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Game of Thrones: The Mad King

2026-02-20T21:16:19Z

FictionIsntReal: The title is now "The Mad King" rather than "The Iron Throne"

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Mad King''}}
'''''The Mad King'''''<ref name="TheMadKingIsComing">George R.R. Martin (February 19, 2026) [https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2026/02/19/the-mad-king-is-coming/ The Mad King Is Coming]. Not A Blog. Retrieved February 20, 2026.</ref>, previously known under the working title '''''Harrenhal''''',<ref>https://startlinginc.com/en/</ref> and later '''''The Iron Throne'''''<ref>https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/07/22/actors-join-the-strike/</ref>, is an upcoming ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' [[w:Broadway theatre|Broadway play]] written by Duncan MacMillan.

==Plot==
The plot centers around the [[tourney at Harrenhal]] in the [[281 AC|year of the false spring]].<ref name="WiC" />

==Dramatis personae==
*[[Eddard Stark]]<ref name="Ontheroad">George R.R. Martin (July 9, 2024) [https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/07/09/on-the-road-again-5/ On the Road Again]. Not A Blog. Retrieved June 10, 2024.</ref>
*[[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />
*[[Lyanna Stark]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />
*[[Howland Reed]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />

==Production history==
The development of the play was first reported in March 2021. Developed by [[George R. R. Martin]], written by Duncan MacMillan, produced by Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, Vince Gerardis, and Jonathan Sanford, and directed by Dominic Cooke, it was originally expected to make its debut in 2023.<ref name="WiC">https://winteriscoming.net/2021/03/30/game-thrones-broadway-play-coming-tourney-harrenhal/</ref> It was delayed to late 2024,<ref>George R.R. Martin (December 6, 2023) [https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/06/a-visit-to-old-blighty/ A Visit to Old Blighty]. Not A Blog. Retrieved December 7, 2023.</ref> and then to 2025.<ref name="Ontheroad" /> In February 2026 it was announced that tickets would go on sale in April.<ref name="TheMadKingIsComing" />

==References==
{{References}}


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Game of Thrones: The Mad King

2026-02-20T21:12:16Z

FictionIsntReal: /* Production history */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Iron Throne''}}
'''''The Iron Throne''''',<ref>https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/07/22/actors-join-the-strike/</ref> previously known under the working title '''''Harrenhal''''',<ref>https://startlinginc.com/en/</ref> is an upcoming ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' [[w:Broadway theatre|Broadway play]] written by Duncan MacMillan.

==Plot==
The plot centers around the [[tourney at Harrenhal]] in the [[281 AC|year of the false spring]].<ref name="WiC" />

==Dramatis personae==
*[[Eddard Stark]]<ref name="Ontheroad">George R.R. Martin (July 9, 2024) [https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/07/09/on-the-road-again-5/ On the Road Again]. Not A Blog. Retrieved June 10, 2024.</ref>
*[[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />
*[[Lyanna Stark]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />
*[[Rhaegar Targaryen]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />
*[[Howland Reed]]<ref name="Ontheroad" />

==Production history==
The development of the play was first reported in March 2021. Developed by [[George R. R. Martin]], written by Duncan MacMillan, produced by Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, Vince Gerardis, and Jonathan Sanford, and directed by Dominic Cooke, it was originally expected to make its debut in 2023.<ref name="WiC">https://winteriscoming.net/2021/03/30/game-thrones-broadway-play-coming-tourney-harrenhal/</ref> It was delayed to late 2024,<ref>George R.R. Martin (December 6, 2023) [https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/12/06/a-visit-to-old-blighty/ A Visit to Old Blighty]. Not A Blog. Retrieved December 7, 2023.</ref> and then to 2025.<ref name="Ontheroad" /> In February 2026 it was announced that tickets would go on sale in April.<ref>George R.R. Martin (February 19, 2026) [https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2026/02/19/the-mad-king-is-coming/ The Mad King Is Coming]. Not A Blog. Retrieved February 20, 2026.</ref>

==References==
{{References}}


{{ASOIAF}}


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Drogo

2025-04-17T00:34:32Z

FictionIsntReal: The linked page for year 299 does not claim Drogo died then, rather the page for 298 does

{{Infobox character
| arms = Dothraki
| title = ''Khal''
| firstname = Drogo
| image = [[File:MagaliVilleneuve khal drogoII.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Khal Drogo, by Magali Villeneuve © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias = Great Rider Great Khal
| Title = [[Khalakka]]{{Ref|AGOT|36}} [[Khal]]{{Ref|AGOT|3}}
| Allegiance = Khal [[Drogo's khalasar|Drogo's ''khalasar]]''
| Race = [[Dothraki]]
| Culture = [[Dothraki]]
| Date_of_Birth = around {{Date|267}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Drogo|Drogo]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Birth = [[Dothraki sea]], [[Essos]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Drogo}}
| Date_of_Death = late {{Date|298}}
| Place_of_Death = Dothraki sea, Essos
| Father = [[Bharbo]]
| Spouse = [[Daenerys Targaryen]]
| Issue = [[Rhaego]]
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (appendix) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| Played_by = [[w:Jason Momoa|Jason Momoa]]
| TV_series = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|2]]
}}

'''Drogo''' is a powerful ''[[khal]]'' of the [[Dothraki]]. [[Daenerys Targaryen]] is promised to the warlord at the beginning of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Drogo is portrayed by [[w:Jason Momoa|Jason Momoa]].<ref>HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew Game of Thrones Cast & Characters]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Drogo|l1=Images of Drogo}}
[[File:Chris Dien drogo.jpg|thumb|left|Khal Drogo, by Chris Dien ©]]
Like most [[Dothraki]], Drogo has [[copper]]-colored skin,{{ref|AGOT|3}} thick black hair,{{ref|AGOT|11}} and almond-shaped eyes{{Ref|AGOT|46}} the color of [[onyx]].{{ref|AGOT|3}} Tall and muscular, he moves gracefully like a [[panther]].{{ref|AGOT|3}} The ''[[khal]]'' has a long, black moustache,{{ref|AGOT|46}} and he binds his thick mustachios with [[gold]] and [[bronze]] rings.{{ref|AGOT|3}} A long black braid, scented with oils{{ref|AGOT|3}} and decorated with [[Bells (Dothraki)|tiny bells]] of [[silver]]{{ref|AGOT|11}} or gold,{{ref|AGOT|46}} hangs down to his thighs, symbolizing his status among the Dothraki as an undefeated warlord.{{ref|AGOT|3}} [[Daenerys Targaryen]] thinks that Drogo has a hard and cruel face when she is introduced to him.{{ref|AGOT|3}}

A skilled warrior,{{ref|AGOT|3}}{{ref|AGOT|61}} the ''khal'' can be tender{{ref|AGOT|11}} and protective.{{ref|AGOT|54}}

The bare-chested{{ref|AGOT|46}}{{ref|AGOT|61}} Drogo wears horsehide trousers{{ref|AGOT|46}} and painted vests,{{ref|AGOT|54}} with his favorite vest being old and faded.{{ref|AGOT|72}} He owns a heavy belt of solid gold medallions{{ref|AGOT|46}} and a wide belt with heavy medallions of silver, gold, and bronze.{{ref|AGOT|54}} The ''khal'' wields an ''[[arakh]]'',{{ref|AGOT|68}} a whip,{{ref|AGOT|72}} and a [[dragonbone]] bow.{{ref|AGOT|72}} Drogo's favorite [[horse]] is a [[Drogo's stallion|lean red stallion]], unnamed, as it is not a Dothraki custom to give individual names to animals.{{ref|AGOT|23}}

Drogo has a wooden feasting hall with timbered walls and a [[silk]] roof in the sacred Dothraki city of [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{ref|AGOT|36}} He also possesses a [[Drogo's manse|nine-towered manse]] in [[Pentos]], given to him by the city's ruling [[magister]]s as part of their policy of bribing the Dothraki not to loot the [[Free City]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

[[Cohollo]], [[Qotho]], and [[Haggo]] serve Drogo as [[bloodrider]]s.{{ref|AGOT|11}}

==History==
Drogo's father was Khal [[Bharbo]].{{ref|AGOT|54}} [[Cohollo]] was pledged to the ''[[khalakka]]'', or prince, while Drogo was still a child, and he saved young Drogo's life from [[Mercenary|sellswords]] on one occasion.{{Ref|AGOT|36}} Bharbo gave his son a whip when Drogo reached manhood.{{ref|AGOT|72}}

By the age of thirty,{{ref|AGOT|3}} Drogo leads a ''[[khalasar]]'' with forty thousand warriors,{{ref|AGOT|11}}{{ref|AGOT|36}} the largest on the [[Dothraki sea]]. The ''[[khal]]'' has never been defeated in battle.{{ref|AGOT|3}} He has given a tall grey stallion to [[Jhogo]].{{ref|AGOT|61}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:John Matson khal drogo.JPG|thumb|350px|Khal Drogo riding [[Drogo's stallion|his stallion]], by John Matson ©]]
Magister [[Illyrio Mopatis]], serving as patron to the exiled [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] and [[Daenerys Targaryen]], arranges a marriage between Princess Daenerys and Khal Drogo during one of Drogo's visits to Pentos. In return for his bride, Drogo is to provide ten thousand Dothraki warriors for her brother's campaign to retake the [[Iron Throne]].{{Ref|AGOT|3}}

[[wedding of Drogo and Daenerys Targaryen|The wedding]] takes place in the traditional Dothraki fashion, with Drogo's entire ''[[khalasar]]'' gathering in a field outside Pentos for a day-long feast, punctuated with several deadly fights and couples having intercourse in the open. In accordance with tradition, Drogo's bloodriders offer fine weapons—a whip, an ''[[arakh]]'', and a [[dragonbone]] bow—to the new ''[[khaleesi]]'', who then gives them to her husband. Drogo's own gift to his bride is a magnificent [[silver mare]]. When they ride off to consummate the marriage, Daenerys is terrified of her bridegroom and expects to be raped. Despite his fierce reputation, however, Drogo proves to be a surprisingly considerate lover. Although he and Dany share no common language, he establishes that he understands the word "no," then begins touching her gently, trying to arouse her. He does not begin to have intercourse with her until Dany expresses her approval and initiates it.{{Ref|AGOT|11}}

Drogo initially ignores Daenerys as his ''khalasar'' rides to [[Vaes Dothrak]], only visiting the uncomfortable girl in her tent at night to roughly copulate with her. After Daenerys has a [[dragon dream]], however, she gradually becomes more confident. Daenerys's new role as ''khaleesi'' takes her out of her abusive brother's control. After learning seduction techniques from [[Doreah]], Daenerys initiates sex with Drogo outside of her tent, impressing the ''khal''.{{ref|AGOT|23}} As Daenerys's new role as ''khaleesi'' takes her out of her abusive brother's control, and Daenerys learns from [[Jhiqui]] that she is pregnant.{{ref|AGOT|23}}

As Daenerys learns to speak the [[Dothraki language]], Drogo begins to learn the [[Common Tongue]] of [[Westeros]], though he has a strong accent.{{ref|AGOT|46}} Drogo addresses Daenerys affectionately as "moon of my life,"{{ref|AGOT|46}} while she calls him "my sun and stars."{{ref|AGOT|36}} After Daenerys eats a [[stallion heart]] in front of the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' of Vaes Dothrak, she and Drogo have sex by the [[Womb of the World]].{{ref|AGOT|46}} The ''dosh khaleen'' proclaim that Drogo and Daenerys's unborn child, [[Rhaego]], will be the [[stallion who mounts the world]], a prophesied leader in Dothraki legend.{{Ref|AGOT|46}}

[[File:T Jedruszek Khal Drogo.jpg|thumb|thumb|left|Khal Drogo by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Unlike Daenerys, Viserys shows nothing but contempt for Dothraki culture and becomes increasingly impatient for the aid Khal Drogo had promised him. A drunken Viserys breaks the ancient taboo against bloodshed in Vaes Dothrak by drawing his blade and threatening the life of Daenerys and her unborn child, demanding his crown. Announcing that Viserys will have the crown of gold he deserves, Drogo sidesteps the prohibition against spilling blood in the sacred city by first melting down his belt of gold medallions Drogo and upending the pot of molten gold over Viserys's head, killing him.{{ref|AGOT|46}}

Drogo and his [[bloodrider]]s hunt a ''[[hrakkar]]''. It rakes Drogo through his leggings, scarring his leg. He returns to Vaes Dothrak with the carcass slung across a packhorse.{{Ref|AGOT|54}} Drogo has little interest in invading [[Westeros]], a land that holds nothing in particular that the Dothraki want and is located across the [[narrow sea]], which they have always feared. However, he reconsiders after a [[wineseller]] tries to [[poison]] Daenerys in the Western Market and claim King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s reward. Enraged by the attempt on his wife's life, Drogo reaffirms his commitment to conquer the [[Seven Kingdoms]] for her sake and seat their son on the throne of her ancestors.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}

Drogo pillages several towns in [[Lhazar]] to harvest slaves to exchange for warships that will take his horde across the sea. While in Lhazar, Drogo's ''khalasar'' defeats the rival ''khalasar'' of Khal [[Ogo]]. Drogo is shot in the arm by an arrow, and one of Ogo's bloodriders cuts off Drogo's left nipple, leaving a flap of bloody skin. Drogo slays the bloodrider and then Ogo himself.{{Ref|AGOT|61}} Although he does not understand or share her objections to the traditional Dothraki practices of raping and enslaving conquered peoples, Drogo supports Daenerys when she orders his warriors to cease raping the [[Lhazareen]], delighted by his wife's growing courage.{{Ref|AGOT|61}}

[[File:Khal Drogo funeral Pyre by Kim Pope.jpg|thumb|400px|Drogo's funeral pyre, by Kim Pope, for ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]

Though Drogo is unconcerned with his seemingly minor wound, Daenerys convinces him to let [[Mirri Maz Duur]], a Lhazareen ''[[maegi]]'' she had rescued, make him a poultice. The poultice itches, however, and Drogo tears it off, causing the wound to fester. Drogo's condition deteriorates until he falls from his horse, a symbolic event in Dothraki culture that indicates he is no longer fit to lead.{{ref|AGOT|64}}

As Drogo lingers near death, Daenerys convinces Mirri to use her [[bloodmagic]] to preserve his life by sacrificing [[Drogo's stallion|his stallion]].{{Ref|AGOT|64}} Alarmed by the ceremony, Drogo's bloodriders try to intervene but are defeated by Daenerys's ''[[khas]]'' and Ser Jorah.{{ref|AGOT|64}} The ''maegi'' betrays Daenerys in revenge for the attack on her village, and the ritual leave Drogo in a catatonic state while causing Rhaego to die in Daenerys's womb.{{ref|AGOT|68}} Drogo's ''khalasar'' breaks apart, with [[Pono]] and [[Jhaqo]] leading the largest of the dozen new hosts. Daenerys bathes Drogo, leads him out into the night, and fails in an attempt to arouse him. Realizing that Drogo will never return to his former state, Dany smothers him with a pillow.{{ref|AGOT|68}}

Drogo and his treasures are piled upon a funeral pyre, and Daenerys places the three petrified [[dragon egg]]s given to her by Illyrio about Drogo's body. Daenerys burns Drogo on the platform along with a bound Mirri Maz Duur. Daenerys enters the conflagration as the platform burns and collapses. The flames magically trade life for life, killing the ''maegi'' and hatching three small [[dragon]]s while leaving Daenerys unharmed.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Daenerys names her black hatchling dragon [[Drogon]] after her late husband.{{ref|ACOK|12}} She wears the pelt of the ''hrakkar'' slain by Drogo as a hooded cloak.{{ref|ACOK|12}}

In [[Vaes Tolorro]], after talking with Ser [[Jorah Mormont]] about some of his past and his second wife, [[Lynesse Hightower]], Daenerys realizes that the [[knight]] desires her. Daenerys realizes that she does not feel that way about Jorah and compares him unfavorably with Drogo.{{ref|ACOK|12}} Daenerys dreams of Drogo and the first ride they had taken together on the night they were wed. In the dream it is not horses they rode, but [[dragons]].{{Ref|ACOK|12}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Recalling Drogo's fate, Daenerys insists that [[Strong Belwas]] be treated for his cut after fighting [[Oznak zo Pahl]] outside [[Meereen]].{{ref|ASOS|57}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Now [[Queen of Meereen]], Daenerys continues to wear the lion pelt given to her by Drogo.{{ref|ADWD|2}} Before her wedding to [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]], Daenerys recalls her first night with Drogo.{{ref|ADWD|43}}

==Quotes by Drogo==
[[File:J.B. CasacopDrogo’s Arakh.jpg|thumb|350px|Drogo’s ''[[arakh]]'', by JB Casacop © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|'''Daenerys''': You speak the [[Common Tongue]]. 
'''Drogo''': No.{{ref|AGOT|11}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] and Drogo}}

{{Quote|Crown! Here. A crown for Cart King!{{ref|AGOT|46}}|Drogo to [[Viserys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|This [[wineseller|seller of poisons]] ran from the [[Daenerys Targaryen|moon of my life]]. Better he should run after her. So he will. Jhogo, Jorah the Andal, to each of you I say, choose any [[horse]] you wish from my herds, and it is yours. Any horse save [[Drogo's stallion|my red]] and [[silver mare|the silver]] that was my bride gift to the moon of my life. I make this gift to you for what you did. And to [[Rhaego]] son of Drogo, the [[Stallion who mounts the world|stallion who will mount the world]], to him I also pledge a gift. To him I will give this [[Iron Throne|iron chair]] his [[Aerys II Targaryen|mother's father]] sat in. I will give him [[Seven Kingdoms]]. I, Drogo, [[khal]], will do this thing. I will take my [[khalasar]] west to where the world ends, and ride the wooden horses across [[narrow sea|the black salt water]] as no khal has done before. I will kill the [[knight|men in the iron suits]] and tear down their stone houses. I will rape their women, take their children as [[slavery|slaves]], and bring their [[Faith of the Seven|broken gods]] back to [[Vaes Dothrak]] to bow down before the [[Mother of Mountains]], as the stars look down to witness.{{Ref|AGOT|54}}|Drogo to [[Jhogo]] and [[Jorah Mormont]]}}

{{Quote|See how fierce [[Daenerys Targaryen|she]] grows! It is [[Rhaego|my son]] inside her, the [[stallion who mounts the world]], filling her with his fire. Ride slowly, Qotho … if the mother does not burn you where you sit, the son will trample you into the mud. And you, Mago, hold your tongue and find another [[Lhazareen|lamb]] to mount. These belong to my [[khaleesi]].{{ref|AGOT|61}}|Drogo to [[Qotho]] and [[Mago]]}}

{{Quote|'''Daenerys''': Drink neither [[wine]] nor the [[milk of the poppy]]. Pain you will have, but you must keep your body strong to fight the [[poison]] spirits. 
'''Drogo''': I am [[khal]]. I spit on pain and drink what I like.{{ref|AGOT|61}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] and Drogo}}

==Quotes about Drogo==
[[File:Khal Drogo.PNG|thumb|350px|Jason Mamoa as Drogo in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|Khal Drogo was a head taller than the tallest man in the room, yet somehow light on his feet, as graceful as the [[panther]] in [[Illyrio's manse|Illyrio's menagerie]]. He was younger than she'd thought, no more than thirty. His skin was the color of polished [[copper]], his thick mustachios bound with [[gold]] and [[bronze]] rings.{{ref|AGOT|3}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|Do you see his braid, sweet sister? You see how long it is? When [[Dothraki]] are defeated in combat, they cut off their braids in disgrace, so the world will know their shame. Khal Drogo has never lost a fight. He is [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Dragonlord]] come again, and you will be [[khaleesi|his queen]].{{ref|AGOT|3}}|[[Viserys Targaryen]] to [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|'''Daenerys''': Your [[bloodmagic|spells]] are costly, [[maegi]]. 
'''Mirri''': He lives. You asked for life. You paid for life. 
'''Daenerys''': This is not life, for one who was as Drogo was. His life was laughter, and meat roasting over a firepit, and a [[horse]] between his legs. His life was an [[arakh]] in his hand and his bells ringing in his hair as he rode to meet an enemy. His life was his [[bloodrider]]s, and me, and [[Rhaego|the son]] I was to give him. When will he be as he was? 
'''Mirri''': When the [[sun]] rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.{{ref|AGOT|68}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] and [[Mirri Maz Duur]]}}

{{Quote|Remember, Drogo. Remember our first ride together, [[wedding of Drogo and Daenerys Targaryen|the day we wed]]. Remember the night we made [[Rhaego]], with the [[khalasar]] all around us and your eyes on my face. Remember how cool and clean the water was in the [[Womb of the World]]. Remember, my sun-and-stars. Remember, and come back to me.{{ref|AGOT|68}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] to Drogo}}

{{Quote|Khal Drogo had been her sun-and-stars, her first, and perhaps he must be her last. The [[maegi]] [[Mirri Maz Duur]] had sworn she would never bear a living child, and what man would want a barren wife? And what man could hope to rival Drogo, who had died with his hair uncut and rode now through the [[night lands]], the stars as his [[khalasar]]?{{Ref|ACOK|12}}|thoughts of [[Daenerys Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|Do you know what it is like to be sold, squire? I do. [[Viserys Targaryen|My brother]] sold me to Khal Drogo for the promise of a golden crown. Well, Drogo crowned him in [[gold]], though not as he had wished, and I ... my sun-and-stars made [[khaleesi|a queen]] of me, but if he had been a different man, it might have been much otherwise.{{Ref|ASOS|23}}|[[Daenerys Targaryen]] to [[Barristan Selmy|Arstan Whitebeard]]}}

==External links==
*[https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Drogo Drogo] on the [https://gameofthrones.fandom.com Game of Thrones Wiki].

