Stalwart Shield
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 by Christopher Ocampo. © FFG | ||||
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| Allegiance | Unsullied | |||
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300 AC Meereen | |||
| Book | A Dance with Dragons (appears) | |||
| Played by | Marcos James | |||
| TV series | Game of Thrones: Season 5 | |||
Stalwart Shield is an Unsullied sworn to Daenerys Targaryen.
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, he is renamed White Rat and portrayed by Marcos James.
Appearance
Stalwart Shield is a tall man with blue eyes and a fair face. His face is smooth and hairless. When he is murdered, his cheeks are slashed open from ear to ear, and he sustains more wounds than Daenerys Targaryen can count.[1]
History
Based on his appearance, Daenerys judged that Stalwart Shield was likely from Lys or Volantis and became an Unsullied slave after being snatched by corairs at sea.[1]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
Stalwart Shield would occasionally go to a brothel in Meereen where he would pay women just to lie with him and hold him. On one such visit, he was attacked by the Sons of the Harpy, who killed him. He is the first of Daenerys' fighting men to be murdered by the Sons. His corpse is shown to Daenerys Targaryen, who begins an investigation and orders that none of her men are to walk alone at night.[1]
A company of freedmen named the Stalwart Shields is formed.[2]
Quotes
The knives that slew my Stalwart Shield were meant for me.[1]
—Daenerys Targaryen's thoughts
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.