Three-Finger Hobb
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 Three-Finger Hobb, by Aleksander Karcz © Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
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| Alias | Three-Finger Hobb | |||
| Allegiance | Night's Watch | |||
| Culture | Westeros | |||
| Born | Westeros[1] | |||
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| Played by | Unidentified | |||
| TV series | Game of Thrones: Season 4 | |||
Three-Finger Hobb is the main cook at Castle Black for the Night's Watch.[2]
Contents
Appearance and Character
Hobb's nickname suggests one of his hands is maimed. The cook is famous for this three-meat stew, which members of the Watch say consists of mutton, mutton, and mutton.[3] His manner of speaking suggests he is lowborn.[4]
History
According to Hobb, he joined the Night's Watch so he could kill wildlings.[4]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Three-Finger Hobb cooks a special meal for the eight recruits (Todder, Halder, Grenn, Dareon, Albett, Pypar, Matthar and Jon Snow) ready to become men of the Night's Watch and swear their oaths. They enjoy "rack of lamb baked in a crust of garlic and herbs, garnished with sprigs of mint, and surrounded by mashed yellow turnips swimming in butter." Hobb also prepares "salads of spinach and chickpeas and turnip greens, and afterward bowls of iced blueberries and sweet cream."[5]
After Castle Black learns that Jon's father, Lord Eddard Stark, has been imprisoned in King's Landing, Hobb gives Jon an extra helping of venison stew.[2]
Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, complains to Jon that the last mutton served by Hobb was grey.[6] On a later occasion, Hobb's breakfast for Jeor includes "three brown eggs boiled hard, with fried bread and ham steak and a bowl of wrinkled plums", as well as a lemon for the Lord Commander's beer.[7]
A Storm of Swords
While part of the great ranging, Samwell Tarly thinks fondly of Hobb's "thick cream of wheat, with a big spoon of butter melting in the middle and a dollop of honey".[8]
Three-Finger Hobb is among those left behind by Bowen Marsh when the First Steward sets off after wildling raiders.[9] Women and children from Mole's Town help Hobb in the kitchen.[10] Hobb and his helpers stay safe atop the Wall during the attack on Castle Black by Styr,[10] and he gives black bread and onion broth to the defenders when they oppose Mance Rayder's wildlings.[11]
Following the battle beneath the Wall, Hobb is among the candidates at the choosing of the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. He promises roast haunch of mammoth in hopes of gaining votes.[12] Jon Snow is eventually chosen, however.[13]
A Feast for Crows
Hobb gives Samwell salted ham for his name day.[14]
A Dance with Dragons
Three-Finger Hobb gathers with two score other black brothers near the gate of Castle Black after word spreads that the heads of three rangers have been found impaled on spikes on the other side of the Wall. Lord Commander Snow verifies that Jack Bulwer, Hairy Hal, and Garth Greyfeather have been slain by the Weeper. A friend of Garth's, Alf of Runnymudd, breaks down at the news, and Hobb is ordered by Jon to get Alf to bed and give him mulled wine.[15]
Devan Seaworth delivers fresh bread from Hobb's ovens to Melisandre.[15]
Three-Finger Hobb prepares elk and roast vegetables for the feast after Alys Karstark weds Sigorn; Jon is impressed with the meal, as Hobb has no experience in cooking for wildlings or preparing for wedding feasts. The cook also mulls wine with cinnamon and cloves.[4]
Quotes by Hobb
You're a man who appreciates cooking, Slayer. We need more o' your sort.[14]
—Hobb to Samwell Tarly
Besides, I never done no wedding feast, m'lord. Black brothers don't never take no wifes. It's in the bloody vows, I swear 'tis.[4]
—Hobb to Jon Snow
Quotes about Hobb
Samwell: Who are these five who keep voting for Three-Finger Hobb?
Clydas: Brothers who want him out of the kitchens?[12]—Samwell Tarly and Clydas
Bowen: Who better to command the black cloaks than a man who once commanded the gold, sire?
Stannis: Any of you, I would think. Even the cook.[16]
Three corns and one roast raven. Very good, m'lord, only Hobb's made boiled eggs, black sausage, and apples stewed with prunes. The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes. I won't eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chestnuts and carrots and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They'll prune you when you least expect it.[17]
Hobb's sausages were made of grease and salt and things that did not bear thinking about.[18]
—thoughts of Jon Snow
Behind the Scenes
Three-Finger Hobb and Hobb the Hewer may have been named by George R. R. Martin after author Robin Hobb, whose writing Martin has admired.[19][20]
References
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Hobb.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 52, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 21, Jon V.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 60, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 33, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 55, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 64, Jon VIII.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 75, Samwell IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 79, Jon XII.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 5, Samwell I.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 31, Melisandre I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 78, Samwell V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3, Jon I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 44, Jon IX.
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Authors Worthy of Legends, November 11, 1998
- ↑ Not A Blog: Lords of Fantasy, July 30, 2021