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| Alias = Merrett Muttonhead
 
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| Allegiance = [[House Frey]]
 
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| Culture = [[Riverlands]]
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| Culture = [[Rivermen]]
 
| Spouse = [[Mariya Darry]]
 
| Spouse = [[Mariya Darry]]
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| Issue = [[Amerei Frey]]<br>[[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda Frey]]<br>[[Marissa Frey]]<br>[[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Walder Frey]]<br>Stillborn daughter{{Ref|ASOS|81}}<br>Daughter who died in infancy{{Ref|ASOS|81}}
 
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|262}}
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| Date_of_Birth = {{Date|262}}<ref>''See the [[Years after Aegon's Conquest/Calculations Ages (Continued2)#Merrett Frey|Merrett Frey]] calculation.''</ref>
 
| Place_of_Death = Near [[Oldstones]]{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
 
| Place_of_Death = Near [[Oldstones]]{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
 
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
 
| Date_of_Death = {{Date|300}}
| Books = [[A Clash of Kings]]
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| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (POV)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (mentioned)
[[A Storm of Swords]]
 
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'''Merrett Frey''' was a member of [[House Frey]] and a POV character in the epilogue of ''[[A Storm of Swords]]''. He is 37 years old at the time of his death. Merrett was the ninth son of Lord [[Walder Frey]].{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}} He was the fourth son born of Lord Walder's marriage to [[Amarei Crakehall]].  
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'''Merrett Frey''' is a member of [[House Frey]] and a [[POV character]] in the epilogue of ''[[A Storm of Swords]]''. Merrett is the ninth son of Lord [[Walder Frey]]{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}} and the fourth son born of Walder's marriage to [[Amarei Crakehall]].
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==Appearance and Character==
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:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Merrett Frey|Images of Merrett Frey]]''
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Merrett is a big, broad man of middle height. In his youth, he was almost as robust as his older brother [[Hosteen Frey|Hosteen]], the strongest son of Lord [[Walder Frey]], but in later years Merrett became "soft and fleshy."{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
  
==Appearance==
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Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] remembers Merrett as slow, clumsy and stupid in his youth, with strength being his only positive quality.{{Ref|aFfC|30}}
Merrett was a big broad man. In his youth he had been almost as robust as [[Hosteen Frey]], the strongest son of [[Lord Walder Frey]], but in later years he became "soft and fleshy."{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
 
  
 
==History==  
 
==History==  
Merrett served with his mother's relative Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]] as a page and later a squire. Like many Crakehall descendants, he was known for his strength and robustness. During this time he knew [[Jaime Lannister]], although the two were not very close because of Merrett's habits of bullying others, which was not to Jaime's liking.{{Ref|aFfC|30}}
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Merrett served with his mother [[Amarei Crakehall|Amarei's]] relative, Lord [[Sumner Crakehall]], as a page and later a squire. Like many [[House Crakehall|Crakehall]] descendants, he was known for his strength and robustness. During this time, he knew [[Jaime Lannister]], also a squire at [[Crakehall|Crakehall Castle]], although the two were not close because of Merrett's habit of bullying others, which was not to Jaime's liking. Jaime is implied to have turned the tables on Merrett when the [[House Frey|Frey]] boy tried to bully him.{{Ref|aFfC|30}}
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The downfall in Merrett's life began with the expedition against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]. First he caught a pox from a camp follower, and later he was captured by [[Wenda|Wenda the White Fawn]] and was branded on his arse with her mark, the fawn. He was freed after Lord Sumner paid a ransom, but was unable to sit for a fortnight and became the target of cruel jokes by the other squires. In his next fight, Merrett was hit with a mace that broke his helm, leaving him insensible for a fortnight. As a result, he suffered immense pain whenever he was hit in the head, and generally suffered extreme headaches for which he drank excessively to numb the pain. He was sent back to the [[Twins]] by Sumner and never knighted because of his injuries. His father, Lord [[Walder Frey]], began mocking him as Merrett Muttonhead.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}{{Ref|aFfC|30}}  
  
The downfall in his life began with the expedition against the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]]. First he spread a pox throughout the camp and later he was captured by [[Wenda]] the White Fawn, and was branded with her mark, the fawn.{{Ref|aFfC|30}} During his release, he was hit with a mace that left him insensible for a week. As a result, he suffered immense pain whenever he was hit in the head, and generally suffered extreme headaches for which he drank excessively to numb the pain. He was never knighted because of his injuries. Due to his injuries, he is mocked as Merrett Muttonhead by his father.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
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Merrett married [[Mariya Darry]] around {{date|282}}, considered an excellent match at the time. However, soon after the wedding, [[House Darry]] lost most of their influence and power due to [[Robert's Rebellion]], in which they declared for [[Aerys II Targaryen]]. Merrett fathered four daughters before the marriage produced a son, [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]]. One daughter died when she was still a child and two other daughters shame their parents with promiscuity ([[Amerei Frey|Gatehouse Ami]]) and gluttony ([[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Fat Walda]]), respectively.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
  
