Difference between revisions of "Yohn Royce"

From A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(33 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Character
+
{{Infobox character
| Character_name          = [[file:Royce.png|50px|left]] '''Yohn Royce''' [[file:Royce.png|50px|right]]
+
| title = Lord
| image         = [[File:Yohn-royce.png|290px]]
+
| firstname = Yohn
| image_caption =  
+
| particle =
| Alias = Bronze Yohn
+
| lastname = Royce
| Title = Lord of [[Runestone]]
+
| epithet = Bronze Yohn
| Allegiance = [[House Royce]]
+
| arms = Royce
| Race =
+
| image = Yohn-royce.png
| Culture =
+
| image_caption = Bronze Yohn Royce, by Even Mehl Amundsen © FFG
| Spouse =
+
| Alias = Bronze Yohn{{Ref|AGOT|47}}
| Place_of_Birth =
+
| Title = [[Knight|Ser]]{{Ref|AFFC|41}}<br>[[Lord of Runestone]]{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}}
| Date_of_Birth =
+
| Allegiance = [[House Royce]]<br>[[Lords Declarant]]
| Place_of_Death =
+
| Race =  
| Date_of_Death =
+
| Culture = [[Vale of Arryn|Valemen]]
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (Appears)<br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' (Mentioned)<br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (Mentioned)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (Appears)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (Mentioned)
+
| Date_of_Birth =  
| coat-of-arms  =
+
| Place_of_Birth = [[Vale of Arryn]]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Yohn Royce}}
| Played_by     = Rupert Vansittart
+
| Date_of_Death =  
| TV_series     = [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]]
+
| Place_of_Death =
 +
| Date_of_Burial =  
 +
| Place_of_Burial =
 +
| Father =
 +
| Mother =
 +
| Spouse =
 +
| Lover =
 +
| Issue = [[Andar Royce]]<br>[[Robar Royce]]<br>[[Waymar Royce]]<br>[[Ysilla Royce]]<br>Daughter(s)
 +
| coat-of-arms =  
 +
| Books = ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' <small>(appears)</small><br>''[[A Clash of Kings]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small><br>''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small><br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' <small>(appears)</small><br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small><br>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
 +
| Played_by = [[w:Rupert Vansittart|Rupert Vansittart]]
 +
| TV_series = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': [[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|7]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 8|8]]  
 
}}
 
}}
  
Lord '''Yohn Royce''', better known as '''Bronze Yohn''', is Lord of [[Runestone]] and head of [[House Royce]]. He is sworn to [[House Arryn]]. He has three sons, [[Andar Royce|Andar]], [[Robar Royce|Robar]] and [[Waymar Royce]], all knights.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}
+
'''Yohn Royce''', known as '''Bronze Yohn''', is the Lord of [[Runestone]] and the head of the senior branch of [[House Royce]].{{Ref|AFFC|Appendix}} In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', he is portrayed by [[w:Rupert Vansittart|Rupert Vansittart]].
  
==Appearance==
+
==Appearance and Character==
:''See also: [[:Category:Images of Yohn Royce|Images of Yohn Royce]]''
+
{{See also|:Category:Images of Yohn Royce|l1=Images of Yohn Royce}}
His face is lined and he has grey hair, slate-grey eyes and very bushy eyebrows. He is tall and has large, gnarled hands, with a booming voice to match.{{ref|AFFC|23}} He has a set of bronze armor, thousands of years old that is inscribed with runes that ward him from harm.{{ref|AGOT|29}}
+
Yohn's face is lined, and he has grey hair, slate-grey eyes, and bushy eyebrows. He is as tall as [[Sandor Clegane]], and has large, gnarled hands.{{ref|AFFC|23}}
 +
 
 +
Bronze Yohn is a proud{{ref|ASOS|19}} and formidable{{ref|AFFC|23}} man, with a booming voice,{{ref|AFFC|23}} but the noble lord can also be solemn and quiet.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
 +
 