==References==
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Jaime Lannister

2025-02-13T20:45:14Z

FictionIsntReal: Tyrion's quote about Serwyn & Aemon does not contain any reference to Jaime, instead "him" refers to Barristan

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{{Redirect|Kingslayer|the act of killing a king|kingslaying|the act of killing one's family member|kinslaying}}
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| title = Ser
| firstname = Jaime
| lastname = Lannister
| epithet = The Kingslayer
| arms = Lannister
| arms2 = Kingsguard
| image = [[File:Mathia Arkoniel Jaime Lannister.jpg|350px]]
| image_caption = Ser Jaime Lannister, by Mathia Arkoniel
| Alias = Kingslayer{{Ref|AGOT|5}} The Lion of Lannister{{Ref|AGOT|5}} The golden man{{Ref|ACOK|28}} Cripple{{Ref|ASOS|44}} The Young Lion{{Ref|AFFC|8}} Goldenhand{{Ref|AFFC|27}}
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]] [[Warden of the East]] (formerly) [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]]
| Allegiance = [[House Lannister]] [[Kingsguard]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Westerlands#People and Economy|Westermen]]
| Father = Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]
| Mother = Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]
| Lover = Queen [[Cersei Lannister]]
| Spouse =
| Issue = Unrecognized bastards: Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon]] Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Casterly Rock]], the [[westerlands]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|266}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}}
| Place_of_Death =
| Date_of_Death =
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (POV) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (POV) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (POV) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| Coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[w:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]]
| TV_series = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 3|3]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|7]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|8]]
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'''Jaime Lannister''', also known as the '''Kingslayer''', is a [[knight]] from [[House Lannister]]. He is the second child and first-born son of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]], also of House Lannister. He is the twin brother of Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].

Raised at the age of fifteen to the [[Kingsguard]] of the Mad King, [[Aerys II Targaryen]], Jaime became the youngest member in the history of the prestigious knightly order.{{Ref|AFFC|16}} He earned the derogatory nickname "Kingslayer" when he treasonously slew Aerys near the end of [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} In ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'', Jaime becomes a [[POV character]].

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Jaime is portrayed by [[List of actors of Game of Thrones#Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jaime Lannister|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]].<ref>HBO.com: [https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/cast-and-crew Game of Thrones Cast & Characters]</ref>

==Appearance and Character==
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As young children, Jaime and his sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] looked so much alike that not even their father was able to tell them apart.{{Ref|ACOK|60}} Jaime grew into a tall, handsome man, with curled hair the color of beaten gold.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|AGOT|4}}{{Ref|AFFC|3}} He has flashing cat-green{{Ref|ACOK|55}} eyes, and a smile that cuts like a knife.{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|AGOT|9}} [[Jon Snow]] thinks to himself that Jaime is "what a king should look like",{{Ref|AGOT|5}} and [[Bran Stark]] feels that Jaime looks like "more like the [[knight]]s in the stories".{{Ref|AGOT|8}} He is muscular and extremely strong, musing that he could only think of a few men in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] stronger than him, and that his speed and skill can defeat them.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

As a [[Kingsguard]] knight, Jaime wears white armor and a white cloak.{{Ref|AGOT|58}} On occasion he wears golden armor decorated with the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] [[lion]], with gilded [[longsword]] and ornate lion's helmet.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}{{Ref|AGOT|30}}{{ref|AGOT|35}} He slew the Mad King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] while wearing his white cloak over his golden armor.{{Ref|AGOT|12}} Jaime alternatively wears a crimson silk tunic embroidered with a golden lion, along with black boots and a black cloak.{{Ref|AGOT|5}} He also wears crimson cloaks{{Ref|AGOT|63}} and a leather jack.{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Jaime wields a lance of [[Goldenheart|golden wood]].{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Jaime is a born warrior, with little interest in politics and court intrigue. He takes few things seriously.{{Ref|AGOT|9}} By his own admission, Jaime only feels truly alive when fighting or making love.{{Ref|ACOK|60}} He comes across as arrogant, amoral, and dishonorable.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|ASOS|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}}{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Because of the death of King Aerys, Jaime has earned such a bad reputation among many that everything he says is usually cast in the worst possible light.{{ref|ASOS|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|31}}

Jaime is rash, headstrong, and angers quickly.{{Ref|AGOT|38}}{{Ref|ASOS|68}} He is known to have little patience,{{Ref|AGOT|63}} and he worries about the consequences of his actions only after committing the act.{{Ref|ACOK|54}} A great{{Ref|AFFC|4}} and especially skilled warrior,<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/984 Tyrion's Training], May 09, 1999</ref> Jaime inspires loyalty in his men.{{Ref|AGOT|62}}{{Ref|ASOS|4}} He is bold{{Ref|ACOK|20}} and does not fear death.{{Ref|ASOS|1}} According to [[Catelyn Stark]], Jaime is an experienced battle commander.{{Ref|AGOT|55}}

==History==
===Early life===
Jaime was born in {{Date|266}}, as the first-born son of Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], the heir to [[Casterly Rock]], and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Jaime was born shortly after his twin sister [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], while holding her foot.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sent both Jaime and Cersei their weight in gold as a [[name day]] gift, and commanded Lord Tywin to bring the children to court when they were old enough to travel.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} It is currently unknown whether this visit to [[King's Landing]] actually occurred, as the royal court came to Casterly Rock following the death of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] in {{Date|267}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Jaime and Cersei did visit King's Landing in {{Date|272}}, when their mother brought them from Casterly Rock for the [[Anniversary Tourney]] held to celebrate the tenth year of King Aerys's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

Jaime and Cersei were inseparable in their early childhood.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} They looked so similar as children that not even their father was able to keep them apart.{{ref|ACOK|60}} Sometimes they would dress in each other's clothes, and spend a whole day as each other.{{ref|ACOK|60}} As children, they played together in bowels of Casterly Rock, where the caged lions of his late grandfather, Tytos, were kept. Jaime and Cersei would dare each other to climb into the cage.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei and Jaime slept together in the same bed when they were very young,{{Ref|AFFC|32}} and even went as far as to experiment together in a sexual manner at a young age.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. Jaime's bedchamber was immediately moved to the other side of the castle, whilst a guard was placed near Cersei's bedchamber. The twins were told never to do anything like that ever again, as Joanna would otherwise be forced to tell their father.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Jaime's mother died not long thereafter,{{Ref|ASOS|21}} in {{Date|273}},{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} when giving birth to Jaime's younger brother, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}} Even though Tyrion is a malformed [[dwarf]], and both his father and sister despise the young Lannister, Jaime developed an affection for his youngest sibling, and treated him with kindness and respect.{{Ref|AGOT|9}}{{Ref|AGOT|32}} Shortly after Joanna's death, the [[Princess of Dorne (mother of Doran)|Princess of Dorne]] visited Casterly Rock with her two youngest children, [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]. When she eventually proposed a betrothal between Elia and Jaime, she was refused.{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

In {{Date|276}}, when Jaime was ten years old, Lord Tywin hosted a [[tourney]] to celebrate the birth of young Prince [[Viserys Targaryen]]. During [[Tournament in honor of Viserys's birth|this tourney]], Tywin suggested to King Aerys that Jaime could [[squire]] for [[Rhaegar Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]], but Aerys refused and named the sons of other lords to the position instead.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} According to Cersei, young Jaime was only interested in dogs, [[horse]]s, swords, and her.{{Ref|AFFC|36}}

Jaime went to [[Crakehall]] at the age of eleven, and spent four years squiring for Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]],{{Ref|ASOS|11}} alongside [[Merrett Frey]].{{Ref|ASOS|Epilogue}}{{Ref|AFFC|30}} He occasionally visited Casterly Rock during this time,{{Ref|ACOK|36}} and raged when, in {{Date|278}}, his sister Cersei was brought to King's Landing by their father.{{Ref|AFFC|28}} At the age of thirteen, while still a squire, Jaime won his first tourney melee.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|AFFC|30}} Whilst a squire to Lord Sumner, Jaime was sent to [[Riverrun]],{{Ref|AFFC|33}} as Lord Tywin and Lord [[Hoster Tully]] had been considering [[Betrothal|betrothing]] Jaime to Hoster's younger daughter, [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]].{{Ref|AWOIAF|Jaime Lannister}} According to Sumner, the message Jaime was to bring to Hoster could not be entrusted to a [[raven]].{{Ref|AFFC|33}} He spent a fortnight at Riverrun, being seated next to Lysa during meals. Jaime ignored her, however, being more interested the stories of Hoster's younger brother, Ser [[Brynden Tully|Brynden]], a famous warrior who had fought in the [[War of the Ninepenny Kings]], and whom Jaime asked for stories about the war.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

Ser [[Addam Marbrand]], the heir of Lord [[Damon Marbrand]] of [[Ashemark]], is a childhood friend of Jaime's.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} The two have remained friends to this day.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

===Raised to Knighthood and to the Kingsguard===
[[File:Jaime Tourney.jpg|350px|thumb|Jaime winning a [[tourney]] melee, by Amok ©]]
At the age of fifteen, Jaime participated in the campaign against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], during which he saved Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] from [[Big Belly Ben]] and crossed swords with the psychotic [[Smiling Knight]]. After the brotherhood had been defeated, Jaime was [[knight]]ed for valor shown on the battlefield by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], a member of the [[Kingsguard]] of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|67}} Jaime held a vigil in a nearby [[sept]], and the next morning Arthur cut through to Jaime's shoulder when lightly tapping the youth's tunic with [[Dawn]].{{ref|AFFC|8}}

Now a knight, Jaime was to return to [[Casterly Rock]]. He decided to stop in [[King's Landing]] on route, to visit his sister, from whom he had been separated for years. At an [[old inn on Eel Alley]], Cersei informed Jaime that their father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], intended to betroth him to [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]], and had gone as far as inviting Lord Hoster to King's Landing, to discuss the [[Dowry|dower]]. Cersei suggested that Jaime become a member of the Kingsguard instead, replacing the recently-deceased Ser [[Harlan Grandison]]. Though this would require Jaime to give up his claim to Casterly Rock and his position as Tywin's heir, it would allow him to be close to Cersei and free himself of the unwanted [[marriage]] to Lysa. After a night of passionate sex, he gave his consent to Cersei's plan. While the siblings expected Tywin to oppose it, Cersei claimed he could not openly object. She promised to do the rest, and a month later, Jaime received news at Casterly Rock that he had been chosen for the Kingsguard, and was to present himself to the king during the grand [[tourney at Harrenhal]], where he would say his vows and don his cloak.{{Ref|ASOS|11}} Jaime's and Cersei's plan did not entirely work as expected. Their father, furious about the king's decision, pleaded [[illness]] and resigned his position as [[Hand of the King]]. He returned to Casterly Rock, taking Cersei with him, which separated the siblings once more.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

Jaime was raised to the Kingsguard by its [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard|Lord Commander]], Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], in a ceremony at [[Harrenhal]] in {{Date|281}}, making him the youngest knight ever to be raised to the order.{{Ref|AFFC|16}}{{Ref|ASOS|44}}{{Ref|ASOS|24}} That night, however, King Aerys soured the honor by sending him back to King's Landing to guard Queen [[Rhaella Targaryen|Rhaella]] and Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]], depriving Jaime of the chance to participate in Lord [[Walter Whent]]'s tourney. It was that moment during which Jaime realized that the king had only chosen him for the Kingsguard to slight Lord Tywin, of whom Aerys was insanely jealous, and to rob him of his heir.{{Ref|ASOS|44}} Jaime left for King's Landing at once. When a [[Knight of the Laughing Tree|mystery knight]] appeared at the tourney, King Aerys became convinced that it was Jaime, who had defied his orders and secretly returned.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} However, the mystery knight disappeared,{{Ref|ASOS|24}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: The Year of the False Spring}} and nothing further came of the king's suspicions.

By being raised to the Kingsguard, Jaime gave up his claim to Casterly Rock.{{Ref|ASOS|4}} Nonetheless, Tywin continued to regard him as his true heir, and was always angry to see Jaime dressed all in white, instead of the red and gold of [[House Lannister]].{{Ref|AFFC|7}}

===Serving in the Kingsguard===
[[File:John_Picacio_Jaime_Lannister.jpg|thumb|250px|Ser Jaime Lannister, by John Picacio ©]]
Raised to the knightly order in {{Date|281}}, Jaime served in King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s Kingsguard for two years. Jaime grew more and more disillusioned, witnessing the Mad King's growing insanity and tendency for burning men alive.{{Ref|AWOIAF|Jaime Lannister}} In {{Date|282}}, Jaime witnessed the executions of [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] and Lord [[Rickard Stark]], standing at the foot of the [[Iron Throne]] as the two [[House Stark|Starks]] were dying. Jaime coped by "going away inside", focusing on thoughts of Cersei instead of the events occurring in front of him. Afterwards, he was reminded by his Lord Commander, Ser [[Gerold Hightower]], that he swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.{{Ref|ACOK|55}} Jaime would later advise others to "go away inside" as a way to deal with a harsh reality and making an appalling task tolerable.{{Ref|ASOS|31}}{{Ref|AFFC|8}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
Following the deaths of Brandon and Rickard Stark, Lord [[Jon Arryn]] refused to obey [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s order to send the heads of [[Eddard Stark]] and [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], starting a war that would become known as [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Fall of the Dragons: Robert's Rebellion}} After the [[Battle of the Bells]], it became apparent to Aerys that Robert was a serious threat to Targaryen rule. He devised a [[wildfire plot|plot]] with the help of his chief [[Alchemists' Guild|pyromancers]], which involved the placement of caches of [[wildfire]] all throughout the city. The plan was to burn the entire city to the ground rather than lose it to Robert. His new Hand, Lord [[Qarlton Chelsted]], who had been elevated to the position after the exile of the previous Hand, Lord [[Jon Connington]], following the Battle of the Bells, eventually confronted Aerys about his plan. Failing to convince Aerys to give up his plan, Chelsted resigned the office, flinging his chain of office to the floor. For that, Aerys burned him alive. As Aerys did not trust his newest addition to the [[Kingsguard]], Jaime was kept close by, and therefore heard and saw it all.{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Aerys grew aroused by burning people, and the night Chelsted was burned, Aerys visited the chambers of his wife. Jaime and his sworn brother, Ser [[Jonothor Darry]], stood guard outside Queen Rhaella's bedchamber while Aerys raped her, listening to her cries. When Jaime, feeling conflicted, eventually commented to Jonothor that they were sworn to protect the queen as well, Jon replied, "but not from him."{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

Shortly after, Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] left the [[Red Keep]] to face the rebels on the [[Trident]]. The day the prince left, Jaime begged Rhaegar to take him along, suggesting one of the other Kingsguard knights could remain at the king's side instead. Rhaegar refused the suggestion, admitting that King Aerys wanted to keep Jaime close as a hostage against his father, Lord Tywin. Rhaegar promised an angry and disappointed Jaime that changes would be made when he returned from the battlefield,{{Ref|AFFC|8}} and charged Jaime with keeping his wife, [[Elia Martell]], and their children safe.{{Ref|ASOS|38}}

===Kingslayer===
[[File:Kingslayer Michael Komarck.jpg|300px|thumb|Jaime sits on the [[Iron Throne]], by Michael Komarck ©]]
While a rebel army led by Lord [[Eddard Stark]] raced towards [[King's Landing]] after Rhaegar's death at the [[Battle of the Trident|Trident]], Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] appeared first at the gates of the capital with twelve thousand men. His main concerns were that King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] would be capable of killing Jaime out of spite, as well as that Jaime himself could do something rash. Though Lord [[Varys]], the [[master of whisperers]], counseled Aerys against opening the gates, the king listened to Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], who told him that his old Hand, Tywin, had come to his defense. As such, the city gates were opened to Tywin and his army, but once inside, Tywin betrayed Aerys and began the [[Sack of King's Landing]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

As the sole Kingsguard remaining in King's Landing, the defense of the [[Red Keep]] became Jaime's responsibility. Knowing that he did not stand a chance to defend the castle, he sent a messenger to the king, asking for leave to make terms with the attackers. The messenger came back with the Aerys's order that Jaime should bring him Lord Tywin's head, to prove that he was no traitor. The messenger also informed him that [[Rossart]] was with the king, leading Jaime to believe that Aerys was about to command [[wildfire plot|the destruction of the city]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Jaime killed Rossart, who was dressed as a common soldier and hurrying to a postern gate. When the king in the throne room saw the blood on Jaime's sword, he demanded to know whether it was Tywin's, renewing his command that Jaime should bring him his father's head, otherwise Jaime would burn with all the other traitors. When Jaime answered that it was Rossart's blood, the frightened Aerys ran towards the [[Iron Throne]]. Jaime hauled him off the steps, and killed his king with a single slash across the throat, thereby preventing him from giving the command to burn the city to some other pyromancer.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

Lord Tywin's men, led by Ser [[Elys Westerling]] and Lord [[Roland Crakehall (lord)|Roland Crakehall]], burst into the throne room in time to see that Jaime had killed the king, forestalling any chance for Jaime to steal away and let someone else claim responsibility. Jaime told them to advise all who were still fighting that the king was dead and to spare anyone who yielded. Lord Crakehall then asked whether a new king should be proclaimed as well, indicating that it could be Lord Tywin or Lord [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] or that even a new Targaryen king could be proclaimed. Jaime mused on the possibility of choosing [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] or Rhaegar's son, [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]], as the new king with Tywin as his Hand, but, realising that both boys shared the same blood as Aerys and thus the same propensity for [[Targaryen madness|madness]], Jaime declared to Lord Crakehall that it was all the same to him. He then seated himself on the Iron Throne, waiting to see who would come to claim it. He was found sitting there with his golden sword across his legs when Lord Stark rode into the hall with his men to claim the throne for Robert. Jaime gave up the throne to Eddard, proclaiming it to be an uncomfortable seat.{{Ref|AGOT|12}}{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

In the following days, Jaime secretly hunted down and killed the two other pyromancers involved in Aerys's wildfire plot, [[Belis]] and [[Garigus]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}} Although Eddard urged Robert to strip Jaime of the white cloak, arguing that he should at least be made to join the [[Night's Watch]], Robert listened to [[Jon Arryn]] instead. Jaime was pardoned at the [[coronation of Robert I Baratheon]], together with Varys and Pycelle,{{Ref|ACOK|55}} and continued to serve in the Kingsguard along with Ser [[Barristan Selmy]].{{Ref|ACOK|3}} Jaime was present at Robert's coronation feast, where Robert joked about the fact that Jaime was already being called "Kingslayer".{{Ref|ASOS|37}} He is known to himself,{{Ref|ASOS|67}} other Kingsguard,{{Ref|AGOT|57}} and as far as Winterfell{{Ref|AGOT|5}} and Essos{{Ref|AGOT|3}} by the nickname. Though reviled by the realm for his betrayal, Jaime considers the slaying of Aerys to be his finest act.{{Ref|ACOK|55}} His true motivation for killing King Aerys remains unknown to the masses.

