khal Drogo (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Jason Momoa. Jason Momoa Khal Drogo is a warlord of the Dothraki people. He is to marry Daenerys Targaryen, as arranged by her brother Viserys. He is undefeated in battle. Viserys Targaryen conspired with Magister Illyrio to marry Daenerys to Drogo in order to get his support in an invasion of Westeros. Though Daenerys was initially unhappy with the arrangement, Drogo proves to be a sensitive husband and lover despite his fearsome behavior with his men. After a failed poisoning attempt on Daenerys’ life, he promises to invade Westeros to reclaim the Seven Kingdoms for the Targaryens, but Viserys’s impertinence ultimately causes Drogo to kill him. Drogo maintains his promise for the benefit of his wife, but is wounded by an enemy khal before he could begin the invasion. The wound festers and Drogo becomes so sick that he is unable to ride his horse, a sign of weakness to the Dothraki. Most of his khalasar abandons him, but Daenerys unknowingly sacrifices their unborn child for a spell to revive him. The spell works, but leaves him a brain-dead husk of his former self. Daenerys smothers him out of pity, and the flames of his funeral pyre ultimately hatch her dragon eggs.
• Tycho Nestoris (seasons 4–5, 7) portrayed by Mark Gatiss. Mark Gatiss Tycho Nestoris is a representative of the Iron Bank of Braavos. He initially refuses to loan Stannis Baratheon money to help him hire mercenaries, but Davos Seaworth changes his mind. In season 5, Tycho greets Mace Tyrell, who has been sent to renegotiate the royal debt. In season 7 he arrives in King’s Landing to collect the debt, expecting to be met with a default. He is impressed when Cersei, newly enriched by the captured Tyrell treasury, pays the debt in full and he agrees to Cersei’s request for further funding.
• Izembaro (season 6) portrayed by Richard E. Grant. Richard E. Grant Izembaro is the manager of a Braavosi troupe of actors, in which he also acts. He portrays King Robert Baratheon and Lord Tywin Lannister in the production of The Bloody Hand. He is outwardly dismissive to his actors, and witnesses Arya Stark foil an assassination attempt on one of his actresses, Lady Crane. He subsequently kicks Bianca, the actress who ordered Crane’s death, out of the troupe.
• Lady Crane (season 6) portrayed by Essie Davis. Lady Crane is the leading actress in Izembaro’s Braavosi theater troupe. She portrays Queen Cersei Lannister in the production of The Bloody Hand. She becomes a target of the Faceless Men on the request of her jealous co-star, Bianca. She is almost killed by Arya Stark, who poisons her rum but briefly speaks with her, realizing she is an innocent women who is a mere victim of someone else’s selfishness, and thwarts the assassination, warning her about Bianca. Crane subsequently mutilates Bianca’s face and has her expelled from the troupe. Shortly after, she finds Arya severely wounded as retribution for the assassination and cares for her, but is herself killed by the Waif, who was sent to kill Arya.
• The Waif (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Faye Marsay. The Waif is a sadistic young woman who lives in the House of Black and White, a temple to the Many-faced God, in Braavos. She participates in Arya’s training but repeatedly deems her unfit to become a Faceless Man (assassin). After Arya is struck blind for her unsanctioned killing of Ser Meryn Trant, the Waif repeatedly beats and abuses Arya, though Arya learns how to fight without her eyesight and her vision is soon returned to her. When Arya refuses to kill an innocent target, Lady Crane, the Waif is sent to kill her. Though she stabs Arya multiple times, Arya survives. The Waif then kills Lady Crane and pursues the wounded Arya all over Braavos before cornering her in her hideout. Arya, however, extinguishes the room’s only candle and manages to kill the Waif in the ensuing fight. Arya rips her face off and adds it to the Hall of Faces.
• Yezzan zo Qaggaz (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Enzo Cilenti. Enzo Cilenti Yezzan zo Qaggaz is a slave-trader from the city of Meereen, on the coast of Slaver’s Bay, and one of the Great Masters, the former ruling elite of the city. He buys Jorah Mormont and Tyrion Lannister after they are captured by Malko and takes them to a fighting pit to train as gladiators, though he loses both Tyrion and Jorah when they are accepted into Daenerys Targaryen’s inner circle. He, along with Razdal mo Eraz and Belicho Paenymion, negotiates with Tyrion in Daenerys’s absence and they reach an accord to end slavery throughout seven years in exchange for ordering the Sons of the Harpy to stand down, but they go back on their word and order a naval assault on Meereen. When Daenerys’s dragons defeat the slaver fleet, Yezzan is betrayed by Razdal and Belicho and handed over to be killed by Grey Worm, who kills the other two instead. Tyrion instructs Yezzan to warn his friends about angering Daenerys further.
• Razdal mo Eraz (seasons 3 & 6) portrayed by George Georgiou, is a slave-trader from the city of Yunkai, on the coast of Slaver’s Bay, and one of the Wise Masters, the ruling elite of the city. He attempts to parley with Daenerys for her to leave Yunkai, but she refuses and takes the city. Later, he helps fund the Sons of the Harpy to resist Daenerys’s rule over Slaver’s Bay and breaks a peace treaty with Tyrion Lannister. He is killed by Grey Worm when the slavers’ attack on Meereen is thwarted.
• Belicho Paenymion (season 6) portrayed by Eddie Jackson, is a prominent noble of the Free City of Volantis, and a member of the “Old Blood”, descendants of the original Valyrian settlers of the city. Like most of the Volantene nobility, Belicho is involved in the slave trade and funds the Sons of the Harpy to resist Daenerys. After breaking a peace pact with Tyrion Lannister, his throat is slit by Grey Worm when their attack on Meereen fails.
• Kinvara (season 6) portrayed by Ania Bukstein, is the High Priestess of the Red Temple of Volantis, one of the high-ranking leaders in the religion of R’hllor, the Lord of Light. Tyrion Lannister and Varys enlist her help in acquiring the common peoples’ support for Daenerys, whom she believes to be the Prince that Was Promised, destined to defeat the Night King.
