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[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|The Mountain with the Mountain's men - by Nordheimer ©]]
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[[File:Gregor Clegane Nordheimer.jpg|350px|thumb|Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] with the Mountain's men, by Nordheimer ©]]
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The '''Mountain's men'''{{ref|ASOS|17}}{{ref|ASOS|74}} are men-at-arms of the [[westerlands]] in service to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], the Mountain That Rides.
  
[[File:Gregors men.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Ser Gregor's men, by serclegane<br>Left to right: [[Chiswyck]], [[Polliver]], [[The Tickler]], [[Raff The Sweetling]], the Sarsfield squire, and [[Shitmouth]]]]
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==Culture==
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{{See also|:Category:Images of the Mountain's men|l1=Images of the Mountain's men}}
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The Mountain's men are a dangerous, unsavory bunch,{{ref|ACOK|26}} grim and foul mouthed.{{ref|AFFC|27}}
  
'''The Mountain's men'''{{ref|ASOS|17}}{{ref|ASOS|74}} are men-at-arms of the [[westerlands]] in service to Ser [[Gregor Clegane]], the Mountain That Rides.
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The best that can be said for Gregor's men is that they are not quite as vile a bunch as the [[Brave Companions]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} [[Sandor Clegane]] refers to his brother's soldiers as Gregor's "pet rats". According to Sandor, Gregor once killed one of his men for snoring.{{ref|ASOS|47}} Gregor never brings his men-at-arms to court in [[King's Landing]].{{Ref|aSoS|47}} They often refer to Gregor simply as "Ser".{{ref|ACOK|30}}{{ref|ASOS|74}}{{ref|AFFC|27}}
 
 
==About==
 
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of the Mountain's men|Images of the Mountain's men]]''
 
The Mountain's men are a dangerous, unsavory bunch. They are all hard-eyed, hard mouthed men; according to Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] they would have to be to ride beside a man like the Mountain.
 
 
 
The best that can be said for Gregor’s men is that they are not quite as vile a bunch as the [[Brave Companions]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} [[Sandor Clegane]] is familiar with his brother’s men and refers to them to as Gregor’s "pet rats". Gregor never brings them to court.{{Ref|aSoS|47}}
 
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
[[File:Gregor rapes innkeeper's daughter.jpg|The rape of the brewer’s daughter - by Roman Papsuev|thumb|350px]]
 
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
After [[Catelyn Stark]] [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 28|abducts]] [[Tyrion Lannister]], Ser Gregor and his men strike some of the first blows in what grows into the [[War of the Five Kings]], raiding the [[riverlands]]. Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends them across the [[Red Fork]] under the guise of brigands to ravage the holdfasts of [[Sherrer]], [[Wendish Town]], and [[Mummer's Ford]] in the hopes of drawing [[House Tully|Tully]] forces away from [[Riverrun]] and the [[Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}
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[[File:Marc Simonetti War.jpg‎|thumb|350px|Clegane's band foraging, by Marc Simonetti © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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After [[Tyrion Lannister]] is abducted by [[Catelyn Stark]],{{ref|AGOT|28}} Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] sends the Mountain's men across the [[Red Fork]] into the [[riverlands]] under the guise of brigands. They ravage the holdfasts of [[Sherrer]], [[Wendish Town]], and the [[Mummer's Ford]] and draw [[House Tully]] forces away from [[Riverrun]] and the [[Golden Tooth]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}}
  
When Lord [[Eddard Stark]] [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 43|dispatches]] a party of men led by [[Beric Dondarrion]] to execute Ser Gregor for his crimes, Tywin Lannister [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushes]] them at the Mummer's Ford. When Dondarrion and his men attempt to retreat across the Red Ford it is Ser Gregor's men who take them in the rear.
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When Lord [[Eddard Stark]], the [[Hand of the King]], dispatches a party of men led by [[Beric Dondarrion]] to execute Ser [[Gregor Clegane]] for his crimes,{{ref|AGOT|43}} Tywin [[Battle at the Mummer's Ford|ambushes them]] at the Mummer's Ford. When Beric and his men attempt to retreat across the Red Fork, Gregor's men take them in the rear.{{ref|AGOT|55}}
  
