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[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] with the Mountain's men - by Nordheimer ©]]
'''The Mountain's men''' refers to the men who ride with Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], ''the Mountain That Rides''.  They are a dangerous, unsavory bunch. They are all hard-eyed, hard mouthed men; according to [[Jaime Lannister]] they would have to be to ride beside a man like the Mountain.
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The '''Mountain's men'''{{ref|ASOS|17}}{{ref|ASOS|74}} are men-at-arms of the [[westerlands]] in service to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], the Mountain That Rides.
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==Culture==
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{{See also|:Category:Images of the Mountain's men|l1=Images of the Mountain's men}}
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The Mountain's men are a dangerous, unsavory bunch,{{ref|ACOK|26}} grim and foul mouthed.{{ref|AFFC|27}}
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The best that can be said for Gregor's men is that they are not quite as vile a bunch as the [[Brave Companions]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} [[Sandor Clegane]] refers to his brother's soldiers as Gregor's "pet rats". According to Sandor, Gregor once killed one of his men for snoring.{{ref|ASOS|47}} Gregor never brings his men-at-arms to court in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|aSoS|47}} They often refer to Gregor simply as "Ser".{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|74}}{{ref|AFFC|27}}
  
The best that can be said for Gregor’s men is that they are not quite as vile a bunch as the [[Brave Companions]]. {{Ref|aFfC|27}} [[Sandor Clegane]] is familiar with his brother’s men and refers to them to [[Arya]] as Gregor’s ''"pet rats"''.  Gregor never brings them to court. {{Ref|aSoS|47}}
 
==The Mountain's men==
 
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* [[Joss Stilwood]], his squire.
 
* [[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]]
 
* [[Dunsen]]
 
* {[[Tickler|The Tickler]]}, a torturer.
 
* {[[Polliver]]}
 
* {[[Chiswyck]]}
 
* [[Shitmouth]]
 
* [[Eggon]]
 
* [[Tobbot]]
 
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==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
===A Game of Thrones===
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
After the [[Tourney of the Hand]], Ser Gregor is furious about the trick that the "[[Knight of Flowers|Knight o’ Pansies]]" played on him by riding an in-season mare that distracts his stallion. While returning from the tourney with seven of his men, Gregor broods on his loss. An overflowing river detours the group to a nearby alehouse, where he and his men gang rape the brewer’s daughter [[Layna]] there. [[Chiswyck]] relates the story of the rape later on at [[Harrenhal]], as [[Arya Stark|Arya]], in the guise of a common servant, overhears.
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[[File:Marc Simonetti War.jpg‎|Clegane's band foraging - by Marc Simonetti. © FFG|thumb|350px]]
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After [[Tyrion Lannister]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends the Mountain's Men across the [[Red Fork]] into the [[riverlands]] under the guise of brigands. They ravage the holdfasts of [[Sherrer]], [[Wendish Town]], and the [[Mummer's Ford]] and draw [[House Tully]] forces away from [[Riverrun]] and the [[Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}
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When Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]], dispatches a party of men led by [[Beric Dondarrion]] to execute Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] for his crimes,{{ref|AGOT|43}} Tywin [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushes]] them at the Mummer's Ford. When Beric and his men attempt to retreat across the Red Fork Gregor's men take them in the rear.
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Thereafter, the Mountain's men join Lord Tywin's host as it marches through the riverlands, eventually fighting in the Lannister vanguard on the left flank of the [[battle on the Green Fork]].{{ref|AGOT|62}} After the battle, Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves the Mountain's men and others to raid in the riverlands.{{ref|AGOT|69}}
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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[[File:Gregors men.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Ser Gregor's men, by serclegane<br>Left to right: [[Chiswyck]], [[Polliver]], [[The Tickler]], [[Raff The Sweetling]], the [[Sarsfield squire]], and [[Shitmouth]]]]
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Gregor's band [[sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], killing the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]]. They also take and [[burning of Stone Hedge|burn Stone Hedge]], taking its food supplies and burning the harvest of Lord [[Jonos Bracken]].{{ref|ACOK|7}}
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As the band is foraging and raiding they capture and question various [[smallfolk]].  Amongst the people they capture are [[Hot Pie]], [[Gendry]], and [[Arya Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], although they are oblivious to her true identity. Raff slays [[Lommy]].{{Ref|aCoK|26}} Arya quickly comes to know Gregor's men. The men-at-arms take their surviving prisoners to serve Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at [[Harrenhal]]. 
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Tywin sends Gregor and his men to destroy Lord [[Roose Bolton]]'s [[north]]ern host.  During this time, they skirmish several times with the [[brotherhood without banners]], and lose four men to [[Beric Dondarrion]]'s night raids before returning to Harrenhal, taking up residence in the [[Wailing Tower]].{{ref|ACOK|30}} While in the guise of a common servant, Arya overhears [[Chiswyck]] speak of the earlier rape of a brewer's daughter, [[Layna]]. Arya orders [[Jaqen H'ghar]] to kill Chiswyck.{{Ref|aCoK|30}}
  
