Tobho Mott
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| Title | Master[1] | |||
| Culture | Qohorik | |||
| Born | Qohor[2] | |||
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| Played by | Andrew Wilde | |||
| TV series | Game of Thrones: Season 1 | 2 | |||
Tobho Mott is a Qohorik master armorer in King's Landing. His shop is at the top of the Street of Steel in the capital.[1]
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Tobho is portrayed by Andrew Wilde.[3]
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Appearance and Character
He owns a black velvet coat which has silver hammers embroidered on the sleeves. A large sapphire hangs on a heavy silver chain about his neck.[1]
Tobho is stubborn and loyal to his staff. He is one of the few armorers who can work Valyrian steel,[4] and he claims to be the only armorer in King's Landing who can add tint to the metals in a suit of armor without using paint.[1]
History
Tobho learned to smith in Qohor.[1]
Ser Loras Tyrell and Lord Renly Baratheon are among the high lords who have purchased armor from Tobho.[1]
To intimidate his opponents and their horses in tourneys, Thoros of Myr dips his sword of cheap steel in wildfire and sets it ablaze. Since the wildfire ruins the blade, Thoros buys a new one from Tobho after each competition, with the two of them always arguing about the price.[5]
Mott took Gendry on as an apprentice after being paid double the customary fee by a stout brown-bearded man with a hooded face.[1] He told Gendry that Thoros could outdrink King Robert I Baratheon, and also taught him to be polite toward highborn girls.[6] Lords Jon Arryn and Stannis Baratheon called upon Tobho and Gendry during their investigation into Robert's children.[1]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Lord Eddard Stark, Hand of the King, investigates the death of his predecessor, Lord Jon Arryn. Jory Cassel, Eddard's captain, learns from a potboy that Jon had been considering commissioning plate wrought in pale silver with a blue jasper falcon and a mother-of-pearl moon on the breast.
Visiting Tobho's shop, Eddard asks the master if he made a falcon helm for Lord Arryn. Tobho explains that Jon and Lord Stannis Baratheon did not patronize his work, but instead were interested in one of his blacksmiths. Tobho introduces Ned to Gendry, one of King Robert I Baratheon's unacknowledged bastards who has been working for him as an apprentice. While protective of Gendry's identity, Tobho reveals that the boy's apprentice fee was paid by a stout, brown-bearded man who wore a hooded velvet cloak.[1]
A Clash of Kings
Gendry reveals to Arya Stark that he was ordered to join the Night's Watch by Master Mott.[7] According to a semi-canon source, Lord Varys had Tobho send Gendry to Yoren to protect the boy after Ned's downfall.[8][9]
A Storm of Swords
Gendry tells Arya that Tobho had given him good steel so the youth could forge his first longsword, but Gendry was taken away by Yoren before he could do so.[5]
At Lord Tywin Lannister's request, Tobho melts the late Lord Stark's Valyrian steel sword, Ice, to forge two new swords. Showing his work to Tywin in the Tower of the Hand, the armorer admits that he tried to color the swords the crimson of House Lannister. The steel darkened to grey and red patterns despite his spells, however.[4] One sword is given to King Joffrey I Baratheon, who names it Widow's Wail.[10] The other is given to Ser Jaime Lannister, who names it Oathkeeper when he gives it in turn to Brienne of Tarth.[11]
Quotes by Tobho
My work is costly, and I make no apologies for that, my lord. You will not find craftsmanship equal to mine anywhere in the Seven Kingdoms, I promise you. Visit every forge in King's Landing if you like, and compare for yourself. Any village smith can hammer out a shirt of mail; my work is art.[1]
—Tobho to Eddard Stark
The direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, is it not? I could fashion a direwolf helm so real that children will run from you in the street.[12]
—Tobho to Eddard Stark
Eddard: You know who the boy is. That is not a question.
Tobho: The boy is my apprentice. Who he was before he came to me, that's none of my concern.[1]—Eddard Stark and Tobho
Tywin: You have done good work, Master Mott. My steward will see to your payment. And remember, rubies for the scabbards.
Tobho: I shall, my lord. You are most generous. It is an honor to serve the King's Hand.[4]—Tywin Lannister and Tobho
Quotes about Tobho
—thoughts of Eddard Stark
Gendry: My master said you were a sot and a fraud, as bad a priest as there ever was.
Thoros: That was unkind. True, but unkind. Who was this master of yours? Did I know you, boy?
Thoros: Just so. He charged me twice what they were worth, then scolded me for setting them afire.[13]
Gendry: I was 'prenticed to the master armorer Tobho Mott, on the Street of Steel. You used to buy your swords from him.
—Gendry and Thoros of Myr
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Tobho Mott.
- ↑ HBO: Game of Thrones: cast and crew
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 32, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 22, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 9, Arya III.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Varys.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Shop of Tobho Mott.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 59, Sansa IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 43, Arya VIII.
External Links
Tobho Mott on the Game of Thrones wiki