• Vala (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Meena Rayann, is a prostitute in Meereen who is secretly in league with the Sons of the Harpy, a resistance movement against Daenerys Targaryen. Her actions cause the death of several Unsullied and Ser Barristan Selmy. She is later captured by Varys and forced to reveal who are funding the Sons of the Harpy on pain of death and her son becoming an orphan. She cooperates and is sent to Pentos with her son to live peacefully.
• Camello (season 6) portrayed by Kevin Eldon. Kevin Eldon Camello is a member of Izembaro’s comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. He portrays Eddard Stark in the production of “the Bloody Hand”.
• Bobono (season 6) portrayed by Leigh Gill, is a member of Izembaro’s comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. He portrays Tyrion Lannister in the production of “the Bloody Hand”.
• Bianca (season 6) portrayed by Eline Powell, is a member of Izembaro’s comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. She portrays Sansa Stark in the production of “the Bloody Hand”. Though she is far less skilled than the lead actress, Lady Crane, she is consumed by jealousy and desires to replace her. She contracts the Faceless Men to have her assassinated, but the assassin, Arya Stark, instead warns Lady Crane about Bianca’s intentions. Lady Crane subsequently mutilates Bianca’s face and Izembaro kicks her out of the troupe.
• Clarenzo (season 6) portrayed by Rob Callender, is a member of Izembaro’s comedic theatre troupe in Braavos. He portrays Joffrey Baratheon in the production of “the Bloody Hand”.
• Khal Moro (season 6) portrayed by Joe Naufahu. A Dothraki Khal. His khalasar finds Daenerys after she flees Meereen on Drogon’s back. Out of respect for Khal Drogo, Moro takes Daenerys to the Temple of the Dosh Khaleen to live the rest of her life with the widows of former Khals. When Daenerys refuses to submit, Moro and the other Khals threaten her with being raped and killed. Daenerys responds by burning the temple down with the Khals inside and taking over the entire khalasar.
• High Priestess of the Dosh Khaleen (season 6) portrayed by Souad Faress. The high priestess is the leader of the dosh khaleen, the widows of former Khals.
• Ornella (season 6) portrayed by Hannah John-Kamen, is a young member of the Dosh khaleen who befriends Daenerys Targaryen.
• Kraznys mo Nakloz (season 3) portrayed by Dan Hildebrand.^[7] A wealthy slaver from the Ghiscari city of Astapor. Sexist and rude, he repeatedly insults to Daenerys in Valyrian, not realizing she speaks the language. He agrees to sell Daenerys 8,000 slave-soldiers called the Unsullied in exchange for one of her dragons, throwing in his translator, Missandei, as a bonus. Daenerys reveals she speaks Valyrian and orders her new army to kill the Astapori slavers. Kraznys is killed by Drogon.
• Quaithe (season 2) portrayed by Laura Pradelska. Quaithe of the Shadow is an enigmatic priestess of Asshai whom Daenerys meets in Qarth, where she warns Daenerys about the local warlocks.
• Xaro Xhoan Daxos (season 2) portrayed by Nonso Anozie. Nonso Anozie A rich merchant “prince” of Qarth who vouches for Daenerys when she and her then-starving entourage wish to enter the city. He claims extremely humble background, having worked his way to wealth from nothing. He repeatedly asks Daenerys to marry him, but she refuses. Xaro eventually betrays Daenerys, allowing the warlocks to kidnap her dragons and kill several of her people, and crowns himself “King of Qarth” as part of a plan to render the city less isolationist. After Daenerys rescues her dragons and returns, she locks him alive in his own vault, finding it to have been empty the whole time.
• Pyat Pree (season 2) portrayed by Ian Hanmore. Ian Hanmore Pyat Pree is a warlock from the city of Qarth. He tries to lure Daenerys to the House of the Undying, the warlocks’ lair, by stealing her dragons but Daenerys defeats him, rescues her dragons and escapes.
• The Spice King (season 2) portrayed by Nicholas Blane, is the leader of the Ancient Guild of Spicers, one of the merchant groups vying in Qarth. In the Song of Ice and Fire novels there is no character specifically called ‘the Spice King’. However, there is an ‘Ancient Guild of Spicers’ in the city of Qarth. The Spice King is one of many powerful Qarthites whom Daenerys asks for ships and funding to mount a campaign in Westeros, but he is rude to Daenerys in a polite way by pointing out that without an army, she cannot regain the Iron Throne. He is killed by the warlock Pyat Pree as part of his coup with Xaro Xoan Daxos.
• Illyrio Mopatis (season 1) portrayed by Roger Allam. Roger Allam Illyrio Mopatis is a wealthy magister of the free city of Pentos. Illiyrio hosts the Targaryens after their escape from Westeros. He arranges Daenerys’ marriage to Khal Drogo and conspires with Lord Varys for the returning of the Targaryens to power. In season 5, Varys and Tyrion Lannister take shelter in his mansion when they flee Westeros after the murder of Tywin Lannister.
• Mirri Maz Duur (season 1) portrayed by Mia Soteriou. Mirri Maz Duur was a “Maegi”, or witch-woman, held captive by Khal Drogo‘s horde. Before her capture, she had been a godswife (priestess) in the Temple of the Great Shepherd. When Drogo and his men attack her town and take her prisoner, Daenerys gives Mirri and the other victims protection from further attacks. When Khal Drogo is wounded in a fight, Daenerys asks for Mirri’s help to cure it, but Mirri betrays her in revenge for the attack on her village, leaving Drogo in a permanent vegetative state and causing the then-pregnant Daenerys to miscarry her son Rhaego. In revenge, Daenerys has Mirri burned to death on Drogo’s funeral pyre.
• Qotho (season 1) portrayed by Dar Salim. Qotho is a fierce and hot-tempered bloodrider under Khal Drogo. After Drogo’s incapacitation, some of the bloodriders try to stop Daenerys from taking him to the witch Mirri Maz Duur. Qotho kills Quaro in the ensuing fight and is in turn killed by Ser Jorah Mormont.