After [[Catelyn Stark]] [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 28|abducts]] [[Tyrion Lannister]], Ser Gregor and his men strike some of the first blows in what grows into the [[War of the Five Kings]]. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends them across the [[Trident#Red Fork|Red Fork]] under the guise of brigands to ravage the holdfasts of [[Sherrer]], [[Wendishtown]], and [[Mummer's Ford]] in the hopes of drawing [[House Tully|Tully]] forces away from [[Riverrun]] and the [[Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}
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During Lord Tywin's attempt to break through back to the [[westerlands]] at the [[Battle of the Fords]], the Mountain's men join with Tywin's host and attack the crossing at the [[Stone Mill]], which is defended by Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s forces. Along with the rest of the Lannister force, the Mountain's men are pushed back and forced to retreat.{{ref|ACOK|45}} Harrenhal [[fall of Harrenhal|is taken]] by Lord Bolton in their absence.
  
When Lord [[Eddard Stark]] [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 43|dispatches]] a party of men led by [[Beric Dondarrion]] to execute Ser Gregor for his crimes, Tywin Lannister [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushes]] them at the Mummer's Ford. When Dondarrion and his men attempt to retreat across the Red Ford it is Ser Gregor men who take them in the rear.
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Following their failure to cross the Red Fork, Ser Gregor and his men [[capture of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which [[Roose Bolton]] has abandoned to [[Vargo Hoat]]. Inside, Gregor's men slaughter the inhabitants and defenders except for the cook who opens the gate, the castle smith [[Ben Blackthumb]], and a girl named [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly.  
  
Thereafter, the Mountain's men join Lord Tywin's host as it marches through the Riverlands, eventually fighting with in the Lannister vanguard on the left flank of the [[Battle of the Green Fork]]. After the battle, Lord Tywin retreats to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves the Mountain's men and others to raid in the Riverlands.
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Leaving [[Polliver]] as castellan and some men including the [[Tickler]] to hold Harrenhal, Gregor and the rest of his men follow a force sent by Lord Bolton toward [[Duskendale]]. The survivors of the [[battle at Duskendale]] are harried in their retreat by Gregor's men.{{ref|ASOS|19}} Roose's rearguard is then ravaged by the Mountain and his party when they attempt to cross the [[fighting at the fords of the Trident|ruby ford]].{{ref|ASOS|49}} Gregor is [[poison]]ed with [[manticore]] venom{{ref|AFFC|7}} during his [[trial by combat]] with [[Oberyn Martell]].{{ref|ASOS|70}}
  
===A Clash of Kings===
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At some point after Polliver is left as castellan, Arya and Sandor confront some of Gregor's men who have gone to drink, whore, and "tickle the innkeep" at the [[crossroads inn]]. A fight breaks out when they attempt to capture Sandor, however, and the pair kill Polliver, the Tickler and a [[pimply squire]].{{Ref|aSoS|74}}
Clegane's band sacks [[Darry|Castle Darry]], killing the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]]. They also take and burn [[Stone Hedge]], taking its food supplies and burning the harvest of [[Jonos Bracken]].
 