Thereafter, the Mountain's men join Lord Tywin's host as it marches through the riverlands, eventually fighting in the Lannister vanguard on the left flank of the [[battle on the Green Fork]]. After the battle, Lord Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves the Mountain's men and others to raid in the riverlands.
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Thereafter, the Mountain's men join Lord Tywin's host as it marches through the riverlands, and they burn [[burning of Stone Hedge]] and [[burning of Pinkmaiden Castle|Pinkmaiden]].{{ref|AGOT|56}} They fight in the Lannister vanguard on the left flank of the [[battle on the Green Fork]].{{ref|AGOT|62}} After the battle, Tywin withdraws to [[Harrenhal]] but leaves the Mountain's men and others to raid in the riverlands.{{ref|AGOT|69}}
  
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 
===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Marc Simonetti War.jpg‎|Clegane's band foraging - by Marc Simonetti. © FFG|thumb|350px]]
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[[File:Gregors men.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Ser Gregor's men, by serclegane<br>Left to right: [[Chiswyck]], [[Polliver]], the [[Tickler]], [[Rafford]], the [[pimply squire]], and [[Shitmouth]]]]
Clegane's band [[Sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], killing the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]]. They also take and burn [[Stone Hedge]], taking its food supplies and burning the harvest of Lord [[Jonos Bracken]].
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Gregor's band [[sack of Darry|sacks Castle Darry]], killing the eight-year-old Lord [[Lyman Darry]].{{ref|ACOK|7}}
  
As the band is foraging and raiding they capture and question various [[smallfolk]]. Amongst the people they capture are [[Hot Pie]], [[Gendry]] and, [[Arya Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], although they are oblivious to her true identity.{{Ref|aCoK|26}} Arya quickly comes to know Gregor’s men and their various personality quirks. Gregor and his men take their surviving prisoners to serve Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at [[Harrenhal]].  
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As the band is foraging and raiding, the [[Tickler]] questions various [[smallfolk]] through his torture. Among the people captured are [[Hot Pie]], [[Gendry]], and [[Arya Stark]] of [[Winterfell]], although they are oblivious to her true identity. Raff slays [[Lommy]].{{Ref|aCoK|26}} Arya quickly comes to know Gregor's men. The men-at-arms take their surviving prisoners to serve Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] at [[Harrenhal]].{{ref|ACOK|26}}
 
   
 
   
Tywin sends Gregor and his men to destroy Lord [[Roose Bolton]]’s [[north]]ern host. During this time, they skirmish several times with the [[brotherhood without banners]], and lose four men to [[Beric Dondarrion]]’s night raids before returning to Harrenhal, taking up residence in the [[Wailing Tower]].
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Arya hears rumors that Tywin sent Gregor and the [[Brave Companions]] to destroy the [[north]]ern host of Lord [[Roose Bolton]], who has occupied the [[ruby ford]].{{ref|ACOK|30}} The Mountain's men skirmish several times with the [[brotherhood without banners]], and they lose four men to Lord [[Beric Dondarrion]]'s night raids before returning to Harrenhal, taking up residence in the [[Wailing Tower]].{{ref|ACOK|30}} While in the guise of a common servant, Arya overhears [[Chiswyck]] speak of the earlier rape of a brewer's daughter, [[Layna]]. Arya orders [[Jaqen H'ghar]] to kill Chiswyck.{{Ref|aCoK|30}} Lord Bolton and [[Vargo Hoat]] of the Brave Companions orchestrate the [[fall of Harrenhal]] after Tywin's departure from the castle.{{ref|ACOK|47}}
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Lord Tywin attempts to return to the [[westerlands]] by crossing the [[Red Fork]]. During the [[Battle of the Fords]], Gregor leads the assault at the [[Stone Mill]], where so many of his men fall that the river is nearly dammed. Gregor and a handful of his best soldiers gain the west bank of the river, but they are forced to retreat by the reserves of Ser [[Edmure Tully]].{{ref|ACOK|45}} Messengers from [[Bitterbridge]] inform Tywin of a new alliance with [[House Tyrell]], and he marches his army to [[King's Landing]] for the [[Battle of the Blackwater]].{{ref|ACOK|62}}{{ref|ASOS|14}}
  