People of Westeros

• Podrick Payne (seasons 2–8) portrayed by Daniel Portman, Daniel Portman is a young squire assigned to Tyrion Lannister. In Season 2, he fights alongside Tyrion at the Battle of the Blackwater and saves him from an assassination by Ser Mandon Moore. In Season 4, Podrick is anonymously offered a knighthood in exchange for testifying against Tyrion at his trial for the murder of King Joffrey, but he does not accept or reject the offer – Tyrion orders Podrick to leave King’s Landing before he is killed. Tyrion makes his brother, Jaime, assure Podrick’s safety, who assigns him to serve Brienne of Tarth. Podrick initially appears to be incompetent but slowly wins Brienne’s trust. Podrick and Brienne eventually find Arya Stark and Sandor Clegane near the Vale. A brawl ensues between Brienne and Sandor, and Podrick loses sight of Arya, much to Brienne’s annoyance. Podrick and Brienne then search for Sansa, finding her with Petyr Baelish and some Vale knights in an inn. A fight ensues, and Podrick is only barely rescued by Brienne. They decide to follow Sansa and Baelish north. During their journey, Brienne slowly opens up to Podrick, and offers to teach him how to use a sword and defend himself. Brienne and Podrick reach the North and take shelter in a nearby inn, sending Sansa a message to signal for help should she need it. Podrick later alerts Brienne when Stannis arrives with his army to retake Winterfell. Podrick and Brienne later save Sansa and Theon Greyjoy from pursuing Bolton soldiers and Podrick manages to slay one with his newfound skills. He and Brienne escort Sansa to find Jon Snow at Castle Black. Sansa sends Brienne and Podrick to the Riverlands to seek the aid of Brynden Tully, where Podrick briefly reunites with Bronn. When Riverrun falls to the Freys, Brynden apparently sacrifices himself to allow Brienne and Podrick to escape in a boat. Though they are seen by Jaime Lannister, he lets them go. At the parley in the Dragonpit, Pod meets Bronn and at Bronn’s suggestion they go for a drink.
• Beric Dondarrion (seasons 1, 3, 6–8) portrayed by David Scott in season 1 and by Richard Dormer from season 3 onwards.^[2] Richard Dormer Beric Dondarrion is also known as the Lord of Blackhaven and “the Lightning Lord”. In season one, Eddard Stark sends him to arrest Gregor Clegane for terrorizing the Riverlands. After Ned’s arrest, he becomes the leader of an outlaw group known as the “Brotherhood without Banners”. In season three, it is revealed that Beric has been killed many times but has been resurrected by his friend Thoros of Myr, a red priest. Because of this miracle, Beric and the rest of the Brotherhood convert to the worship of Thoros’s god, whom they call the Lord of Light. Beric and the Brotherhood harry the Lannister army, focusing on protecting commoners. They find Arya, Gendry, and Hot Pie and offer them shelter, and at the same time capture Sandor Clegane, who had deserted from the Lannister army during the Battle of the Blackwater. Clegane is sentenced to trial by combat, and Beric is his opponent. Despite setting his sword ablaze, Beric is slain by Clegane, but is resurrected by Thoros, and allows Clegane to go free. Beric later confides to Arya that it is the sixth time he has been revived from death, though he has slowly been losing his memories each time. He later meets Melisandre when she comes to fetch Gendry. Beric gives him away in return for gold, which prompts Arya to run away. Years later, the Brotherhood encounters Clegane again, after hanging three of their rogue members, and convince him to join their cause, since they are heading North in order to aid Jon Snow against the coming White Walker army. Trying to go around the end of the Wall at Eastwatch, the three are captured by a suspicious Tormund Giantsbane and imprisoned. They later join Jon Snow’s raiding party on their mission to capture a wight.
• Thoros of Myr (seasons 3, 6–7) portrayed by Paul Kaye,^[2] Paul Kaye is a red priest who follows the same religion as Melisandre. He later joins the “Brotherhood Without Banners”. Thoros was a famous warrior who fought during the Greyjoy rebellion where he wielded a flaming sword in battle. Thoros was initially sent to Westeros as a missionary, to convince King Robert Baratheon to convert to the worship of the Lord of Light, but he became absorbed in the hedonism of Robert’s court, which led him to lose his faith and become a drunkard. Thoros’ faith was renewed during the War of Five Kings when he was able to resurrect his friend Beric using what he believed to be a mundane funeral rite. Since then, Thoros has stayed beside Beric, resurrecting him several more times, though at the cost of some of his memories each time. In the sixth season, he and Beric persuade Sandor Clegane to join their cause, since they are heading North to aid Jon Snow against the White Walkers. In the seventh season, trying to go around the end of the Wall at Eastwatch, the three are captured by a suspicious Tormund Giantsbane and imprisoned. They later join Jon Snow’s raiding party on their mission to capture a wight. Thoros is mauled by an undead polar bear and takes fatal wounds.
• Hot Pie (seasons 1–4, 7) portrayed by Ben Hawkey, is a baker’s boy from King’s Landing recruited by Yoren to join the Watch. He is shown to be a friend of Lommy and together they try to bully Arya, but, instead she beats him. Hot Pie and Arya survive the attack on Yoren‘s band by Ser Amory Lorch, along with Gendry and Lommy Greenhands. They are later captured by soldiers of Ser Gregor Clegane, who kill Lommy. Like Arya, Hot Pie is made a servant at Harrenhal, in the kitchens. He escapes Harrenhal with Arya and Gendry and head to Riverrun. On the way, they are captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners, Hot Pie decides to stay at a local Inn to become a cook. In season 4, Hot Pie meets Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne on their journey to find Sansa Stark and tells them that Arya is likely still alive. Then when Arya passes through in season 7 he is able to give her the news that Jon Snow has retaken Winterfell.
• Septa Unella (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Hannah Waddingham, Hannah Waddingham Unella is a Septa of the Faith of the Seven and a devoted follower of the High Sparrow. She throws Cersei into a cell beneath the Sept of Baelor and repeatedly commands her to confess her sins. When Cersei finally does, Unella and some septas wash Cersei and cut off most of her hair. During Cersei’s walk of atonement, Unella walks behind her, repeatedly ringing a bell and calling out “Shame!” to the crowd. She continues to abuse Margaery until an alliance is made between the Crown and the Faith, and follows Margaery around wherever she goes. On the day of Cersei and Loras’s trial, however, Unella is captured by Cersei’s forces before the Great Sept of Baelor is destroyed, taking the High Sparrow with it, and kept prisoner to be tortured by Gregor Clegane on Cersei’s orders as revenge for the needless abuse Unella once inflicted on her.
• Lem Lemoncloak (season 6) portrayed by Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, is a member of the Brotherhood without Banners. He leads an attack on Septon Ray’s small community, without Beric Dondarrion’s consent. He is subsequently sentenced to death, and is hanged by Sandor Clegane, the only survivor of the attack.
• Brother Ray (season 6) portrayed by Ian McShane, Ian McShane is a former mercenary who now serves the Faith of the Seven. He tries to build a new community in the Riverlands and saves Sandor Clegane from death following his brutal fight with Brienne of Tarth. He and the rest of the community, however, are killed by rogue members of the Brotherhood Without Banners, and Ray is hanged from the unfinished sept, which drives Sandor to seek revenge, as Ray was his friend.
• Olyvar (seasons 3–5) portrayed by Will Tudor, Will Tudor is a spy, sex worker, and brothel manager in the employ of Petyr Baelish. In season 3, he poses as Loras Tyrell’s squire and has a one-night stand with him at Baelish’s request in order to learn the Tyrells’ true motivations for coming to King’s Landing. In season 4, he becomes a lover of Oberyn Martell. In season 5, he continues his affair with Loras. His life is put in danger when the Faith Militant are re-established and they target the city’s homosexuals. He escapes due to being fully clothed during the attack and goes into hiding, but he is approached by Cersei and offered immunity from prosecution if he testifies against Loras at his Holy Inquest. Olyvar does so, implicating both Loras and Margaery in the process.
• Anguy (season 3) portrayed by Philip McGinley,^[2] is a commoner from the Dornish Marches, a member of the Brotherhood Without Banners. He is called “the Archer”.
• Rorge (seasons 2 & 4) portrayed by Andy Beckwith, is a violent criminal from King’s Landing, Rorge is taken from the Black Cells by Yoren to join the Night’s Watch, which is customary for criminals. He, with the other criminals Jaqen H’ghar and Biter, is kept caged in a cart for their journey north in order to keep from harming the other recruits. When Yoren‘s band is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch, Arya saves the three men by giving them an axe so that they can break out of their cage, which has been set on fire. The three join the Lannister soldiers for a time. In season 4, Rorge and Biter attack Arya and Sandor to collect the bounty on Sandor Clegane’s head, but Biter is killed by Sandor and Rorge by Arya.
• Biter (seasons 2 & 4) portrayed by Gerard Jordan, is a violent criminal from King’s Landing, Biter is a frightening man who hisses instead of speaking, and his teeth have been filed to points. Like Jaqen H’ghar and Rorge, Biter was collected by Yoren for the Night’s Watch. When Yoren‘s band is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch, Biter and his companions find themselves trapped in the wagon in the middle of a fire, but Arya Stark, throws an axe into the wagon so that they can break free and save themselves. They manage to escape and are later taken into Ser Amory’s service, eventually arriving at Harrenhal. In season 4, Rorge and Biter attack Arya and Sandor to collect the bounty on Sandor Clegane’s head, but Biter is killed by Sandor and Rorge by Arya.
• Ros (seasons 1–3) portrayed by Esmé Bianco, Esmé Bianco is a red-haired sex worker. The Ros of the television adaptation is an amalgam of more than one character from the books, including the unnamed redheaded northern prostitute and Alayaya.^[8] She initially lives in a brothel outside the gates of Winterfell, where she is a favorite of Theon Greyjoy, though she has attracted the attention of several others such as Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow. Later in the season, Ros moves to King’s Landing and is given employment in a brothel owned by Littlefinger. At the start of season 2, Ros has been promoted, managing the brothel and interviewing new employees. She is later abused by King Joffrey and savagely beaten by Cersei’s men who mistake her for Tyrion’s lover. She later enters an alliance with Varys. Her primary function in season 1 appeared to be one of sexposition, as the backstories and motives of Theon, Littlefinger and Pycelle are all revealed during sexual encounters involving her. In season 2, she is used mostly as a familiar face for the audience in several key events. Midway through season 3 she is shot dead by King Joffrey after Littlefinger discovers that she has been spying for Varys.
• Lommy Greenhands (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Eros Vlahos, Eros Vlahos was a dyer’s apprentice before being caught stealing and sent with Yoren to join the watch. When Yoren‘s band is attacked by Ser Amory Lorch, Lommy is one of the survivors, though he is injured in the leg, slowing down Arya and the other escapees. They are later captured by soldiers under the command of Ser Gregor Clegane. Polliver kills Lommy when he learns that he cannot walk. When the soldiers ask where Gendry is, Arya tells them that Lommy was Gendry, saving the real Gendry’s life.
• Syrio Forel (season 1) portrayed by Miltos Yerolemou, Miltos Yerolemou is known as the former First Sword of the Sealord of Braavos, is hired by Lord Eddard to train Arya Stark at “Water Dancing”, the Braavosi style of sword fighting. Syrio trained Arya using wooden swords filled with lead. He also mentored her on how to move and think like a warrior: to be perceptive, move with grace, and command her fear. After Eddard Stark’s arrest, Cersei Lannister sends men to capture Arya. Syrio orders Arya to run while he holds them off with only a wooden practice sword. He defeats five guardsmen but cannot bring down the armored Meryn Trant, who cuts his practice sword in half. Arya escapes. The fate of Syrio after that is unknown.