  
As the band is foraging and raiding they capture and question various [[smallfolk]]. Amongst the people they capture are [[Hot Pie]], [[Gendry]] and, [[Arya Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], although they are oblivious to her true identity. {{Ref|aCoK|26}} Arya quickly comes to know Gregor’s men and their various personality quirks.  Gregor and his men take their surviving prisoners to serve Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at [[Harrenhal]].  
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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[[File:Jake Murray Ser Gregor's DogII.png|Ser Gregor's Dog. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] then sends Ser Gregor and his men to destroy [[Roose Bolton]]’s host.  During this time, they skirmish several times with the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]], and lose four men to [[Beric Dondarrion]]’s night raids before returning and to Harrenhal and take up residence in the Wailing Tower.
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The remnants of Ser Gregor's men-at-arms, including [[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]], [[Dunsen]], and [[Shitmouth]], remain stationed at Harrenhal.{{ref|aFfC|Appendix}} When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives there on his way to [[Riverrun]], a handful of Gregor’s men emerge from the castle's towers to watch him dismount. Jaime discovers that Gregor had named [[Polliver]] as his castellan after his departure, but Shitmouth informs him that Polliver was killed in a run-in with Sandor Clegane at the crossroads inn, leaving no one in charge at Harrenhal. After Jaime views [[Vargo Hoat]]'s head, Shitmouth and Raff explain that Vargo's body was served as "roast goat" to Vargo himself and other prisoners.{{ref|AFFC|27}}
  
It is during this stay at Harrenhal that Arya Stark orders the [[Faceless Man]] [[Jaqen H'ghar]] to kill Chiswyck after overhearing him regaling the men with the terrible tale of the gang rape of the [[Layna|brewer's daughter]]. {{Ref|aCoK|30}}
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When Jaime informs Gregor's men that they can either ride with him to the [[siege of Riverrun]] or join Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]]'s men, the men state Gregor promised rich rewards for those that rode with him. Jaime tells them to take any grievances up with Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} Before he leaves Harrenhal, Jaime orders Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] to behead one of Gregor's men who tried to rape [[Pia]], despite the perplexed man's protests.{{ref|AFFC|27}}
  
During the Lord Tywin's attempt to break through back to the [[Westerlands]] at the [[Battle of the Fords]], the Mountain's men join up with Lord Tywin's host and attack the crossing at the [[Stone Mill]], which is defended by Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s forces. Along with the rest of the Lannister force, the Mountain's men are pushed back and forced to retreat.
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After the fall of Riverrun, Jaime allows Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] to [[take the black]] and journey to the [[Wall]]. A dozen Mountain's men led by Rafford are ordered to escort Robin and Desmond to [[Maidenpool]].{{Ref|aFfC|44}}
  
===A Storm of Swords===
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Following their failure to cross the Red Fork, Ser Gregor and his men [[Retaking of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]] ([[Sack of Harrenhal|lost]] during their absence), which [[Roose Bolton]] has abandoned to [[Vargo Hoat]]. Inside, Gregor's men slaughter the inhabitants and defenders except for the cook who opens the gate, the castle [[Ben Blackthumb|smith]], and a girl named [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly.  
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Twenty men accompany [[Ronnet Connington|Red Ronnet Connington]] from [[Maidenpool]] to King's Landing, most of them the Mountain's former men. Within a day one is accused of murder and another of rape; Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] executes the murderer and gelds the raper.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}
  
Leaving [[Polliver]] as castellan and some men (including the [[Tickler]]) to hold Harrenhal, Ser Gregor and the rest of his men follow Roose Bolton toward [[Duskendale]]. The [[Battle of Duskendale|battle]] goes against the Northmen when the Mountain's men take them in the rear. The few survivors of the battle are harried in their retreat by Ser Gregor's men. Their rearguard is again defeated by the Mountain and his party when the attempt to retreat across the [[Battle of the Ruby Ford|Ruby Ford]].
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When the men-at-arms arrive at King's Landing with Red Ronnet, Randyll suggests they be sent to the [[Wall]], and Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] states he would not suffer such men in the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]]. Lord Regent [[Kevan Lannister]] decides not to exile them, however, as the [[Iron Throne]] needs loyal swords against the new threat of the [[Golden Company]]. Kevan tells Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and Ser [[Harys Swyft]] to hire the Mountain's men if they feel they need guards against [[House Tyrell guards|House Tyrell]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}
  
