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 Justin Massey, by Paolo Puggioni © Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
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| Alias | The smiler | |||
| Title | Ser | |||
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| Culture | Crownlands | |||
| Born | Stonedance[1] | |||
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Justin Massey is a knight from House Massey and one of the queen's men in service to Stannis Baratheon.[2]
Appearance and Character
[edit]Justin is a large,[3] fleshy man with loose limbs.[4] He has pink cheeks,[3] blue eyes,[3] and a tangled mop of thick straight hair, white blond and pale as flax.[4][3] The fair knight has a neatly-trimmed blond beard.[5]
Justin wears a tunic displaying the triple spiral of House Massey[3] and a cloak.[6] He wields sword[5] and dagger[6] and rides a big destrier.[6]
Justin, who has a pleasing manner[4] and a ready smile,[4][3][6] often tells jokes with a glib tongue. [3][5] Stannis Baratheon refers to Justin as "the smiler",[4] and Clayton Suggs considers him a "prancing fool".[6] Though ambitious,[4] Justin is not thought of as a particularly skilled fighter by Stannis[5] or Asha Greyjoy.[3]
History
[edit]Justin once squired for Robert Baratheon, from whom it is said he acquired his appetite for women.[4]
Recent Events
[edit]A Clash of Kings
[edit]Ser Justin fights alongside Stannis Baratheon at the Battle of the Blackwater. He and Ser Richard Horpe advise the retreat to Dragonstone when the battle appears lost.[5]
A Storm of Swords
[edit]Stannis sails for the north and is victorious over the free folk army of Mance Rayder in the battle beneath the Wall.[7]
A Feast for Crows
[edit]Justin is part of Stannis's court at Castle Black.[2]
A Dance with Dragons
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Still among Stannis's knights and sworn swords,[8] Justin sits high in his councils.[9] Justin and Ser Richard Horpe are sent south from Castle Black, their departure noted by Dywen. Jon Snow, the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, deduces the so-called wrong-way rangers are acting as envoys for Stannis.[9]
Upon his return to Castle Black, Justin argues with Jon about the likely length of Roose Bolton's siege of Moat Cailin, believing the ironborn will hold out for a longer period. Justin counsels Stannis to strike against the Dreadfort. and he taunts Ser Godry Farring about the basis for his nickname, Giantslayer. Stannis believes that Justin and Richard both aspire to be named Lord of Winterfell for their service, but the king plans to give the title to Arnolf Karstark. Stannis also believes that Justin hopes to marry Val.[4]
Stannis captures Asha Greyjoy and defeats her ironborn in the fight by Deepwood Motte.[10] Justin reluctantly follows Stannis in his march on Winterfell, fearing the long journey and the prospect of a siege in the snow. Justin commands the baggage train and is concerned about the scarcity of provisions. He believes that Melisandre brings good fortune to Stannis and wishes that she was with the host instead of at the Wall, but he is less devout than some queen's men.[3]
Justin is courteous to Asha, bringing her food, wine, and company. Asha thinks he wishes to marry her, claim her lands, seat her on the Seastone Chair at Pyke, and rule through her as her lord and master since he has lost his own lands through supporting Stannis. Asha believes her defeat at the kingsmoot on Old Wyk by her uncle, Euron Greyjoy, and her defeat at Deepwood by Stannis has lessened her in the eyes of the ironborn, however. She does not deflate Justin's hopes but does not see him as a strong prospect.[3]
Justin warns Asha when the others begin to talk of sacrificing an unbeliever to R'hllor to end the snowstorms that plague the march on Winterfell. Justin's baggage train suffers heavy losses with horses foundering and exhausted men sitting to die in the snow. He removes Asha's fetters on the twentieth day of the march, as the horse drawing her wayn has died.[3]
When Melisandre prophesies a girl coming to the Wall, Jon Snow guesses she is Arya Stark and fears that Stannis would want to marry her to Justin, Richard, or Godry.[11] The girl turns out to be Alys Karstark, however, and Jon arranges her marriage to Sigorn of the Thenns.[12]