Royal court and officials

• Qyburn (seasons 3–8) portrayed by Anton Lesser, Anton Lesser is an ex-maester who was found by Robb Stark at Harrenhal. He becomes a servant of Roose Bolton. Qyburn lost his title as a maester when he was caught performing human experiments on live patients. Qyburn justifies his actions for the sake of medical knowledge. He tends to Jaime after the latter loses his right hand and travels with him to King’s Landing in the hope of having his title restored. In season 4, Qyburn cures Jaime of infection, allowing the skin to heal fully and has a solid gold hand forged for him, earning him Cersei’s respect and gratitude. Cersei later enlists his help in curing Gregor Clegane of a deadly poison inflicted on him by Oberyn Martell in the trial by combat. Qyburn warns that his help may “change” Clegane, but when Cersei asks if it will make him weaker, he enthusiastically implies the opposite. After Tywin’s death and Varys’s treason and escape, Cersei appoints him the new Master of Whispers, much to Grand Maester Pycelle’s disapproval. When the Queen mother is imprisoned by the Faith Militant, he is the only one to visit her and informs her of her uncle Kevan’s appointment as the new Hand of the King. When Cersei returns to the Red Keep after her Walk of Atonement, Qyburn warmly greets her and presents her the newest member of the Kingsguard, an undead version of Ser Gregor, the results of his experiments. He sways most of Varys’s little birds to his service and learns of the caches of wildfire that the Mad King had stored underneath King’s Landing. After Cersei removes all of her enemies by destroying the Great Sept of Baelor with everyone inside and later crowning herself Queen, she names Qyburn as her Hand. At the parley in the Dragonpit, while everyone else is terrified by the wight and horrified when it continues to fight after being cut in half, Qyburn is instead fascinated, picking up the dismembered wight’s hand and inspecting it as it twitches.
• Grand Maester Pycelle (seasons 1–6) portrayed by Julian Glover, Julian Glover is a Grand Maester of the Seven Kingdoms, is an advisor and member of the Small Council. He had served the previous three kings as Grand Maester before Robert’s reign. Pycelle is later revealed to be a spy for the Lannisters, Cersei specifically, and he who informed her of Jon Arryn’s investigation of her affair with Jaime. To prevent himself from being undermined, Tyrion has Pycelle arrested and sent to the dungeons, but Cersei frees and Tywin Lannister reinstates him. A deleted scene from season 3 shows that Tywin is not fooled by Pycelle’s frail old man guise.^{[citation needed]} In season 4, Pycelle makes false accusations at Tyrion’s trial, claiming that Tyrion had stolen poisons from his office to murder Joffrey. Later on, when he proves unable to save the poisoned Gregor Clegane and openly doubts Qyburn’s abilities, Cersei orders him to leave, giving his position to Qyburn. He later attends Tywin’s funeral and proposes himself as the next Hand of the King, Cersei ignores him and appoints Qyburn as the new Master of Whispers. When Cersei is incarcerated by the Faith Militant, Pycelle summons uncle Kevan from Casterly Rock and gives him the position of Hand of the King. He is present at Cersei’s return to the Red Keep after her Walk of Atonement. He continues to be dismissive towards both Cersei and Jaime, acknowledging that Cersei no longer holds any power. On the day of Cersei and Loras’s trial, however, he is lured to Qyburn’s laboratory by the little birds and stabbed to death, orchestrated by Cersei and Qyburn.
• Meryn Trant (seasons 1–5) portrayed by Ian Beattie, Ian Beattie Ser Meryn Trant is an obedient member of the Kingsguard. He seems perfectly willing to do whatever Joffrey commands, no matter how vile the order. In Season 1, as Eddard Stark is being arrested, he is ordered by Cersei to bring her Arya Stark. Arya’s fencing instructor, Syrio Forel, defends Arya from Ser Meryn and is presumably killed. Meryn is present at Tyrion’s trial for Joffrey’s murder, where he recounts some veiled threats Tyrion had made against Joffrey in season 2, while conveniently omitting that he and Joffrey had been beating Sansa Stark at the time. In season 5, he attends Tywin Lannister’s funeral, accompanying Cersei. He is later appointed by the latter to travel as a bodyguard to Mace Tyrell to his meeting with the managers of the Iron Bank of Braavos. In Braavos, he attends a brothel and asks for underage girls. He is ambushed there and killed by Arya.
• The High Septon (seasons 3–5) portrayed by Paul Bentley, is the head the Faith of the Seven, the dominant organized religion of southern Westeros. This septon becomes High Septon in season three after the death of his predecessor by the hands of the rioting mob in King’s Landing. He was the officiant at the wedding ceremony of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark and later at the wedding ceremony of King Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell. The High Septon also prepares the body of King Joffrey for his funeral and leads the coronation ceremony of King Tommen Baratheon. He is later present at Tywin’s funeral. He is attacked and humiliated by the Sparrows after being found in a brothel. When he tries to make the Small Council help him get revenge against them, Cersei decides to remove him from his position and has him arrested, giving the position to the High Sparrow.
• Dontos Hollard (seasons 2 & 4) portrayed by Tony Way, Ser Dontos Hollard is a knight serving at the court of King’s Landing. He shows up drunk at a tourney for Joffrey’s birthday, so the young king threatens to execute him. Sansa saves his life by suggesting he be made a jester instead. In season 4, Dontos gives Sansa what he says is his mother’s necklace as a gift and helps smuggle her out of King’s Landing after Joffrey is killed, apparently by Tyrion. Dontos takes her to one of Stannis Baratheon’s ships in Blackwater Bay, to Petyr Baelish. Rather than pay Dontos the promised gold, however, Baelish has his men kill Dontos for fear that he will be bribed into talking, and reveals that the whole time, Dontos was working for him, and leaves the necklace, which contained the poison used to kill Joffrey, with his corpse to implicate Tyrion.
• Hallyne (season 2) portrayed by Roy Dotrice, Roy Dotrice is the chief “Wisdom” of the Order of Pyromancers in King’s Landing. Pyromancers, whose magical skill is questioned by Bronn and Tyrion, are primarily used to produce wildfire, a very dangerous, highly combustible chemical weapon. Tyrion uses his help for the Battle of Blackwater.
• Ilyn Payne (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Wilko Johnson, Wilko Johnson Ser Ilyn, also called “the King’s Justice”, is the mute royal executioner. He lost his tongue for speaking ill of Aerys II during the Mad King’s reign. He carries out Joffrey’s order to execute Eddard Stark and is temporarily given the Stark family sword, Ice.