After kidnapping [[Arya Stark]], [[the Hound]] explains to her that it could be someone worse than him that kidnapped her and that she doesn’t know his brother. Arya protests that she does know Gregor and then names some of Gregor’s men.  This surprises Sandor who is amazed that a highborn girl like [[Arya Stark]] should know them.  {{Ref|aSoS|47}}
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===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Raff the Sweetling is among Harys's guard in [[Braavos]], where he is killed by [[Arya Stark|Mercy]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref>
  
At some point after Polliver is left as castellan, [[Arya]] and Sandor Clegane confront some of Gregor’s men who have gone to drink, whore, and "tickle the innkeep" at the [[Crossroads Inn]]. A fight breaks out when they attempt to capture Sandor and Sandor and Arya kill [[Polliver]], the [[Tickler]] and the Sarsfield boy. {{Ref|aSoS|74}}
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==Known Mountain's men==
  
===A Feast for Crows===
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When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives at [[Harrenhal]] a handful of Ser Gregor’s men emerge from the castle’s towers to watch him dismount.  [[Shitmouth]] informs him of the run-in with Sandor Clegane at the Crossroads Inn, showing that they have had word of the fight.Jaime asks them if they sent men after the Hound and the peasant boy he was with.  Shitmouth tells him no, as the dog was Ser Gregor's brother. [[Raff the sweetling]] then says to [[Jaime]],
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* [[Joss Stilwood]], Gregor's squire.
{{Quote|We’re bad m’lord …but you’d have to be mad to face the Hound. {{Ref|aFfC|27}}}}
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* {[[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]]}, killed by Arya Stark at Braavos
[[Jaime]] asks Raff if he is afraid of the Hound.  Raff answers that it is not so much afraid as leaving him for their betters to take care of, someone like Ser [[Jaime]].  Jaime thinks to himself that when he had two hands he would have been capable of that task, but he does not delude himself, he knows that Sandor would make short work of him now.
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* [[Dunsen]]
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* The {[[Tickler]]}, a torturer killed by Arya Stark
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* {[[Polliver]]}, killed by [[Sandor Clegane]]
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* {[[Chiswyck]]}, killed by [[Jaqen H'ghar]]
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* [[Shitmouth]]
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* [[Eggon]]
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* [[Tobbot]]
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* a {[[pimply squire]]} from [[House Sarsfield]], killed by Arya Stark
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After viewing [[Vargo Hoat]]’s head [[Jaime]] asks Shitmouth where the rest of him is. [[Shitmouth]] tells Jaime that the rest of him has rotted or been eaten and that Ser Gregor fed his flesh to the captives – referring to Vargo’s flesh as “roast goat”. Jaime thinks to himself that his father’s dogs have gone mad and that somehow revenge has lost its savor.
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==Quotes==
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{{Quote|At [[Wendish Town]], the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|[[Raymun Darry]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}
  
When Jaime informs Gregor’s men that they can either ride with him to [[Riverrun]] or join Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]]’s men the Mountain’s men look at one another.  One tells Jaime that they’re owed, that Gregor promised rich rewards for those that ride with him. {{Ref|aFfC|27}} The men all begin to yammer in agreement.  They all assumed rich rewards meant gold. [[Jaime]] tells them to take any grievances up with [[Cersei]].  
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{{Quote|'''Varys''': You are quite certain these were more than brigands?<br>
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'''Raymun''': Brigands, Lord Varys? Oh, they were brigands, beyond a doubt. [[House Lannister|Lannister]] brigands.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|[[Varys]] and [[Raymun Darry]]}}
Before he leaves, Jaime takes the head of one of Gregor’s men who tried to rape [[Pia]]. As the man is about to be beheaded he protests that he had her hundreds of times, they all did.  
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{{Quote|They rode down my 'prentice boy. Chased him back and forth across the fields on their horses, poking at him with their lances like it was a game, them laughing and the boy stumbling and screaming till the [[Gregor Clegane|big one]] pierced him clean through.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|unnamed smith from [[Sherrer]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}
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{{Quote|'''Cersei''': And someone needs to set [[Harrenhal]] to rights. We have urgent need of [[Wylis Manderly]], assuming he is still alive and captive, but the garrison has not replied to any of our [[raven]]s.<br>
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'''Jaime''': Those are Gregor's men at Harrenhal. [[Gregor Clegane|The Mountain]] liked them cruel and stupid. Most like they ate your [[raven]]s, messages and all.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]}}
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{{Quote|A handful of Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor's]] men emerged from [[Harrenhal|the towers]] to watch him dismount; hard-eyed, hard-mouthed men, the lot of them. They would have to be, to ride beside the Mountain.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}
  
