Timett
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| Alias | Timett One-Eye | |||
| Title | red hand | |||
| Allegiance | Burned Men | |||
| Culture | Vale mountain clans | |||
| Born |
278–282 AC[1] Mountains of the Moon[2] | |||
| Father | Timett | |||
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| Played by | Tobias Winter | |||
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Game of Thrones: Season 1 | 2 | |||
Timett is a red hand, a type of war chief, of the Burned Men, one of the most-feared Vale clans of the Mountains of the Moon. He is commonly known as Timett son of Timett, after his father,[3] and is also called Timett One-Eye.[4]
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Timett is portrayed by Tobias Winter.
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Appearance and Character
- See also: Images of Timett
Timett is a tall, fierce young man with a burned out left eye, which has been left an empty pit.[5] He is not yet twenty years of age.[3] Timett is gaunt.[6]
Timett enjoys games like dice[5] and tiles.[7] He is curt and short of speech.[5]
History
During the rite of manhood for the Burned Men, Timett burned one of his eyes out of its socket with a hot knife. Because the typical sacrifice for the rite is a nipple or finger, the impressed clan elders immediately named him a red hand of the tribe. Timett was young for this position, but he inspired fear even among his fellow clansmen.[3]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Timett joins the group of Vale mountain clansmen who choose to follow Tyrion Lannister and join the army of Lord Tywin Lannister. He serves as the leader of the Burned Men in the group.[3] Timett fights in the battle on the Green Fork, vaulting from his horse when it dies during the charge. After the battle, he loots the bodies of the slain with his Burned Men.[8]
A Clash of Kings
Timett follows Tyrion, the acting Hand of the King, to King's Landing. Timett and Bronn remain close to Tyrion when they arrive at the tourney on King Joffrey's name day.[6]
While gambling on the Street of Silver, Timett catches a wineseller's son cheating at tiles. Timett pins the man's wrist to the table with a dagger and then tears out his throat barehanded.[7]
Timett leads the group of Burned Men who guard Tyrion when the Hand visits the Guildhall of the Alchemists,[9] and Shagga and he participate in Tyrion's intimidation of Grand Maester Pycelle.[5]
Tyrion puts a halt to the public humiliation of Sansa Stark by King Joffrey I Baratheon, and he tasks Bronn and Timett with escorting the girl to the Tower of the Hand. Sansa is scared of the wildling.[10]
Before the Battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion sends Timett with his Burned Men to the kingswood, where they raid the forces of Stannis Baratheon.[11]
A Storm of Swords
Timett attempts to return to King's Landing to serve Tyrion after the Blackwater, but is driven off because of Tyrion's injury. He and his Burned Men instead return to the Mountains of the Moon with their plunder from Stannis Baratheon's camp at the Blackwater.[12]
When Sandor Clegane attempts to enter the mountains to travel to the Eyrie, he is warned off by locals, one of whom states how ferocious the mountain clans have become after Timett One-Eye's return.[4]
During the trial of Tyrion for the death of King Joffrey I Baratheon, Tyrion's lover Shae is the last witness for the crown. She claims that Tyrion had ordered Timett and Shagga to forcefully bring her to Tyrion after the battle on the Green Fork.[13] In actuality, she was a willing camp follower found by Bronn.[8]
A Dance with Dragons
Tyrion mentions Timett while explaining to Ben Plumm how generous he can be to his friends.[14]
Quotes by Timett
The Burned Men fear nothing. Timett son of Timett will ride with the lions.[3]
—Timett to Tywin Lannister
Tyrion: Timett, do you suppose our friend will be more forthcoming without those whiskers to hide behind?
Timett: He will tell the truth soon. I can smell the stink of his fear.[5]—Tyrion Lannister and Timett
Quotes about Timett
And even the other Burned Men feared Timett, who had put out his own left eye with a white-hot knife when he reached the age of manhood. Tyrion gathered that it was more customary for a boy to burn off a nipple, a finger, or (if he was truly brave, or truly mad) an ear. Timett's fellow Burned Men were so awed by his choice of an eye that they promptly named him a red hand, which seemed to be some sort of a war chief.[3]
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
If a man was mad enough to put out his own eye, he was unlikely to be gentle to his enemies.[3]
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
Varys: Your man Timett slew a wineseller's son this evening, at a gambling den on the Street of Silver. He accused him of cheating at tiles.
Tyrion: Was it true?
Varys: Oh, beyond a doubt.
Tyrion: Then the honest men of the city owe Timett a debt of gratitude. I shall see that he has the king's thanks.[7]—Varys and Tyrion Lannister
References
- ↑ See the Timett calculation.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Timett.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 65, Arya XII.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 25, Tyrion VI.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 2, Sansa I.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 8, Tyrion II.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 20, Tyrion V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 32, Sansa III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 49, Tyrion XI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 4, Tyrion I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 70, Tyrion X.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 57, Tyrion XI.
External Links
- Timett on the Game of Thrones wiki.