Robert Arryn
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| Alias | Sweetrobin True Warden of the East |
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| Title | Lord Paramount of the Vale
Defender of the Vale Warden of the East Lord of the Eyrie |
| Allegiance | House Arryn |
| Culture | The Vale |
| Born | In 292AL |
| Book(s) | A Game of Thrones (Appears) A Clash of Kings (Mentioned) A Storm of Swords (Appears) A Feast for Crows (Appears) |
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| Played by | Lino Facioli |
| TV series | Season 1 |
Robert Arryn is the only son of Jon Arryn and his wife, Lysa Tully. He is a sickly, whiny, irritating, and desperately spoilt child of six, now Lord of the Eyrie and Defender of the Vale. He was named after Robert Baratheon.[1]
In the television series Robert Arryn was named Robin Arryn. The character's name has been changed to Robin so as to prevent confusion with Robert Baratheon. He is played by Lino Facioli.
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Appearance
He is small and pale with brown hair and big eyes. After the death of his mother, his hair becomes very long. See also this collection of images.
History
Robert is afflicted with a disease that causes frequent seizures. His maester bleeds him frequently and often administers a painkiller during his fits that, if used continuously, has an increasing level of toxicity. He is intellectually and physically stunted, and is not even weaned from his mother's breast. He is called "Sweetrobin".
Conflicting accounts about plans for fostering Robert Arryn
In the early books, various characters give conflicting accounts on whether Robert was meant to be fostered by Stannis Baratheon in Dragonstone or instead by House Lannister in Casterly Rock, suggesting some change of plans linked to his father's death.
- Robert Baratheon wanted to give Robert Arryn to be fostered by Tywin Lannister at Casterly Rock. Lysa Arryn refused quite passionately and fleed King's Landing hurriedly, going back to the Eyrie with her son.[1]
- Cersei Lannister seems to believe that Jon Arryn also wanted Tywin Lannister to foster Robert, and states that Lysa Arryn fleed to the Eyrie with his son.[2]
- A potboy that used to work for Jon Arryn believes though that shortly before his death Jon Arryn was planning for Stannis Baratheon to foster Robert at Dragonstone.[3]
- Brynden Tully the Blackfish believes that arrangements were made for Robert to be raised in Casterly Rock and makes no mention of Dragonstone.[4]
- Maester Colemon agrees with the version that claims Dragonstone for Robert's fostering and insists that it is so, despite hearing a conflicting history from Lysa Arryn by way of Catelyn.[5]
- Lord Walder Frey, too, insists that Jon Arryn had made arrangements to raise Robert at Dragonstone and not Casterly Rock. Catelyn Stark grows uneasy at having that statement reinforced once again, all the more so because Walder affirms that Lysa was well aware of those plans, albeit strongly opposed to them as well. If Walder is saying the truth, then Lysa lied to her (and presumably to the Blackfish as well).[6]
- Lady Lysa Arryn eventually admits to know both of Jon Arryn's desire to send Robert Arryn to Dragonstone and of Robert Baratheon's plans to send him to Casterly Rock; she seems to believe that the later is motivated by a request from Cersei.[7]
As the history stands at the end of A Dance with Dragons, it would seem that Jon Arryn did plan to send Robert Arryn to Dragonstone to protect him from his enemies, but Cersei Lannister found out and convinced King Robert Baratheon to interfere and send young Robert to Casterly Rock instead. The main evidence is her conversation with Jaime in the First Keep.[2] It would seem that Jaime Lannister is unaware of the original Dragonstone plans.
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Robert became Lord of the Vale upon the death of his father, Jon Arryn. Before his ascension, Lord Tywin Lannister offered to take him as his ward, something he had never offered to anyone else (Eddard Stark suspects Tywin made this offer in order to seize Robert Arryn as a hostage). Robert Baratheon planned on accepting the offer but Lysa fled to The Vale with her son to avoid this.[1]
His mother, Lady Lysa, rules the Vale as regent in his name, but makes no effort to school him in the governance of his realm. He presided over the trial of Tyrion Lannister for the attempted murder of Bran Stark. He was upset when Bronn defeated the opposing champion in Tyrion's trial-by-combat as he wanted to "make him fly."
A Feast for Crows
Upon the death of Robert's mother, Petyr Baelish assumed the position of Lord Protector of the Vale, and claimed the rule of the Vale and the guardianship of Lord Robert through his brief marriage to Lady Lysa. Several of the more prominent nobles of the Vale signed a declaration to oust Petyr from the Eyrie and assume the rearing and training of Robert Arryn, calling themselves the 'Lords Declarant.'[8][9] Robert has become even more emotional and unstable after his mother's death, and has become highly attached to his cousin, Sansa Stark, in her guise of Alayne Stone, who has taken on a surrogate maternal role with regards to him.
At Petyr Baelish's suggestion,[9] Maester Colemon has been using sweetsleep to treat his seizures, although he is also very worried about the potentially fatal side-effects of using it too often.[10]
Quotes about Robert
| “ | “The boy is weak and sickly.” [11] | ” |
Family
| {Jasper} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| {Lysa Tully} | {Jon} | {Rowena Arryn} | {Alys} | Elys Waynwood | {Ronnel} | Lady Belmore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert | {Jeyne Royce} | {daughter} | {Denys Arryn} | {daughter} | Ser Hardyng | 6 other daughters | {Jasper Waynwood} | {Elbert} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| {Child died young} | Harrold Hardyng "Harry the Heir" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 4, Eddard.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 8, Bran.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 34, Catelyn.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 40, Catelyn.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 59, Catelyn.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 41, Alayne.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
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