Oppo
Oppo | |
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Alias | Groat |
Died |
300 AC Volantis |
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Oppo, better known as Groat, is a dwarf from across the narrow sea.
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History
Oppo and his sister Penny make their living as entertainers who ride atop a pig and a dog while mock fighting each other. Oppo rides the Pig. He and his sister were Groat and Penny after: the two smallest coins.
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
Oppo and Penny were hired by a man known as Oswell to entertain the guests in King's Landing during Joffrey Baratheon's wedding to Margaery Tyrell by riding a pig and a dog while in painted wooden armor.[1] Unknown to the pair this stunt is arranged by Petyr Baelish in order to provoke a quarrel between Tyrion Lannister and Joffrey in order to add further false evidence against the dwarf when he would be accused of Joffrey's murder.
A Feast of Crows
Oppo is murdered in Volantis by sailors from Westeros who falsely believe him to be Tyrion.[2]
The Winds of Winter
At the start of the Second Siege of Meereen, as they ready themselves for battle, Penny tells Tyrion Groat thought his sister Cersei Lannister was beautiful when he saw her when they jousted for King Joffrey. Tyrion thinks privately to himself that Groat was a stunted little lickspittle with a stupid name.
Quotes
His blood is on my sister’s hands, and the hands of the brutes who killed him.
- Tyrion Lannister to Jorah Mormont
References and Notes
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.