Maege Mormont
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 Maege by Emile Denis © Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
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| Alias | The She-Bear[1] | |||
| Title | Lady of Bear Island | |||
| Allegiance | House Mormont | |||
| Culture | Northmen | |||
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239–259 AC[2] Bear Island[3] | |||
| Father | Lord Mormont | |||
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| Played by | Elizabeth Barrett | |||
| TV series |
Game of Thrones: Season 1 | |||
Maege Mormont, known as the She-Bear,[1] is the head of House Mormont and the Lady of Bear Island, having inherited her title from her nephew, Ser Jorah Mormont, after he fled into exile. She is the younger sister of the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jeor Mormont.[4]
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Maege is portrayed by Elizabeth Barrett.
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Appearance and Character
Maege is a short, stout, grey-haired woman.[5][6] She wears patched ringmail[7] and leather.[6] Lady Mormont's favored weapon is a spiked mace,[8] and she carries a warhorn.[9] Maege's shield and surcoat depict the black bear of House Mormont.[6]
Lady Mormont follows the old gods.[8] According to her brother, Jeor Mormont, Maege is stubborn, short-tempered, and willful.[10] There are rumors that she beds with a bear;[11][12] Her daughter Alysane smilingly shares the same rumor, claiming that Mormont women are skinchangers who turn into bears and find mates in the woods.[13]
History
Maege became the head of House Mormont and Lady of Bear Island after her nephew, Lord Jorah Mormont, fled to the Free Cities to escape justice for unlawfully selling poachers into slavery to pay for his debts.[14]
Maege has five daughters: Dacey, Alysane, Lyra, Jorelle, and Lyanna. According to a semi-canon source, no one knows who the father of Maege's children is or even if she ever married.[15] There have been rumors that she took a bear for her lover;[11] Maege prefers to keep her own counsel.[15] Nonetheless, all of Maege's daughters carry the Mormont name and none appear to be considered bastards. It is possible that Maege's husband came from a family of lower nobility than the Mormonts, or no nobility at all, in which case a woman can prefer to retain her own surname for herself and for her children.[15]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Lady Maege and her heir, Dacey, lead their forces to Winterfell when Robb Stark calls his banners to ride south against the Lannisters. Maege unsuccessfully suggests that Robb marry one of her granddaughters.[5]
When the northern host splits at the Twins, Maege continues south in Robb's host. Her forces signal the springing of the trap at the battle in the Whispering Wood.[9]
Maege is among the northmen who pray in the godswood of Riverrun in the aftermath of the Battle of the Camps. After Lords Jon Umber and Rickard Karstark proclaim Robb to be King in the North at Riverrun, Maege hails Robb as "King of Winter".[8]
A Clash of Kings
After the Battle of Oxcross, Lady Mormont captures thousands of cattle in the westerlands and drives them towards Riverrun.[16]
A Storm of Swords
Maege is in attendance when Robb and his mother, Catelyn Stark, reunite at Riverrun. She commiserates with Catelyn, who had released Ser Jaime Lannister from captivity without Robb's permission after learning of the supposed deaths of Bran and Rickon Stark.[7]
Lady Maege is among the northern lords who accompany King Robb from Riverrun to attend the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey at the Twins. Catelyn grows closer to Maege during the journey, and Maege and Dacey speak with Catelyn about life at Bear Island and about Lynesse Hightower.[6]
Lady Mormont is part of Robb's council at Hag's Mire. She and Galbart Glover are ordered by Robb to travel to Seagard. There they are to take separate ships from Lord Jason Mallister to sail up the Neck and to search for Greywater Watch as envoys to the crannogmen, in preparation for Robb's plan against Moat Cailin. The letters they carry will contain false commands for northern lords, however, in case they are captured by enemies. Maege is a witness to Robb presenting his will.[6]
Dacey and Robb are among those killed at the Twins during the Red Wedding.[17]
A Dance with Dragons
Alysane Mormont mentions her mother when Asha Greyjoy asks about her siblings. Maege is with two of her other daughters, Lyra and Jory, though it is not said where, while her youngest, Lyanna is back on Bear Island.[13] When Stannis Baratheon demands the support of the northern bannermen, Lyanna writes that "Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK."[18]
Quotes by Maege
Begging for a truce will make us seem weak.[8]
—Maege to Stevron Frey
We are stronger than we seem, my lady.[6]
—Maege to Catelyn Stark
Quotes about Maege
A visit home would only stir up feelings best left alone. I know these things. My own blood kin ... my sister Maege rules Bear Island now, since my son's dishonor. I have nieces I have never seen.[14]
Stout, grey-haired Maege Mormont, dressed in mail like a man, told Robb bluntly that he was young enough to be her grandson, and had no business giving her commands ... but as it happened, she had a granddaughter she would be willing to have him marry.[5]
—thoughts of Bran Stark
You are not the only one touched by this war. Like as not, my sister is marching in your brother's host, her and those daughters of hers, dressed in men's mail. Maege is a hoary old snark, stubborn, short-tempered, and willful. Truth be told, I can hardly stand to be around the wretched woman, but that does not mean my love for her is any less than the love you bear your half sisters.[10]
—Jeor Mormont to Jon Snow
Tyrion: Whoever the king names will not have an easy time stepping into your armor, I can tell. Lord Mormont faces the same problem.
Janos: I thought she was a lady. Mormont. Beds down with bears, that's the one?
Tyrion: It was her brother I was speaking of. Jeor Mormont, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.[12]
The daughter was tall and lean, the mother short and stout, but they dressed alike in mail and leather, with the black bear of House Mormont on shield and surcoat. By Catelyn's lights, that was queer garb for a lady, yet Dacey and Lady Maege seemed more comfortable, both as warriors and as women, than ever the girl from Tarth had been.[6]
—thoughts of Catelyn Stark
Family
| Lord Mormont | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lord Mormont | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeor | Unknown wife | Maege | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Glover | Jorah | Lynesse Hightower | Dacey | Alysane | Unknown | Lyra | Jorelle | Lyanna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daughter [Note 1] | Son [Note 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ See the Maege Mormont calculation.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Maege Mormont.
- ↑ Maege's possible years of birth all take place after Jeor's year of birth. See the Maege Mormont calculation and the Jeor Mormont calculation for more information.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon IX.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 6, Jon I.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 8, Tyrion II.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 42, The King's Prize.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 21, Tyrion III.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 So Spake Martin: SF, Targaryens, Valyria, Sansa, Martells, and More, June 26, 2001
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3, Jon I.