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| Date_of_Birth  = {{Date|247}} or {{Date|248}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages#Alliser Thorne|Alliser Thorne]] calculation.''</ref>
 
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| Books          = [[A Game of Thrones]] (Appears)<br>[[A Clash of Kings]] (Appears)<br>[[A Storm of Swords]] (Appears)<br>[[A Feast for Crows]] (Mentioned)<br>[[A Dance with Dragons]] (Appears)
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| Books          = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)
 
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| Played_by      = [[List of actors of the televised series#Owen Teale,Alliser Thorne|Owen Teale]]
 
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| TV_series      = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
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| TV_series      = [[Game of Thrones - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|Season 5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|Season 6]]
 
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Ser '''Alliser Thorne''' is the master-at-arms of the [[Night's Watch]] at [[Castle Black]]. The tone of his voice and his contempt makes him hated by all the [[Night's Watch]]'s recruits. In the [[Game of Thrones|TV series]] he is played by Owen Teale.
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Ser '''Alliser Thorne''' is a [[knight]] from [[House Thorne]] who now serves as the master-at-arms of the [[Night's Watch]] at [[Castle Black]]. While capable, he is bitter and humorless, and is particularly hated by the recruits of the Night's Watch who have been trained by him. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' he is portrayed by [[w:Owen Teale|Owen Teale]].
  
==Appearance==
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==Appearance and Character==
Alliser is a fifty-year-old man, heft, dry and hard, with eyes as black as onyx and black hairs ridged with white.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}  
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Alliser Thorne|Images of Alliser Thorne]]''
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Alliser Thorne is a slim and sinewy fifty-year-old, dry and hard, with black eyes and black hair streaked with grey.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}{{Ref|aCoK|17}}{{Ref|aSoS|69}} He has a thin smile, and a sharp, cold voice.{{Ref|aDwD|7}}{{Ref|aGoT|26}} He is humorless, bitter, and mean spirited.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}{{Ref|aCoK|17}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Prior to joining the Night's Watch, Alliser was a knight of [[House Thorne]] of the [[Crownlands]] and fought on the side of [[House Targaryen]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. A defender of [[King's Landing]], after its [[Sack of King's Landing|sack]] he was given the choice by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] between death or taking the black.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
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Prior to joining the Night's Watch, Alliser was a knight of [[House Thorne]] in the [[crownlands]] and fought on the side of [[House Targaryen]] during [[Robert's Rebellion]]. Following the [[Sack of King's Landing]], he was given the choice by Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] between death or taking the black.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
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[[File:Brittmartin Alliser Thorne.jpg|250px|thumb|Alliser Thorne - by Brittmartin ©]]
 
[[File:Brittmartin Alliser Thorne.jpg|250px|thumb|Alliser Thorne - by Brittmartin ©]]
  
As master-at-arms responsible for training new recruits, Alliser gives [[Jon Snow]] the mocking nickname "Lord Snow". His disdain turns into hatred when Jon replies to one of his mockeries, provoking the hilarity of the whole common room of [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Having absolutely no humor, Alliser takes the mockeries of [[Tyrion Lannister]] poorly when Tyrion is invited to the table of the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, [[Jeor Mormont]], during his visit at the [[Wall]]. Alliser is, however, so delighted at Jon Snow's appointment to the stewards that Jon thinks he is behind it.  
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As master-at-arms responsible for training new recruits, Ser Alliser gives [[Jon Snow]] the mocking nickname "Lord Snow". His disdain turns into hatred when Jon replies to one of his mockeries, provoking the hilarity of the whole common room of [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|aGoT|19}} Having absolutely no humor, he takes the mockeries of [[Tyrion Lannister]] poorly when Tyrion is invited to the table of the [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch]], [[Jeor Mormont]], during his visit to the [[Wall]]. Alliser is, however, so delighted at Jon's appointment to the stewards that Jon thinks he is behind it.  
  
Alliser never misses an occasion to provoke the young bastard. The evening Jon learns of the imprisonment of Lord [[Eddard Stark]] in [[King's Landing]] for treason, Alliser's jeers anger Jon, who tries to attack him with a knife, before being stopped and put under arrest. This mutual hostility, and the master-at-arms' old friends who are well-placed at court, lead the Lord Commander to send Alliser to the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I]], with the mission to acquire reinforcements for the Night's Watch.  
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Alliser never misses an occasion to provoke the young bastard. The evening Jon learns of the imprisonment of his father, Lord [[Eddard Stark]], in [[King's Landing]] for treason, Alliser's jeers anger Jon, who tries to attack him with a knife, before being stopped and put under arrest. This mutual hostility, and the master-at-arms' old friends who are well-placed at court, lead the Lord Commander to send Alliser to the new king, [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]], with the mission to acquire reinforcements for the Night's Watch.  
  