===Reign of Robert I Baratheon===
[[File:Cersei and Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|250px|Jaime and [[Cersei Lannister]], by Magali Villeneuve ©]]
Jaime was part of the honor guard that brought [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] to [[King's Landing]] for [[Wedding of Robert I Baratheon and Cersei Lannister|her wedding to Robert I Baratheon]]. Jaime and Cersei had sex on the morning{{Ref|ADWD|54}} of the wedding in {{date|284}},<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Weddings|calculation for Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon]]''</ref> and Jaime was unhappy when Cersei wed King [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert]] in the [[Great Sept of Baelor]].{{Ref|AFFC|28}} Jaime won the tourney held to celebrate the wedding.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}

Jaime and Cersei continued their illicit relationship after her wedding. Cersei refused to join her new husband on his hunting trips, as to be able to spend time with Jaime.{{Ref|AFFC|26}} Jaime accompanied Robert and Cersei to [[Greenstone]], when Robert went to visit [[Cassana Estermont|his mother]]'s family. Jaime dubbed the castle "Greenshit" when he first saw it, and he convinced Cersei to do the same. They spent a fortnight with the [[House Estermont|Estermonts]]. During one of those nights, Jaime followed Robert on Cersei's request, to confirm her suspicion that Robert was sleeping with [[Estermont (cousin of Robert)|his cousin]]. Jaime and Cersei slept together that night, and Cersei likes to believe that their eldest son, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], was conceived that night.{{Ref|AFFC|24}}

Jaime and Cersei would have three children: Joffrey, born in {{Date|286}}, [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], born in {{Date|289}}, and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], born in {{Date|290}}.<ref>''See the calculations for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella Baratheon]], and [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued3)#Tommen Baratheon|Tommen Baratheon]]''</ref> Though believed by the realm to be Robert's children, Jaime is the father of all three, and was present for at least one of the births.{{Ref|ACOK|52}} While Cersei also became pregnant by Robert once, she had Jaime find a woman to cleanse her.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}

One day, Jaime and his brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]], thirteen years of age at the time, while on a nightly ride from [[Lannisport]] to [[Casterly Rock]], came upon a fourteen year old girl called [[Tysha]], who was being followed by outlaws. While Jaime pursued the men, Tyrion took the girl to an inn. The two ended up sleeping together, the first time for both. Tyrion fell in love and secretly married the orphaned daughter of a crofter. After a fortnight, however, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] learned about the marriage. He instructed Jaime to lie to Tyrion, and claim that he had staged the whole affair, including the outlaws, because he had thought his brother finally needed a woman. Jaime was further ordered to tell Tyrion that Tysha was, in fact, a whore, for whom Jaime had paid double because she was still a maiden. Lord Tywin advised Jaime that all Tysha wanted was the gold of the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]], which made her no better than a whore, so it would not even be a lie, predicting that Tyrion would thank his brother later in life. Jaime did as bid.{{Ref|ASOS|77}}{{Ref|AGOT|42}} It is currently unknown whether Jaime is aware of the punishment Tysha received from Tywin. However, the entire experience traumatized Tyrion, causing him to believe that no woman could ever love him for who he truly was.{{Ref|ACOK|3}}{{Ref|ACOK|44}}{{Ref|ASOS|60}} Jaime kept the truth about Tysha from Tyrion, and later considered his role in ending his brother's marriage the sole instance when he was unkind to Tyrion.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

Following [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]] in {{Date|289}}, Jaime took part in the [[tourney at Lannisport]], where he broke nine lances against Ser [[Jorah Mormont]]. Robert eventually rewarded the victory to Jorah.{{Ref|ACOK|12}} In {{Date|296}}, Jaime gave Tyrion a mare for his brother's twenty-third [[name day]].{{Ref|AGOT|31}} Jaime has visited [[Oldtown]] at some point in his life.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Aaron Riley the things I do for love.jpg|thumb|Jaime pushes [[Bran Stark]] from the [[First Keep]], by Aaron Riley © Fantasy Flight Games]]
After the death of their foster-father, Lord [[Jon Arryn]], King [[Robert I Baratheon]] travels north to visit Lord [[Eddard Stark]] at [[Winterfell]] and persuade him to become Jon's successor as [[Hand of the King]]. Jaime is chosen by Robert as Jon's successor as [[Warden of the East]] rather than Jon's son, young Lord [[Robert Arryn]], who would have been the traditional appointee.{{Ref|AGOT|12}} The king is accompanied by much of the court, among them Jaime, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], and their brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}}

While at Winterfell, Jaime and Cersei attend the feast given by [[House Stark]].{{ref|AGOT|5}} Jon's widow, [[Lysa Arryn]], sends a coded message to her sister, Eddard's wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], alleging that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] murdered Jon.{{ref|AGOT|6}} When Robert is away hunting, Cersei and Jaime are caught having sex in the [[First Keep]] by [[Bran Stark]]. The boy is shocked and almost falls from the building. Jaime pulls him up and then throws him out of the window, intending to kill him to keep the affair a secret.{{Ref|AGOT|8}} Bran survives but falls into a coma.{{Ref|AGOT|9}}

Ned accepts Robert's invitation to be Hand, and in [[King's Landing]] he begins investigating the death of Jon Arryn.{{Ref|AGOT|6}}{{Ref|AGOT|25}} He discovers Jaime and Cersei's secret relationship by piecing together the fact that every time in history a Lannister wedded a [[House Baratheon|Baratheon]], they produced raven-haired children. Instead Cersei's children [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] are all fair-haired.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}

During the [[Hand's tourney]], Jaime wears his golden armor beneath his white cloak.{{Ref|AGOT|29}} He defeats Ser [[Andar Royce]], Lord [[Bryce Caron]], and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]],{{Ref|AGOT|29}} but is unhorsed by [[Sandor Clegane]].{{Ref|AGOT|30}}

Meanwhile, Catelyn Stark, Lady of Winterfell, captures Jaime's brother Tyrion on suspicion of involvement in a botched [[catspaw|assassination attempt]] on Bran Stark.{{Ref|AGOT|28}} In retaliation for Tyrion's capture, but ostensibly to create an uprising, Jaime breaks Kingsguard neutrality by leading [[House Lannister guards|Lannister men]] in an attack on Ned and [[House Stark guards|his guards]] in the streets of King's Landing, leading to numerous deaths on both sides.{{Ref|AGOT|35}} Robert orders Ned and Jaime to make peace, but the Kingslayer has already fled King's Landing to join his father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|39}}

Jaime begins massing a host at [[Casterly Rock]], and the Lannisters ignore an inquiry into their actions by Ser [[Edmure Tully]].{{ref|AGOT|40}} Robert dies after being gored in the [[kingswood]] by a [[boar]], and the king is succeeded by Joffrey I Baratheon, who is actually Jaime's son.{{Ref|AGOT|49}}

[[File:MathiaArkoniel Jaime capture.jpg|300px|thumb|Jaime is [[Battle in the Whispering Wood|captured]] in the [[Whispering Wood]], by Mathia Arkoniel ©]]

Jaime's army marches against the river lords, smashing [[Lord Vance]] and Lord [[Clement Piper]] in a [[battle in the hills below the Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|AGOT|55}} Jaime then defeats Edmure's host in a [[battle under the walls of Riverrun]], capturing the heir of [[House Tully]].{{Ref|AGOT|56}} Jaime establishes three camps at [[Riverrun]] and besieges the castle.{{ref|AGOT|69}} Meanwhile, Joffrey's [[small council]] dismisses Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] as [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]] and names Jaime as his replacement.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

[[Robb Stark]]'s [[north]]ern army steals a surprise march on Jaime, intent on relieving Riverrun. Ser [[Brynden Tully]] raids Jaime's camps to draw him north of Riverrun, and Robb ambushes the Lannister detachment in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]]. Seeing the battle is lost, Jaime fights bravely to try and cut down Robb, managing to kill [[Daryn Hornwood]], [[Eddard Karstark]], and [[Torrhen Karstark]] before he is captured.{{Ref|AGOT|63}} Afterwards, the Stark and Tully forces are able to best Jaime's leaderless troops in the [[Battle of the Camps]],{{Ref|AGOT|69}} and Jaime is imprisoned in Riverrun. Ser [[Stevron Frey]] proposes ransoming Jaime back to Tywin, but the suggestion is opposed by northmen.{{Ref|AGOT|71}}

Jaime's capture demoralizes Tywin's bannermen at the [[crossroads inn]]. Tyrion thinks that Tywin has given up Jaime for dead.{{ref|AGOT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
While the [[War of the Five Kings]] rages around him, Jaime is kept imprisoned in a comfortable tower cell at Riverrun.{{ref|ACOK|55}}

Unbeknownst to Jaime, Cersei takes their cousin [[Lancel Lannister]] as her lover in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|ACOK|29}} After arriving in the capital, Tyrion promises to help free Jaime to gain Cersei's support in his rule as Hand.{{Ref|ACOK|3}} Tyrion swears in open court that as part of a peace, he would trade [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark]] for the safe return of his brother.{{ref|ACOK|25}}

Ser [[Cleos Frey]] and [[Vylarr]] travel to Riverrun with Tyrion's offer. Tyrion has a [[Plot to free Jaime Lannister|secret plan]] to free Jaime with false envoys, however. Jaime slays [[Poul Pemford]] and [[Myles (squire)|Myles]] and wounds [[Delp]] in the rescue attempt, but he is eventually retaken. For breaking his word not to try to escape, Edmure transfers Jaime to the dungeons. He is kept chained and malnourished.{{Ref|ACOK|39}}

Distraught at the news of the alleged deaths of her sons [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark]] following the [[capture of Winterfell]], Catelyn interrogates Jaime after the [[Battle of the Fords]]. He now has a shaggy beard, not having been allowed a razor, and his hair is unwashed and in tangles. Jaime's power and beauty are still apparent, however, and he resembles a magnificent yellow beast. Jaime casually admits Catelyn that he flung her son Bran from a window.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:In the Hands of the QohorikJoao BoscoII.png|350px|thumb|[[Zollo]] cuts off Jaime's sword hand, by Joao Bosco © Fantasy Flight Games]]
In return for Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] marrying Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] and returning to the king's peace, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] decides to return the title of [[Warden of the East]] to Lord [[Robert Arryn]] from Jaime.{{Ref|ASOS|12}}

[[Catelyn Stark]], acting on her own, releases Jaime from [[Riverrun]] in an attempt to make an unofficial exchange for her daughters. Along with his cousin and fellow captive Ser [[Cleos Frey]], and Catelyn's sworn sword, [[Brienne of Tarth]], Jaime begins the journey towards [[King's Landing]]. Jaime shaves his head so his golden locks will not be recognized, although he keeps the beard. He thinks he looks five years older, with a paler and thinner face and hollows under his eyes.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}

The trio evade recapture by Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and his party from Riverrun, through Brienne's tactic of dropping boulders onto the chasing boat.{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Jaime approves of Brienne's decision to ignore the travel advice of the "[[Husband|innkeeper]]" at the [[Inn of the Kneeling Man]], suspecting he is in league with bandits.{{Ref|ASOS|11}} Later, on [[Duskendale road|the road]] between [[Maidenpool]] and [[Duskendale]], Cleos is killed when the group is ambushed by bandits. Afterward, Jaime takes his sword and briefly duels Brienne in an attempt to escape, but both of them are caught unawares and captured by the [[Brave Companions]] led by [[Vargo Hoat]], who have betrayed Lord Tywin and shifted allegiance to Robb Stark.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}

Vargo suspects that his superior, Lord [[Roose Bolton]], is thinking about going over to the Lannisters after their victory over [[Stannis Baratheon]] in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] and their new alliance with [[House Tyrell]]. To prevent this, Vargo orders [[Zollo]] to chop Jaime's sword hand off, thinking that the blame will fall on Roose.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}{{Ref|ASOS|37}} Vargo also hopes to give Jaime to Lord [[Rickard Karstark]], who seeks vengeance for Jaime having killed his sons Eddard and Torrhen in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]].{{Ref|ASOS|31}}

When the Brave Companions threaten to rape Brienne, Jaime advises her to "go away inside". For Jaime, the loss of his hand and with it his fighting ability destroys everything that he was. He falls into a deep depression and loses the will to live. Brienne reminds him that he has something to live for, namely, for his family and for revenge.{{Ref|ASOS|31}}

While they are held at [[Harrenhal]] they share a bath in the bathhouse. Jaime divulges to Brienne the events surrounding the [[Sack of King's Landing]], including King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]'s [[wildfire plot]].{{Ref|ASOS|37}} Brienne later remembers Jaime as "looking half a corpse and half a god".{{Ref|AFFC|9}} While at dinner, Roose hints that he will free Jaime as long as Jaime absolves him of the blame for the loss of his hand. Jaime agrees, and Lord Bolton orders [[Steelshanks Walton]] to escort him to King's Landing. Brienne is to remain behind as Lord Vargo's prize.{{Ref|ASOS|37}}

[[File:Jaime and brienne the bear of harrenhal by evolvana-d4rjmtt.jpg|thumb|Jaime rescues [[Brienne Tarth|Brienne]], by Evolvana ©]]

When Roose leaves Harrenhal to join King Robb at the [[Twins]], Jaime asks him to give Robb his regards. Walton begins the journey to King's Landing with Jaime and a disgraced maester, [[Qyburn]]. The latter's task is to keep Jaime healthy. When sleeping on a [[weirwood]] stump, Jaime has a dream about Brienne below [[Casterly Rock]]. Moved by this, he goes back to Harrenhal to rescue Brienne from Vargo but finds she has been forced to fight a [[bear]] for Vargo's entertainment. The knight leaps into the bear pit, holding off the animal until Walton's men kill it with crossbows.{{Ref|ASOS|44}}

During their travels Jaime and Brienne learn that Robb and Catelyn were killed in the [[Red Wedding]], which was plotted by his father Tywin, Roose Bolton, and [[Walder Frey]]. Unbeknownst to Jaime, Roose told Robb that Jaime sent his regards and then stabbed the king. Jaime also learns that his biological son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], died at his own [[Purple Wedding|wedding feast]].{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

By the time Jaime arrives in King's Landing, his hair has grown a bit, having become short and bristly.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}{{Ref|ASOS|77}} His face is still thin and hollow, however, and he now has lines under his eyes, still making him look older.{{Ref|ASOS|67}} As the party arrives at the Red Keep they encounter Ser [[Loras Tyrell]], now a brother of the [[Kingsguard]]. Loras accuses Brienne of murdering [[Renly Baratheon]]. Again Jaime comes to her rescue and has Brienne arrested rather than allowing Loras to kill her. He then proceeds to the [[Red Keep]]'s sept to see the mourning Cersei. Undaunted, the twins have sex in front of Joffrey's corpse.{{Ref|ASOS|62}}

This turns out to be the last time that Jaime and Cersei share intimate relations, as their relationship begins to fall apart. Jaime has been changed by his imprisonment and prolonged exposure to Brienne's stubborn adherence to a code of honor. Tywin gives him a [[Valyrian steel]] blade, crafted out of [[Eddard Stark]]'s greatsword [[Ice]], but Jaime feels insulted by his father's gift of a sword when he knows how useless he his without his sword hand. He quarrels with his father and refuses to resign from the Kingsguard.{{Ref|ASOS|62}} He calls a meeting of the order in [[Red Keep#White Sword Tower|White Sword Tower]] to take the measure of his Sworn Brothers and to remind them of their true duties.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}

Jaime passes the Valyrian sword, now named [[Oathkeeper]], on to Brienne, tasking her to keep [[Sansa Stark]] safe from Cersei and noting the irony of her looking after Sansa with Eddard Stark's own [[steel]]. Ensuring that she is equally well provisioned by providing her with gold, a horse and armor, he also provides a letter sealed and signed by King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]], declaring she is about the king's business and not to be hindered. The shield she is given is the one he bore from Harrenhal.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}

Following Joffrey's death, Cersei accuses [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] of his murder.{{Ref|ASOS|60}} When both trial by words and [[trial by battle]] fail Tyrion,{{Ref|ASOS|70}} Jaime still does not believe that Tyrion is the murderer. He forces Lord [[Varys]] to arrange Tyrion's escape from imprisonment, during which Jaime confesses to his brother an old sin. Years ago Jaime had told him that [[Tysha]], the girl Tyrion had secretly married, was a [[whore]] hired by Jaime. Their father Tywin had the girl raped by his soldiers and by Tyrion himself to teach them a lesson. However, Tysha was the crofter's daughter as she claimed to be and had loved Tyrion genuinely.{{Ref|ASOS|77}} Incensed at this revelation, Tyrion hits Jaime, and, knowing that Joffrey was Jaime's son and not [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]], falsely claims responsibility for his murder. As a final revenge, Tyrion reveals the truth about Cersei's sexual escapades with Ser [[Lancel Lannister]] and Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]].{{Ref|ASOS|77}} Tyrion storms off and, unknown to Jaime but with the aid of Varys and a secret passage, enters Tywin's private chambers and kills their father.{{Ref|ASOS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
Jaime lets his hair grow out again, as well as his beard,{{Ref|AFFC|7}} though some hairs are starting to turn grey.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} Following the murder of their father, Tywin, by their brother, Tyrion, Cersei offers Jaime the position of [[Hand of the King]], but he refuses.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}

Jaime remains in [[King's Landing]] and stands vigil over Tywin. During the night Cersei visits him again, begging him to accept the office of Hand but once again he refuses. Cersei leaves angrily, stating she was a fool for ever having loved him. In the morning service, the sight of Lord Tywin's rotting body distresses the young King Tommen, who flees, causing Jaime to pursue and comfort him, suggesting he "go away inside" to cope.{{Ref|AFFC|8}}

Jaime arranges security for the [[wedding of Tommen I Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell]]; Cersei refuses his invitation to dance during the wedding feast.{{ref|AFFC|12}} During his next few days at King's Landing, Jaime finds himself increasingly at odds with his uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], and his sister, Cersei. He attempts to give his best counsel to both, as well as to a newer member of the [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Loras Tyrell]].{{Ref|AFFC|16}}

Cersei commands Jaime to leave King's Landing with the intention of resolving the [[siege of Riverrun]]. Jaime accepts, on the condition that he is allowed to bring the [[King's Justice]], Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], and his childhood friend, Ser [[Addam Marbrand]]. Riverrun is held by Ser [[Brynden Tully]], and is one of the last strongholds still loyal to the late King [[Robb Stark]]. Before he departs the city, Jaime has an [[armorer]] forge him a hand he can strap to his stump. The new hand, made of solid [[gold]] with [[pearl|mother of pearl]] fingernails, is sturdy and allows Jaime to clumsily strap a shield to his right hand.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

Jaime takes [[Lewys Piper]] and [[Garrett Paege]], who were made his squires as both of their families fought for [[House Stark]]. Lewys names Jaime's new horses [[Glory]] and [[Honor]], and they are bedecked in Lannister crimson and Kingsguard white, respectively.{{Ref|AFFC|27}} [[Josmyn Peckledon]] becomes another squire for Jaime as a reward for his bravery in the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], and Jaime later encourages Peck to treat [[Pia]] well.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

During the journey, Jaime spars with Ilyn during the nights, in order to train himself to fight left-handed. Along the way he stops at [[Harrenhal]], where he installs Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]] as castellan and releases the [[north]]ern prisoners kept there, including Ser [[Wylis Manderly]]. He has an angry confrontation with Ser [[Ronnet Connington]] after the [[Knight of Griffin's Roost]] insults [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{Ref|AFFC|27}} To rid himself of Red Ronnet, Jaime charges him{{Ref|AFFC|30}} and some of the [[Mountain's men]]{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} with escorting Wylis safely to [[Maidenpool]], where the northman will be put on a ship to his home of [[White Harbor]].{{Ref|AFFC|27}}

Jaime stops at [[Darry]] after departing Harrenhal. Lady [[Amerei Frey]] flirts with a disinterested Jaime, and his cousin, Lord Lancel, confesses to having slept with Cersei.{{Ref|AFFC|30}}

[[File:Pojypojy GennaJaime.JPG|350px|thumb|Jaime with his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], by Pojypojy ©]]

Jaime is met at Riverrun by his cousin, Ser [[Daven Lannister]], the new [[Warden of the West]]. He holds a parley with Brynden, but is unsuccessful in convincing the Blackfish to surrender the castle. Ser [[Ryman Frey]], the commander of the [[House Frey|Frey]] forces at Riverrun, has been halfheartedly threatening every day to hang Brynden's nephew, Lord [[Edmure Tully]], but Brynden has remained unfazed.{{Ref|AFFC|33}} Jaime also speaks with his aunt, [[Genna Lannister]], and her husband, Ser [[Emmon Frey]], who is to be rewarded with Riverrun after its capture.{{Ref|AFFC|33}}

Jaime sends Ryman back to the [[Twins]] and places command of the Frey contingent with his son, [[Edwyn Frey]]. Taking Edmure as his own prisoner, Jaime tells Edmure that he is to be released and returned to Riverrun. If he yields the castle, the [[House Tully guards|garrison]] will be spared and all that wish to join the [[Night's Watch]] will be allowed to do so. If he does not surrender, the castle will be sacked and burned, and Jaime will return Edmure's child—by catapult—as soon as his wife [[Roslin Frey]] gives birth.{{Ref|AFFC|38}} Jaime has [[Tom of Sevenstreams]] sing "[[The Rains of Castamere]]" to intimidate Edmure;{{Ref|AFFC|38}} unbeknownst to Jaime, Tom is a member of the [[brotherhood without banners]] and has his own history with Edmure.{{Ref|ASOS|22}}

Edmure decides to yield the castle and be taken to [[Casterly Rock]] as a prisoner, but not before allowing Brynden to escape by swimming under Riverrun's Water Gate at night. A furious Jaime sends some of his men to find the Blackfish, but they are unsuccessful.{{Ref|AFFC|43}} Jaime sends Edmure west in a [[column]] led by Ser [[Forley Prester]]; also in Forley's company are the surviving [[House Westerling|Westerlings]].{{Ref|AFFC|43}} Maester [[Vyman]] brings Jaime a letter from Cersei, who has been imprisoned by the [[High Sparrow|new High Septon]] and is to go on trial. Cersei requests Jaime as her champion in a potential trial by combat. Jaime does not reply to the letter and orders Peck to burn it.{{Ref|AFFC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Jaime arrives at [[Raventree Hall]], the last holdout of [[Robb Stark]]'s supporters. Jaime finds the state of the [[siege of Raventree]] by Lord [[Jonos Bracken]] to be dismal, and hopes to swiftly end it. His arrival is unexpected, and he strides into Jonos's tent while he is with [[Hildy|a whore]]. Jonos fills Jaime in on the situation at hand, and Jaime finds the scene rooted in the age-old feud between [[House Bracken|Bracken]] and [[House Blackwood|Blackwood]].{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

Jaimes then treats with Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]], who agrees to bend the knee to King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] and rescind his support of the [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Tully|Tully]] cause. In return, he must give up some of his lands to Jonos Bracken and send his son [[Hoster Blackwood|Hoster]] to the [[Red Keep]] as a hostage. Because of House Bracken's early support of Robb Stark, however, Jaime also requires Jonos to send one of his daughters to King's Landing as a hostage.{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

After settling matters at Raventree, Jaime and his men head back toward [[Riverrun]]. They make camp at [[Pennytree]], where the locals are still wary of travelers and "king's men," and will not allow Jaime's men to enter the holdfast. Jaime decides not to follow the advice of Ser [[Kennos of Kayce]], who recommends that he storm the holdfast. While at Pennytree, Jaime receives an unexpected visit from [[Brienne of Tarth]]. She tells Jaime that she has found [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], who is a day's ride away. She claims, however, that Jaime must go with her alone or else the [[Hound]] will kill the girl.{{Ref|ADWD|48}}

Cersei, imprisoned by the [[Faith of the Seven|Faith]] within the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], is informed by the twins' uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister]], that Jaime has disappeared in the riverlands with a woman, possibly [[Brienne of Tarth]].{{ref|ADWD|54}}

==Quotes by Jaime==
[[File:Alexandre Dainche Jaime.jpg|thumb|Jaime, by Alexandre Dainche © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|The things I do [[Cersei Lannister|for love]].{{Ref|AGOT|8}}|Jaime pushing [[Bran Stark]] from the [[First Keep]]}}

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' If there are [[religion|gods]], why is [[known world|the world]] so full of pain and injustice? '''Catelyn:''' Because of men like you. '''Jaime:''' There are no men like me. There's only me.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|Jaime and [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I think it passing odd that I am loved [[Tyrion Lannister|by one]] for [[Tysha|a kindness I never did]], and reviled by so many for [[Wildfire plot|my finest act]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|Jaime to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|It was that [[Kingsguard|white cloak]] that soiled me, not the other way around.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}|Jaime to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|Jaime had decided that he would return [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], and the [[Arya Stark|younger girl]] as well if she could be found. It was not like to win him back his honor, but the notion of [[A Storm of Swords-Chapter 1|keeping faith]] when they all expected betrayal amused him more than he could say.{{Ref|ASOS|21}}|thoughts of Jaime}}