While in the guise of a common servant, Arya overhears [[Chiswyck]] speak of Gregor's actions after the [[Hand's tourney]] but before the outbreak of war. Gregor was furious about the trick that the "[[Knight of Flowers|Knight o’ Pansies]]" played on him by riding an in-season mare that distracted his stallion. While returning from the tourney with seven of his men, Gregor brooded on his loss. An overflowing river detoured the group to a nearby alehouse, where he and his men gang raped the brewer’s daughter, [[Layna]]. Arya orders the [[Faceless Man]] [[Jaqen H'ghar]] to kill Chiswyck.{{Ref|aCoK|30}}
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===''A Storm of Swords''===
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After hearing that Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] has escaped from [[Riverrun]], Tywin has Gregor, [[Samwell Spicer]], and the brothers [[House Plumm|Plumm]] discretely search for his eldest son in the riverlands.{{ref|ASOS|62}}
  
During Lord Tywin's attempt to break through back to the [[westerlands]] at the [[Battle of the Fords]], the Mountain's men join up with Tywin's host and attack the crossing at the [[Stone Mill]], which is defended by Ser [[Edmure Tully]]'s forces. Along with the rest of the Lannister force, the Mountain's men are pushed back and forced to retreat.{{ref|ACOK|45}} Harrenhal [[sack of Harrenhal|is taken]] by Lord Bolton in their absence.
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Lord Bolton orders [[Robett Glover]] and Ser [[Helman Tallhart]] from Harrenhal to attack [[Duskendale]], so Tywin sends Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] to intercept them.{{ref|ASOS|4}} The northern survivors of the [[battle at Duskendale]] are harried in their retreat to the [[kingsroad]] by Gregor's men.{{ref|ASOS|19}}
  
===''A Storm of Swords''===
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Lord Bolton leaves Harrenhal to Vargo when he departs for the [[Twins]].{{ref|ASOS|44}} Roose's rearguard is attacked by the Mountain in [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]].{{ref|ASOS|49}}
[[File:Jake Murray Ser Gregor's Dog.JPG|Ser Gregor's Dog. © FFG|thumb|350px|right]]
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Following their failure to cross the Red Fork, Ser Gregor and his men [[Retaking of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which [[Roose Bolton]] has abandoned to [[Vargo Hoat]]. Inside, Gregor's men slaughter the inhabitants and defenders except for the cook who opens the gate, the castle smith [[Ben Blackthumb]], and a girl named [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly.  
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Following the [[Red Wedding]], Tywin orders Gregor to eliminate the Brave Companions and put Harrenhal to the sword.{{ref|AGOT|53}} Gregor seizes the [[ruby ford]] and then leads the [[capture of Harrenhal]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} Roose's rearguard is attacked by the Mountain in [[fighting at the fords of the Trident]].{{ref|ASOS|49}}
  
Leaving [[Polliver]] as castellan and some men including the [[Tickler]] to hold Harrenhal, Ser Gregor and the rest of his men follow a force sent by Lord Bolton toward [[Duskendale]]. The survivors of the [[battle of Duskendale]] are harried in their retreat by Ser Gregor's men. Bolton's rearguard is then separately ravaged by the Mountain and his party when they attempt to cross the [[Battle of the Ruby Ford|ruby ford]].
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Ser Gregor and his men [[capture of Harrenhal|retake Harrenhal]], which [[Roose Bolton]] has abandoned to [[Vargo Hoat]]. Inside, Gregor's men slaughter the inhabitants and defenders except for the cook who opens the gate, the castle smith [[Ben Blackthumb]], and some women like [[Pia]] whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly.{{ref|ASOS|74}}
  
After kidnapping [[Arya Stark]], Gregor's brother [[Sandor Clegane|Sandor]] explains to her that it could be someone worse than him that kidnapped her and that she does not know his brother. Arya protests that she does know Gregor and then names some of Gregor’s men.  This surprises Sandor, who is amazed that a highborn girl like Arya should know them.{{Ref|aSoS|47}}
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Leaving [[Polliver]] as Harrenhal's castellan,{{ref|AFFC|27}} Gregor rides for King's Landing to serve Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]].{{ref|ASOS|70}} When [[Tyrion Lannister]], accused of murdering King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] at his [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]], requests [[trial by battle]], Cersei announces that Gregor will be her champion. Gregor is [[poison]]ed with [[manticore]] venom{{ref|AFFC|7}} during his duel with Tyrion's champion, Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], who is slain in the fight.{{ref|ASOS|70}}
  
