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| Allegiance | House Stark |
| Culture | Northmen |
| Died |
299 AC Winterfell, the North |
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| Played by | Boyd Rankin |
| TV series |
Game of Thrones: Season 1 |
Mikken is the blacksmith at Winterfell.[1]
In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, Mikken is portrayed by Boyd Rankin.
Recent Events
[edit]A Game of Thrones
[edit]Mikken crafts for Jon Snow the sword Needle, which Jon gifts to his half-sister Arya Stark.[2]
While Arya is in King's Landing, her father, Lord Eddard Stark, discovers Needle and recognizes Mikken's maker's mark.[3]
Rickon Stark is upset, and his direwolf Shaggydog bites Mikken, tearing a chunk of flesh from his thigh.[4]
A Clash of Kings
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In order for Bran Stark to get around his room, Mikken installs metal bars along the walls so Bran can pull himself around.[5]
Jojen Reed foresees the death of Mikken in his green dreams, seeing him drowned when the sea flows over Winterfell's walls, but Mikken laughs it off when Bran tells him.[6]
When Theon Greyjoy captures Winterfell, Mikken angrily refuses to bend the knee, and is beaten by Stygg, an ironborn raider in Theon's service. After Mikken insults Theon and the ironborn, Stygg drives his spear through Mikken's neck.[7]
Theon has a nightmare of eating with the dead at Winterfell, including Mikken.[8]
When Bran and his companions leave Winterfell after its sack, Osha carries the sword from Eddard's tomb, one of the last swords to bear Mikken's mark.[9]
A Storm of Swords
[edit]The sack of Winterfell is blamed on Theon's ironborn, who allegedly killed many of Winterfell's people. Lady Catelyn Stark is heartsick at the thought of the deaths of so many, including Mikken.[10]
A Dance with Dragons
[edit]Theon, who has been captured and tortured by Ramsay Snow, wanders through the destroyed structures of Winterfell, including the ruins of Mikken's forge.[11]
The Winds of Winter
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Theon Greyjoy and Jeyne Poole escape Winterfell, and are discovered by Mors Umber. Crowfood asks Jeyne questions about the castle to confirm her assumed identity of "Arya Stark", such as the names of servants, including the cook and the smith. Jeyne has a little trouble recalling Mikken's name, frustrating Theon, but is soon able to answer these questions to Mors's satisfaction.[12]
Quotes
[edit]The sea, is it? Happens I always wanted to see the sea. Never got where I could go to it, though. So now it's coming to me, is it? The gods are good, to take such trouble for a poor smith.[6]
— Mikken, to Bran Stark
Theon: You all know me—
Mikken: Aye, we know you for a sack of steaming dung![7]— Theon Greyjoy and Mikken
It's blood he drowned on, Bran thought numbly. His own blood.[7]
— thoughts of Bran Stark
They were all dead now. Jory, old Ser Rodrik, Lord Eddard, Harwin and Hullen, Cayn and Desmond and Fat Tom, Alyn with his dreams of knighthood, Mikken who had given him his first real sword. Even Old Nan, like as not.[13]
— thoughts of Theon Greyjoy
Mikken. His name was Mikken. The castle blacksmith had never made any lemoncakes for Sansa, which made him far less important than the castle cook in the sweet little world she had shared with her friend Jeyne Poole. Remember, damn you. Your father was the steward, he had charge of the whole household. The smith's name was Mikken, Mikken, Mikken. I had him put to death before me![12]
— thoughts of Theon Greyjoy
References
[edit]- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 8, Bran II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 10, Jon II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 22, Arya II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 4, Bran I.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 35, Bran V.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 46, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 56, Theon V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 69, Bran VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 35, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 41, The Turncloak.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Winds of Winter, Theon I
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 51, Theon I.