 
Ser [[Endrew Tarth]] takes Alliser's place as the master-at-arms of [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|aGoT|60}}
 
Ser [[Endrew Tarth]] takes Alliser's place as the master-at-arms of [[Castle Black]].{{Ref|aGoT|60}}
  
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
After a long travel, Alliser arrives in [[King's Landing]]. In the [[Red Keep]], he asks for an audience with Tyrion Lannister, the acting [[Hand of the King]]. Tyrion though, remembering Alliser as the man he liked least when he visited the [[Wall]] and considering him a bitter, mean-spirited person with too much sense of his own worth, has [[Bronn]] answer that he will see Alliser later while making sure he will get a room where nobody has changed the rushes for a year.{{Ref|aCoK|17}} Alliser appears before the throne, only to be mocked by Tyrion. However, Tyrion allows for word to be put out in King's Landing that the Night's Watch is in need of men.
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After a long travel, Ser Alliser arrives in [[King's Landing]]. In the [[Red Keep]], he asks for an audience with Tyrion Lannister, the acting [[Hand of the King]]. Tyrion, remembering his dislike for Alliser, has [[Bronn]] find poor quarters for the visitor.{{Ref|aCoK|17}} Alliser appears before the throne, only to be mocked by Tyrion. However, Tyrion allows for word to be put out in King's Landing that the Night's Watch is in need of men.
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
At some point, presumably after returning from King's Landing, Alliser is stationed by Lord Commander Mormont as the new master-at-arms of [[Eastwatch-by-the-sea]]. He returns to [[Castle Black]] during the resistance to [[Mance Rayder]]'s [[Battle of Castle Black|wildlings siege]] and becomes one of [[Janos Slynt]]'s followers.{{Ref|aSoS|69}} During the choosing for a new Lord Commander, Alliser came in sixth in voting on the first day, lost votes on the second day and withdrew his name and placed his support with Janos Slynt.{{Ref|aSoS|75}}
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At some point, presumably after returning from King's Landing, Alliser is appointed by Lord Commander Mormont as the new master-at-arms of [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]]. He returns to [[Castle Black]] during the resistance to [[Mance Rayder]]'s [[battle beneath the Wall|wildlings siege]] and becomes one of [[Janos Slynt]]'s followers.{{Ref|aSoS|69}} During the choosing for a new Lord Commander, Alliser comes in sixth in voting on the first day and loses votes on the second day. He withdraws his name and decides to support Janos.{{Ref|aSoS|75}} Jon Snow is chosen as the new Lord Commander, however.
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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When Janos refuses to obey orders, Jon personally executes him. Ser Alliser is present when the sentence is given but does not interfere, much to Jon's disappointment.{{ref|ADWD|7}} Alliser opposes Jon's decision to let [[wildlings]] pass south of the Wall.{{ref|ADWD|10}}
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Jon later orders Alliser to accompany [[Dywen]] and another seasoned [[ranger]] [[beyond the Wall]]. Alliser is angry, but accepts the mission, not wanting to give Jon cause to execute him as well. He then states that he will return from the ranging, one way or the other.{{ref|ADWD|28}}
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==Quotes by Alliser==
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{{Quote|They will call you men of Night's Watch now, but you are bigger fools than the [[Pypar|Mummer's Monkey]] here if you believe that. You are boys still, green and stinking of summer, and when the winter comes you will die like flies.{{ref|agot|41}}|Alliser to his recruits}}
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{{Quote|'''Alliser:''' Lord Snow wants to take my place now. I’d have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle than you will training [[Grenn|this aurochs]].<br>
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'''Jon:''' I'll take that wager, Ser Alliser. I'd love to see [[Ghost]] juggle.{{Ref|aGoT|19}}|Alliser and [[Jon Snow]]}}
  
===''A Feast for Crows''===
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{{Quote|'''Alliser:''' Come and make your japes with steel in your hand.<br>'''Tyrion:''' Why, I have steel in my hand, Ser Alliser, although it appears to be a crab fork. Shall we duel?{{Ref|aGoT|21}}|Alliser and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
Janos and Alliser try to cast doubts over the election of [[Jon Snow]] to Lord Commander.
 