After the fall of [[Riverrun]], [[Rafford]] is ordered by Ser [[Jaime]] to escort Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] to [[Maidenpool]] for their journey to [[the Wall]] and make sure they made it alive. <ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 44|Chapter 44]], Jaime</ref>
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{{Quote|The only peace Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor's]] lot had ever given anyone was the peace of the grave.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}
  
 
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Ser Gregor Clegane with the Mountain's men - by Nordheimer ©

The Mountain's men[1][2] are men-at-arms of the westerlands in service to Ser Gregor Clegane, the Mountain That Rides.

Culture

The Mountain's men are a dangerous, unsavory bunch,[3] grim and foul mouthed.[4]

The best that can be said for Gregor's men is that they are not quite as vile a bunch as the Brave Companions.[4] Sandor Clegane refers to his brother's soldiers as Gregor's "pet rats". According to Sandor, Gregor once killed one of his men for snoring.[5] Gregor never brings his men-at-arms to court in King's Landing.[5] They often refer to Gregor simply as "Ser".[6][2][4]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Clegane's band foraging - by Marc Simonetti. © FFG

After Tyrion Lannister is abducted by Catelyn Stark,[7] Lord Tywin Lannister sends the Mountain's Men across the Red Fork into the riverlands under the guise of brigands. They ravage the holdfasts of Sherrer, Wendish Town, and the Mummer's Ford and draw House Tully forces away from Riverrun and the Golden Tooth.[8]

When Lord Eddard Stark, the Hand of the King, dispatches a party of men led by Beric Dondarrion to execute Ser Gregor Clegane for his crimes,[8] Tywin ambushes them at the Mummer's Ford. When Beric and his men attempt to retreat across the Red Fork Gregor's men take them in the rear.

Thereafter, the Mountain's men join Lord Tywin's host as it marches through the riverlands, eventually fighting in the Lannister vanguard on the left flank of the battle on the Green Fork.[9] After the battle, Tywin withdraws to Harrenhal but leaves the Mountain's men and others to raid in the riverlands.[10]

A Clash of Kings

Ser Gregor's men, by serclegane
Left to right: Chiswyck, Polliver, The Tickler, Raff The Sweetling, the Sarsfield squire, and Shitmouth

Gregor's band sacks Castle Darry, killing the eight-year-old Lord Lyman Darry. They also take and burn Stone Hedge, taking its food supplies and burning the harvest of Lord Jonos Bracken.[11]

As the band is foraging and raiding they capture and question various smallfolk. Amongst the people they capture are Hot Pie, Gendry, and Arya Stark of Winterfell, although they are oblivious to her true identity. Raff slays Lommy.[3] Arya quickly comes to know Gregor's men. The men-at-arms take their surviving prisoners to serve Lord Tywin Lannister at Harrenhal.

Tywin sends Gregor and his men to destroy Lord Roose Bolton's northern host. During this time, they skirmish several times with the brotherhood without banners, and lose four men to Beric Dondarrion's night raids before returning to Harrenhal, taking up residence in the Wailing Tower.[6] While in the guise of a common servant, Arya overhears Chiswyck speak of the earlier rape of a brewer's daughter, Layna. Arya orders Jaqen H'ghar to kill Chiswyck.[6]

During Lord Tywin's attempt to break through back to the westerlands at the Battle of the Fords, the Mountain's men join with Tywin's host and attack the crossing at the Stone Mill, which is defended by Ser Edmure Tully's forces. Along with the rest of the Lannister force, the Mountain's men are pushed back and forced to retreat.[12] Harrenhal is taken by Lord Bolton in their absence.

A Storm of Swords

Following their failure to cross the Red Fork, Ser Gregor and his men retake Harrenhal, which Roose Bolton has abandoned to Vargo Hoat. Inside, Gregor's men slaughter the inhabitants and defenders except for the cook who opens the gate, the castle smith Ben Blackthumb, and a girl named Pia whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly.