At some point after Polliver is left as castellan, Arya and Sandor confront some of Gregor’s men who have gone to drink, whore, and "tickle the innkeep" at the [[crossroads inn]]. A fight breaks out when they attempt to capture Sandor and the pair kill Polliver, the Tickler and a [[House Sarsfield|Sarsfield]] boy.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}
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Polliver and the [[Tickler]] bring a [[pimply squire]] to the [[crossroads inn]] so the youth can sleep with a prostitute. They encounter Arya Stark and [[Sandor Clegane]], Gregor's brother, however, and Sandor accuses them of intending to "[[torture|tickle]] the innkeep". A fight breaks out when they attempt to capture Sandor, and the pair kill the three Mountain's men.{{Ref|aSoS|74}}
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
The remnants of Ser Gregor's men-at-arms, including [[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]], [[Dunsen]], and [[Shitmouth]], remain stationed at Harrenhal.{{ref|aFfC|Appendix}} When Ser [[Jaime Lannister]] arrives there on his way to [[Riverrun]], a handful of Gregor’s men emerge from the castle’s towers to watch him dismount. Jaime discovers that Gregor had named [[Polliver]] as his castellan after his departure, but Shitmouth informs him that Polliver was killed in a run-in with Sandor Clegane at the crossroads inn, leaving no one in charge at Harrenhal.{{Ref|aFfC|27}}
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[[File:Jake Murray Ser Gregor's DogII.png|thumb|350px|Ser Gregor's Dog, by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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Gregor dies in King's Landing while under the care of Qyburn.{{ref|AFFC|17}} The remnants of Gregor's men-at-arms, including [[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]], [[Dunsen]], and [[Shitmouth]], remain stationed at Harrenhal.{{ref|aFfC|Appendix}} When Jaime arrives there on his way to Riverrun, a handful of Gregor's men emerge from the castle's towers to watch him dismount. Shitmouth informs Jaime that Polliver was killed by Sandor at the crossroads inn, leaving no one in charge at Harrenhal.{{ref|AFFC|27}}
  
After viewing [[Vargo Hoat]]’s head, Jaime asks Shitmouth where the rest of him is. Shitmouth tells Jaime that the rest of him has rotted or been eaten and that Gregor fed his flesh to the captives – referring to Vargo’s flesh as “roast goat”. Jaime thinks that his father Tywin’s dogs have gone mad and that somehow revenge has lost its savor.  
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When Jaime informs Gregor's men that they can either ride with him to the [[siege of Riverrun]] or join the [[Holy Hundred]] of Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]], the men state Gregor promised rich rewards for those that rode with him. Jaime tells them to take any grievances up with Cersei.{{Ref|aFfC|27}} Before he leaves Harrenhal, Jaime orders Ser [[Ilyn Payne]] to behead one of Gregor's men who tried to rape [[Pia]], despite the perplexed man's protests.{{ref|AFFC|27}} Jaime tasks Ser [[Ronnet Connington]], [[Knight of Griffin's Roost]], with bringing the captive Ser [[Wylis Manderly]] to [[Maidenpool]].{{ref|AFFC|30}} Some of Gregor's men, including Dunsen, accompany Red Ronnet.{{ref|AWOIAF|Dunsen}}{{ref|AWOIAF|Ronnet Connington}}
  
When Jaime informs Gregor’s men that they can either ride with him to the [[siege of Riverrun]] or join Ser [[Bonifer Hasty]]’s men, the men state Gregor promised rich rewards for those that rode with him.  Jaime tells them to take any grievances up with Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]].{{Ref|aFfC|27}} Before he leaves Harrenhal, Jaime takes the head of one of Gregor’s men who tried to rape [[Pia]]. As the man is about to be beheaded he protests that he had her hundreds of times, and that they all did.
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After resolving the [[siege of Riverrun]], Jaime allows Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] to [[take the black]] and journey to the [[Wall]]. A dozen Mountain's men led by Rafford are ordered to escort Robin and Desmond to Maidenpool.{{Ref|aFfC|44}}
 
