Stableboy at King's Landing
| Stableboy | |
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| Allegiance | House Baratheon of King's Landing |
| Culture | Crownlands |
| Died |
298 AC Red Keep |
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A stableboy at King's Landing[1][2] serves at the stables of the Red Keep. His given name is unknown.
Contents
Appearance
The stableboy wears a filthy white undertunic beneath a soiled jerkin.[3]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
During the arrest of Eddard Stark at the Red Keep, Syrio Forel defends Arya Stark from Ser Meryn Trant and allows the girl to escape the Tower of the Hand. The stableboy encounters Arya when she is in the stables. She asks for his help saddling a horse, but the stableboy instead tries to apprehend her in hopes of reward from Queen Cersei Lannister. When he grabs her arm, Arya stabs the stableboy with her sword, Needle, killing the youth.[3]
A Clash of Kings
Arya worries what Yoren would think if he knew that she had killed the stableboy.[4]
A Storm of Swords
When Arya tells Harwin about what has happened to her, she omits the death of the stableboy.[5] Arya worries about her brother Robb, King in the North, finding out about the stableboy.[6] Arya thinks of the stableboy while speaking with Lord Edric Dayne.[1]
A Dance with Dragons
While at the House of Black and White in Braavos, Arya has a dream in which she sees the hanging faces of those she has slain, including the stableboy's.[7]
Quotes by the stableboy
Stableboy: She don't know me, but I knows her, oh, yes. The wolf girl.
Arya: Help me saddle a horse. My father's the Hand of the King, he'll reward you.
Stableboy: Father's dead. It's the queen who'll be rewarding me.[3]—Stableboy and Arya Stark
Quotes about the stableboy
Arya stood over the body, still and frightened in the face of death. Blood had gushed from the boy's mouth as he collapsed, and more was seeping from the slit in his belly, pooling beneath his body. His palms were cut where he'd grabbed at the blade. She backed away slowly, Needle red in her hand. She had to get away, someplace far from here, someplace safe away from the stableboy's accusing eyes.[3]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 43, Arya VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 74, Arya XIII.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 50, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 5, Arya II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 39, Arya VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 64, The Ugly Little Girl.