An outlaw is a person declared outside the protection of the law.
About
Outlaws sometimes organized in disparate bands, such as the Kingswood Brotherhood, the Brotherhood of Bones and the Brotherhood without banners.[1]
The punishment for outlawry is generally death by hanging.[2][3][4][5][6] A lord's bailiff has the authority to deliver justice to outlaws in the name of his lord.[2][7]
History
Prince Maegor Targaryen defeated the Giant of the Trident in 31 AC.[8]
The outlaw calling himself Harren the Red took control of Harrenhal at the start of King Aenys I Targaryen's reign.[8]
King Maegor I outlawed the Faith Militant.[8]
In the aftermath of the Dance of the Dragons, bands of outlaws and broken men haunted the roads and woods. Among them were some of the northmen who were part of Lord Cregan Stark's army and stayed in the riverlands at the end of the war.[9]
Lord Benjicot Blackwood's party was thrice attacked by outlaws on their way to Winterfell for the wedding of his aunt, Alysanne Blackwood, to Lord Cregan Stark.[9]
Lady Alys Rivers was said to have ruled over outlaws, robber knights and broken men at Harrenhal.[9]
Both Lucinda Penrose and Patricia Redwyne, who came to King's Landing to attend the Maiden's Day Ball in 133 AC, were set upon by outlaws on their way.[10]
After returning from the War of the Ninepenny Kings in 260 AC, Ser Tywin Lannister charged Ser Kevan Lannister, his younger brother, with command of a company of five hundred knights to rid the Westerlands of robber knights and outlaws.[11]
One day, Jaime and his brother 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 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 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.[12][13]
Recent events
A Storm of Swords
Maidenpool is sacked three times during the War of the Five Kings, once by "lions", once by "wolves", and finally by outlaws.[14] On the road between Maidenpool and Duskendale,[15] Ser Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, and Ser Cleos Frey are ambushed by outlaw archers.[16]
Sandor Clegane dismisses the brotherhood without banners as a sorry lot of outlaws and broken men.[17]
A Feast for Crows
After Ser Jaime Lannister cautions Ser Kevan Lannister about going after Sandor Clegane, Kevan reminds Jaime that he was hanging outlaws and robber knights when Jaime was still a baby.[4]
During the journey to lift the siege of Riverrun, Ser Jaime Lannister and his host come across the lands held by the brothers Wode, two landed knights sworn to Harrenhal, where he hangs several outlaws taking shelter in the cellar beneath one of the ruined halls.[5]
Known characters who killed/were sent to deal with outlaws
- Prince Maegor Targaryen[8]
- Ser Regis Groves[9]
- Ser Damon Darry[9]
- Ser Arlan of Pennytree[18]
- Lord Hoster Tully[2]
- Ser Arthur Dayne[19]
- Merrett Frey[1]
- Ser Kevan Lannister[4]
- Lord Randyll Tarly[20]
- Ser Jaime Lannister[5]
- Ser Harwyn Plumm[19]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Storm of Swords, Epilogue.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 22, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 39, Arya VII.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 31, Brienne VI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 57, Tyrion XI.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Fire & Blood, The Sons of the Dragon.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Under the Regents - War and Peace and Cattle Shows.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands: House Lannister Under the Dragons.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 77, Tyrion XI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 42, Tyrion VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 21, Jaime III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 34, Arya VI.
- ↑ The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 30, Jaime IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 25, Brienne V.