 
After the fall of Riverrun, [[Rafford]] is ordered by Jaime to escort Ser [[Robin Ryger]] and Ser [[Desmond Grell]] to [[Maidenpool]] for their journey to the [[Wall]] and make sure they make it alive.{{Ref|aFfC|44}}
 
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Twenty men accompany Red [[Ronnet Connington]] to [[White Harbor]] via [[Maidenpool]], most of them the Mountain's former men. Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] mentions how Gregor's men arrived in Maidenpool while he was in charge of the town. They were not there a day when one was accused of murder and another of rape; Randyll executed the murderer and gelded the raper.  
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Twenty men accompany Red Ronnet from Maidenpool to King's Landing, most of them the Mountain's former men.{{ref|ADWD|Epilogue}} Within a day one is accused of murder and another of rape; Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] executes the murderer and gelds the raper.{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}} Randyll suggests that Gregor's men be sent to the Wall, and Lord [[Mace Tyrell]], the new [[Hand of the King]], states he would not suffer such men in the [[City Watch of King's Landing|City Watch]]. Lord Regent [[Kevan Lannister]] decides not to exile them, however, as the [[Iron Throne]] needs loyal swords against the new threat of the [[Golden Company]] after their [[landing of the Golden Company|invasion of the stormlands]]. Kevan tells Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and Ser [[Harys Swyft]] to hire the Mountain's men if they feel they need guards against [[House Tyrell guards|House Tyrell]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}
 
 
When they arrive at [[King's Landing]] with Red Ronnet, Randyll suggests they be sent to the [[Wall]] where such scum belong. Lord [[Mace Tyrell]] agrees and states he would not suffer such men in the [[City Watch of King’s Landing|City Watch]]. Lord Regent [[Kevan Lannister]] decides not to exile them, however, as they are fighters and the [[Iron Throne]] needs swords against the new threat of the [[Golden Company]]. He later tells Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] and Ser [[Harys Swyft]] to hire the Mountain's men if they feel they need guards against [[House Tyrell]].{{Ref|aDwD|Epilogue}}
 
  
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
 
===''The Winds of Winter''===
Raff the Sweetling is among [[Harys Swyft]]'s guard in [[Braavos]], where he is killed by [[Arya Stark|Mercy]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref>
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Raff the Sweetling is among Harys's guard in [[Braavos]], where he is killed by [[Arya Stark|Mercy]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]]</ref>
  
 
==Known Mountain's men==
 
==Known Mountain's men==
  
{{Columns|2|
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* [[Joss Stilwood]], his squire.
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* {[[Chiswyck]]}, killed by [[Jaqen H'ghar]]
* {[[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]]}, killed by Arya Stark at Braavos
 
 
* [[Dunsen]]
 
* [[Dunsen]]
* {[[Tickler|The Tickler]]}, a torturer. Killed by Arya Stark
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* [[Eggon]]
* {[[Polliver]]}, killed by the Hound
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* a {[[pimply squire]]} from [[House Sarsfield]], killed by Arya Stark
* {[[Chiswyck]]}, killed by [[Jaqen H'ghar]]
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* {[[Polliver]]}, killed by [[Sandor Clegane]]
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* {[[Rafford|Raff the Sweetling]]}, killed by Arya Stark
 
* [[Shitmouth]]
 
* [[Shitmouth]]
* [[Eggon]]
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* [[Joss Stilwood]], Gregor's squire
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* The {[[Tickler]]}, a torturer killed by Arya Stark
 
* [[Tobbot]]
 
* [[Tobbot]]
* a {squire} of [[House Sarsfield]], killed by Arya Stark
 
 
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==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
{{Quote|At [[Wendish Town]], the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}}} – [[Raymun Darry]] to [[Eddard Stark]]
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{{Quote|At [[Wendish Town]], the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|[[Raymun Darry]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}
 
 
  