Night’s Watch

• Eddison Tollett (seasons 2–8) portrayed by Ben Crompton, is a steward of the Night’s Watch, known to all as “Dolorous Edd” for his dour face and outlook. Despite his continual gloom and doom he is well-liked by the other Brothers in Black, and is one of few Night’s Watchmen to have few if any enemies among his brothers. He is part of the expeditionary force beyond the Wall. In Season 3 he is one of the few remaining survivors from the battle at the Fist of the First men and they manage to retreat to Craster’s Keep. He fights against the mutineers after the death of Lord Commander Mormont. In season 4, he and Grenn manage to return to Castle Black, but they join Jon Snow on his mission to kill the mutineers. He survives the ensuing battle and is seen dragging Locke’s corpse back to Craster’s Keep with the other slain Night’s Watch brothers. In the wildling attack on Castle Black, Eddison remains atop the Wall on Jon’s orders to stop the wildlings from breaching the gate. He sends down flaming oil barrels and ultimately delivers the blow that sends the wildlings retreating by swinging a huge scythe across the Wall, causing the ice to break and sending many falling to their deaths. He lives through the battle and personally burns Grenn’s body at the funeral. In season 5, he witnesses Mance Rayder’s execution, supports Jon in becoming the new Lord Commander, and drags Janos Slynt into the courtyard when Jon sentences him to die. He begrudgingly agrees to Jon’s proposal to rescue the wildlings from Hardhome before the White Walkers can reach them. He accompanies Jon and the Night’s Watch to Hardhome and is one of the few who escape the massacre alive. Following Jon’s death in a mutiny, he is one of Jon’s loyalists who find his body and barricade themselves inside his quarters, refusing to acknowledge Thorne’s leadership. Davos Seaworth sends him to fetch Tormund and the wildlings for help, and he succeeds just in time, ordering the mutineers locked up. He witnesses Jon’s resurrection by Melisandre, and the mutineers’ execution. Jon relinquishes his command to Edd, naming him the new acting Lord Commander. When Jon leaves Castle Black to retake Winterfell from Ramsay Bolton, Edd shares a good-natured farewell with him. In Season 8, he is killed during the Battle of Winterfell.
• Benjen Stark (seasons 1, 6–7) portrayed by Joseph Mawle, is First Ranger of the Night’s Watch. He is the younger brother of Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell. Early in the series, he leads a group of Rangers beyond the wall to investigate increased wildling activity, but does not return and his fate is unknown. In the close of season 5, Alliser appears to Jon to deliver word of Benjen’s whereabouts, though this seems to be a mere trick, used to lure Jon to an assassination. Benjen returns in the sixth season to save Bran Stark and Meera Reed from a pack of wights, and reveals that he was stabbed by a White Walker, but then stabbed by a Child of the Forest to stop him turning into a White Walker, a process which left him undead and unable to pass through the Wall. He later takes Bran and Meera back to the Wall and bids them farewell. When Jon Snow is stranded north of the Wall, half-frozen and under attack by wights, Benjen rides in and puts Jon on his horse. Before he is killed he holds off the wights for long enough that Jon can escape.
• Alliser Thorne (seasons 1, 4–6) portrayed by Owen Teale, Owen Teale is a drill instructor at Castle Black. He fought for Aerys II during Robert’s Rebellion and was sent to the Wall as punishment. He is a bitter, cruel, fanatical and hardened man but knows firsthand what it is like to serve in the Night’s Watch during the winter. The previous winter, he was caught north of the Wall on a ranging mission and he and the other members of his party were forced to eat the rangers who died in order to survive. Thorne returns in Season 4, now the acting Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch following the death of Jeor Mormont, and becomes friends with Janos Slynt. He advocates Jon’s execution for his actions in season 3, but Jon is exonerated by Maester Aemon. Thorne later notices that the people like Jon better than him, and will most likely elect Jon as the new Lord Commander, which would make him Thorne’s superior. To avoid this, Thorne, on Slynt’s suggestion, allows Jon to lead a mission to kill the Night’s Watch mutineers in the hopes that Jon will be killed in battle, though Jon survives. Out of spite, Thorne refuses Jon’s proposal to seal off Castle Black to stop the wildlings from breaching. When the wildling army arrives, Alliser grudgingly admits to Jon that he should have listened to him, but valiantly leads his men into battle. Alliser personally duels Tormund Giantsbane, but is wounded. He is last seen being taken inside Castle Black for treatment while yelling for his men to continue fighting. In season 5, he has been healed but walks with a limp. He appears to be the leading contender for being voted the new official Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. Though he ultimately loses to Jon Snow by one vote in a three-way race, he is named First Ranger by Jon, which he appears to appreciate. When Jon sentences Slynt to execution for insubordination, Thorne briefly blocks Eddison Tollett’s way, but quickly abandons Slynt to his fate. After Jon’s return from Hardhome, he eventually opens the gate for the incoming wildling refugees, showing deep resentment for the new Lord Commander’s ambition to forge an alliance with the wildling tribes. After Davos’ return to the Wall, Alliser dispatches Olly with word of Benjen Stark’s current state; the ploy is soon uncovered as a mutiny, wherein a disarmed Jon is trapped and stabbed to death. Alliser delivers the first blow, under the call “For the Watch!” and leaves the Lord Commander dying in the snow. Thorne assumes command once again, but only until Edd brings back the wildlings to save Jon’s loyalists from death. Thorne is arrested for his treachery, and after Jon is resurrected, he is hanged for treason.
• Olly (seasons 4–6) portrayed by Brenock O’Connor, Brenock O’Connor is a young boy who lived with his mother and father in a village in the Gift, the land given to the Night’s Watch to support themselves. Their village is attacked by a group of wildlings. His father is killed by Ygritte and his mother by Styr. Styr tells Olly that he is going to eat his dead parents and orders him to tell the men of the Night’s Watch at Castle Black in an attempt to draw them out into the open. He then releases Olly, who reaches Castle Black and informs the men of the approaching wildlings, in the process befriending Jon Snow. In the wildling attack on Castle Black, Olly shoots and kills Ygritte from behind in revenge for his father. In season 5, Jon takes Olly as an apprentice, mirroring his own father-son relationship with Jeor Mormont. When Jon is named the new Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch, Olly is named Jon’s personal steward. He is unhappy with Jon’s efforts to help the wildlings and participates in Jon’s assassination, stabbing Jon through the heart. When Jon’s loyalists and the wildlings rebel, Olly is arrested along with the mutineers, and after Jon’s resurrection, he is executed by hanging.
• Othell Yarwyck (seasons 1, 4–6) portrayed by Brian Fortune, is First Builder of the Night’s Watch. He is based at Castle Black and is tasked with organizing the builders in maintaining the Wall and the castles belonging to the Watch. He is one of the five black brothers who sit in judgment of Jon Snow for his actions during his time with the wildlings. Later, when Jon proposes that they barricade the gates to Castle Black to stop the wildlings from entering, Alliser Thorne coerces Yarwyck into disagreeing. Yarwyck survives the battle against the wildlings. In season 5, Jon sends him to rebuild a castle called Greyguard, but the order is annulled when Janos Slynt is executed. He staunchly opposes Jon’s proposal to allow the wildlings to pass through the Wall before the White Walkers reach them and later participates in the mutiny against Jon, being the second to stab him. After Jon is resurrected, Yarwyck and the mutineers are hanged for their treason.
• Bowen Marsh (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Michael Condron, is First Steward of the Night’s Watch, one of the few authority figures left at Castle Black. He opposes Jon’s proposal to allow the wildlings to pass through the Wall to escape the White Walkers, and later takes part in the mutiny against Jon, being the third to stab him. When Jon is revived by Melisandre, he is executed by hanging.
• Maester Aemon (seasons 1, 3–5) portrayed by Peter Vaughan, Aemon Targaryen is the blind old Maester of the Night’s Watch. He is the great-uncle of Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen. By the time of Robert’s Rebellion, he was too old to travel alone and already blind, because of that and of his oaths, he remained at the Wall while all the members of his family, even his great grand-nephews and nieces, were killed by Lannister bannermen. He carries the anger of that incident with him into the events of Game of Thrones. In Season 1, he names Samwell Tarly his personal steward because of his intellect and love for reading and tries to convince Jon Snow not to desert the Night’s Watch after he hears of his father’s arrest and his brother’s campaign to save him. At the end of Season 3, when Sam and Gilly return after the mutiny at Craster’s Keep, he sends all the ravens of the Night’s Watch with messages to all the kings and lords of Westeros asking for help defending the Wall. In season 4, he is present at Jon Snow’s trial. Aemon immediately ascertains that Jon is telling the truth and has him exonerated, claiming that he learned how to detect liars merely by growing up in King’s Landing. Moments before the attack on Castle Black, Aemon speaks with Samwell Tarly about his feelings for Gilly. After the battle, he delivers a eulogy for the fallen before they are burned. In season 5, Aemon oversees the selection of a new Lord Commander. When Jon Snow and Alliser Thorne tie, Aemon breaks the tie by voting for Jon. He later falls ill, and Jon entrusts his care to Sam, who informs him on his great-niece’s exploits in Slaver’s Bay. Aemon later dies of natural causes after Jon’s departure to Hardhome, spending his last moments with Gilly and Sam, the latter delivering a eulogy at his funeral pyre.