Merrett married Mariya of [[House Darry]] around [[282 AL]] with whom he got four children.<ref>In the [[A Storm of Swords-Epilogue|Epilogue]] of [[A Storm of Swords]] Merrett complains that just after his wedding the Darrys lost most of their influence and power due to [[Robert's Rebellion]], in which they declared for the [[Mad King]].</ref>. He was the father of [[Little Walder Frey]]. Two of his daughters shamed their parents, with promiscuity of ([[Amerei Frey|Amerei 'Gatehouse Amy' Frey]]) and the gluttony ([[Walda Frey|Fat Walda Frey]]). When the Freys allied with [[House Bolton]], Lord Walder offered Bolton the choice of a daughter or granddaughter with her weight in silver as dowry. Bolton chose Fat Walda Frey, Merrett's daughter.{{Ref|aSoS|37}}{{Ref|aSoS|51}}{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
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Consigned to a useless existence without [[knight]]hood, troubled by persistent headaches, despised by his father and considering his wife a shrew and his children worthless, Merrett has gained the dubious distinction of being the biggest drunk in the Twins.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
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===''A Game of Thrones''===
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Merrett is among the many [[House Frey|Freys]] present at the [[Twins]] when [[Catelyn Stark]] comes to treat with Lord [[Walder Frey]] on behalf of [[Robb Stark]].
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===''A Clash of Kings''===
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Merrett's daughter [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda]] marries Lord [[Roose Bolton]] at the [[Twins]].{{ref|ACOK|39}}{{ref|ACOK|64}}
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
During the [[Red Wedding]], Merrett was told to get [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]] too drunk to fight during Robb's murder. He failed, however, passing out in the attempt while the Greatjon was sober enough to kill two men and take part of Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]]'s ear off before being subdued.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}  
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While at [[Harrenhal]], Roose informs Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] that Lord Walder had offered the choice of a daughter or a granddaughter with her weight in silver as dowry;{{ref|ASOS|37}} Roose chose "Fat Walda" because of her size.{{ref|ASOS|51}} Merrett thinks this will gain him favor because of the importance of the alliance with [[House Bolton]], but is disappointed when Walder says he is not going to thank his son for fathering a daughter who made him pay a larger dowry than necessary because of her gluttony.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
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During the planning of the [[Red Wedding]], Merrett is humiliated when [[Lothar Frey]] assigns him to get Lord [[Jon Umber (Greatjon)|Greatjon Umber]] too drunk to fight. Merrett passes out during the feast, but the Greatjon is sober enough to kill two men, break another's arm, and take part of Ser [[Leslyn Haigh]]'s ear off before being subdued.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
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After the Red Wedding, the [[brotherhood without banners]] of [[Beric Dondarrion]] kidnaps [[Petyr Frey]]. Merrett volunteers to deliver the ransom for his great-nephew, hoping to gain favor within House Frey as he has no prospect of maintaining an existence on his own. Walder laughs at the suggestion of Merrett dealing with outlaws, but eventually gives his consent.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
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Upon his arrival at [[Oldstones]], Merrett finds Petyr hanged for his involvement in the Red Wedding, and the brotherhood prepare to hang Merrett after taking the ransom. When the outlaws raise the death of [[Robb Stark]] at the Red Wedding, Merrett insists it was not murder, but justified vengeance for Robb insulting House Frey by marrying [[Jeyne Westerling]]. He protests that all he did was drink and that the planning was done by Walder, [[Ryman Frey]] and Roose. The brotherhood reveals [[Catelyn Stark]], who had been slain by Merrett's brother [[Raymund Frey|Raymund]] and eventually tossed into the [[Green Fork]]. Asked whether Merrett was part of the plot, the revived Catelyn just nods, as she cannot speak anymore. Merrett is then hanged by the brotherhood.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
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===''A Feast for Crows''===
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Hunting the murderers of Merrett and Petyr, Lord [[Lucias Vypren]] follows one band to [[Fairmarket]] but loses them there. Another group is pursued from [[Hag's Mire]] by hounds and hunters led by [[Walder Frey (son of Ryman)|Black Walder Frey]], but their trace is lost when they reach the [[Neck]]. Peasants who are questioned describe a [[Catelyn Stark|hooded woman]] who is believed to be their leader, but nothing is heard of Beric or [[Thoros of Myr]]. This creates doubts whether the brotherhood is responsible.{{Ref|aFfC|30}}
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While traveling to [[siege of Riverrun|Riverrun]], Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] stops at [[Darry|Castle Darry]], the seat of his cousin, Lord [[Lancel Lannister]]. He meets Merrett's widow, [[Mariya Darry]], and his eldest daughter, [[Amerei Frey|Amerei]], who is now Lancel's wife. Remembering Merrett to have been a bully, Jaime only praises Merrett as having been strong. When Amerei brings up her father's stories of fighting the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], Jaime thinks of them as exaggerations and lies. Jaime raises a toast to Merrett, considering it easier to drink to the man than talk about him. Amerei later mentions that Ser [[Harwyn Plumm]] has promised her Beric's head and she tries to coax Jaime into finding the killers of her father as well, although without success.{{Ref|aFfC|30}}
  