 
{{Quote|'''Varys''': You are quite certain these were more than brigands?<br>
 
{{Quote|'''Varys''': You are quite certain these were more than brigands?<br>
'''Raymun''': Brigands, Lord Varys? Oh, they were brigands, beyond a doubt. [[House Lannister|Lannister]] brigands.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}}} – [[Varys]] and [[Raymun Darry]]
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'''Raymun''': Brigands, Lord Varys? Oh, they were brigands, beyond a doubt. [[House Lannister|Lannister]] brigands.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|[[Varys]] and [[Raymun Darry]]}}
  
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{{Quote|They rode down my 'prentice boy. Chased him back and forth across the fields on their horses, poking at him with their lances like it was a game, them laughing and the boy stumbling and screaming till the [[Gregor Clegane|big one]] pierced him clean through.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}|unnamed smith from [[Sherrer]] to [[Eddard Stark]]}}
  
{{Quote|They rode down my ‘prentice boy. Chased him back and forth across the fields on their horses, poking at him with their lances like it was a game, them laughing and the boy stumbling and screaming till the [[Gregor Clegane|big one]] pierced him clean through.{{Ref|aGoT|43}}}} – unnamed smith from [[Sherrer]] to [[Eddard Stark]]
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{{Quote|'''Cersei''': And someone needs to set [[Harrenhal]] to rights. We have urgent need of [[Wylis Manderly]], assuming he is still alive and captive, but the garrison has not replied to any of our [[raven]]s.<br>
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'''Jaime''': Those are Gregor's men at Harrenhal. [[Gregor Clegane|The Mountain]] liked them cruel and stupid. Most like they ate your [[raven]]s, messages and all.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|[[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]}}
  
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{{Quote|A handful of Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor's]] men emerged from [[Harrenhal|the towers]] to watch him dismount; hard-eyed, hard-mouthed men, the lot of them. They would have to be, to ride beside the Mountain.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}
  
{{quote|'''Cersei''': And someone needs to set [[Harrenhal]] to rights. We have urgent need of [[Wylis Manderly]], assuming he is still alive and captive, but the garrison has not replied to any of our [[raven]]s.<br>
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{{Quote|The only peace Ser [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor's]] lot had ever given anyone was the peace of the grave.{{ref|AFFC|27}}|thoughts of [[Jaime Lannister]]}}
'''Jaime''': Those are Gregor's men at Harrenhal. [[Gregor Clegane|The Mountain]] liked them cruel and stupid. Most like they ate your ravens, messages and all.{{ref|AFFC|27}}}} - [[Cersei Lannister]] and [[Jaime Lannister]]
 
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 14:45, 11 July 2019

Ser Gregor Clegane with the Mountain's men, by Nordheimer ©

The Mountain's men[1][2] are men-at-arms of the westerlands in service to Ser Gregor Clegane, the Mountain That Rides.

Culture

The Mountain's men are a dangerous, unsavory bunch,[3] grim and foul mouthed.[4]

The best that can be said for Gregor's men is that they are not quite as vile a bunch as the Brave Companions.[4] Sandor Clegane refers to his brother's soldiers as Gregor's "pet rats". According to Sandor, Gregor once killed one of his men for snoring.[5] Gregor never brings his men-at-arms to court in King's Landing.[5] They often refer to Gregor simply as "Ser".[6][2][4]

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A Game of Thrones

Clegane's band foraging, by Marc Simonetti © Fantasy Flight Games

After Tyrion Lannister is abducted by Catelyn Stark,[7] Lord Tywin Lannister sends the Mountain's men across the Red Fork into the riverlands under the guise of brigands. They ravage the holdfasts of Sherrer, Wendish Town, and the Mummer's Ford and draw House Tully forces away from Riverrun and the Golden Tooth.[8]

When Lord Eddard Stark, the Hand of the King, dispatches a party of men led by Beric Dondarrion to execute Ser Gregor Clegane for his crimes,[8] Tywin ambushes them at the Mummer's Ford. When Beric and his men attempt to retreat across the Red Fork, Gregor's men take them in the rear.[9]

Thereafter, the Mountain's men join Lord Tywin's host as it marches through the riverlands, and they burn burning of Stone Hedge and Pinkmaiden.[10] They fight in the Lannister vanguard on the left flank of the battle on the Green Fork.[11] After the battle, Tywin withdraws to Harrenhal but leaves the Mountain's men and others to raid in the riverlands.[12]