• Janos Slynt (seasons 1–2, 4–5) portrayed by Dominic Carter, was the Commander of the King’s Landing city watch. He was bribed by Littlefinger to conspire against Eddard Stark. He later follows Joffrey’s orders to murder all of Robert’s illegitimate children. Due to his untrustworthiness and brutality, Tyrion has Janos exiled to the Night’s Watch. In season 4, he is shown to be at odds with Jon Snow and suggests that Alliser Thorne get rid of him before he can be elected as the new Lord Commander. During the wildling attack on Castle Black, Janos hides in the food storage closet. In season 5, Slynt appears to support Thorne as the new Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. When Jon is ultimately elected as the new Lord Commander, Janos refuses to obey Jon’s orders and insults him. Jon responds by sentencing Janos to death. Janos ultimately breaks down, realising that Jon is not bluffing, and begs for mercy. Jon at first seems to relent, but ultimately delivers the blow, beheading Slynt.
• Grenn (seasons 1–4) portrayed by Mark Stanley, is a brave but not very bright brother of the Night’s Watch who joins at the same time as Jon. He was abandoned by his father when he was a child and had to steal to survive. In Season 1, he is initially at odds with Jon Snow, especially after Jon breaks his nose during a training session. Grenn, Pypar and Rast ambush Jon in a shed and threaten to harm him until Tyrion appears and tells them to back off, while advising Jon to sympathise with the other brothers. Jon makes amends by helping to train the others and becomes friends with Grenn. In Season 2, Grenn is part of Lord Commander Joer Mormont’s ranging mission. Once they reach the Fist of the First Men, he is ordered to find firewood with Eddison Tollet and Samwell Tarly. In the process, they find a hidden stash of dragonglass (obsidian) daggers. When the White Walkers and wights approach, Grenn and Edd make a run for it, accidentally leaving Sam behind. In Season 3, he is one of the few remaining survivors of the battle at the Fist of the First men. On the way back to the Wall, Grenn makes amends with Sam by helping him walk along with Edd and Rast, and they manage to retreat to Craster’s Keep. He fights against the mutineers after the death of Lord Commander Mormont, tackling Karl Tanner in the process, but he is subdued and chained up. In season 4, he and Edd manage to escape from the keep and make it back to Castle Black, but they later join Jon Snow on his mission to kill the mutineers. He survives the ensuing battle and expresses shock at the sight of Locke’s badly snapped neck, wondering aloud what killed him. In the wildling attack on Castle Black, Grenn is ordered by Jon to take five men and hold the castle gates. A giant breaks his way in, and Grenn and the others manage to kill it at the cost of their own lives. His body is later burned by Edd at the funeral.
• Pypar (seasons 1, 3–4) portrayed by Josef Altin, Josef Altin is a brother of the Night’s Watch, informally called “Pyp”. He joins at the same time as Jon. Initially, he said that his crime was stealing a wheel of cheese to feed his starving sister. Later, he admits to Jon and Sam that he were merely accused of stealing after refusing the sexual advances of his former lord. In the first season, he is at odds with Jon Snow, who does not hide his superior skills from the other brothers, but he becomes friends with him when Jon, on Tyrion Lannister’s advice, helps to train the other brothers. He is later assigned to the stewards. In season 4, Pyp participates in the battle against the wildlings at Castle Black with both a sword and a crossbow. He manages to kill one wildling with a crossbow but is himself shot through the neck and killed seconds later by Ygritte and dies in Sam’s arms. His body is later burned at the funeral.
• Karl Tanner (seasons 3–4) portrayed by Burn Gorman, Burn Gorman was a steward of the Night’s Watch. In season 3, Karl survives the Battle at the Fist of the First Men and accompanies the survivors back to the Wall, stopping by Craster’s Keep along the way, where he eyes Craster’s daughters. As tensions between Craster and the brothers of the Watch run higher, particularly after they accuse Craster of starving a fellow ranger to death, Karl challenges Craster and later provokes him into attacking, but he stabs Craster through the mouth and inadvertently triggers a mutiny against Lord Commander Mormont. He is tackled by Grenn, but he subdues him and orders him chained up. In season 4, Karl is still at Craster’s Keep, lording over it and raping Craster’s daughter-wives. His men eventually catch Bran Stark, Jojen and Meera Reed and Hodor on their quest to find the Three-Eyed Raven and hold them hostage when he learns Bran’s identity. Karl later tries to rape Meera, but he is stopped when Jon Snow leads a band of Night’s Watch brothers to kill the mutineers. Karl fights Jon alone inside Craster’s hut and almost kills him by fighting dirty, but he is stabbed in the back by one of Craster’s wives. Karl moves in to kill her, but Jon stabs him through the mouth from behind.
• Rast (seasons 1, 3–4) portrayed by Luke McEwan, was a trainee to the Night’s Watch with a particularly mean spirit. He was arrested for rape and chose the Wall as his punishment. In Season 1, he is at odds with Jon Snow, who does not hide his superior skills while training, and later threatens him in the armoury with Grenn and Pyp, but he backs off when Tyrion Lannister threatens him. Though Jon later trains him and the other recruits, he does not come to respect Jon and expresses jealousy when Jon is given the sword Longclaw by Lord Commander Jeor Mormont. He takes every opportunity he can to bully Samwell Tarly and only stops when Jon, Grenn and Pyp threaten him. In season 2, he is part of Mormont’s expedition North of the Wall to find Benjen Stark, and fights in the Battle at the Fist of the First Men. In Season 3, he is one of the few remaining survivors of that battle and is shown to be visibly upset and angry at the loss of his comrades, taking it out on Sam until Mormont intervenes. They manage to retreat to Craster’s Keep, but Rast grows increasingly angry and resentful of Craster for mistreating them and the others, particularly when a fellow ranger dies of starvation, which Rast attributes to Craster’s stinginess. Rast and Karl Tanner stand up to Craster, resulting in a mutiny in which Karl kills Craster and Rast stabs Mormont in the back for threatening Karl with execution. He and the rest of the mutineers remain at the Keep with Craster’s daughter-wives, although Sam manages to escape, to Rast’s fury. In season 4, he is visibly uncomfortable with the abuse the mutineers are putting Craster’s daughters through, and is himself being abused by Karl, who spitefully orders Rast to feed Jon’s direwolf, Ghost, who they have caged outside the Keep. When the mutineers capture Bran Stark and his party, Rast recognises Bran as Jon’s brother and taunts Hodor by stabbing him in the leg. Rast later flees from the Keep when Jon leads a band of brothers to kill the mutineers, but he is mauled to death by Ghost, whom Bran had freed.
• Yoren (seasons 1–2) portrayed by Francis Magee, is a recruiter for the Night’s Watch. He travels to King’s Landing, where he witnesses Eddard Stark’s execution. Discovering Arya Stark in the crowd, Yoren prevents her from seeing her father’s beheading and disguises her as a boy to hide her among his Night’s Watch recruits and transport her to Winterfell. In the caravan bound for the Wall, Lannister bannerman Ser Amory Lorch demands Yoren hand over a recruit named Gendry. When Yoren refuses, a battle ensues, and Yoren and his men are killed. When he is struck by a crossbow bolt he speaks his last words, “I’ve always hated crossbows. Take too long to re-load”. Before he succumbs to his wound, Yoren kills the man who shot him.
• Qhorin Halfhand (season 2) portrayed by Simon Armstrong, is an experienced ranger of the Night’s Watch and second-in-command at the Shadow Tower. He is called Halfhand because he lost all the fingers on his right hand except his thumb and forefinger to a wildling axe. Because of this, he was forced to train himself how to fight left-handed. When Qhorin met up with Lord Commander Mormont at the Fist of the First Men, he advised sending three scouting parties into the mountains to determine what Mance had been looking for there, leading one party, including Jon Snow, personally. After becoming separated from Jon, Qhorin searches for him and is captured and his men are killed. While tied up, he discreetly orders Jon to infiltrate the wildlings as a double agent. Later, he sacrifices himself by provoking Jon into a fight, so Jon can gain the wildlings’ trust by killing him.