After the Red Wedding, the [[Brotherhood Without Banners]] kidnapped [[Petyr Frey]]. Merrett volunteered to deliver the ransom. He hoped to gain favour from Petyr, who stood high in the line of succession for the lordship of the Twins. He found that the Brotherhood had already hanged Petyr for his involvement in the Red Wedding. They took the ransom and prepared to hang Merrett as well. When Merrett protested his innocence to the Red Wedding, the Brotherhood told him they had a witness. This turned out to be [[Catelyn Tully]], who was not dead after all. Catelyn recognized Merrett and had him hanged.{{Ref|aSoS|Epilogue}}
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===''A Dance with Dragons''===
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Merrett's son, [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]], serves as a squire to [[Ramsay Snow|Ramsay Bolton]],{{ref|ADWD|12}} who is the stepson of Merrett's daughter, [[Walda Frey (daughter of Merrett)|Walda]].{{ref|ADWD|20}} However, Walder is later found murdered at [[Winterfell]].{{ref|ADWD|51}}
  
 
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Revision as of 03:12, 15 June 2019

House Frey.svg
Merrett Frey
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Merrett Frey TheMico.jpg

Alias Merrett Muttonhead
Allegiance House Frey
Culture Rivermen
Born 262 AC[1]
Died 300 AC
Near Oldstones[2]
Spouse Mariya Darry
Issue
Books

Merrett Frey is a member of House Frey and a POV character in the epilogue of A Storm of Swords. Merrett is the ninth son of Lord Walder Frey[2] and the fourth son born of Walder's marriage to Amarei Crakehall.

Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Merrett Frey

Merrett is a big, broad man of middle height. In his youth, he was almost as robust as his older brother Hosteen, the strongest son of Lord Walder Frey, but in later years Merrett became "soft and fleshy."[2]

Ser Jaime Lannister remembers Merrett as slow, clumsy and stupid in his youth, with strength being his only positive quality.[4]

History

Merrett served with his mother Amarei's relative, Lord Sumner Crakehall, as a page and later a squire. Like many Crakehall descendants, he was known for his strength and robustness. During this time, he knew Jaime Lannister, also a squire at Crakehall Castle, although the two were not close because of Merrett's habit of bullying others, which was not to Jaime's liking. Jaime is implied to have turned the tables on Merrett when the Frey boy tried to bully him.[4]

The downfall in Merrett's life began with the expedition against the Kingswood Brotherhood. First he caught a pox from a camp follower, and later he was captured by Wenda the White Fawn and was branded on his arse with her mark, the fawn. He was freed after Lord Sumner paid a ransom, but was unable to sit for a fortnight and became the target of cruel jokes by the other squires. In his next fight, Merrett was hit with a mace that broke his helm, leaving him insensible for a fortnight. As a result, he suffered immense pain whenever he was hit in the head, and generally suffered extreme headaches for which he drank excessively to numb the pain. He was sent back to the Twins by Sumner and never knighted because of his injuries. His father, Lord Walder Frey, began mocking him as Merrett Muttonhead.[2][4]

Merrett married Mariya Darry around 282 AC, considered an excellent match at the time. However, soon after the wedding, House Darry lost most of their influence and power due to Robert's Rebellion, in which they declared for Aerys II Targaryen. Merrett fathered four daughters before the marriage produced a son, Little Walder Frey. One daughter died when she was still a child and two other daughters shame their parents with promiscuity (Gatehouse Ami) and gluttony (Fat Walda), respectively.[2]

Consigned to a useless existence without knighthood, troubled by persistent headaches, despised by his father and considering his wife a shrew and his children worthless, Merrett has gained the dubious distinction of being the biggest drunk in the Twins.[2]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Merrett is among the many Freys present at the Twins when Catelyn Stark comes to treat with Lord Walder Frey on behalf of Robb Stark.