 +
Lord Royce is a tourney [[knight]]{{Ref|AGOT|58}}{{Ref|ACOK|12}} who dons a set of [[bronze]] armor while competing. The armor is said to be thousands of years old, and its inscribed [[runes]] can allegedly ward its owner from harm.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Lord Yohn is a tourney knight, who took part in the [[Tourney at Harrenhal]], where he was defeated by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]],{{Ref|aGoT|58}} and in the [[Tourney at Lannisport]], where he was defeated by Ser [[Jorah Mormont]].{{Ref|aCoK|12}} He defeated [[Thoros of Myr]] in the melee at the [[Tourney for Prince Joffrey's 12th Name Day]] with a common mace after the fire of Thoros' sword had guttered out.{{Ref|aCoK|10}}  
+
Yohn took part in the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], where he was defeated by Prince [[Rhaegar Targaryen]].{{Ref|AGOT|58}} Yohn also participated in the [[tourney at Lannisport]], where he was defeated by the eventual champion, Lord [[Jorah Mormont]].{{Ref|AGOT|58}}{{Ref|ACOK|12}} He defeated [[Thoros of Myr]] in the melee at the [[tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day]] with a common mace, after the [[Wildfire|fire]] of Thoros's sword had guttered out.{{Ref|ACOK|10}}  
  
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offered his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] for marriage within House Royce but was rejected.{{Ref|aSoS|19}}  
+
Lord [[Tywin Lannister]] offered his son [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] for marriage within House Royce, but was rejected.{{Ref|ASOS|19}}  
  
Lord Royce escorted his youngest son north, when [[Waymar Royce|Waymar]] joined the [[Night's Watch]] in {{Date|296}}. They stayed in [[Winterfell]] on their way, where Yohn participated in hunts and practice sparring with [[Ned Stark]] and [[Rodrik Cassel]], defeating them both in the latter.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}{{Ref|aFfC|23}}
+
When Yohn's youngest son, Ser [[Waymar Royce]], joined the [[Night's Watch]] in {{Date|296}}, his father escorted him north. They stayed in [[Winterfell]] on their way, where Yohn participated in hunts, and spoke with Lady [[Catelyn Stark]]. Bronze Yohn practiced sparring with Lord [[Eddard Stark]] and Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], defeating one and then the other.{{Ref|AGOT|29}}{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
Lord Royce takes part in the [[Tourney of the Hand|Hand's Tourney]] in [[King's Landing]], attending with his sons [[Andar Royce|Andar]] and [[Robar Royce|Robar]].{{ref|AGOT|29}} He stays in King's Landing, participating in the boar hunt that kills King [[Robert I Baratheon]].{{Ref|aGoT|43}} As Robert lies dying, Yohn is named by [[Petyr Baelish]] as a possible ally for [[Eddard Stark]] against [[Cersei Lannister]] in the matter of the succession, though ultimately Ned chooses to rely on the [[Gold Cloaks]].
+
[[File:Chris Dien Bronze Yohn.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Bronze Yohn Royce by [http://www.chrisdien.com/ Chris Dien] © FFG]]
 +
During a ranging [[beyond the Wall]], Yohn's youngest son, Ser [[Waymar Royce]], is killed by [[Others]] in the [[haunted forest]].{{Ref|AGOT|Prologue}}
 +
 
 +
Yohn attends the [[Hand's tourney]] in [[King's Landing]], participating with his sons, Ser [[Andar Royce|Andar]] and Ser [[Robar Royce|Robar]].{{Ref|AGOT|29}} He remains at court, with a retinue of [[knight]]s and [[sworn swords]].{{Ref|AGOT|47}}
 +
 
 +
Yohn participates in King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s hunt in the [[kingswood]] for a white hart.{{ref|AGOT|45}} Lord [[Eddard Stark]], [[Hand of the King]], sends Robar to the kingswood to inform his father and Robert of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]]'s raids on the [[riverlands]].{{ref|AGOT|43}} After the hart's carcass is found, the Royces return to the capital, but Robert remains in the forest to hunt a monstrous [[boar]].{{ref|AGOT|45}}
 +
 
 +
As Robert lies dying in the [[Red Keep]] after being gored by the boar, Bronze Yohn is named by Lord [[Petyr Baelish]], [[master of coin]], as a possible ally for Eddard against Queen [[Cersei Lannister]] in the matter of the succession, though ultimately Ned chooses to rely on the [[gold cloaks]].{{Ref|AGOT|47}} Petyr betrays the plan to Cersei, however.{{ref|AGOT|49}}
 +
 
 +
During King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]]'s first court session after Ned's imprisonment, Lord Royce and his sons are listed by [[Grand Maester]] [[Pycelle]] among those required to swear fealty to the new king.{{Ref|ASOS|57}}
 +
 
 +
===''A Clash of Kings''===
 +
Robar is slain by an enraged Ser [[Loras Tyrell]] after [[siege of Storm's End (299)|the murder]] of King [[Renly Baratheon]].{{Ref|ACOK|36}}
  
