Gawen Westerling
Gawen Westerling | |
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Title | Lord of the Crag |
Allegiance | House Westerling |
Culture | Westermen |
Spouse | Lady Sybell Spicer |
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Gawen Westerling is the Lord of the Crag and head of House Westerling.
Contents
Character
Ser Kevan Lannister describes Gawen as a good man.[1]
History
Gawen wed Sybell of House Spicer, a wealthy house of lowborn origins.[1]
Gawen once offered his elder daughter, Jeyne, as a match for either Martyn or Willem Lannister, but was rejected.[1]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Lord Gawen is a member of Ser Jaime Lannister's host besieging Riverrun. He is captured by Lord Jason Mallister in the battle in the Whispering Wood.[2]
A Clash of Kings
Gawen is held at Seagard during his imprisonment.[3]
A Storm of Swords
Robb conquers Gawen's castle with the storming of the Crag. Gawen's wife, Lady Sybell Spicer, and castellan, Ser Rolph Spicer, conspire with Lord Tywin Lannister.[4] Gawen is freed from Seagard after his daughter, Jeyne, marries Robb Stark, King in the North, although they wed without his consent.[2]
Gawen is pardoned by the Iron Throne after the Red Wedding.[5]
A Feast for Crows
Gawen is present at the siege of Riverrun. He is with the Lannister-Frey army urging the commanders to settle the siege peacefully, as he is worried about possible retaliations against his family who are within the castle.[6] After Jaime negotiates Riverrun's surrender, Gawen travels with his family back to the Crag.[7]
Family
Quotes
Gawen is a good man, but his wife is Sybell Spicer. He should never have wed her. The Westerlings always did have more honor than sense.[1]
Jaime had to wonder how much Lord Gawen knew about his wife's scheming. How much do we men ever know?[7]
—thoughts of Jaime Lannister
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Rolph Spicer.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
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