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' Ser, you've been remiss in teaching our [[Kingsguard#Tommen I Baratheon (300 AC)|new brothers]] their duties. '''Meryn:''' What duties? '''Jaime:''' Keeping [[Joffrey Baratheon|the king]] alive. How many monarchs have you lost since I left [[King's Landing|the city]]? [[Robert I Baratheon|Two]], is it?{{Ref|ASOS|62}}|Jaime and [[Meryn Trant]]}}

{{Quote|And me, that boy I was ... when did he die, I wonder? When I [[tourney at Harrenhal|donned the white cloak]]? When I opened [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys's]] throat? That boy had wanted to be Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], but someplace along the way he had become the [[Smiling Knight]] instead.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}|thoughts of Jaime}}

{{Quote|I learned from Ser [[Arthur Dayne]], the [[Sword of the Morning]], who could have slain all five of you with his left hand while he was taking a piss with the right.{{Ref|ASOS|67}}|Jaime to [[Loras Tyrell]], [[Osmund Kettleblack]], [[Balon Swann]], [[Meryn Trant]], and [[Boros Blount]]}}

{{Quote|I've lost a hand, a [[Tywin Lannister|father]], a [[Joffrey Baratheon|son]], a [[Cersei Lannister|sister]], and a lover, and soon enough I will lose a [[Tyrion Lannister|brother]]. And yet they keep telling me [[House Lannister]] has won [[War of the Five Kings|this war]].{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|thoughts of Jaime}}

{{Quote|I have [[Joffrey Baratheon|made]] [[Tommen Baratheon|kings]] and [[Aerys II Targaryen|unmade them]]. [[Sansa Stark]] is my last chance for honor.{{Ref|ASOS|72}}|Jaime to [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|'''Cersei:''' You must take [[Tywin Lannister|Father's]] place as [[Hand of the King|Hand]]. You see that now, surely. [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] will need you ... '''Jaime:''' A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and Jaime}}

{{Quote|This was justice. Make a habit of it, [[House Lannister|Lannister]], and one day men might call you Goldenhand after all. Goldenhand the Just.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of Jaime after hanging outlaws}}

{{Quote|'''Jaime:''' Are there any terms you will accept? '''Brynden:''' From you? No. '''Jaime:''' Why did you even come to treat with me? '''Brynden:''' [[Siege of Riverrun|A siege]] is deadly dull. I wanted to see this stump of yours and hear whatever excuses you cared to offer up for your latest enormities. They were feebler than I'd hoped. You always disappoint, Kingslayer.{{Ref|AFFC|27}}|Jaime and [[Brynden Tully]]}}

==Quotes about Jaime==
[[File:Jaime Lannister.jpg|thumb|200px|left‎|[[w:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] as Jaime in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|They called him the [[Lion]] of [[House Lannister|Lannister]] to his face and whispered "Kingslayer" behind his back. Jon found it hard to look away from him. "This is what [[Robert I Baratheon|a king]] should look like", he thought to himself as he passed.{{Ref|AGOT|5}}|thoughts of [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|'''Rodrik''': Even the Kingslayer would flinch at the murder of [[Bran Stark|an innocent child]]. 
'''Theon''': Oh, would he? I wonder.{{ref|AGOT|14}}|[[Rodrik Cassel]] and [[Theon Greyjoy]]}}

{{Quote|My brother is worth a hundred of [[Robert I Baratheon|your friend]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Robert:''' Why should I mistrust him? He has done everything I have ever asked of him. His sword helped win [[Iron Throne|the throne]] I sit on. 
'''Eddard:''' He swore a vow to protect his king's life with his own. Then he opened that king's throat with a sword. '''Robert:''' Seven hells, someone had to kill [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]]! If Jaime hadn't done it, it would have been left for you or me. '''Eddard:''' We were not Sworn Brothers of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|AGOT|12}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] and [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|His brother never untied a knot when he could slash it in two with his sword.{{Ref|AGOT|38}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Jaime and I are more than brother and sister. We are one person in two bodies. We shared a womb together. He came into this world holding my foot, our old [[maester]] said. When he is in me, I feel... whole.{{Ref|AGOT|45}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The Kingslayer ... The false [[knight]] who profaned his blade with the blood of [[Aerys II Targaryen|the king]] he had sworn to defend.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}|[[Barristan Selmy]] to [[Cersei Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|He was weak from imprisonment, and chained at the wrists. No [[knight]] in the [[Seven Kingdoms]] could have stood against him at his full strength, with no chains to hamper him. Jaime had done many wicked things, but the man could fight! His maiming had been monstrously cruel. It was one thing to slay a [[lion]], another to hack his paw off and leave him broken and bewildered.{{Ref|AFFC|4}}|thoughts of [[Brienne of Tarth]]}}

{{Quote|My brother, Jaime, thirsts for battle, not for power. He's run from every chance he's had to rule.{{Ref|ADWD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon Targaryen]]}}

{{Quote|[[Barristan Selmy|Selmy]] had never approved of Jaime's presence in his precious [[Kingsguard]]. Before [[Robert's Rebellion|the rebellion]], the old [[knight]] thought him too young and untried; afterward, he had been known to say that the Kingslayer should exchange that white cloak for [[Night's Watch|a black one]].{{Ref|ADWD|57}}|thoughts of [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

==Entry in the White Book==
{{Quote|Ser Jaime of [[House Lannister]]. Firstborn son of Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]] of [[Casterly Rock]]. Served against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]] as [[squire]] to Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]]. [[Knight]]ed in his 15th year by Ser [[Arthur Dayne]] of the [[Kingsguard]], for valor in the field. Chosen for the Kingsguard in his 15th year by King [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. During the [[Sack of King's Landing]], slew King Aerys II at the foot of the [[Iron Throne]]. Thereafter known as the "Kingslayer." Pardoned for his crime by King [[Robert I Baratheon]]. Served in the honor guard that brought his sister the Lady [[Cersei Lannister]] to [[King's Landing]] to wed King Robert. Champion in [[List of tourneys in Westeros#King Robert's wedding|the tourney]] held at King's Landing on the occasion of their wedding.|the achievements of Jaime as recorded in the [[White Book]] by [[Gerold Hightower]] and [[Barristan Selmy]]}}

==Family==
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Game of Thrones (2012 video game)

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{{hatnote|For the 2011 strategy game, see [[A Game of Thrones: Genesis]]}}
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| title = ''Game of Thrones''
| image = [[File:Game of Thrones-The Roleplaying Game box.jpg|300px]]
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| developer = Cyanide Studio
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| platform = PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360
| release_date= 2012
| language = English
| genre = RPG
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| players = Single player
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[[File:Game of Thrones-The Roleplaying Game limited edition.jpg|thumb|300px|limited edition of the game, includes an art book.]]

'''''Game of Thrones''''' is a role playing video game for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Developed by Cyanide Studio, it was published in 2012 by Atlus USA in North America and Focus Home Interactive in Europe and Australia.

==Gameplay==
===Character===
The game puts players in control of two original characters, [[Mors Westford]] and [[Alester Sarwyck]]. They do not appear in the novels of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', although [[George R. R. Martin]] has indicated to the studio that he might choose to make mentions of them, their families, or details from the game's story in later novels.{{fact}} The story is divided into point of view-based chapters, with cliffhangers and twists ending each chapter, much like in the novels where one chapter from the perspective of one character is followed by a chapter from a completely different character. Mors and Alester both have special abilities and three possible fighting modes. Mors is a [[skinchanger]] and can slip into his dog to find secret paths, listen in on conversations, and follow a character's tracks through scent. Alester is a [[red priest]] who can set fire to his sword using [[wildfire]], can look into flames to find secrets, and can use certain fire-based magic.

The characters are fixed in terms of background and appearances, but the player can customize them greatly in terms of their abilities. Mors can be set as a [[Magnar]] (allowing dual-wielding), a [[Hedge Knight]] (one two-handed weapon), or a [[Landed Knight]] (a weapon in the hand, a shield on the other). Alester, on the other hand, can be set up as a [[Water Dancer]] (light and agile, with a slender blade), a [[Sellsword]] (daggers and poisons), or a [[Ranger]] (bow and arrows).

Each class has an initial skill tree. When characters level up, they can advance in the skill tree to unlock new abilities in combat. At level 7, characters will have a choice to make, selecting specializations that will open up new skill trees. For example, having started Mors as a Landed Knight, the player can select a new skill tree opening up more defensive capabilities, building the character into a true defensive-minded tank. The other option is to instead switch into one of the two initial skill trees not selected at the beginning. In the case of Mors as a Landed Knight, this means he can add skills as a Magnar or Hedge Knight, essentially taking a dual-class approach with the character being more versatile, but having less powerful and focused options. Finally, there is a third skill tree related to [[magic]] for each character: skinchanging for Mors and red priest magic for Alester.

In the course of the campaign, each character can bring with him one or several non-player characters who cannot be directly controlled, but who can provide help in fights, and an additional companion who can be directly controlled. There are several potential companions in the game, but the player can only have one of these at a time.

===Combat===
Cyanide's goal is something dynamic and strategic. The strategic side was something they wanted since the beginning of the development, but they did not want a turn-based system as they felt it would make combat too slow. Instead, there is a menu wheel of actions which opens during the fight and the action moves in slow-motion behind this menu, similar to ''[[w:The Witcher|The Witcher]]'' or ''[[w:Assassin's Creed|Assassin's Creed]]'' series. In concrete terms, the player can push a key, time slows, and a menu opens providing options while engaging the enemy in slow-motion. In that wheel the player can choose the next three actions of the characters controlled. For example, by hitting the key to slow the action down, the menu opens so that the player can choose a normal hit, followed by a block, and finally a knock-out attack. Once the player leaves the menu, the characters carry these actions out in real-time. On screen, this system seemed to work really well, neither hindering the action nor losing the player among menus.

Another important thing in the game is narration. Mors and Alester speak with numerous characters and the player must choose their response during conversations, as in ''[[w:Dragon Age|Dragon Age]]'' or ''[[w:Mass Effect|Mass Effect]]''. Some answers will influence only the end of that dialog, but many choices will effect how the story develops. The example the developers showed to the media involved the reunion between Alester and his cousin. He insults Alester and the player must choose how Alester answers, such as insults in return, putting the cousin in his place, or being quiet. This will affect how Alester responds to commands when he is a companion, potentially choosing not to obey them. Conversing with other characters and investigating things through dialog will be another way of gaining experience and advantages in the course of play.

==Story==
The game roughly covers the period of the first book of the saga, ''[[A Game of Thrones]]''. It begins before [[Jon Arryn]]'s death and ends before ''A Game of Thrones'' ends. The script was reviewed by [[George R. R. Martin]] and went through multiple drafts before he and everyone else on the team was happy with it. It was necessary in part because the developers wanted it to have as much fidelity as possible to Martin's ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' and wanted to avoid inconsistencies not just with the currently published books, but with future books in the series. One of the essential points that Martin and the developers wanted for this game was not simply to be a game where the book itself was the script. They did not want the player to play [[Eddard Stark]], but instead show something exclusive and original, something fitting in within the gaps that exist in the story.

One of the other areas the creators wanted to avoid is the clichés of traditional fantasy role-playing games. For example, instead of having characters be inexperienced novices choosing to save the world, the two main characters are already experienced men, with strongly defined personalities and flaws.

===Main Characters===
The two main characters of the game are [[Mors Westford]], a brother of the [[Night's Watch]], and [[Alester Sarwyck]], a [[red priest]] of [[R'hllor]]. Mors Westford is an old knight from the [[westerlands]]. Fifteen years ago, during [[Robert's Rebellion]], Mors refused to carry out one of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s commands to kill a woman and her children, and was given the choice of a traitor’s death or the [[Wall]]. He took the black and became a member of the Night's Watch. He is now an officer and a ranger. Called "the Butcher", his chief task is finding and executing deserters from the Night's Watch. To help him, he has a large dog which helps him track runaways. Because Mors is a [[skinchanger]], and because of his particular duties, it is said on the Wall that the dog is his only friend.

Alester Sarwyck is the elder son of Lord [[Raynald Sarwyck]] from [[Riverspring]] in the westerlands. For an unknown reason, Alester left Riverspring and went to [[Essos]] after Robert's Rebellion. He became a R'hllor follower and a red priest. He returns to Riverspring when he hears of his father dying. There he finds a devastated land where people tell of a peasant revolt. His sister, [[ Elyana Sarwyck]], tries to manage the lands of [[House Sarwyck]]. Alester's brother, [[Gawen Sarwyck]], is missing and is accused of poisoning Lord Raynald. Finally, Alester's bastard half-brother, Ser [[Valarr Hill]], desires to inherit Riverspring.

The fates of Mors and Alester cross during the game and interact with characters from the books, including Lord [[Varys]], Queen [[Cersei Lannister]], Lord Commander [[Jeor Mormont]], [[Qhorin Halfhand]], and [[Chataya]]. [[w:Conleth Hill|Conleth Hill]] and [[w:James Cosmo|James Cosmo]], actors from the HBO television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', voice the characters of Varys and Jeor, respectively. The design of the [[Iron Throne]] is also influenced by the design on the show, but otherwise most locations and character designs are original to the game, dating from before the time Cyanide and HBO came to an agreement on licensing.

The game's central story revolves around royal [[bastard]]s and there are several possible endings to the game. The principal storyline is estimated to offer 30-35 hours of gameplay, and there are a number of side-missions bundled with the principal story. These side stories attempt to emulate the way the story of the novels branches out and contains many interwoven plot threads. These side-missions are optional in the course of playing the chapters of the game.

===New Houses===
*[[House Westford]] of the [[westerlands]]. Sigil: black dog on blue
*[[House Sarwyck]] of [[Riverspring]] in the westerlands. Sigil: silver broken sword on red.
*[[House Harlton]] of [[Castlewood]] in the [[riverlands]]. Sigil: silver tree on green.

===New Characters===
:''See [[list of characters created for the Cyanide game]]''

==Limited edition==
A limited edition of the game was released. Its art book, entitled ''Game of Thrones'', has sixty-four pages showing visuals from the RPG, sketches, photos, renders and screenshots. These images are accompanied by commentary from the development team. Also included is a portrait of the Thrones team with a signed message from George R. R. Martin.

== External links ==
* [http://www.gameofthrones-rpg.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.focus-home.com/index.php?rub=games&gid=73 Publisher Game Page]
* [http://www.cyanide-studio.com/games/agot/ Developer Game Page]

== References ==
* Review written by [[User:ran|Ran]], [http://www.westeros.org/ASoWS/News/Entry/New_Details_on_Atlus_USAs_Game_of_Thrones_RPG/ New Details on Atlus USA’s Game of Thrones RPG]

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Dontos Hollard

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| image_caption = Dontos by Rafal Hrynkiewicz © Fantasy Flight Games
| Alias = Dontos the Red{{ref|ACOK|2}} Florian{{ref|ACOK|18}} Dontos the Fool{{ref|ASOS|28}} Ser Fool{{ref|ASOS|61}}
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| Place_of_Birth = near [[Duskendale]]
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|261|263}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Dontos Hollard|Dontos Hollard]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Blackwater Bay]]
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| Played_by = [[w:Tony Way|Tony Way]]
| TV_series = [[Game of Thrones - Season 2|Season 2]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
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Ser '''Dontos Hollard''', called '''Dontos the Red''',{{ref|ACOK|2}} is a [[knight]] and the last surviving member of [[House Hollard]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is portrayed by [[w:Tony Way|Tony Way]].

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Dontos Hollard|Images of Dontos Hollard]]''
Dontos is a portly man with a thick neck{{ref|ACOK|18}} and pale, skinny legs.{{ref|ACOK|2}} He has blotchy skin and a nose full of broken veins.{{Ref|ACOK|18}}{{Ref|AFFC|4}} The stout{{ref|AFFC|4}} [[knight]] has big round eyes.{{ref|ASOS|28}}

Dontos is usually drunk,{{Ref|AGOT|57}}{{ref|ACOK|2}}{{ref|ACOK|18}} and his [[wine]] can make him weepy.{{ref|ACOK|52}}

Dontos's surcoat depicts the arms of [[House Hollard]].{{ref|ASOS|61}} The knight's chestnut stallion has crimson and scarlet silks.{{ref|ACOK|2}}

==History==
Dontos was the son of Ser [[Steffon Hollard]], who died of a fever when Dontos was young.{{ref|AFFC|9}}

Dontos is the only surviving member of [[House Hollard]], once close allies and vassals of [[House Darklyn]]. As a result of the [[Defiance of Duskendale]], both houses were destroyed and their blood exterminated. Only young Dontos was spared because Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] asked for clemency. As Barristan had rescued [[Aerys II Targaryen]] during the Defiance, the king granted Barristan's wish.{{Ref|AFFC|9}}

Young Dontos was taken to [[King's Landing]] to serve as a squire. He never returned to [[Duskendale]].{{Ref|AFFC|9}}

Dontos has won no renown or [[tourney]]s as a knight.{{ref|ACOK|18}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Ser Dontos is at court in [[King's Landing]] after King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon's]] ascension to the [[Iron Throne]]. When [[Sansa Stark]], Joffrey's betrothed, comes to plead mercy for her father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], a drunken Dontos starts to hail her but is warned away by Ser [[Balon Swann]]. Sansa sees Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] chatting with Dontos and Balon.{{Ref|AGOT|57}} Joffrey eventually orders Eddard's execution.{{ref|AGOT|65}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Ser Dontos Hollard TheMico.jpg|thumb|Dontos by TheMico ©]]
Intending to ride in the [[tourney on King Joffrey's name day]] at the [[Red Keep]], Dontos's first match is against [[Lothor Brune]]. However, Dontos is too drunk, arriving in the lists naked except for his breastplate and helm. Dontos gives up chasing his stallion and asks for [[wine]]. Joffrey, taking this as a personal insult, commands that Dontos be put to death via drowning in a cask of wine. However, the pleading of Sansa saves his life, and Dontos is stripped of his [[knight]]hood and made a [[fool]],{{Ref|ACOK|2}} joining [[Moon Boy]].{{ref|ACOK|62}}

Sansa receives an anonymous note saying, "come to the [[godswood]] tonight if you want to go home".{{Ref|ACOK|18}} In the godswood, Sansa meets Dontos, who promises to help her escape her imprisonment. Drawing inspiration from the tales of [[Florian the Fool]] and [[Jonquil]], Dontos pleads to serve Sansa, and he asks for patience for they can only escape at the right time. Dontos insists they can only meet secretly in the godswood.{{Ref|ACOK|18}} During one visit, Dontos tells Sansa that a friend of his will hire a ship to take them away when the time is right.{{ref|ACOK|52}}

Dontos wears red and yellow motley.{{ref|ACOK|52}} Since Dontos was unable to ride his destrier at the tourney, Joffrey decrees that the new fool must always be horsed. Dontos uses a broomstick horse as his new steed. He wears tin armor and carries a melon as his morningstar. When Joffrey orders [[Sandor Clegane]] to hit Sansa, Dontos intervenes and whacks the girl on her head with the melon. A displeased Joffrey responds by having Ser [[Boros Blount]] punch and humiliate Sansa.{{ref|ACOK|32}}

During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Dontos serves as a fool in the Queen's Ballroom in [[Maegor's Holdfast]], attempting to entertain the ladies taking shelter there by chasing them on his fake horse.{{Ref|ACOK|60}} When the battle appears to go bad for the defenders, Dontos tells Sansa to lock herself in her bedroom.{{ref|ACOK|62}} After the battle ends, a joyous Dontos comes to Sansa's room to tell her that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] have won with the help of the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]].{{Ref|ACOK|62}}

It is announced at the award ceremony after the battle that King Joffrey will wed [[Margaery Tyrell]] instead of Sansa. Dontos meets Sansa in the godswood and warns her that she will be Joffrey's hostage, however. The fool says they will flee the night of Joffrey's wedding, and he gives her a silver hair net with black [[amethyst]]s from [[Asshai]].{{Ref|ACOK|65}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Sansa tells Ser Dontos of the Tyrell plot to marry her to [[Willas Tyrell]], saying she will no longer need his help to escape. Dontos warns her not to trust the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], stating they only want Sansa's claim to [[Winterfell]].{{Ref|ASOS|16}} Dontos informs Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] of this plot, and Petyr then informs Lord [[Tywin Lannister]], the [[Hand of the King]]. Tywin prevents the marriage by plotting to have Sansa married to his son [[Tyrion Lannister]] instead.{{ref|asos|19}} Dontos attends the wedding of Sansa to Tyrion, where he is used as a footstool by Tyrion so that the [[dwarf]] can place the marriage cloak around the shoulders of the much taller Sansa.{{Ref|ASOS|28}} Dontos dances with [[Moon Boy]] during the wedding feast.{{ref|ASOS|28}}

Sansa continues to meet Dontos secretly in the godswood every night,{{Ref|ASOS|53}}{{Ref|ASOS|58}} where he reassures her that she will escape the night of Joffrey's wedding, what clothing she should prepare for the escape, and that she must wear to the wedding the hair net he gave her.{{Ref|ASOS|61}}

On the morning of Joffrey's wedding to [[Margaery Tyrell]], Dontos gallops by on his broomstick horse as nobles break their fast in the Queen's Ballroom.{{ref|ASOS|59}} After the wedding, Moon Boy throws dates at Dontos during the wedding feast.{{ref|ASOS|60}} Joffrey [[Purple Wedding|chokes to death]] during the feast, and Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] accuses Tyrion and Sansa—who has already fled the throne room in terror{{ref|ASOS|61}}—of murder.{{ref|ASOS|60}}

Sansa meets a drunken Dontos in the godswood, and the girl realizes that one of the amethysts from her hair net is missing. Instead of his fool's motley, Dontos has donned his old [[House Hollard|Hollard]] surcoat.{{ref|ASOS|61}} After the pair discretely leave the Red Keep, [[Oswell Kettleblack]] rows them into [[Blackwater Bay]] on a small skiff. Oswell takes the pair to ''[[Merling King]]'', aboard which are Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] and Ser [[Lothor Brune]]. Once Sansa and Oswell board the ship, Dontos asks for his payment of ten thousand [[currency|golden dragons]], as promised by Petyr, before he rows back to the capital. Instead, Petyr orders Dontos killed. Three men step onto the gunwale, raise their crossbows, and fire. One bolt takes Dontos in the chest, while the others rip into his throat and belly. When it is done, Lothor tosses a torch on top of the corpse, burning the skiff with the drunkard.{{ref|ASOS|61}} Petyr justifies the murder to Sansa by claiming that once Dontos had spent his gold on wine, he would have sold the information he had about her to another party. He also tells Sansa he was the one behind Dontos's actions since she saved his life at the tourney.{{Ref|ASOS|61}}