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
 
===''A Storm of Swords''===
Yohn is mentioned as a suitor of [[Lysa Tully]] by Ser [[Kevan Lannister]].{{Ref|aSoS|19}} According to Lysa herself, Yohn is pressuring her into participating in the [[War of the Five Kings]], presumably in defense of [[Riverrun]] against the [[House Lannister|Lannister]] forces.{{Ref|aSoS|68}}
+
Yohn is mentioned as a suitor of Lady [[Lysa Arryn]] by Ser [[Kevan Lannister]].{{Ref|ASOS|19}} According to Lysa herself, Yohn is pressuring her into participating in the [[War of the Five Kings]]{{Ref|ASOS|68}} to support [[Robb Stark]], [[King in the North]].<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [https://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Clans_of_the_North_and_the_Valelords Clans of the North and the Valelords], February 24, 2000</ref>
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
After the death of Lady Lysa Arryn, Lord Yohn brings five other lords of the Vale to Runestone where they sign a document forming the [[Lords Declarant]]. Nestor Royce informs Lord Baelish about Yohn's intent to question [[Marillion]] himself about the murder of Lady [[Lysa Tully]] and to remove Baelish from his position as Lord Protector.{{ref|AFFC|10}}  
+
After the death of Lysa, Lord Yohn brings five other nobles of the Vale—[[Benedar Belmore]], [[Gilwood Hunter]], [[Horton Redfort]], [[Symond Templeton]], and [[Anya Waynwood]]—to [[Runestone]], where they sign a document forming the [[Lords Declarant]]. Yohn's cousin, Lord [[Nestor Royce]], informs Petyr Baelish about Yohn's intent to question [[Marillion]] about the murder of Lysa, and to remove Petyr from his position as [[Lord Protector of the Vale]].{{Ref|AFFC|10}}  
  
The Lords Declarant later ascend the [[Eyrie]] to meet with Lord Baelish, where Yohn briefly recognizes [[Sansa Stark]]. Yohn declares his intent to foster Lord Robert at [[Runestone]] as his ward and squire and to raise him to be a knight that [[Jon Arryn]] would be proud of, with the group's backing. He prevents Ser [[Lyn Corbray]] from attacking Ser [[Lothor Brune]], but later departs the Eyrie in anger when the other members of the Lord Declarant allow Lord Baelish a year more as Lord Protector.{{ref|AFFC|23}}  
+
The Lords Declarant surround the [[Gates of the Moon]] with their hosts. Along with Nestor and Ser [[Lyn Corbray]], they ascend the [[Giant's Lance]] to meet with Lord Baelish at the [[Eyrie]]. [[Sansa Stark]] worries that Yohn may recognize her from his visit to [[Winterfell]] a few years earlier, but Nestor tells his cousin that she is Petyr's [[bastardy|natural]] daughter, Alayne Stone. Yohn declares his intent to foster the young [[Robert Arryn]], [[Lord of the Eyrie]], at [[Runestone]] as his [[ward]] and [[squire]], which Petyr is reluctant to support. When Lyn draws [[Lady Forlorn]] against Ser [[Lothor Brune]], an angry Yohn intervenes to prevent bloodshed. Still, Petyr blames the Lords Declarant for Lyn baring steel during a parley. When the other Lords Declarant allow Lord Baelish a year more to prove himself as Lord Protector, Yohn departs the Eyrie in anger. Afterwards, Petyr reveals to Sansa that Lyn is secretly in his employ. Petyr believes Yohn will be the only member of the Lords Declarant remaining opposed to his plans, but Lord Royce should not be a threat by himself.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
  
Lord Baelish tells Sansa he believes Lord Yohn will be the only member of the Lords Declarant who will continue to be a threat to his plans.{{ref|AFFC|23}} Lord Yohn later holds a small melee at Runestone only for squires. [[Harrold Hardyng]] wins the melee and Lord Yohn knights him as his reward.{{ref|AFFC|41}}
+
Bronze Yohn later holds a small melee at Runestone only for squires. [[Harrold Hardyng]], Lord Robert's cousin and heir, wins the melee, and Yohn [[knight]]s him as his reward. Lord Royce's daughter, [[Ysilla Royce|Ysilla]], marries Ser [[Mychel Redfort]], which upsets [[Mya Stone]].{{Ref|AFFC|41}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
News reaches [[Sisterton]] and [[White Harbor]] about Lord Yohn publicly vowing to remove Lord [[Petyr Baelish]] from power in the [[Vale]].{{Ref|aDwD|15}}
+
News reaches [[Sisterton]] and [[White Harbor]] about Lord Yohn vowing to remove Petyr from power in the [[Vale of Arryn]].{{Ref|ADWD|15}}
 +
 