Beyond the Wall

Richard Brake

• Night King (seasons 4–8) portrayed by Richard Brake in seasons 4 and 5, and Vladimir “Furdo” Furdik from season 6, the Night King is the leader and first of the White Walkers. He converts Craster’s baby sons into White Walkers for his army, and later leads an all-out assault on Hardhome, a wildling settlement. In the ensuing massacre, he witnesses Jon Snow slay one of his lieutenants. In the aftermath, the Night King revives all of the fallen as wights for his army, while sharing a long glance with Jon. The Night King first appeared in Oathkeeper but was not identified until Hardhome. In season 6, it is revealed through a vision by Bran Stark that the Night King was once of the First Men, the first humans to migrate to Westeros. However, during their wars with the Children of the Forest, the man was kidnapped and forcibly and painfully converted into the first White Walker. The Children intended to use them as weapons against the First Men; however, under the Night King’s leadership, the White Walkers have since gone rogue. The Night King later leads an assault at the cave of the Three-Eyed Raven after breaking its magical seal, where he personally kills the Three-Eyed Raven. In season 7, the Night King throws a spear of ice which kills Daenerys’ dragon Viserion. He touches the dragon and turns it into a wight. When his army reaches the Wall, he rides on Viserion’s back as the dragon’s blue fire destroys the Wall. He is killed by Arya with a Valyrian blade (the same blade originally owned by Littlefinger and previously used on the failed assassination attempt of Bran Stark’s life) at the Battle of Winterfell.
• Three-Eyed Raven (seasons 4 & 6) portrayed by Struan Rodger in season 4, and Max von Sydow in season 6, Max von Sydow is a figure who appears in Bran Stark’s dreams, following his fall and injury. In Bran’s dreams, the raven appears to be trying to lead him into the Stark family crypt, predicting his father’s death. In Season 3 he keeps appearing in Bran’s dreams and wants him to follow him. In season 4, Bran finally finds him, in the form of a wise old man, who promises to help Bran learn to fly. In season 6, he trains Bran in greensight and shows him visions of the past. When the Night King marks Bran during a vision gone wrong, he sacrifices himself to allow Bran and Meera to escape. He is slain by the Night King when he attacks with his army.
• Leaf (seasons 4 & 6) portrayed by Octavia Alexandru in season 4, and Kae Alexander in season 6, appears to rescue Bran, Meera and Hodor from the reanimated skeletons outside the Three-Eyed Raven’s cave and takes them to the Three-Eyed Raven herself. When the Night King attacks with his army, she is killed in the ensuing battle.
• Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Ian Whyte, Ian Whyte Wun Wun is a giant from Hardhome. He agrees to Jon’s offer to allow the wildlings pass through the Wall to escape the coming White Walkers, and escapes the ensuing massacre. Upon being alerted of Jon’s death, Wun Wun joins the wildlings in returning to Castle Black to overthrow Alliser Thorne. After Jon is revived from the dead, he pleads with the wildlings to help him retake Winterfell from Ramsay Bolton, and Wun Wun is the first to agree. During the Battle of the Bastards, Wun Wun brings down a number of men and manages to breach the gates to Winterfell, but is shot with enough arrows and spears to bring him to his knees, and ultimately shot dead by Ramsay with an arrow to the eye.
• Dim Dalba (seasons 5–6) portrayed by Murray McArthur, Dim Dalba is an elderly warrior and raider and one of the prominent leaders in the Free Folk army gathered by Mance Rayder. Following the defeat of the wildling army in the Battle of Castle Black, he leads his followers to the relative safety of Hardhome. In season 6, he pledges his army to fight for Jon Snow at the battle against the Boltons.
• Mance Rayder (seasons 3–5) portrayed by Ciarán Hinds, Ciarán Hinds Mance Rayder is a former ranger of the Night’s Watch who became the “King-Beyond-the-Wall” and the new leader of the Wildlings. He was a wildling child who was raised by the Night’s Watch, becoming one of their best rangers but eventually joining the wildlings. Using the training and tactics he learned from the watch, Mance became the seventh King Beyond the Wall, uniting disparate clans by reminding them that the white walkers and other monsters would kill them all. Mance’s goal is to get his people to the safety of the other side of the wall before the White Walkers could reach it. He plans a two-pronged attack on Castle Black, sending Tormund and Jon across the wall with a small party and preparing an army on the other side. After the advance attack on Castle Black fails, Jon leaves Castle Black to hunt Mance down on pretence of parleying with him. Mance realises Jon’s true intentions and is about to kill him when he and his men are ambushed and defeated by Stannis Baratheon and his army. Mance and Stannis briefly exchange insults when Mance refuses to acknowledge him as the King. Mance is taken prisoner by Stannis. In season 5, Stannis offers to show Mance mercy if he will bend the knee and pledge allegiance to him, but Mance still refuses, fearing that he will lose his people’s respect in the process. On Stannis’s orders, Mance is burned at the stake by Melisandre, although Jon shoots Mance to cut short his suffering.
• The Lord of Bones (seasons 2–3, 5) portrayed by Edward Dogliani in seasons 2 and 3 and Ross O’Hennessy in season 5, Ross O’Hennessy is also called “Rattleshirt”. His true name is unknown. The Lord of Bones is a ruthless wildling leader who uses a giant’s skull as a helmet and the bones of his victims for armour. In Season 2, he captures Jon Snow and in Season 3 delivers him to Mance. In Season 5 he is beaten to death by Tormud Giantsbane at Hardhome, when he refuses to hear Tormund’s proposal for an alliance with the Night’s Watch.
• Styr (season 4) portrayed by Yuri Kolokolnikov, Yuri Kolokolnikov was one of Mance Rayder’s lieutenants and the Magnar — “Lord” in the Old Tongue of the First Men — of the Thenn people, a clan of cannibalistic wildlings. In the battle for Castle Black, he is killed by Jon Snow, who smashes his head in with a hammer.
• Craster (seasons 2–3) portrayed by Robert Pugh, is a wildling who has an uneasy friendship with the Night’s Watch. He is a short-tempered, incestuous polygamist who takes all his daughters as wives. Jon Snow wonders aloud why he has no sons, and it is later revealed that he sacrifices them to the White Walkers soon after birth. As their only ally beyond the Wall, Commander Mormont and the Night’s Watch are forced to endure his insults and outrageous demands. Several members of the Night’s Watch finally lose their patience with Craster after returning defeated from a battle with the White Walkers when he insults their dead and refuses to share more of his supplies with the hungry rangers. He is killed by Karl, who, with his men, proceeds to raid Craster’s supplies and attack his wives and daughters.
• Orell (season 3) portrayed by Mackenzie Crook, Mackenzie Crook is a wildling raider and warg, a human capable of entering the minds of animals. Orell doesn’t trust Jon, as he suspects that Jon is still loyal to the Night’s Watch; he is also jealous of Jon’s relationship with Ygritte. Orell’s suspicions are confirmed when, during a raid at the North, Jon refuses to kill an innocent horse breeder. Orell claims that Jon always was a “crow” and a battle ensues. After a few moments of sword fighting, Jon shoves his sword into Orell’s chest and whispers “You were right the whole time”, before pulling it out and leaving Orell to die. Orell wargs into the mind of his eagle with his dying breath and attacks Jon, but Jon is able to fight him off.

Animals

Direwolves

Direwolves are a canine species closely related to wolves but are much larger and stronger. In the book series, fully grown direwolves are described as being as large as ponies, and are highly intelligent, described by Bran Stark as “smarter than any of the hounds in his father’s kennel” and “understood every word that was said”.

Thought to have gone extinct south of the Wall, six orphaned direwolf pups are found by Robb Stark and Jon Snow at the start of A Game of Thrones, the first book of the novel series, and are distributed among the six Stark children as pet companions.^[9] Four of them are still alive at the end of the fifth book A Dance with Dragons. In the HBO television adaptation, only two are alive at the end of the series.

• Ghost (seasons 1–6, 8)^[10] is Jon Snow’s male direwolf, named due to it being albino and always quiet. Ghost is born the runt of the litter but later grows into the largest of the six Stark direwolves. He accompanies Jon to Castle Black. Following the Night’s Watch mutiny, he is imprisoned by Karl and Rast. He is later freed by Bran Stark and mauls Rast to death before rejoining Jon and the loyal Night’s Watch brothers. Though he is taken back to Castle Black, Alliser Thorne spitefully orders Jon to lock up Ghost. When the wildlings reach Castle Black, Jon orders Sam to free Ghost, and the direwolf subsequently helps the Night’s Watch by mauling several wildlings to death. He survives the battle. After Jon departs for Hardhome, Ghost remains at Castle Black and scares off two Night’s Watch bullies after they beat Sam and attempt to rape Gilly. After Jon is murdered by mutineers led by Alliser Thorne, Davos and the loyalists bring Ghost to help protect Jon’s body. Once the mutineers are defeated and arrested, Ghost rests by Jon’s body, and is later the first to witness Jon’s resurrection back to life. Once Jon executes the mutineers and reunites with his sister Sansa, Ghost leaves Castle Black with Jon, but does not participate in the battle against the Boltons. After the Starks win, Ghost returns to Winterfell with Jon, and survives the battle against the Night King. Jon entrusts Ghost to Tormund when the latter departs back north beyond the Wall.