The [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] unsuccessfully search King's Landing for Dontos and Sansa. During Tyrion's trial for murder, Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] says Joffrey had been poisoned with the [[strangler]].{{ref|ASOS|66}} When [[Varys]] helps Tyrion escape, the [[master of whisperers]] reveals that Dontos and Sansa had been spotted on the serpentine steps of the Red Keep on the night of Joffrey's death, but they have not been seen since.{{ref|ASOS|77}}

At the [[Drearfort|Baelish tower]] in the [[Fingers]], Petyr tells Sansa that Dontos was not involved in Joffrey's murder, except for making sure that she wore the hair net to the wedding. Petyr instead suggests that [[Olenna Tyrell]] removed the amethyst from Sansa's hair net and poisoned Joffrey.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Brienne of Tarth]], who has sworn to find and save [[Sansa Stark]], learns that Dontos disappeared from [[King's Landing]] at the same time Sansa did, and decides he must have helped her escape. She searches for Sansa and Dontos, asking travelers if they have seen a highborn maid of three-and-ten with blue eyes and auburn hair, accompanied by a portly man who may be dressed as a fool or a knight.{{Ref|AFFC|4}} Brienne encounters Ser [[Shadrich]] the Mad Mouse, who perceives the identities behind her questions, and tells her he is also seeking Sansa and Dontos for the large reward [[Varys]] has offered.{{Ref|AFFC|4}}

At [[Duskendale]], Brienne speaks to the [[maester]] of the [[Dun Fort]], who tells her of the [[Defiance of Duskendale]] and the destruction of all of [[House Hollard]] except for Dontos. The maester tells her Dontos never returned to Duskendale, and that if he did help murder King Joffrey, he feels he would hide anywhere but Duskendale. At the [[Seven Swords]], a [[pious dwarf]] tells Brienne that he had seen a fool in motley at [[Maidenpool]].{{ref|AFFC|9}}

While traveling to Maidenpool, Brienne sees the ruins of a [[Hollard castle]], and she thinks Dontos may have been born there.{{Ref|AFFC|9}} [[Dick Crabb]] guides Brienne from Maidenpool to [[Crackclaw Point]] in search of a fool who had been seeking a ship from [[Westeros]]. At the [[Whispers]], however, Brienne discovers that the fool in question is [[Shagwell]], formerly of the [[Brave Companions]].{{ref|AFFC|20}}

Pretending to be Alayne Stone at the [[Eyrie]], Sansa remembers Dontos as her poor old drunken [[Florian the Fool|Florian]].{{ref|AFFC|10}}

==Quotes by Dontos==
[[File:Dontos HBO.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tony Way as Dontos in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|'''Dontos''': I lose. Fetch me some [[wine]]. 
'''Joffrey''': A cask from the cellars! I'll see him drowned in it.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|Dontos and [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]}}

{{quote|'''Sansa''': You're drunk, aren't you? 
'''Dontos''': Only one cup of [[wine]], to help my courage.{{ref|ACOK|18}}|[[Sansa Stark]] and Dontos}}

{{Quote|'''Dontos''': I know it's queer, but ... all those years I was a [[knight]], I was truly a [[fool]], and now that I am a fool I think ... I think I may find it in me to be a knight again, sweet lady. And all because of you ... your grace, your courage. You saved me, not only from [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], but from myself. The singers say there was another [[fool]] once who was the greatest [[knight]] of all ... 
'''Sansa''': [[Florian the Fool|Florian]]. 
'''Dontos''': Sweet lady, I would be your Florian.{{Ref|ACOK|18}}|Dontos and [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{quote|My life is a poor thing, but it is yours.{{ref|ACOK|18}}|Dontos to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{quote|'''Sansa''': What stones are these? 
'''Dontos''': Black amethysts from [[Asshai]]. The rarest kind, a deep true purple by daylight. 
'''Sansa''': It's very lovely. 
'''Dontos''': Lovelier than you know, sweet child. It's [[magic]], you see. It's justice you hold. It's vengeance for [[Eddard Stark|your father]]. It's home.{{ref|ACOK|65}}|[[Sansa Stark]] and Dontos}}

==Quotes about Dontos==
{{quote|A [[fool]]. You're so clever, to see it. He's better fitted to be a fool than a [[knight]], isn't he? You ought to dress him in motley and make him clown for you.{{ref|ACOK|2}}|[[Sansa Stark]] to [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]}}

{{Quote|'''Sansa''': You killed him. 
'''Petyr''': My lady, your grief is wasted on such a man as that. He was a sot, and no man's friend.{{Ref|ASOS|61}}|[[Sansa Stark]] and [[Petyr Baelish]]}}

{{Quote|Ser Dontos the Red was a skin of [[wine]] with legs.{{Ref|ASOS|68}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

==Family==
{{Darklyn Hollard tree}}

==References==
{{References|2}}

==External Links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Dontos_Hollard Dontos Hollard] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki]

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George Graceford

2020-07-02T18:21:15Z

FictionIsntReal: Nobody admitted to any poisoning, only to a plot against the Rogares

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'''George Graceford''' was the Lord of [[Holyhall]] and head of [[House Graceford]] during the [[Dance of the Dragons]]. He was later named [[Lord Confessor]] during [[Regency of Aegon III|the regency]] of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]].

==Character==
According to [[Mushroom]], George was cruel but not clever.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

==History==
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], George was a member of the [[Caltrops]], thirteen nobles who plotted to kill the disrespectful [[Two Betrayers]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}}

When Lord [[Unwin Peake]] came to power as [[Hand of the King]], Lord Graceford and Ser [[Victor Risley]] were the only other members of the Caltrops still living. As a supporter of Lord Peake, George was installed as [[Lord Confessor]].{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows}} According to [[Mushroom]], Lord Graceford and [[Clarice Osgrey]] were lovers. He claims she was aroused by [[torture]], and sometimes joined the Lord Confessor in the dungeons to assist him with his work.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

After an attempted poisoning of Queen [[Daenaera Velaryon]], a dozen cooks, bakers, scullions, and serving girls were delivered to the custody of the Lord Confessor. Seven confessed to having plotted to [[poison]] the boy king [[Aegon III Targaryen]], but each account differed as to the poisoned dish and the source of the poison, and thus Lord [[Thaddeus Rowan]] dismissed these confessions.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

Amid the [[Lysene Spring]] in {{date|135}}, Lord Rowan tortured by George for plotting to kill the king. When a bruised Thaddeus was brought before the court, he did not answer unless Lord Graceford pricked him with a dagger. However, King Aegon III questioned Lord Rowan, making him confess that Aegon himself was part of the plot, and that Lord Rowan had killed King [[Viserys I Targaryen]]. George was greatly displeased that Rowan's confession was proven unreliable by the king. The king then ordered the Lord Confessor to be seized, as he had committed treason by forcing a false confession from the Hand.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

At the mere sight of instruments of torture, Lord Graceford revealed the conspirators, including many other supporters of Lord Peake. [[Tessario the Tiger]] implicated Lord Graceford under his own torture. George's trial was one of three of the conspirators that the king attended. George choose to [[Night's Watch|take the black]], rather than be executed. Maester [[Rowley]] replaced him as Lord Confessor in {{Date|136}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

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Cersei Lannister

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'''Cersei Lannister''' is the only daughter and eldest child of Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] of [[Casterly Rock]] and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister]]. She is the twin of her younger brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Cersei is played by [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]], and is portrayed when she is a child by [[w:Nell Williams|Nell Williams]] in a [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] flashback.

After [[Robert's Rebellion]], Cersei married King [[Robert I Baratheon]] and became Queen of the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. She is the mother of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], Princess [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]], and Prince [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]] of [[House Baratheon of King's Landing]]. Cersei becomes a [[POV character]] in ''[[A Feast for Crows]]''.

==Appearance and Character==
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When they were children, Cersei and her twin-brother, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], looked so alike not even their father, [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]], could tell them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} As adults, they still significantly resemble each other.{{Ref|acok|3}}{{Ref|ASOS|1}} Cersei is a strikingly beautiful woman,{{Ref|ACOK|25}} with golden hair,{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|54}} emerald green eyes,{{Ref|AGOT|5}}{{Ref|AFFC|7}}{{ref|ACOK|15}}{{Ref|ACOK|17}}{{Ref|ACOK|20}}{{ref|ACOK|41}}{{Ref|AFFC|16}} fair skin,{{ref|affc|7}} and a slender, graceful figure.{{ref|ACOK|20}}

Cersei is willful, ambitious and has a certain low cunning. She is hungry and greedy for power.{{Ref|AGOT|34}}{{Ref|aDwD|22}} Cersei believes herself to be subtle{{Ref|acok|3}} and politically astute. She hates being excluded from power on account of her gender,{{Ref|ASOS|66}} and resents the customs and conventions put on her because she is female.{{ref|ACOK|20}}{{Ref|ACOK|60}} She thinks of herself as a female version of her father,{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|affc|7}}{{Ref|AFFC|36}}{{Ref|AFFC|43}} and feels slighted when people do not obey her commands as they would have done for Lord Tywin, but instead give her their counsel, or disagree with her, which she faults on her gender.{{ref|affc|24}}

Cersei is impatient,{{Ref|ACOK|20}} and never forgets a slight, whether real or imagined. She considers caution to be cowardice and disagreement for defiance.{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Her quick temper and her easily wounded pride frequently lead her to make rash decisions, and she rarely considers what unintended consequences her actions might have.{{ref|acok|3}} She does not shy away from using sex as a weapon.{{ref|ACOK|60}}

==History==
===Early life===
Cersei was born in {{Date|266}} as the first-born child and only daughter to Ser [[Tywin Lannister]], heir to [[Casterly Rock]], and his wife, Lady [[Joanna Lannister|Joanna]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} Cersei was born shortly before her twin brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], who was holding her foot.{{Ref|agot|45}}{{Ref|ASOS|66}} King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] sent the twins their weights in gold as a [[name day]] gift, and commanded Tywin to bring the children to court when they were old enough to travel.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} It is currently unknown whether this visit to King's Landing actually occurred, as the royal court came to Casterly Rock following the death of Lord [[Tytos Lannister]] in {{Date|276}}.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Cersei and Jaime did visit King's Landing in {{Date|272}}, when their mother brought them from Casterly Rock for the [[Anniversary Tourney]] held to celebrate the tenth year of King Aerys's reign.{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

During their early childhood, Cersei and Jaime were inseparable.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} They looked so similar as children, up to the point that not even their father was able to keep them apart.{{ref|acok|60}} Because of their similar looks, Cersei occasionally wore Jaime’s clothes and took lessons from the master-at-arms in his stead, without anyone realizing.{{ref|AWOIAF| Cersei Lannister}} They played in the bowels of Casterly Rock, where the caged lions of Cersei's late grandfather, Tytos, were kept. Cersei and Jaime would dare each other to climb into the cage. Cersei once dared to go as far as touch one of the lions, until her brother pulled her away.{{Ref|AFFC|7}} Cersei and Jaime slept together in the same bed when they were very young,{{Ref|AFFC|32}} and experimented together in a sexual manner at a young age.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} During one of these encounters, they were caught by a servant who informed their mother. A guard was placed near Cersei's bedchamber, whilst Jaime's bedchamber was moved to the other side of the castle. The twins were told never to do anything like that ever again, as Joanna would otherwise be forced to tell their father.{{Ref|aSoS|21}}

Cersei's mother died not long thereafter,{{Ref|ASOS|21}} in {{Date|273}},{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons}} when giving birth to Cersei's younger brother, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{Ref|AGOT|5}} For killing her mother, Cersei despised her youngest sibling.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} Shortly after Joanna's death, the [[Princess of Dorne]] visited Casterly Rock with her two youngest children, [[Elia Martell|Elia]] and [[Oberyn Martell]]. Though Tyrion was kept out of sight during the visit of the [[House Martell|Martells]], Cersei promised Princess Elia to show Tyrion to her. Threatening her brother's wet nurse before sending her away, Cersei undid Tyrion's swaddling clothes and hurt her little brother, until Jaime stopped her.{{Ref|ASOS|38}} The Princess of Dorne proposed a betrothal between Cersei and Oberyn, during this visit, but she was refused, and Tywin informed her that Cersei was meant as a bride for Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|ASOS|70}}

===Attempted betrothal to Rhaegar Targaryen===
[[File:Cersei Lannisterby elia-illustration.jpg|thumb|250px|Cersei Lannister, by Elia Fernandez ©.]]
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] first informed Cersei of his wish to betroth her to the crown prince when she was no older than six or seven, though he told her never to speak of it until a betrothal was officially announced.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} Cersei drew a picture of her and [[Rhaegar Targaryen|Rhaegar]] on a [[dragon]], once, though she claimed it depicted King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]] and his sister-wife, [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]], when Jaime discovered it.{{Ref|AFFC|24}} At the age of ten in {{Date|276}}, Cersei became infatuated with Rhaegar after meeting him for the first time during the [[tournament in honor of Viserys's birth]] at [[Lannisport]].{{Ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}} Before the tourney began Cersei's aunt, Lady [[Genna Lannister|Genna]], informed Cersei that her betrothal to Rhaegar would be announced during the final feast of the tourney.

After being separated from Jaime following their mother's discovery of their sexual experimenting, Cersei had numerous bedmaids and companions, daughters of Tywin's bannermen and household knights who were of an age with her. While Cersei occasionally appreciated their company, she had not liked any of them, believing them weak and convinced they were trying to come between her and Jaime.{{Ref|AFFC|32}} Following Genna's announcement that Cersei's betrothal to Rhaegar would soon be announced, Cersei brought [[Melara Hetherspoon]] and [[Jeyne Farman]] to a [[woods witch]], [[Maggy the Frog]]. After Jeyne fled out of fear, Cersei inquired as to when she and Rhaegar would wed and how many children they would have. Maggy correctly predicted Cersei's marriage with [[Robert I Baratheon|the king]] and the amount of children both would have. She went on to prophesy that Cersei would outlive her children, who would die as kings and queens, and that after everything she had was taken away by a younger and more beautiful queen, the ''[[valonqar]]'' would come to end her life. Melara suggested that if they never spoke about it, the prophecies would not come true. However, Melara died shortly after their visit to Maggy, and it is implied that Cersei killed the girl to prevent her from speaking of the prophecies.

After Melara's death, Cersei inquired with her [[septa]], [[Saranella]], about the meaning of ''valonqar'', who informed her it was [[High Valyrian]] for "little brother".{{ref|AFFC|39}} Cersei eventually became convinced that [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] was the ''valonqar'' Maggy spoke of, resulting in her despising and mistrusting him even more than she had before. The prophecy of the ''valonqar'' has continued to haunt Cersei.{{ref|AFFC|3}}

After the guests left the [[westerlands]], Cersei learned from her aunt that Tywin had proposed the betrothal to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], but Aerys refused Cersei as a bride for his son and heir.{{ref|affc|24}}{{Ref|twoiaf| The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

===Living at court===
At the age of twelve, following the failure of Lord [[Steffon Baratheon]]'s mission to find Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] a suitable bride in [[Essos]], Cersei was taken to [[King's Landing]] by her father, who still served as [[Hand of the King]]. In the following years, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] refused every offer of marriage for Cersei. According to [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], Tywin still had his sights set on a Targaryen match, either hoping to betroth Cersei to young Prince [[Viserys Targaryen|Viserys]] or hoping for Rhaegar's new bride, [[Elia Martell]], to die in childbirth.{{Ref|ASOS|11}}

In {{Date|281}}, when Cersei was fifteen, Jaime visited King's Landing after receiving his [[knight]]hood. Cersei informed him their father had been discussing betrothing Jaime to [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa Tully]]. Cersei seduced Jaime and persuaded him to join the [[Kingsguard]], which would require him to remain unmarried and live near her in King's Landing. Cersei knew that Tywin would be opposed to the idea, but that he could not openly object to, and offered to make the arrangements herself.{{Ref|aSoS|11}} However, she had no idea how much the relationship between her father and the king had deteriorated, and although Aerys did award Jaime a place in the Kingsguard, Tywin perceived Jaime's appointment to the Kingsguard as a slight by King Aerys intended to rob him of his heir. Furiously, he resigned as Hand, and moved back to Casterly Rock with Cersei, separating the twins once more.{{Ref|aSoS|11}}

===Marriage===
[[File:Robert Baratheon Cersei Lannister Wedding.jpg|thumb|450px|[[Customs#Wedding ceremony|Wedding]] of Cersei and her husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]].]]
After the conclusion of [[Robert's Rebellion]], a marriage was arranged between Cersei and the new king, [[Robert I Baratheon]], in order to seal the [[House Baratheon of King's Landing|new royal house's]] alliance with [[House Lannister]]. Cersei and Robert were wed in {{Date|284}}.<ref>''See the calculation for [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon|Cersei Lannister's wedding to Robert I Baratheon]].''</ref> She and Jaime had sex the morning of her wedding.{{Ref|ADWD|54}} Nonetheless, Cersei was at first enthralled by the happy crowds at the royal wedding. However, her enthusiasm for the match ended when Robert called her "[[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]]" during their first night together.{{ref|agot|45}}

The marriage rapidly deteriorated, and Cersei resumed her incestuous relationship with Jaime. She bore him three children ([[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] and [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]]), all of whom she successfully passed off as Robert's trueborn heirs. Although the king was away during the births of his children, Jaime was present for at least Joffrey's birth, though Cersei refused to let her brother hold the child, fearing people might start to suspect his true parentage.{{ref|ACOK|36}}{{Ref|affc|44}} On one occasion, early in her marriage, Cersei became pregnant by Robert. Unwilling to give birth to Robert's child, she sent Jaime out to find a woman to cleanse her.{{Ref|AGOT|45}} Having grown to resent Robert over the years, Cersei took further care to ensure he did not impregnate her.{{Ref|aGoT|45}}

During the early years of their marriage, Cersei declined Robert's invitations to hunt with him, as Robert's trips allowed her more time with Jaime.{{ref|affc|28}} Because two of Robert's [[House Estermont|Estermont uncles]] from [[Greenstone]] had remained at court for half a year following Cersei's marriage, Robert insisted on repaying the visit, and Cersei and Jaime accompanied him for a two-week stay at [[Estermont]]. While there, Cersei suspected that Robert was sleeping with a cousin of his, and had Jaime follow Robert to confirms her suspicions. Cersei and Jaime slept together on Greenstone, and Cersei likes to believe that was the night their eldest son Joffrey was conceived.{{ref|affc|24}}

While Robert "claimed his rights" frequently during the early years of their marriage, his drinking led to him hurting Cersei during those encounters. When she confronted him once during their first year of marriage, Robert claimed it was because of the drink, and he was not to blame. When he tried to take another horn of ale, Cersei smashed her own horn in his face, chipping his tooth. Robert claimed not to remember anything of those nights, but Cersei believes otherwise, and is certain that Robert did recall what he did to her, but felt that pretending to forget was easier than facing the truth. Cersei, in turn, tried to pretend that Robert was Rhaegar during those years. Over time, Robert came to Cersei's bed less frequently, not even once a year.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

True to [[Maggy]]'s prophecy, Cersei had three children, while Robert sired several [[bastards]]. After Joffrey assaulted a pregnant cat, Robert suggested bringing [[Mya Stone|a bastard daughter of his]] to court. Cersei threatened the girl, claiming [[King's Landing]] was a dangerous place for a girl growing up. Though Robert hit Cersei for that, the girl was not brought to court, and all of Robert's bastards were kept out of sight.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} According to [[Petyr Baelish]], however, there are rumors that Robert fathered twins on a serving woman at [[Casterly Rock]] in {{Date|295}}, and that Cersei had the babes killed and the mother sold to a slaver.{{Ref|AGOT|35}}

Eventually [[Stannis Baratheon]], familiar with the appearance of his brother Robert's black-haired, blue-eyed bastard offspring, grew suspicious of the royal children's lack of resemblance to their supposed father. He confided in [[Jon Arryn]], the [[Hand of the King]], and the two investigated the matter together. After the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]], Cersei and her children travelled with Lord Tywin to [[Casterly Rock]]. During the fortnight following the tourney, Jon was [[Tears of Lys|poisoned]] and fell ill, eventually dying before he could act. While Cersei was innocent of the fact, Stannis was convinced that she was responsible for Jon's death, and he fled to [[Dragonstone]].

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Katherine Dinger CLannister.jpg|thumb|400px|Cersei Lannister, by Katherine Dinger ©.]]

