Editing Tomard (section)

===''A Game of Thrones''===
Tomard accompanies Lord [[Eddard Stark]]'s retinue to the trial and execution of [[Gared]], a deserter from the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|AGOT|1}} He and [[Desmond]] drag the man to an [[ironwood]] stump, where he is beheaded by Eddard with his [[Valyrian steel]] [[greatsword]] [[Ice]].{{Ref|AGOT|70}}

Tomard is one of the fifty [[House Stark guards|Stark household guards]] who goes south with Lord Eddard to [[King's Landing]] when he is named [[Hand of the King]] by [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|AGOT|22}}{{Ref|AGOT|24}}

He and Desmond take up positions along the route Eddard will take when he goes to the armory of [[Tobho Mott]] on the [[Street of Steel]]. Their orders are to watch out for anyone following Eddard.{{Ref|AGOT|27}}

When [[Yoren]] a [[wandering crow]], comes to inform Eddard at the [[Tower of the Hand]] about Lady [[Catelyn Stark]] taking [[Tyrion Lannister]] prisoner at the [[inn at the crossroads]], [[Arya Stark]] is commanded out of the room by her lord father. Arya wishes it was Fat Tom instead of Desmond who was escorting her to her chambers as she then might have been able to make an excuse and listen at the door.{{Ref|AGOT|32}}

He is named [[Captain of the guards|captain of the Stark guards]] in King's Landing after the death of [[Jory Cassel]] by the [[House Lannister guards|Lannisters]] and [[Alyn]]'s departure with Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]'s party to arrest Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{Ref|AGOT|45}}

When the ''[[Wind Witch]]'' is to return [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] and Arya to the [[north]], Ned tasks Tomard with personally delivering a letter to Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] at [[Dragonstone]].{{Ref|AGOT|47}} Before the [[ship]] sets sail, however, Tom is slain by the [[City Watch of King's Landing]] in the throne room of the [[Red Keep]] when Eddard is [[Arrest of Eddard Stark|arrested]].{{Ref|AGOT|49}}