A Clash of Kings

Ser Gregor's men, by serclegane
Left to right: Chiswyck, Polliver, the Tickler, Rafford, the pimply squire, and Shitmouth

Gregor's band sacks Castle Darry, killing the eight-year-old Lord Lyman Darry.[13]

As the band is foraging and raiding, the Tickler questions various smallfolk through his torture. Among the people captured are Hot Pie, Gendry, and Arya Stark of Winterfell, although they are oblivious to her true identity. Raff slays Lommy.[3] Arya quickly comes to know Gregor's men. The men-at-arms take their surviving prisoners to serve Lord Tywin Lannister at Harrenhal.[3]

Arya hears rumors that Tywin sent Gregor and the Brave Companions to destroy the northern host of Lord Roose Bolton, who has occupied the ruby ford.[6] The Mountain's men skirmish several times with the brotherhood without banners, and they lose four men to Lord Beric Dondarrion's night raids before returning to Harrenhal, taking up residence in the Wailing Tower.[6] While in the guise of a common servant, Arya overhears Chiswyck speak of the earlier rape of a brewer's daughter, Layna. Arya orders Jaqen H'ghar to kill Chiswyck.[6] Lord Bolton and Vargo Hoat of the Brave Companions orchestrate the fall of Harrenhal after Tywin's departure from the castle.[14]

Lord Tywin attempts to return to the westerlands by crossing the Red Fork. During the Battle of the Fords, Gregor leads the assault at the Stone Mill, where so many of his men fall that the river is nearly dammed. Gregor and a handful of his best soldiers gain the west bank of the river, but they are forced to retreat by the reserves of Ser Edmure Tully.[15] Messengers from Bitterbridge inform Tywin of a new alliance with House Tyrell, and he marches his army to King's Landing for the Battle of the Blackwater.[16][17]

A Storm of Swords

After hearing that Ser Jaime Lannister has escaped from Riverrun, Tywin has Gregor, Samwell Spicer, and the brothers Plumm discretely search for his eldest son in the riverlands.[18]

Lord Bolton orders Robett Glover and Ser Helman Tallhart from Harrenhal to attack Duskendale, so Tywin sends Lord Randyll Tarly to intercept them.[19] The northern survivors of the battle at Duskendale are harried in their retreat to the kingsroad by Gregor's men.[20]

Lord Bolton leaves Harrenhal to Vargo when he departs for the Twins.[21] Roose's rearguard is attacked by the Mountain in fighting at the fords of the Trident.[22]

Following the Red Wedding, Tywin orders Gregor to eliminate the Brave Companions and put Harrenhal to the sword.[23] Gregor seizes the ruby ford and then leads the capture of Harrenhal.[24] Roose's rearguard is attacked by the Mountain in fighting at the fords of the Trident.[22]

Ser Gregor and his men retake Harrenhal, which Roose Bolton has abandoned to Vargo Hoat. Inside, Gregor's men slaughter the inhabitants and defenders except for the cook who opens the gate, the castle smith Ben Blackthumb, and some women like Pia whom the Mountain and his men rape repeatedly.[2]

Leaving Polliver as Harrenhal's castellan,[4] Gregor rides for King's Landing to serve Queen Regent Cersei Lannister.[25] When Tyrion Lannister, accused of murdering King Joffrey I Baratheon at his royal wedding, requests trial by battle, Cersei announces that Gregor will be her champion. Gregor is poisoned with manticore venom[26] during his duel with Tyrion's champion, Prince Oberyn Martell, who is slain in the fight.[25]

Polliver and the Tickler bring a pimply squire to the crossroads inn so the youth can sleep with a prostitute. They encounter Arya Stark and Sandor Clegane, Gregor's brother, however, and Sandor accuses them of intending to "tickle the innkeep". A fight breaks out when they attempt to capture Sandor, and the pair kill the three Mountain's men.[2]

A Feast for Crows

Ser Gregor's Dog, by Jake Murray © Fantasy Flight Games

Gregor dies in King's Landing while under the care of Qyburn.[27] The remnants of Gregor's men-at-arms, including Raff the Sweetling, Dunsen, and Shitmouth, remain stationed at Harrenhal.[28] When Jaime arrives there on his way to Riverrun, a handful of Gregor's men emerge from the castle's towers to watch him dismount. Shitmouth informs Jaime that Polliver was killed by Sandor at the crossroads inn, leaving no one in charge at Harrenhal.[4]