After the death of the [[Hand of the King]], [[Jon Arryn]], Cersei accompanies her husband, King [[Robert I Baratheon]], to [[Winterfell]], where the king offers the position to Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|AGOT|4}} When Robert and most of the castle go on a hunting trip, Cersei remains behind with her brother, Ser [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]]. The two are seen having sex by [[Bran Stark]] in Winterfell's broken tower, and when Cersei insists that they must do something to prevent the boy from telling anyone, Jaime pushes him out of the tower window.{{Ref|aGoT|8}} She later berates Jaime for his impulsiveness, arguing that attempting to kill the boy was foolish when they could have simply intimidated him into silence.{{Ref|ASOS|1}}

While the royal procession travels back to [[King's Landing]], Cersei's eldest son, Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], bullies a common boy, [[Mycah]], prompting [[Arya Stark]] and her direwolf, [[Nymeria (direwolf)|Nymeria]], to attack and disarm him. Joffrey tells his parents that Arya and her wolf attacked him without provocation, and Cersei takes her son's side, arguing that the girl should lose a hand in accordance with the ancient penalty for striking a prince of royal blood.{{ref|affc|30}} When Robert refuses to do so, she proclaims her desire regarding maiming or killing Arya to Jaime, using sex as bribe. Jaime searches for the girl, and would later imply that he would have been willing to do his sister's bidding. Instead, Arya is found by [[House Stark guards]]. While Robert again resists Cersei's call for severely punishing Arya, the queen successfully pressures him into ordering the execution of another direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], as a proxy at [[Darry]].{{Ref|aGoT|16}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}

Having appointed Eddard Stark as Jon Arryn's replacement, Robert orders the [[Hand's tourney]] be held in honor of Eddard.{{ref|AGOT|20}} Cersei forbids Robert from fighting in the melee, inciting a public argument between king and queen.{{ref|AGOT|29}} Robert intends to fight anyway, but Eddard and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] succeed in dissuading him. Later, [[Varys]] claims that Cersei had known publicly forbidding Robert from participating in the melee was the most effective way of convincing him to do so, and had been planning to have him "accidentally" killed in the melee. He also suggests that Ser [[Hugh|Hugh of the Vale]], who had been killed by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] earlier in the tournament, could have poisoned Jon Arryn at the Lannisters' instigation, only to have them arrange his death in order to ensure his silence afterward.{{Ref|aGoT|30}}

When Cersei's brother [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]], Cersei argues with Robert, insulting his manhood for his failure to immediately avenge the insult to her family. The king strikes her in response, but Cersei tells him she intends to wear the bruise "as a badge of honor." Eddard does not approve and Robert admits that it was "not kingly," but blames Cersei for provoking him.{{ref|agot|39}}

Eddard, who has been investigating Jon Arryn's death, discovers the truth about the royal children's parentage. While the king is hunting in the [[kingswood]], Eddard confronts Cersei, who admits the accusation is true. She attempts to seduce him, but he refuses. Not wanting to see the children harmed, Eddard warns her that he intends to tell Robert the truth and urges her to flee with the princes and princess.{{Ref|aGoT|45}} Eddard plans to have his daughters, [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]], sail from King's Landing on the ''[[Wind Witch]]''.{{Ref|AGOT|44}} Sansa, not understanding the danger and desiring to marry Joffrey, informs Cersei of her father's plan.{{ref|AGOT|51}}

A drunken Robert is fatally injured by a [[boar]] during his hunt,{{ref|AGOT|47}} having been given strongwine by his squire, [[Lancel Lannister]].{{ref|AGOT|58}} On his deathbed Robert names Eddard regent until his thirteen-year-old heir Joffrey comes of age, though Eddard secretly changes “my son Joffrey” into “my heir”.{{Ref|AGOT|47}} The morning of Robert's death, Cersei seizes power, denouncing Eddard as a traitor who conspired against King Joffrey. She has Eddard imprisoned and is named Queen Regent, heading Joffrey's [[small council]].{{Ref|aGoT|49}}{{Ref|AGOT|57}}

Cersei intends to have Eddard convicted of treason but allowed to [[Night's Watch#Recruitment|take the black]], thus discrediting him and removing him as a factor in the political arena without antagonizing the [[north]]. She arranges a public confession for him on the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], assuring the [[High Septon (fat one)|High Septon]] that he will be offered forgiveness and the holy ground will not be profaned with blood. However, Joffrey ignores her advice and instead orders Lord Stark's immediate execution. [[Janos Slynt]] and Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] carry out the king's imprudent command before Cersei can intervene, deeply offending [[Faith of the Seven|the Faith]] and rendering peace between [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Lannister|Lannister]] impossible.{{ref|agot|58}}{{Ref|aGoT|65}}{{ref|ACOK|3}}

Cersei weeps when she hears that Jaime has been captured by [[Robb Stark]] in the [[battle in the Whispering Wood|Whispering Wood]].{{ref|AGOT|67}} She keeps the news of [[Renly Baratheon]]'s coronation from Joffrey for a time, fearing he might take the field at the head of a force of [[gold cloaks]]. She commands her father to come to the defense of the capital against Renly and the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]], but Tywin instead marches for [[Harrenhal]] and sends Tyrion to the capital in his stead.{{Ref|aGoT|69}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
Having escaped [[King's Landing]], [[Arya Stark]] adds Cersei's name to the list of those she desires dead.{{ref|ACOK|26}}

When Tyrion arrives in King's Landing, bearing a letter from their father, Cersei threatens to have him thrown in the dungeon, but he placates her by saying he could rescue Jaime.{{Ref|aCoK|3}} As Hand, Tyrion struggles to wrest control from her, finally resorting to [[poison]] to incapacitate her for a few days.{{ref|acok|25}}{{Ref|acok|29}}

In Jaime's absence, Cersei begins sleeping with her cousin, the knighted [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]], which is discerned by Tyrion.{{Ref|aCoK|29}} She also reveals to Tyrion that she had given Lancel fortified wine for Robert's hunt, stronger than Robert usually drank.{{ref|ACOK|3}} After Tyrion sends away Cersei's [[House Lannister guards|personal guard]], she employs three sellswords to replace them—[[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]], [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] and [[Osfryd Kettleblack]]—but Tyrion finds out and buys their loyalty.{{Ref|aCoK|41}}

Tyrion deceives small council members and determines that [[Pycelle]] is Cersei's agent. When Tyrion arrests Pycelle, the Grand Maester tells him that Jon Arryn had been recovering from his poisoning, and that he had sent Jon's maester away in order to prevent Jon's recovery, assuming that Cersei wanted Jon dead.{{ref|acok|25}} Tyrion gets Cersei to agree with sending Myrcella to [[Dorne]] to win over [[House Martell]].{{ref|acok|20}} The day Princess Myrcella takes ship for [[Sunspear]], Cersei is among those caught up in the [[riot of King's Landing]], provoked in part by a thoughtless comment she makes to King Joffrey about a dead baby.{{ref|acok|41}}

As King [[Stannis Baratheon]] moves on King's Landing, Cersei sends Tommen to [[Rosby]] for safety, but Tyrion's men intercept the party and take the boy into Tyrion's custody.{{ref|acok|44}}{{ref|ACOK|49}} Fed up with Tyrion's efforts to rule, Cersei arrests [[Alayaya]], a whore she believes Tyrion is sleeping with, and has the girl beaten. She uses Alayaya as a hostage to ensure Tommen's safe return; Tyrion, however, promises her that whatever happens to Alayaya, happens to Tommen as well, rapings and beatings included, frightening Cersei.{{ref|acok|54}} Cersei removes Ser [[Boros Blount]] from the [[Kingsguard]] for his failure to resist Tyrion's men, and she replaces him with Osmund Kettleblack, a man just as hollow.{{Ref|aCoK|54}}

As the [[Battle of the Blackwater]] begins, Cersei hosts a banquet for noblewomen in the [[Red Keep]]. She claims it is in an effort to keep their minds off the fighting, but has invited Ser [[Ilyn Payne]], the [[King's Justice]], to be on hand to kill them if the city is taken, to prevent them from becoming hostages. When she hears that the [[River Gate]] is under attack, she summons Joffrey back to the Red Keep.{{Ref|aCoK|60}} Seeing the king flee back to the castle damages morale and causes the men to rout, nearly costing her the city. This outrages Lancel, who feels they could have held the gates if Cersei had not recalled the king.{{Ref|aCoK|62}}

If not for the timely arrival and attack on Stannis's flank by the army of Lords Tywin Lannister and [[Mace Tyrell]], the battle would be lost for the Lannisters.{{Ref|aCoK|65}} Because Tyrion lies wounded and unconscious, Cersei is able to lie to Tywin and turn her father's prejudice against Tyrion to her advantage, stripping Tyrion's power by the time his convalescence is over.{{ref|ACOK|67}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[File:Cersei Lannister.png|thumb|300px|Cersei as depicted by [[w:Lena Headey|Lena Headey]] in ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.]]
[[Tyrion Lannister]] believes that Cersei is to blame for Ser [[Mandon Moore]]'s assassination attempt at the [[Blackwater Rush|Blackwater]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}

Cersei plans the upcoming wedding of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], to [[Margaery Tyrell]].{{ref|ASOS|4}}{{ref|ASOS|19}} [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] bends Cersei to his will and makes it clear his daughter is no longer wanted on the [[small council]]. Against her wishes, he plans for her to marry her again, considering [[Balon Greyjoy]] (whose elderly wife [[Alannys Harlaw|Alannys]] has failing health), [[Oberyn Martell]], [[Horas Redwyne|Horas]] or [[Hobber Redwyne]], [[Theon Greyjoy]], [[Quentyn Martell]], and [[Willas Tyrell]] as potential matches.{{ref|ASOS|19}} While Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] is initially receptive to Cersei marrying Willas, the offer is rejected after Mace speaks with his mother [[Olenna Tyrell|Olenna]], the Queen of Thorns.{{ref|ASOS|32}}

Cersei intends to keep [[Sansa Stark]] as her hostage,{{ref|ASOS|19}} but Tywin forces the girl to marry Tyrion.{{ref|ASOS|28}} During the wedding feast, Cersei dances with [[Paxter Redwyne]], [[Mathis Rowan]], and her father.{{ref|ASOS|28}} She also flirts with [[Osmund Kettleblack]] of the [[Kingsguard]].{{ref|ASOS|12}}

After Joffrey offends Tywin through his ungracious behavior, Tywin is furious and asks where the boy could have learnt such amoral sentiments. Cersei blames Robert but it is clear to all in the room, including Tywin's brother [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that Cersei is responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|53}}

Joffrey is killed at [[Purple Wedding|his own wedding feast]], and Cersei accuses Tyrion and Sansa, falsely believing them responsible.{{Ref|aSoS|60}} Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] returns to [[King's Landing]] with the assistance of [[Brienne of Tarth]], and the Lannister twins have sex in a sept where Joffrey's body rests. Cersei rejects Jaime's suggestion of announcing their incest, like the [[House Targaryen|Targaryens]] had done.{{ref|ASOS|62}}

Having escaped King's Landing with the aid of [[Petyr Baelish]], Sansa learns that the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblacks]] are actually loyal to Petyr, not Cersei or Tyrion.{{ref|asos|68}}

Cersei finds numerous witnesses to testify against Tyrion,{{ref|ASOS|66}} including his lover [[Shae]],{{ref|ASOS|70}} and Cersei names Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] champion if there is to be a [[trial by combat]]. This leads Prince Oberyn, whose sister [[Elia Martell|Elia]] was murdered by Gregor over a dozen years ago in the [[Sack of King's Landing]], to champion Tyrion.{{Ref|aSoS|66}} Oberyn is killed and Gregor is severely wounded in the duel.{{Ref|aSoS|70}}

Oberyn's death condemns Tyrion, but he is freed from his cell by Jaime and [[Varys]]. Tyrion tells Jaime that Cersei has been sleeping with [[Lancel Lannister]] and Osmund Kettleblack. Before escaping the [[Red Keep]], Tyrion kills Shae and his father, Tywin.{{ref|ASOS|77}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Skirts and dignity by cabepfir.jpg|thumb|300px|Cersei frames [[Margaery Tyrell]], leading to her arrest - by cabepfir ©.]]
Cersei's tendencies to paranoia, rash judgement and hysteria increase following the deaths of her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], and her father, Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]]. She resumes her position as [[regent]] over her surviving son, the eight-year-old King [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen]], who is obedient to her will. As the eldest child of Tywin, she is also acknowledged as the Lady of [[Casterly Rock]] by her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]].{{ref|AFFC|7}}

Cersei has Ser [[Osney Kettleblack|Osney]] and Ser [[Osfryd Kettleblack]] hide Shae's corpse,{{ref|AFFC|3}} and she has Ser [[Boros Blount]] and Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack]] murder the two guards who had been outside Tywin's chambers.{{ref|AFFC|8}} She also has Osney murder the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|High Septon]].{{ref|AFFC|43}} Since Tyrion has vanished, Cersei burns with [[wildfire]] the [[Tower of the Hand]], the site of Tywin's death, which her twin [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] considers a folly.{{ref|AFFC|12}} Word spreads throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]] and the [[Free Cities]] that Cersei has promised a [[lord]]ship to whomever brings her Tyrion's head,{{ref|AFFC|7}} but innocents are killed instead.{{ref|AFFC|17}} Cersei's paranoia alienates Jaime,{{Ref|aFfC|8}} who departs to secure the [[riverlands]] and resolve the [[siege of Riverrun]].{{ref|AFFC|27}}

Cersei surrounds herself with sycophants rather than honest and competent advisers,{{ref|affc|17}} and she fills Tommen's [[small council]] with her own supporters and agents, disregarding the previous arrangements made by Tywin and the well-meant, if blunt, advice from Kevan. She becomes a restless sleeper, troubled by nightmares of Tyrion, who murdered Tywin, and the [[Iron Throne]] consuming her.{{Ref|aFfC|3}} Cersei also recalls the prophecy of the ''[[valonqar]]'', whom she considers Tyrion.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{ref|AFFC|36}} Numerous people, including several family members, consider her to be an ineffectual leader.{{ref|AFFC|3}}{{Ref|ADWD|22}} Cersei's growing dependency on alcohol increases her weight, but she blames the washerwomen for shrinking her gowns.{{ref|AFFC|24}}

Cersei suspects her powerful [[House Tyrell|Tyrell]] allies, now relatives through Tommen's marriage to [[Margaery Tyrell|Margaery]], are trying to seize control of the kingdom. This suspicion grows from a [[House Gardener|Gardener]] coin found by [[Qyburn]] in the dungeon where Tyrion was being held before his escape{{Ref|aFfC|7}} – a coin similar to the ones Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]] carries with her when traveling, causing Cersei to wrongfully suspect a Tyrell involvement in Tyrion's escape.{{ref|affc|16}} Cersei commences a campaign of intrigue to remove Tyrells in [[King's Landing]] from positions of influence and authority, including Margaery and her brother [[Loras Tyrell|Loras]], a knight of the [[Kingsguard]].{{Ref|aFfC|24}}

Cersei refuses to honor the debts owed by the crown, angering powerful institutions such as the [[Iron Bank of Braavos]] and the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}} This results in the Faith refusing to bless King Tommen, and the Iron Bank calling in all their debts throughout [[Westeros]] and refusing all new loans.{{Ref|aFfC|28}} This causes economic chaos throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]]. With the monies owed, Cersei constructs a [[Cersei's dromonds|new royal fleet]] of warships and gives command to [[Aurane Waters]], the Bastard of [[Driftmark]] and a sellsail of questionable expertise and loyalty.{{Ref|aFfC|17}} Two of the dromonds, ''[[Lioness]]'' and ''[[Sweet Cersei]]'', are named in the Queen Regent's honor.{{ref|AFFC|28}}{{ref|AFFC|32}}

In an attempt to alleviate the crown's debts, gain the Faith's blessing, and gain more protection from her purported enemies, Cersei allows the new High Septon, the so-called [[High Sparrow]], to revive the [[Faith Militant]], ignorant of its history of [[Faith Militant uprising|causing trouble]] for monarchs.{{Ref|aFfC|28}}

Cersei sends Ser [[Balon Swann]] of the Kingsguard to [[Dorne]] to deliver the head of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{Ref|aFfC|17}}

Cersei takes the disgraced former [[maester]] Qyburn into her service as [[master of whisperers]], using him as a torturer, and allowing him to conduct immoral experiments on human subjects.{{Ref|aFfC|7}} She befriends [[Taena Merryweather]], who informs Cersei that her maid [[Senelle]] is spying on her for Margaery. This leads Senelle to be given over to Qyburn for his twisted experiments. Taena becomes her bedwarmer and confidante.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

The queen is reluctant to aid the Tyrells after [[Euron Greyjoy]]'s [[taking of the Shields]]. Cersei instead gives command of the [[siege of Dragonstone]] to Loras, as the [[Redwyne fleet]] could return to the [[Reach]] when the island castle falls.{{ref|AFFC|32}} Aurane Waters reports that Loras was gravely injured during the assault.{{ref|AFFC|36}}

Cersei manipulates [[Falyse Stokeworth]] and her husband, Ser [[Balman Byrch]], into attacking Tyrion's friend, the sellsword [[Bronn]], who was knighted and married to simple [[Lollys Stokeworth]] to pry him away from Tyrion. Falyse flees to [[King's Landing]] to report that Bronn killed Balman in a duel, though not before Bronn extracted a confession that Cersei was behind the attempt to kill him. Cersei responds by sending Falyse to Qyburn so nothing is found out about her machinations.{{ref|AFFC|32}}

Cersei plots to frame Margaery for adultery and treason. Having seduced Osney Kettleblack, she has him falsely confess to the High Sparrow that he had intercourse with Margaery and two of her three cousins, [[Megga Tyrell|Megga]] and [[Elinor Tyrell|Elinor]].{{ref|AFFC|39}} The High Sparrow acts on the information and has Margaery arrested when she visits the [[Great Sept of Baelor]]. Cersei feigns concern publicly and visits the Great Sept in order to appear to the population that she wishes Margaery released. However, the High Sparrow arrests the Queen Regent for several crimes, including the murder of the previous High Septon. The High Sparrow was suspicious of Osney's confession and had him tortured till Osney revealed the truth.{{ref|AFFC|43}}

Cersei's ministers seize control of the government while she awaits trial in the Great Sept, and they recall her uncle Kevan from Casterly Rock to fill her position as [[regent]]. Aurane absconds with the costly new fleet, while Taena flees for [[Longtable]]. Accused of capital crimes, Cersei's only hope lies in a Kingsguard champion to stand for her in a [[trial by combat]].{{ref|AFFC|43}} She sends an emotional summons to Jaime, which he burns at Riverrun without reply.{{Ref|aFfC|43}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti CL walk of shame.jpg|Cersei's [[walk of atonement]] from the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] to the [[Red Keep]], by Marc Simonetti ©.|thumb|350px]]
Ser [[Balon Swann]] arrives at [[Sunspear]] with a letter in which Cersei asks [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], to give leave to her daughter [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]] to return to [[King's Landing]] for a short visit, and to invite Doran to take the Dornish seat on the [[small council]] that has been left vacant with the death of Prince [[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]]. Doran learns from informers at the royal court, however, that Balon is to invite Prince [[Trystane Martell]] to accompany Myrcella but then be killed by outlaws in the [[kingswood]], for which Tyrion is supposed to be blamed, with Balon as a witness.{{Ref|aDwD|38}}

Cersei remains a prisoner of the [[Faith of the Seven]] in a tower of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]], under the care of Septas [[Unella]], [[Moelle]], and [[Scolera]]. To gain access to visitors, Cersei confesses to the [[High Sparrow]] that she had relations with her cousin, [[Lancel Lannister]], and all three of the [[House Kettleblack|Kettleblack]] brothers, knowing that such sins would not earn her an execution. She continues to deny having ordered [[Osney Kettleblack]] to kill the [[High Septon (Tyrion's)|previous High Septon]], or that she was involved in King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s death. The High Septon agrees to allow her one visitor a day. Cersei learns from her uncle, Ser [[Kevan Lannister|Kevan]], that [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] disappeared in the riverlands with a woman, possibly [[Brienne of Tarth]]. Kevan also tells his niece about [[Myrcella Baratheon|Myrcella]]'s injury and of [[Arys Oakheart]]'s death at the [[Greenblood]], which leaves a vacancy in the Kingsguard. Cersei sends word to Lord [[Qyburn]] that the time has come.{{Ref|ADWD|54}}

Before her trial, the Faith requires Cersei to submit to a [[walk of atonement]] from the Great Sept to the [[Red Keep]]. Cersei is shaved of hair from her entire body, then stripped naked. An escort of [[Warrior's Sons]], [[Poor Fellows]], and septas protect her from the leering and jeering crowds that have flocked to see her, with Septa Scolera ringing a bell and singing the word "shame". Cersei tries to hang on to her pride during the barefoot walk in spite of the crowds projecting filth at her and bawdy insults. Faces in the crowd remind her of [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Melara Hetherspoon]], [[Eddard Stark]], [[Tyrion Lannister]], and [[Joffrey Baratheon]]. She eventually breaks down in tears, however, just before finishing and entering the Red Keep. Upon her entrance, [[Jocelyn Swyft]] has her body covered. Cersei is carried into the castle by a giant knight, whom [[Qyburn]] introduces as the newest member of the [[Kingsguard]] and her champion, "Ser [[Robert Strong]]".{{Ref|ADWD|65}}

Cersei dines with Tommen's regent, her uncle Kevan, who has been trying to repair the damage Cersei has done. She requests that Lady [[Taena Merryweather]] attend again her once her innocence is proved. Although Kevan has no news of Jaime, Cersei seems certain of his safety, believing she would know if he were dead. Later that evening, [[Varys]] has Kevan and [[Pycelle]] murdered to keep the realm in chaos.{{Ref|ADWD|Epilogue}}

==Quotes by Cersei==
{{Quote|When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|[[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and I are more than brother and sister. We are one person in two bodies. We shared a womb together. He came into this world holding my foot, our old maester said. When he is in me, I feel... whole.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A true man does what he will, not what he must.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Cersei to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part [[magic]], you'll learn that soon enough... and the parts that look like magic often turn out to be messiest of all.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Love is [[poison]]. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.{{ref|acok|52}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The only way to keep your people loyal is to make certain they fear you more than they do the enemy.{{ref|acok|60}}|Cersei to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I waited, and so can [[Tommen Baratheon|he]]. I waited half my life. She had played the dutiful daughter, the blushing bride, the pliant wife. She had suffered [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] drunken groping, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime's]] jealousy, [[Renly Baratheon|Renly's]] mockery, [[Varys]] with his titters, [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] endlessly grinding his teeth. She had contended with [[Jon Arryn]], [[Eddard Stark|Ned Stark]], and her vile, treacherous, murderous [[Tyrion Lannister|dwarf brother]], all the while promising herself that one day it would be her turn. If [[Margaery Tyrell]] thinks to cheat me of my hour in the sun, she had bloody well think again.{{ref|aFfC|24}}|Cersei's thoughts, on ruling as [[Regent|Queen Regent]] until [[Tommen Baratheon]] comes of age}}

