| Black Lorren | |
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| Alias | Black Lorren |
| Title | Castellan of Winterfell |
| Allegiance | House Greyjoy |
| Culture | Ironborn |
| Died |
299 AC Winterfell |
| Book | A Clash of Kings (appears) |
| Played by | Forbes KB |
| TV series | Game of Thrones: Season 2 |
Black Lorren is a famous ironborn fighter.[1]
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Lorren is portrayed by Forbes KB.
Appearance and Character
Lorren is a squat, thick man with a long black beard.[2] He wields axe and sword.[3]
Black Lorren and Qarl the Maid are considered among the fiercest ironborn warriors, behind only Andrik the Unsmiling.[1] Lorren is willing to die in battle and is contemptuous of underhanded tactics.[3]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Black Lorren is among the ironborn who participate in the harrying of the Stony Shore, during which he and Urzen silence animals too badly wounded to be saved. [1]
Lorren is part of Theon Greyjoy's force that captures Winterfell.[2] When Theon notices that Summer and Shaggydog have gone missing, he tasks Lorren with making a round of the castle's gates. Lorren finds Drennan's body by the Hunter's Gate, and Theon has him pull Squint's body from the moat with a pike.[4] Theon leaves Lorren as his castellan when he searches for Bran and Rickon Stark in the wolfswood.[4]
When Asha Greyjoy arrives from Deepwood Motte, Black Lorren brings her to the Great Hall of Winterfell for breakfast. He and Asha both believe that Theon should abandon Winterfell, but Theon refuses their advice.[5]
When northmen led by Ser Rodrik Cassel arrive to retake Winterfell, Theon gathers the ironmen and offers them the choice of departing or staying to fight by his side. Wex Pyke, Theon's squire, is the first to step forward in reponse, and Black Lorren follows next, shamed and scowling. Lorren advises Theon to expel the smallfolk of Winterfell to prevent them from attacking the remaining defenders, but Theon refuses. Lorren offers to defend Winterfell's drawbridge against attacking northmen by himself, but he is again refused. Instead, Theon chooses to stay Rodrik's attack by threatening to have Lorren hang his daughter, Beth Cassel, during a parley; a disapproving Lorren views Theon with contempt.[3]
Black Lorren and Theon watch the battle outside the gates of Winterfell from the castle's battlements. Lorren mans the main gate when "Red Helm" has the bodies of Rodrik, Leobald Tallhart, and Cley Cerwyn brought forward by men of the Dreadfort. Lorren, Theon, and Maester Luwin meet the victors in the yard, where "Red Helm" reveals himself to be Ramsay Snow. Lorren defends himself with his sword when four men from House Bolton attack him.[3]
After the sack of Winterfell by the Boltons, Bran Stark and his companions emerge from hiding in the crypt. They find Black Lorren's body in the yard, and Osha notices that he had been able to kill a few attackers before being slain.[6]
Quote by Lorren
Lorren: They fear no foe in open battle, but it is another thing to dwell among enemies, never knowing if the washerwoman means to kiss you or kill you, or whether the serving boy is filling your cup with ale or bale. We would do well to leave this place.
Theon: I am the Prince of Winterfell! This is my seat, no man will drive me from it. No, nor woman either![5]—Lorren and Theon Greyjoy
I'll take my axe and stand on that drawbridge, and let them come try me. One at a time, two, three, it makes no matter. None will pass the moat while I still draw breath.[3]
—Lorren to Theon Greyjoy
Lorren: Only blood can wash out blood. Knights may keep their truces with other knights, but they are not so careful of their honor when dealing with those they deem outlaw.
Theon: I am the Prince of Winterfell and heir to the Iron Islands. Now go find the girl and do as I told you.[3]—Lorren and Theon Greyjoy
Quotes about Lorren
The singers call Andrik best now. Andrik the Unsmiling, they name him. A giant of a man. He serves Lord Drumm of Old Wyk. And Black Lorren and Qarl the Maid are near as dread.[1]
Winterfell is yours in my absence. If we do not return, do with it as you will.[4]
—Theon Greyjoy to Lorren
He means to die, thought Theon. It's not victory he wants, it's an end worthy of a song.[3]
—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy
He had been hacked and cut so badly that his beard looked a reddish-brown now.[6]
—thoughts of Bran Stark
External Links
- Lorren on the Game of Thrones wiki.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 37, Theon III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 46, Bran VI.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 66, Theon VI.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 50, Theon IV.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 56, Theon V.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 69, Bran VII.