In the books, Jon Snow is a skinchanger and can regularly warg into Ghost’s body during sleep. Varamyr Sixskins, the most powerful Wildling skinchanger ever lived, described that “the gift was strong in Snow, but the youth was untaught, still fighting his nature when he should have gloried in it”, and warging into a direwolf like Ghost would be “worthy of a king”. While skinchanging into the direwolf, Jon Snow is even capable of sensing the status of the other sibling direwolves.

• Grey Wind (seasons 1–3) was Robb Stark’s male direwolf, named for its swift speed. He accompanies Robb on his campaign against the Lannisters and often fights alongside him in the War of the Five Kings. When Robb is betrayed by Walder Frey and Roose Bolton, Grey Wind is locked up in a pen and killed with crossbows while trapped inside. Grey Wind and Robb are later decapitated, and Grey Wind’s head is sewn onto Robb’s corpse as a form of mutilation.

In the books, Robb’s brother-in-law and banner-bearer Raynald Westerling manages to set Grey Wind free during the Red Wedding, and the direwolf tore the arm off the Frey kennelmaster and killed four wolfhounds before being shot dead.

• Lady (season 1) was Sansa Stark’s female direwolf, named due to it being the smallest and prettiest of the pups. After an incident on the Kingsroad when Nymeria bites Joffrey, Cersei first demands that Nymeria be killed, and when Nymeria cannot be found, demands that a direwolf be killed. Despite his objections, Ned Stark obeys the king’s order but kills Lady personally, though he sends her body north instead of allowing Cersei to have her skin.
• Nymeria (seasons 1 & 7) is Arya Stark’s female direwolf, named after a legendary Rhoynish warrior queen whom Arya admires. On the way to King’s Landing, Crown Prince Joffrey Baratheon attacks Arya with a sword after she attempts to defend her friend, the butcher’s son Mycah, from his abuse. Nymeria comes to protect Arya and bites Joffrey in the arm. Knowing that Joffrey will lie to the court about what actually transpired, Arya forces Nymeria to flee to prevent it from being killed. A very long time afterward, Arya reunites with Nymeria in the Riverlands on her way back home to Winterfell and finds out that Nymeria has joined a pack of wild wolves. Arya attempts to urge Nymeria to return with her, but Nymeria refuses and remains with her new pack, likely due to how long she has been away from home.

In the books, Nymeria leads the largest wolf pack that Westeros has ever seen, and haunts the Riverlands attacking both human and livestock. Arya is a skinchanger and frequently wargs into Nymeria’s body during sleep, even from a different continent. Her “wolf dreams” are instrumental in the resurrection of her mother Catelyn into Lady Stoneheart after the Red Wedding, and essential for her not losing the Stark identity while training to be a Faceless Men assassin.

• Summer (seasons 1–4, 6) was Bran Stark’s male direwolf. When an assassin attempts to murder the comatose Bran, Summer tears out the assassin’s throat, saving both Bran and Bran’s mother Catelyn. Summer and Shaggydog survive the sacking of Winterfell by Ramsay Snow and join Bran, Rickon, and their group on their journey to the Wall to find Jon Snow. When they stumble across Craster’s Keep, Bran mentally takes over Summer’s body to scout the area, but Summer falls into a trap and is imprisoned. He is later freed and continues the journey north with Bran. During the battle with the skeletons outside the Three-Eyed Raven’s cave, Summer mauls several and escapes with Bran into the caves. After the White Walkers and the Wights attack the tree, the group is forced to escape. Only Meera and Bran make it out alive as Hodor, Summer, the Children of the Forest, and the Three-Eyed Raven are all slain by the undead while giving Bran time to escape.
• Shaggydog (seasons 1–3, 6) was Rickon Stark’s male direwolf, and is the only black one and the most temperamental of all the direwolf pups, whom Jojen Reed describes as “full of fear and rage”. Following the sacking of Winterfell, Shaggydog and Summer join Rickon, Bran, Osha and the Reed siblings on their journey to the Wall to find Jon Snow. When the journey beyond the Wall is deemed too dangerous for Rickon, the group splits up, and Shaggydog accompanies Rickon and Osha to go to House Umber at Last Hearth. However, after Greatjon dies, his son Smalljon decides to ally with the Boltons and goes to Ramsay Bolton, to whom he gives Osha and Rickon as hostages, while presenting Shaggydog’s severed head as proof of Rickon’s identity.

In the books, Shaggydog follows Rickon and Osha to the island of Skagos, which is infamously rumored to be inhabited by cannibals. When Jon Snow wargs into his direwolf Ghost during sleep, he once sees Shaggydog fighting and killing a goat with one long horn.

Dragons

• Drogon (seasons 1-8) is the black one of Daenerys’ three dragons. Visibly the biggest and Daenerys’ favourite dragon, Drogon is named after Khal Drogo, her late husband. Throughout seasons 2 and 3, Drogon is loyal to Daenerys, but in season 4, he roars in her face when she tries to stop him from harming the other dragons over food, which makes her realise that she may be losing control over her dragons. While in Meereen, Daenerys receives two complaints from the citizens of Slaver’s Bay about Drogon’s behaviour, one of them a shepherd whose flock of sheep Drogon torched, and the second a farmer whose three-year-old daughter Drogon killed. Though Drogon disappears before he can be captured, he saves Daenerys from an ambush in Daznak’s Pit and flies off with her on his back, though he is wounded by the Sons of the Harpy in the process. He later lands in the Great Grass Sea, where Daenerys will be captured by Dothrakis. Drogon will finally join together with her and his brothers and they finally sail towards Westeros. When Drogon discovers Daenerys’ lifeless body, he is overwhelmed with anger and grief, realizing how his mother’s obsession for the Iron Throne brought her to her own death. Drogon then proceeds to burn the Iron Throne until it is nothing but a puddle of molten slag. He then grasps Daenerys’ body in his talons and flies with it across the Narrow Sea.
• Rhaegal (seasons 1-8) was the green one of Daenerys’ three dragons. He is named after Daenerys’ deceased brother, Rhaegar Targaryen. When Daenerys begins to lose control over them, she locks Rhaegal and Viserion in the catacombs beneath Meereen. She later goes to visit them, but they attempt to attack her, forcing her to flee. After being freed by Tyrion, Rhaegal flies to Westeros and is ridden by Jon Snow later on during the Battle of Winterfell. Rhaegal was eventually killed by Euron Greyjoy’s fleet when Daenerys approached King’s Landing to strike a final attack on Cersei’s troops.
• Viserion (seasons 1-8) was the yellow one of Daenerys’ three dragons. He is named after Daenerys’ deceased brother, Viserys Targaryen. When Daenerys lost control over them, she locked Rhaegal and Viserion in the catacombs beneath Meereen. She later goes to visit them, but they attempt to attack her, forcing her to flee. Viserion was killed with an ice spear during a battle with the White Walkers beyond the Wall, only to be resurrected by the Night King. With the Night King riding on his back, Viserion breathes blue fire at the Wall, which then disintegrated. After the Battle of Winterfell, Viserion’s body collapsed into its skeletal form after Arya killed the Night King.

See also

• Characters in A Song of Ice and Fire
• List of Game of Thrones episodes

Notes

1. ^ In the novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire, Robin Arryn was named Robert Arryn. The character’s name has been changed to Robin so as to prevent confusion with Robert Baratheon.
2. ^ In the novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire, Yara Greyjoy was named Asha Greyjoy. The character’s name has been changed to Yara so as to prevent confusion with Osha.

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