{{Quote|Come at once. Help me. Save me. I need you now as I have never needed you before. I love you. I love you. I love you. Come at once.{{ref|AFFC|44}}|Cersei writing to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|I am a [[House Lannister|lioness]]. I will not cringe for them.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts before her [[walk of atonement]]}}

{{Quote|I have sinned and must atone, must parade my shame before the eyes of every beggar in [[King's Landing|the city]]. They think that this will break my pride, that it will make an end to me, but they are wrong.{{ref|aDwD|65}}|Cersei's thoughts during her [[walk of atonement]]}}

==Quotes about Cersei==
{{Quote|And Cersei . . . I have [[Jon Arryn]] to thank for her. I had no wish to marry after [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] was taken from me, but Jon said the realm needed an heir. Cersei Lannister would be a good match, he told me, she would bind Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] to me should [[Viserys Targaryen]] ever try to win back [[Aerys II Targaryen|his father’s]] [[Iron Throne|throne]]. I loved that old man, I swear it, but now I think he was a bigger [[fool]] than [[Moon Boy]]. Oh, Cersei is lovely to look at, truly, but cold ... the way she guards her cunt, you’d think she had all the gold of [[Casterly Rock]] between her legs.{{ref|agot|30}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid. I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning.{{ref|acok|20}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]}}

{{Quote|I have never liked you, Cersei, but you were my own sister, so I never did you harm. You've ended that. I will hurt you [[Alayaya|for this]]. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.{{ref|ACOK|54}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to Cersei}}

{{Quote|They are [[knight]]s now, [[House Kettleblack|all three]], and your sister has promised them further advancement. And the eldest, Ser [[Osmund Kettleblack|Osmund]] of the [[Kingsguard]], dreams of certain other ... favors ... as well. You can match the queen [[Currency|coin]] for coin, I have no doubt, but she has a second purse that is quite inexhaustible.{{ref|ASOS|12}}|[[Varys]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|Every man's a piece to start with, and every [[Maiden|maid]] as well. Even some who think they are players. Cersei, for one. She thinks herself sly, but in truth she is utterly predictable. Her strength rests on her beauty, [[House Lannister|birth]], and [[Casterly Rock|riches]]. Only the first of those is truly her own, and it will soon desert her. I pity her then. She wants power, but has no notion what to do with it when she gets it.{{ref|aSoS|68}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Cersei is a lying whore, she's been fucking [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] and [[Osmund Kettleblack]] and probably [[Moon Boy]] for all I know.{{ref|ASOS|77}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Jaime Lannister]]}}

{{Quote|His sister liked to think of herself as Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as a glacier, where Cersei was all [[wildfire]], especially when thwarted. She had been giddy as a maiden when she learned that [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]] had abandoned [[Dragonstone]], certain that he had finally given up the fight and sailed away to exile. When word came down from the [[north]] that he had turned up again at the [[Wall]], her fury had been fearful to behold. She does not lack for wits, but she has no judgment, and no patience.{{ref|aFfC|16}}|[[Jaime Lannister]]'s thoughts|}}

{{Quote|Cersei is as gentle as King [[Maegor I Targaryen|Maegor]], as selfless as [[Aegon IV Targaryen|Aegon the Unworthy]], as wise as [[Aerys II Targaryen|Mad Aerys]]. She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honor, for love.{{ref|aDwD|22}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Young Griff]]}}

{{Quote|This head of mine is worth a [[lord]]ship... back in [[Westeros]], half a world away. By the time you get it there, only bone and maggots will remain. My sweet sister will deny the head is mine and cheat you of the promised reward. You know how it is with queens. Fickle cunts, the lot of them, and Cersei is the worst.{{ref|aDwD|57}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Ben Plumm]]}}

==Family==
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==Behind the Scenes==
Cersei may have been inspired by [[w:Isabella of France|Isabella of France]] and [[w:Margaret of Anjou|Margaret of Anjou]], both queens of English kings.<ref>''Time'': [https://www.salon.com/2012/04/04/the_real_life_inspirations_for_game_of_thrones/ The Real Life Inspirations for "Game of Thrones"], April 4, 2012</ref>

==References==
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Eddard Stark

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{{Hatnote|"Eddard" and "Ned" redirect here. For other uses, see [[Eddard (disambiguation)]] and [[Ned (disambiguation)]]}}
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| Character_name = [[File:House_Stark.svg|50px|left]] Eddard Stark [[File:House_Stark.svg|50px|right]]
| image = [[File:Eddard Amoka.jpg|300px]]
| image_caption = Eddard Stark by [http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/martin.html Amok©]
| Alias = Ned{{ref|AGOT|2}} The Ned{{ref|ADWD|62}} The quiet wolf{{ref|ASOS|24}}
| Title = [[Lord of Winterfell]] [[Warden of the North]] [[Hand of the King]] [[Protector of the Realm]] [[Lord Regent]]
| Allegiance = [[House Stark]]
| Race =
| Culture = [[Northmen]]
| Spouse = Lady [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn Tully]]
| Issue = [[Robb Stark]] [[Jon Snow]] [[Sansa Stark]] [[Arya Stark]] [[Bran Stark]] [[Rickon Stark]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Winterfell]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Eddard Stark}}
| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|263}}<ref name=Calculation>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued)#Eddard Stark|Eddard Stark]] calculation.''</ref>
| Place_of_Death = [[Great Sept of Baelor]] in [[King's Landing]]{{ref|AGOT|65}}
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|299}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Events#Main Series|Main Series calculations, 298AC to 299AC]].''</ref>
| Books = ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (POV) ''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned) ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned) ''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
| coat-of-arms =
| Played_by = [[w:Sean Bean|Sean Bean]] ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] Sebastian Croft ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] (Younger Eddard) Robert Aramayo ~ [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|Season 7]] (Young Eddard)
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'''Eddard Stark''', also called '''"Ned"''', is the head of [[House Stark]], Lord of [[Winterfell]], and [[Warden of the North]]. He is a close friend to King [[Robert I Baratheon]], with whom he was raised. Eddard is one of the major [[POV character]]s in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.

In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', Eddard is played by [[w:Sean Bean|Sean Bean]], Sebastian Croft (Eddard as a child), and Robert Aramayo (Eddard as a young man).<ref name=IMDB />

==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Eddard Stark|Images of Eddard Stark]]''

Eddard has a long face{{Ref|AGOT|6}} and long brown hair.{{Ref|AGOT|1}} He is thirty-five, but his closely-trimmed beard is beginning to grey, making him look older than his years.{{Ref|AGOT|1}} His dark grey eyes{{Ref|AGOT|1}} reflect his moods, turning soft as fog or hard as stone.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} Eddard is shorter and less handsome than his older brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] had been, according to [[Catelyn Stark]]; however, she also states that Ned has a "good sweet heart beneath his solemn face".{{Ref|ASOS|45}} He keeps faith with the [[old gods]].{{Ref|AGOT|2}} He is fiercely protective of his wife and children, whom he loves deeply.

Eddard is known for his unwavering sense of honor{{Ref|AGOT|12}}{{Ref|AGOT|58}} and [[justice]] and his family finds him kind, although some consider his reserved personality a sign of coldness and disdain.{{Ref|AGOT|33}} Among his enemies, Eddard has the reputation of having cold, judgmental eyes{{Ref|ASOS|44}} thought to reflect his frozen heart.{{Ref|ACOK|27}}

While riding his [[Horse|great warhorse]] in the [[north]], Ned wears furs and leathers.{{Ref|AGOT|1}} Ned also wears silk{{Ref|AGOT|25}} and linen{{Ref|AGOT|47}} tunics and a belt of heavy silver links.{{Ref|AGOT|47}} His surcoat is fine white velvet with a [[direwolf]] badge over the heart.{{Ref|ACOK|39}} Ned's cloaks are grey with white,{{Ref|AGOT|27}} as well as black wool.{{Ref|AGOT|43}}

Lord Stark wields sword{{Ref|AGOT|35}} and dagger,{{Ref|AGOT|20}} although he uses [[Ice]], a [[Valyrian steel]] [[greatsword]], for ceremonial purposes.{{Ref|AGOT|1}} [[Jory Cassel]] is captain of [[House Stark guards|Ned's guards]].{{Ref|AGOT|1}}

==History==
===Youth===
Eddard was born at [[Winterfell]]{{Ref|AWOIAF| Eddard Stark}} as the second son of Lord [[Rickard Stark]] and Lady [[Lyarra Stark]]. He had one older brother, [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]], and two younger siblings, [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] and [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF| Appendix: Stark Lineage}}{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}}

Eddard was [[fostering|fostered]] by Lord [[Jon Arryn]] at the [[Eyrie]] from the age of eight.{{Ref|AGOT|2}}{{Ref|aGoT|6}} There, Eddard befriended his fellow ward, [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], while Lord Jon became like a second father to him.{{ref|AGOT|2}} When he reached the age of sixteen, Eddard was a man grown, and divided his time between Winterfell and the Eyrie.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Some_Questions Some Questions (March 16, 2000)]</ref> During one of his visits to Winterfell, Eddard carried a wedding proposal from Robert to his father, Lord Rickard, who agreed to betroth his daughter Lyanna to Eddard's friend.{{ref|awoiaf| Eddard Stark}}{{Ref|AGOT|35}} When Lyanna later expressed that her belief that Robert would never keep to one bed, having heard about [[Mya Stone]], Robert's bastard daughter in the [[Vale of Arryn]], Eddard recalled having seen the child, and was unable to deny her existence.{{Ref|AGOT|35}} Lord [[Rodrik Ryswell]] hoped to wed his daughter [[Barbrey Dustin|Barbrey]] to Brandon or Eddard.{{ref|ADWD|41}}

===Tourney at Harrenhal===
[[File:Rhaeg lyanna-winterfelll.jpg|thumb|[[Rhaegar Targaryen]], Eddard, and [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]], by M. Luisa Giliberti ©]]
In {{Date|281}}, at the age of eighteen, Eddard came down from the Eyrie to attend the [[tourney at Harrenhal]].{{Ref|aGoT|58}} Also present were Eddard's foster brother Robert, his foster father Jon, and his three siblings, Brandon, Lyanna, and [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]].{{Ref|aSoS|24}} It was during this tourney that Eddard met [[Howland Reed]], one of his father's bannermen. Howland and Eddard remained friends for the rest of their lives. During the opening feast, Eddard saw [[Ashara Dayne]], a lady-in-waiting to Princess [[Elia Martell]]. He danced with her later that night, but only after his older brother Brandon had spoken to her on his behalf, since he himself was too shy.{{Ref|aSoS|24}} Eddard was present during the final jousts, where Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] passed over his own wife, Elia, to crown Lyanna the [[queen of love and beauty]]. Eddard would remember this moment as "the moment when all smiles died" years later.{{Ref|aGoT|58}}

The following year, Eddard's sister Lyanna was abducted by Prince Rhaegar.{{Ref|AGOT|66}} Brandon rode to [[King's Landing]] in anger, but he was arrested when he threatened the crown prince. Lord Rickard Stark was summoned to King's Landing to answer for the crimes of his son, and rode to the capital with two hundred men. When he demanded a [[trial by combat]], both he and Brandon were executed at the command of King [[Aerys II Targaryen]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}} Aerys's next step was to demand that Jon Arryn send him the heads of his former wards, Eddard and Robert. Jon refused and instead called his banners.{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

===Robert's Rebellion===
[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek Robert and Ned.jpg|thumb|[[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] and Eddard, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games]]
With his father and brother dead, Eddard was now the [[Lord of Winterfell]]. He wanted to raise his banners to join [[Robert's Rebellion]], but getting from the [[Vale of Arryn]] to the [[north]] was complicated by the loyalty to the [[Iron Throne]] of [[Gulltown]], the Vale's chief port.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}{{ref|ADWD|9}} Eddard crossed the [[Mountains of the Moon]] to the [[Fingers]] and hired a fisherman to bring him to [[White Harbor]] with a boat. They were caught by a storm on the [[Bite]] and the fisherman drowned. However, his daughter brought Eddard to the [[Three Sisters]]. When he arrived at [[Sisterton]], [[House Borrell]]'s maester urged [[House Borrell|Lord Borrell]] to deliver Eddard's head to King [[Aerys II Targaryen]], but Lord Borrell, knowing that Jon Arryn and Robert Baratheon had [[taking of Gulltown|taken Gulltown]] in the meantime, was unsure who would prevail in the conflict. Thus he let Ned leave for White Harbor, telling him to remain silent about his stay in Sisterton in case the rebellion failed.{{Ref|aDwD|9}}

Eddard called his banners, and marched south to join Robert, arriving with Lord [[Hoster Tully]] in time to turn the tide at the [[Battle of the Bells]].{{Ref|ASOS|29}} Afterward, he went to [[Riverrun]] to marry Hoster's elder daughter, [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], who had been betrothed to his brother [[Brandon Stark|Brandon]] before his death.{{Ref|AGOT|6}} Jon Arryn married Hoster's younger daughter, [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]], in the same ceremony. The double wedding bound [[House Tully]] to the rebels' cause.{{Ref|aGoT|2}}

The rebels won their decisive victory in the [[Battle of the Trident]], in which Robert killed Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]] in single combat at the [[ruby ford]]. Because Robert had been wounded by Rhaegar, it fell on Eddard to pursue the remnants of Aerys's armies to [[King's Landing]].{{ref|AGOT|12}}

[[File:Eddard Jaime Aerys Iron Throne Room.jpg|thumb|Eddard, [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], and [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]] in the [[Iron Throne]] room - by Amok ©]]

When Eddard arrived at the capital, Lord [[Tywin Lannister]]'s force had already sacked the city. Eddard had developed contempt for [[House Lannister]] during the rebellion, as Tywin had remained neutral in an apparent attempt to join the winning side in the end. Eddard's contempt increased when he learned that Tywin had conquered the city by treachery and that his men had brutally killed Rhaegar's wife, [[Elia Martell]], and children, [[Rhaenys Targaryen (daughter of Rhaegar)|Rhaenys]] and [[Aegon Targaryen (son of Rhaegar)|Aegon]]. In addition, Lannister flags were flying over the [[Red Keep]] when Eddard arrived and, as he rode into the throne room to claim the crown for Robert, he found King Aerys's body at the steps leading to the [[Iron Throne]], on which the king's killer, Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], was sitting.{{ref|AGOT|12}}

Eddard felt the [[Sack of King's Landing]] dishonored Robert's cause. He was disappointed that Robert, upon arriving in the city, did not share his moral outrage and in particular defended the murder of Rhaegar's children. He also ignored Eddard's counsel that Jaime should be made to join the [[Night's Watch]] for breaking his oath as a knight of the [[Kingsguard]] by not protecting the king. Their disagreements created a rift between Eddard and Robert that not even Jon Arryn was able to breach.{{Ref|aGoT|2}}{{Ref|aGoT|12}}{{Ref|aSoS|36}}

Eddard left Robert in King's Landing and went to [[Storm's End]], where he lifted the [[Siege of Storm's End|siege of the castle]]. Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] and his armies yielded to Eddard without a fight.{{ref|ASOS|19}} Afterwards, Eddard travelled to the [[Red Mountains]] of [[Dorne]] to liberate his sister [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]], who apparently was held at the [[tower of joy]]. When Eddard arrived along with six companions, he found the tower guarded by three members of the Kingsguard, [[Arthur Dayne]], [[Oswell Whent]], and Lord Commander [[Gerold Hightower]]. The resulting [[combat at the tower of joy|skirmish]] saw the deaths of all but Eddard and one companion, [[Howland Reed]].{{ref|AGOT|39}} Eddard is said to have killed Arthur, the [[Sword of the Morning]], in single combat.{{ref|TWOIAF| Dorne: The Andals Arrive}}

[[File:Ned Lyanna Death Promise.jpg|thumb|Eddard makes a promise to [[Lyanna Stark|Lyanna]] before her death - by Amok ©]]

Unfortunately, when Eddard found Lyanna, she was already dying.{{Ref|AGOT|4}} Before her death, she made Eddard promise her something;{{Ref|AGOT|4}} what he promised her has not yet been revealed. The experience haunts Eddard and he recalls her ''"promise me"'' on multiple occasions.{{Ref|AGOT|12}}{{Ref|AGOT|47}}{{Ref|AGOT|58}} However, the shared grief over Lyanna led to his reconciliation with his friend, now King Robert I.{{Ref|aGoT|12}}

When Eddard returned home to [[Winterfell]], he brought with him his bastard son, [[Jon Snow]]. This strained the relationship with his wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], who had given birth to their son [[Robb Stark|Robb]] at [[Riverrun]] during the war. Eddard refused to speak to her about Jon's mother. However, stories concerning her identity circulated nonetheless. When Catelyn heard rumors that the boy's mother was the [[Dorne|Dornish]] noblewoman [[Ashara Dayne]], she confronted Eddard about it, but he told her in a brusque manner that the child was his blood and that was all she needed to know. He subsequently silenced the rumors about Ashara.{{Ref|aGoT|6}} [[Sansa Stark]] recalls hearing whispers that Jon's mother was common born.{{ref|agot|15}} Lord [[Edric Dayne]] believes that, rather than his aunt Ashara, Jon Snow's mother was a woman called [[Wylla]], who worked for [[House Dayne]] and at one point served as Edric's wet-nurse.{{Ref|aSoS|43}} When asked about the mother of his bastard son by King [[Robert I Baratheon]], Eddard also mentions the name Wylla.{{Ref|aGoT|12}} However, Lord [[Godric Borrell]] claims that the daughter of the fisherman who sneaked Eddard away from the Fingers gave birth to Jon Snow.{{Ref|aDwD|9}}

Eddard buried the bones of his deceased kin in the [[crypt of Winterfell]]. Breaking the tradition of only Stark kings and lords having statues, Ned had them carved for Brandon and Lyanna next to that of Lord Rickard.{{ref|AGOT|66}} [[Barbrey Dustin]], now Lady of [[Barrowton]], resented that Eddard returned the horse but not the bones of her husband, Lord [[Willam Dustin|Willam]], who had died fighting alongside Ned in Dorne.{{ref|ADWD|41}} Ned's younger brother, [[Benjen Stark|Benjen]], joined the [[Night's Watch]].{{ref|AWOIAF| Benjen Stark}}

===Lord of Winterfell===
As a second son, Eddard had never expected to become the [[Lord of Winterfell]], and as such did not always feel equal to the task, determined it had all been meant for his elder brother Brandon.{{Ref|AGOT|6}} Lord Stark has taken little interest in affairs south of the [[Neck]].{{ref|AGOT|12}}

In {{Date|289}}, Eddard travelled south to help Robert suppress [[Greyjoy's Rebellion]]. After the decisive [[siege of Pyke]] and Lord [[Balon Greyjoy]]'s surrender, Eddard took Balon's only surviving son, [[Theon Greyjoy|Theon]], to Winterfell as a ward and hostage.{{ref|AGOT|4}} While Eddard tried to be like a father to Theon from time to time,{{ref|acok|11}} the boy still found Lord Stark to be cold.{{Ref|ACOK|11}}

When Lord [[Jorah Mormont]] tried to sell poachers he had caught on his lands into [[slavery]] in {{date|293}}, Eddard travelled to [[Bear Island]] to bring him to justice for his crime. Upon arrival, Ned found that Jorah and [[Lynesse Hightower]] had fled into exile, however.{{ref|agot|12}}

During his marriage to Catelyn, Eddard had five children with her: [[Robb Stark|Robb]], [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]], [[Arya Stark|Arya]], [[Bran Stark|Bran]], and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]].{{Ref|AGOT|Appendix}} Eddard has taught Robb and [[Jon Snow]], his bastard son, about command in battle.{{ref|ASOS|55}}

Arya has visited [[White Harbor]] twice with her father,{{ref|AFFC|22}} and Theon Greyjoy accompanied Lord Stark during a visit to Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] at [[Torrhen's Square]]{{ref|ACOK|37}} and several visits to the [[House Glover|Glovers]] at [[Deepwood Motte]].{{ref|ACOK|24}} The [[northern mountain clans|hill clans]] have always treated Lord Stark generously when he visited the [[northern mountains]],{{ref|ADWD|17}} calling him "the Ned".{{ref|ADWD|42}} Eddard hosted Lord [[Rickard Karstark]] and his daughter, [[Alys Karstark|Alys]], when the girl was six.{{ref|ADWD|44}} [[Mance Rayder]] was part of [[Lord Commander Qorgyle]]'s expedition to Winterfell to see Lord Stark.{{ref|ASOS|7}} Eddard is wary of [[Roose Bolton]], Lord of the [[Dreadfort]].{{ref|ADWD|35}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
[[File:Ned & Ice.jpg|thumb|350px|Eddard with Ice in the [[godswood of Winterfell]] - by Michael Komarck ©]]
Lord Eddard executes [[Gared]], a deserter of the [[Night's Watch]] who claims to have been attacked by [[Others]]. On the return to [[Winterfell]], the party discovers a [[direwolf]] dead on the roadside, her throat pierced by a stag she had slain. Swayed by his bastard son, [[Jon Snow]], Eddard decides not to slay her newborn pups, and instead allow his children to raise them.{{Ref|AGOT|1}}

That same day, a raven arrives bearing word of the death of Lord [[Jon Arryn]], who fostered Eddard as well as [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], and who had long served Robert as [[Hand of the King]].{{Ref|aGoT|2}} Soon Robert arrives with half the court, and Eddard grudgingly accepts his offer to replace Lord Arryn as Hand, as well as a betrothal of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]] to his daughter [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]].{{Ref|AGOT|4}}{{Ref|aGoT|6}} Another message arrives, this one from [[Lysa Arryn]], Jon's widow and the sister of Eddard's wife [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]], sent to Winterfell in secret. Lysa warns the Starks that the [[House Lannister|Lannisters]] were involved in her husband's death.{{Ref|AGOT|6}} When Eddard's son Bran falls and slips into a coma, Eddard and the royal court remain at Winterfell for almost another fortnight,{{Ref|AGOT|10}} though they eventually decide to leave.