When Jaime informs Gregor's men that they can either ride with him to the siege of Riverrun or join the Holy Hundred of Ser Bonifer Hasty, the men state Gregor promised rich rewards for those that rode with him. Jaime tells them to take any grievances up with Cersei.[4] Before he leaves Harrenhal, Jaime orders Ser Ilyn Payne to behead one of Gregor's men who tried to rape Pia, despite the perplexed man's protests.[4] Jaime tasks Ser Ronnet Connington, Knight of Griffin's Roost, with bringing the captive Ser Wylis Manderly to Maidenpool.[29] Some of Gregor's men, including Dunsen, accompany Red Ronnet.[30][31]

After resolving the siege of Riverrun, Jaime allows Ser Robin Ryger and Ser Desmond Grell to take the black and journey to the Wall. A dozen Mountain's men led by Rafford are ordered to escort Robin and Desmond to Maidenpool.[32]

A Dance with Dragons

Twenty men accompany Red Ronnet from Maidenpool to King's Landing, most of them the Mountain's former men.[33] Within a day one is accused of murder and another of rape; Lord Randyll Tarly executes the murderer and gelds the raper.[33] Randyll suggests that Gregor's men be sent to the Wall, and Lord Mace Tyrell, the new Hand of the King, states he would not suffer such men in the City Watch. Lord Regent Kevan Lannister decides not to exile them, however, as the Iron Throne needs loyal swords against the new threat of the Golden Company after their invasion of the stormlands. Kevan tells Grand Maester Pycelle and Ser Harys Swyft to hire the Mountain's men if they feel they need guards against House Tyrell.[33]

The Winds of Winter

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Raff the Sweetling is among Harys's guard in Braavos, where he is killed by Mercy.[34]

Known Mountain's men

Quotes

At Wendish Town, the people sought shelter in their holdfast, but the walls were timbered. The raiders piled straw against the wood and burnt them all alive. When the Wendish folk opened their gates to flee the fire, they shot them down with arrows as they came running out, even women with suckling babes.[8]

Varys: You are quite certain these were more than brigands?
Raymun: Brigands, Lord Varys? Oh, they were brigands, beyond a doubt. Lannister brigands.[8]

They rode down my 'prentice boy. Chased him back and forth across the fields on their horses, poking at him with their lances like it was a game, them laughing and the boy stumbling and screaming till the big one pierced him clean through.[8]

—unnamed smith from Sherrer to Eddard Stark

Cersei: And someone needs to set Harrenhal to rights. We have urgent need of Wylis Manderly, assuming he is still alive and captive, but the garrison has not replied to any of our ravens.
Jaime: Those are Gregor's men at Harrenhal. The Mountain liked them cruel and stupid. Most like they ate your ravens, messages and all.[4]

A handful of Ser Gregor's men emerged from the towers to watch him dismount; hard-eyed, hard-mouthed men, the lot of them. They would have to be, to ride beside the Mountain.[4]

—thoughts of Jaime Lannister

The only peace Ser Gregor's lot had ever given anyone was the peace of the grave.[4]

—thoughts of Jaime Lannister

References and Notes

  1. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 74, Arya XIII.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 26, Arya VI.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
  5. 5.0 5.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 47, Arya IX.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 30, Arya VII.
  7. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 28, Catelyn V.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 43, Eddard XI.
  9. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
  10. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
  11. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII.
  12. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
  13. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
  14. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 47, Arya IX.
  15. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.
  16. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 62, Sansa VII.
  17. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
  18. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 62, Jaime VII.
  19. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 4, Tyrion I.
  20. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 19, Tyrion III.
  21. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 44, Jaime VI.
  22. 22.0 22.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 49, Catelyn VI.
  23. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
  24. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
  25. 25.0 25.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 70, Tyrion X.
  26. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 7, Cersei II.
  27. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
  28. A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
  29. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 30, Jaime IV.
  30. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Dunsen.
  31. George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Ronnet Connington.
  32. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 A Dance with Dragons, Epilogue.
  34. The Winds of Winter, Mercy