 +
===''The Winds of Winter''===
 +
{{Warning/twow}}
 +
Lord Baelish is convinced Yohn warned Ser Harrold against him before the young knight travels to the Gates of the Moon to participate in the [[tourney]] for the [[Brotherhood of Winged Knights]].<ref name="twow">''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]</ref>
 +
 
 +
==Quotes by Yohn==
 +
{{quote|'''Petyr''': [[Lords Declarant|My lords]], I am with you, heart and hand. Show me where to sign, I beg you.<br>
 +
'''Yohn''': We did not come for your signature. Nor do we mean to bandy words with you, Littlefinger.<br>
 +
'''Petyr''': What a pity. I do so love a nicely bandied word.{{ref|AFFC|23}}|[[Petyr Baelish]] and Yohn}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|I mean to take [[Robert Arryn|the boy]] with me to [[Runestone]], and raise him up to be a knight that [[Jon Arryn]] would be proud of.{{ref|AFFC|23}}|Yohn to [[Petyr Baelish]]}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|I like it not, but it would seem you have your year. Best use it well, my lord. Not all of us are fooled.{{ref|AFFC|23}}|Yohn to [[Petyr Baelish]]}}
 +
 
 +
==Quotes about Yohn==
 +
[[File:Rupert Vansittart as Yohn Royce.png|350px|thumb|[[w:Rupert Vansittart|Rupert Vansittart]] as Yohn Royce in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
 +
{{quote|His armor is [[bronze]], thousands and thousands of years old, engraved with [[magic]] [[runes]] that ward him against harm.{{ref|AGOT|29}}|[[Sansa Stark]] to [[Jeyne Poole]]}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|Yohn Royce, [[Lyn Corbray]], [[Horton Redfort]]... these are dangerous men, each in his own way. And proud.{{ref|ASOS|19}}|[[Kevan Lannister]] to [[Tyrion Lannister]]}}
 +
 
 +
{{Quote|Though his hair was grey and his face lined, Lord Yohn still looked as though he could break most younger men like twigs in those huge gnarled hands.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}|thoughts of [[Sansa Stark]]}}
 +
 
 +
{{quote|Lord Yohn raised three fine sons of his own, there is no man more fit to foster [[Robert Arryn|his young lordship]].{{ref|AFFC|23}}|[[Anya Waynwood]] to [[Petyr Baelish]]}}
  
 +
{{Quote|Our cousin Bronze Yohn had himself a [[mêlée]] at [[Runestone]], a small one, just for [[squire]]s. It was meant for [[Harrold Hardyng|Harry the Heir]] to win the honors, and so he did.{{Ref|AFFC|41}}|[[Myranda Royce]] to [[Alayne Stone]]}}
 +
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
 +
Yohn has three sons, Ser [[Andar Royce|Andar]], Ser [[Robar Royce|Robar]], and Ser [[Waymar Royce|Waymar]], and several daughters, including [[Ysilla Royce|Ysilla]].{{Ref|AGOT|29}}{{Ref|AFFC|41}} Yohn also has granddaughters.{{Ref|AFFC|41}} Yohn refers to [[Nestor Royce]], the senior member of a cadet branch of House Royce, as his cousin.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
 
{{Royce tree}}
 
{{Royce tree}}
  
==References and Notes==
+
==External Links==
{{references|2}}
+
:[http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Yohn_Royce Yohn Royce] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki]
 +
 
 +
==References==
 +
{{References}}
  
==External Links==
+
{{S-start}}
:[http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Yohn_Royce Yohn Royce] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].
+
{{S-vac|unknown|parameter=before|unknlast=[[Gunthor Royce]]}}
 +
{{S-ttl|title=[[Lord of Runestone]]}}
 +
{{S-inc|heir=[[Andar Royce]]|heir-type=Heir apparent}}
 +
{{S-end}}
  