  
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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{{Quote|It would seem they have run short of poachers and thieves down south. Now they send up pigs to man the [[Wall]]. Is fur and velvet your notion of armor, my Lord of Ham?{{Ref|aGoT|21}}|Alliser to [[Samwell Tarly]]}}
When Janos refuses to obey orders, Jon personally executes him. Alliser is present when the sentence is given but does not interfere, much to Jon's disappointment. Jon later orders Alliser to accompany several rangers beyond the Wall. Alliser is very angry, but accepts the mission, not wanting to give Jon cause to execute him as well. Alliser then states that he will return from the ranging, one way or the other.
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{{Quote|'''Alliser:''' Do you think I sailed all the way from [[Eastwatch-by-the-Sea]] to be mocked by the likes of you? This is no jape. I saw it with my own eyes. I tell you, the dead walk.<br>
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'''Tyrion:''' You should try to kill them more thoroughly.{{Ref|aCoK|25}}|Alliser and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
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{{quote|You would like me to refuse. Then you could hack off my head, same as you did for [[Janos Slynt|Slynt]]. I'll not give you that pleasure, bastard. You'd best pray that it's a [[wildling]] blade that kills me, though. The ones the [[Others]] kill [[wights|don't stay dead]] ... and they remember. I'm coming back, Lord Snow.{{ref|ADWD|28}}|Alliser to [[Jon Snow]]}}
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==Quotes about Alliser==
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{{Quote|'''Jeor:''' You are a wicked man, to provoke our Ser Alliser so.<br>
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'''Tyrion:''' If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. I have seen dead men with more humor than your Ser Alliser.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}|[[Jeor Mormont]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
  
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{{Quote|'''Jeor:''' Ser Alliser is an anointed [[knight]], one of the few to take the black since I have been [[Lord Commander of the Night's Watch|Lord Commander]]. He fought bravely at [[King's Landing]].<br>
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'''Jaremy:''' On the wrong side. I ought to know, I was there on the battlements beside him. [[Tywin Lannister]] gave us a splendid choice. Take the black, or see our heads on spikes before evenfall.{{Ref|aGoT|21}}|[[Jeor Mormont]] and [[Jaremy Rykker]]}}
  
{{Quote|You are as hopeless as any boys I have ever trained. Your hands were made for manure shovels, not for swords, and if it were up to me, the lot of you would be set to herding swine. But last night I was told that Gueren is marching five new boys up the [[kingsroad]]. One or two may even be worth the price of piss. To make room for them, I have decided to pass eight of you on to the Lord Commander to do with as he will. Toad. Stone Head. Aurochs. Lover. Pimple. Monkey. Ser Loon. And the Bastard. {{ref|agot|41}}}} - Ser Alliser
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{{Quote|I don't believe I care to see Ser Alliser just now. Find him a snug cell where no one has changed the rushes in a year.{{Ref|aCoK|17}}|[[Tyrion Lannister]] to [[Bronn]]}}
  
==References and Notes==
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==References==
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==See also==
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==External Links==
 
*[http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Alliser_Thorne Alliser Thorne] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/ Game of Thrones Wiki]
 
*[http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Alliser_Thorne Alliser Thorne] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/ Game of Thrones Wiki]
  
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Culture Crownlands
Born 247 AC or 248 AC[1]
Books

Played by Owen Teale
TV series Season 1 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6

Ser Alliser Thorne is a knight from House Thorne who now serves as the master-at-arms of the Night's Watch at Castle Black. While capable, he is bitter and humorless, and is particularly hated by the recruits of the Night's Watch who have been trained by him. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones he is portrayed by Owen Teale.

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Alliser Thorne

Alliser Thorne is a slim and sinewy fifty-year-old, dry and hard, with black eyes and black hair streaked with grey.[2][3][4] He has a thin smile, and a sharp, cold voice.[5][6] He is humorless, bitter, and mean spirited.[7][3]

History

Prior to joining the Night's Watch, Alliser was a knight of House Thorne in the crownlands and fought on the side of House Targaryen during Robert's Rebellion. Following the Sack of King's Landing, he was given the choice by Lord Tywin Lannister between death or taking the black.[7]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Alliser Thorne - by Brittmartin ©

As master-at-arms responsible for training new recruits, Ser Alliser gives Jon Snow the mocking nickname "Lord Snow". His disdain turns into hatred when Jon replies to one of his mockeries, provoking the hilarity of the whole common room of Castle Black.[2] Having absolutely no humor, he takes the mockeries of Tyrion Lannister poorly when Tyrion is invited to the table of the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jeor Mormont, during his visit to the Wall. Alliser is, however, so delighted at Jon's appointment to the stewards that Jon thinks he is behind it.

