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| Title | Lieutenant | |||
| Allegiance | Brave Companions | |||
| Born | Westeros[1] | |||
| Spouse | Deceased wife[2] | |||
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Urswyck, known as Urswyck the Faithful[2] and Faithful Urswyck,[3] is a member of the Brave Companions. He is Vargo Hoat's lieutenant.[4]
Appearance
[edit]Urswyck resembles a cadaver with red-rimmed eyes and dark veins showing in the pallid skin on his face and hands.[2] He has thin, dry hair.[2] The sellsword has a sly smile and a dry, papery laugh.[2]
Urswyck wears a tattered, ragged leather cloak[2] fringed with long blond hair.[3]
History
[edit]Urswyck killed his own wife.[2]
Recent Events
[edit]A Clash of Kings
[edit]When the Brave Companions enter Harrenhal, Arya Stark sees a sickly sellsword whose leather cloak is fringed with long blond hair.[5] Arya observes Faithful Urswyck sitting with Rorge during meals.[3]
A Storm of Swords
[edit]Urswyck leads a party of Brave Companions which encounters Ser Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth fighting each other near Maidenpool. Urswyck recognizes Jaime immediately; when Jaime offers him a reward from the Lannisters for his safe return and suggests that Brienne could be ransomed, he remains unmoved. Urswyck informs Jaime that the Brave Companions have changed allegiance and are now serving Lord Roose Bolton and his northmen. Urswyck has Jaime beaten for mocking the Brave Companions and he orders his new captives to be taken to Vargo Hoat.[2]
During the journey, Jaime proposes to Urswyck that he should betray Vargo and bring Jaime to King's Landing instead, where gold, a royal pardon, and even knighthood would await him. Urswyck remains unmoved, slapping Jaime and telling him that he would be a fool to trust the word of an oathbreaker.[2]
Urswyck's group finds Vargo sacking a small sept, and Rorge begins kicking Brienne when she tries to speak with the captain. Urswyck tells Rorge to not break any of her bones, because "the horse-faced bitch" is worth her price in sapphires, as suggested to him by Jaime. Urswyck assists when Vargo has Zollo cut off Jaime's sword hand;[2] Urswyck later hangs it on a cord around Jaime's neck.[6] Urswyck remains close to Jaime as they ride to Harrenhal, where Jaime and Brienne are given to Lord Bolton.[6]
Almost all of the Brave Companions abandon a fevered Vargo before the capture of Harrenhal by Ser Gregor Clegane.[7]
A Feast for Crows
[edit]Brienne of Tarth comes across three former Brave Companions—Timeon, Shagwell, and Pyg—at the Whispers. Timeon explains that a wound Vargo received from Brienne biting his ear festered and he became half-mad with fever. Urswyck and Rorge argued for leaving Harrenhal, but Vargo insisted his men must hold his castle. The Brave Companions eventually abandoned their leader and dispersed, with Urswyck heading towards Oldtown with a small band.[8]
Urswyck, like many other Brave Companions, is still on the run.[4] Ser Jaime Lannister instructs Ser Bonifer Hasty, the new castellan of Harrenhal, to send word if any of the outlaws are found.[9]
Quotes by Urswyck
[edit]Jaime: Who commands here?
Urswyck: I have that honor, Ser Jaime. Urswyck I am. Called Urswyck the Faithful.
Urswyck: It takes more than a beard and a shaved head to deceive the Brave Companions.[2]
Jaime: You know who I am?
—Jaime Lannister and Urswyck
Jaime: Gold. You do like gold?
Urswyck: It has its uses, I do confess.
Jaime: Certainly. What else?[2]
Jaime: All the gold in Casterly Rock. Why let the goat enjoy it? Why not take us to King's Landing, and collect my ransom for yourself? Hers as well, if you like. Tarth is called the Sapphire Isle, a maiden told me once.
Urswyck: Do you take me for a turncloak?
—Jaime Lannister and Urswyck
Quotes about Urswyck
[edit]He's cleverer than he looks.[2]
—thoughts of Jaime Lannister
I warned you, Urswyck, and you, goat. When you bet against the lions, you lose more than your purse.[6]
—thoughts of Jaime Lannister
References
[edit]- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Urswyck.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 21, Jaime III.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 64, Arya X.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 30, Arya VII.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 31, Jaime IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 62, Jaime VII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 20, Brienne IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.