Leaving Polliver as castellan and some men including the Tickler to hold Harrenhal, Gregor and the rest of his men follow a force sent by Lord Bolton toward Duskendale. The survivors of the battle at Duskendale are harried in their retreat by Gregor's men.[13] Roose's rearguard is then ravaged by the Mountain and his party when they attempt to cross the ruby ford.[14] Gregor is poisoned with manticore venom[15] during his trial by combat with Oberyn Martell.[16]

At some point after Polliver is left as castellan, Arya and Sandor confront some of Gregor's men who have gone to drink, whore, and "tickle the innkeep" at the crossroads inn. A fight breaks out when they attempt to capture Sandor, however, and the pair kill Polliver, the Tickler and a pimply squire.[2]

A Feast for Crows

Ser Gregor's Dog. © FFG

The remnants of Ser Gregor's men-at-arms, including Raff the Sweetling, Dunsen, and Shitmouth, remain stationed at Harrenhal.[17] When Ser Jaime Lannister arrives there on his way to Riverrun, a handful of Gregor’s men emerge from the castle's towers to watch him dismount. Jaime discovers that Gregor had named Polliver as his castellan after his departure, but Shitmouth informs him that Polliver was killed in a run-in with Sandor Clegane at the crossroads inn, leaving no one in charge at Harrenhal. After Jaime views Vargo Hoat's head, Shitmouth and Raff explain that Vargo's body was served as "roast goat" to Vargo himself and other prisoners.[4]

When Jaime informs Gregor's men that they can either ride with him to the siege of Riverrun or join Ser Bonifer Hasty's men, the men state Gregor promised rich rewards for those that rode with him. Jaime tells them to take any grievances up with Queen Regent Cersei Lannister.[4] Before he leaves Harrenhal, Jaime orders Ser Ilyn Payne to behead one of Gregor's men who tried to rape Pia, despite the perplexed man's protests.[4]

After the fall of Riverrun, Jaime allows Ser Robin Ryger and Ser Desmond Grell to take the black and journey to the Wall. A dozen Mountain's men led by Rafford are ordered to escort Robin and Desmond to Maidenpool.[18]

A Dance with Dragons

Twenty men accompany Red Ronnet Connington from Maidenpool to King's Landing, most of them the Mountain's former men. Within a day one is accused of murder and another of rape; Lord Randyll Tarly executes the murderer and gelds the raper.[19]

When the men-at-arms arrive at King's Landing with Red Ronnet, Randyll suggests they be sent to the Wall, and Lord Mace Tyrell states he would not suffer such men in the City Watch. Lord Regent Kevan Lannister decides not to exile them, however, as the Iron Throne needs loyal swords against the new threat of the Golden Company. Kevan tells Grand Maester Pycelle and Ser Harys Swyft to hire the Mountain's men if they feel they need guards against House Tyrell.[19]

The Winds of Winter

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Raff the Sweetling is among Harys's guard in Braavos, where he is killed by Mercy.[20]

Known Mountain's men

Quotes

At Wendish Town, the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes.[8]

Varys: You are quite certain these were more than brigands?
Raymun: Brigands, Lord Varys? Oh, they were brigands, beyond a doubt. Lannister brigands.[8]

They rode down my 'prentice boy. Chased him back and forth across the fields on their horses, poking at him with their lances like it was a game, them laughing and the boy stumbling and screaming till the big one pierced him clean through.[8]

—unnamed smith from Sherrer to Eddard Stark

Cersei: And someone needs to set Harrenhal to rights. We have urgent need of Wylis Manderly, assuming he is still alive and captive, but the garrison has not replied to any of our ravens.
Jaime: Those are Gregor's men at Harrenhal. The Mountain liked them cruel and stupid. Most like they ate your ravens, messages and all.[4]

A handful of Ser Gregor's men emerged from the towers to watch him dismount; hard-eyed, hard-mouthed men, the lot of them. They would have to be, to ride beside the Mountain.[4]

—thoughts of Jaime Lannister

The only peace Ser Gregor's lot had ever given anyone was the peace of the grave.[4]

—thoughts of Jaime Lannister

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