Raymun Darry
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 Raymun by Aleksander Karcz © Fantasy Flight Games | ||||
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| Allegiance | House Darry | |||
| Culture | Rivermen | |||
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298 AC the Mummer's Ford | |||
| Father | Lord Darry | |||
| Issue | Lyman Darry | |||
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Raymun Darry is a knight of House Darry[1][N 1]
Contents
Character
Raymun and Robert I Baratheon have a wary relationship, since House Darry supported House Targaryen during Robert's Rebellion.[2] Raymun dislikes House Lannister.[7]
History
Ser Raymun's three older brothers all died fighting for the Targaryens in the Battle of the Trident.[2]
Under Raymun, House Darry has secretly kept its loyalty to the Targaryens after Robert's Rebellion.[3]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Arya Stark goes missing after her direwolf, Nymeria, attacks Prince Joffrey Baratheon along the Trident. King Robert I Baratheon's royal party stays at Darry uninvited during the search for the girl. The king appropriates Raymun's audience chamber, sitting in his high seat,[2] as well as his bedchamber.[3] Raymun keeps his emotions guarded when Arya is eventually brought before Robert.[2] Raymun is not formally mentioned as "Lord of Darry", but Lord Eddard Stark thinks of him as the castle's lord.[2] It is possible that Raymun's father was still alive, having retired from active rule in the years after the rebellion, with Raymun being the de facto lord.[6]
In response to the raising of a House Lannister host at Casterly Rock,[8] Raymun rides to Riverrun with all his strength as Ser Edmure Tully prepares the defenses of the riverlands.[7] Ser Gregor Clegane leads raids across the Red Fork of the Trident.[7] Hoster Tully, Lord Paramount of the Trident, sends Raymun, Ser Marq Piper, and Ser Karyl Vance to King's Landing with the survivors of Sherrer to ask the permission of King Robert to retaliate against the raiders. Eddard Stark, Hand of the King, sends Raymun with Beric Dondarrion, Lord of Blackhaven, to execute Gregor.[7]
Beric's party is ambushed by the Mountain's men, and Raymun is killed in the battle at the Mummer's Ford.[9] According to a semi-canon source, his father, the current Lord of Darry, dies in the battle as well.[5] His son, Lyman Darry, becomes the new lord and is among the nobles assembled at Riverrun.[10]
A Clash of Kings
Lyman is killed by Gregor in the sack of Darry.[11]
A Storm of Swords
Harwin tells Arya that Gregor killed Raymun with one blow, cutting off his arm at the elbow and killing his horse.[12] When the brotherhood without banners list the victims of House Lannister to Sandor Clegane, Tom of Sevenstreams mentions "Ser Raymun Darry, Lord Darry, young Lord Darry"; it is possible that "Lord Darry" and "young Lord Darry" refer respectively to Raymun's father and son.[4]
A Feast for Crows
Ser Jaime Lannister recalls that his brother Tyrion had found portraits of all of the kings from House Targaryen in Darry's cellar; Raymun had removed the tapestries for King Robert's visit to the castle.[3] While practicing in the castle's godswood, Jaime recounts to Ser Ilyn Payne that he had slept with his twin, Queen Cersei Lannister, in Raymun's bed after a drunken Robert had passed out on the floor.[3]
Quotes
Varys: You are quite certain these were more than brigands?
Raymun: Brigands, Lord Varys? Oh, they were brigands, beyond a doubt. Lannister brigands.[7]—Varys and Raymun
The lords of the Trident keep the king's peace. The Lannisters have broken it. We ask leave to answer them, steel for steel. We ask justice for the smallfolk of Sherrer and Wendish Town and the Mummer's Ford.[7]
—Raymun to Petyr Baelish
Family
| Lord Darry | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lord Darry | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 older brothers | Raymun | Unknown wife | Mariya | Merrett Frey | Jeyne | Cleos Frey | Jonothor | Willem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bastard cousin | Lyman | Tywin Frey | Willem Frey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pate of the Blue Fork | Amerei Frey | Lancel Lannister | Walda Frey | Roose Bolton | Marissa Frey | Stillborn daughter | Daughter | Walder Frey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Ser Raymun Darry is never formally called Lord of Darry in A Song of Ice and Fire, both in text and appendices, although Eddard Stark and Jaime Lannister thinks of him as Darry's lord.[2][3] Tom of Sevenstreams mentions "Ser Raymun Darry, Lord Darry, young Lord Darry" among House Lannister's victims; it is possible that "Lord Darry" and "young Lord Darry" refer respectively to Raymun's father and son, implying that Raymun was never a lord.[4] According to a semi-canon source, "Lord Darry ruled the House, but Ser Gregor Clegane kills both him and his heir Ser Raymun at Mummer’s Ford at the Red Fork of the Trident. Ser Raymun’s eight- or nine-year-old son succeeds to the lordship of the House."[5] It is possible that Lord Darry was still alive at the start of A Game of Thrones, having retired from active rule in the years after Robert's Rebellion, with Raymun being the de facto lord.[6]
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 16, Eddard III.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 30, Jaime IV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 34, Arya VI.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones: d20-based Open Gaming RPG, The World of A Game of Thrones: Riverlands
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Westeros.org: Small Questions, April 30, 2020
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 43, Eddard XI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 40, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.