A Clash of Kings

Merrett's daughter Walda marries Lord Roose Bolton at the Twins.[5][6]

A Storm of Swords

While at Harrenhal, Roose informs Ser Jaime Lannister that Lord Walder had offered the choice of a daughter or a granddaughter with her weight in silver as dowry;[7] Roose chose "Fat Walda" because of her size.[8] Merrett thinks this will gain him favor because of the importance of the alliance with House Bolton, but is disappointed when Walder says he is not going to thank his son for fathering a daughter who made him pay a larger dowry than necessary because of her gluttony.[2]

During the planning of the Red Wedding, Merrett is humiliated when Lothar Frey assigns him to get Lord Greatjon Umber too drunk to fight. Merrett passes out during the feast, but the Greatjon is sober enough to kill two men, break another's arm, and take part of Ser Leslyn Haigh's ear off before being subdued.[2]

After the Red Wedding, the brotherhood without banners of Beric Dondarrion kidnaps Petyr Frey. Merrett volunteers to deliver the ransom for his great-nephew, hoping to gain favor within House Frey as he has no prospect of maintaining an existence on his own. Walder laughs at the suggestion of Merrett dealing with outlaws, but eventually gives his consent.[2]

Upon his arrival at Oldstones, Merrett finds Petyr hanged for his involvement in the Red Wedding, and the brotherhood prepare to hang Merrett after taking the ransom. When the outlaws raise the death of Robb Stark at the Red Wedding, Merrett insists it was not murder, but justified vengeance for Robb insulting House Frey by marrying Jeyne Westerling. He protests that all he did was drink and that the planning was done by Walder, Ryman Frey and Roose. The brotherhood reveals Catelyn Stark, who had been slain by Merrett's brother Raymund and eventually tossed into the Green Fork. Asked whether Merrett was part of the plot, the revived Catelyn just nods, as she cannot speak anymore. Merrett is then hanged by the brotherhood.[2]

A Feast for Crows

Hunting the murderers of Merrett and Petyr, Lord Lucias Vypren follows one band to Fairmarket but loses them there. Another group is pursued from Hag's Mire by hounds and hunters led by Black Walder Frey, but their trace is lost when they reach the Neck. Peasants who are questioned describe a hooded woman who is believed to be their leader, but nothing is heard of Beric or Thoros of Myr. This creates doubts whether the brotherhood is responsible.[4]

While traveling to Riverrun, Ser Jaime Lannister stops at Castle Darry, the seat of his cousin, Lord Lancel Lannister. He meets Merrett's widow, Mariya Darry, and his eldest daughter, Amerei, who is now Lancel's wife. Remembering Merrett to have been a bully, Jaime only praises Merrett as having been strong. When Amerei brings up her father's stories of fighting the Kingswood Brotherhood, Jaime thinks of them as exaggerations and lies. Jaime raises a toast to Merrett, considering it easier to drink to the man than talk about him. Amerei later mentions that Ser Harwyn Plumm has promised her Beric's head and she tries to coax Jaime into finding the killers of her father as well, although without success.[4]

A Dance with Dragons

Merrett's son, Little Walder Frey, serves as a squire to Ramsay Bolton,[9] who is the stepson of Merrett's daughter, Walda.[10] However, Walder is later found murdered at Winterfell.[11]

Family

 
Walder
 
Amarei
Crakehall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hosteen
 
Bellena
Hawick
 
 
 
Lucias
Vypren
 
Lythene
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Symond
 
Betharios
of Braavos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Arwood
 
Ryella
Royce
 
Damon
Vypren
 
Elyana
Vypren
 
Jon
Wylde
 
Alesander
 
Alyx
 
Bradamar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ryella
 
Androw
 
Alyn
 
Hostella
 
Rickard
Wylde
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Danwell
 
Wynafrei
Whent
 
 
 
 
 
Merrett
 
Mariya
Darry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pate of the
Blue Fork
 
Amerei
 
Lancel
Lannister
 
"Fat"
Walda
 
Roose
Bolton
 
Marissa
 
Stillborn
daughter
 
Daughter
 
"Little"
Walder
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geremy
 
Carolei
Waynwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raymund
 
Beony
Beesbury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sandor
 
Cynthea
 
Robert
 
Malwyn
 
Sarra
 
Serra
 
Cersei
 
Tywin
 
Jaime
 


References

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