Alliser never misses an occasion to provoke the young bastard. The evening Jon learns of the imprisonment of his father, Lord Eddard Stark, in King's Landing for treason, Alliser's jeers anger Jon, who tries to attack him with a knife, before being stopped and put under arrest. This mutual hostility, and the master-at-arms' old friends who are well-placed at court, lead the Lord Commander to send Alliser to the new king, Joffrey I Baratheon, with the mission to acquire reinforcements for the Night's Watch.

Ser Endrew Tarth takes Alliser's place as the master-at-arms of Castle Black.[8]

A Clash of Kings

After a long travel, Ser Alliser arrives in King's Landing. In the Red Keep, he asks for an audience with Tyrion Lannister, the acting Hand of the King. Tyrion, remembering his dislike for Alliser, has Bronn find poor quarters for the visitor.[3] Alliser appears before the throne, only to be mocked by Tyrion. However, Tyrion allows for word to be put out in King's Landing that the Night's Watch is in need of men.

A Storm of Swords

At some point, presumably after returning from King's Landing, Alliser is appointed by Lord Commander Mormont as the new master-at-arms of Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. He returns to Castle Black during the resistance to Mance Rayder's wildlings siege and becomes one of Janos Slynt's followers.[4] During the choosing for a new Lord Commander, Alliser comes in sixth in voting on the first day and loses votes on the second day. He withdraws his name and decides to support Janos.[9] Jon Snow is chosen as the new Lord Commander, however.

A Dance with Dragons

When Janos refuses to obey orders, Jon personally executes him. Ser Alliser is present when the sentence is given but does not interfere, much to Jon's disappointment.[5] Alliser opposes Jon's decision to let wildlings pass south of the Wall.[10]

Jon later orders Alliser to accompany Dywen and another seasoned ranger beyond the Wall. Alliser is angry, but accepts the mission, not wanting to give Jon cause to execute him as well. He then states that he will return from the ranging, one way or the other.[11]

Quotes by Alliser

They will call you men of Night's Watch now, but you are bigger fools than the Mummer's Monkey here if you believe that. You are boys still, green and stinking of summer, and when the winter comes you will die like flies.[12]

—Alliser to his recruits

Alliser: Lord Snow wants to take my place now. I’d have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle than you will training this aurochs.
Jon: I'll take that wager, Ser Alliser. I'd love to see Ghost juggle.[2]

—Alliser and Jon Snow

Alliser: Come and make your japes with steel in your hand.
Tyrion: Why, I have steel in my hand, Ser Alliser, although it appears to be a crab fork. Shall we duel?[7]

—Alliser and Tyrion Lannister

It would seem they have run short of poachers and thieves down south. Now they send up pigs to man the Wall. Is fur and velvet your notion of armor, my Lord of Ham?[7]

—Alliser to Samwell Tarly

Alliser: Do you think I sailed all the way from Eastwatch-by-the-Sea to be mocked by the likes of you? This is no jape. I saw it with my own eyes. I tell you, the dead walk.
Tyrion: You should try to kill them more thoroughly.[13]

—Alliser and Tyrion Lannister

You would like me to refuse. Then you could hack off my head, same as you did for Slynt. I'll not give you that pleasure, bastard. You'd best pray that it's a wildling blade that kills me, though. The ones the Others kill don't stay dead ... and they remember. I'm coming back, Lord Snow.[11]

—Alliser to Jon Snow

Quotes about Alliser

Jeor: You are a wicked man, to provoke our Ser Alliser so.
Tyrion: If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. I have seen dead men with more humor than your Ser Alliser.[7]

Jeor: Ser Alliser is an anointed knight, one of the few to take the black since I have been Lord Commander. He fought bravely at King's Landing.
Jaremy: On the wrong side. I ought to know, I was there on the battlements beside him. Tywin Lannister gave us a splendid choice. Take the black, or see our heads on spikes before evenfall.[7]

I don't believe I care to see Ser Alliser just now. Find him a snug cell where no one has changed the rushes in a year.[3]

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