[[Category:Nobles|Royce, Yohn]]
+
{{DEFAULTSORT:Royce, Yohn}}
[[Category:Characters from the Vale|Royce, Yohn]]
+
[[Category:House Royce|Yohn Royce]]
[[Category:House Royce]]
+
[[Category:Characters from the Vale]]
 +
[[Category:Characters with grey eyes|Royce, Yohn]]
 +
[[Category:Characters with grey hair|Royce, Yohn]]
 +
[[Category:Knights]]
 +
[[Category:Lords Declarant]]
 +
[[Category:Lords of Runestone|Yohn Royce]]
 +
[[Category:Members of Robert I Baratheon's court]]
 +
[[Category:Nobles]]
 +
[[Category:Six-footers]]
  
 
[[es:Yohn Royce]]
 
[[es:Yohn Royce]]
 
[[fr:Yohn Royce]]
 
[[fr:Yohn Royce]]
 +
[[nl:Yan Roys]]
 +
[[pt:Yohn Royce]]
 +
[[ru:Джон Ройс]]
 +
[[tr:Yohn Royce]]
 
[[zh:&#32422;&#24681;&#183;&#32599;&#20234;&#26031;]]
 
[[zh:&#32422;&#24681;&#183;&#32599;&#20234;&#26031;]]
[[ru:Джон Ройс]]
 

Latest revision as of 12:58, 14 February 2024

House Royce.svg Lord
Yohn Royce
Bronze Yohn
House Royce.svg
Yohn-royce.png
Bronze Yohn Royce, by Even Mehl Amundsen © FFG

Alias Bronze Yohn[1]
Titles
Allegiances
Culture Valemen
Born Vale of Arryn[4]
Issue
Books

Played by Rupert Vansittart
TV series Game of Thrones: Season 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Yohn Royce, known as Bronze Yohn, is the Lord of Runestone and the head of the senior branch of House Royce.[3] In the television adaptation Game of Thrones, he is portrayed by Rupert Vansittart.

Appearance and Character

Yohn's face is lined, and he has grey hair, slate-grey eyes, and bushy eyebrows. He is as tall as Sandor Clegane, and has large, gnarled hands.[5]

Bronze Yohn is a proud[6] and formidable[5] man, with a booming voice,[5] but the noble lord can also be solemn and quiet.[5]

Lord Royce is a tourney knight[7][8] who dons a set of bronze armor while competing. The armor is said to be thousands of years old, and its inscribed runes can allegedly ward its owner from harm.[9]

History

Yohn took part in the tourney at Harrenhal, where he was defeated by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen.[7] Yohn also participated in the tourney at Lannisport, where he was defeated by the eventual champion, Lord Jorah Mormont.[7][8] He defeated Thoros of Myr in the melee at the tourney on Prince Joffrey's name day with a common mace, after the fire of Thoros's sword had guttered out.[10]

Lord Tywin Lannister offered his son Tyrion for marriage within House Royce, but was rejected.[6]

When Yohn's youngest son, Ser Waymar Royce, joined the Night's Watch in 296 AC, his father escorted him north. They stayed in Winterfell on their way, where Yohn participated in hunts, and spoke with Lady Catelyn Stark. Bronze Yohn practiced sparring with Lord Eddard Stark and Ser Rodrik Cassel, defeating one and then the other.[9][5]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Bronze Yohn Royce by Chris Dien © FFG

During a ranging beyond the Wall, Yohn's youngest son, Ser Waymar Royce, is killed by Others in the haunted forest.[11]

Yohn attends the Hand's tourney in King's Landing, participating with his sons, Ser Andar and Ser Robar.[9] He remains at court, with a retinue of knights and sworn swords.[1]

Yohn participates in King Robert I Baratheon's hunt in the kingswood for a white hart.[12] Lord Eddard Stark, Hand of the King, sends Robar to the kingswood to inform his father and Robert of Ser Gregor Clegane's raids on the riverlands.[13] After the hart's carcass is found, the Royces return to the capital, but Robert remains in the forest to hunt a monstrous boar.[12]

As Robert lies dying in the Red Keep after being gored by the boar, Bronze Yohn is named by Lord Petyr Baelish, master of coin, as a possible ally for Eddard against Queen Cersei Lannister in the matter of the succession, though ultimately Ned chooses to rely on the gold cloaks.[1] Petyr betrays the plan to Cersei, however.[14]

During King Joffrey I Baratheon's first court session after Ned's imprisonment, Lord Royce and his sons are listed by Grand Maester Pycelle among those required to swear fealty to the new king.[15]

A Clash of Kings

Robar is slain by an enraged Ser Loras Tyrell after the murder of King Renly Baratheon.[16]