During the journey south, Eddard and Robert are at odds whether or not to be concerned about the wedding of the exiled Princess [[Daenerys Targaryen]] to Khal [[Drogo]] of the [[Dothraki]].{{Ref|AGOT|12}} Eddard's youngest daughter [[Arya Stark|Arya]] is involved in an incident in which crown prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]] is injured by Arya's direwolf, [[Nymeria]].{{Ref|AGOT|15}} When Nymeria cannot be found, Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] demands the death of Sansa's direwolf, [[Lady (direwolf)|Lady]], and Eddard executes the wolf himself at [[Darry]]. In order to prevent Queen Cersei from acquiring the pelt, he has her body sent north to be buried at Winterfell.{{Ref|AGOT|16}}

Upon arriving at [[King's Landing]], Eddard is summoned to a [[small council]] meeting. Afterwards, Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] takes Eddard to one of his brothels, where he has been hiding Eddard's wife, Catelyn. She reveals how a [[catspaw]] tried to kill their son [[Bran Stark|Bran]] with a [[Valyrian steel dagger]]. Petyr, known as Littlefinger, claims that the dagger used to be his, but was won in a bet by [[Tyrion Lannister]]. Littlefinger promises to aid Eddard.{{Ref|AGOT|20}} After receiving Maester [[Luwin]]'s message that Bran is awake, Lord Stark and his daughters stay overnight in the godswood of the Red Keep.{{ref|AGOT|25}}

[[File:B60f4c34cb78842db2ee648d90676a7a-d8ij096.jpg|thumb|Eddard in the [[Red Keep]], by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Eddard is shocked to learn that the crown is heavily indebted due to Robert's extravagance, and Jon Arryn and the small council had been unable to restrain him. Robert decrees a great tournament is to be held in honor of Eddard's appointment as Hand of the King, despite Eddard's protests of the cost.{{Ref|aGoT|20}} The [[Hand's tourney]], featuring a joust, melee, and archery contest, attracts knights and freeriders from all over the [[Seven Kingdoms]].{{Ref|aGoT|20}}{{ref|agot|22}}{{Ref|AGOT|27}} Ned and Ser [[Barristan Selmy]], [[Lord Commander of the Kingsguard]], convince Robert not to participate in the melee.{{ref|ADWD|30}}

Eddard discovers that his daughter Arya is in the possession of a sword, [[Needle]], but decides to have her trained in how to use it, instead of taking her sword away. He hires [[Syrio Forel]], a former [[First Sword of Braavos]].{{Ref|AGOT|22}} While Ned later wonders whether Syrio is a proper teacher for Arya, he allows the lessons to continue,{{Ref|AGOT|30}} and is eventually willing to ask Syrio to continue his work at Winterfell.{{Ref|AGOT|44}}

Eddard investigates Jon Arryn's activities before his death, and he discovers that Jon spent a great deal of time with Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] and had been visiting several of Robert's bastard children in the city.{{Ref|aGoT|27}}{{ref|agot|35}} Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] provides the Hand with ''[[The Lineages and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms]]'', which Jon had been reading.{{ref|AGOT|27}}

When news reaches King's Landing that Daenerys is pregnant, Robert holds a council meeting demanding she be put to death. Eddard and Barristan are the only ones to speak out against the move, but Robert, driven by his hatred of the Targaryens, insists on the assassination. Eddard, unwilling to cooperate, resigns his post in protest.{{Ref|aGoT|33}}

Before his planned departure from King's Landing to return to Winterfell, Eddard visits another of Robert's bastard children, a girl named [[Barra]], found by Lord Baelish. Returning from this meeting he is ambushed by Ser [[Jaime Lannister]], who wants revenge for the seizure of his brother Tyrion by Catelyn at the [[crossroads inn]],{{Ref|aGoT|35}} a fact Eddard had learned the day before from [[Yoren]], a [[wandering crow]].{{Ref|AGOT|32}}{{Ref|AGOT|33}} Eight men{{ref|AGOT|39}} die from the ensuing melee, including [[Jory Cassel]], [[Heward]], [[Wyl (guard)|Wyl]], and [[Tregar]], and Ned's leg is broken when his horse falls upon him.{{Ref|AGOT|35}} Pycelle treats Ned, who has a fever dream of the [[combat at the tower of joy|tower of joy]]. While recovering, Robert visits his friend, pardoning him and returning him to office as Hand of the King.{{Ref|aGoT|39}}

Eddard sits on the [[Iron Throne]] and hears petitions while Robert is out on a hunt. Ser [[Raymun Darry]], Ser [[Marq Piper]], and Ser [[Karyl Vance]] bring the news that several villages near the border of the [[westerlands]] have been ravaged by Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]. Eddard sends Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]], [[Thoros of Myr]], and a number of knights, and members of his [[House Stark guards|own household guard]] to bring the Mountain to justice for his crimes against the [[riverlands]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}

While investigating Jon Arryn's interest in Robert's bastard children, Eddard discovers to his horror that Robert's three legitimate children are the product of incest between Queen Cersei and her brother, Jaime.{{ref|aGoT|44}} Eddard decides to confront Cersei, giving her a chance to flee with her children while she still can.{{ref|aGoT|45}} However, Cersei has orchestrated Robert's assassination. As Robert lays on his deathbed, Eddard rebuffs both the suggestion of Robert's youngest brother, Lord [[Renly Baratheon]], that they seize control of the royal children, and Petyr Baelish's urgings to rule as [[regent]] while Cersei and Jaime's thirteen-year-old son, Prince Joffrey, accedes to the Iron Throne, instead planning to deliver it to the elder of Robert's younger brothers, Lord [[Stannis Baratheon|Stannis]].{{ref|aGoT|47}} Littlefinger promises Eddard the support of the [[City Watch of King's Landing]]. [[Vayon Poole]] arranges for Sansa and Arya to return north on the ''[[Wind Witch]]'',{{ref|AGOT|45}} and Ned orders [[Tomard]] to deliver a letter to Stannis at [[Dragonstone]].{{ref|AGOT|47}}

[[File:Ned Stark's execution.jpg|thumb|Eddard's execution by [[Ilyn Payne]], by Magali Villeneuve © Penguin Random House]]

Not wanting to have her betrothal to Joffrey broken, Sansa informs Queen Cersei of her father's plan to leave King's Landing.{{ref|ASOS|51}} When Ned confronts Cersei in the throne room, he is betrayed by Littlefinger. [[House Lannister guards|Red cloaks]] and [[Janos Slynt]]'s gold cloaks kill Eddard's remaining men, and Littlefinger takes the Valyrian dagger from Lord Stark.{{ref|AGOT|49}} Syrio allows Arya to escape Ser [[Meryn Trant]],{{ref|AGOT|50}} but Sansa is captured by the Lannisters.{{ref|AGOT|51}}

In response to his father's imprisonment for treason by Cersei, [[Robb Stark]] calls the northern banners to Winterfell and marches south.{{ref|AGOT|53}} For his part in Ned's downfall, Janos Slynt is named [[Lord of Harrenhal]] by King Joffrey.{{ref|AGOT|57}}

Varys visits Eddard Stark in the dungeons, informing him that if he confesses to treason his life will be spared and he will be given the opportunity to join the [[Night's Watch]]. Eddard initially refuses but agrees to swallow his honor to save the life of his daughter Sansa, who is in Lannister custody.{{ref|aGoT|58}} He is taken to the steps of the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] where, unbeknownst to him, Yoren, his daughter Arya, and the disguised Barristan are amongst the crowd.{{ref|agot|65}}{{Ref|ADWD|11}} Eddard makes a false public confession but the plan goes awry when King Joffrey declares that Eddard must be executed, to the evident shock of Cersei, Varys, and the [[High Septon (fat one)|High Septon]]. Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] beheads Eddard with his own greatsword, [[Ice]].{{ref|aGoT|65}} Joffrey has Eddard's head placed on a spike and forces Sansa to view it.{{ref|aGoT|67}}

Bran and [[Rickon Stark]] dream of their father's death before a raven arrives at Winterfell.{{ref|AGOT|66}} After the [[Battle of the Camps]], Robb is proclaimed [[King in the North]] by northmen and rivermen at [[Riverrun]].{{ref|AGOT|71}}

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Daarken Make an Example.JPG|thumb|Eddard's impaled head at the Red Keep, illustrated by Daarken © Fantasy Flight Games]]
A stonemason creates a granite statue in Ned's image within the [[crypt of Winterfell]].{{ref|ACOK|4}}

[[Tyrion Lannister]] orders the heads of Eddard and other victims to be removed from the spikes of the [[Red Keep]].{{ref|acok|3}} He then sends Eddard's bones to [[Riverrun]].{{ref|ACOK|25}}{{ref|acok|39}} [[Catelyn Stark]] tasks [[Hallis Mollen]] to take the bones north so Eddard can be buried in the [[crypt of Winterfell]] beside his [[Rickard Stark|father]], [[Brandon Stark|brother]] and [[Lyanna Stark|sister]].{{ref|asos|45}} The [[ironborn]] [[Fall of Moat Cailin|take Moat Cailin]] soon after, however, and it is unknown if Eddard's bones made it past the Moat before its fall to [[House Greyjoy]].{{ref|acok|46}}{{ref|acok|50}}{{Ref|asos|45}}

Eddard's execution at the [[Great Sept of Baelor]] has caused a serious deterioration in relations between the crown and the [[Faith of the Seven]], as the High Septon claims that Stark's beheading there profaned the sept with blood.{{Ref|ACOK|3}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
[[Sansa Stark]] would like to name a son Eddard if she were to wed [[Willas Tyrell]], but Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] instead arranges for her to wed his son, [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]].{{ref|ASOS|28}} [[Jeyne Westerling]], Robb's queen, would like to name her children Eddard and Brandon if they have twins.{{ref|ASOS|20}} Robb is slain in the [[Red Wedding]], however.{{ref|ASOS|51}}

After the [[battle beneath the Wall]], [[Stannis Baratheon]] offers to name [[Jon Snow]] as [[Lord of Winterfell]], so that a son of Eddard can help Stannis win the [[north]].{{ref|ASOS|73}} Jon refuses the offer, however, and is instead chosen [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]].{{ref|ASOS|79}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Recalling that [[Janos Slynt]] had helped kill his father, Jon beheads Janos at [[Castle Black]] for insubordination.{{ref|ADWD|7}}

In [[White Harbor]], [[Wylla Manderly]] recalls Eddard's death when declaring her support for [[Stannis Baratheon]] instead of [[Tommen Baratheon|Tommen I Baratheon]].{{ref|ADWD|19}}

[[Bran Stark]], while training to become a [[greenseer]], sees a vision of his father in the past through the eyes of the [[heart tree]] in the [[godswood of Winterfell]]. Through the [[weirwood]], Bran hears his father's prayers that his wife will forgive him and that [[Jon Snow|Jon]] and [[Robb Stark|Robb]] will grow together as brothers.{{Ref|aDwD|34}}

[[Theon Greyjoy]] leads Lady [[Barbrey Dustin]] into the [[crypts of Winterfell]], where they see Eddard's statue. Barbrey blames Eddard for the death of her husband, Lord [[Willam Dustin]]. She tells Theon that if she ever discovers the location of Eddard's bones, she will never allow them to be buried in the crypts along with his ancestors, in revenge for Eddard's failure to return her husband's bones to her.{{Ref|aDwD|41}} Many other northern houses remember Eddard fondly, however, and are willing to march to war against [[House Bolton]] to rescue the Bolton-controlled "[[Arya Stark]]" (actually [[Jeyne Poole]], the daughter of "The Ned".{{Ref|adwd|42}}{{Ref|ADWD|62}}

During the [[walk of atonement]] by [[Cersei Lannister]] through [[King's Landing]], the face of one of the [[smallfolk]] reminds her of Eddard.{{ref|ADWD|65}}

==Quotes by Eddard==
[[File:Sean Bean as Eddard Stark.png|thumb|Sean Bean as Eddard in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|'''Bran''': Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid? '''Eddard''': That is the only time a man can be brave.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}|[[Bran Stark]] and Eddard}}

{{Quote|The blood of the [[First Men]] still flows in the veins of the Starks, and we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}|Eddard to [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{Quote|A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.{{Ref|aGoT|1}}|Eddard to [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{Quote|'''Eddard''': We are not the boys we were. '''Robert''': You were never the boy you were.{{Ref|agot|12}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] and Eddard}}

{{Quote|When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.{{ref|agot|22}}|Eddard to [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Know the men who follow you and let them know you. Don't ask your men to die for a stranger.{{ref|AGOT|22}}|Eddard to [[Robb Stark]]}}

{{quote|Some secrets are safer kept hidden. Some secrets are too dangerous to share, even with those you love and trust.{{ref|AGOT|33}}|Eddard's thoughts}}

{{Quote|Black and white and grey, all the shades of truth.{{ref|AGOT|43}}|Eddard's thoughts}}

{{Quote|"If it came to that, the life of some child I did not know, against [[Robb Stark|Robb]] and [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and [[Arya Stark|Arya]] and [[Bran Stark|Bran]] and [[Rickon Stark|Rickon]], what would I do? Even more so, what would [[Catelyn Stark|Catelyn]] do, if it were [[Jon Snow|Jon]]'s life, against the children of her body?" He did not know. He prayed he never would.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|Eddard's thoughts}}

{{Quote|'''Cersei''': You should have taken [[Seven Kingdoms|the realm]] for yourself. It was there for the taking. [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] told me how you found him on the [[Iron Throne]] the day [[Sack of King's Landing|King's Landing fell]], and made him yield it up. That was your moment. All you needed to do was climb those steps, and sit. Such a sad mistake. '''Eddard''': I have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine, but that was not one of them.{{ref|aGoT|45}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and Eddard}}

{{Quote|In this world only winter is certain. We may lose our heads, it's true ... but what if we prevail?{{ref|ADWD|9}}|Eddard to the [[House Borrell|Borrells]]}}

==Quotes about Eddard==
[[File:Collage lb image page7 5 1.jpg|thumb|Eddard, by Mark Evans © Fantasy Flight Games]]
{{Quote|You are too hard on yourself, Ned. You always were. Damn it, no woman wants [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor the Blessed]] in her bed.{{Ref|agot|12}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to Eddard}}

{{Quote|Damn you, Ned Stark. You and [[Jon Arryn]], I loved you both. What have you done to me? You were the one should have been king, you or Jon.{{Ref|agot|30}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to Eddard}}

{{Quote|You never could lie for love nor honor, Ned Stark.{{Ref|agot|30}}|[[Robert I Baratheon]] to Eddard}}

{{Quote|No, my lord, when the swords come out in earnest, you will be the only true friend [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]] will have.{{ref|agot|30}}|[[Varys]] to Eddard}}

{{Quote|You wear your honor like a suit of armor, Stark. You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move.{{ref|agot|47}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] to Eddard}}

{{Quote|You are an honest and honorable man, Lord Eddard. Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life ... When I see what honesty and honor have won you, I understand why.{{Ref|aGoT|58}}|[[Varys]] to Eddard}}

{{Quote|Ned Stark a traitor? Not bloody likely. The [[Long Summer]] will come again before that one would besmirch his precious honor.{{ref|ACOK|27}}|[[Jorah Mormont]] to [[Quhuru Mo]]}}

{{Quote|As for your Ned, he should have kissed the hand that killed [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys]], but he preferred to scorn the arse he found sitting on [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert's]] [[Iron Throne|throne]].{{Ref|ACOK|55}}|[[Jaime Lannister]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|I knew Ned Stark as well. Your father was no friend of mine, but only a fool would doubt his honor or his honesty.{{Ref|aSOS|76}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|A long time ago, she remembered her father saying that when the cold wind blows the lone wolf dies but the pack survives. He had it all backwards. Arya, the lone wolf, still lived, but the wolves of the pack had been taken and slain and skinned.{{Ref|aFfC|6}}|thoughts of [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Your father was a stubborn man as well. Honor, he called it. Well, honor has its costs, as Lord Eddard learned to his sorrow.{{ref|ADWD|17}}|[[Stannis Baratheon]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

==Family==
{{Stark tree}}

==Behind the Scenes==
According to [[George R. R. Martin]], Eddard has similarities with [[w:William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings|Lord Hastings]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1436 Boskone (Boston, MA; February 17-19)], February 17, 2006</ref>

==References==
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Mya Stone

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'''Mya Stone''' is a young woman serving [[House Royce of the Gates of the Moon]]. She is one of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s [[bastardy|bastards]]. Mya serves as a guide on the treacherous rocky climb from the [[Vale of Arryn (valley)|Vale]] to the [[Eyrie]], leading trains of mules, such as [[Whitey]].{{ref|AGOT|34}} She also transports foodstuffs from the foot of the [[Giant's Lance]] to the Eyrie.{{ref|AFFC|23}}

==Appearance and Character==
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Mya is a tall, strapping young woman, with coal-black hair cut short and deep blue eyes.{{Ref|agot|34}} Her eyes are said to be her best feature. Mya is said to have a mirthful, lusty personality. She tends to dress in a masculine manner, eschewing dresses for leather. She is seventeen or eighteen years old.{{ref|AGOT|30}}

==History==
Young [[Robert I Baratheon|Robert Baratheon]], Lord of [[Storm's End]], fathered Mya, his first child, on a commoner{{ref|AWOIAF| Mya Stone}} while he and [[Eddard Stark]] were being fostered in the [[Vale of Arryn]] at the court of [[Jon Arryn]], Lord of the [[Eyrie]].{{ref|AGOT|30}} When [[Lyanna Stark]], Ned's sister, heard of Mya's birth and parentage, she became less enthusiastic about her betrothal to Robert.{{Ref|agot|35}} Robert often brought Ned along during his daily visits to see Mya, even after he lost interest in her mother.{{ref|AGOT|30}} Mya remained in the Vale at the [[Gates of the Moon]]{{ref|AWOIAF| Mya Stone}} when Robert became king after [[Robert's Rebellion]] and took up residence in the [[Red Keep]] of [[King's Landing]].

At some point after the birth of Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], Robert expressed interest in taking one of his baseborn daughters (apparently Mya) to court in King's Landing. Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] did not protest, but spitefully stated that "the city is not a healthy place for a growing girl", inferring that Cersei would harm her. Robert grew enraged enough to strike his wife, but did not press the point.{{Ref|affc|17}}

Mya is somewhat openly known to be the [[bastardy|bastard]] daughter of the king, although she was not acknowledged by her father. She has vague memories of him, as a big strong man tossing her in the air and catching her.{{ref|AFFC|41}} While [[Maddy]] knows the truth, it is unclear if Mya is aware that the king is her father.{{ref|AFFC|41}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Having learned that [[Gendry]] is one of King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s [[bastards]], Lord [[Eddard Stark]] recalls Mya from when he was fostered with Robert at the court of Lord [[Jon Arryn]].{{ref|AGOT|30}}

After [[Catelyn Stark]]'s arrival at the [[Gates of the Moon]], she is ordered to ascend to the [[Eyrie]] by Lady [[Lysa Arryn]]. Mya assists Catelyn to [[Sky]] using mules, after which Lady Stark ascends to the Eyrie in a basket. Mya tells Cat that she is in love with a squire, [[Mychel Redfort]], and hopes to marry him when he is made a [[knight]]. Cat believes this unlikely to happen, as Mya is baseborn and [[House Redfort]] descends from [[First Men]] nobility.{{Ref|aGoT|34}}

===''A Storm of Swords''===
Mya is now nineteen years old, King Robert's eldest child.{{Ref|aSoS|Appendix}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[Myranda Royce]] reveals to "[[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]]" that Mya lost her virginity to Mychel. Mya still hoped for marriage, till the newly-knighted Mychel was ordered by his father, Lord [[Horton Redfort]], to marry [[Ysilla Royce]], daughter of Lord [[Yohn Royce]].{{ref|AFFC|41}}

Mya catches the eye of the older Ser [[Lothor Brune]].{{Ref|aFfC|41}} Mya assists Alayne and Lord [[Robert Arryn]] when they descend from the Eyrie to the [[Gates of the Moon]]. She commands other mule handlers, including [[Carrot]] and [[Ossy]].{{Ref|aFfC|41}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Mya informs young Robert that Lady [[Anya Waynwood]]'s party has arrived at the Gates of the Moon for the tourney for the [[Brotherhood of Winged Knights]]. Alayne notices that Mya is unhappy with Mychel's presence at the castle, and also that the baseborn girl seems nervous around nobility.<ref>[[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)]]</ref>

==Quotes by Mya==
{{quote|I promise you, my lady, no harm will come to you. It would be my honor to take you up. I've made the dark climb a hundred times. [[Mychel Redfort|Mychel]] says my father must have been a goat.{{ref|AGOT|34}}|Mya to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|[[Mychel Redfort|Mychel]] says I have the eyes of the owl.{{ref|AGOT|34}}|Mya to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Men come and go. They lie, or die, or leave you. A mountain is not a man, though, and stone is a mountain's daughter. I trust my father, and I trust my mules. I won't fall.{{ref|affc|41}}|Mya to "[[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]]"}}

==Quotes about Mya==
{{quote|Mya's a clever girl, and if she vows she will bring you safely to the Lady [[Lysa Arryn|Lysa]], I believe her. She has not failed me yet.{{ref|AGOT|34}}|[[Nestor Royce]] to [[Catelyn Stark]]}}

{{quote|She could be pretty, if she would dress up like a girl.{{ref|AFFC|41}}|thoughts of "[[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]]"}}

{{quote|'''Alayne''': Do you think Ser [[Lothor Brune|Lothor]] likes her as she is, in mail and leather? Or does he dream of her draped in silks and velvets? 
'''Myranda''': He's a man. He dreams of her naked.{{ref|AFFC|41}}|"[[Sansa Stark|Alayne Stone]]" and [[Myranda Royce]]}}

==Family Tree==
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==References==
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