Justin's destrier dies while Stannis's host is snowbound at a crofters' village. Justin intervenes when Ser Clayton Suggs manhandles Asha and threatens to have her burned at the stake. When they eat together in the village's longhall, Justin argues they should remain camped instead of pressing on to Winterfell. Justin leaves the dinner when Richard accuses him of cowardice and questions his faith in R'hllor.[6]
The Winds of Winter
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Stannis orders Ser Justin to accompany the banker Tycho Nestoris back to Braavos. Justin is to first escort "Arya Stark" safely to her brother Jon Snow at the Wall. He is to be accompanied by Alysane Mormont and the brothers of the Night's Watch who escorted Tycho south from the Wall. Once in Braavos he will use Stannis's newly-acquired wealth from the Iron Bank of Braavos to hire at least twenty thousand sellswords, plus the ships needed to bring them back across the narrow sea.[5]
Stannis tasks Justin to return with the sellswords even if he falls in battle, and to fight the war in the name of his daughter, Shireen Baratheon. Justin protests that his place is by Stannis's side if there is to be battle, but Stannis says that he is better suited as an envoy than a warrior. When Justin counsels Stannis to undertake the journey himself and raise an army like Ser Aegor Rivers did after the Redgrass Field, the angry Stannis is reminded of Justin's counsel to flee the Blackwater. Before leaving Justin appeals to Stannis for a lordship to improve his standing as an envoy, but is rebuffed. He asks Stannis to send Asha with him, still pursuing marriage with her. Stannis refuses but allows that he may be rewarded with the marriage on his return.[5]
Quotes by Justin
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Justin: Oh, leave off, Godry. We all know what a big giant sword you have, I'm sure. No need for you to wave it in our faces yet again.
Godry: The only thing waving here is your tongue, Massey.[4]—Justin and Godry Farring
Justin: The king has other plans for his prize captive.
Clayton: The king? Or you? Scheme all you like, Massey. She'll still be for the fire, her and her king's blood.[6]—Justin and Clayton Suggs
Humfrey: If death is our fate, let us die with swords in hand.
Justin: Feel free to perish as you wish, Humfrey. Myself, I would sooner live to see another spring.
Robin: Some might call that craven.
Justin: Better a craven than a cannibal.[6]—Humfrey Clifton, Justin, and Robin Peasebury
Justin: Gods be good, are all you Karstarks mad?
Richard: Gods? You forget yourself, Justin. We have but one god here. Speak not of demons in this company. Only the Lord of Light can save us now. Wouldn't you agree?
Justin: The Lord of Light, aye. My faith runs as deep as your own, Richard, you know that.
Richard: It is your courage I question, Justin, not your faith. You have preached defeat every step of the way since we rode forth from Deepwood Motte. It makes me wonder whose side you are on.[6]—Justin and Richard Horpe
Stannis: Serve me well in this matter of the sellswords, and you may have what you desire. Until such time, the woman must needs remain my captive.
Justin: I understand.
Stannis: Your understanding is not required. Only your obedience.[5]—Stannis Baratheon and Justin
Quotes about Justin
[edit]Horpe and Massey aspire to your father's seat. Massey wants the wildling princess too. He once served my brother Robert as squire and acquired his appetite for female flesh.[4]
A man of easy smiles and endless japes, large and well fleshed, with pink cheeks, blue eyes, and a wind-tossed tangle of white-blond hair as pale as flax, he was a considerate gaoler, ever solicitous of his captive's comfort.[3]
—thoughts of Asha Greyjoy
The Crow's Eye could eat Ser Justin to break his fast and never even belch.[3]
—thoughts of Asha Greyjoy
My champion is made of suet. Even so, Ser Justin was one of the few who might object should the queen's men try to burn her. [6]
—thoughts of Asha Greyjoy
References
[edit]- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Justin Massey.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 42, The King's Prize.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 17, Jon IV.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 The Winds of Winter, Chapter , Theon I.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 62, The Sacrifice.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 73, Jon X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 7, Jon II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 44, Jon IX.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.