A Storm of Swords

Yohn is mentioned as a suitor of Lady Lysa Arryn by Ser Kevan Lannister.[6] According to Lysa herself, Yohn is pressuring her into participating in the War of the Five Kings[17] to support Robb Stark, King in the North.[18]

A Feast for Crows

After the death of Lysa, Lord Yohn brings five other nobles of the Vale—Benedar Belmore, Gilwood Hunter, Horton Redfort, Symond Templeton, and Anya Waynwood—to Runestone, where they sign a document forming the Lords Declarant. Yohn's cousin, Lord Nestor Royce, informs Petyr Baelish about Yohn's intent to question Marillion about the murder of Lysa, and to remove Petyr from his position as Lord Protector of the Vale.[19]

The Lords Declarant surround the Gates of the Moon with their hosts. Along with Nestor and Ser Lyn Corbray, they ascend the Giant's Lance to meet with Lord Baelish at the Eyrie. Sansa Stark worries that Yohn may recognize her from his visit to Winterfell a few years earlier, but Nestor tells his cousin that she is Petyr's natural daughter, Alayne Stone. Yohn declares his intent to foster the young Robert Arryn, Lord of the Eyrie, at Runestone as his ward and squire, which Petyr is reluctant to support. When Lyn draws Lady Forlorn against Ser Lothor Brune, an angry Yohn intervenes to prevent bloodshed. Still, Petyr blames the Lords Declarant for Lyn baring steel during a parley. When the other Lords Declarant allow Lord Baelish a year more to prove himself as Lord Protector, Yohn departs the Eyrie in anger. Afterwards, Petyr reveals to Sansa that Lyn is secretly in his employ. Petyr believes Yohn will be the only member of the Lords Declarant remaining opposed to his plans, but Lord Royce should not be a threat by himself.[5]

Bronze Yohn later holds a small melee at Runestone only for squires. Harrold Hardyng, Lord Robert's cousin and heir, wins the melee, and Yohn knights him as his reward. Lord Royce's daughter, Ysilla, marries Ser Mychel Redfort, which upsets Mya Stone.[2]

A Dance with Dragons

News reaches Sisterton and White Harbor about Lord Yohn vowing to remove Petyr from power in the Vale of Arryn.[20]

The Winds of Winter

Content.png
Warning
This information has thus far been released in a sample chapter for The Winds of Winter, and might therefore not be in finalized form. Keep in mind that the content as described below is still subject to change.

Lord Baelish is convinced Yohn warned Ser Harrold against him before the young knight travels to the Gates of the Moon to participate in the tourney for the Brotherhood of Winged Knights.[21]

Quotes by Yohn

Petyr: My lords, I am with you, heart and hand. Show me where to sign, I beg you.

Yohn: We did not come for your signature. Nor do we mean to bandy words with you, Littlefinger.

Petyr: What a pity. I do so love a nicely bandied word.[5]

Petyr Baelish and Yohn

I mean to take the boy with me to Runestone, and raise him up to be a knight that Jon Arryn would be proud of.[5]

—Yohn to Petyr Baelish

I like it not, but it would seem you have your year. Best use it well, my lord. Not all of us are fooled.[5]

—Yohn to Petyr Baelish

Quotes about Yohn

His armor is bronze, thousands and thousands of years old, engraved with magic runes that ward him against harm.[9]

Yohn Royce, Lyn Corbray, Horton Redfort... these are dangerous men, each in his own way. And proud.[6]

Though his hair was grey and his face lined, Lord Yohn still looked as though he could break most younger men like twigs in those huge gnarled hands.[5]

—thoughts of Sansa Stark

Lord Yohn raised three fine sons of his own, there is no man more fit to foster his young lordship.[5]

Our cousin Bronze Yohn had himself a mêlée at Runestone, a small one, just for squires. It was meant for Harry the Heir to win the honors, and so he did.[2]

Family

Yohn has three sons, Ser Andar, Ser Robar, and Ser Waymar, and several daughters, including Ysilla.[9][2] Yohn also has granddaughters.[2] Yohn refers to Nestor Royce, the senior member of a cadet branch of House Royce, as his cousin.[5]

Yohn
 
Unknown
wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andar
 
Robar
 
Waymar
 
 
Ysilla
 
Mychel
Redfort
 
Daughter(s)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granddaughters
 


External Links

Yohn Royce on the Game of Thrones wiki

References

Unknown
Last known title holder:
Gunthor Royce
Lord of Runestone Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Andar Royce